Prepared 4.9 release.4.9

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
index c638323..8fd1ca4 100644
--- a/drw.c
+++ b/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;
@@ -200,7 +213,7 @@ drw_scm_create(Drw *drw, const char *clrnames[], size_t clrcount)
 	Clr *ret;
 
 	/* need at least two colors for a scheme */
-	if (!drw || !clrnames || clrcount < 2 || !(ret = ecalloc(clrcount, sizeof(Clr))))
+	if (!drw || !clrnames || clrcount < 2 || !(ret = ecalloc(clrcount, sizeof(XftColor))))
 		return NULL;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < clrcount; i++)
@@ -337,6 +350,7 @@ drw_text(Drw *drw, int x, int y, unsigned int w, unsigned int h, unsigned int lp
 			fcpattern = FcPatternDuplicate(drw->fonts->pattern);
 			FcPatternAddCharSet(fcpattern, FC_CHARSET, fccharset);
 			FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_SCALABLE, FcTrue);
+			FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_COLOR, FcFalse);
 
 			FcConfigSubstitute(NULL, fcpattern, FcMatchPattern);
 			FcDefaultSubstitute(fcpattern);