--- cvsroot/rxvt-unicode/README.FAQ 2006/01/11 19:55:33 1.24 +++ cvsroot/rxvt-unicode/README.FAQ 2006/01/12 23:11:23 1.26 @@ -1,4 +1,41 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS + The new selection selects pieces that are too big/too small, can I + change this? + Yes. For example, if you want to select smaller pieces ("words") you + can use the following resource: + + URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+) + + If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended more + and more. + + To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this + pattern: + + URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+) + + I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I + change/disable it? + You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the + perl-ext-common resource to the empty string, which also keeps + rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory. + + If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to + identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the + section PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS in the rxvtperl(3) manpage. For + example, to disable the selection-popup and option-popup, specify + this perl-ext-common resource: + + URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup + + This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup + extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example, + scrollback search mode is triggered by M-s. You can move it to any + other combination either by setting the searchable-scrollback + resource: + + URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s + Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you