added control-clear patch

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+slock
+*.o
+config.h

Makefile

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dist: clean
 	@echo creating dist tarball
 	@mkdir -p slock-${VERSION}
 	@cp -R LICENSE Makefile README slock.1 config.mk \
-		${SRC} explicit_bzero.c config.def.h arg.h util.h slock-${VERSION}
+		${SRC} config.def.h arg.h util.h slock-${VERSION}
 	@tar -cf slock-${VERSION}.tar slock-${VERSION}
 	@gzip slock-${VERSION}.tar
 	@rm -rf slock-${VERSION}

config.def.h

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* user and group to drop privileges to */
 static const char *user  = "nobody";
-static const char *group = "nogroup";
+static const char *group = "nobody";
 
 static const char *colorname[NUMCOLS] = {
 	[INIT] =   "black",     /* after initialization */
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ static const char *colorname[NUMCOLS] = {
 
 /* treat a cleared input like a wrong password (color) */
 static const int failonclear = 1;
+
+/* allow control key to trigger fail on clear */
+static const int controlkeyclear = 0;

config.mk

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # slock version
-VERSION = 1.4
+VERSION = 1.5
 
 # Customize below to fit your system
 

slock-git-20161012-control-clear.diff

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index 6fba2b6..933152b 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@ static const char *colorname[NUMCOLS] = {
+ 
+ /* treat a cleared input like a wrong password */
+ static const int failonclear = 1;
++
++/* allow control key to trigger fail on clear */
++static const int controlkeyclear = 0;
+diff --git a/slock.c b/slock.c
+index 4d7f06f..15552ef 100644
+--- a/slock.c
++++ b/slock.c
+@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ readpw(Display *dpy, struct xrandr *rr, struct lock **locks, int nscreens,
+ 					passwd[len--] = '\0';
+ 				break;
+ 			default:
+-				if (num && !iscntrl((int)buf[0]) &&
+-				    (len + num < sizeof(passwd))) {
++				if (controlkeyclear && iscntrl((int)buf[0]))
++					continue;
++				if (num && (len + num < sizeof(passwd))) {
+ 					memcpy(passwd + len, buf, num);
+ 					len += num;
+ 				}

slock.c

@@ -180,8 +180,9 @@ readpw(Display *dpy, struct xrandr *rr, struct lock **locks, int nscreens,
 					passwd[--len] = '\0';
 				break;
 			default:
-				if (num && !iscntrl((int)buf[0]) &&
-				    (len + num < sizeof(passwd))) {
+				if (controlkeyclear && iscntrl((int)buf[0]))
+					continue;
+				if (num && (len + num < sizeof(passwd))) {
 					memcpy(passwd + len, buf, num);
 					len += num;
 				}