diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index d322592..2a7b8fb 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
  *
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
-static char *font = "Fira Code:size=10:antialias=true;autohint=true";
+static char *font = "Fira Code:size=11:antialias=true;autohint=true";
 static char *font2[] = {
     "Noto Color Emoji:size=10:antialias=true;autohint=true"
 };
 static int borderpx = 2;
-float alpha = 0.7;
+float alpha = 0.95;
 
 /* Lines to move per scroll */
 const unsigned int mousescrollincrement = 5;
diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index 1e72979..a9690e5 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -193,18 +193,18 @@ static void tputc(Rune);
 static void treset(void);
 static void tscrollup(int, int, int);
 static void tscrolldown(int, int, int);
-static void tsetattr(const int *, int);
-static void tsetchar(Rune, const Glyph *, int, int);
+static void tsetattr(int *, int);
+static void tsetchar(Rune, Glyph *, int, int);
 static void tsetdirt(int, int);
 static void tsetscroll(int, int);
 static void tswapscreen(void);
-static void tsetmode(int, int, const int *, int);
+static void tsetmode(int, int, int *, int);
 static int twrite(const char *, int, int);
 static void tfulldirt(void);
 static void tcontrolcode(uchar );
 static void tdectest(char );
 static void tdefutf8(char);
-static int32_t tdefcolor(const int *, int *, int);
+static int32_t tdefcolor(int *, int *, int);
 static void tdeftran(char);
 static void tstrsequence(uchar);
 
@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@ static int iofd = 1;
 static int cmdfd;
 static pid_t pid;
 
-static const uchar utfbyte[UTF_SIZ + 1] = {0x80,    0, 0xC0, 0xE0, 0xF0};
-static const uchar utfmask[UTF_SIZ + 1] = {0xC0, 0x80, 0xE0, 0xF0, 0xF8};
-static const Rune utfmin[UTF_SIZ + 1] = {       0,    0,  0x80,  0x800,  0x10000};
-static const Rune utfmax[UTF_SIZ + 1] = {0x10FFFF, 0x7F, 0x7FF, 0xFFFF, 0x10FFFF};
+static uchar utfbyte[UTF_SIZ + 1] = {0x80,    0, 0xC0, 0xE0, 0xF0};
+static uchar utfmask[UTF_SIZ + 1] = {0xC0, 0x80, 0xE0, 0xF0, 0xF8};
+static Rune utfmin[UTF_SIZ + 1] = {       0,    0,  0x80,  0x800,  0x10000};
+static Rune utfmax[UTF_SIZ + 1] = {0x10FFFF, 0x7F, 0x7FF, 0xFFFF, 0x10FFFF};
 
 ssize_t
 xwrite(int fd, const char *s, size_t len)
@@ -276,14 +276,12 @@ xrealloc(void *p, size_t len)
 }
 
 char *
-xstrdup(const char *s)
+xstrdup(char *s)
 {
-	char *p;
-
-	if ((p = strdup(s)) == NULL)
+	if ((s = strdup(s)) == NULL)
 		die("strdup: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 
-	return p;
+	return s;
 }
 
 size_t
@@ -527,7 +525,7 @@ selsnap(int *x, int *y, int direction)
 {
 	int newx, newy, xt, yt;
 	int delim, prevdelim;
-	const Glyph *gp, *prevgp;
+	Glyph *gp, *prevgp;
 
 	switch (sel.snap) {
 	case SNAP_WORD:
@@ -600,7 +598,7 @@ getsel(void)
 {
 	char *str, *ptr;
 	int y, bufsize, lastx, linelen;
-	const Glyph *gp, *last;
+	Glyph *gp, *last;
 
 	if (sel.ob.x == -1)
 		return NULL;
@@ -767,7 +765,7 @@ stty(char **args)
 }
 
 int
-ttynew(const char *line, char *cmd, const char *out, char **args)
+ttynew(char *line, char *cmd, char *out, char **args)
 {
 	int m, s;
 
