NAME
XTerm::Conf - change configuration of a running xterm
SYNOPSIS
use XTerm::Conf;
xterm_conf(-fg => "white", -bg => "black", -title => "Hello, world", ...);DESCRIPTION
xterm_conf(options ...)
The xterm_conf function (exported by default) checks first if the current terminal looks like an xterm (by looking at the TERM environment variable) and prints the escape sequences for the following options:
- -iconname string
-
Change the name of the associated X11 icon.
- -title string
-
Change the xterm's title bar.
- -fg color
- -foreground color
-
Change the text color. You can use either X11 named colors or the #rrggbb notation.
- -bg color
- -background color
-
Change the background color
- -textcursor ...
-
???
- -mousefg color
- -mouseforeground color
-
Change the foreground color of the mouse pointer.
- -mousebg color
- -mousebackground color
-
Change the background/border color of the mouse pointer.
- -tekfg color
- -tekforeground color
-
???
- -tekbg color
- -tekbackground color
-
???
- -highlightcolor color
-
???
- -bell
-
Ring the bell (either visual or audible)
- -cs ...
-
???
- -fullreset
-
Perform a full reset.
- -softreset
-
Perform a soft reset.
- -[no]smoothscroll
-
Turn smooth scrolling on or off. Does not have a visual effect, though.
- -[no]reverse
- -[no]reversevideo
-
Turn reverse video on or off.
- -[no]origin
-
???
- -[no]wraparound
-
???
- -[no]autorepeat
-
Turn auto repeat on or off
- -[no]formfeed
-
???
- -[no]showcursor
-
???
- -[no]showscrollbar
-
rxvt only?
- -[no]tektronix
-
???
- -[no]marginbell
-
???
- -[no]reversewraparound
-
???
- -[no]backsendsdelete
-
???
- -[no]bottomscrolltty
-
rxvt only?
- -[no]bottomscrollkey
-
rxvt only?
- -[no]metasendsesc
- -[no]metasendsescape
-
???
- -scrollregion ...
-
???
- -deiconify
-
Deiconify an iconified xterm window.
- -iconify
-
Iconify the xterm window.
- -geometry geomtry
-
Change the geometry of the xterm window. The geometry is in the usual X11 notation widthxheight+left+top. The numbers are in pixels. The width and height may be suffixed with a
c, which means that the number are interpreted as characters. - -raise
-
Raise the xterm window.
- -lower
-
Lower the xterm window
- -refresh
- -x11refresh
-
Force a X11 refresh
- -maximize
-
Maximize the xterm window
- -unmaximize
-
Restore to the state before maximization.
- -xproperty ...
- -x11property ...
-
???
- -font ...
-
???
- -nextfont
-
???
- -prevfont
-
???
- -report ...
-
???
- -debugreport
-
???
- -resize integer
-
???
xterm_conf_string(options ...)
xterm_conf_string just returns a string with the escape sequences for the given options (same as in xterm_conf). No terminal check will be performed here.
xterm_conf_string may be exported.
AUTHOR
Slaven Rezić