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-.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION
+.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION

 .SH NAME
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
 .SH NAME
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu

-.RB [ \-font <name> ]
-.RB [ \-normbg <color> ]
-.RB [ \-normfg <color> ]
-.RB [ \-selbg <color> ]
-.RB [ \-selfg <color> ]
-.RB [ \-t <seconds> ]
+.RB [ \-b ]
+.RB [ \-f ]
+.RB [ \-i ]
+.RB [ \-l
+.IR lines ]
+.RB [ \-p
+.IR prompt ]
+.RB [ \-fn
+.IR font ]
+.RB [ \-nb
+.IR color ]
+.RB [ \-nf
+.IR color ]
+.RB [ \-sb
+.IR color ]
+.RB [ \-sf
+.IR color ]

 .RB [ \-v ]
 .RB [ \-v ]

+.P
+.BR dmenu_run " ..."

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .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.
-.SS Options
+.B dmenu
+is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of newline\-separated items from
+stdin.  When the user selects an item and presses Return, their choice is printed
+to stdout and dmenu terminates.  Entering text will narrow the items to those
+matching the tokens in the input.
+.P
+.B dmenu_run
+is a script used by
+.IR dwm (1)
+which lists programs in the user's $PATH and runs the result in their $SHELL.
+.SH OPTIONS

 .TP
 .TP

-.B \-font <name>
-defines the font.
+.B \-b
+dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.

 .TP
 .TP

-.B \-normbg <color>
-defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.B \-f
+dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin.  This is faster, but will lock up
+X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.

 .TP
 .TP

-.B \-normfg <color>
-defines the normal foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.B \-i
+dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.

 .TP
 .TP

-.B \-selbg <color>
-defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.BI \-l " lines"
+dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.

 .TP
 .TP

-.B \-selfg <color>
-defines the selected foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.BI \-p " prompt"
+defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.

 .TP
 .TP

-.B \-t <seconds>
-defines the seconds to wait for standard input, before exiting (default is 3).
+.BI \-fn " font"
+defines the font or font set used.

 .TP
 .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
-choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates.
-.P
-dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognized:
+.BI \-nb " color"
+defines the normal background color.
+.IR #RGB ,
+.IR #RRGGBB ,
+and X color names are supported.
+.TP
+.BI \-nf " color"
+defines the normal foreground color.

 .TP
 .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.
+.BI \-sb " color"
+defines the selected background color.

 .TP
 .TP

-.B Left/Right
-Select the previous/next item.
+.BI \-sf " color"
+defines the selected foreground color.
+.TP
+.B \-v
+prints version information to stdout, then exits.
+.SH USAGE
+dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard.  Items are selected using the
+arrow keys, page up, page down, home, and end.

 .TP
 .B Tab
 Copy the selected item to the input field.
 .TP
 .B Return
 .TP
 .B Tab
 Copy the selected item to the input field.
 .TP
 .B Return

-Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
-.B 0
-on termination.
+Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning
+success.

 .TP
 .TP

-.B Shift-Return
-Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
-Returns
-.B 0
-on termination.
+.B Shift\-Return
+Confirm input.  Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.

 .TP
 .B Escape
 .TP
 .B Escape

-Quit without selecting an item. Returns
-.B 1
-on termination.
+Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
+.TP
+C\-a
+Home
+.TP
+C\-b
+Left
+.TP
+C\-c
+Escape
+.TP
+C\-d
+Delete
+.TP
+C\-e
+End
+.TP
+C\-f
+Right
+.TP
+C\-g
+Escape
+.TP
+C\-h
+Backspace
+.TP
+C\-i
+Tab
+.TP
+C\-j
+Return
+.TP
+C\-J
+Shift-Return
+.TP
+C\-k
+Delete line right
+.TP
+C\-m
+Return
+.TP
+C\-n
+Down
+.TP
+C\-p
+Up
+.TP
+C\-u
+Delete line left
+.TP
+C\-w
+Delete word left
+.TP
+C\-y
+Paste from primary X selection
+.TP
+C\-Y
+Paste from X clipboard
+.TP
+M\-g
+Home
+.TP
+M\-G
+End
+.TP
+M\-h
+Up
+.TP
+M\-j
+Page down

 .TP
 .TP

-.B Backspace (Control-h)
-Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
+M\-k
+Page up

 .TP
 .TP

-.B Control-u
-Remove all characters from the input field.
+M\-l
+Down

 .SH SEE ALSO
 .SH SEE ALSO

-.BR dwm (1)
+.IR dwm (1),
+.IR stest (1)