Xterm Tips

Intro

Xterm is a terminal emulator available since 1984 for the X window system. The default settings may be not very convenient so i accumulate here some tips to make it more handy. - pimp up your Xterm :-)

Resources

Interesting resources with comments.

resource name recommended value comment
XTerm*jumpScroll true :?:
XTerm*multiScroll true asynchronous scrolling → faster xterm
XTerm*foreground white foreground color
XTerm*background black background color
XTerm*faceName Terminus very nice clean fixed terminal font: Terminus Font
XTerm*boldFont :?: Terminus font for bold characters
XTerm*faceSize 8 font size - choose whatever you like

Files

  • ~/..Xdefaults file (Resource Manager Config File; Syntax: program*resource: value)

Useful commands

 
linux/xterm.txt · Zuletzt geändert: 13.05.2006 19:11:51