fixed a typo in dmenu.1

.hgtags

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+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
+e8c1e9733752db12f2dbd1fa93c46f5806242ba9 1.1
+bee7fe6d1189174d0204ca3195b83cdc1bb4f82e 1.2
+2eb9997be51cb1b11a8900728ccc0904f9371157 1.3
+df3fbb050004c544d14e43c36f6a94cca6ed4a69 1.4
+e071fb045bd9e8574947acff7196360bc0270e68 1.5
+dcc5427f99f51a978386a0dd770467cd911ac84b 1.6
+58dbef4aef3d45c7a3da6945e53c9667c0f02d5b 1.7
+3696d77aaf02f5d15728dde3b9e35abcaf291496 1.7.1

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} $<
 
-${OBJ}: dmenu.h config.h
+${OBJ}: dmenu.h config.mk
-
-config.h:
-	@echo creating $@ from config.default.h
-	@cp config.default.h $@
 
 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 \
+	@cp -R LICENSE Makefile README config.mk dmenu.1 dmenu.h ${SRC} dmenu-${VERSION}
-		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
+dmenu - dynamic menu
-----------------------------
+====================
-dwm is an extremely fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
+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
+Running dmenu
------------
-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
 -------------
-The configuration of dwm is done by creating a custom config.h
+See the man page for details.
-and (re)compiling the source code.

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 = 1.8
 
 # Customize below to fit your system
 
@@ -11,14 +11,20 @@ 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
+# Solaris
+#CFLAGS = -fast ${INCS} -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
+#LDFLAGS = ${LIBS}
+#CFLAGS += -xtarget=ultra
+
+# compiler and linker
 CC = cc
+LD = ${CC}

dmenu.1

@@ -1,68 +1,95 @@
-.TH DMENU 1 d-0.0
+.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION
 .SH NAME
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
+.RB [ \-b ]
+.RB [ \-fn " <font>"]
+.RB [ \-nb " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-nf " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-p " <prompt>"]
+.RB [ \-sb " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-sf " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-t " <seconds>"]
 .RB [ \-v ]
-.RB [ \-t
-.IR title ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .SS Overview
-.B dmenu
+dmenu is a generic menu for X, originally designed for
-is a generic, highly customizable, and efficient menu for the X Window System,
-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
+.B \-b
-prints version information to stdout, then exits.
+makes dmenu appear at the screen bottom (by default it appears at the screen top).
 .TP
-.BI \-t " title"
+.B \-fn <font>
-displays
+defines the font.
-.I title
+.TP
-above the menu.
+.B \-nb <color>
-.SS Usage
+defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
-.B dmenu
+.TP
-reads a list of newline-separated items from stdin and creates a menu.
+.B \-nf <color>
-When the user selects an item or enters any text and presses Enter, his choice
+defines the normal foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
-is printed to stdout and
+.TP
-.B dmenu
+.B \-p <prompt>
-terminates.
+defines a prompt to be displayed before the input area.
-.SS Keyboard Control 
+.TP
-.B dmenu
+.B \-sb <color>
-is completely controlled by the keyboard.  The following keys are recognized:
+defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
-.TP 2
+.TP
-Any printable character
+.B \-sf <color>
-appends the character to the text in the input field. This works as a filter:
+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/her
+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
+.TP
-Left/Right (Control-p/Control-n)
+.B Left/Right
-select the previous/next item.
+Select the previous/next item.
-.TP 2
+.TP
-Tab (Control-i)
+.B PageUp/PageDown
-copy the selected item to the input field.
+Select the first item of the previous/next 'page' of items.
-.TP 2
+.TP
-Enter (Control-j)
+.B Home/End
-confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to stdout).
+Select the first/last item.
-.TP 2
+.TP
-Shift-Enter (Shift-Control-j)
+.B Tab
-confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to stdout).
+Copy the selected item to the input field.
-.TP 2
+.TP
-Escape (Control-[)
+.B Return
-quit without selecting an item.
+Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
-.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
 .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)
+.BR dwm (1),
+.BR wmii (1) .

dmenu.h

@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
-/*
+/* (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
- * (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
  * See LICENSE file for license details.
  */
 
-#include "config.h"
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
-#include <X11/Xlocale.h>
 
