--- cvsroot/rxvt-unicode/README.FAQ 2009/12/30 06:14:03 1.57 +++ cvsroot/rxvt-unicode/README.FAQ 2010/10/15 21:30:51 1.60 @@ -71,11 +71,12 @@ re-run the command. Subsequent invocations of the script will re-use the existing daemon. - How do I distinguish whether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc. + How do I distinguish whether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular +xterm? I need this to decide about setting colours etc. The original rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this - variable to decide whether or not to use color. + variable to decide whether or not to use colour. How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable? If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled @@ -205,8 +206,8 @@ convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.jpg urxvt -pixmap "background.jpg;:root" - That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack AfterImage support, or you - are unable to read. + That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack libAfterImage or + GDK-PixBuf support, or you are unable to read. 3. Use an ARGB visual: @@ -314,14 +315,14 @@ "--enable-text-blink", the blink attribute will be ignored. On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity - foreground/background colors. + foreground/background colours. - color0-7 are the low-intensity colors. + color0-7 are the low-intensity colours. - color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors. + color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colours. - I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them? - You can change the screen colors at run-time using ~/.Xdefaults + I don't like the screen colours. How do I change them? + You can change the screen colours at run-time using ~/.Xdefaults resources (or as long-options). Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen, including @@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ URxvt.color14: #00FFFF URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF - And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors. + And here is a more complete set of non-standard colours. URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1 @@ -527,34 +528,16 @@ debian policy of using "^?" when unsure, because it's the one and only correct choice :). - Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the - value of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode - wasn't started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), - then the system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in - , will be used (which may not be the same as your stty - setting). - - For starting a new rxvt-unicode: - - # use Backspace = ^H - $ stty erase ^H - $ urxvt - - # use Backspace = ^? - $ stty erase ^? - $ urxvt - - Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l". - - For an existing rxvt-unicode: + It is possible to toggle between "^H" and "^?" with the DECBKM private + mode: # use Backspace = ^H $ stty erase ^H - $ echo -n "^[[36h" + $ echo -n "^[[?67h" # use Backspace = ^? $ stty erase ^? - $ echo -n "^[[36l" + $ echo -n "^[[?67l" This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but if you use Backspace = "^H", make sure that the termcap/terminfo value @@ -652,7 +635,7 @@ The selection stuff mainly makes the selection perl-error-message aware and tells it to convert perl error messages into vi-commands to load the - relevant file and go tot he error line number. + relevant file and go to the error line number. URxvt.scrollstyle: plain URxvt.secondaryScroll: true @@ -735,7 +718,7 @@ bold and normal fonts. Please note that I used the "urxvt" instance name and not the "URxvt" - class name. Thats because I use different configs for different + class name. That is because I use different configs for different purposes, for example, my IRC window is started with "-name IRC", and uses these defaults: @@ -756,7 +739,7 @@ The above is all in my ".Xdefaults" (I don't use ".Xresources" nor "xrdb"). I also have some resources in a separate ".Xdefaults-hostname" - file for different hosts, for example, on ym main desktop, I use: + file for different hosts, for example, on my main desktop, I use: URxvt.keysym.C-M-q: command:\033[3;5;5t URxvt.keysym.C-M-y: command:\033[3;5;606t @@ -1040,7 +1023,7 @@ should be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in the future) depends on it. - You should not overwrite the "perl-ext-common" snd "perl-ext" resources + You should not overwrite the "perl-ext-common" and "perl-ext" resources system-wide (except maybe with "defaults"). This will result in useful behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty "perl-ext-common" resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the @@ -1122,8 +1105,3 @@ http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/wcwidth.c - I want 256 colors - Are you sure you need 256 colors? 88 colors should be enough for most - purposes. If you really need more, there is an unsupported patch for it - in the doc directory, but please do not ask for it to be applied. -