Shizcow
commented
3 years ago I've thought about this one a lot. The only way I'd implement config files is if I also revamped the plug-in system. I want to do this, but won't have time in my life for quite a while.
Some ideas/desired features on this topic:
- ability to set default font / colors / etc
- ability to add default parameters to the command (as a fallback)
- ability to modify top / bottom / other already supported UI options
As for how plugins can interact:
- remove the compile time step, allowing this to be shipped with
cargo install - have plugins look in 3 locations during startup:
- system package / run path. This way, in theory, you could install dmenu-rs plugins via your system package manager. Same as how arch handles python packages
- .cargo: so plugins could be installed via
cargo install - .config/dmenu: manual installation and plugins in development
- Alternatively / in addition to, plugins may need to be registered before use so they're not automatically loaded in (speed?)
- plugins can provide toml configuration keys available to modify in the main config file
Other ideas welcome
Please make the dmenu customizable using config files in ~/.config/dmenu
Preferably toml or yml file.