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101 lines
2.6 KiB
.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION |
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.SH NAME |
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dmenu \- dynamic menu |
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.SH SYNOPSIS |
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.B dmenu |
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.RB [ \-i ] |
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.RB [ \-b ] |
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.RB [ \-e " <xid>]" |
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.RB [ \-l " <lines>]" |
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.RB [ \-fn " <font>]" |
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.RB [ \-nb " <color>]" |
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.RB [ \-nf " <color>]" |
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.RB [ \-p " <prompt>]" |
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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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.B 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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makes dmenu match menu entries case insensitively. |
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.TP |
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.B \-b |
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defines that dmenu appears at the bottom. |
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.TP |
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.B \-e <xid> |
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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 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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.TP |
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.B \-nb <color> |
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defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported). |
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.TP |
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.B \-nf <color> |
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defines the normal foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported). |
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.TP |
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.B \-p <prompt> |
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defines a prompt to be displayed before the input area. |
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.TP |
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.B \-sb <color> |
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defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported). |
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.TP |
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.B \-sf <color> |
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defines the selected foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported). |
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.TP |
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.B \-v |
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prints version information to standard output, then exits. |
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.SH USAGE |
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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. 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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.TP |
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.B Return (Control\-j) |
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Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns |
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.B 0 |
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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 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\-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 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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