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@@ -88,11 +88,17 @@ Utils =
# Fallback: no URL
return false
+ # Map a search query to its URL encoded form. The query may be either a string or an array of strings.
+ # E.g. "BBC Sport" -> "BBC+Sport".
+ createSearchQuery: (query) ->
+ query = query.split(/\s+/) if typeof(query) == "string"
+ query.map(encodeURIComponent).join "+"
+
# Creates a search URL from the given :query.
createSearchUrl: (query) ->
- # it would be better to pull the default search engine from chrome itself,
- # but it is not clear if/how that is possible
- Settings.get("searchUrl") + encodeURIComponent(query)
+ # It would be better to pull the default search engine from chrome itself. However, unfortunately chrome
+ # does not provide an API for doing so.
+ Settings.get("searchUrl") + @createSearchQuery query
# Converts :string into a Google search if it's not already a URL. We don't bother with escaping characters
# as Chrome will do that for us.