1ETERM(1)                            X Tools                           ETERM(1)
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NAME

6       Eterm - the Enlightened terminal emulator for the X Window System
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SYNOPSIS

9       Eterm [options]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Eterm  — version 0.9.6 — is a color vt102 terminal emulator intended as
14       an xterm(1) replacement. It is designed with a Freedom of  Choice  phi‐
15       losophy, leaving as much power, flexibility, and freedom as possible in
16       the hands of the user.  It is designed to look good and work well,  but
17       takes  a  feature-rich  approach  rather than one of minimalism.  Eterm
18       uses Imlib for advanced graphic abilities.  See below for details.
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OPTIONS

21       The Eterm options are listed below.  In keeping  with  the  freedom-of-
22       choice  philosophy,  options may be eliminated or default values chosen
23       at compile-time, so options and defaults listed may not accurately  re‐
24       flect the version installed on your system.
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26       Options  that do not take a parameter (besides -h and --help) are bool‐
27       ean.  If you use the POSIX (short) option, you are forcing the  parame‐
28       ter  to "true".  If you use the long option, you can use any of the ac‐
29       cepted boolean values, which are "yes", "on", "1", and "true"  to  turn
30       the  option on, or "no", "off", "0", or "false" to turn the option off.
31       The same is true for boolean values in the configuration file.
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33       -t theme, --theme theme
34              Load specified theme.  Consult the FAQ for more details on  what
35              constitutes an Eterm theme.
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37       -X conffile, --config-file conffile
38              Use  an alternative user config file name.  Otherwise Eterm uses
39              the default, which is user.cfg.  The theme config file is always
40              theme.cfg.
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42       -d displayname, --display displayname
43              Attempt to open a window on the named X display displayname.  In
44              the absence of this option, the display specified by the DISPLAY
45              environment variable is used.
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47       --debug level
48              Show  debugging  output.   level  is  an integer between 0 and 5
49              which determines how verbose the debugging output is.
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51       --install
52              Tells Eterm to install its own colormap rather  than  using  the
53              default one.
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55       -h, --help
56              Print out a message describing available options.
57
58       --version
59              Print Eterm version and compile-time configuration.
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61       -r, --reverse-video
62              Reverse video, swaps the foreground and background colors.
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64       -b color, --background-color color
65              Set  color as the background color.  NOTE: this will actually be
66              the foreground color if reverse video is also selected.
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68       -f color, --foreground-color color
69              Set color as the foreground (text) color.  NOTE: this will actu‐
70              ally be the background color if reverse video is also selected.
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72       --color0 color
73
74       ...
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76       --color15 color
77              Use color as color X.
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79       --colorBD color
80              Use color as the bold color.
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82       --colorUL color
83              Use color as the underline color.
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85       --pointer-color color
86              Use color as the pointer color.
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88       -c color, --cursor-color color
89              Use color as the cursor color.
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91       --cursor-text-color color
92              Use color as the cursor text color.
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94       -g geom, --geometry geom
95              Window   geometry   as  Width  x  Height+X  coord+Y  coord,  i.e
96              100x200+0+100
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98       -i,--iconic
99              Start in iconified state (only if the  window  manager  supports
100              iconification).
101
102       -n name, --name name
103              Sets  name  of  current  instance to name.  This will affect the
104              icon title and the window title string unless they are otherwise
105              explicitly set.
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107       -T title, --title title
108              Sets window's title text to title.
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110       --icon-name text
111              Sets the icon title text to text.
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113       -B type, --scrollbar-type type
114              Specifies  the type scrollbar style should be used.  type can be
115              any of motif, xterm, or next.
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117       --scrollbar-width width
118              Set the width of the scrollbar, in pixels, to width.  Eterm does
119              not impose any restrictions on this value, but it should be rea‐
120              sonable.
121
122       -D desktop, --desktop desktop
123              Starts the Eterm on the specified desktop.  desktop should be an
124              integer  between 0 and your highest-numbered desktop.  NOTE: You
125              must have a GNOME-compliant window manager for this  feature  to
126              work.   Please  see http://www.gnome.org/devel/gnomewm/ for more
127              information on the _WIN_WORKSPACE property and  how  to  support
128              it.
129
130       --line-space num
131              Size  of  the  extra gap, in pixels, to provide between lines in
132              the terminal window.
133
134       --bold-font font
135              Sets the bold text font to font.
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137       -F font, --font font
138              Sets the normal text font to font.
139
140       --default-font-index num
141              Specifies the index of the default (normal) text font.
142
143       --font1 font
144
145       ...
146
147       --font4 font
148              Sets the font at the specified index (1-4) to font.
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150       --proportional
151              Specifies that the font in  use  is  proportional  and  requests
152              standard deviation-based character cell spacing.  Terminals must
153              use fixed-width character  cells  to  maintain  proper  columnal
154              alignment,  even  when  proportionally-spaced  fonts are in use.
155              Some proportionally-spaced fonts vary greatly between the  mini‐
156              mum and maximum character widths.  This option chooses a charac‐
157              ter cell size which is up to two standard deviations  above  the
158              average character width but will not exceed the maximum width of
159              the largest glyph.  Note that characters larger than the  chosen
160              cell  width  will overwrite (or be overwritten by) other charac‐
161              ters and may tend to leave pixel droppings.  This behavior is an
162              expected side-effect of an imperfect scenario.  If you object to
163              this behavior, do not use this option.
164
165       --font-fx effects
166              Specifies the effects to apply to the terminal window font.  The
167              value  of effects is a single string containing a series of cor‐
168              ner/color pairs.  These pairs define toward which corner a  drop
169              shadow  of  each  character  should be made, and what color that
170              shadow will be.  The corner is specified first using the follow‐
171              ing  keywords:  top_left  or tl, top_right or tr, bottom_left or
172              bl, and bottom_right or br.  Each corner specifier is then  fol‐
173              lowed by a color.
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175              There  are also several shortcuts for doing common effects.  You
176              can get a single-color outline by using the keyword outline fol‐
177              lowed  by a color.  A single-color drop shadow is also available
178              using the keyword shadow followed by an optional  corner  speci‐
179              fier  (bottom_right  being  the default) and a color.  For a 3-D
180              embossed look, use emboss dark_color light_color.  The  opposite
181              effect,   a   carved-out  look,  can  be  obtained  with  carved
182              dark_color light_color.  (Of course, with those  last  two,  the
183              3-D  look will only work if you choose the light and dark colors
184              wisely.)
185
186              Finally, for no font effects at all, simply specify the  keyword
187              none.
188
189              The  default  value  is  bottom_right black which yields a black
190              drop shadow, greatly improving the visibility of lightly-colored
191              fonts  on  top  of light spots in a background image.  Note that
192              font effects are not active in solid color mode.
193
194       -P pic, --background-pixmap pic
195              Use pic as the background image.  pic can be in any format  that
196              Imlib  understands.   Currently  this means just about anything,
197              including JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PPM, etc.  The image is tiled  by
198              default.   To  specify  alternate  geometry, follow the filename
199              with an @ sign and the geometry string.  Image geometry is spec‐
200              ified  as @wxh+x+y:ops where w and h are the horizontal/vertical
201              scaling percentages, x and y are the horizontal/vertical  align‐
202              ment  percentages,  and  ops is a colon-delimited list of opera‐
203              tions: tiled (to tile the image), propscaled  (for  proportional
204              scaling).   Note that these operations can be combined for vari‐
205              ous effects.
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207       -I pic, --icon pic
208              Sets the icon pixmap file to pic.  Works similarly to the -P op‐
209              tion above.
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211       --up-arrow-pixmap pic
212              As above, except the scrollbar's up-arrow is set.
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214       --down-arrow-pixmap pic
215              As above, except the scrollbar's down-arrow is set.
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217       --trough-pixmap pic
218              As above, except the scrollbar's background (trough) is set.
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220       --anchor-pixmap pic
221              As above, except the scrollbar's anchor image is set.
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223       --menu-pixmap pic
224              As above, except the menu background image is set.
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226       -O, --trans
227              This  gives  a pseudo-transparent Eterm.  The image is taken di‐
228              rectly from the root window, so any requests  for  changing  the
229              pixmap   are   ignored.    If   you  do  not  use  Enlightenment
230              (http://www.enlightenment.org/) as your window manager  (or  an‐
231              other  compliant  window manager...I have been told that Window‐
232              Maker works also), you will need to  use  the  Esetroot  program
233              (found  in the utils/ directory) to set your root background im‐
234              age.
