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5SYNOPSIS 5SYNOPSIS
6 rxvt [options] [-e command [ args ]] 6 rxvt [options] [-e command [ args ]]
7 7
8DESCRIPTION 8DESCRIPTION
9 rxvt-unicode, version 5.5, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator intended 9 rxvt-unicode, version 6.1, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator intended
10 as an *xterm*(1) replacement for users who do not require features such 10 as an *xterm*(1) replacement for users who do not require features such
11 as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style configurability. As a 11 as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style configurability. As a
12 result, rxvt-unicode uses much less swap space -- a significant 12 result, rxvt-unicode uses much less swap space -- a significant
13 advantage on a machine serving many X sessions. 13 advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
14 14
93 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource reverseVideo. 93 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource reverseVideo.
94 94
95 -j|+j 95 -j|+j
96 Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource jumpScroll. 96 Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource jumpScroll.
97 97
98 -ip|+ip 98 -ip|+ip | -tr|+tr
99 Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is 99 Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
100 -tr; resource inheritPixmap. 100 -tr; resource inheritPixmap.
101 101
102 -fade *number* 102 -fade *number*
103 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. resource 103 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small
104 fading. 104 values fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by
105 the fade colour; resource fading.
106
107 -fadecolor *colour*
108 Fade to this colour when fading is used (see -fade). The default
109 colour is black. resource fadeColor.
105 110
106 -tint *colour* 111 -tint *colour*
107 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 112 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
108 transparency is enabled with -tr or -ip. See also the -sh option 113 transparency is enabled with -tr or -ip. This only works for
114 non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the -sh option that can
109 that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to 115 be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it;
110 tinting it. 116 resource *tintColor*. Example:
117
118 rxvt -tr -tint blue -sh 40
111 119
112 -sh *number* Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 120 -sh *number* Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent
113 background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. -tint must be 121 background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. -tint must be
114 specified, too, e.g. "-tint white"). 122 specified, too, e.g. "-tint white").
115 123
259 on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last on 267 on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last on
260 the command-line. If there is no -e option then the default is to 268 the command-line. If there is no -e option then the default is to
261 run the program specified by the SHELL environment variable or, 269 run the program specified by the SHELL environment variable or,
262 failing that, *sh(1)*. 270 failing that, *sh(1)*.
263 271
272 Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you
273 want to run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like
274 this:
275
276 rxvt -e sh -c "shell commands"
277
264 -title *text* 278 -title *text*
265 Window title (-T still respected); the default title is the basename 279 Window title (-T still respected); the default title is the basename
266 of the program specified after the -e option, if any, otherwise the 280 of the program specified after the -e option, if any, otherwise the
267 application name; resource title. 281 application name; resource title.
268 282
310 secondaryScreen. 324 secondaryScreen.
311 325
312 -ssr|+ssr 326 -ssr|+ssr
313 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 327 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
314 secondaryScroll. 328 secondaryScroll.
329
330 -hold|+hold
331 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, rxvt will
332 not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
333 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by
334 the user; resource hold.
315 335
316 -keysym.*sym* *string* 336 -keysym.*sym* *string*
317 Remap a key symbol. See resource keysym. 337 Remap a key symbol. See resource keysym.
318 338
319 -embed *windowid* 339 -embed *windowid*
467 True: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 487 True: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
468 artificial transparency. False: do not inherit the parent windows' 488 artificial transparency. False: do not inherit the parent windows'
469 pixmap. 489 pixmap.
470 490
471 fading: *number* 491 fading: *number*
472 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 492 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option
493 -fade.
494
495 fadeColor: *colour*
496 Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see fading:). The default
497 colour is black; option -fadecolor.
473 498
474 tintColor: *colour* 499 tintColor: *colour*
475 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 500 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
501 -tint.
476 502
477 shading: *number* 503 shading: *number*
478 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 504 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background
479 image in addition to tinting it. 505 image in addition to tinting it.
480 506
612 print-pipe: *string* 638 print-pipe: *string*
613 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default *lpr(1)*]. Use 639 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default *lpr(1)*]. Use
614 Print to initiate a screen dump to the printer and Ctrl-Print or 640 Print to initiate a screen dump to the printer and Ctrl-Print or
615 Shift-Print to include the scrollback as well. 641 Shift-Print to include the scrollback as well.
616 642
643 The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
644
645 Example:
646
647 URxvt*print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
648
649 This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen
650 contents everytime you hit "Print".
