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🏃 Google StackOverflow in Vim. Copy-pastes the code directly in your script.
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# GSO

*Googling Stack Overflow*

[![Screencast](http://i.imgur.com/feBUqnJ.gif)](https://asciinema.org/a/123375)



Thank you [Daniel](https://stackoverflow.com/a/35754890/2689923),

[Brionius](https://stackoverflow.com/a/18262384/2689923),

and [bytecode77](https://stackoverflow.com/a/29915909/2689923)!



GSO now work exclusively in Python 3. Confirmed to work in NeoVim.



*(GSO now also prints the answer URL.)*



## Installation



*(If you just want to try,

there are demo keys at the bottom of this page.

They are shared, so play nice.)*



Make sure your vim supports python scripting (`vim --version | grep +python3` should return something). 

If this doesn't work, the `vim-nox-py2` package on ubuntu has this (`sudo apt-get install vim-nox-py2`),

else, look to [SO](https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/10242/vim-8-0-python-support).



Then, install python dependencies:



```` 

pip3 install google-api-python-client Cython py-stackexchange lxml

````



If there are issues with installing `lxml`, it's probably to do with a missing `libxml` library.

The [`lxml`](http://lxml.de/installation.html) site has some help for this.



Get API keys for [Google Custom Search](https://developers.google.com/custom-search/json-api/v1/overview)

(scroll to API key), and [Stack Apps](https://stackapps.com/apps/oauth/register). 

This is free, don't be intimidated by the forms!

Enter *whatever* in the boxes, and the key generated for you will be compatible with this app.

Trust me, it's worth it.



Put these into

environment variables `GOOGLE_KEY` and

`SE_KEY`, respectively (e.g., `export GOOGLE_KEY="......"`).



(Vundle) Add this repo to your `.vimrc` file:



````

Plugin 'MilesCranmer/gso'

````



Then, just `:PluginInstall` in vim.



**(optional)** Map Ctrl-E to type ":GSO " for you, by putting the following in your `.vimrc`:

```vim

nnoremap  :GSO 

```



Usage

-----



````

:GSO [(-l | --language) ] [-n | --no-text] [...]

````



For example, in a file `sort.py`, run:



````

:GSO Do a bubble sort

````



And watch the python code get dumped below your cursor.

GSO will append the language to your query by the file extension, but you can set it explicitly by:



````

:GSO -l haskell Generate a fibonacci sequence

````



FAQ

---



- The Python compiled into my vim is saying it can't see googleapi-client, what do I do?



I have a similar problem and made a hack around it. Your gso should be installed into ~/.vim/gso. Edit the file ~/.vim/gso/plugin/gso.vim, and after each `python << EOF`, paste the following lines:



```

import sys

sys.path.append('....')

```



Replace the inside of the string with the "site-packages" directory where googleapi-client is installed. Make sure you use python 3 to install the packages, or optionally replace the `python3 << EOF` with `python << EOF`.



## Tools



There is a shell utility in `tools`. It simply calls the GSO command and dumps the result to the /dev/stdout.

Copy it to `/usr/bin/gso` (or anywhere on the `PATH`), then call it as you normally would:



```bash

➜  gso How to change the url of a git remote



GSO>>>

You can

git remote set-url origin git://new.url.here



(see git help remote) or you can just edit .git/config and change the 

URLs there. You're not in any danger of losing history unless you do 

something very silly (and if you're worried, just make a copy of your 

repo, since your repo is your history.)

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