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-Why does st not handle utmp entries?
+## Why does st not handle utmp entries?
-Use the excellent tool of utmp[0] for this task.
+Use the excellent tool of [utmp](http://git.suckless.org/utmp/) for this task.
-[0] http://hg.suckless.org/utmp/
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+## Some _random program_ complains that st is unknown/not recognised/unsupported/whatever!
+
+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`.
+
+## Nothing works, and nothing is said about an unknown terminal!
+
+* 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?
+
+Using a terminal multiplexer.
+
+* `st -e tmux` using C-b [
+* `st -e screen` using C-a ESC
+
+## Why doesn't the Del key work in some programs?
+
+Taken from the terminfo manpage:
+
+ If the terminal has a keypad that transmits codes when the keys
+ are pressed, this information can be given. Note that it is not
+ possible to handle terminals where the keypad only works in
+ local (this applies, for example, to the unshifted HP 2621 keys).
+ If the keypad can be set to transmit or not transmit, give these
+ codes as smkx and rmkx. Otherwise the keypad is assumed to
+ always transmit.
+
+In the st case smkx=E[?1hE= and rmkx=E[?1lE>, so it is mandatory that
+applications which want to test against keypad keys send these
+sequences.
+
+But buggy applications (like bash and irssi, for example) don't do this. A fast
+solution for them is to use the following command:
+
+ $ printf '\033[?1h\033=' >/dev/tty
+
+or
+ $ echo $(tput smkx) >/dev/tty
+
+In the case of bash, readline is used. Readline has a different note in its
+manpage about this issue:
+
+ enable-keypad (Off)
+ When set to On, readline will try to enable the
+ application keypad when it is called. Some systems
+ need this to enable arrow keys.
+
+Adding this option to your .inputrc will fix the keypad problem for all
+applications using readline.
+
+If you are using zsh, then read the zsh FAQ
+<http://zsh.sourceforge.net/FAQ/zshfaq03.html#l25>:
+
+ It should be noted that the O / [ confusion can occur with other keys
+ such as Home and End. Some systems let you query the key sequences
+ sent by these keys from the system's terminal database, terminfo.
+ Unfortunately, the key sequences given there typically apply to the
+ mode that is not the one zsh uses by default (it's the "application"
+ mode rather than the "raw" mode). Explaining the use of terminfo is
+ outside of the scope of this FAQ, but if you wish to use the key
+ sequences given there you can tell the line editor to turn on
+ "application" mode when it starts and turn it off when it stops:
+
+ function zle-line-init () { echoti smkx }
+ function zle-line-finish () { echoti rmkx }
+ zle -N zle-line-init
+ zle -N zle-line-finish
+
+Putting these lines into your .zshrc will fix the problems.
+
+## How can I use meta in 8bit mode?
+
+ St supports meta in 8bit mode, but the default terminfo entry doesn't
+ use this capability. If you want it, you have to use the 'st-meta' value
+ in TERM.
+
+## I cannot compile st in OpenBSD
+
+OpenBSD lacks of librt, but it is mandatory in POSIX
+<http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/c99.html#tag_20_11_13>.
+If you want compile st for OpenBSD you have to remove -lrt from config.mk.
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