X-Git-Url: https://jasonwoof.com/gitweb/?p=st.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=FAQ;fp=FAQ;h=3502c60e68bfcf78c609f289454c67913f7c2dc7;hp=a47c024be478518b34748b39fa3f697295972e35;hb=8365f93099bcfa6a708f3608cd3eb43c150a166e;hpb=77f6cd6f8a8cc7dc53b2a12b0fd069a0d3bfa73a diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index a47c024..3502c60 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ solution for them is to use the following command: $ printf '\033[?1h\033=' >/dev/tty or - $ echo $(tput smkx) >/dev/tty + $ tput smkx In the case of bash, readline is used. Readline has a different note in its manpage about this issue: @@ -86,22 +86,26 @@ 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. +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, despite it begin mandatory in POSIX +OpenBSD lacks librt, despite it being mandatory in POSIX . If you want to compile st for OpenBSD you have to remove -lrt from config.mk, and st will compile without any loss of functionality, because all the functions are included in libc on this platform. -## Backspace key does not work +## The Backspace Case + +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 -: +. 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 of this key. When ASCII was defined in 1968, communication @@ -155,3 +159,9 @@ This is an issue that was discussed in suckless mailing list [1] http://www.ibb.net/~anne/keyboard.html [2] http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Keyboard-and-Console-HOWTO-5.html +## But I really want the old grumpy behaviour of my terminal + +Apply [1]. + +[1] http://st.suckless.org/patches/delkey +