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1 .TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION
2 .SH NAME
3 dmenu \- dynamic menu
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B dmenu
6 .RB [ \-bfiv ]
7 .RB [ \-l
8 .IR lines ]
9 .RB [ \-m
10 .IR monitor ]
11 .RB [ \-p
12 .IR prompt ]
13 .RB [ \-fn
14 .IR font ]
15 .RB [ \-nb
16 .IR color ]
17 .RB [ \-nf
18 .IR color ]
19 .RB [ \-sb
20 .IR color ]
21 .RB [ \-sf
22 .IR color ]
23 .RB [ \-w
24 .IR windowid ]
25 .P
26 .BR dmenu_run " ..."
27 .SH DESCRIPTION
28 .B dmenu
29 is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of newline\-separated items from
30 stdin. When the user selects an item and presses Return, their choice is printed
31 to stdout and dmenu terminates. Entering text will narrow the items to those
32 matching the tokens in the input.
33 .P
34 .B dmenu_run
35 is a script used by
36 .IR dwm (1)
37 which lists programs in the user's $PATH and runs the result in their $SHELL.
38 .SH OPTIONS
39 .TP
40 .B \-b
41 dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
42 .TP
43 .B \-f
44 dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin if not reading from a tty. This
45 is faster, but will lock up X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.
46 .TP
47 .B \-i
48 dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
49 .TP
50 .BI \-l " lines"
51 dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
52 .TP
53 .BI \-m " monitor"
54 dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers are starting
55 from 0.
56 .TP
57 .BI \-p " prompt"
58 defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.
59 .TP
60 .BI \-fn " font"
61 defines the font or font set used.
62 .TP
63 .BI \-nb " color"
64 defines the normal background color.
65 .IR #RGB ,
66 .IR #RRGGBB ,
67 and X color names are supported.
68 .TP
69 .BI \-nf " color"
70 defines the normal foreground color.
71 .TP
72 .BI \-sb " color"
73 defines the selected background color.
74 .TP
75 .BI \-sf " color"
76 defines the selected foreground color.
77 .TP
78 .B \-v
79 prints version information to stdout, then exits.
80 .TP
81 .BI \-w " windowid"
82 embed into windowid.
83 .SH USAGE
84 dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Items are selected using the
85 arrow keys, page up, page down, home, and end.
86 .TP
87 .B Tab
88 Copy the selected item to the input field.
89 .TP
90 .B Return
91 Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning
92 success.
93 .TP
94 .B Ctrl-Return
95 Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and continues.
96 .TP
97 .B Shift\-Return
98 Confirm input. Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.
99 .TP
100 .B Escape
101 Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
102 .TP
103 .B Ctrl-Left
104 Move cursor to the start of the current word
105 .TP
106 .B Ctrl-Right
107 Move cursor to the end of the current word
108 .TP
109 .B C\-a
110 Home
111 .TP
112 .B C\-b
113 Left
114 .TP
115 .B C\-c
116 Escape
117 .TP
118 .B C\-d
119 Delete
120 .TP
121 .B C\-e
122 End
123 .TP
124 .B C\-f
125 Right
126 .TP
127 .B C\-g
128 Escape
129 .TP
130 .B C\-h
131 Backspace
132 .TP
133 .B C\-i
134 Tab
135 .TP
136 .B C\-j
137 Return
138 .TP
139 .B C\-J
140 Shift-Return
141 .TP
142 .B C\-k
143 Delete line right
144 .TP
145 .B C\-m
146 Return
147 .TP
148 .B C\-M
149 Shift-Return
150 .TP
151 .B C\-n
152 Down
153 .TP
154 .B C\-p
155 Up
156 .TP
157 .B C\-u
158 Delete line left
159 .TP
160 .B C\-w
161 Delete word left
162 .TP
163 .B C\-y
164 Paste from primary X selection
165 .TP
166 .B C\-Y
167 Paste from X clipboard
168 .TP
169 .B M\-b
170 Move cursor to the start of the current word
171 .TP
172 .B M\-f
173 Move cursor to the end of the current word
174 .TP
175 .B M\-g
176 Home
177 .TP
178 .B M\-G
179 End
180 .TP
181 .B M\-h
182 Up
183 .TP
184 .B M\-j
185 Page down
186 .TP
187 .B M\-k
188 Page up
189 .TP
190 .B M\-l
191 Down
192 .SH SEE ALSO
193 .IR dwm (1),
194 .IR stest (1)