diff --git a/dmenu_charinput b/dmenu_charinput
index c3b9806..47eb89b 100755
--- a/dmenu_charinput
+++ b/dmenu_charinput
@@ -2,12 +2,334 @@
 
 # it is probably easiest to link this and unicodedata to /usr/local/bin for use with dwm
 
-# call this with the dmenu monitor and a single 'ranges' parameter for unicodedata
-# e.g. dmenu_charinput 0 '13000..1342F 1F600..1F64F'
+# call this with the dmenu monitor as $1
 
 set -eu
 
-unicodedata -ranges "$2" |
+range=$(echo '
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+0080..00FF; Latin-1 Supplement
+0100..017F; Latin Extended-A
+0180..024F; Latin Extended-B
+0250..02AF; IPA Extensions
+02B0..02FF; Spacing Modifier Letters
+0300..036F; Combining Diacritical Marks
+0370..03FF; Greek and Coptic
+0400..04FF; Cyrillic
+0500..052F; Cyrillic Supplement
+0530..058F; Armenian
+0590..05FF; Hebrew
+0600..06FF; Arabic
+0700..074F; Syriac
+0750..077F; Arabic Supplement
+0780..07BF; Thaana
+07C0..07FF; NKo
+0800..083F; Samaritan
+0840..085F; Mandaic
+0860..086F; Syriac Supplement
+0870..089F; Arabic Extended-B
+08A0..08FF; Arabic Extended-A
+0900..097F; Devanagari
+0980..09FF; Bengali
+0A00..0A7F; Gurmukhi
+0A80..0AFF; Gujarati
+0B00..0B7F; Oriya
+0B80..0BFF; Tamil
+0C00..0C7F; Telugu
+0C80..0CFF; Kannada
+0D00..0D7F; Malayalam
+0D80..0DFF; Sinhala
+0E00..0E7F; Thai
+0E80..0EFF; Lao
+0F00..0FFF; Tibetan
+1000..109F; Myanmar
+10A0..10FF; Georgian
+1100..11FF; Hangul Jamo
+1200..137F; Ethiopic
+1380..139F; Ethiopic Supplement
+13A0..13FF; Cherokee
+1400..167F; Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
+1680..169F; Ogham
+16A0..16FF; Runic
+1700..171F; Tagalog
+1720..173F; Hanunoo
+1740..175F; Buhid
+1760..177F; Tagbanwa
+1780..17FF; Khmer
+1800..18AF; Mongolian
+18B0..18FF; Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended
+1900..194F; Limbu
+1950..197F; Tai Le
+1980..19DF; New Tai Lue
+19E0..19FF; Khmer Symbols
+1A00..1A1F; Buginese
+1A20..1AAF; Tai Tham
+1AB0..1AFF; Combining Diacritical Marks Extended
+1B00..1B7F; Balinese
+1B80..1BBF; Sundanese
+1BC0..1BFF; Batak
+1C00..1C4F; Lepcha
+1C50..1C7F; Ol Chiki
+1C80..1C8F; Cyrillic Extended-C
+1C90..1CBF; Georgian Extended
+1CC0..1CCF; Sundanese Supplement
+1CD0..1CFF; Vedic Extensions
+1D00..1D7F; Phonetic Extensions
+1D80..1DBF; Phonetic Extensions Supplement
+1DC0..1DFF; Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement
+1E00..1EFF; Latin Extended Additional
+1F00..1FFF; Greek Extended
+2000..206F; General Punctuation
+2070..209F; Superscripts and Subscripts
+20A0..20CF; Currency Symbols
+20D0..20FF; Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols
+2100..214F; Letterlike Symbols
+2150..218F; Number Forms
+2190..21FF; Arrows
+2200..22FF; Mathematical Operators
+2300..23FF; Miscellaneous Technical
+2400..243F; Control Pictures
+2440..245F; Optical Character Recognition
+2460..24FF; Enclosed Alphanumerics
+2500..257F; Box Drawing
+2580..259F; Block Elements
+25A0..25FF; Geometric Shapes
+2600..26FF; Miscellaneous Symbols
+2700..27BF; Dingbats
+27C0..27EF; Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A
+27F0..27FF; Supplemental Arrows-A
+2800..28FF; Braille Patterns
+2900..297F; Supplemental Arrows-B
+2980..29FF; Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B
+2A00..2AFF; Supplemental Mathematical Operators
+2B00..2BFF; Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
+2C00..2C5F; Glagolitic
+2C60..2C7F; Latin Extended-C
+2C80..2CFF; Coptic
+2D00..2D2F; Georgian Supplement
+2D30..2D7F; Tifinagh
+2D80..2DDF; Ethiopic Extended
+2DE0..2DFF; Cyrillic Extended-A
+2E00..2E7F; Supplemental Punctuation
+2E80..2EFF; CJK Radicals Supplement
