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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:
+For example, if you wish to launch your programs with `swaymsg exec`, you can do that like this¹:
```shell
swaymsg exec "$(./sway-launcher-desktop.sh)"
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## Troubleshooting
Debug information is directed to file descriptor `3` and can be dumped using `./sway-launcher-desktop.sh 3>> ~/sway-launcher-desktop.log`
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+¹ If you want to use this as a keybinding though, this kind of shell substitution will not work inside the config file. [Here's a way to make it work](https://github.com/Biont/sway-launcher-desktop/issues/33#issuecomment-765145677)