updated README

.hgtags

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+fcc8a282cb52c6a9343b461026b386825590cd31 0.1
+656be0f47df545dfdd2e1e0663663b8b1b26f031 0.2
+d352e9dc112ee96aa5cad961a0ed880ae9ce7276 0.3
+7acf0dde1120542917bae12e0e42293f9d2cc899 0.4
+4a0ecd881c4fc15de4a0bebd79308b064be020ef 0.5
+25f679fb19686140a907684ffcb423b9e9d44b53 0.6
+5fc20d7158bd16b4d5f8d1c25e177680b6d54252 0.7
+409667a57221f7e50ba8b5248f638915cd61b366 0.8
+d046c818ea467555cc338751c9bf3024609f1f12 0.9
+9e11140d4cc3eecac3b0ab752f91528fd5e04be8 1.0

Makefile

@@ -7,27 +7,24 @@ SRC = draw.c main.c util.c
 OBJ = ${SRC:.c=.o}
 
 all: options dmenu
-	@echo finished
 
 options:
 	@echo dmenu build options:
 	@echo "CFLAGS   = ${CFLAGS}"
 	@echo "LDFLAGS  = ${LDFLAGS}"
 	@echo "CC       = ${CC}"
+	@echo "LD       = ${LD}"
 
 .c.o:
 	@echo CC $<
 	@${CC} -c ${CFLAGS} $<
 
-${OBJ}: dmenu.h config.h
-
-config.h:
-	@echo creating $@ from config.default.h
-	@cp config.default.h $@
+${OBJ}: dmenu.h config.mk
 
 dmenu: ${OBJ}
 	@echo LD $@
-	@${CC} -o $@ ${OBJ} ${LDFLAGS}
+	@${LD} -o $@ ${OBJ} ${LDFLAGS}
+	@strip $@
 
 clean:
 	@echo cleaning
@@ -36,8 +33,7 @@ clean:
 dist: clean
 	@echo creating dist tarball
 	@mkdir -p dmenu-${VERSION}
-	@cp -R LICENSE Makefile README config.mk \
-		dmenu.1 dmenu.h ${SRC} dmenu-${VERSION}
+	@cp -R LICENSE Makefile README config.mk dmenu.1 dmenu.h ${SRC} dmenu-${VERSION}
 	@tar -cf dmenu-${VERSION}.tar dmenu-${VERSION}
 	@gzip dmenu-${VERSION}.tar
 	@rm -rf dmenu-${VERSION}
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ install: all
 	@chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/dmenu
 	@echo installing manual page to ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
 	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
-	@cp -f dmenu.1 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
+	@sed 's/VERSION/${VERSION}/g' < dmenu.1 > ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/dmenu.1
 	@chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/dmenu.1
 
 uninstall:

README

@@ -1,48 +1,24 @@
-dwm - dynamic window manager
-----------------------------
-dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
+dmenu - dynamic menu
+====================
+dmenu is a generic and efficient menu for X. 
 
 
 Requirements
 ------------
-In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
+In order to build dmenu you need the Xlib header files.
 
 
 Installation
 ------------
-Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dwm is installed into
+Edit config.mk to match your local setup (dmenu is installed into
 the /usr/local namespace by default).
 
-Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
+Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dmenu (if
 necessary as root):
 
     make clean install
 
 
-Running dwm
------------
-Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
-
-    exec dwm
-
-In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
-the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
-
-    DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
-
-(This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.)
-
-In order to display status info in the bar, you can do something
-like this in your .xinitrc:
-
-    while true
-    do
-        echo `date` `uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'`
-        sleep 1
-    done | dwm
-
-
-Configuration
+Running dmenu
 -------------
-The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h
-and (re)compiling the source code.
+See the man page for details.

config.arg.h

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
- * See LICENSE file for license details.
- */
-
-#define FONT			"-*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*"
-#define BGCOLOR			"#0a2c2d"
-#define FGCOLOR			"#ddeeee"
-#define BORDERCOLOR		"#176164"

config.default.h

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
- * See LICENSE file for license details.
- */
-
-#define FONT			"fixed"
-#define BGCOLOR			"#666699"
-#define FGCOLOR			"#eeeeee"
-#define BORDERCOLOR		"#9999CC"

config.h

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
- * See LICENSE file for license details.
- */
-
-#define FONT			"-*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*"
-#define BGCOLOR			"#0a2c2d"
-#define FGCOLOR			"#ddeeee"
-#define BORDERCOLOR		"#176164"

config.mk

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # dmenu version
-VERSION = 0.1
+VERSION = 1.1
 
