IMPORTANT: Sample mini group alias file for F&R - download here

[mouser]

OK,
all the questions about can you use F&R to go to websites, launch email,etc.

I've made a little sample alias file you can import in.

In the next major release of F&R it will come with these and many other commands already configured.  and of course you can always write your own.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1) click to download the file: https://www.donation...wnloads/aliases2.ini
2) go to F&R options, and from Import&Export menu, choose import and then browse to and select that aliases.ini file


close the options.  youl now have some new commands in your F&R:

imdb -> to get info on web about a movie just type: imdb [MOVIENAME]
search -> to run one of several web searchs just type: search [SEARCH WORDS]
define -> to run a web dictionary search on a word type: define [SEARCH WORDS]
www -> to go to any site just type the site url (for example www.donationcoder.com)
music -> search for info about any band or artist type: music [BAND NAME]
email -> begin an email to someone type: email [EMAILADDRESS]
email -> begin an email to someone and specify subject type: email [EMAILADRESS s=SUBJECT]
paste -> paste date or time into current program type: paste (then choose from menu)
run-> to run any program on your computers search path: run [PROGRAMNAME]


thanks to nontroppo's opera page for some of these.

note the some of the above will show you full menus of choices, like the search and define commands.
you can easily add your own stuff to these from the Options-> Groups tab.


let me know if this works for you and how you like it!

[mouser]

btw if you ever forget what commands are available, you can get a list of them by typing (stands for allgroups):
agroups

[mouser]

jibz just gave me an alternate email regular expression alias you can use if you dont want to be bothered typing in "email xxxxx" and would prefer just to be able to type in someones email adress to create a mail to them:
just copy this and go to Group Alias tab, right click and say "Pase Preformatted Alias Group" and paste it in:

1000>>>email3>->email $$1 | mailto:$$1>+>^(\w+(?:\.\w+)*@\w+(?:\.\w+)+)

[mouser]

i forget who suggested this feature (kfitting was it you?) but you might want to check that you have these checked in options if youd like to be able to launch command aliases faster once they are displayed.

also note for things like dictionary search, etc.  you can configure F+R to make it easier to launch multiple results, so that when you hold control while you mouse double click or press a number, it launches but stays open.

[kfitting]

Wasnt me... I remember the discussion though.  The whole alias thing is powerful, but very confusing!  The default samples will be a nice way to learn, thanks!

Kevin

[nontroppo]

That regex will fail on several addresses (a few non-word characters are allowed, see http://www.remote.or...mail/info/chars.html for more), here is an improved version removing the problem, and also adding an optional subject line:

1000>>>email3>->email $$1 | mailto:$$1?subject=$$2>+>^([^@]+@.+\.[^\s]+)(?:\s?)([^\s]*)

(and it was me who asked for the <enter> changes )

[Jibz]

Perhaps seems a bit overinclusive just to allow + and -, but whatever works for you .

[nontroppo]

Well, though not recommended, there are other officially valid characters according to the RFC's than + and -

<offtopic>I never knew about how useful + is in email addresses until recently, you can use it to tag mail addresses which nevertheless go into the same mailbox, e.g. [email protected] and [email protected] both get delivered to the same box ([email protected]) but allows you to distinguish / filter them</offtopic>

[nontroppo]

OK, a version of that regex that is a bit more cautious, and fixes a small bug in the optional subject matching

1000>>>email3>->email $$1 | mailto:$$1?subject=$$2>+>^([\w+-]+@[\w+-]+\.[\w+-]+)(?:\s?)(.*)

[Jibz]

Looks good .. except does it work if there is more than one . in the domain part? like [email protected]?

And what about if there is a . in the local part? like [email protected]

I didn't know about the + thing either .. very handy indeed .

[nontroppo]

You're right it won't. So here is the regex that combines your multiple dot matching, expands the character matching and allows an optional subject:

1000>>>email3>->email $$1 | mailto:$$1?subject=$$2>+>^([\w\+\-]+(?:\.[\w\+\-]+)*@[\w\+\-]+(?:\.[\w\+\-]+)+)(?:\s?)(.*)

Don'tcha just love Regex's?

[Jibz]

Hehe indeed I do .

Guess you have to be a bit of a geek to find beauty in what looks like ascii art gone wrong .

[mouser]

what looks like ascii art gone wrong

 

[ovehal]

Can't seem to get + in email addresses to work.
Is it dependent on what type of SMTP server you are using?

Hmm, it worked to my gmail... I'll be checking.
Ove.

Well, though not recommended, there are other officially valid characters according to the RFC's than + and -

<offtopic>I never knew about how useful + is in email addresses until recently, you can use it to tag mail addresses which nevertheless go into the same mailbox, e.g. [email protected] and [email protected] both get delivered to the same box ([email protected]) but allows you to distinguish / filter them</offtopic>

-nontroppo (October 13, 2005, 12:36 PM)

[shadez]

hello everybody, i'm newbie FARR user

can i lunch programs with atributes like: "ping donationcoder.com"

i don't want any scary aliases, i just want run different programs with attributes from FARR..

thanks for answers, sorry for bad english 

[mouser]

sure, it's easy , but you have to set up an alias for the commands (like ping) that you want to do this with.

create an alias group like this:


(download the alias file at the top of this page and see more examples)

[nudone]

i feel like i've just woken up from a hyper-sleep session - only just taken note of the sample alias file and email fixes - amazing. incredible. astounding.