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# ferret
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Search DuckDuckGo in your terminal.
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Run `ferret` and enter a search query:
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Ferret will display the first page of results:
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Press Enter on a result and it will open the result in a terminal text-based web
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browser (w3m):
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## Why DuckDuckGo
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Not only does it respect your privacy, but they are also pretty lenient about
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not blocking scrapers. Google will eventually detect scrapers and force you to
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fill out a captcha.
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## Bugs
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There's [an issue]() with launching a sub program in [Cursive](), the Rust terminal
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UI library I'm using, where keyboard input doesn't quite go through and the
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cursor does not show up.
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## Todo
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* Allow pressing 0-9 take you to that Nth result (0 == 10)
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* Allow configuring colors
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* Allow configuring web browser
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* Error if screen is too small
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* Display DuckDuckGo instant answers
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* Support other search engines
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* Add search history (press up arrow to get previous search entered)
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* Cache search results
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* Add autocompletion
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* Refactor out scraping code into a separate module from the UI code
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* Add tests
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