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@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ scraper for yts.mx, has an optional dependency on pirowatch. if you pass "-o" as the first argument it'll print the scraped torrent link to stdout otherwise it will pass the link to pirowatch +## menu_run +this scripts does the same job as the dmenu_run script, they why use it? +dmenu_run depends on stest, they will not be available if you're not +running xorg and don't have dmenu installed. menu_run only uses built in sh +commands but if the cache is not prepared dmenu_run will run about +1.16 +- 0.04 faster than the mentioned script, if it is then menu_run +will run 2.54 +- 0.26 faster than dmenu_run, which will be the most likely +situation . though the scale of the gains are very small the main goal +of the script is to get rid of dependence on stest and dmenu + ## vpn dmenu wrapper for wireguard, has an optional dependency on wip. you can pass wireguard config name as the first argument otherwise it will use the default diff --git a/menu_run b/menu_run new file mode 100755 index 0000000..0d5a0c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/menu_run @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +menu="wmenu" +cache_dir="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-"$HOME/.cache"}" +cache="$cache_dir/wmenu_run" + +uptodate() +{ + IFS=: + for path in $PATH + do + test "$path" -nt "$cache" && + return 1 + done + + return 0 +} + +get_bin() +{ + IFS=: + for path in $PATH + do + for bin in "$path"/* + do + [ -x "$bin" ] && + echo "${bin##*/}" + done + done +} + +main() +{ + [ -d "$cache_dir" ] || + mkdir -p "$cache_dir" + [ -z "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" ] && + menu="dmenu" + + if [ -f "$cache" ] && uptodate + then + "$menu" "$@" < "$cache" | ${SHELL:-"/bin/sh"} & + else + get_bin | sort -u | tee "$cache" | "$menu" "$@" | ${SHELL:-"/bin/sh"} & + fi +} + +main "$@" |