TODO: add a way to browse to files. Please edit this page directly if you find an elegant way to add this feature.
This script is a (very) slightly modified version of [[url-from-surfraw]] that allows to complete among the uris of the history. It uses dmenu with vertical patch, so the result will probably look a bit different.
===== Bash script =====
#!/bin/bash
# Default search engine.
DEFAULT_SEARCH=ixquick
# The location of the history
HISTORY="$HOME/.local/share/uzbl/history"
# Colors for dmenu
COLORS=" -nb #303030 -nf khaki -sb #CCFFAA -sf #303030"
# Prompt for dmenu
PROMPT="Go to: "
# Use surfraw to search for the words
function search()
{
# Does surfraw know what to do with it?
url=$(surfraw -print $@)
# If not, then use the default search engine
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
url=$(surfraw -print $DEFAULT_SEARCH $@)
fi
echo $url
}
# We assume that this is a URL
function goto()
{
case "$1" in
*:*) echo $1 ;;
*) echo "http://$1" ;;
esac
}
# Use dmenu to navigate through possible choices
function present_menu()
{
elvi=$(surfraw -elvi | cut -f 1 | tail --lines=+2)
uris=$(cut -d\ -f 3 "$HISTORY" 2>/dev/null | tac | sort | uniq -c | sort -n -r | tr -d ' [:digit:]')
bookmarks=$(cut -d\ -f 1 ~/.surfraw.bookmarks)
echo "${uris} ${elvi} ${bookmarks}" | tr ' ' '\n' | dmenu -p "$PROMPT" -l 10 -i $COLORS
}
present_menu | \
( read car cdr
test -z "$car" && exit 1
( test -z "$cdr" && echo $car | fgrep -c '.
:' > /dev/null && goto $car ) || search "$car $cdr" )
===== Installation =====
The above script can be bound in your uzbl config in the following ways. To open the selected page in the current window:
@bind o = sh 'uri=`$XDG_DATA_HOME/uzbl/scripts/load_url_from_surfraw.sh` && echo "uri $uri" > $4'
You can also use it to open a new UZBL instance with the new URL (similar to tab-open in vimperator):
@bind t = sh 'uri=`$XDG_DATA_HOME/uzbl/scripts/load_url_from_surfraw.sh` && uzbl-browser --uri $uri'
Note that this last way indicates a way to call this script directly from your window manager.
sh 'uri=`$XDG_DATA_HOME/uzbl/scripts/load_url_from_surfraw.sh` && uzbl-browser --uri $uri'