This is a quick'n'dirty implementation of an interface like Mozilla's MXR (http://mxr.mozilla.org),
but replacing static code indexes with a local Python-based HTTP server that shells out to the ack
utility. The main use case is to allow opening the results of ack searches in new tabs and retaining
search history more efficiently, but ackserve also displays syntax-highlighted files, along with
directory listings, and the search results are clickable links to lines of matching files.
To use ackserve, first ensure the ack binary is in your PATH. Note that on Debian-based distributions
the ack tool goes by ack-grep and is not currently supported.
git clone https://github.com/jdm/ackserve.git
cd ackserve
python -m CGIHTTPServer
firefox http://localhost:8000/?path=/absolute/path/to/project/root