Note that this is the original version which has not been formatted to comply to PEP-8 and contains an error in the code. Please visit the updated version instead to post answers, comments and/or cast your votes.
Why I made it
A friend and I wanted to make a lightweight browser, since our Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W couldn’t handle popular browsers like Chromium. We also wanted to bring back our own version of Clippit, aka Clippy, for those who remember the annoying helper in Microsoft Word from the early 2000s. We named our version Mano, and the browser itself is titled ManoSearch.
What it does
When you run the script, an ASCII window fills your screen with my friend’s version of Clippy in the top-right corner. You can:
- Open URLs by entering
+then the URL you want. - Navigate tabs on top of the screen by entering the tab number you want.
- Scroll websites with
uandd(you can also get back to the top by usingU) - Open links in new tabs by entering them (links look like
[a b c]and can be entered partially as long as it contains a[or a]) - Closing a tab by entering
x - Enter
videoorvidto useytdlpto download a video from the current website and save it undervid.mp4 - Delete a previousely downloaded video by entering
rm vid - Rename a video to be able to download some more using
mv vid - Find all occurences of something by entering
lookup Find this and highlight it
It does not support javascript or input interaction. To mimic how annoying the original Clippy was, whenever Mano speaks, the current tab’s content disappears. Occasionally, a chicken crosses the browser—you just have to wait for it to cross the screen before you get to continue. And no, you cannot get rid of either of them :)
Problems
Three main issues concern me:
- My code is a bit sloppy, I'm still relatively new to PEP rules, so if you spot anything that could be better please tell me in the comments.
- Sometimes, when a link opens in a new tab, links clicked there search on the original tab instead. It only searches on the last manually opened tab (enter
+), not via link (enter[Link name here]). - I’d love to add javascript support, but I don’t know how.
Code
Here is the Python script:
"""
ManoSearch
An ultra-light web browser with the ultra-annoying cousin of Clippy, MANO!
"""
import os
import time
import random
import threading
import subprocess
import requests
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import html2text
# Global Variables
values_list = [] # All opened tabs
current_tab = 0 # Currently selected tab
XP = 0
lock = threading.Lock()
content = ""
elapsed_time = 0 # Global variable to hold the elapsed time
chicken_show_time = 300 # Global variable for when to show the chicken
chicken_showed = False # If the chicken has appeared
you_shall_not_pass = True
chicken_egg = random.randint(8, os.get_terminal_size().columns - 8)
chicken_egg_layer = 0
def draw_frame(content, hat=0):
"""Draws the frame around the content."""
global chicken_show_time
global chicken_egg_layer
global chicken_showed
global you_shall_not_pass
global XP
drewegg = False
os.system('clear' if os.name == 'posix' else 'cls')
width = os.get_terminal_size().columns
height = os.get_terminal_size().lines - 1
print(f"+" + "-" * (width - 2) + "+", end="\n")
width_left = width
print(f"|", end="")
for i in range(1, len(values_list) + 1):
if i == current_tab:
print(f"<{i}>|", end="")
else:
print(f" {i} |", end="")
width_left -= 4
print(f" (+) ", end="")
width_left -= 5
print(" " * (width_left - 2) + "|")
print("|" + "-" * (width - 2) + "|")
content_lines = content.splitlines()
for i in range(height - 10):
if i < len(content_lines):
if hat == 1 and i == 1:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - 9) + " _/-\\_ |")
elif hat == 2 and i == 1:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - 9) + " /\ /\ |")
elif i == 1:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - 9) + " ___ |")
elif i == 2:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - 9) + " (o-o) |")
elif i == 3 and hat == 1:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - 9) + "0(/ \\)0|")
elif i == 3:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - 9) + "0(i i)0|")
elif i == 4:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - 9) + " 0-0 |")
elif i == 5 and elapsed_time > chicken_show_time and elapsed_time < chicken_show_time + width - 10 and not you_shall_not_pass:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - (11 + (elapsed_time - chicken_show_time))) + " ___ " + (elapsed_time - chicken_show_time) * " " + "|")
elif i == 6 and elapsed_time > chicken_show_time and elapsed_time < chicken_show_time + width - 10 and not you_shall_not_pass:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - (11 + (elapsed_time - chicken_show_time))) + " <(^ ) " + (elapsed_time - chicken_show_time) * " " + "|")
elif i == 7 and elapsed_time > chicken_show_time and elapsed_time < chicken_show_time + width - 10 and not you_shall_not_pass:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - (11 + (elapsed_time - chicken_show_time))) + " ( D )k" + (elapsed_time - chicken_show_time) * " " + "|")
elif i == 8 and elapsed_time > chicken_show_time and elapsed_time < chicken_show_time + width - 10 and not you_shall_not_pass:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - (11 + (elapsed_time - chicken_show_time))) + " | | " + ((elapsed_time - chicken_show_time) * " " if chicken_egg > elapsed_time - chicken_show_time else (abs(chicken_egg - (elapsed_time - chicken_show_time)) * " ") + ("🥚" if elapsed_time - chicken_show_time < chicken_egg + 3 else "+10") + ((abs(width - (width - (chicken_egg - (1 if elapsed_time - chicken_show_time < chicken_egg + 3 else 3)))) * " "))) + "|")
if chicken_egg < elapsed_time - chicken_show_time:
chicken_showed = True
elif height - 11 == i:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - 11) + "XP:" + str(XP))
else:
print("|" + content_lines[i][:width - 2].ljust(width - 2) + "|")
else:
print("|" + " " * (width - 2) + "|")
drewegg = False
print("+" + "-" * (width - 2) + "+")
print("\nEnter command (X to exit, + to fetch URL, x to close tab, ? for help): ", end='')
def timer():
"""Runs a background timer."""
