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rxvt-unicode (ouR XVT, unicode) - (a VT102 emulator for the X window |
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SYNOPSIS |
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rxvt [options] [-e command [ args ]] |
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DESCRIPTION |
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rxvt-unicode, version 5.2, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator intended |
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as an *xterm*(1) replacement for users who do not require features such |
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as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style configurability. As a |
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result, rxvt-unicode uses much less swap space -- a significant |
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advantage on a machine serving many X sessions. |
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
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See rxvt(7) (try "man 7 rxvt") for a list of frequently asked questions |
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and answer to them and some common problems. That document is also |
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accessible on the World-Wide-Web at |
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<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>. |
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RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT |
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Unlike the original rxvt, rxvt-unicode stores all text in Unicode |
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internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the |
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world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very |
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difficult, especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written |
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scripts like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining |
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rules, like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using |
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these scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. |
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should work fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right |
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scripts, such as hebrew: rxvt-unicode adopts the view that bidirectional |
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algorithms belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too |
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many things -- such as cursor-movement while editing -- break |
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otherwise), but that might change. |
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If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let |
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me recommend "mlterm", which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean |
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terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely |
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because the author couldn't get "mlterm" to use one font for latin1 and |
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another for japanese. |
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Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to |
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display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other |
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programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be |
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able to choose any font for any script freely. |
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Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than |
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it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are |
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handy in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the |
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original rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small |
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improvements. |
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It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean |
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and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode |
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without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with a |
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client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows |
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from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and |
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drastically reduces memory usage. See rxvtd(1) (daemon) and rxvtc(1) |
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(client). |
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It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have |
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been extended) easier accessible: see rxvt(7) for technical reference |
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documentation (escape sequences etc.). |
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OPTIONS |
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The rxvt options (mostly a subset of *xterm*'s) are listed below. In |
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keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be eliminated |
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or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and defaults listed |
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may not accurately reflect the version installed on your system. `rxvt |
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-h' gives a list of major compile-time options on the *Options* line. |
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Option descriptions may be prefixed with which compile option each is |
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dependent upon. e.g. `Compile *XIM*:' requires *XIM* on the *Options* |
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line. Note: `rxvt -help' gives a list of all command-line options |
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compiled into your version. |
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Note that rxvt permits the resource name to be used as a long-option |
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(--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are far greater |
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than those listed. For example: `rxvt --loginShell --color1 Orange'. |
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The following options are available: |
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-help, --help |
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Print out a message describing available options. |
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-display *displayname* |
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Attempt to open a window on the named X display (-d still |
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respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by |
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the DISPLAY environment variable is used. |
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-geometry *geom* |
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Window geometry (-g still respected); resource geometry. |
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-rv|+rv |
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Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource reverseVideo. |
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-j|+j |
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Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource jumpScroll. |
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-ip|+ip |
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Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is |
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-tr; resource inheritPixmap. |
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-fade *number* |
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Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. resource |
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fading. |
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-tint *colour* |
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Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when |
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transparency is enabled with -tr or -ip. See also the -sh option |
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that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to |
