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• Autodafe: "freeing your freeing your project from the clammy grip of autotools."

  > you need to "edit your makefile". That isn't going to work for distributions Is it not? [st] requires exactly that. And distros seem to have no issues shipping it. [st] https://st.suckless.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 22 days ago

• Write Your Own Terminal

  Check out st[1] for a minimal terminal implementation. They also have user-submitted patches that you can apply to add desired functionality. [1] https://st.suckless.org. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Tabby: A terminal for a more modern age

  I am fundamentally and ideologically opposed to using a terminal emulator implemented in electron. If you feel similarly, then you might enjoy https://st.suckless.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Warp? A terminal behind login popup

  My journey of using terminal emulators began together with my introduction to Linux about 7 years ago. GNOME terminal was my first as it came pre-installed on Ubuntu, my first Linux distribution. Since then, I've had the opportunity to explore and utilize a range of terminal emulators, including Alacritty, Kitty, st, Konsole, xterm, and most recently iTerm2. It's been interesting to experiment with these different... - Source: dev.to / 11 months ago

• XTerm: It's Better Than You Thought (2021)

  For those looking for a minimal VT100 terminal emulator without the legacy baggage of Xterm, I highly recommend checking out Suckless Software’s st: https://st.suckless.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 12 months ago

• circles.nvim - v2.0.1

  That last reference builds off of the work of the other two. It also breaks down how NOT modern Xterm is, but, if I've read it correctly, it confirms that its input latency is low compared to all other tested terminal emulators, including Alacritty and ST, which humorously and justifiably thrashes Xterm on its homepage for being a bloated program. Its not a good choice for everyone: it has poor right-to-left text... Source: about 1 year ago

• Which terminal do you usually use?

  ST is a favorite of some fervent minimalists. I do not think you would like it. Source: about 1 year ago

• A command line tool that draw plots on the terminal

  Https://st.suckless.org/ used to have a circa st-0.8 fork that supported full color sixel graphics, but it seems that specific patch is not in the official list anymore. [1] You can even compose that with the scrollback patch to scroll back in your gnuplots. I use this all the time. In fact, I just have GNUTERM="sixelgd enhanced linewidth 3 fontscale 2 size 1600,900 truecolor" in my environment variables. [1]... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• How to paste an email address into the To: field

  I'm using st. The thing is that in the terminal and also in other applications pasting with "Ctrl+v" does work. Just not in neomutt. Source: over 1 year ago

• Turning Linux Into a Usable Lispy Machine?

  I was curious if anyone here had some software they could recommend? I am having a hard time finding an alternative for tmux, slock, dmenu, and st though I am researching. I am also researching archiving and compression libraries in 100% Common Lisp to replace tar and such. I am also reading over the source code for cl-git as I know I will not find a Lisp implementation that does not rely on C for git protocol :(. Source: over 1 year ago

• What is your most important feature of tmux?

  I use st (suckless simple terminal), so my opinion, which I share with suckless, is that it's the other way around: a good terminal does not reimplement what tmux etc. Already do. So, I use st + tmux, which is a fantastic combination that gives me everything I need. Source: over 1 year ago

• How can I change the colours used by vim's built-in :term

  I run suckless terminal. I have its 16-colour palette configured to my liking, and it is 256-colour (and 24-bit colour I think?) capable. Source: over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: Which Linux terminal emulator do you prefer and why?

  St. [1] Its simple and has everything I need, which is utf-8 support. Tabs and stuff I do via tmux. [1] https://st.suckless.org/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• How are Terminal/CLI-like apps built?

  Building a terminal emulator from scratch is not that hard. Check out st, although it's written in C and targets X11, the overall principles are universal and you probably won't find a cleaner and more concise code base to study on this planet. Source: almost 2 years ago

• True Colors in st

  Also https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1307/16688.html And its in the literal front page of st. Https://st.suckless.org/ Under Status. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Are We Sixel Yet?

  Why not include suckless st here? It has a somewhat functional un-official sixel patch. Source: about 2 years ago

• Linux Superpower: Reviving old light hardware with a modern OS

  Https://st.suckless.org - minimal terminal emulator uses low ram usage like dwm. Source: about 2 years ago

• What's so great about st?

  You should read the motivation behind st https://st.suckless.org/. Source: about 2 years ago

• PTY bash passthrough

  I found this to be a useful tutorial, as well as looking at the source code for st. Having access to a copy of The Linux Programming Interface might also be handy. Source: about 2 years ago

• Why are kitty and alacritty so popular? Where's the foot love?

  I don’t use Wayland, but st instead. It’s fast enough, and the source code is short. No tabs (I use tmux), no configuration, no distraction. It does exactly what I need, and nothing more. Source: about 2 years ago

• Understanding the build formula for `st`

  (define-public st (package (name "st") (version "0.8.4") (source (origin (method url-fetch) (uri (string-append "https://dl.suckless.org/st/st-" version ".tar.gz")) (sha256 (base32 "19j66fhckihbg30ypngvqc9bcva47mp379ch5vinasjdxgn3qbfl")))) (build-system gnu-build-system) (arguments `(#:tests? #f ; no tests ... Source: over 2 years ago