patch: alpha

Makefile

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 include config.mk
 
-SRC = st.c x.c
+SRC = st.c x.c hb.c
 OBJ = $(SRC:.c=.o)
 
 all: st
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ config.h:
 	$(CC) $(STCFLAGS) -c $<
 
 st.o: config.h st.h win.h
-x.o: arg.h config.h st.h win.h
+x.o: arg.h config.h st.h win.h hb.h
+hb.o: st.h
 
 $(OBJ): config.h config.mk
 

config.def.h

@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ int allowwindowops = 0;
 static double minlatency = 2;
 static double maxlatency = 33;
 
+/*
+ * Synchronized-Update timeout in ms
+ * https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/wikis/synchronized-updates-spec
+ */
+static uint su_timeout = 200;
+
 /*
  * blinking timeout (set to 0 to disable blinking) for the terminal blinking
  * attribute.
@@ -93,6 +99,9 @@ char *termname = "st-256color";
  */
 unsigned int tabspaces = 8;
 
+/* bg opacity */
+float alpha = 0.8;
+
 /* Terminal colors (16 first used in escape sequence) */
 static const char *colorname[] = {
 	/* 8 normal colors */

config.mk

@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ PKG_CONFIG = pkg-config
 # includes and libs
 INCS = -I$(X11INC) \
        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags fontconfig` \
-       `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags freetype2`
+       `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags freetype2` \
+       `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags harfbuzz`
 LIBS = -L$(X11LIB) -lm -lrt -lX11 -lutil -lXft \
        `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs fontconfig` \
-       `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs freetype2`
+       `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs freetype2` \
+       `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs harfbuzz`
 
 # flags
 STCPPFLAGS = -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600
@@ -29,7 +31,8 @@ STLDFLAGS = $(LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
 #CPPFLAGS = -DVERSION=\"$(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 freetype2` \
+#       `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs harfbuzz`
 #MANPREFIX = ${PREFIX}/man
 
