diff --git a/source/run-dialog.c b/source/run-dialog.c
index 9d75929f..0c54926b 100644
--- a/source/run-dialog.c
+++ b/source/run-dialog.c
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ static pid_t exec_cmd( const char *cmd, int run_in_term )
     char *path = allocate( strlen( cache_dir ) + strlen( RUN_CACHE_FILE )+3 );
     sprintf( path, "%s/%s", cache_dir, RUN_CACHE_FILE );
     FILE *fd = fopen ( path, "r" );
-    char buffer[1024];
 
     if ( fd != NULL ) {
+        char buffer[1024];
         while ( fgets( buffer,1024,fd ) != NULL ) {
             retv = reallocate( retv, ( index+2 )*sizeof( char* ) );
             buffer[strlen( buffer )-1] = '\0';
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ static void delete_entry( const char *cmd )
     char *path = allocate( strlen( cache_dir ) + strlen( RUN_CACHE_FILE )+3 );
     sprintf( path, "%s/%s", cache_dir, RUN_CACHE_FILE );
     FILE *fd = fopen ( path, "r" );
-    char buffer[1024];
 
     if ( fd != NULL ) {
+        char buffer[1024];
         while ( fgets( buffer,1024,fd ) != NULL ) {
             retv = reallocate( retv, ( index+2 )*sizeof( char* ) );
             buffer[strlen( buffer )-1] = '\0';
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ static char ** get_apps ( )
     path = allocate( strlen( cache_dir ) + strlen( RUN_CACHE_FILE )+3 );
     sprintf( path, "%s/%s", cache_dir, RUN_CACHE_FILE );
     FILE *fd = fopen ( path, "r" );
-    char buffer[1024];
 
     if ( fd != NULL ) {
+        char buffer[1024];
         while ( fgets( buffer,1024,fd ) != NULL ) {
             retv = reallocate( retv, ( index+2 )*sizeof( char* ) );
             buffer[strlen( buffer )-1] = '\0';
diff --git a/source/simpleswitcher.c b/source/simpleswitcher.c
index 84a80775..bcda8a3a 100644
--- a/source/simpleswitcher.c
+++ b/source/simpleswitcher.c
@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ static void focus_window_i3( const char *socket_path, int id )
     t = recv( s, &head, sizeof( head ),0 );
 
     if ( t == sizeof( head ) ) {
-        t= recv( s, command, head.size, 0 );
-        command[t] = '\0';
+        recv( s, command, head.size, 0 );
     }
 
     close( s );
@@ -529,13 +528,6 @@ void window_set_atom_prop( Window w, Atom prop, Atom *atoms, int count )
     XChangeProperty( display, w, prop, XA_ATOM, 32, PropModeReplace, ( unsigned char* )atoms, count );
 }
 
-int window_get_cardinal_prop( Window w, Atom atom, unsigned long *list, int count )
-{
-    Atom type;
-    int items;
-    return window_get_prop( w, atom, &type, &items, list, count*sizeof( unsigned long ) ) && type == XA_CARDINAL ? items:0;
-}
-
 // a ClientMessage
 int window_send_message( Window target, Window subject, Atom atom, unsigned long protocol, unsigned long mask, Time time )
 {
@@ -562,10 +554,11 @@ void monitor_dimensions( Screen *screen, int x, int y, workarea *mon )
 
 // locate the current monitor
     if ( XineramaIsActive( display ) ) {
-        int monitors, i;
+        int monitors;
         XineramaScreenInfo *info = XineramaQueryScreens( display, &monitors );
 
-        if ( info ) for ( i = 0; i < monitors; i++ ) {
+        if ( info ) {
+            for ( int i = 0; i < monitors; i++ ) {
                 if ( INTERSECT( x, y, 1, 1, info[i].x_org, info[i].y_org, info[i].width, info[i].height ) ) {
                     mon->x = info[i].x_org;
                     mon->y = info[i].y_org;
@@ -574,6 +567,7 @@ void monitor_dimensions( Screen *screen, int x, int y, workarea *mon )
                     break;
                 }
             }
+        }
 
         XFree( info );
     }
@@ -730,15 +724,16 @@ void menu_draw( textbox *text, textbox **boxes, int max_lines,int num_lines, int
 */
 static int calculate_common_prefix( char **filtered, int max_lines )
 {
-    int length_prefix = 0,j,found = 1;
+    int length_prefix = 0;
 
     if ( filtered[0] != NULL ) {
+        int found = 1;
         char *p = filtered[0];
 
         do {
             found = 1;
 
-            for ( j=0; j < max_lines && filtered[j] != NULL; j++ ) {
+            for ( int j=0; j < max_lines && filtered[j] != NULL; j++ ) {
                 if ( filtered[j][length_prefix] == '\0' || filtered[j][length_prefix] != *p ) {
                     if ( found )
                         found=0;
@@ -753,7 +748,7 @@ static int calculate_common_prefix( char **filtered, int max_lines )
             p++;
         } while ( found );
         // cut off to be valid utf8.
-        for ( j = 0; j < length_prefix; ) {
+        for ( int j = 0; j < length_prefix; ) {
             if((filtered[0][j]&0x80) == 0){j++;}
             else if ((filtered[0][j]&0xf0) == 0xc0) {
                 // 2 bytes
@@ -898,8 +893,6 @@ MenuReturn menu( char **lines, char **input, char *prompt, Time *time, int *shif
     int *line_map = allocate_clear( sizeof( int ) * num_lines );
     unsigned int filtered_lines = 0;
 
