Removing the json patch

Reasoning:
   - the patch is old and incompatible and conflicts with so many
     other patches
   - the functionality is rather limited especially considering that
     it is generally possible to convert json data to work with the
     TSV patch or the separator patch
   - the patch is for dmenu 4.9, which means that since February 2009
     nobody has bothered upgrading this patch to 5.0 or 5.1, which
     again implies that not many people actually use or rely on this
     patch

The json patch may be re-introduced into dmenu-flexipatch in the
future, but in that case it would be a bespoke version that is
designed around some of the other patches and takes more liberties
rather than trying to adhere to what is available at
https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/json/

Example using jq to convert json data to TSV format:

$ cat ~/.bookmarks
{
	"uggah": "buggah",
	"hello": "there",
	"bye": "tomorrow"
}

$ cat ~/.bookmarks | jq -r '. | to_entries | .[] | "\(.key)\t\(.value)"'
uggah	buggah
hello	there
bye	tomorrow

README.md

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Browsing patches? There is a [map of patches](https://coggle.it/diagram/YjT2DD6j
 
 ### Changelog:
 
+2022-09-05 - Removed the json patch due to maintenance and compatibility reasons
+
 2022-09-04 - Added the fzfexpect patch
 
 2022-06-21 - Adding barpadding patch and relative input width patch
@@ -132,8 +134,8 @@ Browsing patches? There is a [map of patches](https://coggle.it/diagram/YjT2DD6j
       - adds a flag that will cause dmenu to select an item immediately if there is only one
         matching option left
 
-   - [json](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/json/)
+   - [~json~](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/json/)
-      - adds basic support for json files
+      - ~adds basic support for json files~
 
    - [line-height](http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/line-height/)
       - adds a `-h` option which sets the minimum height of a dmenu line

config.mk

@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ FREETYPEINC = /usr/include/freetype2
 #FREETYPEINC = $(X11INC)/freetype2
 #MANPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/man
 
-# Uncomment this for the json patch / JSON_PATCH
-#JANSSONINC = `pkg-config --cflags jansson`
-#JANSSONLIBS = `pkg-config --libs jansson`
 # uncomment on RHEL for strcasecmp
 #EXTRAFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE
 

dmenu.c

@@ -21,23 +21,14 @@
 #if MULTI_SELECTION_PATCH
 #undef NON_BLOCKING_STDIN_PATCH
 #undef PIPEOUT_PATCH
-#undef JSON_PATCH
 #undef PRINTINPUTTEXT_PATCH
 #endif // MULTI_SELECTION_PATCH
-#if JSON_PATCH
-#undef NON_BLOCKING_STDIN_PATCH
-#undef PRINTINPUTTEXT_PATCH
-#undef PIPEOUT_PATCH
-#endif // JSON_PATCH
 
 #include "drw.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #if GRIDNAV_PATCH
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #endif // GRIDNAV_PATCH
-#if JSON_PATCH
-#include <jansson.h>
-#endif // JSON_PATCH
 
 /* macros */
 #define INTERSECT(x,y,w,h,r)  (MAX(0, MIN((x)+(w),(r).x_org+(r).width)  - MAX((x),(r).x_org)) \
@@ -100,9 +91,6 @@ struct item {
 	#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 	int hp;
 	#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
-	#if JSON_PATCH
-	json_t *json;
-	#endif // JSON_PATCH
 	#if FUZZYMATCH_PATCH
 	double distance;
 	#endif // FUZZYMATCH_PATCH
@@ -572,12 +560,13 @@ drawmenu(void)
 			#endif // PANGO_PATCH
 		);
 		free(censort);
-	} else
+	} else {
 		drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0
 			#if PANGO_PATCH
 			, False
 			#endif // PANGO_PATCH
 		);
+	}
 	#else
 	drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, text, 0
 		#if PANGO_PATCH
@@ -655,6 +644,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
 				#endif // PANGO_PATCH
 			);
 		}
+		fprintf(stderr, "bbbb\n" );
 		x += w;
 		for (item = curr; item != next; item = item->right) {
 			#if SYMBOLS_PATCH
@@ -669,6 +659,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
 			#endif // PANGO_PATCH | TSV_PATCH
 			x = drawitem(item, x, 0, itw);
 		}
+		fprintf(stderr, "ajaj\n" );
 		if (next) {
 			#if SYMBOLS_PATCH
 			w = TEXTW(symbol_2);
@@ -689,6 +680,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
 			);
 		}
 	}
+
 	#if NUMBERS_PATCH
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
 	drw_text(drw, mw - rpad, 0, TEXTW(numbers), bh, lrpad / 2, numbers, 0);
@@ -767,10 +759,6 @@ match(void)
 	#if NON_BLOCKING_STDIN_PATCH
 	int preserve = 0;
 	#endif // NON_BLOCKING_STDIN_PATCH
-	#if JSON_PATCH
-	if (json)
-		fstrstr = cistrstr;
-	#endif // JSON_PATCH
 
