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Qutebrowser Configuration

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Import

from qutebrowser.config.configfiles import ConfigAPI
from qutebrowser.config.config import ConfigContainer

import sys, os

General config

c.aliases = {'w': 'session-save', 'q': 'quit', 'wq': 'quit --save'}
c.auto_save.session = False
c.backend = 'webengine'
c.confirm_quit = ['downloads']

Content

c.content.autoplay = False
c.content.notifications = False
c.content.geolocation = 'ask'
c.content.javascript.alert = True
c.content.javascript.can_access_clipboard = True
c.content.media_capture = 'ask'
c.content.pdfjs = False
c.content.proxy = 'system'

Editor

c.editor.command = ['/usr/bin/termite', '--class="Floating"', '-e', 'nvim {}']

Downloads

c.downloads.location.directory = '$HOME/Downloads/'
c.downloads.location.prompt = True
c.downloads.location.remember = True
c.downloads.location.suggestion = 'path'
c.downloads.position = 'bottom'
c.downloads.remove_finished = 10000

Fonts

c.fonts.default_family = ["Hack Nerd Font Mono", "DejaVu Sans Mono", "Monaco"]
c.fonts.prompts = '10pt monospace'
c.fonts.statusbar = '10pt monospace'
c.fonts.tabs = '10pt monospace'

Input

c.input.insert_mode.auto_enter = True
c.input.insert_mode.auto_leave = True
c.input.insert_mode.auto_load = False
c.input.insert_mode.plugins = True

New Instance Options

c.new_instance_open_target = 'tab'
c.new_instance_open_target_window = 'last-focused'

Spell Check

c.spellcheck.languages = ['en-US', 'fr-FR']

Status Bar

# Hide the statusbar unless a message is shown.
c.statusbar.hide = False
c.statusbar.position = 'bottom'

# List of widgets displayed in the statusbar.
# Valid values:
#   - url: Current page URL.
#   - scroll: Percentage of the current page position like `10%`.
#   - scroll_raw: Raw percentage of the current page position like `10`.
#   - history: Display an arrow when possible to go back/forward in history.
#   - tabs: Current active tab, e.g. `2`.
#   - keypress: Display pressed keys when composing a vi command.
#   - progress: Progress bar for the current page loading.
c.statusbar.widgets = ['keypress', 'url', 'scroll', 'history', 'progress']

Tabs

# Open new tabs (middleclick/ctrl+click) in the background.
c.tabs.background = True

# Mouse button with which to close tabs.
c.tabs.close_mouse_button = 'right'

# How to behave when the last tab is closed.
c.tabs.last_close = 'close'

# Switch between tabs using the mouse wheel.
c.tabs.mousewheel_switching = False

# Position of new tabs opened from another tab.
# Valid values:
#   - prev: Before the current tab.
#   - next: After the current tab.
#   - first: At the beginning.
#   - last: At the end.
c.tabs.new_position.related = 'next'

# Position of new tabs which aren't opened from another tab.
# Valid values:
#   - prev: Before the current tab.
#   - next: After the current tab.
#   - first: At the beginning.
#   - last: At the end.
c.tabs.new_position.unrelated = 'last'

# Position of the tab bar.
c.tabs.position = 'left'

# Which tab to select when the focused tab is removed.
c.tabs.select_on_remove = 'next'

# Width (in pixels or as percentage of the window) of the tab bar if it's vertical.
c.tabs.width = 30

# Wrap when changing tabs.
c.tabs.wrap = False

Urls and Search Engines

c.url.searchengines = {
    'DEFAULT': 'https://www.duckduckgo.org/?q={}',
    'aw': 'https://wiki.archlinux.org/?search={}',
    'wi': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search={}',
    'go': 'https://www.google.com/search?q={}',
    'gc': 'https://scholar.google.fr/scholar?hl=fr&as_sdt=0%2C5&q={}&btnG=',
    'gm': 'https://www.google.com/maps/search/{}/',
    'yt': 'https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query={}',
    'gh': 'https://github.com/search?q={}',
    're': 'https://www.reddit.com/search?q={}',
    'lb': 'http://188.240.208.184/search.php?req={}',
    'la': 'http://188.240.208.184/scimag/index.php?s={}',
    'sm': 'https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query={}',
    'am': 'https://www.amazon.fr/s?k={}',
    'md': 'https://fr.mathworks.com/help/search.html?qdoc={}&submitsearch=',
}

c.url.start_pages = ['qute://bookmarks']

Normal Bindings

Zooming 

config.bind('+', 'zoom-in')
config.bind('-', 'zoom-out')
config.bind('=', 'zoom')

Inputs blocks 

config.bind(';t', 'hint inputs')
config.bind('gi', 'hint inputs --first')

Opening New Window 

config.bind('<Ctrl-N>', 'open -w')

History 

config.bind('H', 'back')
config.bind('L', 'forward')

Move tabs around 

config.bind('d', 'tab-close')
config.bind('<', 'tab-move -')
config.bind('>', 'tab-move +')
config.bind('gO', 'tab-give') # Open current tab in a new window
config.bind('J', 'tab-next')
config.bind('K', 'tab-prev')

Bookmarks and Quickmark 

config.bind('M', 'bookmark-add')
config.bind('m', 'quickmark-save')

Open New Pages/Tabs 

config.bind('o', 'set-cmd-text -s :open')
config.bind('O', 'set-cmd-text -s :open -t')

Open new page/tab with clipboard content 

config.bind('pp', 'open -- {clipboard}')
config.bind('pP', 'open -t -- {clipboard}')

Link Hinting 

config.bind('f', 'hint')
config.bind('F', 'hint all tab')

