[868c7c2] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[868c7c2] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY xterm-download-http " ">
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[e2b0dfc0] | 8 | <!ENTITY xterm-download-ftp "ftp://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm-&xterm-version;.tgz">
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[d41987a] | 9 | <!ENTITY xterm-md5sum "42a76a871c1d640719702801a0795d72">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY xterm-size "986 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY xterm-buildsize "10 MB">
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[ab79e8a] | 12 | <!ENTITY xterm-time "0.2 SBU">
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[868c7c2] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="xterm2" xreflabel="xterm-&xterm-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="xterm.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>xterm-&xterm-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="xterm2">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-xterm2">xterm</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to xterm</title>
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| 31 |
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[e2b0dfc0] | 32 | <para><application>xterm</application> is a terminal emulator for
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| 33 | the X Window System.</para>
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[868c7c2] | 34 |
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[e03aea8] | 35 | ¬-katamari;
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| 36 |
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[63aeb2c] | 37 | &lfs72_checked;
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[1ed7820] | 38 |
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[868c7c2] | 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xterm-download-http;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xterm-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &xterm-md5sum;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download size: &xterm-size;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &xterm-buildsize;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated build time: &xterm-time;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | </itemizedlist>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">xterm Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[1a1fc45] | 64 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="xorg7-app"/></para>
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[868c7c2] | 65 |
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[1663c2b5] | 66 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 67 | <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xterm'/></para>
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[6e43b142] | 68 |
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[868c7c2] | 69 | </sect2>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 72 | <title>Installation of xterm</title>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <para>Install <application>xterm</application> by running the
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| 75 | following commands:</para>
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| 76 |
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[9f0cf8f] | 77 | <screen><userinput>sed -i '/v0/,+1s/new:/new:kb=^?:/' termcap &&
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| 78 | echo -e '\tkbs=\\177,' >>terminfo &&
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[33cf52e] | 79 | TERMINFO=/usr/share/terminfo ./configure $XORG_CONFIG \
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[a449b33] | 80 | --enable-luit --enable-wide-chars \
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[bbe9eba0] | 81 | --with-app-defaults=/etc/X11/app-defaults &&
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[868c7c2] | 82 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 83 |
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| 84 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 85 |
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[c23b62b] | 86 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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[6291d0e] | 87 | user:</para>
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[868c7c2] | 88 |
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[371ff30] | 89 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 90 | make install-ti</userinput></screen>
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[868c7c2] | 91 |
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| 92 | </sect2>
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| 93 |
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[e4a21ed] | 94 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 95 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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[fd7e0ed6] | 96 |
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[9f0cf8f] | 97 | <para><command>sed -i ... termcap</command>,
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[33cf52e] | 98 | <command>echo ... >>terminfo</command>: These commands modify the terminal
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[9f0cf8f] | 99 | description, so that the Backspace key is expected to send the character
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| 100 | with ASCII code 127, for consistency with the Linux console.</para>
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[e4a21ed] | 101 |
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[33cf52e] | 102 | <para><parameter>TERMINFO=/usr/share/terminfo</parameter>: This ensures
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| 103 | that the <command>xterm</command> terminfo files are installed to the
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[39fce78] | 104 | system terminfo database when the installation prefix is not
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| 105 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>.</para>
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| 106 |
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[7be99f2c] | 107 | <para><parameter>--with-app-defaults=...</parameter>: Sets the location
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[c23b62b] | 108 | for the <filename class="directory">app-defaults</filename>
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[7be99f2c] | 109 | directory.</para>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para><parameter>--enable-luit</parameter>: Enables the luit filter for
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[9f0cf8f] | 112 | translation between Unicode (used by xterm internally in the configuration
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| 113 | below) and the locale encoding. If <command>luit</command> is not found
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| 114 | in the PATH, the default of
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| 115 | <filename>/usr/X11R6/bin/luit</filename> will be used.</para>
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[3735050] | 116 |
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[a449b33] | 117 | <para><parameter>--enable-wide-chars</parameter>: Adds support for wide
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[3735050] | 118 | characters.</para>
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| 119 |
