inspire

a simple command-line idea collection tool!

I find myself often lacking ideas for new projects or other things to make, so I made this little command-line tool to remember any ideas i get for later!

How to build

Either run cmake . and then make, or just use gcc: gcc main.c -o inspire

Usage is simple!

To add a new idea that you have:

  $ inspire add [idea]

This will read from stdin if you don’t supply text, so you can happily pipe into it:

  $ some_other_command | inspire add

Examples:

  $ inspire add asteroids clone but you're the asteroid

  $ inspire add
  My new idea

To retrieve a random stored idea:
```
  $ inspire give
```
Example:
```
  $ inspire give
  asteroids clone but you're the asteroid
```
(the ability to remove items directly as a reaction to this is WIP)

To remove a specific idea from the list:

inspire remove starts the process of removing an item from the idea list. This process is interactive.

  $ inspire remove
  ideas:
   ID  idea
    0: finish my game
    1: send my friend a gift
    2: take a walk to the forest
    3: idea i dont want
  remove idea (ID) or "-1" to exit: 3
  ideas:
   ID  idea
    0: finish my game
    1: send my friend a gift
    2: take a walk to the forest
  remove idea (ID) or "-1" to exit: -1
  $

To see all stored ideas:

  $ inspire show
  my first idea!
  finish my game
  work on fixme's in 'ideas'
  asteroids clone but you're the asteroid

this can then be piped to less, shuf, for other processing.

To clear all ideas, there is currently no builtin way. The best way is to remove the file $HOME/.inspire/data.