Hi,
very nice idea. Indeed, dmenu is extremely useful.
Here are a few scripts I use almost daily. Some are quite old, and kinda ugly when I read them now.
## Appearance
First, make sure they all share the same look :
Code:
$ cat $HOME/.dmenurc
l=15
fn="FiraCode-11"
# gruvbox
nb="#282828"
nf="#a89984"
sf="#282828"
sb="#458588"
## daddbmk/dloadbmk
Browser independent bookmarking:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# daddbmk
# store an URL in $HOME/.bookmarks
# edit the page
bmk=$HOME/.bookmarks
# choose downloader
#D="wget -O-" # mosts linux
#D="curl -L" # with curl
D="ftp -o-" # OpenBSD
# dmenu
test -s $HOME/.dmenurc && . $HOME/.dmenurc
PROMPT="url:"
URL=$(xclip -o | dmenu -sb ${sb} -sf ${sf} -nb ${nb} -nf ${nf} -fn ${fn} -p "$PROMPT")
test -z "${URL}" && exit
TITLE="$(${D} "${URL}" | grep '<title>' | \
head -n1 | \
sed -e 's;<title>;;' -e's;</title>;;' |\
awk '{$1=$1};1'
)"
echo "${TITLE} ${URL}" >> "${bmk}"
sort -u "${bmk}" -o "${bmk}"
# edit bookmark
st -e $EDITOR "${bmk}"
## search engine
Code:
#!/bin/sh
#search engines with dmenu
# If any text is selected, it is directly pasted at input
#dmenu colors
test -s $HOME/.dmenurc && . $HOME/.dmenurc
# prompt
P="engine <search>:"
#DEFAULT='https://html.duckduckgo.com/html/?kh=1&q='
DEFAULT='https://duckduckgo.com/?kh=1&q='
#DEFAULT='https://www.mojeek.com/search?q='
INPUT=$(echo "duckduckgo
qwant
openstreetmap
manobsd
obsdmisc
obsdports
wiki
wikien
dic
synonyme
en2fr
fr2en
pirate
sound
image" |dmenu -i -fn $fn -nb $nb -nf $nf -sb $sb -sf $sf -p "$P")
ENGINE=$(echo $INPUT |cut -d ' ' -f 1 )
SEARCH=$(echo $INPUT |cut -d ' ' -f2- |sed 's/ /+/g')
if [ -n "$SEARCH" ]; then
case $ENGINE in
d | duckduckgo) RES="https://duckduckgo.com/?kh=1&kl=fr-fr&ks=m&kj=kt&ky=-1&kad=fr_FR&q=$SEARCH";;
qwant) RES="https://www.qwant.com/?q=$SEARCH&t=all" ;;
osm | openstreetmap ) RES="https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=$SEARCH"
;;
obsdmisc ) RES="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&w=2&r=1&q=b&s=$SEARCH" ;;
obsdports ) RES="https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&w=2&r=1&q=b&s=$SEARCH" ;;
manobsd ) RES="https://man.openbsd.org/$SEARCH" ;;
wiki) RES="http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spécial%3ARecherche&search=$SEARCH&go=Lire" ;;
i | image ) RES="https://duckduckgo.com/?ia=images&iax=images&q=$SEARCH" ;;
wikien | ew ) RES="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spécial%3ARecherche&search=$SEARCH&go=Lire" ;;
dic ) RES="http://www.le-dictionnaire.com/definition.php?mot=$SEARCH" ;;
syn | synonyme ) RES="http://www.synonymes.com/synonyme.php?mot=$SEARCH&x=0&y=0";;
en2fr ) RES="http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/$SEARCH";;
fr2en ) RES="http://www.wordreference.com/fren/$SEARCH";;
pirate ) RES="https://pirateproxy.name/search.php?q=$SEARCH";;
sound ) RES="https://soundcloud.com/search?q=$SEARCH";;
# Le suivant eterm le choix par défaut
* )
SEARCH=$(echo $INPUT |cut -d ' ' -f1- |sed 's/ /+/g')
RES="$DEFAULT$SEARCH" ;;
esac
fi
if [ "$RES" != "" ]; then
"$BROWSER" $RES
fi
exit
Code:
#!/bin/sh
test -s $HOME/.dmenurc && . $HOME/.dmenurc
url="$(dmenu -nb $nb -nf $nf -sb $sb -sf $sf -fn $fn -i -l $l < $HOME/.bookmarks | \
awk '{print $NF}')"
if [ -n "$url" ]; then
$BROWSER "$url"
fi
exit 0
## music player daemon
Code:
#!/bin/sh
#Gestion de mpd avec dmenu et mpc
test -s $HOME/.dmenurc && . $HOME/.dmenurc
OPTION="-sb ${sb} -sf ${sf} -nb ${nb} -nf ${nf} -fn ${fn} -l $l -i"
index=`mpc playlist |nl -s ' ' |dmenu $OPTION -p "Que jouer?" |awk '{print $1}'`
if [ "$index" != "" ]; then
mpc -q play $index
fi
exit 0;
## ssh quick start
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# run ssh session in one hosts listed in
