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-.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION
+.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION
 .SH NAME
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
+.RB [ \-b ]
+.RB [ \-f ]
+.RB [ \-i ]
+.RB [ \-l
+.IR lines ]
+.RB [ \-m
+.IR monitor ]
+.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 ]
+.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.
-.SS Options
+It manages huge numbers of user\-defined menu items efficiently.
+.P
+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, their
+choice is printed to stdout 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 executables.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \-b
+dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
+.TP
+.B \-f
+dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin.  This is faster, but may lock up
+X if stdin is from a terminal.
+.TP
+.B \-i
+dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
+.TP
+.BI \-l " lines"
+dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
+.TP
+.BI \-m " monitor"
+dmenu appears on the given Xinerama screen.
+.TP
+.BI \-p " prompt"
+defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field.
+.TP
+.BI \-fn " font"
+defines the font or font set used.
+.TP
+.BI \-nb " color"
+defines the normal background color.
+.IR #RGB ,
+.IR #RRGGBB ,
+and X color names are supported.
+.TP
+.BI \-nf " color"
+defines the normal foreground color.
+.TP
+.BI \-sb " color"
+defines the selected background color.
+.TP
+.BI \-sf " color"
+defines the selected foreground color.
 .TP
 .B \-v
-prints version information to standard output, then exits.
+prints version information to stdout, 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
-choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates.
-.P
-dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. 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 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.
+.B Tab (Control\-i)
+Copy the selected item to the input field.
 .TP
-.B Left/Right
-Select the previous/next item.
+.B Return (Control\-j)
+Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning
+success.
 .TP
-.B Tab
-Copy the selected item to the input field.
+.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
+Confirm input.  Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.
+.TP
+.B Escape (Control\-c)
+Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
 .TP
-.B Return
-Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
-.B 0
-on termination.
-.TP
-.B Shift-Return
-Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
-Returns
-.B 0
-on termination.
-.TP
-.B Escape
-Quit without selecting an item. Returns
-.B 1
-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 CUSTOMIZATION
-dmenu is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
-code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
+.B Control\-y
+Paste the current X selection into the input field.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dwm (1)