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.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION
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.SH NAME
dmenu \- dynamic menu
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmenu
.RB [ \-b ]
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.RB [ \-f ]
.RB [ \-i ]
.RB [ \-l
.IR lines ]
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.RB [ \-m
.IR monitor ]
.RB [ \-p
.IR prompt ]
.RB [ \-fn
.IR font ]
.RB [ \-nb
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-nf
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-sb
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-sf
.IR color ]
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.RB [ \-v ]
.P
.BR dmenu_run " ..."
.P
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.B dmenu_path
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.B dmenu
is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for
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.BR dwm (1).
It manages huge numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.
.P
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dmenu reads a list of newline-separated items from stdin and creates a menu.
When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return, their
choice is printed to stdout and dmenu terminates.
.P
.B dmenu_run
is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's PATH and
executes the selected item.
.P
.B dmenu_path
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is a script used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of executables.
.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
.B \-b
dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
.TP
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.B \-f
dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin. This is faster, but may lock up
X if stdin is from a terminal.
.TP
.B \-i
dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
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.TP
.BI \-l " lines"
dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
.TP
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.BI \-m " monitor"
dmenu appears on the given Xinerama screen.
.TP
.BI \-p " prompt"
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defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.
.TP
.BI \-fn " font"
defines the font or font set used.
.TP
.BI \-nb " color"
defines the normal background color.
.IR #RGB ,
.IR #RRGGBB ,
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and X color names are supported.
.TP
.BI \-nf " color"
defines the normal foreground color.
.TP
.BI \-sb " color"
defines the selected background color.
.TP
.BI \-sf " color"
defines the selected foreground color.
.TP
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.B \-v
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prints version information to stdout, then exits.
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.SH 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:
.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)
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Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning
success.
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.TP
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.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
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Confirm input. Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.
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.TP
.B Escape (Control\-c)
Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
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.TP
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.B Control\-y
Paste the current X selection into the input field.
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.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dwm (1)