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					|  |  |  | Use the excellent tool of utmp[0] for this task. | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					|  |  |  | [0] http://hg.suckless.org/utmp/ | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | [0] http://git.suckless.org/utmp/ | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
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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 | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | you did not make install. If you just want to test it without installing it, | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | you can manualy run tic -s st.info in st dir. It will compile st.info into a | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | 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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					|  |  |  | * Some programs just assume they’re running in xterm i.e. they don’t rely on | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | terminfo. What you see is the current state of the “xterm compliance”. | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | * Some programs don’t complain about the lacking st description and default to | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | another terminal. In that case see the question about terminfo. | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
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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 | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | 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). | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					|  |  |  | How do I scroll back up? | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					|  |  |  | Invoke st with a screen multiplexer like GNU screen[0] or tmux[1]. | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | st -e screen works better for text reflowing. To enter screen’s scroll | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | back mode aka “copy mode”, it’s C-a ESC. You probably want defscrollback | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | 10000 in your ~/.screenrc too. | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
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					|  |  |  | [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
					|  |  |  | [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmux | 
			
		
	
		
			
				
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