make opaque

README.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ This repository is set up according to the
 The list below shows the currently applied patches to the master branch.
 
 - dwm-actualfullscreen-20191112-cb3f58a.diff (enables true fullscreen)
+- dwm-alpha-20180613-b69c870.diff (adds transparency)
 - dwm-alttagsdecoration-2020010304-cb3f58a.diff (enables different icons for tags with windows)
 - dwm-bottomstack-20160719-56a31dc.diff (adds bottomstack and bottomstackhorizontal layout)
 - dwm-center-6.1.diff (adds ability to center floating windows at launch)

config.def.h

@@ -20,11 +20,18 @@ static const char normfgcolor[]     = "#dfdfdf";
 static const char selfgcolor[]      = "#eeeeee";
 static const char selbordercolor[]  = "#555a63";
 static const char selbgcolor[]      = "#282828";
+static const unsigned int baralpha = 0xff;
+static const unsigned int borderalpha = OPAQUE;
 static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 	/*               fg         bg         border   */
 	[SchemeNorm] = { normfgcolor, normbgcolor, normbordercolor },
 	[SchemeSel]  = { selfgcolor, selbgcolor,  selbordercolor },
 };
+static const unsigned int alphas[][3]      = {
+	/*               fg      bg        border     */
+	[SchemeNorm] = { OPAQUE, baralpha, borderalpha },
+	[SchemeSel]  = { OPAQUE, baralpha, borderalpha },
+};
 
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" };

config.h

@@ -20,11 +20,18 @@ static const char normfgcolor[]     = "#dfdfdf";
 static const char selfgcolor[]      = "#eeeeee";
 static const char selbordercolor[]  = "#555a63";
 static const char selbgcolor[]      = "#282828";
+static const unsigned int baralpha = 0xff;
+static const unsigned int borderalpha = OPAQUE;
 static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 	/*               fg         bg         border   */
 	[SchemeNorm] = { normfgcolor, normbgcolor, normbordercolor },
 	[SchemeSel]  = { selfgcolor, selbgcolor,  selbordercolor },
 };
+static const unsigned int alphas[][3]      = {
+	/*               fg      bg        border     */
+	[SchemeNorm] = { OPAQUE, baralpha, borderalpha },
+	[SchemeSel]  = { OPAQUE, baralpha, borderalpha },
+};
 
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" };

config.mk

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ FREETYPEINC = /usr/include/freetype2
 
 # includes and libs
 INCS = -I${X11INC} -I${FREETYPEINC}
-LIBS = -L${X11LIB} -lX11 ${XINERAMALIBS} ${FREETYPELIBS}
+LIBS = -L${X11LIB} -lX11 ${XINERAMALIBS} ${FREETYPELIBS} -lXrender
 
 # flags
 CPPFLAGS = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=2 -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\" ${XINERAMAFLAGS}

drw.c

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ utf8decode(const char *c, long *u, size_t clen)
 }
 
 Drw *
-drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window root, unsigned int w, unsigned int h)
+drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window root, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, Visual *visual, unsigned int depth, Colormap cmap)
 {
 	Drw *drw = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Drw));
 
@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window root, unsigned int w, unsigned int h
 	drw->root = root;
 	drw->w = w;
 	drw->h = h;
-	drw->drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, w, h, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen));
+	drw->visual = visual;
-	drw->gc = XCreateGC(dpy, root, 0, NULL);
+	drw->depth = depth;
+	drw->cmap = cmap;
+	drw->drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, w, h, depth);
+	drw->gc = XCreateGC(dpy, drw->drawable, 0, NULL);
 	XSetLineAttributes(dpy, drw->gc, 1, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinMiter);
 
 	return drw;
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ drw_resize(Drw *drw, unsigned int w, unsigned int h)
 	drw->h = h;
 	if (drw->drawable)
 		XFreePixmap(drw->dpy, drw->drawable);
-	drw->drawable = XCreatePixmap(drw->dpy, drw->root, w, h, DefaultDepth(drw->dpy, drw->screen));
+	drw->drawable = XCreatePixmap(drw->dpy, drw->root, w, h, drw->depth);
 }
 
 void
@@ -193,21 +196,22 @@ drw_fontset_free(Fnt *font)
 }
 
 void
-drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname)
+drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname, unsigned int alpha)
 {
 	if (!drw || !dest || !clrname)
 		return;
 
