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NAME

       Eterm - the Enlightened terminal emulator for the X Window System

SYNOPSIS

       Eterm [options]

DESCRIPTION

       Eterm  —  version  0.9.6  —  is  a  color  vt102 terminal emulator intended as an xterm(1)
       replacement. It is designed with a Freedom of Choice philosophy, leaving  as  much  power,
       flexibility,  and  freedom  as  possible in the hands of the user.  It is designed to look
       good and work well, but takes a feature-rich  approach  rather  than  one  of  minimalism.
       Eterm uses Imlib for advanced graphic abilities.  See below for details.

OPTIONS

       The  Eterm  options  are  listed below.  In keeping with the freedom-of-choice philosophy,
       options may be eliminated or  default  values  chosen  at  compile-time,  so  options  and
       defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on your system.

       Options  that do not take a parameter (besides -h and --help) are boolean.  If you use the
       POSIX (short) option, you are forcing the parameter  to  "true".   If  you  use  the  long
       option,  you  can  use any of the accepted boolean values, which are "yes", "on", "1", and
       "true" to turn the option on, or "no", "off", "0", or "false" to turn the option off.  The
       same is true for boolean values in the configuration file.

       -t theme, --theme theme
              Load  specified  theme.   Consult  the  FAQ for more details on what constitutes an
              Eterm theme.

       -X conffile, --config-file conffile
              Use an alternative user config file name.  Otherwise Eterm uses the default,  which
              is user.cfg.  The theme config file is always theme.cfg.

       -d displayname, --display displayname
              Attempt  to  open  a  window on the named X display displayname.  In the absence of
              this option, the display specified by the DISPLAY environment variable is used.

       --debug level
              Show debugging output.  level is an integer between 0 and 5  which  determines  how
              verbose the debugging output is.

       --install
              Tells Eterm to install its own colormap rather than using the default one.

       -h, --help
              Print out a message describing available options.

       --version
              Print Eterm version and compile-time configuration.

       -r, --reverse-video
              Reverse video, swaps the foreground and background colors.

       -b color, --background-color color
              Set  color  as  the  background  color.  NOTE: this will actually be the foreground
              color if reverse video is also selected.

       -f color, --foreground-color color
              Set color as the  foreground  (text)  color.   NOTE:  this  will  actually  be  the
              background color if reverse video is also selected.

       --color0 color

       ...

       --color15 color
              Use color as color X.

       --colorBD color
              Use color as the bold color.

       --colorUL color
              Use color as the underline color.

       --pointer-color color
              Use color as the pointer color.

       -c color, --cursor-color color
              Use color as the cursor color.

       --cursor-text-color color
              Use color as the cursor text color.

       -g geom, --geometry geom
              Window geometry as Width x Height+X coord+Y coord, i.e 100x200+0+100

       -i,--iconic
              Start in iconified state (only if the window manager supports iconification).

       -n name, --name name
              Sets  name  of  current  instance to name.  This will affect the icon title and the
              window title string unless they are otherwise explicitly set.

       -T title, --title title
              Sets window's title text to title.

       --icon-name text
              Sets the icon title text to text.

       -B type, --scrollbar-type type
              Specifies the type scrollbar style should be used.   type  can  be  any  of  motif,
              xterm, or next.

       --scrollbar-width width
              Set  the  width  of  the scrollbar, in pixels, to width.  Eterm does not impose any
              restrictions on this value, but it should be reasonable.

       -D desktop, --desktop desktop
              Starts the Eterm on the specified desktop.  desktop should be an integer between  0
              and  your  highest-numbered  desktop.  NOTE: You must have a GNOME-compliant window
              manager for this feature to work.  Please  see  http://www.gnome.org/devel/gnomewm/
              for more information on the _WIN_WORKSPACE property and how to support it.

       --line-space num
              Size of the extra gap, in pixels, to provide between lines in the terminal window.

       --bold-font font
              Sets the bold text font to font.

       -F font, --font font
              Sets the normal text font to font.

       --default-font-index num
              Specifies the index of the default (normal) text font.

       --font1 font

       ...

       --font4 font
              Sets the font at the specified index (1-4) to font.

       --proportional
              Specifies  that  the  font  in use is proportional and requests standard deviation-
              based character cell spacing.  Terminals must use fixed-width  character  cells  to
              maintain  proper  columnal  alignment, even when proportionally-spaced fonts are in
              use.  Some proportionally-spaced fonts vary greatly between the minimum and maximum
              character  widths.   This  option  chooses a character cell size which is up to two
              standard deviations above the average character  width  but  will  not  exceed  the
              maximum  width  of  the largest glyph.  Note that characters larger than the chosen
              cell width will overwrite (or be overwritten by) other characters and may  tend  to
              leave  pixel  droppings.   This behavior is an expected side-effect of an imperfect
              scenario.  If you object to this behavior, do not use this option.

       --font-fx effects
              Specifies the effects to apply to the terminal window font.  The value  of  effects
              is  a  single string containing a series of corner/color pairs.  These pairs define
              toward which corner a drop shadow of each character should be made, and what  color
              that  shadow  will be.  The corner is specified first using the following keywords:
              top_left or tl, top_right or tr, bottom_left or bl, and bottom_right or  br.   Each
              corner specifier is then followed by a color.

              There  are  also several shortcuts for doing common effects.  You can get a single-
              color outline by using the keyword outline followed by  a  color.   A  single-color
              drop  shadow  is  also  available  using the keyword shadow followed by an optional
              corner specifier (bottom_right being the default) and a color.  For a 3-D  embossed
              look,  use  emboss dark_color light_color.  The opposite effect, a carved-out look,
              can be obtained with carved dark_color light_color.  (Of course,  with  those  last
              two, the 3-D look will only work if you choose the light and dark colors wisely.)

              Finally, for no font effects at all, simply specify the keyword none.

              The  default  value is bottom_right black which yields a black drop shadow, greatly
              improving the visibility of lightly-colored fonts  on  top  of  light  spots  in  a
              background image.  Note that font effects are not active in solid color mode.

       -P pic, --background-pixmap pic
              Use  pic as the background image.  pic can be in any format that Imlib understands.
              Currently this means just about anything, including JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, PPM,  etc.
              The  image is tiled by default.  To specify alternate geometry, follow the filename
              with  an  @  sign  and  the  geometry  string.   Image  geometry  is  specified  as
              @wxh+x+y:ops where w and h are the horizontal/vertical scaling percentages, x and y
              are the horizontal/vertical alignment percentages, and  ops  is  a  colon-delimited
              list  of  operations:  tiled  (to  tile  the  image),  propscaled (for proportional
              scaling).  Note that these operations can be combined for various effects.

       -I pic, --icon pic
              Sets the icon pixmap file to pic.  Works similarly to the -P option above.

       --up-arrow-pixmap pic
              As above, except the scrollbar's up-arrow is set.

       --down-arrow-pixmap pic
              As above, except the scrollbar's down-arrow is set.

       --trough-pixmap pic
              As above, except the scrollbar's background (trough) is set.

       --anchor-pixmap pic
              As above, except the scrollbar's anchor image is set.

       --menu-pixmap pic
              As above, except the menu background image is set.

