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| author | Philip Wittamore <philip@wittamore.com> | 2026-07-12 11:08:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Philip Wittamore <philip@wittamore.com> | 2026-07-12 11:08:50 +0200 |
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diff --git a/articles/2025/Thoughts-on-suckless.html b/articles/2025/Thoughts-on-suckless.html new file mode 100755 index 0000000..25d9cc8 --- /dev/null +++ b/articles/2025/Thoughts-on-suckless.html @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +<!doctype html> +<html lang="EN"> + <head> + <meta charset="utf-8"> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css"> + <title>Thoughts on suckless</title> + </head> + <body> + <header> + <h1>Bloggings</h1> + <a href="/index.php">Back</a> + + </header> + +<main> +<article> +<h2>Thoughts on suckless</h2> +<h3>2025-06-12</h3> +<h4>Note: opinions can change</h4> +<p>I've been playing with <a href="https://suckless.org/">suckless tools</a>: dwm, dmenu, st, surf</p> +<p>Dwm and dmenu are fantastic, st and surf not so much.</p> +<p>Both st and surf have patches that are incompatible, and +often outdated. The user is expected to know how to correct the patch +rejections, which is often possible, but knowledge of C is your best bet.</p> +<p>Suckless software is intended to be somewhat elite. Their web site +is frankly not suckless, perhaps intentionally? Some of the patches proposed +address problems that have already been solved in the main program.</p> +<p>Surf compiles but with GTK warnings about obsolete functions.</p> +<p>St is a headbanger if you want kittygraphics, boxdraw, and ligatures for example.</p> +<p>The educational aspect of suckless software is of course is invaluable, +and if it's the objective, then that's fine. The problem arises when you want to +build something that will fulfill your needs.</p> +<p>Because of all this I use Kitty or Ghostty instead of st, and Librewolf +instead of Surf. I just hope dwm doesn't fall into the same hole of wanting to +be elite to the point of not fulfilling it's task, which would be a terrible shame.</p> + </article> +</main> +<footer> + + <p> </p> + + <p>ยง</p> + </footer> +</body> +</html> |