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1 | <p align="center"> |
2 | <img src="/demo.gif", title="demo"/> | |
70063f16 | 3 | </p> |
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c1640685 | 5 | # XMenu |
c15958bd | 6 | |
571d99e1 | 7 | XMenu is a menu utility for X. |
8 | XMenu receives a menu specification in stdin, shows a menu for the user | |
a7732690 | 9 | to select one of the options, and outputs the option selected to stdout. |
883ec17f | 10 | XMenu can be controlled both via mouse and via keyboard. |
571d99e1 | 11 | |
70063f16 | 12 | In order to generate a menu of applications based on .desktop entries, |
13 | as specified by XDG, checkout [xdg-xmenu](https://github.com/OliverLew/xdg-xmenu) | |
14 | by [OliverLew](https://github.com/OliverLew). | |
15 | ||
47f3bbaf | 16 | Check out my other project, [xclickroot](https://github.com/phillbush/xclickroot) for an application that can |
d94ef325 | 17 | spawn xmenu by right clicking on the root window (i.e. on the desktop). |
18 | ||
571d99e1 | 19 | |
c1640685 | 20 | ## Features |
33376f54 | 21 | |
22 | XMenu comes with the following features: | |
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23 | |
24 | * XMenu reads something in and prints something out, the UNIX way. | |
25 | * Submenus (some menu entries can spawn another menu). | |
26 | * Separators (menu entries can be separated by a line). | |
27 | * Icons (menu entries can be preceded by an icon image). | |
c15958bd | 28 | * X resources support (you don't need to recompile xmenu for configuring it). |
33376f54 | 29 | |
30 | ||
c1640685 | 31 | ## Files |
571d99e1 | 32 | |
33 | The files are: | |
47f3bbaf | 34 | |
70063f16 | 35 | * `./README`: This file. |
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36 | * `./Makefile`: The makefile. |
37 | * `./config.h`: The hardcoded default configuration for XMenu. | |
38 | * `./config.mk`: The setup for the makefile. | |
39 | * `./demo.gif`: A gif demonstrating how XMenu works. | |
40 | * `./xmenu.1`: The manual file (man page) for XMenu. | |
41 | * `./xmenu.c`: The source code of XMenu. | |
42 | * `./xmenu.sh`: A sample script illustrating how to use XMenu. | |
43 | * `./icons/`: Icons for the sample script | |
a7732690 | 44 | |
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c1640685 | 46 | ## Installation |
a7732690 | 47 | |
47f3bbaf | 48 | First, edit `./config.mk` to match your local setup. |
571d99e1 | 49 | |
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50 | In order to build XMenu you need the `Imlib2`, `Xlib` and `Xft` header files. |
51 | The default configuration for XMenu is specified in the file `config.h`, | |
571d99e1 | 52 | you can edit it, but most configuration can be changed at runtime via |
53 | X resources. Enter the following command to build XMenu. This command | |
47f3bbaf | 54 | creates the binary file `./xmenu`. |
a7732690 | 55 | |
571d99e1 | 56 | make |
a7732690 | 57 | |
47f3bbaf | 58 | By default, XMenu is installed into the `/usr/local` prefix. Enter the |
571d99e1 | 59 | following command to install XMenu (if necessary as root). This command |
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60 | installs the binary file `./xmenu` into the `${PREFIX}/bin/` directory, and |
61 | the manual file `./xmenu.1` into `${MANPREFIX}/man1/` directory. | |
a7732690 | 62 | |
571d99e1 | 63 | make install |
a7732690 | 64 | |
a7732690 | 65 | |
c1640685 | 66 | ## Running XMenu |
571d99e1 | 67 | |
68 | XMenu receives as input a menu specification where each line is a menu | |
a7732690 | 69 | entry. Each line can be indented with tabs to represent nested menus. |
70 | Each line is made out of a label and a command separated by any number | |
7fbd1c5e | 71 | of tabs. Lines without labels are menu separators. |
a7732690 | 72 | |
47f3bbaf | 73 | See the script `./xmenu.sh` for an example of how to use XMenu to draw a |
b3419d47 | 74 | simple menu with submenus and separators. The file `./demo.gif` shows how |
4f898cc3 | 75 | the menu generated by that script looks like. |
571d99e1 | 76 | |
0bb24147 | 77 | Read the [manual](https://github.com/phillbush/xmenu/wiki) for more information on running XMenu. |