XTERM(1) X Version 11 (Release 6.6) XTERM(1)
NAME
xterm - terminal emulator for X
SYNOPSIS
xterm [-toolkitoption ...] [-option ...]
DESCRIPTION
The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window
System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible
terminals for programs that can't use the window system
directly. If the underlying operating system supports
terminal resizing capabilities (for example, the SIGWINCH
signal in systems derived from 4.3bsd), xterm will use the
facilities to notify programs running in the window whenever
it is resized.
The VT102 and Tektronix 4014 terminals each have their own
window so that you can edit text in one and look at graphics
in the other at the same time. To maintain the correct
aspect ratio (height/width), Tektronix graphics will be
restricted to the largest box with a 4014's aspect ratio
that will fit in the window. This box is located in the
upper left area of the window.
Although both windows may be displayed at the same time, one
of them is considered the ``active'' window for receiving
keyboard input and terminal output. This is the window that
contains the text cursor. The active window can be chosen
through escape sequences, the ``VT Options'' menu in the
VT102 window, and the ``Tek Options'' menu in the 4014
window.
EMULATIONS
The VT102 emulation is fairly complete, but does not support
smooth scrolling, VT52 mode, the blinking character
attribute nor the double-wide and double-size character
sets. Termcap(5) entries that work with xterm include
``xterm,'' ``vt102,'' ``vt100'' and ``ansi,'' and xterm
automatically searches the termcap file in this order for
these entries and then sets the ``TERM'' and the ``TERMCAP''
environment variables.
Many of the special xterm features may be modified under
program control through a set of escape sequences different
from the standard VT102 escape sequences. (See the Xterm
Control Sequences document.)
The Tektronix 4014 emulation is also fairly good. It
supports 12-bit graphics addressing, scaled to the window
size. Four different font sizes and five different lines
types are supported. There is no write-through or defocused
mode support. The Tektronix text and graphics commands are
recorded internally by xterm and may be written to a file by
sending the COPY escape sequence (or through the Tektronix
menu; see below). The name of the file will be
``COPYyyyy-MM-dd.hh:mm:ss'', where yyyy, MM, dd, hh, mm and
ss are the year, month, day, hour, minute and second when
the COPY was performed (the file is created in the directory
xterm is started in, or the home directory for a login
xterm).
OTHER FEATURES
Xterm automatically highlights the text cursor when the
pointer enters the window (selected) and unhighlights it
when the pointer leaves the window (unselected). If the
window is the focus window, then the text cursor is
highlighted no matter where the pointer is.
In VT102 mode, there are escape sequences to activate and
deactivate an alternate screen buffer, which is the same
size as the display area of the window. When activated, the
current screen is saved and replaced with the alternate
screen. Saving of lines scrolled off the top of the window
is disabled until the normal screen is restored. The
termcap(5) entry for xterm allows the visual editor vi(1) to
switch to the alternate screen for editing and to restore
the screen on exit.
In either VT102 or Tektronix mode, there are escape
sequences to change the name of the windows. See Xterm
Control Sequences for details.
OPTIONS
The xterm terminal emulator accepts all of the standard X
Toolkit command line options as well as the following (if
the option begins with a `+' instead of a `-', the option is
restored to its default value):
-help This causes xterm to print out a verbose message
describing its options.
-132 Normally, the VT102 DECCOLM escape sequence that
switches between 80 and 132 column mode is ignored.
This option causes the DECCOLM escape sequence to be
recognized, and the xterm window will resize
appropriately.
-ah This option indicates that xterm should always
highlight the text cursor. By default, xterm will
display a hollow text cursor whenever the focus is
lost or the pointer leaves the window.
+ah This option indicates that xterm should do text
cursor highlighting based on focus.
-ai This option disables active icon support if that
feature was compiled into xterm. This is equivalent
to setting the vt100 resource activeIcon to FALSE.
+ai This option enables active icon support if that
feature was compiled into xterm. This is equivalent
to setting the vt100 resource activeIcon to TRUE.
-b number
This option specifies the size of the inner border
(the distance between the outer edge of the
characters and the window border) in pixels. The
default is 2.
-cb Set the vt100 resource cutToBeginningOfLine to
FALSE.
+cb Set the vt100 resource cutToBeginningOfLine to TRUE.
-cc characterclassrange:value[,...]
This sets classes indicated by the given ranges for
using in selecting by words. See the section
specifying character classes.
-cn This option indicates that newlines should not be
cut in line-mode selections.
+cn This option indicates that newlines should be cut in
line-mode selections.
-cr color
This option specifies the color to use for text
cursor. The default is to use the same foreground
color that is used for text.
-cu This option indicates that xterm should work around
a bug in the more(1) program that causes it to
incorrectly display lines that are exactly the width
of the window and are followed by a line beginning
with a tab (the leading tabs are not displayed).
This option is so named because it was originally
thought to be a bug in the curses(3x) cursor motion
package.
+cu This option indicates that xterm should not work
around the more(1) bug mentioned above.
-e program [ arguments ... ]
This option specifies the program (and its command
line arguments) to be run in the xterm window. It
also sets the window title and icon name to be the
basename of the program being executed if neither -T
nor -n are given on the command line. This must be
the last option on the command line.
-fb font
This option specifies a font to be used when
displaying bold text. This font must be the same
height and width as the normal font. If only one of
the normal or bold fonts is specified, it will be
used as the normal font and the bold font will be
produced by overstriking this font. The default is
to do overstriking of the normal font.
-fi This option sets the font for active icons if that
feature was compiled in to xterm.
-im Turn on the useInsertMode resource.
+im Turn off the useInsertMode resource.
-j This option indicates that xterm should do jump
scrolling. Normally, text is scrolled one line at a
time; this option allows xterm to move multiple
lines at a time so that it doesn't fall as far
behind. Its use is strongly recommended since it
make xterm much faster when scanning through large
amounts of text. The VT100 escape sequences for
enabling and disabling smooth scroll as well as the
``VT Options'' menu can be used to turn this feature
on or off.
+j This option indicates that xterm should not do jump
scrolling.