-#define SPACE		30 /* px */
+#define FONT			"-*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
+#define NORMBGCOLOR		"#333366"
+#define NORMFGCOLOR		"#cccccc"
+#define SELBGCOLOR		"#666699"
+#define SELFGCOLOR		"#eeeeee"
+#define SPACE			30 /* px */
+
+/* color */
+enum { ColFG, ColBG, ColLast };
 
-typedef struct Brush Brush;
 typedef struct DC DC;
 typedef struct Fnt Fnt;
 
@@ -21,27 +25,27 @@ struct Fnt {
 	int height;
 };
 
-struct DC { /* draw context */
+struct DC {
 	int x, y, w, h;
-	unsigned long bg;
+	unsigned long norm[ColLast];
-	unsigned long fg;
+	unsigned long sel[ColLast];
-	unsigned long border;
 	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 void drawtext(const char *text,
-extern unsigned long getcolor(const char *colstr);
+			unsigned long col[ColLast]);	/* draws text with the defined color tuple */
-extern void setfont(const char *fontstr);
+extern unsigned long getcolor(const char *colstr);	/* returns color of colstr */
-extern unsigned int textw(const char *text);
+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 *emalloc(unsigned int size);		/* allocates memory, exits on error */
-extern void eprint(const char *errstr, ...);
+extern void eprint(const char *errstr, ...);		/* prints errstr and exits with 1 */
-extern char *estrdup(const char *str);
+extern char *estrdup(const char *str);			/* duplicates str, exits on allocation error */

draw.c

@@ -1,37 +1,14 @@
-/*
+/* (C)opyright MMIV-MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
- * (C)opyright MMIV-MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
  * See LICENSE file for license details.
  */
 #include "dmenu.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <X11/Xlocale.h>
 
 /* 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) {
@@ -44,88 +21,77 @@ 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;
-
+	w = 0;
-	len = strlen(text);
+	olen = len = strlen(text);
-	if(len >= sizeof(buf))
+	if(len >= sizeof buf)
-		len = sizeof(buf) - 1;
+		len = sizeof buf - 1;
 	memcpy(buf, text, len);
 	buf[len] = 0;
-
 	h = dc.font.ascent + dc.font.descent;
 	y = dc.y + (dc.h / 2) - (h / 2) + dc.font.ascent;
 	x = dc.x + (h / 2);
-
 	/* 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 = col[ColFG];
-	gcv.foreground = invert ? dc.bg : dc.fg;
-	gcv.background = invert ? dc.fg : dc.bg;
 	if(dc.font.set) {
-		XChangeGC(dpy, dc.gc, GCForeground | GCBackground, &gcv);
+		XChangeGC(dpy, dc.gc, GCForeground, &gcv);
-		XmbDrawImageString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.font.set, dc.gc,
+		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);
+		XChangeGC(dpy, dc.gc, GCForeground | GCFont, &gcv);
-		XDrawImageString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, x, y, buf, len);
+		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 *def, **missing;
-	char **missing, *def;
 	int i, n;
 
 	missing = NULL;
-	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
 	if(dc.font.set)
 		XFreeFontSet(dpy, dc.font.set);
 	dc.font.set = XCreateFontSet(dpy, fontstr, &missing, &n, &def);
-	if(missing) {
+	if(missing)
 		XFreeStringList(missing);
-		if(dc.font.set) {
-			XFreeFontSet(dpy, dc.font.set);
-			dc.font.set = NULL;
-		}
-	}
 	if(dc.font.set) {
 		XFontSetExtents *font_extents;
 		XFontStruct **xfonts;
 		char **font_names;
-
 		dc.font.ascent = dc.font.descent = 0;
 		font_extents = XExtentsOfFontSet(dc.font.set);
 		n = XFontsOfFontSet(dc.font.set, &xfonts, &font_names);
@@ -141,11 +107,8 @@ setfont(const char *fontstr)
 		if(dc.font.xfont)
 			XFreeFont(dpy, dc.font.xfont);
 		dc.font.xfont = NULL;
-		dc.font.xfont = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, fontstr);
+		if(!(dc.font.xfont = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, fontstr)))
-		if (!dc.font.xfont)
+			eprint("error, cannot load font: '%s'\n", fontstr);
-			dc.font.xfont = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, "fixed");
-		if (!dc.font.xfont)
-			eprint("error, cannot init 'fixed' font\n");
 		dc.font.ascent = dc.font.xfont->ascent;
 		dc.font.descent = dc.font.xfont->descent;
 	}
@@ -153,7 +116,6 @@ setfont(const char *fontstr)
 }
 
