xterm tabs and scrolling

faizlo · 01-26-2009, 02:39 PM

Hi all,

I want to know if it is possible for xterm to have tabs, just like konsole in kde?
Also, is it possible to scroll line by line (just like Shift+Up/Shift+Down)?

faizlo

PTrenholme · 01-26-2009, 03:51 PM

I don't think it supports tabs since it's just a VT120/Textronix terminal emulator.

Did you read man xterm? There are some options related to scrolling mentioned.

faizlo · 01-26-2009, 05:03 PM

hi,

Yes, scrolling is available in xterm, but it is done through either the mouse or though PgDn/PgUp.
I want to scroll line by line.

faizlo

PTrenholme · 01-27-2009, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by faizlo

hi,

Yes, scrolling is available in xterm, but it is done through either the mouse or though PgDn/PgUp.
I want to scroll line by line.

faizlo

Look at your mouse settings, and set your mouse to scroll one line when you turn the scroll wheel.

faizlo · 01-25-2010, 03:33 AM

Long time, I know, but I found this by chance and I feel like I have to tell what I did.
In a file called .XDefault (you can name it anything you like) I added these few lines:

Code:

*VT100.Translations:      #override <Key>Prior: scroll-back(1,page) \n\
                          <Key>Next: scroll-forw(1,page) \n \
                          Shift<Key>Up: scroll-back(1,line) \n \
                          Shift<Key>Down: scroll-forw(1,line) \n

Then:

Code:

xrdb -merge .XDefault

This will make the following changes:
1- Shift+up scrolls up one line
2- Shift+down scroll down one line
3- PgUp scrolls up one page
4- PgDn scrolls down one page

I hope this will help.

faizlo