-<p align="center">
- <img src="/demo.gif", title="demo"/>
-</p>
-
# XMenu
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.
-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).
+XMenu can be controlled both via mouse and via keyboard.
+
+In order to generate a menu of applications based on .desktop entries,
+as specified by XDG, checkout [xdg-xmenu](https://github.com/OliverLew/xdg-xmenu)
+by [OliverLew](https://github.com/OliverLew).
Check out my other project, [xclickroot](https://github.com/phillbush/xclickroot) for an application that can
spawn xmenu by right clicking on the root window (i.e. on the desktop).
* Separators (menu entries can be separated by a line).
* Icons (menu entries can be preceded by an icon image).
* X resources support (you don't need to recompile xmenu for configuring it).
+* Multi-head (xmenu supports multiple monitors by using Xinerama).
+* Type-to-select (you can select an item by typing part of its name).
## Files
The files are:
-* `./README`: This file.
+* `./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.
First, edit `./config.mk` to match your local setup.
-In order to build XMenu you need the `Imlib2`, `Xlib` and `Xft` header files.
+In order to build XMenu you need the `Imlib2`, `Xlib`, `Xinerama` 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
Read the [manual](https://github.com/phillbush/xmenu/wiki) for more information on running XMenu.
-## License
-
-MIT/X Consortium License
-
-© 2020 phillbush
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
-copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
-to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
-the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
-and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
-Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+## Acknowledgements
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
-THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
-FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
-DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+* [thingmenu](https://github.com/singpolyma/thingmenu) for being the base
+ for xmenu's code. However, xmenu evolved enough that it no longer resembles
+ thingmenu at all.
+* [dmenu](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/) for inspiring the stdin-to-stdout
+ interface, and being base for drawing routines and input method code.