fix crash when XOpenIM returns NULL

[dmenu.git] / dmenu.c

diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index f803149..ae56f4f 100644 (file)
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -664,8 +664,17 @@ setup(void)
                            CWOverrideRedirect | CWBackPixel | CWEventMask, &swa);
        XSetClassHint(dpy, win, &ch);
 
-       /* open input methods */
-       xim = XOpenIM(dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+       /* input methods */
+       if ((xim = XOpenIM(dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL) {
+               XSetLocaleModifiers("@im=local");
+               if ((xim = XOpenIM(dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL) {
+                       XSetLocaleModifiers("@im=");
+                       if ((xim = XOpenIM(dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL)
+                               die("XOpenIM failed. Could not open input device.\n");
+               }
+       }
+
        xic = XCreateIC(xim, XNInputStyle, XIMPreeditNothing | XIMStatusNothing,
                        XNClientWindow, win, XNFocusWindow, win, NULL);