Mercurial > hg > smartopen
changeset 5:7328744920de
adding README file
author | k0s <k0scist@gmail.com> |
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date | Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:07:17 -0500 |
parents | 01015b36290a |
children | a03adefacb62 |
files | README.txt setup.py smartopen.ini |
diffstat | 3 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/README.txt Wed Mar 03 01:07:17 2010 -0500 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +smartopen +========= + +smartopen is a command line program that will transform text according +to handlers to URLs and open them + +Usage +----- + +``smartopen --help`` displays the program usage: + +""" +Usage: smartopen [options] + +Options: + -h, --help show this help message and exit + -c CONFIG, --config=CONFIG + config file to read + -u, --url print the first url handled + -a, --all print all handlers that match the query + -H HANDLERS, --handler=HANDLERS + name of the handler to use, in order + --print-handlers print all handlers in order they would be tried +""" + +smartopen reads text from standard input or command line arguments. +The handlers are then iterated through in a configurable order and, if +the handler can transform the text into a URL, the URL is then +processed. Unless otherwise specified by command line options +(e.g. --url, --all), the first matching URL is then opened in firefox. + + +Handlers +-------- + +smartopen has a pluggable system of configurable handlers. The +setuptools entry point ``[smartopen.locations]`` is an extension point +for the handlers. Several handlers come with smartopen, or you can +write your own. + +URL: a resolvable URL +Google: a google search +Wikipedia: a Wikipedia article +GoogleMaps: an address in google maps + + +Configuration +------------- + +smartopen uses a configuration file that defines the order of the +handlers and their behavior. + + +Interfacing With Your Environment +--------------------------------- + +While smartopen is useful of its own right, its utility may be +enhanced by using as part of an environment. For instance, I run the +fluxbox window manager which allows the use of hotkeys. By binding +smartopen to Ctrl+Alt+s and using xclip, I can open a URL that is +mappable to a smartopen handler with a keyboard shortcut. The +relevant line from my ~/.fluxbox/keys file reads: + +Control Mod1 s :ExecCommand /home/jhammel/python/smartopen.py "$(xclip -o)" # smartopen + +
--- a/setup.py Sat Nov 21 19:52:10 2009 -0500 +++ b/setup.py Wed Mar 03 01:07:17 2010 -0500 @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ from setuptools import setup, find_packages import sys, os +try: + description = file('README.txt').read() +except: + description = '' + version = '0.1.1' setup(name='smartopen', version=version, description="open text in a browser contextually", - long_description="""\ -""", + long_description=description, classifiers=[], # Get strings from http://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers keywords='', author='Jeff Hammel',
--- a/smartopen.ini Sat Nov 21 19:52:10 2009 -0500 +++ b/smartopen.ini Wed Mar 03 01:07:17 2010 -0500 @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@ [DEFAULTS] -handlers = GoogleMaps, Trac, Wikipedia, Google +handlers = URL, GoogleMaps, Trac, Wikipedia, Google -[Trac] -baseurl = http://trac.openplans.org/opencore \ No newline at end of file