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. > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. > - Louis D. Brandeis > > All the very best, as ever, Andy Cater >
