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NAME

       dmenu - dynamic menu

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

   Overview
       dmenu is a generic menu for X,  originally  designed  for  dwm(1).   It
       manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items
       efficiently.

   Options
       -i     makes dmenu match menu entries case insensitively.

       -b     defines that dmenu appears at the bottom.

       -l <lines>
              activates vertical list mode.  The given number of lines will be
              displayed. Window height will get adjusted.

       -fn <font>
              defines the font.

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

       -nf <color>
              defines the normal foreground color (#RGB,  #RRGGBB,  and  color
              names are supported).

       -p <prompt>
              defines a prompt to be displayed before the input area.

       -sb <color>
              defines  the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color
              names are supported).

       -sf <color>
              defines the selected foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and  color
              names are supported).

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

USAGE

       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, his/her choice is printed to standard output and dmenu
       terminates.

       dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys  are
       recognized:

       Any printable character
              Appends  the  character  to  the  text in the input field.  This
              works as a filter: only  items  containing  this  text  will  be
              displayed.

       Left/Right (Up/Down) (Mod1-h/Mod1-l)
              Select the previous/next item.

       PageUp/PageDown (Mod1-k/Mod1-j)
              Select the first item of the previous/next 'page' of items.

       Home/End (Mod1-g/Mod1-G)
              Select the first/last item.

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

       Return (Control-j)
              Confirm  selection and quit (print the selected item to standard
              output). Returns 0 on termination.

       Shift-Return (Control-Shift-j)
              Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to
              standard output).  Returns 0 on termination.

       Escape (Control-bracketleft)
              Quit without selecting an item. Returns 1 on termination.

       Backspace (Control-h)
              Remove a character from the input field.

       Control-u
              Remove all characters from the input field.

       Control-w
              Remove all characters of current word from the input field.

SEE ALSO

       dwm(1), wmii(1).

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