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-rw-r--r--config.arg.h1
-rw-r--r--config.default.h1
-rw-r--r--main.c23
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/config.arg.h b/config.arg.h
index a19e463..5b99a2c 100644
--- a/config.arg.h
+++ b/config.arg.h
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
#define SELFGCOLOR "#eeeeee"
#define NORMBGCOLOR "#333333"
#define NORMFGCOLOR "#dddddd"
+#define STDIN_TIMEOUT 3 /* seconds */
diff --git a/config.default.h b/config.default.h
index 1f66553..0bae3a1 100644
--- a/config.default.h
+++ b/config.default.h
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
#define SELFGCOLOR "#eeeeee"
#define NORMBGCOLOR "#333366"
#define NORMFGCOLOR "#cccccc"
+#define STDIN_TIMEOUT 3 /* seconds */
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 6ca043d..03c8b1f 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
#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>
@@ -290,6 +292,8 @@ int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
char *maxname;
+ fd_set rd;
+ struct timeval timeout;
Item *i;
XEvent ev;
XSetWindowAttributes wa;
@@ -307,13 +311,23 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
root = RootWindow(dpy, screen);
- maxname = readstdin();
-
- /* grab as early as possible, but after reading all items!!! */
+ /* 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);
+ 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)
+ goto UninitializedEnd;
+ maxname = readstdin();
+
/* style */
dc.sel[ColBG] = getcolor(SELBGCOLOR);
dc.sel[ColFG] = getcolor(SELFGCOLOR);
@@ -366,7 +380,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
}
- XUngrabKeyboard(dpy, CurrentTime);
while(allitems) {
i = allitems->next;
free(allitems->text);
@@ -380,6 +393,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
XFreePixmap(dpy, dc.drawable);
XFreeGC(dpy, dc.gc);
XDestroyWindow(dpy, win);
+UninitializedEnd:
+ XUngrabKeyboard(dpy, CurrentTime);
XCloseDisplay(dpy);
return ret;