findex

lightweight application launcher using dmenu

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Dependencies

Ruby

• json
• fileutils

third party

• dmenu-4.6

Installation

Install ruby and dmenu with you're package manager like apt-get or pacman.

sudo gem install --no-user-install --no-ri --no-rdoc json fileutils
cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/Ghardo/findex.git
cd findex
sudo cp -R src/ /opt/findex
sudo ln -s /opt/findex/findex.rb /usr/bin/findex
findex -u

Create a shortcut like Windows Key+Space with command /usr/bin/findex in you're desktop environment.

Configuration

See ~/.config/findex/config for example

Arguments

Param	Description
-u, --update	refresh executeables list from the path environment
-c, --clear-history	history gets cleared
-v, --version	prints the version
-h, --help	prints help

Usage

<comand>[<modiffier>][<modiffier>]...

Modifier	Example	Description
	[COMMAND]	normal execution of [COMMAND]
;	[COMMAND];	run [COMMAND] in configured terminal DEFAULT: urxvt --title "%TITLE%" --hold -e bash -c "%COMMAND%"
!	[COMMAND]!	run [COMMAND] with alternative gtk themes (some applications conflicts with dark themes)
![0-9]	[COMMAND]!	run [COMMAND] with the theme wohis set under the index in the teme configuration array
#	[COMMAND]#	run [COMMAND] with sudo (terminal) or gksu

Modifieres can be combined but the theme modifier must be at least.