-.TH DMENU 1 d-0.0
+.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION
.SH NAME
dmenu \- dynamic menu
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SS Overview
.B dmenu
-is a generic, highly customizable, and efficient menu for the X Window System,
-originally designed for
+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 \-v
-prints version information to stdout, then exits.
-.SS Usage
+prints version information to standard output, then exits.
+.SH 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
+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
.B dmenu
terminates.
-.SS Keyboard Control
.B dmenu
is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognized:
-.TP 2
+.TP
Any printable character
-appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter:
+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
+.TP
+Left/Right
+Select the previous/next item.
+.TP
+Tab
+Copy the selected item to the input field.
+.TP
+Return
+Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output).
+.TP
+Shift-Return
+Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
+.TP
+Escape
+Quit without selecting an item.
+.TP
Backspace (Control-h)
-remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
-.TP 2
+Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
+.TP
Control-u
-remove all characters from the input field.
-.SS Exit codes
+Remove all characters from the input field.
+.P
.B dmenu
returns
.B 0
-if Enter is pressed on termination,
+if Return is pressed on termination,
.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.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dwm (1)