global content
global elapsed_time
start = time.time()
elapsed_time = 0
while True:
elapsed_time += 1
time.sleep(0.05)
# Start the timer in a background thread
timer_thread = threading.Thread(target=timer, daemon=True)
timer_thread.start()
def incomplete_brackets(lines):
"""Fixes incomplete brackets in the provided lines."""
merged_lines = []
buffer = ""
extra = []
for i in range(len(lines.splitlines())):
line = lines.splitlines()[i]
if "[" in line and "]" not in line:
buffer = line
while "]" not in buffer:
i += 1
buffer += " " + lines.splitlines()[i]
extra.append(i)
merged_lines.append("\n")
merged_lines.append(buffer)
else:
merged_lines.append("\n")
merged_lines.append(line)
for a in extra:
merged_lines[(a * 2) + 1] = ""
return ''.join(merged_lines)
def fetch_website(url):
"""Fetches the website content."""
try:
result = requests.get(url)
return result.text
except Exception as e:
return str(e)
def add_to_list(value):
"""Adds a value to the list of open tabs."""
values_list.append(value)
def open_vid(url):
"""Fetches and opens a video using yt-dlp."""
os.system(f'yt-dlp -F "{url}" --age-limit 99')
port = input("Enter chosen port: ")
os.system(f'yt-dlp --ignore-errors -f {port} -o "vid.mp4" "{url}"')
os.system('open vid.mp4')
time.sleep(5)
def main():
"""Main function that drives the application."""
global current_tab
global elapsed_time
global content
content = "Welcome to Mano's web browser!".replace('\n', '')
content = ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 2) * "-" + "\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 3)) * " " + "( " + content + " )\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 3) * "-" + "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
draw_frame(content, 0)
scroll = 0
last_up = False
last_down = False
global chicken_show_time
global chicken_showed
global XP
global chicken_egg
global you_shall_not_pass
url = "https://theuselessweb.com/"
while True:
if elapsed_time <= chicken_show_time and elapsed_time >= chicken_show_time - 15:
you_shall_not_pass = False
chicken_showed = False
while elapsed_time < chicken_show_time:
time.sleep(0.1)
while elapsed_time <= chicken_show_time + os.get_terminal_size().columns - 10:
draw_frame(content + "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", 1)
time.sleep(0.1)
elapsed_time = 0
chicken_egg = random.randint(7, os.get_terminal_size().columns - 7)
XP += 10
else:
you_shall_not_pass = True
if elapsed_time > chicken_show_time:
elapsed_time = 0
before = elapsed_time
command = input().strip()
if elapsed_time >= chicken_show_time and before < chicken_show_time and not chicken_showed:
elapsed_time = before - 10
if command == 'X':
break
elif command == 'x':
if current_tab >= 1:
values_list.remove(values_list[current_tab - 1])
current_tab -= 1
if current_tab == 0:
try:
content = values_list[0]
current_tab = 1
except IndexError:
content = "Closed all tabs!"
content = ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 2) * "-" + "\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 3)) * " " + "( " + content + " )\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 3) * "-" + "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
draw_frame(content, 0)
time.sleep(1)
content = "Welcome back to Mano's web browser!"
content = ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 2) * "-" + "\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 3)) * " " + "( " + content + " )\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 3) * "-" + "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
else:
content = values_list[current_tab - 1]
else:
content = "No tabs opened!"
draw_frame(content, 0)
time.sleep(1)
content = "Welcome back"
elif command == '+':
url = input("Enter URL: ")
content = fetch_website(url)
print("Loading...")
text_maker = html2text.HTML2Text()
ascii_view = text_maker.handle(content)
content = ascii_view.replace(')[', ')\n[').replace(']', ']\n').replace(' [', '\n[').replace(') |', ')')
content = incomplete_brackets(content)
add_to_list(content)
current_tab = len(values_list)
elif 'video' == command:
open_vid(url)
elif 'rm vid' in command or 'remove vid' in command:
os.system('rm vid.mp4')
elif 'save vid' in command or 'mv vid' in command or 'move vid' in command:
vid_num = input("Enter desired saved video name without suffix: ").replace(' ', '-').replace('.', '_')
os.system(f'touch {vid_num}.mp4')
os.system(f'mv vid.mp4 {vid_num}.mp4')
before = content
content = f"Most recent video got moved to destination {vid_num}.mp4."
content = ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 2) * "-" + "\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 3)) * " " + "( " + content + " )\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 3) * "-" + "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
draw_frame(content, 0)
time.sleep(4)
content = "You may now download other videos!"
content = ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 2) * "-" + "\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 3)) * " " + "( " + content + " )\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 3) * "-" + "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
draw_frame(content, 0)
time.sleep(2.7)
content = before
elif command == '?':
before = content
content = (
"Commands: (TIP:ENTER ? MANY TIMES BEFORE THIS CLOSES)\n"
"+ : Fetch and display a website\n"
"? : Show this help screen\n"
"X : Exit the program\n"
"x : Exit the current tab\n"
"# : Switch to another tab (by number)\n"
"[example] : Open link in a new tab\n(Enter help[] for more details on how to use)\n"
"up (u) or down (d) : Scroll web content in entered direction\n"
"U : Scroll back to top\n"
"video : Try to extract and download the main video from the current website (and ask to open)\n"
"rm video : Shortcut to remove the video (nothing happens if no video was installed)\n"
"url : (was for dev purposes) Show last opened url and ask to open in default web browser\n"
"? : No need to wonder what this does :)"
)
draw_frame(content, 0)
time.sleep(5)
content = before
elif command == 'help[]':
before = content
content = (
"About links:\n"
"To open a link in a new tab, first locate the link. \nIt should look like this:\n"
"[Example]\n"
"Enter the link as it is,\nincluding the capital\nletters and the brackets,\neven if one is missing.\n"
"IMPORTANT:\nIf the link spans over \nmultiple newlines, like this:\n[This\nis an\nexample]\n, then make sure to only \nenter the last line as it is.\n(In this case, 'example]' should be entered.)\nETA20s\n"
)
elif command == 'url':
print(url)
open_or_not = input("Open url? Y/N : ")
if open_or_not == "Y" or open_or_not == "y":
os.system(f'open {url}')
time.sleep(2)
elif 'lookup ' in command:
command = command.replace('lookup ', '')
find_this = command
before = content
content = f"All occurrences of {find_this} are now obvious."
draw_frame(content, 0)
time.sleep(3)
content = before
elif command == '' or command == '0' or command == '\n' or command == ' ':
if last_up:
command = 'up' # To keep going
if scroll > 1:
scroll -= 2
else:
before = content
content = "Already at the top!"
content = ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 2) * "-" + "\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 3)) * " " + "( " + content + " )\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 3) * "-" + "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
draw_frame(content, 0)
time.sleep(0.5)
content = before
elif last_down:
command = 'down' # To keep going
scroll += 2
else:
before = content
content = "Nothing has been entered."
content = ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 2) * "-" + "\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 3)) * " " + "( " + content + " )\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 3) * "-" + "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
draw_frame(content, 0)
time.sleep(0.7)
content = before
elif command == 'up' or command == 'u':
if scroll > 1:
scroll -= 2
else:
before = content
content = "Already at the top!"
content = ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 2) * "-" + "\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 3)) * " " + "( " + content + " )\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 3) * "-" + "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
draw_frame(content, 0)
time.sleep(0.5)
content = before
elif command == 'down' or command == 'd':
scroll += 2
elif command.lower() == 'up' or command.lower() == 'u':
scroll = 0
elif '[' in command or ']' in command:
input_string = content
for i in range(len(input_string.splitlines())): # Find the link (URL)
if command in input_string.splitlines()[i]:
URL = input_string.splitlines()[i + 1]
# Experimental. sometimes the link is across multiple lines.
counter = 1
while (len(input_string.splitlines()) - i) > counter:
counter += 1
if ')' not in URL:
URL += input_string.splitlines()[i + counter]
URL = URL.replace('\n', '')
else:
break
if URL not in ['http://', 'https://']:
# Some local links bring you to a different subfolder of the current website
# For example, "/index.html"
# This if statement binds both the current website URL (url) and the destination URL (URL)
# Since you cant just request "/index.html" as it is
# Three valid examples:
print(url) # https://google.com https://yahoo.org/ http://uh.com/oh
print(URL) # (/search/) (/about-us) (um)
time.sleep(0.05)
url = url + ' '
url = url.replace('/ ', '').replace(' ', '')
print(url) # https://google.com https://yahoo.org http://uh.com/oh
print(URL) # (/search/) (/about-us) (um)
time.sleep(0.05)
URL = URL.replace('(', '').replace(')', '').replace(' ', '')
print(url) # https://google.com https://yahoo.org http://uh.com/oh
print(URL) # /search/ /about-us um
time.sleep(0.05)
URL = ' ' + URL
URL = URL.replace(' /', '/').replace(' ', '/')
print(url) # https://google.com https://yahoo.org http://uh.com/oh
print(URL) # /search/ /about-us /um
time.sleep(0.05)
if url.startswith("https://"):
url = url.replace('https://', '')
at_first_slash = False
new_url = []
for a in url:
if not at_first_slash:
if a == "/":
at_first_slash = True
else:
new_url.append(a)
url = 'https://' + ''.join(new_url)
print(url)
time.sleep(0.05)
elif url.startswith('http://'):
url = url.replace('http://', '')
at_first_slash = False
new_url = []
for a in url:
if not at_first_slash:
if a == "/":
at_first_slash = True
else:
new_url.append(a)
url = 'http://' + ''.join(new_url)
print(url)
time.sleep(0.05)
print(f"Finished binding: {url}{URL}")
if 1 == 2: # not url.startswith("http"):
print(f"Uh oh! HTTP not found in url!")
url = "https:" + url
if "https://" not in url:
url = "https://" + url.replace("https:", "")
print(f"url: {url}")
time.sleep(0.05)
URL = URL.replace(url.replace('https:', '').replace('http:', ''), '')
print(f'\n\n\nOpening {url}{URL}')
time.sleep(0.1)
url = url + URL # For further link pressing, full link is needed
content = fetch_website(url)
else:
url = URL.replace('(', '').replace(')', '').replace(' ', '')
content = fetch_website(url)
text_maker = html2text.HTML2Text()
ascii_view = text_maker.handle(content)
content = ascii_view.replace(')[', ')\n[').replace(']', ']\n').replace(' "', ')')
content = incomplete_brackets(content)
add_to_list(content)
current_tab = len(values_list)
else:
previous_tab = current_tab
try:
content = values_list[int(command) - 1]
current_tab = int(command)
except (IndexError, ValueError):
before = content
content = "Invalid command.\nFor help, enter ?"
content = ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 2) * "-" + "\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 3)) * " " + "( " + content + " )\n" + ((os.get_terminal_size().columns - 12) - (len(content) + 2)) * " " + (len(content) + 3) * "-" + "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
draw_frame(content, 0)
time.sleep(2)
content = before
current_tab = previous_tab
if command == 'up' or command == 'u':
last_up = True
else:
last_up = False
if command == 'down' or command == 'd':
last_down = True
else:
last_down = False
before = content
# Also removes those lines I get sometimes that have no more than a single char, like [ or ]
# Took off [ or ] -----------
content = "\n".join(line for line in content.splitlines() if not line.startswith("(/") and not line.startswith("(../") and not line.startswith("(http") and not line == "[" and not line == "]" and not line == " ") + "\n \n \n \n**END**"
draw_frame(("\n".join((lines := content.split("\n"))[max(0, min(scroll, max(0, len(lines) - (height - 3)))): max(0, min(scroll, max(0, len(lines) - (height - 3)))) + (height - 3)])).replace(find_this, '<<<<' + find_this + '>>>>'))
content = before
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