-ls This option indicates that the shell that is started
in the xterm window will be a login shell (i.e., the
first character of argv[0] will be a dash,
indicating to the shell that it should read the
user's .login or .profile).
+ls This option indicates that the shell that is started
should not be a login shell (i.e. it will be a
normal ``subshell'').
-mb This option indicates that xterm should ring a
margin bell when the user types near the right end
of a line. This option can be turned on and off
from the ``VT Options'' menu.
+mb This option indicates that margin bell should not be
rung.
-mc milliseconds
This option specifies the maximum time between
multi-click selections.
-ms color
This option specifies the color to be used for the
pointer cursor. The default is to use the
foreground color.
-nb number
This option specifies the number of characters from
the right end of a line at which the margin bell, if
enabled, will ring. The default is 10.
-rw This option indicates that reverse-wraparound should
be allowed. This allows the cursor to back up from
the leftmost column of one line to the rightmost
column of the previous line. This is very useful
for editing long shell command lines and is
encouraged. This option can be turned on and off
from the ``VT Options'' menu.
+rw This option indicates that reverse-wraparound should
not be allowed.
-aw This option indicates that auto-wraparound should be
allowed. This allows the cursor to automatically
wrap to the beginning of the next line when when it
is at the rightmost position of a line and text is
output.
+aw This option indicates that auto-wraparound should
not be allowed.
-s This option indicates that xterm may scroll
asynchronously, meaning that the screen does not
have to be kept completely up to date while
scrolling. This allows xterm to run faster when
network latencies are very high and is typically
useful when running across a very large internet or
many gateways.
+s This option indicates that xterm should scroll
synchronously.
-sb This option indicates that some number of lines that
are scrolled off the top of the window should be
saved and that a scrollbar should be displayed so
that those lines can be viewed. This option may be
turned on and off from the ``VT Options'' menu.
+sb This option indicates that a scrollbar should not be
displayed.
-sf This option indicates that Sun Function Key escape
codes should be generated for function keys.
+sf This option indicates that the standard escape codes
should be generated for function keys.
-si This option indicates that output to a window should
not automatically reposition the screen to the
bottom of the scrolling region. This option can be
turned on and off from the ``VT Options'' menu.
+si This option indicates that output to a window should
cause it to scroll to the bottom.
-sk This option indicates that pressing a key while
using the scrollbar to review previous lines of text
should cause the window to be repositioned
automatically in the normal position at the bottom
of the scroll region.
+sk This option indicates that pressing a key while
using the scrollbar should not cause the window to
be repositioned.
-sl number
This option specifies the number of lines to save
that have been scrolled off the top of the screen.
The default is 64.
-t This option indicates that xterm should start in
Tektronix mode, rather than in VT102 mode.
Switching between the two windows is done using the
``Options'' menus.
+t This option indicates that xterm should start in
VT102 mode.
-tm string
This option specifies a series of terminal setting
keywords followed by the characters that should be
bound to those functions, similar to the stty
program. Allowable keywords include: intr, quit,
erase, kill, eof, eol, swtch, start, stop, brk,
susp, dsusp, rprnt, flush, weras, and lnext.
Control characters may be specified as ^char (e.g.
^c or ^u) and ^? may be used to indicate delete.
-tn name
This option specifies the name of the terminal type
to be set in the TERM environment variable. This
terminal type must exist in the termcap(5) database
and should have li# and co# entries.
-ut This option indicates that xterm shouldn't write a
record into the the system log file /etc/utmp.
+ut This option indicates that xterm should write a
record into the system log file /etc/utmp.
-vb This option indicates that a visual bell is
preferred over an audible one. Instead of ringing
the terminal bell whenever a Control-G is received,
the window will be flashed.
+vb This option indicates that a visual bell should not
be used.
-wf This option indicates that xterm should wait for the
window to be mapped the first time before starting
the subprocess so that the initial terminal size
settings and environment variables are correct. It
is the application's responsibility to catch
subsequent terminal size changes.
+wf This option indicates that xterm show not wait
before starting the subprocess.
-C This option indicates that this window should
receive console output. This is not supported on
all systems. To obtain console output, you must be
the owner of the console device, and you must have
read and write permission for it. If you are
running X under xdm on the console screen you may
need to have the session startup and reset programs
explicitly change the ownership of the console
device in order to get this option to work.
-Sccn This option specifies the last two letters of the
name of a pseudoterminal to use in slave mode, plus
the number of the inherited file descriptor. The
option is parsed ``%c%c%d''. This allows xterm to
be used as an input and output channel for an
existing program and is sometimes used in
specialized applications.
The following command line arguments are provided for
compatibility with older versions. They may not be
supported in the next release as the X Toolkit provides
standard options that accomplish the same task.
%geom This option specifies the preferred size and
position of the Tektronix window. It is shorthand
for specifying the ``*tekGeometry'' resource.
#geom This option specifies the preferred position of the
icon window. It is shorthand for specifying the
``*iconGeometry'' resource.
-T string
This option specifies the title for xterm's windows.
It is equivalent to -title.
-n string
This option specifies the icon name for xterm's
windows. It is shorthand for specifying the
``*iconName'' resource. Note that this is not the
same as the toolkit option -name (see below). The
default icon name is the application name.
-r This option indicates that reverse video should be
simulated by swapping the foreground and background
colors. It is equivalent to -rv.
-w number
This option specifies the width in pixels of the
border surrounding the window. It is equivalent to
-borderwidth or -bw.
The following standard X Toolkit command line arguments are
commonly used with xterm:
-bg color
This option specifies the color to use for the
background of the window. The default is ``white.''
-bd color
This option specifies the color to use for the
border of the window. The default is ``black.''
-bw number
This option specifies the width in pixels of the
border surrounding the window.
-fg color
This option specifies the color to use for
displaying text. The default is ``black.''
-fn font
This option specifies the font to be used for
displaying normal text. The default is fixed.
-name name
This option specifies the application name under
which resources are to be obtained, rather than the
default executable file name. Name should not
contain ``.'' or ``*'' characters.
