X-Git-Url: https://git.danieliu.xyz/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=dmenu.1;h=0fa21f92e57e15e4ebc10697e32af8497554c391;hb=32ea45084b389d604369d74c6806d4a12613099a;hp=aa3c776cde1471cf2569194d71d5d009ac3e2642;hpb=38bc664ef6d4cd7e248fca06dd121724ea9595ea;p=dmenu.git diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1 index aa3c776..0fa21f9 100644 --- a/dmenu.1 +++ b/dmenu.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH DMENU 1 d-0.0 +.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION .SH NAME dmenu \- dynamic menu .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -7,58 +7,57 @@ 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. -.SS Usage +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. -When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Enter, his choice -is printed to stdout and +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 .B dmenu terminates. -.SS Keyboard Control .B dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognized: -.TP 2 +.TP Any printable character -appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter: +Appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter: 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 +.TP +Left/Right +Select the previous/next item. +.TP +Tab +Copy the selected item to the input field. +.TP +Return +Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). +.TP +Shift-Return +Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output). +.TP +Escape +Quit without selecting an item. +.TP Backspace (Control-h) -remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect. -.TP 2 +Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect. +.TP Control-u -remove all characters from the input field. -.SS Exit codes +Remove all characters from the input field. +.P .B dmenu returns .B 0 -if Enter is pressed on termination, +if Return is pressed on termination, .B 1 if Escape is pressed. .SH CUSTOMIZATION -.B dwm +.B 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