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.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION
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.SH NAME
dmenu \- dynamic menu
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmenu
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.RB [ \-font " <name>"]
.RB [ \-normbg " <color>"]
.RB [ \-normfg " <color>"]
.RB [ \-selbg " <color>"]
.RB [ \-selfg " <color>"]
.RB [ \-p " <prompt>"]
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.RB [ \-t " <seconds>"]
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.RB [ \-v ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.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
efficiently.
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.SS Options
.TP
.B \-font <name>
defines the font.
.TP
.B \-normbg <color>
defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
.TP
.B \-normfg <color>
defines the normal foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
.TP
.B \-selbg <color>
defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
.TP
.B \-selfg <color>
defines the selected foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
.TP
.B \-p <prompt>
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defines a prompt to be displayed before the input area.
.TP
.B \-t <seconds>
defines the seconds to wait for standard input, before exiting (default is 3).
.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
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.
.P
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
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
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Select the previous/next item.
.TP
.B PageUp/PageDown
Select the first item of the previous/next 'page' of items.
.TP
.B Home/End
Select the first/last item.
.TP
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.B Tab
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Copy the selected item to the input field.
.TP
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.B Return
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Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
.B 0
on termination.
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.TP
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.B Shift-Return
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Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
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Returns
.B 0
on termination.
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.TP
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.B Escape
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Quit without selecting an item. Returns
.B 1
on termination.
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.TP
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.B Backspace (Control-h)
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Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
.TP
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.B Control-u
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Remove all characters from the input field.
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dwm (1)