-title string
This option specifies the window title string, which
may be displayed by window managers if the user so
chooses. The default title is the command line
specified after the -e option, if any, otherwise the
application name.
-rv This option indicates that reverse video should be
simulated by swapping the foreground and background
colors.
-geometry geometry
This option specifies the preferred size and
position of the VT102 window; see X(1).
-display display
This option specifies the X server to contact; see
X(1).
-xrm resourcestring
This option specifies a resource string to be used.
This is especially useful for setting resources that
do not have separate command line options.
-iconic This option indicates that xterm should ask the
window manager to start it as an icon rather than as
the normal window.
RESOURCES
The program understands all of the core X Toolkit resource
names and classes as well as:
iconGeometry (class IconGeometry)
Specifies the preferred size and position of the
application when iconified. It is not necessarily
obeyed by all window managers.
iconName (class IconName)
Specifies the icon name. The default is the
application name.
termName (class TermName)
Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the
TERM environment variable.
title (class Title)
Specifies a string that may be used by the window
manager when displaying this application.
ttyModes (class TtyModes)
Specifies a string containing terminal setting
keywords and the characters to which they may be
bound. Allowable keywords include: intr, quit,
erase, kill, eof, eol, swtch, start, stop, brk,
susp, dsusp, rprnt, flush, weras, and lnext.
Control characters may be specified as ^char (e.g.
^c or ^u) and ^? may be used to indicate Delete.
This is very useful for overriding the default
terminal settings without having to do an stty every
time an xterm is started.
useInsertMode (class UseInsertMode)
Force use of insert mode by adding appropriate
entries to the TERMCAP environment variable. This
is useful if the system termcap is broken. The
default is ``false.''
utmpInhibit (class UtmpInhibit)
Specifies whether or not xterm should try to record
the user's terminal in /etc/utmp.
sunFunctionKeys (class SunFunctionKeys)
Specifies whether or not Sun Function Key escape
codes should be generated for function keys instead
of standard escape sequences.
waitForMap (class WaitForMap)
Specifies whether or not xterm should wait for the
initial window map before starting the subprocess.
The default is ``false.''
The following resources are specified as part of the vt100
widget (class VT100):
activeIcon (class ActiveIcon)
Specifies whether or not active icon windows are to
be used when the xterm window is iconified, if this
feature is compiled into xterm. The active icon is
a miniature representation of the content of the
window and will update as the content changes. Not
all window managers necessarily support application
icon windows. Some window managers will allow you
to enter keystrokes into the active icon window.
The default is ``false.''
allowWindowOps (class AllowWindowOps)
Specifies whether or not extended window control
sequences (as used in dtterm) should be allowed.
The default is ``false'' meaning they are not
allowed. Note that allowing such events creates a
very large security hole.
allowSendEvents (class AllowSendEvents)
Specifies whether or not synthetic key and button
events (generated using the X protocol SendEvent
request) should be interpreted or discarded. The
default is ``false'' meaning they are discarded.
Note that allowing such events creates a very large
security hole.
alwaysHighlight (class AlwaysHighlight)
Specifies whether or not xterm should always display
a highlighted text cursor. By default, a hollow
text cursor is displayed whenever the pointer moves
out of the window or the window loses the input
focus.
appcursorDefault (class AppcursorDefault)
If ``true,'' the cursor keys are initially in
application mode. The default is ``false.''
appkeypadDefault (class AppkeypadDefault)
If ``true,'' the keypad keys are initially in
application mode. The default is ``false.''
autoWrap (class AutoWrap)
Specifies whether or not auto-wraparound should be
enabled. The default is ``true.''
bellSuppressTime (class BellSuppressTime)
Number of milliseconds after a bell command is sent
during which additional bells will be suppressed.
Default is 200. If set non-zero, additional bells
will also be suppressed until the server reports
that processing of the first bell has been
completed; this feature is most useful with the
visible bell.
boldFont (class BoldFont)
Specifies the name of the bold font to use instead
of overstriking.
c132 (class C132)
Specifies whether or not the VT102 DECCOLM escape
sequence should be honored. The default is
``false.''
cutNewline (class CutNewline)
If false, triple clicking to select a line does not
include the Newline at the end of the line. If
true, the Newline is selected. The default is
``true.''
cutToBeginningOfLine (class CutToBeginningOfLine)
If false, triple clicking to select a line selects
only from the current word forward. If true, the
entire line is selected. The default is ``true.''
charClass (class CharClass)
Specifies comma-separated lists of character class
bindings of the form [low-]high:value. These are
used in determining which sets of characters should
be treated the same when doing cut and paste. See
the section on specifying character classes.
curses (class Curses)
Specifies whether or not the last column bug in
more(1) should be worked around. See the -cu option
for details. The default is ``false.''
background (class Background)
Specifies the color to use for the background of the
window. The default is ``white.''
foreground (class Foreground)
Specifies the color to use for displaying text in
the window. Setting the class name instead of the
instance name is an easy way to have everything that
would normally appear in the text color change
color. The default is ``black.''
cursorColor (class Foreground)
Specifies the color to use for the text cursor. The
default is ``black.''
eightBitInput (class EightBitInput)
If true, Meta characters input from the keyboard are
presented as a single character with the eighth bit
turned on. If false, Meta characters are converted
into a two-character sequence with the character
itself preceded by ESC. The default is ``true.''
eightBitOutput (class EightBitOutput)
Specifies whether or not eight-bit characters sent
from the host should be accepted as is or stripped
when printed. The default is ``true.''
font (class Font)
Specifies the name of the normal font. The default
is ``fixed.''
font1 (class Font1)
Specifies the name of the first alternative font.
font2 (class Font2)
Specifies the name of the second alternative font.
font3 (class Font3)
Specifies the name of the third alternative font.
font4 (class Font4)
Specifies the name of the fourth alternative font.
font5 (class Font5)
Specifies the name of the fifth alternative font.
font6 (class Font6)
Specifies the name of the sixth alternative font.
geometry (class Geometry)
Specifies the preferred size and position of the
VT102 window.