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tinting it. |
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-sh *number* Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent |
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background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. -tint must be |
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specified, too, e.g. "-tint white"). |
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-bg *colour* |
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Window background colour; resource background. |
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-fg *colour* |
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Window foreground colour; resource foreground. |
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-pixmap *file[;geom]* |
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Compile *XPM*: Specify XPM file for the background and also |
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optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may |
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in the command-line; resource backgroundPixmap. |
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-cr *colour* |
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The cursor colour; resource cursorColor. |
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-pr *colour* |
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The mouse pointer foreground colour; resource pointerColor. |
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-pr2 *colour* |
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The mouse pointer background colour; resource pointerColor2. |
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-bd *colour* |
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The colour of the border around the text area and between the |
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scrollbar and the text; resource borderColor. |
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-fn *fontlist* |
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Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font |
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names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode |
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characters. The first font defines the cell size for characters; |
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other fonts might be smaller, but not (in general) larger. A |
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(hopefully) reasonable default font list is always appended to it. |
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See resource font for more details. |
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In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or |
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prefix it with "x:". To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it |
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with "xft:", e.g.: |
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rxvt -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15" |
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rxvt -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" |
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See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the |
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FAQ section of rxvt(7). |
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-fb *fontlist* |
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Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters |
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are to be printed. See resource boldFont for details. |
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-fi *fontlist* |
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Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold |
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characters are to be printed. See resource italicFont for details. |
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-fbi *fontlist* |
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Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold |
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characters are to be printed. See resource boldItalicFont for |
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-name *name* |
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Specify the application name under which resources are to be |
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obtained, rather than the default executable file name. Name should |
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not contain `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title |
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name. |
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-ls|+ls |
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Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource loginShell. |
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-ut|+ut |
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Compile *utmp*: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource |
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utmpInhibit. |
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-vb|+vb |
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Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource |
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visualBell. |
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-sb|+sb |
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Turn on/off scrollbar; resource scrollBar. |
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-si|+si |
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Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource |
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scrollTtyOutput has opposite effect. |
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-sk|+sk |
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Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource |
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scrollTtyKeypress. |
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-sw|+sw |
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Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines |
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appear. This only takes effect if -si is also given; resource |
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scrollWithBuffer. |
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-sr|+sr |
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Put scrollbar on right/left; resource scrollBar_right. |
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Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; |
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resource scrollBar_floating. |
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-ptab|+ptab |
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If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored |
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as actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it |
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possible to select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a |
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cursor movement and not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be |
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visually annoying as the cursor on a tab character is displayed as a |
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wide cursor; resource pastableTabs. |
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-bc|+bc |
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Blink the cursor; resource cursorBlink. |
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Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option. |
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Alternative form is -ic. |
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-sl *number* |
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Save *number* lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for |
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limits; resource saveLines. |
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-b *number* |
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Compile *frills*: Internal border of *number* pixels. See resource |
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entry for limits; resource internalBorder. |
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-w *number* |
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Compile *frills*: External border of *number* pixels. Also, -bw and |
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-borderwidth. See resource entry for limits; resource |
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externalBorder. |
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-bl Compile *frills*: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. |
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if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window |
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decorations; resource borderLess. |
