Hi Jeremy, thank you very much for the fast answer.
>>>Did you even try to look at the code? I do not have any programming experience at all. I am merely a stupid end user. Until now the most advanced stuff I've done is to compile and install software from source. I even had to search wikipedia for diff and patch. So, would it be sufficient to download dmenu.c and run patch < autorun.diff ? 2009/2/16 Jeremy Jay <dinkuma...@gmail.com> > Did you even try to look at the code? I bet it took you longer to write > up the email that it took to add the 3 lines of code in the patch attached. > could easily be made into a command line argument. > > Jeremy > > > > On Mon 16 Feb 2009 - 05:39PM, michael_der gulliUser wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I've already read the manpage and the archives of this mailing list. > > However, unfortunately I could not find a patch / a way to tell dmenu to > > automatically confirm a selection and execute the command, if a menu item > > and the text I've entered match exactly. But it seems to me as if the > > members of this mailing list are all quite knowledgeable and helpful. So > > here I go: > > > > I would very much like to feed dmenu a list of menu items, each of which > > consists only of one letter (e.g. f as an alias for firefox). In this > > particular case, it would be terrific if dmenu automatically launches > > firefox without the need to confirm by pressing enter. > > > > My longterm goal is to use dmenu as a vehicle to easily select and > execute > > previously recorded keyboard macros in order to alleviate my RSI. > > > > Is this possible at all? > > > > Any help / suggestions on how to accomplish this is very much > appreciated!!! > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Michael >