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@@ -1,56 +1,24 @@ -dmenu - dynamic menu for X -=========================== +dmenu - dynamic menu +==================== +dmenu is an efficient dynamic menu for X. -Introduction + +Requirements ------------ -This is my personnal build of dmenu, a simple dynamic menu for -X which sucks less. I've applied some patches. +In order to build dmenu you need the Xlib header files. -Depedencies ------------ -- A C compiler -- xorg -- make Installation ------------ -To install this build, run these commands: - - $ git clone git://jozanleclerc.xyz/jozan/dmenu.git - $ cd dmenu - $ make - # make install clean - -It is installed by default in the user /usr/local/bin directory but you can -change it to something that matches more your $PATH by editing the PREFIX -variable in config.mk. - -Applied patches ---------------- -You can find a list of patches and check what those I've applied are -doing on dmenu's patches page. - -Here is my list: - - border - - case insensitive - - center - - fuzzyhighlight - - fuzzymatch - - line height - -Settings --------- -Most settings are done by editing config.h and recompiling. All settings -can also be configured via command line options, see - $ man 1 dmenu -for more informations. - - Fonts - ----- - The default font is part of the Nerd Fonts collection but can - be changed at config.h:11. - - Colors - ------ - The colorscheme used in this build is gruvbox dark hard, you can - change it at config.h:16. +Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dmenu is installed into +the /usr/local namespace by default). + +Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dmenu +(if necessary as root): + + make clean install + + +Running dmenu +------------- +See the man page for details. |