manpage: describe keybindings to open a terminal/dmenu (Thanks Joost)

[i3/i3] / man / i3.man

diff --git a/man/i3.man b/man/i3.man
index 28951374a75554f02800b59a69a5178e5fae929a..bc4a0187a1fa5be1cf9ab306f505a557177c2dad 100644 (file)
--- a/man/i3.man
+++ b/man/i3.man
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ i3 - an improved dynamic, tiling window manager
 
 == SYNOPSIS
 
-i3 [-a] [-c configfile] [-C] [-d <loglevel>] [-v] [-V]
+i3 [-a] [-c configfile] [-C] [-d all] [-v] [-V]
 
 == OPTIONS
 
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ Specifies an alternate configuration file path.
 -C::
 Check the configuration file for validity and exit.
 
--d::
-Specifies the debug loglevel. To see the most output, use -d all.
+-d all::
+Enables debug logging.
+The 'all' parameter is present for historical reasons.
 
 -v::
 Display version number (and date of the last commit).
@@ -91,6 +92,12 @@ are connected to these outputs.
 
 Here is a short overview of the default keybindings:
 
+Mod1+Enter::
+Open a new terminal emulator window.
+
+Mod1+d::
+Open dmenu for starting any application by typing (part of) its name.
+
 j/k/l/;::
 Direction keys (left, down, up, right). They are on your homerow (see the mark
 on your "j" key). Alternatively, you can use the cursor keys.
@@ -261,19 +268,15 @@ xset -b
 # Enable zapping (C-A-<Bksp> kills X)
 setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
 
-# Enforce correct locales from the beginning
-unset LC_COLLATE
-export LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8
-export LC_TIME=de_DE.UTF-8
-export LC_NUMERIC=de_DE.UTF-8
-export LC_MONETARY=de_DE.UTF-8
+# Enforce correct locales from the beginning:
+# LC_ALL is unset since it overwrites everything
+# LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 is used, except for:
+# LC_MESSAGES=C never translates program output
+# LC_TIME=en_DK leads to yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm date/time output
+unset LC_ALL
+export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 export LC_MESSAGES=C
-export LC_PAPER=de_DE.UTF-8
-export LC_NAME=de_DE.UTF-8
-export LC_ADDRESS=de_DE.UTF-8
-export LC_TELEPHONE=de_DE.UTF-8
-export LC_MEASUREMENT=de_DE.UTF-8
-export LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_DE.UTF-8
+export LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8
 
 # Use XToolkit in java applications
 export AWT_TOOLKIT=XToolkit
@@ -294,9 +297,10 @@ exec /usr/bin/i3 -V -d all >> ~/.i3/logfile
 === I3SOCK
 
 This variable overwrites the IPC socket path (placed in
-/tmp/i3-%u/ipc-socket.%p by default, where %u is replaced with your UNIX
-username and %p is replaced with i3’s PID). The IPC socket is used by external
-programs like i3-msg(1) or i3bar(1).
+/tmp/i3-%u.XXXXXX/ipc-socket.%p by default, where %u is replaced with your UNIX
+username, %p is replaced with i3’s PID and XXXXXX is a string of random
+characters from the portable filename character set (see mkdtemp(3))). The IPC
+socket is used by external programs like i3-msg(1) or i3bar(1).
 
 == TODO