shownotes-w3m-rice/snippy_1line.sh
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#!/bin/bash
# video demo at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90xoathBYfk
# written by "mhwombat": https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=71938&p=2
# Based on "snippy" by "sessy"
# (https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=71938)
#
# This version may be more convenient for people who only need
# one-line snippets, because all your snippets can go in one file.
#
# You will also need "dmenu", "xsel" and "xdotool". Get them from your linux
# distro in the usual way.
#
# To use:
# 1. Create a file in your home directory called ".snippyrc".
#
# 2. The format of the file is shown below:
#
# [tag] text_to_paste
#
# Where "[tag]" starts in column 1. For example:
#
# [hw] Hello, world!
# [wombatSmilie] [img]http://nualeargais.ie/pictiuir/emoticons/wombatSmilie.gif[/img]
#
# 3. Bind a convenient key combination to this script.
#
# TIP: If you're using XMonad, add something like this to xmonad.hs
# ((mod4Mask, xK_s), spawn "/path/to/snippy")
#
CONFIG=${HOME}/.snippyrc
DMENU_ARGS="-b"
#DMENU_ARGS="-b -p gotbletu$ -fn 10x20"
XSEL_ARGS="--clipboard --input"
# Display the menu and get the selection
SELECTION=`sed 's/\].*/]/' ${CONFIG} | /usr/bin/dmenu ${DMENU_ARGS}`
# Strip out the square brackets...
PATTERN=`echo ${SELECTION} | tr -d "[]"`
# ...and put them back in, escaped with a backslash.
# Get the text associated with the selection.
TEXT=`grep "\[${PATTERN}\]" ~/.snippyrc | sed "s/\[${PATTERN}\] //"`
if [ "${TEXT}" ]; then
# Put the selected string (without the trailing newline) into the paste buffer.
echo -n ${TEXT} | xsel ${XSEL_ARGS}
# Paste into the current application.
xdotool key ctrl+v #gui paste
# xdotool key ctrl+shift+v #cli
fi