What a lovely video! I'm spending my freetime more or less building my window manager from the ground up - configuring everything until I am 100% satisfied (not my usual "good enough" stuff) and this video was very helpful to getting this configured and working. Still a lot of playing around to do, but I feel like I have foundation to start now. Thanks!
@@omar.mahmoud.ahmed10 you didn't ask me, but I do wanna answer lol The way I did it, I had kde and installed an awesome wm session. I first went through some basic configuration on kde, and once it was usable enough, I went into the awesome wm session. Then I stayed in the awesome wm session to configure it, and I once I wanted to do something else, I switched back to my kde session. After some time configuring, awesome wm was ready enough to be used, so I deleted kde and switched to the awesome wm session full time.
Kudos Eirc for posting this video and really taking the time to show us how to configure Rofi. I am so glad I found your video early on before I spent hours. Thanks also for sharing your config files.
Would love a picom video, personally really bad at reading docs and can't seem to figure out how to get background blurring and certain opacity/transparency features to work EDIT: Just saw the videos existence, oops.
im looking around rofi as im typing this comment and i have SO many questions 1. how do you run it outside the terminal ? 2. non rofi question but how is ur desktop so stylish thanks :D
I should have mentioned in the video, but you can add the terminal command to your favorite keyboard shortcuts application. If you're using bspwm, that would be sxhkd, if you're using gnome or kde, their respective settings, etc. I'll probably do a complete video later about exactly how I got my desktop to look like this, but it's mostly due to the window manager bspwm if you want to do more research yourself. Let me know if you have any more questions!
'[' is the test command, you may recognize it from famous bash script snippets such as: if [ -f "$file" ]; then rm "$file" fi but you can run [ on its own to and just get an exit code. [ -e "$file" ] && rm "$file" will do the same thing
You need to set the keyboard shortcut manually. Not sure what you use to set keyboard shortcuts, but I personally use sxhkd and have it mapped to Super + Space.
(from France) Thank you for this video. Very nice application selector ! But the "Rofi Theme Selector" choise line is always there. How can I kill it ? Thank you very much.
Very new to Linux. I have a couple specific executables that I downloaded and unzipped but they're not showing up in the run mode that comes enabled with Rofi. I know the executables are available in the $PATH, and I've been digging around trying to find how to add new applications / executables to this path so I can access them with ease via Rofi.. Any help would be greatly appreciated
@@EricMurphyxyz ohh okay, also I am using arch on virtualbox, so I changed the wlan0 interface name with the one my machine is using, but it didn't worked, it shows me %essid% on polybar
rofi is not respnding to any keyboard input for me. Even if I focus the window with my mouse, When I press the arrow keys or type something, it affects the windows that is behind rofi. I use the latest stable version of Fedora with rofi freshly installed.
Run both and you can see the difference. run shows every executable on your system whereas drun only shows those with desktop files. In practice, drun shows you better results, whereas run lists a bunch of commands that you would only use on the command line or in a script.
Idk how, but you regularly seem to make videos on things I am interested at the moment lol. Keep it up with the good stuff man!
Haha, let me know if there's anything else you'd like to see a video on!
With every fresh install of Arch comes a visit of this video, cheers!
Glad it helps! But you should back up your dotfiles so you don't have to keep configuring it haha
I don't know why this was so hard to find. Thank you so much
Thanks a lot for all your interesting videos about qtile, rofi and picom ! I am totally in love with qtile :D
What a lovely video! I'm spending my freetime more or less building my window manager from the ground up - configuring everything until I am 100% satisfied (not my usual "good enough" stuff) and this video was very helpful to getting this configured and working. Still a lot of playing around to do, but I feel like I have foundation to start now. Thanks!
I'm wondering, Are you using a virtual machine to first build your system, or you use it along with the building process?
@@omar.mahmoud.ahmed10i think she's using dual boot
@@omar.mahmoud.ahmed10 you didn't ask me, but I do wanna answer lol
The way I did it, I had kde and installed an awesome wm session. I first went through some basic configuration on kde, and once it was usable enough, I went into the awesome wm session. Then I stayed in the awesome wm session to configure it, and I once I wanted to do something else, I switched back to my kde session. After some time configuring, awesome wm was ready enough to be used, so I deleted kde and switched to the awesome wm session full time.
Wow... your configuration looks fantastic.... not only rofi but complete setup... great job👍
thank you, this was really helpful. With this video, I was able make basic configuration for myself. I have been using rofi with defaults with years.
Kudos Eirc for posting this video and really taking the time to show us how to configure Rofi. I am so glad I found your video early on before I spent hours. Thanks also for sharing your config files.
This helped me a lot, thanks!
Great job on helpful, to the point information.
Thanks for your sharing!
This channel so helpful
Thanks for this. I would love that picom video. I'm terrible at learning from documentation and would love a video.
Will put it on the list!
Thanks so much for your videos!!!
Would love a picom video, personally really bad at reading docs and can't seem to figure out how to get background blurring and certain opacity/transparency features to work
EDIT: Just saw the videos existence, oops.
im looking around rofi as im typing this comment and i have SO many questions
1. how do you run it outside the terminal ?
2. non rofi question but how is ur desktop so stylish
thanks :D
I should have mentioned in the video, but you can add the terminal command to your favorite keyboard shortcuts application. If you're using bspwm, that would be sxhkd, if you're using gnome or kde, their respective settings, etc.
