---
name: "kxterm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kxterm"
version: "20061220+dfsg3-4.4"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kxterm"
---

# kxterm(1)

the CERN KUIP terminal emulator

## NAME

kxterm - the CERN KUIP terminal emulator

## SYNOPSIS

**kxterm** \[*class*\] \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**kxterm** is a terminal emulator combining the best features of the (now defunct) Apollo DM pads (like: input and transcript pads, automatic file backup of transcript pad, string search in pads, etc.) and the Korn shell emacs-style command line editing and command line recall mechanism.  For more detailed information about the program, please see the online help available from the kxterm Help menu.

kxterm has a number of X resources which can be set by the user; these are listed in the online help and in the file /etc/X11/app-defaults/KXterm, where the default values are set.  It should be noted that when kxterm is acting as a client for another application, the desired X resource should be prefixed by "Kx" plus the class name of the application.  So for application "Foo" the kxterm resource class would be KxFoo, and one would set KxFoo\*background, etc.  One can also set the resource class of a kxterm window via the command-line with the *class* argument.

## OPTIONS

- **-font** *fn*

  Specifies the font used by kxterm.  The font *fn* must be an XLFD (X Logical Font Description), as for example displayed by the xlsfonts program.

- **-geometry** *geom*

  Specifies the preferred size and position of the kxterm window; see [**X**(7x)](/X/7x.md) for details.

- **-h**, **-help**

  Show a summary of options.

- **-iconic**

  Specifies that the window manager should start kxterm as an icon.

- **-n** *iconname*

  Specifies the name of the kxterm window in an iconic state.

- **-name** *name*

  Specifies both the title and the iconized name of the kxterm window.

- **-pid** *pid*

  Specifies the process ID of the program that kxterm should act as a client for.

- **-prompt** *prompt*

  Sets the prompt displayed in the input pad of the program.

- **-tfont** *fn*

  Specifies the font used by text boxes, the input pad, and the transcript pad of the program.  This should probably be a fixed-width font like "courier" or "fixed".

- **-title** *title*

  Sets the title of the kxterm window to *title*.

## SEE ALSO

• [**xlsfonts**(1)](/xlsfonts/1.md) - a program to list available fonts on an X server\
 • [**paw++**(1)](/paw++/1.md) - a program using kxterm for its command interface\
 • the online help available from kxterm's Help menu

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Kevin McCarty \<kmccarty@debian.org\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).