       -O, --trans
              This gives a pseudo-transparent Eterm.  The image is taken directly from  the  root
              window,  so  any  requests  for changing the pixmap are ignored.  If you do not use
              Enlightenment (http://www.enlightenment.org/) as your window  manager  (or  another
              compliant  window manager...I have been told that WindowMaker works also), you will
              need to use the Esetroot program (found in the utils/ directory) to set  your  root
              background image.

       -0, --itrans
              Activate  the  immotile  transparency  optimization  for transparent Eterm windows.
              Note that this does NOT activate transparency; you must still  include  the  -O  or
              --trans option.  This option should be used on transparent windows which are shaded
              or tinted and which do not move around on the desktop much.  See  the  Mon  Mar   6
              21:11:13 PST 2000 ChangeLog entry for a more detailed explanation.

       --viewport-mode
              This activates a special Eterm mode which is hard to describe in words.  Basically,
              imagine the effect you get with pseudo-transparency, where the  desktop  background
              moves  through  the  Eterm  window as you move the window, so that it always aligns
              with the desktop image.  Now, imagine the same effect, but the image used isn't the
              desktop  image  but  any pixmap you choose.  The image is scaled or tiled up to the
              size of the desktop, and dragging the Eterm around  the  screen  reveals  different
              portions  of  the image as you move, much like a small viewport window in a ship or
              submarine does.  The effect is especially keen if you open several Eterms  in  this
              mode with the same image.

       --shade percentage
              Shade the background image/transparency by a specified percentage.

       --tint mask

       --tint color
              Tints the background pixmap (either an image file or the transparent portion can be
              shaded).  The mask is an integer, usually specified in hexadecimal  in  the  form
              0xRRGGBB, where RR, GG, and BB are hexadecimal numbers between 00 and ff (0 and 255
              decimal) which represent the brightness of the image's red, green, and blue values,
              respectively.  A value of 00 will mask that color out entirely, while a value of ff
              will not change that color at all.

              You may also specify an X color such as grey75 or MidnightBlue or  #babb7f  instead
              of a mask.

       --cmod brightness [ contrast [ gamma ] ]
              Specifies a color modifier to apply to the image overall.  Each of the three values
              is a number greater than or equal to 0.  The numbers can be specified  as  decimal,
              octal  (if  preceded by "0"), or hexadecimal (if preceded by "0x").  A value of 256
              (0x100) represents 100%, or "leave that value unchanged."   0  represents  0%,  512
              (0x200)  is  200%, etc.  However, be aware that overflow can occur with excessively
              high values.  Only the brightness value is required for this option.  Keep in mind,
              though,  that  you  must  specify  brightness with contrast, and both of these with
              gamma.

       --cmod-red brightness [ contrast [ gamma ] ]
              Same as above, except that the modifier applies to the red values of the image.

       --cmod-green brightness [ contrast [ gamma ] ]
              Same as above, except that the modifier applies to the green values of the image.

       --cmod-blue brightness [ contrast [ gamma ] ]
              Same as above, except that the modifier applies to the blue values of the image.

       -p newpath, --path newpath
              Sets the pic search path.  When the --background-pixmap or other pixmap options are
              used, this path will be used to find the image.

       --cache size
              Specify the size in bytes for the Imlib2 cache.

       -N list, --anim list
              Specifies  an  animation list to be use in cycling the background pixmap.  The list
              consists of two or more words.  The first  word  defines  the  delay,  in  seconds,
              between  updates  of  the  background.  This should be set to a reasonable value to
              insure that Eterm doesn't spend all its time rendering backgrounds.  All  remaining
              words  specify  background  images and have the same syntax as the -P option above,
              including the optional geometry string.

       -M font, --mfont font
              Sets the normal multibyte text font to font.

       --mfont1 font

       ...

       --mfont4 font
              Sets multibyte font X to font.

       --mencoding encoding
              Sets multichar encoding mode (eucj or sjis or euckr)

       --input-method method
              Sets XIM input method

       --preedit-type type
              Sets XIM preedit type

       -l, --login-shell
              Makes the new shell a login shell.

       -s, --scrollbar
              Enables the scrollbar. (Default)

       -u, --utmp-logging
              Tries to enable proper utmp logging.  For this to work, Eterm probably needs to run
              setuid or setgid, usually setuid root.

       -v, --visual-bell
              Enables the "visual bell".  Means the window will flash or blink rather than beep.

       -H, --home-on-output
              Jump to bottom on output.

       --home-on-input
              Jump to bottom on input.

       -q, --no-input
              Keeps  Eterm  from  accepting  keyboard  input,  and  keeps the window manager from
              focusing it.  Useful for log tailers and such.

       --scrollbar-right
              Display scrollbar on the right hand side.

       --scrollbar-floating
              Display the scrollbar without a trough.

       --scrollbar-popup
              Display the scrollbar only when the Eterm window is focused.

       -x, --borderless
              This option forces Eterm to have no borders.

       -S, --sticky
              Start Eterm as a sticky window (shows on all desktops)

       -m, --map-alert
              Un-iconify on beep.

       -8, --meta8
              Causes the Meta key to set the 8th bit in the char.

       --double-buffer
              Rather than drawing text directly onto the window,  this  option  causes  Eterm  to
              allocate  an  additional  pixmap  the  size  of  the terminal window into which the
              background *and* the text are rendered.  This pixmap is  then  set  as  the  window
              background.  Double-buffering uses additional memory in the X server, but it allows
              Eterm to ignore expose events so redraws are faster.

       --no-cursor
              Disables the text cursor.

       --pause
              After the child process terminates, Eterm will wait for a keypress before exiting.

       --xterm-select
              Duplicate's xterm's treatment of  cutchars.   The  only  real  difference  is  what
              happens  when  you  double  click  on  a single cutchar between two words.  If this
              option is on, only that single  character  gets  selected.   If  it  is  off,  that
              character  is selected along with the two words.  The latter behavior is useful for
              double-clicking on the space between someone's first and last names, or the @  sign
              in an e-mail address, etc.

       --select-line
              If  activated,  this  option  causes  a triple click to select the entire line from
              beginning to end.  If off, a triple-click selects just from the current word to the
              end of the line.

       --select-trailing-spaces
              Determines  whether  or  not  trailing spaces in a selection are maintained (on) or
              discarded (off).

       --report-as-keysyms
              Reports certain keystrokes as keysyms and modifiers rather than  escape  sequences.
              NOTE:  This option is intended for use only with programs that support this special
              Eterm mode.  Do not enable it unless you are executing a program  which  uses  this
              mode.

       --buttonbar
              Toggle the display of all buttonbars.

       --resize-gravity
              If  true,  Eterm  will  automatically  detect  the  nearest corner, and font-change
              resizes will cause the Eterm window to gravitate toward that corner.

       --overstrike-bold
              If true (default), Eterm will simulate a  bold  font  by  printing  each  character
              twice,  offsetting  the  second  pass by one pixel.  This makes the characters seem
              thicker without the need for a special font.  You may wish to disable this  if  you
              use a specific color for bold.

       --bold-brightens-foreground
              If  true  (default), Eterm will use the "bold" ANSI color attribute to brighten the
              foreground color by using the high-intensity colors (8 through 15) rather than  the
              low-intensity colors (0 through 7).  Note that having a specific color selected for
              bold will override this.

