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quake-style console with xterm
1## qconsole
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5qconsole is a simple application that makes an xterm window behave like the
6drop-down console on the game "Quake" (and probably many others).
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8When qconsole is started, it spawns an xterm with the "`-into`" option to
9reparent it under qconsole, and then hides it offscreen.
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11To show the terminal, press `Control+O` and it will scroll onto the screen.
12Press it again and it will scroll back off the screen.
13If the xterm is killed, a new one will be spawned.
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15The xterm is launched with a name of `qconsole`.
16To adjust its colors and font, add xterm X resources to your X resources file
17(and maybe run xrdb) such as:
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19 .qconsole*background: white
20 .qconsole*foreground: black
21 .qconsole*internalBorder: 5
22 .qconsole*utmpInhibit: true
23 .qconsole*rightScrollBar: true
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25To adjust the window height from its default of 1/5 of the screen height,
26use the `-h` option.
27To adjust the speed that the console scrolls, use the `-s` option (1 to 10,
28default of 5).