Added a cairo bar. READ THE COMMIT DESC.

I have had this crash my WM on boot once in a blue moon. This happens rarely and should NOT happen when the WM is already running.
If anyone has a solution, feel free to contribute.
If you want to be 100% safe, use bar_enabled=0 in the config.

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ add_compile_options(-std=c++17)
 add_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra)
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_check_modules(deps REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET glib-2.0 harfbuzz cairo gdk)
+
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SRCFILES "src/*.cpp")
 
 add_executable(Hypr ${SRCFILES})
@@ -18,6 +21,8 @@ set(CPACK_PROJECT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
 set(CPACK_PROJECT_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 include(CPack)
 
+target_link_libraries(Hypr PkgConfig::deps)
+
 target_link_libraries(Hypr
         xcb
         xcb-ewmh

README.md

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Hypr is a Linux tiling window manager for Xorg. It's written in XCB with modern
 - Moving / Fullscreening windows
 
 ## Roadmap v2 (not in order)
-- [ ] Upgrade the status bar rendering to Cairo
+- [x] Upgrade the status bar rendering to Cairo
 - [ ] Better status bar configability
 - [ ] Rounded corners
 - [x] Replace default X11 cursor with the pointer

example/hypr.conf

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ gaps_in=5
 border_size=1
 gaps_out=20
 bar_height=20
+bar_monitor=0
+bar_enabled=1
 max_fps=60
 
 # colors

src/KeybindManager.cpp

@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ void KeybindManager::killactive(std::string args) {
 void KeybindManager::call(std::string args) {
 
     if (fork() == 0) {
-        //setsid();
+        setsid();
 
         execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", args.c_str(), nullptr);
 
         _exit(0);
     }
-    //wait(NULL);
+    wait(NULL);
 }
 
 void KeybindManager::movewindow(std::string arg) {

src/bar/Bar.cpp

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "../windowManager.hpp"
 
 void CStatusBar::setup(int MonitorID) {
+    Debug::log(LOG, "Creating the bar!");
 
     if (MonitorID > g_pWindowManager->monitors.size()) {
         MonitorID = 0;
@@ -42,20 +43,30 @@ void CStatusBar::setup(int MonitorID) {
     auto contextBG = &m_mContexts["BG"];
     contextBG->GContext = xcb_generate_id(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection);
 
-    values[0] = 0x111111;
+    values[0] = 0xFF111111;
-    values[1] = 0x111111;
+    values[1] = 0xFF111111;
     xcb_create_gc(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, contextBG->GContext, m_iPixmap, XCB_GC_BACKGROUND | XCB_GC_FOREGROUND, values);
 
     //
     //
 
+    auto contextBGT = &m_mContexts["BGT"];
+    contextBGT->GContext = xcb_generate_id(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection);
+
+    values[0] = 0x00000000;
+    values[1] = 0x00000000;
+    xcb_create_gc(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, contextBGT->GContext, m_iPixmap, XCB_GC_BACKGROUND | XCB_GC_FOREGROUND, values);
+
+    //
+    //
+
     auto contextBASETEXT = &m_mContexts["BASETEXT"];
 
     contextBASETEXT->GContext = xcb_generate_id(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection);
     contextBASETEXT->Font = xcb_generate_id(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection);
     xcb_open_font(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, contextBASETEXT->Font, 5, "fixed");
-    values[0] = 0xFFFFFF;
+    values[0] = 0xFFFFFFFF;
-    values[1] = 0x111111;
+    values[1] = 0xFF111111;
     values[2] = contextBASETEXT->Font;
 
     xcb_create_gc(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, contextBASETEXT->GContext, m_iPixmap, XCB_GC_BACKGROUND | XCB_GC_FOREGROUND | XCB_GC_FONT, values);
@@ -66,8 +77,8 @@ void CStatusBar::setup(int MonitorID) {
     auto contextHITEXT = &m_mContexts["HITEXT"];
     contextHITEXT->GContext = xcb_generate_id(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection);
     contextHITEXT->Font = contextBASETEXT->Font;
-    values[0] = 0x000000;
+    values[0] = 0xFF000000;
-    values[1] = 0xFF3333;
+    values[1] = 0xFFFF3333;
     values[2] = contextHITEXT->Font;
 
     xcb_create_gc(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, contextHITEXT->GContext, m_iPixmap, XCB_GC_BACKGROUND | XCB_GC_FOREGROUND | XCB_GC_FONT, values);
@@ -78,20 +89,22 @@ void CStatusBar::setup(int MonitorID) {
     auto contextMEDBG = &m_mContexts["MEDBG"];
     contextMEDBG->GContext = xcb_generate_id(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection);
 
