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-                                 xmenu
+                                 XMenu

 
 

-Xmenu is a menu utility for X.
-Xmenu receives a menu specification in stdin, shows a menu for the user
+XMenu is a menu utility for X.
+XMenu receives a menu specification in stdin, shows a menu for the user

 to select one of the options, and outputs the option selected to stdout.
 to select one of the options, and outputs the option selected to stdout.

+XMenu can be controlled both via mouse and via keyboard.  The menu is a
+pop-up menu (that is, after selecting an option, the menu disappears).
+
+Check out my other project, xclickroot[0] for an application that can
+spawn xmenu by right clicking on the root window (i.e. on the desktop).
+
+[0]: https://github.com/phillbush/xclickroot
+
+
+§ Features
+
+XMenu comes with the following features:
+• XMenu reads something in and prints something out, the UNIX way.
+• Submenus (some menu entries can spawn another menu).
+• Separators (menu entries can be separated by a line).
+• Icons (menu entries can be preceded by an icon image).
+
+
+§ Files
+
+The files are:
+• ./README:     This file.
+• ./Makefile:   The makefile.
+• ./config.h:   The hardcoded default configuration for XMenu.
+• ./config.mk:  The setup for the makefile.
+• ./demo.gif:   A gif demonstrating how XMenu works.
+• ./xmenu.1:    The manual file (man page) for XMenu.
+• ./xmenu.c:    The source code of XMenu.
+• ./xmenu.sh:   A sample script illustrating how to use XMenu.
+• ./icons/:     Icons for the sample script
+

 
 § Installation
 
 
 § Installation
 

-In order to build xmenu you need the Xlib header files.
+First, edit ./config.mk to match your local setup.
+
+In order to build XMenu you need the Imlib2, Xlib and Xft header files.
+The default configuration for XMenu is specified in the file config.h,
+you can edit it, but most configuration can be changed at runtime via
+X resources.  Enter the following command to build XMenu.  This command
+creates the binary file ./xmenu.

 
 

-Edit config.mk to match your local setub (dwm is installed into the
-/usr/local prefix by default).  Then enter the following command to
-build and install dwm (if necessary as root).
+       make

 
 

-┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
-│ make clean install                                                  │
-└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+By default, XMenu is installed into the /usr/local prefix.  Enter the
+following command to install XMenu (if necessary as root).  This command
+installs the binary file ./xmenu into the ${PREFIX}/bin/ directory, and
+the manual file ./xmenu.1 into ${MANPREFIX}/man1/ directory.

 
 

+       make install

 
 

-§ Running xmenu

 
 

-xmenu receives as input a menu specification where each line is a menu
+§ Running XMenu
+
+XMenu receives as input a menu specification where each line is a menu

 entry.  Each line can be indented with tabs to represent nested menus.
 Each line is made out of a label and a command separated by any number
 entry.  Each line can be indented with tabs to represent nested menus.
 Each line is made out of a label and a command separated by any number

-of tabs.
+of tabs.  Lines without labels are menu separators.
+
+See the script ./xmenu.sh for an example of how to use XMenu to draw a
+simple menu with submenus and separators.  The file ./demo.gif shows how
+the menu generated by that script looks like.
+
+Read the manual for more information on running XMenu.
+
+
+§ License

 
 

+This software is in public domain and is provided AS IS, with NO WARRANTY.