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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