searxng/docs/user/search_syntax.rst
Markus Heiser e9fff4fde6 doc: proofread of the all reST sources (no content change)
Normalize reST sources with best practice and KISS in mind.

to name a few points:

- simplify reST tables
- make use of ``literal`` markup for monospace rendering
- fix code-blocks for better rendering in HTML
- normalize section header markup
- limit all lines to a maximum of 79 characters
- add option -H to the sudo command used in code blocks
- drop useless indentation of lists
- ...

[1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/restructuredtext/basics.html

Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
2019-12-12 19:20:56 +01:00

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.. _search-syntax:
=============
Search syntax
=============
Searx allows you to modify the default categories, engines and search language
via the search query.
Prefix ``!``
to set Category/engine
Prefix: ``:``
to set language
Prefix: ``?``
to add engines and categories to the currently selected categories
Abbrevations of the engines and languages are also accepted. Engine/category
modifiers are chainable and inclusive (e.g. with :search:`!it !ddg !wp qwer
<?q=%21it%20%21ddg%20%21wp%20qwer>` search in IT category **and** duckduckgo
**and** wikipedia for ``qwer``).
See the :search:`/preferences page <preferences>` for the list of engines,
categories and languages.
Examples
========
Search in wikipedia for ``qwer``:
- :search:`!wp qwer <?q=%21wp%20qwer>` or
- :search:`!wikipedia qwer :search:<?q=%21wikipedia%20qwer>`
Image search:
- :search:`!images Cthulhu <?q=%21images%20Cthulhu>`
Custom language in wikipedia:
- :search:`:hu !wp hackerspace <?q=%3Ahu%20%21wp%20hackerspace>`