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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 (normally the process is a Unix shell).

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Cannot type backquote or backtick in xterm

Ubuntu 10.10, 32 bit, XTerm(261), Keyboard layout = Canadian Somehow, the backquote (backtick = `) character can't be input does not get entered in XTerm. I type it and nothing happens. The cursor ...
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Increasing the size of the mouse pointer in xterm

My mouse pointer switches from a big red arrow to a tiny double arrow as soon as I hover over an xterm window (when the mouse is over the title bar, all is good). I've tried the myriad options on ...
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How do I make the bash terminal use my "home" custom Palette color scheme over an ssh connection?

There are colors when I ls when connected to the remote system using xterm-256color, but they are not the palette colors I have selected in my profile. I had this working before, but recently had to ...
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Scrollwheel in GNU screen in xfce4-terminal

I apologize that this is pretty much a duplicate of Using the scrollwheel in GNU screen -- Trusty specific difference but I don't have enough reputation to comment on that and I can provide much more ...
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Is there an option to make xterm's font size much larger than Huge?

I use exterm often and always ctrl + right-click to set the font size to Huge. However, I find that Huge is very small in high-res devices. It looks really tiny on my laptop's 10 inch fullhd monitor. ...
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vim cursor color change only applied upon movement

In my .vimrc I have the following (based upon a tip on the vim Wikia): if &term =~ "xterm\\|rxvt" " use an red cursor in insert mode let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]12;red\x7" " use an ...
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How to get image support in xterm-terminal? [duplicate]

I want to know how to view images (.jpg, .png) via terminal (xterm or gnome). Please help me. How to enable visual support inside terminal?
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Need Help Studying for Linux+ Cert

A user (Bob)accidentally makes a subdirectory (bobsdir) in their Home directory and try to remove it but when they use the "rmdir \bobsfile" command they get "No Such Directory". the Answer to the ...
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installing Python3.6 (and purging some 3.5 packages) messed up with my terminal

I was following the instructions to install Python3.6 on my Ubuntu 16.04 machine from here and in the process I also did some sudo apt-get purge on some Python3.5 packages (so that I would only keep ...
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Finding and installing a good bitmap font for xterm

I love bitmap fonts in my xterm, they look very good, there is no subpixel rendering or other antialiasing, but the fact they are hand made in regards to every pixel makes it cool. But I do not know ...
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Making xterm use unifont

This might be an exceedingly silly question, but I can't seem to solve it anyway. I want to use GNU's Unifont in xterm, and with the purpose in mind I installed the package xfonts-unifont, but to no ...
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Not able to run commands over SSH (using Zsh)

I recently changed my .zshrc to remap interrupt from ctrl-C to ctrl-J, and suddenly I'm not able to run any commands on machines that I SSH into. No matter what command I type, it simply ignores it ...
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How do I set up hotkeys for a xterm?

When I do a ssh to an OpenSuse machine and use yast I have to use tab intead of alt+y for help for example, I don't know what else to say... My question is how to set up this to have a propper xterm ...
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Need a remote desktop to a headless server without logging in first

I've been using Linux for many years now but only to run servers. Over the last few days I've been struggling with a technical / configuration issue which I hope someone can help with. I've installed /...
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Lack of borders on xterm windows, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

I've been looking for a way to get my black background xterm windows to have visible borders, so that they don't flow into one other visually when overlapped. I feel like I've done my research but ...
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How to change background transparency of xterm

In terminal we can change the background transparency by changing the slider in edit>preference>background>transparent background Similarly how can we change the transparency of xterm ...
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Why are the characters in xterm so small and how do I change it?

Why are the characters in xterm so small and how do I change it?
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xfce4 boots into an xterm-like environment

Most probably after a forced reboot, whenever I load xfce4 on my Ubuntu 13.04 I get this environment that looks like a buffed-up xterm, where I have an invisible mouse cursor: when I move around I ...
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How to customize xterm

I would like to customize xterm because the default font-size is pretty small. I would also like to change my xterm font to Inconsolata. I have a few questions. How would i know my default xterm ...
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pound sign and shift-tilde in aterm

I'm having an issue with aterm whereby typeing the pound sign (shift+3) gives me 'ţ', and shift-tilde gives 'Ŭ'. These keys are the only two which don't work properly. Interestingly they work ...
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Scrolling up in terminal reveals previous Vim sessions

I recently moved from Ubuntu to WSL Ubuntu, and the only problem with the move seems to be how Vim displays in the terminal. For example, I open a file in vim, and after exiting back into the command ...
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xterm not opening inside Mininet hosts. NO SSH, NO VM

I just installed Ubuntu 17.10, and Mininet 2.2.2 from Packages (sudo apt-get install mininet) on my laptop. Natively, i.e. a real OS on a real machine, no virtual machines of any sort. The laptop is a ...
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Capturing terminal-content from a pseudoterminal (pts)?

On Ubuntu, is there a way to capture the content of a pseudoterminal (pts - eg. /dev/pts/4) - ie. dump the lines of text in the terminal to a file - of a program that's already running in that ...
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Can I input Chinese in my xterm?

