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How do I include shortcuts for the gnome setting program and wine apps in dmenu?

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I would like to use dmenu as my launcher instead of the Gnome3-overlay that is displayed after hitting the super-key. From the Gnome3-overlay, I am able to launch both apps, gnome settings, and wine programs. In dmenu, I am so far only able to launch apps, and I can't seem to find the gnome settings program or any of my wine apps. When I tried other launcher, such as synapse, they were able to find both the settings and wine apps, just like with the gnome-overlay. I prefer dmenu because it is the fastest and most aesthetically pleasing launcher I have come across. Is there a way to include shortcuts to the gnome setting program and my wine apps in dmenu? I am using Antegros Linux with Gnome 3.22 and dmenu 0.1 (specifically, the dmenu2 package from the AUR). --- ### Update For the gnome settings app, I figured out the name is gnome-control-center although it is called "Settings" in the Gnome3-overlay window. Adding the -z flag to dmenu helped by enabling fuzzy matching. I also found out that the keyboard subsection of the settings menu is launched via gnome-control-center keyboard, which is a little bothersome to type every time since it does not autocomplete. It seems like dmenu will find everything that I put on my $PATH, but I am not super keen on including all the desktop shortcuts there. Other launchers such as p-menu includes everything on $PATH and all the .desktop files on the system, which is the preferred behavior to me. p-menu does only seem to launch within a terminal, rather than as a popup (the latter being faster for me), so for the time being, I am using albert, which works great. I would still be interested in dmenu or a similar launcher, if they include .desktop-files.
Asked by joelostblom (1971 rep)
Dec 7, 2016, 12:53 AM
Last activity: Jun 22, 2025, 05:04 AM