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-rw-r--r--main.c27
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index cd0e2b5..210792a 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ drawmenu(void) {
XFlush(dpy);
}
+static void
+grabkeyboard(void) {
+ while(XGrabKeyboard(dpy, root, True, GrabModeAsync,
+ GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) != GrabSuccess)
+ usleep(1000);
+}
+
static unsigned long
initcolor(const char *colstr) {
Colormap cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
@@ -418,12 +425,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
XModifierKeymap *modmap;
XSetWindowAttributes wa;
- if(argc == 2 && !strncmp("-v", argv[1], 3))
- eprint("dmenu-"VERSION", (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Anselm R. Garbe\n");
- else 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)) {
@@ -447,6 +448,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
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
usage();
setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
@@ -455,10 +458,14 @@ 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();
+ 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++) {