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-lsp *number* |
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Compile *frills*: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of |
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the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource |
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-tn *termname* |
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This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the |
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TERM environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the |
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*termcap(5)* database and should have *li#* and *co#* entries; |
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resource termName. |
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-e *command [arguments]* |
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Run the command with its command-line arguments in the rxvt window; |
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also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of the |
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program being executed if neither *-title* (*-T*) nor *-n* are given |
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on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last on |
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the command-line. If there is no -e option then the default is to |
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run the program specified by the SHELL environment variable or, |
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failing that, *sh(1)*. |
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-title *text* |
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Window title (-T still respected); the default title is the basename |
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application name; resource title. |
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-n *text* |
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Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified |
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resource iconName. |
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-C Capture system console messages. |
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-pt *style* |
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Compile *XIM*: input style for input method; OverTheSpot, |
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OffTheSpot, Root; resource preeditType. |
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-im *text* |
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Compile *XIM*: input method name. resource inputMethod. |
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the input extension to be able to input japanese characters while |
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staying in another locale. resource imLocale. |
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-imfont *fontset* |
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Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource imFont |
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-tcw |
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Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse |
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Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape |
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-mod *modifier* |
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Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: alt, meta, |
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hyper, super, mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5; resource *modifier*. |
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-ssc|+ssc |
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Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource |
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-ssr|+ssr |
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Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource |
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-keysym.*sym* *string* |
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Remap a key symbol. See resource keysym. |
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-embed *windowid* |
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Tells rxvt to embed it's windows into an already-existing window, |
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Right now, rxvt will first unmap/map the specified window, so it |
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shouldn't be a top-level window. rxvt will also reconfigure it quite |
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create an extra subwindow for rxvt and leave it alone. |
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The window will not be destroyed when rxvt exits. |
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It might be useful to know that rxvt will not close file descriptors |
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file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the |
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Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option |
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my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket; |
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$rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub { |
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my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid; |
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-pty-fd *fileno* |
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Tells rxvt NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty pair |
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but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is |
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useful if you want to drive rxvt as a generic terminal emulator |
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If this switch is given, rxvt will not create any utmp/wtmp entries |
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and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that |
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Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be |
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fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec |
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system "rxvt -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&"; |
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close $pty; |
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# now communicate with rxvt |
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my $slave = $pty->slave; |
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while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" } |
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RESOURCES (available also as long-options) |
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Note: `rxvt --help' gives a list of all resources (long options) |
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compiled into your version. |
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There are two different methods that rxvt can use to get the Xresource |
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data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal Xresources |
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reader (~/.Xdefaults). For the first method (ie. rxvt -h lists |
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XGetDefaults), you can set and change the resources using X11 tools like |
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xrdb. Many distribution do also load settings from the ~/.Xresources |
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file when X starts. rxvt will consult the following files/resources in |
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order, with later settings overwriting earlier ones: |
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1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global |
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2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR |
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3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults |
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4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen |
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5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename> |
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If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. rxvt -h lists |
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.Xdefaults) then rxvt accepts application defaults set in |
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XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually |
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/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt) and resources set in ~/.Xdefaults, or |
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~/.Xresources if ~/.Xdefaults does not exist. Note that when reading X |
