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[help] remove link from about.md title Now that about.html extends page_with_header.html it already has a link to the start page and removing the link makes it easier to extract the page title from the Markdown for the following commit.
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# About SearXNG
[help] convert about.html to Markdown To facilitate translation the new user documentation shall be written in Markdown (which is more human-friendly than HTML and reStructuredText).
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SearXNG is a fork from the well-known [searx] [metasearch engine], aggregating
[mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user). The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain. If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also inserted into the project documentation:: searxng_extra/docs_prebuild [1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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the results of other {{link('search engines', 'preferences')}} while not
storing information about its users.
[help] convert about.html to Markdown To facilitate translation the new user documentation shall be written in Markdown (which is more human-friendly than HTML and reStructuredText).
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More about SearXNG ...
[mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user). The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain. If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also inserted into the project documentation:: searxng_extra/docs_prebuild [1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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* [SearXNG sources]({{GIT_URL}})
[help] convert about.html to Markdown To facilitate translation the new user documentation shall be written in Markdown (which is more human-friendly than HTML and reStructuredText).
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* [weblate]
## Why use it?
[mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user). The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain. If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also inserted into the project documentation:: searxng_extra/docs_prebuild [1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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* SearXNG may not offer you as personalised results as Google, but it doesn't
generate a profile about you.
[help] convert about.html to Markdown To facilitate translation the new user documentation shall be written in Markdown (which is more human-friendly than HTML and reStructuredText).
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[mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user). The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain. If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also inserted into the project documentation:: searxng_extra/docs_prebuild [1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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* SearXNG doesn't care about what you search for, never shares anything with a
third party, and it can't be used to compromise you.
[help] convert about.html to Markdown To facilitate translation the new user documentation shall be written in Markdown (which is more human-friendly than HTML and reStructuredText).
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[mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user). The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain. If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also inserted into the project documentation:: searxng_extra/docs_prebuild [1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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* SearXNG is free software, the code is 100% open and you can help to make it
better. See more on [SearXNG sources]({{GIT_URL}}).
[help] convert about.html to Markdown To facilitate translation the new user documentation shall be written in Markdown (which is more human-friendly than HTML and reStructuredText).
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[mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user). The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain. If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also inserted into the project documentation:: searxng_extra/docs_prebuild [1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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If you do care about privacy, want to be a conscious user, or otherwise believe
in digital freedom, make SearXNG your default search engine or run it on your
own server
[help] convert about.html to Markdown To facilitate translation the new user documentation shall be written in Markdown (which is more human-friendly than HTML and reStructuredText).
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## Technical details - How does it work?
SearXNG is a [metasearch engine], inspired by the [seeks project]. It provides
basic privacy by mixing your queries with searches on other platforms without
storing search data. Queries are made using a POST request on every browser
(except Chromium-based browsers*). Therefore they show up in neither our logs,
nor your url history. In the case of Chromium-based browser users there is an
exception: searx uses the search bar to perform GET requests. SearXNG can be
added to your browser's search bar; moreover, it can be set as the default
search engine.
## How to set as the default search engine?
SearXNG supports [OpenSearch]. For more information on changing your default
search engine, see your browser's documentation:
[mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user). The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain. If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also inserted into the project documentation:: searxng_extra/docs_prebuild [1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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* [Firefox]
* [Microsoft Edge]
* Chromium-based browsers [only add websites that the user navigates to without
a path.](https://www.chromium.org/tab-to-search)
[help] convert about.html to Markdown To facilitate translation the new user documentation shall be written in Markdown (which is more human-friendly than HTML and reStructuredText).
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## Where to find anonymous usage statistics of this instance ?
[mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user). The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain. If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also inserted into the project documentation:: searxng_extra/docs_prebuild [1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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{{link('Stats page', 'stats')}} contains some useful data about the engines
used.
[help] convert about.html to Markdown To facilitate translation the new user documentation shall be written in Markdown (which is more human-friendly than HTML and reStructuredText).
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## How can I make it my own?
[mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user). The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain. If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also inserted into the project documentation:: searxng_extra/docs_prebuild [1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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SearXNG appreciates your concern regarding logs, so take the code from the
[SearXNG project]({{GIT_URL}}) and run it yourself!
[help] convert about.html to Markdown To facilitate translation the new user documentation shall be written in Markdown (which is more human-friendly than HTML and reStructuredText).
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[mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user). The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain. If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also inserted into the project documentation:: searxng_extra/docs_prebuild [1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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Add your instance to this [list of public
instances]({{get_setting('brand.public_instances')}}) to help other people
reclaim their privacy and make the Internet freer! The more decentralized the
Internet is, the more freedom we have!
[help] convert about.html to Markdown To facilitate translation the new user documentation shall be written in Markdown (which is more human-friendly than HTML and reStructuredText).
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## Where are the docs & code of this instance?
[mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user). The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain. If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also inserted into the project documentation:: searxng_extra/docs_prebuild [1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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See the [SearXNG docs]({{get_setting('brand.docs_url')}}) and [SearXNG
sources]({{GIT_URL}})
[help] convert about.html to Markdown To facilitate translation the new user documentation shall be written in Markdown (which is more human-friendly than HTML and reStructuredText).
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[searx]: https://github.com/searx/searx
[metasearch engine]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine
[weblate]: https://weblate.bubu1.eu/projects/searxng/
[seeks project]: https://beniz.github.io/seeks/
[OpenSearch]: https://github.com/dewitt/opensearch/blob/master/opensearch-1-1-draft-6.md
[mod] replace /help by /info pages and include pages in project docs This patch implements a bolierplate to share content from info-pages of the SearXNG instance (URL /info) with the project documentation (path /docs/user). The info pages are using Markdown (CommonMark), to include them in the project documentation (reST) the myst-parser [1] is used in the Sphinx-doc build chain. If base_url is known (defined in settings.yml) links to the instance are also inserted into the project documentation:: searxng_extra/docs_prebuild [1] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/markdown.html Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser <markus.heiser@darmarit.de>
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[Firefox]: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox
[Microsoft Edge]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028574/microsoft-edge-change-the-default-search-engine
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