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Rofi-Based Project Launcher with IDE Selection
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
# KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS | |
# Alt+S → show subprojects | |
# Alt+I → choose IDE | |
PROJECTS_DIR="$HOME/Projects" | |
DEFAULT_IDE="code" | |
declare -A IDES=( | |
["VS Code"]="code" | |
["Rider"]="rider" | |
["Zed"]="zed" | |
) | |
choose_project() { | |
local base_dir="$1" | |
declare -a stack=() | |
while true; do | |
menu_items="" | |
if [ ${#stack[@]} -gt 0 ]; then | |
menu_items=".. (Go Back)\n" | |
fi | |
menu_items+=$(find "$base_dir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf "%f\n" | sort) | |
selection=$(echo -e "$menu_items" | rofi -dmenu \ | |
-p "Projects in $(basename "$base_dir")" \ | |
-kb-custom-1 "Alt+s" \ | |
-kb-custom-2 "Alt+i") | |
exit_code=$? | |
[ $exit_code -eq 1 ] && return 1 | |
[ -z "$selection" ] && return 1 | |
if [ "$selection" == ".. (Go Back)" ]; then | |
base_dir="${stack[-1]}" | |
unset 'stack[-1]' | |
continue | |
fi | |
selected_path="$base_dir/$selection" | |
if [ $exit_code -eq 10 ]; then | |
if [ "$(find "$selected_path" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | wc -l)" -gt 0 ]; then | |
stack+=("$base_dir") | |
base_dir="$selected_path" | |
continue | |
else | |
notify-send "No subfolders in $selection" | |
fi | |
elif [ $exit_code -eq 11 ]; then | |
choose_ide "$selected_path" | |
break | |
else | |
"$DEFAULT_IDE" "$selected_path" & | |
break | |
fi | |
done | |
} | |
choose_ide() { | |
local project="$1" | |
local ide_list | |
ide_list=$(printf "%s\n" "${!IDES[@]}") | |
chosen_ide=$(echo "$ide_list" | rofi -dmenu -p "Choose IDE:") | |
[ -z "$chosen_ide" ] && return | |
eval "${IDES[$chosen_ide]} \"$project\"" & | |
} | |
choose_project "$PROJECTS_DIR" |
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