[wayland] bemenu -f stuck at Loading...

[dkwo]

On Wayland (compositor is river, OS Void Linux, bemenu v0.6.15), the command bemenu -f is stuck at Loading.... I'm trying to translate the command dmenu -f -fn "$BIB_GENERIC_FONT" -i -sb "$2" -p "$1" <&- from dmenu as bemenu -f --fn "$BIB_GENERIC_FONT" -i --sb "$2" -p "$1" <&- and I was hitting this.

[Cloudef]

You are closing stdin? Do you want menu without items?

[dkwo]

Ultimately, I want to use bemenu -f --fn "Terminus 24" -i --sb "#005577" -p "Some message here" <&- but even bemenu -f in terminal (foot) is stuck at Loading...

[dkwo]

So, yes, it wants no items, just capture text, to be used in input="$(xprompt "Type text to search: " "$BIB_GENERIC_COLOR")" where

xprompt () { # Usage xprompt [MSG] [BG_COLOR]
    dmenu -f -fn "$BIB_GENERIC_FONT" -i -sb "$2" -p "$1" <&-
}

[dkwo]

see https://github.com/huijunchen9260/dmenubib

[Cloudef]

currently bemenu does not seem to detect closed stdin (it should, and needs to be fixed), but you can achieve similar by forwarding in /dev/null, bemenu -f --fn "Terminus 24" -i --sb "#005577" -p "Some message here" </dev/null

[dkwo]

Thanks, that also works for me.

[dkwo]

Feel free to keep this issue open, or close it as you prefer.