It, it was tested by the X group against a BBN graphics package, While I wrote the emulator so that my software would work on Of my software was written for that mode of operation, anyway. So sharing a window was the quickest way to do things, and all WithĪ VAX 750 running several VS100's, window creation was sloowww, Which I had been using at MIT before I came to Harvard. Window with the VT100 emulator, much like on the VT240 terminals Which used the full resolution of that 300 dpi printer instead While I was at it, I wroteĪn improved Tektronix emulator for our Imagen laser printer Routines so I could use them with my Fortran software-and More C-I had only written a couple of wrappers to C I/O Would be a good use of my time to implement a Tektronix Group desparately needed the graphics capabilities, it That since I knew Tektronix commands pretty well, and our Where Jim Gettys was detailed from DEC to the X project,Īnd Jim had connections with SAO, having worked here afterĬollege (MIT, where we had both worked at the observatoryĪt various times) he was still sharing an apartment withĪn SAO colleague of mine, too. SAO is at Harvard, across Cambridge from MIT, Had an early version (X6 or so) of xterm, with no graphicsĬapabilities. Terminals, but I was presented with a VS100 terminal which Tape full of software I had written for Unix and Tektronix Telescope which was to fly on the Space Shuttle in 1985 To write analysis software for the Spacelab 2 Infrared (after leaving the research staff at MIT) in October 1985 What happened was that I was hired by SAO "guy at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory" Jim I was checking out the newly revised AltaVista searchĮngine to see what was on the net about xterm, and Iįound your pages. Then hacked on at the X Consortium by uncounted people.Įmail from Doug Mink provides more background: The Tek 4010 support came from a guy at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Notable improvements include the proper ANSI parser, that Bob McNamara I then did a lot of hacking on it, and merged several improved versions Intended that a single process be able to drive multiple VS100 displays.ĭon't hold this against Mark it isn't his fault. Part of why xterm's internals are so horrifying is that it was originally Than trying to do a stand alone program, so I had him retarget it to X. Part way through the summer, it became clear that X was more useful VS100 by Mark Vandevoorde, as my coop student the summer that It was originally written as a stand-alone terminal emulator for the To give a bit of history, xterm predates X! There is no changelog, and it is not clear who did what.Įmail from Jim Gettys provides some background: The original xterm program, maintained by the X Consortium Terminal resizing capabilities (for example, the SIGWINCH signal in systemsĭerived from 4.3bsd), xterm will use the facilities to notify programs runningĪ lot of people, cited at the bottom of the manual page wrote If the underlying operating system supports It providesĭEC VT102 and Tektronix 4014 compatible terminals for programs that can't use The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. Whole document tree XTERM - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)Ĭopyright 1997,1998,2000 by Thomas E.
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