updated gitignore

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" };
@@ -103,9 +110,7 @@ static Button buttons[] = {
 	{ ClkLtSymbol,          0,              Button1,        setlayout,      {0} },
 	{ ClkLtSymbol,          0,              Button3,        setlayout,      {.v = &layouts[2]} },
 	{ ClkWinTitle,          0,              Button2,        zoom,           {0} },
-	{ ClkStatusText,        0,              Button1,        sigdwmblocks,   {.i = 1} },
+	{ ClkStatusText,        0,              Button2,        spawn,          {.v = termcmd } },
-	{ ClkStatusText,        0,              Button2,        sigdwmblocks,   {.i = 2} },
-	{ ClkStatusText,        0,              Button3,        sigdwmblocks,   {.i = 3} },
 	{ ClkClientWin,         MODKEY,         Button1,        movemouse,      {0} },
 	{ ClkClientWin,         MODKEY,         Button2,        togglefloating, {0} },
 	{ ClkClientWin,         MODKEY,         Button3,        resizemouse,    {0} },

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-statuscmd-signal-6.2.diff

@@ -1,157 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
-index 1c0b587..b67825e 100644
---- a/config.def.h
-+++ b/config.def.h
-@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ static Button buttons[] = {
- 	{ ClkLtSymbol,          0,              Button1,        setlayout,      {0} },
- 	{ ClkLtSymbol,          0,              Button3,        setlayout,      {.v = &layouts[2]} },
- 	{ ClkWinTitle,          0,              Button2,        zoom,           {0} },
--	{ ClkStatusText,        0,              Button2,        spawn,          {.v = termcmd } },
-+	{ ClkStatusText,        0,              Button1,        sigdwmblocks,   {.i = 1} },
-+	{ ClkStatusText,        0,              Button2,        sigdwmblocks,   {.i = 2} },
-+	{ ClkStatusText,        0,              Button3,        sigdwmblocks,   {.i = 3} },
- 	{ ClkClientWin,         MODKEY,         Button1,        movemouse,      {0} },
- 	{ ClkClientWin,         MODKEY,         Button2,        togglefloating, {0} },
- 	{ ClkClientWin,         MODKEY,         Button3,        resizemouse,    {0} },
-diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
-index 4465af1..c600131 100644
---- a/dwm.c
-+++ b/dwm.c
-@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ static void clientmessage(XEvent *e);
- static void configure(Client *c);
- static void configurenotify(XEvent *e);
- static void configurerequest(XEvent *e);
-+static void copyvalidchars(char *text, char *rawtext);
- static Monitor *createmon(void);
- static void destroynotify(XEvent *e);
- static void detach(Client *c);
-@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ static void focus(Client *c);
- static void focusin(XEvent *e);
- static void focusmon(const Arg *arg);
- static void focusstack(const Arg *arg);
-+static int getdwmblockspid();
- static int getrootptr(int *x, int *y);
- static long getstate(Window w);
- static int gettextprop(Window w, Atom atom, char *text, unsigned int size);
-@@ -205,6 +207,7 @@ static void setup(void);
- static void seturgent(Client *c, int urg);
- static void showhide(Client *c);
- static void sigchld(int unused);
-+static void sigdwmblocks(const Arg *arg);
- static void spawn(const Arg *arg);
- static void tag(const Arg *arg);
- static void tagmon(const Arg *arg);
-@@ -237,6 +240,9 @@ static void zoom(const Arg *arg);
- /* variables */
- static const char broken[] = "broken";
- static char stext[256];
-+static char rawstext[256];
-+static int dwmblockssig;
-+pid_t dwmblockspid = 0;
- static int screen;
- static int sw, sh;           /* X display screen geometry width, height */
- static int bh, blw = 0;      /* bar geometry */
-@@ -439,9 +445,26 @@ buttonpress(XEvent *e)
