eg: typing “linux @l” should search “linux lemmy” and “beatles @mb” should search “beatles musicbrainz”,
where I define these shortcuts

  • kevincox@lemmy.ml
    21·
    1 year ago

    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 linux rather than linux @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 example https://kagi.com/search?q=%s+site:https://lemm.ee.
    • Keyword: The tag you want. Such as @l.

    Now you can type @l foobar in the URL bar and it will go to https://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.

      • kevincox@lemmy.ml
        3·
        1 year ago

        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.

  • Yuumi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    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 on FOUND IT, IT’S https://espanso.org/

  • noodlejetski@lemm.ee
    21·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • kevincox@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      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 foo in the URL bar to search using your bookmark mykeyword. I use a lot of one-character keywords such as m for https://www.google.ca/maps?q=%s, g for https://www.google.com/search?q=%s, d for https://www.dndbeyond.com/search?q=%s and similar. I also have a keyword e which runs a bookmarklet that fills in a one-time email into the currently focused input field.

        • kevincox@lemmy.ml
          1·
          1 year ago

          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.