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deskmenu(1)						      General Commands Manual						       deskmenu(1)

NAME

       deskmenu - A root menu for X

SYNTAX

       deskmenu <argument>

DESCRIPTION

       DeskMenu  is  a	root  menu  program which is activated by clicking the root window.  It is configured from a .deskmenurc file in your home
       directory, see example_rc for more details.

       You can use deskmenu for session management by making it the last line of your .xinitrc and using the --quit  command  line  option,  which
       adds a quit option to the menu.

       NOTE:  Deskmenu	will  do  nothing unless you have a ${HOME}/.deskmenurc file or a /etc/deskmenurc (/etc/deskmenurc.debian is automatically
       generated)
       This manpage is specific to the debian package of deskmenu.
       IMPORTANT NOTE: You have to set a keycode, when using this version of keylaunch, in your config file.

OPTIONS

       -b, --button=n
	      Sets which mouse button is used to invoke deskmenu

       -f, --file=n
	      Sets which config file will be used for deskmenu

       --quit-menu
	      Display a "Quit-Menu" in the deskmenu

       --verbose
	      Print more information

       -h, --help
	      Display a short help and exit

       -V, --version
	      Output version information and exit

       --display
	      Use an alternative display instead of $DISPLAY

       The most common ways of invoking deskmenu

       deskmenu --button=[1...5] --file=/home/user/.deskmenurc.example

FILES

       ${HOME}/.deskmenurc
       /etc/deskmenurc.debian

RCFILE

       # menuitem=label:command
       # submenu=label
       # menuitem=label:command
       # endmenu=
       # divider=
       # windowlist=label
       # workspaces=label
       # include=/path/to/include_file
       # keycode=modifier+keyname
       #   for example Control+Escape
       #   this keycode is used as "hotkey"
       #   to display the menu.
       #

       menuitem=Terminal:x-terminal-emulator
       divider=
       submenu=Programs
       menuitem=The Gimp:gimp
       menuitem=Netscape:netscape
       endmenu=
       menu=Multimedia
       menuitem=GQmpeg:gqmpeg
       menuitem=Audio Mixer:gmix
       endmenu=
       divider=
       include=/etc/extra_menu
       divider=
       windowlist=Window List
       workspaces=Workspaces

AUTHORS

       Ken Lynch <kenlynch@blueyonder.co.uk> (c) 2001
       Ken stopped developing on Deskmenu in late 2001.
       Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@dreamind.de> (c) 2002-2010
       The current developer of Deskmenu.

       This manpage was written for the Debian GNU/Linux package of this program by Brandon L. Griffith <brandon@debian.org> because the  origonal
       program	did  not  include one. You are free to edit, translate, convert, or otherwise do anything you wish with this manpage. This program
       was patched with a diff from Martin Hedenfalk <mhe@hjome.se> to allow submenu recursion.  Updated and added to  the  official  deskmenu	by
       Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@dreamind.de>

SEE ALSO

       desklaunch(1) keylaunch(1) oroborus(1) dfm(1)

								       1.3.x							       deskmenu(1)

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NAME

       tk_popup - Post a popup menu

SYNOPSIS

       tk_popup menu x y ?entry?
_________________________________________________________________

DESCRIPTION

       This procedure posts a menu at a given position on the screen and configures Tk so that the menu and its cascaded children can be traversed
       with the mouse or the keyboard.	Menu is the name of a menu widget and x and y are the root coordinates at which to display the	menu.	If
       entry  is omitted or an empty string, the menu's upper left corner is positioned at the given point.  Otherwise entry gives the index of an
       entry in menu and the menu will be positioned so that the entry is positioned over the given point.

EXAMPLE

       How to attach a simple popup menu to a widget.
	      # Create a menu
	      set m [menu .popupMenu]
	      $m add command -label "Example 1" -command bell
	      $m add command -label "Example 2" -command bell

	      # Create something to attach it to
	      pack [label .l -text "Click me!"]

	      # Arrange for the menu to pop up when the label is clicked
	      bind .l <1> {tk_popup .popupMenu %X %Y}

SEE ALSO

       bind(1T), menu(1T), tk_optionMenu(1T)

KEYWORDS

       menu, popup

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |  ATTRIBUTE TYPE    | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Availability	    | SUNWTk	      |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
       |Interface Stability | Uncommitted     |
       +--------------------+-----------------+
NOTES

       Source for Tk is available on http://opensolaris.org.

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