[xmenu] / xmenu.1

.TH PROG 1
.SH NAME
xmenu \- menu utility for X
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B xmenu
.RB [ \-w ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B xmenu
is a menu for X,
it reads a list of newline-separated items from stdin,
shows a menu for the user to select one of the items,
and outputs the item selected to stdout.
.PP
The options are as follows:
.TP
.B -w
Asks the window manager to draw a border around the menus.
Without this options, the menus do not have border drawn by the window manager.
.PP
Each item read from stdin has the following format:
.IP
.EX
ITEM := TABS LABEL TABS COMMAND NEWLINE
.EE
.PP
That means, each item is composed by
tabs, followed by a label, followed by more tabs, followed by a command,
and ended by a newline.
.IP
The initial tabs indicate the menu hierarchy:
items indented with a tab is shown in a submenu of the preceding item not indented.
.IP
The label is the string that will be shown as a item in the menu.
An item without label is considered a separator and is drawn as a thin line in the menu
separating the item above from the item below.
.IP
The command is the string that will be output after selecting the item.
.IP
The newline terminates the item specification.
.SH RESOURCES
.B
xmenu
understands the following X resources.
.TP
.B xmenu.font
The font in which the labels should be drawn.
.TP
.B xmenu.background
The background color of non-selected itens in the menu.
.TP
.B xmenu.foreground
The color of the label text of non-selected itens in the menu.
.TP
.B xmenu.selbackground
The background color of selected itens in the menu.
.TP
.B xmenu.selforeground
The color of the label text of selected itens in the menu.
.TP
.B xmenu.border
The color of the border around the menu.
.TP
.B xmenu.separator
The color of the separator between itens in the menu.
.TP
.B xmenu.width
The minimum width, in pixels, of the items in the menu.
.TP
.B xmenu.itemborder
The size in pixels of the border around the label text in items in the menu.
.TP
.B xmenu.menuborder
The size in pixels of the border around the menu.
.TP
.B xmenu.separatorsize
The size in pixels of the item separator.

.SH EXAMPLES
The following is an script exemplifying the use
.BR xmenu .
The output is redirected to xargs to make a command to be run by the shell.
.IP
.EX
#!/bin/sh

cat <<EOF | ./xmenu | xargs sh -c
Applications
	Web Browser	firefox
	Image editor	gimp
Terminal (xterm)	xterm
Terminal (urxvt)	urxvt
Terminal (st)		st

Shutdown			poweroff
Reboot			reboot
EOF
.EE
.PP
For example, by selecting \(lqApplications\(rq, a new menu will appear.
Selecting \(lqWeb Browser\(rq in the new menu will open firefox.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR dmenu (1),
.IR 9menu (1),
.IR thingmenu (1)
Commit	Line	Data
08f16589	1	.TH PROG 1
	2	.SH NAME
	3	xmenu \- menu utility for X
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B xmenu
	6	.RB [ \-w ]
	7	.SH DESCRIPTION
	8	.B xmenu
	9	is a menu for X,
	10	it reads a list of newline-separated items from stdin,
	11	shows a menu for the user to select one of the items,
	12	and outputs the item selected to stdout.
	13	.PP
	14	The options are as follows:
	15	.TP
	16	.B -w
	17	Asks the window manager to draw a border around the menus.
	18	Without this options, the menus do not have border drawn by the window manager.
	19	.PP
	20	Each item read from stdin has the following format:
	21	.IP
	22	.EX
	23	ITEM := TABS LABEL TABS COMMAND NEWLINE
	24	.EE
	25	.PP
	26	That means, each item is composed by
	27	tabs, followed by a label, followed by more tabs, followed by a command,
	28	and ended by a newline.
	29	.IP
	30	The initial tabs indicate the menu hierarchy:
	31	items indented with a tab is shown in a submenu of the preceding item not indented.
	32	.IP
	33	The label is the string that will be shown as a item in the menu.
	34	An item without label is considered a separator and is drawn as a thin line in the menu
	35	separating the item above from the item below.
	36	.IP
	37	The command is the string that will be output after selecting the item.
	38	.IP
	39	The newline terminates the item specification.
f644b8bc	40	.SH RESOURCES
	41	.B
	42	xmenu
	43	understands the following X resources.
	44	.TP
	45	.B xmenu.font
	46	The font in which the labels should be drawn.
	47	.TP
	48	.B xmenu.background
	49	The background color of non-selected itens in the menu.
	50	.TP
	51	.B xmenu.foreground
	52	The color of the label text of non-selected itens in the menu.
	53	.TP
	54	.B xmenu.selbackground
	55	The background color of selected itens in the menu.
	56	.TP
	57	.B xmenu.selforeground
	58	The color of the label text of selected itens in the menu.
	59	.TP
	60	.B xmenu.border
	61	The color of the border around the menu.
	62	.TP
	63	.B xmenu.separator
	64	The color of the separator between itens in the menu.
	65	.TP
	66	.B xmenu.width
	67	The minimum width, in pixels, of the items in the menu.
	68	.TP
	69	.B xmenu.itemborder
	70	The size in pixels of the border around the label text in items in the menu.
	71	.TP
	72	.B xmenu.menuborder
	73	The size in pixels of the border around the menu.
	74	.TP
	75	.B xmenu.separatorsize
	76	The size in pixels of the item separator.
	77
08f16589	78	.SH EXAMPLES
	79	The following is an script exemplifying the use
	80	.BR xmenu .
	81	The output is redirected to xargs to make a command to be run by the shell.
	82	.IP
	83	.EX
	84	#!/bin/sh
	85
	86	cat <<EOF \| ./xmenu \| xargs sh -c
	87	Applications
	88	Web Browser firefox
	89	Image editor gimp
	90	Terminal (xterm) xterm
	91	Terminal (urxvt) urxvt
	92	Terminal (st) st
	93
	94	Shutdown poweroff
	95	Reboot reboot
	96	EOF
	97	.EE
	98	.PP
	99	For example, by selecting \(lqApplications\(rq, a new menu will appear.
	100	Selecting \(lqWeb Browser\(rq in the new menu will open firefox.
	101	.SH SEE ALSO
	102	.IR dmenu (1),
	103	.IR 9menu (1),
	104	.IR thingmenu (1)