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@ -14,12 +14,22 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
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.RB [ \-sb " <color>]" |
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.RB [ \-sf " <color>]" |
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.RB [ \-v ] |
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.B dmenu_run |
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[<options...>] |
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.BR dmenu_path |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
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.SS Overview |
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dmenu is a generic menu for X, originally designed for |
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.BR dwm (1). |
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It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items |
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efficiently. |
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dmenu_run is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists executables in the user's PATH |
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and executes the selected item. |
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dmenu_path is a script used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of executables. |
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.SS Options |
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.TP |
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.B \-i |
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@ -33,7 +43,7 @@ reparents dmenu to the window specified by xid.
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.TP |
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.B \-l <lines> |
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activates vertical list mode. |
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The given number of lines will be displayed. Window height will get adjusted. |
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The given number of lines will be displayed. Window height will be adjusted. |
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.TP |
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.B \-fn <font> |
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defines the font. |
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@ -60,20 +70,9 @@ dmenu reads a list of newline-separated items from standard input and creates a
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menu. When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return, his/her |
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choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates. |
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.P |
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dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognized: |
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.TP |
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.B Any printable character |
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Appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter: |
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only items containing this text will be displayed. |
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.TP |
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.B Left/Right (Up/Down) (Mod1\-h/Mod1\-l) |
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Select the previous/next item. |
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.TP |
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.B PageUp/PageDown (Mod1\-k/Mod1\-j) |
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Select the first item of the previous/next 'page' of items. |
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.TP |
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.B Home/End (Mod1\-g/Mod1\-G) |
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Select the first/last item. |
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dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Besides standard Unix line editing, |
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and item selection (Up/Down or Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the following |
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keys are recognized: |
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.TP |
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.B Tab (Control\-i) |
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Copy the selected item to the input field. |
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on termination. |
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.TP |
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.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j) |
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Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output). |
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Confirm input and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output). |
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Returns |
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.B 0 |
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on termination. |
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.TP |
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.B Escape (Control\-bracketleft) |
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.B Escape (Control\-c) |
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Quit without selecting an item. Returns |
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.B 1 |
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on termination. |
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.TP |
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.B Backspace (Control\-h) |
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Remove a character from the input field. |
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.TP |
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.B Control\-u |
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Remove all characters from the input field. |
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.TP |
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.B Control\-w |
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Remove all characters of current word from the input field. |
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.B Control\-y |
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Pastes the X selection into the input field. This requires |
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.BR sselp (1). |
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.SH SEE ALSO |
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.BR dwm (1), |
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.BR wmii (1) . |
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.BR wmii (1). |
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