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  1. Search syntax
  2. =============
  3. Searx allows you to modify the default categories, engines and search
  4. language via the search query.
  5. Prefix ``!``
  6. to set Category/engine
  7. Prefix: ``:``
  8. to set language
  9. Prefix: ``?``
  10. to add engines and categories to the currently selected categories
  11. Abbrevations of the engines and languages are also accepted. Engine/category
  12. modifiers are chainable and inclusive (e.g. with :search:`!it !ddg !wp qwer
  13. <?q=%21it%20%21ddg%20%21wp%20qwer>` search in IT category **and** duckduckgo
  14. **and** wikipedia for ``qwer``).
  15. See the :search:`/preferences page <preferences>` for the list of engines,
  16. categories and languages.
  17. Examples
  18. ~~~~~~~~
  19. Search in wikipedia for ``qwer``:
  20. - :search:`!wp qwer <?q=%21wp%20qwer>` or
  21. - :search:`!wikipedia qwer :search:<?q=%21wikipedia%20qwer>`
  22. Image search:
  23. - :search:`!images Cthulhu <?q=%21images%20Cthulhu>`
  24. Custom language in wikipedia:
  25. - :search:`:hu !wp hackerspace <?q=%3Ahu%20%21wp%20hackerspace>`