NAME¶

deskmenu - A root menu for X

SYNTAX¶

deskmenu < argument>

DESCRIPTION¶

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. 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. NOTE: Deskmenu will do nothing unless you have a ${HOME}/.deskmenurc file or a /etc/deskmenurc (/etc/deskmenurc.debian is automatically generated) This manpage is specific to the debian package of deskmenu. IMPORTANT NOTE: You have to set a keycode, when using this version of keylaunch, in your config file.

OPTIONS¶

-b, --button=n

Sets which mouse button is used to invoke deskmenu

-f, --file=n

Sets which config file will be used for deskmenu

--quit-menu

Display a "Quit-Menu" in the deskmenu

--verbose

Print more information

-h, --help

Display a short help and exit

-V, --version

Output version information and exit

--display

Use an alternative display instead of $DISPLAY

The most common ways of invoking deskmenu deskmenu --button=[1...5] --file=/home/user/.deskmenurc.example

FILES¶

${HOME}/.deskmenurc /etc/deskmenurc.debian

RCFILE¶

# menuitem=label:command # submenu=label # menuitem=label:command # endmenu= # divider= # windowlist=label # workspaces=label # include=/path/to/include_file # keycode=modifier+keyname # for example Control+Escape # this keycode is used as "hotkey" # to display the menu. # menuitem=Terminal:x-terminal-emulator divider= submenu=Programs menuitem=The Gimp:gimp menuitem=Netscape:netscape endmenu= menu=Multimedia menuitem=GQmpeg:gqmpeg menuitem=Audio Mixer:gmix endmenu= divider= include=/etc/extra_menu divider= windowlist=Window List workspaces=Workspaces

AUTHORS¶

Ken Lynch <kenlynch@blueyonder.co.uk> (c) 2001 Ken stopped developing on Deskmenu in late 2001. Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@dreamind.de> (c) 2002-2010 The current developer of Deskmenu. 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>

SEE ALSO¶

desklaunch(1) keylaunch(1) oroborus(1) dfm(1)