rofi
Rofi is a window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement.
Installation⚑
sudo apt-get install rofi
Usage⚑
To launch rofi directly in a certain mode, specify a mode with rofi -show <mode>. To show the run dialog:
rofi -show run
Or get the options from a script:
~/my_script.sh | rofi -dmenu
Specify an ordered, comma-separated list of modes to enable. Enabled modes can be changed at runtime. Default key is Ctrl+Tab. If no modes are specified, all configured modes will be enabled. To only show the run and ssh launcher:
rofi -modes "run,ssh" -show run
The modes to combine in combi mode. For syntax to -combi-modes , see -modes. To get one merge view, of window,run, and ssh:
rofi -show combi -combi-modes "window,run,ssh" -modes combi
Configuration⚑
The configuration lives at ~/.config/rofi/config.rasi to create this file with the default conf run:
rofi -dump-config > ~/.config/rofi/config.rasi
Use fzf to do the matching⚑
To run once:
rofi -show run -sorting-method fzf -matching fuzzy
To persist them change those same values in the configuration.
Theme changing⚑
To change the theme: - Choose the one you like most looking here - Run rofi-theme-selector to select it - Accept it with Alt + a
Keybindings change⚑
Plugins⚑
You can write your custom plugins. If you're on python using python-rofi seems to be the best option although it looks unmaintained.
Some interesting examples are:
- Python based plugin
- Creation of nice menus
- Nice collection of possibilities
- Date picker
- Orgmode capture
Other interesting references are:
