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The Void source libre packages collection
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Option to run on tty (alternative to dmenu) #4

Closed reback00 closed 4 years ago

reback00 commented 4 years ago

dmenu is ok and all. But implementing a terminal-only selection option would be wonderful. Then we can logout from x11 session, stop dm service (if any) and run the build process from tty. I guess this should reduce the stress on the machine a little bit when building.

Possible solution could be to print all options on terminal with a corresponding number and ask for input. Implementing something simple like this would reduce our dependencies.

There is also dialog solution on that page. But having a dialog selection for one thing only and the rest being CLI is maybe not the consistent thing to do. (Maybe later, who knows? ;) )

drake-newell commented 4 years ago

I like the interactive/fuzzy features of dmenu, but you're probably right. Maybe a switch to fzf would work? I'll do the same thing I did for xtools to check for/install fzf

drake-newell commented 4 years ago

Just switched to fzf