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.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION
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.SH NAME
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dmenu \- dynamic menu
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B dmenu
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.RB [ \-font <name> ]
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.RB [ \-normbg <color> ]
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.RB [ \-normfg <color> ]
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.RB [ \-selbg <color> ]
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.RB [ \-selfg <color> ]
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.RB [ \-t <seconds> ]
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.RB [ \-v ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.SS Overview
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dmenu is a generic menu for X, originally designed for
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.BR dwm (1).
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It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items
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efficiently.
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.SS Options
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.TP
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.B \-font <name>
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defines the font.
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.TP
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.B \-normbg <color>
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defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
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.TP
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.B \-normfg <color>
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defines the normal foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
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.TP
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.B \-selbg <color>
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defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
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.B \-selfg <color>
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defines the selected foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
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.TP
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.B \-t <seconds>
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defines the seconds to wait for standard input, before exiting (default is 3).
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.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
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menu. When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return, his
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choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates.
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.P
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dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognized:
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.TP
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.B Any printable character
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Appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter:
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only items containing this text will be displayed.
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.TP
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.B Left/Right
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Select the previous/next item.
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.TP
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.B Tab
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Copy the selected item to the input field.
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.TP
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.B Return
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Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
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.B 0
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on termination.
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.TP
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.B Shift-Return
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Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
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Returns
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.B 0
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on termination.
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.TP
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.B Escape
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Quit without selecting an item. Returns
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.B 1
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on termination.
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.TP
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.B Backspace (Control-h)
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Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
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.TP
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.B Control-u
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Remove all characters from the input field.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR dwm (1)
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