1ATERM(1)                            X Tools                           ATERM(1)
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NAME

6       aterm (Afterstep XVT) - a VT102 emulator for the X window system
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SYNOPSIS

9       aterm [options] [-e command [ args ]]
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DESCRIPTION

12       aterm,  version  1.0.0,  is  a colour vt102 terminal emulator, based on
13       rxvt 2.4.8  with  Alfredo  Kojima´s  additions  of  fast  transparency,
14       intended  as  an xterm(1) replacement for users who do not require fea‐
15       tures such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style  configurabil‐
16       ity.   As  a  result,  aterm uses much less swap space -- a significant
17       advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
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19       It was created with AfterStep Window Manger users in mind, but  is  not
20       tied to any libraries, and can be used anywhere.
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OPTIONS

23       The  aterm  options  (mostly a subset of xterm´s) are listed below.  In
24       keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options  may  be  elimi‐
25       nated or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and defaults
26       listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on your system.
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28       Note that aterm permits the resource name to be used as  a  long-option
29       (--/++  option)  so  the potential command-line options are far greater
30       than those listed.  For example: `aterm --loginShell --color1 Orange´.
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32       -help, --help
33              Print out a message describing available options.
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35       -version, --version
36              Print out a version with/without list of available options.
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38       -display displayname
39              Attempt to open a window  on  the  named  X  display  (-d  still
40              respected).   In  the absence of this option, the display speci‐
41              fied by the DISPLAY environment variable is used.
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43       -geometry geom
44              Window geometry (-g still respected); resource geometry.
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46       -rv|+rv
47              Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource reverseVideo.
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49       -bg colour
50              Window background colour; resource background.
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52       -fg colour
53              Window foreground colour; resource foreground.
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55       -pixmap: file[;geom]
56              Specify image file for the background and also optionally  spec‐
57              ify geometry of the image to be cut out of original image, to be
58              used as background, with a geometry string.  Note you  may  need
59              to  add  quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;´
60              in the command-line; resource backgroundPixmap.
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62       -mst: name
63              Specify the name of the Afterstep MyStyle to be used as the base
64              of  aterm´s  look.  ForeColor,  BackColor, Font, BackPixmap (all
65              texture options) will be used from  MyStyle  definition,  unless
66              some  other  command  line option is specifyed for the same set‐
67              ting.  For example -fn  will  override  MyStyle  Font.  This  is
68              available  only  if  used  with AfterStep 1.9.28 or later and if
69              compiled with AfterStep libraries support (  --enable-afterstep-
70              lib).  resource MyStyle.
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72       -tr|+tr
73              Turn  on/off  pseudo  transparency mode. In this mode aterm will
74              use part of root background as it´s  own  background,  emulating
75              see-through effect; resource transparent.
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77       -trsb|+trsb
78              Turn on/off pseudo transparent scrollbar. Works the same as -tr;
79              resource transpscrollbar.
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81       -tint color
82              Turn on pseudo transparency background tinting. Tinting  can  be
83              done fast and slow way. In fast way it will be done by combining
84              of background color with tinting color using  logical  function.
85              This  function  defaults  to  AND,  and  it can be changed using
86              -tinttype option - see below.   In  general  solid  colors  like
87              Blue, Red, Green, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow are good, but you should
88              experiment with it for each background you have.   True  tinting
89              is  more memory and CPU hungry - tinted copy of background image
90              will be created every time you move/resize window. It alows  for
91              more  smooth  tinting thou.  You need to build it with --enable-
92              transparency=yes or --enable-background-imageyes option,  to  be
93              able to use this feature.  resource tinting.
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95       -sh amount
96              This  option  allows  for darkening/lightening of the background
97              image amount is the %value of the desired brightness, where  100
98              is  the  original.   if  amount is less then 100 - image will be
99              darkened.  if amount is less then 0 or more  then  100  -  image
100              will  be  lightened.   Lightening can cause some strange looking
101              effects if applied on bright image.  This option causes aterm to
102              create  shaded/lightened copy of the background - it´s more mem‐
103              ory cosuming as the result. It does not  make  much  difference,
104              though,   if   applied  on  non  transparent  background  image.
105              resource shading.
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107       -fade amount
108              This option allows for darkening/lightening of colors when aterm
109              is  loosing  focus.  amount is the %value of the desired bright‐
110              ness, where 100 is the original.  if amount is less then  100  -
111              colors  will be darkened.  if amount is less then 0 or more then
112              100 - colors will  be  lightened.   Lightening  can  cause  some
113              strange  looking  effects  if  applied  on  bright colors.  This
114              option causes aterm to use more colors, as the result it is dis‐
115              abled  by  default.  Use  --enable-fading  ./configure option to
116              enable it.  resource fading.
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118       -bgtype type
119              Specify type of the transformation to be performed on background
120              image.  Possible  types are : tile - plain vanilla tiling of the
121              image.  scale - original image will be  scaled  to  the  aterm´s
122              size,  every  time  you  resize window.  scalev - original image
123              will be scaled to the aterm´s height only, every time you resize
124              window.   scaleh  - original image will be scaled to the aterm´s
125              width only, every time you resize  window.   center  -  original
126              image  will  be centered in aterm´s window.  notile - background
127              color will be padded to image´s right/bottom to make it the same
128              size as window is.  notileh - background color will be padded to
