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  1. .TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION
  2. .SH NAME
  3. dmenu \- dynamic menu
  4. .SH SYNOPSIS
  5. .B dmenu
  6. .RB [ \-bfiv ]
  7. .RB [ \-l
  8. .IR lines ]
  9. .RB [ \-m
  10. .IR monitor ]
  11. .RB [ \-p
  12. .IR prompt ]
  13. .RB [ \-fn
  14. .IR font ]
  15. .RB [ \-nb
  16. .IR color ]
  17. .RB [ \-nf
  18. .IR color ]
  19. .RB [ \-sb
  20. .IR color ]
  21. .RB [ \-sf
  22. .IR color ]
  23. .RB [ \-w
  24. .IR windowid ]
  25. .P
  26. .BR dmenu_run " ..."
  27. .SH DESCRIPTION
  28. .B dmenu
  29. is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of newline\-separated items from
  30. stdin. When the user selects an item and presses Return, their choice is printed
  31. to stdout and dmenu terminates. Entering text will narrow the items to those
  32. matching the tokens in the input.
  33. .P
  34. .B dmenu_run
  35. is a script used by
  36. .IR dwm (1)
  37. which lists programs in the user's $PATH and runs the result in their $SHELL.
  38. .SH OPTIONS
  39. .TP
  40. .B \-b
  41. dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
  42. .TP
  43. .B \-f
  44. dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin if not reading from a tty. This
  45. is faster, but will lock up X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.
  46. .TP
  47. .B \-i
  48. dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
  49. .TP
  50. .BI \-l " lines"
  51. dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
  52. .TP
  53. .BI \-m " monitor"
  54. dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers are starting
  55. from 0.
  56. .TP
  57. .BI \-p " prompt"
  58. defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.
  59. .TP
  60. .BI \-fn " font"
  61. defines the font or font set used.
  62. .TP
  63. .BI \-nb " color"
  64. defines the normal background color.
  65. .IR #RGB ,
  66. .IR #RRGGBB ,
  67. and X color names are supported.
  68. .TP
  69. .BI \-nf " color"
  70. defines the normal foreground color.
  71. .TP
  72. .BI \-sb " color"
  73. defines the selected background color.
  74. .TP
  75. .BI \-sf " color"
  76. defines the selected foreground color.
  77. .TP
  78. .B \-v
  79. prints version information to stdout, then exits.
  80. .TP
  81. .BI \-w " windowid"
  82. embed into windowid.
  83. .SH USAGE
  84. dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Items are selected using the
  85. arrow keys, page up, page down, home, and end.
  86. .TP
  87. .B Tab
  88. Copy the selected item to the input field.
  89. .TP
  90. .B Return
  91. Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning
  92. success.
  93. .TP
  94. .B Ctrl-Return
  95. Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and continues.
  96. .TP
  97. .B Shift\-Return
  98. Confirm input. Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.
  99. .TP
  100. .B Escape
  101. Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
  102. .TP
  103. .B Ctrl-Left
  104. Move cursor to the start of the current word
  105. .TP
  106. .B Ctrl-Right
  107. Move cursor to the end of the current word
  108. .TP
  109. .B C\-a
  110. Home
  111. .TP
  112. .B C\-b
  113. Left
  114. .TP
  115. .B C\-c
  116. Escape
  117. .TP
  118. .B C\-d
  119. Delete
  120. .TP
  121. .B C\-e
  122. End
  123. .TP
  124. .B C\-f
  125. Right
  126. .TP
  127. .B C\-g
  128. Escape
  129. .TP
  130. .B C\-h
  131. Backspace
  132. .TP
  133. .B C\-i
  134. Tab
  135. .TP
  136. .B C\-j
  137. Return
  138. .TP
  139. .B C\-J
  140. Shift-Return
  141. .TP
  142. .B C\-k
  143. Delete line right
  144. .TP
  145. .B C\-m
  146. Return
  147. .TP
  148. .B C\-M
  149. Shift-Return
  150. .TP
  151. .B C\-n
  152. Down
  153. .TP
  154. .B C\-p
  155. Up
  156. .TP
  157. .B C\-u
  158. Delete line left
  159. .TP
  160. .B C\-w
  161. Delete word left
  162. .TP
  163. .B C\-y
  164. Paste from primary X selection
  165. .TP
  166. .B C\-Y
  167. Paste from X clipboard
  168. .TP
  169. .B M\-b
  170. Move cursor to the start of the current word
  171. .TP
  172. .B M\-f
  173. Move cursor to the end of the current word
  174. .TP
  175. .B M\-g
  176. Home
  177. .TP
  178. .B M\-G
  179. End
  180. .TP
  181. .B M\-h
  182. Up
  183. .TP
  184. .B M\-j
  185. Page down
  186. .TP
  187. .B M\-k
  188. Page up
  189. .TP
  190. .B M\-l
  191. Down
  192. .SH SEE ALSO
  193. .IR dwm (1),
  194. .IR stest (1)