updated readme

[charsel.git] / charsel

diff --git a/charsel b/charsel
index cef174685cf360ca8b4651ede1b25766573d420f..7938a1c251847e106e55ddad6a63fb33b6b75242 100755 (executable)
--- a/charsel
+++ b/charsel
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
 
 ########################################################################
 
-VERSION=2.0.7
-
-# Environment variables
+VERSION=2.0.8
 
 # Define argument functions
 function usage() {
@@ -34,7 +32,9 @@ A simple terminal character selector
   -h         show this message
   -L         show installed charfiles without the message
   -l         show installed charfiles
-  -v         print version
+  -n         dont copy character to clipboard, avoids Xclip dependency
+  -V         check for updates
+  -v         print current version
 
 Exit status:
    0         okay,
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ Exit status:
    4         other error"
 }
 
+function version_check(){
+  NEW_VERSION=$(curl -s https://codeberg.org/armaan/charsel/raw/branch/master/charsel \
+    | grep VERSION= | tail -c +9)
+  if [[ $VERSION != $NEW_VERSION ]]
+  then
+    echo "an update is available"
+  else
+    echo "you are up to date"
+  fi
+
+}
+
 CHARDIR=$HOME/.cache/charsel
 function list() {
   ls $CHARDIR/charfiles
@@ -107,13 +119,23 @@ function validity() {
 }
 
 # Look for arguments
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-  usage
-  exit 3
-fi
-while getopts ":baLlchdv" arg
+while getopts ":abcdhlLnvV" arg
 do
   case ${arg} in
+    a)
+      SHOWALL="true"
+      ;;
+    b)
+      COLOR="bw"
+      ;;
+    c)
+      validity
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    d)
+      readme
+      exit 0
+      ;;
     h)
       usage
       exit 0
@@ -127,24 +149,17 @@ do
       list
       exit 0
       ;;
-    d)
-      readme
-      exit 0
-      ;;
+    n)
+      COPY="no"
+      ;; 
     v)
       echo "charsel" $VERSION
       exit 0
       ;;
-    c)
-      validity
+    V)
+      version_check
       exit 0
       ;;
-    a)
-      SHOWALL="true"
-      ;;
-    b)
-      COLOR="bw"
-      ;;
     ?)
       echo "Invalid option"
       usage
@@ -154,16 +169,24 @@ do
 done
 shift $((OPTIND-1))
 
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+  echo "Please enter a valid charfile, or use charsel -h for help."
+  charsel -l
+  exit 3
+fi
 # Redefine charfile and check file validity
 CHARFILE="$CHARDIR/charfiles/$1"
 existence
 validity
 
 # Dependency check
-if [[ -x xclip ]]
+if [[ ! $COPY == "no" ]]
 then
-  echo "Please install xclip."
-  exit 4
+  if [[ -x xclip ]]
+  then
+    echo "Please install xclip."
+    exit 4
+  fi
 fi
 
 if [[ $(echo $LANG | grep UTF-8) -ne 0 ]]
@@ -242,7 +265,10 @@ do
     fi
 
     # Copy output to clipboard
-    echo -n $OUTPUT | xclip -selection clipboard
+    if [[ ! $COPY == "no" ]]
+    then
+      echo -n $OUTPUT | xclip -selection clipboard
+    fi
 
     clear
   fi