129              image´s right to make it the same width as window is.  notilev -
130              background color will be padded to image´s bottom to make it the
131              same height as window is.       cut - aterm background  will  be
132              cut  out  of the source image, as if this source image was tiled
133              across the root window. The  portion  of  the  image  that  lies
134              underneath  of  window  will  be  used.      If AfterStep Pager,
135              asetroot or Esetroot where used to set the root image, then this
136              option can be used in conjunction with -tr option.  In this case
137              it will do mentioned transformations to the  root  pixmap.   and
138              use it as aterm´s background.  resource backgroundType.
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140       -txttype type
141              Allows  you to specify logical function to be used when display‐
142              ing text. That will cause aterm to logically combine  text  with
143              background  pixels.  That only works with transparent background
144              and background image. Possible values  are  :  and,  andReverse,
145              andInverted,  xor,  or,  nor,  invert, equiv, invert, orReverse,
146              orInverted, nand; resource textType.
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148       -tinttype type
149              Allows you to specify logical function to be used  when  tinting
150              transparent  background. That will cause aterm to logically com‐
151              bine text with background pixels. NOTE:  If  shading  option  is
152              used,  or  background image is specifyed - true type will always
153              be used.  That works with bpth transparent background and  back‐
154              ground image.  Possible values are :
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156              Fast  tinting  options  : and, andReverse, andInverted, xor, or,
157              nor, invert, equiv, invert, orReverse, orInverted, nand,
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159              Slow tinting: true - will do "true" tinting -  that  means  that
160              background  pixel´s RGB components will be decreased proportion‐
161              aly to the RGB components of specified tinting  color;  resource
162              tintingType.
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164       -cr colour
165              The cursor colour; resource cursorColor.
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167       -pr colour
168              The mouse pointer colour; resource pointerColor.
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170       -bd colour
171              The  colour  of  the  border between the xterm scrollbar and the
172              text; resource borderColor.
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174       -bl number
175              This option specifies that aterm should askwindow manager to not
176              have a border around term's window; resource borderLess.
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178       -bw number
179              This  option  specifies  the  width in pixels of the border sur‐
180              rounding the window; resource borderWidth.
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182       -fn fontname
183              Main normal text font; resource font.
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185       -fb fontname
186              Main bold text font; resource boldFont.
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188       -fm fontname
189              Main multicharacter font; resource mfont.
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191       -ib width
192              Width of the internal border in pixels; resource internalBorder.
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194       -km mode
195              Multiple-character font-set encoding mode;  eucj:  EUC  Japanese
196              encoding.   sjis:  Shift JIS encoding; resource multichar_encod‐
197              ing.
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199       -grk mode
200              Greek keyboard translation; iso: ISO-8859 mapping.  ibm: IBM-437
201              mapping; resource greek_keyboard.
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203       -name name
204              Specify  the  application  name  under which resources are to be
205              obtained, rather than the default executable  file  name.   Name
206              should  not  contain  `.´ or `*´ characters.  Also sets the icon
207              and title name.
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209       -ls|+ls
210              Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource loginShell.
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212       -ut|+ut
213              Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource utmpInhibit.
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215       -vb|+vb
216              Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
217              visualBell.
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219       -sb|+sb
220              Turn on/off scrollbar; resource scrollBar.
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222       -si|+si
223              Turn  on/off  scroll-to-bottom  on  TTY output inhibit; resource
224              scrollTtyOutput has opposite effect.
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226       -sk|+sk
227              Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource scrollKey.
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229       -sr|+sr
230              Put scrollbar on right/left; resource scrollBar_right.
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232       -st|+st
233              Display  scrollbar  without/with  a  trough;  resource   scroll‐
234              Bar_floating.
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236       -iconic
237              Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
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239       -sl number
240              Save number lines in the scrollback buffer; resource saveLines.
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242       -tn termname
243              This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in
244              the TERM environment variable. This terminal type must exist  in
245              the  termcap(5)  database  and  should have li# and co# entries;
246              resource termName.
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248       -e command [arguments]
249              Run the command with its command-line  arguments  in  the  aterm
250              window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the base‐
251              name of the program being executed if neither -title (-T) nor -n
252              are  given on the command line.  If this option is used, it must
253              be the last on the command-line.  If there is no -e option  then
254              the  default  is to run the program specified by the SHELL envi‐
255              ronment variable or, failing that, sh(1).
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257       -title text
258              Window title -T still respected); the default title is the base‐
259              name  of  the  program  specified after the \f3\-e\fP option, if
260              any, otherwise the application name; resource title.
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262       -n text
263              Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program spec‐
264              ified after the \f3\-e\fP option, if any, otherwise the applica‐
265              tion name; resource iconName.
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267       -C     Capture system console messages.
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RESOURCES (available also as long-options)

