deefrawley/flow.launcher.plugin.genconvert

General weights and measures converter plugin for Flow Launcher

General Converter (Flow.Launcher.GenConvert)

General weight, volume, distance, area, temperature, speed and energy converter for the Flow Launcher

About

Requirements

Python 3.9 or later. As of Flow Launcher v1.8, Flow should take care of the installation of Python for you if it is not on your system.

Installing

Package Manager

Use the pm install command from within Flow itself

Manual

Add the Flow.Launcher.Plugin.GenConvert directory to %APPDATA%\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\ and restart Flow.

Localisation

Currently English and Chinese language supported. Edit the .env file to change the language.

Usage

Keyword	Description
gc <amount> <from unit abbreviation> <to unit abbreviation>	Convert the amount of the from unit to the to unit.

The from and to unit are case sensitive.

Just entering the keyword will give you the full list of units to choose from in Flow. If you want to remove the keyword for this plugin and have it return results when you simply start entering a number then go to the Plugin settings and turn this helper text off.

Entering the keyword, amount and from unit will give you a subset list of units the from unit can be converted to

Units

The following units and their abbreviations can be used (each table can only convert among its' own units):

Subject	Unit	Abbreviation
Distance	millimetre	mm
	centimetre	cm
	metre	m
	decimetre	dm
	kilometre	km
	inch	in
	foot/feet	ft
	yard	yd
	mile	mi

Subject	Unit	Abbreviation
Volume	millilitre	ml
	gram	g
	litre	l
	decalitre	decal
	pint US	pt
	pint Imperial	ptimp
	quart US	qt
	quart Imperial	qtimp
	cup US	cup
	cup Imperial	cupimp
	teaspoon US	tsp
	teaspoon Imperial	tspimp
	tablespoon US	tbsp
	tablespoon Imperial	tbspimp
	gallon US	gal
	gallon Imperial	galimp
	fluid ounce US	floz
	fluid ounce Imperial	flozimp
	cubic decimetre	dm3
	cubic millimetre	mm3
	cubic centimetre	cm3
	cubic metre	m3
	cubic inch	in3
	cubic feet	ft3
	bushel UK	buuk
	bushel US	buus

Subject	Unit	Abbreviation
Area	square metre	sqm
	square centremetre	sqcm
	square kilometre	sqkm
	square inch	sqin
	square foot	sqft
	square mile	sqmi
	square yard	sqyd
	hectare	h
	acre	ac

Subject	Unit	Abbreviation
Weight	gram	g
	kilogram	kg
	pound	lb
	ounce	oz
	stone	st
	ton	ton

Subject	Unit	Abbreviation
Temperature	celsius	c
	Farenheit	f
	Kelvin	k

Subject	Unit	Abbreviation
Speed	kilometres per hour	km/h
	miles per hour	mp/h
	knots	kt

Subject	Unit	Abbreviation
Energy	calories	cal
	kilocalories	kcal
	kilojoules	kJ
	megajoules	MJ
	gigajoules	Gj
	kilowatt hours	kWh
	British thermal units	BTU

Problems, errors and feature requests

Open an issue in this repo.

flow.launcher.plugin.genconvert's Issues

Copy value along with unit to clipboard

Not sure if I am missing something or if this feature doesn't exist yet,
But it would be great to have the value with the converted unit in clipboard after selecting the conversion

Add Units hints while typing

It would be very useful if instead of showing this while typing:

the plugin showed some hints for which units "codes" to use, for example if i'm trying to "convert 1 L" it would suggest gallons, milliliters etc.

With an empty query it could show a recap table like the readme of this repo does:

Can't convert with full unit and abriviature inline

gc 200 in m - working
gc 200 inch m - not working
gc 200 in metre - not working

Only trigger plugin when number is entered

Hi,

I'd like to use this plugin with the wildcard action keyword, so I don't have to type in 'gc' or remember it. It would operate how the calculator operates: checks if the input is a number and only activate if so.

I'm not sure if this can be done through the plugin itself or must be done through the flow app, but this is an annoyance because if you have it set to * the following happens for any input into the launcher:

There could also be added the option to not show any of those

Add imperial and metric ton units

G'day Damien,

First off – thanks for this plugin! It's very handy once you get used to the syntax.

For consistency and completeness, you may want to add imperial and metric ton units:

Unit / Abbreviation
US ton / ton
Imperial ton / tonimp
Metric ton / t

• "ton" is already there, but its unit name is ambiguous; I'd suggest changing from "ton" to "US ton". 1 US ton = 2,000 pounds.
• 1 Imperial ton = 2,240 pounds.
• "Metric ton" is otherwise known as "tonne", but former more descriptive – take your pick. Its metric abbreviation is "t", which is unused elsewhere in this plugin. 1 tonne = 1000 kg = 2,204.6226218488 pounds.

