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@@ -3,49 +3,101 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm dwim -.Nd do what i mean with a given phrase (file, URL etc.) +.Nd do what I mean with a given phrase (file, URL etc.) . .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm dwim -.Ar phrase +.Op Fl d +.Op Ar phrase . .Sh DESCRIPTION +.Pp .Nm dwim is a program similar to Plan 9's plumber. It takes a string .Ar ( phrase ) and matches it against a number of regular expressions, which are connected to handlers, specifying what to do with the phrase. -. +.Pp +If no +.Ar phrase +is given, the current X selection is retrieved from +.Xr xsel 1 . +This is surprisingly useful. +If you assign a shortcut key to invoke +.Nm dwim +in your window manager, +you can select a string of text, +press the shortcut key and +.Nm +will act on the selected text. +.Pp +If the +.Li xtitle +program is installed on the system, +.Nm +will try to figure out the current working directory +from the window title. +The following title formats are recognized: +.Bl -enum -offset indent -compact +.It +.Em path +.It +.Em program +.Em ( path ) +.El +.Pp +Tilde expansion is supported. .Sh EXAMPLES .Ss Without X selection Open -.Li message-window.lisp -on line 164 -in -.Li $EDITOR : -. +.Em Makefile +in the configured text editor: .Bd -literal -$ grep 'def.*indicator ' *.lisp -message-window.lisp:164:(defun show-frame-indicator (group &optional force) -$ dwim message-window.lisp:164 +$ ls +LICENSE Makefile README.md repl repl.1 repl.c +$ dwim Makefile .Ed -. .Ss With X selection -Open -.Li Makefile -in -.Li $EDITOR : -. +.Pp +If we represent the current X selection with bold text, +the following procedure opens +.Em message-window.lisp +on line 164 +in the configured text editor: .Bd -literal -$ ls -LICENSE Makefile README.md repl repl.1 repl.c -# (select Makefile) +$ grep -n 'def.*indicator ' *.lisp +\f(CBmessage-window.lisp:164:(defun\fP show-frame-indicator (group &optional force) $ dwim .Ed -. -.Sh EXTENDING -It is a simple Perl script that is easily extensible. -.Sh AUTHOR +.Sh CONFIGURATION +.Nm +is configured by editing the source code. +It is a simple Perl script, +which uses regular expressions to parse phrases. +Default programs are defined at the top of the script. +The following associations are defined by default: +.Bl -tag -width 18n -offset indent -compact +.It OPENER +.Li xtopen +(change this to +.Li xterm -e +or equivalent) +.It EDITOR +.Li OPENER vi +.It PDF_VIEWER +.Li xpdf +.It MAN_VIEWER +.Li OPENER man +.It MAILER +.Li OPENER mutt +.It BROWSER +.Li OPENER w3m -title +.It FILE_BROWSER +.Li OPENER noice +.It MAILDIR_VIEWER +.Li OPENER mutt -f +.El +.Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit -.An John Ankarström Aq Mt john@ankarstrom.se +.An John Ankarström Aq Mt "john (at) ankarstrom.se" |