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author | Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org> | 2019-11-17 20:04:52 +0100 |
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committer | Hiltjo Posthuma <hiltjo@codemadness.org> | 2019-11-17 20:04:52 +0100 |
commit | 384830110bddcebed00b6530a5336f07ad7c405f (patch) | |
tree | 71b4d5d3821810ea36a8b4cee9b502adeb55e922 /FAQ | |
parent | 2e54a21b5ae249a6bcedab9db611ea86037a018b (diff) | |
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update FAQ
- add common question about the w3m image drawing hack.
- remove some bad advise about $TERM.
- change some links to https.
Diffstat (limited to 'FAQ')
-rw-r--r-- | FAQ | 21 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ | |||
1 | ## Why does st not handle utmp entries? | 1 | ## Why does st not handle utmp entries? |
2 | 2 | ||
3 | Use the excellent tool of [utmp](http://git.suckless.org/utmp/) for this task. | 3 | Use the excellent tool of [utmp](https://git.suckless.org/utmp/) for this task. |
4 | 4 | ||
5 | ## Some _random program_ complains that st is unknown/not recognised/unsupported/whatever! | 5 | ## Some _random program_ complains that st is unknown/not recognised/unsupported/whatever! |
6 | 6 | ||
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ you can manually run `tic -sx st.info`. | |||
15 | * Some programs don’t complain about the lacking st description and default to | 15 | * Some programs don’t complain about the lacking st description and default to |
16 | another terminal. In that case see the question about terminfo. | 16 | another terminal. In that case see the question about terminfo. |
17 | 17 | ||
18 | ## I get some weird glitches/visual bug on _random program_! | ||
19 | |||
20 | Try launching it with a different TERM: $ TERM=xterm myapp. toe(1) will give | ||
21 | you a list of available terminals, but you’ll most likely switch between xterm, | ||
22 | st or st-256color. The default value for TERM can be changed in config.h | ||
23 | (TNAME). | ||
24 | |||
25 | ## How do I scroll back up? | 18 | ## How do I scroll back up? |
26 | 19 | ||
27 | Using a terminal multiplexer. | 20 | Using a terminal multiplexer. |
@@ -104,7 +97,7 @@ St is emulating the Linux way of handling backspace being delete and delete bein | |||
104 | backspace. | 97 | backspace. |
105 | 98 | ||
106 | This is an issue that was discussed in suckless mailing list | 99 | This is an issue that was discussed in suckless mailing list |
107 | <http://lists.suckless.org/dev/1404/20697.html>. Here is why some old grumpy | 100 | <https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1404/20697.html>. Here is why some old grumpy |
108 | terminal users wants its backspace to be how he feels it: | 101 | terminal users wants its backspace to be how he feels it: |
109 | 102 | ||
110 | Well, I am going to comment why I want to change the behaviour | 103 | Well, I am going to comment why I want to change the behaviour |
@@ -163,7 +156,15 @@ terminal users wants its backspace to be how he feels it: | |||
163 | 156 | ||
164 | Apply [1]. | 157 | Apply [1]. |
165 | 158 | ||
166 | [1] http://st.suckless.org/patches/delkey | 159 | [1] https://st.suckless.org/patches/delkey |
160 | |||
161 | ## Why do images not work in st (in programs such as w3m)? | ||
162 | |||
163 | This is a terrible hack that overdraws an image on top of the terminal emulator | ||
164 | window. It also relies on a very specific way the terminal draws it's contents. | ||
165 | |||
166 | A more proper (but limited way) would be using sixels. Which st doesn't | ||
167 | support. | ||
167 | 168 | ||
168 | ## BadLength X error in Xft when trying to render emoji | 169 | ## BadLength X error in Xft when trying to render emoji |
169 | 170 | ||