I3-DMENU-DESKTOP(1) User Contributed Perl Documentation I3-DMENU-DESKTOP(1)NAMEi3-dmenu-desktop - run .desktop files with dmenu
SYNOPSISi3-dmenu-desktop [--dmenu='dmenu -i'] [--entry-type=name]
DESCRIPTIONi3-dmenu-desktop is a script which extracts the (localized) name from
application .desktop files, offers the user a choice via dmenu(1) and
then starts the chosen application via i3 (for startup notification
support). The advantage of using .desktop files instead of
dmenu_run(1) is that dmenu_run offers all binaries in your $PATH,
including non-interactive utilities like "sed". Also, .desktop files
contain a proper name, information about whether the application runs
in a terminal and whether it supports startup notifications.
The .desktop files are searched in $XDG_DATA_HOME/applications (by
default $HOME/.local/share/applications) and in the "applications"
subdirectory of each entry of $XDG_DATA_DIRS (by default
/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/).
Files with the same name in $XDG_DATA_HOME/applications take precedence
over files in $XDG_DATA_DIRS, so that you can overwrite parts of the
system-wide .desktop files by copying them to your local directory and
making changes.
i3-dmenu-desktop displays the "Name" value in the localized version
depending on LC_MESSAGES as specified in the Desktop Entry
Specification.
You can pass a filename or URL (%f/%F and %u/%U field codes in the
.desktop file respectively) by appending it to the name of the
application. E.g., if you want to launch "GNU Emacs 24" with the patch
/tmp/foobar.txt, you would type "emacs", press TAB, type "
/tmp/foobar.txt" and press ENTER.
.desktop files with Terminal=true are started using
i3-sensible-terminal(1).
.desktop files with NoDisplay=true or Hidden=true are skipped.
UTF-8 is supported, of course, but dmenu does not support displaying
all glyphs. E.g., xfce4-terminal.desktop's Name[fi]=Pääte will be
displayed just fine, but not its Name[ru]=Терминал.
OPTIONS
--dmenu=command
Execute command instead of 'dmenu -i'. This option can be used to
pass custom parameters to dmenu, or to make i3-dmenu-desktop start
a custom (patched?) version of dmenu.
--entry-type=type
Display the (localized) "Name" (type = name), the command (type =
command) or the (*.desktop) filename (type = filename) in dmenu.
This option can be specified multiple times.
Examples are "GNU Image Manipulation Program" (type = name), "gimp"
(type = command), and "libreoffice-writer" (type = filename).
VERSION
Version 1.5
AUTHOR
Michael Stapelberg, "<michael at i3wm.org>"
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2012 Michael Stapelberg.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the BSD license.
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