prepare stuff for type-to-select

[xmenu] / xmenu.1

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 xmenu \- menu utility for X
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B xmenu
-.RB [ \-iw ]
+.RB [ \-irw ]
+.RB [ -p
+.IR position ]
 .RI [ title ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B xmenu
@@ -16,12 +18,45 @@ The options are as follows:
 .TP
 .B -i
 Disable icons.
+This makes xmenu loading faster when not using icons.
+.TP
+.BI -p " position"
+Set the position to spawn xmenu.
+Without this option, xmenu spawns next to the cursor.
+.I position
+is a string of the form
+.BR INTxINT[:MONITOR] ,
+where the first INT is the x position and the second INT is the y position.
+The monitor part between brackets is optional.
+.B MONITOR
+can be a number from 0 to the number of monitors minus 1;
+or it can be a string like
+.B current
+or
+.BR cursor .
+If present, the monitor specifies that the position is relative to the upper left corner
+of that monitor.
+If
+.B monitor
+is
+.B current
+or
+.BR cursor ,
+the monitor to be used is that where the cursor is in.
+For example,
+.B -p 0x0:cursor
+specifies that
 .B xmenu
-allocates a space at the left side of the menu for the icons;
-if there is no icon, then this space will be blank.
-Setting the
-.B -i
-option removes this space, making the menu narrower.
+must spawn at the position 0x0 of the monitor where the cursor is in.
+And
+.B -p 100x500:0
+specifies that
+.B xmenu
+must spawn at the position 100x500 of the monitor 0.
+.TP
+.B -r
+If this option is set, the right mouse button is disabled;
+so pressing it will not trigger any menu item.
 .TP
 .B -w
 Asks the window manager to draw a border around the menus.
@@ -64,7 +99,14 @@ is controlled by the mouse,
 but can also be controlled by the keyboard.
 Items can be selected using the arrow keys,
 Tab (with and without Shift),
-Enter and Esc.
+Home, End,
+Enter and Esc, and 1-9 keys.
+.TP
+.BR Home
+Select the first item in the menu.
+.TP
+.BR End
+Select the last item in the menu.
 .TP
 .BR Down ", " Tab
 Cycle through the items in the regular direction.
@@ -80,6 +122,10 @@ Go to the menu above.
 .TP
 .B Esc
 Go to the menu above or exit xmenu.
+.PP
+Additional key bindings can be set at compile time by changing the
+.B config.h
+file.
 .SH RESOURCES
 .B
 xmenu
@@ -87,6 +133,8 @@ understands the following X resources.
 .TP
 .B xmenu.font
 The font in which the labels should be drawn.
+Multiple fonts can be added as fallback fonts;
+they must be separated by a comma.
 .TP
 .B xmenu.background
 The background color of non-selected items in the menu.
@@ -120,6 +168,15 @@ The size in pixels of the border around the menu.
 .TP
 .B xmenu.separatorWidth
 The size in pixels of the item separator.
+.TP
+.B xmenu.alignment
+If set to
+.BR "\(dqleft\(dq" ,
+.BR "\(dqcenter\(dq" ,
+or
+.BR "\(dqright\(dq" ,
+text is aligned to the left, center, or right of the menu, respectively.
+By default, text is aligned to the left.
 
 .SH EXAMPLES
 The following script illustrates the use of