1 files changed, 17 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index cd0e2b5..210792a 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ drawmenu(void) {
         XFlush(dpy);
 }
 
+static void
+grabkeyboard(void) {
+        while(XGrabKeyboard(dpy, root, True, GrabModeAsync,
+                         GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) != GrabSuccess)
+                usleep(1000);
+}
+
 static unsigned long
 initcolor(const char *colstr) {
         Colormap cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
@@ -418,12 +425,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         XModifierKeymap *modmap;
         XSetWindowAttributes wa;
 
-        if(argc == 2 && !strncmp("-v", argv[1], 3))
-                eprint("dmenu-"VERSION", (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Anselm R. Garbe\n");
-        else if(isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
-                fputs("error: dmenu can't run in an interactive shell\n", stdout);
-                usage();
-        }
         /* command line args */
         for(i = 1; i < argc; i++)
                 if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-b", 3)) {
@@ -447,6 +448,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-sf", 4)) {
                         if(++i < argc) selfg = argv[i];
                 }
+                else if(!strncmp(argv[i], "-v", 3))
+                        eprint("dmenu-"VERSION", (C)opyright MMVI-MMVII Anselm R. Garbe\n");
                 else
                         usage();
         setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
@@ -455,10 +458,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 eprint("dmenu: cannot open display\n");
         screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
         root = RootWindow(dpy, screen);
-        while(XGrabKeyboard(dpy, root, True, GrabModeAsync,
-                         GrabModeAsync, CurrentTime) != GrabSuccess)
-                usleep(1000);
-        maxname = readstdin();
+        if(isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
+                maxname = readstdin();
+                grabkeyboard();
+        }
+        else { /* prevent keypress loss */
+                grabkeyboard();
+                maxname = readstdin();
+        }
         /* init modifier map */
         modmap = XGetModifierMapping(dpy);
         for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {