Initial code - dsearch - Simple script to launch and remember search queries using dmenu.
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HTML Author: Scarlett McAllister <git@roygbyte.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 21:21:02 -0300
Initial code
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Title: Untitled
+# Author: Roygbyte
+# Description: Smol script to easily and quickly launch a search query.
+# Date: April, 2023
+# Version: 0.1
+#
+# Installation
+# =========
+# Place file inside user's bin folder, i.e.: /home/someone/bin. Make the file executable with
+# `chmod +x search-dmenu.sh`. Then, bind a key to the file in your i3 conf, e.g.:
+# `bindsym $mod+q exec search-dmenu.sh`.
+#
+# Configuration
+# ===========
+# Variables of interest are `SEARCH_URL`, which defines the URL used for conduct the
+# search query. By default, it's DuckDuckGo. `SEARCH_HANDLER`, which contains a string
+# of new-line separated search handlers. By default, it includes FireFox, W3M, Lynx,
+# and Suckless' Surf. If you change the search handlers, you may also need to change
+# the case block to match. Oh: if you're running with the defaults, at least double-check
+# that the case block dispatcher for the search handlers is using the right terminal for you.
+# By default, it uses urxvt to dispatch W3M and Lynx.
+
+HISTORY="/home/$USER/bin/.search-history"
+HISTORY_COUNT=10
+DMENU_OPTIONS=" -b -fn Iosevka-18 -nb #000000 -nf #FFFFFF -sb #0000FF"
+
+function add_history_item() {
+ SEARCH_TERM="$1" # Use $1, which is argument.
+ if [ ! -a "$HISTORY" ]; then
+ touch "$HISTORY"
+ fi
+ # Use awk to print out a new history file. Current search is added to top of list.
+ # Then the current search term is omitted in any other occurances in the list.
+ # Awk, we love it. It makes using more complicated software feel awk-ward.
+ cat $HISTORY | head -n $HISTORY_COUNT| awk -v search_term="$SEARCH_TERM" 'BEGIN {print search_term;} !match($0, search_term) { print $0; }' > "$HISTORY.temp"
+ mv "$HISTORY.temp" $HISTORY
+}
+
+SEARCH_TERM=$(cat $HISTORY | dmenu -p "Search" -l $HISTORY_COUNT $DMENU_OPTIONS)
+
+if [ -z $SEARCH_TERM ]; then
+ # Exit on ESC, producing empty string
+ exit;
+fi
+
+add_history_item "$SEARCH_TERM"
+
+SEARCH_URL="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=$SEARCH_TERM"
+SEARCH_HANDLER=$(echo -e "Firefox\nW3M\nLynx\nSurf\nYewTube" | dmenu -p "With" $DMENU_OPTIONS)
+
+if [ -z $SEARCH_HANDLER ]; then
+ exit;
+fi
+
+case $SEARCH_HANDLER in
+ Firefox) firefox "$SEARCH_URL" ;;
+ W3M) urxvt -e w3m "$SEARCH_URL" ;;
+ Lynx) urxvt -e lynx "$SEARCH_URL" ;;
+ #Lynx) urxvt -e tmux -c "lynx \"$SEARCH_URL"\" ;;
+ Surf) surf -B -g -f -a @ "$SEARCH_URL" ;;
+ YewTube) firefox "https://yewtu.be/search?q=$SEARCH_TERM" ;;
+esac
+
+ # Ugh, I would like to use something better for settingup the search handlers, like an array. But Idk.
+ # declare -A SEARCH_HANDLERS
+ # SEARCH_HANDLERS[0]="Firefox|firefox"
+ # SEARCH_HANDLERS[1]="W3M|urxvt -e w3m"
+
+ # SEARCH_HANDLERS=([firefox]=firefox
+ # [w3m]="urxvt -e w3m") # Colud also declare the array with `declare -A SEARCH_HANDLERS`