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author | Dave Davenport <qball@gmpclient.org> | 2017-03-24 09:51:57 +0100 |
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committer | Dave Davenport <qball@gmpclient.org> | 2017-03-24 09:51:57 +0100 |
commit | 0900b0d925113db76da018f678785340106741f1 (patch) | |
tree | b7c5df46cd99dc5c8b4f9121da4d7336d2cf57bd /README.md | |
parent | 254aac8dc79d1de2a77dd22bcf22435bfd82a057 (diff) |
README: Call run-mode application launcher
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@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ [![Coverity](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/3850/badge.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/davedavenport-rofi) [![Forum](https://img.shields.io/badge/forum-online-green.svg)](https://forum.qtools.org) -# A window switcher, run dialog and dmenu replacement +# A window switcher, Application launcher and dmenu replacement **Rofi** started as clone of simpleswitcher, written by [Sean Pringle](http://github.com/seanpringle/simpleswitcher) a popup window switcher roughly based on [superswitcher](http://code.google.com/p/superswitcher/). Simpleswitcher laid the foundations and therefor Sean Pringle deserves most of the credit for this tool. **Rofi**, -renamed as it lost the *simple* property, has been extended with extra features, like a run-dialog, ssh-launcher and -can act as a drop-in dmenu replacement, making it a very versatile tool. +renamed as it lost the *simple* property, has been extended with extra features, like a application launcher, +ssh-launcher and can act as a drop-in dmenu replacement, making it a very versatile tool. **Rofi**, like dmenu, will provide the user with a textual list of options where one or more can be selected. This can either be, running an application, selecting a window or options provided by an external script. @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ It main features are: * Build in modes: - Window switcher mode. - EWMH compatible WM. - - Run mode. - - Desktop File Run mode. + - Application launcher. + - Desktop File Application launcher. - SSH launcher mode. - Combi mode, allow several modes to be merged into one list. * History based ordering last 25 choices are ordered on top based on use. (optional) @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Window mode features: - Custom command by `Shift-Return` -## Run mode +## Application launcher ![run mode](https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/images/rofi/run-dialog.png) @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Run mode features: - Execute command to add custom entries, like aliases. -## DRun mode +## Desktop File Application launcher The desktop run mode allows users to quickly search and launch an application from the *freedesktop.org* Desktop Entries. These are used by most common Desktop Environments to populate launchers and menus. @@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ The boolean option has a non-default commandline syntax, to enable option X you to disable it: rofi -no-X - + # Manpage For more detailed information, please see the [manpage](doc/rofi-manpage.markdown), the [wiki](https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/wiki) or the [forum](https://forum.qtools.org). |