ref: aaeb28aa8e5cf5a9fb58b4525d724ad4661f5abd
dir: /vt.ms/
.TL Terminal emulator .LP .CW vt(1) is .I the terminal emulator for Plan 9, it's main use case is for programs such as .CW telnet(1) and .CW ssh(1) where they usually expect a form of terminal emulator existing. .B "You don't need vt to run plan 9 programs!" .NH connecting to unix systems .LP The argument .CW -r sets .CW vt(1) in .I "raw mode" , which is required by most, if not all programs of UNIX. Raw mode allows the program handle details of screen and keyboard shortcuts (such as, ctrl-a or tab for example) instead of the terminal. You may also set the emulated terminal type using .CW -a , .CW -2 and .CW -x which set the emulated terminal to ASCII, VT220 and XTerm respectively. by default VT100 is emulated, which have no colors, use XTerm if you want colors. Default background color is white (what else?), but if you enjoy black, pass .CW -b .NH fonts .LP Like all plan 9 programs, .CW vt(1) too uses bitmap fonts, you may set it with .CW -f argument. for example, for .I "nice large fonts" : .P1 ; vt -rxbf /lib/font/lucidasans/typeunicode.16.font ssh username@domain.com .P2