dmenu \- dynamic menu
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmenu
-.RB [ \-b ]
-.RB [ \-i ]
+.RB [ \-bfirv ]
.RB [ \-l
.IR lines ]
+.RB [ \-m
+.IR monitor ]
.RB [ \-p
.IR prompt ]
.RB [ \-fn
.IR color ]
.RB [ \-sf
.IR color ]
-.RB [ \-v ]
+.RB [ \-w
+.IR windowid ]
.P
.BR dmenu_run " ..."
-.P
-.B dmenu_path
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B dmenu
-is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for
-.BR dwm (1).
-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.
+is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of newline\-separated items from
+stdin. When the user selects an item and presses Return, their choice is printed
+to stdout and dmenu terminates. Entering text will narrow the items to those
+matching the tokens in the input.
.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
+.IR dwm (1)
+which lists programs in the user's $PATH and runs the result in their $SHELL.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-b
dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
.TP
+.B \-c
+dmenu appears centered on the screen.
+.TP
+.B \-f
+dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin if not reading from a tty. This
+is faster, but will lock up X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.
+.TP
.B \-i
dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
.TP
+.B \-r
+dmenu will reject any input which would result in no matching option left.
+.TP
.BI \-l " lines"
dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines.
.TP
+.BI \-m " monitor"
+dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers are starting
+from 0.
+.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.
defines the selected foreground color.
.TP
.B \-v
-prints version information to standard output, then exits.
+prints version information to stdout, then exits.
+.TP
+.BI \-w " windowid"
+embed into windowid.
.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
-following keys are recognized:
+dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Items are selected using the
+arrow keys, page up, page down, home, and end.
.TP
-.B Tab (Control\-i)
+.B Tab
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.
-.TP
-.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
-Confirm input. Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning
+.B Return
+Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning
success.
.TP
-.B Escape (Control\-c)
+.B Ctrl-Return
+Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and continues.
+.TP
+.B Shift\-Return
+Confirm input. Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.
+.TP
+.B Escape
Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
.TP
-.B Control\-y
-Paste the current X selection into the input field.
+.B Ctrl-Left
+Move cursor to the start of the current word
+.TP
+.B Ctrl-Right
+Move cursor to the end of the current word
+.TP
+.B C\-a
+Home
+.TP
+.B C\-b
+Left
+.TP
+.B C\-c
+Escape
+.TP
+.B C\-d
+Delete
+.TP
+.B C\-e
+End
+.TP
+.B C\-f
+Right
+.TP
+.B C\-g
+Escape
+.TP
+.B C\-h
+Backspace
+.TP
+.B C\-i
+Tab
+.TP
+.B C\-j
+Return
+.TP
+.B C\-J
+Shift-Return
+.TP
+.B C\-k
+Delete line right
+.TP
+.B C\-m
+Return
+.TP
+.B C\-M
+Shift-Return
+.TP
+.B C\-n
+Down
+.TP
+.B C\-p
+Up
+.TP
+.B C\-u
+Delete line left
+.TP
+.B C\-w
+Delete word left
+.TP
+.B C\-y
+Paste from primary X selection
+.TP
+.B C\-Y
+Paste from X clipboard
+.TP
+.B M\-b
+Move cursor to the start of the current word
+.TP
+.B M\-f
+Move cursor to the end of the current word
+.TP
+.B M\-g
+Home
+.TP
+.B M\-G
+End
+.TP
+.B M\-h
+Up
+.TP
+.B M\-j
+Page down
+.TP
+.B M\-k
+Page up
+.TP
+.B M\-l
+Down
.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR dwm (1)
+.IR dwm (1),
+.IR stest (1)
