bump version to 0.8.4

Remove stub code that was used for an experiment of adding sixel code to st
from the commit f7398434.

FAQ

@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 
 Use the excellent tool of [utmp](https://git.suckless.org/utmp/) for this task.
 
+
 ## Some _random program_ complains that st is unknown/not recognised/unsupported/whatever!
 
 It means that st doesn’t have any terminfo entry on your system. Chances are
 you did not `make install`. If you just want to test it without installing it,
 you can manually run `tic -sx st.info`.
 
+
 ## Nothing works, and nothing is said about an unknown terminal!
 
 * Some programs just assume they’re running in xterm i.e. they don’t rely on
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ you can manually run `tic -sx st.info`.
 * Some programs don’t complain about the lacking st description and default to
   another terminal. In that case see the question about terminfo.
 
+
 ## How do I scroll back up?
 
 * Using a terminal multiplexer.
@@ -23,11 +26,13 @@ you can manually run `tic -sx st.info`.
 * Using the excellent tool of [scroll](https://git.suckless.org/scroll/).
 * Using the scrollback [patch](https://st.suckless.org/patches/scrollback/).
 
+
 ## I would like to have utmp and/or scroll functionality by default
 
 You can add the absolute patch of both programs in your config.h
 file. You only have to modify the value of utmp and scroll variables.
 
+
 ## Why doesn't the Del key work in some programs?
 
 Taken from the terminfo manpage:
@@ -83,12 +88,14 @@ If you are using zsh, then read the zsh FAQ
 
 Putting these lines into your .zshrc will fix the problems.
 
+
 ## How can I use meta in 8bit mode?
 
 St supports meta in 8bit mode, but the default terminfo entry doesn't
 use this capability. If you want it, you have to use the 'st-meta' value
 in TERM.
 
+
 ## I cannot compile st in OpenBSD
 
 OpenBSD lacks librt, despite it being mandatory in POSIX
@@ -97,6 +104,7 @@ If you want to compile st for OpenBSD you have to remove -lrt from config.mk, an
 st will compile without any loss of functionality, because all the functions are
 included in libc on this platform.
 
+
 ## The Backspace Case
 
 St is emulating the Linux way of handling backspace being delete and delete being
@@ -158,19 +166,60 @@ terminal users wants its backspace to be how he feels it:
 	[1] http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html
 	[2] http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-5.html
 
+
 ## But I really want the old grumpy behaviour of my terminal
 
 Apply [1].
 
 [1] https://st.suckless.org/patches/delkey
 
-## Why do images not work in st (in programs such as w3m)?
 
-This is a terrible hack that overdraws an image on top of the terminal emulator
-window. It also relies on a very specific way the terminal draws it's contents.
+## Why do images not work in st using the w3m image hack?
+
+w3mimg uses a hack that draws an image on top of the terminal emulator Drawable
+window. The hack relies on the terminal to use a single buffer to draw its
+contents directly.
+
+st uses double-buffered drawing so the image is quickly replaced and may show a
+short flicker effect.
+
+Below is a patch example to change st double-buffering to a single Drawable
+buffer.
+
+diff --git a/x.c b/x.c
+--- a/x.c
++++ b/x.c
+@@ -732,10 +732,6 @@ xresize(int col, int row)
+ 	win.tw = col * win.cw;
+ 	win.th = row * win.ch;
+ 
+-	XFreePixmap(xw.dpy, xw.buf);
+-	xw.buf = XCreatePixmap(xw.dpy, xw.win, win.w, win.h,
+-			DefaultDepth(xw.dpy, xw.scr));
+-	XftDrawChange(xw.draw, xw.buf);
+ 	xclear(0, 0, win.w, win.h);
+ 
+ 	/* resize to new width */
+@@ -1148,8 +1144,7 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
+ 	gcvalues.graphics_exposures = False;
+ 	dc.gc = XCreateGC(xw.dpy, parent, GCGraphicsExposures,
+ 			&gcvalues);
+-	xw.buf = XCreatePixmap(xw.dpy, xw.win, win.w, win.h,
+-			DefaultDepth(xw.dpy, xw.scr));
++	xw.buf = xw.win;
+ 	XSetForeground(xw.dpy, dc.gc, dc.col[defaultbg].pixel);
+ 	XFillRectangle(xw.dpy, xw.buf, dc.gc, 0, 0, win.w, win.h);
+ 
+@@ -1632,8 +1627,6 @@ xdrawline(Line line, int x1, int y1, int x2)
+ void
+ xfinishdraw(void)
+ {
+-	XCopyArea(xw.dpy, xw.buf, xw.win, dc.gc, 0, 0, win.w,
+-			win.h, 0, 0);
+ 	XSetForeground(xw.dpy, dc.gc,
+ 			dc.col[IS_SET(MODE_REVERSE)?
+ 				defaultfg : defaultbg].pixel);
 
