X-Git-Url: https://git.armaanb.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=dmenu.1;h=2897ab138ce9671fd9299a17b49bc0aae5673102;hb=2d2175ff6f67e2bc85138d3f359d2f7580bcb754;hp=44c953b402111e755a80a1b8d5737bc0f4b23a73;hpb=eadf090413c530e69e8568492ebeb4b4087bd2ad;p=dmenu.git diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1 index 44c953b..2897ab1 100644 --- a/dmenu.1 +++ b/dmenu.1 @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu .RB [ \-f ] .RB [ \-i ] .RB [ \-l +.RB [ \-m +.IR monitor ] .IR lines ] .RB [ \-p .IR prompt ] @@ -25,25 +27,23 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu .BR dmenu_run " ..." .SH DESCRIPTION .B dmenu -is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for -.IR dwm (1). -It manages huge numbers of user\-defined menu items efficiently. -.P -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. +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. +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 \-f -dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin. This is faster, but may lock up -X if stdin is from a terminal. +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. @@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ dmenu matches menu items case insensitively. .BI \-l " lines" dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines. .TP +.BI \-m " monitor" +dmenu is displayed on the monitor supplied. +.TP .BI \-p " prompt" defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field. .TP @@ -75,24 +78,102 @@ defines the selected foreground color. .B \-v prints version information to stdout, then exits. .SH USAGE -dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Besides standard Unix line -editing and item selection (arrow keys, page up/down, home and 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 (Ctrl\-i) +.B Tab Copy the selected item to the input field. .TP -.B Return (Ctrl\-j) +.B Return Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning success. .TP -.B Shift\-Return (Ctrl\-Shift\-j) +.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 (Ctrl\-c) +.B Escape Exit without selecting an item, returning failure. .TP -.B Ctrl\-y -Paste the current X selection into the input field. +C\-a +Home +.TP +C\-b +Left +.TP +C\-c +Escape +.TP +C\-d +Delete +.TP +C\-e +End +.TP +C\-f +Right +.TP +C\-g +Escape +.TP +C\-h +Backspace +.TP +C\-i +Tab +.TP +C\-j +Return +.TP +C\-J +Shift-Return +.TP +C\-k +Delete line right +.TP +C\-m +Return +.TP +C\-M +Shift-Return +.TP +C\-n +Down +.TP +C\-p +Up +.TP +C\-u +Delete line left +.TP +C\-w +Delete word left +.TP +C\-y +Paste from primary X selection +.TP +C\-Y +Paste from X clipboard +.TP +M\-g +Home +.TP +M\-G +End +.TP +M\-h +Up +.TP +M\-j +Page down +.TP +M\-k +Page up +.TP +M\-l +Down .SH SEE ALSO -.IR dwm (1) +.IR dwm (1), +.IR stest (1)