Thanks a lot.
Truth is I did not manage to convince QS to work the way I need, so I've 
moved to raycast.
I'll keep your answer in my mind, maybe I'll try it sometime.

Roee

On Monday, September 11, 2023 at 11:05:27 PM UTC+3 Rob McBroom wrote:

> On 3 Sep 2023, at 15:30, Roee Friedman wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for something more general.
> > I.e. for Amazon it's:
> > Keyword: amazon
> > Link: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=$I$
> > Typing amazon 1984, will result in https://www.amazon.com/s?k=1984
> > Same goes for Jira, worldcat and so on.
> > That is, the search is not necessarily done by google, but per specific
> > site.
>
> Yeah, you can do this for any site (except you should never need to type 
> out the full word once Quicksilver learns your habits). What you call a 
> keyword will just be a web search in your Quicksilver catalog. So once you 
> have an Amazon search added, you just search for it (typing “az” should be 
> enough) then go to the 3rd pane to enter your search term. Again, with 
> Smart spacebar behavior this would mean typing something like “az␣1984”.
>
> The web search plug-in comes with two lists (Simple and Full) that come 
> with Google, Amazon, and lots of other common ones pre-configured. (Look 
> under Plugins in the Catalog preferences.)
>
> I find these too noisy and don’t like the way some of them are named, so I 
> just uncheck those and create my own. (In the catalog prefs, hit the + 
> button at the bottom and choose “Web Search List”.)
>
> See 
> https://qsapp.com/manual/plugins/websearch/#custom-web-searches-catalog
>
> -- 
> Rob McBroom
>

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