- 			arg.ui = 1 << i;
- 		} else if (ev->x < x + blw)
- 			click = ClkLtSymbol;
--		else if (ev->x > selmon->ww - TEXTW(stext))
-+		else if (ev->x > (x = selmon->ww - TEXTW(stext) + lrpad)) {
- 			click = ClkStatusText;
--		else
-+
-+			char *text = rawstext;
-+			int i = -1;
-+			char ch;
-+			dwmblockssig = 0;
-+			while (text[++i]) {
-+				if ((unsigned char)text[i] < ' ') {
-+					ch = text[i];
-+					text[i] = '\0';
-+					x += TEXTW(text) - lrpad;
-+					text[i] = ch;
-+					text += i+1;
-+					i = -1;
-+					if (x >= ev->x) break;
-+					dwmblockssig = ch;
-+				}
-+			}
-+		} else
- 			click = ClkWinTitle;
- 	} else if ((c = wintoclient(ev->window))) {
- 		focus(c);
-@@ -627,6 +650,19 @@ configurerequest(XEvent *e)
- 	XSync(dpy, False);
- }
- 
-+void
-+copyvalidchars(char *text, char *rawtext)
-+{
-+	int i = -1, j = 0;
-+
-+	while(rawtext[++i]) {
-+		if ((unsigned char)rawtext[i] >= ' ') {
-+			text[j++] = rawtext[i];
-+		}
-+	}
-+	text[j] = '\0';
-+}
-+
- Monitor *
- createmon(void)
- {
-@@ -871,6 +907,18 @@ getatomprop(Client *c, Atom prop)
- 	return atom;
- }
- 
-+int
-+getdwmblockspid()
-+{
-+	char buf[16];
-+	FILE *fp = popen("pidof -s dwmblocks", "r");
-+	fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp);
-+	pid_t pid = strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
-+	pclose(fp);
-+	dwmblockspid = pid;
-+	return pid != 0 ? 0 : -1;
-+}
-+
- int
- getrootptr(int *x, int *y)
- {
-@@ -1636,6 +1684,23 @@ sigchld(int unused)
- 	while (0 < waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG));
- }
- 
-+void
-+sigdwmblocks(const Arg *arg)
-+{
-+	union sigval sv;
-+	sv.sival_int = (dwmblockssig << 8) | arg->i;
-+	if (!dwmblockspid)
-+		if (getdwmblockspid() == -1)
-+			return;
-+
-+	if (sigqueue(dwmblockspid, SIGUSR1, sv) == -1) {
-+		if (errno == ESRCH) {
-+			if (!getdwmblockspid())
-+				sigqueue(dwmblockspid, SIGUSR1, sv);
-+		}
-+	}
-+}
-+
- void
- spawn(const Arg *arg)
- {
-@@ -1987,8 +2052,10 @@ updatesizehints(Client *c)
- void
- updatestatus(void)
- {
--	if (!gettextprop(root, XA_WM_NAME, stext, sizeof(stext)))
-+	if (!gettextprop(root, XA_WM_NAME, rawstext, sizeof(rawstext)))
- 		strcpy(stext, "dwm-"VERSION);
-+	else
-+		copyvalidchars(stext, rawstext);
- 	drawbar(selmon);
- }
- 

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 */
@@ -156,7 +158,6 @@ static void clientmessage(XEvent *e);
 static void configure(Client *c);
 static void configurenotify(XEvent *e);
 static void configurerequest(XEvent *e);
-static void copyvalidchars(char *text, char *rawtext);
 static Monitor *createmon(void);
 static void destroynotify(XEvent *e);
 static void detach(Client *c);
@@ -170,7 +171,6 @@ static void focus(Client *c);
 static void focusin(XEvent *e);
 static void focusmon(const Arg *arg);
 static void focusstack(const Arg *arg);
-static int getdwmblockspid();
 static int getrootptr(int *x, int *y);
 static long getstate(Window w);
 static int gettextprop(Window w, Atom atom, char *text, unsigned int size);
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ static void setup(void);
 static void seturgent(Client *c, int urg);
 static void showhide(Client *c);
 static void sigchld(int unused);
-static void sigdwmblocks(const Arg *arg);
 static void spawn(const Arg *arg);
 static void tag(const Arg *arg);
 static void tagmon(const Arg *arg);
@@ -235,14 +234,12 @@ 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 */
 static const char broken[] = "broken";
 static char stext[256];
-static char rawstext[256];
-static int dwmblockssig;
-pid_t dwmblockspid = 0;
 static int screen;
 static int sw, sh;           /* X display screen geometry width, height */
 static int bh, blw = 0;      /* bar geometry */
@@ -274,6 +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"
 
