deskmenu1

Usage

Overview

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.

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
/etc/deskmenurc.debian

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