dmenu show only desktop apps and xmonad WindowBringer dmenu style window switcher

Set dmenu to only show desktop apps in the menu by editing your ~/.cache/dmenu_run file

Xmonad WindowBringer dmenu window switcher brings up a menu showing the applications open on workspace and lets you switch to that workspace or bring an application on another workspace to the current workspace

And how to change your cursor in xmonad from the default x to a normal mouse pointer

chapters:

00:00 - intro 00:23 - demu application launcher 01:40 - dmenu_run 03:49 - demnu options in xmonad 04:22 - windowBringer window switcher 05:40 - import the windowBringer library 06:16 - keybindings for windowBringer library 18:57 - change your cursor from X to a pointer 19:29 - myStartupHook set cursor on startup 29:08 - rofi and windowBringer 30:00 - EZconfig keybindings 30:30 - windowBringer issues 33:53 - customize dmenu 36:35 - recap 43:07 - xmonad config file overview 56:22 - scratchpad and terminal window name

xmonad.hs https://github.com/NapoleonWils0n/freebsd-dotfiles/blob/master/.config/xmonad/xmonad.hs

xmonad WindowBringer http://hackage.haskell.org/package/xmonad-contrib-bluetilebranch-0.9.1.4/docs/XMonad-Actions-WindowBringer.html ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUDFajqhz3U