sindre-0.3: sinmenu.1

.TH SINMENU 1 sinmenu\-VERSION
.SH NAME
sinmenu \- slower dmenu that uses more memory
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sinmenu
[\fB\-b\fR]
[\fB\-i\fR]
[\fB\-l\fI lines\fR]
[\fB\-p\fI prompt\fR]
[\fISindre options...\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B sinmenu
is a dynamic menu for X, a clone of
.BR dmenu (1)
written in Sindre.  It manages large numbers of user\-defined menu
items efficiently.
.P
sinmenu reads a list of newline\-separated items from standard input
and creates a menu.  When the user selects an item or enters any text
and presses Return, their choice is printed to standard output and
sinmenu terminates.
.P
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-b
Appear at bottom of screen.
.TP
.B \-i
Match menu items case insensitively.
.TP
.BI \-l " lines"
List items vertically, with the given number of lines.
.TP
.BI \-p " prompt"
The prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.
.TP
.BI \-\-font " font"
The font or font set used.
.TP
.BI \-\-nb " color"
The normal background color.
.IR #RGB ,
.IR #RRGGBB ,
and X color names are supported.
.TP
.BI \-\-nf " color"
Normal foreground color.
.TP
.BI \-\-sb " color"
Background color of prompt and selected element.
.TP
.BI \-\-sf " color"
Foreground color of prompt and selected element.
.SH USAGE
sinmenu is controlled by the keyboard via an eclectic mix of Emacs,
Unix and dmenu conventions.
.TP
.B Tab (C\-i)
Copy the selected item to the input field.
.TP
.B Return (C\-j)
Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning
success.
.TP
.B Shift\-Return (C\-J)
Confirm input.  Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.
.TP
.B Escape (C\-c) or C\-g
Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
.TP
.B C\-y
Paste the current X solution to the input field, using
.BR sselp (1).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR sindre "(1), " dmenu "(1), " sselp (1)