Trying to get rofi to work, still doesn't work with xmonad

I can launch rofi from the terminal but the xmonad keys don't work, and I have
no idea why.

4 files changed, 22 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/common.nix b/common.nix
index e872492..beb0b57 100644
--- a/common.nix
+++ b/common.nix
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@
 
 let
   homedir = builtins.getEnv "HOME";
+  locale = "en_US.UTF-8";
 in
 {
   home = {
     packages = import ./packages.nix { inherit pkgs; };
     sessionVariables = {
       EDITOR = "emacsclient";
-      LANG = "en_US.UTF-8";
+      LANG = locale;
+      LANGUAGE = locale;
+      #LC_ALL = locale;
       PATH = "${homedir}/bin:${homedir}/.cabal/bin:${homedir}/.local/bin:$PATH";
       PAGER = "less";
       LEDGER_FILE = "${homedir}/.hledger.journal";
-      XTERM_LOCALE = "en_US.UTF-8";
+      XTERM_LOCALE = locale;
+      LOCALE_ARCHIVE = "${pkgs.glibcLocales}/lib/locale/locale-archive";
     };
     keyboard.options = [ "caps:ctrl_modifier" ];
     file = {
diff --git a/linux.nix b/linux.nix
index cee253f..7301016 100644
--- a/linux.nix
+++ b/linux.nix
@@ -120,8 +120,13 @@ in
   };
 
   programs = {
+
     firefox = {
       enable = true;
     };
+
+    rofi = {
+      enable = true;
+    };
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages.nix b/packages.nix
index 6804a72..014e3fe 100644
--- a/packages.nix
+++ b/packages.nix
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ with pkgs;
 ag
 cloc
 dict
+dmenu
 entr
 exercism
 expect
 fasd
 feh
 file
+glibcLocales # rofi locale fix -- https://github.com/rycee/home-manager/issues/354#issuecomment-415914278
 gnumake
 hledger
 hledger-ui
diff --git a/xmonad.hs b/xmonad.hs
index 55f6a69..4e872b6 100644
--- a/xmonad.hs
+++ b/xmonad.hs
@@ -22,15 +22,18 @@ import XMonad.Actions.CopyWindow
 import XMonad.Util.EZConfig (additionalKeys)
 import Graphics.X11.ExtraTypes.XF86
 
-delKeys conf@(XConfig {modMask = modMask}) = [(modMask, xK_p)]
+delKeys conf@(XConfig {modMask = modMask}) = []
+
+nixBin = "/home/ben/.nix-profile/bin/"
 
 insKeys :: XConfig l -> [((KeyMask, KeySym), X ())]
 insKeys conf@(XConfig {modMask = modMask}) =
-  [ -- run dmenu with M-o
-    ((modMask, xK_o), spawn "dmenu_run")
-  -- passmenu doesn't work :(
-  , ((modMask, xK_p), spawn "${SHELL:-\"/bin/sh\"} -c passmenu &")
-  , ((modMask, xK_y), spawn "passmenu &")
+  [ ((modMask, xK_y), spawn $ nixBin <> "passmenu")
+    -- neither of these work:
+  , ((modMask, xK_u), spawn $ nixBin <> "rofi -sidebar-mode -show window")
+  , ((modMask, xK_i), spawn $ "rofi -sidebar-mode -show run")
+
+  , ((modMask, xK_o), spawn $ nixBin <> "dmenu_run")
   -- sticky windows
   , ((modMask, xK_a ), windows copyToAll) -- @@ Make focused window always visible
   , ((modMask .|. shiftMask, xK_a ),  killAllOtherCopies) -- @@ Toggle window state back