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)