hpLowerleftBugCompat (class HpLowerleftBugCompat)
Specifies whether to work around a bug in HP's xdb,
which ignores termcap and always sends ESC F to move
to the lower left corner. ``true'' causes xterm to
interpret ESC F as a request to move to the lower
left corner of the screen. The default is
``false.''
iconBorderWidth (class BorderWidth)
Specifies the border width for the active icon
window if this feature is compiled into xterm. The
default is 0 (no border). Not all window managers
will make the border visible.
iconBorderColor (class BorderColor)
Specifies the border color for the active icon
window if this feature is compiled into xterm. Not
all window managers will make the icon border
visible.
iconFont (class IconFont)
Specifies the font for the miniature active icon
window, if this feature is compiled into xterm. The
default is "nil2".
internalBorder (class BorderWidth)
Specifies the number of pixels between the
characters and the window border. The default is 2.
jumpScroll (class JumpScroll)
Specifies whether or not jump scroll should be used.
The default is ``true.''
loginShell (class LoginShell)
Specifies whether or not the shell to be run in the
window should be started as a login shell. The
default is ``false.''
marginBell (class MarginBell)
Specifies whether or not the bell should be run when
the user types near the right margin. The default
is ``false.''
multiClickTime (class MultiClickTime)
Specifies the maximum time in milliseconds between
multi-click select events. The default is 250
milliseconds.
multiScroll (class MultiScroll)
Specifies whether or not scrolling should be done
asynchronously. The default is ``false.''
nMarginBell (class Column)
Specifies the number of characters from the right
margin at which the margin bell should be rung, when
enabled.
pointerColor (class Foreground)
Specifies the foreground color of the pointer. The
default is ``XtDefaultForeground.''
pointerColorBackground (class Background)
Specifies the background color of the pointer. The
default is ``XtDefaultBackground.''
pointerShape (class Cursor)
Specifies the name of the shape of the pointer. The
default is ``xterm.''
resizeGravity (class ResizeGravity)
Affects the behavior when the window is resized to
be taller or shorter. NorthWest specifies that the
top line of text on the screen stay fixed. If the
window is made shorter, lines are dropped from the
bottom; if the window is made taller, blank lines
are added at the bottom. This is compatible with
the behavior in R4. SouthWest (the default)
specifies that the bottom line of text on the screen
stay fixed. If the window is made taller,
additional saved lines will be scrolled down onto
the screen; if the window is made shorter, lines
will be scrolled off the top of the screen, and the
top saved lines will be dropped.
reverseVideo (class ReverseVideo)
Specifies whether or not reverse video should be
simulated. The default is ``false.''
reverseWrap (class ReverseWrap)
Specifies whether or not reverse-wraparound should
be enabled. The default is ``false.''
saveLines (class SaveLines)
Specifies the number of lines to save beyond the top
of the screen when a scrollbar is turned on. The
default is 64.
scrollBar (class ScrollBar)
Specifies whether or not the scrollbar should be
displayed. The default is ``false.''
scrollTtyOutput (class ScrollCond)
Specifies whether or not output to the terminal
should automatically cause the scrollbar to go to
the bottom of the scrolling region. The default is
``true.''
scrollKey (class ScrollCond)
Specifies whether or not pressing a key should
automatically cause the scrollbar to go to the
bottom of the scrolling region. The default is
``false.''
scrollLines (class ScrollLines)
Specifies the number of lines that the scroll-back
and scroll-forw actions should use as a default.
The default value is 1.
signalInhibit (class SignalInhibit)
Specifies whether or not the entries in the ``Main
Options'' menu for sending signals to xterm should
be disallowed. The default is ``false.''
tekGeometry (class Geometry)
Specifies the preferred size and position of the
Tektronix window.
tekInhibit (class TekInhibit)
Specifies whether or not the escape sequence to
enter Tektronix mode should be ignored. The default
is ``false.''
tekSmall (class TekSmall)
Specifies whether or not the Tektronix mode window
should start in its smallest size if no explicit
geometry is given. This is useful when running
xterm on displays with small screens. The default
is ``false.''
tekStartup (class TekStartup)
Specifies whether or not xterm should start up in
Tektronix mode. The default is ``false.''
titeInhibit (class TiteInhibit)
Specifies whether or not xterm should remove remove
ti and te termcap entries (used to switch between
alternate screens on startup of many screen-oriented
programs) from the TERMCAP string. If set, xterm
also ignores the escape sequence to switch to the
alternate screen.
translations (class Translations)
Specifies the key and button bindings for menus,
selections, ``programmed strings,'' etc. See
ACTIONS below.
visualBell (class VisualBell)
Specifies whether or not a visible bell (i.e.
flashing) should be used instead of an audible bell
when Control-G is received. The default is
``false.''
The following resources are specified as part of the tek4014
widget (class Tek4014):
width (class Width)
Specifies the width of the Tektronix window in
pixels.
height (class Height)
Specifies the height of the Tektronix window in
pixels.
fontLarge (class Font)
Specifies the large font to use in the Tektronix
window.
font2 (class Font)
Specifies font number 2 to use in the Tektronix
window.
font3 (class Font)
Specifies font number 3 to use in the Tektronix
window.
fontSmall (class Font)
Specifies the small font to use in the Tektronix
window.
initialFont (class InitialFont)
Specifies which of the four Tektronix fonts to use
initially. Values are the same as for the set-tek-
text action. The default is ``large.''
ginTerminator (class GinTerminator)
Specifies what character(s) should follow a GIN
report or status report. The possibilities are
``none,'' which sends no terminating characters,
``CRonly,'' which sends CR, and ``CR&EOT,'' which
sends both CR and EOT. The default is ``none.''
The resources that may be specified for the various menus
are described in the documentation for the Athena SimpleMenu
widget. The name and classes of the entries in each of the
menus are listed below.
