Module util 

Small utility helpers for encoding, JSON extraction, ranking, and time formatting.

The functions in this module are intentionally lightweight and dependency-free to keep hot paths fast and reduce compile times. They are used by networking, indexing, and UI code.

Modules

config

Configuration file parsing utilities.

curl

Curl-based HTTP utilities for fetching JSON and text content.

pacman

Pacman command execution utilities.

srcinfo

.SRCINFO fetching utilities for AUR packages.

Functions

arrs

What: Extract an array of strings from a JSON object by trying keys in order.

curl_args

Build curl command arguments for fetching a URL.

ensure_mouse_capture

What: Ensure mouse capture is enabled for the TUI.

fuzzy_match_rank

Rank how well a package name matches a query using fuzzy matching (fzf-style).

fuzzy_match_rank_with_matcher

Rank how well a package name matches a query using fuzzy matching (fzf-style) with a provided matcher.

match_rank

What: Rank how well a package name matches a query (lower is better).

open_file

What: Open a file in the default editor (cross-platform).

open_url

What: Open a URL in the default browser (cross-platform).

parse_update_entry

What: Parse a single update entry line in the format “name - old_version -> name - new_version”.

percent_encode

What: Percent-encode a string for use in URLs according to RFC 3986.

repo_order

What: Determine ordering weight for a package source.

s

What: Extract a string value from a JSON object by key, defaulting to empty string.

ss

What: Extract the first available string from a list of candidate keys.

today_yyyymmdd_utc

What: Return today’s UTC date formatted as YYYYMMDD using only the standard library.

ts_to_date

What: Convert an optional Unix timestamp (seconds) to a UTC date-time string.

u64_of

What: Extract an unsigned 64-bit integer by trying multiple keys and representations.