# paste manager

A simple script to create a menu driven database for storing little bits of
information. The database is a double colon delimited plain text file
queried with standard unix tools.

This is *NOT* for passwords. Do *NOT* use it for them. See my own
[`dpw`](https://git.riedstra.dev/mitch/dpw/about/) or
[pass](https://www.passwordstore.org/) for a solution there.

Output is controlled via a small c program called `pm-fmtdb`, see the top
of the file for adjusting the format.

Works best with `dmenu` fuzzy finder patch. Utilizes list mode by default.

Menu format can easily be customized by editing the script near the
top of the `pm` shell script.

Database format is fairly simple:

```
ID::Created::Updated::Name::Content
```

It's a menu driven application with no CLI options, users are encouraged to
write programs that directly talk to the database, or extend it to suit their
needs.

## Demo video

<video width="800" height="450" controls>
  <source src="https://git.riedstra.dev/mitch/pm/plain/demo.mp4?h=video">
</video>

## Installation

```
# make install
```

You'll need `dmenu` installed. You may also wish to bind a hotkey to run the new
`pm` command


## Configuration

Environment variables:

`PASTE_MANAGER_FILE` can override the file location
`PASTE_MANAGER_LINES` overrides the number of lines displayed by `dmenu`
`PASTE_MANAGER_X_SELECTION` sets the clipboard selection, you probably want to
leave it set to clipboard, the default.


Edit the source code for further tweaks. The one people may have the most
interest in is the format sent to `dmenu`, that's controlled via the small c
program 'pm-fmtdb' near the top of the file.


### MacOS

You'll need a [menu](https://github.com/chipsenkbeil/choose), and you'll
probably want a [hotkey daemon](https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd).

## Bugs

Probably. This was written in just a few hours. Email me if you find any, I'll
fix them.

## Not-bugs

Multi line snippets are entirely unsupported.