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DMENU(1)		    General Commands Manual		      DMENU(1)

NAME
       dmenu-wl	- dynamic menu

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

       dmenu-wl_run ...

       dmenu-wl_path

DESCRIPTION
       dmenu-wl	is a dynamic menu for Wayland, originally designed for	X  and
       dwm(1).	 It  manages  huge  numbers  of	 user-defined menu items effi-
       ciently.

       dmenu-wl	reads a	list of	newline-separated items	 from  standard	 input
       and  creates  a menu (or	displays a notification	if using -e). When the
       user selects an item or enters  any  text  and  presses	Return,	 their
       choice is printed to standard output and	dmenu-wl terminates.

       dmenu-wl_run  is	 a dmenu-wl script used	by dwm which lists programs in
       the user's PATH and executes the	selected item.

       dmenu-wl_path is	a program used by dmenu-wl_run to  find	 and  cache  a
       list of executables.

OPTIONS
       -e dmenu	displays text from stdin with no user interaction.

       -ec    same as -e but text is aligned centrally.

       -er    same as -e but text is aligned to	the right.

       -et secs
	      when  using -e, close the	message	after the given	number of sec-
	      onds

       -b     dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.

       -h height
	      dmenu is drawn at	least the given	number of pixels high.

       -i     dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.

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

       -m monitor
	      dmenu appears on the given monitor  (0-based  index  or  monitor
	      name)

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

       -po prompt
	      same as -p but don't wait	for stdin - useful for a  prompt  with
	      no selection options.

       -r     Return  as  soon as a single match is found. i.e.	don't wait for
	      the user to press	return.

       -fn font
	      defines the font or font set used.

       -nb color
	      defines the normal background color.  #RRGGBBand	#RRGGBBAA  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 standard output, then exits.

USAGE
       dmenu-wl	 is  completely	 controlled by the keyboard.  Besides standard
       Unix line editing and item selection (Up/Down/Left/Right,  PageUp/Page-
       Down, Home/End),	the following keys are recognized:

       Tab (Control-i)
	      Copy the selected	item to	the input field.

       Return (Control-j)
	      Confirm  selection.  Prints the selected item to standard	output
	      and exits, returning success.

       Shift-Return (Control-Shift-j)
	      Confirm input.  Prints the input text to standard	output and ex-
	      its, returning success.

       Escape (Control-c)
	      Exit without selecting an	item, returning	failure.

       Control-y
	      Paste the	current	X selection into the input field.

SEE ALSO
       dwm(1)

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