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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Chapter 7. URL Shortcuts in ELinks</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The ELinks Manual"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The ELinks Manual"><link rel="prev" href="ch06s03.html" title="Marks lifespan"><link rel="next" href="ch07s02.html" title="How it works"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 7. URL Shortcuts in ELinks</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch06s03.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch07s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="id2518881"></a>Chapter 7. URL Shortcuts in ELinks</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch07.html#id2518904">What it does</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch07s02.html">How it works</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch07s03.html">Alternative URI rewriting mechanisms</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>One extremely useful and convenient feature in ELinks, which may not be very
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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Chapter 7. URL Shortcuts in ELinks</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.68.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The ELinks Manual"><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="The ELinks Manual"><link rel="prev" href="ch06s03.html" title="Marks lifespan"><link rel="next" href="ch07s02.html" title="How it works"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 7. URL Shortcuts in ELinks</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch06s03.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center"> </th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch07s02.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="id2519455"></a>Chapter 7. URL Shortcuts in ELinks</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch07.html#id2519477">What it does</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch07s02.html">How it works</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="ch07s03.html">Alternative URI rewriting mechanisms</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>One extremely useful and convenient feature in ELinks, which may not be very
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well known, is so-called URL rewriting. If you give ELinks a URL (by passing it
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on the command line, through the -remote magic device or, most frequently, by
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typing it to the Goto URL dialog), it has the ability to mangle it in certain
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ways before processing it. This mangling is called URI rewriting.</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2518904"></a>What it does</h2></div></div></div><p>The URI rewriting can expand certain URL shortcuts to complete URLs. For
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ways before processing it. This mangling is called URI rewriting.</p><div class="section" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2519477"></a>What it does</h2></div></div></div><p>The URI rewriting can expand certain URL shortcuts to complete URLs. For
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example, if you type <span class="emphasis"><em>sd</em></span> to the Goto URL dialog, it will be rewritten to:</p><pre class="literallayout">http://www.slashdot.org/</pre><p>first, and then loaded. /.'s front page will be displayed.</p><p>Further, if you type <span class="emphasis"><em>g elinks</em></span> to the Goto URL dialog, it will be rewritten to:</p><pre class="literallayout">http://www.google.com/search?q=elinks&amp;btnG=Google+Search</pre><p>and then loaded, therefore, a Google search for the keyword <span class="emphasis"><em>elinks</em></span> will be
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performed. Note that you can separate the <span class="emphasis"><em>g</em></span> by either a space or a colon, so
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<span class="emphasis"><em>g:elinks</em></span> will do the exact same thing.</p><p>A large number of those shortcuts are already defined for you. You can browse
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