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diff --git a/dmenuf/dmenu.1 b/dmenuf/dmenu.1 new file mode 100755 index 0000000..323f93c --- /dev/null +++ b/dmenuf/dmenu.1 @@ -0,0 +1,194 @@ +.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION +.SH NAME +dmenu \- dynamic menu +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B dmenu +.RB [ \-bfiv ] +.RB [ \-l +.IR lines ] +.RB [ \-m +.IR monitor ] +.RB [ \-p +.IR prompt ] +.RB [ \-fn +.IR font ] +.RB [ \-nb +.IR color ] +.RB [ \-nf +.IR color ] +.RB [ \-sb +.IR color ] +.RB [ \-sf +.IR color ] +.RB [ \-w +.IR windowid ] +.P +.BR dmenu_run " ..." +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B dmenu +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 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 if not reading from a tty. This +is faster, but will lock up X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file. +.TP +.B \-i +dmenu matches menu items case insensitively. +.TP +.BI \-l " lines" +dmenu lists items vertically, with the given number of lines. +.TP +.BI \-m " monitor" +dmenu is displayed on the monitor number supplied. Monitor numbers are starting +from 0. +.TP +.BI \-p " prompt" +defines the prompt to be displayed to the left of the input field. +.TP +.BI \-fn " font" +defines the font or font set used. +.TP +.BI \-nb " color" +defines the normal background color. +.IR #RGB , +.IR #RRGGBB , +and X color names are supported. +.TP +.BI \-nf " color" +defines the normal foreground color. +.TP +.BI \-sb " color" +defines the selected background color. +.TP +.BI \-sf " color" +defines the selected foreground color. +.TP +.B \-v +prints version information to stdout, then exits. +.TP +.BI \-w " windowid" +embed into windowid. +.SH USAGE +dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Items are selected using the +arrow keys, page up, page down, home, and end. +.TP +.B Tab +Copy the selected item to the input field. +.TP +.B Return +Confirm selection. Prints the selected item to stdout and exits, returning +success. +.TP +.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 +Exit without selecting an item, returning failure. +.TP +.B Ctrl-Left +Move cursor to the start of the current word +.TP +.B Ctrl-Right +Move cursor to the end of the current word +.TP +.B C\-a +Home +.TP +.B C\-b +Left +.TP +.B C\-c +Escape +.TP +.B C\-d +Delete +.TP +.B C\-e +End +.TP +.B C\-f +Right +.TP +.B C\-g +Escape +.TP +.B C\-h +Backspace +.TP +.B C\-i +Tab +.TP +.B C\-j +Return +.TP +.B C\-J +Shift-Return +.TP +.B C\-k +Delete line right +.TP +.B C\-m +Return +.TP +.B C\-M +Shift-Return +.TP +.B C\-n +Down +.TP +.B C\-p +Up +.TP +.B C\-u +Delete line left +.TP +.B C\-w +Delete word left +.TP +.B C\-y +Paste from primary X selection +.TP +.B C\-Y +Paste from X clipboard +.TP +.B M\-b +Move cursor to the start of the current word +.TP +.B M\-f +Move cursor to the end of the current word +.TP +.B M\-g +Home +.TP +.B M\-G +End +.TP +.B M\-h +Up +.TP +.B M\-j +Page down +.TP +.B M\-k +Page up +.TP +.B M\-l +Down +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR dwm (1), +.IR stest (1) |