A Pop!_OS Launcher Plugin to launch Apps with Profiles written in Rust.
- Start Launcher
- Type 2_char_app_shorthand followed by
space- Pick a listed profile
- Type profile_name +
enter
- User-local plugin:
~/.local/share/pop-launcher/plugins/app-profiles/ - System-wide install:
/etc/pop-launcher/plugins/app-profiles/
In app-profiles/config create an {app}.ron file for each app you want to launch with multiple profiles/workspaces or be started with different files and/or sets of arguments.
( // class name leads to error
// shorthand to trigger search and view of profiles
shorthand: "ff",
cmd: "/usr/bin/firefox", // "firefox"
args: "-P",
profile_dirs: [
"~/.mozilla/firefox"
],
// if profile_filename is given, profile_regex will be applied to the file contents instead of the filenames of the files in profile_dirs.
profile_filename: Some("profiles.ini"),
// regex to match profiles or profile names in file or directory - capture name with group!
profile_regex: r"\[Profile\d+\]\nName=(.+)\n", // "\\[Profile\\d+\\]\\nName=(.+)\\n"
// other entries to add
opt_entries: Some([
(
name: "Manage Profiles",
desc: Some("Manage Firefox Profiles"),
// will use std cmd
cmd: None,
args: Some("-ProfileManager"),
),
])
// icon name (if standard) or path
icon: Some("firefox"),
)See Usage for this example in action.
until 1.0.0:
- 😎 fuzzyfind app entries
- 🤖 impl. autocompletion
- 🎓 make it rustier (nicer control flow & error handling, less cloning)
- 🗑️ ditch smol for tokio (as the pop/cosmmic guys did)
- 🚀 override regex in plugin.ron depending on app configs
- 🔧 integrate new pop launcher standard logging
- 🏇 proper resource handling (less cloning, more Rc, Cow, Box and shit)
- 👥 when installed system-wide, also scan user config dirs
future / nice to have:
- some basic concurrency
- find a way to integrate with open window list in launcher & display profile name on open window entry in launcher
- firefox specific: manage profiles from launcher:
- create new
- delete old
- rename
- copy existing
- vscode specific: add/remove available workspaces from launcher