Hey,
On 11 November 2010 05:25, Dan Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
> Why is this patch of interest? I call it "filtermode" because it uses
> dmenu to generate a list of matches, with interactivity similar to the
> trendy "instant" style of searching. For applications working with
> sets of items, this method could be faster than the existing
> dmenu-multiselect patch, in that it doesn't require the user to
> manually select each item they want. The basis for the patch is dmenu
> v4.1.1 .
I haven't got a use for this patch at the moment, but for anyone
interested I've ported the patch to tip, attached.
Thanks,
cls
diff -r 7057efb48ef3 dmenu.c
--- a/dmenu.c Tue Nov 02 12:15:15 2010 +0000
+++ b/dmenu.c Thu Nov 11 11:37:08 2010 +0000
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
static unsigned long normcol[ColLast];
static unsigned long selcol[ColLast];
static Atom utf8;
+static Bool filter = False;
static Bool topbar = True;
static DC *dc;
static Item *items = NULL;
@@ -295,7 +296,16 @@
break;
case XK_Return:
case XK_KP_Enter:
- fputs((sel && !(ev->state & ShiftMask)) ? sel->text : text, stdout);
+ if((ev->state & ShiftMask) || !sel)
+ puts(text);
+ else if(!filter)
+ puts(sel->text);
+ else {
+ for(Item *item = sel; item; item = item->right)
+ puts(item->text);
+ for(Item *item = matches; item != sel; item = item->right)
+ puts(item->text);
+ }
fflush(stdout);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
case XK_Right:
@@ -491,7 +501,7 @@
void
usage(void) {
- fputs("usage: dmenu [-b] [-i] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-nb color]\n"
+ fputs("usage: dmenu [-b] [-i] [-f] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-nb color]\n"
" [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-v]\n", stderr);
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
@@ -509,6 +519,8 @@
}
else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-b"))
topbar = False;
+ else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-f"))
+ filter = True;
else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-i"))
fstrncmp = strncasecmp;
else if(i == argc-1)
