commit 9a33a72c6afd9042c8395f4318bf5d21e235694d
parent 97797d90a6396c2fc0109a7bd47bb260d1143c8a
Author: Connor Lane Smith <cls@lubutu.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:04:15 +0100
updated manpage, changed keybinds
M- binds tend to be wm level, and there were up to 3 binds for the same action
M-{hjkl} also no longer made sense in vlist mode
Diffstat:
| M | dmenu.1 | | | 46 | ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- |
| M | dmenu.c | | | 84 | +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------------------------ |
2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
@@ -14,12 +14,22 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
.RB [ \-sb " <color>]"
.RB [ \-sf " <color>]"
.RB [ \-v ]
+
+.B dmenu_run
+[<options...>]
+
+.BR dmenu_path
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SS Overview
dmenu is a generic menu for X, originally designed for
.BR dwm (1).
It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items
efficiently.
+
+dmenu_run is a dmenu script used by dwm which lists executables in the user's PATH
+and executes the selected item.
+
+dmenu_path is a script used by dmenu_run to find and cache a list of executables.
.SS Options
.TP
.B \-i
@@ -33,7 +43,7 @@ reparents dmenu to the window specified by xid.
.TP
.B \-l <lines>
activates vertical list mode.
-The given number of lines will be displayed. Window height will get adjusted.
+The given number of lines will be displayed. Window height will be adjusted.
.TP
.B \-fn <font>
defines the font.
@@ -60,20 +70,9 @@ 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
-.B Left/Right (Up/Down) (Mod1\-h/Mod1\-l)
-Select the previous/next item.
-.TP
-.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.
+dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard. Besides standard Unix line editing,
+and item selection (Up/Down or Left/Right, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End), the following
+keys are recognized:
.TP
.B Tab (Control\-i)
Copy the selected item to the input field.
@@ -84,24 +83,19 @@ Confirm selection and quit (print the selected item to standard output). Returns
on termination.
.TP
.B Shift\-Return (Control\-Shift\-j)
-Confirm selection and quit (print the text in the input field to standard output).
+Confirm input 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\-c)
Quit without selecting an item. Returns
.B 1
on termination.
.TP
-.B Backspace (Control\-h)
-Remove a character from the input field.
-.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.
+.B Control\-y
+Pastes the X selection into the input field. This requires
+.BR sselp (1).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR dwm (1),
-.BR wmii (1) .
+.BR wmii (1).
diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
@@ -355,17 +355,23 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
/* first check if a control mask is omitted */
if(e->state & ControlMask) {
switch(tolower(ksym)) {
- default: /* ignore other control sequences */
+ default:
return;
case XK_a:
ksym = XK_Home;
break;
+ case XK_b:
+ ksym = XK_Left;
+ break;
case XK_c:
ksym = XK_Escape;
break;
case XK_e:
ksym = XK_End;
break;
+ case XK_f:
+ ksym = XK_Right;
+ break;
case XK_h:
ksym = XK_BackSpace;
break;
@@ -378,6 +384,12 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
case XK_k:
text[cursor] = '\0';
break;
+ case XK_n:
+ ksym = XK_Down;
+ break;
+ case XK_p:
+ ksym = XK_Up;
+ break;
case XK_u:
memmove(text, text + cursor, sizeof text - cursor + 1);
cursor = 0;
@@ -393,31 +405,7 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
match(text);
}
break;
- }
- }
- 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;
- case XK_p:
+ case XK_y:
{
FILE *fp;
char *s;
@@ -453,6 +441,8 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
match(text);
break;
case XK_Delete:
+ if(cursor == len)
+ return;
for(i = 1; cursor + i < len && !IS_UTF8_1ST_CHAR(text[cursor + i]); i++);
memmove(text + cursor, text + cursor + i, sizeof text - cursor);
match(text);
@@ -482,18 +472,20 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
calcoffsets();
break;
case XK_Left:
- case XK_Up:
- if(sel && sel->left){
- sel = sel->left;
- if(sel->right == curr) {
- curr = prev;
- calcoffsets();
- }
- }
- else if(cursor > 0)
+ if(cursor > 0 && (!sel || !sel->left)) {
while(cursor-- > 0 && !IS_UTF8_1ST_CHAR(text[cursor]));
- else
+ break;
+ }
+ if(lines > 0)
return;
+ case XK_Up:
+ if(!sel || !sel->left)
+ return;
+ sel = sel->left;
+ if(sel->right == curr) {
+ curr = prev;
+ calcoffsets();
+ }
break;
case XK_Next:
if(!next)
@@ -516,18 +508,20 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
running = False;
return;
case XK_Right:
- case XK_Down:
- if(cursor < len)
+ if(cursor < len) {
while(cursor++ < len && !IS_UTF8_1ST_CHAR(text[cursor]));
- else if(sel && sel->right) {
- sel = sel->right;
- if(sel == next) {
- curr = next;
- calcoffsets();
- }
+ break;
}
- else
+ if(lines > 0)
+ return;
+ case XK_Down:
+ if(!sel || !sel->right)
return;
+ sel = sel->right;
+ if(sel == next) {
+ curr = next;
+ calcoffsets();
+ }
break;
case XK_Tab:
if(!sel)
