arvis-app-launcher-plugin v0.1.7

arvis-app-launcher-plugin

Cross platform app launcher plugin for Arvis

Demo on mac:

Installation

1. Install by npm

$ npm i -g arvis-app-launcher-plugin

2. Cache program icons by typing below command in Arvis.

(Only supported on mac currently)

@cache/arvis-app-launcher-plugin

Config

You can edit this plugin's config on User config table like below.

And type @cache/arvis-app-launcher-plugin to cache icon images (mac os only)

applicationFolders

type: object

default value:

• windows: C:\\ProgramData\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs

• macos: /Applications

• linux: /usr/share/applications, /usr/local/share/applications, /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/, /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/, ~/.local/share/applications/

Change the path you want to assign to explore.

If this plugin doesn't work properly, need to check this path exists.

deep

type: number

default value: 3

Sets the depth to explore

In macos, it is fixed by 1 to avoid to explore in App file.

concurrency

type: number | undefined

default value: os.cpus().length

Specifies the number of cpu to use to explore.

Icon sources

This plugin uses below icon sources

Image icon by Icons8

Related

• fast-glob - API for this module.

• arvish - Arvis workflow, plugin creator tools

• other plugins

To do

• Write application icon caching logic. It depends on OS.

• macos (O)
• windows (X)
• linux (X)