NAME¶

stterm - suckless tools terminal aka simple terminal

SYNOPSIS¶

stterm [-a] [-c class] [-f font] [-g geometry] [-i] [-o file] [-T title] [-l line] [-w windowid] [-v] [-e command...] [commands...]

st [-a] [-c class] [-f font] [-g geometry] [-i] [-o file] [-t title] [-l line] [-w windowid] [-v] [-l line] [stty_args...]

DESCRIPTION¶

stterm is a simple terminal emulator. The original project released the binary under name "st". If you would like to access the program by a short name, add an alias or function to the shell startup file:

alias st=stterm # E.g. in ~/.bashrc for bash; consult your $SHELL

OPTIONS¶

-a

disable alternate screens in terminal

-c class

defines the window class (default $TERM).

-f font

defines the font to use.

-g geometry

defines the X11 geometry string. The form is [=][<cols>{xX}<rows>][{+-}<xoffset>{+-}<yoffset>]. See XParseGeometry(3) for further details.

-i

will fixate the position given with the -g option.

-o iofile

writes all the I/O to iofile. This feature is useful when recording sessions. A value of "-" means standard output.

-T title

defines the window title (default 'st').

-w windowid

embeds stterm within the window identified by windowid

-l line

use a tty line instead of a pseudo terminal. When this flag is used remaining arguments are used as flags for stty.

-v

prints version information to stderr, then exits.

-e program [ arguments ... ]

executes program instead of the shell. If this is used it must be the last option on the command line, as in xterm / rxvt. This option is only intended for compability, and all the remaining arguments are used as a command even without it.

SHORTCUTS¶

Ctrl-Print Screen

Toggle if st should print to the iofile.

Shift-Print Screen

Print the full screen to the iofile.

Print Screen

Print the selection to the iofile.

Alt-Shift-Page Up

Increase font size.

Alt-Shift-Page Down

Decrease font size.

Alt-Shift-Home

Reset to default font size.

Shift-Insert

Paste from primary selection (middle mouse button).

Alt-Shift-Insert

Paste from clipboard selection.

Alt-Shift-c

Copy the selected text to the clipboard selection.

Alt-Shift-v

Paste from the clipboard selection.

CUSTOMIZATION¶

stterm can be customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.

AUTHORS¶

See the LICENSE file for the authors.

LICENSE¶

See the LICENSE file for the terms of redistribution.

SEE ALSO¶

tabbed(1), utmp(1), stty(1)

BUGS¶

See the TODO file in the distribution.