--- a/.fluxbox/keys	Fri Nov 26 11:30:47 2010 -0800
+++ b/.fluxbox/keys	Mon Nov 29 08:34:29 2010 -0800
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 Control Mod1 l :ExecCommand echo http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=$(xclip -o) | xclip -i
 Control Mod1 m :ExecCommand  xterm -e alsamixer # mixer
 Control Mod1 o :ExecCommand xclip -o | /home/jhammel/python/onelineit.py | xclip -i # put the clipboard contents on one line
-Control Mod1 p :ExecCommand xclip -o | /home/jhammel/python/pastebin.py | xclip -i # send the clipboard contents to pastebin and replace with the URL
+Control Mod1 p :ExecCommand xclip -o | /home/jhammel/python/pastebin.py | xclip -i 
 Control Mod1 q :ExecCommand xclip -o | sed 's/^/> /' | xclip -i # quote using >'s
 Control Mod1 s :ExecCommand /home/jhammel/bin/smartopen "$(xclip -o)" # smartopen
 Control Mod1 t :ExecCommand gnome-terminal # terminal

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python/cli.py	Mon Nov 29 08:34:29 2010 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+program illustrating command line in the form of
+``--option foo`` or ``--option=foo`` goes to a (key,value) paid
+and ``-tag`` gets appended to a list.  Further options go to a further list::
+
+    >>> main(['-foo', '--bar=fleem', 'baz'])
+    (['foo'], {'bar': 'fleem'}, ['baz'])
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+class ParserError(Exception):
+  """error for exceptions while parsing the command line"""
+
+def main(_args=sys.argv[1:]):
+
+  # return values
+  _dict = {}
+  tags = []
+  args = []
+
+  # parse the arguments
+  key = None
+  for arg in _args:
+    if arg.startswith('---'):
+      raise ParserError("arguments should start with '-' or '--' only")
+    elif arg.startswith('--'):
+      if key:
+        raise ParserError("Key %s still open" % key)
+      key = arg[2:]
+      if '=' in key:
+        key, value = key.split('=', 1)
+        _dict[key] = value
+        key = None
+        continue
+    elif arg.startswith('-'):
+      if key:
+        raise ParserError("Key %s still open" % key)
+      tags.append(arg[1:])
+      continue
+    else:
+      if key:
+        _dict[key] = arg
+        continue
+      args.append(arg)
+
+  # return values
+  return (_dict, tags, args)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  try:
+    _dict, tags, args = main()
+  except ParserError, e:
+    import pdb; pdb.set_trace() # for debugging
+  print _dict
+  print tags
+  print args

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python/urlhash.py	Mon Nov 29 08:34:29 2010 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+return a random URL hash
+"""
+
+import random
+import urllib
+
+chars = [ chr(i) for i in range(0,255) ]
+allowed = [ urllib.quote_plus(i) for i in chars 
+            if urllib.quote_plus(i) in chars ]
+
+def urlhash(len=10):
+  chars = random.sample(allowed, len)
+  string = ''.join(chars)
+  return urllib.quote_plus(string)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  print urlhash()