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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 # Environment variables
26 # Define argument functions
28 echo "Usage: /usr/bin/charsel [OPTION]... [CHARFILE]...
29 A simple terminal character selector
31 -l show installed charfiles
32 -L show installed charfiles without the message
35 -c check charfile validity
36 -a include hidden shortcodes
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 ":aLlchdv" arg
121 echo "The following charfiles are installed:"
134 echo "charsel" $VERSION
145 echo "Invalid option"
153 # Redefine charfile and check file validity
154 CHARFILE="$CHARDIR/charfiles/$1"
161 echo "Please install xclip."
165 # Define length of shortcode
166 LENGTH=$(cat $CHARFILE \
167 | cut -f 1 -d ',' -s \
173 # Define text formatting
181 echo "*---------*---------------*"
182 echo "| ${bold}CHARSEL${normal} |" $1
183 echo "*---------*---------------*"
186 if [[ $SHOWALL == true ]]
188 cat $CHARFILE | sed -e '/^[ \t]*#/d' | tail -n +2 \
189 | column -t -N "input","output" --output-separator ' | ' --separator ','
191 cat $CHARFILE | sed -e '/^[ \t]*#/d' | grep -A 100 - | tail -n +2 \
192 | column -t -N "input","output" --output-separator ' | ' --separator ','
196 echo "*-------------------------*"
197 echo "| previous shorcode:" $INPUT
198 echo "| previous output: " $OUTPUT
199 echo "*-------------------------*"
202 read -p "| ${bold}input shortcode: ${normal} " -N $LENGTH INPUT
204 if [[ $INPUT == ";"* ]] # Semicolon exts
208 elif [[ $INPUT == " "* ]] # Spaces dont count
213 # Finds line number of shortcode
214 LINENUMBER=$(cut -f 1 -d ',' -s $CHARFILE | grep -wn $INPUT | cut -d : -f 1)
216 # Outputs character selected above
217 OUTPUT=$(cut -f 2 -d ',' -s $CHARFILE | head -$LINENUMBER | tail +$LINENUMBER)
219 # Check to see if the shortcode actually exists
220 if [[ $(cut -f 1 -d ',' -s $CHARFILE | grep -wnc $INPUT) == "0" ]]
225 # Copy output to clipboard
226 echo -n $OUTPUT | xclip -selection clipboard