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.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION
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.SH NAME
dmenu \- dynamic menu
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmenu
.RB [ \-b ]
.RB [ \-i ]
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.RB [ \-l " <lines>]"
.RB [ \-p " <prompt>]"
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.RB [ \-fn " <font>]"
.RB [ \-nb " <color>]"
.RB [ \-nf " <color>]"
.RB [ \-sb " <color>]"
.RB [ \-sf " <color>]"
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.RB [ \-v ]
.B dmenu_run
.RB [ \-b ]
.RB [ \-i ]
.RB [ \-l " <lines>]"
.RB [ \-p " <prompt>]"
.RB [ \-fn " <font>]"
.RB [ \-nb " <color>]"
.RB [ \-nf " <color>]"
.RB [ \-sb " <color>]"
.RB [ \-sf " <color>]"
.RB [ \-v ]
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.B dmenu_path
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.SS Overview
.B dmenu
is a generic menu for X, originally designed for
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.BR dwm (1).
It manages huge amounts (10000 and more) of user defined menu items efficiently.
.P
.B dmenu_run
is a dmenu script which lists programs in the user's PATH and executes
the selected item.
.P
.B dmenu_path
is a script used by
.I dmenu_run
to find and cache a list of programs.
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.SS Options
.TP
.B \-b
dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
.TP
.B \-i
dmenu matches menu entries case insensitively.
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.TP
.B \-l <lines>
dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
.TP
.B \-p <prompt>
sets the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input area.
.TP
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.B \-fn <font>
sets the font.
.TP
.B \-nb <color>
sets the background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
.TP
.B \-nf <color>
sets the foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
.TP
.B \-sb <color>
sets the background color of selected items (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are
supported).
.TP
.B \-sf <color>
sets the foreground color of selected items (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are
supported).
.TP
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.B \-v
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prints version information to standard output, then exits.
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.SH USAGE
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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.
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.P
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:
.TP
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.B Tab (Control\-i)
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Copy the selected item to the input field.
.TP
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.B Return (Control\-j)
Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to standard output and exits,
returning success.
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.TP
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.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
Confirm input. Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning
success.
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.TP
.B Escape (Control\-c)
Quit without selecting an item, returning failure.
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.TP
.B Control\-y
Paste the current X selection into the input field.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR dwm (1),
.BR wmii (1).