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+## define the font for dmenu to be used
+DMENU_FN="Roboto-10.5"
+
+## background colour for unselected menu-items
+DMENU_NB="#222D31"
+
+## textcolour for unselected menu-items
+DMENU_NF="#F9FAF9"
+
+## background colour for selected menu-items
+DMENU_SB="#2391E3"
+
+## textcolour for selected menu-items
+DMENU_SF="#F9FAF9"
+
+## command for the terminal application to be used:
+TERMINAL_CMD="konsole -e"
+
+## export our variables
+DMENU_OPTIONS="-fn $DMENU_FN -nb $DMENU_NB -nf $DMENU_NF -sf $DMENU_SF -sb $DMENU_SB"