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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
index f8bc814..4cdbcbe 100644
--- a/drw.c
+++ b/drw.c
@@ -133,6 +133,19 @@ 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;
@@ -195,7 +208,7 @@ drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname)
/* 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, char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
+drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
{
size_t i;
Clr *ret;