-	if (!XftColorAllocName(drw->dpy, DefaultVisual(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
+	if (!XftColorAllocName(drw->dpy, drw->visual, drw->cmap,
-	                       DefaultColormap(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
 	                       clrname, dest))
 		die("error, cannot allocate color '%s'", clrname);
+
+	dest->pixel = (dest->pixel & 0x00ffffffU) | (alpha << 24);
 }
 
 /* Wrapper to create color schemes. The caller has to call free(3) on the
  * returned color scheme when done using it. */
 Clr *
-drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
+drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], const unsigned int alphas[], size_t clrcount)
 {
 	size_t i;
 	Clr *ret;
@@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
 		return NULL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < clrcount; i++)
-		drw_clr_create(drw, &ret[i], clrnames[i]);
+		drw_clr_create(drw, &ret[i], clrnames[i], alphas[i]);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -273,9 +277,7 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
 	} else {
 		XSetForeground(drw->dpy, drw->gc, drw->scheme[invert ? ColFg : ColBg].pixel);
 		XFillRectangle(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->gc, x, y, w, h);
-		d = XftDrawCreate(drw->dpy, drw->drawable,
+		d = XftDrawCreate(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->visual, drw->cmap);
-		                  DefaultVisual(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
-		                  DefaultColormap(drw->dpy, drw->screen));
 		x += lpad;
 		w -= lpad;
 	}

drw.h

@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ typedef struct {
 	Display *dpy;
 	int screen;
 	Window root;
+	Visual *visual;
+	unsigned int depth;
+	Colormap cmap;
 	Drawable drawable;
 	GC gc;
 	Clr *scheme;
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } Drw;
 
 /* Drawable abstraction */
-Drw *drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window win, unsigned int w, unsigned int h);
+Drw *drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window win, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, Visual *visual, unsigned int depth, Colormap cmap);
 void drw_resize(Drw *drw, unsigned int w, unsigned int h);
 void drw_free(Drw *drw);
 
@@ -38,8 +41,8 @@ unsigned int drw_fontset_getwidth(Drw *drw, const char *text);
 void drw_font_getexts(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len, unsigned int *w, unsigned int *h);
 
 /* Colorscheme abstraction */
-void drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname);
+void drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname, unsigned int alpha);
-Clr *drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount);
+Clr *drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], const unsigned int alphas[], size_t clrcount);
 
 /* Cursor abstraction */
 Cur *drw_cur_create(Drw *drw, int shape);

