with this patch everything works fine for me

diff --git a/draw.c b/draw.c
index 2dcafe1ee1e41c9830376d85678074a63cdc75cd..eeb3e568de3265452d19e5023e7c2e30ba17ae3a 100644 (file)
--- a/draw.c
+++ b/draw.c
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * See LICENSE file for license details.
  */
 #include "dwm.h"
-#include <locale.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -167,16 +166,13 @@ getcolor(const char *colstr) {
 
 void
 setfont(const char *fontstr) {
-       char *def, *lc, **missing;
+       char *def, **missing;
        int i, n;
 
-       lc = setlocale(LC_CTYPE, NULL);
-       setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "UTF-8");
        missing = NULL;
        if(dc.font.set)
                XFreeFontSet(dpy, dc.font.set);
        dc.font.set = XCreateFontSet(dpy, fontstr, &missing, &n, &def);
-       setlocale(LC_CTYPE, lc);
        if(missing) {
                while(n--)
                        fprintf(stderr, "missing fontset: %s\n", missing[n]);

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index cde7e465d138fa14518cf53a7d56692811158274..c42d1ffee36d965f19f8dbbecd78c5886825ced0 100644 (file)
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "dwm.h"
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <locale.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
        }
        else if(argc != 1)
                eprint("usage: dwm [-v]\n");
+       setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
        dpy = XOpenDisplay(0);
        if(!dpy)
                eprint("dwm: cannot open display\n");