Add config option for word delimiters

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

diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index a9122f7..8db1dda 100644 (file)
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/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[] = " ";

diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index a07f8e3..e0c2f80 100644 (file)
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/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 */