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dmenu

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#Kris's build of dmenu

My build of dmenu, the dynamic menu for X.

#Features

  • Xresources: Read colors from ~/.Xresources (pywal compatible)
  • Alpha: Transparency support, can be embedded in transparent st
  • Emoji: Can view color characters like emoji
  • Password mode: -P flag hides user input
  • Reject non-matching: -r flag rejects input that doesn't match an option
  • Mouse clickable: dmenu options are mouse clickable

#Patches

Patch Description
xresources Read colors and settings from ~/.Xresources
alpha Transparency support
password Hide input for password entry
mouse support Click to select options

#Usage

# Run dmenu
dmenu_run

# Password mode
echo -e "option1\noption2" | dmenu -P

# Reject non-matching input
echo -e "yes\nno" | dmenu -r

# With prompt
dmenu -p "Select:" < options.txt

#Installation

git clone https://github.com/krisyotam/dmenu
cd dmenu
sudo make install

#Other Suckless Repos

  • dwm - dynamic window manager
  • st - simple terminal
  • dwmblocks - modular status bar

#Contact