X-Git-Url: https://git.danieliu.xyz/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=dmenu.1;h=e5aa8cd653048c188423e6f09f0685be1ed5e09d;hb=1654d6cd6269bc784ee99045edd89e4bda24149f;hp=e1f839324559984e7d6b17b9c881e2eae95e9d2a;hpb=a7aee433ccfd2590e0785a7b93a89d8d0593a234;p=dmenu.git diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1 index e1f8393..e5aa8cd 100644 --- a/dmenu.1 +++ b/dmenu.1 @@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ 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 @@ -28,40 +31,47 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu .B dmenu is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for .BR dwm (1). -It manages huge numbers of user-defined menu items efficiently. +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. +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 programs. +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 area. +defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field. .TP .BI \-fn " font" -defines the font set used. +defines the font or font set used. .TP .BI \-nb " color" defines the normal background color. .IR #RGB , .IR #RRGGBB , -and color names are supported. +and X color names are supported. .TP .BI \-nf " color" defines the normal foreground color. @@ -73,7 +83,7 @@ defines the selected background 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 is completely controlled by the keyboard. Besides standard Unix line editing and item selection (Up/Down/Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the @@ -83,12 +93,11 @@ following keys are recognized: Copy the selected item to the input field. .TP .B Return (Control\-j) -Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to standard output and exits, -returning success. +Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning +success. .TP .B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j) -Confirm input. Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning -success. +Confirm input. Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success. .TP .B Escape (Control\-c) Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.