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DMENU(1)						      General Commands Manual							  DMENU(1)

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)

								    dmenu-4.2.1 							  DMENU(1)

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XTERMSET(1)						      General Commands Manual						       XTERMSET(1)

NAME

       xtermset - change settings of an xterm

SYNOPSIS

       xtermset [-option ...]

DESCRIPTION

       xtermset  allows you to change the characteristics of an xterm window from the command line. Most options have the same names as those that
       you would give xterm at startup.

OPTIONS

       -store [<filename>]
	       This option will save all the other command line options given to the filename. If filename is omitted then  the  options  will	be
	       written to ~/.xtermsetrc.

       -default [<filename>]
	       This  option  will  load  options  from	the  specified	filename.  If the filename is omitted then the options will be loaded from
	       ~/.xtermsetrc. Options specified on the command line preceed those that are in the options file.

       -f, -force
	       xtermset normally checks if you are using it on a correct terminal (xterm (derivative) or dtterm (derivative). With this option you
	       can override this checking.

       -T string, -title string
	       Sets the window title.

       -n string
	       Sets the icon name.

       -fg color
	       Sets the VT100 foreground color.

       -bg color
	       Sets the VT100 background color.

       -mousefg color
	       Sets the mouse pointer foreground color.

       -mousebg color
	       Sets the mouse pointer background color.

       -tekfg color
	       Sets the Tektronix emulation window foreground color.

       -tekbg color
	       Sets the Tektronix emulation window background color.

       -cr color
	       Sets the text cursor color.

       -hc color
	       Sets the color for highlighted (selected) text.

       -fn font-spec, -font font-spec
	       Sets the font.

       -geom geometry-spec, -geometry geometry-spec
	       Sets the window size and position; see X(1) for details.

FILES

       ~/.xtermsetrc

SEE ALSO

       bash(1), xterm(1), X(1)

BUGS

       -geom does not support offsets from the left or bottom of the screen.  If the geometry-spec isn't in the correct format, the output will be
       strange.

AUTHORS

       Breyten Ernsting (bje@dds.nl)
       Decklin Foster (decklin@home.com)

User Commands							     Dec 2000							       XTERMSET(1)
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