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deskmenu(1)		    General Commands Manual		   deskmenu(1)

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	direc-
       tory, 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 /usr/local/etc/deskmenurc.
       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
       /usr/local/etc/deskmenurc

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 pro-
       gram by Brandon L. Griffith <brandon@debian.org>	because	 the  original
       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 sub-
       menu recursion.	Updated	and added to the official deskmenu  by	Stefan
       Pfetzing	<dreamind@dreamind.de>

SEE ALSO
       desklaunch(1) keylaunch(1) oroborus(1) dfm(1)

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