activetags.patch

activetags.patch for dwm 5.9
Depends on urgcolors.patch
Changes the way tags are displayed in the dwm bar:
* Selected tags are displayed as usual.
* Urgent tags are displayed in reverted dc.urg colors.
* Other tags are not diaplayed in the bar.
* The little squares are not drawn.
Tip: make every tag equally long, using a monospaced font.

--- a/dwm.c	2011-07-11 03:53:25.848996476 +0000
+++ b/dwm.c	2011-07-11 09:18:35.203757084 +0000
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ struct Monitor {
 	int by;               /* bar geometry */
 	int mx, my, mw, mh;   /* screen size */
 	int wx, wy, ww, wh;   /* window area  */
+	unsigned int drawntags; /* tags drawn on bar */
 	unsigned int seltags;
 	unsigned int sellt;
 	unsigned int tagset[2];
@@ -434,7 +435,8 @@ buttonpress(XEvent *e) {
 	if(ev->window == selmon->barwin) {
 		i = x = 0;
 		do {
-			x += TEXTW(tags[i]);
+			if(selmon->drawntags & 1 << i)
+				x += TEXTW(tags[i]);
 		} while(ev->x >= x && ++i < LENGTH(tags));
 		if(i < LENGTH(tags)) {
 			click = ClkTagBar;
@@ -736,11 +738,20 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m) {
 	dc.x = 0;
+	m->drawntags = 0;
 	for(i = 0; i < LENGTH(tags); i++) {
 		dc.w = TEXTW(tags[i]);
-		col = m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i ? dc.sel : dc.norm;
-		drawtext(tags[i], col, urg & 1 << i);
-		drawsquare(m == selmon && selmon->sel && selmon->sel->tags & 1 << i,
-		           occ & 1 << i, urg & 1 << i, col);
-		dc.x += dc.w;
+		/* draw selected tags */
+		if(m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i) {
+			drawtext(tags[i], dc.sel, False);
+			m->drawntags |= 1 << i;
+			dc.x += dc.w;
+		}
+		/* draw urgent tags */
+		else if(urg & 1 << i) {
+			drawtext(tags[i], dc.urg, True);
+			m->drawntags |= 1 << i;
+			dc.x += dc.w;
+		}
+		/* do not draw other tags */
 	}
 	dc.w = blw = TEXTW(m->ltsymbol);
 	drawtext(m->ltsymbol, dc.norm, False);

dynamictitle.patch

dynamictitle.patch for dwm 5.9
Changes the way window titles are displayed in the dwm bar:
* The "visual length" of the title is dynamically adjusted to just long
  enough to hold the window title.

diff -up a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
--- a/dwm.c	2011-07-11 10:18:58.794920643 +0000
+++ b/dwm.c	2011-07-11 10:42:54.812150418 +0000
@@ -761,8 +761,15 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m) {
 		dc.x = x;
 		if(m->sel) {
 			col = m == selmon ? dc.sel : dc.norm;
+			unsigned int w = dc.w;
+			dc.w = MIN(dc.w, TEXTW(m->sel->name));
 			drawtext(m->sel->name, col, False);
 			drawsquare(m->sel->isfixed, m->sel->isfloating, False, col);
+			if (dc.w < w) {
+				dc.x += dc.w;
+				dc.w = w - dc.w;
+				drawtext(NULL, dc.norm, False);
+			}
 		}
 		else
 			drawtext(NULL, dc.norm, False);

urgcolors.patch

urgcolors.patch for dwm 5.9
Defines dc.urg in the same manner as dc.norm and dc.sel are defined.

To use this, put the following definitions in your config.h:

static const char urgbordercolor[]  = "#ff0000";
static const char urgbgcolor[]      = "#ffffff";
static const char urgfgcolor[]      = "#ff0000";

--- a/dwm.c	2011-07-11 03:53:25.848996476 +0000
+++ b/dwm.c	2011-07-11 09:27:48.497175295 +0000
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	int x, y, w, h;
 	unsigned long norm[ColLast];
 	unsigned long sel[ColLast];
+	unsigned long urg[ColLast];
 	Drawable drawable;
 	GC gc;
 	struct {
@@ -1556,6 +1557,9 @@ setup(void) {
 	dc.sel[ColBorder] = getcolor(selbordercolor);
 	dc.sel[ColBG] = getcolor(selbgcolor);
 	dc.sel[ColFG] = getcolor(selfgcolor);
+	dc.urg[ColBorder] = getcolor(urgbordercolor);
+	dc.urg[ColBG] = getcolor(urgbgcolor);
+	dc.urg[ColFG] = getcolor(urgfgcolor);
 	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);