so

A terminal interface for Stack Overflow written in Rust.

Runs as so|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

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Search one or more Stack Exchange sites from the terminal. Leaves out the list/update/config maintenance flags.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui so

Search Stack ExchangeExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Query*

string

Site

string

Advanced

Search engine

3 choicesenum

Question limit

integer

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

querysiteenginelimit

Top answer only

querysitelucky

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Query

The search words.
string · positional 0 · repeatable

Site

Stack Exchange site code, for example stackoverflow or askubuntu. Repeat to search several.
string · repeatable

--site-sstackoverflowaskubuntuunixserverfault

Search engine

enum

--search-engine-educkduckgogooglestackexchange

Question limit

integer

--limit-l

Lucky

Print the top-voted answer of the most relevant question.
boolean

--lucky

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

help

$ so --site tex how to put tilde over character $ so -e google -s askubuntu -s stackoverflow -s unix how do i install linux cli.rs: Arg::new("site") .long("site") .short('s') -> --site, -s <site-code> StackExchange site to search cli.rs: Arg::new("limit") .long("limit") .short('l') -> --limit, -l <int> Question limit cli.rs: Arg::new("lucky") .long("lucky"…

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