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=Overview= | =Overview= <!--T:1--> | ||
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dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm. It manages large numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently. | dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for dwm. It manages large numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently. | ||
=Tips & Tricks= | =Tips & Tricks= <!--T:3--> | ||
==warning: no locale support== | ==warning: no locale support== <!--T:4--> | ||
Sometimes for no apparent reason users face the following dmenu problem: | Sometimes for no apparent reason users face the following dmenu problem: | ||
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A. When calling dmenu from a key binding in their environment dmenu comes up but when they continue to select anything in dmenu, it disappears from the screen and does not execute anything. | A. When calling dmenu from a key binding in their environment dmenu comes up but when they continue to select anything in dmenu, it disappears from the screen and does not execute anything. | ||
B. Trying to start dmenu from the terminal, the error "warning: no locale support" appears. | B. Trying to start dmenu from the terminal, the error "warning: no locale support" appears. | ||
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Assuming that you have correctly set up your system's LOCALE settings, here is a simple solution to this problem: | Assuming that you have correctly set up your system's LOCALE settings, here is a simple solution to this problem: | ||
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Edit file '''/usr/bin/dmenu_run''' and add a line setting your LANG variable to your actual language locale before the line that calls dmenu: | Edit file '''/usr/bin/dmenu_run''' and add a line setting your LANG variable to your actual language locale before the line that calls dmenu: | ||
#!/bin/sh | #!/bin/sh | ||