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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 [ \-i ]
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.RB [ \-l " <lines>]"
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.RB [ \-p " <prompt>]"
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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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.RB [ \-b ]
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.RB [ \-i ]
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.RB [ \-l " <lines>]"
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.RB [ \-p " <prompt>]"
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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 [ \-sb " <color>]"
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.RB [ \-sf " <color>]"
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.RB [ \-v ]
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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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.B dmenu
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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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It manages huge amounts (10000 and more) of user defined menu items efficiently.
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.P
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.B dmenu_run
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is a dmenu script which lists programs in the user's PATH and executes
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the selected item.
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.P
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.B dmenu_path
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is a script used by
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.I dmenu_run
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to find and cache a list of programs.
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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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dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
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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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.B \-i
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dmenu matches menu entries case insensitively.
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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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dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
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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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sets the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input area.
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.TP
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.B \-fn <font>
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sets the font.
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.TP
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.B \-nb <color>
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sets the 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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sets the foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
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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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sets the background color of selected items (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are
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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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sets the foreground color of selected items (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are
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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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menu. When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return,
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their 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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dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Besides standard Unix line
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editing and item selection (Up/Down/Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the
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following 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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Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to standard output and exits,
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returning success.
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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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Confirm input. Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning
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success.
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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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Quit without selecting an item, returning failure.
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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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Paste the current X selection into 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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