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Pass Variable To URL - Duckeenie - 11-20-2015
[size=1em]Below we have some code that I expected would evaluate the variable %t before loading the relevant web page. It doesn't work it simply uses %t as a literal string.[/size]
Code:
/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%t[size=1em]I know the variable itself works fine so I'm wondering if the code is just badly formatted or the problem needs to be approached differently.[/size]
[size=1em]Thought this would be easy but now it's driving me mad. A green glow for the first one with a solution.[/size]
Re: Pass Variable To URL - firenice03 - 11-20-2015
Are you wanting "%t" to prompt for search string or reference an external file?
The below would populate a blank search box within wikipedia... Might get you closer...
Code:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search%QUERY%I've used apps (SlickRun) to do very similar launch google a popup box would populate or I could add the string behind..
I'd type: "google" .. a pop up box prompting for string "Linux Lite"
or I could type: "google linux lite" both would yield same...
Re: Pass Variable To URL - Duckeenie - 11-20-2015
Hi [size=1em]firenice03,[/size]
I'm passing the variable from MOCP music player.[size=1em] I want the browser to search wiki for the track that is playing. %t equates to the title of the track.[/size]
This is from the example config for mocp, it might help, didn't notice it earlier:
Code:
# Programs are run using execv(), not a shell, so you can't do things like
# redirecting the output to a file. The command string is split using blank
# characters as separators, the first element is the command to be executed
# and the rest are parameters, so if you use "echo Playing: %I" we run program
# echo (from $PATH) with 2 parameters: 'Playing:' string and the title. Even
# if the title contains spaces it's still one parameter and it's safe if it
# contains `rm -rf /`.Re: Pass Variable To URL - anon222 - 11-20-2015
Shell can't see %t as a variable
Variables are marked with $t or ${t}
Code:
t="elephant"
/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$tThis will do:
Code:
/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U https://en.wikipedia.g/wiki/"$(mocp --format %title)"here a command (mocp --format %title) output is used
edit
Oh, you want to search wikipedia.
Next will open a browser and run a wiki search query
Code:
/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U https://en.wikipedia.g/wiki/?search="$(mocp --format %title)"Special search:
Code:
/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U http://en.wikipedia.o/wiki/Special:Search?search="$(mocp --format %title)"Re: Pass Variable To URL - Duckeenie - 11-20-2015
(11-20-2015, 09:31 PM)misko_2083 link Wrote: Shell can't see %t as a variable
Variables are marked with $t or ${t}
Code:t="elephant"
/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/$t
This will do:
"$(mocp --format %title)" - quotes are here because the title can contain spaces and you need a whole title to be a stringCode:/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U https://en.wikipedia.g/wiki/"$(mocp --format %title)"
here a command (mocp --format %title) output is used
edit
Oh, you want to search wikipedia.
Next will open a browser and run a wiki search query
Code:/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U https://en.wikipedia.g/wiki/?search="$(mocp --format %title)"
Special search:
Code:/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable %U http://en.wikipedia.o/wiki/Special:Search?search="$(mocp --format %title)"
Right now I'm lifting my beer can toward the screen. Cheers!
Just had to edit %title out of your code because apparently the docs are wrong and this in fact returns artist - title - album. Using %t with your code did the job beautifully though.