NAME¶
dmenu - dynamic menu
SYNOPSIS¶
dmenu [
-b] [
-i] [
-l lines] [
-m
monitor] [
-p prompt] [
-fn font] [
-nb
color] [
-nf color] [
-sb color] [
-sf
color] [
-v]
dmenu_run ...
dmenu_path
DESCRIPTION¶
dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for
dwm(1). It
manages huge numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.
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.
dmenu_run is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the
user's PATH and executes the selected item.
dmenu_path is a program used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of
executables.
OPTIONS¶
- -b
- dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
- -i
- dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
- -l lines
- dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of
lines.
- -m monitor
- dmenu appears on the given Xinerama screen.
- -p prompt
- defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input
field.
- -fn font
- defines the font or font set used.
- -nb color
- defines the normal background color. #RGB,
#RRGGBB, and color names are supported.
- -nf color
- defines the normal foreground color.
- -sb color
- defines the selected background color.
- -sf color
- defines the selected foreground color.
- -v
- prints version information to standard output, then
exits.
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:
- Tab (Control-i)
- Copy the selected item to the input field.
- Return (Control-j)
- Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to standard
output and exits, returning success.
- Shift-Return (Control-Shift-j)
- Confirm input. Prints the input text to standard output and
exits, returning success.
- Escape (Control-c)
- Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
- Control-y
- Paste the current X selection into the input field.
SEE ALSO¶
dwm(1)