270       aterm accepts application defaults set in  XAPPLOADDIR/aterm  (compile-
271       time  defined:  usually /etc/X11/Xresources/aterm) and resources set in
272       ~/.Xdefaults or ~/.Xresources.  Note that  when  reading  X  resources,
273       aterm  recognizes  two  class  names:  XTerm and Aterm.  The class name
274       XTerm allows resources common to both aterm and xterm to be easily con‐
275       figured,  while  the class name Aterm allows resources unique to aterm,
276       notably colours and key-handling, to be shared between different  aterm
277       configurations.   If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
278       be used.  Command-line arguments can be used to override resource  set‐
279       tings.  The following resources are allowed:
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281       geometry: geom
282              Create  the window with the specified X window geometry [default
283              80x24]; option -geometry.
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285       background: colour
286              Use the specified  colour  as  the  window´s  background  colour
287              [default White]; option -bg.
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289       foreground: colour
290              Use  the  specified  colour  as  the  window´s foreground colour
291              [default Black]; option -fg.
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293       colorn: colour
294              Use the specified colour for the colour value n, where 0-7  cor‐
295              responds  to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds
296              to high-intensity (bold =  bright  foreground,  blink  =  bright
297              background)  colours.   The  canonical  names  are  as  follows:
298              0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 3=yellow,  4=blue,  5=magenta,  6=cyan,
299              7=white, but the actual colour names used are listed in the COL‐
300              ORS AND GRAPHICS section.
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302       colorBD: colour
303              Use the specified colour to display  bold  characters  when  the
304              foreground colour is the default.
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306       colorUL: colour
307              Use  the  specified colour to display underlined characters when
308              the foreground colour is the default.
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310       cursorColor: colour
311              Use the specified colour for the cursor.  The default is to  use
312              the foreground colour; option -cr.
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314       cursorColor2: colour
315              Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text.  For
316              this to take effect, cursorColor must also  be  specified.   The
317              default is to use the background colour.
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319       reverseVideo: boolean
320              True:  simulate  reverse  video  by  foreground  and  background
321              colours; option -rv, False: regular  screen  colours  [default];
322              option +rv.  See note in COLORS AND GRAPHICS section.
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324       scrollColor: colour
325              Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
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327       troughColor: colour
328              Use  the  specified  colour  for  the  scrollbar´s  trough  area
329              [default #969696].
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331       backgroundPixmap: file[;geom]
332              Use the specified image file, and cut the area defined by geome‐
333              try string out of it.
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335       MyStyle: name
336              Specify the name of the Afterstep MyStyle to be used as the base
337              of aterm´s look. ForeColor,  BackColor,  Font,  BackPixmap  (all
338              texture  options)  will  be used from MyStyle definition, unless
339              some other command line option is specifyed for  the  same  set‐
340              ting.   For  example  resource  font will override MyStyle Font.
341              This is available only if used with AfterStep  1.9.28  or  later
342              and  if  compiled  with  AfterStep libraries support ( --enable-
343              afterstep-lib).
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345       transparent
346              Turn on/off pseudo transparency mode. In this  mode  aterm  will
347              use  part  of  root background as it´s own background, emulating
348              see-through effect;
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350       tinting: color
351              Turn on pseudo transparency background tinting. Tinting  can  be
352              done fast and slow way. In fast way it will be done by combining
353              of background color with tinting color using  logical  function.
354              This  function  defaults  to  AND,  and  it can be changed using
355              -tinttype option - see below.   In  general  solid  colors  like
356              Blue, Red, Green, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow are good, but you should
357              experiment with it for each background you have.   True  tinting
