UNIX Hints & Hacks

Chapter 7. Displays and Emulations

• 7.1 Terminal Types

• 7.2 Setting Terminal Types

• 7.3 Make Use of stty

• 7.4 Hotkeys

• 7.5 Testing ASCII Terminals

• 7.6 Troubleshooting ASCII Terminals

• 7.7 Sharing STDIN/STDOUT on Two Terminals

• 7.8 Refreshing X

• 7.9 Killing Resources with xkill

• 7.10 Setting xterm Titlebars

• 7.11 Control The Mouse with the Keyboard

• 7.12 Display from a Remote X Server

• 7.13 ASCII Table in UNIX

Today hundreds of types of displays and terminals are in the marketplace. Every one of them one is different and every one has unique features. They range from basic ASCII terminals to video terminals that can run both ASCII and X. There are smart terminals and dumb terminals, and in many cases the dumb terminals are smarter than the smart ...