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- add common question about the w3m image drawing hack. - remove some bad advise about $TERM. - change some links to https.
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| ## Why does st not handle utmp entries? | ||||
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| Use the excellent tool of [utmp](http://git.suckless.org/utmp/) for this task. | ||||
| Use the excellent tool of [utmp](https://git.suckless.org/utmp/) for this task. | ||||
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| ## Some _random program_ complains that st is unknown/not recognised/unsupported/whatever! | ||||
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| @@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ you can manually run `tic -sx st.info`. | ||||
| * 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 launching 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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| Using a terminal multiplexer. | ||||
| @@ -104,7 +97,7 @@ St is emulating the Linux way of handling backspace being delete and delete bein | ||||
| backspace. | ||||
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| This is an issue that was discussed in suckless mailing list | ||||
| <http://lists.suckless.org/dev/1404/20697.html>. Here is why some old grumpy | ||||
| <https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1404/20697.html>. Here is why some old grumpy | ||||
| terminal users wants its backspace to be how he feels it: | ||||
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| 	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: | ||||
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| Apply [1]. | ||||
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| [1] http://st.suckless.org/patches/delkey | ||||
| [1] https://st.suckless.org/patches/delkey | ||||
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| ## Why do images not work in st (in programs such as w3m)? | ||||
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| This is a terrible hack that overdraws an image on top of the terminal emulator | ||||
| window. It also relies on a very specific way the terminal draws it's contents. | ||||
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| A more proper (but limited way) would be using sixels. Which st doesn't | ||||
| support. | ||||
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| ## BadLength X error in Xft when trying to render emoji | ||||
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