       --blink-brightens-background
              If true (default), Eterm will use the "blink" ANSI color attribute to brighten  the
              background  color by using the high-intensity colors (8 through 15) rather than the
              low-intensity colors (0 through 7).

       --colors-suppress-bold
              If true (default), any colored text (that is,  any  text  not  rendered  using  the
              default foreground color) will not be given any other special treatment for bolding
              (e.g., bold font or bold overstrike).

       --big-font-key keysym
              Specify a keysym to increase the font size.  Default is Shift and the + key on  the
              keypad.   Ctrl->  or  Meta->  may  also  work (if you #define one of the hotkeys in
              src/feature.h).

       --small-font-key keysym
              Specify a keysym to decrease the font size.  Default is Shift and the - key on  the
              keypad.   Ctrl-<  or  Meta-<  may  also  work (if you #define one of the hotkeys in
              src/feature.h).

       --meta-mod num
              Specify which X modifier (1-5) to treat as the Meta key.  See  xmodmap(1)  and  the
              output of xmodmap -pm for more details.

       --alt-mod num
              Same as --meta-mod, but for the Alt key.

       --numlock-mod num
              Same as --meta-mod, but for the NumLock key.

       --greek-keyboard mode
              Use Greek keyboard mapping (iso or ibm).

       --app-keypad
              Start Eterm in application keypad mode (as opposed to normal keypad mode).

       --app-cursor
              Start Eterm in application cursor key mode (as opposed to normal cursor key mode).

       -L num, --save-lines num
              Set the number of lines in the scrollback buffer to num.

       -a size, --min-anchor-size size
              Specifies  the  minimum  size, in pixels high, of the scrollbar anchor.  NOTE: This
              causes abnormal scrolling behavior when combined with large scrollback buffers!

       -w width, --border-width width
              Set the window's border width to width.   The  border  this  controls  is  the  gap
              between  the  edge  of  the  X window and the edge of the terminal window; this has
              nothing to do with the window border's your window manager supplies.

       --print-pipe pipe
              The pipe for the PrintScreen function.

       --cut-chars separators
              The separators for double-click selection.

       --finished-title title
              Specifies the string Eterm should add to its title bar if --pause is specified  and
              the child process completes.

       --finished-text text
              Same as above, but displays text in the terminal window.

       --term-name TERM
              Use TERM for the value $TERM.

       --pipe-name pipe
              Specifies  a  named  pipe from which to display output.  This is useful for systems
              where syslog output goes to a named pipe, like /dev/xconsole on Debian.

       -a line, --attribute line
              This option is used to pass config file  attributes  on  the  command  line.   line
              should  be  a  single  string,  so you will almost certainly have to quote it.  The
              first word of line must be the context (see config file section below) which should
              parse  the  rest  of  the  line.  So, for example, you could specify the foreground
              color like so: -a 'color foreground blue'.  Or you could add a binding: -a 'actions
              bind  anymod  button1 to script exit'.  Note that this option may only be used with
              config file attributes that are not context-sensitive; i.e., menus and imageclasses
              cannot be specified using this option.

       -C, --console
              Grab  console messages.  Depending on your system, Eterm may need to be setuid root
              to do this.

       -e command, --exec command
              Execute command rather than a shell. Forces Eterm mode.

       -U URL, --url URL
              Pick up a "screen" session at URL rather than a local (-U "") one. URLs  look  like
              so   (screen://user@host.dom:port/screen_options),   with   all   parts   optional,
              defaulting  to  "screen://current_user@localhost:22/-RDD".  Forces  Escreen   mode,
              overrides  --exec. Note that only screen-options (see "man screen") are allowed; do
              not pass a command (with or without arguments) here:  to  pass  a  command  to  the
              screen-session, use screen [<options>] <command> [<args>] instead.

       -Z lclport:fw:fwport,delay, --fw lclport:fw:fwport,delay
              The  URL  given  to  -U is in an intranet behind firewall fw so we'll build an SSH-
              tunnel to that firewall (to port 22/SSH, or fwport if given) from our local machine
              (using  any  available port-number, or lclport if given). Then, after delay seconds
              (or a sensible default if not given), we will try to open a screen session  on  the
              host behind the firewall using ssh -p localport ... localhost screen cf.  ssh -L

THEMES

       Eterm is built on the philosophy of Freedom of Choice.  Each user should be able to choose
       the environment in which he or she wishes to exist, and  the  tools  used  should  support
       that.   In  accordance  with  that  philosophy,  Eterm  is  extremely configurable.  Eterm
       supports a concept called "themes," which should be familiar to  users  of  Enlightenment,
       icewm,  or  Microsoft Windows 95/98/NT.  The general concept of a theme is a collection of
       resources that change as many aspects of a  programs  look  and  feel  as  possible.   For
       example,  an  Enlightenment theme allows you to customize menus, window borders, desktops,
       icons, iconbars, and everything else about how E looks and feels.

       An Eterm theme consists of  a  primary  configuration  file,  always  called  "theme.cfg",
       residing in a directory bearing the same name as the theme. This directory must be a child
       of one of the directories specified by CONFIG_SEARCH_PATH in src/feature.h. The theme  may
       also  contain  additional configuration files referenced by the primary theme.cfg file, as
       well as pixmaps, menu files, documentation, etc., which are allowable as extensions to the
       minimum requirement of an Eterm theme.

       By     convention    and    default,    Eterm    themes    should    be    stored    under
       ~/.Eterm/themes/<theme_name>/ or /usr/share/Eterm/themes/<theme_name>.

       Eterm now supports the existence of a user configuration file as a supplement to the theme
       configuration  file.  The default name for this file is user.cfg, and it follows the exact
       same syntax as any other configuration file.  It is searched for using the same  algorithm
       used  for  the theme.cfg file, and any settings in the user.cfg will override any previous
       values for those settings defined by the theme.  Thus, it is recommended that any user.cfg
       files  not  be  complete config files, but rather only contain those values which the user
       wishes to explicitly override.

       NOTE:  If you have a user.cfg file in the Eterm theme directory or in ~/.Eterm/,  it  will
       override  any  previous settings, even if you are running a different theme.  For example,
       if you run the trans theme, but ~/.Eterm/themes/Eterm/user.cfg has a mode line which  sets
       the image mode to "image" rather than "trans," you will not get transparency.  This is why
       user.cfg files should be kept small and only override settings that you know you  want  to
       enforce.   If, on the other hand, you were running the trans theme and had a user.cfg file
       in the trans theme (or in ~/.Eterm/themes/trans/), that user.cfg would be found before the
       one in the Eterm theme.

       Almost  all command line options can be enabled/disabled in the theme's configuration file
       (the default  is  /usr/share/Eterm/themes/Eterm/theme.cfg).   The  next  section  contains
       details on the format and usage of the configuration file.

CONFIGURATION

       Since  Eterm 0.9.6 is based on the concept of themes, it is vital that you have a thorough
       understanding of the previous section before taking on this one.  The previous section and
       this  one  were written by the same person who wrote the Eterm code which handles options,
       config files, and themes, so it's probably the most  authoritative  documentation  on  the
       subject you're going to find.