 # compiler and linker

hb.c

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
+#include <X11/cursorfont.h>
+#include <hb.h>
+#include <hb-ft.h>
+
+#include "st.h"
+#include "hb.h"
+
+#define FEATURE(c1,c2,c3,c4) { .tag = HB_TAG(c1,c2,c3,c4), .value = 1, .start = HB_FEATURE_GLOBAL_START, .end = HB_FEATURE_GLOBAL_END }
+#define BUFFER_STEP 256
+
+hb_font_t *hbfindfont(XftFont *match);
+
+typedef struct {
+	XftFont *match;
+	hb_font_t *font;
+} HbFontMatch;
+
+typedef struct {
+	size_t capacity;
+	HbFontMatch *fonts;
+} HbFontCache;
+
+static HbFontCache hbfontcache = { 0, NULL };
+
+typedef struct {
+	size_t capacity;
+	Rune *runes;
+} RuneBuffer;
+
+static RuneBuffer hbrunebuffer = { 0, NULL };
+
+/*
+ * Poplulate the array with a list of font features, wrapped in FEATURE macro,
+ * e. g.
+ * FEATURE('c', 'a', 'l', 't'), FEATURE('d', 'l', 'i', 'g')
+ */
+hb_feature_t features[] = { FEATURE('c', 'a', 'l', 't'), FEATURE('d', 'l', 'i', 'g') };
+
+void
+hbunloadfonts()
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < hbfontcache.capacity; i++) {
+		hb_font_destroy(hbfontcache.fonts[i].font);
+		XftUnlockFace(hbfontcache.fonts[i].match);
+	}
+
+	if (hbfontcache.fonts != NULL) {
+		free(hbfontcache.fonts);
+		hbfontcache.fonts = NULL;
+	}
+	hbfontcache.capacity = 0;
+}
+
+hb_font_t *
+hbfindfont(XftFont *match)
+{
+	for (int i = 0; i < hbfontcache.capacity; i++) {
+		if (hbfontcache.fonts[i].match == match)
+			return hbfontcache.fonts[i].font;
+	}
+
+	/* Font not found in cache, caching it now. */
+	hbfontcache.fonts = realloc(hbfontcache.fonts, sizeof(HbFontMatch) * (hbfontcache.capacity + 1));
+	FT_Face face = XftLockFace(match);
+	hb_font_t *font = hb_ft_font_create(face, NULL);
+	if (font == NULL)
+		die("Failed to load Harfbuzz font.");
+
+	hbfontcache.fonts[hbfontcache.capacity].match = match;
+	hbfontcache.fonts[hbfontcache.capacity].font = font;
+	hbfontcache.capacity += 1;
+
+	return font;
+}
+
+void hbtransform(HbTransformData *data, XftFont *xfont, const Glyph *glyphs, int start, int length) {
+	ushort mode = USHRT_MAX;
+	unsigned int glyph_count;
+	int rune_idx, glyph_idx, end = start + length;
+
+	hb_font_t *font = hbfindfont(xfont);
+	if (font == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	hb_buffer_t *buffer = hb_buffer_create();
+	hb_buffer_set_direction(buffer, HB_DIRECTION_LTR);
+	hb_buffer_set_cluster_level(buffer, HB_BUFFER_CLUSTER_LEVEL_MONOTONE_CHARACTERS);
+
+	/* Resize the buffer if required length is larger. */
+	if (hbrunebuffer.capacity < length) {
+		hbrunebuffer.capacity = (length / BUFFER_STEP + 1) * BUFFER_STEP;
+		hbrunebuffer.runes = realloc(hbrunebuffer.runes, hbrunebuffer.capacity * sizeof(Rune));
+	}
+
+	/* Fill buffer with codepoints. */
+	for (rune_idx = 0, glyph_idx = start; glyph_idx < end; glyph_idx++, rune_idx++) {
+		hbrunebuffer.runes[rune_idx] = glyphs[glyph_idx].u;
+		mode = glyphs[glyph_idx].mode;
+		if (mode & ATTR_WDUMMY)
+			hbrunebuffer.runes[rune_idx] = 0x0020;
+	}
+	hb_buffer_add_codepoints(buffer, hbrunebuffer.runes, length, 0, length);
+
+	/* Shape the segment. */
+	hb_shape(font, buffer, features, sizeof(features)/sizeof(hb_feature_t));
+
+	/* Get new glyph info. */
+	hb_glyph_info_t *info = hb_buffer_get_glyph_infos(buffer, &glyph_count);
+	hb_glyph_position_t *pos = hb_buffer_get_glyph_positions(buffer, &glyph_count);
+
+	/* Fill the output. */
+	data->buffer = buffer;
+	data->glyphs = info;
+	data->positions = pos;
+	data->count = glyph_count;
+}
+
+void hbcleanup(HbTransformData *data) {
+	hb_buffer_destroy(data->buffer);
+	memset(data, 0, sizeof(HbTransformData));
+}

hb.h

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <X11/Xft/Xft.h>
+#include <hb.h>
+#include <hb-ft.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+	hb_buffer_t *buffer;
+	hb_glyph_info_t *glyphs;
+	hb_glyph_position_t *positions;
+	unsigned int count;
+} HbTransformData;
+
+void hbunloadfonts();
+void hbtransform(HbTransformData *, XftFont *, const Glyph *, int, int);
+void hbcleanup(HbTransformData *);
+

st.c

@@ -247,6 +247,33 @@ 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};
 
+#include <time.h>
+static int su = 0;
+struct timespec sutv;
+
+static void
+tsync_begin()
+{
+	clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &sutv);
+	su = 1;
+}
+
+static void
+tsync_end()
+{
+	su = 0;
+}
+
+int
+tinsync(uint timeout)
+{
+	struct timespec now;
+	if (su && !clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now)
+	       && TIMEDIFF(now, sutv) >= timeout)
+		su = 0;
+	return su;
+}
+
 ssize_t
 xwrite(int fd, const char *s, size_t len)
 {
@@ -830,6 +857,9 @@ ttynew(const char *line, char *cmd, const char *out, char **args)
 	return cmdfd;
 }
 
+static int twrite_aborted = 0;
+int ttyread_pending() { return twrite_aborted; }
+
 size_t
 ttyread(void)
 {
@@ -838,7 +868,7 @@ ttyread(void)
 	int ret, written;
 
