mlocate_vdiscover_vim_locate.txt

# this is notes for video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0KPl5O006M


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## for ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
vdiscover() {
	# demo video:	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0KPl5O006M
	# usage: 	vdiscover <search>
	# example:	vdiscover man vs wild 
	# OR operator:	vdiscover 'man vs wild (mkv|avi)'
	# $ ending in:	vdiscover 'man vs wild (mkv|avi)$'
	# 		vdiscover '(naruto|shingeki) (mkv|avi)$'
	# 		vdiscover naruto shippudden mkv$
	
	# to quit vim quickly use: shift + zz or u can always use the :q / :q! method
	
	# escape spaces, pipe and parentheses
        keyword=$(echo "$@" |  sed -e 's/ /.*/g' -e 's:|:\\|:g' -e 's:(:\\(:g' -e 's:):\\):g')
	locate -ir "$keyword" | vim -R -
}


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# for ~/.vimrc

" credits
" http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Open_a_web-browser_with_the_URL_in_the_current_line
" section 41.6 using functions http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/usr_41.html
" devnull https://code.google.com/p/vimwiki/issues/detail?id=401
" put qoutes around line http://stackoverflow.com/a/3218805
" bypass pressing Enter to continue with extra <CR> http://stackoverflow.com/a/890831

function! OpenCurrentLine ()
  " grab current line
  let line = getline (".")
  " add qoutes around the current line to avoid spaces/symbols issues
  let line = substitute(line, '^\(.*\)$', '"\1"', "g")
  " open with default system app, no messy output msg
  exec "!xdg-open" line '>&/dev/null &'
endfunction
  "bind function to a hotkey
map <F8> :call OpenCurrentLine() <CR><CR>