diff --git a/dmenubar/dmenu.c b/dmenubar/dmenu.c
index f34423e..451f800 100644
--- a/dmenubar/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenubar/dmenu.c
@@ -26,22 +26,12 @@
 #define TEXTW(X)              (drw_fontset_getwidth(drw, (X)) + lrpad)
 
 /* enums */
-enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSel, SchemeOut, SchemeLast }; /* color schemes */
+enum { Scheme, SchemeLast }; /* color schemes */
 
-struct item {
-	char *text;
-	struct item *left, *right;
-	int out;
-};
-
-static char text[BUFSIZ] = "";
 static char *embed;
 static int bh, mw, mh;
-static int inputw = 0, promptw;
+static int inputw = 0;
 static int lrpad; /* sum of left and right padding */
-static struct item *items = NULL;
-static struct item *matches, *matchend;
-static struct item *prev, *curr, *next, *sel;
 static int mon = -1, screen;
 
 static Atom clip, utf8;
@@ -57,21 +47,6 @@ static Clr *scheme[SchemeLast];
 static int (*fstrncmp)(const char *, const char *, size_t) = strncmp;
 static char *(*fstrstr)(const char *, const char *) = strstr;
 
-static void
-calcoffsets(void)
-{
-	int i, n;
-
-	n = mw - (promptw + inputw + TEXTW("<") + TEXTW(">"));
-	/* calculate which items will begin the next page and previous page */
-	for (i = 0, next = curr; next; next = next->right)
-		if ((i ? bh : MIN(TEXTW(next->text), n)) > n)
-			break;
-	for (i = 0, prev = curr; prev && prev->left; prev = prev->left)
-		if ((i ? bh : MIN(TEXTW(prev->left->text), n)) > n)
-			break;
-}
-
 static void
 cleanup(void)
 {
@@ -86,19 +61,25 @@ cleanup(void)
 }
 
 static void
-drawmenu(void)
+drawmenu(char *text)
 {
 	int x = 0, y = 0, w;
 
-	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeSel]);
+	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[Scheme]);
 	drw_rect(drw, 0, 0, mw, mh, 1, 1);
 
-	if (prompt && *prompt)
-		x = drw_text(drw, x, 0, promptw, bh, lrpad / 2, prompt, 0);
+	if (text && *text)
+		x = drw_text(drw, x, 0, textw(text), bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0);
 
 	drw_map(drw, win, 0, 0, mw, mh);
 }
 
+int
+textw(char *text)
+{
+	return (text && *text) ? TEXTW(text) - lrpad / 4 : 0;
+}
+
 static void
 setup(void)
 {
@@ -164,12 +145,11 @@ setup(void)
 		y = topbar ? 0 : wa.height - mh;
 		mw = wa.width;
 	}
-	promptw = (prompt && *prompt) ? TEXTW(prompt) - lrpad / 4 : 0;
 	inputw = MIN(inputw, mw/3);
 
 	/* create menu window */
 	swa.override_redirect = True;
-	swa.background_pixel = scheme[SchemeNorm][ColBg].pixel;
+	swa.background_pixel = scheme[Scheme][ColBg].pixel;
 	swa.event_mask = ExposureMask | KeyPressMask | VisibilityChangeMask;
 	win = XCreateWindow(dpy, parentwin, x, y, mw, mh, 0,
 	                    CopyFromParent, CopyFromParent, CopyFromParent,
@@ -194,13 +174,13 @@ setup(void)
 		}
 	}
 	drw_resize(drw, mw, mh);
-	drawmenu();
+	//drawmenu();
 }
 
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	fputs("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
+	fputs("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
 	      "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]\n", stderr);
 	exit(1);
 }
@@ -210,6 +190,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	XWindowAttributes wa;
 	int i;
+	char text[text_s];
+	for(i = 0; i < text_s; ++i)
+		text[i] = '\0';
 
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
 		/* these options take no arguments */
@@ -223,14 +206,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		/* these options take one argument */
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-m"))
 			mon = atoi(argv[++i]);
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-p"))   /* adds prompt to left of input field */
-			prompt = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-fn"))  /* font or font set */
 			fonts[0] = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-b"))  /* selected background color */
-			colors[SchemeSel][ColBg] = argv[++i];
+			colors[Scheme][ColBg] = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-f"))  /* selected foreground color */
-			colors[SchemeSel][ColFg] = argv[++i];
+			colors[Scheme][ColFg] = argv[++i];
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-w"))   /* embedding window id */
 			embed = argv[++i];
 		else
@@ -258,7 +239,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif
 
 	setup();
-	while(1); // bodge
+	do{
+		/* 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 1; /* unreachable */
 }