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Xterm is very broadly compatible with VT220 terminals, with some VT320 and VT420 features thrown in. It is a terminal emulator. Other TEs, especially libvte-ba
by bitwize 4y ago
Xterm is very broadly compatible with VT220 terminals, with some VT320 and VT420 features thrown in. It is a terminal emulator.
Other TEs, especially libvte-based ones, are more like crappy xterm emulators.
So there are reasons to want xterm, specifically.
- anthk 4y agoXTerm has a keyboard locking mode, so X11 tools can't snoop it. Other terms as you say, suck. BTW, does this work under OpenBSD and ksh with "set -o vi"?
- dgl 4y agoThis exact variant with no interaction code execution doesn't, but it's possible to use the vi line editing keys via this bug and do something like hide a command before the current cursor position. (OpenBSD's ksh will show a little "<" in that case.)