This has become a new feature in Opera 9, so it’s now easier than ever to add search engines.

Simply right click the search field and select “Create Search” from the menu. Remember to add a shortcut – that way you can type ” ” to speed up the search even more. Many of these shortcuts are already built right into Opera, i.e. i use “g ” to search Google 100 times a day.

I saw your post when I was just about to get up & beat my head against the wall because I couldn’t work something so straight-forward. The old 2 ini trick… working fine now.

{{TjL writes: Good point! I know some people who put File Version=999 to prevent Opera from ever overwriting it. If yours is overwritten, look in the Uninst directory.}}

“g search.ini site:opera.com”

Also works for other advanced google parameters, like the link search (“link:whatever.com”), and could be useful for other searches.

Play with it and see what happens :)

2) Type in some search term (I like to use something in ALLCAPS like FOOBAR)

3) Note the URL in the resulting search page, i.e.

http://s.teoma.com/search?q=FOOBAR&qcat=1&qsrc=0&Search.x=0&Search.y=0

4) Replace searched-for term (in this case “FOOBAR”) with %s, i.e.

http://s.teoma.com/search?q=%s&qcat=1&qsrc=0&Search.x=0&Search.y=0

5) Use that URL in search.ini

Another tip: Go to Google and search for “teoma.com search.ini” to see how others have used it (this will, of course, also work for other items besides teoma.com)

Yet another tip: Many times the resulting search URL is much more complicated than it has to be for the purposes of search.ini. In the case of teoma.com (or Google, or many others) all you need is the part that directly connects to the search word(s). That is, rather than all this:

http://s.teoma.com/search?q=FOOBAR&qcat=1&qsrc=0&Search.x=0&Search.y=0

all you need is this

http://s.teoma.com/search?q=FOOBAR

You may want to test shortened/simplified versions of the search result URL before modifying search.ini.

I can just go to the webpage, put the cursor in the search field and a right click the mouse. A contextual menu option “Add to internet search list” is an option. It’s automagically added. I can then go to the search bar and either use a “g” for google sort of feature, or a drop down to choose.

Thanks in advance!

(No, you have to type a letter and a space first — TjL)