l7-dmenu-desktop:

• put scripts in your PATH
• looks for .desktop files in ~/.local/share/applications/; /usr/share/; /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/; ~/.local/flatpak/exports/share/applications/
  • will build cache on first run (takes about one second on my system with 450 .desktop files)
  • after initial caching will update on change (faster)
• includes aliases from ~/.config/l7-dmenu-desktop/aliases
  • syntax: alias <name>=<command>
• removes entries specified in ~/.config/l7-dmenu-desktop/excludes
  • write one exclude per line
• to include regular binaries from PATH add "addpath=1" to ~/.config/l7-dmenu-desktop/config
• to change menu that is used use --dmenu=<menu>
  • if using dmenu (not --dmenu=), arguments will be passed to it
• instead of your desired prompt write ~prompt~ without ' or "
• to change the default prompts add variables to ~/.config/l7-dmenu-desktop/config:
  • prompt1=<first prompt (the one you see on launch)>
  • prompt2=<second prompt (the confirmation on launching a program that is not on the list)>
    • use ~command~ to insert the command that is asked to be run
• write ~<command> into the menu to directly run it in bash

Important

• dependencies (that where not installed on my ArcoLinux system):
  • dmenu (or other similar menu)
  • dex
  • parallel
  • awk
• if you are not using alacritty change the terminal manually in line 184
• if you want to use less or more than 12 cores change it manually in line 74