       From  here  on  out,  I  will assume you've read the above text and know how to change the
       default value for the theme.  It is highly recommended that you have a copy of  the  Eterm
       theme config file that comes with Eterm handy while you read this documentation.

       Okay,  first  the  general  idea.   The  theme.cfg  file  is composed of comments and non-
       comments.  Comments begin with a pound sign and continue to the end of the line.  Lines of
       whitespace  are  also ignored.  The rest of the file is the config stuff, which is divided
       into sections (called "contexts") and variables (called "attributes").  There are  several
       contexts  which  are  listed  below  in sections.  Each attribute must be inside a certain
       context to be  valid.   For  instance,  while  the  "foreground"  attribute  is  perfectly
       acceptable  in  the  color  context,  it  would  be rejected if found in, say, the toggles
       context.  This allows for better organization of the config file as well as  for  multiple
       contexts  to  have attributes of the same name (like the scrollbar attributes in the color
       and toggles section).

       Each context must be enclosed in a begin...end pair that specifies the  type  of  section.
       The  statement  "begin  toggles"  starts the toggles context, and the next "end" statement
       would terminate it.  (You'll notice that some "end" statements have the context name after
       them.  This is for readability only; any text after the word "end" is ignored.)

       The  rest  of  this  section  will  contain  a  step-by-step  analysis of the config file,
       including what can go in each  section.   Note  that  some  attributes  (and  even  entire
       contexts)  may  not  be available depending on what support was compiled into Eterm by the
       person who built it.

       MAGIC NUMBER

              The first line of the config file must contain a "magic number" type line that lets
              Eterm verify that it's reading an Eterm config file and not something else (like an
              Enlightenment 0.13 and earlier config file).  The line should look like this:

              <Eterm-VERSION>

              where VERSION is the Eterm version for which the  config  file  is  intended.   For
              example,  config  files  written  for  Eterm 0.9 should have "<Eterm-0.9>" as their
              first line, followed immediately by a newline.

       COLOR CONTEXT

              This context contains color specifications.  With the  exception  of  the  terminal
              colors  0-15,  all  colors  should be either a valid color name or an RGB string as
              outlined in the X11(7) man page.

            foreground color
                 Use color for the foreground (text) color.

            background color
                 Use color for the background color.

            cursor color
                 Use color for the cursor color.

            cursor_text color
                 Use color for the cursor text color.

            pointer color
                 Use color for the mouse pointer color.

            video { normal | reverse }
                 normal will not reverse the foreground and background colors.  reverse  (meaning
                 reverse video) will.

            color num color
                 Set  terminal  color  num  (0-15)  to  the  color  name,  string,  or  set  of 3
                 decimal/hex/octal RGB values specified by color.

            color { bd | ul } color
                 Set terminal bold  (bd) or underline (ul) color to the color  name,  string,  or
                 set of 3 decimal/hex/octal RGB values specified by color.

       ATTRIBUTES CONTEXT

              This  context  contains  X11  attributes.   Most  of  these  are dependent upon the
              cooperation of the window manager.

            geometry geom
                 Use the geometry string geom to specify the startup geometry.  geom should be in
                 the format  WxH+X+Y where W is the width, H is the height, and +X and +Y are the
                 X and Y offsets.  If the signs on X and Y  are  positive,  the  coordinates  are
                 offsets  (in pixels) from the left and top, respectively, of the screen.  If the
                 signs are negative, the offsets are relative to the  right  and  bottom  of  the
                 screen, respectively.

            title title
                 Use title as the text in the title bar of the Eterm window.

            name name
                 Use name as the resource name of the Eterm window.

            iconname name
                 Use name as the icon name of the Eterm window icon.

            desktop num
                 Start  Eterm  on  desktop  num.   NOTE:  This  requires a GNOME-compliant Window
                 Manager.  Please see http://www.gnome.org/devel/gnomewm/ for more information on
                 the _WIN_WORKSPACE property and how to support it.

            scrollbar_type type
                 Use a scrollbar with the type style.  type can be any of motif, xterm, or next.

            scrollbar_width num
                 Use a scrollbar that is num pixels wide.

            font num font
            font bold font
                 Set the numth font, or the bold font, to font.

            font default num
                 Specifies that the numth font should be considered the "default" font.

            font proportional boolean
                 Specifies  that the font in use is proportional and requests standard deviation-
                 based character cell spacing.  Terminals must use fixed-width character cells to
                 maintain proper columnal alignment, even when proportionally-spaced fonts are in
                 use.  Some proportionally-spaced fonts vary  greatly  between  the  minimum  and
                 maximum character widths.  This option chooses a character cell size which is up
                 to two standard deviations above the average character width but will not exceed
                 the  maximum  width  of the largest glyph.  Note that characters larger than the
                 chosen cell width will overwrite (or be overwritten by) other characters and may
                 tend  to  leave pixel droppings.  This behavior is an expected side-effect of an
                 imperfect scenario.  If you object to this behavior, do not use this option.

            font fx effects
                 Specifies the effects to apply to  the  terminal  window  font.   The  value  of
                 effects  is  a  single  string containing a series of corner/color pairs.  These
                 pairs define toward which corner a drop shadow of each character should be made,
                 and  what  color  that  shadow will be.  The corner is specified first using the
                 following keywords: top_left or tl, top_right or  tr,  bottom_left  or  bl,  and
                 bottom_right or br.  Each corner specifier is then followed by a color.

                 There  are  also  several  shortcuts  for  doing  common effects.  You can get a
                 single-color outline by using the  keyword  outline  followed  by  a  color.   A
                 single-color  drop shadow is also available using the keyword shadow followed by
                 an optional corner specifier (bottom_right being the default) and a color.   For
                 a  3-D embossed look, use emboss dark_color light_color.  The opposite effect, a
                 carved-out look, can  be  obtained  with  carved  dark_color  light_color.   (Of
                 course, with those last two, the 3-D look will only work if you choose the light
                 and dark colors wisely.)

                 Finally, for no font effects at all, simply specify the keyword none.

                 The default value is bottom_right  black  which  yields  a  black  drop  shadow,
                 greatly  improving the visibility of lightly-colored fonts on top of light spots
                 in a background image.  Note that font effects are not  active  in  solid  color
                 mode.

       IMAGECLASSES CONTEXT

              This context contains global image attributes.  It also provides the parent context
              for defining images via the "image" context.

            icon filename
                 Use filename as the icon image  for  the  Eterm  window.   filename  can  be  an
                 absolute  path,  relative  to  the  current  theme,  or  relative  to one of the
                 directories in the path attribute listed below.

            cache num
                 Sets the Imlib2 cache size to num bytes.  The default is 0.

            path directory_list
                 Specifies a colon-delimited list of directories relative to which  Eterm  should
                 search for image and menu files.  The syntax for directory_list is precisely the
                 same as that of the $PATH environment variable in UNIX shells.

            anim interval images ...
                 Specifies an animation list to be use in cycling  the  background  pixmap.   The
                 interval defines the delay, in seconds, between updates of the background.  This
                 should be set to a reasonable value to insure that Eterm doesn't spend  all  its
                 time  rendering  backgrounds.  All the images specify background images and have
                 the same syntax as the -P option above, including the optional geometry string.

