dmenu/dmenu.1

.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION
.SH NAME
dmenu \- dynamic menu
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmenu
.RB [ \-bfiPv ]
.RB [ \-l
.IR lines ]
.RB [ \-m
.IR monitor ]
.RB [ \-p
.IR prompt ]
.RB [ \-fn
.IR font ]
.RB [ \-nb
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-nf
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-sb
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-sf
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-w
.IR windowid ]
.P
.BR dmenu_run " ..."
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B dmenu
is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of newline\-separated items from
stdin.  When the user selects an item and presses Return, their choice is printed
to stdout and dmenu terminates.  Entering text will narrow the items to those
matching the tokens in the input.
.P
.B dmenu_run
is a script used by
.IR dwm (1)
which lists programs in the user's $PATH and runs the result in their $SHELL.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-b
dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
.TP
.B \-f
dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin if not reading from a tty. This
is faster, but will lock up X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.
.TP
.B \-i
dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
.TP
.BI \-l " lines"
dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
.TP
.B \-P
dmenu will not directly display the keyboard input, but instead replace it with dots.
All data from stdin will be ignored.
.BI \-m " monitor"
dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers are starting
from 0.
.TP
.BI \-p " prompt"
defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.
.TP
.BI \-fn " font"
defines the font or font set used.
.TP
.BI \-nb " color"
defines the normal background color.
.IR #RGB ,
.IR #RRGGBB ,
and X color names are supported.
.TP
.BI \-nf " color"
defines the normal foreground color.
.TP
.BI \-sb " color"
defines the selected background color.
.TP
.BI \-sf " color"
defines the selected foreground color.
.TP
.B \-v
prints version information to stdout, then exits.
.TP
.BI \-w " windowid"
embed into windowid.
.SH USAGE
dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard.  Items are selected using the
arrow keys, page up, page down, home, and end.
.TP
.B Tab
Copy the selected item to the input field.
.TP
.B Return
Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning
success.
.TP
.B Ctrl-Return
Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to stdout and continues.
.TP
.B Shift\-Return
Confirm input.  Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.
.TP
.B Escape
Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
.TP
.B Ctrl-Left
Move cursor to the start of the current word
.TP
.B Ctrl-Right
Move cursor to the end of the current word
.TP
.B C\-a
Home
.TP
.B C\-b
Left
.TP
.B C\-c
Escape
.TP
.B C\-d
Delete
.TP
.B C\-e
End
.TP
.B C\-f
Right
.TP
.B C\-g
Escape
.TP
.B C\-h
Backspace
.TP
.B C\-i
Tab
.TP
.B C\-j
Return
.TP
.B C\-J
Shift-Return
.TP
.B C\-k
Delete line right
.TP
.B C\-m
Return
.TP
.B C\-M
Shift-Return
.TP
.B C\-n
Down
.TP
.B C\-p
Up
.TP
.B C\-u
Delete line left
.TP
.B C\-w
Delete word left
.TP
.B C\-y
Paste from primary X selection
.TP
.B C\-Y
Paste from X clipboard
.TP
.B M\-b
Move cursor to the start of the current word
.TP
.B M\-f
Move cursor to the end of the current word
.TP
.B M\-g
Home
.TP
.B M\-G
End
.TP
.B M\-h
Up
.TP
.B M\-j
Page down
.TP
.B M\-k
Page up
.TP
.B M\-l
Down
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR dwm (1),
.IR stest (1)
fixed dmenu 2007-09-30 19:20:31 +02:00			`.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION`
initial import 2006-08-04 09:35:27 +02:00			`.SH NAME`
			`dmenu \- dynamic menu`
			`.SH SYNOPSIS`
			`.B dmenu`
Apply password patch (4.9) 2021-03-04 09:04:17 +01:00			`.RB [ \-bfiPv ]`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`.RB [ \-l`
dmenu.1: fix -l option 2016-10-08 14:36:04 +02:00			`.IR lines ]`
applied Martti Kühne's dmenu monitor patch https://gist.github.com/mar77i/3349298/raw/f6581ca96627f4c71c0bd1faf531daaf2a613b95/monarg.patch becomes upstream now 2013-08-02 22:30:20 +02:00			`.RB [ \-m`
			`.IR monitor ]`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`.RB [ \-p`
			`.IR prompt ]`
			`.RB [ \-fn`
			`.IR font ]`
			`.RB [ \-nb`
			`.IR color ]`
			`.RB [ \-nf`
			`.IR color ]`
			`.RB [ \-sb`
			`.IR color ]`
			`.RB [ \-sf`
			`.IR color ]`
add embedding support with -w option 2016-10-08 14:08:28 +02:00			`.RB [ \-w`
			`.IR windowid ]`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`.P`
			`.BR dmenu_run " ..."`
initial import 2006-08-04 09:35:27 +02:00			`.SH DESCRIPTION`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 15:56:27 +02:00			`.B dmenu`
update manpage 2011-09-20 01:06:13 +02:00			`is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of newline\-separated items from`
			`stdin. When the user selects an item and presses Return, their choice is printed`
