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@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ single frame. * [Building](#building) * [Arch](#arch) * [Usage](#usage) + * [DMENU Compatibility](#DMENU Compatibility) * [Theming](#theming) * [Performance](#performance) * [Options](#options) @@ -98,8 +99,43 @@ set $drun tofi-drun --drun-launch=true bindsym $mod+Shift+d exec $drun ``` +Tofi can also be run as `dmenu` (not included), which will take advantage of +the dmenu compatibility flags. Alternatively, running + +`tofi [-c <config_file>] -d [<...>]` + +will use the dmenu compatibility flags as well. + See the main [manpage](doc/tofi.1.md) for more info. +### DMENU Compatibility + +The following dmenu (and dmenu patch) flags are fully implemented: + +``` + -b Anchor to the bottom of the screen. + -r Require a match to complete. + -v Prints the version info and exits. + -P Hide the input text. + -p Prompt text. + -m Name of output to display window on. +``` + +The following dmenu (and dmenu patch) flags are included, but do nothing, as +there is not a direct equivalent. From the dmenu man page: + +``` + -f dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin if not reading from a tty. + This is faster, but will lock up X until stdin reaches end-of-file. + -i dmenu matches menu items case insensitively. +``` + +For -f, this is not a thing for tofi, and for -i this is the default behavior. + +NOTE: one of my favorite patches, `-l`, has not been implemented, because I +have not been able to figure out how to calculate the height properly yet. +However, long term I would love to implement it. + ### Theming Tofi supports a fair number of theming options - see the default [config |