dmenu-rs
j4-dmenu-desktop
| dmenu-rs | j4-dmenu-desktop | |
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| 195 | 655 | |
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| 6.1 | 9.0 | |
| 6 months ago | 8 days ago | |
| Rust | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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dmenu-rs
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Good way to set up default configurations
from https://github.com/Shizcow/dmenu-rs/blob/master/src/plugins/lookup/engines.rs
j4-dmenu-desktop
- Arch Linux Updates Keep Breaking Packages (I've Given Up On Pacman!)
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running dmenu commands with arguments
you can run .desktop files with j4-dmenu-desktop
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tofi - a tiny rofi / dmenu for Sway
Not heard of that before, looks like similar points as for bemenu apply (tofi is faster and more themeable, but less polished overall). Tofi also doesn't support icons - not sure if it will to be honest, given the above comment that j4-dmenu-desktop can do the desktop file searching.
- kitty instead of xterm, can no longer spawn terminal based applications with dmenu or associated bindings
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Your favorite launcher ?
In case someone stumbles upon this post, I'd like to suggest using this in combination with j4-dmenu-desktop for use with .desktop files.
- dmenu_run cleaner and faster selection list
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.desktop file into dmenu
You should checkout this project
- Make dmenu read .desktop apps
- Ask HN: Cool dmenu-driven script ideas?
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Noob here, what is the "go-to" software at the moment?
https://github.com/enkore/j4-dmenu-desktop#readme https://github.com/sardemff7/j4status#readme
What are some alternatives?
rofi - Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement
i3 - A tiling window manager for X11
Direwolf-Arch-Rice - 🐺🍚 A guide to replicating my riced Arch Linux set-up.
rofi - Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement [Moved to: https://github.com/davatorium/rofi]
sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor
networkmanager-dmenu - Control NetworkManager via dmenu
dmenu-emoji - Search an emoji by name and copy it to the clipboard [i3, dmenu, rofi]
clipmenu - Clipboard management using dmenu
sway-launcher-desktop - TUI Application launcher with Desktop Entry support. Made for SwayWM, but runs anywhere
rbmenu - Rust Bookmark (d)Menu, a dmenu/ncurses based interface to manage bookmarks
Marlin-2-0-x-Anycubic-i3-MEGA-S - Marlin 2.0.x Version for Anycubic i3 MEGA M/S/P/X/CHIRON and 4MAX with Anycubic TFT or the "new" DGUS Clone TFT - Now also with BLTouch!