4mGSMENU24m(1)			 General Commands Manual		  4mGSMENU24m(1)

1mNAME0m
       gsmenu - grid menu

1mSYNOPSIS0m
       gsmenu [Sindre options...]

1mDESCRIPTION0m
   1mOverview0m
       gsmenu  is  a  generic  grid  menu  for	X11,  originally a port of the
       GridSelect contrib for XMonad.  Now it is a program built on Sindre. It
       displays elements as a grid of rectangular cells.  gsmenu  always  uses
       the display indicated in the DISPLAY environment variable.

   1mOptions0m
       No options are accepted apart from those provided by 4msindre24m(1).

1mUSAGE0m
       gsmenu  reads  a list of newline-separated elements from standard input
       and presents them in a grid.  Each  element  has	 a  foreground	and  a
       background  colour,  as	well  as  a  name (what will be visible on the
       screen) and a list of tags that are used only for filtering.

   1mINPUT FORMAT0m
       The standard Sindre key-value format is used.  Each line takes the form
       of key-value pairs, with the key being  a  sequence  of	alphanumerics,
       followed	 by  an	 equals	 sign,	followed  by  a value in double quotes
       (double-quotes can be embedded by  doubling  them).   For  example,  an
       element might be

       name="foo" bg="red"

       And  a  list-value  can	be  given by simply writing more double-quoted
       strings (this also showcases double quote-escaping):

       name="quote ""this"" please" tags="bar" "baz" bg="red"

       The following keys are defined:

       1mname	22mThe string that will be displayed in the grid.   The	 value	can
	      also  be	a  list,  in  which case each part of the list will be
	      printed as a line by itself (note that there will	 probably  not
	      be  room	for  more  than two lines).  Also, only the first line
	      will  count  as  the  "name"  as	far  as	 selection  output  is
	      concerned.

       1mfg	22mThe	foreground (text) colour of the element (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and
	      color names are supported).

       1mbg	22mThe background colour of the element (#RGB, #RRGGBB,	 and  color
	      names are supported).

       1mtags	22mA list of tags of the element, used when filtering.

       1mvalue	22mInstead  of	the  name,  print  the	value  of this key when the
	      element is selected.  If a list,	a  newline  is	printed	 after
	      every element but the last.

   1mINTERACTION0m
       When  the  user	moves  focus  to  an  element and presses Return, that
       element is selected and	is  printed  to	 standard  output  and	gsmenu
       terminates.  Elements can also be selected by clicking on them with the
       mouse.  Additionally, the following keyboard commands are recognised:

       1mAny printable character0m
	      Appends  the  character  to  the	text in the input field.  This
	      works as a filter: only items containing this text (possibly  in
	      a tag) will be displayed.

       1mBackspace0m
	      Remove  the last character in the input field, or if empty, open
	      the topmost filter for editing.

       1mLeft/Right/Up/Down (CTRL-b/CTRL-f/CTRL-p/CTRL-n)0m
	      Move focus in the grid.

       1mCTRL-a 22mSet focus to the leftmost element in the row.

       1mCTRL-e 22mSet focus to the rightmost element in the row.

       1mCTRL-s 22mFocus on the next element  following	 a  spiral  path  from	the
	      center.

       1mCTRL-r 22mFocus  on  the previous element following a spiral path from the
	      center.

       1mCTRL-w 22mRemove the topmost filter, if any.

       1mEscape, CTRL-c, CTRL-g0m
	      Cancel selection and exit gsmenu.

1mEXIT STATUS0m
       gsmenu returns a 1m0 22mexit status on success, 1m1 22mif there was  an	internal
       problem, and 1m2 22mif the user cancelled.

1mSEE ALSO0m
       4msindre24m(1), 4mdmenu24m(1), 4mxmonad24m(1)

				  gsmenu-4.0			     4mGSMENU24m(1)