Re: Keystroke to search via search engine

[resending, this time to the list rather than directly to the OP]
On 2022-09-06 08:41, Saniya Maheshwari wrote:                                                                                                                                                                                 
> only way to search using a search engine in Lynx, is to type out                                                                                                                                                            
> the URL of the search engine, let that page load, and then type                                                                                                                                                             
> in the search string in the search box. Is there already a simpler                                                                                                                                                          
> way to do this, that I have missed?                                                                                                                                                                                         

I usually do this with an alias or shell function to populate the                                                                                                                                                             
GET parameters, like                                                                                                                                                                                                          

  $ goog() { lynx [2]https://google.com/search?q="$1" ; }                                                                                                                                                                     
  $ ddg() { lynx [3]https://duckduckgo.com/lite/?q="$1" ; }                                                                                                                                                                   
  $ bing() { lynx [4]https://www.bing.com/search?q="$1" ; }                                                                                                                                                                  )

and then when I'm at the command-line, I can type                                                                                                                                                                             

  $ goog "kittens and puppies"                                                                                                                                                                                               )

to have lynx jump directly to those search results.  I'm not aware                                                                                                                                                           )
of any functionality within lynx to use a hot-key, have it prompt                                                                                                                                                             
for GET-parameter data, and then populate a placeholder in a URL                                                                                                                                                              
(similar to Firefox keyword searches).                                                                                                                                                                                        

-tkc