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# Rofi
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A popup window switcher roughly based on [superswitcher](http://code.google.com/p/superswitcher/), requiring only xlib and xft.
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This version is based on the version from [Sean
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Pringle](http://github.com/seanpringle/simpleswitcher). All credit for this great tool should go to him.
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Some of the features of rofi are:
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* Switcher centered on screen (or monitor for multi-head).
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* Vertical list with two columns:
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1. Desktop number (optional, not shown in i3 mode)
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2. Window class.
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3. Window title.
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* Controls like dmenu:
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* Type to filter windows.
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* Tokonized filter. Type any word in any order to filter.
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* Arrows to highlight selections.
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* Return to select.
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* Rudimentary run dialog
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* Type to filter.
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* Tokonized filter. Type any word in any order to filter.
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* Arrows to highlight selections.
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* Return to select.
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* Shift-Return to run in terminal.
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* Favorites list.
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* Quickly ssh into remote machines
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* Parses ~/.ssh/config to find hosts.
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* Runs in background or once-off.
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* Drop in dmenu replacement.
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If compiled with I3 support, it should autodetect if I3 window manager is running.
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## Usage
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e.g.
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bindsym $mod+Tab exec rofi -now -font "snap-10" -fg "#505050" -bg "#000000" -hlfg "#ffb964" -hlbg "#000000" -o 85
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## Switching Between Modi
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Type '?' (enter) to switch from Window list mode to Run mode and back.
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## Compilation
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If compiling from GIT, first run to generate the needed build files:
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autoreconf --install
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To build rofi, run the following steps:
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mkdir build/
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cd build/
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../configure
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make
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make install
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The build system will autodetect the i3 header file during compilation. If it fails, make sure you
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have i3/ipc.h installed. Check config.log for more information.
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## Dependencies
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Rofi requires the following tools and libraries to be installed:
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* libx11
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* libxinerama
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* libxdg-basedir
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* libxft
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## Configuration
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There are 3 ways to configure rofi:
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### 1. Pre-compile time
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You can change the default behavior by modifying config/config.c
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### 2. Xresources
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Another solution is to configure it via X resources, e.g. add the following to your
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Xresources file:
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rofi.background: #333
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rofi.foreground: #1aa
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rofi.highlightbg: #1aa
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rofi.highlightfg: #111
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rofi.bordercolor: #277
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rofi.font: times-10
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rofi.padding: 3
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rofi.lines: 5
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rofi.borderwidth: 3
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### 3. Runtime
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All the above settings can be overridden by rofi's commandline flags.
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## Archlinux
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This version of rofi has been made available on the
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[AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rofi-git/).
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## Contact
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Issues, feature requests can be filed at the github [issue
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tracker](https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/issues).
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If you need to ask a direct question or get support installing, please find us on IRC: #gmpc on
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[freenode.net](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#gmpc).
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