Lmst

1) Open xfce4-terminal settings. I use the tools icon in the lower left of my drop down.

2) Go to the "Advanced Tab" and you can then check the 'Disable' items as you wish.

The caveat is this is for ALL *xfce4-terminal*s. I don't usually use the 'Alt' key and what not for it, so I'm fine. YMMV.

Note: this only removes the modifiers from xfce4-terminal. Modifiers such as "Alt-F2" or "Alt-F3" are, by default, still captured by the XFCE Desktop. For example, FP's "Alt-F3" to close the code window, instead still brings up XFCE4's Application Finder.

#xterm #xfce4 #Linux

Anyone have an idea how to change the default font size in xterm or uxterm on the command line without changing the font??

If I launch xterm the font is really small but I get accurate box characters. However, if I launch xterm with "-fn 10x20", it's an entirely different font which does not support box chars.

Basically I'm trying to get FreePascal's editor fp to display properly because XFCE4-terminal won't release the damn 'Alt' so fp menus can be accessed (without the mouse).

#xterm #xfce4 #Linux

The combination of #Kitty #terminal emulator and #tmux kinda rocks. Before this I was using #xterm so I had to use multiple instances for local and remote sessions, with kitty I will just use tabs and all things are done with keyboard shortcuts! #FOSS

#xterm

June 18, 2025 at 08:19AM

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Encountered the strangest bug using combination of xterm + tmux + vimwiki. The `VimWikiGoBackLink` function using the backspace key is not working. It simply behaves as a backspace key.

*However* it acts like that only locally. If I ssh into the machine, start tmux, then start Vimwiki it *does* work as expected.

Open xterm and start Vimwiki (no tmux) it works as expected.

It also works in other terminals (urxvt, lxterminal).

I'm at a loss how to fix this.

#xterm #tmux #vimwiki #freebsd

What a great watch https://youtu.be/XHGKKdyU2bE #unix #linux #windows #xterm

Ok so a fresh head has helped me resolve my Nerd font issue in #Xterm . I just needed to download the font Go Mono from there rather than installing it from the #OpenBSD repo. Adding this to my .Xresources and voila I have the Go Mono font and symbols.

xterm*faceName: Go Mono Nerd Font Mono
xterm*renderFont: true
xterm*faceSize: 10

#RunBSD

So still on my #OpenBSD adventure and although I missed images in the terminal be it sixel in xterm or the kitty protocol in kitty, I've decided to stick with good old #Xterm . Also on my #FreeBSD daily driver I'm used to such luxuries as icons in the terminal like font awesome or nerd fonts but even though I could have used alacritty or kitty to achieve this I have decided to for go them. After all what do they do other make it look pretty ? I don't get any other functionality from them and they can easily be replaced with text. You might have noticed too that although I'm a #Wayland chic on my #ThinkPad I've decided to be all nostalgic and stick with Xorg on OpenBSD. I haven't yet settled on a window manager be it tiling or stacking but #HerbstluftWM and #Openbox are in my sights although I'm still using the default #Fvwm right now. I have my Qutebrowser setup and aerc for my email. Printing via cups and xsane for scanning. Looking into nsxiv for an image viewer as the OpenBSD port of imv is well out of date. Yes I'm having to make small changes but once I'm finished this wee Dell Optiplex 3080 tower will be perfect for daily driving OpenBSD and I'm looking forward to learning lots more. #RunBSD

With upstream introducing security regressions and lacking public version control, maybe it’s time OpenBSD forks #xterm and maintains a more secure, auditable version. I’d definitely choose that over the current upstream.

One item I *haven't* configured yet in `xterm` is URL handling. In the brief time I used the `foot` terminal on Wayland I liked how they manage URLs by assigning a keycode that underlines all the URLs and assigns a key sequence to each to use to open the URL in the browser:

https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot#urls

I wonder if something like this could be configured in tmux? If so, that would make this feature independent of whatever terminal is in use.

#xterm #foot #terminal #tmux #RunBSD #Linux

Day 07 of #31DaysOfFreeBSD :freebsd:

Had some real fun exploring `xterm(1)` and getting my terminal configured nicely in `~/.Xresources` with the Nord color palette and Fira Code font! This is a config that I can carry with me for use in any X environment on BSD or Linux:

https://gitlab.com/dwarmstrong/dotfiles/-/blob/master/.Xresources?ref_type=heads

#xterm #terminal #FreeBSD #RunBSD

As I'm configuring `xterm` today, I learned that the program predates X!

Source: https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html#who_did_it

#xterm #terminal

@justine I've been using #xterm and #Xorg for longer than I'll admit, and think they are both #awesome for my usage. PLUS, starting an xterm on a remote system and displaying it on the system I'm looking at is SO sweet.

Still setting up my #FreeBSD #Xorg Desktop PC and I've got #Xterm just how I like it for now with my favourite theme gruvbox. Strangely enough I'm still running the default #Twm as I haven't yet installed a tiling wm like #Herbstluftwm . This feels like the late 80's earlier 90's and I'm having fun learning new stuff even though I used to use Xorg for years before #Wayland . I mean I never ever thought I'd like Xterm but it's way more lightweight and powerfull than I ever gave it credit for.

Gave up on #OpenBSD for now as it's too locked down for my liking and I was really wanting to setup #Xorg on the freebie Dell Optiplex 3080 Tower and use #Xterm as my terminal with #Sixel support. So I've installed #FreeBSD and got Xterm running with Sixel support ( graphics in the terminal ). Who's a happy chic that's feeling all nostalgic right now ? That's right moi ! #RunBSD

@theodric

What terminal are you using? Just curious...

Me I am using xterm. 👏

#terminal #xterm

@justine @brynet

What could #sixel support specifically entail that could be impacted by pledge()? #xterm is still only drawing pixels into pixmaps, sixel mode or otherwise.

Unwillingness to turn on a new (since 2013) not-very-well-tested-until-recently feature, almost certainly. NetBSD delayed turning it on until 2020. (Debian went straight for turning it on in 2013, by contrast.) But I don't see how pledge() would have had any hand in the decision.

#OpenBSD

I use alacrity but after starting use twm, #xterm works like a charm, it's my main terminal now.

CC: @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

#Linux #xterm users: have a golden day with

xtermcontrol --bg=#acab00

Source:
https://github.com/JessThrysoee/xtermcontrol

my #xterm bores me. About time to fiddle with xterm*cursorOnTime and xterm*cursorOffTime

#XTerm

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