Boo is a reimplementation of a handy tool I saw in one of Zach Holman's screencasts. Basically it's a key value store that allows you to save snippets of text that you can later find and copy to your clipboard.
Let's try a simple usage example. I just found a funny picture of a friend and want to keep it stored for use as leverage the next time I need to borrow some money from him. Here's where boo can help me out. I open up a terminal window and type:
boo funny-picture http://i.imgur.com/AEWxr.jpg
And now it's saved!
So now I need an extra server for a project I'm working on. I'm broke and my friend is reluctant to help me out, so I need some help from my friend boo! All I have to do is open a terminal window and type:
boo funny-picture
and Boom! The URL is instantly copied to my clipboard, where I can send it in a completely non-threatening email to my friend in order to get my way!
Fire up your terminal and type:
git clone git://github.com/stevenleeg/boo.git
cd boo
sudo python setup.py install
And that's it! Boo is now at your service!
boo test hello world
Creates a new key, test, and sets it's value to hello world
boo test
Gets the value of key test and copys it to your clipboard
boo rm test
Removes the key test
boo mv test hello
Renames the key test to hello
boo all
Lists all of the keys stored in your ~/.boom file.
- It's currently OS X only (since it relies on AppKit to access to clipboard). Linux support will be coming soon. Windows is open ended unless someone wants to do it themselves.
- I want to add some kind of grouping support. Right now the only way to do it is to name the keys you want to group something-keyname and use grep to filter them (use
boo all). - Needs a
mvcommand for renaming keys.
And of course if you have any ideas, feel free to open a new issue or if you're dedicated: submit a pull request!