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resources, rxvt recognizes two class names: XTerm and URxvt. The class |
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name Rxvt allows resources common to both rxvt and the original *rxvt* |
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to be easily configured, while the class name URxvt allows resources |
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unique to rxvt, notably colours and key-handling, to be shared between |
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different rxvt configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable |
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defaults will be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override |
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resource settings. The following resources are allowed: |
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geometry: *geom* |
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Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default |
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80x24]; option -geometry. |
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background: *colour* |
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Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default |
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White]; option -bg. |
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foreground: *colour* |
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Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default |
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Black]; option -fg. |
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color*n*: *colour* |
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Use the specified colour for the colour value *n*, where 0-7 |
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corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds |
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to high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright |
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background) colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, |
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1=red, 2=green, 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but |
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the actual colour names used are listed in the COLORS AND GRAPHICS |
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section. |
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Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can |
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be changed using an escape command (see rxvt(7)). |
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Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm |
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with 88 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps. |
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colorBD: *colour* |
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colorIT: *colour* |
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Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when |
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the foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not |
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available (Compile *styles*) and this option is unset, reverse video |
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colorUL: *colour* |
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Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the |
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foreground colour is the default. |
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colorRV: *colour* |
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Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video |
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characters. |
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underlineColor: *colour* |
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If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline |
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itself. If unset, use the foreground colour. |
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cursorColor: *colour* |
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Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the |
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foreground colour; option -cr. |
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cursorColor2: *colour* |
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Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this |
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to take effect, cursorColor must also be specified. The default is |
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to use the background colour. |
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reverseVideo: *boolean* |
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True: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours; |
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option -rv. False: regular screen colours [default]; option +rv. See |
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note in COLORS AND GRAPHICS section. |
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jumpScroll: *boolean* |
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True: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling |
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quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option -j. |
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False: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option +j. |
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inheritPixmap: *boolean* |
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True: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving |
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artificial transparency. False: do not inherit the parent windows' |
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pixmap. |
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fading: *number* |
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Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. |
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tintColor: *colour* |
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Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. |
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shading: *number* |
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Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background |
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image in addition to tinting it. |
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scrollColor: *colour* |
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Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. |
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troughColor: *colour* |
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Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default |
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#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. |
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borderColor: *colour* |
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The colour of the border around the text area and between the |
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scrollbar and the text. |
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backgroundPixmap: *file[;geom]* |
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Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) |
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for the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a |
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geometry string WxH+X+Y, in which "W" / "H" specify the |
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horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and "X" / "Y" locate the image |
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centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A |
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scale of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 |
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specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image |
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will be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum |
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permitted scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50] |
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menu: *file[;tag]* |
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Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is |
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optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See |
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the reference documentation for details on the syntax for the |
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menuBar. |
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path: *path* |
