reusing drawsquare for client title, empty square before title means versatile window, filled square before title means versatile maximized window.

draw.c

@@ -6,24 +6,6 @@
 
 /* static */
 
-static void
-drawcaret(unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
-	int x;
-	XGCValues gcv;
-	XPoint pt[3];
-
-	gcv.foreground = col[ColFG];
-	XChangeGC(dpy, dc.gc, GCForeground, &gcv);
-	x = (dc.font.ascent + dc.font.descent) / 2;
-	pt[0].x = dc.x + 1;
-	pt[0].y = dc.y + 1 + x;
-	pt[1].x = 0;
-	pt[1].y = -x;
-	pt[2].x = x;
-	pt[2].y = 0;
-	XDrawLines(dpy, dc.drawable, dc.gc, pt, 3, CoordModePrevious);
-}
-
 static void
 drawsquare(Bool filled, Bool empty, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 	int x;
@@ -99,8 +81,7 @@ drawstatus(void) {
 		dc.x = x;
 		if(sel) {
 			drawtext(sel->name, dc.sel);
-			if(sel->isversatile)
+			drawsquare(sel->ismax, sel->isversatile, dc.sel);
-				drawcaret(dc.sel);
 		}
 		else
 			drawtext(NULL, dc.norm);

dwm.1

@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ Windows are grouped by tags. Each window can be tagged with one or multiple
 tags. Selecting certain tags displays all windows with these tags.
 .P
 dwm contains a small status bar which displays all available tags, the layout,
-the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. If
+the title of the focused window, and the text read from standard input. A
-the focused window is in versatile state, a small caret is printed before
+versatile window is indicated with an empty square and a maximized
-its title. The selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags
+versatile window is indicated with a filled square before the windows
-of the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the top left
+title.  The selected tags are indicated with a different color. The tags of
+the focused window are indicated with a filled square in the top left
 corner.  The tags which are applied to one or more windows are indicated
 with an empty square in the top left corner.
 .P