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XMenu
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XMenu is a menu utility for X.
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XMenu receives a menu specification in stdin, shows a menu for the user
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to select one of the options, and outputs the option selected to stdout.
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XMenu can be controlled both via mouse and via keyboard. The menu is a
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pop-up menu (that is, after selecting an option, the menu disappears).
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NOTE:
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The -w (windowed) option was removed from the master branch. It was too
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buggy in tiled window managers and required more code to be maintained.
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§ Files
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The files are:
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• ./README: This file.
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• ./Makefile: The makefile.
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• ./config.h: The hardcoded default configuration for XMenu.
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• ./config.mk: The setup for the makefile.
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• ./demo.gif: A gif demonstrating how XMenu works.
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• ./xmenu.1: The manual file (man page) for XMenu.
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• ./xmenu.c: The source code of XMenu.
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• ./xmenu.sh: A sample script illustrating how to use XMenu.
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• ./patches/ See the §Patches section
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§ Patches
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There are some patches that can be applied to XMenu in order to obtain
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novel functionalities. The patches are located at ./patches. There
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are the following patches:
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• ./patches/icons.diff: Add suport to image icons before menu entries.
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To apply a patch, use the following command:
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patch -p1 < patches/patch.diff
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§ Installation
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First, edit ./config.mk to match your local setup.
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In order to build XMenu you need the Xlib and the Xft header files.
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The default configuration for XMenu is specified in the file config.h,
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you can edit it, but most configuration can be changed at runtime via
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X resources. Enter the following command to build XMenu. This command
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creates the binary file ./xmenu.
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make
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By default, XMenu is installed into the /usr/local prefix. Enter the
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following command to install XMenu (if necessary as root). This command
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installs the binary file ./xmenu into the ${PREFIX}/bin/ directory, and
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the manual file ./xmenu.1 into ${MANPREFIX}/man1/ directory.
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make install
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§ Running XMenu
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XMenu receives as input a menu specification where each line is a menu
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entry. Each line can be indented with tabs to represent nested menus.
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Each line is made out of a label and a command separated by any number
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of tabs. Lines without labels are menu separators.
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See the script ./xmenu.sh for an example of how to use XMenu to draw a
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simple menu with submenus and separators. The file ./demo.gif shows how
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the menu generated by that script looks like.
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Read the manual for more information on running XMenu.
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§ License
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This software is in public domain and is provided AS IS, with NO WARRANTY.
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