@@ -800,15 +798,14 @@ ttynew(const char *line, char *cmd, const char *out, char **args)
 		break;
 	case 0:
 		close(iofd);
-		close(m);
 		setsid(); /* create a new process group */
 		dup2(s, 0);
 		dup2(s, 1);
 		dup2(s, 2);
 		if (ioctl(s, TIOCSCTTY, NULL) < 0)
 			die("ioctl TIOCSCTTY failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
-		if (s > 2)
-			close(s);
+		close(s);
+		close(m);
 #ifdef __OpenBSD__
 		if (pledge("stdio getpw proc exec", NULL) == -1)
 			die("pledge\n");
@@ -1256,9 +1253,9 @@ tmoveto(int x, int y)
 }
 
 void
-tsetchar(Rune u, const Glyph *attr, int x, int y)
+tsetchar(Rune u, Glyph *attr, int x, int y)
 {
-	static const char *vt100_0[62] = { /* 0x41 - 0x7e */
+	static char *vt100_0[62] = { /* 0x41 - 0x7e */
 		"↑", "↓", "→", "←", "█", "▚", "☃", /* A - G */
 		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, /* H - O */
 		0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, /* P - W */
@@ -1373,7 +1370,7 @@ tdeleteline(int n)
 }
 
 int32_t
-tdefcolor(const int *attr, int *npar, int l)
+tdefcolor(int *attr, int *npar, int l)
 {
 	int32_t idx = -1;
 	uint r, g, b;
@@ -1423,7 +1420,7 @@ tdefcolor(const int *attr, int *npar, int l)
 }
 
 void
-tsetattr(const int *attr, int l)
+tsetattr(int *attr, int l)
 {
 	int i;
 	int32_t idx;
@@ -1541,9 +1538,9 @@ tsetscroll(int t, int b)
 }
 
 void
-tsetmode(int priv, int set, const int *args, int narg)
+tsetmode(int priv, int set, int *args, int narg)
 {
-	int alt; const int *lim;
+	int alt, *lim;
 
 	for (lim = args + narg; args < lim; ++args) {
 		if (priv) {
@@ -1926,15 +1923,7 @@ strhandle(void)
 	case ']': /* OSC -- Operating System Command */
 		switch (par) {
 		case 0:
-			if (narg > 1) {
-				xsettitle(strescseq.args[1]);
-				xseticontitle(strescseq.args[1]);
-			}
-			return;
 		case 1:
-			if (narg > 1)
-				xseticontitle(strescseq.args[1]);
-			return;
 		case 2:
 			if (narg > 1)
 				xsettitle(strescseq.args[1]);
@@ -2093,7 +2082,7 @@ void
 tdumpline(int n)
 {
 	char buf[UTF_SIZ];
-	const Glyph *bp, *end;
+	Glyph *bp, *end;
 
 	bp = &term.line[n][0];
 	end = &bp[MIN(tlinelen(n), term.col) - 1];
diff --git a/st.h b/st.h
index 079db89..c961f90 100644
--- a/st.h
+++ b/st.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void tnew(int, int);
 void tresize(int, int);
 void tsetdirtattr(int);
 void ttyhangup(void);
-int ttynew(const char *, char *, const char *, char **);
+int ttynew(char *, char *, char *, char **);
 size_t ttyread(void);
 void ttyresize(int, int);
 void ttywrite(const char *, size_t, int);
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ size_t utf8encode(Rune, char *);
 
 void *xmalloc(size_t);
 void *xrealloc(void *, size_t);
-char *xstrdup(const char *);
+char *xstrdup(char *);
 
 int isboxdraw(Rune);
 ushort boxdrawindex(const Glyph *);
diff --git a/win.h b/win.h
index 8b5b618..bc0d180 100644
--- a/win.h
+++ b/win.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ void xdrawline(Line, int, int, int);
 void xfinishdraw(void);
 void xloadcols(void);
 int xsetcolorname(int, const char *);
-void xseticontitle(char *);
 void xsettitle(char *);
 int xsetcursor(int);
 void xsetmode(int, unsigned int);
diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index bb0e098..68f1d07 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ typedef struct {
 /* X modifiers */
 #define XK_ANY_MOD    UINT_MAX
 #define XK_NO_MOD     0
-#define XK_SWITCH_MOD (1<<13|1<<14)
+#define XK_SWITCH_MOD (1<<13)
 
