XTerm is a graphical terminal emulator for X11. XTerm is a fast and featureful emulator that predates X11, but is still actively developed.
Installation
USE flags
+openpty
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Use openpty() in preference to posix_openpt()
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Xaw3d
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Add support for the 3d athena widget set
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sixel
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Enable sixel graphics support
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toolbar
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Enable the xterm toolbar to be built
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truetype
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Add support for FreeType and/or FreeType2 fonts
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unicode
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Add support for Unicode
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verify-sig
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Verify upstream signatures on distfiles
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xinerama
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Add support for querying multi-monitor screen geometry through the Xinerama API
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Emerge
root #emerge --ask x11-terms/xterm
Usage
Invocation
XTerm will generally be launched from an on-screen menu, or keyboard shortcut, in a user's graphical environment.
XTerm may, if needed, be launched from a shell under X11.
user $xterm -help
ExpandXTerm(367) usage:
xterm [-options ...] [-e command args]
where options include:
-/+132 turn on/off 80/132 column switching
-C intercept console messages
-Sccn slave mode on "ttycc", file descriptor "n"
-T string title name for window
-/+ah turn on/off always highlight
-/+ai turn off/on active icon
-/+aw turn on/off auto wraparound
-b number internal border in pixels
-baudrate rate set line-speed (default 38400)
-/+bc turn on/off text cursor blinking
-bcf milliseconds time text cursor is off when blinking
-bcn milliseconds time text cursor is on when blinking
-bd color border color
-/+bdc turn off/on display of bold as color
-bg color background color
-bw number border width in pixels
-/+cb turn on/off cut-to-beginning-of-line inhibit
-cc classrange specify additional character classes
-/+cjk_width turn on/off legacy CJK width convention
-class string class string (XTerm)
-/+cm turn off/on ANSI color mode
-/+cn turn on/off cut newline inhibit
-cr color text cursor color
-/+cu turn on/off curses emulation
-/+dc turn off/on dynamic color selection
-display displayname X server to contact
-e command args ... command to execute
-fa pattern FreeType font-selection pattern
-fb fontname bold text font
-/+fbb turn on/off normal/bold font comparison inhibit
-/+fbx turn off/on linedrawing characters
-fc fontmenu start with named fontmenu choice
-fd pattern FreeType Doublesize font-selection pattern
-fg color foreground color
-fi fontname icon font for active icon
-fn fontname normal text font
-fs size FreeType font-size
-/+fullscreen turn on/off fullscreen on startup
-fw fontname doublewidth text font
-fwb fontname doublewidth bold text font
-fx fontname XIM fontset
%geom Tek window geometry
#geom icon window geometry
-geometry geom size (in characters) and position
-help print out this message
-/+hm turn on/off selection-color override
-/+hold turn on/off logic that retains window after exit
-iconic start iconic
-/+ie turn on/off initialization of 'erase' from pty
-/+im use insert mode for TERMCAP
-into windowId use the window id given to -into as the parent window rather than the default root window
-/+itc turn off/on display of italic as color
-/+j turn on/off jump scroll
-/+k8 turn on/off C1-printable classification
-kt keyboardtype set keyboard type: tcap sun vt220
-/+l turn on/off logging
-/+lc turn on/off locale mode using luit
-lcc path filename of locale converter (/usr/bin/luit)
-leftbar force scrollbar left
-lf filename logging filename (use '-' for standard out)
-/+ls turn on/off login shell
-/+maximized turn on/off maximize on startup
-/+mb turn on/off margin bell
-mc milliseconds multiclick time in milliseconds
-/+mesg forbid/allow messages
-/+mk_width turn on/off simple width convention
-ms color pointer color
-n string icon name for window
-name string client instance, icon, and title strings
-nb number margin bell in characters from right end
-/+nul turn off/on display of underlining
-/+pc turn on/off PC-style bold colors
-pf fontname cursor font for text area pointer
-/+pob turn on/off pop on bell
-report-charclass report "charClass" after initialization
-report-colors report colors as they are allocated
-report-fonts report fonts as loaded to stdout
-report-icons report title/icon updates
-report-xres report X resources for VT100 widget
-rightbar force scrollbar right (default left)
-/+rv turn on/off reverse video
-/+rvc turn off/on display of reverse as color
-/+rw turn on/off reverse wraparound
-/+s turn on/off multiscroll
-/+samename turn on/off the no-flicker option for title and icon name
-/+sb turn on/off scrollbar
-selbg color selection background color
-selfg color selection foreground color
-/+sf turn on/off Sun Function Key escape codes
-sh number scale line-height values by the given number
-/+si turn on/off scroll-on-tty-output inhibit
-/+sk turn on/off scroll-on-keypress
-sl number number of scrolled lines to save
-/+sm turn on/off the session-management support
-/+sp turn on/off Sun/PC Function/Keypad mapping
-/+t turn on/off Tek emulation window
-ti termid terminal identifier
-title string title string
-tm string terminal mode keywords and characters
-tn name TERM environment variable name
-/+u8 turn on/off UTF-8 mode (implies wide-characters)
-/+uc turn on/off underline cursor
-/+ulc turn off/on display of underline as color
-/+ulit turn off/on display of underline as italics
-/+ut turn on/off utmp support
-/+vb turn on/off visual bell
-version print the version number
-/+wc turn on/off wide-character mode
-/+wf turn on/off wait for map before command exec
-xrm resourcestring additional resource specifications
-ziconbeep percent beep and flag icon of window having hidden output
Fonts should be fixed width and, if both normal and bold are specified, should
have the same size. If only a normal font is specified, it will be used for
both normal and bold text (by doing overstriking). The -e option, if given,
must appear at the end of the command line, otherwise the user's default shell
will be started. Options that start with a plus sign (+) restore the default.
