rofi-unicode

Unicode selector plugin for rofi

Dependencies

Wayland

• wl-clipboard
• wtype

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X11

• xclip
• xdotool

Installation

AUR

paru -S rofi-unicode

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just

1. Clone repo:

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

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

   cd rofi-unicode && sudo just install

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Manual (not recommended)

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

However, I also recommend setting a theme with the -theme flag. The demo uses the builtin Monokai theme (-theme Monokai), and for my own use I have custom themes here, as seen on the demo image for rofi-nerdy. Experiment with what works for you.

Keybinds

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

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

Other Rofi plugins

• rofimoji: I wish I had found this one before bothering to work on this ... probably better all around, and allows choosing specific groups, and even nerd font icons
• rofi-emoji: much better than this plugin for emojis specifically
• rofi-calc: calculator with natural language parsing - pretty cool

And of course, shameless plug of my own ones:

• rofi-games: launch games installed from various sources on your system
• rofi-nerdy: like this plugin but for nerd font icons

Acknowledgement

• This SO Q+A for pointing me towards the Unicode Character Database
• rofi-mode-rs for the Rust bindings to create Rofi plugins
• All the other dependencies of this project, and all their dependencies too