pinentry-dmenu is a pinentry program with the charm of dmenu.
This program is a fork from spine which is also a fork from dmenu.
This project is no longer under development. If you have another opinion feel free to fork it.
In order to build dmenu you need the Xlib header files.
Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dmenu is installed into the /usr/local namespace by default).
Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dmenu (if necessary as root):
make clean install
To use pinentry-dmenu add in ~/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf:
pinentry-program <absolut path to pinentry-dmenu>
The config is located in ~/.gnupg/pinentry-dmenu.conf.
| Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| asterisk | * | Defines the symbol which is showed for each typed character |
| bottom | false | pinentry-dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen |
| min_password_length | 32 | The minimal space of the password field. This value has affect to the description field after the password field |
| monitor | -1 | pinentry-dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers are starting from 0 |
| prompt | "" | Defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field |
| font | monospace:size=10 | Defines the font or font set used |
| prompt_bg | #bbbbbb | Defines the prompt background color |
| prompt_fg | #222222 | Defines the prompt foreground color |
| normal_bg | #bbbbbb | Defines the normal background color |
| normal_fg | #222222 | Defines the normal foreground color |
| select_bg | #eeeeee | Defines the selected background color |
| select_fg | #005577 | Defines the selected foreground color |
| desc_bg | #bbbbbb | Defines the description background color |
| desc_fg | #222222 | Defines the description foreground color |
| embedded | false | Embed into window |
asterisk= "# ";
prompt = "$";
font = "Noto Sans UI:size=13";
prompt_fg = "#eeeeee";
prompt_bg = "#d9904a";
normal_fg = "#ffffff";
normal_bg = "#000000";
select_fg = "#eeeeee";
select_bg = "#d9904a";
desc_fg = "#eeeeee";
desc_bg = "#d9904a";