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@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ mounts your browser tabs as a filesystem on your computer.
Out of the box, it supports Chrome and (to a lesser extent[^firefox]) Out of the box, it supports Chrome and (to a lesser extent[^firefox])
Firefox and Safari, on macOS and Linux.[^otherbrowsers] Firefox and Safari, on macOS and Linux.[^otherbrowsers]
(**update**: You can now **[sponsor further development of (**update**: You can now **[sponsor me to help support further
TabFS](https://github.com/sponsors/osnr)** and help to turn it from an development of TabFS](https://github.com/sponsors/osnr)** :-)
experiment into something really reliable and useful!)
[^firefox]: because of the absence of the [chrome.debugger API for [^firefox]: because of the absence of the [chrome.debugger API for
extensions](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/debugger/). extensions](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/debugger/).
@ -58,9 +57,9 @@ state of that tab in your browser. (TODO: update as I add more)
<video autoplay loop muted> <video autoplay loop muted>
<source src="doc/finder-contents.mp4" type="video/mp4"> <source src="doc/finder-contents.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video> </video>
<p class="caption">Example: the url.txt, text.txt, and title.txt <p class="caption">Going through the files inside a tab's folder. For
files inside a tab's folder, which tell me those live properties example, the url.txt, text.txt, and title.txt files tell me those live
for that tab</p> properties of this tab</p>
</div> </div>
This gives you a _ton_ of power, because now you can apply [all the This gives you a _ton_ of power, because now you can apply [all the
@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ could do in the first place)
$ cat mnt/tabs/by-id/*/text.txt > text-of-all-tabs.txt $ cat mnt/tabs/by-id/*/text.txt > text-of-all-tabs.txt
``` ```
### Evaluate JavaScript on a page: [demo](https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1364008241588363264) ### Evaluate JavaScript on a page / watch expressions: [demo](https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1364008241588363264)
(was `evals` in linked demo, is now renamed to `watches`) (was `evals` in linked demo, is now renamed to `watches`)
@ -179,6 +178,19 @@ $ cat mnt/tabs/last-focused/watches/'2 + 2'
4 4
``` ```
```
$ touch mnt/tabs/last-focused/watches/window.scrollY
```
Now you can `cat window.scrollY` and see where you are scrolled on the
page at any time.
Could make an [ad-hoc
dashboard](https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1080878682275803137)
around a Web page: a bunch of terminal windows floating around your
screen, each sitting in a loop and using `cat` to monitor a different
variable.
### Get images / scripts / other resource files from page ### Get images / scripts / other resource files from page
(TODO: [document better](https://github.com/osnr/TabFS/issues/5), put in screenshots) (TODO: [document better](https://github.com/osnr/TabFS/issues/5), put in screenshots)
@ -243,21 +255,6 @@ also. I like the idea of being able to put arbitrary files anywhere in
the subtree, actually, because then you could use git and emacs the subtree, actually, because then you could use git and emacs
autosave and stuff for free... hmm) autosave and stuff for free... hmm)
### TODO: Watch expressions
```
$ touch mnt/tabs/last-focused/watches/window.scrollY
```
Now you can `cat window.scrollY` and see where you are scrolled on the
page at any time.
Could make an [ad-hoc
dashboard](https://twitter.com/rsnous/status/1080878682275803137)
around a Web page: a bunch of terminal windows floating around your
screen, each sitting in a loop and using `cat` to monitor a different
variable.
### TODO: Import data (JSON? XLS? JS?) ### TODO: Import data (JSON? XLS? JS?)
drag a JSON file `foo.json` into the `imports` subfolder of the tab drag a JSON file `foo.json` into the `imports` subfolder of the tab