# $HOME/.ssh/config
# $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
# Require : x11/dmenu <https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/>
# Author : prx <prx@si3t.ch>
# Licence : MIT
# term ?
TERMINAL='st'
# few options for dmenu
test -s $HOME/.dmenurc && . $HOME/.dmenurc
PROMPT="ssh host:"
C=$HOME/.ssh/config
K=$HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
HOST=$(
(awk '/Hoterm [^*]/ {print $2}' "${C}"
cut -d' ' -f 1 "${K}" |\
cut -d',' -f1 |\
sed -e 's;\[;;' -e 's;\];;'
) | sort -u \
| dmenu -l ${l} \
-fn "${fn}" \
-nb "${nb}" \
-nf "${nf}" \
-sb "${sb}" \
-sf "${sf}" \
-p "${PROMPT}")
if [ -n "${HOST}" ]; then
case "${HOST}" in
*:*) "${TERMINAL}" -e "ssh ssh://${HOST}" ;;
*) "${TERMINAL}" -e "ssh ${HOST}" ;;
esac
fi
exit
## manpage finder
Written at first by eol. A little modified. This one is sick.
Code:
#!/bin/sh
set -e
# TODO or not ?
# Some man page are different on different architecture
# For a simpler interface, this is not handled as only
# the last component of path is displayed in dmenu
sp="$HOME/man /usr/share/man/ /usr/local/man/ /usr/X11R6/man/"
mandb=~/.man.db
readonly sp mandb
usage() {
print -u2 "${0##*/}:
pipe locate output from ~/.man.db as prepopulated by mk_man_db
into dmenu. User can select one or more man page thanks to
dmenu multiselection. Read dmenu(1) for more information ;)
You can customize the window using the \"man\" class in ~/.Xresources
with line such as:
man*scrollBar: false
man*reverseVideo: true
-b build only mode. ~/.man.db is created or updated.
-h Print this message."
}
mk_man_db() {
/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb \
--fcodes="$mandb" \
--searchpaths="$sp"
}
while getopts "bh" opt; do
case $opt in
b) mk_man_db
exit 0;;
h|*) usage
exit 1;;
esac
done
do_need_update() {
[[ ! -s $mandb ]] || {
local lastdbmod lastmanpathdirsmod
lastdbmod=$(stat -f "%m" $mandb)
lastmanpathdirsmod=$(stat -f "%m" $sp |sort -r |sed q)
[[ $lastdbmod < $lastmanpathdirsmod ]]
} && mk_man_db
}
manpage_choose() {
test -s $HOME/.dmenurc && . $HOME/.dmenurc
locate -b -d "${mandb}" . |sed 's,.*/,,;/mandoc.db/d' \
| dmenu -l ${l} \
-fn "${fn}" \
-nb "${nb}" \
-nf "${nf}" \
-sb "${sb}" \
-sf "${sf}" \
-p "Man page : " |uniq
}
manpage_show() {
IFS='
'
local manpage=$(manpage_choose)
[ "$manpage" ] && {
for m in $manpage
do
name=${m%.([0-9]|3p)}
section=${m##*.}
f=$(locate -d "${mandb}" /$m |sed q)
[ -f "$f" ] && \
case $section {
0)
xterm -class man -T "man | $name($section)" \
-e less -eR "$f" &
;;
[1-9]|3p)
xterm -class man -T "man | $name($section)" \
-e man -l "$f" &
;;
*)
;;
}
done
}
}
do_need_update
manpage_show &
exit $?
## file search
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# search for file in $sp
test -s $HOME/.dmenurc && . $HOME/.dmenurc
#sp="$HOME /etc /bin /usr/local"
sp="$HOME"
cachedir="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-"$HOME/.cache"}"
cache="$cachedir/dlocate.db"
mk_cache()
{
/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb \
--fcodes="$cache" \
--searchpaths="$sp"
}
if [ -s $cache ]; then
lastdbmod=$(stat -f "%m" $cache)
lastspmod=$(stat -f "%m" $sp |sort -r |sed q)
test $lastdbmod -lt $lastspmod && mk_cache
else
mk_cache
fi
prompt="locate:"
res=$(locate -b -d "${cache}" . | dmenu \
-l ${l} \
-i \
-fn "${fn}" \
-nb "${nb}" \
-nf "${nf}" \
-sb "${sb}" \
-sf "${sf}" \
-p "${prompt}" \
)
notify-send "${res}"
test -f "${res}" && xdg-open "${res}"
## waybackmachine
Code:
#!/bin/sh
test -s $HOME/.dmenurc && . $HOME/.dmenurc
PROMPT="waybackmachine:"
url="$(xclip -o | dmenu -sb ${sb} -sf ${sf} -nb ${nb} -nf ${nf} -fn ${fn} -p "$PROMPT")"
test -z "${url}" && exit
$BROWSER "https://web.archive.org/save/$url"
$BROWSER "https://archive.is/?url=$url"
I also use wall setter, scrot'n'upload, note manager, but far less good as the previous mentioned.
edit : a few more explanation here (in french, sorry) : gemini://si3t.ch/Logiciel-libre/Suckless/dmenu.gmi
