dmenu/dmenu.1

.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION
.SH NAME
dmenu \- dynamic menu
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmenu
.RB [ \-i ]
.RB [ \-b ]
.RB [ \-e " <xid>]"
.RB [ \-l " <lines>]"
.RB [ \-fn " <font>]"
.RB [ \-nb " <color>]"
.RB [ \-nf " <color>]"
.RB [ \-p " <prompt>]"
.RB [ \-sb " <color>]"
.RB [ \-sf " <color>]"
.RB [ \-v ]

.B dmenu_run
[<options...>]

.BR dmenu_path
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SS Overview
dmenu is a generic menu for X, originally designed for
.BR dwm (1).
It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items
efficiently.

dmenu_run is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists executables in the user's PATH
and executes the selected item.

dmenu_path is a script used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of executables.
.SS Options
.TP
.B \-i
makes dmenu match menu entries case insensitively.
.TP
.B \-b
defines that dmenu appears at the bottom.
.TP
.B \-e <xid>
reparents dmenu to the window specified by xid.
.TP
.B \-l <lines>
activates vertical list mode.
The given number of lines will be displayed. Window height will be adjusted.
.TP
.B \-fn <font>
defines the font.
.TP
.B \-nb <color>
defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
.TP
.B \-nf <color>
defines the normal foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
.TP
.B \-p <prompt>
defines a prompt to be displayed before the input area.
.TP
.B \-sb <color>
defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
.TP
.B \-sf <color>
defines the selected foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
.TP
.B \-v
prints version information to standard output, then exits.
.SH USAGE
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, his/her
choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates.
.P
dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Besides standard Unix line editing,
and item selection (Up/Down or Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the following
keys are recognized:
.TP
.B Tab (Control\-i)
Copy the selected item to the input field.
.TP
.B Return (Control\-j)
Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
.B 0
on termination.
.TP
.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
Confirm input and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
Returns
.B 0
on termination.
.TP
.B Escape (Control\-c)
Quit without selecting an item. Returns
.B 1
on termination.
.TP
.B Control\-y
Pastes the X selection into the input field. This requires
.BR sselp (1).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dwm (1),
.BR wmii (1).