X-Windows Notes

X Terminal Word Selection

I like the way wterm (WindowMaker terminal) defines word boundaries. However, I often also use the standard X-Windows terminal xterm which has a different definition of a word boundary compared to wterm. Fortunately you can alter this with the charClass resource. To do so, add the following line to your X-Windows resource file:

XTerm*charClass: 33:48, 35-37:48, 43:48, 45-58:48, 65-90:48, 95:48, 97-122:48

For reference, the 2 tables below list the key codes which define a word boundary for wterm resp. xterm. Note that wterm defines word separators while xterm defines word selectors.

wterm Word Separators

9,32	tab space
34	"
38-42	& ' ( ) *
44	,
59-64	; < = > ? @
91-94	[ \ ] ^
96	`
123-126	{ | } ~

xterm Word Selectors

33	!
35-37	# $ %
43	+
45-58	, ... :
65-90	A ... Z
95	_
97-122	a ... z