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 st - simple terminal
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 st is a simple terminal emulator for X which sucks less.
+This is my build of st, with some customizations that work for me.
 
 
 Requirements
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 Credits
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-Based on Aurélien APTEL <aurelien dot aptel at gmail dot com> bt source code.
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+This is a fork of suckless st.
+st based on Aurélien APTEL <aurelien dot aptel at gmail dot com> bt source code.