libxft-bgra
A patched version of libxft that allows for colored emojis to be rendered in Suckless software (dmenu/st/whatever). (by uditkarode)
xbps
The X Binary Package System (XBPS) (by void-linux)
| libxft-bgra | xbps | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | 19 | |
| 65 | 753 | |
| - | 1.9% | |
| 0.0 | 6.1 | |
| about 2 years ago | 18 days ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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libxft-bgra
Posts with mentions or reviews of libxft-bgra.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-19.
- dwm crashes rendering 🟢 symbol
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dwm keeps crashing when opening some websites or when executing some commands
The workaround before the libXft upstream was corrected was to install (or manually patch the fixes from) libXft-bgra.
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Xorg terminates immediately after the startx loaded dwm
I've attempted to patch libXft with libxft-bgra -> https://github.com/uditkarode/libxft-bgra I've executed the make install portion, how can I now replace the libXft with the libXft-bgra? When I try to: xbps-remove libXft I get: libXft-2.3.4_1 in transaction breaks installed pkg \libXft-devel-2.3.4_1 ~... pango-xft ~...sxiv-26_1` and many other dependencies. When I add them to my xbps-remove command, eventually even xorg would need to be removed.
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Problems with glyph rendering in st
Your crashes might be due to a problem in libxft, there is a patched version that manages to render the emojis correctly.
- libXft-bgra and xbps updates
- DWM How do you use colored emojis slstatus
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How do I set an emoji font for dwm window titles?
use this
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Some glyphs/icons not displaying on st
not really sure but maybe something to do with https://github.com/uditkarode/libxft-bgra
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Ubuntudebian Icons In Dwm Status Bar And Dmenu
git clone https://github.com/uditkarode/libxft-bgra cd libxft-bgra sh autogen.sh --sysconfdir=/etc --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
Did you get this working? I've installed the Noto Color Emoji, removed the lines that avoid dmenu to crash, cloned the repo https://github.com/uditkarode/libxft-bgra , compiled it, but still not working.
xbps
Posts with mentions or reviews of xbps.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-20.
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What would i miss out on if i used base-minimal.
I wrote the ignorepkg feature for xbps, specifically for cases like this. https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/pull/62
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xbps-remove cache removing problem
xbps-remove -O: this deletes outdated packages from the cache, the confusion probably comes from that it does not remove packages that are not installed anymore. I have an open PR for xbps to implement cleaning packages that are not installed anymore uptodate. https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/pull/530
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No automatic discovery of new package versions?
More info about xbps flags can be found on the respective man pages and on the xbps github
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xbps-alternatives error (is this just me?)
This is knowwn bug of xbps without released fix as for now https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/issues/312.
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Is parallel downloading planned for xbps-install
void-linux/xbps/issues/57 is the issue to follow, but i doubt it will happen soon...
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Who would like something like endeavor os but based off of void
BUGS Probably, but I try to make this not happen. Use it under your own responsibility and enjoy your life. Report bugs at https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/issues
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What is the cleanest, most well written, best structured, open source C project you've seen?
mpv and the xbps package manager both come to mind. I read them casually and found them very easy to grasp.
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Linux Package Managers
It’s the default package manager used by Void Linux. It’s praised for being fast and reliable. more info
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Void History and Some Thoughts - Some Assembly Required
And here is the commit removing all references to the old name in xbps https://github.com/void-linux/xbps/commit/ba296b8e2c30f151417f0f0daa935653aacd3238
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Doing stupid stuff with xbps
So for context, I'm attempting to port the xbps to another distro that isn't Void Linux using the instructions over at https://github.com/void-linux/xbps.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing libxft-bgra and xbps you can also consider the following projects:
dwm - LEV Linux's window manager (a fork of dwm)
yay - Yet another Yogurt - An AUR Helper written in Go
dwm-flexipatch - A dwm build with preprocessor directives to decide which patches to include during build time
pacman - pacman with Quil
dwmblocks-async - An efficient, lean, and asynchronous status feed generator for dwm.
pkgsrc - Automatic conversion of the NetBSD pkgsrc CVS module, use with care
nerd-fonts - Iconic font aggregator, collection, & patcher. 3,600+ icons, 50+ patched fonts: Hack, Source Code Pro, more. Glyph collections: Font Awesome, Material Design Icons, Octicons, & more
pacman - A proof that Idris is pacman complete
st-flexipatch - An st build with preprocessor directives to decide which patches to include during build time
void-runit - runit init scripts for Void
st - build of the suckless simple terminal with patches for alpha, font2, copyurl, openclipboard, invert, appsync, xresources, scrollback, w3m, keyboard select, boxdraw
avoidance - A void dance.