bar height

When embedded into another window, dmenu will fail with the BadMatch
error if that window have not the same colormap/depth/visual as the
root window.

That happens because dmenu inherits the colormap/depth/visual from
its parent, but draws on a pixmap created based on the root window
using a GC created for the root window (see drw.c).  A BadMatch will
occur when copying the content of the pixmap into dmenu's window.

A solution is to create dmenu's window inside root and then reparent
it if embeded.

See this mail[1] on ports@openbsd.org mailing list for context.

[1]: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=168072150814664&w=2

LICENSE

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ MIT/X Consortium License
 © 2009 Markus Schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
 © 2009 Evan Gates <evan.gates@gmail.com>
 © 2010-2012 Connor Lane Smith <cls@lubutu.com>
-© 2014-2019 Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>
+© 2014-2022 Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org>
-© 2015-2018 Quentin Rameau <quinq@fifth.space>
+© 2015-2019 Quentin Rameau <quinq@fifth.space>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
 copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),

config.def.h

@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 /* Default settings; can be overriden by command line. */
 
 static int topbar = 1;                      /* -b  option; if 0, dmenu appears at bottom     */
+static const unsigned int alpha = 0xf0;
 /* -fn option overrides fonts[0]; default X11 font or font set */
+static const int user_bt = 0;               /* add an defined amount of pixels to the bar height */
+
 static const char *fonts[] = {
 	"monospace:size=10"
 };
@@ -13,6 +16,13 @@ static const char *colors[SchemeLast][2] = {
 	[SchemeSel] = { "#eeeeee", "#005577" },
 	[SchemeOut] = { "#000000", "#00ffff" },
 };
+
+static const unsigned int alphas[SchemeLast][2] = {
+	[SchemeNorm] = { OPAQUE, alpha },
+	[SchemeSel] = { OPAQUE, alpha },
+	[SchemeOut] = { OPAQUE, alpha },
+};
+
 /* -l option; if nonzero, dmenu uses vertical list with given number of lines */
 static unsigned int lines      = 0;
 

config.mk

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # dmenu version
-VERSION = 4.9
+VERSION = 5.2
 
 # paths
 PREFIX = /usr/local
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ FREETYPELIBS = -lfontconfig -lXft
 FREETYPEINC = /usr/include/freetype2
 # OpenBSD (uncomment)
 #FREETYPEINC = $(X11INC)/freetype2
+#MANPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/man
 
 # includes and libs
 INCS = -I$(X11INC) -I$(FREETYPEINC)

dmenu.c

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 #include <X11/Xatom.h>
+#include <X11/Xproto.h>
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #ifdef XINERAMA
 #include <X11/extensions/Xinerama.h>
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@
 #define LENGTH(X)             (sizeof X / sizeof X[0])
 #define TEXTW(X)              (drw_fontset_getwidth(drw, (X)) + lrpad)
 
+#define OPAQUE                0xffU
+
 /* enums */
 enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSel, SchemeOut, SchemeLast }; /* color schemes */
 
@@ -53,10 +56,23 @@ static XIC xic;
 static Drw *drw;
 static Clr *scheme[SchemeLast];
 
+static int useargb = 0;
+static Visual *visual;
+static int depth;
+static Colormap cmap;
+
 #include "config.h"
 
 static int (*fstrncmp)(const char *, const char *, size_t) = strncmp;
 static char *(*fstrstr)(const char *, const char *) = strstr;
+static void xinitvisual();
+
+static unsigned int
+textw_clamp(const char *str, unsigned int n)
+{
+	unsigned int w = drw_fontset_getwidth_clamp(drw, str, n) + lrpad;
+	return MIN(w, n);
+}
 
 static void
 appenditem(struct item *item, struct item **list, struct item **last)
@@ -82,10 +98,10 @@ calcoffsets(void)
 		n = mw - (promptw + inputw + TEXTW("<") + TEXTW(">"));
 	/* calculate which items will begin the next page and previous page */
 	for (i = 0, next = curr; next; next = next->right)
-		if ((i += (lines > 0) ? bh : MIN(TEXTW(next->text), n)) > n)
+		if ((i += (lines > 0) ? bh : textw_clamp(next->text, n)) > n)
 			break;
 	for (i = 0, prev = curr; prev && prev->left; prev = prev->left)
-		if ((i += (lines > 0) ? bh : MIN(TEXTW(prev->left->text), n)) > n)
+		if ((i += (lines > 0) ? bh : textw_clamp(prev->left->text, n)) > n)
 			break;
 }
 
