diff -r 83da51dfedd3 -r 6ed902a28221 dwm.c
--- a/dwm.c	Mon Aug 18 19:19:15 2008 +0100
+++ b/dwm.c	Mon Aug 18 19:23:03 2008 +0100
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
 	y = dc.y + (dc.h / 2) - (h / 2) + dc.font.ascent;
 	x = dc.x + (h / 2);
 	/* shorten text if necessary */
-	for(len = MIN(olen, sizeof buf); len && textnw(buf, len) > dc.w - h; len--);
+	for(len = MIN(olen, sizeof buf); len && textnw(text, len) > dc.w - h; len--);
 	if(!len)
 		return;
 	memcpy(buf, text, len);