DMenus/websearch

#!/bin/bash
#
# Requires Surfraw
# Default search engine. If we really are at a loss, use this
DEFAULT_SEARCH=duckduckgo
 
# The location of the surfraw bookmark file
BOOKMARKS="$HOME/.surfraw.bookmarks"
 
# Colors for dmenu
COLORS=" -sf #00ff00 -sb black -nb black"
 
# Prompt for dmenu
PROMPT="Search Web"
 
# Use surfraw to search for the words
function search()
{
  # Does surfraw know what to do with it?
  url=`surfraw $@`
 
  # If not, then use the default search engine
  if [ $? -ne 0 ]
  then
    url=`surfraw $DEFAULT_SEARCH $@`
  fi
 
  echo $url
}
 
# We assume that this is a URL
function goto()
{
  case "$1" in
    *:*) echo $1 ;;
    *) echo "http://$1" ;;
  esac
}
 
# Use dmenu to navigate through possible choices
function present_menu()
{
  elvi=`surfraw -elvi | cut -f 1 | tail --lines=+2`
  if [ -r "$BOOKMARKS" ]
  then
    bookmarks=" `cut -f 1 -d ' ' "$BOOKMARKS" 2>/dev/null`"
  else
    bookmarks=""
  fi
 
  echo "${elvi}${bookmarks}" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | dmenu -p "$PROMPT" -i $COLORS
}
 
present_menu | \
  ( read car cdr
    test -z "$car" && exit 1
    ( test -z "$cdr" && echo $car | fgrep -c '.
:' > /dev/null && goto $car ) || search "$car $cdr" )