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Reddit shell

103 points by mendelk 11y ago

CommentNewUser 11y ago
really cool.
vanous 11y ago
Great. How about HN Shell?
knd775 11y ago
I know this is written in JS, but I'd be somewhat interested in actually using this in a terminal.
- eric_h 11y ago
  I bet with some tweaking you could build a node.js REPL based solution for this.
daveloyall 11y ago
This runs in your browser. Not what the title made me think.
ssewell 11y ago
Pretty fun to play with. I noticed a "ls -l" makes the shell block for about 10 seconds then produce an error: "error fetching data from reddit"
chipgap98 11y ago
This is pretty cool. There are some features that it would be great to see. Like auto complete on subreddit names, the "shell" knowing which subreddit you are currently on, so list will actually list the current subreddit's posts. Also the ability to view text threads in the shell
jec3 11y ago
list | less should exist.
gizmo385 11y ago
Why go through the trouble of emulating the shell environment instead of just writing this in a shell environment? An actual shell environment for this would actually be somewhat useful, whereas a terminal emulator in the web doing this isn't really that useful.
- TeamMCS 11y ago
  Couldn't agree more. It could even add ascii images for a touch of 1337. looks forward to seeing a shell version
  - fapjacks 11y ago
    I mentioned this in another comment, but check out RedditFS: https://github.com/ianpreston/redditfs https://github.com/ianpreston/redditfs
    - totony 11y ago
      >lynx $(cat /r/programming/An_evaluation_of_simple_Python_performance_tweaks/url) Every time I see unescaped shell arguments I pain inside
- aroch 11y ago
  That's what rtv is for: https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv
- Analemma_ 11y ago
  Not to mention, if it was written as an actual shell application, it would probably be easy to use Emscripten or something to make a web version, if someone really wanted it.
themistymay 11y ago
Found an easter egg: sudo make me a sandwich
slackwill 11y ago
Someone just want to make a reddit fuse fs and get it over with? /s Cool stuff.
1qaz2wsx3edc 11y ago
`lynx reddit.com`
- yesco 11y ago
  Actually m.reddit.com tends to have cleaner results than the desktop site when using lynx.
kozukumi 11y ago
Nice concept, a true command line version would be quite nice. Perhaps with vim bindings for navigation (or emacs!). It would be nice if I could setup my own aliases, commands such as 'view comments N' is pretty long to write, viewcom and viewcon would be nice off the top of my head as defaults. It would also be nice to have a screen mode for loading the comments and content side-by-side :)
- drivingmenuts 11y ago
  The world needs a Fuse adapter for reddit. The security implications are mind-boggling, though.
  - MJSplot_author 11y ago
    I remember someone built it, they abused self posts for storage. My google-fu is failing and I can't find it.
    - iwalton3 11y ago
      I think RedditStorage was what you were looking for: https://github.com/Rossem/RedditStorage https://github.com/Rossem/RedditStorage (I also found redditfs, which is for browsing reddit: https://github.com/ianpreston/redditfs https://github.com/ianpreston/redditfs)
zobzu 11y ago
doesnt work on firefox ;)
lucb1e 11y ago
> shell > web based So it's just another website. If it doesn't run from the shell, it's not a shell. I was excited when I saw the title, happy to browse reddit from my terminal, but the first line in the README debunked that quite efficiently. (Also, small note: reddit is with a lowercase 'r'. The repository got it right but the submission didn't.)
- fapjacks 11y ago
  I think you might be interested in: https://github.com/ianpreston/redditfs https://github.com/ianpreston/redditfs
- ehPReth 11y ago
  re: reddit vs. Reddit: the new CEO confirmed that they're going to switch to "Reddit": https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3fx2au/content_policy_update/ctsqjri https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3fx2au/conte...
- guipsp 11y ago
  Your unix shell isn't the only shell that exists :)
  - lucb1e 11y ago
    Fine, make it run from cmd.exe or command.com. Just not a browser.
    - guipsp 11y ago
      Is a python repl not a shell? Haskell? Mysql?
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > If it doesn't run from the shell, it's not a shell. I think you are using "shell" in two different ways in the sentence, and I don't think the resulting construct is true (I think you may be saying if it doesn't run in a text terminal its not a shell, but shells don't have to be terminals -- GUI shells are a thing.)
btreecat 11y ago
Reminds me a bit of pigshell http://pigshell.com/ http://pigshell.com/
tkinom 11y ago
I heard the 12k baud modem sound the moment I saw the GUI. Do I have old programmer's PTSD? :-)
0x400614 11y ago
You screw up the UX by not letting me scroll. I can't even see the start of the output for the command "help". Why did you think that was a good idea?
- burkaman 11y ago
  Scroll wheel works for me. Do you mean there should be an actual scroll bar?
  - 0x400614 11y ago
    I'm on a laptop, so I don't have a scroll wheel.
num 11y ago
Nice Jurassic Park reference in the output of: guest@reddit:~$ rm -rf / Along with: https://github.com/jasonbio/reddit-shell/blob/master/css/newman.gif https://github.com/jasonbio/reddit-shell/blob/master/css/new...
mahouse 11y ago
I tried "list" twice, always gave an error back.
bluepill 11y ago
nice job,
ryanmarsh 11y ago
settings images on ls nsfw top seems legit
tbomb 11y ago
Now I can Reddit at work and everyone will just think that I'm on git! But in my browser?

