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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/admin/engines/settings.rst | 27 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/user/search_syntax.rst | 24 |
2 files changed, 27 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst b/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst index c96dd3329..1c7ee4a86 100644 --- a/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst +++ b/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst @@ -383,6 +383,33 @@ engine is shown. Most of the options have a default value or even are optional. engines, and so won't be described here. +Example: Multilingual Search +---------------------------- + +SearXNG does not support true multilingual search. You have to use the language +prefix in your search query when searching in a different language. + +But there is a workaround: By adding a new search engine with a different +language, SearXNG will search in your default and other language. + +Example configuration in settings.yml for a German and English speaker: + +.. code-block:: yaml + + search: + default_lang : "de" + ... + + engines: + - name : google english + engine : google + language : en + ... + +When searching, the default google engine will return German results and +"google english" will return English results. + + .. _settings use_default_settings: use_default_settings diff --git a/docs/user/search_syntax.rst b/docs/user/search_syntax.rst index e9ed3e870..346b3162d 100644 --- a/docs/user/search_syntax.rst +++ b/docs/user/search_syntax.rst @@ -37,27 +37,3 @@ Image search: Custom language in wikipedia: - :search:`:hu !wp hackerspace <?q=%3Ahu%20%21wp%20hackerspace>` - -Multilingual Search -=================== - -SearXNG does not support true multilingual search. -You have to use the language prefix in your search query when searching in a different language. - -But there is a workaround: -By adding a new search engine with a different language, SearXNG will search in your default and other language. - -Example configuration in settings.yml for a German and English speaker: - .. code-block:: yaml - - search: - language : "de" - ... - - engines: - - name : google english - engine : google - language : english - ... - -When searching, the default google engine will return German results and "google english" will return English results. |