Bookit

Fast and simple bookmark manager for your operating system.

Install

cargo install bookit

Configuration

Bookmarks

To setup bookit you need to run:

bookit config create

This will create a configuration file for where your bookmarks will be stored.

Shell Completions

You can put this in your .zshrc file (just make sure $HOME/.zsh_functions/ is in your fpath):

if [[ ! -f "$HOME/.zsh_functions/_bookit" ]]; then
  bookit completions --type zsh > "$HOME/.zsh_functions/_bookit"
fi

Or you can generate yours with:

bookit completions --type $SHELL               # Where $SHELL is zsh,bash,fish,elvish,powershell

Environment Variables

To configure bookit you can update the following variables.

• $BOOKIT_LOG_LEVEL (unset): Sets the log level for the program.

• $BOOKIT_CONFIG_PATH (~/.bookit): Configuration file path where bookit stores bookmarks.

• $BOOKIT_EDIT_COMMAND ($EDITOR "$BOOKIT_CONFIG_PATH" "+/$VIM_BOOKIT_BOOKMARK_NAME"): Process command to run to edit a bookmark. Available variables are:

  • $BOOKIT_CONFIG_PATH: Path to the configuration.
  • $BOOKIT_BOOKMARK_NAME: Name of the bookmark to edit.
  • $VIM_BOOKIT_BOOKMARK_NAME: $BOOKIT_BOOKMARK_NAME with proper escaping for searching in vim.

Development

Written in rust. Workflows are defined in .envrc.sh.

Roadmap

• Support bookit view | grep piping?
• Create rofi-bookit.
• Support windows?
• Create Windows like spotlight.