tfixed match() to prefer prefix-matches to strstr-matches in the match list, extended the -y handling, next version is 3.6 - dmenu - Dmenu fork with xft fonts.
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 (DIR) commit 745c46d8fa810bbf45ef16e79a0f84c787f1a670
 (DIR) parent d058e835708d530d74f7e82d643f48d4ad62e3a4
 (HTM) Author: Anselm R Garbe <garbeam@gmail.com>
       Date:   Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:52:51 +0000
       
       fixed match() to prefer prefix-matches to strstr-matches in the match list, extended the -y handling, next version is 3.6
       Diffstat:
         config.mk                           |       2 +-
         dmenu.1                             |       4 +++-
         dmenu.c                             |      70 +++++++++++++++++++-------------
       
       3 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
       ---
 (DIR) diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
       t@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
        # dmenu version
       -VERSION = 3.5
       +VERSION = 3.6
        
        # Customize below to fit your system
        
 (DIR) diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
       t@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ efficiently.
        defines the x coordinate dmenu appears at (0 by default).
        .TP
        .B \-y
       -defines the y coordinate dmenu appears at (0 by default).
       +defines the y coordinate dmenu appears at (0 by default). If it is negative,
       +dmenu will appear with the bottom at the given positive coordinate. It it is
       +-0, dmenu appears at the screen bottom.
        .TP
        .B \-w
        defines the width of the dmenu window (screen width by default).
 (DIR) diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
       t@@ -34,14 +34,16 @@ typedef struct {
        
        typedef struct Item Item;
        struct Item {
       +        char *text;
       +        Bool matched;
                Item *next;                /* traverses all items */
                Item *left, *right;        /* traverses items matching current search pattern */
       -        char *text;
        };
        
        /* forward declarations */
        Item *appenditem(Item *i, Item *last);
        void calcoffsets(void);
       +char *cistrstr(const char *s, const char *sub);
        void cleanup(void);
        void drawmenu(void);
        void drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]);
       t@@ -56,7 +58,6 @@ void match(char *pattern);
        void readstdin(void);
        void run(void);
        void setup(int x, int y, int w);
       -char *cistrstr(const char *s, const char *sub);
        unsigned int textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len);
        unsigned int textw(const char *text);
        
       t@@ -130,6 +131,29 @@ calcoffsets(void) {
                }
        }
        
       +char *
       +cistrstr(const char *s, const char *sub) {
       +        int c, csub;
       +        unsigned int len;
       +
       +        if(!sub)
       +                return (char *)s;
       +        if((c = *sub++) != 0) {
       +                c = tolower(c);
       +                len = strlen(sub);
       +                do {
       +                        do {
       +                                if((csub = *s++) == 0)
       +                                        return (NULL);
       +                        }
       +                        while(tolower(csub) != c);
       +                }
       +                while(strncasecmp(s, sub, len) != 0);
       +                s--;
       +        }
       +        return (char *)s;
       +}
       +
        void
        cleanup(void) {
                Item *itm;
       t@@ -505,8 +529,10 @@ match(char *pattern) {
                item = j = NULL;
                nitem = 0;
                for(i = allitems; i; i = i->next)
       -                if(!fstrncmp(pattern, i->text, plen)
       -                                || fstrstr(i->text, pattern))
       +                if((i->matched = !fstrncmp(pattern, i->text, plen)))
       +                        j = appenditem(i, j);
       +        for(i = allitems; i; i = i->next)
       +                if(!i->matched && fstrstr(i->text, pattern))
                                j = appenditem(i, j);
                curr = prev = next = sel = item;
                calcoffsets();
       t@@ -587,6 +613,12 @@ setup(int x, int y, int w) {
                wa.event_mask = ExposureMask | ButtonPressMask | KeyPressMask;
                mw = w ? w : DisplayWidth(dpy, screen);
                mh = dc.font.height + 2;
       +        if(y < 0) {
       +                if(y == (int)(unsigned int)-1)
       +                        y = DisplayHeight(dpy, screen) - mh;
       +                else
       +                        y = (-1 * y) - mh;
       +        }
                win = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, x, y, mw, mh, 0,
                                DefaultDepth(dpy, screen), CopyFromParent,
                                DefaultVisual(dpy, screen),
       t@@ -611,29 +643,6 @@ setup(int x, int y, int w) {
                XMapRaised(dpy, win);
        }
        
       -char *
       -cistrstr(const char *s, const char *sub) {
       -        int c, csub;
       -        unsigned int len;
       -
       -        if(!sub)
       -                return (char *)s;
       -        if((c = *sub++) != 0) {
       -                c = tolower(c);
       -                len = strlen(sub);
       -                do {
       -                        do {
       -                                if((csub = *s++) == 0)
       -                                        return (NULL);
       -                        }
       -                        while(tolower(csub) != c);
       -                }
       -                while(strncasecmp(s, sub, len) != 0);
       -                s--;
       -        }
       -        return (char *)s;
       -}
       -
        unsigned int
        textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len) {
                XRectangle r;
       t@@ -683,7 +692,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                if(++i < argc) x = atoi(argv[i]);
                        }
                        else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-y")) {
       -                        if(++i < argc) y = atoi(argv[i]);
       +                        if(++i < argc) {
       +                                if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-0"))
       +                                        y = (int)(unsigned int)-1;
       +                                else
       +                                        y = atoi(argv[i]);
       +                        }
                        }
                        else if(!strcmp(argv[i], "-w")) {
                                if(++i < argc) w = atoi(argv[i]);