commit e1e1de7b3b8399cba90ddca9613f837b2dbef7b9
from: Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>
date: Fri Apr 29 18:18:02 2022 UTC

inputw: improve correctness and startup performance, by NRK

Always use ~30% of the monitor width for the input in horizontal mode.

Patch adapted from NRK patches.
This also does not calculate inputw when using vertical mode anymore (because
the code is removed).

commit - 33685b06e9332638769e677e77b257e24e069fd1
commit + e1e1de7b3b8399cba90ddca9613f837b2dbef7b9
blob - 839f6ccd935f2755afa81afc7549ea95bc7b93aa
blob + 4e286cf05c59c643b24a0316f354aa5ad45851ce
--- dmenu.c
+++ dmenu.c
@@ -610,13 +610,12 @@ static void
 setup(void)
 {
 	int x, y, i, j;
-	unsigned int du, tmp;
+	unsigned int du;
 	XSetWindowAttributes swa;
 	XIM xim;
 	Window w, dw, *dws;
 	XWindowAttributes wa;
 	XClassHint ch = {"dmenu", "dmenu"};
-	struct item *item;
 #ifdef XINERAMA
 	XineramaScreenInfo *info;
 	Window pw;
@@ -674,12 +673,7 @@ setup(void)
 		mw = wa.width;
 	}
 	promptw = (prompt && *prompt) ? TEXTW(prompt) - lrpad / 4 : 0;
-	for (item = items; item && item->text; ++item) {
-		if ((tmp = textw_clamp(item->text, mw/3)) > inputw) {
-			if ((inputw = tmp) == mw/3)
-				break;
-		}
-	}
+	inputw = mw / 3; /* input width: ~30% of monitor width */
 	match();
 
 	/* create menu window */