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NAME

       dmenu - dynamic menu

SYNOPSIS

       dmenu  [-b]  [-f] [-i] [-l [-m monitor] lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color]
       [-sf color] [-v]

       dmenu_run ...

DESCRIPTION

       dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of newline-separated items from stdin.  When  the  user
       selects  an  item  and  presses Return, their choice is printed to stdout and dmenu terminates.  Entering
       text will narrow the items to those matching the tokens in the input.

       dmenu_run is a script used by dwm(1) which lists programs in the user's $PATH  and  runs  the  result  in
       their $SHELL.

OPTIONS

       -b     dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.

       -f     dmenu  grabs  the  keyboard  before reading stdin.  This is faster, but will lock up X until stdin
              reaches end-of-file.

       -i     dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.

       -l lines
              dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.

       -m monitor
              dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers are starting from 0.

       -p prompt
              defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.

       -fn font
              defines the font or font set used.

       -nb color
              defines the normal background color.  #RGB, #RRGGBB, and X color names are supported.

       -nf color
              defines the normal foreground color.

       -sb color
              defines the selected background color.

       -sf color
              defines the selected foreground color.

       -v     prints version information to stdout, then exits.

USAGE

       dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard.  Items are selected using the arrow keys, page  up,  page
       down, home, and end.

       Tab    Copy the selected item to the input field.

       Return Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning success.

       Ctrl-Return
              Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to stdout and continues.

       Shift-Return
              Confirm input.  Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.

       Escape Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.

       C-a    Home

       C-b    Left

       C-c    Escape

       C-d    Delete

       C-e    End

       C-f    Right

       C-g    Escape

       C-h    Backspace

       C-i    Tab

       C-j    Return

       C-J    Shift-Return

       C-k    Delete line right

       C-m    Return

       C-M    Shift-Return

       C-n    Down

       C-p    Up

       C-u    Delete line left

       C-w    Delete word left

       C-y    Paste from primary X selection

       C-Y    Paste from X clipboard

       M-g    Home

       M-G    End

       M-h    Up

       M-j    Page down

       M-k    Page up

       M-l    Down

SEE ALSO

       dwm(1), stest(1)

                                                    dmenu-4.6                                           DMENU(1)