 	/* append read bytes to unprocessed bytes */
-	ret = read(cmdfd, buf+buflen, LEN(buf)-buflen);
+	ret = twrite_aborted ? 1 : read(cmdfd, buf+buflen, LEN(buf)-buflen);
 
 	switch (ret) {
 	case 0:
@@ -846,7 +876,7 @@ ttyread(void)
 	case -1:
 		die("couldn't read from shell: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	default:
-		buflen += ret;
+		buflen += twrite_aborted ? 0 : ret;
 		written = twrite(buf, buflen, 0);
 		buflen -= written;
 		/* keep any incomplete UTF-8 byte sequence for the next call */
@@ -1012,6 +1042,7 @@ tsetdirtattr(int attr)
 void
 tfulldirt(void)
 {
+	tsync_end();
 	tsetdirt(0, term.row-1);
 }
 
@@ -2094,6 +2125,12 @@ strhandle(void)
 		xsettitle(strescseq.args[0]);
 		return;
 	case 'P': /* DCS -- Device Control String */
+		/* https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/-/wikis/synchronized-updates-spec */
+		if (strstr(strescseq.buf, "=1s") == strescseq.buf)
+			tsync_begin();  /* BSU */
+		else if (strstr(strescseq.buf, "=2s") == strescseq.buf)
+			tsync_end();  /* ESU */
+		return;
 	case '_': /* APC -- Application Program Command */
 	case '^': /* PM -- Privacy Message */
 		return;
@@ -2654,6 +2691,9 @@ twrite(const char *buf, int buflen, int show_ctrl)
 		tfulldirt();
 	}
 
+	int su0 = su;
+	twrite_aborted = 0;
+
 	for (n = 0; n < buflen; n += charsize) {
 		if (IS_SET(MODE_UTF8)) {
 			/* process a complete utf8 char */
@@ -2664,6 +2704,10 @@ twrite(const char *buf, int buflen, int show_ctrl)
 			u = buf[n] & 0xFF;
 			charsize = 1;
 		}
+		if (su0 && !su) {
+			twrite_aborted = 1;
+			break;  // ESU - allow rendering before a new BSU
+		}
 		if (show_ctrl && ISCONTROL(u)) {
 			if (u & 0x80) {
 				u &= 0x7f;
@@ -2820,7 +2864,8 @@ draw(void)
 	drawregion(0, 0, term.col, term.row);
 	if (TSCREEN.off == 0)
 		xdrawcursor(cx, term.c.y, TLINE(term.c.y)[cx],
-				term.ocx, term.ocy, TLINE(term.ocy)[term.ocx]);
+			term.ocx, term.ocy, TLINE(term.ocy)[term.ocx],
+			TLINE(term.ocy), term.col);
 	term.ocx = cx;
 	term.ocy = term.c.y;
 	xfinishdraw();

st.h

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 #define DIVCEIL(n, d)		(((n) + ((d) - 1)) / (d))
 #define DEFAULT(a, b)		(a) = (a) ? (a) : (b)
 #define LIMIT(x, a, b)		(x) = (x) < (a) ? (a) : (x) > (b) ? (b) : (x)
-#define ATTRCMP(a, b)		((a).mode != (b).mode || (a).fg != (b).fg || \
+#define ATTRCMP(a, b)		(((a).mode & (~ATTR_WRAP)) != ((b).mode & (~ATTR_WRAP)) || \
+				(a).fg != (b).fg || \
 				(a).bg != (b).bg)
 #define TIMEDIFF(t1, t2)	((t1.tv_sec-t2.tv_sec)*1000 + \
 				(t1.tv_nsec-t2.tv_nsec)/1E6)

st.info

@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ st-mono| simpleterm monocolor,
 	Ms=\E]52;%p1%s;%p2%s\007,
 	Se=\E[2 q,
 	Ss=\E[%p1%d q,
+	Sync=\EP=%p1%ds\E\\,
 
 st| simpleterm,
 	use=st-mono,

win.h

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ enum win_mode {
 
 void xbell(void);
 void xclipcopy(void);
-void xdrawcursor(int, int, Glyph, int, int, Glyph);
+void xdrawcursor(int, int, Glyph, int, int, Glyph, Line, int);
 void xdrawline(Line, int, int, int);
 void xfinishdraw(void);
 void xloadcols(void);

x.c

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ char *argv0;
 #include "arg.h"
 #include "st.h"
 #include "win.h"
+#include "hb.h"
 
