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					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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					It means that st doesn’t have any terminfo entry on your system. Chances are | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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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 | 
				
			
			
		
	
	
		
			
				
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					* Some programs don’t complain about the lacking st description and default to | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					  another terminal. In that case see the question about terminfo. | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					## How do I scroll back up? | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					* Using a terminal multiplexer. | 
				
			
			
		
	
	
		
			
				
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					* Using the excellent tool of [scroll](https://git.suckless.org/scroll/). | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					* Using the scrollback [patch](https://st.suckless.org/patches/scrollback/). | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					## I would like to have utmp and/or scroll functionality by default | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					You can add the absolute patch of both programs in your config.h | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					file. You only have to modify the value of utmp and scroll variables. | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					## Why doesn't the Del key work in some programs? | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					Taken from the terminfo manpage: | 
				
			
			
		
	
	
		
			
				
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					Putting these lines into your .zshrc will fix the problems. | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					## How can I use meta in 8bit mode? | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					St supports meta in 8bit mode, but the default terminfo entry doesn't | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					use this capability. If you want it, you have to use the 'st-meta' value | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					## I cannot compile st in OpenBSD | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					OpenBSD lacks librt, despite it being mandatory in POSIX | 
				
			
			
		
	
	
		
			
				
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					## The Backspace Case | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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						[1] http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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						[2] http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-5.html | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					## But I really want the old grumpy behaviour of my terminal | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					Apply [1]. | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					[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 | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					window. It also relies on a very specific way the terminal draws it's contents. | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					## Why do images not work in st using the w3m image hack? | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					w3mimg uses a hack that draws an image on top of the terminal emulator Drawable | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					st uses double-buffered drawing so the image is quickly replaced and may show a | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					Below is a patch example to change st double-buffering to a single Drawable | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					diff --git a/x.c b/x.c | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					-			DefaultDepth(xw.dpy, xw.scr)); | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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