From 03c2b05bb2265e0ef7ba33b7f6df36bd6e0ce54d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anselm R. Garbe
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:07:19 +0100
Subject: changed Backspace/C-w behavior (now it only removes a single
 character)

---
 dmenu.1 | 2 +-
 main.c  | 8 ++------
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dmenu.1 b/dmenu.1
index 4e44e27..56c3bdd 100644
--- a/dmenu.1
+++ b/dmenu.1
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Quit without selecting an item. Returns
 on termination.
 .TP
 .B Backspace (Control\-h)
-Remove enough characters from the input field to change its filtering effect.
+Remove a character from the input field.
 .TP
 .B Control\-u
 Remove all characters from the input field.
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 210792a..b733feb 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -289,12 +289,8 @@ kpress(XKeyEvent * e) {
 		}
 		break;
 	case XK_BackSpace:
-		if((i = len)) {
-			prev_nitem = nitem;
-			do {
-				text[--i] = 0;
-				match(text);
-			} while(i && nitem && prev_nitem == nitem);
+		if(len) {
+			text[--len] = 0;
 			match(text);
 		}
 		break;
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