scripts

commit c8fc83e3525959abdc1e7ce91477d74bf6b35a72
parent 4e9c45553f24850ea7973d4326ab922db10a96e9
Author: Sebastiano Tronto <sebastiano@tronto.net>
Date:   Mon,  9 May 2022 13:36:39 +0200

Added edit-menu

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Makefile
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edit-menu
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2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ SCRIPTS =       addressgrep \
 		dmenu-unmount \
 		dmenu-urlselect \
 		dmenu-websearch \
+		edit-menu \
 		ffmpeg-screenrecord \
 		ffmpeg-facecam \
 		mail-checknow \
diff --git a/edit-menu b/edit-menu
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# A "filter", based on your favorite editor.
+# It reads lines from stdin, opens a file containing these lines
+# with your favorite editor, and then prints the content of the file
+# $EDITMENU to stdout. I have configured my editor to write the
+# current line to $EDITMENU when pressing ;; (semicolon twice) like this
+# map ;; !!tee -a $EDITMENU^M   " For nvi
+
+# It can be used to replace dmenu or similar menu applications in
+# constrained environment. It works even without any (n)curses library,
+# assuming you use a suitable editor (like ed).
+
+editor=${EDITOR:-vi}
+
+export EDITMENU=$(mktemp)
+in=$(mktemp)
+
+cat > "$in"
+
+# This is a dirty trick to "help" the editor (vi) understand that it can
+# take over the tty to get its input.
+$editor "$in" < /dev/tty
+
+cat $EDITMENU