Rebound is a command-line tool that instantly fetches Stack Overflow results when you get a compiler error. Just use the rebound command to execute your file.
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Rebound works on MacOS, Linux, and Windows (if you use Cygwin), with binary downloads available for every release. You can also install it with pip:
$ pip install rebound-cli
or apt-get if you're using Linux:
$ sudo apt-get install rebound-cli
Requires Python 3.0 or higher.
Running a file with rebound is just as easy as compiling it normally:
$ rebound [file_path]
This will execute the file, pull the error message, and let you browse related Stack Overflow questions and answers without leaving the terminal.
Supported file types: Python, Node.js, Ruby, Golang, and Java.
To make a contribution, fork the repo, make your changes and then submit a pull request. Please try to adhere to the existing style. If you've discovered a bug or have a feature request, create an issue and I'll take care of it!
Pending Features:
- Improved text formatting (i.e. for duplicate questions, markdown, blockquotes, clickable links, etc.)
- Improved search result accuracy by extracting potential search terms from the stack trace
- Support for more languages
Rebound is written in Python and built on Urwid. Beautiful Soup is used to scrape Stack Overflow content and subprocess for catching compiler errors.
Special thanks to @rndusr for helping with the scrollbar.