dwm-alpha-20180613-b69c870.diff

@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+From f699934b8c8a9c15988ad359bf8fedd6c55abd53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Thomas Oltmann <thomas.oltmann.hhg@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 19:46:26 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Allow dwm to have translucent bars, while keeping all the
+ text on it opaque, just like the alpha-patch for st. Updated for b69c870.
+
+---
+ config.def.h |  7 ++++++
+ config.mk    |  2 +-
+ drw.c        | 26 ++++++++++++-----------
+ drw.h        |  9 +++++---
+ dwm.c        | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
+ 5 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 1c0b587..4f68fe8 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -12,11 +12,18 @@ static const char col_gray2[]       = "#444444";
+ static const char col_gray3[]       = "#bbbbbb";
+ static const char col_gray4[]       = "#eeeeee";
+ static const char col_cyan[]        = "#005577";
++static const unsigned int baralpha = 0xd0;
++static const unsigned int borderalpha = OPAQUE;
+ static const char *colors[][3]      = {
+ 	/*               fg         bg         border   */
+ 	[SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_gray1, col_gray2 },
+ 	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_cyan,  col_cyan  },
+ };
++static const unsigned int alphas[][3]      = {
++	/*               fg      bg        border     */
++	[SchemeNorm] = { OPAQUE, baralpha, borderalpha },
++	[SchemeSel]  = { OPAQUE, baralpha, borderalpha },
++};
+ 
+ /* tagging */
+ static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
+diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
+index 25e2685..bef8de0 100644
+--- a/config.mk
++++ b/config.mk
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ FREETYPEINC = /usr/include/freetype2
+ 
+ # includes and libs
+ INCS = -I${X11INC} -I${FREETYPEINC}
+-LIBS = -L${X11LIB} -lX11 ${XINERAMALIBS} ${FREETYPELIBS}
++LIBS = -L${X11LIB} -lX11 ${XINERAMALIBS} ${FREETYPELIBS} -lXrender
+ 
+ # flags
+ CPPFLAGS = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=2 -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\" ${XINERAMAFLAGS}
+diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
+index c638323..77fc113 100644
+--- a/drw.c
++++ b/drw.c
+@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ utf8decode(const char *c, long *u, size_t clen)
+ }
+ 
+ Drw *
+-drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window root, unsigned int w, unsigned int h)
++drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window root, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, Visual *visual, unsigned int depth, Colormap cmap)
+ {
+ 	Drw *drw = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Drw));
+ 
+@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@ drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window root, unsigned int w, unsigned int h
+ 	drw->root = root;
+ 	drw->w = w;
+ 	drw->h = h;
+-	drw->drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, w, h, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen));
+-	drw->gc = XCreateGC(dpy, root, 0, NULL);
++	drw->visual = visual;
++	drw->depth = depth;
++	drw->cmap = cmap;
++	drw->drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, w, h, depth);
++	drw->gc = XCreateGC(dpy, drw->drawable, 0, NULL);
+ 	XSetLineAttributes(dpy, drw->gc, 1, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinMiter);
+ 
+ 	return drw;
+@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ drw_resize(Drw *drw, unsigned int w, unsigned int h)
+ 	drw->h = h;
+ 	if (drw->drawable)
+ 		XFreePixmap(drw->dpy, drw->drawable);
+-	drw->drawable = XCreatePixmap(drw->dpy, drw->root, w, h, DefaultDepth(drw->dpy, drw->screen));