I'll probably do a complete video later about exactly how I got my desktop to look like this, but it's mostly due to the window manager bspwm if you want to do more research yourself. Let me know if you have any more questions!
I didn't find your rofi settings in your repository. Would you like to share that again
omg, that colorscheme is great! Is it your own creation or does it have a certain name that I can look up for?
Not mine, it's called Tokyo Night, just search for it and you can find color schemes for your terminal, editor, and everything else
@@EricMurphyxyz thanks!!
I'm not finding the rofi config info in dotfiles as you stated in video. Many others have said the same thing. Did I miss an info update somewhere?
Thanks man
great video very educational and easy to follow along. only if you mentioned about short cut keys and how to run rofi not in command line lol
I mean, just paste the command into whatever you use to set shortcut keys
@@EricMurphyxyz I'm busting your chops man lol Great video
that colorscheme is 🔥🔥🔥 mind sharing it with us normies ? thanks 💪
It's Tokyo Dark, you can find it in my dotfiles in the description
'[' is the test command, you may recognize it from famous bash script snippets such as:
if [ -f "$file" ]; then
rm "$file"
fi
but you can run [ on its own to and just get an exit code.
[ -e "$file" ] && rm "$file"
will do the same thing
Amazing video! but how do you start rofi? what is the shortcut in the keyboard? liked and subscribed.
You need to set the keyboard shortcut manually. Not sure what you use to set keyboard shortcuts, but I personally use sxhkd and have it mapped to Super + Space.
Please provide rofi configuration file
Thank you
Hey, [ is an alias (I think is a shell built-in for performance, but does the same) to test. So if [ "foo" = "bar" ] is the same as if test... :^)
I learned this after this video after getting more into bash scripting. Good to know!
Thanks for video! Jsut wandering - is there a way to style error window?
(from France) Thank you for this video. Very nice application selector ! But the "Rofi Theme Selector" choise line is always there. How can I kill it ?
Thank you very much.
Hey I can't find your config.rasi file on your github anywhere! Please can you send it or something?
I've uninstalled xfce4-appfinder and replaced it with rofi - it looks a bit better right now. What panel are u using?
You mean the bar at the top? It's polybar, I have a video on it here: ruclips.net/video/S1jQfGcKjtA/видео.html
rofi is capable of showing what time is it when I open it? something like flow launcher?
Where i can find such as great wallpaper?
what is your backgroud??? i want it so bad
which window manager are you using ?
thank you, I like your config. The default was too bright and didnt match with my wm looks
Very new to Linux. I have a couple specific executables that I downloaded and unzipped but they're not showing up in the run mode that comes enabled with Rofi.
I know the executables are available in the $PATH, and I've been digging around trying to find how to add new applications / executables to this path so I can access them with ease via Rofi..
Any help would be greatly appreciated
hey i've used your polyabar config...... but i am not getting the emoji/icon on my polybar..
Use a nerd font, I have a video on them here: ruclips.net/video/b_FSqS4C1Ns/видео.html
@@EricMurphyxyz ohh okay, also I am using arch on virtualbox, so I changed the wlan0 interface name with the one my machine is using, but it didn't worked, it shows me %essid% on polybar
@@EricMurphyxyz ah which nerd font are you using, I've installed 2-3 nerd fonts but still not getting the wifi icon lol
How can you write to the searchbar i cant type anything on to the searchbar
Omg,bro , u use the same wallpaper as me
rofi is not respnding to any keyboard input for me. Even if I focus the window with my mouse, When I press the arrow keys or type something, it affects the windows that is behind rofi.
I use the latest stable version of Fedora with rofi freshly installed.
How to added outline or shadow for font on rofi launcher?
That wallpaper is sick. Where did you get it?
I forget, but here it is: user-images.githubusercontent.com/19492564/147489875-84e755df-fc91-4e30-be9d-dade6c7b7a75.jpg
@@EricMurphyxyz Thank You
i can't make shift+delete work for me. In fact, i can't make any shortcut combination delete entries for me.
how do i replicate the rofi of the ones i see on unixporn? do i just copy and paste the config file?
You should be able to replicate it using the config file and any theme files
@@EricMurphyxyz thank you so much for the reply Eric!!!
I love Rofi.
I really don't like app desktop icons crowding my desktop.
Me too, the clean look is so nice
hello, i'm newbie, can i use your dotfiles for debian?, i'm a newbie.
what is the difference between run and drun?
Run both and you can see the difference. run shows every executable on your system whereas drun only shows those with desktop files. In practice, drun shows you better results, whereas run lists a bunch of commands that you would only use on the command line or in a script.
The rofi config is nolonger available in his dotfiles :/
You can just check the commit history
Can I combine drun and windows?
Where to find this wallpaper?
Here you go: user-images.githubusercontent.com/19492564/147489875-84e755df-fc91-4e30-be9d-dade6c7b7a75.jpg
Font?
I think in this video it's JetBrains Mono
Bro... How can i run gparted with rofi? haha
can u send me this wallpaper?
ericmurphy.xyz/wallpaper/1632497878211.jpg
@@EricMurphyxyz tysm!
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DMenu is practically dead at this moment.
Whatttt I was using it today
@@wealthofmind145 Well, it still works, but Rofi is far superior in functionality and styling.
Dmenu…..
Your keyboard sounds like a bass drum lol
Turn up your subwoofer for the full experience