The mainMenu has the following entries:
securekbd (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the secure() action.
allowsends (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the allow-send-events(toggle)
action.
redraw (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the redraw() action.
line1 (class SmeLine)
This is a separator.
suspend (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the send-signal(tstp) action on
systems that support job control.
continue (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the send-signal(cont) action on
systems that support job control.
interrupt (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the send-signal(int) action.
hangup (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the send-signal(hup) action.
terminate (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the send-signal(term) action.
kill (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the send-signal(kill) action.
line2 (class SmeLine)
This is a separator.
quit (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the quit() action.
The vtMenu has the following entries:
scrollbar (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-scrollbar(toggle) action.
jumpscroll (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-jumpscroll(toggle)
action.
reversevideo (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-reverse-video(toggle)
action.
autowrap (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-autowrap(toggle) action.
reversewrap (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-reversewrap(toggle)
action.
autolinefeed (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-autolinefeed(toggle)
action.
appcursor (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-appcursor(toggle) action.
appkeypad (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-appkeypad(toggle) action.
scrollkey (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-scroll-on-key(toggle)
action.
scrollttyoutput (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-scroll-on-tty-
output(toggle) action.
allow132 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-allow132(toggle) action.
cursesemul (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-cursesemul(toggle)
action.
visualbell (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-visualbell(toggle)
action.
marginbell (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-marginbell(toggle)
action.
altscreen (class SmeBSB)
This entry is currently disabled.
activeicon (class SMeBSB)
This entry toggles active icons on and off if this
feature was compiled into xterm. It is enabled only
if xterm was started with the command line option
+ai or the activeIcon resource set to ``True.''
line1 (class SmeLine)
This is a separator.
softreset (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the soft-reset() action.
hardreset (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the hard-reset() action.
clearsavedlines (class SmeBSB)"
This entry invokes the clear-saved-lines() action.
line2 (class SmeLine)
This is a separator.
tekshow (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-visibility(tek,toggle)
action.
tekmode (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-terminal-type(tek)
action.
vthide (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-visibility(vt,off)
action.
The fontMenu has the following entries:
fontdefault (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(d) action.
font1 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(1) action.
font2 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(2) action.
font3 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(3) action.
font4 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(4) action.
font5 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(5) action.
font6 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(6) action.
fontescape (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(e) action.
fontsel (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-vt-font(s) action.
The tekMenu has the following entries:
tektextlarge (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-tek-text(l) action.
tektext2 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-tek-text(2) action.
tektext3 (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-tek-text(3) action.
tektextsmall (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-tek-text(s) action.
line1 (class SmeLine)
This is a separator.
tekpage (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the tek-page() action.
tekreset (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the tek-reset() action.
tekcopy (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the tek-copy() action.
line2 (class SmeLine)
This is a separator.
vtshow (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-visibility(vt,toggle)
action.
vtmode (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-terminal-type(vt) action.
tekhide (class SmeBSB)
This entry invokes the set-visibility(tek,toggle)
action.
The following resources are useful when specified for the
Athena Scrollbar widget:
thickness (class Thickness)
Specifies the width in pixels of the scrollbar.
background (class Background)
Specifies the color to use for the background of the
scrollbar.
foreground (class Foreground)
Specifies the color to use for the foreground of the
scrollbar. The ``thumb'' of the scrollbar is a
simple checkerboard pattern alternating pixels for
foreground and background color.
POINTER USAGE
Once the VT102 window is created, xterm allows you to select
text and copy it within the same or other windows.
The selection functions are invoked when the pointer buttons
are used with no modifiers, and when they are used with the
``shift'' key. The assignment of the functions described
below to keys and buttons may be changed through the
resource database; see ACTIONS below.
Pointer button one (usually left) is used to save text into
the cut buffer. Move the cursor to beginning of the text,
and then hold the button down while moving the cursor to the
end of the region and releasing the button. The selected
text is highlighted and is saved in the global cut buffer
and made the PRIMARY selection when the button is released.
Double-clicking selects by words. Triple-clicking selects
by lines. Quadruple-clicking goes back to characters, etc.
Multiple-click is determined by the time from button up to
button down, so you can change the selection unit in the
middle of a selection. If the key/button bindings specify
that an X selection is to be made, xterm will leave the
selected text highlighted for as long as it is the selection
owner.
Pointer button two (usually middle) `types' (pastes) the
text from the PRIMARY selection, if any, otherwise from the
cut buffer, inserting it as keyboard input.
Pointer button three (usually right) extends the current
selection. (Without loss of generality, you can swap
``right'' and ``left'' everywhere in the rest of this
paragraph.) If pressed while closer to the right edge of
the selection than the left, it extends/contracts the right
edge of the selection. If you contract the selection past
the left edge of the selection, xterm assumes you really
meant the left edge, restores the original selection, then
extends/contracts the left edge of the selection. Extension
starts in the selection unit mode that the last selection or
extension was performed in; you can multiple-click to cycle
through them.
By cutting and pasting pieces of text without trailing new
lines, you can take text from several places in different
windows and form a command to the shell, for example, or
take output from a program and insert it into your favorite
editor. Since the cut buffer is globally shared among
different applications, you should regard it as a `file'
whose contents you know. The terminal emulator and other
text programs should be treating it as if it were a text
file, i.e., the text is delimited by new lines.
The scroll region displays the position and amount of text
currently showing in the window (highlighted) relative to
the amount of text actually saved. As more text is saved
(up to the maximum), the size of the highlighted area
decreases.
Clicking button one with the pointer in the scroll region
moves the adjacent line to the top of the display window.
Clicking button three moves the top line of the display
window down to the pointer position.
Clicking button two moves the display to a position in the
saved text that corresponds to the pointer's position in the
scrollbar.
Unlike the VT102 window, the Tektronix window dows not allow
the copying of text. It does allow Tektronix GIN mode, and
in this mode the cursor will change from an arrow to a
cross. Pressing any key will send that key and the current
coordinate of the cross cursor. Pressing button one, two,
or three will return the letters `l', `m', and `r',
respectively. If the `shift' key is pressed when a pointer
button is pressed, the corresponding upper case letter is
sent. To distinguish a pointer button from a key, the high
bit of the character is set (but this is bit is normally
stripped unless the terminal mode is RAW; see tty(4) for
details).
