---
name: "uxterm"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xterm"
version: "411-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/uxterm"
---

# uxterm(1)

X terminal emulator for Unicode (UTF-8) environments

## NAME

uxterm - X terminal emulator for Unicode (UTF-8) environments

## SYNOPSIS

**uxterm** \[ *xterm-options* \]

## DESCRIPTION

**uxterm** is a wrapper around the **[xterm(1)](/xterm/1.md)** program that invokes the latter program with the “UXTerm” X resource class set. All arguments to **uxterm** are passed to **xterm** without processing; the **-class** and **-u8** options should not be specified because they are used by the wrapper. See the **xterm** manual page for more information on *xterm-options*.

The environment's locale settings (see “ENVIRONMENT” below) are used to discern the locale's character set. If no current locale can be determined, the locale “en\_US” (the English language as used in the territory of the United States) is assumed. The **[locale(1)](/locale/1.md)** utility is used to determine whether the system supports the selected locale. If it does not, **uxterm** will exit with an error and report the output of **locale**.

**Note: uxterm** may produce unexpected results if the current locale is set to one in which the UTF-8 character encoding is not supported, or if fonts using the ISO 10646-1 character set are not available. In the Debian system, the “xfonts-base” package provides the fonts that **uxterm** uses by default. To change the fonts **uxterm** uses, edit the */usr/share/X11/app-defaults//UXTerm* file.

A similar wrapper, **[koi8rxterm(1)](/koi8rxterm/1.md),** is available for KOI8-R environments.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **LC\_ALL, LC\_CTYPE, LANG**

  The values of these variables are checked, in order, to determine the character set used by the current locale.

## AUTHORS

Thomas Dickey

## SEE ALSO

**[locale(1)](/locale/1.md),** **[locale(7)](/locale/7.md),** **[koi8rxterm(1)](/koi8rxterm/1.md),** **[xterm(1)](/xterm/1.md)**