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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 [ \-b ]
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.RB [ \-fn " <font>"]
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.RB [ \-nb " <color>"]
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.RB [ \-nf " <color>"]
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.RB [ \-p " <prompt>"]
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.RB [ \-sb " <color>"]
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.RB [ \-sf " <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 \-b
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makes dmenu appear at the screen bottom (by default it appears at the screen top).
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.TP
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.B \-fn <font>
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defines the font.
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.TP
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.B \-nb <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 \-nf <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 \-p <prompt>
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defines a prompt to be displayed before the input area.
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.B \-sb <color>
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defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
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.B \-sf <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/her
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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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.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 PageUp/PageDown
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Select the first item of the previous/next 'page' of items.
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.B Home/End
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Select the first/last item.
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.TP
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.B Tab (Control-i)
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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 (Control-j)
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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 (Control-bracketleft)
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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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.BR wmii (1) .
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