Show HN: Backtick – A console for bookmarklets and scripts • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Backtick – A console for bookmarklets and scripts

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Post by krrishd » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 3:48 AM UTC

for some reason,the only site that backtick is working for me on is the backtick site itself.

Re: Show HN: Backtick – A console for bookmarklets and scripts

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Post by MrOrelliOReilly » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 8:05 AM UTC

I seriously love this and am already making some commands for personal use :)

However is there currently a way to pass parameters to a command? Right now I'm using window.prompt() to get user input. It'd be nice if I could enter something like 'mycommand:parameter1,parameter2'. Maybe an excuse to fork the repo...

Great work though!

EDIT I had only been using the extension on backtick.io before, but when I use it on other pages the console does not appear. This appears to be a problem with the CSS - when I inspect element on the page I can see that the HTML has rendered. By default opacity is set to 0 on the #console div - setting it to 1 fixes the problem.

Re: Show HN: Backtick – A console for bookmarklets and scripts

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Post by JoelBesada » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 8:54 AM UTC

MrOrelliOReilly wrote: post #22

I seriously love this and am already making some commands for personal use :) However is there currently a way to pass parameters to a command? Right now I'm using window.prompt() to get user input. It'd be nice if I could enter something like 'mycommand:parameter1,parameter2'. Maybe an excuse to fork the repo... Great work though! EDIT I had only been using the extension on backtick.io before, but when I use it on o…

Adding parameters to commands is something I've got planned for a future release, just need to figure out an elegant way to do that.

Have you updated to the latest version of Chrome? I have never run into the problem you're describing.

Re: Show HN: Backtick – A console for bookmarklets and scripts

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Post by wesley » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 9:01 AM UTC

Any chance of this coming to Safari too?

Re: Show HN: Backtick – A console for bookmarklets and scripts

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Post by JoelBesada » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 9:03 AM UTC

wesley wrote: post #24

Any chance of this coming to Safari too?

Since my time is limited, I try to keep the scope of the project down to something I can handle. This means I'm currently only focusing on Chrome, but if anyone wants to port the extension to other browsers, the source code is available on GitHub for them to fork.

Re: Show HN: Backtick – A console for bookmarklets and scripts

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Post by crashandburn4 » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 10:34 AM UTC

JoelBesada wrote: post #23

MrOrelliOReilly wrote: post #22

I seriously love this and am already making some commands for personal use :) However is there currently a way to pass parameters to a command? Right now I'm using window.prompt() to get user input. It'd be nice if I could enter something like 'mycommand:parameter1,parameter2'. Maybe an excuse to fork the repo... Great work though! EDIT I had only been using the extension on backtick.io before, but when I use it on o…

Adding parameters to commands is something I've got planned for a future release, just need to figure out an elegant way to do that. Have you updated to the latest version of Chrome? I have never run into the problem you're describing.

I'm having a similar problem, except when I'm pressing backtick nothing happens at all, the __backtick__ div stays empty. similarly, it works fine on the backtick website Chrome 29.0.1547.57 on arch linux.

EDIT: in the interests of clarity, pressing the backtick the first time injects an empty __backtick__ div into the page nothing further happens.

EDIT: Fixed with update to latest chrome. Thanks for the extension, seems great.

Re: Show HN: Backtick – A console for bookmarklets and scripts

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Post by crashandburn4 » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 11:07 AM UTC

Really like this, I think something that would be really helpful would be a repository website where you can collect any of these commands similar to will bonds package control. Automatic downloading doesn't have to be configured to start with, simply a central searchable place for people to share and find backtick commands. Thanks again.

Re: Show HN: Backtick – A console for bookmarklets and scripts

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Post by m-app » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 1:29 PM UTC

Cool! Created a Pocket command from the bookmarklet, went really smooth:

https://gist.github.com/michielappelman/7319013

Re: Show HN: Backtick – A console for bookmarklets and scripts

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Post by Flenser » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 1:56 PM UTC

I use GleeBox to execute the hundreds of bookmarklets I've found and created over the years.

http://thegleebox.com/

Re: Show HN: Backtick – A console for bookmarklets and scripts

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Post by ps4fanboy » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 10:07 PM UTC

JoelBesada wrote: post #8

shijie wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was hoping the same. I was nearly giddy with excitement, then I tried searching... no dice... re-read the description... ah. I might try making this a reality. It'd be incredibly useful.

I'm sorry to let you down, but what you're describing is not what I have visioned for this. But hey, if you're going to create this on your own, the source code for Backtick is available on GitHub ( https://github.com/JoelBesada/Backtick ) if there's anything you need to know!

Free software is never a let down.