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Re:Brave Search beta by jonathansampson on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @01:04PM (#27594211)
Update: We do support !rust as well (and all of DDG's other bangs).

Brave Search supports many shebangs, but I don't believe we've added support for `!rust` yet (we do have `!mdn` and `!so` though). I'll submit a request to add a `!rust` option too!

Re:Brave Search beta by rhizome on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @01:26PM (#27594479)
"Shebangs" have been defined as '#!' for decades, I'd suggest they not be redefined.
Re:Brave Search beta by smoldesu on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @01:30PM (#27594530)
Shebang specifically refers to using an exclamation point to define where data should be directed. Same as it is in Bash scripts, just a different context and slightly different syntax.
Re:Brave Search beta by surround on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @01:59PM (#27594903)
> In computing, a shebang is the character sequence consisting of the characters number sign and exclamation mark (#!) at the beginning of a script.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)

The word "shebang" has different uses outside of computing, but I can't find any use of the word that refers to a ! without a #

Re:Brave Search beta by x4e on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @07:37PM (#27598798)
Note the (Unix) part of the Wikipedia URL. This is an entirely different context.
Re:Brave Search beta by surround on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @08:49PM (#27599351)
So in which context does "shebang" refer to a ! without a # ? I can't find any definition like that online.
Re:Brave Search beta by morelisp on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @01:56PM (#27594864)
The "she" is specifically a phonetic clipping of the "#", otherwise it's just a bang - but oh well, even jargon doesn't mean shit anymore.
Re:Brave Search beta by detaro on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @01:57PM (#27594874)
DDG generally calls them "bangs": https://duckduckgo.com/bang
Re:Brave Search beta by staticassertion on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:25PM (#27598014)
Here I had assumed it was a Ricky Martin reference.
Re:Brave Search beta by cocoafleck on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:21PM (#27600424)
You don't seem to support the !ddg, and !duckduckgo bangs. See https://search.brave.com/search?q=!ddg+test nor do you support bangs in the middle of queries such as https://search.brave.com/search?q=example+!rust+example
Re:Brave Search beta by staticassertion on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @06:02PM (#27597779)
> Update: We do support !rust as well (and all of DDG's other bangs).

damn, alright, you got me. I'll try it out as default for a while

Re:Brave Search beta by staticassertion on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @01:29PM (#27594521)
Very cool - good to know.