 /* types used in config.h */
 typedef struct {
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	XSetWindowAttributes attrs;
 	int scr;
 	int isfixed; /* is fixed geometry? */
+	int depth; /* bit depth */
 	int l, t; /* left and top offset */
 	int gm; /* geometry mask */
 } XWindow;
@@ -146,8 +148,9 @@ typedef struct {
 } DC;
 
 static inline ushort sixd_to_16bit(int);
+static void xresetfontsettings(ushort mode, Font **font, int *frcflags);
 static int xmakeglyphfontspecs(XftGlyphFontSpec *, const Glyph *, int, int, int);
-static void xdrawglyphfontspecs(const XftGlyphFontSpec *, Glyph, int, int, int);
+static void xdrawglyphfontspecs(const XftGlyphFontSpec *, Glyph, int, int, int, int);
 static void xdrawglyph(Glyph, int, int);
 static void xclear(int, int, int, int);
 static int xgeommasktogravity(int);
@@ -772,12 +775,12 @@ xresize(int col, int row)
 
 	XFreePixmap(xw.dpy, xw.buf);
 	xw.buf = XCreatePixmap(xw.dpy, xw.win, win.w, win.h,
-			DefaultDepth(xw.dpy, xw.scr));
+			xw.depth);
 	XftDrawChange(xw.draw, xw.buf);
 	xclear(0, 0, win.w, win.h);
 
 	/* resize to new width */
-	xw.specbuf = xrealloc(xw.specbuf, col * sizeof(GlyphFontSpec));
+	xw.specbuf = xrealloc(xw.specbuf, col * sizeof(GlyphFontSpec) * 4);
 }
 
 ushort
@@ -832,6 +835,10 @@ xloadcols(void)
 			else
 				die("could not allocate color %d\n", i);
 		}
+
+	dc.col[defaultbg].color.alpha = (unsigned short)(0xffff * alpha);
+	dc.col[defaultbg].pixel &= 0x00FFFFFF;
+	dc.col[defaultbg].pixel |= (unsigned char)(0xff * alpha) << 24;
 	loaded = 1;
 }
 
@@ -862,6 +869,12 @@ xsetcolorname(int x, const char *name)
 	XftColorFree(xw.dpy, xw.vis, xw.cmap, &dc.col[x]);
 	dc.col[x] = ncolor;
 
+	if (x == defaultbg) {
+		dc.col[defaultbg].color.alpha = (unsigned short)(0xffff * alpha);
+		dc.col[defaultbg].pixel &= 0x00FFFFFF;
+		dc.col[defaultbg].pixel |= (unsigned char)(0xff * alpha) << 24;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1082,6 +1095,9 @@ xunloadfont(Font *f)
 void
 xunloadfonts(void)
 {
+	/* Clear Harfbuzz font cache. */
+	hbunloadfonts();
+
 	/* Free the loaded fonts in the font cache.  */
 	while (frclen > 0)
 		XftFontClose(xw.dpy, frc[--frclen].font);
@@ -1154,11 +1170,25 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 	Window parent, root;
 	pid_t thispid = getpid();
 	XColor xmousefg, xmousebg;
+	XWindowAttributes attr;
+	XVisualInfo vis;
 
 	if (!(xw.dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL)))
 		die("can't open display\n");
 	xw.scr = XDefaultScreen(xw.dpy);
-	xw.vis = XDefaultVisual(xw.dpy, xw.scr);
+
+	root = XRootWindow(xw.dpy, xw.scr);
+	if (!(opt_embed && (parent = strtol(opt_embed, NULL, 0))))
+		parent = root;
+
+	if (XMatchVisualInfo(xw.dpy, xw.scr, 32, TrueColor, &vis) != 0) {
+		xw.vis = vis.visual;
+		xw.depth = vis.depth;
+	} else {
+		XGetWindowAttributes(xw.dpy, parent, &attr);
+		xw.vis = attr.visual;
+		xw.depth = attr.depth;
+	}
 
 	/* font */
 	if (!FcInit())
@@ -1168,7 +1198,7 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 	xloadfonts(usedfont, 0);
 
 	/* colors */
-	xw.cmap = XDefaultColormap(xw.dpy, xw.scr);
+	xw.cmap = XCreateColormap(xw.dpy, parent, xw.vis, None);
 	xloadcols();
 
 	/* adjust fixed window geometry */
@@ -1188,11 +1218,8 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 		| ButtonMotionMask | ButtonPressMask | ButtonReleaseMask;
 	xw.attrs.colormap = xw.cmap;
 