-jim.

General converter exception

After installing the extension, and typing gc, i get this error:

Please open new issue in: https://github.com/deefrawley/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.GenConvert/issues/new
1. upload log file: C:\Users\cecco\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Logs\1.9.5\2022-10-07.txt
2. copy below exception message

Flow Launcher version: 1.9.5
OS Version: Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.22621.0
IntPtr Length: 8
x64: True

Python Path: 
Date: 10/07/2022 15:25:42
Exception:
General Converter Exception: 
Websites: https://github.com/deefrawley/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.GenConvert
Author: deefrawley
Version: 1.1.2
Flow.Launcher.Core.ExternalPlugins.FlowPluginException: Access is denied.
 ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (5): Access is denied.
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartWithCreateProcess(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
   at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.JsonRPCPlugin.ExecuteAsync(ProcessStartInfo startInfo, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\JsonRPCPlugin.cs:line 247
   at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.JsonRPCPlugin.QueryAsync(Query query, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\JsonRPCPlugin.cs:line 322
   at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.PluginManager.<>c__DisplayClass22_0.<<QueryForPluginAsync>b__0>d.MoveNext() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\PluginManager.cs:line 191
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Stopwatch.DebugAsync(String message, Func`1 action) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure\Stopwatch.cs:line 34
   at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.PluginManager.QueryForPluginAsync(PluginPair pair, Query query, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\PluginManager.cs:line 190
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin.PluginManager.QueryForPluginAsync(PluginPair pair, Query query, CancellationToken token) in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher.Core\Plugin\PluginManager.cs:line 210
   at Flow.Launcher.ViewModel.MainViewModel.<>c__DisplayClass137_0.<<QueryResults>g__QueryTask|2>d.MoveNext() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher\ViewModel\MainViewModel.cs:line 616
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at Flow.Launcher.ViewModel.MainViewModel.QueryResults() in C:\projects\flow-launcher\Flow.Launcher\ViewModel\MainViewModel.cs:line 590
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.<>c.<ThrowAsync>b__140_0(Object state)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)

I'm attaching also the log file 2022-10-07.txt
2022-10-07.txt
The last fatality is the one im talking about

Pull Request: [Untested] Change "<Hotkey>" to dynamically say action keyword

I tried making a pull request, but (maybe because the main branch is protected, or maybe I just can't figure out the new Github UI), it wouldn't allow me to push to this repo, only my fork. So, I'm posting it as an issue instead.

Here's the pull request I tried making: HorridModz#1

meters to miles appears not working here

Support more units

Such as dm, mm³ , cm³ , dm³ , m³ etc.

AttributeError

Please type any relevant information here

Trace Log

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\TruongN\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\General Converter-2.0.1\plugin\general_converter.py", line 63, in query
    do_convert = gen_convert(float(args[0]), args[1], args[2])
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ValueError: could not convert string to float: '25lb'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\TruongN\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\General Converter-2.0.1\lib\flox\launcher.py", line 44, in run
    results = request_method(*request_parameters) or self._results
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\TruongN\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\General Converter-2.0.1\lib\flox\__init__.py", line 132, in _query
    self.query(query)
  File "C:\Users\TruongN\AppData\Roaming\FlowLauncher\Plugins\General Converter-2.0.1\plugin\general_converter.py", line 95, in query
    self.add_item(title="Error - {}").format(repr(e), subtitle="")
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'format'

Rounding issue in certain scenarios

test.mp4

While lb -> g is quite precise, the opposite g -> lb has its issues where anything below 227 g calculates as 0, additionally rounding in this case results in not very good precision.

I haven't tested or encountered any other 'wrong' conversions, but it's possible that it behaves similary in other scenarios.

Add support for Fluid Oz

This plugin is missing the conversion from Fluid Oz to other fluid units

gm abbreviation for gram?!

The official SI abbreviation for gram is g. Every other metric abbreviation in this plugin uses its proper SI abbreviation. "g" isn't used as an abbreviation for any other unit in this plugin. Can this abbreviation please be changed to its only logical one – "g"? Thanks.

Rounding of result

Any chance the rounding can be without so many decimals?

Abbrev for Farenheit and Celsius need to be uppercase

Now abb. are case sensitive

list all available convertions

can we add the listing of all available conversions with this plugin, i.e. i type the gc action keyword then a list of available conversions show up like the bookmarks plugin. Can also be a dedicated way of listing the conversions as well.

List by subject should be sufficient I suppose.