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#1 2015-08-29 07:53:24
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Using .bashrc aliases with mod+r in awesome
Anyone that has an idea how to make the aliases listed in .bashrc work when using the run command, mod+r, in awesome? I've tried using "source ~/.bashrc" in .xinitrc before "exec awesome", but to no avail.
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#2 2015-08-29 07:59:11
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Re: Using .bashrc aliases with mod+r in awesome
Does mod+r use dmenu? If yes, you could try this:
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#3 2015-08-29 08:06:58
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Re: Using .bashrc aliases with mod+r in awesome
Does mod+r use dmenu? If yes, you could try this:
Unfortunately awesome is not using dmenu natively.
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#4 2015-08-29 11:52:37
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Re: Using .bashrc aliases with mod+r in awesome
based on looking at the code, the mod+r dialog ends up calling g_spawn_async which looks like a wrapper for a fork + exec. So it cannot handle aliases whether or not they are in the current environment - exec requires a binary filename to execute.
So either 1) use mod+r and enter `bash -lc "your alias"` or some similar construction, or 2) modify awesomeWM to handle the key binding differently.
"UNIX is simple and coherent" - Dennis Ritchie; "GNU's Not Unix" - Richard Stallman
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