 # Customize below to fit your system
 
@@ -11,14 +11,15 @@ X11INC = /usr/X11R6/include
 X11LIB = /usr/X11R6/lib
 
 # includes and libs
-INCS = -I/usr/lib -I${X11INC}
+INCS = -I. -I/usr/include -I${X11INC}
 LIBS = -L/usr/lib -lc -L${X11LIB} -lX11
 
 # flags
-CFLAGS = -O3 ${INCS} -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
+CFLAGS = -Os ${INCS} -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
 LDFLAGS = ${LIBS}
 #CFLAGS = -g -Wall -O2 ${INCS} -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
 #LDFLAGS = -g ${LIBS}
 
-# compiler
+# compiler and linker
 CC = cc
+LD = ${CC}

dmenu.1

@@ -1,68 +1,80 @@
-.TH DMENU 1 d-0.0
+.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION
 .SH NAME
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
+.RB [ \-font <name> ]
+.RB [ \-normbg <color> ]
+.RB [ \-normfg <color> ]
+.RB [ \-selbg <color> ]
+.RB [ \-selfg <color> ]
+.RB [ \-t <seconds> ]
 .RB [ \-v ]
-.RB [ \-t
-.IR title ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .SS Overview
-.B dmenu
-is a generic, highly customizable, and efficient menu for the X Window System,
-originally designed for
+dmenu is a generic menu for X, originally designed for
 .BR dwm (1).
-It supports arbitrary, user defined menu contents.
+It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items
+efficiently.
 .SS Options
 .TP
-.B \-v
-prints version information to stdout, then exits.
+.B \-font <name>
+defines the font.
 .TP
-.BI \-t " title"
-displays
-.I title
-above the menu.
-.SS 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
-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
-Any printable character
-appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter:
+.B \-normbg <color>
+defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.TP
+.B \-normfg <color>
+defines the normal foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.TP
+.B \-selbg <color>
+defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.TP
+.B \-selfg <color>
+defines the selected foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
+.TP
+.B \-t <seconds>
+defines the seconds to wait for standard input, before exiting (default is 3).
+.TP
+.B \-v
+prints version information to standard output, then exits.
+.SH USAGE
+dmenu reads a list of newline-separated items from standard input and creates a
+menu.  When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Return, his
+choice is printed to standard output and dmenu terminates.
+.P
+dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognized:
+.TP
+.B Any printable character
+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
-Left/Right (Control-p/Control-n)
-select the previous/next item.
-.TP 2
-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
-Escape (Control-[)
-quit without selecting an item.
-.TP 2
-Backspace (Control-h)
-remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
-.TP 2
-Control-u
-remove all characters from the input field.
-.SS Exit codes
-.B dmenu
-returns
+.TP
+.B Left/Right
+Select the previous/next item.
+.TP
+.B Tab
+Copy the selected item to the input field.
+.TP
+.B Return
+Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
 .B 0
-if Enter is pressed on termination,
+on termination.
+.TP
+.B Shift-Return
+Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
+Returns
+.B 0
+on termination.
+.TP
+.B Escape
+Quit without selecting an item. Returns
 .B 1
-if Escape is pressed.
+on termination.
+.TP
+.B Backspace (Control-h)
+Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
+.TP
+.B Control-u
+Remove all characters from the input field.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dwm (1)

dmenu.h

@@ -3,13 +3,19 @@
  * See LICENSE file for license details.
  */
 
-#include "config.h"
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #include <X11/Xlocale.h>
 
+#define FONT			"fixed"
+#define NORMBGCOLOR		"#333366"
+#define NORMFGCOLOR		"#cccccc"
+#define SELBGCOLOR		"#666699"
+#define SELFGCOLOR		"#eeeeee"
 #define SPACE		30 /* px */
 
-typedef struct Brush Brush;
+/* color */
+enum { ColFG, ColBG, ColLast };
+
 typedef struct DC DC;
 typedef struct Fnt Fnt;
 
@@ -21,27 +27,27 @@ struct Fnt {
 	int height;
 };
 