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236       -0, --itrans
237              Activate the immotile transparency optimization for  transparent
238              Eterm  windows.   Note that this does NOT activate transparency;
239              you must still include the -O or --trans  option.   This  option
240              should be used on transparent windows which are shaded or tinted
241              and which do not move around on the desktop much.  See  the  Mon
242              Mar  6 21:11:13 PST 2000 ChangeLog entry for a more detailed ex‐
243              planation.
244
245       --viewport-mode
246              This activates a special Eterm mode which is hard to describe in
247              words.  Basically, imagine the effect you get with pseudo-trans‐
248              parency, where the desktop background moves  through  the  Eterm
249              window as you move the window, so that it always aligns with the
250              desktop image.  Now, imagine the same effect, but the image used
251              isn't the desktop image but any pixmap you choose.  The image is
252              scaled or tiled up to the size of the desktop, and dragging  the
253              Eterm  around the screen reveals different portions of the image
254              as you move, much like a small viewport window in a ship or sub‐
255              marine  does.  The effect is especially keen if you open several
256              Eterms in this mode with the same image.
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258       --shade percentage
259              Shade the background image/transparency by a specified  percent‐
260              age.
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262       --tint mask
263
264       --tint color
265              Tints  the background pixmap (either an image file or the trans‐
266              parent portion can be shaded).  The mask is an integer,  usually
267              specified  in  hexadecimal  in the form  0xRRGGBB, where RR, GG,
268              and BB are hexadecimal numbers between 00 and ff (0 and 255 dec‐
269              imal)  which represent the brightness of the image's red, green,
270              and blue values, respectively.  A value of  00  will  mask  that
271              color  out  entirely,  while  a value of ff will not change that
272              color at all.
273
274              You may also specify an X color such as grey75  or  MidnightBlue
275              or #babb7f instead of a mask.
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277       --cmod brightness [ contrast [ gamma ] ]
278              Specifies  a color modifier to apply to the image overall.  Each
279              of the three values is a number greater than or equal to 0.  The
280              numbers can be specified as decimal, octal (if preceded by "0"),
281              or hexadecimal (if preceded by "0x").  A value  of  256  (0x100)
282              represents  100%, or "leave that value unchanged."  0 represents
283              0%, 512 (0x200) is 200%, etc.  However, be aware  that  overflow
284              can  occur  with  excessively  high values.  Only the brightness
285              value is required for this option.  Keep in mind,  though,  that
286              you  must  specify  brightness  with contrast, and both of these
287              with gamma.
288
289       --cmod-red brightness [ contrast [ gamma ] ]
290              Same as above, except that the modifier applies to the red  val‐
291              ues of the image.
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293       --cmod-green brightness [ contrast [ gamma ] ]
294              Same  as  above,  except  that the modifier applies to the green
295              values of the image.
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297       --cmod-blue brightness [ contrast [ gamma ] ]
298              Same as above, except that the modifier applies to the blue val‐
299              ues of the image.
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301       -p newpath, --path newpath
302              Sets the pic search path.  When the --background-pixmap or other
303              pixmap options are used, this path will be used to find the  im‐
304              age.
305
306       --cache size
307              Specify the size in bytes for the Imlib2 cache.
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309       -N list, --anim list
310              Specifies  an animation list to be use in cycling the background
311              pixmap.  The list consists of two or more words.  The first word
312              defines  the  delay,  in  seconds,  between updates of the back‐
313              ground.  This should be set to a reasonable value to insure that
314              Eterm doesn't spend all its time rendering backgrounds.  All re‐
315              maining words specify background images and have the same syntax
316              as the -P option above, including the optional geometry string.
317
318       -M font, --mfont font
319              Sets the normal multibyte text font to font.
320
321       --mfont1 font
322
323       ...
324
325       --mfont4 font
326              Sets multibyte font X to font.
327
328       --mencoding encoding
329              Sets multichar encoding mode (eucj or sjis or euckr)
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331       --input-method method
332              Sets XIM input method
333
334       --preedit-type type
335              Sets XIM preedit type
336
337       -l, --login-shell
338              Makes the new shell a login shell.
339
340       -s, --scrollbar
341              Enables the scrollbar. (Default)
342
343       -u, --utmp-logging
344              Tries  to  enable  proper utmp logging.  For this to work, Eterm
345              probably needs to run setuid or setgid, usually setuid root.
346
347       -v, --visual-bell
348              Enables the "visual bell".  Means the window will flash or blink
349              rather than beep.
350
351       -H, --home-on-output
352              Jump to bottom on output.
353
354       --home-on-input
355              Jump to bottom on input.
356
357       -q, --no-input
358              Keeps  Eterm from accepting keyboard input, and keeps the window
359              manager from focusing it.  Useful for log tailers and such.
360
361       --scrollbar-right
362              Display scrollbar on the right hand side.
363
364       --scrollbar-floating
365              Display the scrollbar without a trough.
366
367       --scrollbar-popup
368              Display the scrollbar only when the Eterm window is focused.
369
370       -x, --borderless
371              This option forces Eterm to have no borders.
372
373       -S, --sticky
374              Start Eterm as a sticky window (shows on all desktops)
375
376       -m, --map-alert
377              Un-iconify on beep.
378
379       -8, --meta8
380              Causes the Meta key to set the 8th bit in the char.
381
382       --double-buffer
383              Rather than drawing text directly onto the window,  this  option
384              causes  Eterm  to  allocate an additional pixmap the size of the
385              terminal window into which the background  *and*  the  text  are
386              rendered.   This  pixmap  is  then set as the window background.
387              Double-buffering uses additional memory in the X server, but  it
388              allows Eterm to ignore expose events so redraws are faster.
389
390       --no-cursor
391              Disables the text cursor.
392
393       --pause
394              After  the  child process terminates, Eterm will wait for a key‐
395              press before exiting.
396
397       --xterm-select
398              Duplicate's xterm's treatment of cutchars.  The only  real  dif‐
399              ference  is  what  happens  when  you  double  click on a single
400              cutchar between two words.  If this option is on, only that sin‐
401              gle  character  gets  selected.  If it is off, that character is
402              selected along with the two words.  The latter behavior is  use‐
403              ful for double-clicking on the space between someone's first and
404              last names, or the @ sign in an e-mail address, etc.
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406       --select-line
407              If activated, this option causes a triple click  to  select  the
408              entire  line  from beginning to end.  If off, a triple-click se‐
409              lects just from the current word to the end of the line.
410
411       --select-trailing-spaces
412              Determines whether or not trailing spaces  in  a  selection  are
413              maintained (on) or discarded (off).
414
415       --report-as-keysyms
416              Reports  certain keystrokes as keysyms and modifiers rather than
417              escape sequences.  NOTE: This option is intended  for  use  only
418              with  programs that support this special Eterm mode.  Do not en‐
419              able it unless you are executing a program which uses this mode.
420
421       --buttonbar
422              Toggle the display of all buttonbars.
423
424       --resize-gravity
425              If true, Eterm will automatically detect the nearest corner, and
426              font-change resizes will cause the Eterm window to gravitate to‐
427              ward that corner.
428
429       --overstrike-bold
430              If true (default), Eterm will simulate a bold font  by  printing
431              each  character  twice, offsetting the second pass by one pixel.
432              This makes the characters seem thicker without the  need  for  a
433              special  font.   You  may wish to disable this if you use a spe‐
434              cific color for bold.
435
436       --bold-brightens-foreground
437              If true (default), Eterm will use the "bold" ANSI  color  attri‐
438              bute  to  brighten the foreground color by using the high-inten‐
439              sity colors (8 through 15) rather than the low-intensity  colors
440              (0  through  7).  Note that having a specific color selected for
441              bold will override this.
442
443       --blink-brightens-background
444              If true (default), Eterm will use the "blink" ANSI color  attri‐
445              bute  to  brighten the background color by using the high-inten‐
446              sity colors (8 through 15) rather than the low-intensity  colors
447              (0 through 7).
