nkia-christoph / pop-launcher-plugin-app-profiles

Launch different profiles of your apps in Pop!_OS Launcher!

App Profiles

A Pop!_OS Launcher Plugin to launch Apps with Profiles written in Rust.

Usage

• Start Launcher
• Type 2_char_app_shorthand followed by space
  • Pick a listed profile
• Type profile_name + enter

Installation Directories

• User-local plugin: ~/.local/share/pop-launcher/plugins/app-profiles/
• System-wide install: /etc/pop-launcher/plugins/app-profiles/

Configuration

In app-profiles/config create an {app}.ron file for each app you want to launch with multiple profiles/workspaces or be started with different files and/or sets of arguments.

Example: default firefox.ron

( // class name leads to error
  // shorthand to trigger search and view of profiles
  shorthand: "ff",
  cmd: "/usr/bin/firefox", // "firefox"
  args: "-P",
  profile_dirs: [
    "~/.mozilla/firefox"
  ],
  // if profile_filename is given, profile_regex will be applied to the file contents instead of the filenames of the files in profile_dirs.
  profile_filename: Some("profiles.ini"),
  // regex to match profiles or profile names in file or directory - capture name with group!
  profile_regex: r"\[Profile\d+\]\nName=(.+)\n", // "\\[Profile\\d+\\]\\nName=(.+)\\n"
  // other entries to add
  opt_entries: Some([
    (
      name: "Manage Profiles",
      desc: Some("Manage Firefox Profiles"),
      // will use std cmd
      cmd: None,
      args: Some("-ProfileManager"),
    ),
  ])
  // icon name (if standard) or path
  icon: Some("firefox"),
)

See Usage for this example in action.

Roadmap 🚀

until 1.0.0:

• 😎 fuzzyfind app entries
• 🤖 impl. autocompletion
• 🎓 make it rustier (nicer control flow & error handling, less cloning)
• 🗑️ ditch smol for tokio (as the pop/cosmmic guys did)
• 🚀 override regex in plugin.ron depending on app configs
• 🔧 integrate new pop launcher standard logging
• 🏇 proper resource handling (less cloning, more Rc, Cow, Box and shit)
• 👥 when installed system-wide, also scan user config dirs

future / nice to have:

• some basic concurrency
• find a way to integrate with open window list in launcher & display profile name on open window entry in launcher
• firefox specific: manage profiles from launcher:
  • create new
  • delete old
  • rename
  • copy existing
• vscode specific: add/remove available workspaces from launcher

Further Reading:

• Pop Launcher ReadMe
• Launcher Rust Docs
• Ron - Rusty Object Notation