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+title: "Rofi and its powerful scripts"
+date: 2024-05-14
+description: ""
+tags: ["tech"]
+---
+
+{{< lead >}}
+When you realize necessity is the mother of invention
+{{< /lead >}}
+
+{{< katex >}}
+
+## Help with Sxhkd
+
+I kept on forgetting the keybindings of my [bspwm](https://github.com/baskerville/bspwm) + [sxhkd](https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd) workflow setup, initially. The obvious solution was to setup a help menu which will help me remember the bindings whenever I needed them. That is when I went on a internet voyage to find such a thing.
+To my relief I found the perfect [blog](https://my-take-on.tech/2020/07/03/some-tricks-for-sxhkd-and-bspwm/) describing this and many cool features we can achieve in the setup when combined with [rofi](https://github.com/davatorium/rofi).
+
+`sxhkd-help`
+```shell
+#!/bin/bash
+
+awk '/^[a-z]/ && last {print "<small>",$0,"\t",last,"</small>"} {last=""} /^#/{last=$0}' ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc |
+    column -t -s $'\t' |
+    rofi -dmenu -i -markup-rows -no-show-icons -width 1000 -lines 15 -yoffset 40
+```
+
+And then just add an appropriate key binding in a the `sxhkdrc` file
+
+```shell
+# help menu
+super + slash
+    ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkd-help
+```
+
+## Clipboard
+
+The same blog describes a method to setup a clipboard using rofi, sxhkd and [clipmenu](https://github.com/cdown/clipmenu) in the following manner.
+
+`sxhkdrc`
+```shell
+# clipboard
+alt + v
+    CM_LAUNCHER=rofi clipmenu \
+        -location 1 \
+        -m -3 \
+        -no-show-icons \
+        -theme-str '* \{ font: 10px; \}' \
+        -theme-str 'listview \{ spacing: 0; \}' \
+        -theme-str 'window \{ width: 20em; \}'
+```
+
+The result is a very concise clipboard showing the recent clips.
+
+---