From f088369332591b5b4e204f3cc87c4946b4bee376 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: voidarc <admin@voidarc.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:48:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fixed some nonsense with otter launcher

---
 .config/otter-launcher/config.toml | 38 +++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.config/otter-launcher/config.toml b/.config/otter-launcher/config.toml
index 8323b2cf..f18dcbbe 100644
--- a/.config/otter-launcher/config.toml
+++ b/.config/otter-launcher/config.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ header = """
 	"""
 header_cmd = "" # run a command and print stdout above the header
 header_cmd_trimmed_lines = 0 # remove trailing lines from header_cmd output, in case of some programs appending excessive empty lines
-place_holder = "otterly awesome" # at the input field
+place_holder = "execute" # at the input field
 suggestion_mode = "list" # available options: list, hint
 footer = "" # add a line after suggestion list
 suggestion_lines = 8 # 0 to disable suggestions and tab completion
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ prefix_padding = 3 # format prefixes to have a uniformed width
 default_module_message = "  \u001B[33mlaunch\u001B[0m app" # shown when the default module is in use
 empty_module_message = "" # shown when the empty module is in use
 customized_list_order = false # false to list modules alphabetically; true to list as per the configured order in the below [[modules]] section
-indicator_with_arg_module = "* " # the sign showing whether a module should run with an argument
-indicator_no_arg_module = ""
+indicator_with_arg_module = " * " # the sign showing whether a module should run with an argument
+indicator_no_arg_module = " "
 # below color options affect all modules; per-module coloring can be configured using ansi codes individually
 prefix_color = "\u001B[33m"
 description_color = "\u001B[39m"
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ prefix = "app"
 cmd = """
 hyprctl dispatch resizeactive 300 500 &&
 hyprctl dispatch centerwindow &&
-fsel -d
+hyprctl dispatch exec $(fsel --no-exec)
 """
 
 [[modules]]
@@ -73,26 +73,10 @@ description = "nerd icons"
 prefix = "nerd"
 cmd = """
 hyprctl dispatch resizeactive 300 500 &&
-hyprctl dispatch centerwindow &
+hyprctl dispatch centerwindow &&
 hyprctl dispatch exec wl-copy $(cat ~/.config/otter-launcher/icons.json | jq -r '. | to_entries[] | "\\(.value.char)  \\(.key)"' | fzf | awk '{print $1}' | tr -d '\n')
 """
 
-[[modules]]
-description = "power menu (fzf)"
-prefix = "po"
-cmd = """
-function power {
-if [[ -n $1 ]]; then
-case $1 in
-"logout") session=`loginctl session-status | head -n 1 | awk '{print $1}'`; loginctl terminate-session $session ;;
-"suspend") systemctl suspend ;;
-"hibernate") systemctl hibernate ;;
-"reboot") systemctl reboot ;;
-"shutdown") systemctl poweroff ;;
-esac fi }
-power $(echo -e 'reboot\nshutdown\nlogout\nsuspend\nhibernate' | fzf --padding 1,2 --info-command 'printf " power menu ($FZF_POS/$FZF_TOTAL_COUNT)"' --cycle --gutter " " --pointer " ▌" --color "bg+:-1,pointer:1,info:8,separator:8,scrollbar:0" --prompt '  ' | tail -1)
-"""
-
 [[modules]]
 description = "run command"
 prefix = "sh"
@@ -112,7 +96,9 @@ hyprctl dispatch exec "kitty -e nvim --cmd 'cd ~/Notes/'"
 [[modules]]
 description = "nixos wiki"
 prefix = "nw"
-cmd = "firefox --new-window 'https://wiki.nixos.org/w/index.php?search={}'"
+cmd = """
+hyprctl dispatch exec "firefox --new-window 'https://wiki.nixos.org/w/index.php?search={}'"
+"""
 with_argument = true
 url_encode = true
 unbind_proc = true
@@ -120,7 +106,9 @@ unbind_proc = true
 [[modules]]
 description = "search nixpkgs"
 prefix = "nix"
-cmd = "firefox --new-window 'https://search.nixos.org/packages?query={}'"
+cmd = """
+hyprctl dispatch exec "firefox --new-window 'https://search.nixos.org/packages?query={}'"
+"""
 with_argument = true
 url_encode = true
 unbind_proc = true
@@ -128,7 +116,9 @@ unbind_proc = true
 [[modules]]
 description = "cambridge dict"
 prefix = "dc"
-cmd = "firefox --new-window 'https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/{}'"
+cmd = """
+hyprctl dispatch exec "firefox --new-window 'https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/{}'"
+"""
 with_argument = true
 url_encode = true
 unbind_proc = true