358              is  more memory and CPU hungry - tinted copy of background image
359              will be created every time you move/resize window. It alows  for
360              more  smooth  tinting thou.  You need to build it with --enable-
361              transparency=yes or --enable-background-image=yes option, to  be
362              able to use this feature.
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364       -shading: amount
365              This  option  allows  for darkening/lightening of the background
366              image amount is the %value of the desired brightness, where  100
367              is  the  original.   if  amount is less then 100 - image will be
368              darkened.  if amount is less then 0 or more  then  100  -  image
369              will  be  lightened.   Lightening can cause some strange looking
370              effects if applied on bright image.  This option causes aterm to
371              create  shaded/lightened copy of the background - it´s more mem‐
372              ory cosuming as the result. It does not  make  much  difference,
373              though, if applied on non transparent background image.
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375       backgroundType: type
376              Specify type of the transformation to be performed on background
377              image. Possible types are : tile - plain vanilla tiling  of  the
378              image.   scale  -  original  image will be scaled to the aterm´s
379              size, every time you resize window.   scalev  -  original  image
380              will be scaled to the aterm´s height only, every time you resize
381              window.  scaleh - original image will be scaled to  the  aterm´s
382              width  only,  every  time  you resize window.  center - original
383              image will be centered in aterm´s window.  notile  -  background
384              color will be padded to image´s right/bottom to make it the same
385              size as window is.  notileh - background color will be padded to
386              image´s right to make it the same width as window is.  notilev -
387              background color will be padded to image´s bottom to make it the
388              same  height  as window is.       cut - aterm background will be
389              cut out of the source image, as if this source image  was  tiled
390              across  the  root  window.  The  portion  of the image that lies
391              underneath of window will be  used.        If  AfterStep  Pager,
392              asetroot or Esetroot where used to set the root image, then this
393              option can be used in conjunction with -tr option.  In this case
394              it  will  do  mentioned transformations to the root pixmap.  and
395              use it as aterm´s background.
396
397       textType: type
398              Allows you to specify logical function to be used when  display‐
399              ing  text.  That will cause aterm to logically combine text with
400              background pixels. That only works with  transparent  background
401              and  background  image.  Possible  values are : and, andReverse,
402              andInverted, xor, or, nor,  invert,  equiv,  invert,  orReverse,
403              orInverted, nand.
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405       tintingType type
406              Allows  you  to specify logical function to be used when tinting
407              transparent background. That will cause aterm to logically  com‐
408              bine  text  with  background  pixels. NOTE: If shading option is
409              used, or background image is specifyed - true type  will  always
410              be  used.  That works with bpth transparent background and back‐
411              ground image.  Possible values are :
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413              Fast tinting options : and, andReverse,  andInverted,  xor,  or,
414              nor, invert, equiv, invert, orReverse, orInverted, nand,
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416              Slow  tinting:  true  - will do "true" tinting - that means that
417              background pixel´s RGB components will be decreased  proportion‐
418              aly to the RGB components of specified tinting color.
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420       menu: file[;tag]
421              Read  in  the specified menu file (note the `.menu´ extension is
422              optional) and also optionally specify a starting  tag  to  find.
423              See  the  reference  documentation for details on the syntax for
424              the menuBar.
425
426       path: path
427              Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding  files  (XPM
428              and  menus),  in addition to the paths specified by the RXVTPATH
429              and PATH environment variables.
430
431       font: fontname
432              Select the main text font used [default 7x14]; option -fn.
433
434       fontn: fontname
435              Specify the alternative font n.  The default font values:
436
437                     font:      7x14
438                     font1:     6x10
439                     font2:     6x13
440                     font3:     8x13
441                     font4:     9x15
442
443       boldFont: fontname
444              Specify the name of the bold font to use if colorBD has not been
