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@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ You can override the default icons/glyphs by setting the appropriate GLYPH_ vari set $menu exec $term --class=launcher -e env GLYPH_COMMAND="" GLYPH_DESKTOP="" GLYPH_PROMPT="? " sway-launcher ``` +By default, the launcher will use a generic & WM-agnostic command to launch the selected program. +However, it will detect if its output is being piped to another program and merely print +the selected command in that case - instead of launching it by itself. You can use this to integrate the launcher with other tools. +For example, if you wish to launch your programs with `swaymsg exec`, you can do that like this: + +```shell + swaymsg exec "$(./sway-launcher-desktop.sh)" +``` + ### Setup a Terminal command Some of your desktop entries will probably be TUI programs that expect to be launched in a new terminal window. Those entries have the `Terminal=true` flag set and you need to tell the launcher which terminal emulator to use. Pass the `TERMINAL_COMMAND` environment variable with your terminal startup command to the script to use your preferred terminal emulator. The script will default to `$TERM -e` |