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 program used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of executables.
.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)