			`to stdout and dmenu terminates. Entering text will narrow the items to those`
			`matching the tokens in the input.`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 15:56:27 +02:00			`.P`
			`.B dmenu_run`
update manpage 2011-11-16 11:26:15 +01:00			`is a script used by`
			`.IR dwm (1)`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`which lists programs in the user's $PATH and runs the result in their $SHELL.`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`.SH OPTIONS`
initial import 2006-08-04 09:35:27 +02:00			`.TP`
added Xinerama support to dmenu, reverted -b behavior, removed -x, -y, -w 2008-05-19 21:29:32 +02:00			`.B \-b`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 15:56:27 +02:00			`dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.`
added Xinerama support to dmenu, reverted -b behavior, removed -x, -y, -w 2008-05-19 21:29:32 +02:00			`.TP`
fast grab patch (thanks Rob) 2011-05-08 16:15:24 +02:00			`.B \-f`
dmenu.1: document improved fastgrab behaviour from previous patch 2019-01-27 15:28:02 +01:00			`dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin if not reading from a tty. This`
			`is faster, but will lock up X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.`
fast grab patch (thanks Rob) 2011-05-08 16:15:24 +02:00			`.TP`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 15:56:27 +02:00			`.B \-i`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.`
updated manpage 2010-06-09 11:13:26 +02:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`.BI \-l " lines"`
updated manpage, added paste, cleaned up, new libdraw 2010-07-31 15:56:27 +02:00			`dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.`
			`.TP`
Apply password patch (4.9) 2021-03-04 09:04:17 +01:00			`.B \-P`
			`dmenu will not directly display the keyboard input, but instead replace it with dots.`
			`All data from stdin will be ignored.`
applied Martti Kühne's dmenu monitor patch https://gist.github.com/mar77i/3349298/raw/f6581ca96627f4c71c0bd1faf531daaf2a613b95/monarg.patch becomes upstream now 2013-08-02 22:30:20 +02:00			`.BI \-m " monitor"`
dmenu.1: clarify monitor numbers are starting from 0 (first mon) 2015-11-07 12:53:00 +01:00			`dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers are starting`
			`from 0.`
applied Martti Kühne's dmenu monitor patch https://gist.github.com/mar77i/3349298/raw/f6581ca96627f4c71c0bd1faf531daaf2a613b95/monarg.patch becomes upstream now 2013-08-02 22:30:20 +02:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`.BI \-p " prompt"`
new libdraw, typo fixes 2010-08-05 16:41:56 +02:00			`defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.`
applied cursor, vertical and paste patches for upcoming 4.1 dmenu version (due to the fact that surf is using dmenu as well) 2009-11-28 13:28:15 +01:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`.BI \-fn " font"`
rebound paste, removed useless max widths 2010-08-20 14:50:44 +02:00			`defines the font or font set used.`
removed config.h stuff, made dwm configurable due to command line options 2006-09-26 13:20:47 +02:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`.BI \-nb " color"`
			`defines the normal background color.`
			`.IR #RGB ,`
			`.IR #RRGGBB ,`
fast grab patch (thanks Rob) 2011-05-08 16:15:24 +02:00			`and X color names are supported.`
removed config.h stuff, made dwm configurable due to command line options 2006-09-26 13:20:47 +02:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`.BI \-nf " color"`
			`defines the normal foreground color.`
prepared dmenu-1.8, shortened command line options (-font is -fn, -selbg is -sb, -selfg is -sf, -normbg is -nb, -normfg is -nf now) 2006-12-19 11:39:07 +01:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`.BI \-sb " color"`
			`defines the selected background color.`
removed config.h stuff, made dwm configurable due to command line options 2006-09-26 13:20:47 +02:00			`.TP`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`.BI \-sf " color"`
			`defines the selected foreground color.`
removed config.h stuff, made dwm configurable due to command line options 2006-09-26 13:20:47 +02:00			`.TP`
initial import 2006-08-04 09:35:27 +02:00			`.B \-v`
fast grab patch (thanks Rob) 2011-05-08 16:15:24 +02:00			`prints version information to stdout, then exits.`
add embedding support with -w option 2016-10-08 14:08:28 +02:00			`.TP`
			`.BI \-w " windowid"`
			`embed into windowid.`
made dmenu(1) more dwm(1) alike 2006-08-07 14:07:04 +02:00			`.SH USAGE`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Items are selected using the`
			`arrow keys, page up, page down, home, and end.`
ordered switch branches in kpress alphabetically, applied Sanders patch for PgUp/Dn and Home/End scrolling 2006-12-12 09:57:42 +01:00			`.TP`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`.B Tab`
made dmenu(1) more dwm(1) alike 2006-08-07 14:07:04 +02:00			`Copy the selected item to the input field.`
			`.TP`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`.B Return`
fast grab patch (thanks Rob) 2011-05-08 16:15:24 +02:00			`Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning`
			`success.`
made dmenu(1) more dwm(1) alike 2006-08-07 14:07:04 +02:00			`.TP`
applied multisel patch to mainline 2013-04-17 20:56:54 +02:00			`.B Ctrl-Return`
			`Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and continues.`
			`.TP`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`.B Shift\-Return`
fast grab patch (thanks Rob) 2011-05-08 16:15:24 +02:00			`Confirm input. Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.`
made dmenu(1) more dwm(1) alike 2006-08-07 14:07:04 +02:00			`.TP`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`.B Escape`
fixed bugs, no more config.h, updated manpage, new libdraw 2010-08-02 15:22:54 +02:00			`Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.`
made dmenu(1) more dwm(1) alike 2006-08-07 14:07:04 +02:00			`.TP`
add key bindings for moving to the word start or end Mod1+b/^Left and Mod1+f/^Right 2018-03-13 17:15:09 +01:00			`.B Ctrl-Left`
			`Move cursor to the start of the current word`
			`.TP`
			`.B Ctrl-Right`
			`Move cursor to the end of the current word`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-a`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Home`
update manpage 2011-11-16 11:26:15 +01:00			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-b`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Left`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-c`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Escape`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-d`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Delete`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-e`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`End`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-f`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Right`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-g`
add ^G escape keybinding 2012-01-19 23:52:17 +01:00			`Escape`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-h`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Backspace`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-i`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Tab`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-j`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Return`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-J`
align M-[hjkl] closer to vi keys 2012-01-02 19:48:11 +01:00			`Shift-Return`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-k`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Delete line right`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-m`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Return`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-M`
applied Hiltjo's patch as suggested on the ml to fix ControlMask for C-j and C-m 2014-09-17 13:40:11 +02:00			`Shift-Return`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-n`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Down`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-p`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Up`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-u`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Delete line left`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-w`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Delete word left`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-y`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Paste from primary X selection`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B C\-Y`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Paste from X clipboard`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B M\-b`
add key bindings for moving to the word start or end Mod1+b/^Left and Mod1+f/^Right 2018-03-13 17:15:09 +01:00			`Move cursor to the start of the current word`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B M\-f`
add key bindings for moving to the word start or end Mod1+b/^Left and Mod1+f/^Right 2018-03-13 17:15:09 +01:00			`Move cursor to the end of the current word`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B M\-g`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`Home`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B M\-G`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`End`
			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B M\-h`
align M-[hjkl] closer to vi keys 2012-01-02 19:48:11 +01:00			`Up`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B M\-j`
align M-[hjkl] closer to vi keys 2012-01-02 19:48:11 +01:00			`Page down`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B M\-k`
align M-[hjkl] closer to vi keys 2012-01-02 19:48:11 +01:00			`Page up`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`.TP`
Use bold for keyboard shortcuts in dmenu.1 Like dwm, use the same syntax for all keyboard shortcuts for consistency. 2018-05-09 21:27:29 +02:00			`.B M\-l`
align M-[hjkl] closer to vi keys 2012-01-02 19:48:11 +01:00			`Down`
initial import 2006-08-04 09:35:27 +02:00			`.SH SEE ALSO`
simpler lsx 2011-06-18 08:50:46 +02:00			`.IR dwm (1),`
add Mod1Mask keybindings 2012-01-01 20:32:40 +01:00			`.IR stest (1)`