From: Quentin Rameau <quinq@fifth.space>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 08:32:55 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Add config option for word delimiters
X-Git-Url: https://git.armaanb.net/?p=dmenu.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=120e8401074254d39be916ad83bafda9ef25e6a9

Add config option for word delimiters

Let the user configure word boundaries other than ' ', only works with
the portable character set.
---

diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index a9122f7..8db1dda 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ static const char *outbgcolor  = "#00ffff";
 static const char *outfgcolor  = "#000000";
 /* -l option; if nonzero, dmenu uses vertical list with given number of lines */
 static unsigned int lines      = 0;
+
+/*
+ * Characters not considered part of a word while deleting words
+ * for example: " /?\"&[]"
+ */
+static const char worddelimiters[] = " ";
diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index a07f8e3..e0c2f80 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -314,9 +314,11 @@ keypress(XKeyEvent *ev)
 			insert(NULL, 0 - cursor);
 			break;
 		case XK_w: /* delete word */
-			while (cursor > 0 && text[nextrune(-1)] == ' ')
+			while (cursor > 0 && strchr(worddelimiters,
+			       text[nextrune(-1)]))
 				insert(NULL, nextrune(-1) - cursor);
-			while (cursor > 0 && text[nextrune(-1)] != ' ')
+			while (cursor > 0 && !strchr(worddelimiters,
+			       text[nextrune(-1)]))
 				insert(NULL, nextrune(-1) - cursor);
 			break;
 		case XK_y: /* paste selection */