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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f45eaec --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +# sway-launcher-desktop + +This is a launcher menu made for the Sway window manager made with bash and the amazing [fzf](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf). + +## Features +- Lists and executes available binaries +- Lists and executes .desktop files (entries as well as actions) +- Shows a preview window containing `whatis` info of binaries and the `Comment=` section of .desktop files +- History support which will highlight recently used entries. (Inspried by [this nice script which inspired me to create my own](https://gitlab.com/FlyingWombat/my-scripts/blob/master/sway-launcher)) +- Colored output and glyphs for the different entry types +- Entries are lazily piped into fzf eliminating any lag during startup + +## Installation + +Make sure you have `fzf` installed and download this repository + +Configure it in Sway like this: +``` +for_window [class="URxvt" instance="launcher"] floating enable, border pixel 10, sticky enable +set $menu exec urxvt -geometry 55x18 -name launcher -e /path/to/repo/sway-launcher-desktop.sh +bindsym $mod+d exec $menu +``` |