diff README.txt @ 14:a62fbff067f8

start bringing this whole thing up to speed
author Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com>
date Wed, 01 May 2013 06:56:12 -0700
parents 7328744920de
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--- a/README.txt	Thu Apr 04 17:13:18 2013 -0700
+++ b/README.txt	Wed May 01 06:56:12 2013 -0700
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 =========
 
 smartopen is a command line program that will transform text according
-to handlers to URLs and open them 
+to handlers to URLs and open them
+
 
 Usage
 -----
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@
 Wikipedia: a Wikipedia article
 GoogleMaps: an address in google maps
 
+etc.
+
 
 Configuration
 -------------
@@ -50,6 +53,9 @@
 smartopen uses a configuration file that defines the order of the
 handlers and their behavior.
 
+A simple example is shown here:
+http://k0s.org/hg/smartopen/file/tip/smartopen.ini
+
 
 Interfacing With Your Environment
 ---------------------------------
@@ -57,10 +63,48 @@
 While smartopen is useful of its own right, its utility may be
 enhanced by using as part of an environment.  For instance, I run the
 fluxbox window manager which allows the use of hotkeys.  By binding
-smartopen to Ctrl+Alt+s and using xclip, I can open a URL that is
+smartopen to ``Ctrl+Alt+s`` and using ``xclip``, I can open a URL that is
 mappable to a smartopen handler with a keyboard shortcut.  The
-relevant line from my ~/.fluxbox/keys file reads:
+relevant line from my ``~/.fluxbox/keys`` file reads:
 
 Control Mod1 s :ExecCommand /home/jhammel/python/smartopen.py "$(xclip -o)" # smartopen
 
 
+----
+
+
+Posterity is gained...
+----------------------
+
+I mostly wrote smartopen to help me.  That it has.
+However...a few things....
+
+- better way of setting up handlers?
+- really, i want to push down to choose what i think the handler is,
+  but only should we I release the hand that Jesus becomes Magic
+  (sorry, I hate the movie too)
+
+....and more?
+
+Was reading about catfish....e.g.
+http://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/catfish-file-searching-tool-for-ubuntu-linux/
+...
+
+"""
+file search tool that support several different engines
+ 
+A file search tool using different backends which is configurable via
+the command line.
+
+This program acts as a frontend for different file search engines.
+The interface is intentionally lightweight and simple. But it takes
+configuration options from the command line.
+
+Currently find, locate, tracker, strigi, pinot, and beagle are
+supported as backends
+""".
+
+Should smartopen....be a pluggable thing that takes text and finds
+both *the handler* and *what to do with it*???
+
+I mean, short of it being a neural network anyway....