@@ -445,26 +447,9 @@ buttonpress(XEvent *e)
 			arg.ui = 1 << i;
 		} else if (ev->x < x + blw)
 			click = ClkLtSymbol;
-		else if (ev->x > (x = selmon->ww - TEXTW(stext) + lrpad)) {
+		else if (ev->x > selmon->ww - TEXTW(stext))
 			click = ClkStatusText;
-
+		else
-			char *text = rawstext;
-			int i = -1;
-			char ch;
-			dwmblockssig = 0;
-			while (text[++i]) {
-				if ((unsigned char)text[i] < ' ') {
-					ch = text[i];
-					text[i] = '\0';
-					x += TEXTW(text) - lrpad;
-					text[i] = ch;
-					text += i+1;
-					i = -1;
-					if (x >= ev->x) break;
-					dwmblockssig = ch;
-				}
-			}
-		} else
 			click = ClkWinTitle;
 	} else if ((c = wintoclient(ev->window))) {
 		focus(c);
@@ -650,19 +635,6 @@ configurerequest(XEvent *e)
 	XSync(dpy, False);
 }
 
-void
-copyvalidchars(char *text, char *rawtext)
-{
-	int i = -1, j = 0;
-
-	while(rawtext[++i]) {
-		if ((unsigned char)rawtext[i] >= ' ') {
-			text[j++] = rawtext[i];
-		}
-	}
-	text[j] = '\0';
-}
-
 Monitor *
 createmon(void)
 {
@@ -907,18 +879,6 @@ getatomprop(Client *c, Atom prop)
 	return atom;
 }
 
-int
-getdwmblockspid()
-{
-	char buf[16];
-	FILE *fp = popen("pidof -s dwmblocks", "r");
-	fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp);
-	pid_t pid = strtoul(buf, NULL, 10);
-	pclose(fp);
-	dwmblockspid = pid;
-	return pid != 0 ? 0 : -1;
-}
-
 int
 getrootptr(int *x, int *y)
 {
@@ -1589,7 +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;
@@ -1617,7 +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();
@@ -1684,23 +1645,6 @@ sigchld(int unused)
 	while (0 < waitpid(-1, NULL, WNOHANG));
 }
 
-void
-sigdwmblocks(const Arg *arg)
-{
-	union sigval sv;
-	sv.sival_int = (dwmblockssig << 8) | arg->i;
-	if (!dwmblockspid)
-		if (getdwmblockspid() == -1)
-			return;
-
-	if (sigqueue(dwmblockspid, SIGUSR1, sv) == -1) {
-		if (errno == ESRCH) {
-			if (!getdwmblockspid())
-				sigqueue(dwmblockspid, SIGUSR1, sv);
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 void
 spawn(const Arg *arg)
 {
@@ -1869,16 +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),
+		m->barwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, m->wx, m->by, m->ww, 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);
 		XMapRaised(dpy, m->barwin);
 		XSetClassHint(dpy, m->barwin, &ch);
@@ -2052,10 +1998,8 @@ updatesizehints(Client *c)
 void
 updatestatus(void)
 {
-	if (!gettextprop(root, XA_WM_NAME, rawstext, sizeof(rawstext)))
+	if (!gettextprop(root, XA_WM_NAME, stext, sizeof(stext)))
 		strcpy(stext, "dwm-"VERSION);
-	else
-		copyvalidchars(stext, rawstext);
 	drawbar(selmon);
 }
 
@@ -2177,6 +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)
 {