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# ROFI-SCRIPT 5 rofi-script
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## NAME
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**rofi script mode** - Rofi format for scriptable mode.
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## DESCRIPTION
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**rofi** supports modes that use simple scripts in the background to generate a
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list and process the result from user actions. This provide a simple interface
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to make simple extensions to rofi.
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## USAGE
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To specify a script mode, set a mode with the following syntax:
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"{name}:{executable}"
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For example:
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```bash
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rofi -show fb -modes "fb:file_browser.sh"
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```
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The name should be unique.
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## API
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Rofi calls the executable without arguments on startup. This should generate a
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list of options, separated by a newline (`\n`) (This can be changed by the
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script). If the user selects an option, rofi calls the executable with the text
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of that option as the first argument. If the script returns no entries, rofi
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quits.
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A simple script would be:
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```bash
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
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if [ x"$@" = x"quit" ]
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then
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exit 0
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fi
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echo "reload"
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echo "quit"
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```
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This shows two entries, reload and quit. When the quit entry is selected, rofi
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closes.
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## Environment
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Rofi sets the following environment variable when executing the script:
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### `ROFI_RETV`
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An integer number with the current state:
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- **0**: Initial call of script.
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- **1**: Selected an entry.
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- **2**: Selected a custom entry.
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- **10-28**: Custom keybinding 1-19 ( need to be explicitly enabled by script ).
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### `ROFI_INFO`
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Environment get set when selected entry get set with the property value of the
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'info' row option, if set.
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### `ROFI_DATA`
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Environment get set when script sets `data` option in header.
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## Passing mode options
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Extra options, like setting the prompt, can be set by the script. Extra options
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are lines that start with a NULL character (`\0`) followed by a key, separator
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(`\x1f`) and value.
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For example to set the prompt:
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```bash
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echo -en "\0prompt\x1fChange prompt\n"
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```
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The following extra options exists:
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- **prompt**: Update the prompt text.
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- **message**: Update the message text.
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- **markup-rows**: If 'true' renders markup in the row.
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- **urgent**: Mark rows as urgent. (for syntax see the urgent option in
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dmenu mode)
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- **active**: Mark rows as active. (for syntax see the active option in
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dmenu mode)
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- **delim**: Set the delimiter for for next rows. Default is '\n' and
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this option should finish with this. Only call this on first call of script,
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it is remembered for consecutive calls.
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- **no-custom**: If set to 'true'; only accept listed entries, ignore custom
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input.
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- **use-hot-keys**: If set to true, it enabled the Custom keybindings for
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script. Warning this breaks the normal rofi flow.
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- **keep-selection**: If set, the selection is not moved to the first entry,
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but the current position is maintained. The filter is cleared.
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- **new-selection**: If `keep-selection` is set, this allows you to override
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the selected entry (absolute position).
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- **data**: Passed data to the next execution of the script via
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**ROFI\_DATA**.
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- **theme**: Small theme snippet to f.e. change the background color of
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a widget.
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## Parsing row options
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Extra options for individual rows can be set. The extra option can be specified
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following the same syntax as mode option, but following the entry.
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For example:
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```bash
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echo -en "aap\0icon\x1ffolder\n"
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```
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The following options are supported:
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- **icon**: Set the icon for that row.
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- **meta**: Specify invisible search terms.
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- **nonselectable**: If true the row cannot activated.
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- **info**: Info that, on selection, gets placed in the `ROFI_INFO`
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environment variable. This entry does not get searched.
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- **urgent**: Set urgent flag on entry (true/false)
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- **active**: Set active flag on entry (true/false)
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multiple entries can be passed using the `\x1f` separator.
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```bash
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echo -en "aap\0icon\x1ffolder\x1finfo\x1ftest\n"
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```
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## Executing external program
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If you want to launch an external program from the script, you need to make
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sure it is launched in the background. If not rofi will wait for its output (to
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display).
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In bash the best way to do this is using `coproc`.
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```bash
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coproc ( myApp > /dev/null 2>&1 )
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```
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## DASH shell
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If you use the `dash` shell for your script, take special care with how dash
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handles escaped values for the separators. See issue #1201 on github.
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## Script locations
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To specify a script there are the following options:
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- Specify an absolute path to the script.
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- The script is executable and located in your $PATH
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Scripts located in the following location are loaded on startup:
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- The script is in `$XDG_CONFIG_PATH/rofi/scripts/`, this is usually
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`~/.config/rofi/scripts/`.
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## SEE ALSO
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rofi(1), rofi-sensible-terminal(1), dmenu(1), rofi-theme(5),
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rofi-theme-selector(1)
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## AUTHOR
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Qball Cow <qball@gmpclient.org>
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Rasmus Steinke <rasi@xssn.at>
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Morgane Glidic <sardemff7+rofi@sardemff7.net>
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Original code based on work by: Sean Pringle <sean.pringle@gmail.com>
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For a full list of authors, check the AUTHORS file.
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