-    values[0] = 0xFF3333;
+    values[0] = 0xFFFF3333;
-    values[1] = 0x111111;
+    values[1] = 0xFF111111;
     xcb_create_gc(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, contextMEDBG->GContext, m_iPixmap, XCB_GC_BACKGROUND | XCB_GC_FOREGROUND, values);
 
     // don't, i use it later
     //xcb_close_font(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, contextBASETEXT->Font);
 
-
+    m_pCairoSurface = cairo_xcb_surface_create(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, m_iPixmap, g_pWindowManager->VisualType,
-    // Set the bar to be top
+                                               m_vecSize.x, m_vecSize.y);
-    //values[0] = XCB_STACK_MODE_ABOVE;
+    m_pCairo = cairo_create(m_pCairoSurface);
-    //xcb_configure_window(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, m_iWindowID, XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_STACK_MODE, values);
+    cairo_surface_destroy(m_pCairoSurface);
 }
 
 void CStatusBar::destroy() {
+    Debug::log(LOG, "Destroying the bar!");
+
     xcb_close_font(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, m_mContexts["HITEXT"].Font);
     xcb_destroy_window(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, m_iWindowID);
     xcb_destroy_window(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, m_iPixmap);
@@ -100,52 +113,48 @@ void CStatusBar::destroy() {
     xcb_free_gc(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, m_mContexts["MEDBG"].GContext);
     xcb_free_gc(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, m_mContexts["TEXT"].GContext);
     xcb_free_gc(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, m_mContexts["HITEXT"].GContext);
+
+    // Free cairo
+    cairo_destroy(m_pCairo);
+    m_pCairo = nullptr;
 }
 
-int getTextWidth(std::string text, xcb_font_t font) {
+int CStatusBar::getTextWidth(std::string text) {
+    cairo_select_font_face(m_pCairo, "Noto Sans", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
+    cairo_set_font_size(m_pCairo, 12);
 
-    // conv from utf8 to UCS-2 (what the fuck Xorg why)
+    cairo_text_extents_t textextents;
-    std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8<wchar_t>> strCnv;
+    cairo_text_extents(m_pCairo, text.c_str(), &textextents);
-    std::wstring wideString = strCnv.from_bytes(text);
    
-    // create a xcb string
+    return textextents.width + 1 /* pad */;
-    xcb_char2b_t bytes[wideString.length()];
+}
 
-    for (int i = 0; i < wideString.length(); ++i) {
+void CStatusBar::drawText(Vector2D pos, std::string text, uint32_t color) {
-        bytes[i].byte1 = 0x0; // Only ASCII support. TODO: Maybe more?
+    cairo_select_font_face(m_pCairo, "Noto Sans", CAIRO_FONT_SLANT_NORMAL, CAIRO_FONT_WEIGHT_NORMAL);
-        bytes[i].byte2 = wideString[i] & 0xFF;
+    cairo_set_font_size(m_pCairo, 12);
-    }
+    cairo_set_source_rgba(m_pCairo, RED(color), GREEN(color), BLUE(color), ALPHA(color));
-
+    cairo_move_to(m_pCairo, pos.x, pos.y);
-    xcb_generic_error_t* error;
+    cairo_show_text(m_pCairo, text.c_str());
-    const auto COOKIE = xcb_query_text_extents(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, font, wideString.length() - 1, (xcb_char2b_t*)bytes);
-    xcb_query_text_extents_reply_t* reply = xcb_query_text_extents_reply(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, COOKIE, &error);
-    if (!reply) {
-        Debug::log(ERR, "Text extent failed, code " + std::to_string(error->error_code));
-        free(error);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    const auto WIDTH = reply->overall_width;
-    free(reply);
-    return WIDTH + 5;
 }
 
 void CStatusBar::draw() {
 
-    // update animations.
-    AnimationUtil::move();
-
     const auto WORKSPACE = g_pWindowManager->getWorkspaceByID(g_pWindowManager->activeWorkspaces[m_iMonitorID]);
 
     if (!WORKSPACE || WORKSPACE->getHasFullscreenWindow()) // TODO: fix this
         return; // Do not draw a bar on a fullscreen window.
 
