Alpha, adds transparency for the status bar. - dwm - my version of dwm (frankenstein's monster)
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 (DIR) parent cd3b62b66b72192d1f68e244ca6a9c4c49162278
 (HTM) Author: drkhsh <me@drkhsh.at>
       Date:   Mon, 10 Jan 2022 10:55:28 +0100
       
       Alpha, adds transparency for the status bar.
       
       Allow dwm to have translucent bars, while keeping all the text on it opaque,
       just like the alpha-patch for st.
       
       Refer to https://dwm.suckless.org/patches/alpha/
       
       Diffstat:
         M config.def.h                        |       7 +++++++
         M config.mk                           |       2 +-
         M drw.c                               |      26 ++++++++++++++------------
         M drw.h                               |       9 ++++++---
         M dwm.c                               |      60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
       
       5 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
       ---
 (DIR) diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
       @@ -19,11 +19,18 @@ 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" };
 (DIR) diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
       @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ 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_XOPEN_SOURCE=700L -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\" ${XINERAMAFLAGS}
 (DIR) diff --git 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
       @@ -181,21 +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),
       -                               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;
       @@ -205,7 +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;
        }
        
       @@ -263,9 +267,7 @@ 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;
                }
 (DIR) diff --git 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);
        
       @@ -39,8 +42,8 @@ unsigned int drw_fontset_getwidth_clamp(Drw *drw, const char *text, unsigned int
        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);
 (DIR) diff --git 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, CurDragFact, CurLast }; /* cursor */
        enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSel }; /* color schemes */
       @@ -254,6 +256,7 @@ 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 */
       @@ -291,6 +294,11 @@ 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"
        
       @@ -1759,7 +1767,8 @@ 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;
       @@ -1791,7 +1800,7 @@ 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();
       @@ -2043,16 +2052,18 @@ 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->bx, m->by, m->bw, bh, 0, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen),
       -                                CopyFromParent, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen),
       -                                CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixmap|CWEventMask, &wa);
       +                m->barwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, m->bx, m->by, m->bw, 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);
       @@ -2373,6 +2384,43 @@ xerrorstart(Display *dpy, XErrorEvent *ee)
        }
        
        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)
        {
                Client *c = selmon->sel;