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launcher

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Versions in this module

v0

v0.4.0

Oct 25, 2026

v0.3.1

Oct 17, 2026

Changes in this version

+ type CommandProviderConfig struct

+ Command []string

+ Description string

+ Glyph string

+ Name string

+ OnSelect func(query, selection string) error

+ Prefix string

type Provider

+ func CommandProvider(cfg CommandProviderConfig) Provider

type Service

+ func (s *Service) RefreshApplications() ([]Entry, error)

v0.3.0

Oct 17, 2026

Changes in this version

type Action

+ ExecArgv []string

type Entry

+ TerminalApp bool

type Service

+ func (s *Service) Applications() ([]Entry, error)

type ServiceConfig

+ TerminalDesktopID func() string

v0.2.2

Oct 17, 2026

v0.2.1

Oct 14, 2026

Changes in this version

type Entry

+ Categories []string

+ ExecArgv []string

+ WorkDir string

v0.2.0

Sep 27, 2026

Changes in this version

type Provider

+ Activate func(query, id, action string) error

+ Inline bool

type Result

+ Action string

type ServiceConfig

+ ApplicationsGlyph string

+ Providers []Provider

v0.1.0

Sep 1, 2026

Changes in this version

+ const PlaceholderGlyph

+ var ErrNoTerminal = errors.New("launcher: no terminal found")

+ var ErrServiceClosed = errors.New("launcher: service closed")

+ type Action struct

+ Argv []string

+ ID string

+ IconName string

+ Name string

+ type Entry struct

+ Actions []Action

+ Argv []string

+ Comment string

+ GenericName string

+ ID string

+ IconName string

+ Keywords []string

+ Name string

+ Terminal bool

+ type History struct

+ func DefaultHistory(logf func(string, ...any)) *History

+ func OpenHistory(path string, logf func(string, ...any)) *History

+ type Provider struct

+ Description string

+ Glyph string

+ Name string

+ Prefix string

+ Query func(query string) []Result

+ type Result struct

+ Entry Entry

+ Score int

+ type Service struct

+ func NewService(cfg ServiceConfig) *Service

+ func (s *Service) Activate(id, action string) error

+ func (s *Service) Close()

+ func (s *Service) Open()

+ func (s *Service) Query(text string)

+ func (s *Service) Results() <-chan []Result

+ type ServiceConfig struct

+ ActivateTimeout time.Duration

+ Getenv func(string) string

+ History *History

+ Logf func(string, ...any)

+ LookPath func(string) (string, error)

+ Now func() time.Time

+ Rank func(entries []Entry, query string, boost func(query, identifier string) int) []Result

+ Run func(ctx context.Context, argv []string) error

+ Scan func() []Entry

+ StaleAfter time.Duration