bin: various usability improvements

.config/shell/browse

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cd() {
 		#   pr -4 -l1 -W $COLUMNS -S"  "
 		command ls --sort=none --quote-name |
 			head -12 |
-			xargs ls --sort=time --format=vertical --directory --literal --file-type --color=always --width $COLUMNS |
+			xargs ls --sort=time --format=vertical --directory --literal --classify --color=always --width $COLUMNS |
 			head -3
 		code=$? && test $code -eq 141 || return $code
 	fi
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ cd() {
 
 # LOCATE {{{1
 # TODO no double heading with bat
-alias fselect='fzf -0 -1 --reverse --height=30% | while read f; do test -d "$f" && cd "$f" || { highlight "$f" && print -s "b \"$f\"" && b "$f"; }; done';
+alias fselect='fzf -0 -1 --reverse --height=40% | while read f; do test -d "$f" && cd "$f" || { highlight "$f" && print -s "b \"$f\"" && b "$f"; }; done';
 loci() {
 	locate --all --ignore-case --basename --existing "$@" |
 		command grep --extended-regexp --ignore-case --color=always $(echo "$|${@:$#}" | sed 's/ /|/g') |

.config/topgrade.toml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #assume_yes = true
 
 # Disable specific steps - same options as the command line flag
-disable = ["node", "nix", "emacs"] #, "pnpm", "config-update"]
+disable = ["node", "nix", "emacs", "config_update"]
 
 # Ignore failures for these steps
 #ignore_failures = ["powershell"]
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ no_retry = true
 #run_in_tmux = true
 
 # List of remote machines with Topgrade installed on them
-#remote_topgrades = ["tiger"]
+remote_topgrades = ["tiger"]
 
 # Arguments to pass SSH when upgrading remote systems
 #ssh_arguments = "-o ConnectTimeout=2"
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ arguments = "--rebase --autostash"
 
 [linux]
 # Arguments to pass yay when updating packages
-yay_arguments = "--nodiffmenu --ignore android-studio --ignore clion --ignore intellij-idea-ultimate-edition --ignore intellij-idea-ultimate-edition-jre --ignore webstorm"
+yay_arguments = "--nodiffmenu --ignore android-studio --ignore clion --ignore intellij-idea-ultimate-edition --ignore intellij-idea-ultimate-edition-jre --ignore webstorm --ignore brave-bin"
 #trizen_arguments = "--devel"
 #enable_tlmgr = true
 #emerge_sync_flags = "-q"

.local/bin/scripts/b

@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ if test "$ls" -o $# -le $(echo "$flags" | wc -w); then
 	{
 		timeout .6s sh -c "
 			if which exa 2>/dev/null >&2
-			then exa --color=always --long --group --classify --all --all --sort=changed --reverse $flags $(printf "'%s' " "${ls[@]:-.}")
+			then $elevate exa --color=always --long --group --classify --all --all --sort=changed --reverse $flags $(printf "'%s' " "${ls[@]:-.}")
 			else $elevate ls -l $(test $# -gt ${#ls[@]} && echo '-d') --color=always --human-readable --si --group-directories-first --file-type --dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir --all $flags $(printf "'%s' " "${ls[@]:-.}")
 			fi
 		" || $elevate ls $(test $# -gt ${#ls[@]} && echo "-d") --color=always --human-readable --si --dereference-command-line --all --sort=none $flags "${ls[@]:-.}"

.local/bin/scripts/edconf

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh -e
 # Find config files with fzf, preview and edit them
 # Common config files are automatically checked/reloaded
 alias dedup='awk '"'"'!a[$0]++'"'"
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ case "$sel" in
   (/etc/caddy/*) sudoedit "$sel" && caddy validate --config /etc/caddy/Caddyfile && sudo systemctl reload-or-restart caddy;;
   (/etc/ssh/*) sudoedit "$sel" && sudo systemctl reload-or-restart sshd;;
   (/etc/network/interfaces*) sudoedit "$sel" && sudo service networking reload;;
-  (*) $(test -w "$sel" || echo sudo --preserve-env=ALTERNATE_EDITOR) $EDITOR "$sel";;
+  (*) $(test -w "$sel" || echo "sudo -E") edit "$sel";;
 esac
 echo "$sel" | cat - "$conf_cache" | head -20 >"$conf_tmp" && mv "$conf_tmp" "$conf_cache"

