diff -ru ratpoison/src/input.c longbar/src/input.c
--- ratpoison/src/input.c	Wed Feb 14 04:48:07 2001
+++ ratpoison/src/input.c	Fri Feb 16 12:38:55 2001
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@
   int revert;
   Window fwin;
   int prompt_width = XTextWidth (s->font, prompt, strlen (prompt));
-  int width = 200 + prompt_width;
+  int screen_width = DisplayWidth(dpy, 0);
 
   /* We don't want to draw overtop of the program bar. */
   hide_bar (s);
 
   XMapWindow (dpy, s->input_window);
   XMoveResizeWindow (dpy, s->input_window, 
-		     bar_x (s, width), bar_y (s), width, 
+		     bar_x (s, screen_width), bar_y (s), screen_width, 
 		     (FONT_HEIGHT (s->font) + BAR_Y_PADDING * 2));
   XClearWindow (dpy, s->input_window);
   XRaiseWindow (dpy, s->input_window);