commit 924a95168f357bfeddf6e711ca2acc2aa696a470 parent 3844b261971dd603f0b30c2cd30592d886cd319c Author: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2020 15:24:26 +0200 README: add example to run a scriptable custom command from inside the program Diffstat:
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diff --git a/README b/README @@ -111,6 +111,43 @@ Color themes #define SCROLLBAR_SYMBOL_BAR "\xe2\x95\x91" /* symbol: "double vertical" */ +Running custom commands inside the program +------------------------------------------ + +Running commands inside the program can be useful for example to sync items or +mark all items across all feeds as read. It can be comfortable to have a +keybind for this inside the program to perform a scripted action and then +reload the feeds by sending the signal SIGHUP. + +In the input handling code you can then add a case: + + case 'M': + system("~/.sfeed/markallread.sh >/dev/null 2>/dev/null"); + break; + +or + + case 'S': + system("~/.sfeed/sync.sh >/dev/null 2>/dev/null"); + break; + +Example of a `markallread.sh` shellscript to mark all urls as read: + + #!/bin/sh + # mark all items/urls as read. + + tmp=$(mktemp) + (cat ~/.sfeed/urls; cut -f 3 ~/.sfeed/feeds/*) | \ + awk '!x[$0]++' > "$tmp" && + mv "$tmp" ~/.sfeed/urls && + pkill -SIGHUP sfeed_curses # reload feeds. + +Example of a `sync.sh` shellscript to update the feeds and reload them: + + #!/bin/sh + sfeed_update && pkill -SIGHUP sfeed_curses + + License -------