symP

It is an alternative for Listary in Linux.

TO-LIST

1. more flexible vim-mode shortcuts

Usage

Shortcuts

• ALT+a: Pull down(up) the window
• TAB: Shift between Command Textbox and the Listbox
• RETURN: Run the selected item

Command Textbox

• CTRL+a: Move to the head of line
• CTRL+e: Move to the end of line
• CTRL+A: Select all

Listbox

• j: Down
• k: Up
• d: Pagedown
• u: Pageup
• H: Goto the first item on display
• L: Goto the last item on display
• ESCAPE: Focus the Command Textbox

Command Type

SymP includes several types of commands as follow.

• User program
• User files
• User websites
• Files and directories
• Files modified recently
• Calculator Exmaple: 1+sin(pi/6), sum(range(101))

Configure

The main default configure file is ~/.symp_config. All configure files use the JSON format.

autoupdateprograms = False

Whether update the userprogramsdata if run a new program

userfilepath = os.getenv('HOME')+"/.symp_userfile"

The path stores the userfile

defaulteditor = "gvim"

The default editor

program2file = {'.jpg':"eog '%s'", '.pdf':"evince '%s'", '.png':"eog '%s'", '.tex':"gvim %s", '.mp4':"smplayer %s" }

The programs used to open the corresponding formats of files

searchengine = {"name":"GOOGLE", "url": "http://www.google.com/search?hl=&q=%s&btnG=Google+Search&inurl=https"}

The search engine

browser = "firefox '%s'"

The command of browser used to open an URL

searchroot = os.path.expanduser("~/")

The path used to search files and directoies

prettypath = 0

prettypath controls names of folders displayed in the listbox. If prettypath == 0, show the original name If not, when the length of the folder name is morethan prettypath, replace characters beyond the first prettypath with '*' For example, if prettypath == 3, then the /usr/local/texlive/2015/release-texlive.txt is shown as /usr/loc*/tex*/2015/release-texlive.txt .