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deskmenu(1)		     General Commands Manual		     deskmenu(1)

NAME
     deskmenu - A root menu for X

SYNTAX
     deskmenu <argument>

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 /usr/local/etc/deskmenurc.
     IMPORTANT NOTE: You have to set a keycode, when using this version of  key-
     launch, in your config file.

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

FILES
     ${HOME}/.deskmenurc
     /usr/local/etc/deskmenurc

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

AUTHORS
     Ken Lynch <kenlynch@blueyonder.co.uk> (c) 2001
     Ken stopped developing on Deskmenu in late 2001.
     Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@dreamind.de> (c) 2002-2010
     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  original  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.   Up-
     dated and added to the official deskmenu by Stefan Pfetzing <dreamind@drea-
     mind.de>

SEE ALSO
     desklaunch(1) keylaunch(1) oroborus(1) dfm(1)

				      1.3.x			     deskmenu(1)

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