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1 Alpha Focus Highlight |
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2 ===================== |
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3 Patch for suckless' simple terminal (`st`), which allows the user to spe… |
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4 This enables the user to spot the focused window at a glance. |
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5 The patch is based on the [alpha patch](https://st.suckless.org/patches/… |
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6 applied after applying the alpha patch. |
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8 The patch is released [on this release page](https://github.com/juliusHu… |
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9 [on the suckless page](https://st.suckless.org/patches/alpha_focus_highl… |
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10 Please [leave a star](https://github.com/juliusHuelsmann/st-focus). |
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12 Contributions & Bug Reports |
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13 --------------------------- |
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14 * [Report / Solve Patching issues](https://github.com/juliusHuelsmann/st… |
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15 * [Contributions and Bug reports](https://github.com/juliusHuelsmann/st-… |
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17 Building, customizing and installing the patch |
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19 **1. Optional Dependencies** |
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20 The opacity functionality of this patch requires an `X composite manager… |
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21 `xcompmgr`), which can for instance be installed via `sudo pacman -S pic… |
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22 launched via `picom -b`. *The composite manager has to be relaunched af… |
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23 |
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24 **2. Applying the patch** |
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25 Apply the patch to `st`'s source code and build code via `patch < [PATCH… |
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26 |
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27 **3. Customization** |
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28 This patch performs changes in the `config.def.h` file, which need to be… |
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29 pre-existing custom `config.h` file. The following four variables can be… |
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30 - `alpha`/`alphaUnfocused` opacity of the terminal when focused / not fo… |
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31 - `bg`/`bgUnfocused` background color when focused / not focused. |
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32 |
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33 **4. Build & install** `make; sudo make install` |
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34 |
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35 Download |
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36 -------- |
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37 If you want to try out the current version of the patch before patching … |
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38 check out [this repository](https://github.com/juliusHuelsmann/st), whic… |
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39 merged version of this patch with a reasonable configuration. |
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40 |
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41 The patch comes |
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42 1. merged into the alpha patch (`alpha + focus`) or |
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43 2. for patching on top of an already applied alpha patch (`focus`) |
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45 I recommend downloading the alpha patch from the |
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46 [alpha patch](https://st.suckless.org/patches/alpha/) page and using `Pa… |
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47 make sure that you apply the latest version of the alpha patch. |
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48 |
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49 Note that patch errors can occur when the code in the st repo is updated. |
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50 Please report an Issue or contribute a merged patch in that case. |
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51 |
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52 Patch: alpha + focus |
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53 -------------------- |
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54 |
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55 **st-0.9** |
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56 - [Version 2(attached)](st-focus-20230610-68d1ad9.diff) |
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57 - Most recent release [st-focus-20230610-68d1ad9.diff Github](https://gi… |
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58 |
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59 **st-0.8.3** |
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60 - [Version 1 (attached)](st-focus-20200731-43a395a.diff) |
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61 - Most recent release: [st-focus-20200530-43a395a.diff Github](https://g… |
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64 |
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65 Patch: focus |
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66 ------------ |
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68 **st-0.8.3** |
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69 - [Version 1 (attached)](st-focus-20200731-patch_alpha.diff) |
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70 - Most recent release: [st-focus-20200530-patch_alpha.diff (Github)](htt… |
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73 MISC |
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75 **Note:** The benefit of the `alpha` patch and the `Alpha Focus Highligh… |
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76 restrict the transparency only to the background color currently in use,… |
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77 the foreground solid and readable. |
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79 If the goal is to apply transparency independent on the content, you do … |
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80 `st`, instead add |
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82 inactive-opacity = 0.2; |
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83 active-opacity = 0.8; |
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84 ` |
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85 to your `picom` configuration file and keep a vanilla `st` build. |
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87 If you want to configure `inactive-opacity` and `active-opacity` rules i… |
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88 other applications, but keep the benefits of the st alpha patches, have … |
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89 [this picom configuration |
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90 file](https://github.com/juliusHuelsmann/Config/blob/master/.config/pico… |
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91 in which opacity management configured to be performed by `st`. |
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93 Authors / Contributors |
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95 * Julius Hülsmann - <juliusHuelsmann [at] gmail [dot] com> |
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96 * [Wim Stockman](https://github.com/wimstockman): Fix erroneous color re… |
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97 * [glpub](https://github.com/glpub): Fix: erroneous color reset |
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98 * [Milos Stojanovic](https://github.com/M4444): Code Formatting |
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99 * [Yui](https://github.com/yuwui): Fix spelling errors |
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100 * Authors of the shipped alpha patch: [Eon S. Jeon](mailto:esjeon@hyunmu… |