I have Chinese input working. I have xterm working. I have utf-8 working in my xterm. For example, I can see the lightning bolt unicode character. But when I input Chinese characters, I get those ...
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output text in more than 8 colors on an xterm

I'm embarrassed to ask this question, since there have been so many postings on the topic, but the discussions in them have been way above my paygrade, and I'm hoping somebody could give a really ...
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UnixTree (XTree for Unix Systems) does not appear in color [duplicate]

I am trying to use UnixTree (www.unixtree.org) on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS via the Ubuntu Terminal. If I run the application "xt" I get the following error: $ xt No term file or database entry found for ...
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xterm error : xt error can't open display xterm display is not set

I have no idea how to set the display. I keep getting the following error error xterm: xt error can't open display xterm display is not set I have searched online but haven't found any solution. ...
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Middle-button paste stops working under VirtualBox

I'm running Ubuntu 14.10 in VirtualBox under OSX and for some reason pasting with the middle mouse button stops working after a while. If I start a new rxvt pasting works fine but after a while (I'm ...
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How can I save output of past commands in an xterm?

I have ran several commands in an xterm. I can scroll up and see the output but now I want to save that output. But I did not use screen or script or output-redirection for these past commands. Is it ...
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How to keep the code running even after the GUI frontend is exited?

I am writing a shell script that runs upon start-up using xterm and asks the user to do things I want him to do. For example, the code is supposed to ask the user to change his password in 1 minute. ...
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How do I maintain custom settings of XTerm across sessions?

Is there any way to keep the settings of XTerm that I've applied so that it opens with these settings when I reopen it (e.g. text size, set by Ctrl+RightClick)?
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I don't seem to have the gnome-terminal

When I press Ctrl + Alt + T, Ubuntu 16.04 opens xterm and when I search for gnome-terminal nothing is found. I searched for terminal and the only 2 applications there are XTerm and UXTerm. How do I ...
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How do I add parameters to Unity icons?

Many posts tell you to copy files from /usr/share/applications to your home directory. Well, unfortunately that does not work for non-Ubuntu stuff. Can anybody show me how to add this xterm -bg ...
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Opening a terminal, running a command, and leaving an interactive terminal open

I don't have high hopes for this, but what I'm trying to do is create a Desktop shortcut that, when clicked, opens a terminal (preferably mate-terminal, but I'm not picky), runs a command, and leaves ...
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How to configure ranger to open pdf files with Foxit Reader

I've made an alias to the program in my .bashrc file as can be seen below: alias foxitreader="/home/username/opt/foxitsoftware/foxitreader/FoxitReader" And I've made the following entry in my rifle....
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xterm in bash stops script from executing

I have the following script: #!/bin/bash xterm -e ' sh -c "$HOME/TEST/FirstAPP --test;" exec bash' ## script opens the xterm and stops until I press CTRL+C while true; do .... this question is ...
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No Nautilus, Xterm, Terminal Ubuntu 18.04

I'm not sure what has recently changed for this to happen, but at the moment I can't open Terminal or the Nautilus file manager. Xterm was suggested on another forum as a way of checking some fixes, ...
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How to display "»" \xBB in xterm?

I am trying to display double > "»". I belive it is xBB in char set. How can I do it? Thanks
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Terminals on Second monitor

I have a HP G62 laptop and a NEC AccuSync LCD73v monitor, which I connect via VGA. I use the terminal a lot, so at startup ubuntu auto-launches 4 Xterms. Is there any way to start them at a specified ...
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killing an xterm opened with -hold

I can kill a terminal opened with xterm -hold by typing xkill and then clicking the left mouse button. But I'd like to avoid the need for the click. I would have expected that xkill -id `echo ...
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How to get ssh under xterm not to break alt key?

I have started running in an Ubuntu 16 VM, running tigervnc 1.7.0, and run into an odd environment. Local windows behave as expected when I use alt-, for instance in a shell to back up a word via alt-...
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Change background color of terminal emulator wrapper

I installed a ubuntu 16.4.1 command-line version from the minimal cd. Then I installed x-server. The command x-terminal-emulator is linked to the wrapper /usr/bin/lxterm of xterm. Now I want to have ...
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Lowercase 's' doesn't work in Ubuntu terminal [duplicate]

Anyone else had this very infuriating problem that has been bugging me for the past hour. The lowercase 's' and only that key alone doesn't ever get printed on my terminal or xterm. Every other key ...
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Is it possible to see Persian words by W3M?

I use Ubuntu 14.0.4 and some times, use w3m and XTerm as browser. I saw EastAsianWidth.txt which seems contains Persian letters. So I expect w3m will show Persian words. Also this is Charset Settings ...
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how to configure terminal in a text boot?

I use tmux in xterm and gnome-terminal.Configuring gnome-terminal's background and foreground is not an issue as it can be easily done through gui itself.Few things to mention: I can configure xterm ...
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Use gnome-terminal as the Fzf launcher in GVim

How can you use gnome-terminal as the launcher of fzf in GVim instead of the default xterm: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf let g:fzf_launcher = 'xterm -e bash -ic %s' I want to use gnome-terminal ...
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What are the different terminal emulators available in Ubuntu? [duplicate]

When I type echo $TERM on my terminal it shows me xterm. From there itself I believe there are more than one terminal in Ubuntu. Is it the name of the terminal that I am using? I have seen some ...
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Separate terminal windows for input and output streams

How do I use different xterm or terminal windows for input and output streams while programming in C++ such that I enter input in one terminal window and get output in another window?
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How to make terminal sushi a file with focus on it?

I plan to use sushi as my preview application in Zotero(A famous open source research assistant), it is similar to run a command which is “sushi FILENAME” in shell. it turn out that the preview window ...
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Automatically close old Xterm window when opening a new one

I am looking for a command that I can add to my .Xresources file, that basically only allows one unique xterm window. When I open a new one I want the old one to close. I couldnt find it through ...
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