---
name: "lxterm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xterm"
version: "398-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lxterm"
---

# lxterm(1)

locale-sensitive wrapper for xterm

## NAME

lxterm - locale-sensitive wrapper for xterm

## SYNOPSIS

**lxterm** \[ *xterm-options* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**lxterm** is a wrapper around the [**xterm**(1)](/xterm/1.md) program that invokes **xterm**, [**koi8rxterm**(1)](/koi8rxterm/1.md), or [**uxterm**(1)](/uxterm/1.md) as appropriate, based on the user's locale setting. All arguments to **lxterm** are passed to **xterm** without processing; the **-class**, **-k8**, and **-u8** options should not be specified because they are used by **koi8rxterm** and **uxterm**. See the **xterm** manual page for more information on *xterm-options*.

The [**locale**(1)](/locale/1.md) utility is used to determine the character set used by the current locale. If the character set is UTF-8, **uxterm** is invoked; if the character set is KOI8-R, **koi8rxtem** is invoked; otherwise, ‘plain’ **xterm** is invoked.

## AUTHOR

Branden Robinson

## SEE ALSO

[**locale**(1)](/locale/1.md), [**koi8rxterm**(1)](/koi8rxterm/1.md), [**uxterm**(1)](/uxterm/1.md), [**xterm**(1)](/xterm/1.md)