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note dialog, the prog

author	Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
date	Wed, 01 May 2013 22:18:51 -0700
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5 7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	1 smartopen
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	2 =========
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7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	4 smartopen is a command line program that will transform text according
14 a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	5 to handlers to URLs and open them
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5 7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	7
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	8 Usage
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	9 -----
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	10
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	11 ``smartopen --help`` displays the program usage:
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7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	13 """
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	14 Usage: smartopen [options]
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	15
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	16 Options:
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	17 -h, --help show this help message and exit
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	18 -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	19 config file to read
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	20 -u, --url print the first url handled
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	21 -a, --all print all handlers that match the query
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	22 -H HANDLERS, --handler=HANDLERS
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	23 name of the handler to use, in order
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	24 --print-handlers print all handlers in order they would be tried
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	25 """
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	26
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	27 smartopen reads text from standard input or command line arguments.
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	28 The handlers are then iterated through in a configurable order and, if
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	29 the handler can transform the text into a URL, the URL is then
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	30 processed. Unless otherwise specified by command line options
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	31 (e.g. --url, --all), the first matching URL is then opened in firefox.
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	32
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	33
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	34 Handlers
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	35 --------
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	36
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	37 smartopen has a pluggable system of configurable handlers. The
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	38 setuptools entry point ``[smartopen.locations]`` is an extension point
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	39 for the handlers. Several handlers come with smartopen, or you can
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	40 write your own.
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	41
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	42 URL: a resolvable URL
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	43 Google: a google search
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	44 Wikipedia: a Wikipedia article
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	45 GoogleMaps: an address in google maps
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14 a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	47 etc.
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5 7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	49
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	50 Configuration
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	51 -------------
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	52
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	53 smartopen uses a configuration file that defines the order of the
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	54 handlers and their behavior.
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	55
14 a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	56 A simple example is shown here:
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	57 http://k0s.org/hg/smartopen/file/tip/smartopen.ini
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5 7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	59
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	60 Interfacing With Your Environment
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7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	62
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	63 While smartopen is useful of its own right, its utility may be
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	64 enhanced by using as part of an environment. For instance, I run the
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	65 fluxbox window manager which allows the use of hotkeys. By binding
14 a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	66 smartopen to ``Ctrl+Alt+s`` and using ``xclip``, I can open a URL that is
5 7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	67 mappable to a smartopen handler with a keyboard shortcut. The
14 a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	68 relevant line from my ``~/.fluxbox/keys`` file reads:
5 7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	69
7328744920de adding README file k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> parents: diff changeset	70 Control Mod1 s :ExecCommand /home/jhammel/python/smartopen.py "$(xclip -o)" # smartopen
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a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	74
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a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	76 Posterity is gained...
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	77 ----------------------
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	78
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	79 I mostly wrote smartopen to help me. That it has.
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	80 However...a few things....
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	81
16 12db2d46722d note to self Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 14 diff changeset	82 - there should be a local version
14 a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	83 - better way of setting up handlers?
16 12db2d46722d note to self Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 14 diff changeset	84 - really, i want to push down to choose what i think the handler is;
12db2d46722d note to self Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 14 diff changeset	85 that is, in some ideal world, I press (e.g.) Ctrl+Alt+s ; if i
12db2d46722d note to self Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 14 diff changeset	86 release then i get the default, but i am shown the several matches
12db2d46722d note to self Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 14 diff changeset	87 and can A. make my choice at that point; -or- B. interact in an even
12db2d46722d note to self Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 14 diff changeset	88 more creative way
17 a815b73c8e19 note dialog, the prog Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 16 diff changeset	89 * potential real answers: dialog, ???
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16 12db2d46722d note to self Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 14 diff changeset	91 See also mad scramblings from the comments atop
12db2d46722d note to self Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 14 diff changeset	92 http://k0s.org/programs.html
12db2d46722d note to self Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 14 diff changeset	93
14 a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	94 Was reading about catfish....e.g.
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	95 http://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/catfish-file-searching-tool-for-ubuntu-linux/
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a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	97
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	98 """
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	99 file search tool that support several different engines
16 12db2d46722d note to self Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 14 diff changeset	100
14 a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	101 A file search tool using different backends which is configurable via
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	102 the command line.
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	103
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	104 This program acts as a frontend for different file search engines.
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	105 The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple. But it takes
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	106 configuration options from the command line.
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	107
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	108 Currently find, locate, tracker, strigi, pinot, and beagle are
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	109 supported as backends
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	110 """.
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	111
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	112 Should smartopen....be a pluggable thing that takes text and finds
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	113 both the handler and what to do with it???
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	114
a62fbff067f8 start bringing this whole thing up to speed Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> parents: 5 diff changeset	115 I mean, short of it being a neural network anyway....

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