Hi Joep,
Joep van Delft writes:
> Maybe it would better to not name it after our beloved window
> manager, as, imho, it sucks less than dmenu_run. Why not try
> and get it distributed from over there?
In fact, the script is i3-specific. It starts applications via i3 to
correctly use startup noti
Hi there,
Just replaced my hotkey to dmenu_run to i3-dmenu-desktop, as it for
sure is more useful. In my experience, starting the "["-command from
dmenu_run retains bad karma at least until the next reboot.
Maybe it would better to not name it after our beloved window
manager, as, imho, it suck
>> There are 5157 .desktop files on the machine I am using now, though I
>> think "only" about 924 are relevant. How long does it take to parse 924
>> files on a slow computer? Probably not that long, but too long for a
>> basic user interface element.
> I have 130 .desktop files within the relev
Hi Oliver,
Oliver Kiddle writes:
> In practice, it has only rarely proved useful when the name from a
> desktop file is more memorable than the command. It doesn't really work
> for browsing the desktop menus because there's no structure.
True, there is no structure.
> In terms of including it i
Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> I have written a script which extracts the “Name” key from .desktop
> files, asks you to make a choice by starting dmenu, then runs the chosen
> application via i3.
I do the same from a somewhat more rudimentary zsh script. I just have
one line of sed to stuff names and
Hi,
m...@hhecht.e4ward.com writes:
> This issue has become a lot worse recently, with many desktop files
> shipping with very long program names, especially as developers stop
> gnaming things knicely and xshortly.
I don’t really mind them using nice descriptive names, but as was
previously poin
Pabel Löbl wrote:
Sure. I could type just GNU since there are not much names starting with
GNU. But typing GNU if I want to run gimp is not what I want to do. I
like it more to refer to the application by the command than some fancy
name.
This issue has become a lot worse recently, with many
Great stuff Michael... I am using synapse for similar purpose (remembering
that "remote desktop" is called "vino" is sometimes painful)... I think
this suits i3 very well.
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bruno.br...@gmail.com
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:10 AM, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> H
Hi Pavel,
Pavel Löbl writes:
> The idea seems good to me. I'm just not sure if using names as dmenu
> entries fits in to i3. If the name is used for an icon it probably
> does not matter how complicated the name is since users just click on it.
> But for me it's easier to type just gimp instead o
To provide similar functionality for myself, I wrote short scripts and
named them starting with an equal sign. For example, to start my mail
program I hit $mod+d, then =m, then press enter to accept the "=mail"
choice.
That of course doesn't use the .desktop files, but addresses a similar
issue.
On Sun, Dec 09, 2012 at 05:10:38PM +0100, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> I would love to hear your comments about this.
> Do you find it useful or not, and why?
The idea seems good to me. I'm just not sure if using names as dmenu
entries fits in to i3. If the name is used for an icon it probably
does
Hi Quentin,
Quentin Glidic writes:
> Too bad I didn’t work earlier on j4menu since it was the main use case
> for it. And I’m sad that you’re using “dmenu” everywhere while j4menu is
> on its way. :'(
As long as j4menu is not released _and in distributions_, I’m not gonna
depend on it within i3.
On 09/12/2012 17:10, Michael Stapelberg wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have written a script which extracts the “Name” key from .desktop
> files, asks you to make a choice by starting dmenu, then runs the
> chosen application via i3.
Too bad I didn’t work earlier on j4menu since it was the main use case
fo
Hi,
I have written a script which extracts the “Name” key from .desktop
files, asks you to make a choice by starting dmenu, then runs the chosen
application via i3.
You can read more about it in its documentation at
http://code.stapelberg.de/git/i3/tree/contrib/i3-dmenu-desktop?h=next#n375
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