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Re: DuckDuckGo as a TTY

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Post by apjana »

toxik wrote: post #52
zmw wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a CLI, not a TUI. I put quite a bit of thought into that decision, and whether to integrate a pager. See [1]. The workarounds are (1) limit the number of results per page with -n ; (2) use the -r, --reverse option to show the top results last. [1] https://github.com/jarun/googler/issues/281

It would be nice if there was a way to run a terminal command without auto-scrolling. So often I run something that spits out tons of error messages, only to have to scroll back up again to find out what happened.

Also check if your terminal supports Shift-PgUp/PgDn to scroll up/down a page.

Works in gnome terminal: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-terminal/stable/adv-keybo...

Re: DuckDuckGo as a TTY

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Post by MayeulC »

mlang23 wrote: post #25

As a diehard terminal user, I think this headline should interest me. However, I am assuming this is some sort of JavaScript perversion? Visiting the link with lynx gives an empty page. Can anyone explain whats going on there to a non-GUI user?

FWIW, the regular (or rather, lite) duckduckgo runs nicely in a TUI browser like elinks. THat's my search engine of choice when text-browsing.

Re: DuckDuckGo as a TTY

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Post by pwdisswordfish0 »

hunter2_ wrote: post #19

When visiting this using Chrome for Android, how do I open the keyboard? Typically it's just a matter of giving focus to the input area, but not in this case.

The app will have to be reimplemented in a way that doesn't screw up the input.

https://zserge.com/posts/js-editor/>

Re: DuckDuckGo as a TTY

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Post by whynotkeithberg »

tyingq wrote: post #73

If I type \\+ a new page opens here: https://maps.clarkcountynv.gov/openweb/?@772725,26784494,9 Showing me somebody's house, their name and address, etc. Now I'm curious why. Note that I am not located anywhere near there.

That is weird... does the same thing for me. I'm in CA and that's vegas suburbs. So I'm not that close either.

Re: DuckDuckGo as a TTY

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Post by noefingway »

whynotkeithberg wrote: post #76
tyingq wrote: post #73

If I type \\+ a new page opens here: https://maps.clarkcountynv.gov/openweb/?@772725,26784494,9 Showing me somebody's house, their name and address, etc. Now I'm curious why. Note that I am not located anywhere near there.

That is weird... does the same thing for me. I'm in CA and that's vegas suburbs. So I'm not that close either.

Ditto that - I'm in MD

Re: DuckDuckGo as a TTY

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Post by Toadtoad »

tyingq wrote: post #73

If I type \\+ a new page opens here: https://maps.clarkcountynv.gov/openweb/?@772725,26784494,9 Showing me somebody's house, their name and address, etc. Now I'm curious why. Note that I am not located anywhere near there.

Okay, I tried a few things out and I think I understand what happened. "\" is "I'm Feeling Lucky" for a search. You can even see this in regular DuckDuckGo, for example if you search "\wikipedia". The "\+" part is more of an coincidence. If you search "\+" with the quotes[0], you can see that the Clark County page is one of the first results. So, it appears that the query "\\+" is asking to search "\+" and open the top result, and that link just happens to be the result (even if it appears seconded when searching for an exact instance of "\+").

[0] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%22%5C%2B%22&t=h_&ia=web

Re: DuckDuckGo as a TTY

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Post by tyingq »

Toadtoad wrote: post #78
tyingq wrote: post #73

If I type \\+ a new page opens here: https://maps.clarkcountynv.gov/openweb/?@772725,26784494,9 Showing me somebody's house, their name and address, etc. Now I'm curious why. Note that I am not located anywhere near there.

Okay, I tried a few things out and I think I understand what happened. "\" is "I'm Feeling Lucky" for a search. You can even see this in regular DuckDuckGo, for example if you search "\wikipedia". The "\+" part is more of an coincidence. If you search "\+" with the quotes[0], you can see that the Clark County page is one of the first results. So, it appears that the query "\\+" is asking to search "\+" and open the t…

Ah, okay. It's a different suburban Las Vegas house every time too, which is also odd. Same on the regular ddg website. The "parcelid" changes for each search of "\+" on their site.
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