----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- | -- Module : XMonad.Util.Dmenu -- Copyright : (c) Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen@gmail.com> -- License : BSD-style (see LICENSE) -- -- Maintainer : Spencer Janssen <spencerjanssen@gmail.com> -- Stability : unstable -- Portability : unportable -- -- A convenient binding to dmenu. -- -- Requires the process-1.0 package -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- module XMonad.Util.Dmenu ( -- * Usage -- $usage dmenu, dmenuXinerama, dmenuMap, menu, menuArgs, menuMap, menuMapArgs ) where import XMonad import qualified XMonad.StackSet as W import qualified Data.Map as M import XMonad.Util.Run import Control.Monad (liftM) -- $usage -- You can use this module with the following in your Config.hs file: -- -- > import XMonad.Util.Dmenu -- -- These functions block xmonad's event loop until dmenu exits; this means that -- programs will not be able to open new windows and you will not be able to -- change workspaces or input focus until you have responded to the prompt one -- way or another. -- %import XMonad.Util.Dmenu -- | Starts dmenu on the current screen. Requires this patch to dmenu: -- <http://www.jcreigh.com/dmenu/dmenu-3.2-xinerama.patch> dmenuXinerama :: [String] -> X String dmenuXinerama opts = do curscreen <- (fromIntegral . W.screen . W.current) `fmap` gets windowset :: X Int _ <- runProcessWithInput "dmenu" ["-xs", show (curscreen+1)] (unlines opts) menuArgs "dmenu" ["-xs", show (curscreen+1)] opts -- | Run dmenu to select an option from a list. dmenu :: MonadIO m => [String] -> m String dmenu opts = menu "dmenu" opts -- | like 'dmenu' but also takes the command to run. menu :: MonadIO m => String -> [String] -> m String menu menuCmd opts = menuArgs menuCmd [] opts -- | Like 'menu' but also takes a list of command line arguments. menuArgs :: MonadIO m => String -> [String] -> [String] -> m String menuArgs menuCmd args opts = liftM (filter (/='\n')) $ runProcessWithInput menuCmd args (unlines opts) -- | Like 'dmenuMap' but also takes the command to run. menuMap :: MonadIO m => String -> M.Map String a -> m (Maybe a) menuMap menuCmd selectionMap = menuMapArgs menuCmd [] selectionMap -- | Like 'menuMap' but also takes a list of command line arguments. menuMapArgs :: MonadIO m => String -> [String] -> M.Map String a -> m (Maybe a) menuMapArgs menuCmd args selectionMap = do selection <- menuFunction (M.keys selectionMap) return $ M.lookup selection selectionMap where menuFunction = menuArgs menuCmd args -- | Run dmenu to select an entry from a map based on the key. dmenuMap :: MonadIO m => M.Map String a -> m (Maybe a) dmenuMap selectionMap = menuMap "dmenu" selectionMap