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[dmenu.git] / dmenu.1

diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
index cff2214..e5aa8cd 100644 (file)
--- a/dmenu.1
+++ b/dmenu.1
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
 .RB [ \-b ]
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
 .RB [ \-b ]

+.RB [ \-f ]

 .RB [ \-i ]
 .RB [ \-l
 .IR lines ]
 .RB [ \-i ]
 .RB [ \-l
 .IR lines ]

+.RB [ \-m
+.IR monitor ]

 .RB [ \-p
 .IR prompt ]
 .RB [ \-fn
 .RB [ \-p
 .IR prompt ]
 .RB [ \-fn


@@ -28,29 +31,36 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .B dmenu
 is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for
 .BR dwm (1).
 .B dmenu
 is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for
 .BR dwm (1).

-It manages huge numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently.
+It manages huge numbers of user\-defined menu items efficiently.

 .P
 .P

-dmenu reads a list of newline-separated items from standard input and creates a
-menu.  When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return,
-their choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates.
+dmenu reads a list of newline\-separated items from stdin and creates a menu.
+When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return, their
+choice is printed to stdout and dmenu terminates.

 .P
 .B dmenu_run
 is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's PATH and
 executes the selected item.
 .P
 .B dmenu_path
 .P
 .B dmenu_run
 is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's PATH and
 executes the selected item.
 .P
 .B dmenu_path

-is a program used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of executables.
+is a script used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of executables.

 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B \-b
 dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
 .TP
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
 .B \-b
 dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
 .TP

+.B \-f
+dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin.  This is faster, but may lock up
+X if stdin is from a terminal.
+.TP

 .B \-i
 dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
 .TP
 .BI \-l " lines"
 dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
 .TP
 .B \-i
 dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
 .TP
 .BI \-l " lines"
 dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
 .TP

+.BI \-m " monitor"
+dmenu appears on the given Xinerama screen.
+.TP

 .BI \-p " prompt"
 defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.
 .TP
 .BI \-p " prompt"
 defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.
 .TP


@@ -61,7 +71,7 @@ defines the font or font set used.
 defines the normal background color.
 .IR #RGB ,
 .IR #RRGGBB ,
 defines the normal background color.
 .IR #RGB ,
 .IR #RRGGBB ,

-and color names are supported.
+and X color names are supported.

 .TP
 .BI \-nf " color"
 defines the normal foreground color.
 .TP
 .BI \-nf " color"
 defines the normal foreground color.


@@ -73,7 +83,7 @@ defines the selected background color.
 defines the selected foreground color.
 .TP
 .B \-v
 defines the selected foreground color.
 .TP
 .B \-v

-prints version information to standard output, then exits.
+prints version information to stdout, then exits.

 .SH USAGE
 dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard.  Besides standard Unix line
 editing and item selection (Up/Down/Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the
 .SH USAGE
 dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard.  Besides standard Unix line
 editing and item selection (Up/Down/Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the


@@ -83,17 +93,16 @@ following keys are recognized:
 Copy the selected item to the input field.
 .TP
 .B Return (Control\-j)
 Copy the selected item to the input field.
 .TP
 .B Return (Control\-j)

-Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to standard output and exits,
-returning success.
+Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning
+success.

 .TP
 .B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
 .TP
 .B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)

-Confirm input.  Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning
-success.
+Confirm input.  Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.

 .TP
 .B Escape (Control\-c)
 Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
 .TP
 .TP
 .B Escape (Control\-c)
 Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
 .TP

-.B Shift\-Insert
+.B Control\-y

 Paste the current X selection into the input field.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dwm (1)
 Paste the current X selection into the input field.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dwm (1)