dmenu/dmenu.1

.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION
.SH NAME
dmenu \- dynamic menu
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmenu
.RB [ \-b ]
.RB [ \-i ]
.RB [ \-l
.IR lines ]
.RB [ \-p
.IR prompt ]
.RB [ \-fn
.IR font ]
.RB [ \-nb
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-nf
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-sb
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-sf
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-v ]
.P
.BR dmenu_run " ..."
.P
.B dmenu_path
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B dmenu
is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for
.BR dwm (1).
It manages huge numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.
.P
dmenu reads a list of newline-separated items from standard input and creates a
menu.  When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return,
their choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates.
.P
.B dmenu_run
is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's PATH and
executes the selected item.
.P
.B dmenu_path
is a script used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of programs.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-b
dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
.TP
.B \-i
dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
.TP
.BI \-l " lines"
dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
.TP
.BI \-p " prompt"
defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.
.TP
.BI \-fn " font"
defines the font or font set used.
.TP
.BI \-nb " color"
defines the normal background color.
.IR #RGB ,
.IR #RRGGBB ,
and color names are supported.
.TP
.BI \-nf " color"
defines the normal foreground color.
.TP
.BI \-sb " color"
defines the selected background color.
.TP
.BI \-sf " color"
defines the selected foreground color.
.TP
.B \-v
prints version information to standard output, then exits.
.SH USAGE
dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard.  Besides standard Unix line
editing and item selection (Up/Down/Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the
following keys are recognized:
.TP
.B Tab (Control\-i)
Copy the selected item to the input field.
.TP
.B Return (Control\-j)
Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to standard output and exits,
returning success.
.TP
.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
Confirm input.  Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning
success.
.TP
.B Escape (Control\-c)
Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
.TP
.B Shift\-Insert
Paste the current X selection into the input field.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dwm (1)
fixed dmenu 2007-09-30 18:20:31 +01:00			`.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION`
initial import 2006-08-04 08:35:27 +01:00			`.SH NAME`
			`dmenu \- dynamic menu`
			`.SH SYNOPSIS`
			`.B dmenu`
added Xinerama support to dmenu, reverted -b behavior, removed -x, -y, -w 2008-05-19 20:29:32 +01:00			`.RB [ \-b ]`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 14:56:27 +01:00			`.RB [ \-i ]`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`.RB [ \-l`
			`.IR lines ]`
			`.RB [ \-p`
			`.IR prompt ]`
			`.RB [ \-fn`
			`.IR font ]`
			`.RB [ \-nb`
			`.IR color ]`
			`.RB [ \-nf`
			`.IR color ]`
			`.RB [ \-sb`
			`.IR color ]`
			`.RB [ \-sf`
			`.IR color ]`
initial import 2006-08-04 08:35:27 +01:00			`.RB [ \-v ]`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`.P`
			`.BR dmenu_run " ..."`
			`.P`
typo fixes 2010-06-23 12:15:07 +01:00			`.B dmenu_path`
initial import 2006-08-04 08:35:27 +01:00			`.SH DESCRIPTION`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 14:56:27 +01:00			`.B dmenu`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for`
initial import 2006-08-04 08:35:27 +01:00			`.BR dwm (1).`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`It manages huge numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.`
			`.P`
			`dmenu reads a list of newline-separated items from standard input and creates a`
			`menu. When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return,`
			`their choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates.`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 14:56:27 +01:00			`.P`
			`.B dmenu_run`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's PATH and`
			`executes the selected item.`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 14:56:27 +01:00			`.P`
			`.B dmenu_path`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`is a script used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of programs.`