445              specified  and  it is not possible to map the default foreground
446              colour to colour 8-15 [default NONE].  This  font  must  be  the
447              same height and width as the normal font; option -fb.
448
449       mfont: fontname
450              Select the main multiple-character text font used [default k14];
451              option -fk.
452
453       mfontn: fontname
454              Specify the alternative multiple-character font n.  If  compiled
455              for  multiple-character  fonts, the Roman and multiple-character
456              font sizes should match.
457
458       multichar_encoding: mode
459              Set the encoding mode to be used when multicharacter encoding is
460              received;  eucj:  EUC  Japanese  encoding  [default  for Kanji].
461              sjis: Shift JIS encoding.  big5: BIG5 encoding; option -km.
462
463       greek_keyboard: mode
464              Set the  Greek  keyboard  translation  mode  to  be  used;  iso:
465              ISO-8859  mapping  (elot-928)  [default].   ibm: IBM-437 mapping
466              (DOS codepage 737); option -grk.  Use Mode_switch to toggle key‐
467              board  input.   For  more  details,  see  the  distributed  file
468              README.greek.
469
470       title: text
471              Set window title string, the default title is  the  command-line
472              specified after the -e option, if any, otherwise the application
473              name; option -title.
474
475       iconName: text
476              Set the name used to label the window´s icon or displayed in  an
477              icon  manager  window, it also sets the window´s title unless it
478              is explicitly set; option -n.
479
480       mapAlert: boolean
481              True: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell  character.   False:
482              no de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
483
484       visualBell: boolean
485              True:  use  visual  bell  on receipt of a bell character; option
486              -vb.  False: no visual bell [default]; option +vb.
487
488       loginShell: boolean
489              True: start as a login shell by prepending a `-´ to  argv[0]  of
490              the  shell;  option  -ls.   False:  start  as a normal sub-shell
491              [default]; option +ls.
492
493       utmpInhibit: boolean
494              True: inhibit writing record into  the  system  log  file  utmp;
495              option  -ut.   False: write record into the system log file utmp
496              [default]; option +ut.
497
498       print-pipe: string
499              Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default lpr(1)].   Use
500              Print to initiate a screen dump to the printer and Ctrl-Print or
501              Shift-Print to include the scrollback as well.
502
503       scrollBar: boolean
504              True: enable the scrollbar [default]; option -sb.   False:  dis‐
505              able  the  scrollbar;  option +sb.  Note that the scrollbar type
506              (with/without arrows) is compile-time selected.
507
508       smallfont_key: keysym
509              If enabled, use Alt-keysym to toggle to a smaller font  [default
510              Alt-<]
511
512       bigfont_key: keysym
513              If  enabled,  use Alt-keysym to toggle to a bigger font [default
514              Alt->]
515
516       saveLines: number
517              Save number lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64];  option
518              -sl.
519
520       termName: termname
521              Specifies  the terminal type name to be set in the TERM environ‐
522              ment variable; option -tn.
523
524       meta8: boolean
525              True: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th  bit.   False:
526              handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
527
528       modifier: string
529              Set  the  Meta  key  to be enabled by modifier Mod1, Mod2, Mod3,
530              Mod4 or Mod5.
531
532       backspacekey: string
533              The string to send when the backspace key is pressed.  If set to
534              DEC  or  unset  it  will  send Delete (code 127) or, if shifted,
535              Backspace (code 8) - which can be reversed with the  appropriate
536              DEC private mode escape sequence.
537
538       deletekey: string
539              The  string  to  send when the delete key (not the keypad delete
540              key) is pressed.  If unset it will send the sequence  tradition‐
541              ally associated with the Execute key.
542
543       cutchars: string
544              The  characters  used as delimiters for double-click word selec‐
545              tion.  The built-in default:
546              BACKSLASH `"´&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}
547
548       keysym.sym: string
549              Associate string with keysym sym (0xFF00 - 0xFFFF).  It may con‐
550              tain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n:
551              newline, \r: return, \t: tab, \000:  octal  number)  or  control
552              characters  (^?: delete, ^@: null, ^A ...) and may enclosed with
553              double quotes so that it can start or end with whitespace.   The
554              intervening  resource  name  keysym.  cannot  be  omitted.  This
555              resource is only available when compiled with KEYSYM_RESOURCE.
556

