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@ -25,13 +25,10 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
.BR dmenu_run " ..." .BR dmenu_run " ..."
.SH DESCRIPTION .SH DESCRIPTION
.B dmenu .B dmenu
is a dynamic menu for X, originally designed for is a dynamic menu for X, which reads a list of newline\-separated items from
.IR dwm (1). stdin. When the user selects an item and presses Return, their choice is printed
It manages huge numbers of user\-defined menu items efficiently. to stdout and dmenu terminates. Entering text will narrow the items to those
.P matching the tokens in the input.
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 Return, their
choice is printed to stdout and dmenu terminates.
.P .P
.B dmenu_run .B dmenu_run
is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's $PATH and is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists programs in the user's $PATH and
@ -42,8 +39,8 @@ executes the selected item.
dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen. dmenu appears at the bottom of the screen.
.TP .TP
.B \-f .B \-f
dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin. This is faster, but may lock up dmenu grabs the keyboard before reading stdin. This is faster, but will lock up
X if stdin is from a terminal. X until stdin reaches end\-of\-file.
.TP .TP
.B \-i .B \-i
dmenu matches menu items case insensitively. dmenu matches menu items case insensitively.