Fix Issue #164

doc/rofi-manpage.markdown

@@ -520,8 +520,9 @@ The following options are further explained in the theming section:
      * 'i' index (0 - (N-1)).
      * 'd' index (1 - N).
      * 'q' quote string.
-     * 'e' escape string.
-
+     * 'f' filter string (user input).
+     * 'F' quoted filter string (user input).
+ 
     Default: 's'
 
 ### Message dialog

doc/rofi.1

@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ Keybindings can also be specified in the \fB\fCXresources\fR file.
 \fBrofi\fP can emulate \fB\fCdmenu\fR (a dynamic menu for X) when launched with the \fB\fC\-dmenu\fR flag.
 .PP
 The official website for \fB\fCdmenu\fR can be found here
-\[la]http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/\[ra]\&.
+.UR http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
+.UE \&.
 .SH OPTIONS
 .PP
 There are currently three methods of setting configuration options:
@@ -97,7 +98,9 @@ Compile time: edit config.c. This method is strongly discouraged.
 .IP \(bu 2
 Xresources: A method of storing key values in the Xserver. See
 here
-\[la]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_resources\[ra] for more information.
+.UR https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_resources
+.UE
+for more information.
 .IP \(bu 2
 Command\-line options: Arguments passed to \fBrofi\fP\&.
 .RE
@@ -679,7 +682,8 @@ Allows the output of dmenu to be customized (N is total number of input entries)
  * 'i' index (0 \- (N\-1)).
  * 'd' index (1 \- N).
  * 'q' quote string.
- * 'e' escape string.
+ * 'f' filter string (user input).
+ * 'F' quoted filter string (user input).
 Default: 's'
 .fi
 .RE
@@ -921,18 +925,22 @@ SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 .SH WEBSITE
 .PP
 \fBrofi\fP website can be found at here
-\[la]https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/\[ra]
+.UR https://davedavenport.github.io/rofi/
+.UE
 .PP
 \fBrofi\fP bugtracker can be found here
-\[la]https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/issues\[ra]
+.UR https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/issues
+.UE
 .SH AUTHOR
 .PP
 Qball Cow 
-\[la]qball@gmpclient.org\[ra]
+.MT qball@gmpclient.org
+.ME
 .PP
 Rasmus Steinke
 .PP
 Original code based on work by: Sean Pringle 
-\[la]sean.pringle@gmail.com\[ra]
+.MT sean.pringle@gmail.com
+.ME
 .PP
 For a full list of authors, check the AUTHORS file.

include/helper.h

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ int find_arg_int ( const char * const key, int *val );
  * @returns TRUE if key was found and val was set.
  */
 int find_arg_str ( const char * const key, char** val );
+int find_arg_str_alloc ( const char * const key, char** val );
 
 /**
  * @param key The key to search for

source/dialogs/dmenu.c

@@ -131,18 +131,21 @@ static const char *get_display_data ( unsigned int index, void *data, G_GNUC_UNU
  * @param format The format string used. See below for possible syntax.
  * @param string The selected entry.
  * @param selected_line The selected line index.
+ * @param filter The entered filter.
  *
  * Function that outputs the selected line in the user-specified format.
  * Currently the following formats are supported:
  *   * i: Print the index (0-(N-1))
  *   * d: Print the index (1-N)
  *   * s: Print input string.
- *   * e: Print input string shell quoted.
+ *   * q: Print quoted input string.
+ *   * f: Print the entered filter.
+ *   * F: Print the entered filter, quoted
  *
  * This functions outputs the formatted string to stdout, appends a newline (\n) character and
  * calls flush on the file descriptor.
  */
-static void dmenu_output_formatted_line ( const char *format, const char *string, int selected_line )
+static void dmenu_output_formatted_line ( const char *format, const char *string, int selected_line, const char *filter )
 {
     for ( int i = 0; format && format[i]; i++ ) {
         if ( format[i] == 'i' ) {
@@ -159,8 +162,11 @@ static void dmenu_output_formatted_line ( const char *format, const char *string
             fputs ( quote, stdout );
             g_free ( quote );
         }
-        else if ( format[i] == 'e' ) {
-            char *quote = g_strescape ( string, "" );
+        else if ( format[i] == 'f' ) {
+            fputs ( filter, stdout );
+        }
+        else if ( format[i] == 'F' ) {
+            char *quote = g_shell_quote ( filter );
             fputs ( quote, stdout );
             g_free ( quote );
         }
@@ -213,6 +219,7 @@ int dmenu_switcher_dialog ( char **input )
             return TRUE;
         }
     }
+    find_arg_str_alloc ( "-filter", input );
 
     do {
         int next_pos = selected_line;
@@ -225,7 +232,7 @@ int dmenu_switcher_dialog ( char **input )
              */
             restart = TRUE;
             if ( ( mretv & ( MENU_OK | MENU_QUICK_SWITCH ) ) && list[selected_line] != NULL ) {
-                dmenu_output_formatted_line ( format, list[selected_line], selected_line );
+                dmenu_output_formatted_line ( format, list[selected_line], selected_line, *input );
                 retv = TRUE;
                 if ( ( mretv & MENU_QUICK_SWITCH ) ) {
                     retv = 10 + ( mretv & MENU_LOWER_MASK );
@@ -239,10 +246,10 @@ int dmenu_switcher_dialog ( char **input )
         restart = FALSE;
         if ( ( mretv & ( MENU_OK | MENU_CUSTOM_INPUT ) ) && list[selected_line] != NULL ) {
             if ( ( mretv & MENU_CUSTOM_INPUT ) ) {
-                dmenu_output_formatted_line ( format, *input, -1 );
+                dmenu_output_formatted_line ( format, *input, -1, *input );
             }
             else{
-                dmenu_output_formatted_line ( format, list[selected_line], selected_line );
+                dmenu_output_formatted_line ( format, list[selected_line], selected_line, *input );
             }
             if ( ( mretv & MENU_SHIFT ) ) {
                 restart = TRUE;
@@ -256,10 +263,10 @@ int dmenu_switcher_dialog ( char **input )
         }
         else if ( ( mretv & MENU_QUICK_SWITCH ) ) {
             if ( ( mretv & MENU_CUSTOM_INPUT ) ) {
-                dmenu_output_formatted_line ( format, *input, -1 );
+                dmenu_output_formatted_line ( format, *input, -1, *input );
             }
             else{
-                dmenu_output_formatted_line ( format, list[selected_line], selected_line );
+                dmenu_output_formatted_line ( format, list[selected_line], selected_line, *input );
             }
 
             restart = FALSE;

source/helper.c

@@ -226,6 +226,19 @@ int find_arg_str ( const char * const key, char** val )
     }
     return FALSE;
 }
+int find_arg_str_alloc ( const char * const key, char** val )
+{
+    int i = find_arg ( key );
+
+    if ( val != NULL && i > 0 && i < stored_argc - 1 ) {
+        if ( *val != NULL ) {
+            g_free ( *val );
+        }
+        *val = g_strdup ( stored_argv[i + 1] );
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+}
 
 int find_arg_int ( const char * const key, int *val )
 {