applied the fix inspired by a recent wmii commit

.hgtags

@@ -9,3 +9,15 @@ d352e9dc112ee96aa5cad961a0ed880ae9ce7276 0.3
 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
+d3e6fa22ae45b38b1bdb0d813390365e5930360b 1.8
+c7f5f4d543170f03d70468e98a3a0ec8d2c4161b 1.9
+1fce5c464fcd870b9f024aa1853d5cf3a3eb371b 2.0
+7656557298c954469a6a9564e6649b1fb5db663e 2.1
+90f0e34e7f118c9ad3227a1606211ee825942b1c 2.2

LICENSE

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 MIT/X Consortium License
 
-(C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
+(C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
-(C)opyright MMVI Sander van Dijk <a dot h dot vandijk at gmail dot com>
+(C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Sander van Dijk <a dot h dot vandijk at gmail dot com>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),

Makefile

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # dmenu - dynamic menu
-#   (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe
+#   (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Anselm R. Garbe
 
 include config.mk
 
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ options:
 	@echo "CFLAGS   = ${CFLAGS}"
 	@echo "LDFLAGS  = ${LDFLAGS}"
 	@echo "CC       = ${CC}"
-	@echo "LD       = ${LD}"
 
 .c.o:
 	@echo CC $<
@@ -22,8 +21,8 @@ options:
 ${OBJ}: dmenu.h config.mk
 
 dmenu: ${OBJ}
-	@echo LD $@
+	@echo CC -o $@
-	@${LD} -o $@ ${OBJ} ${LDFLAGS}
+	@${CC} -o $@ ${OBJ} ${LDFLAGS}
 	@strip $@
 
 clean:
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ install: all
 	@chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/dmenu
 	@echo installing manual page to ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
 	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
-	@sed 's/VERSION/${VERSION}/g' < dmenu.1 > ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/dmenu.1
+	@sed "s/VERSION/${VERSION}/g" < dmenu.1 > ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/dmenu.1
 	@chmod 644 ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/dmenu.1
 
 uninstall:

config.mk

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # dmenu version
-VERSION = 1.2
+VERSION = 2.3
 
 # Customize below to fit your system
 
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ LDFLAGS = ${LIBS}
 #CFLAGS = -g -Wall -O2 ${INCS} -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
 #LDFLAGS = -g ${LIBS}
 
+# Solaris
+#CFLAGS = -fast ${INCS} -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\"
+#LDFLAGS = ${LIBS}
+#CFLAGS += -xtarget=ultra
+
 # compiler and linker
 CC = cc
-LD = ${CC}

dmenu.1

@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
-.RB [ \-font " <name>"]
+.RB [ \-b ]
-.RB [ \-normbg " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-fn " <font>"]
-.RB [ \-normfg " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-nb " <color>"]
-.RB [ \-selbg " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-nf " <color>"]
-.RB [ \-selfg " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-p " <prompt>"]
-.RB [ \-t " <seconds>"]
+.RB [ \-sb " <color>"]
+.RB [ \-sf " <color>"]
 .RB [ \-v ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .SS Overview
@@ -18,29 +19,32 @@ It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items
 efficiently.
 .SS Options
 .TP
-.B \-font <name>
+.B \-b
+makes dmenu appear at the screen bottom (by default it appears at the screen top).
+.TP
+.B \-fn <font>
 defines the font.
 .TP
-.B \-normbg <color>
+.B \-nb <color>
 defines the normal background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
 .TP
-.B \-normfg <color>
+.B \-nf <color>
 defines the normal foreground color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
 .TP
-.B \-selbg <color>
+.B \-p <prompt>
+defines a prompt to be displayed before the input area.
+.TP
+.B \-sb <color>
 defines the selected background color (#RGB, #RRGGBB, and color names are supported).
 .TP
-.B \-selfg <color>
+.B \-sf <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
+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:
@@ -49,24 +53,30 @@ dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. The following keys are recognize
 Appends the character to the text in the input field.  This works as a filter:
 only items containing this text will be displayed.
 .TP
-.B Left/Right
+.B Left/Right (Mod1-h/Mod1-l)
 Select the previous/next item.
 .TP
-.B Tab
+.B PageUp/PageDown (Mod1-k/Mod1-j)
+Select the first item of the previous/next 'page' of items.
+.TP
+.B Home/End (Mod1-g/Mod1-G)
+Select the first/last item.
+.TP
+.B Tab (Control-i)
 Copy the selected item to the input field.
 .TP
-.B Return
+.B Return (Control-j)
 Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
 .B 0
 on termination.
 .TP
-.B Shift-Return
+.B Shift-Return (Control-Shift-j)
 Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
 Returns
 .B 0
 on termination.
 .TP
-.B Escape
+.B Escape (Control-bracketleft)
 Quit without selecting an item. Returns
 .B 1
 on termination.
@@ -76,5 +86,9 @@ Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
 .TP
 .B Control-u
 Remove all characters from the input field.
+.TP
+.B Control-w
+Remove all characters of current word from the input field.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.BR dwm (1)
+.BR dwm (1),
+.BR wmii (1) .

