Jgmenu based tools in Mabox

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I’m guessing, but I think Haerber means “how can I add an application to the jgmenu search?” Such as when:

  1. Download Ulimaker Cura as an .AppImage
  2. Place this into ~/bin
  3. chmod +x ~/bin/Ultim<tab><enter>
  4. Create ~/bin/cura file:
#!/bin/env bash

cd ~/bin/
./UltiMaker-Cura-*.AppImage
  1. chmod +x cura

This will allow cura to start the .AppImage. But cura does not show up under jgmenu search. Is there some way we can have ~/bin indexed, or add entries to jgmenu search?

P.S. I like to make launchers for .AppImage files, because updating is as simple as copying the newer .AppImage into ~/bin and deleting the original. Note, this “wildcard-run” technique creates a small security vulnerability - do not do this on a shared or public computer.
P.P.S There is an AppImageUpdater which will attempt to update the .AppImage file itself. So you could rename the file to cura.AppImage then try to update it occasionally. But this only works with .AppImage files which have this feature enabled.