[elinks-users] A script to use surfraw from the go-to-url dialog box

[Manolo Martínez]

Hi!

This is a very silly script that allows using surfraw searches from
within elinks. To search for Wargames torrents in piratebay, for
example, one would type "!piratebay wargames". I find this useful, and
maybe some others will, too.

Thanks for elinks!

Manolo

-- 

-- Using surfraw from elinks. To search using an elvi from the Go to URL dialog 
box, use the xyntax "!elvi your search terms". E.g., to search for 
-- Wargames torrents in piratebay, type "!piratebay wargames" in the Go to URL 
dialog box.
-- You need to have surfraw installed, obviously, and your lua install should 
have io.popen.

function match (prefix, url)
    return string.sub (url, 1, string.len (prefix)) == prefix
end

function tosurfraw (str)
    return "surfraw -p " .. str .. " 2>/dev/null"
end

function goto_url_hook (url, current_url)
    if match ("!", url) then
        sr = tosurfraw (string.sub (url, 2))
        urlfile = io.popen (sr)
        finalurl = urlfile:read('*all')
        urlfile:close()
        return finalurl

    else
        return url
    end
end

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