mterm 0.4.2a README
INSTALLATION
- Look over Makefile, if you feel so inclined (read: run something other than Linux).
- Type 'make'
- As root, type 'make install'
USAGE
mterm [-options ...]
-a enable auto-kill mode
-i enable icon window mode
-l LENGTH length of text box in windowed mode in pixels
-n SIZE size of the history in number of commands
-o disable the long command window
-p[+|-]x[+|-]y position of mini-term
-r remember history between sessions
-s without groundplate
-w start up as detached
NOTES
- Focus Problems: Because most windows managers don't like to give keyboard focus to applications in the dock or wharf, mini-term must steal focus very rudely. Often the Window Manager doesn't seem to realize that mini-term has the keyboard focus (usually when there is only one current window on the screen).
To force mini-term to give up keyboard focus, just hit the Escape key
and the keyboard focus will return to the root window.
- Irregular size: Since mini-term isn't a standard 64x64 pixel application, most window managers will leave blank space above and below it. If this bothers you, e-mail the author and perhaps I will add the execute buttons in the next release.
Another option is to use mini-term in windowed mode (not in the
dock). Use the -w command line switch.
- No window visible in some window managers: This problem is found in some window managers (WindowMaker). Enable the icon window with the -i option on the command line, to remedy the situation. Users of WindowMaker may notice some focus problems as well. These are being worked on.
- Long command window does not appear when icon mode is enabled in Blackbox, which does not require the icon window feature anyway.
- History is rewritten on every session, so using multiple instances of mterm will cause only the last closed instance's history to be remembered.
TODO
- Better pasting support is needed
- Special prefixes for urls would be handy
- Include different font sets (described in mterm.h)
- Ideas or code are always welcome.
CONTRIBUTORS
- Martin Robinson (author) <gtg115a@acme.gatech.edu>
- Drew Roedersheimer (tab completion)
/* December 17, 2002 */