added herbstcommander.sh script

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/herbstcommander.sh b/scripts/herbstcommander.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# herbstcommander.sh - launch herbstluftwm-commands via dmenu
+# Written by Florian Bruhin <me@the-compiler.org>
+
+config="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/herbstluftwm/herbstcommander"
+[[ -f "$config" ]] && source "$config"
+dmenu_cmd=${dmenu_cmd:-dmenu}
+herbstclient_cmd=${herbstclient_cmd:-herbstclient}
+prompt=${prompt:-herbstluft: }
+display_reply=${display_reply:-true}
+
+cmd=()
+
+while :; do
+	completion=$(herbstclient complete "${#cmd[@]}" "${cmd[@]}") 
+	if [[ -z "$completion" ]]; then
+		echo "Executing ${cmd[@]}"
+		reply=$(herbstclient "${cmd[@]}")
+		status=$?
+		if [[ "$display_reply" && "$reply" ]]; then
+			 dmenu -p "${cmd[*]}" <<< "$reply" >/dev/null
+		fi
+		exit $status
+	else
+		cmd+=( $(dmenu -p "herbstluft: ${cmd[@]}" <<< "$completion") )
+		(( $? != 0 )) && exit 125 # dmenu was killed
+	fi
+done