-struct DC { /* draw context */
+struct DC {
 	int x, y, w, h;
-	unsigned long bg;
-	unsigned long fg;
-	unsigned long border;
+	unsigned long norm[ColLast];
+	unsigned long sel[ColLast];
 	Drawable drawable;
 	Fnt font;
 	GC gc;
-};
+}; /* draw context */
 
 extern int screen;
 extern Display *dpy;
-extern DC dc;
+extern DC dc;			/* global drawing context */
 
 /* draw.c */
-extern void drawtext(const char *text, Bool invert, Bool border);
-extern unsigned long getcolor(const char *colstr);
-extern void setfont(const char *fontstr);
-extern unsigned int textw(const char *text);
+extern void drawtext(const char *text,
+			unsigned long col[ColLast]);	/* draws text with the defined color tuple */
+extern unsigned long getcolor(const char *colstr);	/* returns color of colstr */
+extern void setfont(const char *fontstr);		/* sets global font */
+extern unsigned int textw(const char *text);		/* returns width of text in px */
 
 /* util.c */
-extern void *emalloc(unsigned int size);
-extern void eprint(const char *errstr, ...);
-extern char *estrdup(const char *str);
+extern void *emalloc(unsigned int size);		/* allocates memory, exits on error */
+extern void eprint(const char *errstr, ...);		/* prints errstr and exits with 1 */
+extern char *estrdup(const char *str);			/* duplicates str, exits on allocation error */

draw.c

@@ -9,29 +9,8 @@
 
 /* static */
 
-static void
-drawborder(void)
-{
-	XPoint points[5];
-
-	XSetLineAttributes(dpy, dc.gc, 1, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinMiter);
-	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, dc.border);
-	points[0].x = dc.x;
-	points[0].y = dc.y;
-	points[1].x = dc.w - 1;
-	points[1].y = 0;
-	points[2].x = 0;
-	points[2].y = dc.h - 1;
-	points[3].x = -(dc.w - 1);
-	points[3].y = 0;
-	points[4].x = 0;
-	points[4].y = -(dc.h - 1);
-	XDrawLines(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, points, 5, CoordModePrevious);
-}
-
 static unsigned int
-textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len)
-{
+textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len) {
 	XRectangle r;
 
 	if(dc.font.set) {
@@ -44,25 +23,21 @@ textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len)
 /* extern */
 
 void
-drawtext(const char *text, Bool invert, Bool border)
-{
+drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 	int x, y, w, h;
 	static char buf[256];
-	unsigned int len;
+	unsigned int len, olen;
 	XGCValues gcv;
 	XRectangle r = { dc.x, dc.y, dc.w, dc.h };
 
-	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, invert ? dc.fg : dc.bg);
+	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, col[ColBG]);
 	XFillRectangles(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, &r, 1);
 
-	w = 0;
-	if(border)
-		drawborder();
-
 	if(!text)
 		return;
 
-	len = strlen(text);
+	w = 0;
+	olen = len = strlen(text);
 	if(len >= sizeof(buf))
 		len = sizeof(buf) - 1;
 	memcpy(buf, text, len);
@@ -75,37 +50,43 @@ drawtext(const char *text, Bool invert, Bool border)
 	/* shorten text if necessary */
 	while(len && (w = textnw(buf, len)) > dc.w - h)
 		buf[--len] = 0;
+	if(len < olen) {
+		if(len > 1)
+			buf[len - 1] = '.';
+		if(len > 2)
+			buf[len - 2] = '.';
+		if(len > 3)
+			buf[len - 3] = '.';
+	}
 
 	if(w > dc.w)
 		return; /* too long */
 
-	gcv.foreground = invert ? dc.bg : dc.fg;
-	gcv.background = invert ? dc.fg : dc.bg;
+	gcv.foreground = col[ColFG];
 	if(dc.font.set) {
-		XChangeGC(dpy, dc.gc, GCForeground | GCBackground, &gcv);
-		XmbDrawImageString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.font.set, dc.gc,
+		XChangeGC(dpy, dc.gc, GCForeground, &gcv);
+		XmbDrawString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.font.set, dc.gc,
 				x, y, buf, len);
 	}
 	else {
 		gcv.font = dc.font.xfont->fid;
-		XChangeGC(dpy, dc.gc, GCForeground | GCBackground | GCFont, &gcv);
-		XDrawImageString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, x, y, buf, len);
+		XChangeGC(dpy, dc.gc, GCForeground | GCFont, &gcv);
+		XDrawString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, x, y, buf, len);
 	}
 }
 
 unsigned long
-getcolor(const char *colstr)
-{
+getcolor(const char *colstr) {
 	Colormap cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
 	XColor color;
 
