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2.9 KiB
108 lines
2.9 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 [ \-x " <x>"] |
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.RB [ \-y " <y>"] |
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.RB [ \-w " <width>"] |
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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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.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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.SS Options |
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.TP |
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.B \-x |
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defines the x coordinate dmenu appears at (0 by default). |
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.TP |
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.B \-y |
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defines the y coordinate dmenu appears at (0 by default). If it is negative, |
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dmenu will appear with the bottom at the given positive coordinate. It it is |
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-0, dmenu appears at the screen bottom. |
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.TP |
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.B \-w |
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defines the width of the dmenu window (screen width by default). |
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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 \-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. 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 (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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.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 selection 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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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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.SH SEE ALSO |
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.BR dwm (1), |
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.BR wmii (1) .
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