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Tag: xterm

Multixterm – “can’t find package Expect”

I am attempting to open multixterm on my desktop machine, but I end up with the error: usr:~> multixterm can’t find package Expect while executing “package require Expect” (file “/usr/local/bin/multixterm” line 6″) Any help would be appreciated. I’ve tried running multixterm on my laptop and on a friend’s machine, and there is no issue there. Both Expect and multixterm exist

xterm copying to CLIPBOARD using copy-selection causes automatic updating of CLIPBOARD upon mouse selection

I’ve tried various ways to coerce xterm (versions 285 and 292) to copy the selection to the CLIPBOARD clipboard whenever I press Ctrl-Shift-C. The most promising way thus far has been, in ~/.Xresources, to put this: Ctrl-Shift-V works perfectly, but the copying has a nuance… If I restart xterm, highlighting text puts things in the PRIMARY clipboard; this is expected,

xterm keep page from less in terminal after exit

I often view files using less and want to remember what i have just seen in the file. However when I quit less by pressing the q key my xterm window removes the page of less showing the file and only shows my command prompt. How do I keep the less output on my terminal when I quit? Answer less

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