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| -rw-r--r-- | config.arg.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | config.default.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | main.c | 23 |
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 */ @@ -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; |