-    int jin = 0;
-
     if ( input && *input ) {
         char **tokens = tokenize( *input );
 
@@ -917,6 +910,7 @@ MenuReturn menu( char **lines, char **input, char *prompt, Time *time, int *shif
 
         tokenize_free( tokens );
     } else {
+        int jin = 0;
         for ( i = 0; i < num_lines; i++ ) {
             filtered[jin] = lines[i];
             line_map[jin] = i;
diff --git a/source/ssh-dialog.c b/source/ssh-dialog.c
index 59effa05..94339585 100644
--- a/source/ssh-dialog.c
+++ b/source/ssh-dialog.c
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ static pid_t exec_ssh( const char *cmd )
     char *path = allocate( strlen( cache_dir ) + strlen( SSH_CACHE_FILE )+3 );
     sprintf( path, "%s/%s", cache_dir, SSH_CACHE_FILE );
     FILE *fd = fopen ( path, "r" );
-    char buffer[1024];
 
     if ( fd != NULL ) {
+        char buffer[1024];
         while ( fgets( buffer,1024,fd ) != NULL ) {
             retv = reallocate( retv, ( index+2 )*sizeof( char* ) );
             buffer[strlen( buffer )-1] = '\0';
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ static void delete_ssh( const char *cmd )
     char *path = allocate( strlen( cache_dir ) + strlen( SSH_CACHE_FILE )+3 );
     sprintf( path, "%s/%s", cache_dir, SSH_CACHE_FILE );
     FILE *fd = fopen ( path, "r" );
-    char buffer[1024];
 
     if ( fd != NULL ) {
+        char buffer[1024];
         while ( fgets( buffer,1024,fd ) != NULL ) {
             retv = reallocate( retv, ( index+2 )*sizeof( char* ) );
             buffer[strlen( buffer )-1] = '\0';
diff --git a/source/textbox.c b/source/textbox.c
index 17f29772..168ced8f 100644
--- a/source/textbox.c
+++ b/source/textbox.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void textbox_font( textbox *tb, char *font, char *fg, char *bg )
 void textbox_extents( textbox *tb )
 {
     int length = strlen( tb->text ) + strlen( tb->prompt ) +1;
-    char *line = alloca( length + 1 );
+    char line[length + 1 ];
     sprintf( line, "%s %s", tb->prompt, tb->text );
     XftTextExtentsUtf8( display, tb->font, ( unsigned char* )line, length, &tb->extents );
 }
@@ -128,15 +128,6 @@ void textbox_text( textbox *tb, char *text )
     textbox_extents( tb );
 }
 
-// set an input prompt for edit mode
-void textbox_prompt( textbox *tb, char *text )
-{
-    if ( tb->prompt ) free( tb->prompt );
-
-    tb->prompt = strdup( text );
-    textbox_extents( tb );
-}
-
 // within the parent. handled auto width/height modes
 void textbox_moveresize( textbox *tb, int x, int y, int w, int h )
 {
@@ -160,10 +151,6 @@ void textbox_show( textbox *tb )
     XMapWindow( display, tb->window );
 }
 
-void textbox_hide( textbox *tb )
-{
-    XUnmapWindow( display, tb->window );
-}
 
 // will also unmap the window if still displayed
 void textbox_free( textbox *tb )
@@ -196,7 +183,6 @@ void textbox_free( textbox *tb )
 
 void textbox_draw( textbox *tb )
 {
-    int i;
     XGlyphInfo extents;
 
     GC context    = XCreateGC( display, tb->window, 0, 0 );
@@ -216,10 +202,10 @@ void textbox_draw( textbox *tb )
     int line_width  = 0;
 
     int cursor_x      = 0;
-    int cursor_offset = 0;
     int cursor_width  = MAX( 2, line_height/10 );
 
     if ( tb->flags & TB_EDITABLE ) {
+        int cursor_offset = 0;
         int prompt_len = strlen( prompt ) +1;
         length = text_len + prompt_len;
         cursor_offset = MIN( tb->cursor + prompt_len, length );
@@ -228,7 +214,7 @@ void textbox_draw( textbox *tb )
         sprintf( line, "%s %s", prompt, text );
 
         // replace spaces so XftTextExtents8 includes their width
-        for ( i = 0; i < length; i++ ) if ( isspace( line[i] ) ) line[i] = '_';
+        for ( int i = 0; i < length; i++ ) if ( isspace( line[i] ) ) line[i] = '_';
 
         // calc cursor position
         XftTextExtentsUtf8( display, tb->font, ( unsigned char* )line, cursor_offset, &extents );
@@ -298,11 +284,6 @@ void textbox_cursor_dec( textbox *tb )
     textbox_cursor( tb, nextrune(tb,-1) );
 }
 
-// beginning of line
-void textbox_cursor_home( textbox *tb )
-{
-    tb->cursor = 0;
-}
 
 // end of line
 void textbox_cursor_end( textbox *tb )
@@ -336,14 +317,6 @@ void textbox_delete( textbox *tb, int pos, int dlen )
     textbox_extents( tb );
 }
 
-// insert one character
-void textbox_cursor_ins( textbox *tb, char c )
-{
-    char tmp[2] = { c, 0 };
-    textbox_insert( tb, tb->cursor, tmp );
-    textbox_cursor_inc( tb );
-}
-
 // delete on character
 void textbox_cursor_del( textbox *tb )
 {