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Add support for bemenu #24

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15 changes: 8 additions & 7 deletions README.md
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Expand Up @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
| [Fuzzel](https://codeberg.org/dnkl/fuzzel) | ✅ | ✅ | XDG icons supported since v1.13.0 |
| [Rofi](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi) | ✅ | 🔄 | XDG icon support pending via [PR #2122](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi/pull/2122) |
| [dmenu](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu) | ✅ | ❌ | No XDG icon support |
| [bemenu](https://github.com/Cloudef/bemenu)| ✅ | ❌ | No XDG icon support |
| Custom (stdin) | ✅ | ❔ | Depends on launcher implementation |

> [!TIP]
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### Available Options

| Flag | Description | Supported Values | Default Value |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------- |
| `-l`, `--launcher` | Specify the launcher to use (**required**). | `dmenu`, `rofi`, `fuzzel`, `custom` | `None` |
| `--launcher-command` | Specify the command to use when `custom` launcher is set. | Any valid shell command | `None` |
| `-i`, `--icon` | Specify the icon type to use. | `font`, `xdg` | `font` |
| `-s`, `--spaces` | Specify icon to text space count (font icons only). | Any positive integer | `1` |
| `--back-on-escape` | Return to previous menu on escape. | N/A | `false` |
| Flag | Description | Supported Values | Default Value |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | ------------- |
| `-l`, `--launcher` | Specify the launcher to use (**required**). | `dmenu`, `rofi`, `fuzzel`, `bemenu`, `custom` | `None` |
| `--launcher-command` | Specify the command to use when `custom` launcher is set. | Any valid shell command | `None` |
| `-i`, `--icon` | Specify the icon type to use. | `font`, `xdg` | `font` |
| `-s`, `--spaces` | Specify icon to text space count (font icons only). | Any positive integer | `1` |
| `--back-on-escape` | Return to previous menu on escape. | N/A | `false` |

## Contributing

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22 changes: 22 additions & 0 deletions src/launcher.rs
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Expand Up @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pub enum LauncherType {
Fuzzel,
Rofi,
Dmenu,
Bemenu,
Custom,
}

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Dmenu {
prompt: Option<String>,
},
Bemenu {
prompt: Option<String>,
password_mode: bool,
},
Custom {
program: String,
args: Vec<String>,
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}
cmd
}
LauncherCommand::Bemenu {
prompt,
password_mode,
} => {
let mut cmd = Command::new("bemenu");
if let Some(hint_text) = prompt {
cmd.arg("-p").arg(format!("{hint_text}: "));
}
if password_mode {
cmd.arg("--password").arg("indicator");
}
cmd
}
LauncherCommand::Custom { program, args } => {
let mut cmd = Command::new(&program);
cmd.args(&args);
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password_mode,
}),
LauncherType::Dmenu => Ok(LauncherCommand::Dmenu { prompt: hint_text }),
LauncherType::Bemenu => Ok(LauncherCommand::Bemenu {
prompt: hint_text,
password_mode,
}),
LauncherType::Custom => {
if let Some(cmd) = command_str {
let processed_cmd = Self::substitute_placeholders(cmd, hint, password_mode)?;
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