philc / philc/vimium

Allowed characters for custom search engines

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Description

By default, Brave browser uses the syntax ":[character]" for custom search engines. So :g for google etc.

It would be nice to keep this consistent within vimium, but I can't seem to get it working. I am able to copy over all my custom search engines from Brave, but the ":" at the front seems to trip Vimium up. I tried the obvious solutions like butting the ":" inside quotation marks, but I couldn't get it working.

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The issue identifies Brave's :character custom-search syntax but names no Vimium file or test. Start by locating the custom search-engine configuration and shortcut parsing entry points; done means a colon-prefixed shortcut can be configured or imported and launch the selected engine without breaking existing shortcuts.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
search
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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