++	drw->drawable = XCreatePixmap(drw->dpy, drw->root, w, h, drw->depth);
+ }
+ 
+ void
+@@ -180,21 +183,22 @@ drw_fontset_free(Fnt *font)
+ }
+ 
+ void
+-drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname)
++drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname, unsigned int alpha)
+ {
+ 	if (!drw || !dest || !clrname)
+ 		return;
+ 
+-	if (!XftColorAllocName(drw->dpy, DefaultVisual(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
+-	                       DefaultColormap(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
++	if (!XftColorAllocName(drw->dpy, drw->visual, drw->cmap,
+ 	                       clrname, dest))
+ 		die("error, cannot allocate color '%s'", clrname);
++
++	dest->pixel = (dest->pixel & 0x00ffffffU) | (alpha << 24);
+ }
+ 
+ /* Wrapper to create color schemes. The caller has to call free(3) on the
+  * returned color scheme when done using it. */
+ Clr *
+-drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
++drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], const unsigned int alphas[], size_t clrcount)
+ {
+ 	size_t i;
+ 	Clr *ret;
+@@ -204,7 +208,7 @@ drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
+ 		return NULL;
+ 
+ 	for (i = 0; i < clrcount; i++)
+-		drw_clr_create(drw, &ret[i], clrnames[i]);
++		drw_clr_create(drw, &ret[i], clrnames[i], alphas[i]);
+ 	return ret;
+ }
+ 
+@@ -260,9 +264,7 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
+ 	} else {
+ 		XSetForeground(drw->dpy, drw->gc, drw->scheme[invert ? ColFg : ColBg].pixel);
+ 		XFillRectangle(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->gc, x, y, w, h);
+-		d = XftDrawCreate(drw->dpy, drw->drawable,
+-		                  DefaultVisual(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
+-		                  DefaultColormap(drw->dpy, drw->screen));
++		d = XftDrawCreate(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->visual, drw->cmap);
+ 		x += lpad;
+ 		w -= lpad;
+ 	}
+diff --git a/drw.h b/drw.h
+index 4bcd5ad..a56f523 100644
+--- a/drw.h
++++ b/drw.h
+@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ typedef struct {
+ 	Display *dpy;
+ 	int screen;
+ 	Window root;
++	Visual *visual;
++	unsigned int depth;
++	Colormap cmap;
+ 	Drawable drawable;
+ 	GC gc;
+ 	Clr *scheme;
+@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ typedef struct {
+ } Drw;
+ 
+ /* Drawable abstraction */
+-Drw *drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window win, unsigned int w, unsigned int h);
++Drw *drw_create(Display *dpy, int screen, Window win, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, Visual *visual, unsigned int depth, Colormap cmap);
+ void drw_resize(Drw *drw, unsigned int w, unsigned int h);
+ void drw_free(Drw *drw);
+ 
+@@ -38,8 +41,8 @@ unsigned int drw_fontset_getwidth(Drw *drw, const char *text);
+ void drw_font_getexts(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len, unsigned int *w, unsigned int *h);
+ 
+ /* Colorscheme abstraction */
+-void drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname);
+-Clr *drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount);
++void drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname, unsigned int alpha);
++Clr *drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], const unsigned int alphas[], size_t clrcount);
+ 
+ /* Cursor abstraction */
+ Cur *drw_cur_create(Drw *drw, int shape);
+diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
+index 4465af1..20f8309 100644
+--- a/dwm.c
++++ b/dwm.c
+@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
+ #define TAGMASK                 ((1 << LENGTH(tags)) - 1)
+ #define TEXTW(X)                (drw_fontset_getwidth(drw, (X)) + lrpad)
+ 
++#define OPAQUE                  0xffU
++
+ /* enums */
