# MyMenu

> A replacement for dmenu, 'cause I was bored

![MyMenu works!](screen.png)

![MyMenu alternate layout](screen-alt.png)

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## What?

This is a replacement for `dmenu(1)`.

## Why?

This was the perfect excuse to learn how to make window with Xlib.

## How?

Check out the [manpage](mymenu.1) for further documentation. Check out
also the [template](Xexample) for the resources.

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## Dependencies

 - Xlib
 - Xinerama (optional)
   For multi-monitor support
 - Xft (optional)
   For TrueType (r) font support
 - pkg-config (optional)
   used in the makefile to generate `LIBS` and `CFLAGS` correctly

## Build

As simple as `make`. By default both Xft and Xinerama are enabled, if
you want to disable them just delete the relative `-DUSE_` from the
`CFLAGS` and update the `OPTIONAL` variable. Of course you can delete
both, or just one of them.

## FAQ

 - Does not run / Hangs

   At the startup mymenu will read `stdin` for a list of item, only
   then it'll display a window. Are you sure that you're passing
   something on standard input?

 - License

   The code is released under GPLv3, but I don't have strong
   preference regard licenses, so if you ask I may release the code
   also under a different license (a free software one of course).

 - Will feature $X be added?

   No. Or maybe Yes. In fact, it depends. Open an issue and let's
   discuss. If it's something that's trivial to achieve in combo with
   other tool maybe is not the case to add it here.

 - Is feature $Y present? What $Z do? How to achieve $W?

   Everything is documented in the man page. To read it, simply execute
   `man -l mymenu.1` or `mandoc mymenu.1 | less` (depending on your
   system the `-l` option may not be present).

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## TODO

 - Command line flags

   At the moment the X Resource Database is the only way to interact
   with the graphic appearance of MyMenu.

 - Opacity support

## Scripts

I'm using this script to launch MyMenu with custom item

``` shell
#!/bin/sh

cat <<EOF | /bin/sh -c "$(mymenu "$@")"
sct 4500
lock
connect ethernet
connect home
connect phone
ZZZ
zzz
...
EOF
```

You can generate a menu from the `.desktop` file with something like
this:

``` shell
#!/bin/sh

getname() {
    cat $1 | grep '^Name=' | sed 's/^.*=//'
}

getexec() {
    cat $1 | grep '^Exec=' | sed 's/^.*=//'
}

desktop_files=`ls /usr/local/share/applications/*.desktop`

{
    for i in $desktop_files; do
        getname $i
    done
} | mymenu "$@" | {
    read prgname
    for i in $desktop_files; do
        name=`getname $i`
        if [ "x$prgname" = "x$name" ]; then
            exec `getexec $i`
        fi
    done
}
```

or generate a list of executables from `$PATH` like this:

``` shell
#!/bin/sh

path=`echo $PATH | sed 's/:/ /g'`

{
    for i in $path; do
        ls -F $i | grep '.*\*$' | sed 's/\*//'
    done
} | sort | /bin/sh -c "$(mymenu "$@")"
```

Of course you can as well use the `dmenu_path` and `dmenu_run` scripts
that (usually) comes with `dmenu`.