-	root = XRootWindow(xw.dpy, xw.scr);
-	if (!(opt_embed && (parent = strtol(opt_embed, NULL, 0))))
-		parent = root;
-	xw.win = XCreateWindow(xw.dpy, root, xw.l, xw.t,
-			win.w, win.h, 0, XDefaultDepth(xw.dpy, xw.scr), InputOutput,
+	xw.win = XCreateWindow(xw.dpy, parent, xw.l, xw.t,
+			win.w, win.h, 0, xw.depth, InputOutput,
 			xw.vis, CWBackPixel | CWBorderPixel | CWBitGravity
 			| CWEventMask | CWColormap, &xw.attrs);
 	if (parent != root)
@@ -1203,12 +1230,12 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 	dc.gc = XCreateGC(xw.dpy, xw.win, GCGraphicsExposures,
 			&gcvalues);
 	xw.buf = XCreatePixmap(xw.dpy, xw.win, win.w, win.h,
-			DefaultDepth(xw.dpy, xw.scr));
+			xw.depth);
 	XSetForeground(xw.dpy, dc.gc, dc.col[defaultbg].pixel);
 	XFillRectangle(xw.dpy, xw.buf, dc.gc, 0, 0, win.w, win.h);
 
 	/* font spec buffer */
-	xw.specbuf = xmalloc(cols * sizeof(GlyphFontSpec));
+	xw.specbuf = xmalloc(cols * sizeof(GlyphFontSpec) * 4);
 
 	/* Xft rendering context */
 	xw.draw = XftDrawCreate(xw.dpy, xw.buf, xw.vis, xw.cmap);
@@ -1262,142 +1289,153 @@ xinit(int cols, int rows)
 		xsel.xtarget = XA_STRING;
 }
 
+void
+xresetfontsettings(ushort mode, Font **font, int *frcflags)
+{
+	*font = &dc.font;
+	if ((mode & ATTR_ITALIC) && (mode & ATTR_BOLD)) {
+		*font = &dc.ibfont;
+		*frcflags = FRC_ITALICBOLD;
+	} else if (mode & ATTR_ITALIC) {
+		*font = &dc.ifont;
+		*frcflags = FRC_ITALIC;
+	} else if (mode & ATTR_BOLD) {
+		*font = &dc.bfont;
+		*frcflags = FRC_BOLD;
+	}
+}
+
 int
 xmakeglyphfontspecs(XftGlyphFontSpec *specs, const Glyph *glyphs, int len, int x, int y)
 {
 	float winx = borderpx + x * win.cw, winy = borderpx + y * win.ch, xp, yp;
-	ushort mode, prevmode = USHRT_MAX;
+	ushort mode = glyphs[0].mode & ~ATTR_WRAP;
 	Font *font = &dc.font;
 	int frcflags = FRC_NORMAL;
-	float runewidth = win.cw;
+	float runewidth = win.cw * ((glyphs[0].mode & ATTR_WIDE) ? 2.0f : 1.0f);
 	Rune rune;
 	FT_UInt glyphidx;
 	FcResult fcres;
 	FcPattern *fcpattern, *fontpattern;
 	FcFontSet *fcsets[] = { NULL };
 	FcCharSet *fccharset;
-	int i, f, numspecs = 0;
+	int f, code_idx, numspecs = 0;
+	float cluster_xp = xp, cluster_yp = yp;
+	HbTransformData shaped = { 0 };
 
-	for (i = 0, xp = winx, yp = winy + font->ascent; i < len; ++i) {
-		/* Fetch rune and mode for current glyph. */
-		rune = glyphs[i].u;
-		mode = glyphs[i].mode;
+	/* Initial values. */
+	xresetfontsettings(mode, &font, &frcflags);
 
-		/* Skip dummy wide-character spacing. */
-		if (mode == ATTR_WDUMMY)
+	/* Shape the segment. */
+	hbtransform(&shaped, font->match, glyphs, 0, len);
+	xp = winx; yp = winy + font->ascent;
+	cluster_xp = xp; cluster_yp = yp;
+
+	for (code_idx = 0; code_idx < shaped.count; code_idx++) {
+		int idx = shaped.glyphs[code_idx].cluster;
+
+		if (glyphs[idx].mode & ATTR_WDUMMY)
 			continue;
 
