On Mon, 2 Mar 2026 20:25:54 +0100 Rodrigo Arias wrote:
> There is no character limit but Dillo matches the first search entry 
> that starts with the prefix. So "wi" will match both "wi" and "wien". 
> The first match is used.
> 
> One option is to use prefixes that are not substrings of other
> prefixes (like wes and wen).
> 
> I think it makes sense to change the behavior to match only the
> complete prefix, as the user can write the shortened version
> manually. So that "wi" won't match "wien", but only "wi".
> 
> I uploaded the patch here:
> 
> https://git.dillo-browser.org/dillo/log/?h=match-prefix-exactly
> 
> Let me know if that works for your.
Hi, apologies for the delay and thanks for the clarification. The patch
works as expected! I tested with more than 20 search engines and
everything behaves correctly. Thank you very much!

Luckily, I started learning more about using git last weekend, so
learning to change branch to compile was like a good exercise :)

Best regards
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