       IMAGE CONTEXT

              This context defines all the attributes of a particular image.  There can  be  (and
              usually are) several image contexts per theme, one for each class of image.

            type class
                 Specifies  the  type, or class, of the image that is going to be defined in that
                 context.  This MUST be the first attribute defined in the image context.   Valid
                 classes  are:  background,  trough,  anchor,  up_arrow,  down_arrow, left_arrow,
                 right_arrow, menu, menuitem, submenu, button, and buttonbar.  Note that the left
                 and  right  arrows, while valid, don't do anything just yet.  All the subsequent
                 attributes up to the next type definition will be applied to that image class.

            mode initial_mode [ allow allowed_modes ]
                 Specifies the initial mode for this image class as well as the modes  which  the
                 image  class  is  allowed  to use.  initial_mode is the mode that the image will
                 have on startup (unless overridden by command-line options.  allowed_modes is  a
                 list  of  one  or more modes.  The image will be prevented from switching to any
                 mode not listed in the allow section.  If the allow section is omitted entirely,
                 the  image  will never be permitted to change from the initial_mode.  If no mode
                 line is specified for an image class, the default is equivalent  to  mode  solid
                 allow  solid.   Valid  mode  names  are  image  (to  use  an  image), trans (for
                 transparency), viewport (for viewport mode), auto (for auto mode, which requires
                 Enlightenment 0.16 or better), and solid (which is a solid color only).

            state { normal | selected | clicked | disabled }
                 This  sets  the  state  of the image you are about to define.  Up until the next
                 state attribute that is encountered (or until you change types), all  attributes
                 will  apply to that particular state of the image.  You should at minimum define
                 the normal state of the image.  It will be used as the default if the attributes
                 for  the  other  states  are not specified.  However, each image state has self-
                 contained options.  Therefore, if you define multiple states for an image class,
                 you must define ALL attributes needed by that state.  The sample themes supplied
                 with Eterm demonstrate how to define 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-state images.

            The above attributes affect the image class as a whole.  All remaining attributes  in
            this context affect only the current state of the image class.

            color fg bg
                 Sets  the  foreground and background colors for this imageclass.  The foreground
                 color is used for text, and the background color is used for the object  itself.
                 If  an  invalid  color  is specified, the default value for fg is white, and the
                 default for bg is black.

            file filename
                 Sets the filename from which to load the image file.  This is used for the image
                 mode.   If  you  allow  the image mode for your image, don't forget to supply an
                 image file!  Note that you can also supply an  image  geometry  string  here  by
                 adding  an  @  symbol  and  the geometry string to the end of the filename.  See
                 below for the syntax of the geometry string.  filename must be an absolute  path
                 or  a  path relative to one of the directories in the path attribute.  Note that
                 the image is verified and loaded  when  this  attribute  is  encountered  during
                 parsing.

            geom image_geometry
                 Specifies  the  geometry and geometry-related operations which are to be applied
                 to the image.  This attribute only applies to  image  classes  using  the  image
                 mode.   Image  geometry  is  specified  as  wxh+x+y:ops  where  w  and h are the
                 horizontal/vertical scaling percentages, x and  y  are  the  horizontal/vertical
                 alignment  percentages,  and  ops is a colon-delimited list of operations: tiled
                 (to tile the image), propscaled (for proportional  scaling).   Note  that  these
                 operations can be combined for various effects.

            cmod { image | red | green | blue } brightness [ contrast [ gamma ] ]
            colormod { image | red | green | blue } brightness [ contrast [ gamma ] ]
                 Specifies a color modifier to apply to the image.  The second keyword determines
                 whether the modifier will be applied to the image overall, the red  values,  the
                 green  values,  or  the  blue  values.  Each of the three parameters is a number
                 greater than or equal to 0.  The numbers can be specified as decimal, octal  (if
                 preceded  by "0"), or hexadecimal (if preceded by "0x").  A value of 256 (0x100)
                 represents 100%, or "leave that value unchanged."  0 represents 0%, 512  (0x200)
                 is  200%,  etc.  However, be aware that overflow can occur with excessively high
                 values.  Only the brightness value is required for this option.  Keep  in  mind,
                 though,  that  you must specify brightness with contrast, and both of these with
                 gamma.

            border left right top bottom
                 Specifies that the image has borders which should not be scaled with the rest of
                 the  image.  This is primarily used for images that have a beveled look, so that
                 the bevel will not end up getting scaled and lose the bevel  effect.   All  four
                 parameter  values  are  in pixels, just like the equivalent options for E themes
                 and Gtk+ pixmap themes.

            bevel { up | down } left right top bottom
                 Adds a bevel to an image class.  This can be done to any image class  using  the
                 image or trans modes.  The parameters are pixel values which represent the width
                 of each edge of the bevel.  This is especially useful if you want to  use  tiled
                 images or transparency for the arrow or anchor scrollbar widgets, or for menus.

            padding left right top bottom
                 This  is used only for the submenu image class.  It defines the amount of pixels
                 on each side to reserve so that the text will not overwrite part of  the  image.
                 Works just like the same option in Enlightenment themes.

       MENU CONTEXT

              This  context  is used to create a menu.  There is one instance of this context per
              menu, and the menus should be defined in submenu-menu order; i.e.,  any  menu  that
              refers  to  another  menu  (as  its submenu) should be defined after the submenu is
              defined.  Within the menu context, there should be a menuitem subcontext  for  each
              menu item (with the exception of the shorthand for separators).

            title menu_title
                 This  specifies  the  title  for the menu to be defined.  This MUST be the first
                 attribute given after the "begin menu".  The title must be  unique  amongst  all
                 the  menus.   It may contain spaces, but don't forget to enclose it in single or
                 double quotes if it does.  Any future references to the menu will use the title.

            font font_name
                 Tells Eterm to use font_name as the font for  this  menu.   If  not  given,  the
                 default terminal font is used.

            sep or -
                 These symbols can be used as shorthand to insert a separator into the menu.

       MENUITEM CONTEXT

              This  is  a  subcontext of the menu context which creates a single item for a menu.
              There can be (and usually are) several menuitem contexts per menu.

            text label
                 This is the text that is displayed for this menuitem.  It is  left-justified  in
                 the menu window.  It can have spaces, but enclose label in quotes if it does.

            rtext label
                 This  is  text  which  is  right-justified  next  to the menuitem text.  This is
                 generally used to show what keystrokes correspond to  a  particular  menu  item,
                 like "C-x C-c" for the "Exit" menuitem in an Emacs menu.

            action { string | echo | submenu | script } param
            action separator
                 Specifies  the  action  to  occur  when  the menuitem is chosen.  If you specify
                 separator, nothing else is needed.  The other action types require a  parameter,
                 param.   string  specifies  a  string  to  be sent to Eterm for handling (escape
                 codes, for example).  echo specifies a string to be sent to the  client  program
                 (for  sending commands to a shell, or keystrokes to an application like emacs or
                 mutt).  If you use either of these action types, param will be parsed for escape
                 codes  (\a,  C-,  and  the like) before being sent.  submenu specifies a submenu
                 which should be displayed when this item is selected, and param is the title  of
                 the  submenu  to  show.  The submenu must have already been defined.  The script
                 action type executes the Eterm-builtin  script  contained  in  param.   See  the
                 section  below  for more details on the builtin Eterm functions allowed for this
                 action type.