448
449       --colors-suppress-bold
450              If  true (default), any colored text (that is, any text not ren‐
451              dered using the default foreground color) will not be given  any
452              other  special  treatment  for  bolding (e.g., bold font or bold
453              overstrike).
454
455       --big-font-key keysym
456              Specify a keysym to increase the font size.   Default  is  Shift
457              and the + key on the keypad.  Ctrl-> or Meta-> may also work (if
458              you #define one of the hotkeys in src/feature.h).
459
460       --small-font-key keysym
461              Specify a keysym to decrease the font size.   Default  is  Shift
462              and the - key on the keypad.  Ctrl-< or Meta-< may also work (if
463              you #define one of the hotkeys in src/feature.h).
464
465       --meta-mod num
466              Specify which X modifier (1-5) to treat as the  Meta  key.   See
467              xmodmap(1) and the output of xmodmap -pm for more details.
468
469       --alt-mod num
470              Same as --meta-mod, but for the Alt key.
471
472       --numlock-mod num
473              Same as --meta-mod, but for the NumLock key.
474
475       --greek-keyboard mode
476              Use Greek keyboard mapping (iso or ibm).
477
478       --app-keypad
479              Start  Eterm  in  application  keypad mode (as opposed to normal
480              keypad mode).
481
482       --app-cursor
483              Start Eterm in application cursor key mode (as opposed to normal
484              cursor key mode).
485
486       -L num, --save-lines num
487              Set the number of lines in the scrollback buffer to num.
488
489       -a size, --min-anchor-size size
490              Specifies the minimum size, in pixels high, of the scrollbar an‐
491              chor.  NOTE: This causes abnormal scrolling behavior  when  com‐
492              bined with large scrollback buffers!
493
494       -w width, --border-width width
495              Set  the  window's  border width to width.  The border this con‐
496              trols is the gap between the edge of the X window and  the  edge
497              of  the  terminal window; this has nothing to do with the window
498              border's your window manager supplies.
499
500       --print-pipe pipe
501              The pipe for the PrintScreen function.
502
503       --cut-chars separators
504              The seperators for double-click selection.
505
506       --finished-title title
507              Specifies the string Eterm  should  add  to  its  title  bar  if
508              --pause is specified and the child process completes.
509
510       --finished-text text
511              Same as above, but displays text in the terminal window.
512
513       --term-name TERM
514              Use TERM for the value $TERM.
515
516       --pipe-name pipe
517              Specifies  a  named  pipe from which to display output.  This is
518              useful for systems where syslog output goes  to  a  named  pipe,
519              like /dev/xconsole on Debian.
520
521       -a line, --attribute line
522              This  option  is used to pass config file attributes on the com‐
523              mand line.  line should be a single string, so you  will  almost
524              certainly  have to quote it.  The first word of line must be the
525              context (see config file section below) which should  parse  the
526              rest  of the line.  So, for example, you could specify the fore‐
527              ground color like so: -a 'color foreground blue'.  Or you  could
528              add  a binding: -a 'actions bind anymod button1 to script exit'.
529              Note that this option may only be  used  with  config  file  at‐
530              tributes  that are not context-sensitive; i.e., menus and image‐
531              classes cannot be specified using this option.
532
533       -C, --console
534              Grab console messages.  Depending on your system, Eterm may need
535              to be setuid root to do this.
536
537       -e command, --exec command
538              Execute command rather than a shell. Forces Eterm mode.
539
540       -U URL, --url URL
541              Pick  up  a  "screen" session at URL rather than a local (-U "")
542              one. URLs look like  so  (screen://user@host.dom:port/screen_op‐
543              tions),  with  all  parts optional, defaulting to "screen://cur‐
544              rent_user@localhost:22/-RDD".  Forces  Escreen  mode,  overrides
545              --exec. Note that only screen-options (see "man screen") are al‐
546              lowed; do not pass a command (with or without  arguments)  here:
547              to  pass a command to the screen-session, use screen [<options>]
548              <command> [<args>] instead.
549
550       -Z lclport:fw:fwport,delay, --fw lclport:fw:fwport,delay
551              The URL given to -U is in an  intranet  behind  firewall  fw  so
552              we'll  build  an SSH-tunnel to that firewall (to port 22/SSH, or
553              fwport if given) from our local  machine  (using  any  available
554              port-number, or lclport if given). Then, after delay seconds (or
555              a sensible default if not given), we will try to open  a  screen
556              session  on  the host behind the firewall using ssh -p localport
557              ... localhost screen cf.  ssh -L
558
559

THEMES

561       Eterm is built on the philosophy  of  Freedom  of  Choice.   Each  user
562       should  be  able to choose the environment in which he or she wishes to
563       exist, and the tools used should support that.  In accordance with that
564       philosophy,  Eterm is extremely configurable.  Eterm supports a concept
565       called "themes," which should be familiar to  users  of  Enlightenment,
566       icewm,  or  Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT.  The general concept of a theme
567       is a collection of resources that change as many aspects of a  programs
568       look  and feel as possible.  For example, an Enlightenment theme allows
569       you to customize menus, window borders, desktops, icons, iconbars,  and
570       everything else about how E looks and feels.
571
572       An  Eterm theme consists of a primary configuration file, always called
573       "theme.cfg", residing in a directory  bearing  the  same  name  as  the
574       theme.  This directory must be a child of one of the directories speci‐
575       fied by CONFIG_SEARCH_PATH in src/feature.h. The theme may also contain
576       additional  configuration  files  referenced  by  the primary theme.cfg
577       file, as well as pixmaps, menu files, documentation,  etc.,  which  are
578       allowable as extensions to the minimum requirement of an Eterm theme.
579
580       By  convention  and  default,  Eterm  themes  should  be  stored  under
581       ~/.Eterm/themes/<theme_name>/ or /usr/share/Eterm/themes/<theme_name>.
582
583       Eterm now supports the existence of a user configuration file as a sup‐
584       pliment  to  the  theme  configuration file.  The default name for this
585       file is user.cfg, and it follows the exact same  syntax  as  any  other
586       configuration  file.   It is searched for using the same algorithm used
587       for the theme.cfg file, and any settings in the user.cfg will  override
588       any  previous values for those settings defined by the theme.  Thus, it
589       is recommended that any user.cfg files not be  complete  config  files,
590       but  rather  only contain those values which the user wishes to explic‐
591       itly override.
592
593       NOTE:  If you have a user.cfg file in the Eterm theme directory  or  in
594       ~/.Eterm/, it will override any previous settings, even if you are run‐
595       ning a different theme.  For example, if you run the trans  theme,  but
596       ~/.Eterm/themes/Eterm/user.cfg  has  a  mode  line which sets the image
597       mode to "image" rather than "trans," you  will  not  get  transparency.
598       This  is why user.cfg files should be kept small and only override set‐
599       tings that you know you want to enforce.  If, on the  other  hand,  you
600       were running the trans theme and had a user.cfg file in the trans theme
601       (or in ~/.Eterm/themes/trans/), that user.cfg would be found before the
602       one in the Eterm theme.
603
604       Almost  all command line options can be enabled/disabled in the theme's
605       configuration          file          (the          default           is
606       /usr/share/Eterm/themes/Eterm/theme.cfg).   The  next  section contains
607       details on the format and usage of the configuration file.
608
609

CONFIGURATION

611       Since Eterm 0.9.6 is based on the concept of themes, it is  vital  that
612       you have a thorough understanding of the previous section before taking
613       on this one.  The previous section and this one  were  written  by  the
614       same  person  who  wrote  the  Eterm code which handles options, config
615       files, and themes, so it's probably the most  authoritative  documenta‐
616       tion on the subject you're going to find.
617
618       From here on out, I will assume you've read the above text and know how
619       to change the default value for the theme.  It  is  highly  recommended
620       that  you  have  a  copy of the Eterm theme config file that comes with
621       Eterm handy while you read this documentation.
622
623       Okay, first the general idea.  The theme.cfg file is composed  of  com‐
624       ments  and non-comments.  Comments begin with a pound sign and continue
625       to the end of the line.  Lines of whitespace  are  also  ignored.   The
626       rest  of  the  file is the config stuff, which is divided into sections
627       (called "contexts") and variables  (called  "attributes").   There  are
628       several  contexts  which  are listed below in sections.  Each attribute
629       must be inside a certain context to be valid.  For instance, while  the
630       "foreground" attribute is perfectly acceptable in the color context, it
631       would be rejected if found in, say, the toggles context.   This  allows
632       for better organization of the config file as well as for multiple con‐
633       texts to have attributes of the  same  name  (like  the  scrollbar  at‐
634       tributes in the color and toggles section).
