Command line options - robm/dzen GitHub Wiki

dzen accepts numerous options:

  • -fg foreground color
  • -bg background color
  • -fn font
  • -ta alignment of title window content: l(eft), c(center), r(ight)
  • -tw title window width
  • -sa alignment of slave window, see "-ta"
  • -l lines, see (1)
  • -e events and actions, see (2)
  • -m menu mode, see (3)
  • -u update contents of title and slave window simultaneously, see (4)
  • -p persist EOF (optional timeout in seconds)
  • -x x position
  • -y y position
  • -h line height (default: fontheight + 2 pixels)
  • -w width
  • -xs number of Xinerama screen
  • -v version information

Undocumented options currently include:

  • -dock
  • -title-name
  • -slave-name
  • -geometry
  • -expand
  • -fn-preload

See (5) for the in-text formatting language.