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 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
+.RB [ \-b ]
+.RB [ \-fn " <font>"]
+.RB [ \-nb " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-nf " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-p " <prompt>"]
+.RB [ \-sb " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-sf " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-t " <seconds>"]
 .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).
-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 \-b
+makes dmenu appear at the screen bottom (by default it appears at the screen top).
+.TP
+.B \-fn <font>
+defines the font.
+.TP
+.B \-nb <color>
+defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.TP
+.B \-nf <color>
+defines the normal foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.TP
+.B \-p <prompt>
+defines a prompt to be displayed before the input area.
+.TP
+.B \-sb <color>
+defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.TP
+.B \-sf <color>
+defines the selected foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.TP
+.B \-t <seconds>
+defines the seconds to wait for standard input, before exiting (default is 3).
+.TP
 .B \-v
-prints version information to stdout, then exits.
-.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:
+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/her
+choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates.
+.P
+dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognized:
+.TP
+.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 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 (Mod1-h/Mod1-l)
+Select the previous/next item.
+.TP
+.B PageUp/PageDown (Mod1-k/Mod1-j)
+Select the first item of the previous/next 'page' of items.
+.TP
+.B Home/End (Mod1-g/Mod1-G)
+Select the first/last item.
+.TP
+.B Tab (Control-i)
+Copy the selected item to the input field.
+.TP
+.B Return (Control-j)
+Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
 .B 0
-if Enter is pressed on termination,
+on termination.
+.TP
+.B Shift-Return (Control-Shift-j)
+Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
+Returns
+.B 0
+on termination.
+.TP
+.B Escape (Control-bracketleft)
+Quit without selecting an item. Returns
 .B 1
-if Escape is pressed.
-.SH CUSTOMIZATION
-.B dmenu
-is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
-code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
+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 SEE ALSO
-.BR dwm (1)
+.BR dwm (1),
+.BR wmii (1) .