1DMENU(1)                    General Commands Manual                   DMENU(1)
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NAME

6       dmenu - dynamic menu
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SYNOPSIS

9       dmenu  [-bfiv]  [-l  lines]  [-m  monitor]  [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-nb
10       color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]
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12       dmenu_run ...
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DESCRIPTION

15       dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of  newline-separated
16       items  from  stdin.   When the user selects an item and presses Return,
17       their choice is printed to stdout and dmenu terminates.  Entering  text
18       will narrow the items to those matching the tokens in the input.
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20       dmenu_run is a script used by dwm(1) which lists programs in the user's
21       $PATH and runs the result in their $SHELL.
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OPTIONS

24       -b     dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
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26       -f     dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading  stdin  if  not  reading
27              from  a  tty.  This  is  faster,  but will lock up X until stdin
28              reaches end-of-file.
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30       -i     dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
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32       -l lines
33              dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
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36              dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor  num‐
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39       -p prompt
40              defines  the  prompt  to  be  displayed to the left of the input
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43       -fn font
44              defines the font or font set used.
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47              defines the normal background color.  #RGB, #RRGGBB, and X color
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50       -nf color
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53       -sb color
54              defines the selected background color.
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59       -v     prints version information to stdout, then exits.
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USAGE

65       dmenu  is  completely  controlled  by the keyboard.  Items are selected
66       using the arrow keys, page up, page down, home, and end.
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68       Tab    Copy the selected item to the input field.
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70       Return Confirm selection.  Prints  the  selected  item  to  stdout  and
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74              Confirm  selection.  Prints the selected item to stdout and con‐
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78              Confirm input.  Prints the  input  text  to  stdout  and  exits,
79              returning success.
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81       Escape Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
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83       Ctrl-Left
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86       Ctrl-Right
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89       C-a    Home
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91       C-b    Left
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93       C-c    Escape
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95       C-d    Delete
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97       C-e    End
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99       C-f    Right
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101       C-g    Escape
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103       C-h    Backspace
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105       C-i    Tab
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107       C-j    Return
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109       C-J    Shift-Return
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111       C-k    Delete line right
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113       C-m    Return
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115       C-M    Shift-Return
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117       C-n    Down
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119       C-p    Up
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121       C-u    Delete line left
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123       C-w    Delete word left
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125       C-y    Paste from primary X selection
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127       C-Y    Paste from X clipboard
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129       M-b    Move cursor to the start of the current word
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131       M-f    Move cursor to the end of the current word
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133       M-g    Home
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137       M-h    Up
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139       M-j    Page down
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SEE ALSO

146       dwm(1), stest(1)
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