diff -up dfmpeg-vanilla/dfmpeg dfmpeg-patch/dfmpeg
--- dfmpeg-vanilla/dfmpeg	2022-04-03 14:45:55.259169925 +0200
+++ dfmpeg-patch/dfmpeg	2022-04-03 14:45:07.438172998 +0200
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ defaultConfig() {
 	DFMPEG_DMENU="dmenu" # Path to dmenu
 	DFMPEG_TERM="$TERMINAL" # Terminal to use when editing the configuration file.
 	DFMPEG_EDITOR="vim" # Editor to edit the config file with
+    DFMPEG_USE_DMENU=false # Use dmenu
 }
 
 defaultConfig
@@ -29,6 +30,31 @@ about_screen="dfmpeg $dfmpeg_ver."
 about_screen_2="Licensed under MIT, written by speedie + contributors."
 about_screen_3="https://github.com/speediegamer/dfmpeg"
 
+case "$DFMPEG_USE_DMENU" in
+    "true") DFMPEG_USE_DMENU=false ;;
+	"false")
+	   clear && echo "dfmpeg $dfmpeg_ver"
+	   echo "What do you wanna do? Run :help if you need help."
+	   echo ":q to quit."
+	   echo -n ">" && read DFMPEG_ACTION
+    ;;
+esac
+
+case "$DFMPEG_ACTION" in
+    ":q") exit 0 ;;
+	":help") echo -e ":q // Quit\n:help // Display this help screen\n:r // Record with sound\n:rn // Record without sound\n:s // Stop recording\n:c // Open the config file in the defined text editor\n:a // Display the about screen" ;;
+    ":r") $startrec && ${0} && exit 0 ;;
+	":rn") $startrec_no_audio && ${0} && exit 0 ;;
+	":s") $stoprec && ${0} && exit 0 ;;
+	":c") $DFMPEG_TERM $DFMPEG_EDITOR $DFMPEG_DOTDIR/dfmpegrc && ${0} && exit 0 ;;
+	":a") $DFMPEG_TERM $DFMPEG_EDITOR $DFMPEG_DOTDIR/dfmpeg_about && ${0} && exit 0 ;;
+esac
+
+case "$DFMPEG_USE_DMENU" in
+    "false") DFMPEG_ACTION=:help && exit 0
+esac
+
+# Only do this if DMENU is enabled.
 case "$(printf 'Start\nStop\nStart-No-Audio\nConfigure\nExit\nAbout' | dmenu -p 'Record your screen:')" in
 	"Exit") DFMPEG_STATUS=idle && exit 0 ;;
 	"Start") DFMPEG_STATUS=recording && $startrec && exit 0 ;;
diff -up dfmpeg-vanilla/dfmpegrc dfmpeg-patch/dfmpegrc
--- dfmpeg-vanilla/dfmpegrc	2022-04-03 14:45:53.344170048 +0200
+++ dfmpeg-patch/dfmpegrc	2022-04-03 14:23:24.205256743 +0200
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ DFMPEG_WH=:0.0 # Width and height, no ne
 DFMPEG_DMENU=dmenu # Path to dmenu
 DFMPEG_TERM=$TERMINAL # Terminal to use when editing the configuration file.
 DFMPEG_EDITOR=vim # Editor to edit the config file with
+DFMPEG_USE_DMENU=false # Use dmenu