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!!! Configuration Menu |
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CraigBox |
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* To access the main menu, hold down the control key and click the left mouse button |
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* Ctrl-Middle Button is the terminal options (Preferences) - hint, you can set reverse video here. |
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* Ctrl-Right Button is the font options. |
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To scroll using the scrollbar, grab the grey bar with the middle button. |
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!!! Alt vs Meta |
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At some stage (eg xterm version 187 in Debian Unstable), xterm started treating keyboard input differently when the Alt key was pressed. (For PC keyboards, the Alt key has the <tt>mod_1</tt> X keyboard modifier set). For example, pressing Alt+x generates a "ø" and pressing Alt+q now generates "ñ". This isn't very good if you want to use the Alt key in emacs(1) in the terminal. The best solution for this is to add <tt>XTerm*eightBitInput: false</tt> to either <tt>$HOME/.Xresources</tt> (for a single user) or to <tt>/etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm</tt> (for a system wide default). The same change can be made for the <tt>UXTerm</tt> class for when you're using a [UTF-8] xterm. |
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Another solution (that isn't as tidy as the above) is to use xmodmap(1) to tell X that your Alt key should generate Meta: |
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<verbatim> |
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xmodmap -e 'keysym Alt_L = Meta_L' |
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</verbatim> |
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!!! Startup Options |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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Some handy command line options that xterm understands: |
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<tt>-l</tt>: |
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launch the shell as a login shell so it’ll load the startup files like <tt>/etc/profile</tt>, <tt>.bashrc</tt> |
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CraigBox |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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<tt>-rightbar</tt>: |
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put the scrolbar on the right side of the term |
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CraigBox |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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<tt>-vb</tt>: |
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visual bell, flash the window instead of beeping the speaker |
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CraigBox |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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<tt>-fg ''foreground colour'' -bg ''background colour''</tt>: |
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change colours |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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<tt>-rv</tt>: |
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swap forground/background colours |
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AlastairPorter |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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<tt>-e ''command''</tt>: |
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run the command instead of launching a shell |
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JohnMcPherson |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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<tt>-fa "bitstream vera sans mono" -fs 8</tt>: |
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use AntiAliasedFonts! |
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JimParis |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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All of these can also be put into your <tt>.Xresources</tt> so that they will be permanently active without having to pass all these parameters to xterm every time. |
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!!! Setting the window title |
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<tt>echo -ne "__\033]0__''This is a title''__\007__"</tt> |
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The number after the ] can be 0, 1 or 2: |
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<tt>__\033]0__''title''__\007__</tt> |
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Set both the icon name and window title |
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<tt>__\033]1__''title''__\007__</tt> |
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Set just the icon name |
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<tt>__\033]2__''title''__\007__</tt> |
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Set just the window title |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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Check your <tt>.bashrc</tt> to see that the <tt>PROMPT_COMMAND</tt> EnvironmentVariable isn't set to overwrite your newly set window title every time it displays a prompt. |
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AristotlePagaltzis |
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!!! The full nitty-gritty |
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See xterm(1). |
