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/*
Copyright 08/02/2024, 08/24/2025 https://github.com/su8/doomy
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
MA 02110-1301, USA.
Compile with:
gcc -Wall -Wextra -O2 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -lX11 -lXft -o doomy doomy.c
*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <argp.h>
#include <X11/Xlib.h>
#include <X11/Xutil.h>
#include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
static inline void drawString(const char *);
static error_t parse_opt(int , char *, struct argp_state *);
static XftColor brown;
static XftColor pink;
static XftColor blue;
static XftColor magenta;
static XftColor yellow;
static XftColor green;
static XftColor red;
static XftFont *xftfont;
static XftDraw *xdraw = NULL;
static const char *BG_COLOR = "";
static const char *TEXT_COLOR = "";
static const char *USE_FONT = "";
static unsigned int BAR_HEIGHT = 18U;
static unsigned int TOP_BAR = 1U;
static char doc[] = "Dead simple x11 bar/statusline program.\v";
const char *argp_program_version = "1.0";
const char *argp_program_bug_address = "https://github.com/su8/doomy ";
static struct argp_option options[] =
{
{ .doc = "" },
{ .name = "bgcolor", .key = 'b', .arg = "#282a2e", .doc = "Set background color"},
{ .name = "textcolor", .key = 't', .arg = "#b294bb", .doc = "Set text color"},
{ .name = "top", .key = 's', .arg = "1", .doc = "Show the program on top == 1, else 0 bottom position"},
{ .name = "font", .key = 'f', .arg = "xft#DejaVu Sans:size=9:style=bold", .doc = "Use custom font size and bold type"},
{ .name = "barheight", .key = 'h', .arg = "15", .doc = "Set the height of the bar"},
{ .doc = NULL }
};
static error_t parse_opt(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
{
(void)state;
switch(key)
{
case 'b':
BG_COLOR = arg;
break;
case 't':
TEXT_COLOR = arg;
break;
case 'f':
USE_FONT = arg;
break;
case 'h':
BAR_HEIGHT = (unsigned int)strtoul(arg, (char **)NULL, 10);
break;
case 's':
TOP_BAR = (unsigned int)strtoul(arg, (char **)NULL, 10);
break;
default:
return ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN;
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
static const struct argp arg_parser = {
.parser = parse_opt,
.options = options,
.doc = doc
};
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
Window win;
Display *display;
Screen *Screen;
int screen;
XSetWindowAttributes wa;
Colormap cmap;
Visual *visual;
FILE *fp = NULL;
unsigned int showToBottom = 0U;
char buf[1000] = {'\0'};
const char *use_font = *USE_FONT ? USE_FONT : "xft#DejaVu Sans:size=9:style=bold";
argp_parse(&arg_parser, argc, argv, ARGP_IN_ORDER, NULL, NULL);
display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
if (NULL == display)
{
puts("Cannot open X display.");
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
screen = DefaultScreen(display);
cmap = DefaultColormap(display, screen);
visual = DefaultVisual(display, screen);
Screen = ScreenOfDisplay(display, DefaultScreen(display));
showToBottom = (unsigned int)Screen->height - (unsigned int)BAR_HEIGHT;
wa.override_redirect = 1;
wa.background_pixmap = ParentRelative;
wa.event_mask = ExposureMask|KeyPressMask;
win = XCreateWindow(display, RootWindow(display, screen),
0, TOP_BAR ? 0 : showToBottom,
(unsigned int)Screen->width, BAR_HEIGHT ? BAR_HEIGHT : 15U, 0,
DefaultDepth(display, screen), CopyFromParent, visual,
CWOverrideRedirect | CWBackPixmap | CWEventMask, &wa
);
XSelectInput(display, win, StructureNotifyMask);
Atom wm_delete_window = XInternAtom(display, "WM_DELETE_WINDOW", 0);
XSetWMProtocols(display, win, &wm_delete_window, 1);
XftColorAllocName(display, visual, cmap, *BG_COLOR ? BG_COLOR : "#282a2e", &brown);
XftColorAllocName(display, visual, cmap, *TEXT_COLOR ? TEXT_COLOR : "#b294bb", &pink);
XftColorAllocName(display, visual, cmap, "#1793D1", &blue);
XftColorAllocName(display, visual, cmap, "#Ff00ff", &magenta);
XftColorAllocName(display, visual, cmap, "#f0c674", &yellow);
XftColorAllocName(display, visual, cmap, "#7DDA58", &green);
XftColorAllocName(display, visual, cmap, "#E4080A", &red);
xftfont = XftFontOpenXlfd(display, screen, use_font);
if (!xftfont)
{
xftfont = XftFontOpenName(display, screen, use_font);
if (!xftfont)
{
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
}
XMapWindow(display, win);
XFlush(display);
while (1)
{
if (!(fp = fopen("/tmp/doomy.txt", "r")))
{
puts("Couldn't find /tmp/doomy.txt, exiting.");
goto err;
}
fscanf(fp, "%[^\n]\n", buf);
if ((fclose(fp)) == EOF)
{
puts("EOF in fclose(fp), exiting.");
goto err;
}
xdraw = XftDrawCreate(display, win, visual, cmap);
XftDrawRect(xdraw, &brown, 0, 0, (unsigned int)Screen->width, BAR_HEIGHT ? BAR_HEIGHT : 15U);
drawString(buf);
XFlush(display);
sleep(1);
XftDrawDestroy(xdraw);
}
err:
XftColorFree(display, visual, cmap, &brown);
XftColorFree(display, visual, cmap, &pink);
XftColorFree(display, visual, cmap, &blue);
XftColorFree(display, visual, cmap, &magenta);
XftColorFree(display, visual, cmap, &yellow);
XftColorFree(display, visual, cmap, &green);
XftColorFree(display, visual, cmap, &red);
XftFontClose(display, xftfont);
if(xdraw != NULL)
{
XftDrawDestroy(xdraw);
}
if (display != NULL)
{
XDestroyWindow(display, win);
XCloseDisplay(display);
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
static inline void drawString(const char *str)
{
char buf[1000] = {'\0'};
char *bufPtr = buf;
char *ptr = buf;
char curChar[1] = {'\0'};
static unsigned short int idx = 0U;
static void *reqColour[] = {&brown, &pink, &blue, &magenta, &yellow, &green, &red};
snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, "%s", str);
for (; *bufPtr; bufPtr++)
{
if (*bufPtr == '\n')
{
*bufPtr = '\0';
break;
}
}
for (; *ptr; ptr++)
{
curChar[0] = *ptr;
curChar[1] = '\0';
if ((strcmp(curChar, "^")))
{
XftDrawStringUtf8(xdraw, ((const XftColor *)&reqColour[idx]), xftfont, 0, 1 + xftfont->ascent, (const FcChar8 *)curChar, (int)strlen(buf));
continue;
}
else
{
ptr++;
switch(*ptr)
{
case 'b':
idx = 2U;
break;
case 'm':
idx = 3U;
break;
case 'y':
idx = 4U;
break;
case 'g':
idx = 5U;
break;
case 'r':
idx = 6U;
break;
default:
break;
}
}
//printf("%u\n",idx);
if (!*ptr) { --ptr; continue; }
}
//XftDrawStringUtf8(xdraw, ((const XftColor *)&reqColour[idx]), xftfont, 0, 1 + xftfont->ascent, (const FcChar8 *)curChar, (int)strlen("a"));
}
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