pinentry-dmenu

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.

NO FURTHER DEVELOPMENT

This project is no longer under development. If you have another opinion feel free to fork it.

Requirements

In order to build dmenu you need the Xlib header files.

Installation

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

Config

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

Example

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";