usage:
xterm [-options ...] [-e command args]
where options include:
-help print out this message
-display displayname X server to contact
-geometry geom size (in characters) and position
-/+rv turn on/off reverse video
-bg color background color
-fg color foreground color
-bd color border color
-bw number border width in pixels
-fn fontname normal text font
-iconic start iconic
-name string client instance, icon, and title strings
-title string title string
-xrm resourcestring additional resource specifications
-/+132 turn on/off column switch inhibiting
-/+ah turn on/off always highlight
-b number internal border in pixels
-/+cb turn on/off cut-to-beginning-of-line inhibit
-cc classrange specify additional character classes
-/+cn turn on/off cut newline inhibit
-cr color text cursor color
-/+cu turn on/off curses emulation
-fb fontname bold text font
-/+im use insert mode for TERMCAP
-/+j turn on/off jump scroll
-/+l turn on/off logging
-lf filename logging filename
-/+ls turn on/off login shell
-/+mb turn on/off margin bell
-mc milliseconds multiclick time in milliseconds
-ms color pointer color
-nb number margin bell in characters from right end
-/+aw turn on/off auto wraparound
-/+rw turn on/off reverse wraparound
-/+s turn on/off multiscroll
-/+sb turn on/off scrollbar
-/+sf turn on/off Sun Function Key escape codes
-/+si turn on/off scroll-on-tty-output inhibit
-/+sk turn on/off scroll-on-keypress
-sl number number of scrolled lines to save
-/+t turn on/off Tek emulation window
-tm string terminal mode keywords and characters
-tn name TERM environment variable name
-/+ut turn on/off utmp inhibit
-/+vb turn on/off visual bell
-/+wf turn on/off wait for map before command exec
-e command args ... command to execute
%geom Tek window geometry
#geom icon window geometry
-T string title name for window
-n string icon name for window
-C intercept console messages
-Sxxd slave mode on "ttyxx", file descriptor "d"
Fonts must be fixed width and, if both normal and bold are specified, must
have the same size. If only a normal font is specified, it will be used for
both normal and bold text (by doing overstriking). The -e option, if given,
must be appear at the end of the command line, otherwise the user's default
shell will be started. Options that start with a plus sign (+) restore the
default.
