Surfraw
November 6, 2020
My first elvi searches Programming Praxis:
#!/bin/sh
. surfraw || exit 1
w3_usage_hook () {
cat <<EOF
Usage: $w3_argv0 [search words]…
Description:
Search Programming Praxis
EOF
w3_global_usage
}
w3_config
w3_parse_args "$@"
if test -z "$w3_args"; then
w3_browse_url "https://programmingpraxis.com/"
else
escaped_args=w3_url_of_arg $w3_args
w3_browse_url "http://programmingpraxis.com?s=${escaped_args}"
fi
And my second elvi interfaces to the very useful cheat program:
#!/bin/sh
. surfraw || exit 1
w3_usage_hook () {
cat <<EOF
Usage: $w3_argv0 [search words]…
Description:
Search Cheat Sheets
EOF
w3_global_usage
}
w3_config
w3_parse_args "$@"
if test -z "$w3_args"; then
curl cheat.sh
else
escaped_args=w3_url_of_arg $w3_args
curl cheat.sh/${escaped_args}
fi
Have fun! [ I hate the damned new smart editor on WordPress. ]
Programming Praxis 
Interesting. For the record, there is an online tool that does the same, with a large variety of options and customizations. It’s called Searx. Have a nice weekend!
Here is a very simple elvi for a simple search of the Bangor Daily News site.
#!/bin/sh # $Id: msg.txt,v 1.1 2020/11/06 14:58:45 chaw Exp $ # elvis: bangordailynews -- Search Bangor Daily News (bangordailynews.com) . surfraw || exit 1 w3_config_hook () { # Nothing yet. } w3_usage_hook () { cat <<EOF Usage: $w3_argv0 [options] [search words]... Description: Surfraw search Bangor Daily News (bangordailynews.com) (There are no local options.) EOF w3_global_usage } # no options currently w3_parse_option_hook () { opt="$1" optarg="$2" case "$opt" in # -r*=*) setopt SURFRAW_google_results "$optarg" ;; *) return 1 ;; esac return 0 } w3_config w3_parse_args "$@" # w3_args now contains a list of arguments url="https://bangordailynews.com/" escaped_args=`w3_url_of_arg $w3_args` url="${url}?s=${escaped_args}" w3_browse_url "$url"