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author | Frederick Yin <fkfd@macaw.me> | 2020-07-04 23:07:05 +0800 |
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committer | Frederick Yin <fkfd@macaw.me> | 2020-07-04 23:07:05 +0800 |
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\ No newline at end of file @@ -1 +1,85 @@ -# uTab
\ No newline at end of file +# uTab + +## What + +uTab (`[UuΜµ]{TAB|Tab|tab}`, pronounced you-tab, mu-tab, or microtab) is a New Tab daemon that runs on localhost to satisy your desire for cross-browser consistency of New Tabs. To enable it, read on. + +## How + +Reluctant to squat on precious four-letter PyPI namespace, I did not upload utab to it, lest someone should foster a much better clone. Anyways, using this version of utab doesn't involve significantly more work than doing pip install. + +### Installation + +Assuming `python` == `python3.6` or higher: + +1. Fetch source: `git clone https://git.sr.ht/~fkfd/utab` +2. Install: `cd utab && python setup.py install` (will install deps. append `--user` if desired.) + +### Configs and Data + +These are in your user data dir. For Linux, this is typically `~user/.local/share/utab/`. + +What is in the dir? On default, these: + +``` +utab/ + css/ + index.css + icons/ + home.svg + pencil.svg + plus.svg + config.yml + index.html + site.html + sites.csv +``` + +After due consideration, I picked whichever file format I considered most efficient to write, by machine and by hand. Let's explain some of the files. + +#### `config.yml` + +```yaml +columns: 8 +rows: 4 +``` + +Ezpz. Layout for your grid. + +#### `sites.csv` + +| URL | Title | Favicon src | Visits | +| ------------------ | -------------------- | ----------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- | +| site URL, mandated | site title, optional | URL or base64, optional | integer, used to rank sites from highest to lowest | + +Example: + +```csv +https://en.wikipedia.org,English Wikipedia,https://en.wikipedia.org/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico,3 +``` + +#### `*.html` + +DST (Dead Simple Template) files[1]. Anything wrapped in `%` are injected with dynamic data, such as site headings. + +#### `icons/*.svg` + +Icons from [open-iconic](https://github.com/iconic/open-iconic). MIT License. + +To change color, open them in a text editor (inkscape et al. will spew metadata all over the file). Modify `fill:#ffffff` to any other color in the `style` attribute of `<path>`. + +### Running + +To run it inside the command line, run `python -m utab`. It will start running as a daemon, on port 64366. To start it on startup, consider putting it in `.profile` or something. + +## Usable Technology Certificate + +[](https://fkfd.me/ut/landing.html) + +This is a piece of Usable Technology. It supports the philosophy that fewer restrictions should be imposed on individual developers, thereby maximizing the **community value**. It doesn't spoil anyone's fun, because 99% of the time it's another innocent person rather than an evil corp. + +License: 0BSD +Copyright: nope +Forks: welcome; features intentionally lacking to encourage them. If you have a fork, contact me so I can add it here. + +[1] Don't bother looking it up. There ain't such a thing. |