1. X-term Tutorial

2. Setting the Terminal Icon to xterm

3. Outline What is xterm? Why do we need to be familiar with xterm?
Starting xterm
Mouse Button Issues
Cutting and Pasting

4. What is xterm?
Xterm is an X-client program working under the X-windows system
An X-windows client is any program running under the X-window graphical user interface system
xterm provides a command line interface into a UNIX system
Xterm is the preferred command line interface because it is distributed with all X-windows system

5. Starting xterm
Xterm is usually one of the first X-clients started when your X-window manager starts

6. Xterm can be started from a menu

7. Xterm can be started through spawning

8. Xterm titles and ornamentation

9. Mouse Button Issues X-window system assume a 3-button mouse system
Behavior of each of the buttons can be reconfigured by the user
In general, we will use the defaults
In emulating systems that have less than 3 buttons
3rd button may be simulated by clicking two buttons simultaneously (2-button system)
Two other buttons may be simulated by clicking button while holding different keys down (1-button system)

10. Xterm controls (Ctrl-left mouse button)

11. Xterm controls (Ctrl-middle mouse button)

12. Useful VT Options Enable Scroll Bar Enable Reverse Wraparound
Allows you to scroll back to look at saved text information
Useful for cutting and pasting information that has scrolled off the screen
Enable Reverse Wraparound
Allows the proper positioning of cursor when deleting text on command line that has wrapped around

13. Xterm controls (Ctrl-right mouse button)

14. Cutting and Pasting of text information
Selecting text
Word
Whole or partial lines
Multiple lines
Pasting text

15. Selecting a word
Left mouse button double clicking
Selects a word

16. Selecting text by dragging
Left mouse button drag
Selects text in the “drag” area

17. Selecting text by specifying start and stop locations
Left mouse button click at starting text position followed by a right button mouse click at ending text position
Selects text region between starting and ending text points

18. Pasting Text
Middle mouse button click
Pastes text at cursor location

19. Other issues
These actions of cutting and pasting works for most X-client programs under UNIX
Stick to xterm as your main port into UNIX and you will have little problems migrating from one UNIX platform to another