diff -up dwm-6.0/dwm.c dwm-6.0-wired/dwm.c
--- dwm-6.0/dwm.c	2011-12-19 10:02:46.000000000 -0500
+++ dwm-6.0-wired/dwm.c	2012-06-04 23:40:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	unsigned long sel[ColLast];
 	Drawable drawable;
 	GC gc;
+	GC invert_gc;
 	struct {
 		int ascent;
 		int descent;
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ static void die(const char *errstr, ...)
 static Monitor *dirtomon(int dir);
 static void drawbar(Monitor *m);
 static void drawbars(void);
+static void drawoutline(int x, int y, int w, int h, int bw);
 static void drawsquare(Bool filled, Bool empty, Bool invert, unsigned long col[ColLast]);
 static void drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast], Bool invert);
 static void enternotify(XEvent *e);
@@ -492,6 +494,7 @@ cleanup(void) {
 	XUngrabKey(dpy, AnyKey, AnyModifier, root);
 	XFreePixmap(dpy, dc.drawable);
 	XFreeGC(dpy, dc.gc);
+	XFreeGC(dpy, dc.invert_gc);
 	XFreeCursor(dpy, cursor[CurNormal]);
 	XFreeCursor(dpy, cursor[CurResize]);
 	XFreeCursor(dpy, cursor[CurMove]);
@@ -773,6 +776,13 @@ drawbars(void) {
 		drawbar(m);
 }
 
+void 
+drawoutline(int x, int y, int w, int h, int bw) {
+	XDrawRectangle(dpy, root, dc.invert_gc,
+		x-bw, y-bw,
+		w+2*bw-1, h+2*bw-1);
+}
+
 void
 drawsquare(Bool filled, Bool empty, Bool invert, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 	int x;
@@ -1221,6 +1231,7 @@ motionnotify(XEvent *e) {
 void
 movemouse(const Arg *arg) {
 	int x, y, ocx, ocy, nx, ny;
+	Bool first;
 	Client *c;
 	Monitor *m;
 	XEvent ev;
@@ -1228,13 +1239,14 @@ movemouse(const Arg *arg) {
 	if(!(c = selmon->sel))
 		return;
 	restack(selmon);
-	ocx = c->x;
-	ocy = c->y;
+	nx = ocx = c->x;
+	ny = ocy = c->y;
 	if(XGrabPointer(dpy, root, False, MOUSEMASK, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync,
 	None, cursor[CurMove], CurrentTime) != GrabSuccess)
 		return;
 	if(!getrootptr(&x, &y))
 		return;
+	first=True;
 	do {
 		XMaskEvent(dpy, MOUSEMASK|ExposureMask|SubstructureRedirectMask, &ev);
 		switch(ev.type) {
@@ -1244,6 +1256,10 @@ movemouse(const Arg *arg) {
 			handler[ev.type](&ev);
 			break;
 		case MotionNotify:
+			if (!first) {
+				drawoutline(nx, ny, c->w, c->h, c->bw); /* clear */
+				XUngrabServer(dpy);
+			}
 			nx = ocx + (ev.xmotion.x - x);
 			ny = ocy + (ev.xmotion.y - y);
 			if(nx >= selmon->wx && nx <= selmon->wx + selmon->ww
@@ -1260,11 +1276,20 @@ movemouse(const Arg *arg) {
 				&& (abs(nx - c->x) > snap || abs(ny - c->y) > snap))
 					togglefloating(NULL);
 			}
-			if(!selmon->lt[selmon->sellt]->arrange || c->isfloating)
-				resize(c, nx, ny, c->w, c->h, True);
+			if(!selmon->lt[selmon->sellt]->arrange || c->isfloating) {
+				if (!first) XSync(dpy, False);
+				XGrabServer(dpy);
+				drawoutline(nx, ny, c->w, c->h, c->bw);
+				first=False;
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 	} while(ev.type != ButtonRelease);
+	if (!first) {
+		drawoutline(nx, ny, c->w, c->h, c->bw); /* clear */
+		XUngrabServer(dpy);
+		if (nx != ocx || ny != ocy) resize(c, nx, ny, c->w, c->h, True);
+	}
 	XUngrabPointer(dpy, CurrentTime);
 	if((m = recttomon(c->x, c->y, c->w, c->h)) != selmon) {
 		sendmon(c, m);
@@ -1363,8 +1388,9 @@ resizeclient(Client *c, int x, int y, in
 
