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commit 745815b62d07d3bec956ed214b30154477ba60af
parent c6d022acfed9d41c35103b86879eabe27acb9bb5
Author: Moritz Wilhelmy <moritz+hg@wzff.de>
Date:   Fri,  4 Mar 2011 23:52:30 +0100

Add aterm to broken_programs since people reported problems
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suckless.org/misc/broken_programs.md
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1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/suckless.org/misc/broken_programs.md b/suckless.org/misc/broken_programs.md
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ programs to fix them. Here are some of the main causes of this brokenness:
 
 * The program assumes a specific window management model, i.e.
   assumes you are using a WIMP-window manager like those
-  found in KDE or Gnome. This assumption breaks the [ICCCM
-  conventions](http://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/).
+  found in KDE or Gnome. This assumption breaks the 
+  [ICCCM conventions][icccm].
 * The application uses a fixed size - this limitation does not fit
   into the world of tiling window managers very well, and can also be
   seen as breaking the ICCCM conventions, because a fixed sized window
@@ -30,17 +30,24 @@ floating mode.
 The following programs are broken (see [cool
 programs](/common/cool_programs.html) for saner alternatives):
 
-* XMMS (assumes fixed size, doesn't set transient_for hint properly)
+* XMMS (assumes fixed size, doesn't set transient\_for hint properly)
 * Xchat
-* [Firefox](http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox) (doesn't set the TRANSIENT_FOR hint correctly on its download dialog)
+* [Firefox](http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox) (doesn't set the TRANSIENT\_FOR hint correctly on its download dialog)
 * [GIMP](http://www.gimp.org/) (GIMP expects a float environment to be useable)
 * beep-media-player
 * gqview
 * gthumb
 * mplayer with GUI (assumes special window management model. It works without the GUI)
 * xine (same as xmms)
+* aterm (doesn't like being resized by the WM), See [aterm-ml-post]
+	Alternatives: (u)xterm, urxvt, [st][st], [uuterm][uuterm]
 
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 
 The [list of harmful software](http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/) at [cat-v.org](http://cat-v.org).
+
+[aterm-ml-post]: http://lists.suckless.org/dev/1102/7141.html
+[st]:     http://st.suckless.org/
+[uuterm]: http://etalabs.net/uuterm.html
+[icccm]:  http://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/