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Autocomplete custom scripts? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 5 days ago by MoLoPoLY@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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As my time with linux, I created a lot of scripts. Some of them have input parameters and sometimes I just forget this parameters.

So I wonder if there is some way to create autocomplete parameters, like i autocomplete a path by pressing the tab key?

For example a script. ./test.sh can be completed with parameter-one, eg. ./test.sh parameter-one or ./test.sh parameter-two. If i type now ./test.sh followed by tab it should add parameter-one if i press tab again it should change to parameter-two.

How can I do that? I'm on bash…

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[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev -1 points 5 days ago (6 children)

https://espanso.org/

[–] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

Espanso is probably the most useful software that nobody is using. I can't live without it.

I hope it gets an update soon...

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 0 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Its .YML formatting is really clunky. It feels like it takes up twice as much line space as .AHK (for example), which can do a lot of this kind of stuff in a single line. But I wanna go cross-platform and this is all I can find...

[–] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I like YAML, as long as you aren't using complicated syntax. Using the | operator will get you some flexible usage that's mostly easy enough to read. YAML definitely has its problems though. If you want, I can share some snippets of my config.

Sadly though, due to Espanso not having a working RPM build for Wayland (or a Flatpak, which they're working on), it's not quite as cross-platform as I want it to be. It won't work on any of the cool uBlue-derived distros that I've gravitated toward, so I'm hoping we get a nice, big update this year.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Did you put in a request for this? And sure, I'm always interested in seeing how others use it—especially to complex levels.

[–] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

It took me a while to get around to this so I could sanitize some of the highly-personal stuff there (mostly just a bunch of URLs because I don't use browser bookmarks lol), but here's a condensed version of what I like to use Espanso for.

The second half is ...interesting. I wanted a way to autofill passwords from my password manager in any application, not just a browser. It's a very homebrewed solution, and it only works on Windows and Linux because macOS blocks tools like Espanso from viewing or modifying login input fields.

Did you put in a request for this?

For a Wayland Flatpak or RPM? I haven't looked in a long time, but I believe there's an open issue for a Wayland RPM.

Edit: Found them: Flatpak issue and RPM issue.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

macOS blocks tools like Espanso from viewing or modifying login input fields.

I wonder if SikuliX may be of interest to you, then. I just invoke KeePassXC's built-in autotyper; it's not too much more painful for me. Anyway, thanks for sharing! We certainly use it for very different things. Here's a Reddit search URL generation script that I use sporadically:

  - trigger: '`rs'
    replace: '{{output}}'
    vars:
      - name: form
        type: form
        params:
          layout: |
            [[subdomain]]
            Subreddit (optional): [[subreddit]]
            Query:
            [[query]]
          fields:
            subdomain:
              type: choice
              values:
                - www
                - old
              default: old
      - name: output
        type: script
        params:
          args:
            - python
            - -c
            - |
              if '{{form.subreddit}}':
                print(f'https://{{form.subdomain}}.reddit.com/r/{{form.subreddit}}/search?q={{form.query}}&restrict_sr=on&include_over_18=on')
              else:
                print(f'https://{{form.subdomain}}.reddit.com/search?q={{form.query}}&include_over_18=on')

I wanna make a Lemmy equivalent of this, eventually...

Update: Okay, just did for my instance!

  - trigger: "`lemmy"
    propagate_case: true
    replace: "https://programming.dev/search?q=%7B%7Blemmy.query%7D%7D&type=%7B%7Blemmy.search%7D%7D&listingType=All&page=1&sort=%7B%7Blemmy.timeframe%7D%7D"
    vars:
      - name: "lemmy"
        type: form
        params:
          layout: |
            Query: [[query]]
            Filter: [[search]]Time Frame: [[timeframe]]
          fields:
            query:
            search:
              type: list
              values:
                - All
                - Comments
                - Communities
                - Posts
                - Users
                - URL
              default: All
            timeframe:
              type: list
              values:
                - TopWeek
                - TopMonth
                - TopThreeMonths
                - TopSixMonths
                - TopNineMonths
                - TopYear
                - TopAll
              default: TopAll

It'd be nice to be able to improve the layout's appearance, but I don't know how to do that...

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