Revision as of 00:56, 6 December 2012

Introduction

Due to my recent discovery of Ubiquity and MrGreen's suggestion on the forum, here's a place for collecting Ubiquity commands that people find of interest.

Arch Specific

Requires Ubiquity 0.5+

AUR Search

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
 names: ["aur-packages"],
 icon: "https://wiki.archlinux.org/favicon.ico",
 description: "Search the AUR for Packages.",
 help:  "Enter a string to search the AUR",
 contributors: ["Mr Green", "deadrabbit"],
 license: "MPL",
 arguments: [{role: 'object', nountype: noun_arb_text}],
 preview: function preview(pblock, args) {
   pblock.innerHTML = "Search the Arch Bugtracker for " + args.object.html + ".";
 },
 execute: function execute(args) {
   var before_url = "https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O=0&L=0&C=0&K=";
   var after_url = "&SeB=nd&SB=n&SO=a&PP=25&do_Search=Go";
   Utils.openUrlInBrowser(before_url + args.object.text + after_url);
 }
}); 

BBS Search

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
 names: ["bbs-arch", "arch bbs"],
 icon: "https://wiki.archlinux.org/favicon.ico",
 description: "Search all of archlinux forums",
 help:  "Enter a string to search the archlinux forums",
 contributors: ["Mr Green", "deadrabbit"],
 license: "MPL",
 arguments: [{role: 'object', nountype: noun_arb_text}],
 preview: function preview(pblock, args) {
   pblock.innerHTML = "Search the Arch forums for " + args.object.html + ".";
 },
 execute: function execute(args) {
   var before_url = "https://bbs.archlinux.org/search.php?action=search&keywords=";
   var after_url = "&author=&forum=-1&search_in=all&sort_by=0&sort_dir=DESC&show_as=topics&search=Submit"
   Utils.openUrlInBrowser(before_url + args.object.text + after_url);
 }
});

Bugtracker Search

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
 names: ["arch-bugs"],
 icon: "https://wiki.archlinux.org/favicon.ico",
 description: "Search the Arch Bugtracker.",
  help: "Enter a string to search the Arch Bugtracker.",
 contributors: ["Mr Green", "deadrabbit"],
 license: "MPL",
 arguments: [{role: 'object', nountype: noun_arb_text}],
 preview: function preview(pblock, args) {
   pblock.innerHTML = "Search the Arch Bugtracker for " + args.object.html + ".";
 },
 execute: function execute(args) {
   var before_url = "https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?string=";
   Utils.openUrlInBrowser(before_url + args.object.text);
 }
});

Wiki Search

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
 names: ["awiki", "arch wiki"],
 icon: "https://wiki.archlinux.org/favicon.ico",
 description: "Search all of archlinux wiki",
 help: "Enter a search query",
 contributors: ["Mr Green", "deadrabbit"],
 license: "MPL",
 arguments: [{role: 'object', nountype: noun_arb_text}],
 preview: function preview(pblock, args) {
   pblock.innerHTML = "Search the wiki for " + args.object.html + ".";
 },
 execute: function execute(args) {
   Utils.openUrlInBrowser("https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Special:Search?search=" + args.object.text);
 }
});

Web Lookup

Man Page Search

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
 names: ["man", "man page" ],
 description: "Search man pages",
 help:  "Enter a string to search the man pages",
 contributors: ["Mr Green", "deadrabbit"],
 license: "MPL",
 arguments: [{role: 'object', nountype: noun_arb_text}],
 preview: function preview(pblock, args) {
   pblock.innerHTML = "Search the man pages for " + args.object.html + ".";
 },
 execute: function execute(args) {
   var before_url = "http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man1/";
   var after_url = ".1.php"
   Utils.openUrlInBrowser(before_url + args.object.text + after_url);
 }
});   

Whois Search

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
 names: ["whois"],
 description: "whois domain lookup",
 help:  "Enter a domain to query.",
 contributors: ["Mr Green", "deadrabbit"],
 license: "MPL",
 arguments: [{role: 'object', nountype: noun_arb_text}],
 preview: function preview(pblock, args) {
   pblock.innerHTML = "Whois search for " + args.object.html + ".";
 },
 execute: function execute(args) {
   var before_url = "http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=";
   var after_url = "&type=domain";
   Utils.openUrlInBrowser(before_url + args.object.text + after_url);
 }
});   

Websters Dictionary

Not updated for Ubiquity 0.5+ yet

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
  name: "webster-dictionary",
  author: {name: "Timothy Sorbera", email: "tim.sorbera@gmail.com"},
  license: "MPL",
  description: "Searches Webster's Dictionary for your words.",
  takes: {search: noun_arb_text},
  preview: function(pblock, searchText) {
    var html = "Searches Webster's Dictionary for ";
    if (searchText.text) {
      html += searchText.text;
    } else {
      html += "your words.";
    }
    pblock.innerHTML = html;
  },
  icon: "http://www.merriam-webster.com/favicon.ico",
  execute: function(directObject) {
    var searchUrl = "http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/" + directObject.text;
    Utils.openUrlInBrowser(searchUrl);
  }
});

Websters Thesaurus

Not updated for Ubiquity 0.5+ yet

CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
  name: "webster-thesaurus",
  author: {name: "Timothy Sorbera", email: "tim.sorbera@gmail.com"},
  license: "MPL",
  description: "Searches Webster's Thesaurus for your words.",
  takes: {search: noun_arb_text},
  preview: function(pblock, searchText) {
    var html = "Searches Webster's Thesaurus for ";
    if (searchText.text) {
      html += searchText.text;
    } else {
      html += "your words.";
    }
    pblock.innerHTML = html;
  },
  icon: "http://www.merriam-webster.com/favicon.ico",
  execute: function(directObject) {
    var searchUrl = "http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/" + directObject.text;
    Utils.openUrlInBrowser(searchUrl);
  }
});

External links

• Ubiquity extension
• Ubiquity commands on the Mozilla wiki
• The Ubiquity article on The Sysadmin Wiki, featuring Ubiquity commands