Lightweight i3 application launcher?

kravecm · 2015-01-14 16:59:36

I'm using i3 WM with dmenu. When I want to launch some newly installed application, or application I don't use very often and I don't know its name, then it's quite pain.

Is there alternative launcher to dmenu, which makes application suggestions from ".desktop" files and can display all applications in tree/collapsible-groups form? (like dekstop environments do)

blackout23 · 2015-01-14 17:26:43

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Li … _launchers

Some of the traditional launchers like Synapse, GnomeDo, Kupfer might be for you.

Last edited by blackout23 (2015-01-14 17:27:20)

Alad · 2015-01-14 17:27:27

Simplest would be the included i3-dmenu-desktop (see the i3 config file), and:

ls /usr/share/applications

If you want a "windows button", you can try a different panel like xfce4-panel. In my tests, it worked but glitched on switching workspaces. Or use a file manager like PCManFM or Dolphin which groups applications.

edit: or see the alternatives in the post above mine xfce4-appfinder looks good for the intended purpose.

Last edited by Alad (2015-01-14 17:30:06)

kravecm · 2015-02-05 15:21:05

Synapse is in official repo and works great, perfect

GnomeDo and Kupfer look good too

edit: Synapse is almost great... free-desktop files completion works perfectly, but lacks command autocompletion, but

Last edited by kravecm (2015-02-05 15:37:26)

ANOKNUSA · 2015-02-05 15:57:52

You could always use "pacman -Ql <package>," which shows a list of files installed from a package. All binaries are installed to /usr/bin/, so the file(s) installed there from a package will be your program name(s).

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