+    if (!m_pCairo) {
+        Debug::log(ERR, "Cairo is null but attempted to draw!");
+        return;
+    }
+
     xcb_rectangle_t rectangles[] = {{(int)0, (int)0, (int)m_vecSize.x, (int)m_vecSize.y}};
     xcb_poly_fill_rectangle(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, m_iPixmap, m_mContexts["BG"].GContext, 1, rectangles);
 
     // Draw workspaces
     int drawnWorkspaces = 0;
-    for (int i = 0; i < openWorkspaces.size(); ++i) {
+    for (long unsigned int i = 0; i < openWorkspaces.size(); ++i) {
 
         const auto WORKSPACE = openWorkspaces[i];
 
@@ -157,14 +166,11 @@ void CStatusBar::draw() {
 
         std::string workspaceName = std::to_string(openWorkspaces[i]);
 
-        if (WORKSPACE == MOUSEWORKSPACEID) {
         xcb_rectangle_t rectangleActive[] = { { m_vecSize.y * drawnWorkspaces, 0, m_vecSize.y, m_vecSize.y } };
-            xcb_poly_fill_rectangle(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, m_iPixmap, m_mContexts["MEDBG"].GContext, 1, rectangleActive);
+        xcb_poly_fill_rectangle(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, m_iPixmap, WORKSPACE == MOUSEWORKSPACEID ? m_mContexts["MEDBG"].GContext : m_mContexts["BG"].GContext, 1, rectangleActive);
-        }
 
-        xcb_image_text_8(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, workspaceName.length(), m_iPixmap,
+        drawText(Vector2D(m_vecSize.y * drawnWorkspaces + m_vecSize.y / 2.f - getTextWidth(workspaceName) / 2.f, m_vecSize.y - (m_vecSize.y - 9) / 2.f),
-                         WORKSPACE == MOUSEWORKSPACEID ? m_mContexts["HITEXT"].GContext : m_mContexts["BASETEXT"].GContext,
+                 workspaceName, WORKSPACE == MOUSEWORKSPACEID ? 0xFF111111 : 0xFFFFFFFF);
-                         m_vecSize.y * drawnWorkspaces + m_vecSize.y / 2.f - (WORKSPACE > 9 ? 4 : 2), m_vecSize.y - (m_vecSize.y - 10) / 2, workspaceName.c_str());
 
         drawnWorkspaces++;
     }
@@ -173,14 +179,19 @@ void CStatusBar::draw() {
     std::string STATUS = exec(m_szStatusCommand.c_str());
     STATUS = STATUS.substr(0, (STATUS.length() > 0 ? STATUS.length() - 1 : 9999999));
     if (STATUS != "") {
-        xcb_image_text_8(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, STATUS.length(), m_iPixmap,
+        drawText(Vector2D(m_vecSize.x - getTextWidth(STATUS), m_vecSize.y - (m_vecSize.y - 9) / 2.f),
-                         m_mContexts["BASETEXT"].GContext, m_vecSize.x - getTextWidth(STATUS, m_mContexts["BASETEXT"].Font), (m_vecSize.y - (m_vecSize.y - 10) / 2),
+                 STATUS, 0xFFFFFFFF);
-                         STATUS.c_str());
     }
     
 
-    xcb_flush(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection);
+    cairo_surface_flush(m_pCairoSurface);
+
+    // clear before copying
+    //xcb_clear_area(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, 0, m_iWindowID, 0, 0, m_vecSize.x, m_vecSize.y);
+    //xcb_flush(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection);
 
     xcb_copy_area(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection, m_iPixmap, m_iWindowID, m_mContexts["BG"].GContext, 
         0, 0, 0, 0, m_vecSize.x, m_vecSize.y);
+
+    xcb_flush(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection);
 }

src/bar/Bar.hpp

@@ -30,5 +30,14 @@ private:
 
     xcb_pixmap_t        m_iPixmap;
 
+
+    // Cairo
+
+    cairo_surface_t*    m_pCairoSurface = nullptr;
+    cairo_t*            m_pCairo        = nullptr;
+
+    void                drawText(Vector2D, std::string, uint32_t);
+    int                 getTextWidth(std::string);
+
     std::unordered_map<std::string, SDrawingContext> m_mContexts;
 };

src/config/ConfigManager.cpp

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ void ConfigManager::init() {
     configValues["max_fps"].intValue = 60;
 
     configValues["bar_monitor"].intValue = 0;
+    configValues["bar_enabled"].intValue = 1;
     configValues["bar_height"].intValue = 15;
 
     configValues["status_command"].strValue = "date +%I:%M\\ %p"; // Time

src/defines.hpp

@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 #include <xcb/xcb_util.h>
 #include <xcb/xcb_cursor.h>
 
+#include <cairo/cairo.h>
+#include <cairo/cairo-xcb.h>
+#include <glib-2.0/glib.h>
+
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -58,3 +64,7 @@
 
