tmenu is an open source dynamic menu for tty devices. The utility reads a list of newline-separated items from standard input. When the user selects an item and presses Return, the selected item is printed to standard output. Entering text will narrow the list of items to items that contain the entered text.
tmenu is most useful when used together with other programs. For example, it can help to switch background jobs in the shell, find a file in a git repository, or jump to your favorite directory.
Key Features
- Written in (almost POSIX conforming) C99.
- Emacs-like key bindings.
- Almost conforming to POSIX.1-2008.
- Does not use the ncurses library.
Website: github.com/dhamidi/tmenu
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Developer: Dario Hamidi
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
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