@@ -97,19 +113,29 @@ cleanup(void)
 	XUngrabKey(dpy, AnyKey, AnyModifier, root);
 	for (i = 0; i < SchemeLast; i++)
 		free(scheme[i]);
+	for (i = 0; items && items[i].text; ++i)
+		free(items[i].text);
+	free(items);
 	drw_free(drw);
 	XSync(dpy, False);
 	XCloseDisplay(dpy);
 }
 
 static char *
-cistrstr(const char *s, const char *sub)
+cistrstr(const char *h, const char *n)
 {
-	size_t len;
+	size_t i;
 
-	for (len = strlen(sub); *s; s++)
+	if (!n[0])
-		if (!strncasecmp(s, sub, len))
+		return (char *)h;
-			return (char *)s;
+
+	for (; *h; ++h) {
+		for (i = 0; n[i] && tolower((unsigned char)n[i]) ==
+		            tolower((unsigned char)h[i]); ++i)
+			;
+		if (n[i] == '\0')
+			return (char *)h;
+	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -165,7 +191,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
 		}
 		x += w;
 		for (item = curr; item != next; item = item->right)
-			x = drawitem(item, x, 0, MIN(TEXTW(item->text), mw - x - TEXTW(">")));
+			x = drawitem(item, x, 0, textw_clamp(item->text, mw - x - TEXTW(">")));
 		if (next) {
 			w = TEXTW(">");
 			drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
@@ -225,7 +251,7 @@ match(void)
 	/* separate input text into tokens to be matched individually */
 	for (s = strtok(buf, " "); s; tokv[tokc - 1] = s, s = strtok(NULL, " "))
 		if (++tokc > tokn && !(tokv = realloc(tokv, ++tokn * sizeof *tokv)))
-			die("cannot realloc %u bytes:", tokn * sizeof *tokv);
+			die("cannot realloc %zu bytes:", tokn * sizeof *tokv);
 	len = tokc ? strlen(tokv[0]) : 0;
 
 	matches = lprefix = lsubstr = matchend = prefixend = substrend = NULL;
@@ -307,19 +333,19 @@ movewordedge(int dir)
 static void
 keypress(XKeyEvent *ev)
 {
-	char buf[32];
+	char buf[64];
 	int len;
-	KeySym ksym;
+	KeySym ksym = NoSymbol;
 	Status status;
 
 	len = XmbLookupString(xic, ev, buf, sizeof buf, &ksym, &status);
 	switch (status) {
 	default: /* XLookupNone, XBufferOverflow */
 		return;
-	case XLookupChars:
+	case XLookupChars: /* composed string from input method */
 		goto insert;
 	case XLookupKeySym:
-	case XLookupBoth:
+	case XLookupBoth: /* a KeySym and a string are returned: use keysym */
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -360,9 +386,11 @@ keypress(XKeyEvent *ev)
 			                  utf8, utf8, win, CurrentTime);
 			return;
 		case XK_Left:
+		case XK_KP_Left:
 			movewordedge(-1);
 			goto draw;
 		case XK_Right:
+		case XK_KP_Right:
 			movewordedge(+1);
 			goto draw;
 		case XK_Return:
@@ -396,10 +424,11 @@ keypress(XKeyEvent *ev)
 	switch(ksym) {
 	default:
 insert:
-		if (!iscntrl(*buf))
+		if (!iscntrl((unsigned char)*buf))
 			insert(buf, len);
 		break;
 	case XK_Delete:
+	case XK_KP_Delete:
 		if (text[cursor] == '\0')
 			return;
 		cursor = nextrune(+1);
@@ -410,6 +439,7 @@ insert:
 		insert(NULL, nextrune(-1) - cursor);
 		break;
 	case XK_End:
+	case XK_KP_End:
 		if (text[cursor] != '\0') {
 			cursor = strlen(text);
 			break;
@@ -429,6 +459,7 @@ insert:
 		cleanup();
 		exit(1);
 	case XK_Home:
+	case XK_KP_Home:
 		if (sel == matches) {
 			cursor = 0;
 			break;
@@ -437,6 +468,7 @@ insert:
 		calcoffsets();
 		break;
 	case XK_Left:
+	case XK_KP_Left:
 		if (cursor > 0 && (!sel || !sel->left || lines > 0)) {
 			cursor = nextrune(-1);
 			break;
@@ -445,18 +477,21 @@ insert:
 			return;
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case XK_Up:
+	case XK_KP_Up:
 		if (sel && sel->left && (sel = sel->left)->right == curr) {
 			curr = prev;
 			calcoffsets();
 		}
 		break;
 	case XK_Next:
+	case XK_KP_Next:
 		if (!next)
 			return;
 		sel = curr = next;
 		calcoffsets();
 		break;
 	case XK_Prior:
+	case XK_KP_Prior:
 		if (!prev)
 			return;
 		sel = curr = prev;
@@ -473,6 +508,7 @@ insert:
 			sel->out = 1;
 		break;
 	case XK_Right:
+	case XK_KP_Right:
 		if (text[cursor] != '\0') {
 			cursor = nextrune(+1);
 			break;
@@ -481,6 +517,7 @@ insert:
 			return;
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case XK_Down:
+	case XK_KP_Down:
 		if (sel && sel->right && (sel = sel->right) == next) {
 			curr = next;
 			calcoffsets();
@@ -489,9 +526,9 @@ insert:
 	case XK_Tab:
 		if (!sel)
 			return;
-		strncpy(text, sel->text, sizeof text - 1);
+		cursor = strnlen(sel->text, sizeof text - 1);
-		text[sizeof text - 1] = '\0';
+		memcpy(text, sel->text, cursor);
-		cursor = strlen(text);
+		text[cursor] = '\0';
 		match();
 		break;
 	}
@@ -521,29 +558,27 @@ paste(void)
 static void
 readstdin(void)
 {
-	char buf[sizeof text], *p;
+	char *line = NULL;
-	size_t i, imax = 0, size = 0;
+	size_t i, itemsiz = 0, linesiz = 0;
-	unsigned int tmpmax = 0;
+	ssize_t len;
 