+ enum { CurNormal, CurResize, CurMove, CurLast }; /* cursor */
+ enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSel }; /* color schemes */
+@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@ static Monitor *wintomon(Window w);
+ static int xerror(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
+ static int xerrordummy(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
+ static int xerrorstart(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
++static void xinitvisual();
+ static void zoom(const Arg *arg);
+ 
+ /* variables */
+@@ -268,6 +271,11 @@ static Drw *drw;
+ static Monitor *mons, *selmon;
+ static Window root, wmcheckwin;
+ 
++static int useargb = 0;
++static Visual *visual;
++static int depth;
++static Colormap cmap;
++
+ /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
+ #include "config.h"
+ 
+@@ -1541,7 +1549,8 @@ setup(void)
+ 	sw = DisplayWidth(dpy, screen);
+ 	sh = DisplayHeight(dpy, screen);
+ 	root = RootWindow(dpy, screen);
+-	drw = drw_create(dpy, screen, root, sw, sh);
++	xinitvisual();
++	drw = drw_create(dpy, screen, root, sw, sh, visual, depth, cmap);
+ 	if (!drw_fontset_create(drw, fonts, LENGTH(fonts)))
+ 		die("no fonts could be loaded.");
+ 	lrpad = drw->fonts->h;
+@@ -1569,7 +1578,7 @@ setup(void)
+ 	/* init appearance */
+ 	scheme = ecalloc(LENGTH(colors), sizeof(Clr *));
+ 	for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(colors); i++)
+-		scheme[i] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[i], 3);
++		scheme[i] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[i], alphas[i], 3);
+ 	/* init bars */
+ 	updatebars();
+ 	updatestatus();
+@@ -1804,16 +1813,18 @@ updatebars(void)
+ 	Monitor *m;
+ 	XSetWindowAttributes wa = {
+ 		.override_redirect = True,
+-		.background_pixmap = ParentRelative,
++		.background_pixel = 0,
++		.border_pixel = 0,
++		.colormap = cmap,
+ 		.event_mask = ButtonPressMask|ExposureMask
+ 	};
+ 	XClassHint ch = {"dwm", "dwm"};
+ 	for (m = mons; m; m = m->next) {
+ 		if (m->barwin)
+ 			continue;
+-		m->barwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, m->wx, m->by, m->ww, bh, 0, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen),
+-				CopyFromParent, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen),
+-				CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixmap|CWEventMask, &wa);
++		m->barwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, m->wx, m->by, m->ww, bh, 0, depth,
++		                          InputOutput, visual,
++		                          CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixel|CWBorderPixel|CWColormap|CWEventMask, &wa);
+ 		XDefineCursor(dpy, m->barwin, cursor[CurNormal]->cursor);
+ 		XMapRaised(dpy, m->barwin);
+ 		XSetClassHint(dpy, m->barwin, &ch);
+@@ -2110,6 +2121,43 @@ xerrorstart(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee)
+ 	return -1;
+ }
+ 
++void
++xinitvisual()
++{
++	XVisualInfo *infos;
++	XRenderPictFormat *fmt;
++	int nitems;
++	int i;
++
++	XVisualInfo tpl = {
++		.screen = screen,
++		.depth = 32,
++		.class = TrueColor
++	};
++	long masks = VisualScreenMask | VisualDepthMask | VisualClassMask;
++
++	infos = XGetVisualInfo(dpy, masks, &tpl, &nitems);
++	visual = NULL;
++	for(i = 0; i < nitems; i ++) {
++		fmt = XRenderFindVisualFormat(dpy, infos[i].visual);
++		if (fmt->type == PictTypeDirect && fmt->direct.alphaMask) {
++			visual = infos[i].visual;
++			depth = infos[i].depth;
++			cmap = XCreateColormap(dpy, root, visual, AllocNone);
++			useargb = 1;
++			break;
++		}
++	}
++
++	XFree(infos);
++
++	if (! visual) {
++		visual = DefaultVisual(dpy, screen);
++		depth = DefaultDepth(dpy, screen);
++		cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
++	}
++}
++
+ void
+ zoom(const Arg *arg)
+ {
+-- 
+2.17.0
+

