Adding color emoji patch

README.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Refer to [https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/)
 
 ### Changelog:
 
-2020-05-29 - Added the alpha patch (derived from Baitinq's [build](https://github.com/Baitinq/dmenu))
+2020-05-29 - Added the alpha patch (derived from Baitinq's [build](https://github.com/Baitinq/dmenu)) and the color emoji patch
 
 2020-04-05 - Added fuzzyhighlight patch
 
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ Refer to [https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/)
    - [center](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/center/)
       - this patch centers dmenu in the middle of the screen
 
+   - color_emoji
+      - enables color emoji in dmenu by removing a workaround for a BadLength error in the Xft library when color glyphs are used
+      - enabling this will crash dmenu on encountering such glyphs unless you also have an updated Xft library that can handle them
+
    - [fuzzyhighlight](https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/fuzzyhighlight/)
       - intended to be combined with the fuzzymatch patch, this makes it so that fuzzy matches are highlighted
 

drw.c

@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ xfont_create(Drw *drw, const char *fontname, FcPattern *fontpattern)
 		die("no font specified.");
 	}
 
+	#if !COLOR_EMOJI_PATCH
 	/* Do not allow using color fonts. This is a workaround for a BadLength
 	 * error from Xft with color glyphs. Modelled on the Xterm workaround. See
 	 * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498269
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ xfont_create(Drw *drw, const char *fontname, FcPattern *fontpattern)
 		XftFontClose(drw->dpy, xfont);
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	#endif // COLOR_EMOJI_PATCH
 
 	font = ecalloc(1, sizeof(Fnt));
 	font->xfont = xfont;

patches.def.h

@@ -17,6 +17,14 @@
  */
 #define CENTER_PATCH 0
 
+/* This patch enables color emoji in dmenu by removing a workaround for a BadLength error
+ * in the Xft library when color glyphs are used.
+ * To enable this you will need an updated Xft library that can handle color glyphs otherwise
+ * the program will crash on encountering such characters. Note that you will also need a font
+ * that provides color emojis for this to work.
+ */
+#define COLOR_EMOJI_PATCH 0
+
 /* This patch make it so that fuzzy matches gets highlighted and is therefore meant
  * to be used together with the fuzzymatch patch.
  * https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/patches/fuzzyhighlight/