From 33db9b21e250d5f35f89bc2523a83525b33d7075 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mathias <mathias>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:42:56 +0000
Subject: "fixes"
 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/382398/2004-11-24/2004-11-30/2 and all
 related bugreports elsewhere. "fixes" because i think the real problem is in
 xft somewhere somehow, but i dont have any prove (yet).

thanx to Rob Stevens for informing us about that problem.
---
 src/WinClient.cc | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/WinClient.cc b/src/WinClient.cc
index 0370a1c..68700f1 100644
--- a/src/WinClient.cc
+++ b/src/WinClient.cc
@@ -314,7 +314,17 @@ void WinClient::updateTransientInfo() {
 
 
 void WinClient::updateTitle() {
-    m_title = Xutil::getWMName(window());
+    // why 512? very very long wmnames seem to either 
+    // crash fluxbox or to make it have high cpuload
+    // see also: 
+    //    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/382398/2004-11-24/2004-11-30/2
+    // 
+    // TODO: - find out why this mostly happens when using xft-fonts
+    //       - why other windowmanagers (pekwm/pwm3/openbox etc) are
+    //         also influenced
+    //
+    // the limitation to 512 chars only avoids running in that trap
+    m_title = string(Xutil::getWMName(window()) ,0 , 512);
 }
 
 void WinClient::updateIconTitle() {
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