dwm.c

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 #define VERSION_MAJOR               0
 #define VERSION_MINOR               0
 #define XEMBED_EMBEDDED_VERSION (VERSION_MAJOR << 16) | VERSION_MINOR
+#define OPAQUE                  0xffU
 
 /* enums */
 enum { CurNormal, CurResize, CurMove, CurLast }; /* cursor */
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ static Client *wintosystrayicon(Window w);
 static int xerror(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
 static int xerrordummy(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
 static int xerrorstart(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee);
+static void xinitvisual();
 static void zoom(const Arg *arg);
 static void bstack(Monitor *m);
 static void bstackhoriz(Monitor *m);
@@ -318,6 +320,11 @@ static Drw *drw;
 static Monitor *mons, *selmon;
 static Window root, wmcheckwin;
 
+static int useargb = 0;
+static Visual *visual;
+static int depth;
+static Colormap cmap;
+
 /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
 #include "config.h"
 
@@ -954,13 +961,13 @@ drawstatusbar(Monitor *m, int bh, char* stext) {
 					char buf[8];
 					memcpy(buf, (char*)text+i+1, 7);
 					buf[7] = '\0';
-					drw_clr_create(drw, &drw->scheme[ColFg], buf);
+					drw_clr_create(drw, &drw->scheme[ColFg], buf, alphas[SchemeNorm][ColFg]);
 					i += 7;
 				} else if (text[i] == 'b') {
 					char buf[8];
 					memcpy(buf, (char*)text+i+1, 7);
 					buf[7] = '\0';
-					drw_clr_create(drw, &drw->scheme[ColBg], buf);
+					drw_clr_create(drw, &drw->scheme[ColBg], buf, alphas[SchemeNorm][ColFg]);
 					i += 7;
 				} else if (text[i] == 'd') {
 					drw->scheme[ColFg] = scheme[SchemeNorm][ColFg];
@@ -1951,7 +1958,8 @@ setup(void)
 	sw = DisplayWidth(dpy, screen);
 	sh = DisplayHeight(dpy, screen);
 	root = RootWindow(dpy, screen);
-	drw = drw_create(dpy, screen, root, sw, sh);
+	xinitvisual();
+	drw = drw_create(dpy, screen, root, sw, sh, visual, depth, cmap);
 	if (!drw_fontset_create(drw, fonts, LENGTH(fonts)))
 		die("no fonts could be loaded.");
 	lrpad = drw->fonts->h;
@@ -1985,9 +1993,9 @@ setup(void)
 	cursor[CurMove] = drw_cur_create(drw, XC_fleur);
 	/* init appearance */
 	scheme = ecalloc(LENGTH(colors) + 1, sizeof(Clr *));
-	scheme[LENGTH(colors)] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[0], 3);
+        scheme[LENGTH(colors)] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[0], alphas[0], 3);
 	for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(colors); i++)
-		scheme[i] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[i], 3);
+		scheme[i] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[i], alphas[i], 3);
 	/* init system tray */
 	updatesystray();
 	/* init bars */
@@ -2290,7 +2298,9 @@ updatebars(void)
 	Monitor *m;
 	XSetWindowAttributes wa = {
 		.override_redirect = True,
-		.background_pixmap = ParentRelative,
+		.background_pixel = 0,
+		.border_pixel = 0,
+		.colormap = cmap,
 		.event_mask = ButtonPressMask|ExposureMask
 	};
 	XClassHint ch = {"dwm", "dwm"};
@@ -2300,9 +2310,9 @@ updatebars(void)
 		w = m->ww;
 		if (showsystray && m == systraytomon(m))
 			w -= getsystraywidth();
-		m->barwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, m->wx, m->by, w, bh, 0, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen),
+		m->barwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, m->wx, m->by, w, bh, 0, depth,
-				CopyFromParent, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen),
+		                          InputOutput, visual,
-				CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixmap|CWEventMask, &wa);
+		                          CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixel|CWBorderPixel|CWColormap|CWEventMask, &wa);
 		XDefineCursor(dpy, m->barwin, cursor[CurNormal]->cursor);
 		if (showsystray && m == systraytomon(m))
 			XMapRaised(dpy, systray->win);
@@ -2598,7 +2608,7 @@ updatesystray(void)
 	XMapSubwindows(dpy, systray->win);
 	/* redraw background */
 	XSetForeground(dpy, drw->gc, scheme[SchemeNorm][ColBg].pixel);
-	XFillRectangle(dpy, systray->win, drw->gc, 0, 0, w, bh);
+        XFillRectangle(dpy, systray->win, XCreateGC(dpy, root, 0 , NULL), 0, 0, w, bh);
 	XSync(dpy, False);
 }
 
@@ -2772,6 +2782,43 @@ systraytomon(Monitor *m) {
 	return t;
 }
 
+void
+xinitvisual()
+{
+	XVisualInfo *infos;
+	XRenderPictFormat *fmt;
+	int nitems;
+	int i;
+
+	XVisualInfo tpl = {
+		.screen = screen,
+		.depth = 32,
+		.class = TrueColor
+	};
+	long masks = VisualScreenMask | VisualDepthMask | VisualClassMask;
+
+	infos = XGetVisualInfo(dpy, masks, &tpl, &nitems);
+	visual = NULL;
+	for(i = 0; i < nitems; i ++) {
+		fmt = XRenderFindVisualFormat(dpy, infos[i].visual);
+		if (fmt->type == PictTypeDirect && fmt->direct.alphaMask) {
+			visual = infos[i].visual;
+			depth = infos[i].depth;
+			cmap = XCreateColormap(dpy, root, visual, AllocNone);
+			useargb = 1;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	XFree(infos);
+
+	if (! visual) {
+		visual = DefaultVisual(dpy, screen);
+		depth = DefaultDepth(dpy, screen);
+		cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
+	}
+}
+
 void
 zoom(const Arg *arg)
 {