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my build of dmenu

made dmenu(1) more dwm(1) alike
arg@10ksloc.org unknown
Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:07:04 +0200
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4e009770d657ffdcd89f2d202e383ca432449391

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b24aa8312b8067226e469d15c0a103a3016670f0

1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

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M dmenu.1dmenu.1

@@ -15,46 +15,45 @@ .SS Options

.TP .B \-v prints version information to stdout, then exits. -.SS Usage +.SH USAGE .B 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 Enter, his choice +When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return, his choice is printed to stdout and .B dmenu terminates. -.SS Keyboard Control .B dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognized: -.TP 2 +.TP Any printable character -appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter: +Appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter: only items containing this text will be displayed. -.TP 2 +.TP Left/Right (Control-p/Control-n) -select the previous/next item. -.TP 2 +Select the previous/next item. +.TP Tab (Control-i) -copy the selected item to the input field. -.TP 2 -Enter (Control-j) -confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to stdout). -.TP 2 -Shift-Enter (Shift-Control-j) -confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to stdout). -.TP 2 +Copy the selected item to the input field. +.TP +Return (Control-j) +Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to stdout). +.TP +Shift-Return (Shift-Control-j) +Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to stdout). +.TP Escape (Control-[) -quit without selecting an item. -.TP 2 +Quit without selecting an item. +.TP Backspace (Control-h) -remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect. -.TP 2 +Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect. +.TP Control-u -remove all characters from the input field. -.SS Exit codes +Remove all characters from the input field. +.P .B dmenu returns .B 0 -if Enter is pressed on termination, +if Return is pressed on termination, .B 1 if Escape is pressed. .SH CUSTOMIZATION