new version of dmenu

[dmenu.git] / dmenu.1

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@@ -6,59 +6,54 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .RB [ \-v ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .SS Overview
 .RB [ \-v ]
 .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
 .SH 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 Return, his choice
-is printed to stdout and
-.B dmenu
-terminates.
-.B dmenu
-is completely controlled by the keyboard.  The following keys are recognized:
+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

-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.
 .TP
 only items containing this text will be displayed.
 .TP

-Left/Right
+.B Left/Right

 Select the previous/next item.
 .TP
 Select the previous/next item.
 .TP

-Tab
+.B Tab

 Copy the selected item to the input field.
 .TP
 Copy the selected item to the input field.
 .TP

-Return
-Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to stdout).
+.B Return
+Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
+.B 0
+on termination.

 .TP
 .TP

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

 .TP
 .TP

-Escape
-Quit without selecting an item.
+.B Escape
+Quit without selecting an item. Returns
+.B 1
+on termination.

 .TP
 .TP

-Backspace (Control-h)
+.B Backspace (Control-h)

 Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
 .TP
 Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
 .TP

-Control-u
+.B Control-u

 Remove all characters from the input field.
 Remove all characters from the input field.

-.P
-.B dmenu
-returns
-.B 0
-if Return is pressed on termination,
-.B 1
-if Escape is pressed.

 .SH CUSTOMIZATION
 .SH CUSTOMIZATION

-.B dmenu
-is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
+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)
 code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dwm (1)