> > Ah, could you provide a test-case for this? > > It stops input from IME, and I tested the status returned from > XmbLookupString was XLookupChars.
Which IME method are you using? I confess I don't use IME and didn't think about testing it, but now I did with fcitx and while it seems to work for most other programs, I can't spawn it with dmenu with or without the changes you're questioning. Could you provide me with more details about your setup so we can reproduce the issue? > > This may solve the introduced regression, but introduces a new > > bug. > > Indeed, how about initializing buf to '\0'. There are several ways to do it.
