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// ==UserScript==
// @name StackExchange SymbolHound Search
// @description Uses SymbolHound instead of regular search if query begins with "sh:".
// @version 1.1
// @include http://stackoverflow.com/*
// @include http://*.stackoverflow.com/*
// @include http://serverfault.com/*
// @include http://*.serverfault.com/*
// @include http://superuser.com/*
// @include http://*.superuser.com/*
// @include http://stackexchange.com/*
// @include http://*.stackexchange.com/*
// @include https://stackapps.com/*
// @include http://*.stackapps.com/*
// @include http://askubuntu.com/*
// @include http://*.askubuntu.com/*
// @include http://answers.onstartups.com/*
// @include http://*.answers.onstartups.com/*
// ==/UserScript==
document.getElementById("search").addEventListener("submit", function(event){
var q = document.getElementById("search")["q"].value;
if (!RegExp("^sh:").test(q))
return;
event.preventDefault();
document.location = "http://symbolhound.com/?q=" +
encodeURIComponent(q.substr(3)) +
"&l=&e=&n=&u=" +
document.domain;
});
About
Ever wanted to search for && on Stack Overflow but couldn't? SymbolHound makes it possible!
From their website:
SymbolHound is a new search engine that doesn't ignore special characters. This means you can easily search the web for symbols like &, %, and ^, or even less common characters such as ©, ¬, and µ.
See also: SymbolHound: Search Stack Overflow for special characters
With this User Script, you can override the built-in search with SymbolHound's.
Just begin type in your query as usual in the search in the upper right corner, but prefix it with sh:.
Examples:
sh:&&sh:php <<<sh:difference between == and ===
License
I hereby release this script in the public domain.
Platform
This user script has been tested in Google Chrome 17.0.963.6 and Mozilla Firefox 8.0 with Greasemonkey 0.9.13.
