From add62d1929656e5269f41cd62aa431fabf5b60a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JeremyStarTM <jeremystartm@staropensource.de>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 15:51:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add experimental WIP sorting functionality to menu

---
 bash/bin/launch-menu-apps | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/bash/bin/launch-menu-apps b/bash/bin/launch-menu-apps
index 6473ef88..35e63564 100755
--- a/bash/bin/launch-menu-apps
+++ b/bash/bin/launch-menu-apps
@@ -25,9 +25,38 @@ for script in "${HOME}"/.config/launch-menu-apps.d/*.sh; do
  source "${script}"
 done
 
+# Sort entries
+if [ -n "${MENU_SORT}" ]; then
+ echo ":: Warning: Sorting is currently broken and is considered experimental"
+ 
+ declare -a apps_sorted=($(
+  for app in "${!apps[@]}"; do
+   echo "[\"${key}\"]=${apps[${app}]}"
+  done | sort
+ ))
+ 
+ unset apps
+ declare -A apps=()
+ for app in "${!apps_sorted[@]}"; do
+  key=$(echo -n "${apps_sorted[${app}]}" | grep -o '\["[A-Za-z]+"\]' || true)
+  value=$(echo -n "${apps_sorted[${app}]}" | grep -o '"[A-Za-z]+"' || true)
+  echo ":: COPY BSE: ${apps_sorted[@]}"
+  echo "::      KEY: ${key}"
+  echo "        VAL: ${value}"
+
+  apps+=(
+   ["${app}"]="${apps_sorted[${app}]}"
+  )
+ done
+fi
+
 # Create new variables
 apps_keys=
 for app in "${!apps[@]}"; do
+ if [ -n "${MENU_SORT}" ]; then
+  echo ":: KEYC KEY: ${app}"
+  echo "        VAL: ${apps[${app}]}"
+ fi
  [[ -n "${apps_keys}" ]] && apps_keys="${apps_keys}\n"
  apps_keys=${apps_keys}${app}
 done