incorporating Xft instead of cairo, cairo provides far too many options

config.def.h

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
 
 /* appearance */
-static const char font[]            = "-*-terminus-medium-r-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*";
+static const char font[]            = "Liberation Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=false:autohint=false";
 static const char normbordercolor[] = "#444444";
 static const char normbgcolor[]     = "#222222";
 static const char normfgcolor[]     = "#bbbbbb";

config.mk

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ XINERAMALIBS  = -lXinerama
 XINERAMAFLAGS = -DXINERAMA
 
 # includes and libs
-INCS = -I${X11INC}
+INCS = -I${X11INC} -I/usr/include/freetype2
-LIBS = -L${X11LIB} -lX11 ${XINERAMALIBS}
+LIBS = -L${X11LIB} -lX11 ${XINERAMALIBS} -lutil -lXext -lXft -lfontconfig
 
 # flags
 CPPFLAGS = -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=2 -DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\" ${XINERAMAFLAGS}

dwm.c

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include <X11/Xproto.h>
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #include <X11/XKBlib.h>
+#include <fontconfig/fontconfig.h>
+#include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
 #ifdef XINERAMA
 #include <X11/extensions/Xinerama.h>
 #endif /* XINERAMA */
@@ -100,16 +102,15 @@ struct Client {
 
 typedef struct {
 	int x, y, w, h;
-	unsigned long norm[ColLast];
+	XftColor norm[ColLast];
-	unsigned long sel[ColLast];
+	XftColor sel[ColLast];
 	Drawable drawable;
 	GC gc;
 	struct {
 		int ascent;
 		int descent;
 		int height;
-		XFontSet set;
+		XftFont *xfont;
-		XFontStruct *xfont;
 	} font;
 } DC; /* draw context */
 
@@ -179,15 +180,15 @@ static void die(const char *errstr, ...);
 static Monitor *dirtomon(int dir);
 static void drawbar(Monitor *m);
 static void drawbars(void);
-static void drawsquare(Bool filled, Bool empty, Bool invert, unsigned long col[ColLast]);
+static void drawsquare(Bool filled, Bool empty, Bool invert, XftColor col[ColLast]);
-static void drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast], Bool invert);
+static void drawtext(const char *text, XftColor col[ColLast], Bool invert);
 static void enternotify(XEvent *e);
 static void expose(XEvent *e);
 static void focus(Client *c);
 static void focusin(XEvent *e);
 static void focusmon(const Arg *arg);
 static void focusstack(const Arg *arg);
-static unsigned long getcolor(const char *colstr);
+static XftColor getcolor(const char *colstr);
 static Bool getrootptr(int *x, int *y);
 static long getstate(Window w);
 static Bool gettextprop(Window w, Atom atom, char *text, unsigned int size);
@@ -487,10 +488,6 @@ cleanup(void) {
 	for(m = mons; m; m = m->next)
 		while(m->stack)
 			unmanage(m->stack, False);
-	if(dc.font.set)
-		XFreeFontSet(dpy, dc.font.set);
-	else
-		XFreeFont(dpy, dc.font.xfont);
 	XUngrabKey(dpy, AnyKey, AnyModifier, root);
 	XFreePixmap(dpy, dc.drawable);
 	XFreeGC(dpy, dc.gc);
@@ -723,7 +720,7 @@ void
 drawbar(Monitor *m) {
 	int x;
 	unsigned int i, occ = 0, urg = 0;
-	unsigned long *col;
+	XftColor *col;
 	Client *c;
 
 	for(c = m->clients; c; c = c->next) {
@@ -778,10 +775,10 @@ drawbars(void) {
 }
 
 void
-drawsquare(Bool filled, Bool empty, Bool invert, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
+drawsquare(Bool filled, Bool empty, Bool invert, XftColor col[ColLast]) {
 	int x;
 
-	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, col[invert ? ColBG : ColFG]);
+	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, col[invert ? ColBG : ColFG].pixel);
 	x = (dc.font.ascent + dc.font.descent + 2) / 4;
 	if(filled)
 		XFillRectangle(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, dc.x+1, dc.y+1, x+1, x+1);
@@ -790,11 +787,12 @@ drawsquare(Bool filled, Bool empty, Bool invert, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 }
 
 void
-drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast], Bool invert) {
+drawtext(const char *text, XftColor col[ColLast], Bool invert) {
 	char buf[256];
 	int i, x, y, h, len, olen;
+	XftDraw *d;
 
