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-.TH DMENU 1 d-0.0
+.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION

 .SH NAME
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
 .RB [ \-v ]
 .SH NAME
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
 .RB [ \-v ]

-.RB [ \-t
-.IR title ]

 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .SS Overview
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .SS Overview

-.B dmenu
-is a generic, highly customizable, and efficient menu for the X Window System,
-originally designed for
+dmenu is a generic menu for X, originally designed for

 .BR dwm (1).
 .BR dwm (1).

-It supports arbitrary, user defined menu contents.
+It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items
+efficiently.

 .SS Options
 .TP
 .B \-v
 .SS Options
 .TP
 .B \-v

-prints version information to stdout, then exits.
+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:

 .TP
 .TP

-.BI \-t " title"
-displays
-.I title
-above the menu.
-.SS Usage
-.B 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 Enter, his choice
-is printed to stdout and
-.B dmenu
-terminates.
-.SS Keyboard Control 
-.B dmenu
-is completely controlled by the keyboard.  The following keys are recognized:
-.TP 2
-Any printable character
-appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter:
+.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.
 only items containing this text will be displayed.

-.TP 2
-Left/Right (Control-p/Control-n)
-select the previous/next item.
-.TP 2
-Tab (Control-i)
-copy the selected item to the input field.
-.TP 2
-Enter (Control-j)
-confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to stdout).
-.TP 2
-Shift-Enter (Shift-Control-j)
-confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to stdout).
-.TP 2
-Escape (Control-[)
-quit without selecting an item.
-.TP 2
-Backspace (Control-h)
-remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
-.TP 2
-Control-u
-remove all characters from the input field.
-.SS Exit codes
-.B dmenu
-returns
+.TP
+.B Left/Right
+Select the previous/next item.
+.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.
+.TP
+.B Shift-Return
+Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
+Returns

 .B 0
 .B 0

-if Enter is pressed on termination,
+on termination.
+.TP
+.B Escape
+Quit without selecting an item. Returns

 .B 1
 .B 1

-if Escape is pressed.
+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.
+.SH CUSTOMIZATION
+dmenu is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
+code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.

 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dwm (1)
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dwm (1)