displaying a hello messageHEADxbar

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/xbar.c b/xbar.c
index 01090fa..d0c3732 100644
--- a/xbar.c
+++ b/xbar.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <X11/Xlib.h>
 
@@ -24,21 +25,44 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	int screen = DefaultScreen(dpy);
+
+	Colormap cmap = XDefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
+	XColor bg;
+	if (XParseColor(dpy, cmap, "black", &bg) == 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "couldn't find black\n");
+		bg.pixel = BlackPixel(dpy, 0);
+	} else if (XAllocColor(dpy, cmap, &bg) == 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "couldn't allocate black\n");
+		bg.pixel = BlackPixel(dpy, 0);
+	}
+
+	XColor fg;
+	if (XParseColor(dpy, cmap, "white", &fg) == 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "couldn't find white\n");
+		fg.pixel = WhitePixel(dpy, 0);
+	} else if (XAllocColor(dpy, cmap, &fg) == 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "couldn't allocate white\n");
+		fg.pixel = WhitePixel(dpy, 0);
+	}
+
 	int width = DisplayWidth(dpy, screen);
 	int height = 20;
 
 	Window win = XCreateSimpleWindow(dpy, XDefaultRootWindow(dpy),
-		0, 0, width, height, 0,
-		BlackPixel(dpy, screen), BlackPixel(dpy, screen));
+		0, 0, width, height, 0, 0, bg.pixel);
+	XStoreName(dpy, win, "xbar");
 	XSelectInput(dpy, win, ExposureMask | KeyPressMask);
 	XMapWindow(dpy, win);
+	XMoveWindow(dpy, win, 0, 0);
+
+	XSetForeground(dpy, DefaultGC(dpy, screen), fg.pixel);
 
 	for (;;) {
 		XEvent e;
 		XNextEvent(dpy, &e);
 		switch (e.type) {
 		case Expose:
-			XDrawString(dpy, win, DefaultGC(dpy, screen), 0, 0,
+			XDrawString(dpy, win, DefaultGC(dpy, screen), 10, 10,
 				"hello", strlen("hello"));
 			break;