Yubnub "web command line" integration
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#136 Yubnub "web command line" integration
A very nice feature would be to send commands that do not match any other file/application to Yubnub (www.yubnub.org). Then you would type "g launchy" to search google for "launchy", "yt scary" to search Youtube, "msdn CreateFile" to search MSDN and so on.
For me this is a really big productivity improvement, and IMHO would be a great addition to Launchy (which, as it is, is already nearly perfect - lightweight and snappy).
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I just read through some of the other feature requests. Many of the web search-related requests could be resolved at once by implementing a yubnub interface. For example, the Google Calculator is at "calc 4 inches + 3 yards in cm", Google Maps is at "gm new york" and so on.
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I just created a "proof of concept" type plugin: http://www.fridgesoft.de/files/yubby.zip
The source code (a quick hack of the Webby code) is in http://www.fridgesoft.de/files/yubby_src.zip.
Yubby captures all strings starting with a space, so to search YouTube, you'd type
<Alt>-<Space>, <Space> (!), "yt bunny letter opener"
and you're there. I think this is a close as one can get without sacrificing typo-proof capturing.