#st (Simple Terminal)
This is a custom suckless st build (credits to lukesmith's build for ligatures patch) and I've added some additional patches like newterm , rightclick paste , desktop entry ,sixel, live-reload xresources , dynamic cursor etc!.
#Patches:
- alpha
- Ligatures
- sixel
- scrollback
- Clipboard
- Alpha(Transparency)
- Boxdraw
- w3m
- font2
- right click paste
- st desktop entry
- newterm
- anysize
- 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...
#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
cd st (this repo)
sudo make install
#other ST builds
- Default ST (main branch)
- Sixel St (sixel branch , with sixel graphics support)
- 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
#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
ls-icons: https://github.com/Yash-Handa/logo-ls
Xresources: onedark ( just xrdb merge xresourcesfile , do this everytime you make any change to xresources file ) from this repo itself.
Font: JetbrainsMono Nerd Font + material design icon fonts
a lil video demo to show zoom/alpha changing via keybinds
#Screenshots:
