Added disappearing cursor

config.h

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
  *
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
-static char *font = "Fira Code:size=11";
+static char *font = "Fira Code:size=11:antialias=true;autohint=true";
 static char *font2[] = {
-    "Noto Color Emoji:size=10"
+    "Noto Color Emoji:size=10:antialias=true;autohint=true"
 };
 static int borderpx = 2;
 float alpha = 0.8;

x.c

@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ typedef struct {
 	Draw draw;
 	Visual *vis;
 	XSetWindowAttributes attrs;
+	/* Here, we use the term *pointer* to differentiate the cursor
+	 * one sees when hovering the mouse over the terminal from, e.g.,
+	 * a green rectangle where text would be entered. */
+	Cursor vpointer, bpointer; /* visible and hidden pointers */
+	int pointerisvisible;
 	int scr;
 	int isfixed; /* is fixed geometry? */
 	int depth; /* bit depth */
@@ -692,6 +697,13 @@ xsetsel(char *str)
 void
 brelease(XEvent *e)
 {
+	if (!xw.pointerisvisible) {
+		XDefineCursor(xw.dpy, xw.win, xw.vpointer);
+		xw.pointerisvisible = 1;
+		if (!IS_SET(MODE_MOUSEMANY))
+			xsetpointermotion(0);
+	}
+
 	if (IS_SET(MODE_MOUSE) && !(e->xbutton.state & forcemousemod)) {
 		mousereport(e);
 		return;
@@ -706,6 +718,13 @@ brelease(XEvent *e)
 void
 bmotion(XEvent *e)
 {
+	if (!xw.pointerisvisible) {
+		XDefineCursor(xw.dpy, xw.win, xw.vpointer);
+		xw.pointerisvisible = 1;
+		if (!IS_SET(MODE_MOUSEMANY))
+			xsetpointermotion(0);
+	}
+
 	if (IS_SET(MODE_MOUSE) && !(e->xbutton.state & forcemousemod)) {
 		mousereport(e);
 		return;
@@ -1215,10 +1234,10 @@ void
 xinit(int cols, int rows)
 {
 	XGCValues gcvalues;
-	Cursor cursor;
 	Window parent;
 	pid_t thispid = getpid();
 	XColor xmousefg, xmousebg;
+    Pixmap blankpm;
 	XWindowAttributes attr;
 	XVisualInfo vis;
 
@@ -1293,8 +1312,9 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 	}
 
 	/* white cursor, black outline */
-	cursor = XCreateFontCursor(xw.dpy, mouseshape);
-	XDefineCursor(xw.dpy, xw.win, cursor);
+	xw.pointerisvisible = 1;
+	xw.vpointer = XCreateFontCursor(xw.dpy, mouseshape);
+	XDefineCursor(xw.dpy, xw.win, xw.vpointer);
 
 	if (XParseColor(xw.dpy, xw.cmap, colorname[mousefg], &xmousefg) == 0) {
 		xmousefg.red   = 0xffff;
@@ -1308,7 +1328,10 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 		xmousebg.blue  = 0x0000;
 	}
 
-	XRecolorCursor(xw.dpy, cursor, &xmousefg, &xmousebg);
+	XRecolorCursor(xw.dpy, xw.vpointer, &xmousefg, &xmousebg);
+	blankpm = XCreateBitmapFromData(xw.dpy, xw.win, &(char){0}, 1, 1);
+	xw.bpointer = XCreatePixmapCursor(xw.dpy, blankpm, blankpm,
+					  &xmousefg, &xmousebg, 0, 0);
 
 	xw.xembed = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "_XEMBED", False);
 	xw.wmdeletewin = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "WM_DELETE_WINDOW", False);
@@ -1818,6 +1841,8 @@ unmap(XEvent *ev)
 void
 xsetpointermotion(int set)
 {
+	if (!set && !xw.pointerisvisible)
+		return;
 	MODBIT(xw.attrs.event_mask, set, PointerMotionMask);
 	XChangeWindowAttributes(xw.dpy, xw.win, CWEventMask, &xw.attrs);
 }
@@ -1937,6 +1962,12 @@ kpress(XEvent *ev)
 	Status status;
 	Shortcut *bp;
 
