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| author | Qball Cow <qball@gmpclient.org> | 2014-03-18 08:40:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Qball Cow <qball@gmpclient.org> | 2014-03-18 08:40:23 +0100 |
| commit | 7ec4bc8d4eb2536887ef0e5aabfcda8ec2209679 (patch) | |
| tree | 831dc86337cabbb376ed7f2a8750afbfda28fe0b /README.md | |
| parent | 6505962498c2f1b426421463b1a3054c3500b318 (diff) | |
Update readme, add it to distribution.
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@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ A popup window switcher roughly based on [superswitcher](http://code.google.com/ This version is based on the version from [Sean Pringle](http://github.com/seanpringle/simpleswitcher). All credit for this great tool should go to him. +Some of the features of rofi are: + * Switcher centered on screen (or monitor for multi-head). * Vertical list with two columns: - 1. Window class. - 2. Window title. + 1. Desktop number (optional, not shown in i3 mode) + 2. Window class. + 3. Window title. * Controls like dmenu: * Type to filter windows. @@ -22,9 +25,15 @@ Pringle](http://github.com/seanpringle/simpleswitcher). All credit for this grea * Arrows to highlight selections. * Return to select. * Shift-Return to run in terminal. + * Favorites list. + +* Quickly ssh into remote machines + * Parses ~/.ssh/config to find hosts. * Runs in background or once-off. +* Drop in dmenu replacement. + If compiled with I3 support, it should autodetect if I3 window manager is running. Usage @@ -42,16 +51,30 @@ Type '?' (enter) to switch from Window list mode to Run mode and back. Compilation ----------- +If compiling from GIT, first run to generate the needed build files: + autoreconf --install - ./configure + +To build rofi, run the following steps: + + mkdir build/ + cd build/ + ../configure make make install -Type `make I3=` to disable compiling with i3 support. -If during compilation it complains about not finding i3/ipc.h either disable i3 support -or install the headers. +The build system will autodetect the i3 header file during compilation. If it fails, make sure you +have i3/ipc.h installed. Check config.log for more information. + +Dependencies +------------ + +Rofi requires the following tools and libraries to be installed: -Type `make PREFIX=<path> install` to install in a different prefix. + * libx11 + * libxinerama + * libxdg-basedir + * libxft Archlinux --------- |