From a641971a6f1be82e16c7e969c91148cc1c83c31b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: asciimoo <asciimoo@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 01:22:30 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [enh] language selection from query

---
 searx/search.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/searx/search.py b/searx/search.py
index fb9cb2f7..29556bb4 100644
--- a/searx/search.py
+++ b/searx/search.py
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ class Search(object):
     def parse_query(self):
         query_parts = self.query.split()
         modified = False
-        if query_parts[0].startswith('!'):
+        if query_parts[0].startswith(':'):
+            lang = query_parts[0][1:]
+            if lang in (x[0] for x in language_codes):
+                self.lang = lang
+                modified = True
+        elif query_parts[0].startswith('!'):
             prefix = query_parts[0][1:].replace('_', ' ')
             if prefix in engine_shortcuts\
                and not engine_shortcuts[prefix] in self.blocked_engines: