As my time with linux, I created a lot of scripts. Some of them have input parameters and sometimes I just forget this parameters.

So I wonder if there is some way to create autocomplete parameters, like i autocomplete a path by pressing the tab key?

For example a script. ./test.sh can be completed with parameter-one, eg. ./test.sh parameter-one or ./test.sh parameter-two. If i type now ./test.sh followed by tab it should add parameter-one if i press tab again it should change to parameter-two.

How can I do that? I’m on bash…

  • @Flagstaff@programming.dev
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    024 days ago

    Its .YML formatting is really clunky. It feels like it takes up twice as much line space as .AHK (for example), which can do a lot of this kind of stuff in a single line. But I wanna go cross-platform and this is all I can find…

    • trevor (he/they)
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      324 days ago

      I like YAML, as long as you aren’t using complicated syntax. Using the | operator will get you some flexible usage that’s mostly easy enough to read. YAML definitely has its problems though. If you want, I can share some snippets of my config.

      Sadly though, due to Espanso not having a working RPM build for Wayland (or a Flatpak, which they’re working on), it’s not quite as cross-platform as I want it to be. It won’t work on any of the cool uBlue-derived distros that I’ve gravitated toward, so I’m hoping we get a nice, big update this year.

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        124 days ago

        Did you put in a request for this? And sure, I’m always interested in seeing how others use it—especially to complex levels.

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          23 hours ago

          It took me a while to get around to this so I could sanitize some of the highly-personal stuff there (mostly just a bunch of URLs because I don’t use browser bookmarks lol), but here’s a condensed version of what I like to use Espanso for.

          The second half is …interesting. I wanted a way to autofill passwords from my password manager in any application, not just a browser. It’s a very homebrewed solution, and it only works on Windows and Linux because macOS blocks tools like Espanso from viewing or modifying login input fields.

          Did you put in a request for this?

          For a Wayland Flatpak or RPM? I haven’t looked in a long time, but I believe there’s an open issue for a Wayland RPM.

          Edit: Found them: Flatpak issue and RPM issue.

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            macOS blocks tools like Espanso from viewing or modifying login input fields.

            I wonder if SikuliX may be of interest to you, then. I just invoke KeePassXC’s built-in autotyper; it’s not too much more painful for me. Anyway, thanks for sharing! We certainly use it for very different things. Here’s a Reddit search URL generation script that I use sporadically:

              - trigger: '`rs'
                replace: '{{output}}'
                vars:
                  - name: form
                    type: form
                    params:
                      layout: |
                        [[subdomain]]
                        Subreddit (optional): [[subreddit]]
                        Query:
                        [[query]]
                      fields:
                        subdomain:
                          type: choice
                          values:
                            - www
                            - old
                          default: old
                  - name: output
                    type: script
                    params:
                      args:
                        - python
                        - -c
                        - |
                          if '{{form.subreddit}}':
                            print(f'https://{{form.subdomain}}.reddit.com/r/{{form.subreddit}}/search?q={{form.query}}&restrict_sr=on&include_over_18=on')
                          else:
                            print(f'https://{{form.subdomain}}.reddit.com/search?q={{form.query}}&include_over_18=on')
            

            I wanna make a Lemmy equivalent of this, eventually…

            Update: Okay, just did for my instance!

              - trigger: "`lemmy"
                propagate_case: true
                replace: "https://programming.dev/search?q={{lemmy.query}}&type={{lemmy.search}}&listingType=All&page=1&sort={{lemmy.timeframe}}"
                vars:
                  - name: "lemmy"
                    type: form
                    params:
                      layout: |
                        Query: [[query]]
                        Filter: [[search]]Time Frame: [[timeframe]]
                      fields:
                        query:
                        search:
                          type: list
                          values:
                            - All
                            - Comments
                            - Communities
                            - Posts
                            - Users
                            - URL
                          default: All
                        timeframe:
                          type: list
                          values:
                            - TopWeek
                            - TopMonth
                            - TopThreeMonths
                            - TopSixMonths
                            - TopNineMonths
                            - TopYear
                            - TopAll
                          default: TopAll