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Diffstat (limited to 'dmenu.1')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu .SH SYNOPSIS .B dmenu .RB [ \-b ] +.RB [ \-f ] .RB [ \-i ] .RB [ \-l .IR lines ] @@ -32,9 +33,9 @@ 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. +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 @@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ is a program used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of executables. .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 @@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ 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. @@ -78,7 +83,7 @@ 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 @@ -88,12 +93,11 @@ following keys are recognized: 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. |