-	XAllocNamedColor(dpy, cmap, colstr, &color, &color);
+	if(!XAllocNamedColor(dpy, cmap, colstr, &color, &color))
+		eprint("error, cannot allocate color '%s'\n", colstr);
 	return color.pixel;
 }
 
 void
-setfont(const char *fontstr)
-{
+setfont(const char *fontstr) {
 	char **missing, *def;
 	int i, n;
 
@@ -153,7 +134,6 @@ setfont(const char *fontstr)
 }
 
 unsigned int
-textw(const char *text)
-{
+textw(const char *text) {
 	return textnw(text, strlen(text)) + dc.font.height;
 }

main.c

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/select.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <X11/cursorfont.h>
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #include <X11/keysym.h>
@@ -24,14 +26,12 @@ struct Item {
 
 /* static */
 
-static char *title, text[4096];
+static char text[4096];
 static int mx, my, mw, mh;
 static int ret = 0;
 static int nitem = 0;
 static unsigned int cmdw = 0;
-static unsigned int tw = 0;
-static unsigned int cw = 0;
-static Bool done = False;
+static Bool running = True;
 static Item *allitems = NULL;	/* first of all items */
 static Item *item = NULL;	/* first of pattern matching items */
 static Item *sel = NULL;
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ static Window root;
 static Window win;
 
 static void
-calcoffsets()
-{
+calcoffsets(void) {
 	unsigned int tw, w;
 
 	if(!curr)
@@ -71,67 +70,51 @@ calcoffsets()
 }
 
 static void
-drawmenu()
-{
+drawmenu(void) {
 	Item *i;
 
 	dc.x = 0;
 	dc.y = 0;
 	dc.w = mw;
 	dc.h = mh;
-	drawtext(NULL, False, False);
+	drawtext(NULL, dc.norm);
 
 	/* print command */
-	if(!title || text[0]) {
-		cmdw = cw;
 	if(cmdw && item)
 		dc.w = cmdw;
-		drawtext(text, False, False);
-	}
-	else {
-		cmdw = tw;
-		dc.w = cmdw;
-		drawtext(title, False, False);
-	}
-	dc.x += dc.w;
+	drawtext(text[0] ? text : NULL, dc.norm);
+	dc.x += cmdw;
 
 	if(curr) {
 		dc.w = SPACE;
-		drawtext((curr && curr->left) ? "<" : NULL, False, False);
+		drawtext((curr && curr->left) ? "<" : NULL, dc.norm);
 		dc.x += dc.w;
 
 		/* determine maximum items */
 		for(i = curr; i != next; i=i->right) {
-			dc.border = False;
 			dc.w = textw(i->text);
 			if(dc.w > mw / 3)
 				dc.w = mw / 3;
-			drawtext(i->text, sel == i, sel == i);
+			drawtext(i->text, (sel == i) ? dc.sel : dc.norm);
 			dc.x += dc.w;
 		}
 
 		dc.x = mw - SPACE;
 		dc.w = SPACE;
-		drawtext(next ? ">" : NULL, False, False);
+		drawtext(next ? ">" : NULL, dc.norm);
 	}
 	XCopyArea(dpy, dc.drawable, win, dc.gc, 0, 0, mw, mh, 0, 0);
 	XFlush(dpy);
 }
 
 static void
-input(char *pattern)
-{
+match(char *pattern) {
 	unsigned int plen;
 	Item *i, *j;
 
 	if(!pattern)
 		return;
 
