dmenu

dynamic menu
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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)