On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 11:24:58PM -0800, Suraj N. Kurapati wrote: > Anselm R. Garbe wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 11, 2006 at 10:40:55PM -0800, Suraj N. Kurapati wrote: > >> I feel that the only thing wmiimenu and dmenu are missing is a > >> prompt option. This option would let you specify a string that is > >> displayed before the input-area (just like the -p option for the > >> /usr/bin/read program). > >> > > I removed that option from dmenu, it was present in wmiimenu > > until dmenu's appearance afaik (dunno if it was there already in > > wmii-3.1). > > It is not in wmii-3.1. > > > I didn't saw much use in it, and I'm still not sure > > if it's a good idea, because I believe that there is semantic > > meaning in the menu items already. > > True, having a prompt is not useful in the context of wmii or dwm. > However, I would like to use wmiimenu/dmenu for my own interactive > scripts (like managing bookmarks) where having a prompt is essential. > > For example, if the user is typing a set of filters (to filter the > menu choices) the prompt can show the current set of active filters. > > Another case is when you cannot determine what operation will be > performed when you choose something from the menu. This corresponds > to your idea of having semantic meaning to the menu choices.
Afair Sander implemented that prompt for wmii-4. It worked as follows: when wmiimenu had been started with -t <text> it printed the text in the area where you type, and the text was deleted when you began to type. Dunno what others think if it's worth to be readded again, I cross-post this mail to dwm@ also. Regards, -- Anselm R. Garbe >< http://suckless.org/~arg/ >< GPG key: 0D73F361
