X-Git-Url: https://git.danieliu.xyz/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=FAQ;h=78c769a1fc874300d35438938d632f4110d8f779;hb=895e5b50a8cc835c19a45e1e328eb4dc78f5fd0c;hp=ee1c154bd9a69131df878fcee0d83c9c6d5dc991;hpb=cf1fcc4d96f9162272003f82839388093c01360e;p=st.git diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index ee1c154..78c769a 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ ## Why does st not handle utmp entries? -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. ## Some _random program_ complains that st is unknown/not recognised/unsupported/whatever! 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`. +you can manually run `tic -sx st.info`. ## Nothing works, and nothing is said about an unknown terminal! @@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ you can manualy run `tic -s 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. -## I get some weird glitches/visual bug on _random program_! - -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). - ## How do I scroll back up? Using a terminal multiplexer. @@ -92,7 +85,7 @@ in TERM. ## I cannot compile st in OpenBSD -OpenBSD lacks of librt, despite it begin mandatory in POSIX +OpenBSD lacks librt, despite it being mandatory in POSIX . If you want to compile st for OpenBSD you have to remove -lrt from config.mk, and st will compile without any loss of functionality, because all the functions are @@ -104,7 +97,7 @@ St is emulating the Linux way of handling backspace being delete and delete bein backspace. This is an issue that was discussed in suckless mailing list -. Here is why some old grumpy +. Here is why some old grumpy terminal users wants its backspace to be how he feels it: Well, I am going to comment why I want to change the behaviour @@ -163,5 +156,40 @@ terminal users wants its backspace to be how he feels it: Apply [1]. -[1] http://st.suckless.org/patches/delkey +[1] https://st.suckless.org/patches/delkey + +## Why do images not work in st (in programs such as w3m)? + +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. + +A more proper (but limited way) would be using sixels. Which st doesn't +support. + +## BadLength X error in Xft when trying to render emoji + +Xft makes st crash when rendering color emojis with the following error: + +"X Error of failed request: BadLength (poly request too large or internal Xlib length error)" + Major opcode of failed request: 139 (RENDER) + Minor opcode of failed request: 20 (RenderAddGlyphs) + Serial number of failed request: 1595 + Current serial number in output stream: 1818" + +This is a known bug in Xft (not st) which happens on some platforms and +combination of particular fonts and fontconfig settings. + +See also: +https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxft/issues/6 +https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107534 +https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498269 + +The solution is to remove color emoji fonts or disable this in the fontconfig +XML configuration. As an ugly workaround (which may work only on newer +fontconfig versions (FC_COLOR)), the following code can be used to mask color +fonts: + + FcPatternAddBool(fcpattern, FC_COLOR, FcFalse); +Please don't bother reporting this bug to st, but notify the upstream Xft +developers about fixing this bug.