source: x/installing/xterm.xml@ 7b273030

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY xterm-download-http " ">
  <!ENTITY xterm-download-ftp  "ftp://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm-&xterm-version;.tgz">
  <!ENTITY xterm-md5sum        "0d7f0e6390d132ae59876b3870e5783d">
  <!ENTITY xterm-size          "1.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY xterm-buildsize     "15 MB">
  <!ENTITY xterm-time          "0.1 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="xterm2" xreflabel="xterm-&xterm-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="xterm.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>xterm-&xterm-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="xterm2">
    <primary sortas="a-xterm2">xterm</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to xterm</title>

    <para><application>xterm</application> is a terminal emulator for
    the X Window System.</para>

    &not-katamari;

    &lfs78_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xterm-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xterm-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &xterm-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &xterm-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &xterm-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &xterm-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">xterm Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="xorg7-app"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="valgrind"/> and
      <ulink url="http://www.nongnu.org/man2html/">man2html</ulink>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url='&blfs-wiki;/Xterm'/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of xterm</title>

    <para>Install <application>xterm</application> by running the
    following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i '/v0/{n;s/new:/new:kb=^?:/}' termcap &amp;&amp;
printf '\tkbs=\\177,\n' &gt;&gt; terminfo &amp;&amp;

TERMINFO=/usr/share/terminfo \
./configure $XORG_CONFIG     \
    --with-app-defaults=/etc/X11/app-defaults &amp;&amp;

make</userinput></screen>

    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
    user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
make install-ti</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><command>sed -i ... termcap</command>,
    <command>printf ... >> terminfo</command>: These commands modify the terminal
    description so that the Backspace key is expected to send the character
    with ASCII code 127. This is done for consistency with the Linux console.</para>

    <para><parameter>TERMINFO=/usr/share/terminfo</parameter>: This ensures
    that the <command>xterm</command> terminfo files are installed to the
    system terminfo database.</para>

    <para><parameter>--with-app-defaults=...</parameter>: Sets the location
    for the <filename class="directory">app-defaults</filename>
    directory.</para>

    <para><command>make install-ti</command>: This command installs corrected
    terminfo description files for use with
    <application>xterm</application>.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring xterm</title>

    <para>There are two ways to configure xterm.  You can add the X resource
    definitions to the user's <filename>~/.Xresources</filename> file, or
    add them to the system-wide
    <filename>$XORG_PREFIX/share/X11/app-defaults/Xterm</filename> file.</para>

    <para>In order for xterm to follow the locale settings in the environment,
    use TrueType fonts, and follow the Linux convention about the code sent by
    the Backspace key, add the following definitions as the
    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal>*VT100*locale: true
*VT100*faceName: Monospace
*VT100*faceSize: 10
*backarrowKeyIsErase: true
*ptyInitialErase: true</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>koi8rxterm, resize, uxterm, and xterm</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="koi8rxterm">
        <term><command>koi8rxterm</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a wrapper script to set up xterm with a KOI8-R locale.</para>
          <indexterm zone="xterm2 koi8rxterm">
            <primary sortas="b-koi8rxterm">koi8rxterm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="resize">
        <term><command>resize</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>prints a shell command for setting the TERM and TERMCAP
          environment  variables to indicate the current size of xterm
          window.</para>
          <indexterm zone="xterm2 resize">
            <primary sortas="b-resize">resize</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="uxterm">
        <term><command>uxterm</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a wrapper script that modifies the current locale to use
          UTF-8 and starts xterm with the proper settings.</para>
          <indexterm zone="xterm2 uxterm">
            <primary sortas="b-uxterm">uxterm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="xterm-bin">
        <term><command>xterm</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a terminal emulator for the X Window System.</para>
          <indexterm zone="xterm2 xterm2">
            <primary sortas="b-xterm2">xterm</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>