-A more proper (but limited way) would be using sixels. Which st doesn't
-support.
 
 ## BadLength X error in Xft when trying to render emoji
 

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT/X Consortium License
 
-© 2014-2018 Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo at codemadness dot org>
+© 2014-2020 Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo at codemadness dot org>
 © 2018 Devin J. Pohly <djpohly at gmail dot com>
 © 2014-2017 Quentin Rameau <quinq at fifth dot space>
 © 2009-2012 Aurélien APTEL <aurelien dot aptel at gmail dot com>

config.def.h

@@ -43,9 +43,18 @@ static unsigned int tripleclicktimeout = 600;
 /* alt screens */
 int allowaltscreen = 1;
 
-/* frames per second st should at maximum draw to the screen */
-static unsigned int xfps = 120;
-static unsigned int actionfps = 30;
+/* allow certain non-interactive (insecure) window operations such as:
+   setting the clipboard text */
+int allowwindowops = 0;
+
+/*
+ * draw latency range in ms - from new content/keypress/etc until drawing.
+ * within this range, st draws when content stops arriving (idle). mostly it's
+ * near minlatency, but it waits longer for slow updates to avoid partial draw.
+ * low minlatency will tear/flicker more, as it can "detect" idle too early.
+ */
+static double minlatency = 8;
+static double maxlatency = 33;
 
 /*
  * blinking timeout (set to 0 to disable blinking) for the terminal blinking
@@ -166,7 +175,9 @@ static uint forcemousemod = ShiftMask;
 static MouseShortcut mshortcuts[] = {
 	/* mask                 button   function        argument       release */
 	{ XK_ANY_MOD,           Button2, selpaste,       {.i = 0},      1 },
+	{ ShiftMask,            Button4, ttysend,        {.s = "\033[5;2~"} },
 	{ XK_ANY_MOD,           Button4, ttysend,        {.s = "\031"} },
+	{ ShiftMask,            Button5, ttysend,        {.s = "\033[6;2~"} },
 	{ XK_ANY_MOD,           Button5, ttysend,        {.s = "\005"} },
 };
 

config.mk

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # st version
-VERSION = 0.8.3
+VERSION = 0.8.4
 
 # Customize below to fit your system
 
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ STLDFLAGS = $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
 # OpenBSD:
 #CPPFLAGS = -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 -D_BSD_SOURCE
 #LIBS = -L$(X11LIB) -lm -lX11 -lutil -lXft \
-#       `pkg-config --libs fontconfig` \
-#       `pkg-config --libs freetype2`
+#       `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs fontconfig` \
+#       `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs freetype2`
 
 # compiler and linker
 # CC = c99

st.c

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 /* macros */
 #define IS_SET(flag)		((term.mode & (flag)) != 0)
-#define ISCONTROLC0(c)		(BETWEEN(c, 0, 0x1f) || (c) == '\177')
+#define ISCONTROLC0(c)		(BETWEEN(c, 0, 0x1f) || (c) == 0x7f)
 #define ISCONTROLC1(c)		(BETWEEN(c, 0x80, 0x9f))
 #define ISCONTROL(c)		(ISCONTROLC0(c) || ISCONTROLC1(c))
 #define ISDELIM(u)		(u && wcschr(worddelimiters, u))
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ enum term_mode {
 	MODE_ECHO        = 1 << 4,
 	MODE_PRINT       = 1 << 5,
 	MODE_UTF8        = 1 << 6,
-	MODE_SIXEL       = 1 << 7,
 };
 
 enum cursor_movement {
@@ -78,12 +77,11 @@ enum charset {
 enum escape_state {
 	ESC_START      = 1,
 	ESC_CSI        = 2,
-	ESC_STR        = 4,  /* OSC, PM, APC */
+	ESC_STR        = 4,  /* DCS, OSC, PM, APC */
 	ESC_ALTCHARSET = 8,
 	ESC_STR_END    = 16, /* a final string was encountered */
 	ESC_TEST       = 32, /* Enter in test mode */
 	ESC_UTF8       = 64,
-	ESC_DCS        =128,
 };
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -129,6 +127,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	int charset;  /* current charset */
 	int icharset; /* selected charset for sequence */
 	int *tabs;
+	Rune lastc;   /* last printed char outside of sequence, 0 if control */
 } Term;
 
