Giles Orr via Talk said on Tue, 12 May 2026 13:31:26 -0400
Apologies for those who don't care about my epic terminal journey. I hope this will be the last update ... it probably won't be.
Having discovered that `st` doesn't support scrollback, I've decided it's not for me. Apparently the Suckless Tools programmers think you should use a terminal multiplexer (`screen` or `tmux` usually) inside your terminal if you want scrollback. Seriously? That's a lot of overhead, both for memory usage and mental modeling. No thanks. There are also software patches, but again: not interested in building my own if I can avoid it.
Building your own with Suckless Tools applications is a heck of a lot easier than with other applications, and the fact is, if you want to do something as simple as changing the font, it must be changed in the .h file and then recompiled. This is trivially easy, and is pretty much how Suckless Tools programs are intended to be configured. SteveT Steve Litt http://444domains.com