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)