diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f14cf2d..b36715f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Refer to [https://dwm.suckless.org/](https://st.suckless.org/) for details on th
 
 ### Changelog:
 
-2019-09-16 - Added alpha, anysize, bold-is-not-bright, clipboard, copyurl, disable-fonts, fixime, hidecursor, newterm, open-copied-url, vertcenter, scrollback and xresources patches
+2019-09-16 - Added alpha, anysize, bold-is-not-bright, clipboard, copyurl, disable-fonts, externalpipe, fixime, hidecursor, newterm, open-copied-url, vertcenter, scrollback, spoiler, themed cursor and xresources patches
 
 ### Patches included:
 
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ Refer to [https://dwm.suckless.org/](https://st.suckless.org/) for details on th
    - [disable-fonts](https://st.suckless.org/patches/disable_bold_italic_fonts/)
       - this patch adds the option of disabling bold/italic/roman fonts globally
 
+   - [externalpipe](https://st.suckless.org/patches/externalpipe/)
+      - this patch allows for eading and writing st's screen through a pipe, e.g. to pass info to dmenu
+
    - [fixime](https://st.suckless.org/patches/fix_ime/)
       - adds better Input Method Editor (IME) support
 
@@ -52,6 +55,12 @@ Refer to [https://dwm.suckless.org/](https://st.suckless.org/) for details on th
    - [scrollback](https://st.suckless.org/patches/scrollback/)
       - allows you scroll back through terminal output using keyboard shortcuts or mousewheel
 
+   - [spoiler](https://st.suckless.org/patches/spoiler/)
+      - use inverted defaultbg/fg for selection when bg/fg are the same
+
+   - [themed-cursor](https://st.suckless.org/patches/themed_cursor/)
+      - instead of a default X cursor, use the xterm cursor from your cursor theme
+
    - [vertcenter](https://st.suckless.org/patches/vertcenter/)
       - vertically center lines in the space available if you have set a larger chscale in config.h
 
diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 04f80e0..82c5adc 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -149,12 +149,19 @@ static unsigned int cursorshape = 2;
 static unsigned int cols = 80;
 static unsigned int rows = 24;
 
+#if THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
+/*
+ * Default shape of the mouse cursor
+ */
+static char* mouseshape = "xterm";
+#else
 /*
  * Default colour and shape of the mouse cursor
  */
 static unsigned int mouseshape = XC_xterm;
 static unsigned int mousefg = 7;
 static unsigned int mousebg = 0;
+#endif // THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
 
 /*
  * Color used to display font attributes when fontconfig selected a font which
@@ -232,6 +239,12 @@ MouseKey mkeys[] = {
 #define MODKEY Mod1Mask
 #define TERMMOD (ControlMask|ShiftMask)
 
+#if EXTERNALPIPE_PATCH // example command
+static char *openurlcmd[] = { "/bin/sh", "-c",
+	"xurls | dmenu -l 10 -w $WINDOWID | xargs -r open",
+	"externalpipe", NULL };
+#endif // EXTERNALPIPE_PATCH
+
 static Shortcut shortcuts[] = {
 	/* mask                 keysym          function        argument */
 	{ XK_ANY_MOD,           XK_Break,       sendbreak,      {.i =  0} },
@@ -264,6 +277,9 @@ static Shortcut shortcuts[] = {
 	#if NEWTERM_PATCH
 	{ TERMMOD,              XK_Return,      newterm,        {.i =  0} },
 	#endif // NEWTERM_PATCH
+	#if EXTERNALPIPE_PATCH
+	{ TERMMOD,              XK_U,           externalpipe,   { .v = openurlcmd } },
+	#endif // EXTERNALPIPE_PATCH
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 1d2f0e2..09ad849 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PKG_CONFIG = pkg-config
 INCS = -I$(X11INC) \
        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags fontconfig` \
        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags freetype2`
-LIBS = -L$(X11LIB) -lm -lrt -lX11 -lutil -lXft -lXrender\
+LIBS = -L$(X11LIB) -lm -lrt -lX11 -lutil -lXft -lXrender -lXcursor\
        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs fontconfig` \
        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs freetype2`
 
diff --git a/patch/externalpipe.c b/patch/externalpipe.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a131f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/externalpipe.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+void
+externalpipe(const Arg *arg)
+{
+	int to[2];
+	char buf[UTF_SIZ];
+	void (*oldsigpipe)(int);
+	Glyph *bp, *end;
+	int lastpos, n, newline;
+
+	if (pipe(to) == -1)
+		return;
+
+	switch (fork()) {
+	case -1:
+		close(to[0]);
+		close(to[1]);
+		return;
+	case 0:
+		dup2(to[0], STDIN_FILENO);
+		close(to[0]);
+		close(to[1]);
+		execvp(((char **)arg->v)[0], (char **)arg->v);
+		fprintf(stderr, "st: execvp %s\n", ((char **)arg->v)[0]);
+		perror("failed");
+		exit(0);
+	}
+
+	close(to[0]);
+	/* ignore sigpipe for now, in case child exists early */
+	oldsigpipe = signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+	newline = 0;
+	for (n = 0; n < term.row; n++) {
+		bp = term.line[n];
+		lastpos = MIN(tlinelen(n) + 1, term.col) - 1;
+		if (lastpos < 0)
+			break;
+		end = &bp[lastpos + 1];
+		for (; bp < end; ++bp)
+			if (xwrite(to[1], buf, utf8encode(bp->u, buf)) < 0)
+				break;
+		if ((newline = term.line[n][lastpos].mode & ATTR_WRAP))
+			continue;
+		if (xwrite(to[1], "\n", 1) < 0)
+			break;
+		newline = 0;
+	}
+	if (newline)
+		(void)xwrite(to[1], "\n", 1);
+	close(to[1]);
+	/* restore */
+	signal(SIGPIPE, oldsigpipe);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patch/externalpipe.h b/patch/externalpipe.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ec9f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patch/externalpipe.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+void externalpipe(const Arg *);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/patch/st_include.c b/patch/st_include.c
index 2a706d9..09b2a92 100644
--- a/patch/st_include.c
+++ b/patch/st_include.c
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #include "copyurl.c"
 #endif
 
