lunarcontrol / StartTerminal

Start page that functions like a terminal

StartTerminal

Directions

1. Download Zip of repo & make sure all the file are in a folder.
2. Navigate to your browsers extension manager (Chrome://extensions or brave://extensions, etc)
3. Turn on developer mode and select load unpacked
4. Navigate and select project folder.
5. The extension will now be installed. Turn off developer mode.

Commands

• Most common ones can be found using ls
• Search commands include
• • [search term] -g for a google search
• • [search term] -y for a youtube search
• • [search term] -w for a wikipedia search
• • [search term] -v for a vimeo search
• • [search term] -i for a google image search
• • [search term] -m for a wolfram alpha search
• You may also just type in a domain such as github.com to be redirected there
• 4chan boards can be quickly visited by typing in their extension. Ex: /b or /wsg

Setup

Weather

• Type weather to get directions in the CMD windows
• Get a weather api key by signing up for free
• type edit .weatherkey and paste the api key
• Save by hitting esc, and typing `close'
• It may take several hours for your api key to become active.
• Type locate to save your coordinates (location required & only collected when this command is executed)
• Weather should work :)

Config File

• To change the username: edit .config and add userName:XX
• To change the computer name: edit .config and add userMachine:XX
• Presented in the terminal windows as userName@userMachine
• One per line. No empty lines. Save as before by hitting esc, and typing `close'

Bookmarks

• Type edit .bookmarks
• Add one per line in this format google https://www.google.com/
• One per line. No empty lines. Save as before by hitting esc, and typing `close'
• You may visit the bookmarks by simply typing their name into the prompt

Contributing

Files

• bin.js -> Functions & Welcome text
• change.js -> Used to force command promp focus away from the browsers url bar.
• edit.js -> Functions related to managing virtual files
• index.html -> The main html page.
• manifest.json -> Settings for chromium extension
• scrollbar.css -> Scrollbar styles
• start-index.html -> HTML file used to redirect to index.html / Part of changing focus to terminal page
• style.css -> Main styles
• term.js -> Main JS file. Conducts startup

Credits: Based on the work by vapor-404