#dialog #open-dialog #stdout #print #save-file #load-file

app dialogtocli

An application to open a dialog GUI and print it to stdout

5 releases

Uses new Rust 2024

0.1.4 May 23, 2025
0.1.3 May 23, 2025
0.1.2 May 19, 2025
0.1.1 May 19, 2025
0.1.0 May 19, 2025

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MIT license

12KB

dialogtocli

An application to open a dialog GUI and print it to stdout.

Installation

cargo install dialogtocli

Usage

Usage: <command>
Commands:
  -h   Show this help message
  -s   Save a file
  -l   Load a file
  -d   Set a directory

Bind it to your favorite app

Bash

hyprshot -m region -o $(dialogtocli -d)

Fish

hyprshot -m region -o (dialogtocli -d)

Niri config

Mod+Shift+A { spawn "sh" "-c" "hyprshot -m region -o $(dialogtocli -d)"; }

i3 config

bindsym $mod+Shift+s exec sh -c "hyprshot -m region -o $(dialogtocli -d)"

Dependencies

~0.3–10MB
~97K SLoC