 	strcpy(buf, text);
 	/* separate input text into tokens to be matched individually */
@@ -1214,10 +1202,7 @@ insert:
 			break;
 		#endif // RESTRICT_RETURN_PATCH
 		#if !MULTI_SELECTION_PATCH
-		#if JSON_PATCH
+		#if PIPEOUT_PATCH
-		if (!printjsonssel(ev->state))
-			break;
-		#elif PIPEOUT_PATCH
 		#if PRINTINPUTTEXT_PATCH
 		if (sel && (
 			(use_text_input && (ev->state & ShiftMask)) ||
@@ -1417,15 +1402,11 @@ static void
 readstdin(void)
 {
 	char *line = NULL;
-	#if JSON_PATCH || TSV_PATCH
+	#if TSV_PATCH
 	char *buf, *p;
-	#endif // JSON_PATCH | TSV_PATCH
+	#endif // TSV_PATCH
 
-	#if JSON_PATCH
-	struct item *item;
-	#else
 	size_t size = 0;
-	#endif // JSON_PATCH
 	size_t i, junk;
 	ssize_t len;
 
@@ -1438,20 +1419,12 @@ readstdin(void)
 
 	/* read each line from stdin and add it to the item list */
 	for (i = 0; (len = getline(&line, &junk, stdin)) != -1; i++, line = NULL) {
-		#if JSON_PATCH
-		item = itemnew();
-		#else
 		if (i + 1 >= size / sizeof *items)
 			if (!(items = realloc(items, (size += BUFSIZ))))
 				die("cannot realloc %zu bytes:", size);
-		#endif // JSON_PATCH
 		if (line[len - 1] == '\n')
 			line[len - 1] = '\0';
 
-		#if JSON_PATCH
-		if (!(item->text = strdup(line)))
-			die("cannot strdup %zu bytes:", strlen(line) + 1);
-		#endif // JSON_PATCH
 		items[i].text = line;
 		#if TSV_PATCH
 		buf = strdup(line);
@@ -1465,33 +1438,19 @@ readstdin(void)
 		#if PRINTINDEX_PATCH
 		items[i].index = i;
 		#endif // PRINTINDEX_PATCH
-		#elif JSON_PATCH
-		item->json = NULL;
-		item->out = 0;
-		#if PRINTINDEX_PATCH
-		item->index = i;
-		#endif // PRINTINDEX_PATCH
 		#elif PRINTINDEX_PATCH
 		items[i].index = i;
 		#else
 		items[i].out = 0;
-		#endif // MULTI_SELECTION_PATCH | JSON_PATCH | PRINTINDEX_PATCH
+		#endif // MULTI_SELECTION_PATCH | PRINTINDEX_PATCH
 
 		#if HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 		items[i].hp = arrayhas(hpitems, hplength, items[i].text);
 		#endif // HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH
 	}
 	if (items)
-		#if JSON_PATCH
-		items[items_ln].text = NULL;
-		#else
 		items[i].text = NULL;
-		#endif // JSON_PATCH
-	#if JSON_PATCH
-	lines = MIN(lines, items_ln);
-	#else
 	lines = MIN(lines, i);
-	#endif // JSON_PATCH
 }
 #endif // NON_BLOCKING_STDIN_PATCH
 
@@ -1856,12 +1815,9 @@ usage(void)
 		#endif // GRID_PATCH
 		"[-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]"
 		"\n             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]"
-		#if ALPHA_PATCH || BORDER_PATCH || HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH || INITIALTEXT_PATCH || LINE_HEIGHT_PATCH || NAVHISTORY_PATCH || XYW_PATCH || DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH || JSON_PATCH || FZFEXPECT_PATCH
+		#if ALPHA_PATCH || BORDER_PATCH || HIGHPRIORITY_PATCH || INITIALTEXT_PATCH || LINE_HEIGHT_PATCH || NAVHISTORY_PATCH || XYW_PATCH || DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH || FZFEXPECT_PATCH
 		"\n            "
 		#endif
-		#if JSON_PATCH
-		" [-j json-file]"
-		#endif // JSON_PATCH
 		#if DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
 		" [-dy command]"
 		#endif // DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
@@ -2017,10 +1973,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				lines = 1;
 		}
 		#endif // GRID_PATCH
-		#if JSON_PATCH
-		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-j"))
-			readjson(argv[++i]);
-		#endif // JSON_PATCH
 		else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-l"))   /* number of lines in vertical list */
 			lines = atoi(argv[++i]);
 		#if XYW_PATCH
@@ -2170,39 +2122,19 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	#else
 	if (fast && !isatty(0)) {
 		grabkeyboard();
-		#if JSON_PATCH
-		if (json)
-			listjson(json);
 		#if DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
-		else if (!(dynamic && *dynamic))
-			readstdin();
-		#else
-		else
-			readstdin();
-		#endif // DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
-		#elif DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
 		if (!(dynamic && *dynamic))
 			readstdin();
 		#else
 		readstdin();
-		#endif // JSON_PATCH | DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
+		#endif // DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
 	} else {
-		#if JSON_PATCH
-		if (json)
-			listjson(json);
 		#if DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
-		else if (!(dynamic && *dynamic))
-			readstdin();
-		#else
-		else
-			readstdin();
-		#endif // DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
-		#elif DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
 		if (!(dynamic && *dynamic))
 			readstdin();
 		#else
 		readstdin();
-		#endif // JSON_PATCH | DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
+		#endif // DYNAMIC_OPTIONS_PATCH
 		grabkeyboard();
 	}
 	#endif // NON_BLOCKING_STDIN_PATCH

