Category: | Text Processing |
Author/Contact Info | munchie steven@ssrubin.com |
Description: | This code allows the user to set shortcuts (a character surrounded in brackets) to allow for fast note taking/document writing. (Thank you tilly for the awesome Text::xSV module!) |
#! Perl -w ## ## #shortcuts.pl -shortcut maintaining engine# ## ## use strict; use Text::xSV; my $shortcut_file = 'scuts'; #Define file that contains shortcuts my $output_file = 'sfile'; #Define file for output ########END OF USER INPUT######## my($sf,$of)=($shortcut_file,$output_file); sub set_shortcut { my $is_taken=0; print "Which shortcut character would you like (1 letter!)? (will +appear in brackets) "; chomp(my $char=<STDIN>); print "What text do you want it to print?\n"; chomp(my $text=<STDIN>); my $csv = new Text::xSV; $csv->open_file("$sf"); $csv->bind_header(); while ($csv->get_row()) { my ($shortcut) = $csv->extract(qw(shortcut)); if ($char eq $shortcut) { warn "Shortcut character already used!"; $is_taken=1; last; } } unless ($is_taken) { open(SF, ">>$sf"); print SF "$char,$text\n"; close(SF); } } sub get_shortcuts { print"\n"; my $csv = new Text::xSV; $csv->open_file("$sf"); $csv->bind_header(); while ($csv->get_row()) { my ($shortcut, $output) = $csv->extract(qw(shortcut output)); print "\{$shortcut\} produces $output\n"; } } sub new_doc { print "Type your note/doc (type {e} on a new line to end):\n"; open(OF, ">>$of"); while (my $line = <STDIN>) { last if $line =~ /\{e\}/; my %shortcuts; my $csv = new Text::xSV; $csv->open_file("$sf"); $csv->bind_header(); while ($csv->get_row()) { my ($shortcut, $output) = $csv->extract(qw(shortcut output +)); $shortcuts{$shortcut} = $output; } $line =~ s/\{(\w)\}+/$shortcuts{$1}/g; print OF $line; } close(OF); } sub get_doc { open(OF, "<$of"); while (<OF>) { print; } close(OF); } unless (-s $sf) { open(SF, ">>$sf"); print SF "shortcut,output\n"; close(SF); } print "Welcome to S.S.E. \{Steven's Shortcut Engine\}\n"; print "\t{s} to set a shortcut\n\t{o} to view the output file's conten +ts\n\t{n} to start typing to the output file\n\t{g} to view the short +cuts you've already made\n"; while(1) { print "\%> "; chomp(my $choice=<STDIN>); if ($choice =~ /\{s\}/) { set_shortcut(); } elsif ($choice =~ /\{n\}/) { new_doc(); } elsif ($choice =~ /\{g\}/) { get_shortcuts(); } elsif ($choice =~ /\{o\}/) { get_doc(); } } |
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