Multi finger tab word lookup

[volfgox]

I want to enable looking up a word for instance in a we page by 3 fingers tap over it in Ubuntu. Is this possible with fusuma (or maybe with additional fusuma plugins)?

[iberianpig]

I think you can do that. Try fusuma-plugin-tap.

You need to make a script that copies the word you are highlighting and runs it as an argument in your browser or dictionary.

[iberianpig]

@volfgox Please install xsel and fusuma-plugin-tap and try following

tap:
  3:
    command: 'xdg-open https://www.google.com/search?q="$(xsel -p)"'

[volfgox]

Thank you. This helps a lot. Furthermore, it would be great if the word is selected before opening the URL. Currently, I should select the word with a tap-2 and then a tap-3 to lookup. Merging both of these operations into just the tap-3 will be wonderful. Any idea?

[iberianpig]

I think that it would be nice to have a chrome extension that search word under the cursor.

[volfgox]

It would be nicer if this feature could be available everywhere not just in a browser. Just like in Mac OS. The only missing feature to achieve this is highlighting the word under cursor with tap-3. What do you think? Is it possible this with fusuma? If not, is it possible to add the feature? I can contribute to add new features.

[iberianpig]

You may need a small dictionary app that pops up at the cursor position.

I think it would be difficult to implement the ability to make fusuma highlight characters. Instead, it seems easy to run two commands in a row: "double-click to select a character" and "search for the selected character".

[volfgox]

Thank you very much. I finally come up with a solution that works properly for me:

tap:
  3:
    command: 'xdotool click --repeat 2 1 && xdg-open https://www.google.com/search?q="$(xsel -p)"'

[iberianpig]

I found the chrome extension as a dictionary app Google Dictionary (by Google)

options

ctrl + double click

config.yml

tap:
  3:
    command: 'xdotool keydown ctrl click --repeat 2 1 keyup ctrl'

bind 3 fingers tap gesture to "ctrl press → double click → ctrl release"

demo

[iberianpig]

http://goldendict.org/ would be better for you. This local app has a nice popup window feature.

tap: 
  3:
    command: "xdotool click --repeat 2 1 && goldendict $(xsel -p)"

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