rofitr

A bash script to translate text using rofi.

Usage

Translation
Input	Description
en:es text	Override default SOURCE and TARGET
:en text	Auto-detect SOURCE; translate into English
text	Translate with defaults
Actions
Keyword	Description
!e word	show examples for "word"
!s text	speak the "text"
!!	show last translation
!!e	show examples for last translation
!!s	speak last translation
!	select and translate from history
!d	select and delete from history
!dd	clear history (in delete mode)
?	display usage

Command line:

• Launch rofitr:

$ rofitr

• Translate into Russian:

$ rofitr :ru text

• Translate from primary selection (clipboard):

$ rofitr -s

Requirements

• rofi
• crow-translate
• Basic Linux utilities

Configuration

Edit script to change default translation options or pass them from command line:

SOURCE=en TARGET=ru rofitr

Following options are configurable:

## Set defaults
# SOURCE="en"               # source language code
# TARGET="es"               # translation language code
# ENGINE="google"           # google, yandex or bing
# LOCALE="en"               # translator language ($LANG var. by default)
# SPEAK_SOURCE="false"      # speak the source (true/false)
# SPEAK_TRANSLATION="false" # speak the translation (true/false)

## Rofi general options
# leave these empty or comment out to use system defaults:
FONT="mono 10"
WIDTH="60"
LOCATION="2"
YOFFSET="20"

# use alternative config and theme
# CONFIG="~/.config/rofi/translate-config.rasi"
# THEME="/usr/share/rofi/themes/lb.rasi"

## Rofi required options
HIST_LINES="15" # lines to show for history mode
RES_LINES="42"  # limit output to screen height
PROMPT_TR=" translate"
PROMPT_HIST=" history"
PROMPT_DEL=" delete"
CLR_RESULT="#ebdbb2" # text color for translation
CLR1="#b8bb26"
CLR2="#1d2021"