Re: [dwm] Getting a List of Installed Applications in System

On Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:01:27 +0200
v4hn <me_AT_v4hn.de> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 08:28:03AM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I recently introduced my friend to DWM. He was using KDE before that.
> > He was very happy and surprised about the speed of DWM. Now, the
> > question he had was is there some sort of application menu that lists
> > all the installed apps? Like the kicker for KDE or its similar
> > GNOME/Fluxbox counterpart?
> > [...]
> > Any ideas?
>
> the menu of dwm - if there is any - is dmenu
> [ http://www.suckless.org/programs/dmenu.html ]
> It's nothing like kicker and friends and it's not intended to be.
> It's simple, it's fast(well, exporting the cache update to another script
> makes it quite fast..) and it's everything an advanced user may need... ;)
>

Thanks.

Yeah I showed him dmenu but he is not that advanced yet. Like he
remembers basic KDE applications like 'dolphin', 'konsole', etc. But he
forgets sometimes that pdf viewer for KDE is called okular or evolution
is used for email, etc.

Something like a categorical browser that shows all the office apps,
system apps, etc. would be perfect for his needs.

Amit
Received on Fri Oct 24 2008 - 18:17:00 UTC