-	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, col[invert ? ColFG : ColBG]);
+	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, col[invert ? ColFG : ColBG].pixel);
 	XFillRectangle(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, dc.x, dc.y, dc.w, dc.h);
 	if(!text)
 		return;
@@ -809,11 +807,11 @@ drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast], Bool invert) {
 	memcpy(buf, text, len);
 	if(len < olen)
 		for(i = len; i && i > len - 3; buf[--i] = '.');
-	XSetForeground(dpy, dc.gc, col[invert ? ColBG : ColFG]);
+
-	if(dc.font.set)
+	d = XftDrawCreate(dpy, dc.drawable, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen), DefaultColormap(dpy,screen));
-		XmbDrawString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.font.set, dc.gc, x, y, buf, len);
+
-	else
+	XftDrawStringUtf8(d, &col[invert ? ColBG : ColFG], dc.font.xfont, x, y, (XftChar8 *) buf, len);
-		XDrawString(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, x, y, buf, len);
+	XftDrawDestroy(d);
 }
 
 void
@@ -859,7 +857,7 @@ focus(Client *c) {
 		detachstack(c);
 		attachstack(c);
 		grabbuttons(c, True);
-		XSetWindowBorder(dpy, c->win, dc.sel[ColBorder]);
+		XSetWindowBorder(dpy, c->win, dc.sel[ColBorder].pixel);
 		setfocus(c);
 	}
 	else {
@@ -933,14 +931,14 @@ getatomprop(Client *c, Atom prop) {
 	return atom;
 }
 
-unsigned long
+XftColor 
 getcolor(const char *colstr) {
-	Colormap cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
+	XftColor color;
-	XColor color;
 
-	if(!XAllocNamedColor(dpy, cmap, colstr, &color, &color))
+	if(!XftColorAllocName(dpy, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen), DefaultColormap(dpy, screen), colstr, &color))
 		die("error, cannot allocate color '%s'\n", colstr);
-	return color.pixel;
+
+	return color;
 }
 
 Bool
@@ -1041,35 +1039,13 @@ incnmaster(const Arg *arg) {
 
 void
 initfont(const char *fontstr) {
-	char *def, **missing;
-	int n;
-
-	dc.font.set = XCreateFontSet(dpy, fontstr, &missing, &n, &def);
-	if(missing) {
-		while(n--)
-			fprintf(stderr, "dwm: missing fontset: %s\n", missing[n]);
-		XFreeStringList(missing);
-	}
-	if(dc.font.set) {
-		XFontStruct **xfonts;
-		char **font_names;
 
-		dc.font.ascent = dc.font.descent = 0;
+	if(!(dc.font.xfont = XftFontOpenName(dpy,screen,fontstr))
-		XExtentsOfFontSet(dc.font.set);
+	&& !(dc.font.xfont = XftFontOpenName(dpy,screen,"fixed")))
-		n = XFontsOfFontSet(dc.font.set, &xfonts, &font_names);
-		while(n--) {
-			dc.font.ascent = MAX(dc.font.ascent, (*xfonts)->ascent);
-			dc.font.descent = MAX(dc.font.descent,(*xfonts)->descent);
-			xfonts++;
-		}
-	}
-	else {
-		if(!(dc.font.xfont = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, fontstr))
-		&& !(dc.font.xfont = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, "fixed")))
 		die("error, cannot load font: '%s'\n", fontstr);
+
 	dc.font.ascent = dc.font.xfont->ascent;
 	dc.font.descent = dc.font.xfont->descent;
-	}
 	dc.font.height = dc.font.ascent + dc.font.descent;
 }
 
@@ -1151,7 +1127,7 @@ manage(Window w, XWindowAttributes *wa) {
 
 	wc.border_width = c->bw;
 	XConfigureWindow(dpy, w, CWBorderWidth, &wc);
-	XSetWindowBorder(dpy, w, dc.norm[ColBorder]);
+	XSetWindowBorder(dpy, w, dc.norm[ColBorder].pixel);
 	configure(c); /* propagates border_width, if size doesn't change */
 	updatewindowtype(c);
 	updatesizehints(c);
@@ -1640,8 +1616,6 @@ setup(void) {
 	dc.drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, DisplayWidth(dpy, screen), bh, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen));
 	dc.gc = XCreateGC(dpy, root, 0, NULL);
 	XSetLineAttributes(dpy, dc.gc, 1, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinMiter);
-	if(!dc.font.set)
-		XSetFont(dpy, dc.gc, dc.font.xfont->fid);
 	/* init bars */
 	updatebars();
 	updatestatus();
@@ -1712,13 +1686,9 @@ tagmon(const Arg *arg) {
 
 int
 textnw(const char *text, unsigned int len) {
-	XRectangle r;
+	XGlyphInfo ext;
-
+	XftTextExtentsUtf8(dpy, dc.font.xfont, (XftChar8 *) text, len, &ext);
-	if(dc.font.set) {
+	return ext.xOff;
-		XmbTextExtents(dc.font.set, text, len, NULL, &r);
-		return r.width;
-	}
-	return XTextWidth(dc.font.xfont, text, len);
 }
 
 void
@@ -1798,7 +1768,7 @@ unfocus(Client *c, Bool setfocus) {
 	if(!c)
 		return;
 	grabbuttons(c, False);
-	XSetWindowBorder(dpy, c->win, dc.norm[ColBorder]);
+	XSetWindowBorder(dpy, c->win, dc.norm[ColBorder].pixel);
 	if(setfocus) {
 		XSetInputFocus(dpy, root, RevertToPointerRoot, CurrentTime);
 		XDeleteProperty(dpy, root, netatom[NetActiveWindow]);