       ACTION CONTEXT

              Actions are key or mouse button bindings which  activate  certain  behaviors.   Any
              action  that can be triggered through an escape code can be bound to a key or mouse
              button, with or without modifiers.  You can also bind menus to keystrokes or  mouse
              buttons.

            bind [ modifiers ] { keysym | button } to { string | echo | menu |  script  } param
                 Binds  a  keysym  or a mouse button to an action.  The action syntax follows the
                 keyword to and is identical to the syntax used for menus (see above).  There can
                 be  any  number of modifiers (so long as the combination is reasonable) but only
                 one keysym or button.  Valid modifiers are ctrl, shift, lock, mod1 through mod5,
                 alt,  meta,  and  anymod  (which  allows  any modifier).  If none are given, the
                 keypress must not have modifier keys in use or the action will not be triggered.
                 Use  anymod  to  allow any arbitrary modifier key to be used.  The keysym can be
                 given in text (case-sensitive) or as a hex number.  buttons should be  specified
                 as  button1  through button5.  Also note that alt and meta will be equivalent to
                 one or more of mod1 through mod5, as well as perhaps each other, based  on  your
                 modifier settings.  You can view these settings using xmodmap -pm.  See also the
                 alt_mod and meta_mod options below.

       BUTTON_BAR CONTEXT

              The buttonbar is an addition to Eterm 0.9.1 which allows users  to  have  a  fully-
              customizeable  buttonbar  at the top or bottom of each terminal window.  Buttons on
              the buttonbar can be used just  like  menuitems;  they  can  popup  menus  (like  a
              menubar), or they can activate any other action a menuitem can.

            font font
                 Specifies the font in which button labels will be displayed.

            dock { top | bottom | no }
                 Specify  whether  or not to dock the buttonbar, and if so, whether to dock it at
                 the top or the bottom of the Eterm window.  Note that only top  and  bottom  are
                 currently enabled.

            visible boolean
                 Toggle whether or not this particular buttonbar will be visible on startup.

            button [ text ] [ icon filename ] action { string | echo | menu |  script } param
                 Binds  an  action to a button.  The usage of param and the action types work the
                 same here as they do for menuitems.  Also note that you may specify some text or
                 an icon or both, but you cannot omit both.

       MULTICHAR CONTEXT

              Behavior  for  multi-byte  fonts and encodings are defined here.  This context does
              not exist by default.

            encoding { eucj | sjis | euckr | big5 | gb | iso-10646 }
                 Specifies the encoding method.  Patches to support other  encoding  methods  are
                 encouraged.

            font num font
                 Set the numth multichar font to font.

       XIM CONTEXT

              This context controls locale-based behavior.

            input_method input_method
                 Specify your input method program of choice.

            preedit_type { OverTheSpot | OffTheSpot | Root }
                 Specify your preedit type of choice.

       ESCREEN CONTEXT

              This  context  allows for customizations specific to Escreen mode.  See the Escreen
              section below for more details.

            url protocol://user@host:port/params
                 Connect to (or create) a particular screen session  via  a  URL-type  construct.
                 Standard URL rules apply.  The protocol should be either screen (the default) or
                 twin.  If user, host, and/or port are specified, an ssh connection  is  made  to
                 the  remote  server  using  the  given  login  information.   The  default is to
                 create/attach to a local session.

                 Any params that are given are passed directly to the underlying protocol and are
                 separated from each other by a plus sign (+).

            firewall localport:firewall:remoteport
                 Bounce the connection through a firewall via ssh.

            delay secs
                 Specify the amount of time to wait before sending the screen/twin initialization
                 sequence.  This  is  required  to  insure  that  the  remote  session  has  been
                 established prior to sending the init sequence.

            bbar_font font
                 Font  to  use  for the Escreen buttonbar.  The default is -*-helvetica-medium-r-
                 normal--10-*-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1.

            bbar_dock { top | bottom | no }
                 Dock the Escreen buttonbar as specified.  Note that  only  top  and  bottom  are
                 currently enabled.

       TOGGLES CONTEXT

              This  context  contains  boolean  variables  which can be toggled on or off.  Valid
              values for the attributes in this section are "yes", "on", "1", and "true" to  turn
              the  option  on,  or  "no",  "off",  "0", or "false" to turn the option off.  These
              values are denoted by boolean.  They all default to false unless otherwise noted.

            map_alert boolean
                 If true, Eterm will un-iconify itself when it receives a beep (ASCII 0x07).

            visual_bell boolean
                 If true, Eterm will flash rather than sending a beep.

            login_shell boolean
                 If true, Eterm will prepend '-' to the shell name when calling it.  Depending on
                 your shell, this may modify its startup behavior.

            scrollbar boolean
                 This turns on and off the display of the scrollbar.  Default is on.

            utmp_logging boolean
                 If  true,  Eterm  will  attempt  to make an entry in the utmp file to record the
                 login information.  Eterm may need to run privileged to do this.

            meta8 boolean
                 Toggles the interpretation of the Meta key setting the 8th bit in a character.

            iconic boolean
                 If true, Eterm will launch as an icon.

            home_on_output boolean
                 Zoom to the bottom of the scrollback buffer on output.

            home_on_input boolean
                 Zoom to the bottom of the scrollback buffer on input.

            no_input boolean
                 If true, Eterm will not accept any  keyboard  input  and  will  ask  the  window
                 manager to not allow it to be focused.

            scrollbar_floating boolean
                 If true, the scrollbar will have no trough.

            scrollbar_right boolean
                 If  true,  Eterm  will  put the scrollbar on the right of the window (default is
                 left).

            scrollbar_popup boolean
                 If true, Eterm will hide the scrollbar when the Eterm  window  loses  focus  and
                 restore it when focus is regained.  Default is to not change the scrollbar state
                 based on focus.

            borderless boolean
                 If true, Eterm will run with no window borders.  This also means that the window
                 can  not  be  moved  or  resized.  You will want to specify a geometry with this
                 attribute.

            double_buffer boolean
                 Rather than drawing text directly onto the window, this causes Eterm to allocate
                 an  additional  pixmap the size of the terminal window into which the background
                 *and* the text are rendered.  This pixmap is then set as the window  background.
                 Double-buffering  uses additional memory in the X server, but it allows Eterm to
                 ignore expose events so redraws are faster.

            no_cursor boolean
                 If true, Eterm will not display a text cursor.

            pause boolean
                 After the child process terminates,  Eterm  will  wait  for  a  keypress  before
                 exiting.

            xterm_select boolean
                 Duplicate's  xterm's  treatment  of  cutchars.  The only real difference is what
                 happens when you double click on a single cutchar between two  words.   If  this
                 option  is  on,  only  that  single character gets selected.  If it is off, that
                 character is selected along with the two words.  The latter behavior  is  useful
                 for  double-clicking on the space between someone's first and last names, or the
                 @ sign in an e-mail address, etc.

