Package: surfraw
Version: 2.0.2-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Attached are four simple optionless elvi that I've found useful.
Use/modify/discard as convenient.
cia
This could perhaps also have options like -worldfactbook,
but the basic version does all I ever need.
deblogs
See note below on bash-completion.
etym
This may be something only I would ever use...
foldoc
I was surprised there wasn't one for this already.
The deblogs elvis can be added to the "packagename" list in my old
bash-completion script (sorry about the ">&-", guys!). Strictly
speaking this is wrong - like debpts and perhaps others, it really
wants to complete on source-package names such as xfree86 rather
than binary-package names such as xserver-common... but I can't find
any way of getting a list of Debian source-package names to complete
on.
Here's a free bonus piece of drive-by wishlistery: it seems to me
that you'd be saved all the effort of maintaining an up-to-date
surfraw.elvi list if each elvis supported a standard "-about" option
which worked something like this:
$ sr -about google
Search the web using Google (www.google.com) - v1.2
Then "for x in $elvidir/*; do surfraw -about $x; done" (or perhaps
even just "sr -about $elvidir/*") would give you an automatic elvi
list...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.9
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages surfraw depends on:
ii debconf 1.4.30.11 Debian configuration management sy
ii lynx [www-browser] 2.8.5-2 Text-mode WWW Browser
ii mozilla-browser [www-browser] 2:1.7.3-5 The Mozilla Internet application s
ii mozilla-firefox [www-browser] 1.0-4 lightweight web browser based on M
ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.1-1 WWW browsable pager with excellent
ii xemacs21-nomule [www-browser] 21.4.16-1 Editor and kitchen sink -- Non-mul
-- debconf information:
* surfraw/surfraw-path:
surfraw/surfraw-v2-upgrade:
--
JBR
Ankh kak! (Ancient Egyptian blessing)
#!/bin/sh
# jbr20050112
# elvis: cia -- Search CIA documents at www.cia.gov
. surfraw || exit 1
# could have -worldfactbook etc, but I always use Entire Site
w3_usage_hook () {
cat <<EOF
Usage: $w3_argv0 [options] [search words]...
Description:
Search CIA documents at www.cia.gov
Example:
cia WDM
EOF
w3_global_usage
}
w3_config
w3_parse_args "$@"
# w3_args now contains a list of arguments
if test -z "$w3_args"; then
w3_browse_url "http://www.cia.gov/";
else
escaped_args=`w3_url_of_arg $w3_args`
w3_browse_url
"http://www.cia.gov/search?NS-collection=Entire+Site&NS-search-page=results&NS-query=${escaped_args}";
fi
#!/bin/sh
# jbr20050112
# elvis: deblogs -- Show changelogs for a package in Debian main
(changelogs.debian.net)
. surfraw || exit 1
w3_usage_hook () {
cat <<EOF
Usage: $w3_argv0 [options] [search words]...
Description:
Show changelogs for a package in Debian main (changelogs.debian.net)
EOF
w3_global_usage
}
w3_config
w3_parse_args "$@"
# w3_args now contains a list of arguments
if test -z "$w3_args"; then
w3_browse_url "http://changelogs.debian.net/";
else
escaped_args=`w3_url_of_arg $w3_args`
w3_browse_url "http://changelogs.debian.net/${escaped_args}";
fi
#!/bin/sh
# jbr20050112
# elvis: etym -- Look up word origins at www.etymonline.com
. surfraw || exit 1
w3_usage_hook () {
cat <<EOF
Usage: $w3_argv0 [options] [search words]...
Description:
Look up word origins at www.etymonline.com
Example:
etym surf
'1685, probably from earlier suffe (1599), of uncertain origin...'
EOF
w3_global_usage
}
w3_config
w3_parse_args "$@"
# w3_args now contains a list of arguments
if test -z "$w3_args"; then
w3_browse_url "http://www.etymonline.com/";
else
escaped_args=`w3_url_of_arg $w3_args`
w3_browse_url "http://www.etymonline.com/?search=${escaped_args}";
fi
#!/bin/sh
# jbr20050112
# elvis: foldoc -- The Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing (foldoc.org)
. surfraw || exit 1
w3_usage_hook () {
cat <<EOF
Usage: $w3_argv0 [options] [search words]...
Description:
The Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing (foldoc.org)
Example:
foldoc pcmcia
"Personal Computer Memory Card International Association(*).
(Or People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms)."
EOF
w3_global_usage
}
w3_config
w3_parse_args "$@"
# w3_args now contains a list of arguments
if test -z "$w3_args"; then
w3_browse_url "http://www.foldoc.org/";
else
escaped_args=`w3_url_of_arg $w3_args`
w3_browse_url
"http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=${escaped_args}&action=Search";
fi