MENUS
Xterm has four menus, named mainMenu, vtMenu, fontMenu, and
tekMenu. Each menu pops up under the correct combinations
of key and button presses. Most menus are divided into two
section, separated by a horizontal line. The top portion
contains various modes that can be altered. A check mark
appears next to a mode that is currently active. Selecting
one of these modes toggles its state. The bottom portion of
the menu are command entries; selecting one of these
performs the indicated function.
The xterm menu pops up when the ``control'' key and pointer
button one are pressed in a window. The mainMenu contains
items that apply to both the VT102 and Tektronix windows.
The Secure Keyboard mode is be used when typing in passwords
or other sensitive data in an unsecure environment; see
SECURITY below. Notable entries in the command section of
the menu are the Continue, Suspend, Interrupt, Hangup,
Terminate and Kill which sends the SIGCONT, SIGTSTP, SIGINT,
SIGHUP, SIGTERM and SIGKILL signals, respectively, to the
process group of the process running under xterm (usually
the shell). The Continue function is especially useful if
the user has accidentally typed CTRL-Z, suspending the
process.
The vtMenu sets various modes in the VT102 emulation, and is
popped up when the ``control'' key and pointer button two
are pressed in the VT102 window. In the command section of
this menu, the soft reset entry will reset scroll regions.
This can be convenient when some program has left the scroll
regions set incorrectly (often a problem when using VMS or
TOPS-20). The full reset entry will clear the screen, reset
tabs to every eight columns, and reset the terminal modes
(such as wrap and smooth scroll) to their initial states
just after xterm has finished processing the command line
options.
The fontMenu sets the font used in the VT102 window. In
addition to the default font and a number of alternatives
that are set with resources, the menu offers the font last
specified by the Set Font escape sequence (see the document
Xterm Control Sequences) and the current selection as a font
name (if the PRIMARY selection is owned).
The tekMenu sets various modes in the Tektronix emulation,
and is popped up when the ``control'' key and pointer button
two are pressed in the Tektronix window. The current font
size is checked in the modes section of the menu. The PAGE
entry in the command section clears the Tektronix window.
SECURITY
X environments differ in their security consciousness. Most
servers, run under xdm, are capable of using a ``magic
cookie'' authorization scheme that can provide a reasonable
level of security for many people. If your server is only
using a host-based mechanism to control access to the server
(see xhost(1)), then if you enable access for a host and
other users are also permitted to run clients on that same
host, there is every possibility that someone can run an
application that will use the basic services of the X
protocol to snoop on your activities, potentially capturing
a transcript of everything you type at the keyboard. This
is of particular concern when you want to type in a password
or other sensitive data. The best solution to this problem
is to use a better authorization mechanism that host-based
control, but a simple mechanism exists for protecting
keyboard input in xterm.
The xterm menu (see MENUS above) contains a Secure Keyboard
entry which, when enabled, ensures that all keyboard input
is directed only to xterm (using the GrabKeyboard protocol
request). When an application prompts you for a password
(or other sensitive data), you can enable Secure Keyboard
using the menu, type in the data, and then disable Secure
Keyboard using the menu again. Only one X client at a time
can secure the keyboard, so when you attempt to enable
Secure Keyboard it may fail. In this case, the bell will
sound. If the Secure Keyboard succeeds, the foreground and
background colors will be exchanged (as if you selected the
Reverse Video entry in the Modes menu); they will be
exchanged again when you exit secure mode. If the colors do
not switch, then you should be very suspicious that you are
being spoofed. If the application you are running displays
a prompt before asking for the password, it is safest to
enter secure mode before the prompt gets displayed, and to
make sure that the prompt gets displayed correctly (in the
new colors), to minimize the probability of spoofing. You
can also bring up the menu again and make sure that a check
mark appears next to the entry.
Secure Keyboard mode will be disabled automatically if your
xterm window becomes iconified (or otherwise unmapped), or
if you start up a reparenting window manager (that places a
title bar or other decoration around the window) while in
Secure Keyboard mode. (This is a feature of the X protocol
not easily overcome.) When this happens, the foreground and
background colors will be switched back and the bell will
sound in warning.
CHARACTER CLASSES
Clicking the middle mouse button twice in rapid succession
will cause all characters of the same class (e.g. letters,
white space, punctuation) to be selected. Since different
people have different preferences for what should be
selected (for example, should filenames be selected as a
whole or only the separate subnames), the default mapping
can be overridden through the use of the charClass (class
CharClass) resource.
This resource is a series of comma-separated of range:value
pairs. The range is either a single number or low-high in
the range of 0 to 127, corresponding to the ASCII code for
the character or characters to be set. The value is
arbitrary, although the default table uses the character
number of the first character occurring in the set.
The default table is
static int charClass[128] = {
/* NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL */
32, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
/* BS HT NL VT NP CR SO SI */
1, 32, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
/* DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK SYN ETB */
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
/* CAN EM SUB ESC FS GS RS US */
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
/* SP ! " # $ % & ' */
32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39,
/* ( ) * + , - . / */
40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,
/* 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 */
48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* 8 9 : ; < = > ? */
48, 48, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63,
/* @ A B C D E F G */
64, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* H I J K L M N O */
48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* P Q R S T U V W */
48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ */
48, 48, 48, 91, 92, 93, 94, 48,
/* ` a b c d e f g */
96, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* h i j k l m n o */
48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* p q r s t u v w */
48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48,
/* x y z { | } ~ DEL */
48, 48, 48, 123, 124, 125, 126, 1};
For example, the string ``33:48,37:48,45-47:48,64:48''
indicates that the exclamation mark, percent sign, dash,
period, slash, and ampersand characters should be treated
the same way as characters and numbers. This is useful for
cutting and pasting electronic mailing addresses and
filenames.
