Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.4

Chapter 24. X Window System Environment

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Introduction to xterm

xterm is a terminal emulator for the X Window System.

This package is not a part of the Xorg katamari and is provided only as a dependency to other packages or for testing the completed Xorg installation.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

xterm Dependencies

Required

Xorg Applications

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/Xterm

Installation of xterm

Install xterm by running the following commands: 

sed -i '/v0/,+1s/new:/new:kb=^?:/' termcap &&
echo -e '\tkbs=\\177,' >>terminfo &&

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

make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install &&
make install-ti

Command Explanations

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

TERMINFO=/usr/share/terminfo: This ensures that the xterm terminfo files are installed to the system terminfo database when the installation prefix is not /usr.

--with-app-defaults=...: Sets the location for the app-defaults directory.

make install-ti: This command installs corrected terminfo description files for use with xterm.

Configuring xterm

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

In order for xterm to follow the locale settings in the environment, use TrueType fonts, and follow the Linux convention about the code sent by the Backspace key, add the following definitions as the root user: 

cat >> /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm << "EOF"
*VT100*locale: true
*VT100*faceName: Monospace
*VT100*faceSize: 10
*backarrowKeyIsErase: true
*ptyInitialErase: true
EOF

Contents

Installed Programs: koi8rxterm, resize, uxterm, and xterm
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: None

Short Descriptions

koi8rxterm

is a wrapper script to set up xterm with a KOI8-R locale.

resize

prints a shell command for setting the TERM and TERMCAP environment variables to indicate the current size of xterm window.

uxterm

is a wrapper script that modifies the current locale to use UTF-8 and starts xterm with the proper settings.

xterm

is a terminal emulator for the X Window System.

Last updated on 2013-09-11 11:26:33 -0700