+2F00..2FDF; Kangxi Radicals
+2FF0..2FFF; Ideographic Description Characters
+3000..303F; CJK Symbols and Punctuation
+3040..309F; Hiragana
+30A0..30FF; Katakana
+3100..312F; Bopomofo
+3130..318F; Hangul Compatibility Jamo
+3190..319F; Kanbun
+31A0..31BF; Bopomofo Extended
+31C0..31EF; CJK Strokes
+31F0..31FF; Katakana Phonetic Extensions
+3200..32FF; Enclosed CJK Letters and Months
+3300..33FF; CJK Compatibility
+3400..4DBF; CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A
+4DC0..4DFF; Yijing Hexagram Symbols
+4E00..9FFF; CJK Unified Ideographs
+A000..A48F; Yi Syllables
+A490..A4CF; Yi Radicals
+A4D0..A4FF; Lisu
+A500..A63F; Vai
+A640..A69F; Cyrillic Extended-B
+A6A0..A6FF; Bamum
+A700..A71F; Modifier Tone Letters
+A720..A7FF; Latin Extended-D
+A800..A82F; Syloti Nagri
+A830..A83F; Common Indic Number Forms
+A840..A87F; Phags-pa
+A880..A8DF; Saurashtra
+A8E0..A8FF; Devanagari Extended
+A900..A92F; Kayah Li
+A930..A95F; Rejang
+A960..A97F; Hangul Jamo Extended-A
+A980..A9DF; Javanese
+A9E0..A9FF; Myanmar Extended-B
+AA00..AA5F; Cham
+AA60..AA7F; Myanmar Extended-A
+AA80..AADF; Tai Viet
+AAE0..AAFF; Meetei Mayek Extensions
+AB00..AB2F; Ethiopic Extended-A
+AB30..AB6F; Latin Extended-E
+AB70..ABBF; Cherokee Supplement
+ABC0..ABFF; Meetei Mayek
+AC00..D7AF; Hangul Syllables
+D7B0..D7FF; Hangul Jamo Extended-B
+D800..DB7F; High Surrogates
+DB80..DBFF; High Private Use Surrogates
+DC00..DFFF; Low Surrogates
+E000..F8FF; Private Use Area
+F900..FAFF; CJK Compatibility Ideographs
+FB00..FB4F; Alphabetic Presentation Forms
+FB50..FDFF; Arabic Presentation Forms-A
+FE00..FE0F; Variation Selectors
+FE10..FE1F; Vertical Forms
+FE20..FE2F; Combining Half Marks
+FE30..FE4F; CJK Compatibility Forms
+FE50..FE6F; Small Form Variants
+FE70..FEFF; Arabic Presentation Forms-B
+FF00..FFEF; Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
+FFF0..FFFF; Specials
+10000..1007F; Linear B Syllabary
+10080..100FF; Linear B Ideograms
+10100..1013F; Aegean Numbers
+10140..1018F; Ancient Greek Numbers
+10190..101CF; Ancient Symbols
+101D0..101FF; Phaistos Disc
+10280..1029F; Lycian
+102A0..102DF; Carian
+102E0..102FF; Coptic Epact Numbers
+10300..1032F; Old Italic
+10330..1034F; Gothic
+10350..1037F; Old Permic
+10380..1039F; Ugaritic
+103A0..103DF; Old Persian
+10400..1044F; Deseret
+10450..1047F; Shavian
+10480..104AF; Osmanya
+104B0..104FF; Osage
+10500..1052F; Elbasan
+10530..1056F; Caucasian Albanian
+10570..105BF; Vithkuqi
+10600..1077F; Linear A
+10780..107BF; Latin Extended-F
+10800..1083F; Cypriot Syllabary
+10840..1085F; Imperial Aramaic
+10860..1087F; Palmyrene
+10880..108AF; Nabataean
+108E0..108FF; Hatran
+10900..1091F; Phoenician
+10920..1093F; Lydian
+10980..1099F; Meroitic Hieroglyphs
+109A0..109FF; Meroitic Cursive
+10A00..10A5F; Kharoshthi
+10A60..10A7F; Old South Arabian
+10A80..10A9F; Old North Arabian
+10AC0..10AFF; Manichaean
+10B00..10B3F; Avestan
+10B40..10B5F; Inscriptional Parthian
+10B60..10B7F; Inscriptional Pahlavi
+10B80..10BAF; Psalter Pahlavi
+10C00..10C4F; Old Turkic
+10C80..10CFF; Old Hungarian
+10D00..10D3F; Hanifi Rohingya
+10E60..10E7F; Rumi Numeral Symbols
+10E80..10EBF; Yezidi
+10F00..10F2F; Old Sogdian
+10F30..10F6F; Sogdian
+10F70..10FAF; Old Uyghur
+10FB0..10FDF; Chorasmian
+10FE0..10FFF; Elymaic
+11000..1107F; Brahmi
+11080..110CF; Kaithi
+110D0..110FF; Sora Sompeng
+11100..1114F; Chakma
+11150..1117F; Mahajani
+11180..111DF; Sharada
+111E0..111FF; Sinhala Archaic Numbers
+11200..1124F; Khojki
+11280..112AF; Multani
+112B0..112FF; Khudawadi
+11300..1137F; Grantha
+11400..1147F; Newa
+11480..114DF; Tirhuta
+11580..115FF; Siddham
+11600..1165F; Modi
