commit - fd6c540b6faa6c802c92c9e209e2122ca3ddfa92
commit + 50fd8b267750be705819a7036c7f08a8b4fc5432
blob - edc2fb6aa94afa69e4541ababd5321e1966c18f3
blob + 8928556709972b28db62863d0b7aeb0dd403b236
--- cmd.c
+++ cmd.c
@@ -1150,6 +1150,12 @@ void
 cmd_search(struct buffer *buffer)
 {
 	GUARD_RECURSIVE_MINIBUFFER();
+
+	if (!strncmp(default_search_engine, "gopher://", 9)) {
+		load_url_in_tab(current_tab, default_search_engine, NULL,
+		    LU_MODE_NOCACHE);
+		return;
+	}
 
 	enter_minibuffer(sensible_self_insert, search_select, exit_minibuffer, NULL,
 	    NULL, NULL, 0);
blob - 1f3988f96a0fc2d3b96579dbf4e6b4207f3fc159
blob + 13ef23dd6740f1dd87531e4f5ab0be60447b914a
--- defaults.c
+++ defaults.c
@@ -582,6 +582,16 @@ config_setvars(const char *var, char *val)
 
 		free(default_protocol);
 		default_protocol = val;
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (!strcmp(var, "default-search-engine")) {
+		if (strncmp(val, "gemini://", 9) != 0 &&
+		    strncmp(val, "gopher://", 9) != 0)
+			return 0;
+
+		free(default_search_engine);
+		default_search_engine = val;
 		return 1;
 	}
 
blob - c94f5d082e90fd040a19fc74becfd104c5fbdfd7
blob + 3e1f8d26129d6a7cf2a0d469a0e95f349d8681c6
--- telescope.1
+++ telescope.1
@@ -330,6 +330,16 @@ Must be a positive number; if zero, don't save closed 
 If true, enable
 .Ic olivetti-mode
 Defaults to true.
+.It default-search-engine
+.Pq string
+URL of the preferred search engine, used by the
+.Cm search
+command.
+If it's a Gemini URI, the user query will be appended as query,
+replacing it if present.
+If it's a Gopher URI, the user query will be sent as gopher search
+parameter.
+No other URI scheme are allowed.
 .It Ic tab-bar-show
 .Pq integer
 If tab-bar-show is -1 hide the tab bar permanently, if 0 show it