Workaround for OpenBox (Thanks ma @ arch bbs). Handle some fonts better.

bar.c

@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ draw_char (int x, int align, wchar_t ch)
         sel_font->table[ch - sel_font->char_min].character_width    :
         0;
 
-
+    /* Some fonts (such as anorexia) have the space char with the width set to 0 */
     if (ch_width == 0)
-        return 0;
+        ch_width = BAR_FONT_FALLBACK_WIDTH;
 
     switch (align) {
         case ALIGN_C:
@@ -360,6 +360,9 @@ init (void)
 
     /* Make the bar visible */
     xcb_map_window (c, win);
+    /* Send a configure event. Needed to make bar work with Openbox */
+    xcb_configure_window (c, win, XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_X | XCB_CONFIG_WINDOW_Y, (const uint32_t []){ BAR_OFFSET, y });
+
     xcb_flush (c);
 }
 

config.def.h

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #define BAR_BOTTOM 0
 /* The fonts used for the bar, comma separated. Only the first 2 will be used. */
 #define BAR_FONT       "-*-terminus-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-c-*-*-1","fixed"
+/* Some fonts don't set the right width for some chars, pheex it */
+#define BAR_FONT_FALLBACK_WIDTH 6
 /* Color palette */
 #define COLOR0  0x1A1A1A /* background */
 #define COLOR1  0xA9A9A9 /* foreground */