dmenu-wl.1

.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-wl\-VERSION
.SH NAME
dmenu-wl \- dynamic menu
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmenu-wl
.RB [ \-b ]
.RB [ \-i ]
.RB [ \-l
.IR lines ]
.RB [ \-m
.IR monitor ]
.RB [ \-p
.IR prompt ]
.RB [ \-fn
.IR font ]
.RB [ \-nb
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-nf
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-sb
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-sf
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-v ]
.P
.BR dmenu-wl_run " ..."
.P
.B dmenu-wl_path
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B dmenu-wl
is a dynamic menu for Wayland, originally designed for X and
.BR dwm (1).
It manages huge numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.
.P
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.
.P
.B dmenu-wl_run
is a dmenu-wl script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's PATH and
executes the selected item.
.P
.B dmenu-wl_path
is a program used by dmenu-wl_run to find and cache a list of executables.
.SH OPTIONS
.B \-e
dmenu displays text from stdin with no user interaction.
.TP
.B \-ec
same as -e but text is aligned centrally.
.TP
.B \-er
same as -e but text is aligned to the right.
.TP
.BI \-et " secs "
when using -e, close the message after the given number of seconds
.TP
.B \-b
dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
.TP
.BI \-h " height"
dmenu is drawn at least the given number of pixels high.
.TP
.B \-i
dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
.TP
.BI \-l " lines"
dmenu lists items vertically, within the given number of lines.
.TP
.BI \-m " monitor"
dmenu appears on the given monitor (0-based index or monitor name)
.TP
.BI \-p " prompt"
defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.
.TP
.BI \-po " prompt"
same as -p but don't wait for stdin - useful for a prompt with no selection options.
.TP
.B \-r
Return as soon as a single match is found. i.e. don't wait for the user to press return.
.TP
.BI \-fn " font"
defines the font or font set used.
.TP
.BI \-nb " color"
defines the normal background color.
.IR #RRGGBB and
.IR #RRGGBBAA
are supported.
.TP
.BI \-nf " color"
defines the normal foreground color.
.TP
.BI \-sb " color"
defines the selected background color.
.TP
.BI \-sf " color"
defines the selected foreground color.
.TP
.B \-v
prints version information to standard output, then exits.
.SH USAGE
dmenu-wl is completely controlled by the keyboard.  Besides standard Unix line
editing and item selection (Up/Down/Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the
following keys are recognized:
.TP
.B Tab (Control\-i)
Copy the selected item to the input field.
.TP
.B Return (Control\-j)
Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to standard output and exits,
returning success.
.TP
.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
Confirm input.  Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning
success.
.TP
.B Escape (Control\-c)
Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
.TP
.B Control\-y
Paste the current selection into the input field.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dwm (1)