NAME

       9menu - create a menu to run commands

SYNOPSIS

       9menu  [  -bg background-color ] [ -display displayname ] [ -file name ] [ -fg foreground-color ] [ -font
       fname ] [ -geometry geom ] [ -iconic ] [ -label name ] [ -path ] [ -popdown ] [ -popup ] [ -shell prog  ]
       [ -teleport ] [ -version ] [ -warp ] menuitem[:command] ...

DESCRIPTION

       9menu  is  a  simple  program that accepts a list of menu item and command pairs on the command line.  It
       creates a window that consists of  nothing  but  a  menu.   When  a  particular  item  is  selected,  the
       corresponding command is executed.

       Either  Button1  or  Button3  may  be used to select an item.  Alternatively, the UP-ARROW and DOWN-ARROW
       cursor keys may be used to highlight different items, with ENTER used to select the highlighted item.

       Menu items and commands are separated by a colon.  The colon  and  command  are  optional.  If  they  are
       missing, then the menu item is assumed to be a command that can be executed directly.

       A  menu  item  consisting  of the word exit causes 9menu to exit when it is selected.  Otherwise, to stop
       9menu , delete it using the window manager.  The exit menu item can be anywhere in the list, although  by
       convention  it  is  last.   If  a  command is supplied along with the exit item, that command is executed
       before 9menu exits.

       If a menu item's command starts with the word exec, 9menu ceases operating after launching it.

       9menu accepts the following command line options, listed alphabetically:

              -bg background-color
                     Set the background color to background-color.  By default, the background color is white.

              -display displayname
                     Use the X display displayname, instead of the default display.

              -file filename
                     Read items to display from filename, in addition to any other command line arguments.  This
                     is intended for use with #!  in scripts. If the filename is "-" read from stdin.

              -fg foreground-color
                     Set the foreground color to foreground-color.  By default, the foreground color is black.

              -font fname
                     Use the font fname, instead of one of the default fonts built into 9wm.

              -geometry geom
                     Use geom (a geometry in standard X format) as the geometry  of  the  menu.   This  is  most
                     useful for specifying the initial location of the menu.  Note that 9menu overrides the size
                     part  of  the  geometry  specification.  The window is always just large enough to hold the
                     menu.

              -iconic
                     Start up in the iconified state.

              -label name
                     Change both the window and icon labels of the window to name.  The  default  label  is  the
                     last component of the path used to run 9menu, typically, 9menu.

              -path  Append the current directory to the command search path.

              -popdown
                     Once an item is selected, the menu window automatically iconifies itself.

              -popup Act  like  a pop-up menu. Once a menu item is selected, 9menu exits.  This option overrides
                     -popdown.

              -shell prog
                     Use prog as the shell to run commands, instead of /bin/sh.  A popular alternative shell  is
                     rc(1).  If the shell cannot be executed, 9menu then silently falls back to using /bin/sh.

              -teleport
                     Move  the  menu  to  where  the  mouse  is  when  the  menu is uniconified.  This option is
                     particularly useful when combined with -popdown.

              -version
                     This option prints the version of 9menu on the standard output, and then exits with an exit
                     value of zero.

              -warp  Warp the mouse to the menu when the menu is uniconified.   After  the  selection  is  made,
                     restore  the  mouse to where it was.  This option is particularly useful when combined with
                     -popdown.

EXAMPLES

       9menu -label Remotes xterm 'acme:rsh acme xterm' 'herman:rsh herman 9term' &

       9menu -label 'X progs' ghostview xdvi xeyes xneko exit &

SEE ALSO

       sam(1), 9term(1), 9wm(1), rc(1), es(1).

       The Plan 9 Programmer's Manual.

VERSION

       This man page documents 9menu version 1.8.

       Source code is available from ftp://ftp.freefriends.org/arnold/Source/9menu.shar.gz

BUGS

       This program has grown to have too many options.

AUTHORS

       The initial idea for this program was by Arnold Robbins, after having worked with John Mackin's GWM  Blit
       emulation.  Matty Farrow wrote a version using libXg, from which some ideas were borrowed.  This code was
       written  by  David  Hogan  and Arnold Robbins.  Rich Salz motivated the -shell option.  Christopher Platt
       motivated the -teleport option.  John O'Donnell supplied the basic code for  the  -fg  and  -bg  options.
       Peter  Seebach  provided the base code for the -file and -path options.  Matthias Bauer made it work with
       the keyboard.

Plan 9 For X                                       June 1 2004                                          9MENU(1)