 #define HYPRATOM(name) {name, 0}
 
+#define ALPHA(c) ((double)(((c) >> 24) & 0xff) / 255.0)
+#define RED(c) ((double)(((c) >> 16) & 0xff) / 255.0)
+#define GREEN(c) ((double)(((c) >> 8) & 0xff) / 255.0)
+#define BLUE(c) ((double)(((c)) & 0xff) / 255.0)

src/events/events.cpp

@@ -1,20 +1,50 @@
 #include "events.hpp"
 
-void handle() {
+gpointer handle(gpointer data) {
+    while (1) {
+        // wait for the main thread to be idle
+        while (g_pWindowManager->mainThreadBusy) {
+            ;
+        }
+
+        // set state to let the main thread know to wait.
+        g_pWindowManager->animationUtilBusy = true;
+
+        // draw bar
         g_pWindowManager->statusBar.draw();
 
         // check config
         ConfigManager::tick();
+
+        // update animations.
+        AnimationUtil::move();
+        //
+
+        // restore anim state
+        g_pWindowManager->animationUtilBusy = false;
+
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(1000 / ConfigManager::getInt("max_fps")));
+    }
 }
 
 void Events::setThread() {
 
-    g_pWindowManager->barThread = new std::thread([&]() {
+    // Start a GTK thread so that Cairo does not complain.
+    gdk_threads_enter();
+
+    g_pWindowManager->barThread = g_thread_new("Bar", handle, nullptr);
+
+    if (!g_pWindowManager->barThread) {
+        Debug::log(ERR, "Gthread failed!");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /*g_pWindowManager->barThread = new std::thread([&]() {
         for (;;) {
             handle();
             std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(1000 / ConfigManager::getInt("max_fps")));
         }
-    });
+    });*/
 }
 
 void Events::eventEnter(xcb_generic_event_t* event) {
@@ -23,8 +53,9 @@ void Events::eventEnter(xcb_generic_event_t* event) {
     // Just focus it and update.
     g_pWindowManager->setFocusedWindow(E->event);
 
-    //                                           vvv insallah no segfaults
+    if(const auto PENTERWINDOW = g_pWindowManager->getWindowFromDrawable(E->event)) {
-    g_pWindowManager->getWindowFromDrawable(E->event)->setDirty(true);
+        PENTERWINDOW->setDirty(true);
+    }
 }
 
 void Events::eventLeave(xcb_generic_event_t* event) {

src/main.cpp

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Started by Vaxry on 2021 / 11 / 17
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include "windowManager.hpp"
+#include "defines.hpp"
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     clearLogs();
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     xcb_disconnect(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection);
 
+    gdk_threads_leave();
+
     if (const auto err = xcb_connection_has_error(g_pWindowManager->DisplayConnection); err != 0) {
         Debug::log(CRIT, "Exiting because of error " + std::to_string(err));
         return err;

src/utilities/AnimationUtil.cpp

@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ void AnimationUtil::move() {
     static std::chrono::time_point lastFrame = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
     const double DELTA = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - lastFrame).count();
 
-    // wait for the main thread to be idle
-    while (g_pWindowManager->mainThreadBusy) {
-        ;
-    }
-
-    // set state to let the main thread know to wait.
-    g_pWindowManager->animationUtilBusy = true;
-
     const double ANIMATIONSPEED = ((double)1 / (double)ConfigManager::getFloat("anim.speed")) * DELTA;
 
     
@@ -66,8 +58,5 @@ void AnimationUtil::move() {
     if (updateRequired)
         emptyEvent();  // send a fake request to update dirty windows
 
-    // restore anim state
-    g_pWindowManager->animationUtilBusy = false;
-
     lastFrame = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
 }

src/windowManager.cpp

@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ void CWindowManager::setupManager() {
 
     // ---- INIT THE BAR ---- //
 
+    if (ConfigManager::getInt("bar_enabled") == 1) {
         for (auto& monitor : monitors) {
             if (monitor.primary) {
                 statusBar.setup(ConfigManager::configValues["bar_monitor"].intValue);
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ void CWindowManager::setupManager() {
 
         // start its' update thread
         Events::setThread();
+    }
     
     Debug::log(LOG, "Bar done.");
 

src/windowManager.hpp

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public:
     std::vector<int>            activeWorkspaces;
 
     CStatusBar                  statusBar;
-    std::thread*                barThread;
+    GThread*                    barThread;
 
     std::atomic<bool>           mainThreadBusy = false;
     std::atomic<bool>           animationUtilBusy = false;