-		/* Determine font for glyph if different from previous glyph. */
-		if (prevmode != mode) {
-			prevmode = mode;
-			font = &dc.font;
-			frcflags = FRC_NORMAL;
-			runewidth = win.cw * ((mode & ATTR_WIDE) ? 2.0f : 1.0f);
-			if ((mode & ATTR_ITALIC) && (mode & ATTR_BOLD)) {
-				font = &dc.ibfont;
-				frcflags = FRC_ITALICBOLD;
-			} else if (mode & ATTR_ITALIC) {
-				font = &dc.ifont;
-				frcflags = FRC_ITALIC;
-			} else if (mode & ATTR_BOLD) {
-				font = &dc.bfont;
-				frcflags = FRC_BOLD;
-			}
-			yp = winy + font->ascent;
+		/* Advance the drawing cursor if we've moved to a new cluster */
+		if (code_idx > 0 && (idx != shaped.glyphs[code_idx - 1].cluster)) {
+			xp += runewidth * (idx - shaped.glyphs[code_idx - 1].cluster);
+			cluster_xp = xp;
+			cluster_yp = yp;
 		}
 
-		/* Lookup character index with default font. */
-		glyphidx = XftCharIndex(xw.dpy, font->match, rune);
-		if (glyphidx) {
+		if (shaped.glyphs[code_idx].codepoint != 0) {
+			/* If symbol is found, put it into the specs. */
 			specs[numspecs].font = font->match;
+			specs[numspecs].glyph = shaped.glyphs[code_idx].codepoint;
+			specs[numspecs].x = cluster_xp + (short)(shaped.positions[code_idx].x_offset / 64.);
+			specs[numspecs].y = cluster_yp - (short)(shaped.positions[code_idx].y_offset / 64.);
+			cluster_xp += shaped.positions[code_idx].x_advance / 64.;
+			cluster_yp += shaped.positions[code_idx].y_advance / 64.;
+			numspecs++;
+		} else {
+			/* If it's not found, try to fetch it through the font cache. */
+			rune = glyphs[idx].u;
+			for (f = 0; f < frclen; f++) {
+				glyphidx = XftCharIndex(xw.dpy, frc[f].font, rune);
+				/* Everything correct. */
+				if (glyphidx && frc[f].flags == frcflags)
+					break;
+				/* We got a default font for a not found glyph. */
+				if (!glyphidx && frc[f].flags == frcflags
+						&& frc[f].unicodep == rune) {
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			/* Nothing was found. Use fontconfig to find matching font. */
+			if (f >= frclen) {
+				if (!font->set)
+					font->set = FcFontSort(0, font->pattern,
+							       1, 0, &fcres);
+				fcsets[0] = font->set;
+
+				/*
+				 * Nothing was found in the cache. Now use
+				 * some dozen of Fontconfig calls to get the
+				 * font for one single character.
+				 *
+				 * Xft and fontconfig are design failures.
+				 */
+				fcpattern = FcPatternDuplicate(font->pattern);
+				fccharset = FcCharSetCreate();
+
+				FcCharSetAddChar(fccharset, rune);
+				FcPatternAddCharSet(fcpattern, FC_CHARSET,
+						fccharset);
+				FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_SCALABLE, 1);
+
+				FcConfigSubstitute(0, fcpattern,
+						FcMatchPattern);
+				FcDefaultSubstitute(fcpattern);
+
+				fontpattern = FcFontSetMatch(0, fcsets, 1,
+						fcpattern, &fcres);
+
+				/* Allocate memory for the new cache entry. */
+				if (frclen >= frccap) {
+					frccap += 16;
+					frc = xrealloc(frc, frccap * sizeof(Fontcache));
+				}
+
+				frc[frclen].font = XftFontOpenPattern(xw.dpy,
+						fontpattern);
+				if (!frc[frclen].font)
+					die("XftFontOpenPattern failed seeking fallback font: %s\n",
+						strerror(errno));
+				frc[frclen].flags = frcflags;
+				frc[frclen].unicodep = rune;
+
+				glyphidx = XftCharIndex(xw.dpy, frc[frclen].font, rune);
+
+				f = frclen;
+				frclen++;
+
+				FcPatternDestroy(fcpattern);
+				FcCharSetDestroy(fccharset);
+			}
+
+			specs[numspecs].font = frc[f].font;
 			specs[numspecs].glyph = glyphidx;
 			specs[numspecs].x = (short)xp;
 			specs[numspecs].y = (short)yp;
-			xp += runewidth;
 			numspecs++;
-			continue;
 		}
-
-		/* Fallback on font cache, search the font cache for match. */
-		for (f = 0; f < frclen; f++) {
-			glyphidx = XftCharIndex(xw.dpy, frc[f].font, rune);
-			/* Everything correct. */
-			if (glyphidx && frc[f].flags == frcflags)
-				break;
-			/* We got a default font for a not found glyph. */
-			if (!glyphidx && frc[f].flags == frcflags
-					&& frc[f].unicodep == rune) {
-				break;
-			}
-		}
-
-		/* Nothing was found. Use fontconfig to find matching font. */
-		if (f >= frclen) {
-			if (!font->set)
-				font->set = FcFontSort(0, font->pattern,
-				                       1, 0, &fcres);
-			fcsets[0] = font->set;
-
-			/*
-			 * Nothing was found in the cache. Now use
-			 * some dozen of Fontconfig calls to get the
-			 * font for one single character.
-			 *
-			 * Xft and fontconfig are design failures.
-			 */
-			fcpattern = FcPatternDuplicate(font->pattern);
-			fccharset = FcCharSetCreate();
-
-			FcCharSetAddChar(fccharset, rune);
-			FcPatternAddCharSet(fcpattern, FC_CHARSET,
-					fccharset);
-			FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_SCALABLE, 1);
-
-			FcConfigSubstitute(0, fcpattern,
-					FcMatchPattern);
-			FcDefaultSubstitute(fcpattern);
-
-			fontpattern = FcFontSetMatch(0, fcsets, 1,
-					fcpattern, &fcres);
-
-			/* Allocate memory for the new cache entry. */
-			if (frclen >= frccap) {
-				frccap += 16;
-				frc = xrealloc(frc, frccap * sizeof(Fontcache));
-			}
-
-			frc[frclen].font = XftFontOpenPattern(xw.dpy,
-					fontpattern);
-			if (!frc[frclen].font)
-				die("XftFontOpenPattern failed seeking fallback font: %s\n",
-					strerror(errno));
-			frc[frclen].flags = frcflags;
-			frc[frclen].unicodep = rune;
-
-			glyphidx = XftCharIndex(xw.dpy, frc[frclen].font, rune);
-
-			f = frclen;
-			frclen++;
-
-			FcPatternDestroy(fcpattern);
-			FcCharSetDestroy(fccharset);
-		}
-
-		specs[numspecs].font = frc[f].font;
-		specs[numspecs].glyph = glyphidx;
-		specs[numspecs].x = (short)xp;
-		specs[numspecs].y = (short)yp;
-		xp += runewidth;
-		numspecs++;
 	}
 