 /* CSI Escape sequence structs */
@@ -634,7 +633,8 @@ getsel(void)
 		 * st.
 		 * FIXME: Fix the computer world.
 		 */
-		if ((y < sel.ne.y || lastx >= linelen) && !(last->mode & ATTR_WRAP))
+		if ((y < sel.ne.y || lastx >= linelen) &&
+		    (!(last->mode & ATTR_WRAP) || sel.type == SEL_RECTANGULAR))
 			*ptr++ = '\n';
 	}
 	*ptr = 0;
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ sigchld(int a)
 		die("child exited with status %d\n", WEXITSTATUS(stat));
 	else if (WIFSIGNALED(stat))
 		die("child terminated due to signal %d\n", WTERMSIG(stat));
-	exit(0);
+	_exit(0);
 }
 
 void
@@ -841,7 +841,6 @@ ttyread(void)
 		if (buflen > 0)
 			memmove(buf, buf + written, buflen);
 		return ret;
-
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1105,27 +1104,17 @@ selscroll(int orig, int n)
 	if (sel.ob.x == -1)
 		return;
 
-	if (BETWEEN(sel.ob.y, orig, term.bot) || BETWEEN(sel.oe.y, orig, term.bot)) {
-		if ((sel.ob.y += n) > term.bot || (sel.oe.y += n) < term.top) {
+	if (BETWEEN(sel.nb.y, orig, term.bot) != BETWEEN(sel.ne.y, orig, term.bot)) {
+		selclear();
+	} else if (BETWEEN(sel.nb.y, orig, term.bot)) {
+		sel.ob.y += n;
+		sel.oe.y += n;
+		if (sel.ob.y < term.top || sel.ob.y > term.bot ||
+		    sel.oe.y < term.top || sel.oe.y > term.bot) {
 			selclear();
-			return;
-		}
-		if (sel.type == SEL_RECTANGULAR) {
-			if (sel.ob.y < term.top)
-				sel.ob.y = term.top;
-			if (sel.oe.y > term.bot)
-				sel.oe.y = term.bot;
 		} else {
-			if (sel.ob.y < term.top) {
-				sel.ob.y = term.top;
-				sel.ob.x = 0;
-			}
-			if (sel.oe.y > term.bot) {
-				sel.oe.y = term.bot;
-				sel.oe.x = term.col;
-			}
+			selnormalize();
 		}
-		selnormalize();
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1657,6 +1646,12 @@ csihandle(void)
 		if (csiescseq.arg[0] == 0)
 			ttywrite(vtiden, strlen(vtiden), 0);
 		break;
+	case 'b': /* REP -- if last char is printable print it <n> more times */
+		DEFAULT(csiescseq.arg[0], 1);
+		if (term.lastc)
+			while (csiescseq.arg[0]-- > 0)
+				tputc(term.lastc);
+		break;
 	case 'C': /* CUF -- Cursor <n> Forward */
 	case 'a': /* HPR -- Cursor <n> Forward */
 		DEFAULT(csiescseq.arg[0], 1);
@@ -1780,7 +1775,7 @@ csihandle(void)
 		break;
 	case 'n': /* DSR – Device Status Report (cursor position) */
 		if (csiescseq.arg[0] == 6) {
-			len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),"\033[%i;%iR",
+			len = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "\033[%i;%iR",
 					term.c.y+1, term.c.x+1);
 			ttywrite(buf, len, 0);
 		}
@@ -1864,7 +1859,7 @@ strhandle(void)
 				xsettitle(strescseq.args[1]);
 			return;
 		case 52:
-			if (narg > 2) {
+			if (narg > 2 && allowwindowops) {
 				dec = base64dec(strescseq.args[2]);
 				if (dec) {
 					xsetsel(dec);
@@ -1900,7 +1895,6 @@ strhandle(void)
 		xsettitle(strescseq.args[0]);
 		return;
 	case 'P': /* DCS -- Device Control String */
-		term.mode |= ESC_DCS;
 	case '_': /* APC -- Application Program Command */
 	case '^': /* PM -- Privacy Message */
 		return;
@@ -2023,7 +2017,7 @@ tdumpline(int n)
 	bp = &term.line[n][0];
 	end = &bp[MIN(tlinelen(n), term.col) - 1];
 	if (bp != end || bp->u != ' ') {
-		for ( ;bp <= end; ++bp)
+		for ( ; bp <= end; ++bp)
 			tprinter(buf, utf8encode(bp->u, buf));
 	}
 	tprinter("\n", 1);
@@ -2094,12 +2088,9 @@ tdectest(char c)
 void
 tstrsequence(uchar c)
 {
-	strreset();
-
 	switch (c) {
 	case 0x90:   /* DCS -- Device Control String */
 		c = 'P';
-		term.esc |= ESC_DCS;
 		break;
 	case 0x9f:   /* APC -- Application Program Command */
 		c = '_';
@@ -2111,6 +2102,7 @@ tstrsequence(uchar c)
 		c = ']';
 		break;
 	}
+	strreset();
 	strescseq.type = c;
 	term.esc |= ESC_STR;
 }
@@ -2153,6 +2145,7 @@ tcontrolcode(uchar ascii)
 		return;
 	case '\032': /* SUB */
 		tsetchar('?', &term.c.attr, term.c.x, term.c.y);
+		/* FALLTHROUGH */
 	case '\030': /* CAN */
 		csireset();
 		break;
@@ -2307,15 +2300,13 @@ tputc(Rune u)
 	Glyph *gp;
 