Yanking url 

config.bind('yy', 'yank')

Go to specific websites 

config.bind('gy', 'open -t https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions')
config.bind('gf', 'open -t https://feedly.com/i/my')
config.bind('gr', 'open -t https://www.reddit.com/')

config.bind('gb', 'open qute://bookmarks')
config.bind('gh', 'open qute://history')
config.bind('gs', 'open qute://settings')

Custom Bindings

Create a Password for the current website 

config.bind(',P', 'spawn --userscript ~/.config/qutebrowser/userscripts/add-passowrd.sh')

Use Pass to fill password and username (configuration is done in ~/.config/qutebrowser/password_fill_rc) 

config.bind(',p', 'spawn --userscript password_fill')

Open Youtube video using mpv 

config.bind(',m', 'spawn --detach mpv --force-window yes {url}')
config.bind(',M', 'hint links spawn --detach mpv --force-window yes {hint-url}')

Cast Youtube to Chromecast 

config.bind(',c', 'spawn --userscript ~/.config/qutebrowser/userscripts/cast.sh {url}')
config.bind(',C', 'hint links spawn --userscript ~/.config/qutebrowser/userscripts/cast.sh {hint-url}')

Add page to Bookmarks using buku 

config.bind(',b', 'spawn --userscript ~/.config/qutebrowser/userscripts/buku-add.sh')
config.bind(',B', 'spawn --userscript ~/.config/qutebrowser/userscripts/buku-rofi.sh')

Open bookmark using buku 

config.bind(',o', 'spawn ~/bin/bukurun')

Org Capture 

config.bind(',r', 'spawn --userscript ~/.config/qutebrowser/userscripts/org-capture.sh')
config.bind(',R', 'hint links userscript ~/.config/qutebrowser/userscripts/org-capture.sh')

Download a torrent 

config.bind(',t', 'hint links spawn --userscript ~/scripts/torrent-add.sh {hint-url}')

Annotate with Hypothesis 

config.bind(',a', "jseval javascript:(function(){window.hypothesisConfig=function(){return{showHighlights:true,appType:'bookmarklet'};};var d=document,s=d.createElement('script');s.setAttribute('src','https://hypothes.is/embed.js');d.body.appendChild(s)})();")

See Amazon price history using CamelCamelCamel 

config.bind(',A', ":open -t https://fr.camelcamelcamel.com/search?sq={url}")

Userscripts

Create a new password

url=$(echo "$QUTE_URL" | awk -F[/:] '{print $4}' | rofi -p "URL" -dmenu -lines 1)
username=$(echo -e "dehaeze.thomas@gmail.com\nthomas.dehaeze@esrf.fr\ntdehaeze" | rofi -p "Username" -dmenu -lines 5)
password=$(rofi -p "Password" -dmenu -password -lines 1)

if [ -z "$url" ] || [ -z "$username" ] || [ -z "$password" ]; then
    dunstify "Pass" "Failed to Add Password"
else
    echo -e "$password\nlogin: $username\nurl: $QUTE_URL" > /tmp/add-password.txt
    pass insert --multiline "$url/$username" < /tmp/add-password.txt;
    rm /tmp/add-password.txt
    dunstify "Pass" "Password Added"
fi

Cast Youtube to Chromecast

youtube-dl -o - $1 | castnow --quiet -

Passwordfillrc

# Show all password fields in the menu
query_entries() {
    # safe queried url for choose_entry
    # the subdomains are removed
    export queried_url=$(expr match ".$1" '.*\.\(.*\..*\)')
    mapfile -t files < <(find -L "$PREFIX" -iname '*.gpg' -printf '%P\n' |sed 's,\.gpg$,,')
}

# Even if there is only one entry, always show a menu
# for user confirmation.
choose_entry() {
    MENU_COMMAND=(
        rofi -dmenu
            -p "qutebrowser> "
            -filter "$queried_url"
            -mesg $'Pick a password entry for <b>'"${QUTE_URL//&/&amp;}"'</b>'
    )
    file=$( printf "%s\n" "${files[@]}" | "${MENU_COMMAND[@]}" )
}

Org-Capture

readonly CAPTURE_SCRIPT=~/scripts/org-protocol-capture-html.sh

if [[ "$QUTE_MODE" = "hints" ]]; then
    # if we start with hints, we juste want to capture the URL
    $CAPTURE_SCRIPT --template "pu" --url "${QUTE_URL}"
elif [[ -n "$QUTE_SELECTED_TEXT" ]]; then
    # if text is selected, we want to capture the text
    $CAPTURE_SCRIPT --template "pt" --heading "${QUTE_TITLE}" --url "${QUTE_URL}" "${QUTE_SELECTED_TEXT}"
else
    # if no text is selected, we want to capture the url
    $CAPTURE_SCRIPT --template "pu" --heading "${QUTE_TITLE}" --url "${QUTE_URL}"
fi

Add Url to Buku using Rofi

title=$(echo "$QUTE_TITLE" | rofi -p "Title" -dmenu -lines 1)
tags=$(buku -t --nc --np | sed -e 's/\s*[[:digit:]]*\.\s*\(.*\)\s*([[:digit:]]*)\s*/\1/' -e '/^\s*$/d' | sort | uniq | rofi -p "Tags" -dmenu)

buku --add "$QUTE_URL" --tag "$tags" --title "$title" && dunstify "Buku" "Bookmark Added"

Add Url to Buku without asking for information

buku --add $QUTE_URL --title "$QUTE_TITLE" && dunstify "Buku" "📑 Bookmark Added"

Author: Dehaeze Thomas

Created: 2020-04-05 dim. 11:29