patch/include.c

@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@
 #if MULTI_SELECTION_PATCH
 #include "multiselect.c"
 #endif
-#if JSON_PATCH
-#include "json.c"
-#endif
 #if MOUSE_SUPPORT_PATCH
 #include "mousesupport.c"
 #endif

patch/include.h

@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 #if FZFEXPECT_PATCH
 #include "fzfexpect.h"
 #endif
-#if JSON_PATCH
-#include "json.h"
-#endif
 #if NON_BLOCKING_STDIN_PATCH
 #include "nonblockingstdin.h"
 #endif

patch/json.c

@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-#include <jansson.h>
-
-static size_t items_sz = 0;
-static size_t items_ln = 0;
-static json_t *json = NULL;
-
-static struct item *
-itemnew(void)
-{
-	if (items_ln + 1 >= (items_sz / sizeof *items))
-		if (!(items = realloc(items, (items_sz += BUFSIZ))))
-			die("cannot realloc %u bytes:", items_sz);
-	return &items[items_ln++];
-}
-
-static void
-readjson(const char *path)
-{
-	json_error_t jerr;
-
-	if (!(json = json_load_file(path, 0, &jerr)))
-		die("%s @ line: %i - %s", jerr.text, jerr.line, path);
-}
-
-static void
-listjson(json_t *obj)
-{
-	void *iter;
-	unsigned imax = 0;
-	unsigned tmpmax = 0;
-	struct item *item;
-
-	items_ln = 0;
-	iter = json_object_iter(obj);
-	while (iter) {
-		item = itemnew();
-		item->text = (char*) json_object_iter_key(iter);
-		item->json = json_object_iter_value(iter);
-		#if !MULTI_SELECTION_PATCH
-		item->out = 0;
-		#endif // MULTI_SELECTION_PATCH
-		drw_font_getexts(drw->fonts, item->text, strlen(item->text),
-				 &tmpmax, NULL);
-		if (tmpmax > inputw) {
-			inputw = tmpmax;
-			imax = items_ln - 1;
-		}
-		iter = json_object_iter_next(obj, iter);
-	}
-	if (items)
-		items[items_ln].text = NULL;
-	inputw = items ? TEXTW(items[imax].text) : 0;
-	lines = MIN(lines, items_ln - 1);
-}
-
-static int
-printjsonssel(unsigned int state)
-{
-	if (sel && sel->json) {
-		if (json_is_object(sel->json)) {
-			listjson(sel->json);
-			text[0] = '\0';
-			match();
-			drawmenu();
-			return 0;
-		} else {
-			puts(json_string_value(sel->json));
-		}
-	} else {
-		#if PRINTINDEX_PATCH
-		if (print_index)
-			printf("%d\n", (sel && !(state & ShiftMask)) ? sel->index : -1);
-		else
-			puts((sel && !(state & ShiftMask)) ? sel->text : text);
-		#else
-		puts((sel && !(state & ShiftMask)) ? sel->text : text);
-		#endif // PRINTINDEX_PATCH
-	}
-	return 1;
-}

patch/json.h

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-static void listjson(json_t *obj);

patches.def.h

@@ -117,19 +117,6 @@
  */
 #define INSTANT_PATCH 0
 
-/* This patch adds basic support for json files.
- * This patch depends on the jansson library. Uncomment the relevant line in config.mk when
- * enabling this patch.
- *
- * This patch is not compatible with the multi-selection, printinputtext, pipeout and
- * non-blocking stdin patches.
- * The multi-selection patch takes precedence over this patch.
- * This patch takes precedence over non-blocking stdin, pipeout and printintputtext patches.
- *
- * https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/json/
- */
-#define JSON_PATCH 0
-
 /* This patch adds a '-h' option which sets the minimum height of a dmenu line. This helps
  * integrate dmenu with other UI elements that require a particular vertical size.
  * http://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/line-height/