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xterm – terminal emulator

xterm is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides DEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that cannot use the window system directly.

This version implements ISO/ANSI colours and most of the control sequences used by DEC VT220 terminals.

xterm is the standard terminal emulator for the X Window System. A user can have many different invocations of xterm running at once on the same display, each of which provides independent input/output for the process running in it.

Features include:

  • Pop-up menus to set terminal modes and characteristics.
  • Automatically highlights the text cursor when the pointer enters the window (selected) and unhighlights it when the pointer leaves the window (unselected).
  • Scrollbar to move the screen image up and down – text lines scrolled of the top can be brought back again.
  • Emulation of Textronix 4014 terminal (graphics).
  • Cut and paste of chunks of text.
  • Chosing colors for text, background, etc.
  • Chosing fonts.
  • Settable (programmable) keys.
  • Allows character-based applications to receive mouse events as keyboard control sequences.

Website: invisible-island.net/xterm
Support: Man Page
Developer: Thomas Dickey and many others
License: MIT/X Consortium License

xterm

xterm is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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