rxvt (from English ou r e x tended v irtual t erminal) [1] is a terminal emulator for the X Window System , written by Rob Nation [2] and extended by Mark Olesen, which accompanied him for several years. rxvt is an extended version of the xvt terminal emulator developed by John Bovey of the University of Kent . The name originally meant “Rob's xvt” [2] , but later came to mean “our xvt” (pronounced English letters rxvt).
| rxvt | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type of | Terminal emulator |
| Author | Rob nation |
| Developer | rxvt project |
| Written on | |
| operating system | |
| Latest version | 2.6.4 (November 1, 2001 ) |
| Test version | 2.7.10 (March 26, 2003 ) |
| License | GPL |
| Site | rxvt.net |
Derivative Programs
- aterm (from rxvt 2.4.8)
- Eterm (from rxvt 2.21)
- mrxvt (from rxvt 2.7.11)
- urxvt (rxvt-unicode) (from rxvt 2.7.11)
- Wterm is a fork of rxvt, [3] designed for NeXTSTEP-like window managers , such as Window Maker . [four]
See also
- Comparison of terminal emulators
- List of terminal emulators
Notes
- ↑ Welcome to RXVT unopened . Date of treatment February 23, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Linux Journal Interviews Robert Nation . Linuxjournal.com . Date of treatment October 7, 2017.
- ↑ Wterm man
- ↑ Wterm - The Lightweight Feature-Rich Terminal Emulator for X
Links
- The rxvt project at SourceForge.net