 unsigned int
-textw(const char *text)
+textw(const char *text) {
-{
 	return textnw(text, strlen(text)) + dc.font.height;
 }

main.c

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-/*
+/* (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
- * (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
  * (C)opyright MMVI Sander van Dijk <a dot h dot vandijk at gmail dot com>
  * See LICENSE file for license details.
  */
-
 #include "dmenu.h"
 
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <X11/cursorfont.h>
+#include <sys/select.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #include <X11/keysym.h>
 
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ struct Item {
 
 /* static */
 
-static char *title, text[4096];
+static char text[4096];
+static char *prompt = NULL;
 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 promptw = 0;
-static unsigned int cw = 0;
+static Bool running = True;
-static Bool done = False;
 static Item *allitems = NULL;	/* first of all items */
 static Item *item = NULL;	/* first of pattern matching items */
 static Item *sel = NULL;
@@ -42,14 +42,12 @@ static Window root;
 static Window win;
 
 static void
-calcoffsets()
+calcoffsets(void) {
-{
 	unsigned int tw, w;
 
 	if(!curr)
 		return;
-
+	w = promptw + cmdw + 2 * SPACE;
-	w = cmdw + 2 * SPACE;
 	for(next = curr; next; next=next->right) {
 		tw = textw(next->text);
 		if(tw > mw / 3)
@@ -58,8 +56,7 @@ calcoffsets()
 		if(w > mw)
 			break;
 	}
-
+	w = promptw + cmdw + 2 * SPACE;
-	w = cmdw + 2 * SPACE;
 	for(prev = curr; prev && prev->left; prev=prev->left) {
 		tw = textw(prev->left->text);
 		if(tw > mw / 3)
@@ -71,71 +68,56 @@ 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 prompt? */
+	if(promptw) {
+		dc.w = promptw;
+		drawtext(prompt, dc.sel);
+	}
+	dc.x += promptw;
+	dc.w = mw - promptw;
 	/* print command */
-	if(!title || text[0]) {
+	if(cmdw && item)
-		cmdw = cw;
-		if(cmdw && item)
-			dc.w = cmdw;
-		drawtext(text, False, False);
-	}
-	else {
-		cmdw = tw;
 		dc.w = cmdw;
-		drawtext(title, False, False);
+	drawtext(text[0] ? text : NULL, dc.norm);
-	}
+	dc.x += cmdw;
-	dc.x += dc.w;
-
 	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;
-
 	for(i = allitems; i; i=i->next)
 		if(!plen || !strncmp(pattern, i->text, plen)) {
 			if(!j)
@@ -159,14 +141,12 @@ input(char *pattern)
 			j = i;
 			nitem++;
 		}
-
 	curr = prev = next = sel = item;
 	calcoffsets();
 }
 
 static void
-kpress(XKeyEvent * e)
+kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
-{
 	char buf[32];
 	int num, prev_nitem;
 	unsigned int i, len;
@@ -174,13 +154,11 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e)
 
