gmrun and pasting (was Re: [Xmonad] darcs patch: fix typo. (and 1 more))

Gwern Branwen on 2007-04-15 23:20:24 -0400:

Alec Berryman writes:

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Donald Bruce Stewart on 2007-04-16 09:13:31 +1000:

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droundy:

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After that, I'd be interested in a decent input prompt (which dmenu is not). Ion's is better, but I'd rather figure out how to make use of an actual bash shell, as the tab completion of ion's query box is annoying (but better than nothing).

Does anyone know of a 3rd party tool for this? Like dmenu , but for more complex input?

gmrun includes tab-completion, handles URLs, and can open specified programs in a shell.

Does gmrun also handle pasting, either through a mouse or a keybinding (preferably the latter)?

Yes to both, but due to either a bug in gmrun or xmonad, it isn't particularly convenient. If I copy something to the X11 clipboard by selecting it with the mouse, then run gmrun via the default keybinding, I can't paste either with a middle click or with shift-insert. If I switch to another window, I can still paste what I had previously copied, and if I now copy something to the clipboard and switch back to the still-running gmrun I can paste fine.