add priority for list entries

[abenz1267]

Hi,

i think it'd be good to have some form of control over the searching algorithm in form of priority. F.e. i've created https://github.com/abenz1267/hyproff and it lists Hyprland windows.

The "problem": if i have spotify open i'd like the spotify window entry to be in top, not the executable in $PATH.

Do you think this would make sense?

Regards

[j0ru]

Hey,
just to clarify your use case, are you using kickoff with both, the --from-stdin and --from-path option?
Would it be enough if you could define a bonus score for items that are read from a different source i.e. for --from-stdin or would you need a per entry priority?

More control over the search parameters is something I've wanted to build for a while, especially because there is quite an old issue regarding this #30

[abenz1267]

Hi,

no, i'm just using --from-stdin. I use https://github.com/abenz1267/hyproff to provide whatever i need, but the sorting isn't always optimal.

Sorting/prioritizing needs to be specified by the provider and factored in by kickoff when searching.

Regards

[j0ru]

Okay, I think I understand now.

I'm a bit reluctant to change the format of the input because that could possibly break compatibility for people who included kickoff in their scripts, but I think a simpler approach would be to add a flag to respect the original ordering.

Cheers

[abenz1267]

yeah, that could work as well i guess. I just have to sort the source then.

[j0ru]

Perfect, I'll probably have this implemented by the end of the week

[j0ru]

Documentation was added in #81, the solution is a bit different than initially planned, but I think it works better and should give you a more fine grained control

[abenz1267]

The documentation is wrong though, you are using %base_score and not $base_score

[j0ru]

Dang it, yes of course 🤦‍♂️, I think I need another coffee.
Thanks for noticing