 	/* read each line from stdin and add it to the item list */
-	for (i = 0; fgets(buf, sizeof buf, stdin); i++) {
+	for (i = 0; (len = getline(&line, &linesiz, stdin)) != -1; i++) {
-		if (i + 1 >= size / sizeof *items)
+		if (i + 1 >= itemsiz) {
-			if (!(items = realloc(items, (size += BUFSIZ))))
+			itemsiz += 256;
-				die("cannot realloc %u bytes:", size);
+			if (!(items = realloc(items, itemsiz * sizeof(*items))))
-		if ((p = strchr(buf, '\n')))
+				die("cannot realloc %zu bytes:", itemsiz * sizeof(*items));
-			*p = '\0';
-		if (!(items[i].text = strdup(buf)))
-			die("cannot strdup %u bytes:", strlen(buf) + 1);
-		items[i].out = 0;
-		drw_font_getexts(drw->fonts, buf, strlen(buf), &tmpmax, NULL);
-		if (tmpmax > inputw) {
-			inputw = tmpmax;
-			imax = i;
 		}
+		if (line[len - 1] == '\n')
+			line[len - 1] = '\0';
+		if (!(items[i].text = strdup(line)))
+			die("strdup:");
+
+		items[i].out = 0;
 	}
+	free(line);
 	if (items)
 		items[i].text = NULL;
-	inputw = items ? TEXTW(items[imax].text) : 0;
 	lines = MIN(lines, i);
 }
 
@@ -553,9 +588,14 @@ run(void)
 	XEvent ev;
 
 	while (!XNextEvent(dpy, &ev)) {
-		if (XFilterEvent(&ev, None))
+		if (XFilterEvent(&ev, win))
 			continue;
 		switch(ev.type) {
+		case DestroyNotify:
+			if (ev.xdestroywindow.window != win)
+				break;
+			cleanup();
+			exit(1);
 		case Expose:
 			if (ev.xexpose.count == 0)
 				drw_map(drw, win, 0, 0, mw, mh);
@@ -597,13 +637,14 @@ setup(void)
 #endif
 	/* init appearance */
 	for (j = 0; j < SchemeLast; j++)
-		scheme[j] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[j], 2);
+		scheme[j] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[j], alphas[i], 2);
 
 	clip = XInternAtom(dpy, "CLIPBOARD",   False);
 	utf8 = XInternAtom(dpy, "UTF8_STRING", False);
 
