125 lines
3 KiB
Groff
125 lines
3 KiB
Groff
.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-wl\-VERSION
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.SH NAME
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dmenu-wl \- dynamic menu
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B dmenu-wl
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.RB [ \-b ]
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.RB [ \-i ]
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.RB [ \-l
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.IR lines ]
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.RB [ \-m
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.IR monitor ]
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.RB [ \-p
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.IR prompt ]
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.RB [ \-fn
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.IR font ]
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.RB [ \-nb
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.IR color ]
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.RB [ \-nf
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.IR color ]
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.RB [ \-sb
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.IR color ]
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.RB [ \-sf
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.IR color ]
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.RB [ \-v ]
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.P
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.BR dmenu-wl_run " ..."
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.P
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.B dmenu-wl_path
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B dmenu-wl
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is a dynamic menu for Wayland, originally designed for X and
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.BR dwm (1).
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It manages huge numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.
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.P
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dmenu-wl reads a list of newline-separated items from standard input and creates a
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menu (or displays a notification if using -e). When the user selects an item or
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enters any text and presses Return, their choice is printed to standard output
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and dmenu-wl terminates.
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.P
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.B dmenu-wl_run
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is a dmenu-wl script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's PATH and
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executes the selected item.
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.P
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.B dmenu-wl_path
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is a program used by dmenu-wl_run to find and cache a list of executables.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.B \-e
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dmenu displays text from stdin with no user interaction.
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.TP
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.B \-ec
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same as -e but text is aligned centrally.
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.TP
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.B \-er
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same as -e but text is aligned to the right.
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.TP
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.BI \-et " secs "
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when using -e, close the message after the given number of seconds
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.TP
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.B \-b
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dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
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.TP
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.BI \-h " height"
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dmenu is drawn at least the given number of pixels high.
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.TP
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.B \-i
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dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
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.TP
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.BI \-l " lines"
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dmenu lists items vertically, within the given number of lines.
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.TP
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.BI \-m " monitor"
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dmenu appears on the given monitor (0-based index or monitor name)
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.TP
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.BI \-p " prompt"
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defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.
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.TP
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.BI \-po " prompt"
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same as -p but don't wait for stdin - useful for a prompt with no selection options.
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.TP
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.B \-r
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Return as soon as a single match is found. i.e. don't wait for the user to press return.
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.TP
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.BI \-fn " font"
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defines the font or font set used.
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.TP
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.BI \-nb " color"
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defines the normal background color.
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.IR #RRGGBB and
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.IR #RRGGBBAA
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are supported.
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.TP
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.BI \-nf " color"
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defines the normal foreground color.
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.TP
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.BI \-sb " color"
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defines the selected background color.
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.TP
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.BI \-sf " color"
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defines the selected foreground color.
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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-wl is completely controlled by the keyboard. Besides standard Unix line
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editing and item selection (Up/Down/Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the
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following keys are recognized:
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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 (Control\-j)
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Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to standard output and exits,
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returning success.
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.TP
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.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
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Confirm input. Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning
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success.
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.TP
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.B Escape (Control\-c)
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Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
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.TP
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.B Control\-y
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Paste the current selection into the input field.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR dwm (1)
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