Nice, glad it helped. I don't think Python recognises the ~ the same way as the shell does. I guess os.path.expanduser is used in place of the ~ in Python. I agree, it is rather unintuitive. I just looked it up now.
On Wed, 9 Jun, 2021, 12:35 Aditya Manga, <[email protected]> wrote: > !! It worked! Thank you so much! Thats a weird error that kinda intuitvely > makes sense actually even though I don't technically understand why. (I'm > presuming the use of "~" is custom to the user and hence it doesn't > recognize it through the qtile config running it as a 'non-user'). > > Thank you so much though! > > On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 3:01:44 PM UTC+8 [email protected] wrote: > >> Could you try mentioning the full path in the key binding? Instead of >> using ~/. config/rofi/scripts/appsmenu.sh, use >> /home/adi/.config/rofi/scripts/appsmenu.sh. >> >> On Wed, 9 Jun, 2021, 06:52 Aditya Manga, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey Magus - sorry for the delay. I've attached both the rofi script and >>> the log below. I did try chmodding and the script does indeed work through >>> the terminal - furthermore if I replace the script path with a regular rofi >>> command it works perfectly fine. >>> >>> I also tried using a simple .sh file (not attached) that simply >>> contained the script as follows: >>> >>> #!/bin/sh >>> >>> <rofi command> >>> >>> which also *didn't* work when ran through qtile, *did* work when ran >>> through the command line, and the solo <rofi command> also *worked* >>> when ran through both qtile (by just replacing the sh command with the >>> regular command) and the command line. >>> On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 5:09:55 PM UTC+8 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> It'd be great if you could post the contents of the log and the rofi >>>> script. Also, is the file executable? (Did you chmod 755 the file?) And if >>>> so does it work directly from the terminal? like sh ~/location of >>>> script/script.sh? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, 8 Jun, 2021, 14:25 Aditya Manga, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks for the messages, >>>>> >>>>> Magus - I checked the cat logs and there are a bunch of errors though >>>>> I can't really make sense of them relating to the script/command. The >>>>> script is a rofi script that opens a rofi window. I can attach my full log >>>>> and send it to the thread if it would help, however I've added an excerpt >>>>> of the errors I get upon restarting qtile (there are no changes to the log >>>>> file after running the keybind). >>>>> >>>>> And ah Justine I looked through your config - thank you. Would the >>>>> >>>>> qtile.cmd_spawn(os.path.expanduser("~/path/to/file.sh") >>>>> >>>>> code work even in keybinds to execute a bash script? >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 4:47:05 PM UTC+8 Justine Smithies wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Take a look at my config here as it should help. >>>>>> >>>>>> https://github.com/justinesmithies/dotfiles >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, 8 Jun 2021, 08:58 Aditya Manga, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, I understand this might be a slightly newbie question however >>>>>>> I'm at a loss for what to try after several attempts. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm trying to run a .sh script through a mod + R keybind however I >>>>>>> can't seem to figure out how to make it work. My code is: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Key([mod], "r", >>>>>>> lazy.spawn("sh ~/.config/rofi/scripts/appsmenu.sh"), desc="Spawn >>>>>>> a command using a prompt widget"), >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This code allows qtile to restart however the keybinding doesn't >>>>>>> work - I've confirmed that the code does work within a terminal. I've >>>>>>> also >>>>>>> tried using the shell command. 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