Fixed Linux app finder

[JeroenBoersma]

Today I started using zazu, I've found a lot of errors starting software like Nylas or Franz. After investigating I did some updates.

Will create a new repo for application specific implementation(~/.local/share/applications etc)

• Added ~/bin in lookup for local software
• removed ~/.local/share/applications
• index all executable files, not only other(--x--x--x)
• spawn software directly from main process, starting from subprocess gives a lot of errors(not starting at all)

[bayleedev]

Wow, thank you so much for the pull request. I'll try this out and see if it works technically.

@amjith do you mind validating the approach is correct?

[cecoates]

@JeroenBoersma

For funsies I made the same changes as in your pull request. Pretty cool! I was able to launch most programs (except Invisible Inc. for some reason).

However, the search felt noticeably slower, and the log is full of "X11/X11/X11/X11". Should that be happening?

I also noticed that by default, a lot of games will have random files marked as executable, like .txt files or map files. So those will come up in the search and create a lot of noise (maybe that's the slowdown?) Is it possible to filter those out?

Log with the pull request changes:

zazu.log (copy).2017-01-11.txt

I deleted the file-finder directory and tried again, and the searches were slightly faster, but Zazu could no longer launch games like Transistor or Stardew Valley.

Log with the vanilla file-finder:

zazu.log (another copy).2017-01-11.txt

[JeroenBoersma]

@cecoates I'll add a recursionchecker for that nasty X11 error(I've removed that symlink on my filesystem) I think stat can say something about that...

Games is not yet in the appPath, will investigate further...

[JeroenBoersma]

• Added possibility to override directories in .zazurc.json
• needs to be applied to filefinder(works for appfinder)
• allows ~ homedir directive

[JeroenBoersma]

fixed for filefinder too - oops for testing

[bayleedev]

This is awesome. I'll review this tonight when I get home.

[cecoates]

Very cool!

Gave it a try, and adding directories via the zazurc.json works great.

One odd thing, has anyone noticed that the log will say something like:

ERROR: [19:28:30] [tinytacoteam/zazu-file-finder :openApp] User Script failed { "block": "openApp", "level": "error", "message": "User Script failed", "plugin": "tinytacoteam/zazu-file-finder", "value": "/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable", "time": "2017-01-12T01:28:30.800Z" }

Even when the app launches correctly? It does that in both versions (with Jeroen's changes and without).

[bayleedev]

Love this [:

[bayleedev]

I updated the installation instructions as well.

[JeroenBoersma]

Great, the error is because we reject the chain. Otherwise it would be forwarded to the open command.