'-sep' option for script modi

[vredesbyyrd]

Version

1.5.4-1

Launch Command

rofi -modi "ffh:/home/clu/experiments/fire-hist/ffh.lua" -show ffh -async-pre-read 30 -eh 2 -sep '^'

Steps to reproduce

• run rofi

What behaviour you see

• Since '-sep' is dmenu specific, option is ignored.

What behaviour you expect to see

With rofi in dmenu mode, you can use the -sep and -eh options to display a single selection across a multiple lines, e.g echo -en "a\nb^c\nd" | rofi -dmenu -sep '^' -eh 2. IMO, this can be a nice way to display data. I do this for a firefox tab switcher script.

I have been wanting to display information this way but with modi scripts rather than -dmenu. I do not think its possible at the moment, maybe programmatically in the script itself but I have not had any success yet.

Could the -sep option or a similar function be added to mode scripts?

Thanks for your time.

[DaveDavenport]

How is that going to work if you have multiple script modi that require different 'sep'.

[vredesbyyrd]

How is that going to work if you have multiple script modi that require different 'sep'.

I asked myself that after posting this. The best I could think of is an option similar to -display-{mode} string. With my previous launch command example...

rofi -modi "window,run,ffh:/home/clu/experiments/fire-hist/ffh.lua" -show ffh -separator-ffh "^"

Although it would have the same function as the dmenu option -sep maybe a distinct name to differentiate it makes sense, -delimiter-(mode) string?

I assume I am overlooking important considerations and perhaps this level of control should be left for -dmenu or c plugins. There are just certain use cases where I prefer the mode scripts over -dmenu.

[DaveDavenport]

Added option to change delimiter in script mode.

[vredesbyyrd]

Right on, thank you for implementing this. I only tested it briefly and all seems to work well. When time abides I have a script in mind that will utilize this option so I'll test more than.

Much appreciated, closing.

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