 void
 resizemouse(const Arg *arg) {
-	int ocx, ocy;
+	int ocx, ocy, ocw, och;
 	int nw, nh;
+	Bool first;
 	Client *c;
 	Monitor *m;
 	XEvent ev;
@@ -1374,10 +1400,13 @@ resizemouse(const Arg *arg) {
 	restack(selmon);
 	ocx = c->x;
 	ocy = c->y;
+	ocw = nw = c->w;
+	och = nh = c->h;
 	if(XGrabPointer(dpy, root, False, MOUSEMASK, GrabModeAsync, GrabModeAsync,
 	                None, cursor[CurResize], CurrentTime) != GrabSuccess)
 		return;
 	XWarpPointer(dpy, None, c->win, 0, 0, 0, 0, c->w + c->bw - 1, c->h + c->bw - 1);
+	first=True;
 	do {
 		XMaskEvent(dpy, MOUSEMASK|ExposureMask|SubstructureRedirectMask, &ev);
 		switch(ev.type) {
@@ -1387,6 +1416,10 @@ resizemouse(const Arg *arg) {
 			handler[ev.type](&ev);
 			break;
 		case MotionNotify:
+			if (!first) {
+				drawoutline(c->x, c->y, nw, nh, c->bw); /* clear */
+				XUngrabServer(dpy);
+			}
 			nw = MAX(ev.xmotion.x - ocx - 2 * c->bw + 1, 1);
 			nh = MAX(ev.xmotion.y - ocy - 2 * c->bw + 1, 1);
 			if(c->mon->wx + nw >= selmon->wx && c->mon->wx + nw <= selmon->wx + selmon->ww
@@ -1396,11 +1429,20 @@ resizemouse(const Arg *arg) {
 				&& (abs(nw - c->w) > snap || abs(nh - c->h) > snap))
 					togglefloating(NULL);
 			}
-			if(!selmon->lt[selmon->sellt]->arrange || c->isfloating)
-				resize(c, c->x, c->y, nw, nh, True);
+			if(!selmon->lt[selmon->sellt]->arrange || c->isfloating) {
+				if (!first) XSync(dpy, False);
+				XGrabServer(dpy);
+				drawoutline(c->x, c->y, nw, nh, c->bw);
+				first=False;
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 	} while(ev.type != ButtonRelease);
+	if (!first) {
+		drawoutline(c->x, c->y, nw, nh, c->bw); /* clear */
+		XUngrabServer(dpy);
+		if (nw != ocw || nh != och) resize(c, c->x, c->y, nw, nh, True);
+	}
 	XWarpPointer(dpy, None, c->win, 0, 0, 0, 0, c->w + c->bw - 1, c->h + c->bw - 1);
 	XUngrabPointer(dpy, CurrentTime);
 	while(XCheckMaskEvent(dpy, EnterWindowMask, &ev));
@@ -1583,6 +1625,7 @@ setmfact(const Arg *arg) {
 void
 setup(void) {
 	XSetWindowAttributes wa;
+	XGCValues gv;
 
 	/* clean up any zombies immediately */
 	sigchld(0);
@@ -1623,6 +1666,12 @@ setup(void) {
 	XSetLineAttributes(dpy, dc.gc, 1, LineSolid, CapButt, JoinMiter);
 	if(!dc.font.set)
 		XSetFont(dpy, dc.gc, dc.font.xfont->fid);
+
+	gv.function = GXinvert;
+	gv.subwindow_mode = IncludeInferiors;
+	gv.line_width = 1;  /* opt_bw */
+	dc.invert_gc = XCreateGC(dpy, root, GCFunction | GCSubwindowMode | GCLineWidth, &gv);
+
 	/* init bars */
 	updatebars();
 	updatestatus();