[PATCH] Allow alternatives to dmenu for passmenu
Stefan Gehr
stefan.kerman.gehr at fau.de
Thu Jan 28 19:08:39 UTC 2021
Set the environment variable $PASSMENU_PROGRAM to your preferred menu
program. If it isn't set then dmenu will be used. This allows users to
use alternatives like bemenu.
---
contrib/{dmenu => passmenu}/README.md | 4 +++-
contrib/{dmenu => passmenu}/passmenu | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
rename contrib/{dmenu => passmenu}/README.md (72%)
rename contrib/{dmenu => passmenu}/passmenu (79%)
diff --git a/contrib/dmenu/README.md b/contrib/passmenu/README.md
similarity index 72%
rename from contrib/dmenu/README.md
rename to contrib/passmenu/README.md
index 9d54fb4..cee87eb 100644
--- a/contrib/dmenu/README.md
+++ b/contrib/passmenu/README.md
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
password manager. This design allows you to quickly copy a password to the
clipboard without having to open up a terminal window if you don't already have
one open. If `--type` is specified, the password is typed using [xdotool][]
-instead of copied to the clipboard.
+instead of copied to the clipboard. You can use alternatives to dmenu, like
+[bemenu][], by setting `$PASSMENU_PROGRAM` to the program of your preference.
# Usage
passmenu [--type] [dmenu arguments...]
[dmenu]: http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
+[bemenu]: https://github.com/Cloudef/bemenu
[xdotool]: http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/
[pass]: http://www.zx2c4.com/projects/password-store/
diff --git a/contrib/dmenu/passmenu b/contrib/passmenu/passmenu
similarity index 79%
rename from contrib/dmenu/passmenu
rename to contrib/passmenu/passmenu
index 83268bc..f63b9e6 100755
--- a/contrib/dmenu/passmenu
+++ b/contrib/passmenu/passmenu
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ password_files=( "$prefix"/**/*.gpg )
password_files=( "${password_files[@]#"$prefix"/}" )
password_files=( "${password_files[@]%.gpg}" )
-password=$(printf '%s\n' "${password_files[@]}" | dmenu "$@")
+[[ "$PASSMENU_PROGRAM" ]] || PASSMENU_PROGRAM="dmenu"
+
+password=$(printf '%s\n' "${password_files[@]}" | "$PASSMENU_PROGRAM" "$@")
[[ -n $password ]] || exit
--
2.30.0
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