651
617 scrollBar: *boolean* 652 scrollBar: *boolean*
618 True: enable the scrollbar [default]; option -sb. False: disable the 653 True: enable the scrollbar [default]; option -sb. False: disable the
619 scrollbar; option +sb. 654 scrollbar; option +sb.
620 655
621 scrollBar_right: *boolean* 656 scrollBar_right: *boolean*
746 781
747 insecure: *boolean* 782 insecure: *boolean*
748 Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences 783 Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences
749 that echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This 784 that echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This
750 could be abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, 785 could be abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display,
751 whether throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or 786 whether through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or
752 though write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. 787 through write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are
753 (Note that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 788 disabled by default. (Note that many other terminals, including
754 enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 789 xterm, have these sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make
755 resource or specifying -insecure as an option. At the moment, this 790 it safer, though).
756 enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window 791
757 title requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 792 You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
793 -insecure as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
794 locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests as well as
795 dynamic menubar dispatch.
758 796
759 modifier: *modifier* 797 modifier: *modifier*
760 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: alt, meta, hyper, 798 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: alt, meta, hyper,
761 super, mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5; option -mod. 799 super, mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5; option -mod.
762 800
771 secondaryScroll: *bool* 809 secondaryScroll: *bool*
772 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 810 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this
773 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 811 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
774 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 812 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
775 instead scroll the screen up. 813 instead scroll the screen up.
814
815 hold: *bool*
816 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, rxvt will
817 not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
818 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by
819 the user.
776 820
777 keysym.*sym*: *string* 821 keysym.*sym*: *string*
778 Compile *frills*: Associate *string* with keysym *sym*. The 822 Compile *frills*: Associate *string* with keysym *sym*. The
779 intervening resource name keysym. cannot be omitted. 823 intervening resource name keysym. cannot be omitted.
780 824
892 entire logical line (which can span multiple screen lines), unless 936 entire logical line (which can span multiple screen lines), unless
893 modified by resource tripleclickwords. 937 modified by resource tripleclickwords.
894 938
895 Starting a selection while pressing the Meta key (or Meta+Ctrl keys) 939 Starting a selection while pressing the Meta key (or Meta+Ctrl keys)
896 (Compile: *frills*) will create a rectangular selection instead of a 940 (Compile: *frills*) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
897 normal one. 941 normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in
942 the selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and
943 removed from the selection.
898 944
899 Insertion: 945 Insertion:
900 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or Shift-Insert) in 946 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or Shift-Insert) in
901 an rxvt window causes the current text selection to be inserted as 947 an rxvt window causes the current text selection to be inserted as
902 if it had been typed on the keyboard. 948 if it had been typed on the keyboard.
906 supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. 952 supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
907 953
908 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and 954 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and
909 therefore using the menubar), e.g.: 955 therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
910 956
911 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" 957 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
912 958
913 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so 959 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so
914 far. 960 far.
915 961
916ISO 14755 SUPPORT 962ISO 14755 SUPPORT
1062 Used in the same way as "RXVTPATH". 1108 Used in the same way as "RXVTPATH".
1063 1109
1064 RXVT_SOCKET 1110 RXVT_SOCKET
1065 The unix domain socket path used by rxvtc(1) and rxvtd(1). 1111 The unix domain socket path used by rxvtc(1) and rxvtd(1).
1066 1112
1067 Default "$HOME/.rxvt-unicode-<nodename". 1113 Default $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-*<nodename*.
1068 1114
1069 HOME 1115 HOME
1070 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for 1116 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1071 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as 1117 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1072 ".Xdefaults") 1118 ".Xdefaults")
1081FILES 1127FILES
1082 /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt 1128 /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt
1083 Color names. 1129 Color names.
1084 1130
1085SEE ALSO 1131SEE ALSO
1086 rxvt(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5) 1132 rxvt(7), rxvtc(1), rxvtd(1), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4),
1087 1133 tty(4), utmp(5)
1088BUGS
1089 Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1090
1091 Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1092
1093 Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1094 1134
1095CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR 1135CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1096 Project Coordinator 1136 Project Coordinator
1097 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> 1137 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>
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