LOL ONLY SORTA WORKS :SHRUG:

dmenubar/dmenubar.c

@@ -253,12 +253,17 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	setup();
 
-	do{
+	/* might seem elementary but i made this mistake:
+	 * you can't just let it exit 0 when you hit EOF because then
+	 * stuff like `printf "hello\n" | dmenubar` won't have time to
+	 * be shown. */
+	for(;;){	
+		fgets(text, text_s, stdin);
 		/* fgets adds a newline which will be printable in some fonts */
 		if(strlen(text) > 0)
 			text[strlen(text)-1] = '\0';
 		drawmenu(text);
-	}while(fgets(text, text_s, stdin) != NULL);
+	}
 
-	return 0;
+	return 1; /* unreachable */
 }