X Strike Force X.Org X11 SVN commit: r117 - in trunk/debian: . local
Author: dnusinow
Date: 2005-05-16 22:46:11 -0500 (Mon, 16 May 2005)
New Revision: 117
Modified:
trunk/debian/changelog
trunk/debian/local/xterm.faq.html
Log:
Merge changes from xfree tree to local/xterm.faq.html
Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog 2005-05-17 03:42:33 UTC (rev 116)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog 2005-05-17 03:46:11 UTC (rev 117)
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
- dexconf
- dexconf.1
- FAQ.xhtml
+ - xterm.faq.html
- Re-add jisx0208.1983-0.enc.gz to MANIFEST.all's list of font encodings
until I know more about why it was removed.
Modified: trunk/debian/local/xterm.faq.html
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/local/xterm.faq.html 2005-05-17 03:42:33 UTC (rev 116)
+++ trunk/debian/local/xterm.faq.html 2005-05-17 03:46:11 UTC (rev 117)
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@
</blockquote>
<H1><A NAME="who_did_it">Who wrote XTERM?</A></H1>
-
+I've been working on xterm since early 1996
+(see my <a href="xterm.log.html">changelog</a> for details).
+<P>
+But the program is much older than that.
+<p>
A lot of people, cited at the bottom of the manual page wrote
the original xterm program, maintained by the X Consortium
(later part of the Open Group - I'm well aware of the distinction,
@@ -2340,10 +2344,28 @@
processing (neither popup menus nor colors work).
<H3><A NAME="bug_xiterm">XITERM</A>
-<A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/terms/";>link</A></H3>
+<A HREF="ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/X11/terms/";>link</A></H3>
This appears to be rxvt 2.20,
lightly reformatted,
with a few ifdef's changed.
+<p>
+That is, it was.
+The name was later appropriated by a different
+<a href="http://oss.software.ibm.com/linux/projects/iterm/";>program</a>,
+which also uses the name <code>iterm</code>.
+Like gnome-terminal,
+iterm aims to be an xterm-emulator
+rather than a VT102- or VT220-emulator.
+<p>
+An earlier <a href="http://www.openi18n.org";>attempt</a> by the same author
+(the "CSI-xterm")
+incorporates some of the changes I made for XFree86 xterm
+via cut and paste
+(but does not mention this in its README).
+It is said to be the basis for Solaris 10 xterm.
+<p>
+Both have similar problems running
+<A HREF="../vttest/vttest.html">vttest</A>.
<H2><A NAME="building_it">How do I build XTERM?</A></H2>
Building a copy of xterm is simple, provided that you have a development
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