Improve support for Alfred

[denisidoro]

• multiline snippets
• better handle .bashrc
• variables without suggestions
• --map and --column
• launch terminal for snippets with no effect otherwise

[perfectayush]

Hi, thanks for navi. I had a suggestion here, not sure sure if it's supported yet.
It will be helpful to copy the snippet in clipboard, and paste it in underlying application, instead of executing it (in terminal).

[bloatfan]

Hi, thanks for navi. I had a suggestion here, not sure sure if it's supported yet.
It will be helpful to copy the snippet in clipboard, and paste it in underlying application, instead of executing it (in terminal).

@perfectayush

you can add a output Copy to Clipboard, and settings Automatically paste to front most app, like this

[perfectayush]

@lslz627 Thanks, I can modify that. Checking if upstream workflow will support it. It would be great if I don't have to maintain this, other folks can use it as well.

[denisidoro]

@perfectayush did you manage to make it work? If so, would you mind opening a PR? I can then maintain it 👍

[perfectayush]

@denisidoro the solution recommended by @lslz627 works. But it will break the existing terminal command workflow. I am not sure what would be the best way to do this in final terminal/else switch.

[denisidoro]

Unfortunately I don't have any metrics regarding navi's usage but I bet that, relatively speaking, few people use this Alfred workflow (because it's experimental and hacky).

I'm OK with breaking changes if they are for the greater good.

[perfectayush]

@denisidoro I personally feel that best course would be to copy the command to clipboard and paste it in front most app. This is very useful for pasting the command in terminal or a text editor. This also allows for inspecting command before running it. Running it in terminal once evaluated or eval "$(snippet)" is probably not a great idea without user inspection.

From usage point of view, I have also added a hotkey in the beginning to initiate this workflow. I prefer command + shift + ;. But ppl can bind this to their own preference.

I have exported the workflow, I will add a PR if this is acceptable.

[denisidoro]

Unfortunately, I'm dropping support for Alfred in #509.

Reasons:

• it doesn't work as expected in many scenarios (cheats with --map, for example)
• info which would be available in the fzf preview-window isn't shown in Alfred, at least not fully
• Alfred code makes refactoring navi difficult
• if I decide to give proper support for the Alfred workflow in the future, I'll need to rewrite the code from scratch, anyway
• I personally don't use the workflow anymore - instead, I'm launching an alacritty window with dash -c navi for low latency

Any additional info related to Alfred will be documented in this page.

I'm sorry for all navi+Alfred users out there!