            select_line boolean
                 If true, this attribute causes a triple click to select  the  entire  line  from
                 beginning  to  end.  If false (default), a triple-click selects from the current
                 word to the end of the line.

            select_trailing_spaces boolean
                 If true, this attribute causes spaces at the end of a line  to  be  included  as
                 part  of  the  selection  text  when  selecting.   The default is to strip these
                 trailing spaces.

            report_as_keysyms boolean
                 Reports  certain  keystrokes  as  keysyms  and  modifiers  rather  than   escape
                 sequences.   NOTE:  This  option  is  intended  for  use only with programs that
                 support this special Eterm mode.  Do not enable it unless you  are  executing  a
                 program which uses this mode.

            itrans boolean
            immotile_trans boolean
                 Toggles  the  immotile  transparency optimization for transparent Eterm windows.
                 Note that this does NOT activate transparency; you must still  activate  "trans"
                 mode  for  the  background  image.   This  option  should be used on transparent
                 windows which are shaded or tinted and which do not move around on  the  desktop
                 much.   See the Mon Mar  6 21:11:13 PST 2000 ChangeLog entry for a more detailed
                 explanation.

            buttonbar boolean
                 Toggle the display of all buttonbars.

            resize_gravity boolean
                 If true, Eterm will automatically detect the  nearest  corner,  and  font-change
                 resizes will cause the Eterm window to gravitate toward that corner.

            overstrike_bold boolean
                 If  true  (default),  Eterm will simulate a bold font by printing each character
                 twice, offsetting the second pass by one pixel.  This makes the characters  seem
                 thicker  without  the  need for a special font.  You may wish to disable this if
                 you use a specific color for bold.

            bold_brightens_foreground boolean
                 If true (default), Eterm will use the "bold" ANSI color  attribute  to  brighten
                 the  foreground  color  by using the high-intensity colors (8 through 15) rather
                 than the low-intensity colors (0 through 7).  Note that having a specific  color
                 selected for bold will override this.

            blink_brightens_background boolean
                 If  true  (default), Eterm will use the "blink" ANSI color attribute to brighten
                 the background color by using the high-intensity colors (8  through  15)  rather
                 than the low-intensity colors (0 through 7).

            colors_suppress_bold boolean
                 If  true  (default),  any colored text (that is, any text not rendered using the
                 default foreground color) will not be given  any  other  special  treatment  for
                 bolding (e.g., bold font or bold overstrike).

            sticky boolean
                 If true, Eterm will make its window sticky (shows on all desktops).

       KEYBOARD CONTEXT

              This context contains keyboard-related configuration options.

            smallfont_key keysym
                 Specify  a  keysym to decrease the font size.  Default is Shift and the - key on
                 the keypad.  Ctrl-< or Meta-< may also work (if you #define one of  the  hotkeys
                 in src/feature.h).

            bigfont_key keysym
                 Specify  a  keysym to increase the font size.  Default is Shift and the + key on
                 the keypad.  Ctrl-> or Meta-> may also work (if you #define one of  the  hotkeys
                 in src/feature.h).

            keysym keysym string
                 Define  keysym  keysym  to  send  string instead of its default.  keysym must be
                 between 0xff00 and 0xffff or Eterm will complain.

            meta_mod num
                 Specify which X modifier (1-5) to treat as the Meta key.  See xmodmap(1) and the
                 output of xmodmap -pm for more details.

            alt_mod num
                 Same as meta_mod, but for the Alt key.

            numlock_mod num
                 Same as meta_mod, but for the NumLock key.

            greek boolean  { iso | ibm }
                 Turn on/off greek keyboard support, and set which greek mode to use.

            app_keypad boolean
                 Turn on/off application keypad mode on startup.

            app_cursor boolean
                 Turn on/off application cursor key mode on startup.

       MISC CONTEXT

              This  context  contains miscellaneous attributes that really didn't belong anywhere
              else.

            print_pipe command
                 Set the command to which to pipe print requests (printscreen) to command.

            save_lines num
                 Set the number of lines in the scrollback buffer to num.

            cut_chars string
                 Define the characters used as word delimiters to  the  characters  contained  in
                 string.

            min_anchor_size num
                 Sets  the  minimum size, in pixels, of the scrollbar anchor (the part your mouse
                 grabs onto and moves around) to num.

            border_width num
                 Sets the width of the border between the text window and the X window to num.

            line_space num
                 Put num pixels' worth of space between each row of the terminal window.

            finished_title title
                 Specifies that title should be displayed in the title bar of a paused Eterm when
                 the child process has completed.

            finished_text text
                 Specifies that text should be displayed in the terminal window of a paused Eterm
                 when the child process has completed.

            term_name name
                 Use  name  as   the   $TERM   environment   variable,   which   controls   which
                 termcap/terminfo entry gets used.  The default is Eterm.

            exec command
                 Rather  than  executing  a  shell, this will cause Eterm to spawn command as its
                 child process.  You can only have one of these!

       BUILT-IN FUNCTIONS

              Eterm has a set of built-in functions which are available in  config  files.   Each
              one  accepts  zero  or  more parameters and outputs a series of zero or more words.
              "Words" are defined in shell terms; i.e., words are separated  by  whitespace,  and
              single  or  double quotes can be used to encapsulate words which contain whitespace
              themselves.  You also employ backquotes to  execute  a  command  whose  output  can
              become  part  of  the config file itself or can be passed to a built-in function as
              its parameter list.  Built-in functions and backquotes may be used  anywhere  their
              output would be valid.  Built-in functions are prefixed with the % character.

            %appname()
                 Returns  the application name, a hyphen, and the version number.  Currently this
                 is the string Eterm-0.9.6.

            %exec(command)
                 Executes command and returns the result.   Basically  it's  exactly  like  using
                 backquotes.

            %get(variable)
                 Retrieve  the  value  of  a  config file variable.  Refer to the %put() function
                 below.

            %put(variable value)
                 Create a config variable named variable and assign it the value of  value.   The
                 value can then subsequently be retrieved using %get(variable)

            %random(params)
                 This function randomly chooses one of the words which compose params and returns
                 that.  The default themes that come with  Eterm  use  this  function  to  choose
                 random  backgrounds,  but  backgrounds  aren't  the  only  things  that  can  be
                 randomized with this function.  You can  randomize  anything...colors,  toggles,
                 fonts, tinting, etc.

            %version()
                 Returns the version number.  Currently this is the string 0.9.6.

       PREPROCESSING

              Eterm  supports  the  %include  file  directive  to  allow  for  separation  of the
              configuration information into multiple files.  Eterm will load and parse file just
              like  any  other  config  file, but will treat its contents as if they replaced the
              directive itself.

              You may also request that the config file be run through an  external  preprocessor
              (such  as  m4 or cpp) before Eterm reads it.  This is done via the %preproc command
              directive.  You may specify anything you like for command so  long  as  it  accepts
              input  on  STDIN and sends output to STDOUT.  See the menus.cfg file in the default
              chooser theme for an example.

