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.TH ROFI-DMENU 5 rofi-dmenu
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.SH NAME
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\fBrofi dmenu mode\fP - Rofi dmenu emulation
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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To integrate \fBrofi\fP into scripts as simple selection dialogs,
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\fBrofi\fP supports emulating \fBdmenu(1)\fP (A dynamic menu for X11).
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The website for \fB\fCdmenu\fR can be found here
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\[la]http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/\[ra]\&.
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.PP
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\fBrofi\fP does not aim to be 100% compatible with \fB\fCdmenu\fR\&. There are simply too many flavors of \fB\fCdmenu\fR\&.
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The idea is that the basic usage command-line flags are obeyed, theme-related flags are not.
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Besides, \fBrofi\fP offers some extended features (like multi-select, highlighting, message bar, extra key bindings).
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.SH BASIC CONCEPT
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.PP
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In \fB\fCdmenu\fR mode, \fBrofi\fP reads data from standard in, splits them into separate entries and displays them.
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If the user selects an row, this is printed out to standard out, allow the script to process it further.
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.PP
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By default separation of rows is done on new lines, making it easy to pipe the output a one application into
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\fBrofi\fP and the output of rofi into the next.
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.SH USAGE
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By launching \fBrofi\fP with the \fB\fC-dmenu\fR flag it will go into dmenu emulation mode.
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.PP
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.RS
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.nf
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ls | rofi -dmenu
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.fi
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.RE
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.SS DMENU DROP-IN REPLACEMENT
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If \fB\fCargv[0]\fR (calling command) is dmenu, \fBrofi\fP will start in dmenu mode.
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This way, it can be used as a drop-in replacement for dmenu. Just copy or symlink \fBrofi\fP to dmenu in \fB\fC$PATH\fR\&.
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.PP
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.RS
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.nf
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ln -s /usr/bin/rofi /usr/bin/dmenu
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.fi
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.RE
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.SS DMENU VS SCRIPT MODE
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Script mode is used to extend \fBrofi\fP, dmenu mode is used to extend a script.
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The two do share much of the same input format. Please see the \fBrofi-script(5)\fP manpage for more information.
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.SS DMENU SPECIFIC COMMANDLINE FLAGS
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A lot of these options can also be modified by the script using special input. See the \fBrofi-script(5)\fP manpage
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for more information about this syntax.
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\fB\fC-sep\fR \fIseparator\fP
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Separator for \fB\fCdmenu\fR\&. Example: To show a list of 'a' to 'e' with '|' as a separator:
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.RS
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.nf
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echo "a|b|c|d|e" | rofi -sep '|' -dmenu
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.fi
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.RE
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\fB\fC-p\fR \fIprompt\fP
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Specify the prompt to show in \fB\fCdmenu\fR mode. For example, select 'monkey', a,b,c,d, or e.
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.RS
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.nf
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echo "a|b|c|d|e" | rofi -sep '|' -dmenu -p "monkey"
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.fi
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.RE
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Default: \fIdmenu\fP
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\fB\fC-l\fR \fInumber of lines to show\fP
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Maximum number of lines the menu may show before scrolling.
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.RS
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.nf
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rofi -dmenu -l 25
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.fi
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.RE
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Default: \fI15\fP
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\fB\fC-i\fR
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Makes \fB\fCdmenu\fR searches case-insensitive
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\fB\fC-a\fR \fIX\fP
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Active row, mark \fIX\fP as active. Where \fIX\fP is a comma-separated list of python(1)-style indices and ranges, e.g. indices start at 0, -1 refers to the last row with -2 preceding it, ranges are left-open and right-close, and so on. You can specify:
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.RS
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.IP \(bu 2
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A single row: '5'
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.IP \(bu 2
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A range of (last 3) rows: '-3:'
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.IP \(bu 2
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4 rows starting from row 7: '7:11' (or in legacy notation: '7-10')
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.IP \(bu 2
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A set of rows: '2,0,-9'
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.IP \(bu 2
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Or any combination: '5,-3:,7:11,2,0,-9'
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.RE
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\fB\fC-u\fR \fIX\fP
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Urgent row, mark \fIX\fP as urgent. See \fB\fC-a\fR option for details.
