-.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION
+.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION
.SH NAME
dmenu \- dynamic menu
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmenu
+.RB [ \-i ]
.RB [ \-b ]
-.RB [ \-fn " <font>"]
-.RB [ \-nb " <color>"]
-.RB [ \-nf " <color>"]
-.RB [ \-p " <prompt>"]
-.RB [ \-sb " <color>"]
-.RB [ \-sf " <color>"]
-.RB [ \-t " <seconds>"]
+.RB [ \-e " <xid>]"
+.RB [ \-l " <lines>]"
+.RB [ \-fn " <font>]"
+.RB [ \-nb " <color>]"
+.RB [ \-nf " <color>]"
+.RB [ \-p " <prompt>]"
+.RB [ \-sb " <color>]"
+.RB [ \-sf " <color>]"
.RB [ \-v ]
+
+.B dmenu_run
+[<options...>]
+
+.B dmenu_path
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SS Overview
dmenu is a generic menu for X, originally designed for
.BR dwm (1).
It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items
efficiently.
+
+dmenu_run is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists executables in the user's PATH
+and executes the selected item.
+
+dmenu_path is a script used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of executables.
.SS Options
.TP
+.B \-i
+makes dmenu match menu entries case insensitively.
+.TP
.B \-b
-makes dmenu appear at the screen bottom (by default it appears at the screen top).
+defines that dmenu appears at the bottom.
+.TP
+.B \-e <xid>
+reparents dmenu to the window specified by xid.
+.TP
+.B \-l <lines>
+activates vertical list mode.
+The given number of lines will be displayed. Window height will be adjusted.
.TP
-.B \-font <font>
+.B \-fn <font>
defines the font.
.TP
.B \-nb <color>
.B \-sf <color>
defines the selected foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
.TP
-.B \-t <seconds>
-defines the seconds to wait for standard input, before exiting (default is 3).
-.TP
.B \-v
prints version information to standard output, then exits.
.SH USAGE
menu. When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return, his/her
choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates.
.P
-dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognized:
-.TP
-.B Any printable character
-Appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter:
-only items containing this text will be displayed.
+dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Besides standard Unix line editing,
+and item selection (Up/Down or Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the following
+keys are recognized:
.TP
-.B Left/Right
-Select the previous/next item.
-.TP
-.B PageUp/PageDown
-Select the first item of the previous/next 'page' of items.
-.TP
-.B Home/End
-Select the first/last item.
-.TP
-.B Tab
+.B Tab (Control\-i)
Copy the selected item to the input field.
.TP
-.B Return
+.B Return (Control\-j)
Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
.B 0
on termination.
.TP
-.B Shift-Return
-Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
+.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
+Confirm input and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
Returns
.B 0
on termination.
.TP
-.B Escape
+.B Escape (Control\-c)
Quit without selecting an item. Returns
.B 1
on termination.
.TP
-.B Backspace (Control-h)
-Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
-.TP
-.B Control-u
-Remove all characters from the input field.
+.B Control\-y
+Pastes the X selection into the input field. This requires
+.BR sselp (1).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dwm (1),
-.BR wmii (1) .
+.BR wmii (1).