I'm curious if it would even be possible to allow typing into dmenu before the "tab-completion" fields being piped in are populated.
The current setup/expected configuration is to compile and sort a list of executables - which is great when I'm not in the middle of something processor intensive. At these times, hitting the dwm shortcut for dmenu takes forever. One of the things I liked about the WMII implementation was that it allowed to you start typing anyway, before the list was created. So in a situation where I want to bring up "rox", I could drop to the bar, type 'rox', hit return and be done with it. But now I have to hit 'dmenu' wait upwards of 30-50 seconds, type 'rox' and then it would appear. It's actually faster to open up a new terminal, type 'rox &; exit'. Perhaps some sort of shell magic to get all pipes correct? I'm just not sure. Bill -- Pancho needs your prayers, it's true. But save a few for Lefty, too. -- T. Van Zandt
