dmenu.c

@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ run(void)
 	XEvent ev;
 
 	while (!XNextEvent(dpy, &ev)) {
-		if (XFilterEvent(&ev, win))
+		if (XFilterEvent(&ev, None))
 			continue;
 		switch(ev.type) {
 		case DestroyNotify:
@@ -664,15 +664,13 @@ setup(void)
 	                    CWOverrideRedirect | CWBackPixel | CWEventMask, &swa);
 	XSetClassHint(dpy, win, &ch);
 
-
+	/* open input methods */
-	/* input methods */
+	xim = XOpenIM(dpy, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-	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 | SubstructureNotifyMask);
 		if (XQueryTree(dpy, parentwin, &dw, &w, &dws, &du) && dws) {
@@ -738,6 +736,8 @@ 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);

drw.c

@@ -132,6 +132,19 @@ 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;