From a62f18a4b513c1eb18e6f2866dacea920f2ae617 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tiyn Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 01:59:00 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] suckless: libxft fix --- wiki/linux/suckless.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/wiki/linux/suckless.md b/wiki/linux/suckless.md index f2143c5..a7c496c 100644 --- a/wiki/linux/suckless.md +++ b/wiki/linux/suckless.md @@ -39,3 +39,13 @@ new `feature` - ii is an IRC client - slock is a screen locker - st is a terminal + +## suckless program crashes or struggles with colored emojis + +Suckless programs especially `st` and `dmenu` can not display colored +emojis. +This is because of problems with libxft. +libxft is the client side font rendering library to display anti-aliased text. +To change this [libxft-bgra](https://github.com/uditkarode/libxft-bgra) needs +to be installed. +This is a patched version especially for running with the suckless programs.