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Created November 1, 2020 04:35
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dmenu.el
(setq dmenu-cfg " | dmenu -i -l 20 -p .")
(defun dmenu-ag ()
(interactive)
(setq my_shell_output (shell-command-to-string (concat "ag . " dmenu-cfg)))
(setq splitted (split-string my_shell_output ":"))
(when (> (length splitted) 1)
(find-file (car splitted))
(goto-line (string-to-number (nth 1 splitted)))))
(defun dmenu-ag-in-file ()
(interactive)
(setq my_command (concat "ag . " buffer-file-name dmenu-cfg))
(setq my_shell_output (shell-command-to-string my_command))
(setq splitted (split-string my_shell_output ":"))
(when (> (length splitted) 1)
(goto-line (string-to-number (car splitted)))))
(defun dmenu-find-file (&optional dir)
(interactive)
(setq command (concat "ls -a" dmenu-cfg))
(setq output (shell-command-to-string command))
(when (> (length output) 1)
(find-file (substring output 0 -1))))
(defun dmenu-switch-buffer (&optional dir)
(interactive)
(setq command (concat (format "%s" (buffer-list)) dmenu-cfg))
(setq splitted (split-string my_shell_output ":"))
(print command))
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Dropping the YouTube video, for the record:
(1062) Emacs + dmenu is awesome! bye bye Ivy! - YouTube

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