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5 # (C) Copyright Armaan Bhojwani, 2020
7 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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12 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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24 # Define argument functions
26 echo "Usage: /usr/bin/charsel [OPTION]... [CHARFILE]...
27 A simple terminal character selector
28 -a include hidden shortcodes
29 -b disable color support
30 -c check charfile validity
33 -L show installed charfiles without the message
34 -l show installed charfiles
35 -n dont copy character to clipboard, avoids Xclip dependency
40 1 charfile does not exist,
41 2 charfile syntax error,
42 3 usage error/invalid option,
46 CHARDIR=$HOME/.cache/charsel
52 cat /usr/share/doc/charsel/README.md
55 function missing_charfile() {
56 echo "The selected charfile is missing or invalid"
61 # Merge global and local charfiles
69 LOCALCHARDIR=$HOME/.local/share/charsel/charfiles
70 if [[ ! -d $LOCALCHARDIR ]]
72 mkdir -p $LOCALCHARDIR
75 localdirfiles=($LOCALCHARDIR/*)
76 if [[ ! -z "${#localdirfiles[*]}" ]]
78 cp -rf $LOCALCHARDIR/../* $CHARDIR
81 globaldirfiles=($/usr/share/charfiles/)
82 if [[ ! -z "${#globaldirfiles[*]}" ]]
84 cp -rf /usr/share/charsel/* $CHARDIR
87 # Check if charfile exists
88 CHARFILE="$CHARDIR/charfiles/$2"
89 function existence() {
90 if [[ ! -f $CHARFILE ]]
96 # VERY basic syntax check
98 if [[ $(grep , $CHARFILE && grep - $CHARFILE) ]]
100 echo "valid charfile"
103 echo "invalid charfile"
109 if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
113 while getopts ":abcdhlLnv" arg
135 echo "The following charfiles are installed:"
147 echo "charsel" $VERSION
151 echo "Invalid option"
159 # Redefine charfile and check file validity
160 CHARFILE="$CHARDIR/charfiles/$1"
165 if [[ ! $COPY == "no" ]]
169 echo "Please install xclip."
174 if [[ $(echo $LANG | grep UTF-8) -ne 0 ]]
176 echo "Please enable unicode support"
180 # Define length of shortcode
181 LENGTH=$(cat $CHARFILE \
182 | cut -f 1 -d ',' -s \
188 # Define text formatting
192 if [[ $COLOR == bw ]]
194 magenta=$(tput setaf 7)
196 magenta=$(tput setaf 5)
199 white=$(tput setaf 7)
205 echo "*---------*---------------*"
206 echo "| ${bold}${magenta}CHARSEL${white}${normal} |" $1
207 echo "*---------*---------------*"
210 if [[ $SHOWALL == true ]]
212 cat $CHARFILE | sed -e '/^[ \t]*#/d' | tail -n +2 \
213 | column -t -N "input","output" --output-separator ' | ' --separator ','
215 cat $CHARFILE | sed -e '/^[ \t]*#/d' | grep -A 100 - | tail -n +2 \
216 | column -t -N "input","output" --output-separator ' | ' --separator ','
220 echo "*-------------------------*"
221 echo "| previous shorcode:" $INPUT
222 echo "| previous output: " $OUTPUT
223 echo "*-------------------------*"
226 read -p "| ${bold}input shortcode: ${normal} " -N $LENGTH INPUT
228 if [[ $INPUT == ";"* ]] # Semicolon exts
232 elif [[ $INPUT == " "* ]] # Spaces dont count
237 # Finds line number of shortcode
238 LINENUMBER=$(cut -f 1 -d ',' -s $CHARFILE | grep -wn $INPUT | cut -d : -f 1)
240 # Outputs character selected above
241 OUTPUT=$(cut -f 2 -d ',' -s $CHARFILE | head -$LINENUMBER | tail +$LINENUMBER)
243 # Check to see if the shortcode actually exists
244 if [[ $(cut -f 1 -d ',' -s $CHARFILE | grep -wnc $INPUT) == "0" ]]
249 # Copy output to clipboard
250 if [[ ! $COPY == "no" ]]
252 echo -n $OUTPUT | xclip -selection clipboard