Re: xterm. Was Re: 26th pass at installing 11-3, fails
On Sun, Jun 12, 2022 at 07:53:21AM -0400, gene heskett wrote:
> On Sunday, 12 June 2022 03:21:50 EDT Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > The fact remains that xterm is not in the pulldown menu's, I have
> > > konsole and termit, and termit will work from x and give me mouse
> > > driven copy/ paste. But its a teeny litle thing on this monitors
> > > screen.
> >
> > Execute
> >
> > xterm &
>
> root@coyote:~# xterm &
> [1] 3504
> root@coyote:~# -bash: xterm: command not found
> ^C
> [1]+ Exit 127 xterm
> root@coyote:~#
> logout
> gene@coyote:~$ xterm &
> [1] 3533
> gene@coyote:~$ bash: xterm: command not found
>
> xterm cannot be found by synaptic or apt either.
>
> So I'll repeat, what is this magic xterm? What do I install to get it?
>
Hi Gene,
xterm is the _original_ X terminal
If you go look at /etc/alternatives - there's an x-terminal-emulator
category.
/etc/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator
update-alternatives --config x-terminal emulator gives me six choices on
this machine
Selection Path Priority Status
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
0 /usr/bin/gnome-terminal-wrapper 40 auto mode
1 /usr/bin/gnome-terminal-wrapper 40 manual mode
2 /usr/bin/ko18rxterm 20 manual mode
3 /usr/bin/lxterm 30 manual mode
4 /usr/bin/uxterm 20 manual mode
5 /usr/bin/xterm 20 manual mode
Konsole and termit are both alternatives to xterm in some sense.
apt-cache search xterm
will give you a list of all the xterm-like terminal
emulators.
apt install xterm
would install xterm as one of the alternatives
Many of the config options for colour/commands/control sequences for xterm
have been carried through to later emulations and improvements
> What I do have is konsole and termit, no xterm.
>
> > in one of the terminal windows which the pulldown menu gives you.
> > There should pop up a xterm window with black background and white
> > writing.
> >
> > man xterm gives a lot of options which influence the look of the
> > terminal window. My favorite look is achieved by
> >
> > xterm -geometry 80x24 -bg wheat -fg black -sl 10000 +sb &
> >
> > (+sb suppresses the scroll bar. Scroll up and down by Shift+PageUp and
> > Shift+PageDown. -sl 10000 gives a long scroll memory.)
> >
> > Repeat as often as needed to get the desired number of xterms.
> >
> > Consider to put your favorite xterm command into a script, so you can
> > start it by a simple shell command like
> > my_xterm
> >
> > (Consider to learn how to add such a command to the menus of the
> > desktop or window manager. I gave my fvwm an "xterm" button by this
> > line in ~/.fvwm2rc :
> > *FvwmButtons xterm linuxterm.xpm Exec xterm -bg wheat -fg black -sl
> > 10000 +sb -title xterm )
> >
> >
> > If the default character size is too small for you:
> >
> > Ctrl+RightMouseButton in the xterm window gives a menu with sizes
> > Default Unreadable Tiny Small Medium Large Huge
> >
> > If you are willing to dive into the sea of fonts, search the web for
> > proposals like
> >
> > xterm ...other.options... -fn '*courier-bold-r*140*' &
> >
> > xterm ...other.options... -fn 10x20 &
> >
> > Found on:
> >
> > https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/x-window-system/9780937175149/Cha
> > pter05.html where i read:
> > "This wouldn’t be so bad if a typical font name wasn’t mind-bending
> > at first glance."
> >
> > (Ah ... 1990s nostalgy ...)
> >
> >
> > Have a nice day :)
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > .
>
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett.
> --
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>
>
All the very best, as ever,
Andy Cater
>
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