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					Use the excellent tool of utmp[0] for this task. | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					Use the excellent tool of [utmp](http://git.suckless.org/utmp/) for this task. | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					Some _random program_ complains that st is unknown/not | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					recognised/unsupported/whatever! | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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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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					you can manualy run tic -s st.info in st dir. It will compile st.info into a | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					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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					you did not `make install`. If you just want to test it without installing it, | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					you can manualy run `tic -s st.info`. | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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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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					  terminfo. What you see is the current state of the “xterm compliance”. | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					* Some programs don’t complain about the lacking st description and default to | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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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 | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					xterm, st or st-256color. The default value for TERM can be changed in | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					Invoke st with a screen multiplexer like GNU screen[0] or tmux[1]. | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					st -e screen works better for text reflowing. To enter screen’s scroll | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					back mode aka “copy mode”, it’s C-a ESC. You probably want defscrollback | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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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 | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					st or st-256color. The default value for TERM can be changed in config.h | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					Using a terminal multiplexer. | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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						codes as smkx and rmkx. Otherwise the keypad is assumed to | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					But buggy applications like bash and irssi for example don't do this. A fast | 
				
			
			
		
	
		
			
				
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