dotfiles/awesome/main/menu.lua

--- awesome stdlib
local awful         = require("awful")
local hotkeys_popup = require("awful.hotkeys_popup").widget
--- theme lib
local beautiful     = require("beautiful") --- for awesome.icon

local M  = {}
local _M = {}
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--- import terminal variable from rc.lua
local terminal = RC.vars.terminal

--- import editor variable from OS environment
local editor     = os.getenv("EDITOR") or "nano"
local editor_cmd = terminal .. " -e " .. editor

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--- make it harder to quit awesome accidentally
M.quitmenu =
  {{ "i mean it!",  function() awesome.quit() end }}

--- "awesome" menu
M.awesome = {
  { "hotkeys"     , function() hotkeys_popup.show_help(nil,awful.screen.focused())
                      end                  },
  { "manual"      , terminal
                      .. " -e man awesome" },
  { "edit config" , editor_cmd
                      .. " "
                      .. awesome.conffile  },
  { "terminal"    , terminal               },
  { "restart"     , awesome.restart        },
  { "quit"        , M.quitmenu             }
}

--- browsers and other network-oriented software
M.network = {
  { "firefox"     ,  "firefox"                   },
  { "discord"     ,  "flatpak run\
                        com.discordapp.Discord"  },
  { "thunderbird" ,  "thunderbird"               },
  { "steam"       ,  "steam"                     },
  { "qbittorrent" ,  "qbittorrent"               },
  { "keepassxc"   ,  "keepassxc"                 }
}

--- DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS
M.develop = {
  { "vs code"          ,  "code"       },
  { "bless"            ,  "bless"                        },
  -- { "dbeaver studio"   ,  "flatpak run\
  --                           io.dbeaver.DBeaverCommunity" },
  -- { "beekeeper studio" ,  "flatpak run\
  --                           io.beekeeperstudio.Studio"   },
  { "sqlite browser"   ,    "sqlitebrowser"              }
}

--- emulators
M.emulators = {
  { "citra"       ,  "flatpak run\
                        org.citra_emu.citra"         },
  { "dolphin"     ,  "flatpak run\
                        org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu"  },
  { "yuzu"        ,  "flatpak run\
                        org.yuzu_emu.yuzu"           },
  { "duckstation" ,  "flatpak run\
                        org.duckstation.DuckStation" },
  { "PPSSPP"      ,  "flatpak run\
                        org.ppsspp.PPSSPP"           }
}

--- vintage story [different versions of VS for mods]
M.vtgstry = {
  { "latest"  ,  "vintagestory"  },
  { "flatpak" ,  "flatpak run\
                    at.vintagestory.VintageStory" }
}

--- videogames
M.games = {
  { "emulators"             ,  M.emulators                         },
  { "vintage story"         ,  M.vtgstry                           },
  { "team fortress 2"       ,  "steam\
                                  steam://rungameid/440"           },
  { "ballisticNG"           ,  "steam\
                                  steam://rungameid/473770"        },
  { "them's fightin' herds" ,  "steam\
                                  steam://rungameid/574980"        },
  { "doom"                  ,  "gzdoom"                            },
  { "osu!"                  ,  "flatpak run\
                                  sh.ppy.osu"                      },
  { "minecraft"             ,  "flatpak run\
                                  org.prismlauncher.PrismLauncher" },
  { "solitaire"             ,  "pysol"                             }
}

--- utilities [kind of a misc category]
M.utils = {
  { "xed"         ,  "xed"                                    },
  { "catfish"     ,  "catfish"                                },
  { "anki"        ,  "flatpak run net.ankiweb.Anki"           },
  { "mkvtoolnix"  ,  "mkvtoolnix-gui"                         },
  { "text pieces" ,  "flatpak run\
                        com.github.liferooter.textpieces"     },
  { "alacarte"    ,  "alacarte"                               },
  { "flatseal"    ,  "flatpak run com.github.tchx84.Flatseal" },
  { "xarchiver"   ,  "xarchiver"                              },
  { "piper"       ,  "piper"                                  },
  { "wally"       ,  "wally"                                  }
}

--- "media" programs [image viewers, video players, etc]
M.media = {
  { "hydrus"  ,  "flatpak run io.github.hydrusnetwork.hydrus"      },
  { "vlc"     ,  "vlc"                                             },
  { "youtube" ,  "/usr/lib64/chromium-browser/chromium-browser.sh\
                  --profile-directory=Default\
                  --app-id=agimnkijcaahngcdmfeangaknmldooml"       },
  { "spotify" ,  "flatpak run com.spotify.Client"                  },
  { "nomacs"  ,  "nomacs"                                          }
  }

--- "visual arts" stuff
M.vis = {
  { "blender" ,  "steam\
                    steam://rungameid/365670" },
  { "krita"   ,  "krita"                      },
  { "GIMP"    ,  "gimp-2.10"                  },
  { "beeref"  ,  "flatpak run\
                    org.beeref.BeeRef"        }
}
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function _M.get()

--- main menu
local menu_items = {
  { "awesome"  ,  M.awesome,
                    beautiful.awesome_subicon },
  { "terminal" ,  terminal                    },
  { "thunar"   ,  "Thunar"                    },
  { "www"      ,  M.network                   },
  { "media"    ,  M.media                     },
  { "dev"      ,  M.develop                   },
  { "art"      ,  M.vis                       },
  { "games"    ,  M.games                     },
  { "utils"    ,  M.utils                     }
}
  return menu_items
end
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return setmetatable({}, { __call = function(_, ...) return _M.get(...) end })