Reddit shell

103 points by mendelk 11y ago

CommentNewUser 11y ago

really cool.

vanous 11y ago

Great. How about HN Shell?

knd775 11y ago

I know this is written in JS, but I'd be somewhat interested in actually using this in a terminal.

eric_h 11y ago
I bet with some tweaking you could build a node.js REPL based solution for this.

daveloyall 11y ago

This runs in your browser. Not what the title made me think.

ssewell 11y ago

Pretty fun to play with. I noticed a "ls -l" makes the shell block for about 10 seconds then produce an error: "error fetching data from reddit"

chipgap98 11y ago

This is pretty cool. There are some features that it would be great to see. Like auto complete on subreddit names, the "shell" knowing which subreddit you are currently on, so list will actually list the current subreddit's posts. Also the ability to view text threads in the shell

jec3 11y ago

list | less should exist.

gizmo385 11y ago

Why go through the trouble of emulating the shell environment instead of just writing this in a shell environment? An actual shell environment for this would actually be somewhat useful, whereas a terminal emulator in the web doing this isn't really that useful.

TeamMCS 11y ago
Couldn't agree more. It could even add ascii images for a touch of 1337. looks forward to seeing a shell version
- fapjacks 11y ago
  I mentioned this in another comment, but check out RedditFS: https://github.com/ianpreston/redditfs https://github.com/ianpreston/redditfs
  - totony 11y ago
    >lynx $(cat /r/programming/An_evaluation_of_simple_Python_performance_tweaks/url) Every time I see unescaped shell arguments I pain inside
aroch 11y ago
That's what rtv is for: https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv https://github.com/michael-lazar/rtv
Analemma_ 11y ago
Not to mention, if it was written as an actual shell application, it would probably be easy to use Emscripten or something to make a web version, if someone really wanted it.

themistymay 11y ago

Found an easter egg: sudo make me a sandwich

slackwill 11y ago

Someone just want to make a reddit fuse fs and get it over with? /s Cool stuff.

1qaz2wsx3edc 11y ago

`lynx reddit.com`

yesco 11y ago
Actually m.reddit.com tends to have cleaner results than the desktop site when using lynx.

kozukumi 11y ago

Nice concept, a true command line version would be quite nice. Perhaps with vim bindings for navigation (or emacs!). It would be nice if I could setup my own aliases, commands such as 'view comments N' is pretty long to write, viewcom and viewcon would be nice off the top of my head as defaults. It would also be nice to have a screen mode for loading the comments and content side-by-side :)

drivingmenuts 11y ago
The world needs a Fuse adapter for reddit. The security implications are mind-boggling, though.
- MJSplot_author 11y ago
  I remember someone built it, they abused self posts for storage. My google-fu is failing and I can't find it.
  - iwalton3 11y ago
    I think RedditStorage was what you were looking for: https://github.com/Rossem/RedditStorage https://github.com/Rossem/RedditStorage (I also found redditfs, which is for browsing reddit: https://github.com/ianpreston/redditfs https://github.com/ianpreston/redditfs)

zobzu 11y ago

doesnt work on firefox ;)

lucb1e 11y ago

> shell > web based So it's just another website. If it doesn't run from the shell, it's not a shell. I was excited when I saw the title, happy to browse reddit from my terminal, but the first line in the README debunked that quite efficiently. (Also, small note: reddit is with a lowercase 'r'. The repository got it right but the submission didn't.)

fapjacks 11y ago
I think you might be interested in: https://github.com/ianpreston/redditfs https://github.com/ianpreston/redditfs
ehPReth 11y ago
re: reddit vs. Reddit: the new CEO confirmed that they're going to switch to "Reddit": https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3fx2au/content_policy_update/ctsqjri https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3fx2au/conte...
guipsp 11y ago
Your unix shell isn't the only shell that exists :)
- lucb1e 11y ago
  Fine, make it run from cmd.exe or command.com. Just not a browser.
  - guipsp 11y ago
    Is a python repl not a shell? Haskell? Mysql?
dragonwriter 11y ago
> If it doesn't run from the shell, it's not a shell. I think you are using "shell" in two different ways in the sentence, and I don't think the resulting construct is true (I think you may be saying if it doesn't run in a text terminal its not a shell, but shells don't have to be terminals -- GUI shells are a thing.)

btreecat 11y ago

Reminds me a bit of pigshell http://pigshell.com/ http://pigshell.com/

tkinom 11y ago

I heard the 12k baud modem sound the moment I saw the GUI. Do I have old programmer's PTSD? :-)

0x400614 11y ago

You screw up the UX by not letting me scroll. I can't even see the start of the output for the command "help". Why did you think that was a good idea?

burkaman 11y ago
Scroll wheel works for me. Do you mean there should be an actual scroll bar?
- 0x400614 11y ago
  I'm on a laptop, so I don't have a scroll wheel.

num 11y ago

Nice Jurassic Park reference in the output of: guest@reddit:~$ rm -rf / Along with: https://github.com/jasonbio/reddit-shell/blob/master/css/newman.gif https://github.com/jasonbio/reddit-shell/blob/master/css/new...

mahouse 11y ago

I tried "list" twice, always gave an error back.

bluepill 11y ago

nice job,

ryanmarsh 11y ago

settings images on ls nsfw top seems legit

tbomb 11y ago

Now I can Reddit at work and everyone will just think that I'm on git! But in my browser?