diff -r 545ec6141dc4 dmenu.1
--- a/dmenu.1	Wed May 05 11:42:39 2010 +0100
+++ b/dmenu.1	Wed May 05 21:04:44 2010 +0200
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 .B dmenu
 .RB [ \-i ]
 .RB [ \-b ]
+.RB [ \-r ]
 .RB [ \-l " <lines>"]
 .RB [ \-fn " <font>"]
 .RB [ \-nb " <color>"]
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@
 .B \-b
 defines that dmenu appears at the bottom.
 .TP
+.B \-r
+incrementally print text on standard output as it is entered.
+.TP
 .B \-l <lines>
 activates vertical list mode.
 The given number of lines will be displayed. Window height will get adjusted.
diff -r 545ec6141dc4 dmenu.c
--- a/dmenu.c	Wed May 05 11:42:39 2010 +0100
+++ b/dmenu.c	Wed May 05 21:04:44 2010 +0200
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 static int ret = 0;
 static int cursor = 0;
 static int screen;
+static int incremental;
 static unsigned int mw, mh;
 static unsigned int numlockmask = 0;
 static Bool running = True;
@@ -574,6 +575,10 @@
 
 	if(!pattern)
 		return;
+	if (incremental) {
+		fprintf(stdout, "%s\n", text);
+		fflush(stdout);
+	}
 	plen = strlen(pattern);
 	item = lexact = lprefix = lsubstr = itemend = exactend = prefixend = substrend = NULL;
 	for(i = allitems; i; i = i->next)
@@ -770,6 +775,9 @@
 		}
 		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-b"))
 			topbar = False;
+		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-r")) {
+			incremental = 1;
+		}
 		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-e")) {
 			if(++i < argc) parent = atoi(argv[i]);
 		}
@@ -798,7 +806,7 @@
 		else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-v"))
 			eprint("dmenu-"VERSION", © 2006-2010 dmenu engineers, see LICENSE for details\n");
 		else
-			eprint("usage: dmenu [-i] [-b] [-e <xid>] [-l <lines>] [-fn <font>] [-nb <color>]\n"
+			eprint("usage: dmenu [-i] [-b] [-r] [-e <xid>] [-l <lines>] [-fn <font>] [-nb <color>]\n"
 			       "             [-nf <color>] [-p <prompt>] [-sb <color>] [-sf <color>] [-v]\n");
 	if(!setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "") || !XSupportsLocale())
 		fprintf(stderr, "warning: no locale support\n");