Can {searchTerms} Use Spaces Instead of +?

[Foreeps]

Hello,

I've run into a search engine that treats "two+words" as a single term. While all the rest I've seen are happy with '+' deliminating the terms the way {searchTerms} does it normally, is there a way to modify it to use spaces instead, or an alternative {spaceTerms} parameter or something?

Thank you!

[dewitt]

It's in interesting question, and I can't recall whether the use of '+' has been discussed before. The only thing the spec says is that "The value must be URL-encoded." As such, perhaps try %20 for that search engine and see what happens?

[Foreeps]

That's what I was asking - how can I get {searchTerms} to use spaces, %20, instead of +?

Or do you mean typing "%20" in my search instead of spaces? That isn't a very user-friendly solution, and it doesn't actually work: a search for "two%20words" literally searches for that, converting it in the address bar to "test%2520words".