updated README

.hgtags

@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ d352e9dc112ee96aa5cad961a0ed880ae9ce7276 0.3
 25f679fb19686140a907684ffcb423b9e9d44b53 0.6
 5fc20d7158bd16b4d5f8d1c25e177680b6d54252 0.7
 409667a57221f7e50ba8b5248f638915cd61b366 0.8
+d046c818ea467555cc338751c9bf3024609f1f12 0.9
+9e11140d4cc3eecac3b0ab752f91528fd5e04be8 1.0

Makefile

@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@ options:
 	@echo CC $<
 	@${CC} -c ${CFLAGS} $<
 
-${OBJ}: dmenu.h config.h config.mk
-
-config.h:
-	@echo creating $@ from config.default.h
-	@cp config.default.h $@
+${OBJ}: dmenu.h config.mk
 
 dmenu: ${OBJ}
 	@echo LD $@
@@ -37,8 +33,7 @@ clean:
 dist: clean
 	@echo creating dist tarball
 	@mkdir -p dmenu-${VERSION}
-	@cp -R LICENSE Makefile README config.*.h 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}

README

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dmenu - dynamic menu
---------------------
+====================
 dmenu is a generic and efficient menu for X. 
 
 
@@ -22,9 +22,3 @@ necessary as root):
 Running dmenu
 -------------
 See the man page for details.
-
-
-Configuration
--------------
-The configuration of dmenu is done by creating a custom config.h
-and (re)compiling the source code.

config.arg.h

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
- * See LICENSE file for license details.
- */
-
-#define FONT			"-*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-*"
-#define SELBGCOLOR		"#333366"
-#define SELFGCOLOR		"#eeeeee"
-#define NORMBGCOLOR		"#333333"
-#define NORMFGCOLOR		"#dddddd"
-#define STDIN_TIMEOUT		3 /* seconds */

config.default.h

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
- * See LICENSE file for license details.
- */
-
-#define FONT			"fixed"
-#define SELBGCOLOR		"#666699"
-#define SELFGCOLOR		"#eeeeee"
-#define NORMBGCOLOR		"#333366"
-#define NORMFGCOLOR		"#cccccc"
-#define STDIN_TIMEOUT		3 /* seconds */

config.mk

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # dmenu version
-VERSION = 0.9
+VERSION = 1.1
 
 # Customize below to fit your system
 

dmenu.1

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 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 ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .SS Overview
@@ -12,6 +18,24 @@ It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items
 efficiently.
 .SS Options
 .TP
+.B \-font <name>
+defines the font.
+.TP
+.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
@@ -52,8 +76,5 @@ Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
 .TP
 .B Control-u
 Remove all characters from the input field.
-.SH CUSTOMIZATION
-dmenu is customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
-code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dwm (1)

dmenu.h

@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@
  * 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 */
 
 /* color */
@@ -23,26 +27,27 @@ struct Fnt {
 	int height;
 };
 
-struct DC { /* draw context */
+struct DC {
 	int x, y, w, h;
 	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, unsigned long col[ColLast]);
-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

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
 /* static */
 
 static unsigned int
-textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len)
-{
+textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len) {
 	XRectangle r;
 
 	if(dc.font.set) {
@@ -24,8 +23,7 @@ textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len)
 /* extern */
 
 void
-drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast])
-{
+drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 	int x, y, w, h;
 	static char buf[256];
 	unsigned int len, olen;
@@ -78,18 +76,17 @@ drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast])
 }
 
 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;
 
@@ -137,7 +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

@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ static Window root;
 static Window win;
 
 static void
-calcoffsets()
-{
+calcoffsets(void) {
 	unsigned int tw, w;
 
 	if(!curr)
@@ -71,8 +70,7 @@ calcoffsets()
 }
 
 static void
-drawmenu()
-{
+drawmenu(void) {
 	Item *i;
 
 	dc.x = 0;
@@ -110,8 +108,7 @@ drawmenu()
 }
 
 static void
-match(char *pattern)
-{
+match(char *pattern) {
 	unsigned int plen;
 	Item *i, *j;
 
@@ -151,8 +148,7 @@ match(char *pattern)
 }
 
 static void
-kpress(XKeyEvent * e)
-{
+kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
 	char buf[32];
 	int num, prev_nitem;
 	unsigned int i, len;
@@ -212,10 +208,8 @@ 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)
@@ -251,8 +245,7 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e)
 }
 
 static char *
-readstdin()
-{
+readstdin(void) {
 	static char *maxname = NULL;
 	char *p, buf[1024];
 	unsigned int len = 0, max = 0;
@@ -289,21 +282,42 @@ 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 *i;
+	Item *itm;
 	XEvent ev;
 	XSetWindowAttributes wa;
 
-	if(argc == 2 && !strncmp("-v", argv[1], 3)) {
+	timeout.tv_usec = 0;
+	timeout.tv_sec = 3;
+	/* command line args */
+	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);
 		}
-	else if(argc != 1)
-		eprint("usage: dmenu [-v]\n");
+		else
+			eprint("usage: dmenu [-font <name>] [-{norm,sel}{bg,fg} <color>] [-t <seconds>] [-v]\n", stdout);
 
 	dpy = XOpenDisplay(0);
 	if(!dpy)
@@ -320,8 +334,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			 GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) != GrabSuccess)
 		usleep(1000);
 
-	timeout.tv_usec = 0;
-	timeout.tv_sec = STDIN_TIMEOUT;
 	FD_ZERO(&rd);
 	FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &rd);
 	if(select(ConnectionNumber(dpy) + 1, &rd, NULL, NULL, &timeout) < 1)
@@ -329,11 +341,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	maxname = readstdin();
 
 	/* style */
-	dc.sel[ColBG] = getcolor(SELBGCOLOR);
-	dc.sel[ColFG] = getcolor(SELFGCOLOR);
-	dc.norm[ColBG] = getcolor(NORMBGCOLOR);
-	dc.norm[ColFG] = getcolor(NORMFGCOLOR);
-	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;
@@ -381,10 +393,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	while(allitems) {
-		i = allitems->next;
+		itm = allitems->next;
 		free(allitems->text);
 		free(allitems);
-		allitems = i;
+		allitems = itm;
 	}
 	if(dc.font.set)
 		XFreeFontSet(dpy, dc.font.set);

util.c

@@ -13,16 +13,14 @@
 /* static */
 
 static void
-badmalloc(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)
 		badmalloc(size);
@@ -30,8 +28,7 @@ emalloc(unsigned int size)
 }
 
 void
-eprint(const char *errstr, ...)
-{
+eprint(const char *errstr, ...) {
 	va_list ap;
 
 	va_start(ap, errstr);
@@ -41,8 +38,7 @@ eprint(const char *errstr, ...)
 }
 
 char *
-estrdup(const char *str)
-{
+estrdup(const char *str) {
 	void *res = strdup(str);
 	if(!res)
 		badmalloc(strlen(str));