 /* function definitions used in config.h */
 static void clipcopy(const Arg *);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	Window win;
 	Drawable buf;
 	GlyphFontSpec *specbuf; /* font spec buffer used for rendering */
-	Atom xembed, wmdeletewin, netwmname, netwmiconname, netwmpid;
+	Atom xembed, wmdeletewin, netwmname, netwmpid;
 	struct {
 		XIM xim;
 		XIC xic;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static void xresize(int, int);
 static void xhints(void);
 static int xloadcolor(int, const char *, Color *);
 static int xloadfont(Font *, FcPattern *);
-static void xloadfonts(const char *, double);
+static void xloadfonts(char *, double);
 static int xloadsparefont(FcPattern *, int);
 static void xloadsparefonts(void);
 static void xunloadfont(Font *);
@@ -411,9 +411,7 @@ mousereport(XEvent *e)
 			button = 3;
 		} else {
 			button -= Button1;
-			if (button >= 7)
-				button += 128 - 7;
-			else if (button >= 3)
+			if (button >= 3)
 				button += 64 - 3;
 		}
 		if (e->xbutton.type == ButtonPress) {
@@ -1007,7 +1005,7 @@ xloadfont(Font *f, FcPattern *pattern)
 }
 
 void
-xloadfonts(const char *fontstr, double fontsize)
+xloadfonts(char *fontstr, double fontsize)
 {
 	FcPattern *pattern;
 	double fontval;
@@ -1015,7 +1013,7 @@ xloadfonts(const char *fontstr, double fontsize)
 	if (fontstr[0] == '-')
 		pattern = XftXlfdParse(fontstr, False, False);
 	else
-		pattern = FcNameParse((const FcChar8 *)fontstr);
+		pattern = FcNameParse((FcChar8 *)fontstr);
 
 	if (!pattern)
 		die("can't open font %s\n", fontstr);
@@ -1356,7 +1354,6 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 	xw.xembed = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "_XEMBED", False);
 	xw.wmdeletewin = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "WM_DELETE_WINDOW", False);
 	xw.netwmname = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "_NET_WM_NAME", False);
-	xw.netwmiconname = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "_NET_WM_ICON_NAME", False);
 	XSetWMProtocols(xw.dpy, xw.win, &xw.wmdeletewin, 1);
 
 	xw.netwmpid = XInternAtom(xw.dpy, "_NET_WM_PID", False);
@@ -1767,29 +1764,14 @@ xsetenv(void)
 	setenv("WINDOWID", buf, 1);
 }
 
-void
-xseticontitle(char *p)
-{
-	XTextProperty prop;
-	DEFAULT(p, opt_title);
-
-	if (Xutf8TextListToTextProperty(xw.dpy, &p, 1, XUTF8StringStyle,
-	                                &prop) != Success)
-		return;
-	XSetWMIconName(xw.dpy, xw.win, &prop);
-	XSetTextProperty(xw.dpy, xw.win, &prop, xw.netwmiconname);
-	XFree(prop.value);
-}
-
 void
 xsettitle(char *p)
 {
 	XTextProperty prop;
 	DEFAULT(p, opt_title);
 
-	if (Xutf8TextListToTextProperty(xw.dpy, &p, 1, XUTF8StringStyle,
-	                                &prop) != Success)
-		return;
+	Xutf8TextListToTextProperty(xw.dpy, &p, 1, XUTF8StringStyle,
+			&prop);
 	XSetWMName(xw.dpy, xw.win, &prop);
 	XSetTextProperty(xw.dpy, xw.win, &prop, xw.netwmname);
 	XFree(prop.value);