Provided by: deskmenu_1.4.5_amd64
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)