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| 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 | ||
