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| Newer page: | version 9 | Last edited on Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:09:31 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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-!! Configuration Menu
+!
!! 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
+!!! 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 <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 [UTF8] xterm.
+
+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:
+
+<verbatim>
+xmodmap -e 'keysym Alt_L = Meta_L'
+</verbatim>
+
+!
!! Startup Options
+
+Some handy command line options that xterm understands:
-Start Xterm
as a login shell (
load /etc/profile and
.bashrc (on redhat, at least))
- xterm -l
+<tt>-l</tt>:
+ launch the shell
as a login shell so it’ll
load the startup files like <tt>
/etc/profile</tt>, <tt>
.bashrc</tt>
-Put
the scrolbar on the right side of the term:
- xterm -rightbar
+<tt>-rightbar</tt>:
+ put
the scrolbar on the right side of the term
-Use a
visual Bell (screen
flash)
instead of a beep:
- xterm -vb
+<tt>-vb</tt>:
+
visual bell,
flash the window
instead of beeping the speaker
-Change colours:
- xterm
-fg <
foreground colour>
-bg <
background colour>
+<tt>
-fg ''
foreground colour''
-bg ''
background colour''</tt
>:
+ change colours
-Swap
forground/background colours:
- xterm -rv
+<tt>-rv</tt>:
+ swap
forground/background colours
-Run a program in Xterm:
- xterm
-e <program name
>
+<tt>
-e ''command''
</tt
>:
+ run the command instead of launching a shell
-Use AntiAliasedFonts in Xterm!
- xterm -bg white -fg black
-fa "bitstream vera sans mono" -fs 8
+<tt>
-fa "bitstream vera sans mono" -fs 8</tt>:
+ use AntiAliasedFonts!
-!!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)
.
+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
.
-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'
+!!! The full nitty
-gritty
-----
-For more information see
xterm(1).
+See
xterm(1).
