Applications

/usr/share/applications/
~/.local/share/applications/

Autostart

cd ~/.config/autostart/
nano Recoll.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Recoll
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/bin/recoll -W

cue2mp3

yay -S shntool
sudo pacman -S flac lame cuetools python-mutagen

cd /usr/local/bin
nano cue2mp3

#!/bin/bash
# Usage: cue2mp3 "file.cue" "file.flac" "cover.jpg"

CUE_FILE="$1"
AUDIO_FILE="$2"
COVER_ART="$3"

# split FLAC into WAV files
shnsplit -f "$CUE_FILE" -t "%n" "$AUDIO_FILE"

# convert each WAV to MP3
for f in [0-9][0-9].wav; do
    track_num=$(basename "$f" .wav)
    
    lame -b 320 --ti "$COVER_ART" "$f" "$track_num.mp3"
    
    rm "$f"
done

# apply CUE metadata to the new MP3s
cuetag.sh "$CUE_FILE" [0-9][0-9].mp3

# final rename based on the metadata
for f in [0-9][0-9].mp3; do
    track=$(ffprobe -v error -show_entries format_tags=track -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$f" | cut -d/ -f1 | xargs printf "%02d")
    title=$(ffprobe -v error -show_entries format_tags=title -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$f" | tr '/' '-' | xargs)
    
    mv -n "$f" "$track - $title.mp3"
done

nano ~/.bashrc
export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"
source ~/.bashrc
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/cue2mp3

Epson printer - Arch Linux

https://gist.github.com/progzone122/0b4e2a85ea44d0dc1e74fc16ee4d9700

Geany

sudo pacman -S geany geany-plugins

Git

sudo pacman -S github-cli
gh auth login

nano git.sh

cd <path to folder>
git add .
git commit -m "new commit"
git push

nano ~/.bashrc
alias git-commit='sh <path to script>/git.sh'
source ~/.bashrc

GNOME

Extension Manager:
AppIndicator
Volume Percent Display

Thumbnailers:

yay -S fb2-thumbnailer
sudo pacman -S gnome-epub-thumbnailer
sudo pacman -S ffmpegthumbnailer

rm -rf ~/.cache/thumbnails/*
nautilus -q

GNOME reset:

gsettings reset-recursively org.gnome.desktop.interface

GTK dark mode

nano ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

[Settings]
gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=1

Jekyll

nano ~/.bash_profile

export GEM_HOME="$(ruby -e 'print Gem.user_dir')"
export PATH="$PATH:$GEM_HOME/bin"

bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve

OpenRGB

nano /etc/systemd/system/openrgb-resume.service

[Unit]
Description=Reload OpenRGB profile after hibernation
After=suspend.target hibernate.target

[Service]
User=<user>
Type=oneshot
Environment=DISPLAY=:0
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/sleep 2
ExecStart=/usr/bin/openrgb --profile "White.orp" --no-gui

[Install]
WantedBy=suspend.target hibernate.target

playerctl shortcut to rewind 5s

playerctl --player=fooyin position 5-

Tearing in Qt apps

sudo nano /etc/environment

QT_QUICK_BACKEND=software

Wine

winetricks dotnet20 dotnet48 vcrun2015 msxml6

Run winecfg to set DPI.

Programs that run via Wine

ABBYY Finereader 15 (OCR)

BookRestorer (to straighten book scans)

Exact Audio Copy (to rip CDs)

FictionBook Editor (to insert images into FB2)

foobar2000 (to transcode audio files)

IrfanView (to batch convert images)

MakeMKV (to rip disks)