Bug#614803: xtermset possibly could be replaced by xtermcontrol
I haven't used xtermset for quite some time, but I think the general
idea of it can be very useful in scripts.
There's another, on a first glance very similar package in Debian
called xtermcontrol. It seems to have an active upstream and supports
more commands, but not all of xtermset's commands are supported:
$ xtermset
GPF xtermset 0.5.2
[-store [<filename>]] [-default [<filename>]]
[-force|f] [-title|T window-title] [-n icon-name]
[-fg color] [-bg color] [-cr color]
[-mousefg color] [-mousebg color]
[-tekfg color] [-tekbg color] [-hc color]
[-fn|font font-spec] [-geom size-spec]
[-iconify] [-restore] [-refresh]
Report bugs to bje@dds.nl.
$ xtermcontrol --help
Usage: xtermcontrol [OPTIONS]...
Purpose:
This program enables dynamic control of XFree86 xterm properties.
Options:
--fg=COLOR set foreground color
--bg=COLOR set background color
--colorN=COLOR set N'th [0-15] color
--highlight=COLOR set highlight color
--cursor=COLOR set cursor color
--mouse-fg=COLOR set mouse pointer foreground color
--mouse-bg=COLOR set mouse pointer background color
--font=FONT set font
--title=STRING set window title
--geometry=WIDTHxHEIGHT+XOFF+YOFF set size and/or position
--get-fg report foreground color
--get-bg report background color
--get-colorN report N'th [0-15] color
--get-highlight report highlight color
--get-cursor report cursor color
--get-mouse-fg report mouse pointer foreground color
--get-mouse-bg report mouse pointer background color
--get-font report font
--get-title report window title
--get-geometry report size and position
--maximize maximize window
--restore restore maximized window
--iconify iconify window
--de-iconify de-iconify window
--raise raise window
--lower lower window
--reset full reset
--raw=CTLSEQS issue raw control sequence
--file=FILE alternative configuration file
--force, -f skip TERM check
--verbose, -v print verbose reports
--help, -h print this help and exit
--version print the version number and exit
Report bugs to <jess@thrysoee.dk>
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>From the above it seems that xtermcontrol does not have the following
features that are present in xtermset:
* Store settings in a file and load them again
* Everything which has to do with the Tek window.
* Setting the icon name independently of the window title
Regards, Axel
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