Unsure how to make use of the examples

[ngirard]

Heya,

I just compiled successfully 3 of the 4 example programs, but nothing happens when running them:

cargo run --example todo_app

cargo run --example simple_window

cargo run --example simple_action

Is it expected ?
Cheers !

[abatkin]

Do you have rofi in your PATH when you run it?

[krruzic]

Hey, thanks for the issue. As abatkin said, check that first. I actually have a half-done major rewrite to this that I really need to push, I'm gonna make time this week to see what I have (its been way too long).
I really didn't expect this to be used by anyone which is why this issue went unanswered for so long.
@abatkin @ngirard @rupansh if you're still interested in this project let me know and watch for a commit here that changes a bunch of stuff. I'm also looking for feedback in how to make this better: one idea I have is support for "tabs" using the multi-menu feature of rofi.

[mattlennon3]

Hi @krruzic, I just stumbled across this repo after looking for some examples of a rofi/rust project. The todo example is really great!

Could you please let me know if I am missing something, but how would I actually build an example to a .so file or something rofi can use? I also use rofi-calc and that puts a .so file into /usr/lib/rofi, so I was hoping to do the same for a rofi plugin I was hoping to make. <- Sorry, I was being lazy here. I haven't used rust for a few months and it's pretty obvious I just need to add your crate and use it in my project like in the examples :P
Thanks!

[ngirard]

Wow. For some reason I completely missed this issue's comments until @mattlennon3's.

@abatkin, thanks for your comment, that was indeed the issue.
@krruzic, as obvious at it may seem, would you mind adding to the README that Rofi is needed ?

if you're still interested in this project let me know and watch for a commit here that changes a bunch of stuff

Yeah, definitely interested !

Feel free to close this issue. I'm leaving it open because of @mattlennon3's request.

Cheers !

[ngirard]

Also @mattlennon3 , FWIW, I just stumbled upon dmenu-rs which was never announced on /r/rust. Perhaps an opportunity for you guys to work together ? That would be great !

[mattlennon3]

Cheers for the replies @ngirard. I have noticed dmenu-rs but I have tried dmenu before and would prefer to use rofi atm 😄