--- name: "multi-aterm" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "multi-aterm" version: "0.2.1-1.1" release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/multi-aterm" --- # multi-aterm(1) a tabbed VT102 terminal emulator for X-Window ## NAME multi-aterm - a tabbed VT102 terminal emulator for X-Window ## SYNOPSIS **multi-aterm** \[options\] ## DESCRIPTION **multi-aterm** is a terminal emulator. It is based on aterm 0.4.2, features most of functionalties of aterm (pseudo fast-transparency, next-step look scroll bar) and mostly and notebook functionality. Thus, you can have several terminals in the same window. Each terminal can be configure (name, background, ...) with a configuration file. Like aterm, it aims to be light and fast and desktop independant, meaning KDE or GNOME are not required. Several configurations files can be used. Specific files override resources of standard files, and options override resources found in files. ## OPTIONS - **-iconic** - **-display**\|**-d** *displayname* - **-tn** *termname* value of the TERM environment variable - **-geometry**\|**-g** *geometry* geometry at startup - **-rv**\|**+rv** reverse video - **-tr**\|**+tr** transparent background - **-sb**\|**+sb** scrollbar - **-sr**\|**+sr** scrollbar on right - **-trsb**\|**+trsb** transparent scrollbar - **-st**\|**+st** scrollbar without a trough - **-si**\|**+si** scroll-on-tty-output inhibit - **-sk**\|**+sk** scroll-on-keypress - **-tint** color tinted transparency color - **-sh** *%* make transparent background x% darker - **-bgtype** *type* transformation type for background pixmap - **-tinttype** *type* function applied for background tinting - **-txttype** *type* function applied for text drawing - **-pixmap** *file\[;geometry\]* background pixmap, tranparency must be turn off - **-name** *name* client instance, icon, and title strings - **-n** *fontname* icon name for window - **-iconic**\|**+iconic** start iconic - **-sl** *number* number of scrolled lines to save - **-tn** *name* value of the TERM environment variable - **-fg** *color* foreground color - **-bg** *color* background color - **-ls**\|**+ls** login shell - **-bw** *number* border width - **-mbw** *number* minimum number of columns stored in buffer - **-ut**\|**+ut** utmp inhibit - **-vb**\|**+vb** visual bell - **-bd** *color* border color - **-nt** *number* numbers of tab at startup - **-fade** *fontname* make colors x% darker when aterm is loosing focus - **-font** *fontname* normal text font - **-fb** *fontname* bold text font - **-cf** *file* resource configuration file - **-C** intercept console messages ## X RESOURCES Here is list of resources supported by multi-aterm. Each as a default value assigned to it. multi-aterm support the XTerm class and application name is materm. The first character of class components is capitalized and the first letter of name components is in lowercase. For example, XTerm.Foreground is a class component and materm.foreground is a name component. Below is the list of resource : - **XTerm.Geometry**: *geometry* set the geometry - **XTerm.ReverseVideo**: *boolean* - **XTerm.Foreground**: *color* - **XTerm.Background**: *color* - **XTerm.LoginShell**: *boolean* - **XTerm.BorderWidth**: *number* - **XTerm.Scrollbar**: *boolean* - **XTerm.ScrollbarRight**: *boolean* - **XTerm.ScrollbarFloating**: *boolean* - **XTerm.ScrollbarTtyOutput**: *boolean* - **XTerm.ScrollbarTtyKeypress**: *boolean* - **XTerm.Transpscrollbar**: *boolean* - **XTerm.ScrollColor**: *color* - **XTerm.TroughColor**: *color* - **XTerm.Vt.Transparent**: *boolean* - **XTerm.Vt.Tinting**: *color* - **XTerm.Vt.Shading**: *amount* - **XTerm.Vt.BgType**: *type* - **XTerm.Vt.TintingType**: *type* - **XTerm.Vt.Pixmap**: ile\[;geometry\] - **XTerm.Vt.Title**: *name* - **XTerm.Vt.SaveLines**: *number* - **XTerm.TextType**: *type* - **XTerm.Name**: *name* - **XTerm.IconName**: *name* - **XTerm.TermName**: *name* - **XTerm.MinBufferWidth**: *number* - **XTerm.UtmpInhibit**: *boolean* - **XTerm.VisualBell**: *boolean* - **XTerm.BorderColor**: *color* - **XTerm.NbTerm**: *number* - **XTerm.Fading**: *amount* - **XTerm.Color***n*: *color* - **XTerm.ColorBD**: *color* - **XTerm.ColorUL**: *color* - **XTerm.Path**: *path* - **XTerm.FontName**: *fontname* - **XTerm.BoldFont**: *fontname* - **XTerm.Font***n*: *fontname* - **XTerm.MFont**: *fontname* - **XTerm.MFont***n*: *fontname* - **XTerm.PointerColor**: *color* - **XTerm.CursorColor**: *color* - **XTerm.CursorColor2**: *color* - **XTerm.Bigfont\_key**: *keysym* - **XTerm.Smallfont\_key**: *keysym* - **XTerm.Cutchars**: *string* - **XTerm.Meta8**: *keysym* - **XTerm.Modifier**: *keysym* - **XTerm.Backspacekey**: *keysym* - **XTerm.Deletekey**: *keysym* - **XTerm.MapAlert**: *keysym* - Example: XTerm.Geometry: 80x25\ XTerm.Scrollbar: True\ XTerm.Vt.Transparent: True\ XTerm.Vt.Shading: 70\ XTerm.Vt.SaveLines: 300\ materm.vt0.shading: 90\ materm.vt0.title: me\ materm.vt1.title: root\ materm.vt1.saveLines: 20\ Put those lines in your $HOME/.Xdefaults file or in a configuration file you will load with **-cf** *\* at startup. ## FILES - **/etc/utmp** System file for login records. - **/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt** Color names. - **/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm** if enable at compiled time, this is the first configuration file read. - **~/.Xdefaults** if presents, resources read from this file override existing resources. - **~/.Xresources** if .Xdefaults was not found, try this one. ## KEYBOARD SHORTCUT You have several shortcut to ease the use of the app. Here is the lsit of shortcut :\ ctrl+alt+n : create a new terminal\ ctrl+d : close a terminal (note this is a shell sequence)\ shift+left\_arrow: active left terminal\ shift+right\_arrow: active right terminal\ shift+up\_arrow: sroll up line by line\ shift+down\_arrow: sroll down line by line\ shift+page\_up: sroll up screen by screen\ shift+page\_down: sroll down screen by screen ## ENVIRONMENT ## BUGS Transparency is global, not specific to a terminal\ The same apply for the bgtype\ Some problems with pseudo-terminal somethimes\ Font size change is working very bad\ This man page is not finished\ ## AUTHOR - John Bovey University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt. - Rob Nation *\* very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt - Angelo Haritsis *\* wrote the Greek Keyboard Input - mj olesen *\* Wrote the menu system. \ Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21) - Oezguer Kesim *\* Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5) - Geoff Wing *\* Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. \ Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - ) - Sasha Vasko *\* branched rxvt with Alfredo Kojima additions to aterm.\ - Alexis *\* Modifications of aterm to add tabbed terminals and notebook bar.\