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										 |  |  | Search syntax
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										 |  |  | Searx allows you to modify the default categories, engines and search language
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							|  |  |  | via the search query.
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										 |  |  | Prefix ``!``
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							|  |  |  |   to set Category/engine
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										 |  |  | Prefix: ``:``
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							|  |  |  |   to set language
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										 |  |  | Prefix: ``?``
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							|  |  |  |   to add engines and categories to the currently selected categories
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										 |  |  | Abbrevations of the engines and languages are also accepted.  Engine/category
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							|  |  |  | modifiers are chainable and inclusive (e.g. with :search:`!it !ddg !wp qwer
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							|  |  |  | <?q=%21it%20%21ddg%20%21wp%20qwer>` search in IT category **and** duckduckgo
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							|  |  |  | **and** wikipedia for ``qwer``).
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										 |  |  | See the :search:`/preferences page <preferences>` for the list of engines,
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							|  |  |  | categories and languages.
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							|  |  |  | Examples
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							|  |  |  | Search in wikipedia for ``qwer``:
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							|  |  |  | - :search:`!wp qwer <?q=%21wp%20qwer>` or
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							|  |  |  | - :search:`!wikipedia qwer :search:<?q=%21wikipedia%20qwer>`
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							|  |  |  | Image search:
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							|  |  |  | - :search:`!images Cthulhu <?q=%21images%20Cthulhu>`
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							|  |  |  | Custom language in wikipedia:
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							|  |  |  | - :search:`:hu !wp hackerspace <?q=%3Ahu%20%21wp%20hackerspace>`
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