recommend i3-dmenu-desktop in the default config

We might replace dmenu_run in v4.5, depending on the feedback we get for
v4.4.

diff --git a/i3.config b/i3.config
index 05ffb8f803ef4a1f77582b05cd4196a5ba2d070d..ff6c9dbe8282f02759cf9d79a9026005cdb102bc 100644 (file)
--- a/i3.config
+++ b/i3.config
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ bindsym Mod1+Shift+q kill
 
 # start dmenu (a program launcher)
 bindsym Mod1+d exec dmenu_run
+# There also is the (new) i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications
+# shipping a .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that
+# installed.
+# bindsym Mod1+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop
 
 # change focus
 bindsym Mod1+j focus left

diff --git a/i3.config.keycodes b/i3.config.keycodes
index 21229208ff43801f0487e3162efb8d5ec17a1071..0da3d77a7766e33f45ed2548dbd46866c619d765 100644 (file)
--- a/i3.config.keycodes
+++ b/i3.config.keycodes
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ bindcode $mod+Shift+24 kill
 
 # start dmenu (a program launcher)
 bindcode $mod+40 exec dmenu_run
+# There also is the (new) i3-dmenu-desktop which only displays applications
+# shipping a .desktop file. It is a wrapper around dmenu, so you need that
+# installed.
+# bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id i3-dmenu-desktop
 
 # change focus
 bindcode $mod+44 focus left