Hello,

My obsession for transparency never knows when to stop, so I couldn't resist
writing this patch.

This patch allows dwm to have translucent bars, while keeping all the text on
it opaque, just like my ARGB patch for st[1]. 

The patch also allows changing the opacity of borders, but it only works for
ARGB-enabled applications(i.e. ARGB-patched st). This is because each border is
drawn using the visual of the window it is wrapping. Thus, windows with 24-bit
visuals will still have opaque borders even after this patch is applied.

I'll upload this to http://dwm.suckless.org , hoping someone find it useful

Sincerely,
Eon

[1]: http://st.suckless.org/patches/argbbg


---
 config.def.h |  2 ++
 config.mk    |  2 +-
 drw.c        | 22 +++++++++----------
 drw.h        |  7 ++++--
 dwm.c        | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
 5 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 7054c06..4448d46 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ static const char normfgcolor[]     = "#bbbbbb";
 static const char selbordercolor[]  = "#005577";
 static const char selbgcolor[]      = "#005577";
 static const char selfgcolor[]      = "#eeeeee";
+static unsigned int baralpha        = 0xd0;
+static unsigned int borderalpha     = OPAQUE;
 static const unsigned int borderpx  = 1;        /* border pixel of windows */
 static const unsigned int snap      = 32;       /* snap pixel */
 static const int showbar            = 1;        /* 0 means no bar */
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 80dc936..2c62e89 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ 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_POSIX_C_SOURCE=2 
-DVERSION=\"${VERSION}\" ${XINERAMAFLAGS}
diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
index f49200b..12e3ebc 100644
--- 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;
 
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@ 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);
        drw->fontcount = 0;
        XSetLineAttributes(dpy, drw->gc, 1, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinMiter);
 
@@ -86,7 +89,7 @@ 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
@@ -180,16 +183,15 @@ drw_font_free(Fnt *font)
 }
 
 Clr *
-drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrname)
+drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrname, unsigned int alpha)
 {
        Clr *clr;
 
        clr = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Clr));
-       if (!XftColorAllocName(drw->dpy, DefaultVisual(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
-                              DefaultColormap(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
+       if (!XftColorAllocName(drw->dpy, drw->visual, drw->cmap,
                               clrname, &clr->rgb))
                die("error, cannot allocate color '%s'\n", clrname);
-       clr->pix = clr->rgb.pixel;
+       clr->pix = (clr->rgb.pixel & 0x00ffffffU) | (alpha << 24);
 
        return clr;
 }
@@ -245,9 +247,7 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned 
int h, const char *tex
                XSetForeground(drw->dpy, drw->gc, invert ?
                               drw->scheme->fg->pix : drw->scheme->bg->pix);
                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);
        }
 
        curfont = drw->fonts[0];
diff --git a/drw.h b/drw.h
index e3b8515..1fed824 100644
--- a/drw.h
+++ b/drw.h
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ typedef struct {
        Display *dpy;
        int screen;
        Window root;
+       Visual *visual;
+       unsigned int depth;
+       Colormap cmap;
        Drawable drawable;
        GC gc;
        ClrScheme *scheme;
@@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } Extnts;
 
 /* Drawable abstraction */
-Drw *drw_create(Display *, int, Window, unsigned int, unsigned int);
+Drw *drw_create(Display *, int, Window, unsigned int, unsigned int, Visual*, 
unsigned int, Colormap);
 void drw_resize(Drw *, unsigned int, unsigned int);
 void drw_free(Drw *);
 
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ void drw_font_getexts(Fnt *, const char *, unsigned int, 
Extnts *);
 unsigned int drw_font_getexts_width(Fnt *, const char *, unsigned int);
 
 /* Colour abstraction */
-Clr *drw_clr_create(Drw *, const char *);
+Clr *drw_clr_create(Drw *, const char *, unsigned int);
 void drw_clr_free(Clr *);
 
 /* Cursor abstraction */
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index ff7e096..286fb10 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 #define TAGMASK                 ((1 << LENGTH(tags)) - 1)
 #define TEXTW(X)                (drw_text(drw, 0, 0, 0, 0, (X), 0) + 
drw->fonts[0]->h)
 
+#define OPAQUE                  0xffU
+
 /* enums */
 enum { CurNormal, CurResize, CurMove, CurLast }; /* cursor */
 enum { SchemeNorm, SchemeSel, SchemeLast }; /* color schemes */
@@ -232,6 +234,7 @@ 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 */
@@ -267,6 +270,11 @@ static Drw *drw;
 static Monitor *mons, *selmon;
 static Window root;
 
+static int useargb = 0;
+static Visual *visual;
+static int depth;
+static Colormap cmap;
+
 /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
 #include "config.h"
 
@@ -1561,7 +1569,8 @@ 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);
        drw_load_fonts(drw, fonts, LENGTH(fonts));
        if (!drw->fontcount)
                die("no fonts could be loaded.\n");
@@ -1585,12 +1594,12 @@ setup(void)
        cursor[CurResize] = drw_cur_create(drw, XC_sizing);
        cursor[CurMove] = drw_cur_create(drw, XC_fleur);
        /* init appearance */
-       scheme[SchemeNorm].border = drw_clr_create(drw, normbordercolor);
-       scheme[SchemeNorm].bg = drw_clr_create(drw, normbgcolor);
-       scheme[SchemeNorm].fg = drw_clr_create(drw, normfgcolor);
-       scheme[SchemeSel].border = drw_clr_create(drw, selbordercolor);
-       scheme[SchemeSel].bg = drw_clr_create(drw, selbgcolor);
-       scheme[SchemeSel].fg = drw_clr_create(drw, selfgcolor);
+       scheme[SchemeNorm].border = drw_clr_create(drw, normbordercolor, 
borderalpha);
+       scheme[SchemeNorm].bg = drw_clr_create(drw, normbgcolor, baralpha);
+       scheme[SchemeNorm].fg = drw_clr_create(drw, normfgcolor, OPAQUE);
+       scheme[SchemeSel].border = drw_clr_create(drw, selbordercolor, 
borderalpha);
+       scheme[SchemeSel].bg = drw_clr_create(drw, selbgcolor, baralpha);
+       scheme[SchemeSel].fg = drw_clr_create(drw, selfgcolor, OPAQUE);
        /* init bars */
        updatebars();
        updatestatus();
@@ -1803,15 +1812,17 @@ updatebars(void)
        Monitor *m;
        XSetWindowAttributes wa = {
                .override_redirect = True,
-               .background_pixmap = ParentRelative,
+               .background_pixel = 0,
+               .border_pixel = 0,
+               .colormap = cmap,
                .event_mask = ButtonPressMask|ExposureMask
        };
        for (m = mons; m; m = m->next) {
                if (m->barwin)
                        continue;
-               m->barwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, m->wx, m->by, m->ww, bh, 
0, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen),
-                                         CopyFromParent, DefaultVisual(dpy, 
screen),
-                                         
CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixmap|CWEventMask, &wa);
+               m->barwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, m->wx, m->by, m->ww, bh, 
0, depth,
+                                         InputOutput, visual,
+                                         
CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixel|CWBorderPixel|CWColormap|CWEventMask, &wa);
                XDefineCursor(dpy, m->barwin, cursor[CurNormal]->cursor);
                XMapRaised(dpy, m->barwin);
        }
@@ -2112,6 +2123,43 @@ 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;
-- 
2.1.4


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