dmenu.h

@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-/* (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
+/* (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
  * See LICENSE file for license details.
  */
 
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
-#include <X11/Xlocale.h>
 
-#define FONT			"fixed"
+#define FONT			"-*-fixed-medium-r-normal-*-13-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
-#define NORMBGCOLOR		"#333366"
+#define NORMBGCOLOR		"#eeeeee"
-#define NORMFGCOLOR		"#cccccc"
+#define NORMFGCOLOR		"#222222"
-#define SELBGCOLOR		"#666699"
+#define SELBGCOLOR		"#006699"
-#define SELFGCOLOR		"#eeeeee"
+#define SELFGCOLOR		"#ffffff"
 #define SPACE			30 /* px */
 
 /* color */
@@ -40,11 +39,9 @@ extern Display *dpy;
 extern DC dc;			/* global drawing context */
 
 /* draw.c */
-extern void drawtext(const char *text,
+extern void drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]);
-			unsigned long col[ColLast]);	/* draws text with the defined color tuple */
+extern unsigned int textw(const char *text);
-extern unsigned long getcolor(const char *colstr);	/* returns color of colstr */
+extern unsigned int textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len);
-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);		/* allocates memory, exits on error */

draw.c

@@ -1,23 +1,9 @@
-/* (C)opyright MMIV-MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
+/* (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
+ * (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Sander van Dijk <a dot h dot vandijk 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 unsigned int
-textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len) {
-	XRectangle r;
-
-	if(dc.font.set) {
-		XmbTextExtents(dc.font.set, text, len, NULL, &r);
-		return r.width;
-	}
-	return XTextWidth(dc.font.xfont, text, len);
-}
 
 /* extern */
 
@@ -35,8 +21,8 @@ drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 		return;
 	w = 0;
 	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;
@@ -68,64 +54,18 @@ drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 	}
 }
 
-unsigned long
-getcolor(const char *colstr) {
-	Colormap cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
-	XColor color;
-
-	if(!XAllocNamedColor(dpy, cmap, colstr, &color, &color))
-		eprint("error, cannot allocate color '%s'\n", colstr);
-	return color.pixel;
-}
-
-void
-setfont(const char *fontstr) {
-	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) {
-		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);
-		for(i = 0, dc.font.ascent = 0, dc.font.descent = 0; i < n; i++) {
-			if(dc.font.ascent < (*xfonts)->ascent)
-				dc.font.ascent = (*xfonts)->ascent;
-			if(dc.font.descent < (*xfonts)->descent)
-				dc.font.descent = (*xfonts)->descent;
-			xfonts++;
-		}
-	}
-	else {
-		if(dc.font.xfont)
-			XFreeFont(dpy, dc.font.xfont);
-		dc.font.xfont = NULL;
-		dc.font.xfont = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, fontstr);
-		if (!dc.font.xfont)
-			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;
-	}
-	dc.font.height = dc.font.ascent + dc.font.descent;
-}
-
 unsigned int
 textw(const char *text) {
 	return textnw(text, strlen(text)) + dc.font.height;
 }
+
+unsigned int
+textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len) {
+	XRectangle r;
+
+	if(dc.font.set) {
+		XmbTextExtents(dc.font.set, text, len, NULL, &r);
+		return r.width;
+	}
+	return XTextWidth(dc.font.xfont, text, len);
+}

