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Emacs command to google something.
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(defvar google-query-history nil) | |
(defun google (query) | |
"Search google in the regular web browser, prefix arg for luck." | |
;; Mac only, due to the use of the unix open command. | |
(interactive | |
(list | |
(read-string "Query: " | |
(if (use-region-p) | |
(buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end)) | |
(first google-query-history)) | |
'google-query-history))) | |
(shell-command | |
(concat "open 'https://www.google.com/search?q=" | |
(url-hexify-string query) | |
(if current-prefix-arg "&btnI" "") | |
"'"))) |
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