Drawterm for Plan 9





Installation

Linux


Using Debian Repos

  Building from	source on Debian

  $ sudo apt install libx11-dev	libxt-dev
  $ git	clone https://github.com/9fans/drawterm
  $ cd drawterm
  $ CONF=unix make


Usage


  $ USER=username; drawterm -u $USER -c	example.com -a example.com


Replace	 username with your actual username.

If you are using drawterm-9front, you may see strange  char-
acters appear when typing ctrl,	alt, and shift keys. You may
want to	try building it	from source to see  if	the  problem
goes away. Or, you might experiment with the -B	flag to	dis-
able kbdfs.

Using keyboard keys instead of mouse buttons

*Warning: Note that this disables numpad, and makes usage of
old  keys impossible without a X server	restart* To use	key-
board keys instead of a	 3  button  mouse  (on	X11),  first
enable mousekeys

      $	xkbset m # enables mousekeys

Open on	xev,press

  $ xev	-event keyboard

If you choose keys F1, F2, and F3, the key codes are 67,  68
and 69:



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  $ xmodmap -e "keycode	67 = Pointer_Button1"
  $ xmodmap -e "keycode	68 = Pointer_Button2"
  $ xmodmap -e "keycode	69 = Pointer_Button3"


You might also add a few more keybindings  for	PgUp,  PgDn,
the Windows key	(Kmod4 for riow), and Delete.


  $ xmodmap -e "keycode	70 = Prior"
  $ xmodmap -e "keycode	71 = Next"
  $ xmodmap -e "keycode	72 = Super_L"
  $ xmodmap -e "keycode	76 = Delete"




You might consider putting these in ~/.profile.






































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