deskmenu - A root menu for X
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Description
DeskMenu is a root menu program which is activated by clicking the root window. It is configured from a
.deskmenurc file in your home directory, see example_rc for more details.
You can use deskmenu for session management by making it the last line of your .xinitrc and using the
--quit command line option, which adds a quit option to the menu.
NOTE: Deskmenu will do nothing unless you have a ${HOME}/.deskmenurc file or a /etc/deskmenurc
(/etc/deskmenurc.debian is automatically generated)
This manpage is specific to the debian package of deskmenu.
IMPORTANTNOTE: You have to set a keycode, when using this version of keylaunch, in your config file.
Files
${HOME}/.deskmenurc/etc/deskmenurc.debianName
deskmenu - A root menu for X
Options
-b,--button=n
Sets which mouse button is used to invoke deskmenu
-f,--file=n
Sets which config file will be used for deskmenu
--quit-menu
Display a "Quit-Menu" in the deskmenu
--verbose
Print more information
-h,--help
Display a short help and exit
-V,--version
Output version information and exit
--display
Use an alternative display instead of $DISPLAY
The most common ways of invoking deskmenu
deskmenu --button=[1...5] --file=/home/user/.deskmenurc.example
Rcfile
# menuitem=label:command
# submenu=label
# menuitem=label:command
# endmenu=
# divider=
# windowlist=label
# workspaces=label
# include=/path/to/include_file
# keycode=modifier+keyname
# for example Control+Escape
# this keycode is used as "hotkey"
# to display the menu.
#
menuitem=Terminal:x-terminal-emulator
divider=
submenu=Programs
menuitem=The Gimp:gimp
menuitem=Netscape:netscape
endmenu=
menu=Multimedia
menuitem=GQmpeg:gqmpeg
menuitem=Audio Mixer:gmix
endmenu=
divider=
include=/etc/extra_menu
divider=
windowlist=Window List
workspaces=Workspaces
See Also
desklaunch(1) keylaunch(1) oroborus(1) dfm(1) 1.3.x deskmenu(1)
Syntax
deskmenu <argument>