 	len = strlen(text);
 	buf[0] = 0;
-	num = XLookupString(e, buf, sizeof(buf), &ksym, 0);
+	num = XLookupString(e, buf, sizeof buf, &ksym, 0);
-
 	if(IsFunctionKey(ksym) || IsKeypadKey(ksym)
 			|| IsMiscFunctionKey(ksym) || IsPFKey(ksym)
 			|| IsPrivateKeypadKey(ksym))
 		return;
-
 	/* first check if a control mask is omitted */
 	if(e->state & ControlMask) {
 		switch (ksym) {
@@ -188,21 +166,82 @@ 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;
+	}
+	if(e->state & Mod1Mask) {
+		switch(ksym) {
+		default: return;
+		case XK_h:
+			ksym = XK_Left;
+			break;
+		case XK_l:
+			ksym = XK_Right;
+			break;
+		case XK_j:
+			ksym = XK_Next;
+			break;
+		case XK_k:
+			ksym = XK_Prior;
+			break;
+		case XK_g:
+			ksym = XK_Home;
+			break;
+		case XK_G:
+			ksym = XK_End;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 	switch(ksym) {
+	default:
+		if(num && !iscntrl((int) buf[0])) {
+			buf[num] = 0;
+			if(len > 0)
+				strncat(text, buf, sizeof text);
+			else
+				strncpy(text, buf, sizeof text);
+			match(text);
+		}
+		break;
+	case XK_BackSpace:
+		if((i = len)) {
+			prev_nitem = nitem;
+			do {
+				text[--i] = 0;
+				match(text);
+			} while(i && nitem && prev_nitem == nitem);
+			match(text);
+		}
+		break;
+	case XK_End:
+		if(!item)
+			return;
+		while(next) {
+			sel = curr = next;
+			calcoffsets();
+		}
+		while(sel && sel->right)
+			sel = sel->right;
+		break;
+	case XK_Escape:
+		ret = 1;
+		running = False;
+		break;
+	case XK_Home:
+		if(!item)
+			return;
+		sel = curr = item;
+		calcoffsets();
+		break;
 	case XK_Left:
 		if(!(sel && sel->left))
 			return;
@@ -212,11 +251,27 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e)
 			calcoffsets();
 		}
 		break;
-	case XK_Tab:
+	case XK_Next:
-		if(!sel)
+		if(!next)
 			return;
-		strncpy(text, sel->text, sizeof(text));
+		sel = curr = next;
-		input(text);
+		calcoffsets();
+		break;
+	case XK_Prior:
+		if(!prev)
+			return;
+		sel = curr = prev;
+		calcoffsets();
+		break;
+	case XK_Return:
+		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);
+		running = False;
 		break;
 	case XK_Right:
 		if(!(sel && sel->right))
@@ -227,55 +282,25 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e)
 			calcoffsets();
 		}
 		break;
-	case XK_Return:
+	case XK_Tab:
-		if(e->state & ShiftMask) {
+		if(!sel)
-			if(text)
+			return;
-				fprintf(stdout, "%s", text);
+		strncpy(text, sel->text, sizeof text);
-		}
+		match(text);
-		else if(sel)
-			fprintf(stdout, "%s", sel->text);
-		else if(text)
-			fprintf(stdout, "%s", text);
-		fflush(stdout);
-		done = True;
 		break;
-	case XK_Escape:
-		ret = 1;
-		done = True;
-		break;
-	case XK_BackSpace:
-		if((i = len)) {
-			prev_nitem = nitem;
-			do {
-				text[--i] = 0;
-				input(text);
-			} while(i && nitem && prev_nitem == nitem);
-			input(text);
-		}
-		break;
-	default:
-		if(num && !iscntrl((int) buf[0])) {
-			buf[num] = 0;
-			if(len > 0)
-				strncat(text, buf, sizeof(text));
-			else
-				strncpy(text, buf, sizeof(text));
-			input(text);
-		}
 	}
 	drawmenu();
 }
 
 static char *
-readinput()
+readstdin(void) {
-{
 	static char *maxname = NULL;
 	char *p, buf[1024];
 	unsigned int len = 0, max = 0;
 	Item *i, *new;
 
 	i = 0;
-	while(fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin)) {
+	while(fgets(buf, sizeof buf, stdin)) {
 		len = strlen(buf);
 		if (buf[len - 1] == '\n')
 			buf[len - 1] = 0;
@@ -284,7 +309,6 @@ readinput()
 			maxname = p;
 			max = len;
 		}
-
 		new = emalloc(sizeof(Item));
 		new->next = new->left = new->right = NULL;
 		new->text = p;
@@ -305,93 +329,118 @@ Display *dpy;
 DC dc = {0};
 
