README.md

Modify search engines in Thubnderbird

1. navigate to Help -> Troubleshooting Information
2. in Profile Directory click Open Direcotry and navigate to profile directory (....default)
3. quit Thunderbird
4. run ruby json2yaml.rb
5. edit the search.yaml
6. run ruby yaml2json.rb
7. remove search.json.mozlz4
8. start Thunderbird
9. navigate to Edit -> Preferences
10. in General you can see now updated search engines

DuckDuckGo.yaml

    - _id: "[app]/DuckDuckGo.xml"
      _name: DuckDuckGo
      _hidden: false
      description: Search DuckDuckGo
      __searchForm: 
      _iconURL: data:image/x-icon;base64,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
      _urls:
      - template: https://duckduckgo.com/
        type: text/html
        rels:
        - searchform
        resultDomain: duckduckgo.com
        params:
        - name: q
          value: "{searchTerms}"
      - template: https://ac.duckduckgo.com/ac/
        type: application/x-suggestions+json
        rels:
        - searchform
        resultDomain: duckduckgo.com
        params:
        - name: q
          value: "{searchTerms}"
        - name: type
          value: list
      filePath: "/usr/lib64/thunderbird/searchplugins/DuckDuckGo.xml"
      queryCharset: UTF-8

json2yaml.rb

require 'json'
require 'yaml'

File.write("search.yaml", JSON.load(File.readlines("search.json").join()).to_yaml)

yaml2json.rb

require 'json'
require 'yaml'

File.write("search.json", YAML.load_file("search.yaml").to_json)