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xresources

Runtime configuration using X Resources.

Description

This patch adds Xresources support to dmenu. At startup, dmenu reads the relevant X resources and applies them at runtime. A declarative array defines the resources, making the patch easy to extend with more settings. dmenu recognizes the following resources by default:

dmenu.font: font or font set
dmenu.prompt: prompt string
dmenu.background: normal background color
dmenu.foreground: normal foreground color
dmenu.backgroundSel: selected background color
dmenu.foregroundSel: selected foreground color
dmenu.backgroundOut: output background color
dmenu.foregroundOut: output foreground color
dmenu.topbar: position of dmenu at top (1) or bottom (0)
dmenu.lines: number of lines for vertical display

Values set in Xresources override those in config.h. Command line arguments take precedence over both.

Download

dmenu-xresources-4.9.diff (2020/05/24)
dmenu-xresources-alt-5.0.diff (2021/04/15)
dmenu-xresources-20260510-7175c48.diff

Authors

Michał Lemke - @melek on Bitbucket
Pratik Bhusal (4.9 port)
Nihal Jere nihal@nihaljere.xyz (20200302)
Francesco Minnocci ad17fmin@uwcad.it (command line parameters fix)
Vadim Zyamalov (alt-5.0)
Justinas Grigas dev@jstnas.com (20260510)