+11660..1167F; Mongolian Supplement
+11680..116CF; Takri
+11700..1174F; Ahom
+11800..1184F; Dogra
+118A0..118FF; Warang Citi
+11900..1195F; Dives Akuru
+119A0..119FF; Nandinagari
+11A00..11A4F; Zanabazar Square
+11A50..11AAF; Soyombo
+11AB0..11ABF; Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended-A
+11AC0..11AFF; Pau Cin Hau
+11C00..11C6F; Bhaiksuki
+11C70..11CBF; Marchen
+11D00..11D5F; Masaram Gondi
+11D60..11DAF; Gunjala Gondi
+11EE0..11EFF; Makasar
+11FB0..11FBF; Lisu Supplement
+11FC0..11FFF; Tamil Supplement
+12000..123FF; Cuneiform
+12400..1247F; Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation
+12480..1254F; Early Dynastic Cuneiform
+12F90..12FFF; Cypro-Minoan
+13000..1342F; Egyptian Hieroglyphs
+13430..1343F; Egyptian Hieroglyph Format Controls
+14400..1467F; Anatolian Hieroglyphs
+16800..16A3F; Bamum Supplement
+16A40..16A6F; Mro
+16A70..16ACF; Tangsa
+16AD0..16AFF; Bassa Vah
+16B00..16B8F; Pahawh Hmong
+16E40..16E9F; Medefaidrin
+16F00..16F9F; Miao
+16FE0..16FFF; Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation
+17000..187FF; Tangut
+18800..18AFF; Tangut Components
+18B00..18CFF; Khitan Small Script
+18D00..18D7F; Tangut Supplement
+1AFF0..1AFFF; Kana Extended-B
+1B000..1B0FF; Kana Supplement
+1B100..1B12F; Kana Extended-A
+1B130..1B16F; Small Kana Extension
+1B170..1B2FF; Nushu
+1BC00..1BC9F; Duployan
+1BCA0..1BCAF; Shorthand Format Controls
+1CF00..1CFCF; Znamenny Musical Notation
+1D000..1D0FF; Byzantine Musical Symbols
+1D100..1D1FF; Musical Symbols
+1D200..1D24F; Ancient Greek Musical Notation
+1D2E0..1D2FF; Mayan Numerals
+1D300..1D35F; Tai Xuan Jing Symbols
+1D360..1D37F; Counting Rod Numerals
+1D400..1D7FF; Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols
+1D800..1DAAF; Sutton SignWriting
+1DF00..1DFFF; Latin Extended-G
+1E000..1E02F; Glagolitic Supplement
+1E100..1E14F; Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
+1E290..1E2BF; Toto
+1E2C0..1E2FF; Wancho
+1E7E0..1E7FF; Ethiopic Extended-B
+1E800..1E8DF; Mende Kikakui
+1E900..1E95F; Adlam
+1EC70..1ECBF; Indic Siyaq Numbers
+1ED00..1ED4F; Ottoman Siyaq Numbers
+1EE00..1EEFF; Arabic Mathematical Alphabetic Symbols
+1F000..1F02F; Mahjong Tiles
+1F030..1F09F; Domino Tiles
+1F0A0..1F0FF; Playing Cards
+1F100..1F1FF; Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement
+1F200..1F2FF; Enclosed Ideographic Supplement
+1F300..1F5FF; Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs
+1F600..1F64F; Emoticons
+1F650..1F67F; Ornamental Dingbats
+1F680..1F6FF; Transport and Map Symbols
+1F700..1F77F; Alchemical Symbols
+1F780..1F7FF; Geometric Shapes Extended
+1F800..1F8FF; Supplemental Arrows-C
+1F900..1F9FF; Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs
+1FA00..1FA6F; Chess Symbols
+1FA70..1FAFF; Symbols and Pictographs Extended-A
+1FB00..1FBFF; Symbols for Legacy Computing
+20000..2A6DF; CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B
+2A700..2B73F; CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C
+2B740..2B81F; CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D
+2B820..2CEAF; CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E
+2CEB0..2EBEF; CJK Unified Ideographs Extension F
+2F800..2FA1F; CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement
+30000..3134F; CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G
+E0000..E007F; Tags
+E0100..E01EF; Variation Selectors Supplement
+F0000..FFFFF; Supplementary Private Use Area-A
+100000..10FFFF; Supplementary Private Use Area-B
+'| dmenu -m "$1" -i -l 10| awk '{print $1}' | tr -d ";\n")
+
+unicodedata -ranges "$range" |
  dmenu -m "$1" -i -l 10 |
  awk '{print $1}' |
  tr -d "\n" |