⚡ Bolt: Optimize statusbar text allocation

.jules/bolt.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## 2026-01-12 - Missing Xinerama Dependency
+**Learning:** The environment lacks `Xinerama` headers, preventing the default build configuration from compiling. This is common in minimal environments.
+**Action:** When working with X11 window managers, always check for Xinerama support or flags in `config.mk` and be prepared to disable it if headers are missing, or better, ensure dependencies are installed if possible. In this restricted environment, I might need to disable Xinerama in `config.mk` to proceed with verification.

bar.c

@@ -50,18 +50,14 @@ int drawstatusbar(Monitor *m, int bh, char *stext) {
     int i;
     int w;
     int x;
-    int len;
     int cmdcounter;
     short isCode = 0;
-    char *text;
-    char *p;
+    char text_buf[1024];
+    char *text = text_buf;
 
-    len = strlen(stext) + 1;
-    if (!(text = (char *)malloc(sizeof(char) * len))) {
-        die("malloc");
-    }
-    p = text;
-    memcpy(text, stext, len);
+    /* Ensure stext fits in buffer, though stext is already 1024 bytes */
+    strncpy(text, stext, sizeof(text_buf));
+    text_buf[sizeof(text_buf) - 1] = '\0';
 
     /* compute width of the status text */
     w = 0;
@@ -88,7 +84,8 @@ int drawstatusbar(Monitor *m, int bh, char *stext) {
     } else {
         isCode = 0;
     }
-    text = p;
+    /* Reset text pointer to start of buffer */
+    text = text_buf;
     statuswidth = w;
     w += 2; /* 1px padding on both sides */
     ret = x = m->ww - w - getsystraywidth();
@@ -194,7 +191,6 @@ int drawstatusbar(Monitor *m, int bh, char *stext) {
     }
 
     drw_setscheme(drw, statusscheme);
-    free(p);
 
     return ret;
 }