bemenu

bemenu is a Wayland-native dynamic menu inspired by dmenu.

This module constructs ward.process.cmd(...) invocations; it does not parse output. consumers can use wardlib.tools.out (or their own parsing) on the :output() result.

Import

local Bemenu = require("wardlib.app.bemenu").Bemenu

API

Bemenu.bin

Executable name or path (default: "bemenu").

Bemenu.bin_run

Executable name or path (default: "bemenu-run").

Bemenu.menu(opts)

Builds: bemenu <opts...>

Bemenu.run(opts)

Builds: bemenu-run <opts...>

Options

BemenuOpts

• prompt: string? → -p <text>
• lines: number? → -l <n>
• ignorecase: boolean? → -i
• center: boolean? → -c
• fork: boolean? → -f
• no_cursor: boolean? → -C
• extra: string[]? → extra argv appended after modeled options

Examples

local Bemenu = require("wardlib.app.bemenu").Bemenu

Bemenu.menu({ prompt = "Run", lines = 10 }):output()