From f8ce0059b50dfafb4082968a31ebb99323a5182c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: QC Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 15:37:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Issue: #146 Add readme file back. --- README.md | 192 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 186 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9313481b..152133fa 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,9 +1,189 @@ -[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/DaveDavenport/rofi.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/DaveDavenport/rofi) -[![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/DaveDavenport/rofi/badge.png?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/r/DaveDavenport/rofi?branch=master) -[![Coverity Status](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/3850/badge.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/3850) +# subtitle: A window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement -Rofi 1 Year old. *cheers* +A popup window switcher roughly based on [superswitcher](http://code.google.com/p/superswitcher/), +requiring only xlib and pango. +This version started off as a clone of simpleswitcher, the version from [Sean +Pringle](http://github.com/seanpringle/simpleswitcher). All credit for this great tool should go to him. +Rofi developed extra features, like a run-dialog, ssh-launcher and can act as a drop-in dmenu +replacement, making it a very versatile tool. -# Rofi +Using Rofi is a lot like dmenu, but extended for an improved work flow. +It main features are: + +* Full keyboard navigation. +* Type to filter + - Tokenized: Type any word in any order to filter. + - Case insensitive +* UTF-8 enabled. + - UTF-8 aware string collating. + - intl. keyboard support (`e -> รจ) +* Pango font rendering. +* RTL language support. +* Window Switcher. + - I3 support. + - EWHM compatible WM. +* Run dialog. +* SSH launcher. +* History based ordering last 25 choices are ordered on top based on use. (optional) +* Levenshtein distance ordering of matches. (optional) +* Drop in dmenu replacement. +* Can be easily extended using scripts. + +The 4 Main functions of rofi are: + +## Window Switcher + +![Window List](https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/images/rofi/window-list.png) + +The window switcher shows the following informations in columns: + +1. Desktop number (optional, not shown in I3 mode) +2. Window class. +3. Window title. + +If compiled with I3 support, it should autodetect if I3 window manager is running and switch into +I3 compatibility mode. This will disable Desktop numbers and hide the i3-bar, also it sends an IPC +message to I3 to change focus. + +## Run dialog + +![run dialog](https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/images/rofi/run-dialog.png) + +The run dialog allows the user to quickly search and launch a program. +It offers the following features: + + - Shift-Return to run the selected program in a terminal. + - Favorites list, frequently used programs are sorted on top. + +## SSH launcher + +![SSH Launcher](https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/images/rofi/ssh-dialog.png) + +Quickly ssh into remote machines + + - Parses ~/.ssh/config to find hosts. + + +## dmenu replacement + +![DMENU replacement (running teiler)](https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/images/rofi/dmenu-replacement.png) + +Drop in dmenu replacement. (Screenshot shows rofi used by +[teiler](https://github.com/carnager/teiler) ). + +# Usage + +If used with `-show [mode]`, rofi will immediately open in the specified [mode] + +If used with `-dmenu`, rofi will use data from STDIN to let the user select an option. + +If use with neither of those options, rofi will launch in daemon-mode, waiting for a key (configured beforehand) to launch. + +## Single-shot + +Show a run dialog with some font / color options: + + `rofi -show run -font "snap 10" -fg "#505050" -bg "#000000" -hlfg "#ffb964" -hlbg "#000000" -o 85` + +Show a ssh dialog: + + `rofi -show ssh` + +## dmenu + +If passed the `-dmenu` option, or ran as `dmenu` (ie, /usr/bin/dmenu is symlinked to /usr/bin/rofi), +rofi will use the data passed from STDIN. + +`~/scripts/my_script.sh | rofi -dmenu` +`echo -e "Option #1\nOption #2\nOption #3\n" | rofi -dmenu` + +In both cases, rofi will output the user's selection to STDOUT. + +## Daemon mode + +Let rofi sit in the background, waiting for the user to press `F12` to open the window run dialog: + +`rofi -key-run F12` + +## Switching Between Modi + +Type `Shift-Right` to switch from Window list mode to Run mode and back. + + +## Keybindings + +| Key | Action | +|:----------------------------|:-------------------------------------------------------------------| +|`Ctrl-v, Insert` | Paste clipboard | +|`Ctrl-Shift-v, Shift-Insert` | Paste primary selection | +|`Ctrl-u` | Clear the line | +|`Ctrl-a` | Beginning of line | +|`Ctrl-e` | End of line | +|`Ctrl-f, Right` | Forward one character | +|`Alt-f` | Forward one word | +|`Ctrl-b, Left` | Back one character | +|`Alt-b` | Back one word | +|`Ctrl-d, Delete` | Delete character | +|`Ctrl-Alt-d` | Delete word | +|`Ctrl-h, Backspace` | Backspace (delete previous character) | +|`Ctrl-Alt-h` | Delete previous word | +|`Ctrl-j,Ctrl-m,Enter` | Accept entry | +|`Ctrl-n,Down` | Select next entry | +|`Ctrl-p,Up` | Select previous entry | +|`Page Up` | Go to the previous page | +|`Page Down` | Go to the next page | +|`Ctrl-Page Up` | Go to the previous column | +|`Ctrl-Page Down` | Go to the next column | +|`Ctrl-Enter` | Use entered text as command (in ssh/run modi) | +|`Shift-Enter` | Launch the application in a terminal (in run mode) | +|`Shift-Enter` | Return the selected entry and move to the next item while keeping Rofi open. (in dmenu) | +|`Shift-Right` | Switch to the next modi. The list can be customized with the -switchers argument. | +|`Shift-Left` | Switch to the previous modi. The list can be customized with the -switchers argument. | +|`Ctrl-Tab` | Switch to the next modi. The list can be customized with the -switchers argument. | +|`Ctrl-Shift-Tab` | Switch to the previous modi. The list can be customized with the -switchers argument. | +|`Ctrl-space` | Set selected item as input text. | +|`Shift-Del` | Delete entry from history. | +|`Ctrl-grave` | Toggle case sensitivity. | + + +# Configuration + +There are currently three methods of setting configuration options: + + * Compile time: edit config.c. This method is strongly discouraged. + * Xresources: A method of storing key values in the Xserver. See + [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_resources) for more information. + * Commandline options: Arguments passed to **rofi**. + +The Xresources options and the commandline options are aliased. So to set option X you would set: + +`rofi.X: value` + +In the Xresources file, and to (override) this via the commandline you would pass the same key +prefixed with a '-': + + rofi -X value + +To get a list of available options, formatted as Xresources entries run: + + rofi -dump-Xresources + +The configuration system supports the following types: + + * String + * Integer (signed and unsigned) + * Char + * Boolean + +The boolean option has a non-default commandline syntax, to enable option X you do: + + rofi -X + +to disable it: + + rofi -no-X + +# Installation + +Please see the [installation guide](https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/INSTALL.html) for instruction on how to install *rofi*. -Please check the [website](https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/) for the latest README.