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NAME
       9menu - create a menu to run commands

SYNOPSIS
       9menu [ -bg background-color ] [ -display displayname ] [ -file name ]
       [ -fg foreground-color ] [ -font fname ] [ -geometry geom ] [ -iconic ]
       [ -label name ] [ -path ] [ -popdown ] [ -popup ] [ -shell prog ] [
       -teleport ] [ -version ] [ -warp ] menuitem[:command] ...

DESCRIPTION
       9menu is a simple program that accepts a list of menu item and command
       pairs on the command line.  It creates a window that consists of
       nothing but a menu.  When a particular item is selected, the
       corresponding command is executed.

       Either Button1 or Button3 may be used to select an item.
       Alternatively, the UP-ARROW and DOWN-ARROW cursor keys may be used to
       highlight different items, with ENTER used to select the highlighted
       item.

       Menu items and commands are separated by a colon.  The colon and
       command are optional. If they are missing, then the menu item is
       assumed to be a command that can be executed directly.

       A menu item consisting of the word exit causes 9menu to exit when it is
       selected.  Otherwise, to stop 9menu , delete it using the window
       manager.  The exit menu item can be anywhere in the list, although by
       convention it is last.  If a command is supplied along with the exit
       item, that command is executed before 9menu exits.

       If a menu item's command starts with the word exec, 9menu ceases
       operating after launching it.

       9menu accepts the following command line options, listed
       alphabetically:

              -bg background-color
                     Set the background color to background-color.  By
                     default, the background color is white.

              -display displayname
                     Use the X display displayname, instead of the default
                     display.

              -file filename
                     Read items to display from filename, in addition to any
                     other command line arguments.  This is intended for use
                     with #!  in scripts.

              -fg foreground-color
                     Set the foreground color to foreground-color.  By
                     default, the foreground color is black.

              -font fname
                     Use the font fname, instead of one of the default fonts
                     built into 9wm.

              -geometry geom
                     Use geom (a geometry in standard X format) as the
                     geometry of the menu.  This is most useful for specifying
                     the initial location of the menu.  Note that 9menu
                     overrides the size part of the geometry specification.
                     The window is always just large enough to hold the menu.

              -iconic
                     Start up in the iconified state.

              -label name
                     Change both the window and icon labels of the window to
                     name.  The default label is the last component of the
                     path used to run 9menu, typically, 9menu.

              -path  Append the current directory to the command search path.

              -popdown
                     Once an item is selected, the menu window automatically
                     iconifies itself.

              -popup Act like a pop-up menu. Once a menu item is selected,
                     9menu exits.  This option overrides -popdown.

              -shell prog
                     Use prog as the shell to run commands, instead of
                     /bin/sh.  A popular alternative shell is rc(1).  If the
                     shell cannot be executed, 9menu then silently falls back
                     to using /bin/sh.

              -teleport
                     Move the menu to where the mouse is when the menu is
                     uniconified.  This option is particularly useful when
                     combined with -popdown.

              -version
                     This option prints the version of 9menu on the standard
                     output, and then exits with an exit value of zero.

              -warp  Warp the mouse to the menu when the menu is uniconified.
                     After the selection is made, restore the mouse to where
                     it was.  This option is particularly useful when combined
                     with -popdown.

EXAMPLES
       9menu -label Remotes xterm 'acme:rsh acme xterm' 'herman:rsh herman 9term' &

       9menu -label 'X progs' ghostview xdvi xeyes xneko exit &

SEE ALSO
       sam(1), 9term(1), 9wm(1), rc(1), es(1).

       The Plan 9 Programmer's Manual.

VERSION
       This man page documents 9menu version 1.8.

       Source code is available from
       ftp://ftp.freefriends.org/arnold/Source/9menu.shar.gz

BUGS
       This program has grown to have too many options.

AUTHORS
       The initial idea for this program was by Arnold Robbins, after having
       worked with John Mackin's GWM Blit emulation.  Matty Farrow wrote a
       version using libXg, from which some ideas were borrowed.  This code
       was written by David Hogan and Arnold Robbins.  Rich Salz motivated the
       -shell option.  Christopher Platt motivated the -teleport option.  John
       O'Donnell supplied the basic code for the -fg and -bg options.  Peter
       Seebach provided the base code for the -file and -path options.
       Matthias Bauer made it work with the keyboard.

Plan 9 For X                      June 1 2004                         9MENU(1)