bar height variable

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index abef4b0..abc19b4 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ static int enablegaps               = 1;        /* 1 means enable gaps on startu
 static int smartgaps                = 0;        /* 1 means no outer gap when there is only one window */
 static const int showbar            = 1;        /* 0 means no bar */
 static const int topbar             = 0;        /* 0 means bottom bar */
+static const int barheight          = 2;        /* 2 is the default spacing around the bar's font */
 static const char *fonts[]          = { "monospace:size=11" };
 static const char dmenufont[]       = "monospace:size=11";
 static const char col_gray1[]       = "#222222";
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 046b8bf..0e9bc70 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -1819,7 +1819,7 @@ setup(void)
 	if (!drw_fontset_create(drw, fonts, LENGTH(fonts)))
 		die("no fonts could be loaded.");
 	lrpad = drw->fonts->h;
-	bh = drw->fonts->h + 2;
+	bh = drw->fonts->h + barheight;
 	updategeom();
 	/* init atoms */
 	utf8string = XInternAtom(dpy, "UTF8_STRING", False);