9.7.11 X terminal emulators

There are many X consoles which support simple 8 bit encodings when pertinent font packages are installed:

• xterm – The X terminal emulator

• gnome-terminal – xterm for Gnome

• konsole – xterm for KDE

• rxvt – VT102 terminal (lighter)

• aterm – VT102 for Afterstep WM

• eterm – VT102 for Enlightment WM

• wterm – VT102 for WindowMaker WM

Multi-byte encoding supports of X console are provided by xterm through UTF-8 encoding ( UTF-8 support for the X terminal emulator, Section 9.7.12). Other traditional encoding supports are in progress (as of 2003). Following packages offer traditional encoding supports:

• aterm-ml – Multi-lingual

• kterm – Multi-lingual (Japanese, ...)

• rxvt-ml – Multi-lingual

• wterm-ml – Multi-lingual

• cxterm-big5 – Chinese (Trad., Big5)

• cxterm-gb – Chinese (Simp., GB)

• cxterm-ks – Chinese (KS)

• cxterm-jis – Japanese

• hanterm-classic – Korean (Hangul)

• hanterm-xf – Korean (Hangul)

• hztty – Chinese (GB, Big5, zW/HZ)

For kterm (and possibly others), you may want to activate XIM through menu after Ctrl-middle-click mouse action.