diff -r 32c4d4563805 config.h
--- a/config.h	Thu Oct 25 19:24:28 2007 -0400
+++ b/config.h	Tue Oct 30 21:47:32 2007 -0400
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Layout layouts[] = {
 	{ "><>",		floating },
 };
 
+/* Status text */
+char* statusbar[] = { cptstext, inputtext };
+
 /* key definitions */
 #define MODKEY			Mod1Mask
 #define KEYS \
diff -r 32c4d4563805 dwm.c
--- a/dwm.c	Thu Oct 25 19:24:28 2007 -0400
+++ b/dwm.c	Tue Oct 30 22:31:24 2007 -0400
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ void setclientstate(Client *c, long stat
 void setclientstate(Client *c, long state);
 void setlayout(const char *arg);
 void setmwfact(const char *arg);
+void setstext(void);
 void setup(void);
 void spawn(const char *arg);
 void tag(const char *arg);
@@ -192,7 +193,8 @@ void zoom(const char *arg);
 void zoom(const char *arg);
 
 /* variables */
-char stext[256];
+char inputtext[256];
+char stext[512];
 double mwfact;
 int screen, sx, sy, sw, sh, wax, way, waw, wah;
 int (*xerrorxlib)(Display *, XErrorEvent *);
@@ -551,6 +553,7 @@ drawbar(void) {
 	dc.w = blw;
 	drawtext(layouts[ltidx].symbol, dc.norm);
 	x = dc.x + dc.w;
+	setstext();
 	dc.w = textw(stext);
 	dc.x = sw - dc.w;
 	if(dc.x < x) {
@@ -1292,8 +1295,7 @@ restack(void) {
 
 void
 run(void) {
-	char *p;
-	int r, xfd;
+	int r, pos, xfd;
 	fd_set rd;
 	XEvent ev;
 
@@ -1312,21 +1314,19 @@ run(void) {
 			eprint("select failed\n");
 		}
 		if(FD_ISSET(STDIN_FILENO, &rd)) {
-			switch(r = read(STDIN_FILENO, stext, sizeof stext - 1)) {
+			pos = inputtext[strlen(inputtext)-1] != '\n' ? strlen(inputtext) : 0;
+			switch(r = read(STDIN_FILENO, &(inputtext[pos]), sizeof inputtext - 1 - pos)) {
 			case -1:
-				strncpy(stext, strerror(errno), sizeof stext - 1);
-				stext[sizeof stext - 1] = '\0';
+				strncpy(inputtext, strerror(errno), sizeof inputtext - 1);
+				inputtext[sizeof inputtext - 1] = '\0';
 				readin = False;
 				break;
 			case 0:
-				strncpy(stext, "EOF", 4);
+				strncpy(inputtext, "EOF", 4);
 				readin = False;
 				break;
 			default:
-				for(stext[r] = '\0', p = stext + strlen(stext) - 1; p >= stext && *p == '\n'; *p-- = '\0');
-				for(; p >= stext && *p != '\n'; --p);
-				if(p > stext)
-					strncpy(stext, p + 1, sizeof stext);
+				inputtext[pos+r] = '\0' ;
 			}
 			drawbar();
 		}
@@ -1418,6 +1418,17 @@ setmwfact(const char *arg) {
 }
 
 void
+setstext(void) {
+	int i;
+	stext[0] = '\0';
+	for(i=0; i<sizeof(statusbar)/sizeof(char*); i++)
+		strncat(stext, statusbar[i], sizeof(stext) - strlen(stext));
+	// Trim the trailing \n's
+	for(i=strlen(stext)-1; stext[i]=='\n'; i--)
+		stext[i] = '\0';
+}
+
+void
 setup(void) {
 	int d;
 	unsigned int i, j, mask;
@@ -1498,7 +1509,7 @@ setup(void) {
 	XDefineCursor(dpy, barwin, cursor[CurNormal]);
 	updatebarpos();
 	XMapRaised(dpy, barwin);
-	strcpy(stext, "dwm-"VERSION);
+	strcpy(inputtext, "dwm-"VERSION);
 	dc.drawable = XCreatePixmap(dpy, root, sw, bh, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen));
 	dc.gc = XCreateGC(dpy, root, 0, 0);
 	XSetLineAttributes(dpy, dc.gc, 1, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinMiter);
diff -r 32c4d4563805 nmaster.c
--- a/nmaster.c	Thu Oct 25 19:24:28 2007 -0400
+++ b/nmaster.c	Fri Oct 26 05:20:54 2007 -0400
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ Layout layouts[] = {
 #endif
 
 int cpt = -1;
+char cptstext[8];
+
 void clientspertag(const char *arg) {
         if (arg[0]=='^') {
                 if (cpt==-1) cpt = atoi(arg+1);
@@ -77,6 +79,18 @@ void clientspertag(const char *arg) {
         arrange();
 }
 
+int getclientspertag(int n)
+{
+	if(cpt!=-1 && n>cpt){
+		snprintf(cptstext, 8, "{%d} ", n-cpt);
+		return cpt;
+	}
+
+	cptstext[0] = '\0';
+	drawbar();
+	return n;
+}
+
 #ifdef NMASTER
 int nmaster = NMASTER;
 void
@@ -87,7 +101,7 @@ ntile(void) {
 	for(n = 0, c = nexttiled(clients); c; c = nexttiled(c->next))
 		n++;
 
-	if (cpt!=-1 && n>cpt) n = cpt;
+	n = getclientspertag(n);
 
 	/* window geoms */
 	mh = (n <= nmaster) ? wah / (n > 0 ? n : 1) : wah / nmaster;
@@ -136,7 +150,7 @@ dntile(void) {
 
 	for(n = 0, c = nexttiled(clients); c; c = nexttiled(c->next))
 		n++;
-	if (cpt!=-1 && n>cpt) n = cpt;
+	n = getclientspertag(n);
 
 	/* dynamic nmaster */
 	if (n<5) inc = 0;
@@ -266,7 +280,7 @@ tilecols(void) {
 	else
  		rows = nrows;
 
-	if (cpt!=-1 && n>cpt) n = cpt;
+	n = getclientspertag(n);
 
 	/* window geoms */
 	mh = (n <= nmaster) ? wah / (n > 0 ? n : 1) : wah / nmaster;