Re: [dev] dmenu patch to return all matching items (for a new dmenu-powered music player interface)

Hey, this brings up a question.

I've noticed that suckless's apps push as many configuration items into the
compile time as they can (just a high-level observation, I'm not saying it
is actually a rule of thumb.)

So would the choice between a dmenu filter and a dmenu, well menu, be made
at compile time? There is no more clear place to understand what mode you
are in then typing in 'dfilter' instead of 'dmenu'.

In fact, if one were to start from scratch, wouldn't they make a dfilter in
a cleaner, simpler way?

Thanks in advance...

On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 8:24 AM, Connor Lane Smith <cls_AT_lubutu.com> wrote:

> On 11 November 2010 14:59, markus schnalke <meillo_AT_marmaro.de> wrote:
> > In contrast to the filter mode, with caseless matching you would *see*
> > that it behaves differently. And you see which item will get printed.
>
> Fair point, though considering your vi example it is like hitting 'i'
> and it telling you that it's doing something else. Yes, it's behaving
> differently, and you can see this, but you don't necessarily know why.
> Though I will concede that it has less potential for harm.
>
> > This is the reason I suggest, that in filter mode you should also
> > *see* which items will get printed. In filter mode the highlighting in
> > the list has no more meaning (if I understood correctly).
>
> On 11 November 2010 14:02, Connor Lane Smith <cls_AT_lubutu.com> wrote:
> > With Dan's filter mode every entry gets highlighted, but starting with
> > the one selected. How to indicate this behaviour isn't very obvious.
>
> If you read the patch it loops from highlight to null, then from the
> first item to the item before highlight. I'm not sure what Dan's
> motivations for that behaviour are -- perhaps just to give the
> highlight meaning -- but that's how the patch works.
>
> On 11 November 2010 15:16, Kurt H Maier <karmaflux_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > You're not actually considering pushing this into mainline dmenu, are
> you?
>
> I personally don't think we should, unless the patch becomes widely
> used (like how we merged in cursor and vertical), but I think this
> discussion about dmenu modes is important regardless (in terms of
> patched copies, for instance).
>
> cls
>
>
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