From 055e86dee88c5135b3d3a691942a915334d1b3a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mathieu Moneyron <mathieu.moneyron@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 17:28:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added option to preselect an item by providing a number

---
 config.def.h |  3 +++
 dmenu.1      |  5 +++++
 dmenu.c      | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 1edb647..95bee59 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ static unsigned int lines      = 0;
  * for example: " /?\"&[]"
  */
 static const char worddelimiters[] = " ";
+
+/* -n option; preselected item starting from 0 */
+static unsigned int preselected = 0;
diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
index 323f93c..6e1ee7f 100644
--- a/dmenu.1
+++ b/dmenu.1
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .IR color ]
 .RB [ \-w
 .IR windowid ]
+.RB [ \-n
+.IR number ]
 .P
 .BR dmenu_run " ..."
 .SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -80,6 +82,9 @@ prints version information to stdout, then exits.
 .TP
 .BI \-w " windowid"
 embed into windowid.
+.TP
+.BI \-n " number"
+preseslected item starting from 0.
 .SH USAGE
 dmenu is completely controlled by the keyboard.  Items are selected using the
 arrow keys, page up, page down, home, and end.
diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index 65f25ce..0a02609 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -551,8 +551,19 @@ static void
 run(void)
 {
 	XEvent ev;
+	int i;
 
 	while (!XNextEvent(dpy, &ev)) {
+		if (preselected) {
+			for (i = 0; i < preselected; i++) {
+				if (sel && sel->right && (sel = sel->right) == next) {
+					curr = next;
+					calcoffsets();
+				}
+			}
+			drawmenu();
+			preselected = 0;
+		}
 		if (XFilterEvent(&ev, win))
 			continue;
 		switch(ev.type) {
@@ -690,7 +701,7 @@ static void
 usage(void)
 {
 	fputs("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
-	      "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]\n", stderr);
+	      "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid] [-n number]\n", stderr);
 	exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -733,6 +744,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			colors[SchemeSel][ColFg] = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-w"))   /* embedding window id */
 			embed = argv[++i];
+		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-n"))   /* preselected item */
+			preselected = atoi(argv[++i]);
 		else
 			usage();
 
-- 
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