main.c

@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
-/* (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
+/* (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
- * (C)opyright MMVI Sander van Dijk <a dot h dot vandijk at gmail dot com>
+ * (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII 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 <sys/select.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <X11/cursorfont.h>
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #include <X11/keysym.h>
 
+#define CLEANMASK(mask) (mask & ~(numlockmask | LockMask))
+
 typedef struct Item Item;
 struct Item {
 	Item *next;		/* traverses all items */
@@ -25,10 +24,13 @@ struct Item {
 /* static */
 
 static char text[4096];
-static int mx, my, mw, mh;
+static char *prompt = NULL;
+static int mw, mh;
 static int ret = 0;
 static int nitem = 0;
 static unsigned int cmdw = 0;
+static unsigned int promptw = 0;
+static unsigned int numlockmask = 0;
 static Bool running = True;
 static Item *allitems = NULL;	/* first of all items */
 static Item *item = NULL;	/* first of pattern matching items */
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ calcoffsets(void) {
 
 	if(!curr)
 		return;
-	w = cmdw + 2 * SPACE;
+	w = promptw + cmdw + 2 * SPACE;
 	for(next = curr; next; next=next->right) {
 		tw = textw(next->text);
 		if(tw > mw / 3)
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ calcoffsets(void) {
 		if(w > mw)
 			break;
 	}
-	w = cmdw + 2 * SPACE;
+	w = promptw + cmdw + 2 * SPACE;
 	for(prev = curr; prev && prev->left; prev=prev->left) {
 		tw = textw(prev->left->text);
 		if(tw > mw / 3)
@@ -74,6 +76,13 @@ drawmenu(void) {
 	dc.w = mw;
 	dc.h = mh;
 	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(cmdw && item)
 		dc.w = cmdw;
@@ -99,6 +108,54 @@ drawmenu(void) {
 	XFlush(dpy);
 }
 
+static unsigned long
+initcolor(const char *colstr) {
+	Colormap cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
+	XColor color;
+
+	if(!XAllocNamedColor(dpy, cmap, colstr, &color, &color))
+		eprint("error, cannot allocate color '%s'\n", colstr);
+	return color.pixel;
+}
+
+static void
+initfont(const char *fontstr) {
+	char *def, **missing;
+	int i, n;
+
+	missing = NULL;
+	if(dc.font.set)
+		XFreeFontSet(dpy, dc.font.set);
+	dc.font.set = XCreateFontSet(dpy, fontstr, &missing, &n, &def);
+	if(missing)
+		XFreeStringList(missing);
+	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);
+		for(i = 0, dc.font.ascent = 0, dc.font.descent = 0; i < n; i++) {
+			if(dc.font.ascent < (*xfonts)->ascent)
+				dc.font.ascent = (*xfonts)->ascent;
+			if(dc.font.descent < (*xfonts)->descent)
+				dc.font.descent = (*xfonts)->descent;
+			xfonts++;
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		if(dc.font.xfont)
+			XFreeFont(dpy, dc.font.xfont);
+		dc.font.xfont = NULL;
+		if(!(dc.font.xfont = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, fontstr)))
+			eprint("error, cannot load font: '%s'\n", fontstr);
+		dc.font.ascent = dc.font.xfont->ascent;
+		dc.font.descent = dc.font.xfont->descent;
+	}
+	dc.font.height = dc.font.ascent + dc.font.descent;
+}
+
 static void
 match(char *pattern) {
 	unsigned int plen;
@@ -139,13 +196,13 @@ match(char *pattern) {
 static void
 kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
 	char buf[32];
-	int num, prev_nitem;
+	int i, num, prev_nitem;
-	unsigned int i, len;
+	unsigned int len;
 	KeySym ksym;
 
