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Utility Scripts for the xxxterm browser
xxxterm (xombrero) is a nice minimalist web browser with a focus on security and keyboard users. Since I've been starting to use it as my main browser, I've written a couple of scripts to integrate it in my workflow.
Scripts
choose_xxxterm_session (kdialog)
xxxterm can save your open pages in a named session; this script shows a list of existing sessions and opens the selected one.
This version uses kdialog; support for other *dialogs hasn't proved as trivial as it usually is, and may come (or not) in the future.:
#!/bin/sh
SESSIONDIR=~/.xxxterm/sessions
if SESSION=$(kdialog --title "xxxterm session chooser" \
--menu "Choose a session" \
$(ls $SESSIONDIR | awk '{ print $0;print$0 }') none "Start a new session")
then
if [ x$SESSION != x'none' ]
then
xxxterm -s $SESSION &
else
xxxterm &
fi
fi
choose_xxxterm_session (zenity)
The same script as above, this time using zenity and the gtk:
#!/bin/sh
SESSIONDIR=~/.xxxterm/sessions
if SESSION=$(zenity --list --title "xxxterm session chooser" \
--text "" --column Session $(ls $SESSIONDIR) "Start a new session")
then
if [ x$SESSION != x'Start a new session' ]
then
xxxterm -s $SESSION &
else
xxxterm &
fi
fi
Francesco Polsinelli <bek DOT deb AT gmail DOT com> sent me an upgraded script that adds a column with the tabs number, the ability to create a new named session and does not reopen an already opened session:
#!/bin/sh
SESSIONDIR=~/.xxxterm/sessions
if [ -d "$SESSIONDIR" ]
then
cd $SESSIONDIR
SESSIONS=$(wc -l * | awk 'NR>1{print prev} {prev=$2" "$1-1}')
if SESSION=$(zenity --list --title "xxxterm session chooser" \
--text "xxxterm session chooser" \
--column Sessions --column Tabs \
"Start a new session" "0" $SESSIONS)
then
if [ -n "$SESSION" ]
then
if [ "$SESSION" = 'Start a new session' ]
then
NEWSESSION=$(zenity --entry --text "Enter the new session name:" \
--entry-text "session-$(date '+%Y%m%dT%H%M%S')")
xxxterm -s "$NEWSESSION" &
else
if SESSIONPID=$(pgrep -xfu $USER "xxxterm -s $SESSION")
then
zenity --warning --no-wrap --title "xxxterm session chooser" \
--text "xxxterm session chooser\n\n The session \"$SESSION\" is already running with PID: $SESSIONPID"
else
xxxterm -s "$SESSION" &
fi
fi
else
xxxterm &
fi
fi
fi
License
Released under plain 3-clause BSD: do whatever you want, but don't complain when something breaks, or in legal terms:
Copyright (c) 2012, Elena Grandi All rights reserved.
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