eg: typing “linux @l” should search “linux lemmy” and “beatles @mb” should search “beatles musicbrainz”,
where I define these shortcuts
You can do almost exactly this with keyword bookmarks. The only change is that you need to put the “keyword” at the start of the URL. So
@l linuxrather thanlinux @l.Create a new bookmark with these settings:
- Name: Whatever you want.
- URL: The search query you want with the text replaced by
%s. For examplehttps://kagi.com/search?q=%s+site:https://lemm.ee. - Keyword: The tag you want. Such as
@l.
Now you can type
@l foobarin the URL bar and it will go tohttps://kagi.com/search?q=foobar+site:https://lemm.ee. (Or whatever search engine you have configured.Keywords can also be used for non-search bookmarks and javascript bookmarklets which are very convenient.
Cool! I had no idea that was a feature, thanks for sharing
Yeah, it is sadly not advertised. Even the “Keyword” box helper text isn’t very obvious how it works. They should link to a help page.
Not to mention that they also have search engines which work in a very similar way, but have a different UI, are harder for users to manually define and don’t sync across devices via Firefox Sync.
It’s a big mess. But it works! So that is enough for me.
This is one of the features in chrome that I wish Firefox would implement.
YES THERE IS, THERE IS A TOOL FOR LINUX THAT TURNS KEYWORDS INTO WHATEVER YOU WANT THEM TO BE,
I just need to find it again so hold onFOUND IT, IT’S https://espanso.org/You could try system wide macros. If you type @l, macro deletes last 2 chars and types lemmy
you’re looking for text expander software.
or you could use DuckDuckGo, its !bang feature lets you directly search on a website you want. searching “Beatles !mb” will redirect you to MusicBrainz’ search results, for example.
Firefox has keyword bookmarks which is basically identical to bangs but you can customize them to your preference and they don’t require sending your query to a third-party remote service.
Just set the “Keyword” option in a bookmark and type
mykeyword fooin the URL bar to search using your bookmarkmykeyword. I use a lot of one-character keywords such asmforhttps://www.google.ca/maps?q=%s,gforhttps://www.google.com/search?q=%s,dforhttps://www.dndbeyond.com/search?q=%sand similar. I also have a keywordewhich runs a bookmarklet that fills in a one-time email into the currently focused input field.sure, it’s just a pain in the ass to set up for more than a few search options.
IDK, maybe I have a particularly bad memory but it is basically as easy for me to bookmark a URL as it is to lookup and remember a bang that they defined. Plus local will always be faster, more private and more secure.
