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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