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105 lines
2.5 KiB
105 lines
2.5 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 [ \-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_run
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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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.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 (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 \-b
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dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
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.TP
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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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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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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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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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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,
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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
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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. 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. 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, returning failure.
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.TP
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.B Control\-y
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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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