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| Newer page: | version 7 | Last edited on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 4:18:43 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
| Older page: | version 6 | Last edited on Friday, October 24, 2003 8:49:08 pm | by AlastairPorter | Revert |
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+!! Configuration Menu
* To access the main menu, hold down the control key and click the left mouse button
* Ctrl-Middle Button is the terminal options (Preferences) - hint, you can set reverse video here.
* Ctrl-Right Button is the font options.
To scroll using the scrollbar, grab the grey bar with the middle button.
-!Startup Options
+!
!Startup Options
Start Xterm as a login shell (load /etc/profile and .bashrc (on redhat, at least))
xterm -l
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xterm -e <program name>
Use AntiAliasedFonts in Xterm!
xterm -bg white -fg black -fa "bitstream vera sans mono" -fs 8
+
+!!Alt vs Meta
+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 "mod_1" 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
+ XTerm*eightBitInput: false
+to either $HOME/.Xresources (for a single user) or to /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm (for a system wide default).
+
+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:
+ xmodmap -e 'keysym Alt_L = Meta_L'
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For more information see xterm(1).
