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* Auto-suggestions for DuckDuckGo in Conkeror :conkeror:config:
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:PUBDATE: <2014-06-03 Tue 22:08>
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Recently [[https://duckduckgo.com][DuckDuckGo]] gave its UI a big overhaul. One of the new parts
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of the UI is the auto-suggestions, which are pretty cool, especially
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when working with ~!bang~ syntax. I want that in my conkeror webjump!
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So I started looking...
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Turns out that [[http://conkeror.org][Conkeror]] can work with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSearch][OpenSearch]] descriptions to
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create webjumps and actually already has a DuckDuckGo OpenSearch XML
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file. However, DuckDuckGo has a newer version of that file.
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So, for starters you should download the proper XML [[https://duckduckgo.com/opensearch.xml][file]]. After
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this, you can replace the
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~/usr/share/conkeror/search-engines/duckduckgo.xml~ file[fn:1] with
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the newly downloaded one and you'd be done, ready to use the new
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auto-suggest functionality[fn:2].
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If, however, you don't like overwriting your package's files because
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they may get overwritten again in the future[fn:3] or you really
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don't think it's proper, you can also create a custom webjump that
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does the same thing, which is what I did.
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In case you are following my lead, first we'd need to put the
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downloaded XML file somewhere. I suggest
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=~/.conkerorrc/search-engines= because that way everything in your
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configuration stays nice and contained, although you might want to
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put it in your
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=~/.conkeror.mozdev.org/conkeror/CODE.PROFILE/search-engines=, where
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~CODE~ is an eight-character alphanumeric sequence (as far as I can
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tell) and ~PROFILE~ is the name of the profile you use[fn:4], because
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that should already be included in your =opensearch_load_paths=.
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If you put the XML in your ~.conkerorrc~ you'll need to add that
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directory to your =opensearch_load_paths=, so put something like the
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following in your ~init.js~, or whichever filename you use for your
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conkeror init:
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#+BEGIN_SRC javascript
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opensearch_load_paths.push(make_file("~/.conkerorrc/search-engines"));
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#+END_SRC
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After Conkeror knows where to find your custom search engine
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specifications you can create a webjump for it:
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#+BEGIN_SRC javascript
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define_opensearch_webjump("ddg", "ddg.xml");
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#+END_SRC
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Once you evaluate these lines or restart your Conkeror, you should
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have a ~ddg~ webjump with auto-suggestion. Yay!
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* Footnotes
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[fn:1] I have Conkeror installed in ~/usr~, so if you have it installed
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somewhere else your path will be different.
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[fn:2] You might have to restart Conkeror first, I didn't test it
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without restarting.
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[fn:3] This can of course happen when, for example, your package
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manager updates your Conkeror installation.
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[fn:4] The default profile is named (appropriately) ~default~.
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