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authorRasmus Steinke <rasi@xssn.at>2016-07-18 16:13:08 +0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2016-07-18 16:13:08 +0200
commitfc40aa520f80e730863ad96f4a09d2f473b8a7c5 (patch)
tree95c12427d241cc88def5510f8c3121c144c9b2ac
parent85d95c4f8f2553b1a354de3cd9ddb311258729b5 (diff)
parentc985544e35b26fa68133eb777358991c3eda0173 (diff)
Merge pull request #427 from carnager/master
Try to formulate some things a bit nicer
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@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ The window switcher shows the following informations in columns (can be customiz
![run mode](https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/images/rofi/run-dialog.png)
-The run mode allows the user to quickly search and launch a program.
-It offers the following features:
+The run mode allows users to quickly search and launch a program.
+Run mode features:
- Shift-Return to run the selected program in a terminal.
- Favorites list, frequently used programs are sorted on top.
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ It offers the following features:
## DRun mode
-The desktop run mode allows the user to quickly search and launch an application from the *freedesktop.org* Desktop
-Entries. E.g. what is used by Desktop Environment to fill their launcher. It offers the following features:
+The desktop run mode allows users to quickly search and launch an application from the *freedesktop.org* Desktop
+Entries. These are used by most common Desktop Environments to populate launchers and menus.
+Drun mode features:
- Favorites list, frequently used programs are sorted on top.
- Auto starting terminal applications in a terminal.
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ Drop in dmenu replacement. (Screenshot shows rofi used by
**Rofi** features several improvements over dmenu to improve usability. There is the option to add
an extra message bar (`-mesg`), pre-entering of text (`-filter`) or selecting entries based on a
pattern (`-select`). Also highlighting (`-u` and `-a`) options and modi to force user to select one
-provided option (`-only-match`).
+provided option (`-only-match`). In addition to this rofi's dmenu mode can select multiple lines and
+write them to stdout.
# Usage
@@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ In both cases, rofi will output the user's selection to STDOUT.
## Switching Between Modi
-Type `Shift-Right` to switch from Window list mode to Run mode and back.
+Type `Shift-/Left/Right` to switch between active modi.
## Keybindings
@@ -182,15 +184,14 @@ There are currently three methods of setting configuration options:
* Local configuration. Normally, depending on XDG, in `~/.local/rofi/config`. This uses the Xresources format.
* Xresources: A method of storing key values in the Xserver. See
[here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_resources) for more information.
- This is the recommended way of configuring **Rofi**. Remember to load your changes with `xrdb -load ~/.Xresources`
* Commandline options: Arguments passed to **Rofi**.
-The Xresources options and the commandline options are aliased. So to set option X you would set:
+The Xresources options and the commandline options are aliased. To define option X set:
rofi.X: value
-In the Xresources file, and to (override) this via the commandline you would pass the same key
-prefixed with a '-':
+In the Xresources file. To set/override this from commandline pass the same key
+prefixed with '-':
rofi -X value