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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
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@@ -25,13 +25,10 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
25.BR dmenu_run " ..." 25.BR dmenu_run " ..."
26.SH DESCRIPTION 26.SH DESCRIPTION
27.B dmenu 27.B dmenu
28is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for 28is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of newline\-separated items from
29.IR dwm (1). 29stdin. When the user selects an item and presses Return, their choice is printed
30It manages huge numbers of user\-defined menu items efficiently. 30to stdout and dmenu terminates. Entering text will narrow the items to those
31.P 31matching the tokens in the input.
32dmenu reads a list of newline\-separated items from stdin and creates a menu.
33When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return, their
34choice is printed to stdout and dmenu terminates.
35.P 32.P
36.B dmenu_run 33.B dmenu_run
37is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's $PATH and 34is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's $PATH and
@@ -42,8 +39,8 @@ executes the selected item.
42dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen. 39dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
43.TP 40.TP
44.B \-f 41.B \-f
45dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin. This is faster, but may lock up 42dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin. This is faster, but will lock up
46X if stdin is from a terminal. 43X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.
47.TP 44.TP
48.B \-i 45.B \-i
49dmenu matches menu items case insensitively. 46dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.