.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dmenu
.RB [ \-b ]
+.RB [ \-f ]
.RB [ \-i ]
.RB [ \-l
.IR lines ]
.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.
+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 Return, their
+choice is printed to stdout and dmenu terminates.
.P
.B dmenu_run
is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's PATH and
.B \-b
dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
.TP
+.B \-f
+dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin. This is faster, but may lock up
+X if stdin is from a terminal.
+.TP
.B \-i
dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.
.TP
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.
.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
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.
+Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning
+success.
.TP
.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
-Confirm input. Prints the input text to standard output and exits, returning
-success.
+Confirm input. Prints the input text to stdout and exits, returning success.
.TP
.B Escape (Control\-c)
Exit without selecting an item, returning failure.
