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my build of dmenu

made dmenu.1 also concise
Anselm R. Garbe arg@10kloc.org
Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:36:53 +0200
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1f207893e6162f8ae8be17440830ca1eb1e80746

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1c5be1c553b8510c23e29dbec82bffc17fb4767e

2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

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M config.mkconfig.mk

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@

# dmenu version -VERSION = 0.8 +VERSION = 0.9 # Customize below to fit your system
M dmenu.1dmenu.1

@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ .B dmenu

.RB [ \-v ] .SH DESCRIPTION .SS Overview -.B dmenu -is a generic menu for X, originally designed for +dmenu is a generic menu for X, originally designed for .BR dwm (1). It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items efficiently.

@@ -16,49 +15,48 @@ .TP

.B \-v prints version information to standard output, then exits. .SH USAGE -.B 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, his choice -is printed to standard output and -.B dmenu -terminates. -.B dmenu -is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognized: +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, his +choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates. +.P +dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognized: .TP -Any printable character -Appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter: +.B Any printable character +Appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter: only items containing this text will be displayed. .TP -Left/Right +.B Left/Right Select the previous/next item. .TP -Tab +.B Tab Copy the selected item to the input field. .TP -Return +.B Return Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). .TP -Shift-Return +.B Shift-Return Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output). .TP -Escape +.B Escape Quit without selecting an item. .TP -Backspace (Control-h) +.B Backspace (Control-h) Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect. .TP -Control-u +.B Control-u Remove all characters from the input field. .P -.B dmenu -returns +dwm returns .B 0 -if Return is pressed on termination, +if +.B Return +is pressed and .B 1 -if Escape is pressed. +if +.B Escape +is pressed on termination. .SH CUSTOMIZATION -.B dmenu -is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source +dmenu is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple. .SH SEE ALSO .BR dwm (1)