       SCRIPT FUNCTIONS

              One of the action types which can be bound to keypresses, mouse buttons, menuitems,
              or  buttonbar  buttons  is  a  script.   The  script  must  be a single word (i.e.,
              containing no spaces or enclosed in quotes) and consists of one or  more  calls  to
              the  script  functions  below.  Each call is separated from the next by a semicolon
              (;).  Function parameters are enclosed in parentheses; the parentheses are optional
              if  no  parameters  are to be passed.  Commas and/or whitespace separate parameters
              from each other.

            copy(buffer)
                 Copies the current selection to the specified clipboard or cut  buffer.   buffer
                 is  either a number 0-7, in which case the selection is copied to the cut buffer
                 specified, or one of the words clipboard, primary, or secondary (or any  initial
                 substring  thereof),  in  which  case  the  selection is copied to the specified
                 clipboard.  You may omit buffer, in which case the  default  buffer  is  primary
                 (XA_PRIMARY in Xlib-speak).

            echo(string)
                 Send  the  specified  string  to the subcommand.  Exactly equivalent to the echo
                 action.

            es_display(cmd, params)
            Aliases:  es_disp
                 This is a master function which permits manipulation of Escreen displays through
                 the  use of a series of subcommands.  The specified cmd determines what, if any,
                 params are permitted.  Available subcommands are:
                      goto - Switch to the specified display (0-9)
                      prev - Switch to the previous display
                      next - Switch to the next display
                      toggle - Toggle display
                      new - Create a new display.  A name for the new display may be passed as  a
                      parameter, or ask to prompt the user for the name.
                      rename  -  Change  the  name  of  the  current display.  A name for the new
                      display may be passed as a parameter, or ask to prompt  the  user  for  the
                      name.
                      kill - Terminate the current (or specified) display.
                      watch - Toggle monitoring of the current/specified display for activity.
                      scrollback - View the scrollback for the current/specified display.

            es_region(cmd, params)
            Aliases:  es_reg es_win es_window
                 This  is a master function which permits manipulation of Escreen display regions
                 through the use of a series of subcommands.  The specified cmd determines  what,
                 if any, params are permitted.  Available subcommands are:
                      goto - Switch to the specified region (0-9)
                      prev - Switch to the previous region
                      next - Switch to the next region
                      toggle - Toggle region
                      new  -  Create  a new region.  A name for the new region may be passed as a
                      parameter, or ask to prompt the user for the name.
                      rename - Change the name of the current region.  A name for the new  region
                      may be passed as a parameter, or ask to prompt the user for the name.
                      kill - Terminate the current (or specified) region.
                      only - Maximize the current/specified region to the full display.
                      watch - Toggle monitoring of the current/specified region for activity.
                      scrollback - View the scrollback for the current/specified region.

            es_statement(statement)
                 Execute an Escreen (screen/twin) command directly.

            es_reset()
            Aliases:  es_rst
                 Reset the Escreen session

            exec_dialog(command)
                 The same as exec/spawn, but this function presents the user with a dialog box in
                 which she can  edit/confirm  the  command  to  be  run  and  specify  additional
                 parameters if needed.

            exit(message)
            exit(code)
            Aliases:  die quit
                 Exit Eterm with an optional message or an integer return code.  Either parameter
                 may be specified, but not both.  If neither is specified, a code of 0 (zero)  is
                 the default.

            kill(signal)
                 Sends  the specified signal to Eterm's primary child process (either your shell,
                 or whatever you specify for Eterm to execute).  For the time being, signal  must
                 be numeric.  SIGTERM is the default if signal is omitted.

            msgbox(message)
                 Displays  a  small dialog box containing message and waits for a keypress before
                 continuing.

            nop()
                 Does absolutely nothing except waste time. :-)

            paste(buffer)
                 Pastes the contents of the specified clipboard or cut buffer into  the  terminal
                 window.   buffer  is  either a number 0-7, in which case the selection is pasted
                 from the cut buffer specified, or  one  of  the  words  clipboard,  primary,  or
                 secondary  (or any initial substring thereof), in which case the contents of the
                 specified clipboard are pasted.  You may omit buffer, in which case the  default
                 buffer is primary (XA_PRIMARY in Xlib-speak).

            save(type, filename)
                 Save  the  current  theme/user configuration.  type can be either user or theme;
                 the default is user.  filename is the file  to  which  the  settings  should  be
                 saved.   It may contain a path which is either absolute or relative to the theme
                 directory.  The default filename for user is user.cfg, and the default  filename
                 for theme is theme.cfg.

            save_buff(filename)
                 Dumps the contents of the scrollback buffer to the specified file.

            scroll(n)
                 Scrolls  backward  or  forward  in the scrollback buffer.  n is a floating point
                 number followed by an optional unit specifier.  The unit specifier  is  one  of:
                 lines  or  l;  pages  or  p;  or buffers or b.  The floating point number may be
                 separated from the unit specifier by whitespace  or  a  comma,  but  it  is  not
                 required.  The floating point number should be positive to scroll down (forward)
                 and negative to scroll up (backward).  For example, the key sequence  Shift-PgUp
                 is  equivalent to scroll(-1p).  You may also specify fractional quantities, such
                 as scroll(0.5p) to scroll down half a page.  The default unit if  not  specified
                 is lines.

            search(str)
                 Presents  a dialog box into which the user may enter a search term.  The default
                 value is set to str.   All  occurrences  of  the  specified  search  string  are
                 highlighted  in  the  scrollback buffer, and Eterm jumps back to the most recent
                 one.   Searching  again  with  the  same  keyword  will   clear   the   previous
                 highlighting.

            spawn(command)
            Aliases:  exec
                 Spawns  a  secondary  child  process to execute command, or Eterm if no value is
                 passed.

            string(string)
                 The specified string is parsed via Eterm.  This  is  exactly  identical  to  the
                 string action.

ESCREEN

       Escreen  is  a  screen/twin  interface  layer  which allows Eterm to interoperate with GNU
       screen and with Massimiliano Ghilardi's twin  software.   This  allows  Eterm  to  support
       multiple  subshell  sessions  within  a single window.  On the surface, this feature works
       similarly to the "tabbed" sessions offered  by  programs  like  konsole  and  multi-gnome-
       terminal.   However, Escreen has the advantage of being an interface to existing software,
       thus providing additional capabilities like multiple regions per display,  detach/reattach
       capability, seamless remote session support, firewall support, and more.

       Escreen  support  is  still  somewhat  experimental and is thus not compiled into Eterm by
       default.  To enable it, you  must  compile  with  --enable-escreen  and/or  --enable-etwin
       (depending  on  whether you have screen, twin, or both).  If you installed from a package,
       you can  use  Eterm  --version  and  check  for  either  +ESCREEN  (enabled)  or  -ESCREEN
       (disabled).

       For  best  results,  if  you  wish  to  use Escreen mode, do so by invoking Eterm with the
       Escreen theme (Eterm -t Escreen).  This theme supplies default  key  bindings,  the  basic
       Escreen menu, color definitions, etc. for use by the Escreen engine.  Most importantly, it
       supplies the required url parameter in order to invoke Escreen mode.

       Consult the README.Escreen file for more in-depth discussion of Escreen mode.

AUTHORS

       Michael Jennings (mej@eterm.org)

URL(s)

       Eterm Home Page -- http://www.eterm.org/
       Author's Home Page -- http://www.kainx.org/