635
636       Each  context must be enclosed in a begin...end pair that specifies the
637       type of section.  The statement "begin toggles" starts the toggles con‐
638       text,  and the next "end" statement would terminate it.  (You'll notice
639       that some "end" statements have the context name after them.   This  is
640       for readability only; any text after the word "end" is ignored.)
641
642       The  rest  of  this section will contain a step-by-step analysis of the
643       config file, including what can go in each section.  Note that some at‐
644       tributes  (and  even entire contexts) may not be available depending on
645       what support was compiled into Eterm by the person who built it.
646
647       MAGIC NUMBER
648
649              The first line of the config file must contain a "magic  number"
650              type line that lets Eterm verify that it's reading an Eterm con‐
651              fig file and not something else (like an Enlightenment 0.13  and
652              earlier config file).  The line should look like this:
653
654              <Eterm-VERSION>
655
656              where  VERSION is the Eterm version for which the config file is
657              intended.  For example,  config  files  written  for  Eterm  0.9
658              should  have "<Eterm-0.9>" as their first line, followed immedi‐
659              ately by a newline.
660
661       COLOR CONTEXT
662
663              This context contains color specifications.  With the  exception
664              of the terminal colors 0-15, all colors should be either a valid
665              color name or an RGB string as outlined in the X11(7) man page.
666
667            foreground color
668                 Use color for the foreground (text) color.
669
670            background color
671                 Use color for the background color.
672
673            cursor color
674                 Use color for the cursor color.
675
676            cursor_text color
677                 Use color for the cursor text color.
678
679            pointer color
680                 Use color for the mouse pointer color.
681
682            video { normal | reverse }
683                 normal will not reverse the foreground and background colors.
684                 reverse (meaning reverse video) will.
685
686            color num color
687                 Set  terminal  color num (0-15) to the color name, string, or
688                 set of 3 decimal/hex/octal RGB values specified by color.
689
690            color { bd | ul } color
691                 Set terminal bold  (bd) or underline (ul) color to the  color
692                 name, string, or set of 3 decimal/hex/octal RGB values speci‐
693                 fied by color.
694
695
696       ATTRIBUTES CONTEXT
697
698              This context contains X11 attributes.  Most of these are  depen‐
699              dent upon the cooperation of the window manager.
700
701            geometry geom
702                 Use the geometry string geom to specify the startup geometry.
703                 geom should be in the format  WxH+X+Y where W is the width, H
704                 is the height, and +X and +Y are the X and Y offsets.  If the
705                 signs on X and Y are positive, the  coordinates  are  offsets
706                 (in  pixels)  from  the  left  and  top, respectively, of the
707                 screen.  If the signs are negative, the offsets are  relative
708                 to the right and bottom of the screen, respectively.
709
710            title title
711                 Use title as the text in the title bar of the Eterm window.
712
713            name name
714                 Use name as the resource name of the Eterm window.
715
716            iconname name
717                 Use name as the icon name of the Eterm window icon.
718
719            desktop num
720                 Start Eterm on desktop num.  NOTE: This requires a GNOME-com‐
721                 pliant Window Manager.  Please  see  http://www.gnome.org/de
722                 vel/gnomewm/ for more information on the _WIN_WORKSPACE prop‐
723                 erty and how to support it.
724
725            scrollbar_type type
726                 Use a scrollbar with the type style.  type can be any of  mo‐
727                 tif, xterm, or next.
728
729            scrollbar_width num
730                 Use a scrollbar that is num pixels wide.
731
732            font num font
733            font bold font
734                 Set the numth font, or the bold font, to font.
735
736            font default num
737                 Specifies  that  the numth font should be considered the "de‐
738                 fault" font.
739
740            font proportional boolean
741                 Specifies that the font in use is proportional  and  requests
742                 standard  deviation-based  character cell spacing.  Terminals
743                 must use  fixed-width  character  cells  to  maintain  proper
744                 columnal alignment, even when proportionally-spaced fonts are
745                 in use.  Some proportionally-spaced fonts  vary  greatly  be‐
746                 tween  the minimum and maximum character widths.  This option
747                 chooses a character cell size which is up to two standard de‐
748                 viations  above  the average character width but will not ex‐
749                 ceed the maximum width of the largest glyph.  Note that char‐
750                 acters  larger  than the chosen cell width will overwrite (or
751                 be overwritten by) other characters and  may  tend  to  leave
752                 pixel droppings.  This behavior is an expected side-effect of
753                 an imperfect scenario.  If you object to  this  behavior,  do
754                 not use this option.
755
756            font fx effects
757                 Specifies  the  effects to apply to the terminal window font.
758                 The value of effects is a single string containing  a  series
759                 of  corner/color pairs.  These pairs define toward which cor‐
760                 ner a drop shadow of each character should be made, and  what
761                 color that shadow will be.  The corner is specified first us‐
762                 ing the following keywords: top_left or tl, top_right or  tr,
763                 bottom_left or bl, and bottom_right or br.  Each corner spec‐
764                 ifier is then followed by a color.
765
766                 There are also several shortcuts for  doing  common  effects.
767                 You  can get a single-color outline by using the keyword out‐
768                 line followed by a color.  A single-color drop shadow is also
769                 available  using  the  keyword shadow followed by an optional
770                 corner specifier  (bottom_right  being  the  default)  and  a
771                 color.   For  a  3-D  embossed  look,  use  emboss dark_color
772                 light_color.  The opposite effect, a carved-out look, can  be
773                 obtained  with  carved  dark_color  light_color.  (Of course,
774                 with those last two, the 3-D  look  will  only  work  if  you
775                 choose the light and dark colors wisely.)
776
777                 Finally,  for no font effects at all, simply specify the key‐
778                 word none.
779
780                 The default value is bottom_right black which yields a  black
781                 drop shadow, greatly improving the visibility of lightly-col‐
782                 ored fonts on top of light spots in a background image.  Note
783                 that font effects are not active in solid color mode.
784
785
786       IMAGECLASSES CONTEXT
787
788              This context contains global image attributes.  It also provides
789              the parent context for defining images via the "image" context.
790
791            icon filename
792                 Use filename as the icon image for the Eterm  window.   file‐
793                 name  can be an absolute path, relative to the current theme,
794                 or relative to one of the directories in the  path  attribute
795                 listed below.
796
797            cache num
798                 Sets the Imlib2 cache size to num bytes.  The default is 0.
799
800            path directory_list
801                 Specifies  a  colon-delimited list of directories relative to
802                 which Eterm should search for image and menu files.  The syn‐
803                 tax  for  directory_list is precisely the same as that of the
804                 $PATH environment variable in UNIX shells.
805
806            anim interval images ...
807                 Specifies an animation list to be use in  cycling  the  back‐
808                 ground  pixmap.   The interval defines the delay, in seconds,
809                 between updates of the background.  This should be set  to  a
810                 reasonable  value  to insure that Eterm doesn't spend all its
811                 time rendering backgrounds.  All  the  images  specify  back‐
812                 ground  images  and  have  the  same  syntax as the -P option
813                 above, including the optional geometry string.
814
815
816       IMAGE CONTEXT
817
818              This context defines all the attributes of a  particular  image.
819              There can be (and usually are) several image contexts per theme,
820              one for each class of image.
821
822            type class
823                 Specifies the type, or class, of the image that is  going  to
824                 be defined in that context.  This MUST be the first attribute
825                 defined in the image context.  Valid classes are: background,
826                 trough,  anchor,  up_arrow, down_arrow, left_arrow, right_ar‐
827                 row, menu, menuitem, submenu, button,  and  buttonbar.   Note
828                 that  the  left  and right arrows, while valid, don't do any‐
829                 thing just yet.  All the subsequent attributes up to the next
830                 type definition will be applied to that image class.
