My fork of dmenu from suckless
In order to build dmenu you need the Xlib header files.
make
sudo make installTo run dmenu, run:
dmenu_run [options]| Option | Description | Value type |
|---|---|---|
| b | appears on the bottom | None |
| f | grabs the keyboard befre reading stdin | None |
| s | matches menu items case sensitively | None |
| n | instantly selects if only one match | None |
| l | long listing format | Int |
| h | uses a menu line of at least 'height' pixels tall | Int |
| m | select which monitor dmenu appears on (starts at 0) | Int |
| p | prompt name | Str |
| fn | font used | Str |
| nb | normal background color | Str |
| nf | normal foreground color | Str |
| sb | selected background color | Str |
| sf | selected foreground color | Str |
| v | prints version number | None |
| w | embed into windowid | Int |
| P | Password input field by turning input into periods | None |