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\fB\fC-only-match\fR
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Only return a selected item, do not allow custom entry.
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This mode always returns an entry. It will not return if no matching entry is
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selected.
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\fB\fC-no-custom\fR
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Only return a selected item, do not allow custom entry.
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This mode returns directly when no entries given.
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\fB\fC-format\fR \fIformat\fP
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Allows the output of dmenu to be customized (N is the total number of input entries):
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.RS
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.IP \(bu 2
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\&'s' selected string
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.IP \(bu 2
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\&'i' index (0 - (N-1))
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.IP \(bu 2
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\&'d' index (1 - N)
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.IP \(bu 2
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\&'q' quote string
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.IP \(bu 2
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\&'p' Selected string stripped from Pango markup (Needs to be a valid string)
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.IP \(bu 2
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\&'f' filter string (user input)
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.IP \(bu 2
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\&'F' quoted filter string (user input)
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.RE
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Default: 's'
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\fB\fC-select\fR \fIstring\fP
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Select first line that matches the given string
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\fB\fC-mesg\fR \fIstring\fP
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Add a message line below the filter entry box. Supports Pango markup.
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For more information on supported markup, see here
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\[la]https://docs.gtk.org/Pango/pango_markup.html\[ra]
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\fB\fC-dump\fR
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Dump the filtered list to stdout and quit.
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This can be used to get the list as \fBrofi\fP would filter it.
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Use together with \fB\fC-filter\fR command.
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\fB\fC-input\fR \fIfile\fP
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Reads from \fIfile\fP instead of stdin.
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\fB\fC-password\fR
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Hide the input text. This should not be considered secure!
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\fB\fC-markup-rows\fR
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Tell \fBrofi\fP that DMenu input is Pango markup encoded, and should be rendered.
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See here
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\[la]https://developer.gnome.org/pygtk/stable/pango-markup-language.html\[ra] for details about Pango markup.
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\fB\fC-multi-select\fR
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Allow multiple lines to be selected. Adds a small selection indicator to the left of each entry.
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\fB\fC-sync\fR
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Force \fBrofi\fP mode to first read all data from stdin before showing the selection window. This is original dmenu behavior.
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Note: the default asynchronous mode will also be automatically disabled if used with conflicting options,
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such as \fB\fC-dump\fR, \fB\fC-only-match\fR or \fB\fC-auto-select\fR\&.
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\fB\fC-async-pre-read\fR \fInumber\fP
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Reads the first \fInumber\fP entries blocking, then switches to async mode.
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This makes it feel more 'snappy'.
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\fIdefault\fP: 25
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\fB\fC-window-title\fR \fItitle\fP
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Set name used for the window title. Will be shown as Rofi - \fItitle\fP
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\fB\fC-w\fR \fIwindowid\fP
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Position \fBrofi\fP over the window with the given X11 window ID.
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\fB\fC-keep-right\fR
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Set ellipsize mode to start. So, the end of the string is visible.
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\fB\fC-display-columns\fR
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A comma seperated list of columns to show.
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\fB\fC-display-column-separator\fR
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The column separator. This is a regex.
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\fIdefault\fP: '\\t'
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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.RS
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.IP \(bu 2
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\fB0\fP: Row has been selected accepted by user.
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.IP \(bu 2
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\fB1\fP: User cancelled the selection.
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.IP \(bu 2
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\fB10-28\fP: Row accepted by custom keybinding.
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.RE
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.SH SEE ALSO
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rofi(1), rofi-sensible-terminal(1), dmenu(1), rofi-theme(5), rofi-script(5), rofi-theme-selector(1)
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.SH AUTHOR
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Qball Cow qball@gmpclient.org
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\[la]mailto:qball@gmpclient.org\[ra]
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Rasmus Steinke rasi@xssn.at
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\[la]mailto:rasi@xssn.at\[ra]
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Morgane Glidic sardemff7+rofi@sardemff7.net
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\[la]mailto:sardemff7+rofi@sardemff7.net\[ra]
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Original code based on work by: Sean Pringle sean.pringle@gmail.com
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\[la]mailto:sean.pringle@gmail.com\[ra]
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For a full list of authors, check the AUTHORS file.
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