831
832            mode initial_mode [ allow allowed_modes ]
833                 Specifies  the  initial  mode for this image class as well as
834                 the modes which the image class  is  allowed  to  use.   ini‐
835                 tial_mode  is  the  mode  that the image will have on startup
836                 (unless overridden by command-line options.  allowed_modes is
837                 a  list  of  one  or more modes.  The image will be prevented
838                 from switching to any mode not listed in the  allow  section.
839                 If  the  allow  section  is  omitted entirely, the image will
840                 never be permitted to change from the  initial_mode.   If  no
841                 mode  line  is  specified  for an image class, the default is
842                 equivalent to mode solid allow solid.  Valid mode  names  are
843                 image  (to  use an image), trans (for transparency), viewport
844                 (for viewport mode), auto (for auto mode, which requires  En‐
845                 lightenment  0.16  or  better),  and  solid (which is a solid
846                 color only).
847
848            state { normal | selected | clicked | disabled }
849                 This sets the state of the image you are about to define.  Up
850                 until  the next state attribute that is encountered (or until
851                 you change types), all attributes will apply to that particu‐
852                 lar  state  of  the  image.  You should at minimum define the
853                 normal state of the image.  It will be used as the default if
854                 the  attributes for the other states are not specified.  How‐
855                 ever, each image state has  self-contained  options.   There‐
856                 fore,  if  you define multiple states for an image class, you
857                 must define ALL attributes needed by that state.  The  sample
858                 themes  supplied with Eterm demonstrate how to define 1-, 2-,
859                 3-, and 4-state images.
860
861            The above attributes affect the image class as a whole.   All  re‐
862            maining  attributes  in this context affect only the current state
863            of the image class.
864
865            color fg bg
866                 Sets the foreground and background  colors  for  this  image‐
867                 class.   The foreground color is used for text, and the back‐
868                 ground color is used for the object itself.   If  an  invalid
869                 color  is  specified,  the default value for fg is white, and
870                 the default for bg is black.
871
872            file filename
873                 Sets the filename from which to load the image file.  This is
874                 used  for  the  image  mode.  If you allow the image mode for
875                 your image, don't forget to supply an image file!  Note  that
876                 you  can  also supply an image geometry string here by adding
877                 an @ symbol and the geometry string to the end of  the  file‐
878                 name.   See  below  for  the  syntax  of the geometry string.
879                 filename must be an absolute path or a path relative  to  one
880                 of  the directories in the path attribute.  Note that the im‐
881                 age is verified and loaded when this attribute is encountered
882                 during parsing.
883
884            geom image_geometry
885                 Specifies  the geometry and geometry-related operations which
886                 are to be applied to the image.  This attribute only  applies
887                 to  image  classes  using  the image mode.  Image geometry is
888                 specified as wxh+x+y:ops where  w  and  h  are  the  horizon‐
889                 tal/vertical  scaling  percentages,  x and y are the horizon‐
890                 tal/vertical alignment percentages, and ops is a colon-delim‐
891                 ited  list  of  operations:  tiled (to tile the image), prop‐
892                 scaled (for proportional scaling).  Note  that  these  opera‐
893                 tions can be combined for various effects.
894
895            cmod  { image | red | green | blue } brightness [ contrast [ gamma
896            ] ]
897            colormod { image | red | green | blue } brightness  [  contrast  [
898            gamma ] ]
899                 Specifies a color modifier to apply to the image.  The second
900                 keyword determines whether the modifier will  be  applied  to
901                 the  image  overall, the red values, the green values, or the
902                 blue values.  Each  of  the  three  parameters  is  a  number
903                 greater  than or equal to 0.  The numbers can be specified as
904                 decimal, octal (if preceded by "0"), or hexadecimal (if  pre‐
905                 ceded  by  "0x").  A value of 256 (0x100) represents 100%, or
906                 "leave that value unchanged."  0 represents 0%,  512  (0x200)
907                 is 200%, etc.  However, be aware that overflow can occur with
908                 excessively high values.  Only the brightness  value  is  re‐
909                 quired  for this option.  Keep in mind, though, that you must
910                 specify brightness with contrast,  and  both  of  these  with
911                 gamma.
912
913            border left right top bottom
914                 Specifies  that  the  image  has  borders which should not be
915                 scaled with the rest of the image.  This  is  primarily  used
916                 for  images  that have a beveled look, so that the bevel will
917                 not end up getting scaled and lose  the  bevel  effect.   All
918                 four parameter values are in pixels, just like the equivalent
919                 options for E themes and Gtk+ pixmap themes.
920
921            bevel { up | down } left right top bottom
922                 Adds a bevel to an image class.  This can be done to any  im‐
923                 age class using the image or trans modes.  The parameters are
924                 pixel values which represent the width of each  edge  of  the
925                 bevel.   This  is  especially useful if you want to use tiled
926                 images or transparency for the arrow or anchor scrollbar wid‐
927                 gets, or for menus.
928
929            padding left right top bottom
930                 This  is  used  only for the submenu image class.  It defines
931                 the amount of pixels on each side to reserve so that the text
932                 will  not  overwrite  part of the image.  Works just like the
933                 same option in Enlightenment themes.
934
935
936
937       MENU CONTEXT
938
939              This context is used to create a menu.  There is one instance of
940              this  context  per menu, and the menus should be defined in sub‐
941              menu-menu order; i.e., any menu that refers to another menu  (as
942              its  submenu)  should  be  defined after the submenu is defined.
943              Within the menu context, there should be a  menuitem  subcontext
944              for each menu item (with the exception of the shorthand for sep‐
945              arators).
946
947            title menu_title
948                 This specifies the title for the menu to  be  defined.   This
949                 MUST  be  the  first  attribute given after the "begin menu".
950                 The title must be unique amongst all the menus.  It may  con‐
951                 tain spaces, but don't forget to enclose it in single or dou‐
952                 ble quotes if it does.  Any future  references  to  the  menu
953                 will use the title.
954
955            font font_name
956                 Tells  Eterm  to use font_name as the font for this menu.  If
957                 not given, the default terminal font is used.
958
959            sep or -
960                 These symbols can be used as shorthand to insert a  separator
961                 into the menu.
962
963
964
965       MENUITEM CONTEXT
966
967              This  is a subcontext of the menu context which creates a single
968              item for a menu.  There can be (and usually are)  several  menu‐
969              item contexts per menu.
970
971            text label
972                 This  is the text that is displayed for this menuitem.  It is
973                 left-justified in the menu window.  It can have  spaces,  but
974                 enclose label in quotes if it does.
975
976            rtext label
977                 This  is  text  which is right-justified next to the menuitem
978                 text.  This is generally used to show what keystrokes  corre‐
979                 spond  to  a  particular  menu  item,  like "C-x C-c" for the
980                 "Exit" menuitem in an Emacs menu.
981
982            action { string | echo | submenu | script } param
983            action separator
984                 Specifies the action to occur when the  menuitem  is  chosen.
985                 If  you specify separator, nothing else is needed.  The other
986                 action types require a parameter, param.  string specifies  a
987                 string  to  be  sent to Eterm for handling (escape codes, for
988                 example).  echo specifies a string to be sent to  the  client
989                 program (for sending commands to a shell, or keystrokes to an
990                 application like emacs or mutt).  If you use either of  these
991                 action  types, param will be parsed for escape codes (\a, C-,
992                 and the like) before being sent.  submenu specifies a submenu
993                 which  should  be  displayed  when this item is selected, and
994                 param is the title of the submenu to show.  The submenu  must
995                 have  already  been defined.  The script action type executes
996                 the Eterm-builtin script contained in param.  See the section
997                 below for more details on the builtin Eterm functions allowed
998                 for this action type.
999
1000
1001
1002       ACTION CONTEXT
1003
1004              Actions are key or mouse button bindings which activate  certain
1005              behaviors.   Any  action that can be triggered through an escape
1006              code can be bound to a key or mouse button, with or without mod‐
1007              ifiers.  You can also bind menus to keystrokes or mouse buttons.
