keyboard grab works on the dmenu window now (not on the root window) - thx for Kris for this hint

.hgtags

@@ -21,3 +21,9 @@ c7f5f4d543170f03d70468e98a3a0ec8d2c4161b 1.9
 1fce5c464fcd870b9f024aa1853d5cf3a3eb371b 2.0
 7656557298c954469a6a9564e6649b1fb5db663e 2.1
 90f0e34e7f118c9ad3227a1606211ee825942b1c 2.2
+b6e09682c8adcb6569656bee73c311f9ab457715 2.3
+9e9036cbfb4b7306c6fb366249e81dc0e65bdfde 2.4
+03e83e2788c83ddd63b45a667939d7ec783c98cb 2.4.1
+1ca5d430524e838c52ede912533cb90108c5cd66 2.4.2
+041143e9fc544c62edc58af52cae9ac5237e5945 2.5
+775f761a5647a05038e091d1c99fc35d3034cd68 2.6

Makefile

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ 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 dmenu_path ${SRC} dmenu-${VERSION}
 	@tar -cf dmenu-${VERSION}.tar dmenu-${VERSION}
 	@gzip dmenu-${VERSION}.tar
 	@rm -rf dmenu-${VERSION}
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ dist: clean
 install: all
 	@echo installing executable file to ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	@mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
-	@cp -f dmenu ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
+	@cp -f dmenu dmenu_path ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	@chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/dmenu
+	@chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/dmenu_path
 	@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
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ install: all
 
 uninstall:
 	@echo removing executable file from ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
-	@rm -f ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/dmenu
+	@rm -f ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/dmenu ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/dmenu_path
 	@echo removing manual page from ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1
 	@rm -f ${DESTDIR}${MANPREFIX}/man1/dmenu.1
 

config.mk

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # dmenu version
-VERSION = 2.3
+VERSION = 2.7
 
 # Customize below to fit your system
 

dmenu.1

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH DMENU 1 dmenu-VERSION
+.TH DMENU 1 dmenu\-VERSION
 .SH NAME
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -53,41 +53,41 @@ 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 (Mod1-h/Mod1-l)
+.B Left/Right (Mod1\-h/Mod1\-l)
 Select the previous/next item.
 .TP
-.B PageUp/PageDown (Mod1-k/Mod1-j)
+.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)
+.B Home/End (Mod1\-g/Mod1\-G)
 Select the first/last item.
 .TP
-.B Tab (Control-i)
+.B Tab (Control\-i)
 Copy the selected item to the input field.
 .TP
-.B Return (Control-j)
+.B Return (Control\-j)
 Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
 .B 0
 on termination.
 .TP
-.B Shift-Return (Control-Shift-j)
+.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 (Control-bracketleft)
+.B Escape (Control\-bracketleft)
 Quit without selecting an item. Returns
 .B 1
 on termination.
 .TP
-.B Backspace (Control-h)
-Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
+.B Backspace (Control\-h)
+Remove a character from the input field.
 .TP
-.B Control-u
+.B Control\-u
 Remove all characters from the input field.
 .TP
-.B Control-w
+.B Control\-w
 Remove all characters of current word from the input field.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR dwm (1),

dmenu.h

@@ -14,36 +14,31 @@
 /* color */
 enum { ColFG, ColBG, ColLast };
 
-typedef struct DC DC;
-typedef struct Fnt Fnt;
-
-struct Fnt {
-	XFontStruct *xfont;
-	XFontSet set;
-	int ascent;
-	int descent;
-	int height;
-};
-
-struct DC {
+typedef struct {
 	int x, y, w, h;
 	unsigned long norm[ColLast];
 	unsigned long sel[ColLast];
 	Drawable drawable;
-	Fnt font;
 	GC gc;
-}; /* draw context */
+	struct {
+		XFontStruct *xfont;
+		XFontSet set;
+		int ascent;
+		int descent;
+		int height;
+	} font;
+} DC; /* draw context */
 
-extern int screen;
-extern Display *dpy;
-extern DC dc;			/* global drawing context */
+int screen;
+Display *dpy;
+DC dc;			/* global drawing context */
 
 /* draw.c */
-extern void drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]);
-extern unsigned int textw(const char *text);
-extern unsigned int textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len);
+void drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]);
+unsigned int textw(const char *text);
+unsigned int textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len);
 
 /* util.c */
-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 */
+void *emalloc(unsigned int size);		/* allocates memory, exits on error */
+void eprint(const char *errstr, ...);		/* prints errstr and exits with 1 */
+char *estrdup(const char *str);			/* duplicates str, exits on allocation error */

dmenu_path

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+IFS=:
+for dir in $PATH
+do
+	for file in "$dir"/*
+	do
+		test -x "$file" && echo "${file##*/}"
+	done
+done | sort | uniq

draw.c

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 	int x, y, w, h;
 	static char buf[256];
 	unsigned int len, olen;
-	XGCValues gcv;
 	XRectangle r = { dc.x, dc.y, dc.w, dc.h };
 
 	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, col[ColBG]);
@@ -41,17 +40,11 @@ drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 	}
 	if(w > dc.w)
 		return; /* too long */
-	gcv.foreground = col[ColFG];
-	if(dc.font.set) {
-		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 | GCFont, &gcv);
+	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, col[ColFG]);
+	if(dc.font.set)
+		XmbDrawString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.font.set, dc.gc, x, y, buf, len);
+	else
 		XDrawString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, x, y, buf, len);
-	}
 }
 
 unsigned int

main.c

@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ drawmenu(void) {
 	XFlush(dpy);
 }
 
+static void
+grabkeyboard(void) {
+	while(XGrabKeyboard(dpy, win, True, GrabModeAsync,
+			 GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) != GrabSuccess)
+		usleep(1000);
+}
+
 static unsigned long
 initcolor(const char *colstr) {
 	Colormap cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
@@ -196,7 +203,7 @@ match(char *pattern) {
 static void
 kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
 	char buf[32];
-	int i, num, prev_nitem;
+	int i, num;
 	unsigned int len;
 	KeySym ksym;
 
@@ -282,12 +289,8 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
 		}
 		break;
 	case XK_BackSpace:
-		if((i = len)) {
-			prev_nitem = nitem;
-			do {
-				text[--i] = 0;
-				match(text);
-			} while(i && nitem && prev_nitem == nitem);
+		if(len) {
+			text[--len] = 0;
 			match(text);
 		}
 		break;
@@ -418,10 +421,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	XModifierKeymap *modmap;
 	XSetWindowAttributes wa;
 
-	if(isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
-		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], "-b", 3)) {
@@ -455,20 +454,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		eprint("dmenu: cannot open display\n");
 	screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
 	root = RootWindow(dpy, screen);
-	while(XGrabKeyboard(dpy, root, True, GrabModeAsync,
-			 GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) != GrabSuccess)
-		usleep(1000);
-	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] = initcolor(normbg);
 	dc.norm[ColFG] = initcolor(normfg);
@@ -490,6 +475,27 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	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(!dc.font.set)
+		XSetFont(dpy, dc.gc, dc.font.xfont->fid);
+	drawmenu();
+	XMapRaised(dpy, win);
+	if(isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
+		maxname = readstdin();
+		grabkeyboard();
+	}
+	else { /* prevent keypress loss */
+		grabkeyboard();
+		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);
 	if(maxname)
 		cmdw = textw(maxname);
 	if(cmdw > mw / 3)
@@ -500,8 +506,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		promptw = mw / 5;
 	text[0] = 0;
 	match(text);
-	XMapRaised(dpy, win);
-	drawmenu();
 	XSync(dpy, False);
 
 	/* main event loop */