-	if(!title || *pattern)
-		cmdw = cw;
-	else
-		cmdw = tw;
-
 	plen = strlen(pattern);
 	item = j = NULL;
 	nitem = 0;
@@ -165,8 +148,7 @@ input(char *pattern)
 }
 
 static void
-kpress(XKeyEvent * e)
-{
+kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
 	char buf[32];
 	int num, prev_nitem;
 	unsigned int i, len;
@@ -188,18 +170,16 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e)
 			return;
 			break;
 		case XK_h:
+		case XK_H:
 			ksym = XK_BackSpace;
 			break;
-		case XK_U:
 		case XK_u:
+		case XK_U:
 			text[0] = 0;
-			input(text);
+			match(text);
 			drawmenu();
 			return;
 			break;
-		case XK_bracketleft:
-			ksym = XK_Escape;
-			break;
 		}
 	}
 	switch(ksym) {
@@ -216,7 +196,7 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e)
 		if(!sel)
 			return;
 		strncpy(text, sel->text, sizeof(text));
-		input(text);
+		match(text);
 		break;
 	case XK_Right:
 		if(!(sel && sel->right))
@@ -228,29 +208,27 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e)
 		}
 		break;
 	case XK_Return:
-		if(e->state & ShiftMask) {
-			if(text)
+		if((e->state & ShiftMask) && text)
 			fprintf(stdout, "%s", text);
-		}
 		else if(sel)
 			fprintf(stdout, "%s", sel->text);
 		else if(text)
 			fprintf(stdout, "%s", text);
 		fflush(stdout);
-		done = True;
+		running = False;
 		break;
 	case XK_Escape:
 		ret = 1;
-		done = True;
+		running = False;
 		break;
 	case XK_BackSpace:
 		if((i = len)) {
 			prev_nitem = nitem;
 			do {
 				text[--i] = 0;
-				input(text);
+				match(text);
 			} while(i && nitem && prev_nitem == nitem);
-			input(text);
+			match(text);
 		}
 		break;
 	default:
@@ -260,15 +238,14 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e)
 				strncat(text, buf, sizeof(text));
 			else
 				strncpy(text, buf, sizeof(text));
-			input(text);
+			match(text);
 		}
 	}
 	drawmenu();
 }
 
 static char *
-readinput()
-{
+readstdin(void) {
 	static char *maxname = NULL;
 	char *p, buf[1024];
 	unsigned int len = 0, max = 0;
@@ -305,52 +282,70 @@ Display *dpy;
 DC dc = {0};
 
 int
-main(int argc, char *argv[])
-{
+main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+	char *font = FONT;
 	char *maxname;
+	char *normbg = NORMBGCOLOR;
+	char *normfg = NORMFGCOLOR;
+	char *selbg = SELBGCOLOR;
+	char *selfg = SELFGCOLOR;
+	fd_set rd;
 	int i;
+	struct timeval timeout;
+	Item *itm;
 	XEvent ev;
 	XSetWindowAttributes wa;
 
+	timeout.tv_usec = 0;
+	timeout.tv_sec = 3;
 	/* command line args */
-	for(i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-		if (argv[i][0] == '-')
-			switch (argv[i][1]) {
-			case 'v':
+	for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
+		if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-font", 6))
+			font = argv[++i];
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-normbg", 8))
+			normbg = argv[++i];
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-normfg", 8))
+			normfg = argv[++i];
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-selbg", 7))
+			selbg = argv[++i];
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-selfg", 7))
+			selfg = argv[++i];
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-t", 3))
+			timeout.tv_sec = atoi(argv[++i]);
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-v", 3)) {
 			fputs("dmenu-"VERSION", (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe\n", stdout);
 			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
-				break;
-			case 't':
-				if(++i < argc) {
-					title = argv[i];
-					break;
-				}
-			default:
-				eprint("usage: dmenu [-v] [-t <title>]\n");
-				break;
 		}
 		else
-			eprint("usage: dmenu [-v] [-t <title>]\n");
-	}
+			eprint("usage: dmenu [-font <name>] [-{norm,sel}{bg,fg} <color>] [-t <seconds>] [-v]\n", stdout);
 
 	dpy = XOpenDisplay(0);
 	if(!dpy)
-		eprint("dmenu: cannot open dpy\n");
+		eprint("dmenu: cannot open display\n");
 	screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
 	root = RootWindow(dpy, screen);
 
-	maxname = readinput();
-
-	/* grab as early as possible, but after reading all items!!! */
+	/* Note, the select() construction allows to grab all keypresses as
+	 * early as possible, to not loose them. But if there is no standard
+	 * input supplied, we will make sure to exit after MAX_WAIT_STDIN
+	 * seconds. This is convenience behavior for rapid typers.
+	 */ 
 	while(XGrabKeyboard(dpy, root, True, GrabModeAsync,
 			 GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) != GrabSuccess)
 		usleep(1000);
 
