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.

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
buttom	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";