1008
1009            bind [ modifiers ] { keysym | button } to { string | echo | menu |
1010            script  } param
1011                 Binds a keysym or a mouse button to an  action.   The  action
1012                 syntax  follows the keyword to and is identical to the syntax
1013                 used for menus (see above).  There can be any number of modi‐
1014                 fiers (so long as the combination is reasonable) but only one
1015                 keysym or button.  Valid modifiers  are  ctrl,  shift,  lock,
1016                 mod1  through  mod5,  alt, meta, and anymod (which allows any
1017                 modifier).  If none are given, the  keypress  must  not  have
1018                 modifier  keys  in  use  or the action will not be triggered.
1019                 Use anymod to allow any arbitrary modifier key  to  be  used.
1020                 The  keysym can be given in text (case-sensitive) or as a hex
1021                 number.  buttons should be specified as button1 through  but‐
1022                 ton5.   Also note that alt and meta will be equivalent to one
1023                 or more of mod1 through mod5, as well as perhaps each  other,
1024                 based on your modifier settings.  You can view these settings
1025                 using xmodmap -pm.  See also the alt_mod and meta_mod options
1026                 below.
1027
1028
1029
1030       BUTTON_BAR CONTEXT
1031
1032              The  buttonbar  is an addition to Eterm 0.9.1 which allows users
1033              to have a fully-customizeable buttonbar at the top or bottom  of
1034              each terminal window.  Buttons on the buttonbar can be used just
1035              like menuitems; they can popup menus (like a menubar),  or  they
1036              can activate any other action a menuitem can.
1037
1038            font font
1039                 Specifies the font in which button labels will be displayed.
1040
1041            dock { top | bottom | no }
1042                 Specify  whether  or  not  to  dock the buttonbar, and if so,
1043                 whether to dock it at the top or the bottom of the Eterm win‐
1044                 dow.  Note that only top and bottom are currently enabled.
1045
1046            visible boolean
1047                 Toggle whether or not this particular buttonbar will be visi‐
1048                 ble on startup.
1049
1050            button [ text ] [ icon filename ] action { string | echo | menu  |
1051            script } param
1052                 Binds  an action to a button.  The usage of param and the ac‐
1053                 tion types work the same here as they do for menuitems.  Also
1054                 note  that  you may specify some text or an icon or both, but
1055                 you cannot omit both.
1056
1057
1058       MULTICHAR CONTEXT
1059
1060              Behavior for multi-byte fonts and encodings  are  defined  here.
1061              This context does not exist by default.
1062
1063            encoding { eucj | sjis | euckr | big5 | gb | iso-10646 }
1064                 Specifies  the encoding method.  Patches to support other en‐
1065                 coding methods are encouraged.
1066
1067            font num font
1068                 Set the numth multichar font to font.
1069
1070
1071
1072       XIM CONTEXT
1073
1074              This context controls locale-based behavior.
1075
1076            input_method input_method
1077                 Specify your input method program of choice.
1078
1079            preedit_type { OverTheSpot | OffTheSpot | Root }
1080                 Specify your preedit type of choice.
1081
1082
1083
1084       ESCREEN CONTEXT
1085
1086              This context allows for customizations specific to Escreen mode.
1087              See the Escreen section below for more details.
1088
1089            url protocol://user@host:port/params
1090                 Connect to (or create) a particular screen session via a URL-
1091                 type construct.  Standard  URL  rules  apply.   The  protocol
1092                 should  be  either  screen  (the  default) or twin.  If user,
1093                 host, and/or port are specified, an ssh connection is made to
1094                 the remote server using the given login information.  The de‐
1095                 fault is to create/attach to a local session.
1096
1097                 Any params that are given are passed directly to the underly‐
1098                 ing protocol and are separated from each other by a plus sign
1099                 (+).
1100
1101            firewall localport:firewall:remoteport
1102                 Bounce the connection through a firewall via ssh.
1103
1104            delay secs
1105                 Specify the  amount  of  time  to  wait  before  sending  the
1106                 screen/twin initialization sequence.  This is required to in‐
1107                 sure that the remote session has been  established  prior  to
1108                 sending the init sequence.
1109
1110            bbar_font font
1111                 Font  to  use  for  the  Escreen  buttonbar.   The default is
1112                 -*-helvetica-medium-r-normal--10-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1.
1113
1114            bbar_dock { top | bottom | no }
1115                 Dock the Escreen buttonbar as specified.  Note that only  top
1116                 and bottom are currently enabled.
1117
1118
1119
1120       TOGGLES CONTEXT
1121
1122              This  context contains boolean variables which can be toggled on
1123              or off.  Valid values for the attributes  in  this  section  are
1124              "yes",  "on",  "1",  and  "true" to turn the option on, or "no",
1125              "off", "0", or "false" to turn the option off.  These values are
1126              denoted  by boolean.  They all default to false unless otherwise
1127              noted.
1128
1129            map_alert boolean
1130                 If true, Eterm will un-iconify itself when it receives a beep
1131                 (ASCII 0x07).
1132
1133            visual_bell boolean
1134                 If true, Eterm will flash rather than sending a beep.
1135
1136            login_shell boolean
1137                 If  true, Eterm will prepend '-' to the shell name when call‐
1138                 ing it.  Depending on your shell, this may modify its startup
1139                 behavior.
1140
1141            scrollbar boolean
1142                 This  turns on and off the display of the scrollbar.  Default
1143                 is on.
1144
1145            utmp_logging boolean
1146                 If true, Eterm will attempt to make an entry in the utmp file
1147                 to record the login information.  Eterm may need to run priv‐
1148                 ileged to do this.
1149
1150            meta8 boolean
1151                 Toggles the interpretation of the Meta key  setting  the  8th
1152                 bit in a character.
1153
1154            iconic boolean
1155                 If true, Eterm will launch as an icon.
1156
1157            home_on_output boolean
1158                 Zoom to the bottom of the scrollback buffer on output.
1159
1160            home_on_input boolean
1161                 Zoom to the bottom of the scrollback buffer on input.
1162
1163            no_input boolean
1164                 If  true,  Eterm  will not accept any keyboard input and will
1165                 ask the window manager to not allow it to be focused.
1166
1167            scrollbar_floating boolean
1168                 If true, the scrollbar will have no trough.
1169
1170            scrollbar_right boolean
1171                 If true, Eterm will put the scrollbar on  the  right  of  the
1172                 window (default is left).
1173
1174            scrollbar_popup boolean
1175                 If  true, Eterm will hide the scrollbar when the Eterm window
1176                 loses focus and restore it when focus is  regained.   Default
1177                 is to not change the scrollbar state based on focus.
1178
1179            borderless boolean
1180                 If  true,  Eterm  will run with no window borders.  This also
1181                 means that the window can not be moved or resized.  You  will
1182                 want to specify a geometry with this attribute.
1183
1184            double_buffer boolean
1185                 Rather  than  drawing  text  directly  onto  the window, this
1186                 causes Eterm to allocate an additional pixmap the size of the
1187                 terminal  window into which the background *and* the text are
1188                 rendered.  This pixmap is then set as the window  background.
1189                 Double-buffering  uses additional memory in the X server, but
1190                 it allows Eterm  to  ignore  expose  events  so  redraws  are
1191                 faster.
1192
1193            no_cursor boolean
1194                 If true, Eterm will not display a text cursor.
1195
1196            pause boolean
1197                 After  the  child  process  terminates, Eterm will wait for a
1198                 keypress before exiting.
1199
1200            xterm_select boolean
1201                 Duplicate's xterm's treatment of  cutchars.   The  only  real
1202                 difference  is what happens when you double click on a single
1203                 cutchar between two words.  If this option is on,  only  that
1204                 single character gets selected.  If it is off, that character
1205                 is selected along with the two words.  The latter behavior is
1206                 useful  for  double-clicking  on  the space between someone's
1207                 first and last names, or the @ sign  in  an  e-mail  address,
1208                 etc.
1209
1210            select_line boolean
1211                 If  true,  this attribute causes a triple click to select the
1212                 entire line from beginning to end.   If  false  (default),  a
1213                 triple-click  selects from the current word to the end of the
1214                 line.
1215
1216            select_trailing_spaces boolean
1217                 If true, this attribute causes spaces at the end of a line to
1218                 be  included  as  part  of the selection text when selecting.