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Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and |
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menus), in addition to the paths specified by the RXVTPATH and PATH |
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environment variables. |
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font: *fontlist* |
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Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font |
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names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode |
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characters. The first font defines the cell size for characters; |
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other fonts might be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default |
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font list is always appended to it. option -fn. |
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Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with |
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optional prefix "x:" or a Xft font (Compile *xft*), prefixed with |
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"xft:". |
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In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and |
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specifications enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). The only |
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available hint currently is "codeset=codeset-name", and this is only |
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used for Xft fonts. |
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For example, this font resource |
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URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\ |
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-misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\ |
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-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \ |
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[codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \ |
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xft:Code2000:antialias=false |
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specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is "9x15bold" |
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(actually the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the |
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base font (because it is named first) and thus defines the character |
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cell grid to be 9 pixels wide and 15 pixels high. |
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The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters |
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not in the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately |
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non-bold, but the bold version of the font does contain less |
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characters, so this is a useful supplement. |
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The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the |
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characters are limited to the JIS 0208 codeset (i.e. japanese |
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kanji). The font contains other characters, but we are not |
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interested in them. |
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The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the |
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remaining unicode characters. |
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boldFont: *fontlist* |
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italicFont: *fontlist* |
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boldItalicFont: *fontlist* |
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The font list to use for displaying bold, *italic* or *bold italic* |
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characters, respectively. |
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If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the |
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font-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which |
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makes it possible to substitute completely different font styles for |
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bold and italic. |
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If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by |
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"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that |
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is not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be |
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tried. |
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If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the |
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normal text font will being used for the given style. |
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selectstyle: *mode* |
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Set mouse selection style to old which is 2.20, oldword which is |
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xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which |
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gives xterm style selection. |
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scrollstyle: *mode* |
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Set scrollbar style to rxvt, plain, next or xterm. plain is the |
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author's favourite.. |
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title: *string* |
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Set window title string, the default title is the command-line |
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specified after the -e option, if any, otherwise the application |
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name; option -title. |
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iconName: *string* |
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Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon |
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manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is |
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explicitly set; option -n. |
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mapAlert: *boolean* |
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True: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. False: no |
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de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default]. |
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visualBell: *boolean* |
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True: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option -vb. |
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False: no visual bell [default]; option +vb. |
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loginShell: *boolean* |
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True: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to argv[0] of the |
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shell; option -ls. False: start as a normal sub-shell [default]; |
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option +ls. |
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utmpInhibit: *boolean* |
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True: inhibit writing record into the system log file utmp; option |
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-ut. False: write record into the system log file utmp [default]; |
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option +ut. |
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print-pipe: *string* |
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Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default *lpr(1)*]. Use |
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Print to initiate a screen dump to the printer and Ctrl-Print or |
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Shift-Print to include the scrollback as well. |
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scrollBar: *boolean* |
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True: enable the scrollbar [default]; option -sb. False: disable the |
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scrollbar; option +sb. |
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scrollBar_right: *boolean* |
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True: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option -sr. |
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False: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option +sr. |
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scrollBar_floating: *boolean* |
