diff -r 7057efb48ef3 dmenu.c
--- a/dmenu.c	Tue Nov 02 12:15:15 2010 +0000
+++ b/dmenu.c	Thu Nov 11 19:33:34 2010 -0800
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 static unsigned long selcol[ColLast];
 static Atom utf8;
 static Bool topbar = True;
+static Bool argtext = False;
 static DC *dc;
 static Item *items = NULL;
 static Item *matches, *sel;
@@ -485,7 +486,8 @@
 	inputw = MIN(inputw, mw/3);
 	promptw = prompt ? dc_textw(dc, prompt) : 0;
 	XMapRaised(dc->dpy, win);
-	text[0] = '\0';
+	if (!argtext)
+		text[0] = '\0';
 	match();
 }
 
@@ -530,7 +532,11 @@
 			selbgcolor = argv[++i];
 		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-sf"))
 			selfgcolor = argv[++i];
-		else
+		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-t")) {
+			strncpy(text, argv[++i], sizeof text);
+			cursor = strlen(text);
+			argtext = True;
+		} else
 			usage();
 
 	dc = dc_init();