1219                 The default is to strip these trailing spaces.
1220
1221            report_as_keysyms boolean
1222                 Reports certain keystrokes as keysyms  and  modifiers  rather
1223                 than escape sequences.  NOTE: This option is intended for use
1224                 only with programs that support this special Eterm mode.   Do
1225                 not  enable  it unless you are executing a program which uses
1226                 this mode.
1227
1228            itrans boolean
1229            immotile_trans boolean
1230                 Toggles the immotile transparency optimization for  transpar‐
1231                 ent  Eterm  windows.  Note that this does NOT activate trans‐
1232                 parency; you must still activate "trans" mode for  the  back‐
1233                 ground image.  This option should be used on transparent win‐
1234                 dows which are shaded or tinted and which do not move  around
1235                 on  the  desktop  much.  See the Mon Mar  6 21:11:13 PST 2000
1236                 ChangeLog entry for a more detailed explanation.
1237
1238            buttonbar boolean
1239                 Toggle the display of all buttonbars.
1240
1241            resize_gravity boolean
1242                 If true, Eterm will automatically detect the nearest  corner,
1243                 and font-change resizes will cause the Eterm window to gravi‐
1244                 tate toward that corner.
1245
1246            overstrike_bold boolean
1247                 If true (default), Eterm will simulate a bold font by  print‐
1248                 ing  each  character twice, offsetting the second pass by one
1249                 pixel.  This makes the characters seem  thicker  without  the
1250                 need for a special font.  You may wish to disable this if you
1251                 use a specific color for bold.
1252
1253            bold_brightens_foreground boolean
1254                 If true (default), Eterm will use the "bold" ANSI  color  at‐
1255                 tribute  to  brighten the foreground color by using the high-
1256                 intensity colors (8 through 15) rather than the low-intensity
1257                 colors  (0 through 7).  Note that having a specific color se‐
1258                 lected for bold will override this.
1259
1260            blink_brightens_background boolean
1261                 If true (default), Eterm will use the "blink" ANSI color  at‐
1262                 tribute  to  brighten the background color by using the high-
1263                 intensity colors (8 through 15) rather than the low-intensity
1264                 colors (0 through 7).
1265
1266            colors_suppress_bold boolean
1267                 If  true  (default),  any colored text (that is, any text not
1268                 rendered using the default  foreground  color)  will  not  be
1269                 given  any  other  special  treatment for bolding (e.g., bold
1270                 font or bold overstrike).
1271
1272            sticky boolean
1273                 If true, Eterm will make its  window  sticky  (shows  on  all
1274                 desktops).
1275
1276
1277       KEYBOARD CONTEXT
1278
1279              This context contains keyboard-related configuration options.
1280
1281            smallfont_key keysym
1282                 Specify a keysym to decrease the font size.  Default is Shift
1283                 and the - key on the keypad.  Ctrl-< or Meta-< may also  work
1284                 (if you #define one of the hotkeys in src/feature.h).
1285
1286            bigfont_key keysym
1287                 Specify a keysym to increase the font size.  Default is Shift
1288                 and the + key on the keypad.  Ctrl-> or Meta-> may also  work
1289                 (if you #define one of the hotkeys in src/feature.h).
1290
1291            keysym keysym string
1292                 Define  keysym  keysym to send string instead of its default.
1293                 keysym must be between 0xff00 and 0xffff or Eterm  will  com‐
1294                 plain.
1295
1296            meta_mod num
1297                 Specify which X modifier (1-5) to treat as the Meta key.  See
1298                 xmodmap(1) and the output of xmodmap -pm for more details.
1299
1300            alt_mod num
1301                 Same as meta_mod, but for the Alt key.
1302
1303            numlock_mod num
1304                 Same as meta_mod, but for the NumLock key.
1305
1306            greek boolean  { iso | ibm }
1307                 Turn on/off greek keyboard support, and set which greek  mode
1308                 to use.
1309
1310            app_keypad boolean
1311                 Turn on/off application keypad mode on startup.
1312
1313            app_cursor boolean
1314                 Turn on/off application cursor key mode on startup.
1315
1316
1317       MISC CONTEXT
1318
1319              This  context  contains  miscellaneous  attributes  that  really
1320              didn't belong anywhere else.
1321
1322            print_pipe command
1323                 Set the command to which to pipe print requests (printscreen)
1324                 to command.
1325
1326            save_lines num
1327                 Set the number of lines in the scrollback buffer to num.
1328
1329            cut_chars string
1330                 Define  the characters used as word delimiters to the charac‐
1331                 ters contained in string.
1332
1333            min_anchor_size num
1334                 Sets the minimum size, in pixels,  of  the  scrollbar  anchor
1335                 (the part your mouse grabs onto and moves around) to num.
1336
1337            border_width num
1338                 Sets  the width of the border between the text window and the
1339                 X window to num.
1340
1341            line_space num
1342                 Put num pixels' worth of space between each row of the termi‐
1343                 nal window.
1344
1345            finished_title title
1346                 Specifies  that title should be displayed in the title bar of
1347                 a paused Eterm when the child process has completed.
1348
1349            finished_text text
1350                 Specifies that text should be displayed in the terminal  win‐
1351                 dow of a paused Eterm when the child process has completed.
1352
1353            term_name name
1354                 Use  name  as  the $TERM environment variable, which controls
1355                 which termcap/terminfo  entry  gets  used.   The  default  is
1356                 Eterm.
1357
1358            exec command
1359                 Rather than executing a shell, this will cause Eterm to spawn
1360                 command as its child process.   You  can  only  have  one  of
1361                 these!
1362
1363
1364       BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS
1365
1366              Eterm  has  a  set  of built-in functions which are available in
1367              config files.  Each one accepts zero or more parameters and out‐
1368              puts  a  series  of  zero or more words.  "Words" are defined in
1369              shell terms; i.e., words are separated by whitespace, and single
1370              or  double quotes can be used to encapsulate words which contain
1371              whitespace themselves.  You also employ backquotes to execute  a
1372              command  whose  output can become part of the config file itself
1373              or can be passed to a built-in function as its  parameter  list.
1374              Built-in  functions  and  backquotes  may be used anywhere their
1375              output would be valid.  Built-in functions are prefixed with the
1376              % character.
1377
1378            %appname()
1379                 Returns  the application name, a hyphen, and the version num‐
1380                 ber.  Currently this is the string Eterm-0.9.6.
1381
1382            %exec(command)
1383                 Executes command and returns the result.  Basically it's  ex‐
1384                 actly like using backquotes.
1385
1386            %get(variable)
1387                 Retrieve  the  value of a config file variable.  Refer to the
1388                 %put() function below.
1389
1390            %put(variable value)
1391                 Create a config variable named variable  and  assign  it  the
1392                 value of value.  The value can then subsequently be retrieved
1393                 using %get(variable)
1394
1395            %random(params)
1396                 This function randomly chooses one of the words which compose
1397                 params  and  returns that.  The default themes that come with
1398                 Eterm use this function to  choose  random  backgrounds,  but
1399                 backgrounds  aren't  the  only  things that can be randomized
1400                 with this function.   You  can  randomize  anything...colors,
1401                 toggles, fonts, tinting, etc.
1402
1403            %version()
1404                 Returns  the  version  number.   Currently this is the string
1405                 0.9.6.
1406
1407
1408       PREPROCESSING
1409
1410              Eterm supports the %include file directive to allow for  separa‐
1411              tion  of  the  configuration  information  into  multiple files.
1412              Eterm will load and parse file just like any other config  file,
1413              but  will  treat  its contents as if they replaced the directive
1414              itself.
1415
1416              You may also request that the config file be run through an  ex‐
1417              ternal  preprocessor  (such as m4 or cpp) before Eterm reads it.
1418              This is done via the %preproc command directive.  You may  spec‐
1419              ify anything you like for command so long as it accepts input on
1420              STDIN and sends output to STDOUT.  See the menus.cfg file in the
1421              default chooser theme for an example.
1422
1423
1424       SCRIPT FUNCTIONS
1425
1426              One  of the action types which can be bound to keypresses, mouse
1427              buttons, menuitems, or  buttonbar  buttons  is  a  script.   The
1428              script  must be a single word (i.e., containing no spaces or en‐
1429              closed in quotes) and consists of  one  or  more  calls  to  the
1430              script functions below.  Each call is separated from the next by
1431              a semicolon (;).  Function parameters are enclosed in  parenthe‐
1432              ses;  the  parentheses  are  optional if no parameters are to be
1433              passed.  Commas and/or whitespace separate parameters from  each
1434              other.
