update FAQ - add common question about the w3m image drawing hack. - remove some bad advise about $TERM. - change some links to https.
Hiltjo Posthuma hiltjo@codemadness.org
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## 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!@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@ * 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. - -## 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?@@ -104,7 +97,7 @@ St is emulating the Linux way of handling backspace being delete and delete being
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@@ -163,7 +156,15 @@ ## But I really want the old grumpy behaviour of my terminal
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