.TH "deskmenu" "1" "1.3.x"
.SH "NAME"
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deskmenu \- A root menu for X
.SH "SYNTAX"
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deskmenu <\fIargument\fP>

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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DeskMenu is a root menu program which is activated by
clicking the root window.
It is configured from a .deskmenurc file in your home
directory, see example_rc for more details.
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You can use deskmenu for session management by making it the
last line of your .xinitrc and using the \-\-quit command line
option, which adds a quit option to the menu.
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NOTE: Deskmenu will do nothing unless you have a ${HOME}/.deskmenurc file or a /etc/deskmenurc (/etc/deskmenurc.debian is automatically generated)
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This manpage is specific to the debian package of deskmenu.
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\fBIMPORTANT NOTE:\fR
You have to set a keycode, when using this version of keylaunch, in your config file.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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.TP 
\fB\-b, \-\-button=n\fR
Sets which mouse button is used to invoke deskmenu
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\fB\-f, \-\-file=n\fR
Sets which config file will be used for deskmenu
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\fB\-\-quit-menu\fR
Display a "Quit-Menu" in the deskmenu
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\fB\-\-verbose\fR
Print more information
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\fB\-h, \-\-help\fR
Display a short help and exit
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\fB\-V, \-\-version\fR
Output version information and exit
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\fB\-\-display\fR
Use an alternative display instead of $DISPLAY
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The most common ways of invoking deskmenu
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deskmenu \-\-button=[1...5] \-\-file=/home/user/.deskmenurc.example
.SH "FILES"
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\fI${HOME}/.deskmenurc\fP
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\fI/etc/deskmenurc.debian\fP
.SH "RCFILE"
.LP .deskmenurc
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# menuitem=label:command
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# submenu=label
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# menuitem=label:command
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# endmenu=
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# divider=
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# windowlist=label
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# workspaces=label
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# include=/path/to/include_file
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# keycode=modifier+keyname
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#   for example Control+Escape
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#   this keycode is used as "hotkey"
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#   to display the menu.
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#
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menuitem=Terminal:x\-terminal\-emulator
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divider=
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submenu=Programs
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menuitem=The Gimp:gimp
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menuitem=Netscape:netscape
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endmenu=
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menu=Multimedia
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menuitem=GQmpeg:gqmpeg
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menuitem=Audio Mixer:gmix
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endmenu=
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divider=
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include=/etc/extra_menu
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divider=
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windowlist=Window List
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workspaces=Workspaces
.SH "AUTHORS"
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Ken Lynch <kenlynch@blueyonder.co.uk> (c) 2001
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Ken stopped developing on Deskmenu in late 2001.
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Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@dreamind.de> (c) 2002-2010
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The current developer of Deskmenu.
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This manpage was written for the Debian GNU/Linux package of
this program by 
Brandon L. Griffith <brandon@debian.org> 
because the origonal program did not include one. You are
free to edit, translate, convert, or otherwise do anything
you wish with this manpage. This program was patched with a diff from Martin Hedenfalk <mhe@hjome.se> to allow submenu recursion.
Updated and added to the official deskmenu by
Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@dreamind.de>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.LP 
desklaunch(1) keylaunch(1) oroborus(1) dfm(1)