			`.SH OPTIONS`
initial import 2006-08-04 08:35:27 +01:00			`.TP`
added Xinerama support to dmenu, reverted -b behavior, removed -x, -y, -w 2008-05-19 20:29:32 +01:00			`.B \-b`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 14:56:27 +01:00			`dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.`
added Xinerama support to dmenu, reverted -b behavior, removed -x, -y, -w 2008-05-19 20:29:32 +01:00			`.TP`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 14:56:27 +01:00			`.B \-i`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.`
updated manpage 2010-06-09 10:13:26 +01:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`.BI \-l " lines"`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 14:56:27 +01:00			`dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.`
			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`.BI \-p " prompt"`
new libdraw, typo fixes 2010-08-05 15:41:56 +01:00			`defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.`
applied cursor, vertical and paste patches for upcoming 4.1 dmenu version (due to the fact that surf is using dmenu as well) 2009-11-28 12:28:15 +00:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`.BI \-fn " font"`
rebound paste, removed useless max widths 2010-08-20 13:50:44 +01:00			`defines the font or font set used.`
removed config.h stuff, made dwm configurable due to command line options 2006-09-26 12:20:47 +01:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`.BI \-nb " color"`
			`defines the normal background color.`
			`.IR #RGB ,`
			`.IR #RRGGBB ,`
			`and color names are supported.`
removed config.h stuff, made dwm configurable due to command line options 2006-09-26 12:20:47 +01:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`.BI \-nf " color"`
			`defines the normal foreground color.`
prepared dmenu-1.8, shortened command line options (-font is -fn, -selbg is -sb, -selfg is -sf, -normbg is -nb, -normfg is -nf now) 2006-12-19 10:39:07 +00:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`.BI \-sb " color"`
			`defines the selected background color.`
removed config.h stuff, made dwm configurable due to command line options 2006-09-26 12:20:47 +01:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`.BI \-sf " color"`
			`defines the selected foreground color.`
removed config.h stuff, made dwm configurable due to command line options 2006-09-26 12:20:47 +01:00			`.TP`
initial import 2006-08-04 08:35:27 +01:00			`.B \-v`
updated man page 2006-08-28 06:22:38 +01:00			`prints version information to standard output, then exits.`
made dmenu(1) more dwm(1) alike 2006-08-07 13:07:04 +01:00			`.SH USAGE`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 14:56:27 +01:00			`dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Besides standard Unix line`
			`editing and item selection (Up/Down/Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the`
			`following keys are recognized:`
ordered switch branches in kpress alphabetically, applied Sanders patch for PgUp/Dn and Home/End scrolling 2006-12-12 08:57:42 +00:00			`.TP`
Escape -s in dmenu.1 2007-02-25 21:41:05 +00:00			`.B Tab (Control\-i)`
made dmenu(1) more dwm(1) alike 2006-08-07 13:07:04 +01:00			`Copy the selected item to the input field.`
			`.TP`
Escape -s in dmenu.1 2007-02-25 21:41:05 +00:00			`.B Return (Control\-j)`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 14:56:27 +01:00			`Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to standard output and exits,`
			`returning success.`
made dmenu(1) more dwm(1) alike 2006-08-07 13:07:04 +01:00			`.TP`
Escape -s in dmenu.1 2007-02-25 21:41:05 +00:00			`.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 14:56:27 +01:00			`Confirm input. Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning`
			`success.`
made dmenu(1) more dwm(1) alike 2006-08-07 13:07:04 +01:00			`.TP`
updated manpage, changed keybinds M- binds tend to be wm level, and there were up to 3 binds for the same action M-{hjkl} also no longer made sense in vlist mode 2010-06-20 15:04:15 +01:00			`.B Escape (Control\-c)`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.`
made dmenu(1) more dwm(1) alike 2006-08-07 13:07:04 +01:00			`.TP`
rebound paste, removed useless max widths 2010-08-20 13:50:44 +01:00			`.B Shift\-Insert`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 14:56:27 +01:00			`Paste the current X selection into the input field.`
initial import 2006-08-04 08:35:27 +01:00			`.SH SEE ALSO`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 14:22:54 +01:00			`.BR dwm (1)`