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diff --git a/config/.config/suckless.all/st/README.md b/config/.config/suckless.all/st/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c410e4b --- /dev/null +++ b/config/.config/suckless.all/st/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +# Luke's build of st - the simple (suckless) terminal + +The [suckless terminal (st)](https://st.suckless.org/) with some additional +features that make it literally the best terminal emulator ever: + +## Unique features (using dmenu) + ++ **follow urls** by pressing `alt-l` ++ **copy urls** in the same way with `alt-y` ++ **copy the output of commands** with `alt-o` + +## Bindings for + ++ **scrollback** with `alt-↑/↓` or `alt-pageup/down` or `shift` while scrolling the + mouse. ++ OR **vim-bindings**: scroll up/down in history with `alt-k` and `alt-j`. + Faster with `alt-u`/`alt-d`. ++ **zoom/change font size**: same bindings as above, but holding down shift as + well. `alt-home` returns to default ++ **copy text** with `alt-c`, **paste** is `alt-v` or `shift-insert` + +## Pretty stuff + ++ Compatibility with `Xresources` and `pywal` for dynamic colors. ++ Default [gruvbox](https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox) colors otherwise. ++ Transparency/alpha, which is also adjustable from your `Xresources`. ++ Default font is system "mono" at 14pt, meaning the font will match your + system font. + +## Other st patches + ++ Boxdraw ++ Ligatures ++ font2 ++ updated to latest version 0.8.4 + +## Installation for newbs + +You should have xlib header files and libharfbuzz build files installed. + +``` +git clone https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/st +cd st +sudo make install +``` + +Obviously, `make` is required to build. `fontconfig` is required for the +default build, since it asks `fontconfig` for your system monospace font. It +might be obvious, but `libX11` and `libXft` are required as well. Chances are, +you have all of this installed already. + +On OpenBSD, be sure to edit `config.mk` first and remove `-lrt` from the +`$LIBS` before compiling. + +Be sure to have a composite manager (`xcompmgr`, `picom`, etc.) running if you +want transparency. + +## How to configure dynamically with Xresources + +For many key variables, this build of `st` will look for X settings set in +either `~/.Xdefaults` or `~/.Xresources`. You must run `xrdb` on one of these +files to load the settings. + +For example, you can define your desired fonts, transparency or colors: + +``` +*.font: Liberation Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true; +*.alpha: 0.9 +*.color0: #111 +... +``` + +The `alpha` value (for transparency) goes from `0` (transparent) to `1` +(opaque). There is an example `Xdefaults` file in this respository. + +### Colors + +To be clear about the color settings: + +- This build will use gruvbox colors by default and as a fallback. +- If there are Xresources colors defined, those will take priority. +- But if `wal` has run in your session, its colors will take priority. + +Note that when you run `wal`, it will negate the transparency of existing windows, but new windows will continue with the previously defined transparency. + +## Notes on Emojis and Special Characters + +If st crashes when viewing emojis, install +[libxft-bgra](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libxft-bgra/) from the AUR. + +Note that some special characters may appear truncated if too wide. You might +want to manually set your prefered emoji/special character font to a lower size +in the `config.h` file to avoid this. By default, JoyPixels is used at a +smaller size than the usual text. + +## Contact + +- Luke Smith <luke@lukesmith.xyz> +- [https://lukesmith.xyz](https://lukesmith.xyz) |