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authorJon Gjengset <jon@thesquareplanet.com>2019-12-12 15:53:46 -0500
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to continue a quoted string, prefix it with a `\`.
The m(enu) command uses `,` as a delimiter between label and command and
-`|` as a delimiter between entries (label+command).If you want to use
-these 2 characters in a label or command, you have to escape them with
-`\`. If you want to have an entry with just a label and no command to be
-executed, you can omit the `,<cmd>` part. If you want an empty label
-(e.g. as a separator), you can just add a second `|` delimiter after the
-previous one. If you want a command to be executed upon selection of an
-empty label, you can add `,<cmd>` after the previous `|`.
-
-Example command:
+`|` as a delimiter between entries (label+command). If you want to use
+these two characters in a label or command, you have to escape them with
+`\`. You can make a blank label or a label without an action by leaving
+out the `label` or `cmd` respectively. For example:
```console
$ echo "m Browser,firefox|Terminal,xterm|Label-only||,chromium" > /tmp/test
$ # (where `mkfifo /tmp/test` has been executed before)
```
+Would give you a menu with five entries:
+
+ - "Browser", which launches `firefox` when clicked
+ - "Terminal", which launches `xterm` when clicked
+ - "Label-only", which does nothing if clicked
+ - An unlabeled, inactive entry (useful as a separator)
+ - An unlabeled entry which launches `chromium` when clicked
+
## Why?
Because I wanted to be able to create tray icons from bash without all
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