Re: browse select text, text at point

[Deniz Dogan]

On 2011-07-06 21:42, Thamer Mahmoud wrote:
> smclean0640@gmail.com writes:
> > I am wondering whether anyone in the group knows a package that will
> > accomplish the following:
> > - I am on a word, say "limousine", by pressing a keystroke I can browse
> >    this word in google (or a chosen search engine) with my default browser,
> > - I have selected a region of text and I want to search that text in my
> >    default browser.
>
> The following code should handle both words at point and region. Just do
> "M-x google" or "C-c g" + ENTER.
>
> (defun tma-word-or-region-at-point ()
>    "Return the word or region at point."
>    (if mark-active
>        (buffer-substring (region-beginning) (region-end))
>      (word-at-point)))

It would make more sense to use `use-region-p' here.

> (defun tma-interactive-with-default ()
>    "Allow a user to enter a search word or phrase, but give a sane default."
>     (list (let* ((default-entry (tma-word-or-region-at-point))
>                 (input (read-string
>                         (format "Search%s: "
>                                 (if (string= default-entry "")
>                                     ""
>                                   (format " (default %s)" default-entry))))))
>            (if (string= input "")
>                (if (string= default-entry "")
>                    (error "User must provide word or region.")
>                  default-entry)
>              input))))
>
> (defun google (word)
>    "Use google to search for word or region."
>    (interactive
>     (tma-interactive-with-default))
>    (browse-url (concat "http://www.google.com/search?q="; word)))
>
> (global-set-key (kbd "C-c g") 'google)

Deniz