Questions tagged [dmenu]
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How do I change dmenu font and size?
How do I change the size as well as font on dmenu? Dmenu is a software launcher. It it possible to do /usr/bin/dmenu_run -fn 'FireCode-16', but that changes the whole dmenu bar size, not just the font. I want the bar to be thicker, but I want to be…
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How can I cycle through an array in bash while also passing an argument to the script?
I have the following bash script I want to use as my "standard browser" with xdg-open.
It should prompt dmenu for me to choose the browser to open the url in.
Now xdg-open passes the url as an argument to the program (I suppose) and as I'm cycling…
AzureOrange404
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How to get first word of every line and pipe it into dmenu script
I have a text file like this:
first state
second state
third state
Getting the first word from every line isn't difficult, but the problem comes when adding the extra \n required to separate every word (selection) in dmenu, per its syntax:
echo -e…
Tippitytopkek
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Display passwords from pass (the standard unix password manager) in dmenu-mac, by executing a shell script
I'd like to have all the passwords, that are stored in gnu-pass (the standard unix password manager), to be displayed in dmenu-mac via a shell script.
The shell script is working, only for the Directory/file…
gachikuku
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ValueError: embedded null byte while using os.popen().read()
i'm trying to pipe some lines with icons to rofi but i'm getting this errror and i don't understand why
def show_podcasts(f):
podcasts_list = ""
with open(f,"r") as podcasts:
for line in podcasts:
episode_title = "…
javi3y
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In XMonad, Mod-p (dmenu_run) displays an empty menu
When I hit MOD-p in XMonad, I used to get a list of commands. Now I just get an empty menu. If I type the name of an executable on my path and hit the carriage return, the command executes as expected. But why aren't any programs listed in the menu?…
mhwombat
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ls ~ / | rofi -show -dmenu does not work with shortcuts in ubuntu
I am trying to run the ls ~ / | rofi -show -dmenu in a shortcut but it doesn't work, if I run it in terminal it works fine
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dmenu hide part of string
I have this on a file:
github - https://github.com/search?q=
google - https://www.google.com/search?q=
pixabay - https://www.pixabay.com//es/images/search/
map - https://www.google.com/maps/place/
giff - https://giphy.com/search/
I want to get the…
testoflow
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using dmenu to define variables
i'm trying to write a simple script to cut a segment of an audio file, set it to an image and render it to a video.
i want to use dmenu as a clean way of displaying my prompts for inputting variables.
all works well except it seems dmenu expects…
Dylan Caspar
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Launching a process from dmenu blocks XMonad
I have an issue with a function I took from XMonad.Util.Dmenu, namely dmenuXinerama (see below). It seems like this is happening:
These functions block xmonad's event loop until dmenu exits; this
means that programs will not be able to open new…
adder
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How can I run a .jar program directly from /bin?
Whenever I need to open the logisim-evolution.jar file, I need to type the command:
java -jar logisim-evolution.jar
I would like to add an entry for that program in /bin to be able to open it through the dmenu. How can I do that?
Lucas Martins Soares
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How can dmenu show input as soon as there is input from pipe?
TL;DR
Here is the default behavior.
find ~/ -name *.git 2>/dev/null | dmenu
# Searches everything in home directory and shows output
Time taken about 1-2 sec
What I want:
find ~/ -name *.git 2>/dev/null | less
# Show as soon as it finds result. How…
Chinmay Chhajed
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