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!bang
!bang is a fast and geeky search engine selector.
add !bang into browser's engine list
click on the following link to autimatically add !bang to your browser's search engine list
Install !bang search engine
or add it manually by copying the link below to the chrome search engine manager o firefox search engine manager:
http://www.autistici.org/0xFE/!bang/search.php?q=%s
optional URL parameter customization
you can customize !bang behavior and aspect by passing correct parameter in the URL:
command query
default set default search engime (e.g.:default=!b [set bing.com as default search engine.])
q (only on /search.php page)set query string and perform the search(e.g.:q=foo)
theme (next feature) set !bang theme (dark or bright) (e.g.: theme=dark)
example:
http://www.autistici.org/0xFE/!bang/search.php?q=foo&default=!b search for 'foo' into bing.com engine
http://www.autistici.org/0xFE/!bang/?default=!b&theme=dark open !bang main page with selecting default engine(bing.com) and a dark theme.
command table
command query
!g query www.google.com
!a query www.amazon.com
!ait query www.amazon.it
!afr query www.amazon.fr
!aes query www.amazon.es
!auk query www.amazon.co.uk
!b query www.bing.com
!bi bing images
!bit query www.bing.com with IT lang
!bfr query www.bing.com with FR lang
!bes query www.bing.com with ES lang
!bl query www.bing.com with browser's local lang setting
!gi google images
!gl google with browser's local lang setting
!gm google maps search
!git google with IT lang
!gfr google with FR lang
!ges google with ES lang
!yt www.youtube.com
!f www.facebook.com
!t www.twitter.com
!ebay www.ebay.com
!w en.wikipedia.org
!wit it.wikipedia.org
!wfr fr.wikipedia.org
!wes es.wikipedia.org
!dd www.duckduckgo.com
!i google images
!y yahoo.com
!yi yahoo images
!yit yahoo with IT lang
!yfr yahoo with FR lang
!yes yahoo with ES lang
command syntax logic
prefix description
! the search command
? the debug search command
root description
g query www.google.com
a query www.amazon.com
... ...
suffix description
it italian language
fr french language
l browser's local lang setting
i search images
... ...
!bang debug command
you can debug your query by replacing '?' command instead of the search command '!'
?g foo (debug and eventually display your query)
!bang chrome extension
activation:
since chrome extentions only allows one keyword, the activation keyword is:
# (followed by SPACE or TAB)
examples:
# !g foor bar (search "foo bar" in google)
# !wit foor bar (search "foo bar" in italian wikipedia)
semantic commands (coming next ...maybe)
use a Lisp syntax to perform semantic commands in search query:
semantic command description
(in Rome) geo search
(or blue red green) exclusive search (only one word
(and blue red green) search all the words
(filetype pdf) search spefific filetype(extension)
(filetype pdf txt zip) search multiple filetype format
(strict foo bar) search exactly the words "foo" "bar"
(relax foo bar) search words close to your query
(strictorder foor bar) search the words in the exact order without other inner words
links
!bang web site
author
Fernando Iazeolla (c)
2014