 	/* calculate menu geometry */
-	bh = drw->fonts->h + 2;
+	bh = drw->fonts->h;
+	bh = user_bh ? bh + user_bh : bh + 2;
 	lines = MAX(lines, 0);
 	mh = (lines + 1) * bh;
 #ifdef XINERAMA
@@ -629,12 +670,13 @@ setup(void)
 		/* no focused window is on screen, so use pointer location instead */
 		if (mon < 0 && !area && XQueryPointer(dpy, root, &dw, &dw, &x, &y, &di, &di, &du))
 			for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
-				if (INTERSECT(x, y, 1, 1, info[i]))
+				if (INTERSECT(x, y, 1, 1, info[i]) != 0)
 					break;
 
 		x = info[i].x_org;
 		y = info[i].y_org + (topbar ? 0 : info[i].height - mh);
 		mw = info[i].width;
+
 		XFree(info);
 	} else
 #endif
@@ -647,27 +689,32 @@ setup(void)
 		mw = wa.width;
 	}
 	promptw = (prompt && *prompt) ? TEXTW(prompt) - lrpad / 4 : 0;
-	inputw = MIN(inputw, mw/3);
+	inputw = mw / 3; /* input width: ~33% of monitor width */
 	match();
 
 	/* create menu window */
 	swa.override_redirect = True;
-	swa.background_pixel = scheme[SchemeNorm][ColBg].pixel;
+	swa.background_pixel = 0;
+	swa.border_pixel = 0;
+	swa.colormap = cmap;
 	swa.event_mask = ExposureMask | KeyPressMask | VisibilityChangeMask;
-	win = XCreateWindow(dpy, parentwin, x, y, mw, mh, 0,
+	win = XCreateWindow(dpy, parentwin, x, y, mw, mh, border_width,
-	                    CopyFromParent, CopyFromParent, CopyFromParent,
+	                    depth, CopyFromParent, visual,
-	                    CWOverrideRedirect | CWBackPixel | CWEventMask, &swa);
+	                    CWOverrideRedirect | CWBackPixel | CWBorderPixel | CWColormap | CWEventMask, &swa);
 	XSetClassHint(dpy, win, &ch);
 
-	/* open input methods */
+
-	xim = XOpenIM(dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+	/* input methods */
+	if ((xim = XOpenIM(dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL)) == NULL)
+		die("XOpenIM failed: could not open input device");
+
 	xic = XCreateIC(xim, XNInputStyle, XIMPreeditNothing | XIMStatusNothing,
 	                XNClientWindow, win, XNFocusWindow, win, NULL);
 
 	XMapRaised(dpy, win);
-	XSetInputFocus(dpy, win, RevertToParent, CurrentTime);
 	if (embed) {
-		XSelectInput(dpy, parentwin, FocusChangeMask);
+		XReparentWindow(dpy, win, parentwin, x, y);
+		XSelectInput(dpy, parentwin, FocusChangeMask | SubstructureNotifyMask);
 		if (XQueryTree(dpy, parentwin, &dw, &w, &dws, &du) && dws) {
 			for (i = 0; i < du && dws[i] != win; ++i)
 				XSelectInput(dpy, dws[i], FocusChangeMask);
@@ -682,9 +729,8 @@ setup(void)
 static void
 usage(void)
 {
-	fputs("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
+	die("usage: dmenu [-bfiv] [-l lines] [-p prompt] [-fn font] [-m monitor]\n"
-	      "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]\n", stderr);
+	    "             [-nb color] [-nf color] [-sb color] [-sf color] [-w windowid]");
-	exit(1);
 }
 
 int
@@ -731,8 +777,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	if (!setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "") || !XSupportsLocale())
 		fputs("warning: no locale support\n", stderr);
-	if (!XSetLocaleModifiers(""))
-		fputs("warning: no locale modifiers support\n", stderr);
 	if (!(dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)))
 		die("cannot open display");
 	screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
@@ -742,7 +786,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!XGetWindowAttributes(dpy, parentwin, &wa))
 		die("could not get embedding window attributes: 0x%lx",
 		    parentwin);
-	drw = drw_create(dpy, screen, root, wa.width, wa.height);
+	xinitvisual();
+	drw = drw_create(dpy, screen, root, wa.width, wa.height, visual, depth, cmap);
 	if (!drw_fontset_create(drw, fonts, LENGTH(fonts)))
 		die("no fonts could be loaded.");
 	lrpad = drw->fonts->h;
@@ -764,3 +809,40 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	return 1; /* unreachable */
 }
+
+ 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);
+	}
+}