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True: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option -st. False: |
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display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option +st. |
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scrollBar_align: *mode* |
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Align the top, bottom or centre [default] of the scrollbar thumb |
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with the pointer on middle button press/drag. |
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scrollTtyOutput: *boolean* |
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True: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option -si. False: |
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do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option +si. |
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scrollWithBuffer: *boolean* |
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True: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and |
639 |
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scrollTtyOutput is False); option -sw. False: do not scroll with |
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scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option +sw. |
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scrollTtyKeypress: *boolean* |
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True: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special |
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keys are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special |
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handling and are not passed onto the shell; option -sk. False: do |
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not scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option +sk. |
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saveLines: *number* |
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Save *number* lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This |
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resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option -sl. |
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internalBorder: *number* |
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Internal border of *number* pixels. This resource is limited to 100; |
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option -b. |
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externalBorder: *number* |
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External border of *number* pixels. This resource is limited to 100; |
658 |
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option -w, -bw, -borderwidth. |
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borderLess: *boolean* |
661 |
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Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by |
662 |
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the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; |
663 |
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option -bl. |
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termName: *termname* |
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Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the TERM environment |
667 |
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variable; option -tn. |
668 |
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linespace: *number* |
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Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row |
671 |
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of the display [default 0]; option -lsp. |
672 |
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meta8: *boolean* |
674 |
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True: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. False: handle |
675 |
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Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default]. |
676 |
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mouseWheelScrollPage: *boolean* |
678 |
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True: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. False: the mouse wheel |
679 |
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scrolls five lines [default]. |
680 |
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pastableTabs: *boolean* |
682 |
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True: store tabs as wide characters. False: interpret tabs as cursor |
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movement only; option "-ptab". |
684 |
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cursorBlink: *boolean* |
686 |
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True: blink the cursor. False: do not blink the cursor [default]; |
687 |
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option -bc. |
688 |
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pointerBlank: *boolean* |
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True: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number |
691 |
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of seconds of inactivity. False: the pointer is always visible |
692 |
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[default]. |
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pointerColor: *colour* |
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Mouse pointer foreground colour. |
696 |
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pointerColor2: *colour* |
698 |
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Mouse pointer background colour. |
699 |
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pointerBlankDelay: *number* |
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Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. |
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backspacekey: *string* |
704 |
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The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to DEC |
705 |
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or unset it will send Delete (code 127) or, if shifted, Backspace |
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(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private |
707 |
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mode escape sequence. |
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deletekey: *string* |
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The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) |
711 |
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is pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally |
712 |
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associated with the Execute key. |
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cutchars: *string* |
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The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. |
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The built-in default: |
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BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} |
719 |
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preeditType: *style* |
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OverTheSpot, OffTheSpot, Root; option -pt. |
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inputMethod: *name* |
724 |
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*name* of inputMethod to use; option -im. |
725 |
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imLocale: *name* |
727 |
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1.6 |
The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an "LC_CTYPE" of |
728 |
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e.g. "de_DE.UTF-8" for normal text processing but "ja_JP.EUC-JP" for |
729 |
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the input extension to be able to input japanese characters while |
730 |
root |
1.1 |
staying in another locale. option -imlocale. |
731 |
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732 |
root |
1.6 |
imFont: *fontset* |
733 |
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Specify the font-set used for XIM styles "OverTheSpot" or |
734 |
|
|
"OffTheSpot". It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns |
735 |
|
|
separated by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other |
736 |
|
|
font lists used in rxvt. The default will be set-up to chose *any* |
737 |
|
|
suitable found found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size |
738 |
|
|
to the base font. option -imfont. |
739 |
|
|
|
740 |
|
|
tripleclickwords: *boolean* |
741 |
|
|
Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse |
742 |
|
|
button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the |
743 |
|
|
selection to the end of the logical line only. option -tcw. |
744 |
|
|
|
745 |
root |
1.1 |
insecure: *boolean* |
746 |
|
|
Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences |
747 |
|
|
that echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This |
748 |
|
|
could be abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, |
749 |
|
|
whether throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or |
