Okay I have searched but I must be all out of google foo.
I just upgraded to an hd screen (yay!) now the xterm window is too big. More spacifically the font is like 48 px. I can get about 24 lines on the window. This makes it nice an easy to read but since I don't have a scroll wheel I can't read anything more than 23 rows high.
Also is there a way to have copy and paste in xterm?
Or alternatively what terminal program do you use and how do I install it?

Thanks
MattBatt

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Why not just change the font size? If you're starting the xterm using Alt-x, then the command to edit is here: /etc/X11/fluxbox/keys

In that file you'll find a line that looks something like this:

Change the 18 or whatever number you find there to something smaller.

You might also need to edit: /home/mythtv/.fluxbox/keys in the same way.

thanks thats what i needed to know!
How about copy and paste?

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Dunno, I generally use the mouse surrogate rubber doohickey on my wireless keyboard. http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/directron_2125_655789198

HA! that's almost the same keyboard that I have (Chicony kb-9820) I'm used to using putty on my windows machine and right click just pastes into the terminal.
OK so the file on my system is /usr/share/fluxbox/keys
In that file the line is

That's curious. So for the first time ever since I've been using linux (about 6 years) i typed xterm into an xterm window!!!!!!
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What I got was an xterm window with smaller fonts.
But if you open the script( /usr/LH/bin/tvterm.sh) you find a bunch of "if then" arguments like

so I can just do a little sudo nano action and fix the first problem.
Thanks for pointing me in the right Direction.

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In an xterm, just select the text to copy. Mouse middle button or Shift-Ins to paste. Shift-PgUp/PgDn to scroll up/down.

As for changing the default settings, you can put them in a ~/.Xresources (should be read when the xserver starts) or ~/.Xdefaults (read when you start the application, so takes affect immediately). For example, I have the following .Xresources:
man xterm to see all the settings. Note that if a wrapper script is used to call xterm, it may override these settings (i.e. If you use this, you probably want to call xterm directly)

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thanks I will be playing with this stuff. I knew there was an answer.

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