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
@@ -95,6 +98,7 @@ drw_free(Drw *drw)
 {
 	XFreePixmap(drw->dpy, drw->drawable);
 	XFreeGC(drw->dpy, drw->gc);
+	drw_fontset_free(drw->fonts);
 	free(drw);
 }
 
@@ -132,19 +136,6 @@ xfont_create(Drw *drw, const char *fontname, FcPattern *fontpattern)
 		die("no font specified.");
 	}
 
-	/* Do not allow using color fonts. This is a workaround for a BadLength
-	 * error from Xft with color glyphs. Modelled on the Xterm workaround. See
-	 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498269
-	 * https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1701/30932.html
-	 * https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916349
-	 * and lots more all over the internet.
-	 */
-	FcBool iscol;
-	if(FcPatternGetBool(xfont->pattern, FC_COLOR, 0, &iscol) == FcResultMatch && iscol) {
-		XftFontClose(drw->dpy, xfont);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	font = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Fnt));
 	font->xfont = xfont;
 	font->pattern = pattern;
@@ -193,21 +184,22 @@ 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 +209,7 @@ 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;
 }
 
@@ -250,12 +242,10 @@ drw_rect(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, int filled, int
 int
 drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lpad, const char *text, int invert)
 {
-	char buf[1024];
+	int i, ty, ellipsis_x = 0;
-	int ty;
+	unsigned int tmpw, ew, ellipsis_w = 0, ellipsis_len;
-	unsigned int ew;
 	XftDraw *d = NULL;
 	Fnt *usedfont, *curfont, *nextfont;
-	size_t i, len;
 	int utf8strlen, utf8charlen, render = x || y || w || h;
 	long utf8codepoint = 0;
 	const char *utf8str;
@@ -263,26 +253,30 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
 	FcPattern *fcpattern;
 	FcPattern *match;
 	XftResult result;
-	int charexists = 0;
+	int charexists = 0, overflow = 0;
+	/* keep track of a couple codepoints for which we have no match. */
+	enum { nomatches_len = 64 };
+	static struct { long codepoint[nomatches_len]; unsigned int idx; } nomatches;
+	static unsigned int ellipsis_width = 0;
 
-	if (!drw || (render && !drw->scheme) || !text || !drw->fonts)
+	if (!drw || (render && (!drw->scheme || !w)) || !text || !drw->fonts)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!render) {
-		w = ~w;
+		w = invert ? invert : ~invert;
 	} 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;
 	}
 
 	usedfont = drw->fonts;
+	if (!ellipsis_width && render)
+		ellipsis_width = drw_fontset_getwidth(drw, "...");
 	while (1) {
-		utf8strlen = 0;
+		ew = ellipsis_len = utf8strlen = 0;
 		utf8str = text;
 		nextfont = NULL;
 		while (*text) {
@@ -290,9 +284,27 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
 			for (curfont = drw->fonts; curfont; curfont = curfont->next) {
 				charexists = charexists || XftCharExists(drw->dpy, curfont->xfont, utf8codepoint);
 				if (charexists) {
-					if (curfont == usedfont) {
+					drw_font_getexts(curfont, text, utf8charlen, &tmpw, NULL);
+					if (ew + ellipsis_width <= w) {
+						/* keep track where the ellipsis still fits */
+						ellipsis_x = x + ew;
+						ellipsis_w = w - ew;
+						ellipsis_len = utf8strlen;
+					}
+
+					if (ew + tmpw > w) {
+						overflow = 1;
+						/* called from drw_fontset_getwidth_clamp():
+						 * it wants the width AFTER the overflow
+						 */
+						if (!render)
+							x += tmpw;
+						else
+							utf8strlen = ellipsis_len;
+					} else if (curfont == usedfont) {
 						utf8strlen += utf8charlen;
 						text += utf8charlen;
+						ew += tmpw;
 					} else {
 						nextfont = curfont;
 					}
@@ -300,36 +312,25 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
 				}
 			}
 
