xlucn / xdg-xmenu

Minimal app menu with xmenu

xdg-xmenu

It's a small program to show a apps menu with xmenu. The current branch is a C rewrite of previous shell and python version of xdg-xmenu. This C version can launch xmenu directly, due to a faster execution time.

For the legacy shell and python versions, see corresponding branches of this git repository.

Requirements

• libinih, or called 'inih', to parse the desktop entry files. Available in most major distros.

Usage

xdg-xmenu [-dGhIn] [-b ICON] [-i THEME] [-s SIZE] [-S SCALE] [-t TERMINAL]
          [-x CMD] [-- <xmenu_args>]

A simple app menu with xmenu.

Options:
  -h          Show this help message and exit
  -b ICON     Fallback icon name, default is application-x-executable
  -d          Dump generated menu, do not run xmenu
  -G          Do not show generic name of the app
  -i THEME    Icon theme for app icons. Default to gtk3 settings
  -I          Disable icon in xmenu
  -n          Do not run app, output to stdout
  -s SIZE     Icon size for app icons
  -S SCALE    Icon scale factor, useful in HiDPI screens
  -t TERMINAL Terminal emulator to use, default is xterm
  -x CMD      Xmenu command to use, default is xmenu
Note:
  Options after `--' are passed to xmenu (or CMD)

Notes

Important: Svg icons are supported since Imlib2 1.8.0. Thus, xdg-xmenu assumes that you have installed Imlib2 of at least that version. As a result, unlike the shell version, the svg icons are not converted to png anymore. If you don't have the required version of Imlib2, use the shell version instead.