ACTIONS
It is possible to rebind keys (or sequences of keys) to
arbitrary strings for input, by changing the translations
for the vt100 or tek4014 widgets. Changing the translations
for events other than key and button events is not expected,
and will cause unpredictable behavior. The following
actions are provided for using within the vt100 or tek4014
translations resources:
bell([percent])
This action rings the keyboard bell at the specified
percentage above or below the base volume.
ignore()
This action ignores the event but checks for special
pointer position escape sequences.
insert()
This action inserts the character or string
associated with the key that was pressed.
insert-seven-bit()
This action is a synonym for insert()
insert-eight-bit()
This action inserts an eight-bit (Meta) version of
the character or string associated with the key that
was pressed. The exact action depends on the value
of the eightBitInput resource.
insert-selection(sourcename [, ...])
This action inserts the string found in the
selection or cutbuffer indicated by sourcename.
Sources are checked in the order given (case is
significant) until one is found. Commonly-used
selections include: PRIMARY, SECONDARY, and
CLIPBOARD. Cut buffers are typically named
CUT_BUFFER0 through CUT_BUFFER7.
keymap(name)
This action dynamically defines a new translation
table whose resource name is name with the suffix
Keymap (case is significant). The name None
restores the original translation table.
popup-menu(menuname)
This action displays the specified popup menu.
Valid names (case is significant) include:
mainMenu, vtMenu, fontMenu, and tekMenu.
secure()
This action toggles the Secure Keyboard mode
described in the section named SECURITY, and is
invoked from the securekbd entry in mainMenu.
select-start()
This action begins text selection at the current
pointer location. See the section on POINTER USAGE
for information on making selections.
select-extend()
This action tracks the pointer and extends the
selection. It should only be bound to Motion
events.
select-end(destname [, ...])
This action puts the currently selected text into
all of the selections or cutbuffers specified by
destname.
select-cursor-start()
This action is similar to select-start except that
it begins the selection at the current text cursor
position.
select-cursor-end(destname [, ...])
This action is similar to select-end except that it
should be used with select-cursor-start.
set-vt-font(d/1/2/3/4/5/6/e/s [,normalfont [, boldfont]])
This action sets the font or fonts currently being
used in the VT102 window. The first argument is a
single character that specifies the font to be used:
d or D indicate the default font (the font initially
used when xterm was started), 1 through 6 indicate
the fonts specified by the font1 through font6
resources, e or E indicate the normal and bold fonts
that have been set through escape codes (or
specified as the second and third action arguments,
respectively), and s or S indicate the font
selection (as made by programs such as xfontsel(1))
indicated by the second action argument.
start-extend()
This action is similar to select-start except that
the selection is extended to the current pointer
location.
start-cursor-extend()
This action is similar to select-extend except that
the selection is extended to the current text cursor
position.
string(string)
This action inserts the specified text string as if
it had been typed. Quotation is necessary if the
string contains whitespace or non-alphanumeric
characters. If the string argument begins with the
characters ``0x'', it is interpreted as a hex
character constant.
scroll-back(count [,units])
This action scrolls the text window backward so that
text that had previously scrolled off the top of the
screen is now visible. The count argument indicates
the number of units (which may be page, halfpage,
pixel, or line) by which to scroll.
scroll-forw(count [,units])
This action scrolls is similar to scroll-back except
that it scrolls the other direction.
allow-send-events(on/off/toggle)
This action set or toggles the allowSendEvents
resource and is also invoked by the allowsends entry
in mainMenu.
redraw()
This action redraws the window and is also invoked
by the redraw entry in mainMenu.
send-signal(signame)
This action sends the signal named by signame to the
xterm subprocess (the shell or program specified
with the -e command line option) and is also invoked
by the suspend, continue, interrupt, hangup,
terminate, and kill entries in mainMenu. Allowable
signal names are (case is not significant): tstp
(if supported by the operating system), suspend
(same as tstp), cont (if supported by the operating
system), int, hup, term, quit, alrm, alarm (same as
alrm) and kill.
quit() This action sends a SIGHUP to the subprogram and
exits. It is also invoked by the quit entry in
mainMenu.
set-scrollbar(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the scrollbar resource and is
also invoked by the scrollbar entry in vtMenu.
set-jumpscroll(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the jumpscroll resource and is
also invoked by the jumpscroll entry in vtMenu.
set-reverse-video(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the reverseVideo resource and is
also invoked by the reversevideo entry in vtMenu.
set-autowrap(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles automatic wrapping of long lines
and is also invoked by the autowrap entry in vtMenu.
set-reversewrap(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the reverseWrap resource and is
also invoked by the reversewrap entry in vtMenu.
set-autolinefeed(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles automatic insertion of linefeeds
and is also invoked by the autolinefeed entry in
vtMenu.
set-appcursor(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the handling Application Cursor
Key mode and is also invoked by the appcursor entry
in vtMenu.
set-appkeypad(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the handling of Application
Keypad mode and is also invoked by the appkeypad
entry in vtMenu.
set-scroll-on-key(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the scrollKey resource and is
also invoked from the scrollkey entry in vtMenu.
set-scroll-on-tty-output(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the scrollTtyOutput resource and
is also invoked from the scrollttyoutput entry in
vtMenu.
set-allow132(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the c132 resource and is also
invoked from the allow132 entry in vtMenu.
set-cursesemul(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the curses resource and is also
invoked from the cursesemul entry in vtMenu.
set-visual-bell(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the visualBell resource and is
also invoked by the visualbell entry in vtMenu.
set-marginbell(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles the marginBell resource and is
also invoked from the marginbell entry in vtMenu.
set-altscreen(on/off/toggle)
This action toggles between the alternate and
current screens.
soft-reset()
This action resets the scrolling region and is also
invoked from the softreset entry in vtMenu.
hard-reset()
This action resets the scrolling region, tabs,
window size, and cursor keys and clears the screen.
