Search CLI
Small tools to interface with search engine form the command line that has tight integration with the linux X clipboard.
For python 3 installs:
sudo apt install surfraw surfraw-extra xclip python3-tk
For python 2
sudo apt install surfraw surfraw-extra xclip python-tk
install with pip install .
or pip install search-cli
Programs:
-
search
orsr
: Search from the command line with a backoff to search for what ever is on your clipboard if you don't type anything -
search_highlighted
: Search for the highlighted span. -
search_gui
: Create a text input box and search for entered text with<Enter>
-
search_gui_highlighted
: Same as above but seeded with the currently highlighted text.
search_highlighted
, search_gui
, and search_gui_highlighted
are ideal for keybinding.
When the search bar loses focus (you click away) it will automatically close. If you don't like this behavior you can set SR_CLOSE_LOSS_FOCUS
to no
to stop it.
Windows:
On windows only searching with google is supported. To run you will need python installed
and the entry point scripts exectuable. This normally involes adding paths like the
following to your path (control panel
-> System and Security
-> System
-> Advanced system settings
-> Environment Variables
)
C:\Users\LENOVO\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32\Scripts C:\Users\LENOVO\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32
On windows I can't get the selected text the same way I can on Linux so there are
autoHotKey
scripts in the win
folder than can simulate this behavior.