On 4/18/19, bw <bwtn...@yahoo.com> wrote: > In-Reply-To: > <cad8gwsubwsuozhxeou7-dugzdqxevjjf_t8-4cbqkn2-vfl...@mail.gmail.com> > > Thanks for your posts, it was very helpful and nice of you to follow up. > I have some isssue on the list, so CC: your email to make sure you get my > thanks for your time! > >>If anybody knows where the modifiers (Meta, Ctrl, Lock, etc) and >>qualifiers (~!@ etc) are documented, please share. > > The xterm FAQ said XTerm's manpage does not document the syntax for X > resources it is: > > "...in the X documentation." but I don't know myself, there's some old > guys that may know. I hope they post some more info in this thread.
Yeah.. I was hoping someone would give me some links to the official documentation but apparently this is the wrong mailing list for those kind of questions. > I like xterm! I started using it yrs ago, stabbing at it in blind > ignorance. After a few yrs, I'm thinking this program was written by > some really intelligent people, to be really useful in many different > environments, and really stable and reliable. It's hard to configure, but > once you set it up the way you want, you won't have any problems. I agree. On the one hand, it's impressive that it can be customized so much. On the other hand, the documentation leaves much to be desired. In any case, the man pages and https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.html eventually got me there. I think. What I have now: - left double-click selects a "word" - the "word" definition is expanded from alphanumeric to alphanumeric + characters I normally use in a filename - left triple-click selects a line - left click <here> and shift+left-click <there> selects all the characters from <here> to <there> - left-click-and-hold, move the mouse, let go of the mouse button selects all the characters you moused over - right click pastes NB: my testing was minimal & I don't know what the default behavior is supposed to be, so it's quite possible I've introduced breakage without realizing it. I quit testing when 'left double-click on a filename, right click' pasted the filename & 'left click here, shift+left click there, right click' pasted in everything from here to there. $ cat .Xresources XTerm*faceName: DejaVu Sans Mono XTerm*faceSize: 12 XTerm*scrollBar: true XTerm*rightScrollBar: true XTerm*VT100.geometry: 120x24 ! NOTE: XTerm*geometry: NxN also changes the popup menu size! XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \n\ None <Btn1Down>: select-start() \n\ None <Btn1Motion>:select-extend() \n\ ~Ctrl ~Meta Shift <Btn1Down>: start-extend() \n\ ~Ctrl ~Meta <Btn1Up>: select-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\ ~Ctrl ~Meta ~Shift <Btn3Down>: ignore() \n\ ~Ctrl ~Meta ~Shift <Btn3Up>: insert-selection(SELECT, CUT_BUFFER0) ! --- https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xtoolkit/intrinsics.html#Translation_Table_Syntax ! If the modifier list has no entries it means "don't care" on all modifiers. ! If "None" is specified, it means no modifiers can be asserted. ! An exclamation point (!) at the beginning of the modifier list means that the listed ! modifiers must be in the correct state and no other modifiers can be asserted. ! If any modifiers are specified and an exclamation point (!) is not specified, it means that the listed ! modifiers must be in the correct state and "don't care" about any other modifiers. ! If a modifier is preceded by a tilde (~), it means that modifier must not be asserted. ! ! select-start() ! This action begins text selection at the current pointer location. ! select-extend() ! This action tracks the pointer and extends the selection. It should only be bound to Motion events. ------------ <aside> I came across the Unix Haters Handbook while trying to figure out how to modify the xterm button behavior.. I also have the bad habit of What documentation was actually written—the infamous Unix “man pages”—was really nothing more than a collection of reminders for people who already knew what they were doing. ------------ </aside> XTerm*VT100.charClass: 45-47:48,95:48,126:48 ! I like being able to double-click on a filename & having the text selected ! So add dash (45), period (46), slash (47), underscore (95) and tilde (126) ! to the aplhanumeric character class (48) ! man xterm ! / int charClass ! the number below the character is the character class ! notice that all the letters & digits are character class 48 ! ! $ echo -n "-./_~" | od -a -td1 ! 0000000 - . / _ ~ ! 45 46 47 95 126 ! 0000005 Regards, Lee