 	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))
@@ -155,59 +212,75 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
 		switch (ksym) {
 		default:	/* ignore other control sequences */
 			return;
+		case XK_bracketleft:
+			ksym = XK_Escape;
 			break;
 		case XK_h:
 		case XK_H:
 			ksym = XK_BackSpace;
 			break;
+		case XK_i:
+		case XK_I:
+			ksym = XK_Tab;
+			break;
+		case XK_j:
+		case XK_J:
+			ksym = XK_Return;
+			break;
 		case XK_u:
 		case XK_U:
 			text[0] = 0;
 			match(text);
 			drawmenu();
 			return;
+		case XK_w:
+		case XK_W:
+			if(len) {
+				i = len - 1;
+				while(i >= 0 && text[i] == ' ')
+					text[i--] = 0;
+				while(i >= 0 && text[i] != ' ')
+					text[i--] = 0;
+				match(text);
+				drawmenu();
+			}
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+	if(CLEANMASK(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) {
-	case XK_Left:
+	default:
-		if(!(sel && sel->left))
+		if(num && !iscntrl((int) buf[0])) {
-			return;
+			buf[num] = 0;
-		sel=sel->left;
+			if(len > 0)
-		if(sel->right == curr) {
+				strncat(text, buf, sizeof text);
-			curr = prev;
+			else
-			calcoffsets();
+				strncpy(text, buf, sizeof text);
-		}
-		break;
-	case XK_Tab:
-		if(!sel)
-			return;
-		strncpy(text, sel->text, sizeof(text));
 			match(text);
-		break;
-	case XK_Right:
-		if(!(sel && sel->right))
-			return;
-		sel=sel->right;
-		if(sel == next) {
-			curr = next;
-			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_Escape:
-		ret = 1;
-		running = False;
-		break;
 	case XK_BackSpace:
 		if((i = len)) {
 			prev_nitem = nitem;
@@ -218,15 +291,72 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
 			match(text);
 		}
 		break;
-	default:
+	case XK_End:
-		if(num && !iscntrl((int) buf[0])) {
+		if(!item)
-			buf[num] = 0;
+			return;
-			if(len > 0)
+		while(next) {
-				strncat(text, buf, sizeof(text));
+			sel = curr = next;
-			else
+			calcoffsets();
-				strncpy(text, buf, sizeof(text));
-			match(text);
 		}
+		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;
+		sel=sel->left;
+		if(sel->right == curr) {
+			curr = prev;
+			calcoffsets();
+		}
+		break;
+	case XK_Next:
+		if(!next)
+			return;
+		sel = curr = next;
+		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))
+			return;
+		sel=sel->right;
+		if(sel == next) {
+			curr = next;
+			calcoffsets();
+		}
+		break;
+	case XK_Tab:
+		if(!sel)
+			return;
+		strncpy(text, sel->text, sizeof text);
+		match(text);
+		break;
 	}
 	drawmenu();
 }
@@ -239,7 +369,7 @@ readstdin(void) {
 	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;
@@ -261,6 +391,12 @@ readstdin(void) {
 	return maxname;
 }
 
+static void
+usage(void) {
+	eprint("usage: dmenu [-b] [-fn <font>] [-nb <color>] [-nf <color>]\n"
+		"             [-p <prompt>] [-sb <color>] [-sf <color>] [-v]\n");
+}
+
 /* extern */
 
 int screen;
@@ -269,78 +405,87 @@ DC dc = {0};
 
 int
 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, j;
-	int i;
-	struct timeval timeout;
 	Item *itm;
 	XEvent ev;
+	XModifierKeymap *modmap;
 	XSetWindowAttributes wa;
 
