Replacement for grun, added custom I38 run dialog instead.

README.md

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ An uppercase I looks like a 1, 3 from i3, and 8 because the song [We Are 138](ht
 
 ## Requirements
 
+- i3-wm: The i3 window manager.
 - acpi: [optional] for battery status. It will still work even without this package, but uses it if it is installed.
+- dex: [optional] Alternative method for auto starting applications.
 - clipster: clipboard manager
 - grun: Run application dialog
 - jq: for getting the current workspace

i38.sh

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ i3msg="i3-msg"
 export DIALOGOPTS='--no-lines --visit-items'
 
 # Check to make sure minimum requirements are installed.
-for i in dialog grun jq sgtk-menu yad ; do
+for i in dialog jq sgtk-menu yad ; do
     if ! command -v "$i" &> /dev/null ; then
         missing+=("$i")
     fi
@@ -156,14 +156,13 @@ done
 
 # Configuration questions
 export i3Mode=$(yesno "Would you like to use ratpoison mode? This behaves more like strychnine, with an escape key followed by keybindings.")
-if [[ $i3Mode -eq 1 ]]; then
-    mod="Mod4"
-fi
 # Prevent setting ratpoison mode key to the same as default mode key
 while [[ "$escapeKey" == "$mod" ]]; do
+    if [[ $i3Mode -eq 0 ]]; then
         escapeKey="$(menulist "Ratpoison mode key:" Control+t Control+z Control+Escape Alt+Escape Control+Space Super)"
         escapeKey="${escapeKey//Alt/Mod1}"
         escapeKey="${escapeKey//Super/Mod4}"
+    fi
     mod="$(menulist "I3 mod key, for top level bindings:" Alt Control Super)"
     mod="${mod//Alt/Mod1}"
     mod="${mod//Super/Mod4}"
@@ -275,7 +274,7 @@ focus_follows_mouse no
 font pango:monospace 8
 
 # Run dialog
-bindsym \$mod+F2 exec grun
+bindsym \$mod+F2 exec ${i3Path}/scripts/run_dialog.sh
 
 # Clipboard manager
 bindsym \$mod+Control+c exec clipster -s
@@ -419,6 +418,8 @@ bindsym Shift+o exec $(command -v orca) --replace, mode "default"
 bindsym Control+semicolon exec bash -c '$i3msg -t run_command reload && spd-say -P important -Cw "I38 Configuration reloaded."', mode "default"
 # restart i3 inplace (preserves your layout/session, can be used to upgrade i3)
 bindsym Control+Shift+semicolon exec bash -c '$i3msg -t run_command restart && spd-say -P important -Cw "I3 restarted."', mode "default"
+# Run dialog with exclamation 
+bindsym Shift+exclam exec ${i3Path}/scripts/run_dialog.sh, mode "default"
 # exit i3 (logs you out of your X session)
 bindsym Control+q exec bash -c 'yad --image "dialog-question" --title "I38" --button=yes:0 --button=no:1 --text "You pressed the exit shortcut. Do you really want to exit i3? This will end your X session." && $i3msg -t run_command exit'
 bindsym Escape mode "default"

scripts/run_dialog.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+
+write_history(){
+oldHistory="$(grep -v "$txt" "${historyPath}/.history" | head -n 49)"
+echo -e "$txt\n$oldHistory" | sed 's/^$//g' > "${historyPath}/.history"
+}
+
+
+historyPath="$(readlink -f $0)"
+historyPath="${historyPath%/*}"
+if ! [[ -d "$historyPath" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p "$historyPath"
+fi
+
+if [[ -f "${historyPath}/.history" ]]; then
+    txt="$(yad --entry --editable --title "I38" --text "Execute program or enter file" --button "Open:0" --separator "\n" --rest "${historyPath}/.history")"
+else
+    txt="$(yad --entry --title "I38" --text "Execute program or enter file" --button "Open:0")"
+fi
+if [[ -z "$txt" ]]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+if [[ "$txt" =~ ^ftp://|http://|https://|www.* ]]; then
+    xdg-open $txt
+    write_history
+    exit 0
+fi
+if [[ "$txt" =~ ^mailto://.* ]]; then
+    xdg-email $txt
+    write_history
+    exit 0
+fi
+if [[ "$txt" =~ ^man://.* ]]; then
+    eval "${txt/:\/\// }" | yad --text-info --show-cursor --button "Close:0" --title "I38" -
+    write_history
+    exit 0
+fi
+if command -v "$(echo "$txt" | cut -d " " -f1)" &> /dev/null ; then
+    eval $txt&
+else
+    xdg-open $txt&
+fi
+write_history
+exit 0