X-Git-Url: http://git.subgeniuskitty.com/xmenu/.git/blobdiff_plain/685ca30d8dad383f725316ccc42cbaee1674f829..60ddf397e389f25f0a038548d9c808c83d815ba7:/xmenu.1 diff --git a/xmenu.1 b/xmenu.1 index d8fc51e..7b14eea 100644 --- a/xmenu.1 +++ b/xmenu.1 @@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ xmenu \- menu utility for X .SH SYNOPSIS .B xmenu -.RB [ \-w ] +.RB [ \-irw ] +.RB [ -p +.IR position ] .RI [ title ] .SH DESCRIPTION .B xmenu @@ -14,9 +16,52 @@ and outputs the item selected to stdout. .PP 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 +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. -This option may be buggy in some window managers, specially tiled ones. +This option may be buggy in some window managers, +specially tiled ones that do not respect window hints. .PP Each item read from stdin has the following format: .IP @@ -54,14 +99,30 @@ 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. +Items can also be selected by typing the first several characters in it. +.TP +.BR Home +Select the first item in the menu. +.TP +.BR End +Select the last item in the menu. +.TP +.BR Down +Cycle through the items in the regular direction. .TP -.BR Down ", " Tab +.BR Tab Cycle through the items in the regular direction. +When the type\-to\-select feature is active, cycle through matching items instead. .TP -.BR Up ", " Shift-Tab +.BR Up Cycle through the items in the reverse direction. .TP +.BR Shift-Tab +Cycle through the items in the reverse direction. +When the type\-to\-select feature is active, cycle through matching items instead. +.TP .BR Right ", " Enter Select the highlighted item. .TP @@ -70,6 +131,14 @@ Go to the menu above. .TP .B Esc Go to the menu above or exit xmenu. +.PP +.B xmenu +features the type\-to\-select selecting style, +where typing a string will select the first item matching it. +.PP +Additional key bindings can be set at compile time by changing the +.B config.h +file. .SH RESOURCES .B xmenu @@ -77,6 +146,8 @@ 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. @@ -96,6 +167,9 @@ The color of the border around the menu. .B xmenu.separator The color of the separator between items in the menu. .TP +.B xmenu.gap +The gap, in pixels, between the menus. +.TP .B xmenu.width The minimum width, in pixels, of the items in the menu. .TP @@ -107,7 +181,15 @@ 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 .BR xmenu .