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@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
.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 @@ efficiently.
.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)