THE SCROLLBAR

558       Lines of text that scroll off the top of the  aterm  window  (resource:
559       saveLines)  and  can  be  scrolled  back using the scrollbar or by key‐
560       strokes.  The normal aterm scrollbar has arrows and  its  behaviour  is
561       fairly intuitive.  The xterm-scrollbar is without arrows and its behav‐
562       iour mimics that of xterm. When build with  --enable-next-scroll  aterm
563       will  have  NeXT-ish scrollbars. They look nicer and easier in use, but
564       have slightly larger size. Their look and size can be tweaked  at  com‐
565       pile time by modifying parameters in rxvt.h.
566
567       Scroll  down  with  Button1 (xterm-scrollbar) or Shift-Next.  Scroll up
568       with Button3 (xterm-scrollbar) or Shift-Prior.  Continuous scroll  with
569       Button2.
570

MOUSE REPORTING

572       To  temporarily  override  mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
573       the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the  Meta
574       (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
575
576       If  mouse  reporting  mode  is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
577       disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a  fullscreen  applica‐
578       tion.   Instead,  pressing  Button1 and Button3 sends ESC[6~ (Next) and
579       ESC[5~ (Prior), respectively.  Similarly, clicking on the up  and  down
580       arrows sends ESC[A (Up) and ESC[B (Down), respectively.
581

TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION

583       The  behaviour  of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
584       xterm(1).
585
586       Selection:
587              Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to  the  end  of
588              the region and release; Right click to extend the marked region;
589              Left double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to  select
590              the entire line.
591
592       Insertion:
593              Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or Shift-Insert)
594              in an aterm window causes  the  current  text  selection  to  be
595              inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
596

CHANGING FONTS

598       You  can  change  fonts  on-the-fly,  which is to say cycle through the
599       default font and others of various sizes,  by  using  Shift-KP_Add  and
600       Shift-KP_Subtract.   Or,  alternatively  (if  enabled)  with  Alt-> and
601       Alt-<, where the actual key can  be  selected  using  resources  small‐
602       font_key/bigfont_key.
603