.local/bin/scripts/ex

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # adapted and improved from the commonly circulating version
 # detects whether unpacking into a subfolder is sensible
 # and shows progress indications for some operations
-# optdepends: rewrite(part of my dotfiles)
+# optdepends: rewrite(part of my dotfiles, for unzip line rewriting)
 for arg do
 case $arg in
 	(-d) del=$(expr ${del:-0} + 1);;
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ case $arg in
 		name="$(basename "${fullpath%.*}")"
 		namepart="$name.part"
 		(
+		# Create temporary subfolder if current folder contains stuff
 		if test "$(ls -U | wc -l)" -gt 2; then
 			mkdir -p "$namepart"
 			cd "$namepart"
@@ -39,9 +40,9 @@ case $arg in
 		# If we created a temporary subfolder, check if it can be eliminated
 		if test "$(basename "$PWD")" = "$namepart"
 		then if test $# -lt 2 -a "$(ls -U | wc -l)" -lt 3
-			then test "$(ls)" && mv -v * ..
+			then test "$(ls)" && mv -iv * ..
 				cd .. && rm -d "$namepart"
-			else cd .. && mv -v "$namepart" "$name"
+			else cd .. && mv -iv "$namepart" "$name"
 			fi
 		fi
 		case $del in

.local/bin/scripts/ffmeta

@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ then cat
 else printf '%s\n' "$@"
 fi | while read f; do
   highlight "$f"
-  find "$f" -type f -exec ffprobe -loglevel warning -print_format default=noprint_wrappers=1 -show_format -pretty {} \;
+  find "$f" -type f -exec ffprobe -loglevel 20 -print_format default=noprint_wrappers=1 -show_format -pretty {} \;
 done | less

.local/bin/scripts/fmpc

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/sh -e
 # Select a song in the mpd queue using fzf and mpc
-song_position=$(mpc -f "%position%) %artist% - %title%" playlist | \
+# depends: fzy/fzf-tmux mpc
-  fzf-tmux --query="$1" --reverse --select-1 --exit-0 | \
+song_position=$(mpc -f "%position%) %artist% - %title%" playlist |
-  sed -n 's/^\([0-9]\+\)).*/\1/p') || return 1
+  #fzy --query="$1" |
+  fzf-tmux --query="$1" --reverse --select-1 --exit-0 |
+  sed -n 's/^\([0-9]\+\)).*/\1/p')
 test -n "$song_position" && mpc play $song_position

.local/bin/scripts/freq

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ case $1 in
     $0 "$diff"
     ;;
   (*)
-    out="${2:-/tmp/freq-$(basename "$1").png}"
+    out="${2:-/tmp/freq-$(basename "$1")}.png"
     mkdir -p "$(dirname "$out")"
     sox "$1" -n spectrogram -o "$out"
     timg --title "$out"

.local/bin/scripts/xdg-mime-file

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 # Use xdg-mime with a file's mime type
 xdg-mime query default "$(xdg-mime query filetype "$1")"
-test $# -gt 1 &&
+if test $# -gt 1; then
 	desktop="$(find /usr/share/applications -name "*$2*" | fzf -0 -1)" &&
 	xdg-mime default "$desktop" "$(xdg-mime query filetype "$1")" &&
 	echo -n "Updated to: " &&
 	xdg-mime query default "$(xdg-mime query filetype "$1")"
+fi
 # || echo "Cannot find application $2 in /usr/share/applications!"

README.org

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ makepkg -si
 - video :: [[https://github.com/phw/peek][peek]] vlc obs-studio kdenlive
 - music management :: puddletag beets picard ffmpegthumbnailer sox
   : sudo npm install -g bpm
-- music production :: lilypond lilypond-docs timidity++ chordpro-git musescore mixxx-beta-git
+- music production :: lilypond lilypond-docs timidity++ chordpro-git musescore mixxx-beta-git soundfont-fluid
 - communication :: zulip-desktop-bin ferdi-bin
 - hacking :: etcher-bin
 - health :: stretchly-xeruf-git redshift acpilight light