Made search engine configurable

README.md

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ As long as you have your `GOBIN` environment variable set up properly (and in `P
 | Select line          | triple click         |
 | Copy                 | `ctrl + shift + c` (Mac: `super + c`) |
 | Paste                | `ctrl + shift + v` (Mac: `super + v`) |
-| Google selected text | `ctrl + shift + g` (Mac: `super + g`) |
+| Search online for selected text | `ctrl + shift + g` (Mac: `super + g`) |
 | Toggle debug display | `ctrl + shift + d` (Mac: `super + d`) |
 | Toggle slomo         | `ctrl + shift + ;` (Mac: `super + ;`) |
 | Report bug in aminal | `ctrl + shift + r` (Mac: `super + r`) |
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ You can ignore the config and use defaults by specifying `--ignore-config` as a
 debug = false               # Enable debug logging to stdout. Defaults to false.
 slomo = false               # Enable slow motion output mode, useful for debugging shells/terminal GUI apps etc. Defaults to false.
 shell = "/bin/bash"         # The shell to run for the terminal session. Defaults to the users shell.
+search_url = "https://www.google.com/search?q=$QUERY" # The search engine to use for the "search selected text" action. Defaults to google. Set this to your own search url using $QUERY as the keywords to replcae when searching.
 
 [colours]
   cursor        = "#e8dfd6" 

config/actions.go

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ type UserAction string
 const (
 	ActionCopy        UserAction = "copy"
 	ActionPaste       UserAction = "paste"
-	ActionGoogle      UserAction = "google"
+	ActionSearch      UserAction = "search"
 	ActionReportBug   UserAction = "report"
 	ActionToggleDebug UserAction = "debug"
 	ActionToggleSlomo UserAction = "slomo"

config/config.go

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ColourScheme ColourScheme     `toml:"colours"`
 	Shell        string           `toml:"shell"`
 	KeyMapping   KeyMappingConfig `toml:"keys"`
+	SearchURL    string           `toml:"search_url"`
 }
 
 type KeyMappingConfig map[string]string

config/defaults.go

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var DefaultConfig = Config{
 		Selection:    strToColourNoErr("#333366"),
 	},
 	KeyMapping: KeyMappingConfig(map[string]string{}),
+	SearchURL:  "https://www.google.com/search?q=$QUERY",
 }
 
 func init() {

gui/actions.go

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package gui
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/liamg/aminal/config"
 )
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ var actionMap = map[config.UserAction]func(gui *GUI){
 	config.ActionCopy:        actionCopy,
 	config.ActionPaste:       actionPaste,
 	config.ActionToggleDebug: actionToggleDebug,
-	config.ActionGoogle:      actionGoogleSelection,
+	config.ActionSearch:      actionSearchSelection,
 	config.ActionToggleSlomo: actionToggleSlomo,
 	config.ActionReportBug:   actionReportBug,
 }
@@ -31,10 +32,10 @@ func actionToggleDebug(gui *GUI) {
 	gui.terminal.SetDirty()
 }
 
-func actionGoogleSelection(gui *GUI) {
+func actionSearchSelection(gui *GUI) {
 	keywords := gui.terminal.ActiveBuffer().GetSelectedText()
-	if keywords != "" {
-		gui.launchTarget(fmt.Sprintf("https://www.google.com/search?q=%s", url.QueryEscape(keywords)))
+	if keywords != "" && gui.config.SearchURL != "" && strings.Contains(gui.config.SearchURL, "$QUERY") {
+		gui.launchTarget(fmt.Sprintf(strings.Replace(gui.config.SearchURL, "$QUERY", "%s", 1), url.QueryEscape(keywords)))
 	}
 }