+	if (xw.pointerisvisible) {
+		XDefineCursor(xw.dpy, xw.win, xw.bpointer);
+		xsetpointermotion(1);
+		xw.pointerisvisible = 0;
+	}
+
 	if (IS_SET(MODE_KBDLOCK))
 		return;
 

x.c.orig

@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ static void xhints(void);
 static int xloadcolor(int, const char *, Color *);
 static int xloadfont(Font *, FcPattern *);
 static void xloadfonts(char *, double);
+static int xloadsparefont(FcPattern *, int);
+static void xloadsparefonts(void);
 static void xunloadfont(Font *);
 static void xunloadfonts(void);
 static void xsetenv(void);
@@ -310,6 +312,7 @@ zoomabs(const Arg *arg)
 {
 	xunloadfonts();
 	xloadfonts(usedfont, arg->f);
+	xloadsparefonts();
 	cresize(0, 0);
 	redraw();
 	xhints();
@@ -1034,6 +1037,101 @@ xloadfonts(char *fontstr, double fontsize)
 	FcPatternDestroy(pattern);
 }
 
+int
+xloadsparefont(FcPattern *pattern, int flags)
+{
+	FcPattern *match;
+	FcResult result;
+	
+	match = FcFontMatch(NULL, pattern, &result);
+	if (!match) {
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (!(frc[frclen].font = XftFontOpenPattern(xw.dpy, match))) {
+		FcPatternDestroy(match);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	frc[frclen].flags = flags;
+	/* Believe U+0000 glyph will present in each default font */
+	frc[frclen].unicodep = 0;
+	frclen++;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void
+xloadsparefonts(void)
+{
+	FcPattern *pattern;
+	double sizeshift, fontval;
+	int fc;
+	char **fp;
+
+	if (frclen != 0)
+		die("can't embed spare fonts. cache isn't empty");
+
+	/* Calculate count of spare fonts */
+	fc = sizeof(font2) / sizeof(*font2);
+	if (fc == 0)
+		return;
+
+	/* Allocate memory for cache entries. */
+	if (frccap < 4 * fc) {
+		frccap += 4 * fc - frccap;
+		frc = xrealloc(frc, frccap * sizeof(Fontcache));
+	}
+
+	for (fp = font2; fp - font2 < fc; ++fp) {
+	
+		if (**fp == '-')
+			pattern = XftXlfdParse(*fp, False, False);
+		else
+			pattern = FcNameParse((FcChar8 *)*fp);
+	
+		if (!pattern)
+			die("can't open spare font %s\n", *fp);
+	   		
+		if (defaultfontsize > 0) {
+			sizeshift = usedfontsize - defaultfontsize;
+			if (sizeshift != 0 &&
+					FcPatternGetDouble(pattern, FC_PIXEL_SIZE, 0, &fontval) ==
+					FcResultMatch) {	
+				fontval += sizeshift;
+				FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_PIXEL_SIZE);
+				FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_SIZE);
+				FcPatternAddDouble(pattern, FC_PIXEL_SIZE, fontval);
+			}
+		}
+	
+		FcPatternAddBool(pattern, FC_SCALABLE, 1);
+	
+		FcConfigSubstitute(NULL, pattern, FcMatchPattern);
+		XftDefaultSubstitute(xw.dpy, xw.scr, pattern);
+	
+		if (xloadsparefont(pattern, FRC_NORMAL))
+			die("can't open spare font %s\n", *fp);
+	
+		FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_SLANT);
+		FcPatternAddInteger(pattern, FC_SLANT, FC_SLANT_ITALIC);
+		if (xloadsparefont(pattern, FRC_ITALIC))
+			die("can't open spare font %s\n", *fp);
+			
+		FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_WEIGHT);
+		FcPatternAddInteger(pattern, FC_WEIGHT, FC_WEIGHT_BOLD);
+		if (xloadsparefont(pattern, FRC_ITALICBOLD))
+			die("can't open spare font %s\n", *fp);
+	
+		FcPatternDel(pattern, FC_SLANT);
+		FcPatternAddInteger(pattern, FC_SLANT, FC_SLANT_ROMAN);
+		if (xloadsparefont(pattern, FRC_BOLD))
+			die("can't open spare font %s\n", *fp);
+	
+		FcPatternDestroy(pattern);
+	}
+}
+
 void
 xunloadfont(Font *f)
 {
@@ -1146,6 +1244,9 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 	usedfont = (opt_font == NULL)? font : opt_font;
 	xloadfonts(usedfont, 0);
 
+	/* spare fonts */
+	xloadsparefonts();
+
 	/* colors */
 	xw.cmap = XCreateColormap(xw.dpy, parent, xw.vis, None);
 	xloadcols();