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#st (Suckless Terminal)

#Patches:

  • alpha
  • Ligatures
  • sixel (check sixel branch)
  • scrollback
  • Clipboard
  • Alpha(Transparency)
  • Boxdraw
  • patch_column ( doesnt cut text while resizing)
  • font2
  • right click paste
  • st desktop entry
  • newterm
  • anygeometry
  • xresources
  • sync patch ( Better draw timing to reduce flicker/tearing and improve animation smoothness )
  • live reload ( change colors/fonts on the fly ) and more...

#Fonts

  • Install JetbrainsMono Mono Nerd Font or any nerd font from here

#How to apply Xresources and live-reload ?

 #make an alias for this command

alias load="kill -USR1 $(pidof st)"
alias  use="xrdb merge"

command : use Xresourcesfile && load

#Xresources live-reload demo



DON'T SKIP THE README, if you want to have a similar setup / know default keybinds.

#Dependencies :


#void (most of these are already installed on arch distros)
xbps-install libXft-devel libX11-devel harfbuzz-devel libXext-devel libXrender-devel libXinerama-devel
 
#Debian (and ubuntu probably)
apt install build-essential libxft-dev libharfbuzz-dev 

# Install font-symbola too

#Install

cd st (this repo)
sudo make install

(note : dont forget do run the xrdb merge xresourcesfile command , put that in your wm's autostart or such)

#other ST builds

  1. Default ST (main branch)
  2. Sixel St (sixel branch , with sixel graphics support)
  3. St with vim-browse (vim-browse branch , navigate within like vim)
  • Use a different st build ( clone its branch)

example: git clone https://github.com/siduck76/st --branch sixel

#Ram comparison with other terminals and speed test







( note : This benchmark was done on my low end machine which has a pentium cpu so the results might vary )

#Default Keybindings

ctrl + shift + c        Copy  
ctrl + shift + v Paste
alt + comma Zoom in
alt + . Zoom out
alt + g Reset Zoom
alt + s Increase Transparency
alt + a Decrease Transparency
alt + m Reset Transparency
copy anything and right click on the terminal ( will paste the copied thing ) mod + shift + enter open a new terminal with same cwd ( current working directory ) alt + k scroll down alt + j scroll up

you can change all of these in config.h

#Themes/Fonts used

a lil video demo to show zoom/alpha changing via keybinds

#Screenshots:









#Credits