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[371ff30] | 120 | <para><command>make install-ti</command>: This command installs corrected
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[6473e74] | 121 | terminfo description files for use with
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[371ff30] | 122 | <application>xterm</application>.</para>
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| 123 |
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[e4a21ed] | 124 | </sect2>
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| 125 |
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[6e43b142] | 126 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 127 | <title>Configuring xterm</title>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <para>There are two ways to configure xterm. You can add X resource
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| 130 | definitions to the user's <filename>~/.Xresources</filename> file, or
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| 131 | add them to the system-wide
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[2932ef8] | 132 | <filename>$XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/app-defaults/Xterm</filename> file.</para>
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[6e43b142] | 133 |
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[9f0cf8f] | 134 | <para>In order for xterm to follow the locale settings in the environment,
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| 135 | use TrueType fonts, and follow the Linux convention about the code sent by
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| 136 | the Backspace key, add the following definitions as the
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[6e43b142] | 137 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 138 |
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[88ccfed] | 139 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm << "EOF"
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[6e43b142] | 140 | *VT100*locale: true
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| 141 | *VT100*faceName: Monospace
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[b79c3d81] | 142 | *VT100*faceSize: 10
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[9f0cf8f] | 143 | *backarrowKeyIsErase: true
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| 144 | *ptyInitialErase: true
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[6e43b142] | 145 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | </sect2>
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| 148 |
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[868c7c2] | 149 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 150 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <segmentedlist>
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| 153 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | <seglistitem>
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[33cf52e] | 156 | <seg>koi8rxterm, resize, uxterm, and xterm</seg>
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[868c7c2] | 157 | </seglistitem>
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| 158 | </segmentedlist>
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| 159 |
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[e4a21ed] | 160 | <variablelist>
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| 161 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 162 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 163 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 164 |
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[33cf52e] | 165 | <varlistentry id="koi8rxterm">
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| 166 | <term><filename>koi8rxterm</filename></term>
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| 167 | <listitem>
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| 168 | <para>is a wrapper script to set up xterm with a KOI8-R locale.</para>
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| 169 | <indexterm zone="xterm2 koi8rxterm">
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| 170 | <primary sortas="b-koi8rxterm">koi8rxterm</primary>
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| 171 | </indexterm>
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| 172 | </listitem>
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| 173 | </varlistentry>
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| 174 |
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| 175 |
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| 176 |
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[e4a21ed] | 177 | <varlistentry id="resize">
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| 178 | <term><filename>resize</filename></term>
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| 179 | <listitem>
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[6473e74] | 180 | <para>prints a shell command for setting the TERM and TERMCAP
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| 181 | environment variables to indicate the current size of xterm
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[e4a21ed] | 182 | window.</para>
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| 183 | <indexterm zone="xterm2 resize">
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| 184 | <primary sortas="b-resize">resize</primary>
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| 185 | </indexterm>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <varlistentry id="uxterm">
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| 190 | <term><filename>uxterm</filename></term>
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| 191 | <listitem>
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[9f0cf8f] | 192 | <para>is a wrapper script that modifies the current locale to use UTF-8
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| 193 | and starts xterm with the proper settings.</para>
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[e4a21ed] | 194 | <indexterm zone="xterm2 uxterm">
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| 195 | <primary sortas="b-uxterm">uxterm</primary>
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| 196 | </indexterm>
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| 197 | </listitem>
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| 198 | </varlistentry>
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| 199 |
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| 200 | <varlistentry id="xterm-bin">
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| 201 | <term><filename>xterm</filename></term>
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| 202 | <listitem>
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| 203 | <para>is a terminal emulator for the X Window System.</para>
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| 204 | <indexterm zone="xterm2 xterm2">
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| 205 | <primary sortas="b-xterm2">xterm</primary>
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| 206 | </indexterm>
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| 207 | </listitem>
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| 208 | </varlistentry>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | </variablelist>
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| 211 |
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[868c7c2] | 212 | </sect2>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | </sect1>
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