-	timeout.tv_usec = 0;
+	if(isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
-	timeout.tv_sec = 3;
+		fputs("error: dmenu can't run in an interactive shell\n", stdout);
+		usage();
+	}
 	/* command line args */
 	for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-		if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-font", 6))
+		if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-b", 3)) {
-			font = argv[++i];
+			bottom = True;
-		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(!strncmp(argv[i], "-fn", 4)) {
+			if(++i < argc) font = argv[i];
+		}
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-nb", 4)) {
+			if(++i < argc) normbg = argv[i];
+		}
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-nf", 4)) {
+			if(++i < argc) normfg = argv[i];
+		}
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-p", 3)) {
+			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], "-v", 3))
+			eprint("dmenu-"VERSION", (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Anselm R. Garbe\n");
 		else
-			eprint("usage: dmenu [-font <name>] [-{norm,sel}{bg,fg} <color>] [-t <seconds>] [-v]\n", stdout);
+			usage();
+	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
 	dpy = XOpenDisplay(0);
 	if(!dpy)
 		eprint("dmenu: cannot open display\n");
 	screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
 	root = RootWindow(dpy, screen);
-
-	/* 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();
+	/* init modifier map */
+	modmap = XGetModifierMapping(dpy);
+	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+		for (j = 0; j < modmap->max_keypermod; j++) {
+			if(modmap->modifiermap[i * modmap->max_keypermod + j]
+			== XKeysymToKeycode(dpy, XK_Num_Lock))
+				numlockmask = (1 << i);
+		}
+	}
+	XFreeModifiermap(modmap);
 	/* style */
-	dc.norm[ColBG] = getcolor(normbg);
+	dc.norm[ColBG] = initcolor(normbg);
-	dc.norm[ColFG] = getcolor(normfg);
+	dc.norm[ColFG] = initcolor(normfg);
-	dc.sel[ColBG] = getcolor(selbg);
+	dc.sel[ColBG] = initcolor(selbg);
-	dc.sel[ColFG] = getcolor(selfg);
+	dc.sel[ColFG] = initcolor(selfg);
-	setfont(font);
+	initfont(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 + 2;
-	win = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, mx, my, mw, mh, 0,
+	win = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, 0,
+			bottom ? DisplayHeight(dpy, screen) - mh : 0, 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);
@@ -349,6 +494,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		cmdw = textw(maxname);
 	if(cmdw > mw / 3)
 		cmdw = mw / 3;
+	if(prompt)
+		promptw = textw(prompt);
+	if(promptw > mw / 5)
+		promptw = mw / 5;
 	text[0] = 0;
 	match(text);
 	XMapRaised(dpy, win);
@@ -356,7 +505,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	XSync(dpy, False);
 
 	/* main event loop */
-	while(running && !XNextEvent(dpy, &ev)) {
+	while(running && !XNextEvent(dpy, &ev))
 		switch (ev.type) {
 		default:	/* ignore all crap */
 			break;
@@ -368,7 +517,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 				drawmenu();
 			break;
 		}
-	}
 
 	/* cleanup */
 	while(allitems) {
@@ -384,7 +532,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	XFreePixmap(dpy, dc.drawable);
 	XFreeGC(dpy, dc.gc);
 	XDestroyWindow(dpy, win);
-UninitializedEnd:
 	XUngrabKeyboard(dpy, CurrentTime);
 	XCloseDisplay(dpy);
 	return ret;

util.c

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* (C)opyright MMVI Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
+/* (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Anselm R. Garbe <garbeam at gmail dot com>
  * See LICENSE file for license details.
  */
 #include "dmenu.h"
@@ -6,24 +6,13 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-/* static */
-
-static void
-badmalloc(unsigned int size) {
-	eprint("fatal: could not malloc() %u bytes\n", size);
-}
-
-/* extern */
 
 void *
 emalloc(unsigned int size) {
 	void *res = malloc(size);
 
 	if(!res)
-		badmalloc(size);
+		eprint("fatal: could not malloc() %u bytes\n", size);
 	return res;
 }
 
@@ -42,6 +31,6 @@ estrdup(const char *str) {
 	void *res = strdup(str);
 
 	if(!res)
-		badmalloc(strlen(str));
+		eprint("fatal: could not malloc() %u bytes\n", strlen(str));
 	return res;
 }