+	FD_ZERO(&rd);
+	FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &rd);
+	if(select(ConnectionNumber(dpy) + 1, &rd, NULL, NULL, &timeout) < 1)
+		goto UninitializedEnd;
+	maxname = readstdin();
+
 	/* style */
-	dc.bg = getcolor(BGCOLOR);
-	dc.fg = getcolor(FGCOLOR);
-	dc.border = getcolor(BORDERCOLOR);
-	setfont(FONT);
+	dc.norm[ColBG] = getcolor(normbg);
+	dc.norm[ColFG] = getcolor(normfg);
+	dc.sel[ColBG] = getcolor(selbg);
+	dc.sel[ColFG] = getcolor(selfg);
+	setfont(font);
 
 	wa.override_redirect = 1;
 	wa.background_pixmap = ParentRelative;
@@ -358,7 +353,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	mx = my = 0;
 	mw = DisplayWidth(dpy, screen);
-	mh = dc.font.height + 4;
+	mh = dc.font.height + 2;
 
 	win = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, mx, my, mw, mh, 0,
 			DefaultDepth(dpy, screen), CopyFromParent,
@@ -369,29 +364,24 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* pixmap */
 	dc.drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, mw, mh, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen));
 	dc.gc = XCreateGC(dpy, root, 0, 0);
+	XSetLineAttributes(dpy, dc.gc, 1, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinMiter);
 
 	if(maxname)
-		cw = textw(maxname);
-	if(cw > mw / 3)
-		cw = mw / 3;
-
-	if(title) {
-		tw = textw(title);
-		if(tw > mw / 3)
-			tw = mw / 3;
-	}
-
-	cmdw = title ? tw : cw;
+		cmdw = textw(maxname);
+	if(cmdw > mw / 3)
+		cmdw = mw / 3;
 
 	text[0] = 0;
-	input(text);
+	match(text);
 	XMapRaised(dpy, win);
 	drawmenu();
 	XSync(dpy, False);
 
 	/* main event loop */
-	while(!done && !XNextEvent(dpy, &ev)) {
+	while(running && !XNextEvent(dpy, &ev)) {
 		switch (ev.type) {
+		default:	/* ignore all crap */
+			break;
 		case KeyPress:
 			kpress(&ev.xkey);
 			break;
@@ -399,15 +389,24 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			if(ev.xexpose.count == 0)
 				drawmenu();
 			break;
-		default:
-			break;
 		}
 	}
 
-	XUngrabKeyboard(dpy, CurrentTime);
+	while(allitems) {
+		itm = allitems->next;
+		free(allitems->text);
+		free(allitems);
+		allitems = itm;
+	}
+	if(dc.font.set)
+		XFreeFontSet(dpy, dc.font.set);
+	else
+		XFreeFont(dpy, dc.font.xfont);
 	XFreePixmap(dpy, dc.drawable);
 	XFreeGC(dpy, dc.gc);
 	XDestroyWindow(dpy, win);
+UninitializedEnd:
+	XUngrabKeyboard(dpy, CurrentTime);
 	XCloseDisplay(dpy);
 
 	return ret;

util.c

@@ -13,25 +13,22 @@
 /* static */
 
 static void
-bad_malloc(unsigned int size)
-{
+badmalloc(unsigned int size) {
 	eprint("fatal: could not malloc() %u bytes\n", size);
 }
 
 /* extern */
 
 void *
-emalloc(unsigned int size)
-{
+emalloc(unsigned int size) {
 	void *res = malloc(size);
 	if(!res)
-		bad_malloc(size);
+		badmalloc(size);
 	return res;
 }
 
 void
-eprint(const char *errstr, ...)
-{
+eprint(const char *errstr, ...) {
 	va_list ap;
 
 	va_start(ap, errstr);
@@ -41,10 +38,9 @@ eprint(const char *errstr, ...)
 }
 
 char *
-estrdup(const char *str)
-{
+estrdup(const char *str) {
 	void *res = strdup(str);
 	if(!res)
-		bad_malloc(strlen(str));
+		badmalloc(strlen(str));
 	return res;
 }