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							| @@ -3,6 +3,38 @@ Why does st not handle utmp entries? | |||||||
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| Use the excellent tool of utmp[0] for this task. | Use the excellent tool of utmp[0] for this task. | ||||||
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| [0] http://hg.suckless.org/utmp/ | [0] http://git.suckless.org/utmp/ | ||||||
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|  | Some _random program_ complains that st is unknown/not | ||||||
|  | recognised/unsupported/whatever! | ||||||
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|  | It means that st doesn’t have any terminfo entry on your system. Chances are | ||||||
|  | you did not make install. If you just want to test it without installing it, | ||||||
|  | you can manualy run tic -s st.info in st dir. It will compile st.info into a | ||||||
|  | fully working local terminfo description. You can delete it when you’re done. | ||||||
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|  | Nothing works, and nothing is said about an unknown terminal! | ||||||
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|  | * Some programs just assume they’re running in xterm i.e. they don’t rely on | ||||||
|  |   terminfo. What you see is the current state of the “xterm compliance”. | ||||||
|  | * Some programs don’t complain about the lacking st description and default to | ||||||
|  |   another terminal. In that case see the question about terminfo. | ||||||
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|  | I get some weird glitches/visual bug on _random program_! | ||||||
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|  | Try lauching it with a different TERM: $ TERM=xterm myapp. toe(1) will give | ||||||
|  | you a list of available terminals, but you’ll most likely switch between | ||||||
|  | xterm, st or st-256color. The default value for TERM can be changed in | ||||||
|  | config.h (TNAME). | ||||||
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|  | How do I scroll back up? | ||||||
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|  | Invoke st with a screen multiplexer like GNU screen[0] or tmux[1]. | ||||||
|  | st -e screen works better for text reflowing. To enter screen’s scroll | ||||||
|  | back mode aka “copy mode”, it’s C-a ESC. You probably want defscrollback | ||||||
|  | 10000 in your ~/.screenrc too. | ||||||
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|  | [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen | ||||||
|  | [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmux | ||||||
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