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NAME

       dmenu - dynamic menu

SYNOPSIS

       dmenu [-b] [-i] [-l lines] [-m monitor] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-v]

       dmenu_run ...

       dmenu_path

DESCRIPTION

       dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm(1).  It manages huge numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.

       dmenu reads a list of newline-separated items from standard input and creates a menu.  When the user selects an item or enters any text and
       presses Return, their choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates.

       dmenu_run is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's PATH and executes the selected item.

       dmenu_path is a program used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of executables.

OPTIONS

       -b     dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.

       -i     dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.

       -l lines
	      dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.

       -m monitor
	      dmenu appears on the given Xinerama screen.

       -p prompt
	      defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.

       -fn font
	      defines the font or font set used.

       -nb color
	      defines the normal background color.  #RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported.

       -nf color
	      defines the normal foreground color.

       -sb color
	      defines the selected background color.

       -sf color
	      defines the selected foreground color.

       -v     prints version information to standard output, then exits.

USAGE

       dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard.	Besides standard Unix line editing and item  selection	(Up/Down/Left/Right,  PageUp/Page-
       Down, Home/End), the following keys are recognized:

       Tab (Control-i)
	      Copy the selected item to the input field.

       Return (Control-j)
	      Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to standard output and exits, returning success.

       Shift-Return (Control-Shift-j)
	      Confirm input.  Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning success.

       Escape (Control-c)
	      Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.

       Control-y
	      Paste the current X selection into the input field.

SEE ALSO

       dwm(1)

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