+	/* Cleanup and get ready for next segment. */
+	hbcleanup(&shaped);
 	return numspecs;
 }
 
 void
-xdrawglyphfontspecs(const XftGlyphFontSpec *specs, Glyph base, int len, int x, int y)
+xdrawglyphfontspecs(const XftGlyphFontSpec *specs, Glyph base, int len, int x, int y, int charlen)
 {
-	int charlen = len * ((base.mode & ATTR_WIDE) ? 2 : 1);
 	int winx = borderpx + x * win.cw, winy = borderpx + y * win.ch,
 	    width = charlen * win.cw;
 	Color *fg, *bg, *temp, revfg, revbg, truefg, truebg;
@@ -1529,21 +1567,24 @@ void
 xdrawglyph(Glyph g, int x, int y)
 {
 	int numspecs;
-	XftGlyphFontSpec spec;
+	XftGlyphFontSpec *specs = xw.specbuf;
 
-	numspecs = xmakeglyphfontspecs(&spec, &g, 1, x, y);
-	xdrawglyphfontspecs(&spec, g, numspecs, x, y);
+	numspecs = xmakeglyphfontspecs(specs, &g, 1, x, y);
+	xdrawglyphfontspecs(specs, g, numspecs, x, y, (g.mode & ATTR_WIDE) ? 2 : 1);
 }
 
 void
-xdrawcursor(int cx, int cy, Glyph g, int ox, int oy, Glyph og)
+xdrawcursor(int cx, int cy, Glyph g, int ox, int oy, Glyph og, Line line, int len)
 {
 	Color drawcol;
 
