rofi surfraw

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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
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