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authorgotmor <gotmor@f2baff5b-bf2c-0410-a398-912abdc3d8b2>2007-06-03 18:15:38 +0000
committergotmor <gotmor@f2baff5b-bf2c-0410-a398-912abdc3d8b2>2007-06-03 18:15:38 +0000
commit9d7d000cb70df098e2ef82f8ed7ee89784f73beb (patch)
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README updated
git-svn-id: http://dzen.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@57 f2baff5b-bf2c-0410-a398-912abdc3d8b2
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@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ Features
--------
* scriptable in any language
- * single line and/or windows
- holding multiple lines
+
+ * single line and/or windows holding multiple lines
+
* menu functionality
- * flexible event/action
- mechanism
+
+ * flexible event/action mechanism
+
* hideable, collapsable
+
* Xinerama support
@@ -58,24 +61,28 @@ dzen accepts a couple of options:
-l lines, see (1)
-e events and actions, see (2)
-m menu, see (3)
- -p persist EOF (optional timeout)
+ -p persist EOF (optional timeout in seconds)
-x x position
-y y position
-w width
-xs number of Xinerama screen
-v version information
+
Termination:
------------
-dzen2 uses two different approaches to terminate itself:
+dzen uses two different approaches to terminate itself:
- * If EOF is received -> terminate
- - unless the '-p' flag is set
+ * Timed termination: if EOF is received -> terminate
+ - unless the '-p' option is set
+ · '-p' without argument persist forever
+ · '-p' with argument n persist n seconds
- * If mouse button3 is clicked -> terminate
+ * Interactive termination: if mouse button3 is clicked -> terminate
- this is the default behaviour, see (2))
+
Return values:
--------------
0 - dzen received EOF
@@ -235,7 +242,7 @@ Examples:
* Extract PIDs from the process table:
{echo Procs; ps -a} | dzen2 -m -l 12 -p \
- -e 'button1=menuprint;button3=exit; button4=scrollup;button5=scrolldown;entertitle=uncollapse;leaveslave=collapse' \
+ -e 'button1=menuprint;button3=exit; button4=scrollup:3;button5=scrolldown:3;entertitle=uncollapse;leaveslave=collapse' \
| awk '{print $1}'