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dmenu \- dynamic menu
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmenu
.RB [ \-b ]
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmenu
.RB [ \-b ]
+.RB [ \-f ]
.RB [ \-i ]
.RB [ \-i ]
-.RB [ \-l " <lines>]"
-.RB [ \-p " <prompt>]"
-.RB [ \-fn " <font>]"
-.RB [ \-nb " <color>]"
-.RB [ \-nf " <color>]"
-.RB [ \-sb " <color>]"
-.RB [ \-sf " <color>]"
+.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 ]
-
-.B dmenu_run
-.RB [ \-b ]
-.RB [ \-i ]
-.RB [ \-l " <lines>]"
-.RB [ \-p " <prompt>]"
-.RB [ \-fn " <font>]"
-.RB [ \-nb " <color>]"
-.RB [ \-nf " <color>]"
-.RB [ \-sb " <color>]"
-.RB [ \-sf " <color>]"
-.RB [ \-v ]
-
-.B dmenu_path
+.P
+.BR dmenu_run " ..."
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.SS Overview
.B dmenu
.B dmenu
-is a
gener
ic menu for X, originally designed for
-.
B
R dwm (1).
-It manages huge
amounts (10000 and more) of user
defined menu items efficiently.
+is a
dynam
ic menu for X, originally designed for
+.
I
R dwm (1).
+It manages huge
numbers of user\-
defined menu items efficiently.
.P
.P
-.B dmenu_run
-is a dmenu script which lists programs in the user's PATH and executes
-
the selected item
.
+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
.P
-.B dmenu_path
-is a script used by
-.I dmenu_run
-to find and cache a list of programs.
-.SS Options
+.B dmenu_run
+is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's $PATH and
+executes the selected item.
+.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-b
dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
.TP
.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
.B \-i
-dmenu matches menu
entrie
s case insensitively.
+dmenu matches menu
item
s case insensitively.
.TP
.TP
-.B
\-l <lines>
+.B
I \-l " lines"
dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
.TP
dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
.TP
-.B
\-p <prompt>
-
sets the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input area
.
+.B
I \-p " prompt"
+
defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field
.
.TP
.TP
-.B
\-fn <font>
-
sets the font
.
+.B
I \-fn " font"
+
defines the font or font set used
.
.TP
.TP
-.B \-nb <color>
-sets the background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.BI \-nb " color"
+defines the normal background color.
+.IR #RGB ,
+.IR #RRGGBB ,
+and X color names are supported.
.TP
.TP
-.B
\-nf <color>
-
sets the foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported)
.
+.B
I \-nf " color"
+
defines the normal foreground color
.
.TP
.TP
-.B \-sb <color>
-sets the background color of selected items (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are
-supported).
+.BI \-sb " color"
+defines the selected background color.
.TP
.TP
-.B \-sf <color>
-sets the foreground color of selected items (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are
-supported).
+.BI \-sf " color"
+defines the selected foreground color.
.TP
.B \-v
.TP
.B \-v
-prints version information to st
andard outp
ut, then exits.
+prints version information to st
do
ut, then exits.
.SH USAGE
.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,
-their choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates.
-.P
dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Besides standard Unix line
dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Besides standard Unix line
-editing and item selection (
Up/Down/Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/E
nd), the
+editing and item selection (
arrow keys, page up/down, home and e
nd), the
following keys are recognized:
.TP
following keys are recognized:
.TP
-.B Tab (C
ontro
l\-i)
+.B Tab (C
tr
l\-i)
Copy the selected item to the input field.
.TP
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.
-.TP
-.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
-Confirm input. Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning
+.B Return (Ctrl\-j)
+Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning
success.
.TP
success.
.TP
-.B Escape (Control\-c)
-Quit without selecting an item, returning failure.
+.B Shift\-Return (Ctrl\-Shift\-j)
+Confirm input. Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.
+.TP
+.B Escape (Ctrl\-c)
+Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
.TP
.TP
-.B C
ontro
l\-y
+.B C
tr
l\-y
Paste the current X selection into the input field.
.SH SEE ALSO
Paste the current X selection into the input field.
.SH SEE ALSO
-.
B
R dwm (1),
-.
BR wmii (1).
+.
I
R dwm (1),
+.
IR lsx (1)