Ubiquity Commands - ArchWiki

# Ubiquity Commands

# Introduction

Due to my recent discovery of Ubiquity and MrGreen's suggestion on the forum, here's a place for collecting Ubiquity commands that people find of interest.

# Arch Specific

Requires Ubiquity 0.5+

## AUR Search

    CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
     names: ["aur-packages"],
     icon: "https://wiki.archlinux.org/favicon.ico",
     description: "Search the AUR for Packages.",
     help:  "Enter a string to search the AUR",
     contributors: ["Mr Green", "deadrabbit"],
     license: "MPL",
     arguments: [{role: 'object', nountype: noun_arb_text}],
     preview: function preview(pblock, args) {
       pblock.innerHTML = "Search the Arch Bugtracker for " + args.object.html + ".";
     },
     execute: function execute(args) {
       var before_url = "https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?O=0&L=0&C=0&K=";
       var after_url = "&SeB=nd&SB=n&SO=a&PP=25&do_Search=Go";
       Utils.openUrlInBrowser(before_url + args.object.text + after_url);
     }
    });

## BBS Search

    CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
     names: ["bbs-arch", "arch bbs"],
     icon: "https://wiki.archlinux.org/favicon.ico",
     description: "Search all of archlinux forums",
     help:  "Enter a string to search the archlinux forums",
     contributors: ["Mr Green", "deadrabbit"],
     license: "MPL",
     arguments: [{role: 'object', nountype: noun_arb_text}],
     preview: function preview(pblock, args) {
       pblock.innerHTML = "Search the Arch forums for " + args.object.html + ".";
     },
     execute: function execute(args) {
       var before_url = "https://bbs.archlinux.org/search.php?action=search&keywords=";
       var after_url = "&author=&forum=-1&search_in=all&sort_by=0&sort_dir=DESC&show_as=topics&search=Submit"
       Utils.openUrlInBrowser(before_url + args.object.text + after_url);
     }
    });

## Bugtracker Search

    CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
     names: ["arch-bugs"],
     icon: "https://wiki.archlinux.org/favicon.ico",
     description: "Search the Arch Bugtracker.",
      help: "Enter a string to search the Arch Bugtracker.",
     contributors: ["Mr Green", "deadrabbit"],
     license: "MPL",
     arguments: [{role: 'object', nountype: noun_arb_text}],
     preview: function preview(pblock, args) {
       pblock.innerHTML = "Search the Arch Bugtracker for " + args.object.html + ".";
     },
     execute: function execute(args) {
       var before_url = "https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?string=";
       Utils.openUrlInBrowser(before_url + args.object.text);
     }
    });

## Wiki Search

    CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
     names: ["awiki", "arch wiki"],
     icon: "https://wiki.archlinux.org/favicon.ico",
     description: "Search all of archlinux wiki",
     help: "Enter a search query",
     contributors: ["Mr Green", "deadrabbit"],
     license: "MPL",
     arguments: [{role: 'object', nountype: noun_arb_text}],
     preview: function preview(pblock, args) {
       pblock.innerHTML = "Search the wiki for " + args.object.html + ".";
     },
     execute: function execute(args) {
       Utils.openUrlInBrowser("https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Special:Search?search=" + args.object.text);
     }
    });

# Web Lookup

## Man Page Search

    CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
     names: ["man", "man page" ],
     description: "Search man pages",
     help:  "Enter a string to search the man pages",
     contributors: ["Mr Green", "deadrabbit"],
     license: "MPL",
     arguments: [{role: 'object', nountype: noun_arb_text}],
     preview: function preview(pblock, args) {
       pblock.innerHTML = "Search the man pages for " + args.object.html + ".";
     },
     execute: function execute(args) {
       var before_url = "http://www.linuxmanpages.com/man1/";
       var after_url = ".1.php"
       Utils.openUrlInBrowser(before_url + args.object.text + after_url);
     }
    });

## Whois Search

    CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
     names: ["whois"],
     description: "whois domain lookup",
     help:  "Enter a domain to query.",
     contributors: ["Mr Green", "deadrabbit"],
     license: "MPL",
     arguments: [{role: 'object', nountype: noun_arb_text}],
     preview: function preview(pblock, args) {
       pblock.innerHTML = "Whois search for " + args.object.html + ".";
     },
     execute: function execute(args) {
       var before_url = "http://reports.internic.net/cgi/whois?whois_nic=";
       var after_url = "&type=domain";
       Utils.openUrlInBrowser(before_url + args.object.text + after_url);
     }
    });

## Websters Dictionary

Not updated for Ubiquity 0.5+ yet

    CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
      name: "webster-dictionary",
      author: {name: "Timothy Sorbera", email: "tim.sorbera@gmail.com"},
      license: "MPL",
      description: "Searches Webster's Dictionary for your words.",
      takes: {search: noun_arb_text},
      preview: function(pblock, searchText) {
        var html = "Searches Webster's Dictionary for ";
        if (searchText.text) {
          html += searchText.text;
        } else {
          html += "your words.";
        }
        pblock.innerHTML = html;
      },
      icon: "http://www.merriam-webster.com/favicon.ico",
      execute: function(directObject) {
        var searchUrl = "http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/" + directObject.text;
        Utils.openUrlInBrowser(searchUrl);
      }
    });

## Websters Thesaurus

Not updated for Ubiquity 0.5+ yet

    CmdUtils.CreateCommand({
      name: "webster-thesaurus",
      author: {name: "Timothy Sorbera", email: "tim.sorbera@gmail.com"},
      license: "MPL",
      description: "Searches Webster's Thesaurus for your words.",
      takes: {search: noun_arb_text},
      preview: function(pblock, searchText) {
        var html = "Searches Webster's Thesaurus for ";
        if (searchText.text) {
          html += searchText.text;
        } else {
          html += "your words.";
        }
        pblock.innerHTML = html;
      },
      icon: "http://www.merriam-webster.com/favicon.ico",
      execute: function(directObject) {
        var searchUrl = "http://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/" + directObject.text;
        Utils.openUrlInBrowser(searchUrl);
      }
    });

# External links

- Ubiquity extension
- Ubiquity commands on the Mozilla wiki
- The Ubiquity article on The Sysadmin Wiki, featuring Ubiquity commands

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- Internet applications