Adding monochrome patch and anysize-nobar patch

README.md

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ Refer to [https://st.suckless.org/](https://st.suckless.org/) for details on the
 
 ### Changelog:
 
+2020-10-23 - Added the monochrome patch
+
 2020-08-08 - Re-added the visualbell patch
 
 2020-06-26 - Added the single drawable buffer patch as per the FAQ in order to get w3m images to display
@@ -53,6 +55,9 @@ Refer to [https://st.suckless.org/](https://st.suckless.org/) for details on the
    - [anysize](https://st.suckless.org/patches/anysize/)
       - allows st to reize to any pixel size rather than snapping to character width / height
 
+   - [anysize_nobar](https://github.com/connor-brooks/st-anysize-nobar)
+      - a patch that aims to prevent black bars being drawn on the edges of st terminals using the anysize patch
+
    - [bold-is-not-bright](https://st.suckless.org/patches/bold-is-not-bright/)
       - by default bold text is rendered with a bold font in the bright variant of the current color
       - this patch makes bold text rendered simply as bold, leaving the color unaffected
@@ -108,6 +113,9 @@ Refer to [https://st.suckless.org/](https://st.suckless.org/) for details on the
    - [ligatures](https://st.suckless.org/patches/ligatures/)
       - adds support for drawing ligatures using the Harfbuzz library to transform original text of a single line to a list of glyphs with ligatures included
 
+   - [monochrome](https://www.reddit.com/r/suckless/comments/ixbx6z/how_to_use_black_and_white_only_for_st/)
+      - makes st ignore terminal color attributes to make for a monochrome look
+
    - [newterm](https://st.suckless.org/patches/newterm/)
       - allows you to spawn a new st terminal using Ctrl-Shift-Return
       - it will have the same CWD (current working directory) as the original st instance

patches.def.h

@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@
  */
 #define ANYSIZE_PATCH 0
 
+/* This patch aims to prevent black bars being drawn on the edges of st terminals using the anysize
+ * patch. This generally only occurs when the terminal background color doesn't match the colors
+ * set in st's config.h file, for example when using terminal theming scripts such as base16.
+ * (I have not found this to be working, but adding for reference. May reduce flickering on
+ * terminal resizes.)
+ * https://github.com/connor-brooks/st-anysize-nobar
+ */
+#define ANYSIZE_NOBAR_PATCH 0
+
 /* By default bold text is rendered with a bold font in the bright variant of the current color.
  * This patch makes bold text rendered simply as bold, leaving the color unaffected.
  * https://st.suckless.org/patches/bold-is-not-bright/
@@ -137,6 +146,12 @@
  */
 #define LIGATURES_PATCH 0
 
+/* This patch makes st ignore terminal color attributes by forcing display of the default
+ * foreground and background colors only - making for a monochrome look. Idea ref.
+ * https://www.reddit.com/r/suckless/comments/ixbx6z/how_to_use_black_and_white_only_for_st/
+ */
+#define MONOCHROME_PATCH 0
+
 /* This patch allows you to spawn a new st terminal using Ctrl-Shift-Return. It will have the
  * same CWD (current working directory) as the original st instance.
  * https://st.suckless.org/patches/newterm/

st.c

@@ -1576,27 +1576,51 @@ tsetattr(int *attr, int l)
 			break;
 		case 38:
 			if ((idx = tdefcolor(attr, &i, l)) >= 0)
+				#if MONOCHROME_PATCH
+				term.c.attr.fg = defaultfg;
+				#else
 				term.c.attr.fg = idx;
+				#endif // MONOCHROME_PATCH
 			break;
 		case 39:
 			term.c.attr.fg = defaultfg;
 			break;
 		case 48:
 			if ((idx = tdefcolor(attr, &i, l)) >= 0)
+				#if MONOCHROME_PATCH
+				term.c.attr.bg = 0;
+				#else
 				term.c.attr.bg = idx;
+				#endif // MONOCHROME_PATCH
 			break;
 		case 49:
 			term.c.attr.bg = defaultbg;
 			break;
 		default:
 			if (BETWEEN(attr[i], 30, 37)) {
+				#if MONOCHROME_PATCH
+				term.c.attr.fg = defaultfg;
+				#else
 				term.c.attr.fg = attr[i] - 30;
+				#endif // MONOCHROME_PATCH
 			} else if (BETWEEN(attr[i], 40, 47)) {
+				#if MONOCHROME_PATCH
+				term.c.attr.bg = 0;
+				#else
 				term.c.attr.bg = attr[i] - 40;
+				#endif // MONOCHROME_PATCH
 			} else if (BETWEEN(attr[i], 90, 97)) {
+				#if MONOCHROME_PATCH
+				term.c.attr.fg = defaultfg;
+				#else
 				term.c.attr.fg = attr[i] - 90 + 8;
+				#endif // MONOCHROME_PATCH
 			} else if (BETWEEN(attr[i], 100, 107)) {
+				#if MONOCHROME_PATCH
+				term.c.attr.bg = 0;
+				#else
 				term.c.attr.bg = attr[i] - 100 + 8;
+				#endif // MONOCHROME_PATCH
 			} else {
 				fprintf(stderr,
 					"erresc(default): gfx attr %d unknown\n",

x.c

@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ xdrawglyphfontspecs(const XftGlyphFontSpec *specs, Glyph base, int len, int x, i
 		xclear(winx, winy + win.ch, winx + width, win.h);
 	#endif // ANYSIZE_PATCH
 
-	/* Clean up the region we want to draw to. */
+	// /* Clean up the region we want to draw to. */
 	XftDrawRect(xw.draw, bg, winx, winy, width, win.ch);
 
 	/* Set the clip region because Xft is sometimes dirty. */
@@ -2394,6 +2394,13 @@ run(void)
 			}
 		}
 
+		#if ANYSIZE_NOBAR_PATCH
+		/* Refresh before drawing */
+		cresize(0, 0);
+		redraw();
+		xhints();
+		#endif // ANYSIZE_NOBAR_PATCH
+
 		#if VISUALBELL_1_PATCH
 		if (bellon) {
 			bellon++;