command palette for terminals

runcmd.py

import time
from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
from pathlib import Path

info = "Pick a command"
items = Path("~/.config/awesome/scripts/data/commands.data").expanduser().read_text().split("\n")
selected = 0

rofi_cmd = f"""
rofi -dmenu -i -format i
-inputchange-action 'kb-row-first'
keys -kb-accept-alt ''
-p '{info}'
-selected-row {selected}
"""

rofi_cmd = " ".join(rofi_cmd.strip().split())

proc = Popen(
    rofi_cmd,
    stdout=PIPE,
    stdin=PIPE,
    shell=True,
    text=True,
)

s_index, stderr = proc.communicate("\n".join(items))
code = proc.returncode

if code == 1:
    exit(0)

index = int(s_index)
ans = items[index].strip()

if ans == "":
    exit(0)

time.sleep(0.2)
Popen(f"xdotool type '{ans}'", shell=True)