[menu] Grab keyboard sooner.

cmd/menu/main.c

@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
 	initdisplay();
 
+	xext_init();
+	menu_init();
+
 	if(address && *address)
 		client = ixp_mount(address);
 	else
@@ -268,9 +271,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	if(!font)
 		fatal("Can't load font %q", readctl("font "));
 
-	xext_init();
-	menu_init();
-
 	inbuf = Bfdopen(0, OREAD);
 	items = populate_list(inbuf, false);
 	caret_insert("", true);

cmd/menu/menu.c

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "dat.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include "fns.h"
 
 static Window*	barwin;
@@ -28,16 +29,22 @@ void
 menu_init(void) {
 	WinAttr wa;
 
-	ltwidth = textwidth(font, "<");
-
 	wa.override_redirect = 1;
 	wa.background_pixmap = ParentRelative;
 	wa.event_mask = ExposureMask | KeyPressMask;
-	barwin = createwindow(&scr.root, Rect(0, 0, 1, 1), scr.depth, InputOutput,
+	barwin = createwindow(&scr.root, Rect(-1, -1, 1, 1), scr.depth, InputOutput,
 			&wa, CWOverrideRedirect
 			   | CWBackPixmap
 			   | CWEventMask);
 	sethandler(barwin, &handlers);
+	mapwin(barwin);
+
+	int i = 0;
+	while(!grabkeyboard(barwin)) {
+		if(i++ > 1000)
+			fatal("can't grab keyboard");
+		usleep(1000);
+	}
 }
 
 static void
@@ -189,6 +196,8 @@ menu_show(void) {
 
 	USED(menu_unmap);
 
+	ltwidth = textwidth(font, "<");
+
 	pad = (font->height & ~1)/2;
 	height = font->height + 2;
 
@@ -205,11 +214,6 @@ menu_show(void) {
 	mapwin(barwin);
 	raisewin(barwin);
 	menu_draw();
-	if(!grabkeyboard(barwin)) {
-		exit(1);
-		srv.running = false;
-		result = 1;
-	}
 }
 
 static void

cmd/wmii.rc.rc

@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ fn wi_runcmd { @{
 			* = (wihack -tags `{wmiir read /tag/sel/ctl | sed 1q} $*) }
 		fn `{env | 9 sed -n 's/^fn#([^=]+).*/\1/p'}
 		mykeys=()
-		eval exec $* & }
+		if(! ~ $* '')
+			eval exec $* & }
 }
 
 fn wi_getfuns {

cmd/wmii/x11.c

@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ ungrabpointer(void) {
 int
 grabkeyboard(Window *w) {
 
-	return XGrabKeyboard(display, w->w, false /* owner events */,
+	return XGrabKeyboard(display, w->w, true /* owner events */,
 		GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime
 		) == GrabSuccess;
 }

rc/rc.wmii.rc

@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ key $MODKEY-Shift-c || fn $key {
 key $MODKEY-a || fn $key {
 	Action `{wi_actions | wimenu -h $hist.action -n $histlen} &}
 key $MODKEY-p || fn $key {
-	ifs=() { wi_runcmd `{wimenu -h $hist.prog -n $histlen <$progs_file} & }}
+	ifs=() { cmd = `{wimenu -h $hist.prog -n $histlen <$progs_file >[2]/dev/tty} }
+	wi_runcmd $cmd & }
 
 key $MODKEY-Return || fn $key {
 	wi_runcmd $WMII_TERM &}