dsearch - dsearch - Simple script to launch and remember search queries using dmenu.
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1 #!/bin/bash
2 #
3 # Title: Untitled
4 # Author: Roygbyte
5 # Description: Smol script to easily and quickly launch a search query.
6 # Date: April, 2023
7 # Version: 0.2
8 #
9 # Installation
10 # =========
11 # Place file inside user's bin folder, i.e.: /home/someone/bin. Make the file executable with
12 # `chmod +x search-dmenu.sh`. Then, bind a key to the file in your i3 conf, e.g.:
13 # `bindsym $mod+q exec search-dmenu.sh`.
14 #
15 # Configuration
16 # ===========
17 # Variables of interest are `SEARCH_URL`, which defines the URL used for conduct the
18 # search query. By default, it's DuckDuckGo. `SEARCH_HANDLER`, which contains a string
19 # of new-line separated search handlers. By default, it includes FireFox, W3M, Lynx,
20 # and Suckless' Surf. If you change the search handlers, you may also need to change
21 # the case block to match. Oh: if you're running with the defaults, at least double-check
22 # that the case block dispatcher for the search handlers is using the right terminal for you.
23 # By default, it uses urxvt to dispatch W3M and Lynx.
24
25 HISTORY="/home/$USER/bin/.search-history"
26 HISTORY_TO_KEEP=10000
27 HISTORY_TO_SHOW=10
28 DMENU_OPTIONS=" -b -fn Iosevka-18 -nb #000000 -nf #FFFFFF -sb #0000FF"
29
30 function add_history_item() {
31 SEARCH_TERM="$1" # Use $1, which is argument.
32 if [ ! -a "$HISTORY" ]; then
33 touch "$HISTORY"
34 fi
35 # Use awk to print out a new history file. Current search is added to top of list.
36 # Then the current search term is omitted in any other occurances in the list.
37 # Awk, we love it. It makes using more complicated software feel awk-ward.
38 cat $HISTORY | head -n $HISTORY_TO_KEEP| awk -v search_term="$SEARCH_TERM" 'BEGIN {print search_term;} !match($0, search_term) { print $0; }' > "$HISTORY.temp"
39 mv "$HISTORY.temp" $HISTORY
40 }
41
42 SEARCH_TERM=$(cat $HISTORY | dmenu -p "Search" -l $HISTORY_TO_SHOW $DMENU_OPTIONS)
43
44 if [ -z $SEARCH_TERM ]; then
45 # Exit on ESC, producing empty string
46 exit;
47 fi
48
49 add_history_item "$SEARCH_TERM"
50
51 WEB_SEARCH_URL="https://duckduckgo.com/?q=$SEARCH_TERM"
52 GOPHER_SEARCH_URL="gopher://gopher.icu/7/quarry?$SEARCH_TERM"
53 SEARCH_HANDLER=$(echo -e "Gopher\nFirefox\nW3M\nLynx\nSurf\nYewTube" | dmenu -p "With" $DMENU_OPTIONS)
54
55 if [ -z $SEARCH_HANDLER ]; then
56 exit;
57 fi
58
59 case $SEARCH_HANDLER in
60 Gopher) urxvt -e lynx "$GOPHER_SEARCH_URL" ;;
61 Firefox) firefox "$WEB_SEARCH_URL" ;;
62 W3M) urxvt -e w3m "$WEB_SEARCH_URL" ;;
63 Lynx) urxvt -e lynx "$WEB_SEARCH_URL" ;;
64 #Lynx) urxvt -e tmux -c "lynx \"$WEB_SEARCH_URL"\" ;;
65 Surf) surf -B -g -f -a @ "$WEB_SEARCH_URL" ;;
66 YewTube) firefox "https://yewtu.be/search?q=$SEARCH_TERM" ;;
67 esac
68
69 # Ugh, I would like to use something better for settingup the search handlers, like an array. But Idk.
70 # declare -A SEARCH_HANDLERS
71 # SEARCH_HANDLERS[0]="Firefox|firefox"
72 # SEARCH_HANDLERS[1]="W3M|urxvt -e w3m"
73
74 # SEARCH_HANDLERS=([firefox]=firefox
75 # [w3m]="urxvt -e w3m") # Colud also declare the array with `declare -A SEARCH_HANDLERS`