> Please consider using the name st for the binary instead of stterm,
> previously this binary was also part of suckless-tools package but new
> version that is 39-1 I have removed the st from suckless-tools so now
> you are free to use the name st.
It is unfortunate that the upstream dind't originally pick a name for
program that would reflect its use. People looking for "term" are unable
to find one if searching under $PATH with the original name "st".
For general audience of Debian users it is more beneficial to be able to:
$ ls -1 /usr/bin/*term*
/usr/bin/ajaxterm
/usr/bin/filterm
/usr/bin/gnome-terminal
/usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper
/usr/bin/koi8rxterm
/usr/bin/lxterm
/usr/bin/miniterm.py
/usr/bin/rxvt-xterm
/usr/bin/setterm
/usr/bin/stterm
/usr/bin/unixterm
/usr/bin/uxterm
/usr/bin/vdeterm
/usr/bin/xterm
/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
Hence the use of "stterm". This is still familiar to the people that might
some to Debian from other systems, looking for "st".
$ st
bash: st: command not found
$ st[TAB]
... stterm
Also new two character programs names are generally discouraged. User is
better served by defining their own two character aliased as needd:
$ alias st=sterm
> This is required for surf 6 version as it uses st instead of xterm, of
> course patching is possible but I think its time the package gets
> renamed to st and ships binary st instead of stterm.
If Debian package surf refers to "st", please update it to "stterm". But in
Debian referring to ecternal programs is bets done using the x-* programs,
like:
x-terminal-emulator
and not using any hard coded terminal name.
I'm inclided to close this bug, but please let me know if there are
anything that shoudl be taking into account more.
Jari
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