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dmenu implements an X11 popup window listing lines from stdin, and allows you to select and edit them with the keyboard. Used for minimalist interaction, for example by i3wm.

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i3 dmenu does not browse $PATH

I want to run a shell script ~/.local/bin/test.sh via dmenu. If I run dmenu via $mod+D and browse for the entry test.sh I couldn't find it. The path ~/.local/bin is already set to my $PATH variable in ~/.profile $ echo…
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Transparently run wine programs

When I want to run a wine program I have to type e.g. $ wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/TextAloud/TextAloudMP3.exe Would it be possible to run directly TextAloudMP3? I mean not only from command line (I could create alias) but in whole graphical…
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How can I access menu bar items alike hud (unity)?

Currently I have archlinux installed, but I used Ubuntu in the past. What I really miss from ubuntu is the HUD from unity which allows hotkey searching for top menu bar items from the current application, without the need for using the mouse or…
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Dmenu does not start some programms (e.g., emacs) -- is there a log file?

I'm running dwm with dmenu under Arch Linux. While dmenu is working, it doesn't start some programs, e.g., emacs, although it shows the command with auto-completion. When I start them in the terminal, it works fine. What can I do? Is there an error…
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How to reset dmenu app launching preferences in i3

I accidentally selected "terminal" instead of "background" in dmenu when I launched a GUI applications. Now, every time I launch the app I get an unwanted terminal. How do I reset the dmenu preference?
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How to get installed application to be detected by rofi?

I recently installed an IDE into /opt (I know that some recommend putting software into /usr/local but this was entirely self-contained) because the application was not available in my ditro's repositories and I had to install it from a .sh file.…
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Exclude windows with no static id from Compton

I use archlinux and compton. I read this in the wiki: Exclude all windows with no name from compton using the following options: $ compton --focus-exclude "! name~=" But this does not work. It gives me that error…
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How do I get Rofi/Dmenu to read my $PATH?

I have a very similar issue to How to get installed application to be detected by rofi? - or rather a followup question. My question is, outside of symlinking, is there a way to export my path for Rofi or similar apps? It is already set in my…
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Eliminate from dmenu the programs that cannot be launched

I use i3 with dmenu. Is it possible to prevent from showing up the programs that cannot be launched via dmenu? (e.g. top, ps, ls etc...)
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How do I include shortcuts for the gnome setting program and wine apps in dmenu?

I would like to use dmenu as my launcher instead of the Gnome3-overlay that is displayed after hitting the super-key. From the Gnome3-overlay, I am able to launch both apps, gnome settings, and wine programs. In dmenu, I am so far only able to…
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Dmenu Processes Forked by Bash?

I was looking at the output of pstree, and realised that processes that I started using dmenu seem to fork from bash. What is the reasoning behind this? And is there any way I can make dmenu behave like gmrun and other application launchers and…
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dmenu: how to create submenu

In a simple way, how to create a submenu of dmenu, manpage doesn't help much also archlinux, gentoo wikipage, Use case: I'd to pip a list of note files to dmenu and then list all that files under a submenu of dmenu. Steps: open dmenu type:…
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i3 run dmenu in different modes for each workspace

Assume I would open a new workspace e.g. to run a terminal in the next unused workspace. i3-msg workspace $(($(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | tr , '\n' | grep '"num":' | cut -d : -f 2 | sort -rn | head -1) + 1)) &&…
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Custom font with dmenu_run in i3

I am trying to change the font of dmenu. I am running the i3 window manager. $ dmenu_run -v /bin/bash: line 1: dmenu-4.5,: command not found $ dmenu_run -fn "-xos4-terminus-medium-r-*-*-14-*" …
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Piping continuous output into rofi

I'm trying to write a bash script to pipe strings into rofi. These strings are continuously generated by a function gen_x. The function gen_x sometimes (only when a condition is met) outputs new strings. I currently implement the gen_x-function with…
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