It is also invoked from the hardreset entry in
vtMenu.
clear-saved-lines()
This action does hard-reset() (see above) and also
clears the history of lines saved off the top of the
screen. It is also invoked from the clearsavedlines
entry in vtMenu.
set-terminal-type(type)
This action directs output to either the vt or tek
windows, according to the type string. It is also
invoked by the tekmode entry in vtMenu and the
vtmode entry in tekMenu.
set-visibility(vt/tek,on/off/toggle)
This action controls whether or not the vt or tek
windows are visible. It is also invoked from the
tekshow and vthide entries in vtMenu and the vtshow
and tekhide entries in tekMenu.
set-tek-text(large/2/3/small)
This action sets font used in the Tektronix window
to the value of the resources tektextlarge,
tektext2, tektext3, and tektextsmall according to
the argument. It is also by the entries of the same
names as the resources in tekMenu.
tek-page()
This action clears the Tektronix window and is also
invoked by the tekpage entry in tekMenu.
tek-reset()
This action resets the Tektronix window and is also
invoked by the tekreset entry in tekMenu.
tek-copy()
This action copies the escape codes used to generate
the current window contents to a file in the current
directory beginning with the name COPY. It is also
invoked from the tekcopy entry in tekMenu.
visual-bell()
This action flashes the window quickly.
The Tektronix window also has the following action:
gin-press(l/L/m/M/r/R)
This action sends the indicated graphics input code.
The default bindings in the VT102 window are:
Shift <KeyPress> Prior:scroll-back(1,halfpage) \n\
Shift <KeyPress> Next:scroll-forw(1,halfpage) \n\
Shift <KeyPress> Select:select-cursor-start() \
select-cursor-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
Shift <KeyPress> Insert:insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
~Meta<KeyPress>:insert-seven-bit() \n\
Meta<KeyPress>:insert-eight-bit() \n\
!Ctrl <Btn1Down>:popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
!Lock Ctrl <Btn1Down>:popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
!Lock Ctrl @Num_Lock <Btn1Down>:popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
! @Num_Lock Ctrl <Btn1Down>:popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
~Meta <Btn1Down>:select-start() \n\
~Meta <Btn1Motion>:select-extend() \n\
!Ctrl <Btn2Down>:popup-menu(vtMenu) \n\
!Lock Ctrl <Btn2Down>:popup-menu(vtMenu) \n\
!Lock Ctrl @Num_Lock <Btn2Down>:popup-menu(vtMenu) \n\
! @Num_Lock Ctrl <Btn2Down>:popup-menu(vtMenu) \n\
~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn2Down>:ignore() \n\
~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn2Up>:insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
!Ctrl <Btn3Down>:popup-menu(fontMenu) \n\
!Lock Ctrl <Btn3Down>:popup-menu(fontMenu) \n\
!Lock Ctrl @Num_Lock <Btn3Down>:popup-menu(fontMenu) \n\
! @Num_Lock Ctrl <Btn3Down>:popup-menu(fontMenu) \n\
~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn3Down>:start-extend() \n\
~Meta <Btn3Motion>:select-extend() \n\
<BtnUp>:select-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
<BtnDown>:bell(0)
The default bindings in the Tektronix window are:
~Meta<KeyPress>: insert-seven-bit() \n\
Meta<KeyPress>: insert-eight-bit() \n\
!Ctrl <Btn1Down>: popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
!Lock Ctrl <Btn1Down>: popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
!Lock Ctrl @Num_Lock <Btn1Down>:popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
!Ctrl @Num_Lock <Btn1Down>:popup-menu(mainMenu) \n\
!Ctrl <Btn2Down>: popup-menu(tekMenu) \n\
!Lock Ctrl <Btn2Down>: popup-menu(tekMenu) \n\
!Lock Ctrl @Num_Lock <Btn2Down>:popup-menu(tekMenu) \n\
!Ctrl @Num_Lock <Btn2Down>:popup-menu(tekMenu) \n\
Shift ~Meta<Btn1Down>:gin-press(L) \n\
~Meta<Btn1Down>:gin-press(l) \n\
Shift ~Meta<Btn2Down>:gin-press(M) \n\
~Meta<Btn2Down>:gin-press(m) \n\
Shift ~Meta<Btn3Down>:gin-press(R) \n\
~Meta<Btn3Down>:gin-press(r)
Below is a sample how of the keymap() action is used to add
special keys for entering commonly-typed works:
*VT100.Translations: #override <Key>F13: keymap(dbx)
*VT100.dbxKeymap.translations: \
<Key>F14: keymap(None) \n\
<Key>F17: string("next") string(0x0d) \n\
<Key>F18: string("step") string(0x0d) \n\
<Key>F19: string("continue") string(0x0d) \n\
<Key>F20: string("print ") insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0)
ENVIRONMENT
Xterm sets the environment variables ``TERM'' and
``TERMCAP'' properly for the size window you have created.
It also uses and sets the environment variable ``DISPLAY''
to specify which bit map display terminal to use. The
environment variable ``WINDOWID'' is set to the X window id
number of the xterm window.
SEE ALSO
resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4)
Xterm Control Sequences
BUGS
Large pastes do not work on some systems. This is not a bug
in xterm; it is a bug in the pseudo terminal driver of those
systems. xterm feeds large pastes to the pty only as fast
as the pty will accept data, but some pty drivers do not
return enough information to know if the write has
succeeded.
Many of the options are not resettable after xterm starts.
Only fixed-width, character-cell fonts are supported.
This program still needs to be rewritten. It should be
split into very modular sections, with the various emulators
being completely separate widgets that don't know about each
other. Ideally, you'd like to be able to pick and choose
emulator widgets and stick them into a single control
widget.
There needs to be a dialog box to allow entry of the Tek
COPY file name.
AUTHORS
Far too many people, including:
Loretta Guarino Reid (DEC-UEG-WSL), Joel McCormack (DEC-
UEG-WSL), Terry Weissman (DEC-UEG-WSL), Edward Moy
(Berkeley), Ralph R. Swick (MIT-Athena), Mark Vandevoorde
(MIT-Athena), Bob McNamara (DEC-MAD), Jim Gettys (MIT-
Athena), Bob Scheifler (MIT X Consortium), Doug Mink (SAO),
Steve Pitschke (Stellar), Ron Newman (MIT-Athena), Jim
Fulton (MIT X Consortium), Dave Serisky (HP), Jonathan
Kamens (MIT-Athena)
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