Suggestion: symlink appimage to folder in $PATH

[gobonja]

It would be great if bauh would create symlink of installed appimages in folder which is exist in $PATH.

With this feature application could be launched directly from terminal and parameters could be passed to app (e.g.)
vscodium ~/example-file or ksnip -f

Easiest solution would be to create symlink in $HOME/.local/bin/ (since this folder is already added to $PATH)

Or introduce new folder that needs to be added to $PATH
e.g. $HOME/.local/share/bauh/appimage/bin

Symlink should be created:

1. without app version
2. without appimage extension
3. should be in lowercase

Thanks for this great app!
Best regards

[vinifmor]

@gobonja it's a nice an easy improvement to add. The best path for the links would be ~/.local//bin, as you described, since the AppImage files are stored locally as well. There are some conditions bauh will have to deal with:

1. the app/link name must not exist in /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin and ~/.local/bin. If it does, the link will be named as name-appimage
2. if both app name and name-appimage exist in the paths described above, bauh will not link anything (but will log to the "Details" that the link could not be created)

If you have a better idea regarding these conditions, please, comment here.

[gobonja]

@vinifmor I think that your suggestions covers everything.

[vinifmor]

@gobonja , it is already available on staging. Could you give me a feedback if it is working properly on your end ? (you can install it through AUR as bauh-staging)

P.S: during the initialization process, bauh will create the symlinks if needed)

[gobonja]

I just tested it and it works perfectly.

Great work!

[vinifmor]

Great ! The final 0.9.6 release should be ready soon