1 # MyMenu
2 
3 > A drop-in replacement for dmenu, 'cause I was bored
4 
5 ![MyMenu works!](screen.png)
6 
7 ---
8 
9 ## What?
10 
11 This is a drop-in replacement for `dmenu(1)`.
12 
13 ## Why?
14 
15 This was the perfect excuse to learn how to make window with Xlib.
16 
17 ## How?
18 
19 Check out the [manpage](mymenu.1) for further documentation. Check out
20 also the [template](Xexample) for the resources.
21 
22 ---
23 
24 ## Dependencies
25 
26  - Xlib
27  - Xinerama (optional)
28    For multi-monitor support
29  - pkg-config (optional)
30    used in the makefile to generate `LIBS` and `CFLAGS` correctly
31 
32 ## Build
33 
34 As simple as `make`. If you want to disable Xinerama support just
35 delete `-DUSE_XINERAMA` from the `CFLAGS` and `xinerama` from the
36 `pkg-config` call from the Makefile.
37 
38 ---
39 
40 ## TODO
41 
42  - Command line flags
43  
44    At the moment the X Resource Database is the only way to interact
45    with the graphic appearance of MyMenu.
46 
47  - Optional TrueType support
48  
49  - Opacity support
50  
51  - Alternate layout
52    
53    An alternate layout (similar to rofi) would be nice too
54 
55 ## Scripts
56 
57 I'm using this script to launch MyMenu
58 
59 ``` shell
60 #!/bin/sh
61 
62 cat <<EOF | /bin/sh -c "$(mymenu "$@")"
63 ZZZ
64 sct 4500
65 lock
66 connect ethernet
67 connect home
68 connect phone
69 zzz
70 ...
71 EOF
72 ```
73 
74 Of course you can as well use the `dmenu_path` and `dmenu_run` scripts
75 that (usually) comes with `dmenu`.