commit 120e8401074254d39be916ad83bafda9ef25e6a9
from: Quentin Rameau <quinq@fifth.space>
via: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>
date: Sat Dec 19 19:32:14 2015 UTC

Add config option for word delimiters

Let the user configure word boundaries other than ' ', only works with
the portable character set.

commit - 32f2564dbbbf5aeafb7190a3d35066142f34448f
commit + 120e8401074254d39be916ad83bafda9ef25e6a9
blob - a9122f73add3418911a1b8a4b58c7b95796c43cb
blob + 8db1ddadfa328a88293fde2ec81ddef6f70d74e9
--- config.def.h
+++ config.def.h
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ static const char *outbgcolor  = "#00ffff";
 static const char *outfgcolor  = "#000000";
 /* -l option; if nonzero, dmenu uses vertical list with given number of lines */
 static unsigned int lines      = 0;
+
+/*
+ * Characters not considered part of a word while deleting words
+ * for example: " /?\"&[]"
+ */
+static const char worddelimiters[] = " ";
blob - a07f8e32145faae2a9ca75dfab9c6681617ea148
blob + e0c2f80444f9fb8b3ad4f864d16e8b358117b29e
--- dmenu.c
+++ dmenu.c
@@ -314,9 +314,11 @@ keypress(XKeyEvent *ev)
 			insert(NULL, 0 - cursor);
 			break;
 		case XK_w: /* delete word */
-			while (cursor > 0 && text[nextrune(-1)] == ' ')
+			while (cursor > 0 && strchr(worddelimiters,
+			       text[nextrune(-1)]))
 				insert(NULL, nextrune(-1) - cursor);
-			while (cursor > 0 && text[nextrune(-1)] != ' ')
+			while (cursor > 0 && !strchr(worddelimiters,
+			       text[nextrune(-1)]))
 				insert(NULL, nextrune(-1) - cursor);
 			break;
 		case XK_y: /* paste selection */