1435
1436            copy(buffer)
1437                 Copies  the  current  selection to the specified clipboard or
1438                 cut buffer.  buffer is either a number 0-7, in which case the
1439                 selection  is  copied  to the cut buffer specified, or one of
1440                 the words clipboard, primary, or secondary  (or  any  initial
1441                 substring  thereof), in which case the selection is copied to
1442                 the specified clipboard.  You may omit buffer, in which  case
1443                 the default buffer is primary (XA_PRIMARY in Xlib-speak).
1444
1445            echo(string)
1446                 Send the specified string to the subcommand.  Exactly equiva‐
1447                 lent to the echo action.
1448
1449            es_display(cmd, params)
1450            Aliases:  es_disp
1451                 This is a master function which permits manipulation  of  Es‐
1452                 creen  displays  through  the use of a series of subcommands.
1453                 The specified cmd determines what, if any, params are permit‐
1454                 ted.  Available subcommands are:
1455                      goto - Switch to the specified display (0-9)
1456                      prev - Switch to the previous display
1457                      next - Switch to the next display
1458                      toggle - Toggle display
1459                      new  - Create a new display.  A name for the new display
1460                      may be passed as a parameter, or ask to prompt the  user
1461                      for the name.
1462                      rename - Change the name of the current display.  A name
1463                      for the new display may be passed as a parameter, or ask
1464                      to prompt the user for the name.
1465                      kill - Terminate the current (or specified) display.
1466                      watch  - Toggle monitoring of the current/specified dis‐
1467                      play for activity.
1468                      scrollback - View the scrollback for the  current/speci‐
1469                      fied display.
1470
1471            es_region(cmd, params)
1472            Aliases:  es_reg es_win es_window
1473                 This  is  a master function which permits manipulation of Es‐
1474                 creen display regions through the use of a series of  subcom‐
1475                 mands.  The specified cmd determines what, if any, params are
1476                 permitted.  Available subcommands are:
1477                      goto - Switch to the specified region (0-9)
1478                      prev - Switch to the previous region
1479                      next - Switch to the next region
1480                      toggle - Toggle region
1481                      new - Create a new region.  A name for  the  new  region
1482                      may  be passed as a parameter, or ask to prompt the user
1483                      for the name.
1484                      rename - Change the name of the current region.  A  name
1485                      for  the new region may be passed as a parameter, or ask
1486                      to prompt the user for the name.
1487                      kill - Terminate the current (or specified) region.
1488                      only - Maximize the current/specified region to the full
1489                      display.
1490                      watch  -  Toggle monitoring of the current/specified re‐
1491                      gion for activity.
1492                      scrollback - View the scrollback for the  current/speci‐
1493                      fied region.
1494
1495            es_statement(statement)
1496                 Execute an Escreen (screen/twin) command directly.
1497
1498            es_reset()
1499            Aliases:  es_rst
1500                 Reset the Escreen session
1501
1502            exec_dialog(command)
1503                 The  same  as exec/spawn, but this function presents the user
1504                 with a dialog box in which she can edit/confirm  the  command
1505                 to be run and specify additional parameters if needed.
1506
1507            exit(message)
1508            exit(code)
1509            Aliases:  die quit
1510                 Exit  Eterm  with  an  optional  message or an integer return
1511                 code.  Either parameter may be specified, but not  both.   If
1512                 neither is specified, a code of 0 (zero) is the default.
1513
1514            kill(signal)
1515                 Sends  the  specified signal to Eterm's primary child process
1516                 (either your shell, or whatever you specify for Eterm to exe‐
1517                 cute).   For the time being, signal must be numeric.  SIGTERM
1518                 is the default if signal is omitted.
1519
1520            msgbox(message)
1521                 Displays a small dialog box containing message and waits  for
1522                 a keypress before continuing.
1523
1524            nop()
1525                 Does absolutely nothing except waste time. :-)
1526
1527            paste(buffer)
1528                 Pastes  the contents of the specified clipboard or cut buffer
1529                 into the terminal window.  buffer is either a number 0-7,  in
1530                 which case the selection is pasted from the cut buffer speci‐
1531                 fied, or one of the words clipboard,  primary,  or  secondary
1532                 (or  any  initial  substring thereof), in which case the con‐
1533                 tents of the specified clipboard are pasted.   You  may  omit
1534                 buffer,  in which case the default buffer is primary (XA_PRI‐
1535                 MARY in Xlib-speak).
1536
1537            save(type, filename)
1538                 Save the current theme/user configuration.  type can  be  ei‐
1539                 ther  user  or  theme;  the default is user.  filename is the
1540                 file to which the settings should be saved.  It may contain a
1541                 path which is either absolute or relative to the theme direc‐
1542                 tory.  The default filename for user is user.cfg, and the de‐
1543                 fault filename for theme is theme.cfg.
1544
1545            save_buff(filename)
1546                 Dumps  the contents of the scrollback buffer to the specified
1547                 file.
1548
1549            scroll(n)
1550                 Scrolls backward or forward in the scrollback buffer.  n is a
1551                 floating point number followed by an optional unit specifier.
1552                 The unit specifier is one of: lines or l; pages or p; or buf‐
1553                 fers  or  b.  The floating point number may be separated from
1554                 the unit specifier by whitespace or a comma, but  it  is  not
1555                 required.   The  floating  point number should be positive to
1556                 scroll down (forward) and negative to scroll  up  (backward).
1557                 For  example,  the  key  sequence Shift-PgUp is equivalent to
1558                 scroll(-1p).  You may  also  specify  fractional  quantities,
1559                 such as scroll(0.5p) to scroll down half a page.  The default
1560                 unit if not specified is lines.
1561
1562            search(str)
1563                 Presents a dialog box into which the user may enter a  search
1564                 term.   The  default  value is set to str.  All occurances of
1565                 the specified search string are highlighted in the scrollback
1566                 buffer, and Eterm jumps back to the most recent one.  Search‐
1567                 ing again with the same keyword will clear the previous high‐
1568                 lighting.
1569
1570            spawn(command)
1571            Aliases:  exec
1572                 Spawns a secondary child process to execute command, or Eterm
1573                 if no value is passed.
1574
1575            string(string)
1576                 The specified string is parsed via Eterm.   This  is  exactly
1577                 identical to the string action.
1578
1579
1580

ESCREEN

1582       Escreen is a screen/twin interface layer which allows Eterm to interop‐
1583       erate with GNU screen and with Massimiliano Ghilardi's  twin  software.
1584       This allows Eterm to support multiple subshell sessions within a single
1585       window.  On the surface, this feature works similarly to  the  "tabbed"
1586       sessions  offered  by  programs  like konsole and multi-gnome-terminal.
1587       However, Escreen has the advantage of being an  interface  to  existing
1588       software,  thus providing additional capabilities like multiple regions
1589       per display, detach/reattach capability, seamless remote  session  sup‐
1590       port, firewall support, and more.
1591
1592       Escreen support is still somewhat experimental and is thus not compiled
1593       into Eterm by default.  To enable it, you must compile  with  --enable-
1594       escreen  and/or  --enable-etwin  (depending on whether you have screen,
1595       twin, or both).  If you installed from a package,  you  can  use  Eterm
1596       --version  and  check  for  either +ESCREEN (enabled) or -ESCREEN (dis‐
1597       abled).
1598
1599       For best results, if you wish to use Escreen mode, do  so  by  invoking
1600       Eterm  with  the Escreen theme (Eterm -t Escreen).  This theme supplies
1601       default key bindings, the basic Escreen menu, color  definitions,  etc.
1602       for  use  by the Escreen engine.  Most importantly, it supplies the re‐
1603       quired url parameter in order to invoke Escreen mode.
1604
1605       Consult the README.Escreen file for more in-depth discussion of Escreen
1606       mode.
1607
1608

AUTHORS

1610       Michael Jennings (mej@eterm.org)
1611
1612

URL(s)

1614       Eterm Home Page -- http://www.eterm.org/
1615       Author's Home Page -- http://www.kainx.org/
1616
1617
1618
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