-			if (!charexists || nextfont)
+			if (overflow || !charexists || nextfont)
 				break;
 			else
 				charexists = 0;
 		}
 
 		if (utf8strlen) {
-			drw_font_getexts(usedfont, utf8str, utf8strlen, &ew, NULL);
+			if (render) {
-			/* shorten text if necessary */
+				ty = y + (h - usedfont->h) / 2 + usedfont->xfont->ascent;
-			for (len = MIN(utf8strlen, sizeof(buf) - 1); len && ew > w; len--)
+				XftDrawStringUtf8(d, &drw->scheme[invert ? ColBg : ColFg],
-				drw_font_getexts(usedfont, utf8str, len, &ew, NULL);
+				                  usedfont->xfont, x, ty, (XftChar8 *)utf8str, utf8strlen);
-
-			if (len) {
-				memcpy(buf, utf8str, len);
-				buf[len] = '\0';
-				if (len < utf8strlen)
-					for (i = len; i && i > len - 3; buf[--i] = '.')
-						; /* NOP */
-
-				if (render) {
-					ty = y + (h - usedfont->h) / 2 + usedfont->xfont->ascent;
-					XftDrawStringUtf8(d, &drw->scheme[invert ? ColBg : ColFg],
-					                  usedfont->xfont, x, ty, (XftChar8 *)buf, len);
-				}
-				x += ew;
-				w -= ew;
 			}
+			x += ew;
+			w -= ew;
 		}
+		if (render && overflow)
+			drw_text(drw, ellipsis_x, y, ellipsis_w, h, 0, "...", invert);
 
-		if (!*text) {
+		if (!*text || overflow) {
 			break;
 		} else if (nextfont) {
 			charexists = 0;
@@ -339,6 +340,12 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
 			 * character must be drawn. */
 			charexists = 1;
 
+			for (i = 0; i < nomatches_len; ++i) {
+				/* avoid calling XftFontMatch if we know we won't find a match */
+				if (utf8codepoint == nomatches.codepoint[i])
+					goto no_match;
+			}
+
 			fccharset = FcCharSetCreate();
 			FcCharSetAddChar(fccharset, utf8codepoint);
 
@@ -350,7 +357,6 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
 			fcpattern = FcPatternDuplicate(drw->fonts->pattern);
 			FcPatternAddCharSet(fcpattern, FC_CHARSET, fccharset);
 			FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_SCALABLE, FcTrue);
-			FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_COLOR, FcFalse);
 
 			FcConfigSubstitute(NULL, fcpattern, FcMatchPattern);
 			FcDefaultSubstitute(fcpattern);
@@ -367,6 +373,8 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
 					curfont->next = usedfont;
 				} else {
 					xfont_free(usedfont);
+					nomatches.codepoint[++nomatches.idx % nomatches_len] = utf8codepoint;
+no_match:
 					usedfont = drw->fonts;
 				}
 			}
@@ -396,6 +404,15 @@ drw_fontset_getwidth(Drw *drw, const char *text)
 	return drw_text(drw, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, text, 0);
 }
 
+unsigned int
+drw_fontset_getwidth_clamp(Drw *drw, const char *text, unsigned int n)
+{
+	unsigned int tmp = 0;
+	if (drw && drw->fonts && text && n)
+		tmp = drw_text(drw, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, text, n);
+	return MIN(n, tmp);
+}
+
 void
 drw_font_getexts(Fnt *font, const char *text, unsigned int len, unsigned int *w, unsigned int *h)
 {

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*, unsigned int, Colormap);
 void drw_resize(Drw *drw, unsigned int w, unsigned int h);
 void drw_free(Drw *drw);
 
@@ -35,11 +38,12 @@ void drw_free(Drw *drw);
 Fnt *drw_fontset_create(Drw* drw, const char *fonts[], size_t fontcount);
 void drw_fontset_free(Fnt* set);
 unsigned int drw_fontset_getwidth(Drw *drw, const char *text);
+unsigned int drw_fontset_getwidth_clamp(Drw *drw, const char *text, unsigned int n);
 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);

stest.c

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (!argc) {
 		/* read list from stdin */
 		while ((n = getline(&line, &linesiz, stdin)) > 0) {
-			if (n && line[n - 1] == '\n')
+			if (line[n - 1] == '\n')
 				line[n - 1] = '\0';
 			test(line, line);
 		}

util.c

@@ -6,18 +6,9 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 
-void *
-ecalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
-{
-	void *p;
-
-	if (!(p = calloc(nmemb, size)))
-		die("calloc:");
-	return p;
-}
-
 void
-die(const char *fmt, ...) {
+die(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
 	va_list ap;
 
 	va_start(ap, fmt);
@@ -33,3 +24,13 @@ die(const char *fmt, ...) {
 
 	exit(1);
 }
+
+void *
+ecalloc(size_t nmemb, size_t size)
+{
+	void *p;
+
+	if (!(p = calloc(nmemb, size)))
+		die("calloc:");
+	return p;
+}