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diff --git a/desktop/rofi/README b/desktop/rofi/README index 565f60ba4db91..f79bc37183083 100644 --- a/desktop/rofi/README +++ b/desktop/rofi/README @@ -1,6 +1,12 @@ -A popup window switcher roughly based on superswitcher, requiring -only xlib and xft. This version started off as a clone of -simpleswitcher, the version from Sean Pringle. All credit for this -great tool should go to him. Rofi developed extra features, like -a run-dialog, ssh-launcher and can act as a drop-in dmenu -replacement, making it a very versatile tool. +Rofi is a window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement. + +Rofi, like dmenu, will provide the user with a textual list of options where +one or more can be selected. This can either be running an application, +selecting a window, or options provided by an external script. + +Rofi started as a clone of simpleswitcher, written by Sean Pringle - a popup +window switcher roughly based on superswitcher. Simpleswitcher laid the +foundations, and therefore Sean Pringle deserves most of the credit for this +tool. Rofi (renamed, as it lost the simple property) has been extended with +extra features, like an application launcher and ssh-launcher, and can act as +a drop-in dmenu replacement, making it a very versatile tool. |