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app practicalrunner

A practical application runner

3 releases

0.1.2 Jul 31, 2024
0.1.1 May 22, 2024
0.1.0 May 22, 2024

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MIT license

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practical-runner

A practical application runner written in Rust. Inspired by dmenu

Screenshots

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Features

  • theming (colors, font family, font size, line spacing, window border)
  • custom row count
  • smart row scrolling
  • prompt message
  • open menu on a specific display

Installation

To use practical-runner run the following command:

cargo install practicalrunner

Or clone this repository and run the following command in the repository's root directory:

cargo install --path .

Usage

practicalrunner

For information about the various arguments run the following command:

practicalrunner --help

Controls

  • [enter] to run the selected suggestion
  • [up] / [down] arrow to scroll the suggestions
  • [escape] / [ctrl-c] to quit

Dependencies

~17–24MB
~416K SLoC