changed Backspace/C-w behavior (now it only removes a single character)

[dmenu.git] / dmenu.1

diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
index fa3adc0..56c3bdd 100644 (file)
--- a/dmenu.1
+++ b/dmenu.1
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
-.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION
+.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION
 .SH NAME
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
+.RB [ \-b ]
+.RB [ \-fn " <font>"]
+.RB [ \-nb " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-nf " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-p " <prompt>"]
+.RB [ \-sb " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-sf " <color>"]
 .RB [ \-v ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .SS Overview
@@ -12,11 +19,32 @@ It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items
 efficiently.
 .SS Options
 .TP
+.B \-b
+makes dmenu appear at the screen bottom (by default it appears at the screen top).
+.TP
+.B \-fn <font>
+defines the font.
+.TP
+.B \-nb <color>
+defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.TP
+.B \-nf <color>
+defines the normal foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.TP
+.B \-p <prompt>
+defines a prompt to be displayed before the input area.
+.TP
+.B \-sb <color>
+defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.TP
+.B \-sf <color>
+defines the selected foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.TP
 .B \-v
 prints version information to standard output, then exits.
 .SH USAGE
 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, his
+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:
@@ -25,38 +53,42 @@ dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognize
 Appends the character to the text in the input field.  This works as a filter:
 only items containing this text will be displayed.
 .TP
-.B Left/Right
+.B Left/Right (Mod1\-h/Mod1\-l)
 Select the previous/next item.
 .TP
-.B Tab
+.B PageUp/PageDown (Mod1\-k/Mod1\-j)
+Select the first item of the previous/next 'page' of items.
+.TP
+.B Home/End (Mod1\-g/Mod1\-G)
+Select the first/last item.
+.TP
+.B Tab (Control\-i)
 Copy the selected item to the input field.
 .TP
-.B Return
-Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output).
+.B Return (Control\-j)
+Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
+.B 0
+on termination.
 .TP
-.B Shift-Return
+.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
 Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
+Returns
+.B 0
+on termination.
 .TP
-.B Escape
-Quit without selecting an item.
+.B Escape (Control\-bracketleft)
+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.
+.B Backspace (Control\-h)
+Remove a character from the input field.
 .TP
-.B Control-u
+.B Control\-u
 Remove all characters from the input field.
-.P
-dwm returns
-.B 0
-if
-.B Return
-is pressed and
-.B 1
-if
-.B Escape
-is pressed on termination.
-.SH CUSTOMIZATION
-dmenu is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
-code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
+.TP
+.B Control\-w
+Remove all characters of current word from the input field.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.BR dwm (1)
+.BR dwm (1),
+.BR wmii (1) .