feat(desktop): add the rofi launcher (task 0024)

Add a rofi module to the desktop group, enabled by the aggregator.
It combines drun, run and window into one combi prompt, with calc and
emoji as further modes, bound on Super+R. A session menu built on the
same themed rofi is bound on Super+Shift+X, and every rofi -dmenu call
inherits the Stylix theme, so later utility menus reuse it for free.

Also give layer surfaces their own near-instant fade-in (layersIn and
fadeLayersIn), so the launcher appears quicker than the windows it
sits over.
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## Acceptance criteria ## Acceptance criteria
- [ ] A rofi module exists in the desktop group and is enabled by the aggregator. - [x] A rofi module exists in the desktop group and is enabled by the aggregator.
- [ ] rofi combines application-run, binary-run, and window-switch modes, plus math evaluation and emoji. - [x] rofi combines application-run, binary-run, and window-switch modes, plus math evaluation and emoji.
- [ ] rofi opens on `Super+R`. - [x] rofi opens on `Super+R`.
- [ ] rofi is usable as a dmenu-style frontend for utility menus, and a power menu is provided through it. - [x] rofi is usable as a dmenu-style frontend for utility menus, and a power menu is provided through it.
- [ ] neogaia builds green under `nix flake check`. - [x] neogaia builds green under `nix flake check`.
## Implementation Notes
- `rofi-wayland` no longer exists as a separate package: nixpkgs merged the Wayland fork into `pkgs.rofi` (now 2.0.0), and `rofi-emoji-wayland` into `rofi-emoji`.
The module uses the plain `pkgs.rofi`, which is the Wayland-capable build.
- The combined prompt is rofi's `combi` mode: `combi-modi = "drun,run,window"` merges the three run/switch modes into one list, and `modi = "combi,calc,emoji"` makes calc (via the `rofi-calc` plugin) and emoji (via `rofi-emoji`) the two further modes the same window tabs between.
`Super+R` runs `rofi -show combi`.
- The dmenu-style reuse is the themed rofi itself, not a separate abstraction: any `rofi -dmenu` invocation reads the same config and Stylix theme, so the power menu — and later clipboard/utility menus — look uniform for free.
- The launcher and power-menu keybinds live in this module rather than in `hyprland.nix`, contributed through `settings.bind`, which the module system concatenates with the compositor's own binds in the single `hyprland.conf`.
This keeps each command next to its binding and referenced by store path, so a rename cannot silently break the bind.
- The power menu is bound to `Super+Shift+X`, chosen by the operator.
It pairs with lock on `Super+X` (a key the spec's table does list), while the parent spec's table has no power-menu key of its own.
- No Waybar `window-rewrite` icon mapping was added: rofi renders as a Wayland layer-shell overlay, not a tiled window with a class on a workspace, so it never appears on the workspace indicator the convention governs.

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config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable { config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
modules.desktop.hyprland.enable = lib.mkDefault true; modules.desktop.hyprland.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
modules.desktop.login.enable = lib.mkDefault true; modules.desktop.login.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
modules.desktop.rofi.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
modules.desktop.terminal.enable = lib.mkDefault true; modules.desktop.terminal.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
modules.desktop.theming.enable = lib.mkDefault true; modules.desktop.theming.enable = lib.mkDefault true;
modules.desktop.waybar.enable = lib.mkDefault true; modules.desktop.waybar.enable = lib.mkDefault true;

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animation = [ animation = [
"windows, 1, 3, ease" "windows, 1, 3, ease"
"fade, 1, 3, ease" "fade, 1, 3, ease"
# Layer surfaces like the launcher appear near-instantly.
"layersIn, 1, 1, ease"
"fadeLayersIn, 1, 1, ease"
"workspaces, 1, 3, ease" "workspaces, 1, 3, ease"
"border, 1, 3, ease" "border, 1, 3, ease"
]; ];

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modules/desktop/rofi.nix Normal file
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{
config,
lib,
pkgs,
...
}:
# rofi as the desktop launcher and dmenu-style menu frontend.
let
cfg = config.modules.desktop.rofi;
user = config.user.name;
# rofi carrying the plugins that back its calc and emoji modes.
rofiPkg = pkgs.rofi.override {
plugins = [
pkgs.rofi-calc
pkgs.rofi-emoji
];
};
# A session menu built on the same themed rofi, so the power actions look
# like every other menu the launcher drives.
powerMenu = pkgs.writeShellScript "rofi-power-menu" ''
chosen=$(printf '%s\n' Lock Suspend 'Log out' Reboot 'Shut down' \
| ${rofiPkg}/bin/rofi -dmenu -i -p Power)
case "$chosen" in
Lock) ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/loginctl lock-session ;;
Suspend) ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl suspend ;;
'Log out') ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/loginctl terminate-session "$XDG_SESSION_ID" ;;
Reboot) ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl reboot ;;
'Shut down') ${pkgs.systemd}/bin/systemctl poweroff ;;
esac
'';
in
{
options.modules.desktop.rofi.enable = lib.mkEnableOption "the rofi launcher";
config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
home-manager.users.${user} = {
# No theme is set here: Stylix's rofi target supplies the Nord one.
programs.rofi = {
enable = true;
package = rofiPkg;
# drun, run and window merge into one prompt through combi.
# calc and emoji are the other two modes the same window tabs between.
extraConfig = {
modi = "combi,calc,emoji";
combi-modi = "drun,run,window";
show-icons = true;
};
};
# The launcher and the session menu, kept next to the tool they drive.
# $mod is defined by the compositor config these binds share.
wayland.windowManager.hyprland.settings.bind = [
"$mod, R, exec, ${rofiPkg}/bin/rofi -show combi"
"$mod SHIFT, X, exec, ${powerMenu}"
];
};
};
}