Tuesday 22 November 2011

Xterm in HP UX


Explanation of switches available for xterm:
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-T "Title name" : Used for displaying title
-bg : For background color
-fg : For foreground color
-fn : For font name (it can be name as well as size also)
-e : This x-application will open in xterm window
-geometry 180x60 : To define xterm's window size and location (optional)
-display : To send the xterm's display on "Hostname" (i.e. for remote display)

How to open Xterm on local system:
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xterm -T "This xterm is from: `whoami`@`hostname`" -bg black -fg white -fn fixed -geometry 180x60
xterm -T "This xterm is from: `whoami`@`hostname`" -bg black -fg white -fn "*-fixed-*-*-*-20-*" -geometry 180x60


How to open Xterm on remote system:
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xterm -T "This xterm is from: `whoami`@`hostname`" -bg black -fg white -fn fixed -display 10.10.10.230:6.0
xterm -T "This xterm is from: `whoami`@`hostname`" -bg black -fg white -fn "*-fixed-*-*-*-20-*" -display 10.10.10.230:6.0
xterm -T "This xterm is from: `whoami`@`hostname`" -bg black -fg white -fn fixed -display 10.10.10.230:6.0 -e xclock


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