X-Git-Url: https://git.danieliu.xyz/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=dmenu.1;h=0fa21f92e57e15e4ebc10697e32af8497554c391;hb=32ea45084b389d604369d74c6806d4a12613099a;hp=7a455038dbd2421ca79c5253c8d6782ac26d7b61;hpb=4e009770d657ffdcd89f2d202e383ca432449391;p=dmenu.git diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1 index 7a45503..0fa21f9 100644 --- a/dmenu.1 +++ b/dmenu.1 @@ -7,19 +7,19 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu .SH DESCRIPTION .SS Overview .B dmenu -is a generic, highly customizable, and efficient menu for the X Window System, -originally designed for +is a generic menu for X, originally designed for .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 -prints version information to stdout, then exits. +prints version information to standard output, then exits. .SH USAGE .B dmenu -reads a list of newline-separated items from stdin and creates a menu. +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 stdout and +is printed to standard output and .B dmenu terminates. .B dmenu @@ -29,19 +29,19 @@ 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 -Left/Right (Control-p/Control-n) +Left/Right Select the previous/next item. .TP -Tab (Control-i) +Tab Copy the selected item to the input field. .TP -Return (Control-j) -Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to stdout). +Return +Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). .TP -Shift-Return (Shift-Control-j) -Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to stdout). +Shift-Return +Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output). .TP -Escape (Control-[) +Escape Quit without selecting an item. .TP Backspace (Control-h)