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@@ -15,46 +15,45 @@ It supports arbitrary, user defined menu contents.
.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