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Diffstat (limited to 'dmenu.1')
-rw-r--r-- | dmenu.1 | 15 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -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 |
28 | is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for | 28 | is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of newline\-separated items from |
29 | .IR dwm (1). | 29 | stdin. When the user selects an item and presses Return, their choice is printed |
30 | It manages huge numbers of user\-defined menu items efficiently. | 30 | to stdout and dmenu terminates. Entering text will narrow the items to those |
31 | .P | 31 | matching the tokens in the input. |
32 | dmenu reads a list of newline\-separated items from stdin and creates a menu. | ||
33 | When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return, their | ||
34 | choice is printed to stdout and dmenu terminates. | ||
35 | .P | 32 | .P |
36 | .B dmenu_run | 33 | .B dmenu_run |
37 | is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's $PATH and | 34 | is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's $PATH and |
@@ -42,8 +39,8 @@ executes the selected item. | |||
42 | dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen. | 39 | dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen. |
43 | .TP | 40 | .TP |
44 | .B \-f | 41 | .B \-f |
45 | dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin. This is faster, but may lock up | 42 | dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin. This is faster, but will lock up |
46 | X if stdin is from a terminal. | 43 | X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file. |
47 | .TP | 44 | .TP |
48 | .B \-i | 45 | .B \-i |
49 | dmenu matches menu items case insensitively. | 46 | dmenu matches menu items case insensitively. |