Browser and install GUI for cookiecutter templates

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.TH "cookiedough" "1" "" "cookiedough/cookiecutter" "Version 0.1.x"
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.SH NAME
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\f[B]cookiedough\f[R] \[em] GUI browser for cookiecutter templates
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\f[B]cookiedough\f[R] [\f[I]\-\-debug\f[R]]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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Shows available project templates for \f[B]cookiecutter\f[R](1) in a GUI
browser.
Allows to inspect documentation and some contents, and then of course
unpack the template.
.SH USAGE
.SS Browsing
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Expand one of the categories in the left pane to see available
templates.
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Click to see expanded details on right pane.
.SS Search
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The search field is located top left, and allows to filter templates.
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Meanwhile any update happens once you hit ENTER while the search box is
selected.
(Old mode / instant search is configurable, but slow.)
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You might want to search for common keywords in the description, or even
filenames (\f[C]pyproject.toml setup.cfg\f[R] etc.) to find matching
cookiecutters.
.SS Install
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Push the [Roll out] button top right.
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Input any of the default placeholder variables, or update existing
sample strings.
You usually want to leave any \f[C]{{expression...}}\f[R] as is.
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Verify the current working directory, then proceed.
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Yes/No prompts or additional inputs might come up if the template list
was outdated.
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\f[B]WATCH OUT\f[R] for any prompts in the terminal window you started
cookiedough from.
Not all click prompts might get captured.
And obviously any error messages would gravitate there.
.SS Alternatives
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Apart from opening the URL for a cookietemplate, there is also the
\[->]Template\[->]Copy repo URL option.
Which allows to combine CD and CLI usage.
.SS Settings
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Use \[->]File\[->]Settings to modify some cookiedough UI behaviours.
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Some changes might require a restart.
.SH DOCS
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<https://fossil.include-once.org/cookiedough/wcontent>
.SH FILES
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.B \f[B]\[ti]/.config/cookiedough/\f[R]
Application config files, specifically \f[I]settings.json\f[R].
Future versions
might also pack some \f[B]cookiecutter\f[R](1) yaml config file in here.
(Whereas the cache would go into \f[I]\[ti]/.cache/\&...\f[R]).
.SH ENV
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.B \f[B]XDG_CONFIG_HOME\f[R]
base dir location for app config storage
.TP
.B \f[B]GITHUB_API_TOKEN\f[R]
might or might not be used by update functionality
.SH SEE ALSO
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\f[B]cookiecutter\f[R](1), \f[B]python3\f[R](1)