 	control = ISCONTROL(u);
-	if (!IS_SET(MODE_UTF8) && !IS_SET(MODE_SIXEL)) {
+	if (u < 127 || !IS_SET(MODE_UTF8)) {
 		c[0] = u;
 		width = len = 1;
 	} else {
 		len = utf8encode(u, c);
-		if (!control && (width = wcwidth(u)) == -1) {
-			memcpy(c, "\357\277\275", 4); /* UTF_INVALID */
+		if (!control && (width = wcwidth(u)) == -1)
 			width = 1;
-		}
 	}
 
 	if (IS_SET(MODE_PRINT))
@@ -2330,23 +2321,11 @@ tputc(Rune u)
 	if (term.esc & ESC_STR) {
 		if (u == '\a' || u == 030 || u == 032 || u == 033 ||
 		   ISCONTROLC1(u)) {
-			term.esc &= ~(ESC_START|ESC_STR|ESC_DCS);
-			if (IS_SET(MODE_SIXEL)) {
-				/* TODO: render sixel */;
-				term.mode &= ~MODE_SIXEL;
-				return;
-			}
+			term.esc &= ~(ESC_START|ESC_STR);
 			term.esc |= ESC_STR_END;
 			goto check_control_code;
 		}
 
-		if (IS_SET(MODE_SIXEL)) {
-			/* TODO: implement sixel mode */
-			return;
-		}
-		if (term.esc&ESC_DCS && strescseq.len == 0 && u == 'q')
-			term.mode |= MODE_SIXEL;
-
 		if (strescseq.len+len >= strescseq.siz) {
 			/*
 			 * Here is a bug in terminals. If the user never sends
@@ -2383,6 +2362,8 @@ check_control_code:
 		/*
 		 * control codes are not shown ever
 		 */
+		if (!term.esc)
+			term.lastc = 0;
 		return;
 	} else if (term.esc & ESC_START) {
 		if (term.esc & ESC_CSI) {
@@ -2413,7 +2394,7 @@ check_control_code:
 		 */
 		return;
 	}
-	if (sel.ob.x != -1 && BETWEEN(term.c.y, sel.ob.y, sel.oe.y))
+	if (selected(term.c.x, term.c.y))
 		selclear();
 
 	gp = &term.line[term.c.y][term.c.x];
@@ -2432,6 +2413,7 @@ check_control_code:
 	}
 
 	tsetchar(u, &term.c.attr, term.c.x, term.c.y);
+	term.lastc = u;
 
