May 1990
Beginner
723 pages
17h 35m
English
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X Window System User's Guide for X11 R3 and R4 of the X Window System
by Valerie Quercia, Tim O'Reilly
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The xterm Terminal Emulator
This chapter describes how to use xterm, the terminal emulator. You use this client to create multiple terminal windows, each of which can run any programs available on the underlying operating system.
In This Chapter:
Copying and Pasting Text Selections
Copying and Pasting between Release 2 and 3 Clients: xcutsel
Saving Multiple Selections: xclipboard (Release 4 Version)
Problems with Large Selections
Editing Text Saved in the xclipboard
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The xterm Terminal Emulator
xterm provides you with a terminal within a window. Anything you can do using a standard terminal, you can do in an xterm window. Once you have an xterm window on your screen, you can use it to run other clients.
You can bring up more than one xterm window at a time. For example, you might want to list the contents of a directory in one window while you edit a file in another window. Although you can display output simultaneously in several windows, you can type into only one window at a time.
Basic operation of xterm should be obvious to anyone familiar with a terminal. You should be able to work productively immediately.
Among ...