Change how +lookup/online populates initial input

If no selection is active, there is no initial input.
If selection is active, use the selection.

Also remove helm-google package, as the helm functionality is provided
by the core helm package already (and actually works).

modules/completion/ivy/config.el

@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ evil-ex-specific constructs, so we disable it solely in evil-ex."
      ("L" (lambda (path) (with-ivy-window (insert (format "[[%s]]" path))))
       "Insert absolute org-link")))
 
-  ;; `counsel-search'
+  ;; `counsel-search': use normal page for displaying results, so that we see
+  ;; custom ddg themes (if one is set).
   (setf (nth 1 (alist-get 'ddg counsel-search-engines-alist))
         "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=")
 

modules/tools/lookup/autoload/online.el

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ argument is non-nil)."
    (+lookup--online-provider (not current-prefix-arg))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
-(defun +lookup/online (arg &optional query provider)
-  "Looks up QUERY (a string) in you browser using PROVIDER.
+(defun +lookup/online (query provider)
+  "Looks up QUERY (a string) in you browser usin PROVIDER.
 
 PROVIDER should be a key of `+lookup-provider-url-alist'.
 
@@ -34,14 +34,13 @@ When used interactively, it will prompt for a query and, for the first time, the
 provider from `+lookup-provider-url-alist'. On consecutive uses, the last
 provider will be reused. If the universal argument is supplied, always prompt
 for the provider."
-  (interactive "P")
-  (let* ((provider (or provider (+lookup--online-provider arg)))
-         (query (or query (+lookup-symbol-or-region)))
-         (backend (cl-find-if (lambda (x) (or (stringp x) (fboundp x)))
-                              (cdr (assoc provider +lookup-provider-url-alist)))))
-    (if (and (functionp backend)
-             (commandp backend))
-        (call-interactively backend)
+  (interactive
+   (list (if (use-region-p) (+lookup-symbol-or-region))
+         (+lookup--online-provider current-prefix-arg)))
+  (let ((backend (cl-find-if (lambda (x) (or (stringp x) (fboundp x)))
+                             (cdr (assoc provider +lookup-provider-url-alist)))))
+    (unless (and (functionp backend)
+                 (funcall backend query))
       (unless backend
         (user-error "%S is an invalid query engine backend for %S provider"
                     backend provider))
@@ -69,3 +68,32 @@ for the provider."
   (interactive)
   (let ((current-prefix-arg t))
     (call-interactively #'+lookup/online)))
+
+
+;;
+;;; Special provider frontends
+
+(defvar ivy-initial-inputs-alist)
+(defvar counsel-search-engine)
+;;;###autoload
+(defun +lookup--online-backend-google (query)
+  "Search google, starting with QUERY, with live autocompletion."
+  (cond ((fboundp 'counsel-search)
+         (let ((ivy-initial-inputs-alist `((t . ,query)))
+               (counsel-search-engine 'google))
+           (call-interactively #'counsel-search)
+           t))
+        ((require 'helm-net nil t)
+         (helm :sources 'helm-source-google-suggest
+               :buffer "*helm google*"
+               :input query)
+         t)))
+
+;;;###autoload
+(defun +lookup--online-backend-duckduckgo (query)
+  "Search duckduckgo, starting with QUERY, with live autocompletion."
+  (cond ((fboundp 'counsel-search)
+         (let ((ivy-initial-inputs-alist `((t . ,query)))
+               (counsel-search-engine 'ddg))
+           (call-interactively #'counsel-search)
+           t))))

modules/tools/lookup/config.el

@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 ;; `dumb-jump' to find what you want.
 
 (defvar +lookup-provider-url-alist
-  (append '(("Google"            counsel-search helm-google-suggest "https://google.com/search?q=%s")
+  (append '(("Google"            +lookup--online-backend-google "https://google.com/search?q=%s")
             ("Google images"     "https://www.google.com/images?q=%s")
             ("Google maps"       "https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%s")
             ("Project Gutenberg" "http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=%s")
-            ("DuckDuckGo"        counsel-search "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s")
+            ("DuckDuckGo"        +lookup--online-backend-duckduckgo "https://duckduckgo.com/?q=%s")
             ("DevDocs.io"        "https://devdocs.io/#q=%s")
             ("StackOverflow"     "https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%s")
             ("Github"            "https://github.com/search?ref=simplesearch&q=%s")

modules/tools/lookup/packages.el

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 (when (featurep! :completion ivy)
   (package! ivy-xref))
 (when (featurep! :completion helm)
-  (package! helm-google)
   (package! helm-xref))
 
 (when (featurep! +docsets)