active mode

README.md

@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ This project is currently a work-in-progress. Only the fish shell is supported a
  - Git Repo detection for ls
  - Clipboard functionality
  - sudo vim
- - Active Mode
+ - Binary File MIME Types

do_what.py

@@ -6,17 +6,23 @@ import configparser
 # supported values: fish, bash, zsh
 shell="fish"
 
+# Defaults
 print_file="cat"
 pretty_print_file="less -R"
 edit_file="vim"
 list_directory="ls --color=auto"
+change_dir="cd"
+print_dir="pwd"
+help_command="man"
 
+# general function for setting a shell's environment variable
 def set_runtime_var(name, value, options=""):
 	if ( shell == "fish" ):
 		print("set "+name+" "+options+" \""+value+"\"")
 	elif ( shell == "bash" or shell == "zsh" ):
 		print("export "+name+"="+"\""+value+"\"")
 
+# checks if a file is a binary file or a plaintext file
 def is_binary_file(filepathname):
     textchars = bytearray([7,8,9,10,12,13,27]) + bytearray(range(0x20, 0x7f)) + bytearray(range(0x80, 0x100))
     is_binary_string = lambda bytes: bool(bytes.translate(None, textchars))
@@ -26,10 +32,12 @@ def is_binary_file(filepathname):
     else:
        return False
 
+# check if a given program is in the path environment using which
 def env_has(program):
 	whichcall = subprocess.Popen(['which', program], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 	return whichcall.returncode
 
+# get the number of lines in a file
 def file_len(fname):
     with open(fname) as f:
         for i, l in enumerate(f):
@@ -42,65 +50,96 @@ subprocess.call(['mkdir', '-p', ENV_HOME+'/.config/do_what'])
 if ( os.path.isfile(ENV_HOME+'/.config/do_what/what.config') ):
 	config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 	config.read(ENV_HOME+'/.config/do_what/what.config')
+	# TODO add else default configs & config flush
 	if ( 'DEFAULT' in config ):
 		if ( 'print_file' in config['DEFAULT'] ):
 			print_file = config['DEFAULT']['print_file']
 		if ( 'pretty_print_file' in config['DEFAULT'] ):
 			pretty_print_file = config['DEFAULT']['pretty_print_file']
 		if ( 'edit_file' in config['DEFAULT'] ):
-			pretty_print_file = config['DEFAULT']['edit_file']
+			edit_file = config['DEFAULT']['edit_file']
 		if ( 'list_directory' in config['DEFAULT'] ):
 			list_directory = config['DEFAULT']['list_directory']
+		if ( 'help_command' in config['DEFAULT'] ):
+			help_command = config['DEFAULT']['help_command']
 else:
 	config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 	config['DEFAULT'] = {
 		'list_directory': list_directory,
 		'edit_file': edit_file,
 		'pretty_print_file': pretty_print_file,
-		'print_file': print_file
+		'print_file': print_file,
+		'help_command': help_command,
 	}
 	print("echo Default config loaded.")
 	with open(ENV_HOME+'/.config/do_what/what.config', 'w') as configfile:
 		config.write(configfile)
 		configfile.close()
 
+# check if active mode is enabled
+argiter = 0
+active = False
+for arg in sys.argv:
+	if ( str(arg) == '-' ):
+		active = True
+		break
+	argiter += 1
 
-if ( len(sys.argv) == 1 ):
+if ( (not active and len(sys.argv) == 1) or (active and len(sys.argv) == 2) ):
 	# list the contents of the current directory
+	if ( not active ): 
 		print(list_directory)
-elif ( len(sys.argv) == 2 ):
+	# print the working directory (active)
+	elif ( active ):
+		print(print_dir)
+elif ( (not active and len(sys.argv) == 2) or (active and len(sys.argv) == 3) ):
 	# absolutize the path for Python
 	filearg = sys.argv[1]
 	path = sys.argv[1]
 	if ( path[0] != "/" and path[0] != "~" and path[0] != "." ):
 		path = os.getcwd()+"/"+path
 	
-	# check if path is a file or directory
+	# if directory, list its contents
-	if ( os.path.isdir(path) ):
+	if ( os.path.isdir(path) and not active ):
 		print(list_directory+" "+path)
-		
+	# if directory, change into it (active)
-	elif ( os.path.isfile(path) ):
+	elif ( os.path.isdir(path) and active ):
+		print(change_dir+" "+path)
+	# if file, display its contents
+	elif ( os.path.isfile(path) and not active ):
 		# check if file is binary
 		if ( is_binary_file(path) ):
 			print("echo Binary file.")
 		else:
 			trows, tcolumns = os.popen('stty size', 'r').read().split()
+			# if file is taller than the terminal, pipe it to a pretty-print display
 			if ( int(trows) - 5 < int(file_len(path)) ):
 				set_runtime_var('LESSOPEN', '| /usr/share/source-highlight/src-hilite-lesspipe.sh %s')
 				set_runtime_var('LESS', ' -R ')
 				print(pretty_print_file+" "+path)
+			# if file is shorter than the terminal, print its contents
 			else:
 				print(print_file+" "+path)
+	# if file, open in editor (active)
+	elif ( os.path.isfile(path) and active ):
+		if ( is_binary_file(path) ):
+			print("echo Binary file.")
+		else:
+			print(edit_file+" "+path)
 		
 	else:
-		# check if file is a path program, then list using which
+		# check if file is a path program, then list using which/man on active
 		whichcall = subprocess.Popen(['which', filearg], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 		result = whichcall.communicate()[0]
 		statuscode = whichcall.returncode
-		if ( int(statuscode) == 0 ):
+		# print the location of the program
-			print("echo "+filearg+": "+result.decode('utf-8'))
+		if ( int(statuscode) == 0 and not active ):
+			print("echo "+result.decode('utf-8'))
+		# display the help page for the program (active)
+		elif ( int(statuscode) == 0 and active ):
+			print(help_command+" "+filearg)
 		else:
-			print("echo Unknown file.")
+			print("echo Unknown file/directory.")