On 2020/12/13 03:55, Klemens Nanni wrote: > Here's a shell helper I wrote a while ago, mainly to do the following: > > 1. right-click URL in browser -> copy > 2. start cwm(1) application, i.e. `command watch watch' in cwmrc(5) > 3. have mpv(1) started streaming the URL, possibly with youtube-dl(1) > > I've put it into shape and uploaded the script somewhere, wrote a > proper manual as well so DESCR merely serves as teaser. > > Information for inst:watch-0.1 > > Comment: > watch videos > > Description: > watch(1) is a small wrapper around mpv(1), youtube-dl(1) and xclip(1) > providing simple interfaces and intregration to stream arbitrary URLs or
typo; integration > watch YouTube search results. > > Maintainer: Klemens Nanni <k...@openbsd.org> > > > I know this could conflict with a future port of the GNU watch(1) tool, > but it has yet to arrive and other names for this tool are already used, gnuwatch has been there since 2006 (I normally use iwatch for that though). There's no conflict in filenames, but somebody running "pkg_add watch" might get confused and I would ideally prefer a less generic name. I agree with the other feedback about category, multimedia would seem the natural choice. > e.g. view(1) from editors/vim and stream(1) from graphics/ImageMagick. > > Feedback? OK?
