M dmenu.1 → dmenu.1

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ .SH NAME
 dmenu \- dynamic menu
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B dmenu
+.RB [ \-b ]
 .RB [ \-fn " <font>"]
 .RB [ \-nb " <color>"]
 .RB [ \-nf " <color>"]
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ .BR dwm (1).
 It manages huge amounts (up to 10.000 and more) of user defined menu items
 efficiently.
 .SS Options
+.TP
+.B \-b
+makes dmenu appear at the screen bottom (by default it appears at the screen top).
 .TP
 .B \-fn <font>
 defines the font.

M main.c → main.c

@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ DC dc = {0};
 
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+	Bool bottom = False;
 	char *font = FONT;
 	char *maxname;
 	char *normbg = NORMBGCOLOR;
@@ -360,7 +361,10 @@ timeout.tv_usec = 0;
 	timeout.tv_sec = 3;
 	/* command line args */
 	for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
-		if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-fn", 4)) {
+		if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-b", 3)) {
+			bottom = True;
+		}
+		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-fn", 4)) {
 			if(++i < argc) font = argv[i];
 		}
 		else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-nb", 4)) {
@@ -386,7 +390,7 @@ fputs("dmenu-"VERSION", (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Anselm R. Garbe\n", stdout);
 			exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 		}
 		else
-			eprint("usage: dmenu [-fn <font>] [-nb <color>] [-nf <color>] [-p <prompt>]\n"
+			eprint("usage: dmenu [-b] [-fn <font>] [-nb <color>] [-nf <color>] [-p <prompt>]\n"
 				"             [-sb <color>] [-sf <color>] [-t <seconds>] [-v]\n", stdout);
 	setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
 	dpy = XOpenDisplay(0);
@@ -430,7 +434,7 @@ wa.event_mask = ExposureMask | ButtonPressMask | KeyPressMask;
 	mw = DisplayWidth(dpy, screen);
 	mh = dc.font.height + 2;
 	win = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, 0,
-			DisplayHeight(dpy, screen) - mh, mw, mh, 0,
+			bottom ? DisplayHeight(dpy, screen) - mh : 0, mw, mh, 0,
 			DefaultDepth(dpy, screen), CopyFromParent,
 			DefaultVisual(dpy, screen),
 			CWOverrideRedirect | CWBackPixmap | CWEventMask, &wa);