750 |
|
|
though write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. |
751 |
|
|
(Note that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences |
752 |
|
|
enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean |
753 |
|
|
resource or specifying -insecure as an option. At the moment, this |
754 |
|
|
enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window |
755 |
|
|
title requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. |
756 |
|
|
|
757 |
|
|
modifier: *modifier* |
758 |
|
|
Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: alt, meta, hyper, |
759 |
|
|
super, mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5; option -mod. |
760 |
|
|
|
761 |
|
|
answerbackString: *string* |
762 |
|
|
Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ |
763 |
|
|
(control-E) character is passed through. It may contain escape |
764 |
|
|
values as described in the entry on keysym following. |
765 |
|
|
|
766 |
|
|
secondaryScreen: *bool* |
767 |
|
|
Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). |
768 |
|
|
|
769 |
|
|
secondaryScroll: *bool* |
770 |
|
|
Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this |
771 |
|
|
option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the |
772 |
|
|
scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will |
773 |
|
|
instead scroll the screen up. |
774 |
|
|
|
775 |
|
|
keysym.*sym*: *string* |
776 |
root |
1.3 |
Compile *frills*: Associate *string* with keysym *sym*. The |
777 |
|
|
intervening resource name keysym. cannot be omitted. |
778 |
|
|
|
779 |
|
|
The format of *sym* is "*(modifiers-)key*", where *modifiers* can be |
780 |
|
|
any combination of ISOLevel3, AppKeypad, Control, NumLock, Shift, |
781 |
|
|
Meta, Lock, Mod1, Mod2, Mod3, Mod4, Mod5, and the abbreviated I, K, |
782 |
|
|
C, N, S, M, A, L, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. |
783 |
|
|
|
784 |
|
|
The NumLock, Meta and ISOLevel3 modifiers are usually aliased to |
785 |
|
|
whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 |
786 |
root |
1.6 |
Shift/AltGr keys are being mapped. AppKeypad is a synthetic modifier |
787 |
|
|
mapped to the current application keymap mode state. |
788 |
root |
1.3 |
|
789 |
|
|
The spellings of *key* can be obtained by using xev(1) command or |
790 |
root |
1.2 |
searching keysym macros from /usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h and |
791 |
root |
1.3 |
omitting the prefix XK_. Alternatively you can specify *key* by its |
792 |
|
|
hex keysym value (0x0000 - 0xFFFF). Note that the lookup of *sym*s |
793 |
|
|
is not performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is |
794 |
root |
1.2 |
assured. |
795 |
|
|
|
796 |
root |
1.3 |
*string* may contain escape values ("\a": bell, "\b": backspace, |
797 |
|
|
"\e", "\E": escape, "\n": newline, "\r": carriage return, "\t": tab, |
798 |
|
|
"\000": octal number) or verbatim control characters ("^?": delete, |
799 |
|
|
"^@": null, "^A" ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that |
800 |
|
|
it can start or end with whitespace. |
801 |
root |
1.2 |
|
802 |
root |
1.11 |
Please note that you need to double the "\" when using |
803 |
|
|
"--enable-xgetdefault", as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you |
804 |
|
|
can use "\033" instead of "\e" (and so on), which will work with |
805 |
|
|
both Xt and rxvt's own processing). |
806 |
|
|
|
807 |
root |
1.2 |
You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a |
808 |
root |
1.3 |
*string* with pattern list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX, where the delimeter |
809 |
|
|
`/' should be a character not used by the strings. |
810 |
root |
1.2 |
|
811 |
root |
1.3 |
Its usage can be demonstrated by an example: |
812 |
|
|
|
813 |
root |
1.11 |
URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|> |
814 |
root |
1.2 |
|
815 |
|
|
The above line is equivalent to the following three lines: |
816 |
root |
1.3 |
|
817 |
root |
1.11 |
URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a> |
818 |
|
|
URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b> |
819 |
|
|
URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c> |
820 |
root |
1.3 |
|
821 |
root |
1.11 |
If *string* takes the form of "command:STRING", the specified STRING |
822 |
root |
1.6 |
is interpreted and executed as rxvt's control sequence. For example |
823 |
|
|
the following means "change the current locale to "zh_CN.GBK" when |
824 |
|
|
Control-Meta-c is being pressed": |
825 |
|
|
|
826 |
root |
1.11 |
URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 |
827 |
root |
1.6 |
|
828 |
|
|
The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to |
829 |
root |
1.11 |
the fonts "suxuseuro" and "9x15bold", so you can have some limited |
830 |
root |
1.6 |
font-switching at runtime: |
831 |
|
|
|
832 |
root |
1.11 |
URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007 |
833 |
|
|
URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007 |
834 |
|
|
|
835 |
|
|
Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see rxvt(7) for more |
836 |
|
|
info): |
837 |
root |
1.6 |
|
838 |
root |
1.11 |
URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t |
839 |
|
|
URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t |
840 |
root |
1.1 |
|
841 |
|
|
THE SCROLLBAR |
842 |
|
|
Lines of text that scroll off the top of the rxvt window (resource: |
843 |
|
|
saveLines) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar or by |
844 |
|
|
keystrokes. The normal rxvt scrollbar has arrows and its behaviour is |
845 |
|
|
fairly intuitive. The xterm-scrollbar is without arrows and its |
846 |
|
|
behaviour mimics that of *xterm* |
847 |
|
|
|
848 |
|
|
Scroll down with Button1 (xterm-scrollbar) or Shift-Next. Scroll up with |
849 |
|
|
Button3 (xterm-scrollbar) or Shift-Prior. Continuous scroll with |
850 |
|
|
Button2. |
851 |
|
|
|
852 |
|
|
MOUSE REPORTING |
853 |
|
|
To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or the |
854 |
|
|
normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta (Alt) |
855 |
|
|
key while performing the desired mouse action. |
856 |
|
|
|
857 |
|
|
If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are |
858 |
|
|
disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen |
859 |
root |
1.11 |
application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends ESC [ 6 ~ |
860 |
|
|
(Next) and ESC [ 5 ~ (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the |
861 |
|
|
up and down arrows sends ESC [ A (Up) and ESC [ B (Down), respectively. |
862 |
root |
1.1 |
|
863 |
|
|
TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION |
864 |
|
|
The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to |
865 |
|
|
*xterm*(1). |
866 |
|
|
|
867 |
|
|
Selection: |
868 |
|
|
Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the |
869 |
|
|
region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left |
870 |
|
|
double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the |
871 |
root |
1.6 |
entire logical line (which can span multiple screen lines), unless |
872 |
|
|
modified by resource tripleclickwords. |
873 |
root |
1.1 |
|
874 |
|
|
Starting a selection while pressing the Meta key (or Meta+Ctrl keys) |
875 |
root |
1.3 |
(Compile: *frills*) will create a rectangular selection instead of a |
876 |
root |
1.1 |
normal one. |
877 |
|
|
|
878 |
|
|
Insertion: |
879 |
|
|
Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or Shift-Insert) in |
880 |
|
|
an rxvt window causes the current text selection to be inserted as |
881 |
|
|
if it had been typed on the keyboard. |
882 |
|
|
|
883 |
|
|
CHANGING FONTS |
884 |
|
|
Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet |
885 |
|
|
supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. |
886 |
|
|
|
887 |
|
|
You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and |
888 |
|
|
therefore using the menubar), e.g.: |
889 |
|
|
|
890 |
|
|
printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" |
891 |
|
|
|
892 |
|
|
rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so |
893 |
|
|
far. |
894 |
|
|
|
895 |
|
|
ISO 14755 SUPPORT |
896 |
|
|
ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters and |
897 |
|
|
character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The first |
898 |
|
|
part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with "--enable-frills", |
899 |
|
|
the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled with |
900 |
|
|
"--enable-iso14755". |
901 |
|
|
|
902 |
root |
1.6 |
* 5.1: Basic method |
903 |
root |
1.1 |
This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode. |
904 |
|
|
|
905 |
|
|
Start by pressing and holding both "Control" and "Shift", then enter |
906 |
|
|
hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing "Control" and "Shift" |
907 |
|
|
will commit the character as if it were typed directly. While |
908 |
|
|
holding down "Control" and "Shift" you can also enter multiple |
909 |
|
|
characters by pressing "Space", which will commit the current |
910 |
|
|
character and lets you start a new one. |
911 |
|
|
|
912 |
|
|
As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e-mail |
913 |
|
|
address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail |
914 |
|
|
address printed as hexcodes, e.g. "671d 65e5". You can enter this |
915 |
|
|
