quick_edit

Simple helper to quickly edit frequently used text files

Motivation

During the daily usage of my system, I find myself editing the same text files over and over again. Initially I used a tiny shell script, which worked fine. Lately I wanted to learn Rust, therefore I decided to rewrite this script in Rust.

How to Use

Place the binary somewhere on the system. Additionally, I like to bind it to a specific key in my window manager (XMonad):

((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_e), spawn $ XMonad.terminal conf ++ " -e ~/quick_edit")

Configure all files to be suggested by quick_edit in the file .quick_edit.toml (placed in the working directory, usually home):

[choices]
paths = [ "~/notes.txt", "~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs", "/etc/hosts", "/etc/shorewall/rules", ".config/nvim/lua/*.lua" ]

Above configuration will produce following output:

0): ~/notes.txt
1): ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
2): /etc/hosts
3): /etc/shorewall/rules
4): .config/nvim/lua/*.lua
Type choice:

Upon hitting the respective key, the default editor (assumed to be $EDITOR) will be used to open the file.