Lines layout

The -l display the lines as is. The end-of-line characters, if any, are honored.

This examples shows what happens in line mode:

smenu -l

Now, this is what happens when the lines are too long to fit in the terminal:

smenu -l

The same with the arrows in bold red (-a option)

smenu -a s:1,b -l

And now, here's what happens when the cursor is moved to a hidden word.

This is a general concept: the arrows show that there are more words in the direction they indicate.