deskmenu - A root menu for X

deskmenu <argument>

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.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You have to set a keycode, when using this version of keylaunch, in your config file.

-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

${HOME}/.deskmenurc

/etc/deskmenurc.debian

# 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

Ken Lynch <kenlynch@blueyonder.co.uk> (c) 2001

Ken stopped developing on Deskmenu in late 2001.

Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@dreamind.de> (c) 2002

The current developer of Deskmenu.

This manpage was written for the Debian GNU/Linux package of this program by Brandon L. Griffith <brandon@debian.org> because the origonal program did not include one. You are free to edit, translate, convert, or otherwise do anything you wish with this manpage. This program was patched with a diff from Martin Hedenfalk <mhe@hjome.se> to allow submenu recursion. Updated and added to the official deskmenu by Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@dreamind.de>

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