X-Git-Url: https://git.danieliu.xyz/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=dmenu.1;h=e1f839324559984e7d6b17b9c881e2eae95e9d2a;hb=a7aee433ccfd2590e0785a7b93a89d8d0593a234;hp=c994ad7210b40fcde68a82d7f8ccf404c1280471;hpb=9a33a72c6afd9042c8395f4318bf5d21e235694d;p=dmenu.git diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1 index c994ad7..e1f8393 100644 --- a/dmenu.1 +++ b/dmenu.1 @@ -3,99 +3,97 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu .SH SYNOPSIS .B dmenu -.RB [ \-i ] .RB [ \-b ] -.RB [ \-e " ]" -.RB [ \-l " ]" -.RB [ \-fn " ]" -.RB [ \-nb " ]" -.RB [ \-nf " ]" -.RB [ \-p " ]" -.RB [ \-sb " ]" -.RB [ \-sf " ]" +.RB [ \-i ] +.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 ] - -.B dmenu_run -[] - -.BR dmenu_path +.P +.BR dmenu_run " ..." +.P +.B dmenu_path .SH DESCRIPTION -.SS Overview -dmenu is a generic menu for X, originally designed for +.B dmenu +is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for .BR dwm (1). -It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items -efficiently. - -dmenu_run is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists executables in the user's PATH -and executes the selected item. - -dmenu_path is a script used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of executables. -.SS Options -.TP -.B \-i -makes dmenu match menu entries case insensitively. +It manages huge numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently. +.P +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 +.B dmenu_run +is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's PATH and +executes the selected item. +.P +.B dmenu_path +is a script used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of programs. +.SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-b -defines that dmenu appears at the bottom. +dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen. .TP -.B \-e -reparents dmenu to the window specified by xid. +.B \-i +dmenu matches menu items case insensitively. .TP -.B \-l -activates vertical list mode. -The given number of lines will be displayed. Window height will be adjusted. +.BI \-l " lines" +dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines. .TP -.B \-fn -defines the font. +.BI \-p " prompt" +defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input area. .TP -.B \-nb -defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported). +.BI \-fn " font" +defines the font set used. .TP -.B \-nf -defines the normal foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported). +.BI \-nb " color" +defines the normal background color. +.IR #RGB , +.IR #RRGGBB , +and color names are supported. .TP -.B \-p -defines a prompt to be displayed before the input area. +.BI \-nf " color" +defines the normal foreground color. .TP -.B \-sb -defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported). +.BI \-sb " color" +defines the selected background color. .TP -.B \-sf -defines the selected foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported). +.BI \-sf " color" +defines the selected foreground color. .TP .B \-v 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. Besides standard Unix line editing, -and item selection (Up/Down or Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the following -keys are recognized: +dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Besides standard Unix line +editing and item selection (Up/Down/Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the +following keys are recognized: .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 -on termination. +Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to standard output and exits, +returning success. .TP .B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j) -Confirm input and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output). -Returns -.B 0 -on termination. +Confirm input. Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning +success. .TP .B Escape (Control\-c) -Quit without selecting an item. Returns -.B 1 -on termination. +Exit without selecting an item, returning failure. .TP .B Control\-y -Pastes the X selection into the input field. This requires -.BR sselp (1). +Paste the current X selection into the input field. .SH SEE ALSO -.BR dwm (1), -.BR wmii (1). +.BR dwm (1)