Questions tagged [xterm]
xterm is the standard terminal emulator for the X Window System.
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How do I get the numpad to work in vim using iterm2 on osx with term=xterm?
My numpad works in iterm2 (bash), but it inserts characters instead of numbers in insert mode for vim.
How can I get vim to recognise the correct escape codes.
I have tried editing the escape codes ...
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Leave xterm open after task is complete
I have an automated test that I run with the xterm -e command:
xterm -e RunMyTests
At the end of the test-run, it prints out a summary of the results and some statistics to stdout.
I'd like to ...
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Why do I sometimes get 'sh: $'\302\211 ... ': command not found' in xterm/sh?
Sometimes when I simply type a valid command like 'find ...', or anything really, I get back the following, which is completely unexpected and confusing (... is command name I type):
sh: $'\302\211...'...
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PuTTY or xterm for Mac?
I am using a MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.5. I am new to this development environment, and previously worked on Windows.
Are there similar tools on Mac like PuTTY or xterm used on Linux/Windows (...
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How to make `ls` color its output by default, without setting up an alias?
I don't want an alias (alias ls='ls --color'), and I had previously set this up on Mac OSX using CLICOLOR environment variable which magically brought colors to ls. Now I am on Linux (Arch x86-64) ...
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Why can't I paste into xterm (XQuartz)?
I'm on a Mac (OS 10.8.2) and I'd like to start using xterm as my default terminal, rather than Terminal.app. Unfortunately, I can't paste text into an xterm window, and this is something that I ...
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How can I change the colors of my xterm using Ansi escape sequences?
I would like to change the colors (background, font, foreground) of my xterm from the commandline. I've heard that this can be done using ANSI escape sequences.
If this is possible:
How is it done?
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Programmatic access to current xterm background color?
I would like to setup the prompt colors in .bashrc depending on the colors it is using for foreground and background.
For example, blue prompt if background is light and beige if it is dark.
Is ...
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How do I prevent Cygwin's XWin Server automatically starting xterm?
Whenever I start Cygwin's X server using the "XWin Server" link in my Start menu, or by running startxwin from a Cygwin shell, I automatically get an xterm window appearing, which I neither want nor ...
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Alias empty command in terminal
I would like to clear my terminal upon hitting submitting an empty command. In other words, I would like to call clear when I hit Enter on empty line. Is that possible?
I understand that is not how ...
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How to get TrueType fonts to display in xterm from a .Xresources file?
I'm trying to get a decent (read: not standard X11 load set) font for using xterm on Mac OS X 10.8. I like Bitstream Vera Mono and it is in a file VeraMono.ttf. I have placed this file in my .fonts ...
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Vim enable mouse scroll only - not cursor positioning
I want to enable the mouse wheel for scrolling like ^e and ^y do. I don't want clicking in a buffer to move the cursor though, so :set mouse=a does not help me.
Reason is that I have a bunch of gui ...
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What is Arch Linux's default terminal?
Using the command echo $TERM, I get the output 'xterm'. However, I have not done anything to install the X Windowing System, and as far as I know, Xterm cannot run without it, and Arch does not ...
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xterm not wrapping text properly
I'm configuring both my gnome-terminal and xterm columns (i still haven't picked which of these I will be using) and I have a couple of issues I would like to fix:
the typing area seems to be smaller ...
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Distinguishing local and remote access in shell (TERM-related)
My default TERM is xterm-color. I would like it to be xterm-256color when I am working on my machine locally, but if I ssh to it I want to have it be xterm-color. How do I distinguish these two cases?
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Missing glyphs in Terminus font, how to setup a fallback font?
Most of my work happens in a terminal, so I need a clear, readable font. I've settled a while ago on Terminus (http://sourceforge.net/projects/terminus-font/), which works wonders for me.
I added ...
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Clicking far away in vim in tmux in urxvt
I use vim inside tmux inside urxvt, and the mouse works perfectly well for clicking and selecting text, except when I want to click too far to the right.
It seems to be related to the distance in ...
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How to change background/foreground color on "all" existing terminals
I am looking for a command line way to change the background & foreground colors of all open terminal (and also for any new terminal, the new settings should be applied).
Using something like ...
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How to increase default xterm buffer size
I understand to create a new xterm with 1000 buffer size I can do xterm -sl 1000 &. How would I do this by default for all xterms? If this cannot be done, how do I do it for the current xterm? It ...
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Execute Command with xterm and close
Im trying to execute a program with xterm and then close xterm with program running but it seems this doesn't work like I would expect it.
In bash there is the option bash -c [command] is there ...
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I can not start xterm anymore under Cygwin + Xming under Win 7
I am using Cygwin under Windows 7 with Xming. I can not start xterm anymore, although I was able to do it previously on the same installation. Xming is running. DISPLAY variable is set to localhost:0....
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adding keyboard shortcuts for OSX terminal or xterm
Is there a way to add a keyboard shortcut for a terminal command in OSX. Basically most of the times i open the terminal app in MAC in order to ssh into a certain server foo. What I want to do is add ...