uxterm

Start Unicode terminal

$ uxterm

$ uxterm -geometry [80x24]

$ uxterm -fn [fixed]

$ uxterm -T "[My Terminal]"

$ uxterm -e [bash]

uxterm [xterm-options]

uxterm is a wrapper script that launches xterm with Unicode (UTF-8) support enabled. It sets the UXTerm resource class and enables UTF-8 mode, making it suitable for displaying international characters and symbols.
The wrapper uses the system locale to determine character encoding. If no locale is set, it defaults to en_US. The locale utility verifies system support for the selected locale before starting.
All command-line arguments pass directly to xterm. The -class and -u8 options should not be specified as they are set by the wrapper. Font configuration uses ISO 10646-1 encoded fonts.

All xterm options are passed through. Common options include:
-geometry WxH+X+Y

Set window size and position.

Set terminal font.

Set bold font.

Set foreground color.

Set background color.

Set window title.

Run command in terminal.

Keep window open after command exits.

Requires locale with UTF-8 support. Needs appropriate Unicode fonts installed (xfonts-base on Debian). Results may be unexpected if locale doesn't support UTF-8. X11 only.

uxterm was created as part of xterm to simplify running the terminal with proper Unicode support. It emerged as Unicode became standard and users needed reliable UTF-8 display without manually configuring xterm's complex options.

xterm(1), locale(1), koi8rxterm(1)