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	1 Non-blocking stdin
	2 ==================
	3
	4 Description
	5 -----------
	6 A patch to have dmenu read stdin in a non blocking way, making it wait
	7 for input both from stdin and from X. This way, you can continue feeding
	8 dmenu while you type. This patch can be used along with the incremental
	9 patch, so that you can use stdout to feed stdin.
	10
	11 Example:
	12 # Make a fifo and read from it for dmenu's input
	13 mkfifo foo
	14 while true; do cat foo; done \| dmenu -w "$(xdotool getactivewind…
	15
	16 # Append some items
	17 printf %b "foo\nbar\nbaz\n" > foo
	18 # Append some more items
	19 printf %b "food\nbarn" > foo
	20
	21 ## nonblockingstdincontrol variant
	22 The nonblockingstdincontrol variant of this patch allows you to use
	23 control characters to dynamically clear the options list and set curr
	24 & sel. So in addition to being able to append entries with the normal
	25 version of the nonblockingstdin patch, this variant effectively makes
	26 dmenu's option list continouslly reloadable and the selected item /
	27 positioning controllable at runtime.
	28
	29 Supported Control Characters:
	30
	31 - \f - Clear the current items prior to following line
	32 - \a - Set the following line to be equal to sel
	33 - \b - Set the following line to be equal to curr
	34
	35 Example:
	36 # Make a fifo and read from it for dmenu's input
	37 mkfifo foo
	38 while true; do cat foo; done \| dmenu -w "$(xdotool getactivewind…
	39
	40 # And then separately, load a first set of options:
	41 printf %b "\ffoo\nbar\nbill" > foo
	42 # Load a different set of options using the \f escape:
	43 printf %b "\fbark\nbarn\nboo" > foo
	44 # Using \f, \a, and \b - load a different set of options & pres…
	45 printf %b "\f\bbark\n\abarn\nboo" > foo
	46
	47 Download
	48 --------
	49 * [dmenu-nonblockingstdincontrol-4.9.diff](dmenu-nonblockingstdincontrol…
	50 * [dmenu-nonblockingstdin-4.9.diff](dmenu-nonblockingstdin-4.9.diff)
	51 * [dmenu-nonblockingstdin-20160702-3c91eed.diff](dmenu-nonblockingstdin-…
	52
	53 Author
	54 ------
	55 * Christophe-Marie Duquesne <[email protected]>
	56 * koniu at riseup.net (update for 20160615 git master)
	57 * Miles Alan - [email protected] (nonblockingstdincontrol)