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authorjim <empty>1989-03-06 11:04:16 +0000
committerjim <empty>1989-03-06 11:04:16 +0000
commit46fc268c21d01cf0d664c84e5d03f785b2b2e5ce (patch)
tree557e14bbb3bfe5edd65e5f46f3f7ad3d5f4317d4 /xc/programs/xterm
parent2a2f1b5edf1a676da0f18bb2303ea970477ca93b (diff)
added eight bit stuff and removed getty, -L, init mentions
Diffstat (limited to 'xc/programs/xterm')
-rw-r--r--xc/programs/xterm/xterm.man73
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 63 deletions
diff --git a/xc/programs/xterm/xterm.man b/xc/programs/xterm/xterm.man
index c744c4eb0..0d59aae3d 100644
--- a/xc/programs/xterm/xterm.man
+++ b/xc/programs/xterm/xterm.man
@@ -241,8 +241,7 @@ This option indicates that \fIxterm\fP should start in VT102 mode.
.BI \-tm " string"
This option specifies a series of terminal setting keywords followed by the
characters that should be bound to those functions, similar to the \fIstty\fP
-program. This is ignored when \fB\-L\fP is given since \fIgetty\fP resets
-the terminal. Allowable keywords include: intr, quit, erase, kill, eof,
+program. Allowable keywords include: intr, quit, erase, kill, eof,
eol, swtch, start, stop, brk, susp, dsusp, rprnt, flush, weras, and lnext.
Control characters may be specified as ^char (e.g. ^c or ^u) and ^? may be
used to indicate delete.
@@ -308,14 +307,6 @@ the foreground and background colors. It is equivalent to
.BI \-w " number"
This option specifies the width in pixels of the border surrounding the window.
It is equivalent to \fB-borderwidth\fP or \fB-bw\fP.
-.TP 8
-.B \-L
-This option indicates that \fIxterm\fP was started by \fIinit\fP. In this
-mode, \fIxterm\fP does not try to allocate a new pseudoterminal as \fIinit\fP
-has already done so. In addition, the system program \fIgetty\fP is run
-instead of the user's shell. \fBThis option has been superceeded by the new
-\fIxdm\fP program; furthermore, this option should never be used by users when
-starting terminal windows.\fP
.PP
The following standard X Toolkit command line arguments are commonly used
with \fIxterm\fP:
@@ -385,9 +376,7 @@ this application.
.TP 8
.B "ttyModes (\fPclass\fB TtyModes)"
Specifies a string containing terminal setting keywords and the characters
-to which they may be bound. This option is ignored when \fB\-L\fP is given
-since
-\fIgetty\fP resets the terminal. Allowable keywords include: intr, quit,
+to which they may be bound. Allowable keywords include: intr, quit,
erase, kill, eof, eol, swtch, start, stop, brk, susp, dsusp, rprnt, flush,
weras, and lnext. Control characters may be specified as ^char (e.g. ^c or ^u)
and ^? may be used to indicate delete. This is very useful for overriding
@@ -899,11 +888,15 @@ The actions available for key translations are:
.B secure()
Toggles the \fBSecure Keyboard\fP mode; see \fBSECURITY\fP.
.TP 15
-.B insert()
+.B insert-seven-bit()
Processes the key in the normal way; i.e. inserts the
-ASCII character code corresponding to the keysym found in the
+ISO Latin 1 character code corresponding to the keysym found in the
keyboard mapping table into the input stream.
.TP 15
+.B insert-eight-bit()
+Processes the key the same as \fBinsert-seven-bit()\fP but forces the eighth
+bit to be set.
+.TP 15
.B string(\fIstring\fB)
Rebinds the key or key sequence to the string value; that is, inserts the
string argument into the input stream.
@@ -993,7 +986,8 @@ The default bindings are:
.Ds
.TA .5i 1i 2i
.ta .5i 1i 2i
- <KeyPress>: insert() \\n\\
+ ~Meta <KeyPress>: insert-seven-bit() \\n\\
+ Meta <KeyPress: insert-eight-bit() \\n\\
Ctrl ~Meta <Btn1Down>: mode-menu() \\n\\
~Meta <Btn1Down>: select-start() \\n\\
~Meta <Btn1Motion>: select-extend() \\n\\
@@ -1007,48 +1001,6 @@ The default bindings are:
.De
.sp
.in -4
-.SH "STARTING XTERM FROM INIT"
-.PP
-\fBWarning, this feature is now obsolete and may not be supported in
-future releases. Sites using this method should switch to \fIxdm\fP
-instead.\fR
-.PP
-On operating systems such as 4.3bsd and Ultrix, the server and initial login
-window are normally started automatically by
-\fIinit(8)\fP.
-.PP
-By convention, the pseudoterminal with the
-highest minor device number (e.g. \fI\/dev\/ttyqf\fP and \fI\/dev\/ptyqf\fP)
-is renamed for
-the lowest display number (e.g. \fI\/dev\/ttyv0\fP and \fI\/dev\/ptyv0\fP).
-Machines that have more than one
-display can repeat this process using \fIttyqe\fP for \fIttyv1\fP, and
-so on.
-.PP
-Once the pseudoterminals are in place, a line similar to the following may be
-added to \fI/etc/ttys\fP (replacing \fIXqvss\fP with the appropriate server
-and putting it all on one line):
-.sp
-.in +4
-.nf
-ttyv0 "/usr/bin/X11/xterm -L -geom 80x24+1+1 -display :0"
- xterm on secure window="/usr/bin/X11/Xqvss :0"
-.fi
-.in -4
-.PP
-Sites that used to run X10 should note that the colon in the server display
-number is required.
-.PP
-Although the release will install both the X server and
-\fIxterm\fP in /usr/bin/X11 by default, many sites choose to make a copy of
-both of these programs on the root partition (usually in /etc) so that they
-may still be used even if the partition containing /usr/bin/X11 isn't mounted.
-.PP
-Some versions of \fIinit\fP have relatively small program name buffer
-sizes and treat all sharp signs as comment delimiters. Sites that wish to
-list large numbers of options on the xterm line will need to write a small
-shell script to exec the long xterm line. The best solution, of course, is
-to use \fIxdm\fP.
.SH "OTHER FEATURES"
.I Xterm
automatically highlights the window border and text cursor when the
@@ -1091,11 +1043,6 @@ resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4)
.I ``Xterm Control Sequences''
.SH BUGS
.PP
-The \fB\-L\fP option is no longer needed as the new \fIxdm\fP display manager
-system handles logging in in a much cleaner way. No more messing around with
-trying to match colors in \fI/etc/ttys\fP or worrying about an unwanted login
-window. \fBThis option may be removed in future releases.\fP
-.PP
\fBXterm will hang forever if you try to paste too much text at one time.\fP
It is both producer and consumer for the pty and can deadlock.
.PP