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64 lines
1.5 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 [ \-v ] |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
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.SS Overview |
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.B dmenu |
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is a generic, highly customizable, and efficient menu for the X Window System, |
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originally designed for |
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.BR dwm (1). |
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It supports arbitrary, user defined menu contents. |
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.SS Options |
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.TP |
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.B \-v |
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prints version information to stdout, then exits. |
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.SH USAGE |
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.B dmenu |
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reads a list of newline-separated items from stdin and creates a menu. |
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When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return, his choice |
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is printed to stdout and |
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.B dmenu |
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terminates. |
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.B dmenu |
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is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognized: |
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.TP |
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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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Left/Right |
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Select the previous/next item. |
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.TP |
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Tab |
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Copy the selected item to the input field. |
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.TP |
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Return |
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Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to stdout). |
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.TP |
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Shift-Return |
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Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to stdout). |
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.TP |
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Escape |
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Quit without selecting an item. |
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.TP |
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Backspace (Control-h) |
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Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect. |
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.TP |
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Control-u |
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Remove all characters from the input field. |
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.P |
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.B dmenu |
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returns |
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.B 0 |
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if Return is pressed on termination, |
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.B 1 |
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if Escape is pressed. |
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.SH CUSTOMIZATION |
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.B dmenu |
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is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source |
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code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple. |
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.SH SEE ALSO |
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.BR dwm (1)
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