Add application launcher and rewritten window switcher, remove rofi as its no longer needed and replaced by widgets. Fixed a lot of bugs and weird behaviour

awesome/src/tools/desktop_parser.lua

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 local gears = require("gears")
 local GLib = require("lgi").GLib
 
+local m = {}
+
 ---Will return every $XDG_DATA_DIRS
 ---@return table
 local function get_paths()
@@ -18,13 +20,98 @@ local function get_paths()
   return dirs
 end
 
+---Returns every found .desktop file that has NoDesktop=false or unset
+---@return table
+function m.Get_all_visible_desktop()
+  local dirs = get_paths()
+  local desktops = {}
+  for _, dir in ipairs(dirs) do
+    local files = io.popen('find "' .. dir .. '" -type f,l')
+    if files then
+      for file in files:lines() do
+        if gears.filesystem.file_readable(file) then
+          --[[ local symlink = lfs.symlinkattributes(file, "target")
+          if symlink then
+            file = dir .. symlink
+          end ]]
+          local handler = io.open(file, "r")
+          if not handler then
+            return {}
+          end
+          while true do
+            local line = handler:read()
+            if not line then break end
+            if line:match("^%[Desktop Entry%]") then
+              local name, comment, icon, exec, keywords, terminal, categories, nodisplay = "", "", "", "", "", "", "",
+                  false
+              while true do
+                local prop = handler:read() or nil
+                if ((not prop) and name ~= "") or prop:match("^%[(.+)%]") then
+                  local desktop_table = {
+                    name = name or "",
+                    comment = comment or "",
+                    icon = icon or "",
+                    exec = exec or "",
+                    keywords = keywords or "",
+                    terminal = terminal or false,
+                    categories = categories or "",
+                    nodisplay = nodisplay or false,
+                    file = file
+                  }
+                  table.insert(desktops, desktop_table)
+                  break
+                end
+
+                if prop:match("^Name=") then
+                  name = prop:match("Name=(.+)")
+                end
+                if prop:match("^Comment=") then
+                  comment = prop:match("Comment=(.+)")
+                end
+                if prop:match("^Icon=") then
+                  icon = prop:match("Icon=(.+)")
+                end
+                if prop:match("^Exec=") then
+                  exec = prop:match("Exec=(.+)"):gsub("%%u", ""):gsub("%%U", ""):gsub("%%f", ""):gsub("%%F", ""):gsub("%%i"
+                    , ""):gsub("%%c", ""):gsub("%%k", "")
+                end
+                if prop:match("^Keywords=") then
+                  keywords = prop:match("Keywords=(.+)")
+                end
+                if prop:match("^Terminal=") then
+                  terminal = prop:match("Terminal=(.+)")
+                end
+                if prop:match("^Categories=") then
+                  categories = prop:match("Categories=(.+)")
+                end
+                if prop:match("^NoDisplay=") then
+                  nodisplay = prop:match("NoDisplay=(.+)")
+                  if nodisplay == "false" then
+                    nodisplay = false
+                  else
+                    nodisplay = true
+                  end
+                end
+              end
+              break
+            end
+          end
+          handler:close()
+        end
+      end
+      files:close()
+    end
+  end
+  return desktops
+end
+
 ---Returns every .desktop file into a table
 ---@param file table .desktop files
 ---@return table
-return function(file)
+function m.Get_desktop_values(file)
 
   if not file or file == "" then
-    return
+    return {}
   end
 
   local handler = nil
@@ -37,7 +124,7 @@ return function(file)
   end
 
   if not handler then
-    return
+    return {}
   end
 
   local desktop_table = {}
@@ -48,7 +135,7 @@ return function(file)
       break
     end
 
-    if line:match("[Desktop Entry]") then
+    if line:match("^%[Desktop Entry%]") then
       while true do
         local property = handler:read()
         if not property then
@@ -62,13 +149,17 @@ return function(file)
         if property:match("^Name=") then
           desktop_table["Name"] = property:match("Name=(.+)")
         elseif property:match("^Exec") then
-          -- Second match is to remove the %u and %F some applications use to open a URI. It's not needed here
-          desktop_table["Exec"] = property:match("Exec=(.+)"):gsub("%%u", ""):gsub("%%F", "")
+          -- Second match is to remove the %u, %U and %f, %F some applications use to open a URI/URL. It's not needed here
+          desktop_table["Exec"] = property:match("Exec=(.+)"):gsub("%%u", ""):gsub("%%U", ""):gsub("%%f", ""):gsub("%%F"
+            , ""):gsub("%%i", ""):gsub("%%c", ""):gsub("%%k", "")
         elseif property:match("^Icon=") then
           desktop_table["Icon"] = property:match("Icon=(.+)")
         end
       end
     end
   end
+  handler:close()
   return desktop_table
 end
+
+return m