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@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ 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
@@ -24,38 +23,32 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .RB [ \-v ]
 .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 program used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of executables.
+is a script used by
+.IR dwm (1)
+which lists programs in the user's $PATH and executes the selected item.
 .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 will lock up
+X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.
+.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 field.
 .TP
@@ -66,7 +59,7 @@ defines the font or font set used.
 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.
@@ -78,27 +71,30 @@ 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
+editing and item selection (arrow keys, page up/down, home and end), the
 following keys are recognized:
 .TP
-.B Tab (Control\-i)
+.B Tab (Ctrl\-i)
 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 (Ctrl\-j)
+Confirm selection.  Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning
 success.
 .TP
-.B Escape (Control\-c)
+.B Shift\-Return (Ctrl\-Shift\-j)
+Confirm input.  Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.
+.TP
+.B Escape (Ctrl\-c)
 Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
 .TP
-.B Control\-y
-Paste the current X selection into the input field.
+.B Ctrl\-y
+Paste the primary X selection into the input field.
+.TP
+.B Ctrl-Shift-y
+Paste the X clipboard into the input field.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.BR dwm (1)
+.IR dwm (1),
+.IR lsx (1)