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commit 7bc6f2d8e08b2e33c66e4b36ec0641aa785c5d6e
parent fcc970c486585867c124ed5a1417c5f7f56bf1c5
Author: Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe <first.lord.of.teal@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:29:34 -0400

Added quick search script to surf.suckless.org/files

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+Quick searching with dmenu
+==================
+
+Description
+-----------
+
+Prompts for a query with dmenu and posts it to the selected search engine.
+The engine is specified by a single-character code that precedes the
+actual query, e.g. 'w pancakes' would search en.wikipedia.org for the string
+'pancakes'. This reduces the necessary shell plumbing to a couple of pipes
+and a case statement.
+
+Character ugliness in the query is avoided using xxd, tr, and sed. This
+has worked so far.
+
+Author
+------
+
+Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+Copy the following code into an executable file and place it in PATH. Edit
+surf/config.def.h as described in the header.
+
+Code
+----
+
+	#!/bin/sh
+	#
+	# surf_qsearch:
+	# Search engine script for surf. Takes the surf window id as argument.
+	# POSIX compliant and GNU-free, I think.
+	#
+	# Add something like the following to your surf/config.(def.)h, replacing
+	# surf_qsearch with the name of the file you've copied this code into:
+	#
+	# /* Quick searching. */
+	# #define QSEARCH { \
+	#     .v = (char *[]){"/bin/sh", "-c", "surf_qsearch $0 $1", winid, NULL } \
+	# }
+	#
+	# Add a keybinding in keys[]:
+	#
+	# { MODKEY, GDK_q, spawn, QSEARCH },
+	#
+
+	# Get the full query. The 'echo | dmenu' idiom may be a bit of a hack.
+	q="$(echo | dmenu -p 'Search')"
+	[ -z "$q" ] && exit 0
+
+	# Extract the engine code.
+	e=$(printf %s "$q" | cut -c 1)
+
+	# Encode the search string (i.e. the rest of q)
+	s=$(printf %s "$q" | cut -c 3- | xxd -plain | tr -d '\n' | sed 's/\(..\)/%\1/g')
+
+	# These are examples. Change as desired.
+	# 's' = startpage.com
+	# 'w' = wikipedia.org
+	# 'a' = wiki.archlinux.org
+	# 'd' = en.wiktionary.org
+	case $e in
+		's')
+			xprop -id $1 -f _SURF_GO 8s -set _SURF_GO "https://startpage.com/do/search?q=${s}"
+			;;
+		'w')
+			xprop -id $1 -f _SURF_GO 8s -set _SURF_GO "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.php/Special:Search?search=${s}&go=Go"
+			;;
+		'a')
+			xprop -id $1 -f _SURF_GO 8s -set _SURF_GO "https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Special:Search?search=${s}&go=Go"
+			;;
+		'd')
+			xprop -id $1 -f _SURF_GO 8s -set _SURF_GO "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?search=${s}&go=Go"
+			;;
+		*)
+			exit 1
+			;;
+	esac