+Monitor *
+getmon(Window w) {
+ int x, y;
+ Client *c;
+ Monitor *m;
+
+ if(w == root && getrootpointer(&x, &y))
+ return getmonxy(x, y);
+ for(m = mons; m; m = m->next)
+ if(w == m->barwin)
+ return m;
+ if((c = getclient(w)))
+ return c->mon;
+ return selmon;
+}
+
+Monitor *
+getmonn(unsigned int n) {
+ unsigned int i;
+ Monitor *m;
+
+ for(m = mons, i = 0; m && i != n; m = m->next, i++);
+ return m;
+}
+
+Monitor *
+getmonxy(int x, int y) {
+ Monitor *m;
+
+ for(m = mons; m; m = m->next)
+ if(INRECT(x, y, m->wx, m->wy, m->ww, m->wh))
+ return m;
+ return selmon;
+}
+
+Bool
+getrootpointer(int *x, int *y) {
+ int di;
+ unsigned int dui;
+ Window dummy;
+ return XQueryPointer(dpy, root, &dummy, &dummy, x, y, &di, &di, &dui);
+}
+