mterm 0.4.2b README

INSTALLATION
    1. Look over Makefile, if you feel so inclined (read: run
       something other than Linux). 
    2. Type 'make'
    3. As root, type 'make install'

USAGE
mterm [-options ...]
    -a                      enable auto-kill mode
    -d DISPLAY              display name
    -i                      enable icon window mode
    -l LENGTH               length of text box in windowed mode in pixels
    -n SIZE                 size of the history in number of commands
    -o                      disable the long command window
    -p[+|-]x[+|-]y          position of mini-term
    -r                      remember history between sessions
    -s                      without groundplate
    -w                      start up as detached

NOTES
    - Focus Problems: Because most windows managers don't like to give
      keyboard focus to applications in the dock or wharf, mini-term must
      steal focus very rudely. Often the Window Manager doesn't seem to
      realize that mini-term has the keyboard focus (usually when there is
      only one current window on the screen). 
    
      To force mini-term to give up keyboard focus, just hit the Escape key
      and the keyboard focus will return to the root window.
    
    - Irregular size: Since mini-term isn't a standard 64x64 pixel
      application, most window managers will leave blank space above and
      below it. If this bothers you, e-mail the author and perhaps I will
      add the execute buttons in the next release.
      
      Another option is to use mini-term in windowed mode (not in the
      dock). Use the -w command line switch.
    
    - No window visible in some window managers: This problem is found in
      some window managers (WindowMaker). Enable the icon window with the
      -i option on the command line, to remedy the situation. Users of
      WindowMaker may notice some focus problems as well. These are being
      worked on.
    
    - Long command window does not appear when icon mode is enabled in
      Blackbox, which does not require the icon window feature anyway.

    - History is rewritten on every session, so using multiple instances of
      mterm will cause only the last closed instance's history to be
      remembered.

TODO
    - Better pasting support is needed
    - Special prefixes for urls would be handy
    - Include different font sets (described in mterm.h)
    - Ideas or code are always welcome.

CONTRIBUTORS
    - Martin Robinson (author) <gtg115a@acme.gatech.edu>
    - Drew Roedersheimer (tab completion, bug fixes)

/* March 3, 2004 */
