st.1
1.TH ST 1 st\-VERSION
2.SH NAME
3st \- simple terminal
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5.B st
6.RB [ \-aiv ]
7.RB [ \-c
8.IR class ]
9.RB [ \-f
10.IR font ]
11.RB [ \-g
12.IR geometry ]
13.RB [ \-n
14.IR name ]
15.RB [ \-o
16.IR iofile ]
17.RB [ \-T
18.IR title ]
19.RB [ \-t
20.IR title ]
21.RB [ \-l
22.IR line ]
23.RB [ \-w
24.IR windowid ]
25.RB [[ \-e ]
26.IR command
27.RI [ arguments ...]]
28.PP
29.B st
30.RB [ \-aiv ]
31.RB [ \-c
32.IR class ]
33.RB [ \-f
34.IR font ]
35.RB [ \-g
36.IR geometry ]
37.RB [ \-n
38.IR name ]
39.RB [ \-o
40.IR iofile ]
41.RB [ \-T
42.IR title ]
43.RB [ \-t
44.IR title ]
45.RB [ \-w
46.IR windowid ]
47.RB \-l
48.IR line
49.RI [ stty_args ...]
50.SH DESCRIPTION
51.B st
52is a simple terminal emulator.
53.SH OPTIONS
54.TP
55.B \-a
56disable alternate screens in terminal
57.TP
58.BI \-c " class"
59defines the window class (default $TERM).
60.TP
61.BI \-f " font"
62defines the
63.I font
64to use when st is run.
65.TP
66.BI \-g " geometry"
67defines the X11 geometry string.
68The form is [=][<cols>{xX}<rows>][{+-}<xoffset>{+-}<yoffset>]. See
69.BR XParseGeometry (3)
70for further details.
71.TP
72.B \-i
73will fixate the position given with the -g option.
74.TP
75.BI \-n " name"
76defines the window instance name (default $TERM).
77.TP
78.BI \-o " iofile"
79writes all the I/O to
80.I iofile.
81This feature is useful when recording st sessions. A value of "-" means
82standard output.
83.TP
84.BI \-T " title"
85defines the window title (default 'st').
86.TP
87.BI \-t " title"
88defines the window title (default 'st').
89.TP
90.BI \-w " windowid"
91embeds st within the window identified by
92.I windowid
93.TP
94.BI \-l " line"
95use a tty
96.I line
97instead of a pseudo terminal.
98.I line
99should be a (pseudo-)serial device (e.g. /dev/ttyS0 on Linux for serial port
1000).
101When this flag is given
102remaining arguments are used as flags for
103.BR stty(1).
104By default st initializes the serial line to 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit
105and a 38400 baud rate. The speed is set by appending it as last argument
106(e.g. 'st -l /dev/ttyS0 115200'). Arguments before the last one are
107.BR stty(1)
108flags. If you want to set odd parity on 115200 baud use for example 'st -l
109/dev/ttyS0 parenb parodd 115200'. Set the number of bits by using for
110example 'st -l /dev/ttyS0 cs7 115200'. See
111.BR stty(1)
112for more arguments and cases.
113.TP
114.B \-v
115prints version information to stderr, then exits.
116.TP
117.BI \-e " command " [ " arguments " "... ]"
118st executes
119.I command
120instead of the shell. If this is used it
121.B must be the last option
122on the command line, as in xterm / rxvt.
123This option is only intended for compatibility,
124and all the remaining arguments are used as a command
125even without it.
126.SH SHORTCUTS
127.TP
128.B Break
129Send a break in the serial line.
130Break key is obtained in PC keyboards
131pressing at the same time control and pause.
132.TP
133.B Ctrl-Print Screen
134Toggle if st should print to the
135.I iofile.
136.TP
137.B Shift-Print Screen
138Print the full screen to the
139.I iofile.
140.TP
141.B Print Screen
142Print the selection to the
143.I iofile.
144.TP
145.B Ctrl-Shift-Page Up
146Increase font size.
147.TP
148.B Ctrl-Shift-Page Down
149Decrease font size.
150.TP
151.B Ctrl-Shift-Home
152Reset to default font size.
153.TP
154.B Ctrl-Shift-y
155Paste from primary selection (middle mouse button).
156.TP
157.B Ctrl-Shift-c
158Copy the selected text to the clipboard selection.
159.TP
160.B Ctrl-Shift-v
161Paste from the clipboard selection.
162.SH CUSTOMIZATION
163.B st
164can be customized by creating a custom config.h and (re)compiling the source
165code. This keeps it fast, secure and simple.
166.SH AUTHORS
167See the LICENSE file for the authors.
168.SH LICENSE
169See the LICENSE file for the terms of redistribution.
170.SH SEE ALSO
171.BR tabbed (1),
172.BR utmp (1),
173.BR stty (1),
174.BR scroll (1)
175.SH BUGS
176See the TODO file in the distribution.
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