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Why does st not handle utmp entries?
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Use the excellent tool of utmp[0] for this task.
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[0] http://git.suckless.org/utmp/
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Some _random program_ complains that st is unknown/not
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recognised/unsupported/whatever!
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It means that st doesn’t have any terminfo entry on your system. Chances are
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you did not make install. If you just want to test it without installing it,
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you can manualy run tic -s st.info in st dir. It will compile st.info into a
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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
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terminfo. What you see is the current state of the “xterm compliance”.
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* Some programs don’t complain about the lacking st description and default to
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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
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you a list of available terminals, but you’ll most likely switch between
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xterm, st or st-256color. The default value for TERM can be changed in
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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].
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st -e screen works better for text reflowing. To enter screen’s scroll
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back mode aka “copy mode”, it’s C-a ESC. You probably want defscrollback
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10000 in your ~/.screenrc too.
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[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Screen
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tmux
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