On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 12:22:25PM +0100, Christopher Lang wrote:
> I'm guessing that when the second dmenu opens, the first one is still
> fading out and this stops XCreateIC from working as intended?
Worth noting that according to the docs XCreateIC() may return NULL -
something that isn't checked for in dmenu. Perhaps you're getting a NULL
ic due to your config? Does the attached patch make any difference?
- NRK
>From defc910ce1fa51e3031af19abae8c70b3b8b8106 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NRK <n...@disroot.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 23:42:10 +0600
Subject: [PATCH] check for XCreateIC failure
---
dmenu.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index 40f93e0..a38e7b5 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -696,6 +696,8 @@ setup(void)
xic = XCreateIC(xim, XNInputStyle, XIMPreeditNothing | XIMStatusNothing,
XNClientWindow, win, XNFocusWindow, win, NULL);
+ if (xic == NULL)
+ die("XCreateIC failed");
XMapRaised(dpy, win);
if (embed) {
--
2.41.0
