#Differences between xterm and pterm free#

I guess it's about time I looked for a more modern scalable font I'll probably have no choice soon, what with HiDPI monitors and Wayland becoming prevalent, but my custom font works well for now.

I use xterm with a custom bitmapped font that I created by adapting the standard 10x20 Unicode one and editing the Hebrew letters to suit my taste. I can see why this function was added in the past-to return you to your previous context-but I don't like this behavior. If you had intended to copy and paste from it, you have to start it again, or else open it in a separate terminal window. So you run man somecommand, find what you want, exit less with q, and suddenly the man text is gone! Suppose that you open a terminal, and you want to run some command, but then decide you have to look something up in its manpage first. When double-clicking on part of a file path, only that part is selected. The concept of a 'word' (for a double-click selection) is a narrow definition.

#Differences between xterm and pterm free#

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This is the relevant part of $HOME/.Xresources: XTerm*on2Clicks: word If you double-click, the left button extends the selection to the whole word it contains. When extending, it continues to obey the 'rules' for existing selections. A double-click of the left mouse button (LMB) selects a word, a triple-click selects 'longer words' (see the configuration), four clicks selects lines, a middle-click pastes (or shift-insert), and finally, a right-click extends.

One thing I like about xterm is how selection works. I like to set my monitor to be rather dark (contrast 70, brightness 10) because pure white on black is a bit too dark for me, while a lighter background is a bit too much light. ''`Įxec xterm -bg $bg -fg white -bg option sets a relatively dark random background, while -fg sets the foreground (the text) to white. I start up xterm with this script: #!/bin/bashīg=rgbi:`dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=3 2>/dev/null | od -tu1 | awk My philosophy: Start simple, improve over time, and aim for productivity. It may seem like an old school choice, and I do use GNOME 3 now as well, but after many years of trying some and ignoring others, then going back to old standbys, I find I don't need (or like) newer stuff like GNOME Terminal.