Add chooser and update readme

README.md

@@ -40,16 +40,15 @@ the source code for more details.
 most functionality is accessible from launch and action only
 
 ### Notes
-* The download action uses youtube-dl to download whatever is in the keyboard
-  to ~/Downloads/tmp 
-* You may want to bind Mod4+a to `launch action` and Mod4+g to `prompt launch`
-* Some prompts like `search package` will infer with their default operation
+- The download action uses youtube-dl to download whatever is in the keyboard
+- to ~/Downloads/tmp 
+- You may want to bind Mod4+a to `launch action` and Mod4+g to `prompt launch`
+- Some prompts like `search package` will infer with their default operation
   when the string entered is an invalid selection
 
 ## mru
-Used for storing file paths and their modification times in ~/.cache/mru. It
-doesn't actually implement a caching algorithm using hit rate but it may be
-added in the future.
+Used for storing file paths and their modification times in ~/.cache/mru/.
+When a file is opened with prompt open, it moves to the top of the home list
 	mru [COMMAND] [CACHE]
 
 #### COMMMAND
@@ -60,16 +59,23 @@ added in the future.
 - insert [ FILE ]
 
 #### Notes
+- by default, it ignores hidden directories
 - If no cache is specified, it assumes 'home'
-- If if the file passed to insert does not exist, it is removed from the cache
+- more cache pathes can be added by editing the cache_info variable in the
+  source code. For last load times you may want to seperate different tasks or
+  types of files into their own cache, i.e projects, videos, config files.
+- If if the file passed to `mru insert` does not exist, it is removed from the cache
+- You may want to run mru update at startup to add new files and cleanup hidden
+  files in .cache/mru
 
 ### Initializing
-	mru init; mru create home $HOME all
+	mru init
 
 ## pages
 pages is a command for viewing /tmp/pages-{number} files with less or zathura.
-The files are the result of prompt commands like `prompt action` -> Go page or
-can be created from your own tools. I use it for viewing documentation.
+The files are the result of prompt commands like `prompt search` -> Go page or
+can be created from your own tools. I use it for viewing local documentation
+quickly.
 
 ### Usage
 	pages [ pager | pdf | browser | send ] [ NAME ]
@@ -83,9 +89,6 @@ exists.
   use to convert a markdown file to html and open it in a browser: `:!markdown
   % | pages send 1.html | pages browser 1.html` This could then be given it's
   own keybinding.
-Use it to automagically select and run terminal applications, send signals to
-daemons, execute arbitrary commands, search the web, grab passwords from the
-password manager, and more.
 
 #### TODO
 - Finish vpn and networking stuff after ini script is finished, then make sure

dwm-statusbar

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ brightness_symbol=🔅
 while true; do
 	volume=$(amixer sget Master | awk -F"[][]" 'END{ print $2 }')
 	volume_amount=$(printf $volume | tr -d %)
-	if [ $volume_amount == 0 ]; then
+	if [ $volume_amount = 0 ]; then
 		volume_symbol=$speaker_muted
 	elif [ $volume_amount -lt 30 ]; then
 		volume_symbol=$speaker_low

mru

@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 #To add more caches, add a newline to this string and follow the existing name:path format 
+#Edit create_new to change find behaviour
 cache_info="home:$HOME"
 HOME=/home/immanuel
 XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
 
 init() {
 	mkdir -p $XDG_CACHE_HOME/mru
-	file=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/mru/"$1"
-	if [ -z "$1" ]; then file="$file""home"; fi
-	path=$(printf $cache_info | grep "^$1" - | cut -d: -f2)
-
-	if [ -z "$path" -o ! -e "$path" ]; then 
-		printf "path:$path from cache:$file does not exist\n" 1>&2; exit;
-	fi
-	find $path -type f -not \( -path '*/.*/*' -o -path '*node_modules/*' -o \
-		-path '*Backups/my-plugins*' -o -path '*.sw[po]' \) -printf \
-		'%TY-%Tm-%Td\t%TT\t%p\n' | sort -r > $file'.new'
+	create_new "$1"
 	mv "$file.new" "$file"
 }
 
@@ -27,22 +19,21 @@ get_cache_path() {
 	printf "$path"
 }
 
-update() {
-	clean
+create_new() {
 	file=$XDG_CACHE_HOME/mru/"$1"
-	if [ -z "$1" ]; then file="$file""home"; fi
-	path=$(printf $cache_info | grep "^$1" - | cut -d: -f2)
+	path=$(get_cache_path "$1")
 
-	if [ -z "$path" -o ! -e "$path" ]; then 
-		printf "path:$path from cache:$file does not exist\n"; exit;
+	find $path -type f -not \( -path '*/.*/*' -o -path '*node_modules/*' -o \
+		-path '*Backups/my-plugins*' -o -path '*.sw[po]' \) -printf \
+		'%TY-%Tm-%Td\t%TT\t%p\n' | sort -r > $file'.new'
+}
+update() {
+	clean
+	name="$1"
+	if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+		name='home'
 	fi
-	#init a temporary file. The traverse the original, if a file exists in a
-	# but not in b, delete it from a, if it exists in a and b delete it from b.
-	# append the rest of b to a.
-	# This should check if each file found is already there. If not, add it to it's position based on modified time
-	# find $path -type f -not \( -path '*/.*/*' -o -path '*node_modules/*' -o \
-	# 	-path '*Backups/my-plugins*' -o -path '*.sw[po]' \) -printf \
-	# 	'%TY-%Tm-%Td\t%TT\t%p\n' | sort -r > $file
+	create_new "$name"
 }
 
 output() {

prompt

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ action() {
 	Play Music
 	Command
 	Command to clipboard
+	Choose
 	Select VPN
 	Disable VPN
 	Enable VPN
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ action() {
 		'Disable Bar') tmux set -g status off;;
 		'Enable Bar') tmux set -g status on;;
 		'Command') cmd;;
+		'Choose') chooser;;
 		'Command to clipboard') cmd_clip;;
 		'Username') username;;
 		'Password') password;;
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ editor() {
 }
 
 opener() {
-	mru list | dmenu -i -l 20 -p 'open' | while read f; do xdg-open $f; done
+	mru list | dmenu -i -l 20 -p 'open' | while read f; do mru insert "$f" &; xdg-open $f; done
 }
 
 screenshot() {
@@ -298,6 +300,14 @@ edit_password() {
 	if [ -n "$error" ]; then notify-send -u low -t 3000 "password edit error" "$error"; fi
 }
 
+chooser() {
+	f=$(mru list | dmenu -i -l 20 -p 'choose file')
+	if [ -z "$f" ]; then exit; fi
+	c=$(dmenu_path | dmenu -i -p 'operation')
+	if [ -z $c ]; then exit; fi
+	$c "$f"
+}
+
 case $1 in
 	launch) launch;;
 	action) action;;
@@ -309,5 +319,6 @@ case $1 in
 	edit_password) edit_password;;
 	search) do_search;;
 	open) opener;;
+	choose) chooser;;
 	*) printf "Invalid argument";;
 esac