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
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