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-.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION
+.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION
 .SH NAME
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
-.RB [ \-font " <name>"]
-.RB [ \-normbg " <color>"]
-.RB [ \-normfg " <color>"]
-.RB [ \-selbg " <color>"]
-.RB [ \-selfg " <color>"]
-.RB [ \-p " <prompt>"]
-.RB [ \-t " <seconds>"]
+.RB [ \-i ]
+.RB [ \-b ]
+.RB [ \-e " <xid>]"
+.RB [ \-l " <lines>]"
+.RB [ \-fn " <font>]"
+.RB [ \-nb " <color>]"
+.RB [ \-nf " <color>]"
+.RB [ \-p " <prompt>]"
+.RB [ \-sb " <color>]"
+.RB [ \-sf " <color>]"
 .RB [ \-v ]
+
+.B dmenu_run
+[<options...>]
+
+.B dmenu_path
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .SS Overview
 dmenu is a generic 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 \-font <name>
+.B \-i
+makes dmenu match menu entries case insensitively.
+.TP
+.B \-b
+defines that dmenu appears at the bottom.
+.TP
+.B \-e <xid>
+reparents dmenu to the window specified by xid.
+.TP
+.B \-l <lines>
+activates vertical list mode.
+The given number of lines will be displayed. Window height will be adjusted.
+.TP
+.B \-fn <font>
 defines the font.
 .TP
-.B \-normbg <color>
+.B \-nb <color>
 defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
 .TP
-.B \-normfg <color>
+.B \-nf <color>
 defines the normal foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
 .TP
-.B \-selbg <color>
-defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
-.TP
-.B \-selfg <color>
-defines the selected 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 \-t <seconds>
-defines the seconds to wait for standard input, before exiting (default is 3).
+.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 \-v
 prints version information to standard output, then exits.
@@ -47,44 +70,32 @@ 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.
+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:
 .TP
-.B Left/Right
-Select the previous/next item.
-.TP
-.B PageUp/PageDown
-Select the first item of the previous/next 'page' of items.
-.TP
-.B Home/End
-Select the first/last item.
-.TP
-.B Tab
+.B Tab (Control\-i)
 Copy the selected item to the input field.
 .TP
-.B Return
+.B Return (Control\-j)
 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).
+.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.
 .TP
-.B Escape
+.B Escape (Control\-c)
 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.
+.B Control\-y
+Pastes the X selection into the input field. This requires
+.BR sselp (1).
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.BR dwm (1)
+.BR dwm (1),
+.BR wmii (1).