IceWM: Howto create a Googlebar

holsink · 10-14-2007, 03:24 PM

This will demonstrate how to let the address bar in IceWM act as a Googlebar.

First you have to make a little script, which let you pass multiple search arguments to Google.

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#
# Translate all the spaces in the argument list to +
# So you can pass multiple search arguments to Google
local F="$(echo $@ | tr \\040 +)"

# Start browser
# If you are using a different browser than I do, change the next line
firefox http://www.google.com/search?q=$F

Make the script executable:

Code:

chmod u+x scriptname

Then you have to make sure you have activated the address bar in IceWM and let the address bar command point to your script.
Insert the following code in ~/.icewm/preferences

Code:

# Enable address bar functionality in taskbar
EnableAddressBar=1 # 0/1

#  Show address bar in task bar
ShowAddressBar=1 # 0/1

#  Command to run for address bar entries
AddressBarCommand="replace this with the full path of the script"

#  
KeySysAddressBar="Alt+Ctrl+Space"

Restart IceWM, press Alt+Ctrl+Space and fill in your search arguments.

Have Fun.

gundumfx · 10-16-2007, 05:40 PM

ok this is fun that it was eazy an great good post