st
st is an extremely minimal terminal emulator for the X environment made by the suckless.org community. st is configured by editing C source code header files, and recompiling. The suckless website states that the project focuses on advanced and experienced computer users.
Installation
USE flags
USE flags for x11-terms/st Simple terminal implementation for X
savedconfig
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Use this to restore your config from /etc/portage/savedconfig ${CATEGORY}/${PN}. Make sure your USE flags allow for appropriate dependencies |
Preferably, savedconfig USE flag can be enabled and save a customized configuration file to /etc/portage/savedconfig/x11-terms/st for later editing pleasure.
root #euse --enable savedconfigEmerge
Install x11-terms/st:
root #emerge --ask x11-terms/stConfiguration
If installed without the
savedconfig USE flag, upon recompilation custom settings stored in /etc/portage/savedconfig/x11-terms/st will be lost after dispatch-conf (depending on chosen option).As stated previously, the main st configuration file is the /etc/portage/savedconfig/x11-terms/st file and after each change, st needs to be recompiled for any changes to take effect.
Patches and additional features
There are many user-created patches available from the official site that greatly extend the functionality of st. See /etc/portage/patches on how to apply these patches automatically.
Troubleshooting
Keyboard
Delete key is not working properly
Add following to the /etc/inputrc to make a system-wide change:
/etc/inputrcset enable-keypad on
Or to the relative user's ~/.inputrc file:
~/.inputrc$include /etc/inputrc
set enable-keypad on