+#if EXTERNALPIPE_PATCH
+#include "externalpipe.c"
+#endif
+
 #if NEWTERM_PATCH
 #include "newterm.c"
 #endif
diff --git a/patch/st_include.h b/patch/st_include.h
index 2d4c182..e5423ec 100644
--- a/patch/st_include.h
+++ b/patch/st_include.h
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 #include "copyurl.h"
 #endif
 
+#if EXTERNALPIPE_PATCH
+#include "externalpipe.h"
+#endif
+
 #if FIXIME_PATCH
 void xximspot(int, int);
 #endif
diff --git a/patches.h b/patches.h
index 1172e01..e4cfc76 100644
--- a/patches.h
+++ b/patches.h
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
  */
 #define DISABLE_ROMAN_FONTS_PATCH 1
 
+/* Reading and writing st's screen through a pipe, e.g. pass info to dmenu.
+ * https://st.suckless.org/patches/externalpipe/
+ */
+#define EXTERNALPIPE_PATCH 1
+
 /* This patch adds better Input Method Editor (IME) support.
  * https://st.suckless.org/patches/fix_ime/
  */
@@ -97,6 +102,16 @@
  */
 #define SCROLLBACK_MOUSE_ALTSCREEN_PATCH 1
 
+/* Use inverted defaultbg/fg for selection when bg/fg are the same.
+ * https://st.suckless.org/patches/spoiler/
+ */
+#define SPOILER_PATCH 1
+
+/* Instead of a default X cursor, use the xterm cursor from your cursor theme.
+ * https://st.suckless.org/patches/themed_cursor/
+ */
+#define THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH 1
+
 /*
  * Vertically center lines in the space available if you have set a larger chscale in config.h
  * https://st.suckless.org/patches/vertcenter/
diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
index cc699ae..2d19b12 100644
--- a/x.c
+++ b/x.c
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ static char *argv0;
 #include "st.h"
 #include "win.h"
 
+#if THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
+#include <X11/Xcursor/Xcursor.h>
+#endif // THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
+
 /* types used in config.h */
 typedef struct {
 	uint mod;
@@ -1233,13 +1237,21 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 	/* white cursor, black outline */
 	#if HIDECURSOR_PATCH
 	xw.pointerisvisible = 1;
+	#if THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
+	xw.vpointer = XcursorLibraryLoadCursor(xw.dpy, mouseshape);
+	#else
 	xw.vpointer = XCreateFontCursor(xw.dpy, mouseshape);
+	#endif // THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
 	XDefineCursor(xw.dpy, xw.win, xw.vpointer);
+	#elif THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
+	cursor = XcursorLibraryLoadCursor(xw.dpy, mouseshape);
+	XDefineCursor(xw.dpy, xw.win, cursor);
 	#else
 	cursor = XCreateFontCursor(xw.dpy, mouseshape);
 	XDefineCursor(xw.dpy, xw.win, cursor);
 	#endif // HIDECURSOR_PATCH
 
+	#if !THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
 	if (XParseColor(xw.dpy, xw.cmap, colorname[mousefg], &xmousefg) == 0) {
 		xmousefg.red   = 0xffff;
 		xmousefg.green = 0xffff;
@@ -1251,13 +1263,16 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 		xmousebg.green = 0x0000;
 		xmousebg.blue  = 0x0000;
 	}
+	#endif // THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
 
 	#if HIDECURSOR_PATCH
+	#if !THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
 	XRecolorCursor(xw.dpy, xw.vpointer, &xmousefg, &xmousebg);
+	#endif // THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
 	blankpm = XCreateBitmapFromData(xw.dpy, xw.win, &(char){0}, 1, 1);
 	xw.bpointer = XCreatePixmapCursor(xw.dpy, blankpm, blankpm,
 					  &xmousefg, &xmousebg, 0, 0);
-	#else
+	#elif !THEMED_CURSOR_PATCH
 	XRecolorCursor(xw.dpy, cursor, &xmousefg, &xmousebg);
 	#endif // HIDECURSOR_PATCH
 
@@ -1520,9 +1535,20 @@ xdrawglyphfontspecs(const XftGlyphFontSpec *specs, Glyph base, int len, int x, i
 	}
 
 	if (base.mode & ATTR_REVERSE) {
+		#if SPOILER_PATCH
+		if (bg == fg) {
+			bg = &dc.col[defaultfg];
+			fg = &dc.col[defaultbg];
+		} else {
+			temp = fg;
+			fg = bg;
+			bg = temp;
+		}
+		#else
 		temp = fg;
 		fg = bg;
 		bg = temp;
+		#endif // SPOILER_PATCH
 	}
 
 	if (base.mode & ATTR_BLINK && win.mode & MODE_BLINK)