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commit 384830110bddcebed00b6530a5336f07ad7c405f | |
parent 2e54a21b5ae249a6bcedab9db611ea86037a018b | |
Author: Hiltjo Posthuma <[email protected]> | |
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 20:04:52 +0100 | |
update FAQ | |
- add common question about the w3m image drawing hack. | |
- remove some bad advise about $TERM. | |
- change some links to https. | |
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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ | |
t@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ | |
## 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/unsupport… | |
t@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ you can manually run `tic -sx st.info`. | |
* Some programs don’t complain about the lacking st description and default … | |
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 xte… | |
-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. | |
t@@ -104,7 +97,7 @@ St is emulating the Linux way of handling backspace being d… | |
backspace. | |
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: | |
Well, I am going to comment why I want to change the behaviour | |
t@@ -163,7 +156,15 @@ 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 | |