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# Rofi Websearches and Bookmarks using Surfraw
combining the power of **surfraw** to handle web searches and bookmarks into the **rofi** launcher. Bookmarks has tags support, making easier for users to remember all the sh/t they got.
* tutorial video: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36QV8VE5PVY)
* offical website: [Link](https://www.youtube.com/user/gotbletu)
### install requirements
rofi
surfraw
### code for hotkey
_Note: What ever distro you are using, just bind it to a hotkey, it also might be best to create a bash script out of it since some desktop environment hotkey manager does not like direct bash code._
# rofi-surfraw-websearch: web search via surfraw
surfraw -browser=$BROWSER $(sr -elvi | awk -F'-' '{print $1}' | sed '/:/d' | awk '{$1=$1};1' | rofi -kb-row-select "Tab" -kb-row-tab "Control+space" -color-window "#000000, #000000, #000000" -color-normal "#000000, #b3e774, #000000, #b3e774, #000000" -color-active "#000000, #b3e774, #000000, #b3e774, #000000" -color-urgent "#000000, #b3e774, #000000, #b3e774, #000000" -dmenu -mesg ">>> Tab = Autocomplete" -i -p "websearch: ")
# rofi-surfraw-bookmarks: bookmarks with tags via surfraw
surfraw -browser=$BROWSER "$(cat ~/.config/surfraw/bookmarks | sed '/^$/d' | sed '/^#/d' | sed '/^\//d' | sort -n | rofi -color-window "#000000, #000000, #000000" -color-normal "#000000, #b3e774, #000000, #b3e774, #000000" -color-active "#000000, #b3e774, #000000, #b3e774, #000000" -color-urgent "#000000, #b3e774, #000000, #b3e774, #000000" -dmenu -mesg ">>> Edit to add new bookmarks at ~/.config/surfraw/bookmarks" -i -p "bookmarks: ")"
### edit or add new bookmarks
vim ~/.config/surfraw/bookmarks
# format example: name url ;; tags
gotbletu https://www.youtube.com/user/gotbletu ;; youtube screencast year of the linux desktop
### how to create your own websearches for surfraw (aka elvi/elvis)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvimaTL_kJU
### references
- [Surfraw Youtube Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqv94xWU9zZ2e-lDbmBpdASA6A6JF4Nyz)
- [Rofi Youtube Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqv94xWU9zZ0LVP1SEFQsLEYjZC_SUB3m)
- [Fuzzy Finder FZF Youtube Playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqv94xWU9zZ2fMsMMDF4PjtNHCeBFbggD)
### contact
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- http://www.youtube.com/user/gotbletu
- https://twitter.com/gotbletu
- https://plus.google.com/+gotbletu
- https://github.com/gotbletu
- gotbletu@gmail.com