What's this?

Boo is a reimplementation of a handy tool I saw in one of Zach Holman's screencasts. Basically it's a key value store that allows you to save snippets of text that you can later find and copy to your clipboard.

Example

Let's try a simple usage example. I just found a funny picture of a friend and want to keep it stored for use as leverage the next time I need to borrow some money from him. Here's where boo can help me out. I open up a terminal window and type:

boo funny-picture http://i.imgur.com/AEWxr.jpg

And now it's saved!

So now I need an extra server for a project I'm working on. I'm broke and my friend is reluctant to help me out, so I need some help from my friend boo! All I have to do is open a terminal window and type:

boo funny-picture

and Boom! The URL is instantly copied to my clipboard, where I can send it in a completely non-threatening email to my friend in order to get my way!

Installation

Fire up your terminal and type:

git clone git://github.com/stevenleeg/boo.git
cd boo
sudo python setup.py install

And that's it! Boo is now at your service!

Commands

Create

boo test hello world

Creates a new key, test, and sets it's value to hello world

Get

boo test

Gets the value of key test and copys it to your clipboard

Delete

boo rm test

Removes the key test

Move (to be implemented)

boo mv test hello

Renames the key test to hello

All

boo all

Lists all of the keys stored in your ~/.boom file.

Known Bugs/Todo

• It's currently OS X only (since it relies on AppKit to access to clipboard). Linux support will be coming soon. Windows is open ended unless someone wants to do it themselves.
• I want to add some kind of grouping support. Right now the only way to do it is to name the keys you want to group something-keyname and use grep to filter them (use boo all).
• Needs a mv command for renaming keys.

And of course if you have any ideas, feel free to open a new issue or if you're dedicated: submit a pull request!