 int
-main(int argc, char *argv[])
+main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-{
+	Bool bottom = False;
+	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++) {
+	for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-		if (argv[i][0] == '-')
+		if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-b", 3)) {
-			switch (argv[i][1]) {
+			bottom = True;
-			case 'v':
+		}
-				fputs("dmenu-"VERSION", (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe\n", stdout);
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-fn", 4)) {
-				exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+			if(++i < argc) font = argv[i];
-				break;
+		}
-			case 't':
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-nb", 4)) {
-				if(++i < argc) {
+			if(++i < argc) normbg = argv[i];
-					title = argv[i];
+		}
-					break;
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-nf", 4)) {
-				}
+			if(++i < argc) normfg = argv[i];
-			default:
+		}
-				eprint("usage: dmenu [-v] [-t <title>]\n");
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-p", 3)) {
-				break;
+			if(++i < argc) prompt = argv[i];
-			}
+		}
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-sb", 4)) {
+			if(++i < argc) selbg = argv[i];
+		}
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-sf", 4)) {
+			if(++i < argc) selfg = argv[i];
+		}
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-t", 3)) {
+			if(++i < argc) 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);
+		}
 		else
-			eprint("usage: dmenu [-v] [-t <title>]\n");
+			eprint("usage: dmenu [-b] [-fn <font>] [-nb <color>] [-nf <color>] [-p <prompt>]\n"
-	}
+				"             [-sb <color>] [-sf <color>] [-t <seconds>] [-v]\n", stdout);
-
+	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
 	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();
+	/* Note, the select() construction allows to grab all keypresses as
-
+	 * early as possible, to not loose them. But if there is no standard
-	/* grab as early as possible, but after reading all items!!! */
+	 * 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.norm[ColBG] = getcolor(normbg);
-	dc.fg = getcolor(FGCOLOR);
+	dc.norm[ColFG] = getcolor(normfg);
-	dc.border = getcolor(BORDERCOLOR);
+	dc.sel[ColBG] = getcolor(selbg);
-	setfont(FONT);
+	dc.sel[ColFG] = getcolor(selfg);
-
+	setfont(font);
+	/* menu window */
 	wa.override_redirect = 1;
 	wa.background_pixmap = ParentRelative;
 	wa.event_mask = ExposureMask | ButtonPressMask | KeyPressMask;
-
 	mx = my = 0;
 	mw = DisplayWidth(dpy, screen);
-	mh = dc.font.height + 4;
+	mh = dc.font.height + 2;
-
+	if(bottom)
+		my += DisplayHeight(dpy, screen) - mh;
 	win = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, mx, my, mw, mh, 0,
 			DefaultDepth(dpy, screen), CopyFromParent,
 			DefaultVisual(dpy, screen),
 			CWOverrideRedirect | CWBackPixmap | CWEventMask, &wa);
-	XDefineCursor(dpy, win, XCreateFontCursor(dpy, XC_xterm));
-
 	/* 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);
+		cmdw = textw(maxname);
-	if(cw > mw / 3)
+	if(cmdw > mw / 3)
-		cw = mw / 3;
+		cmdw = mw / 3;
-
+	if(prompt)
-	if(title) {
+		promptw = textw(prompt);
-		tw = textw(title);
+	if(promptw > mw / 5)
-		if(tw > mw / 3)
+		promptw = mw / 5;
-			tw = mw / 3;
-	}
-
-	cmdw = title ? tw : cw;
-
 	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;
@@ -399,16 +448,24 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			if(ev.xexpose.count == 0)
 				drawmenu();
 			break;
-		default:
-			break;
 		}
-	}
 
-	XUngrabKeyboard(dpy, CurrentTime);
+	/* cleanup */
+	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

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-/*
+/* (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
- * (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
  * See LICENSE file for license details.
  */
 #include "dmenu.h"
@@ -10,28 +9,17 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-/* static */
-
-static void
-bad_malloc(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);
+		eprint("fatal: could not malloc() %u bytes\n", size);
 	return res;
 }
 
 void
-eprint(const char *errstr, ...)
+eprint(const char *errstr, ...) {
-{
 	va_list ap;
 
 	va_start(ap, errstr);
@@ -41,10 +29,10 @@ eprint(const char *errstr, ...)
 }
 
 char *
-estrdup(const char *str)
+estrdup(const char *str) {
-{
 	void *res = strdup(str);
+
 	if(!res)
-		bad_malloc(strlen(str));
+		eprint("fatal: could not malloc() %u bytes\n", strlen(str));
 	return res;
 }