 	if (width == 2) {
 		gp->mode |= ATTR_WIDE;
@@ -2455,7 +2437,7 @@ twrite(const char *buf, int buflen, int show_ctrl)
 	int n;
 
 	for (n = 0; n < buflen; n += charsize) {
-		if (IS_SET(MODE_UTF8) && !IS_SET(MODE_SIXEL)) {
+		if (IS_SET(MODE_UTF8)) {
 			/* process a complete utf8 char */
 			charsize = utf8decode(buf + n, &u, buflen - n);
 			if (charsize == 0)

st.h

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ extern char *stty_args;
 extern char *vtiden;
 extern wchar_t *worddelimiters;
 extern int allowaltscreen;
+extern int allowwindowops;
 extern char *termname;
 extern unsigned int tabspaces;
 extern unsigned int defaultfg;

st.info

@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ st-mono| simpleterm monocolor,
 	rc=\E8,
 	rev=\E[7m,
 	ri=\EM,
+	rin=\E[%p1%dT,
 	ritm=\E[23m,
 	rmacs=\E(B,
 	rmcup=\E[?1049l,
@@ -183,6 +184,8 @@ st-mono| simpleterm monocolor,
 # XTerm extensions
 	rmxx=\E[29m,
 	smxx=\E[9m,
+# disabled rep for now: causes some issues with older ncurses versions.
+#	rep=%p1%c\E[%p2%{1}%-%db,
 # tmux extensions, see TERMINFO EXTENSIONS in tmux(1)
 	Tc,
 	Ms=\E]52;%p1%s;%p2%s\007,

x.c

@@ -1526,8 +1526,9 @@ xdrawcursor(int cx, int cy, Glyph g, int ox, int oy, Glyph og)
 	/* draw the new one */
 	if (IS_SET(MODE_FOCUSED)) {
 		switch (win.cursor) {
-		case 7: /* st extension: snowman (U+2603) */
-			g.u = 0x2603;
+		case 7: /* st extension */
+			g.u = 0x2603; /* snowman (U+2603) */
+			/* FALLTHROUGH */
 		case 0: /* Blinking Block */
 		case 1: /* Blinking Block (Default) */
 		case 2: /* Steady Block */
@@ -1689,8 +1690,7 @@ xsetmode(int set, unsigned int flags)
 int
 xsetcursor(int cursor)
 {
-	DEFAULT(cursor, 1);
-	if (!BETWEEN(cursor, 0, 6))
+	if (!BETWEEN(cursor, 0, 7)) /* 7: st extension */
 		return 1;
 	win.cursor = cursor;
 	return 0;
@@ -1867,10 +1867,9 @@ run(void)
 	XEvent ev;
 	int w = win.w, h = win.h;
 	fd_set rfd;
-	int xfd = XConnectionNumber(xw.dpy), xev, blinkset = 0, dodraw = 0;
-	int ttyfd;
-	struct timespec drawtimeout, *tv = NULL, now, last, lastblink;
-	long deltatime;
+	int xfd = XConnectionNumber(xw.dpy), ttyfd, xev, drawing;
+	struct timespec seltv, *tv, now, lastblink, trigger;
+	double timeout;
 
 	/* Waiting for window mapping */
 	do {
@@ -1891,82 +1890,77 @@ run(void)
 	ttyfd = ttynew(opt_line, shell, opt_io, opt_cmd);
 	cresize(w, h);
 
-	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &last);
-	lastblink = last;
-
-	for (xev = actionfps;;) {
+	for (timeout = -1, drawing = 0, lastblink = (struct timespec){0};;) {
 		FD_ZERO(&rfd);
 		FD_SET(ttyfd, &rfd);
 		FD_SET(xfd, &rfd);
 
