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| author | Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> | 2021-12-31 15:21:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> | 2022-01-14 09:47:02 +0100 |
| commit | 3f36d0836274a01d3cfc73f53ddbc76afc1d8a5e (patch) | |
| tree | bb40c66851cafa8428f59e43c0976659a221e37c /lisp/mouse.el | |
| parent | f62fe2ebde840da0bcef4899840c594b7b7d9169 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-3f36d0836274a01d3cfc73f53ddbc76afc1d8a5e.tar.gz | |
Add command to invoke a search engine
* mouse.el (context-menu-online-search): Add new function
(eww-search-prefix): Declare variable from eww.el
(mouse-online-search-at-point): Add new command
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/mouse.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/mouse.el | 30 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/mouse.el b/lisp/mouse.el index 1a76b9a0b66..cfe212c3e9b 100644 --- a/lisp/mouse.el +++ b/lisp/mouse.el @@ -531,6 +531,16 @@ Some context functions add menu items below the separator." :help "Find file or URL from text around mouse click")))) menu) +(defun context-menu-online-search (menu click) + "Populate MENU with command to search online." + (save-excursion + (mouse-set-point click) + (define-key-after menu [online-search-separator] menu-bar-separator) + (define-key-after menu [online-search-at-mouse] + '(menu-item "Online search" mouse-online-search-at-point + :help "Search for region or word online"))) + menu) + (defvar context-menu-entry `(menu-item ,(purecopy "Context Menu") ,(make-sparse-keymap) :filter ,(lambda (_) (context-menu-map))) @@ -3217,6 +3227,26 @@ is copied instead of being cut." (with-current-buffer (window-buffer window) (setq cursor-type (nth 3 state))))))) +(defvar eww-search-prefix) +(defun mouse-online-search-at-point (event) + "Query an online search engine at EVENT. +If a region is active, the entire region will be sent, otherwise +the symbol at point will be used. This command uses EWW's +default search engine, as configured by `eww-search-prefix'." + (interactive "e") + (require 'eww) + (let ((query (if (use-region-p) + (buffer-substring (region-beginning) + (region-end)) + (save-excursion + (mouse-set-point event) + (thing-at-point 'symbol))))) + (unless query + (user-error "Nothing to search for")) + (browse-url (concat + eww-search-prefix + (mapconcat #'url-hexify-string (split-string query) "+"))))) + ;;; Bindings for mouse commands. |