Is there a shortcut for open a URL in the current cell?

[reagle]

Is there a shortcut for open a URL in the current cell? (Wish there was a command palette!)

[geekscrapy]

For the command palette, try z ctrl+H

For opening a URL, you might want zo to open the URL with vd, or if you want to open with the OS command try the below in your .visidatarc

@VisiData.global_api
def sys_open_resource(vd, resource):
  import subprocess, os, platform
  if platform.system() == 'Darwin':       # macOS
      subprocess.call(('open', resource))
  elif platform.system() == 'Windows':    # Windows
      os.startfile(resource)
  else:                                   # linux variants
      subprocess.call(('xdg-open', resource))

# Generic OS open
Sheet.addCommand(None, 'sysopen-cell', 'sys_open_resource(cursorValue)', 'Open cell with OS')

Hope that helps!

[reagle]

Thanks @geekscrapy! Yes, I'm familiar with z ctrl+H; g/ but that's a lot of keystrokes and not nearly as nice as a genuine command palette with dynamic fuzzy match.

[saulpw]

I am hearing your request for a command palette, @reagle. It's definitely on the list, but is a huge amount of work to get right, so it'll have to wait for when I have a stretch of time to devote to it.

[frosencrantz]

Plugin 💡: I thought it would be possible to create a plugin that uses fzf maybe with a tmux pane or popup and possibly rich-cli for formatting to show the contents of the Command Sheet. Use the strength of fzf to quickly and fuzzily select a command from the output.. That might be something that could be done quickly until Saul has time to create a builtin solution.