+		if (XPending(xw.dpy))
+			timeout = 0;  /* existing events might not set xfd */
+
+		seltv.tv_sec = timeout / 1E3;
+		seltv.tv_nsec = 1E6 * (timeout - 1E3 * seltv.tv_sec);
+		tv = timeout >= 0 ? &seltv : NULL;
+
 		if (pselect(MAX(xfd, ttyfd)+1, &rfd, NULL, NULL, tv, NULL) < 0) {
 			if (errno == EINTR)
 				continue;
 			die("select failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 		}
-		if (FD_ISSET(ttyfd, &rfd)) {
-			ttyread();
-			if (blinktimeout) {
-				blinkset = tattrset(ATTR_BLINK);
-				if (!blinkset)
-					MODBIT(win.mode, 0, MODE_BLINK);
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (FD_ISSET(xfd, &rfd))
-			xev = actionfps;
-
 		clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now);
-		drawtimeout.tv_sec = 0;
-		drawtimeout.tv_nsec =  (1000 * 1E6)/ xfps;
-		tv = &drawtimeout;
 
-		dodraw = 0;
-		if (blinktimeout && TIMEDIFF(now, lastblink) > blinktimeout) {
-			tsetdirtattr(ATTR_BLINK);
-			win.mode ^= MODE_BLINK;
-			lastblink = now;
-			dodraw = 1;
-		}
-		deltatime = TIMEDIFF(now, last);
-		if (deltatime > 1000 / (xev ? xfps : actionfps)) {
-			dodraw = 1;
-			last = now;
+		if (FD_ISSET(ttyfd, &rfd))
+			ttyread();
+
+		xev = 0;
+		while (XPending(xw.dpy)) {
+			xev = 1;
+			XNextEvent(xw.dpy, &ev);
+			if (XFilterEvent(&ev, None))
+				continue;
+			if (handler[ev.type])
+				(handler[ev.type])(&ev);
 		}
 
-		if (dodraw) {
-			while (XPending(xw.dpy)) {
-				XNextEvent(xw.dpy, &ev);
-				if (XFilterEvent(&ev, None))
-					continue;
-				if (handler[ev.type])
-					(handler[ev.type])(&ev);
+		/*
+		 * To reduce flicker and tearing, when new content or event
+		 * triggers drawing, we first wait a bit to ensure we got
+		 * everything, and if nothing new arrives - we draw.
+		 * We start with trying to wait minlatency ms. If more content
+		 * arrives sooner, we retry with shorter and shorter periods,
+		 * and eventually draw even without idle after maxlatency ms.
+		 * Typically this results in low latency while interacting,
+		 * maximum latency intervals during `cat huge.txt`, and perfect
+		 * sync with periodic updates from animations/key-repeats/etc.
+		 */
+		if (FD_ISSET(ttyfd, &rfd) || xev) {
+			if (!drawing) {
+				trigger = now;
+				drawing = 1;
 			}
+			timeout = (maxlatency - TIMEDIFF(now, trigger)) \
+			          / maxlatency * minlatency;
+			if (timeout > 0)
+				continue;  /* we have time, try to find idle */
+		}
 
-			draw();
-			XFlush(xw.dpy);
-
-			if (xev && !FD_ISSET(xfd, &rfd))
-				xev--;
-			if (!FD_ISSET(ttyfd, &rfd) && !FD_ISSET(xfd, &rfd)) {
-				if (blinkset) {
-					if (TIMEDIFF(now, lastblink) \
-							> blinktimeout) {
-						drawtimeout.tv_nsec = 1000;
-					} else {
-						drawtimeout.tv_nsec = (1E6 * \
-							(blinktimeout - \
-							TIMEDIFF(now,
-								lastblink)));
-					}
-					drawtimeout.tv_sec = \
-					    drawtimeout.tv_nsec / 1E9;
-					drawtimeout.tv_nsec %= (long)1E9;
-				} else {
-					tv = NULL;
-				}
+		/* idle detected or maxlatency exhausted -> draw */
+		timeout = -1;
+		if (blinktimeout && tattrset(ATTR_BLINK)) {
+			timeout = blinktimeout - TIMEDIFF(now, lastblink);
+			if (timeout <= 0) {
+				if (-timeout > blinktimeout) /* start visible */
+					win.mode |= MODE_BLINK;
+				win.mode ^= MODE_BLINK;
+				tsetdirtattr(ATTR_BLINK);
+				lastblink = now;
+				timeout = blinktimeout;
 			}
 		}
+
+		draw();
+		XFlush(xw.dpy);
+		drawing = 0;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1988,7 +1982,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 	xw.l = xw.t = 0;
 	xw.isfixed = False;
-	win.cursor = cursorshape;
+	xsetcursor(cursorshape);
 
 	ARGBEGIN {
 	case 'a':