rofi-nerdy

Nerd font icon selector plugin for rofi

Dependencies

Commands used vary depending on your chosen display server:

Wayland

• wl-clipboard
• wtype

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X11

• xclip
• xdotool

Installation

AUR

paru -S rofi-nerdy

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just

1. Clone repo:

   git clone https://github.com/Rolv-Apneseth/rofi-nerdy.git

2. Use just to install (requires cargo and just)

   cd rofi-nerdy && sudo just install

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Home Manager

programs.rofi = {
  enable = true;
  plugins = with pkgs; [
    rofi-nerdy
  ];
};

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Manual (not recommended)

git clone https://github.com/Rolv-Apneseth/rofi-nerdy.git
cd rofi-nerdy
cargo build --release --lib
sudo cp target/release/librofi_nerdy.so /usr/lib/rofi/nerdy.so

If you are using the latest changes from the rofi repo (e.g. rofi-lbonn-wayland-git, rofi-git), then the build step needs to be preceded by RUSTFLAGS="--cfg rofi_next" for it to work

Usage

After installing, simply run the following command:

rofi -modi nerdy -show nerdy

However, I also recommend setting a theme with the -theme flag. To achieve what is shown in the demo image, have a look at my rofi config, specifically the icons.rasi file (follow the import chain for the full theme).

Keybinds

Keybind	Default rofi keybind	Action
kb-accept-entry	Enter	Copy icon
kb-accept-alt	Shift+Enter	Attempt to insert icon

• To change a rofi keybind, you can, for example, use -kb-accept-entry Ctrl+c

Acknowledgement

The creation of this plugin was directly inspired by nerdy.nvim, so thank you to @2KAbhishek.

Of course, thank you also to the creator and maintainers of the nerd fonts themselves.