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The official [[MediaWiki]] instance of the [[ArchWiki]] can be accessed online at {{SERVER}} with any [[web browser]]. | The official [[MediaWiki]] instance of the [[ArchWiki]] can be accessed online at {{SERVER}} with any [[web browser]]. | ||
Note that some translations are hosted externally under different domain names, see [[Help: | Note that some translations are hosted externally under different domain names, see [[Help:i18n#Languages]]. | ||
== Searching == | == Searching == | ||
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{{Expansion|Describe the internal search engine, including searching for exact phrases.}} | {{Expansion|Describe the internal search engine, including searching for exact phrases.}} | ||
MediaWiki supports [[Wikipedia:full text search|full text search]]. The limitations of this feature is that it indexes only words longer than 3 characters. If you want to search for shorter words (1 to 3 characters) then a known workaround is to use [ | MediaWiki supports [[Wikipedia:full text search|full text search]], see the search box at the top of the page. The limitations of this feature is that it indexes only words longer than 3 characters. If you want to search for shorter words (1 to 3 characters) then a known workaround is to use [https://www.google.com/custom?domains=wiki.archlinux.org&sitesearch=wiki.archlinux.org Google]'s ''sitesearch'' feature. Enter your search items in the form and it will automatically search within ArchWiki. | ||
Of course, you can do the same manually by appending {{Ic|site:wiki.archlinux.org}} to Google searches: | Of course, you can do the same manually by appending {{Ic|site:wiki.archlinux.org}} to Google searches: | ||
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{{bc|!aw <your_search_term>}} | {{bc|!aw <your_search_term>}} | ||
== Finding related articles == | |||
Every article on the ArchWiki is [[Help:Category|categorized]]. The categories of a page are displayed at its end. For example this page is categorized with [[:Category:Help]]. You can view the category hierarchy at the [[Table of contents]]. | |||
Additionally many articles directly link to related articles with a [[Template:Related articles start|Related articles]] box at the top of the article. | |||
== Offline viewing == | == Offline viewing == | ||
* {{App|arch-wiki-docs|Pages from | * {{App|arch-wiki-docs|Pages from ArchWiki optimized for offline browsing.|https://github.com/lahwaacz/arch-wiki-docs|{{Pkg|arch-wiki-docs}}}} | ||
* {{App|arch-wiki-lite|Arch-wiki-lite is designed to offer the smoothest possible experience for the poor person stuck without internet access or any way of starting a graphical web browser.|http://kmkeen.com/arch-wiki-lite/|{{Pkg|arch-wiki-lite}}}} | * {{App|arch-wiki-lite|Arch-wiki-lite is designed to offer the smoothest possible experience for the poor person stuck without internet access or any way of starting a graphical web browser.|http://kmkeen.com/arch-wiki-lite/|{{Pkg|arch-wiki-lite}}}} | ||
* {{App|arch-wiki-man|The | * {{App|arch-wiki-man|The ArchWiki easily accessible and searchable as man pages.|https://github.com/greg-js/arch-wiki-man|{{AUR|arch-wiki-man}}}} | ||
== Alternative online viewers == | == Alternative online viewers == | ||
Revision as of 06:57, 20 September 2019
The official MediaWiki instance of the ArchWiki can be accessed online at https://wiki.archlinux.org with any web browser.
Note that some translations are hosted externally under different domain names, see Help:i18n#Languages.
Searching
MediaWiki supports full text search, see the search box at the top of the page. The limitations of this feature is that it indexes only words longer than 3 characters. If you want to search for shorter words (1 to 3 characters) then a known workaround is to use Google's sitesearch feature. Enter your search items in the form and it will automatically search within ArchWiki.
Of course, you can do the same manually by appending site:wiki.archlinux.org to Google searches:
your search items site:wiki.archlinux.org
This works fine, but it is not live. Google is indexing the ArchWiki every 1 to 3 days.
DuckDuckGo Bangs
You can also use DuckDuckGo's bangs feature to directly search the Arch Wiki. After adding DuckDuckGo as the default search engine of your web browser, you can directly type something like the following in the omnibox / URL bar:
!archwiki <your_search_term>
or, shorter
!aw <your_search_term>
Every article on the ArchWiki is categorized. The categories of a page are displayed at its end. For example this page is categorized with Category:Help. You can view the category hierarchy at the Table of contents.
Additionally many articles directly link to related articles with a Related articles box at the top of the article.
Offline viewing
- arch-wiki-docs — Pages from ArchWiki optimized for offline browsing.
- arch-wiki-lite — Arch-wiki-lite is designed to offer the smoothest possible experience for the poor person stuck without internet access or any way of starting a graphical web browser.
- arch-wiki-man — The ArchWiki easily accessible and searchable as man pages.
Alternative online viewers
- Wikicurses — A simple curses interface for MediaWiki sites such as ArchWiki or Wikipedia.