---
name: "mlclient"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mlterm-tools"
version: "3.9.0-1+b1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mlclient"
---

# mlclient(1)

client for mlterm

## NAME

mlclient - client for mlterm

## SYNOPSIS

**mlclient** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**mlclient(x)** is a client for the [**mlterm**(1)](/mlterm/1.md) server (daemon). [**mlterm**(1)](/mlterm/1.md), an X terminal emulator, can be invoked as a daemon process which holds multiple sessions (shell process and other information like backlog).  **mlclient(x)** can creat a new session or recall an existing session which had been disconnected from a window.

## OPTIONS

**mlclient(x)** accepts most options of mlterm. Please read [**mlterm**(1)](/mlterm/1.md) for detail.

Following options do **not** work for **mlclient(x)**:

- **-@**/**--screens**,

  - **-R**/**--fsrange**,

  - **-Y**/**--decsp**,

  - **-c**/**--cp932**,

  - **-i**/**--xim**,

  - **-j**/**--daemon**,

  - **--depth**,

  - **--maxptys**,

  - **--keepalive**,

  - **--metaprefix** and

  - **--deffont**

  - Following option is mlclient(x) specific:

  - **-P**/**--ptylist** print pty list.

  - **--kill** kill a mlterm daemon.

  - Following option is mlclientx specific:

  - **--hsep**=*value* open new pty in horizontally split screen.

  - **--vsep**=*value* open new pty in vertically split screen.

  ## SEE ALSO

[**mlterm**(1)](/mlterm/1.md), [**locale**(7)](/locale/7.md), [**charsets**(7)](/charsets/7.md), **UTF-8**(7), and [**X**(7)](/X/7.md).

## CONTACT

Subscribe mlterm-dev-en ML (http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mlterm-dev-en).