Re: [dev] [dmenu] ASCII tab and unit separator cause startup lag

2020-08-06 Thread Eric Pruitt
On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 10:06:35AM -0400, Greg B wrote: > I am using the packaged dmenu in Ubuntu 20.04. A sample of the output of > my window listing script is below, along with two simpler samples > exhibiting slow startup behavior. > > I'm happy to do further testing or troubleshooting if anyon

Re: [dev] [dmenu] ASCII tab and unit separator cause startup lag

2020-08-06 Thread Hiltjo Posthuma
On Thu, Aug 06, 2020 at 10:06:35AM -0400, Greg B wrote: > Hello, > > I've been using dmenu for a window switcher with wmctrl. I noticed after > a recent refactor to my window-listing function that I was seeing > significant lag in the dmenu window popping up after my hotkey. I've > done some diggi

[dev] [dmenu] ASCII tab and unit separator cause startup lag

2020-08-06 Thread Greg B
Hello, I've been using dmenu for a window switcher with wmctrl. I noticed after a recent refactor to my window-listing function that I was seeing significant lag in the dmenu window popping up after my hotkey. I've done some digging and determined that including tabs and \037 (ASCII unit separator