Feature: Support ix.io ?

[jakejohns]

sprunge is down rupa/sprunge#35
ix.io is quite similar rupa/sprunge#10
@rupa seems frustrated with the hosting situation for sprunge.

Maybe this could possibly support http://ix.io as well?

command! -range=% IX  silent execute <line1> . "," . <line2> . "w !curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io | tr -d '\\n' | xclip -i -selection clipboard"

from reddit

.... I guess it kinnda already does with:

 let g:sprunge_cmd = 'curl -s -F "f:1=<-" http://ix.io'

However, there are other fancy features, and the syntax highlight is not a query in ix.io.

[javier-lopez]

Hello @jakejohns,

Indeed, updating the g:sprunge_cmd variable is an option, however the plugin should just work, I'll probably add an option for providers, so if one of them fail it continue with the following...

let g:sprunge_providers = "sprunge,ix,etc"

If you've a better idea feel free to share it.

[jakejohns]

that sounds reasonable. Looping until it finds one seems a like it'll be a bit of performance hit waiting for the last one if it's the only one up. But bumping the preferred/functioning one to the front of the list is no different than designating a single one, and will be more resilient.

noting here also that sprunge.vim:84 needs to be updated for ix.io highlighting:

if g:sprunge_open_browser | call sprunge#OpenBrowser(l:url . '/' . &filetype) | endif
"                                                             ^ "/" instead of "?"

Although I think you can post the file type as well, and just get the url back with it.

[javier-lopez]

it could be both @jakejohns, by default it could use

let g:sprunge_providers = "sprunge,ix,etc"

But users could configure

let g:sprunge_providers = "ix" 

Or

 let g:sprunge_cmd = 'curl -s -F "f:1=<-" http://ix.io'

If they only want to use a single or custom service, still not sure about highlighting, probably will end writing a wrapper function to modify the generated url before calling sprunge#OpenBrowser()

[javier-lopez]

Hello @jakejohns

I've added an initial implementation of the suggested feature, it's working on my side, but feel free to comment any issue.

[jakejohns]

Cool! I'll check it out. Thanks!
I'll close this and reopen if necessary.
Thanks again!