easily by pressing "Control" and "Shift", followed by |
916 |
|
|
"6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5", followed by releasing the modifier keys. |
917 |
|
|
|
918 |
root |
1.6 |
* 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method |
919 |
root |
1.1 |
This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols |
920 |
|
|
of your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding. |
921 |
|
|
|
922 |
|
|
Start by pressing "Control" and "Shift" together, then releasing |
923 |
|
|
them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will |
924 |
|
|
not invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the |
925 |
|
|
corresponding keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when |
926 |
|
|
the key has been released, otherwise pressing e.g. "Shift" would |
927 |
|
|
enter the symbol for "ISO Level 2 Switch", although your intention |
928 |
|
|
might have been to enter a reverse tab (Shift-Tab). |
929 |
|
|
|
930 |
root |
1.6 |
* 5.3: Screen-selection entry method |
931 |
root |
1.1 |
While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection |
932 |
|
|
mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character |
933 |
|
|
map. |
934 |
|
|
|
935 |
root |
1.6 |
* 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later |
936 |
root |
1.1 |
input |
937 |
|
|
This method lets you display the unicode character code associated |
938 |
|
|
with characters already displayed. |
939 |
|
|
|
940 |
|
|
You enter this mode by holding down "Control" and "Shift" together, |
941 |
|
|
then pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. |
942 |
|
|
The unicode hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the |
943 |
|
|
character under the pointer is displayed until you release "Control" |
944 |
|
|
and "Shift". |
945 |
|
|
|
946 |
|
|
In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw |
947 |
|
|
this character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined |
948 |
|
|
with combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown |
949 |
|
|
characters will always be drawn using the built-in support font. |
950 |
|
|
|
951 |
|
|
With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to |
952 |
|
|
both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2. |
953 |
|
|
|
954 |
|
|
LOGIN STAMP |
955 |
|
|
rxvt tries to write an entry into the *utmp*(5) file so that it can be |
956 |
|
|
seen via the *who(1)* command, and can accept messages. To allow this |
957 |
root |
1.6 |
feature, rxvt may need to be installed setuid root on some systems or |
958 |
|
|
setgid to root or to some other group on others. |
959 |
root |
1.1 |
|
960 |
|
|
COLORS AND GRAPHICS |
961 |
|
|
In addition to the default foreground and background colours, rxvt can |
962 |
|
|
display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus high-intensity bold/blink |
963 |
|
|
versions of the same). Here is a list of the colours with their rgb.txt |
964 |
|
|
names. |
965 |
|
|
|
966 |
|
|
color0 (black) = Black |
967 |
|
|
color1 (red) = Red3 |
968 |
|
|
color2 (green) = Green3 |
969 |
|
|
color3 (yellow) = Yellow3 |
970 |
|
|
color4 (blue) = Blue3 |
971 |
|
|
color5 (magenta) = Magenta3 |
972 |
|
|
color6 (cyan) = Cyan3 |
973 |
|
|
color7 (white) = AntiqueWhite |
974 |
|
|
color8 (bright black) = Grey25 |
975 |
|
|
color9 (bright red) = Red |
976 |
|
|
color10 (bright green) = Green |
977 |
|
|
color11 (bright yellow) = Yellow |
978 |
|
|
color12 (bright blue) = Blue |
979 |
|
|
color13 (bright magenta) = Magenta |
980 |
|
|
color14 (bright cyan) = Cyan |
981 |
|
|
color15 (bright white) = White |
982 |
|
|
foreground = Black |
983 |
|
|
background = White |
984 |
|
|
|
985 |
|
|
It is also possible to specify the colour values of foreground, |
986 |
|
|
background, cursorColor, cursorColor2, colorBD, colorUL as a number |
987 |
|
|
0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of |
988 |
|
|
color0-color15. |
989 |
|
|
|
990 |
|
|
Note that -rv ("reverseVideo: True") simulates reverse video by always |
991 |
|
|
swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to |
992 |
|
|
*xterm*(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise |
993 |
|
|
been specified. For example, |
994 |
|
|
|
995 |
|
|
rxvt -fg Black -bg White -rv |
996 |
|
|
would yield White on Black, while on *xterm*(1) it would yield Black |
997 |
|
|
on White. |
998 |
|
|
|
999 |
|
|
ENVIRONMENT |
1000 |
root |
1.11 |
rxvt sets and/or uses the following environment variables: |
1001 |
|
|
|
1002 |
|
|
TERM |
1003 |
|
|
Normally set to "rxvt-unicode", unless overwritten at configure |
1004 |
|
|
time, via resources or on the commandline. |
1005 |
|
|
|
1006 |
|
|
COLORTERM |
1007 |
|
|
Either "rxvt", "rxvt-xpm", depending on wether rxvt was compiled |
1008 |
|
|
with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension "-mono" to |
1009 |
|
|
indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen. |
1010 |
|
|
|
1011 |
|
|
COLORFGBG |
1012 |
|
|
Set to a string of the form "fg;bg" or "fg;xpm;bg", where "fg" is |
1013 |
|
|
the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the |
1014 |
|
|
string "default" to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence |
1015 |
|
|
is to be used), "bg" is the colour code used as default background |
1016 |
|
|
colour (or the string "default"), and "xpm" is the string "default" |
1017 |
root |
1.12 |
if rxvt was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like "ncurses" and |
1018 |
|
|
"slang" can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output. |
1019 |
root |
1.11 |
|
1020 |
|
|
WINDOWID |
1021 |
|
|
Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the rxvt window (the toplevel |
1022 |
|
|
window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal |
1023 |
|
|
window and so on). |
1024 |
|
|
|
1025 |
|
|
TERMINFO |
1026 |
|
|
Set to the terminfo directory iff rxvt was configured with |
1027 |
|
|
"--with-terminfo=PATH". |
1028 |
|
|
|
1029 |
|
|
DISPLAY |
1030 |
|
|
Used by rxvt to connect to the display and set to the correct |
1031 |
|
|
display in it's child processes. |
1032 |
|
|
|
1033 |
|
|
SHELL |
1034 |
|
|
The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to "/bin/sh". |
1035 |
|
|
|
1036 |
|
|
RXVTPATH |
1037 |
|
|
The path where rxvt looks for support files such as menu and xpm |
1038 |
|
|
files. |
1039 |
|
|
|
1040 |
|
|
PATH |
1041 |
|
|
Used in the same way as "RXVTPATH". |
1042 |
|
|
|
1043 |
|
|
RXVT_SOCKET |
1044 |
|
|
The unix domain socket path used by rxvtc(1) and rxvtd(1). |
1045 |
|
|
|
1046 |
|
|
Default "$HOME/.rxvt-unicode-<nodename". |
1047 |
|
|
|
1048 |
|
|
HOME |
1049 |
|
|
Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for |
1050 |
|
|
daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as |
1051 |
|
|
".Xdefaults") |
1052 |
|
|
|
1053 |
|
|
XAPPLRESDIR |
1054 |
|
|
Directory where various X resource files are being located. |
1055 |
|
|
|
1056 |
|
|
XENVIRONMENT |
1057 |
|
|
If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be |
1058 |
|
|
loaded by rxvt. |
1059 |
root |
1.1 |
|
1060 |
|
|
FILES |
1061 |
|
|
/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt |
1062 |
|
|
Color names. |
1063 |
|
|
|
1064 |
|
|
SEE ALSO |
1065 |
|
|
rxvt(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5) |
1066 |
|
|
|
1067 |
|
|
BUGS |
1068 |
|
|
Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list. |
1069 |
|
|
|
1070 |
|
|
Cursor change support is not yet implemented. |
1071 |
|
|
|
1072 |
|
|
Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding. |
1073 |
|
|
|
1074 |
|
|
CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR |
1075 |
|
|
Project Coordinator |
1076 |
root |
1.13 |
Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> |
1077 |
root |
1.1 |
|
1078 |
root |
1.13 |
<http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode> |
1079 |
root |
1.1 |
|
1080 |
|
|
AUTHORS |
1081 |
|
|
John Bovey |
1082 |
|
|
University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt. |
1083 |
|
|
|
1084 |
|
|
Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com> |
1085 |
|
|
very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt |
1086 |
|
|
|
1087 |
|
|
Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> |
1088 |
|
|
wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code) |
1089 |
|
|
|
1090 |
|
|
mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA> |
1091 |
|
|
Wrote the menu system. |
1092 |
|
|
|
1093 |
|
|
Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21) |
1094 |
|
|
|
1095 |
|
|
Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de> |
1096 |
|
|
Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5) |
1097 |
|
|
|
1098 |
|
|
Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com> |
1099 |
|
|
Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project |
1100 |
|
|
Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode) |
1101 |
|
|
|
1102 |
root |
1.13 |
Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> |
1103 |
root |
1.1 |
Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal |
1104 |
|
|
character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm |
1105 |
|
|
compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions. |
1106 |
|
|
|
1107 |
|
|
Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -) |
1108 |
|
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