added submap to xmonad keybindings for mod+s a (for all) and mod+s d (for duckduckgo), and updated dmenusearch to facillitate this

.config/Code/User/settings.json

@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@
             "viewType": "jupyter.notebook.ipynb",
             "filenamePattern": "*.ipynb"
         }
-    ]
+    ],
+    "window.zoomLevel": -1
 }

.local/bin/dmenusearch

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Script name: dmsearch
+# Script name: dmenusearch
 # Description: Search various search engines (inspired by surfraw).
 # Dependencies: dmenu and a web browser
+# Usage: dmenusearch <engine>
+#   where engine is amazon, duckduckgo, etc. 
+# without engine all options will be listed
 
 # Pilfered from Derek Taylor @ https://www.gitlab.com/dwt1/dmscripts
 
@@ -65,17 +68,23 @@ options[googleOpenSource]="https://opensource.google/projects/search?q="
 options[googleExperimentswithGoogle]="https://experiments.withgoogle.com/search?q="
 options[googleDataset]="https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/search?query="
 
-# Picking a search engine.
-# shellcheck disable=SC2154
-while [ -z "$engine" ]; do
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    # Picking a search engine.
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2154
+    while [ -z "$engine" ]; do
         engine=$(printf '%s\n' "${!options[@]}" | sort | dmenu -i -p 'Choose search engine:') "$@" || exit
         url="${options["${engine}"]}" || exit
-done
+    done
+else
+    engine="$1"
+fi
+
+url="${options["${engine}"]}" || exit
 
 # Searching the chosen engine.
 # shellcheck disable=SC2154
 while [ -z "$query" ]; do
-    query=$(echo "$engine" | dmenu -p 'Enter search query:') "$@" || exit
+    query=$(echo "$engine" | dmenu -p 'Enter search query:') || exit
 done
 
 # Display search results in web browser

.xmonad/xmonad.hs

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import XMonad.Actions.CopyWindow (kill1)
 import XMonad.Actions.CycleWS (moveTo, shiftTo, WSType(..), nextScreen, prevScreen)
 import XMonad.Actions.GridSelect
 import XMonad.Actions.MouseResize
+import XMonad.Actions.Submap
 import XMonad.Actions.Promote
 import XMonad.Actions.RotSlaves (rotSlavesDown, rotAllDown)
 import qualified XMonad.Actions.TreeSelect as TS
@@ -253,20 +254,29 @@ myKeys conf@(XConfig {XMonad.modMask = modm}) = M.fromList $
         , ((modm,                 xK_t     ), spawn "/home/solomon/.local/bin/passwords")
 
         -- launch searcher
-        ,((modm,                xK_s     ), spawn "/home/solomon/.local/bin/dmenusearch")
+        , ((modm,                 xK_s     ), spawn "/home/solomon/.local/bin/dmenusearch")
+
+        , ((modm,                 xK_s), submap . M.fromList $
+            [
+                -- just open dmenusearch
+                ((0, xK_a), spawn "/home/solomon/.local/bin/dmenusearch")
+
+                -- open dmenusearch with duckduckgo preselected
+                , ((0, xK_d), spawn "/home/solomon/.local/bin/dmenusearch duckduckgo")
+            ])
 
         -- launch mounter
-        ,((modm,                xK_c     ), spawn "/home/solomon/.local/bin/dmenumount")
+        , ((modm,                 xK_c     ), spawn "/home/solomon/.local/bin/dmenumount")
 
         -- launch unmounter
-        ,((modm .|. shiftMask,  xK_c     ), spawn "/home/solomon/.local/bin/dmenuumount")
+        , ((modm .|. shiftMask,   xK_c     ), spawn "/home/solomon/.local/bin/dmendduumount")
 
     ]
     ++
 
     --
     -- music controlls as I figure them out
-    --
+    --por
     [
         -- decrease volume with mod+f11
         ((modm, xK_F11), spawn "/home/solomon/.local/bin/dec-sink-volume")