 	/* remove the old cursor */
 	if (selected(ox, oy))
 		og.mode ^= ATTR_REVERSE;
-	xdrawglyph(og, ox, oy);
+
+	/* Redraw the line where cursor was previously.
+	 * It will restore the ligatures broken by the cursor. */
+	xdrawline(line, 0, oy, len);
 
 	if (IS_SET(MODE_HIDE))
 		return;
@@ -1677,18 +1718,16 @@ xdrawline(Line line, int x1, int y1, int x2)
 	Glyph base, new;
 	XftGlyphFontSpec *specs = xw.specbuf;
 
-	numspecs = xmakeglyphfontspecs(specs, &line[x1], x2 - x1, x1, y1);
 	i = ox = 0;
-	for (x = x1; x < x2 && i < numspecs; x++) {
+	for (x = x1; x < x2; x++) {
 		new = line[x];
 		if (new.mode == ATTR_WDUMMY)
 			continue;
 		if (selected(x, y1))
 			new.mode ^= ATTR_REVERSE;
-		if (i > 0 && ATTRCMP(base, new)) {
-			xdrawglyphfontspecs(specs, base, i, ox, y1);
-			specs += i;
-			numspecs -= i;
+		if ((i > 0) && ATTRCMP(base, new)) {
+			numspecs = xmakeglyphfontspecs(specs, &line[ox], x - ox, ox, y1);
+			xdrawglyphfontspecs(specs, base, numspecs, ox, y1, x - ox);
 			i = 0;
 		}
 		if (i == 0) {
@@ -1697,8 +1736,10 @@ xdrawline(Line line, int x1, int y1, int x2)
 		}
 		i++;
 	}
-	if (i > 0)
-		xdrawglyphfontspecs(specs, base, i, ox, y1);
+	if (i > 0) {
+		numspecs = xmakeglyphfontspecs(specs, &line[ox], x2 - ox, ox, y1);
+		xdrawglyphfontspecs(specs, base, numspecs, ox, y1, x2 - ox);
+	}
 }
 
 void
@@ -1936,6 +1977,9 @@ resize(XEvent *e)
 	cresize(e->xconfigure.width, e->xconfigure.height);
 }
 
+int tinsync(uint);
+int ttyread_pending();
+
 void
 run(void)
 {
@@ -1970,7 +2014,7 @@ run(void)
 		FD_SET(ttyfd, &rfd);
 		FD_SET(xfd, &rfd);
 
-		if (XPending(xw.dpy))
+		if (XPending(xw.dpy) || ttyread_pending())
 			timeout = 0;  /* existing events might not set xfd */
 
 		seltv.tv_sec = timeout / 1E3;
@@ -1984,7 +2028,8 @@ run(void)
 		}
 		clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now);
 
-		if (FD_ISSET(ttyfd, &rfd))
+		int ttyin = FD_ISSET(ttyfd, &rfd) || ttyread_pending();
+		if (ttyin)
 			ttyread();
 
 		xev = 0;
@@ -2008,7 +2053,7 @@ run(void)
 		 * 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 (ttyin || xev) {
 			if (!drawing) {
 				trigger = now;
 				drawing = 1;
@@ -2019,6 +2064,18 @@ run(void)
 				continue;  /* we have time, try to find idle */
 		}
 
+		if (tinsync(su_timeout)) {
+			/*
+			 * on synchronized-update draw-suspension: don't reset
+			 * drawing so that we draw ASAP once we can (just after
+			 * ESU). it won't be too soon because we already can
+			 * draw now but we skip. we set timeout > 0 to draw on
+			 * SU-timeout even without new content.
+			 */
+			timeout = minlatency;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* idle detected or maxlatency exhausted -> draw */
 		timeout = -1;
 		if (blinktimeout && tattrset(ATTR_BLINK)) {
@@ -2063,6 +2120,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	case 'a':
 		allowaltscreen = 0;
 		break;
+	case 'A':
+		alpha = strtof(EARGF(usage()), NULL);
+		LIMIT(alpha, 0.0, 1.0);
+		break;
 	case 'c':
 		opt_class = EARGF(usage());
 		break;