LOGIN STAMP

605       aterm  tries  to write an entry into the utmp(5) file so that it can be
606       seen via the who(1) command, and can accept messages.   To  allow  this
607       feature, aterm must be installed setuid root on some systems.
608

COLORS AND GRAPHICS

610       If  graphics  support was enabled at compile-time, aterm can be queried
611       with ANSI escape sequences and can address individual pixels instead of
612       text  characters.   Note  the graphics support is still considered beta
613       code.
614
615       In addition to the default foreground and background colours, aterm can
616       display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus high-intensity bold/blink
617       versions of the same).  Here is  a  list  of  the  colours  with  their
618       rgb.txt names.
619
620       color0         (black)              = Black
621       color1         (red)                = Red3
622       color2         (green)              = Green3
623       color3         (yellow)             = Yellow3
624       color4         (blue)               = Blue3
625       color5         (magenta)            = Magenta3
626       color6         (cyan)               = Cyan3
627       color7         (white)              = AntiqueWhite
628       color8         (bright black)       = Grey25
629       color9         (bright red)         = Red
630       color10        (bright green)       = Green
631       color11        (bright yellow)      = Yellow
632       color12        (bright blue)        = Blue
633       color13        (bright magenta)     = Magenta
634       color14        (bright cyan)        = Cyan
635       color15        (bright white)       = White
636       foreground                          = Black
637       background                          = White
638
639       It  is  also possible to specify the colour values of foreground, back‐
640       ground, cursorColor, cursorColor2, colorBD, colorUL as a  number  0-15,
641       as   a   convenient   shorthand   to   reference  the  colour  name  of
642       color0-color15.
643
644       Note that -rv ("reverseVideo: True") simulates reverse video by  always
645       swapping  the  foreground/background  colours.   This is in contrast to
646       xterm(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not  otherwise
647       been specified.  For example,
648
649       aterm -fg Black -bg White -rv
650              would  yield  White  on  Black, while on xterm(1) it would yield
651              Black on White.
652

ENVIRONMENT

654       aterm sets the environment variables  TERM,  COLORTERM  and  COLORFGBG.
655       The  environment  variable WINDOWID is set to the X window id number of
656       the aterm window and it also uses and  sets  the  environment  variable
657       DISPLAY to specify which display terminal to use.  aterm uses the envi‐
658       ronment variables ATERMPATH, then RXVTPATH and finally PATH to find XPM
659       files.
660

FILES

662       /etc/utmp
663              System file for login records.
664
665       /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt
666              Color names.
667

SEE ALSO

669       xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
670
671       Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
672
673       Click-and-drag doesn´t work with X11 mouse report overriding.
674
675       Graphics support is fairly crude.
676

FTP LOCATION

678       aterm-0.4.2.tar.gz   can   be   found   at   the  following  ftp  sites
679       ftp://ftp.afterstep.org/apps/aterm
680

CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR

682       Project Coordinator
683              Sasha Vasko <sasha@aftercode.net>
684
685       Web page maintainter
686              Sasha Vasko <sasha@aftercode.net>
687              <http://www.afterstep.org/aterm>
688
689       Online support
690              You can meet maintainers online, get support,  report  bugs  and
691              make  sugestions  on AfterStep IRC channel: #afterstep on freen‐
692              ode.net.
693
694       Mailing list
695              Support for aterm can be obtained from  AfterStep  mailing  list
696              http://mail.afterstep.org/mailman/listinfo/as-users/.
697

AUTHORS

699       John Bovey
700              University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
701
702       Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>
703              very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
704
705       Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>
706              wrote the Greek Keyboard Input
707
708       mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>
709              Wrote the menu system.
710              Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
711
712       Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>
713              Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
714
715       Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>
716              Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
717              Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - )
718
719       Sasha Vasko <sasha@aftercode.net>
720              branched rxvt with Alfredo Kojima additions to aterm.
721
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