.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.
+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.
+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 stdout and
+is printed to standard output and
.B dmenu
terminates.
.B dmenu
Appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter:
only items containing this text will be displayed.
.TP
-Left/Right (Control-p/Control-n)
+Left/Right
Select the previous/next item.
.TP
-Tab (Control-i)
+Tab
Copy the selected item to the input field.
.TP
-Return (Control-j)
-Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to stdout).
+Return
+Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output).
.TP
-Shift-Return (Shift-Control-j)
-Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to stdout).
+Shift-Return
+Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
.TP
-Escape (Control-[)
+Escape
Quit without selecting an item.
.TP
Backspace (Control-h)
