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Web search should be customizable

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From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: bug-hyperbole <at> gnu.org
Subject: Web search should be customizable
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 07:01:13 +0200

In free software movement, we try to avoid non-free Javascript
websites, so in my opinion, the web search should be customizable:

> Amazon Bing Dictionary Elisp Google Hub(git) Images Maps RFCs
>  StackOverflow Twitter Wikipedia Youtube F-Droid DuckDuckGo

Examples how I would personally customize it:

- I would myself put my self-hosted searx instance at first place, so
  I would like to easily customize Hyperbole web search

- Amazon and Bing I would remove for privacy and Javascript reasons

- Hub(git) I would rename to call it Github as original

- Images is unclear, yet it uses Google, I would modify it to use
  Duckduckgo or other privacy search engine

- Maps uses Google, I would use Openstreetmaps or other privacy search

- I would remove Twitter and use GNU Social or Pleroma searches

- I would remove YouTube and use other video search

In general customization should contain:

- Name of the search engine

- the URL with some replacements for the search query, such as %s

- the letter that should be upcased or its key press

In general, Hyperbole should not hardcode various external resources.

Jean



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Message #8 received at 43687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Weiner <rsw <at> gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: 43687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43687: Web search should be customizable
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 23:55:36 -0400

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For now you can just directly edit the menus and then reload.  hui-menu.el
(pulldown menu) and hui-mini.el (minibuffer menu).
Maybe we should provide a convenience function for replacing a menu.  -- Bob

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 1:12 AM Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support> wrote:

> In free software movement, we try to avoid non-free Javascript
> websites, so in my opinion, the web search should be customizable:
>
> > Amazon Bing Dictionary Elisp Google Hub(git) Images Maps RFCs
> >  StackOverflow Twitter Wikipedia Youtube F-Droid DuckDuckGo
>
> Examples how I would personally customize it:
>
> - I would myself put my self-hosted searx instance at first place, so
>   I would like to easily customize Hyperbole web search
>
> - Amazon and Bing I would remove for privacy and Javascript reasons
>
> - Hub(git) I would rename to call it Github as original
>
> - Images is unclear, yet it uses Google, I would modify it to use
>   Duckduckgo or other privacy search engine
>
> - Maps uses Google, I would use Openstreetmaps or other privacy search
>
> - I would remove Twitter and use GNU Social or Pleroma searches
>
> - I would remove YouTube and use other video search
>
> In general customization should contain:
>
> - Name of the search engine
>
> - the URL with some replacements for the search query, such as %s
>
> - the letter that should be upcased or its key press
>
> In general, Hyperbole should not hardcode various external resources.
>
> Jean
>
>
>
> I use:  Editor:      GNU Emacs 28.0.50 (build 15, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, X
> toolkit, cairo version 1.14.8, Xaw3d scroll bars)
>
>         Hyperbole:   7.1.2
>         Sys Type:    x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
>         OS Type:     gnu/linux
>         Window Sys:  x
>         News Reader: Gnus v5.13
>
>
>
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Message #11 received at 43687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
To: rswgnu <at> gmail.com
Cc: 43687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43687: Web search should be customizable
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:23:41 +0300

* Robert Weiner <rsw <at> gnu.org> [2020-09-30 06:56]:
> For now you can just directly edit the menus and then reload.  hui-menu.el
> (pulldown menu) and hui-mini.el (minibuffer menu).
> Maybe we should provide a convenience function for replacing a menu.
> -- Bob

I think I am mistaken, as I did not search well, the web search is
already customizable.

It is under Hyperbole Web Search Alist, so this report shall be
closed.

Jean

Message #14 received at 43687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Weiner <rsw <at> gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: 43687 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43687: Web search should be customizable
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 21:53:46 -0400

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close 43687

On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 5:23 AM Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support> wrote:

> * Robert Weiner <rsw <at> gnu.org> [2020-09-30 06:56]:
> > For now you can just directly edit the menus and then reload.
> hui-menu.el
> > (pulldown menu) and hui-mini.el (minibuffer menu).
> > Maybe we should provide a convenience function for replacing a menu.
> > -- Bob
>
> I think I am mistaken, as I did not search well, the web search is
> already customizable.
>
> It is under Hyperbole Web Search Alist, so this report shall be
> closed.
>
> Jean
>
>
>

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