M config.mk → config.mk

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 
 # dmenu version
-VERSION = 2.7
+VERSION = 2.8
 
 # Customize below to fit your system
 

M main.c → main.c

@@ -108,11 +108,17 @@ XCopyArea(dpy, dc.drawable, win, dc.gc, 0, 0, mw, mh, 0, 0);
 	XFlush(dpy);
 }
 
-static void
+static Bool
 grabkeyboard(void) {
-	while(XGrabKeyboard(dpy, root, True, GrabModeAsync,
-			 GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) != GrabSuccess)
+	unsigned int len;
+
+	for(len = 1000; len; len--) {
+		if(XGrabKeyboard(dpy, root, True, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime)
+			== GrabSuccess)
+			break;
 		usleep(1000);
+	}
+	return len > 0;
 }
 
 static unsigned long
@@ -456,10 +462,10 @@ screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
 	root = RootWindow(dpy, screen);
 	if(isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
 		maxname = readstdin();
-		grabkeyboard();
+		running = grabkeyboard();
 	}
 	else { /* prevent keypress loss */
-		grabkeyboard();
+		running = grabkeyboard();
 		maxname = readstdin();
 	}
 	/* init modifier map */