dapp
dapp is a fullscreen TV-style launcher that reads .desktop file paths from stdin or from a config file.
input sources (in order)
1. stdin, if stdin is piped
2. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/dapp.conf
3. ~/.config/dapp.conf
config format
- one desktop entry path per line
- blank lines are ignored
- lines starting with # are ignored
(see dapp.conf.example for reference)
arch linux dependencies
- sudo pacman -S base-devel pkgconf gtk3 glib2
build
- make
clean
- make clean
run
- from config: ./dapp
- from stdin:
printf '%s\n' \
/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop \
/usr/share/applications/org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop \
| ./dapp
controls
- Up or k or w: move selection up
- Down or j or s: move selection down
- Enter or Space: launch selected app
- mouse hover: move highlighted selection
- single left click: launch hovered app