https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/st custom build.
My ST (simple terminal) build based on Luke Smith'sPretty stuff
- Compatibility with
Xresources
andpywal
for dynamic colors. - Default gruvbox colors otherwise.
- Transparency/alpha, which is also adjustable from your
Xresources
. - Default font is system "mono" at 14pt, meaning the font will match your system font.
Other st patches
- Vertcenter
- Scrollback
- font2
- updated to latest version 0.8.2
Installation
git clone https://github.com/LukeSmithxyz/st
cd st
sudo make install
Be sure to have a composite manager (xcompmgr
, picom
, etc.) running if you want transparency.
How to configure dynamically with Xresources
For many key variables, this build of st
will look for X settings set in either ~/.Xdefaults
or ~/.Xresources
. You must run xrdb
on one of these files to load the settings.
For example, you can define your desired fonts, transparency or colors:
*.font: Liberation Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true;
*.alpha: 0.9
*.color0: #111
...
The alpha
value (for transparency) goes from 0
(transparent) to 1
(opaque).
Colors
To be clear about the color settings:
- This build will use gruvbox colors by default and as a fallback.
- If there are Xresources colors defined, those will take priority.
- But if
wal
has run in your session, its colors will take priority.
Note that when you run wal
, it will negate the transparency of existing windows, but new windows will continue with the previously defined transparency.
Notes on Emojis and Special Characters
If st crashes when viewing emojis, install libxft-bgra from the AUR.
Note that some special characters may appear truncated if too wide. You might want to manually set your prefered emoji/special character font to a lower size in the config.h
file to avoid this. By default, JoyPixels is used at a smaller size than the usual text.