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4 4
5SYNOPSIS 5SYNOPSIS
6 rxvt [options] [-e command [ args ]] 6 rxvt [options] [-e command [ args ]]
7 7
8DESCRIPTION 8DESCRIPTION
9 rxvt-unicode, version 4.9, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator intended 9 rxvt-unicode, version 6.0, 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
15FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 15FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
16 See rxvt(7) (try "man 7 rxvt") for a list of frequently asked questions 16 See rxvt(7) (try "man 7 rxvt") for a list of frequently asked questions
17 and answer to them and some common problems. 17 and answer to them and some common problems. That document is also
18 accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
19 <http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
18 20
19RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT 21RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
20 Unlike the original rxvt, rxvt-unicode stores all text in Unicode 22 Unlike the original rxvt, rxvt-unicode stores all text in Unicode
21 internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the 23 internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
22 world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very 24 world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very
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91 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource reverseVideo. 93 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource reverseVideo.
92 94
93 -j|+j 95 -j|+j
94 Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource jumpScroll. 96 Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource jumpScroll.
95 97
96 -ip|+ip 98 -ip|+ip | -tr|+tr
97 Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is 99 Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
98 -tr; resource inheritPixmap. 100 -tr; resource inheritPixmap.
99 101
100 -fade *number* 102 -fade *number*
101 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
102 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.
103 110
104 -tint *colour* 111 -tint *colour*
105 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 112 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
106 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
107 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;
108 tinting it. 116 resource *tintColor*. Example:
117
118 rxvt -tr -tint blue -sh 40
109 119
110 -sh *number* Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 120 -sh *number* Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent
111 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
112 specified, too, e.g. "-tint white"). 122 specified, too, e.g. "-tint white").
113 123
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202 212
203 -sr|+sr 213 -sr|+sr
204 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource scrollBar_right. 214 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource scrollBar_right.
205 215
206 -st|+st 216 -st|+st
207 Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 217 Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
208 resource scrollBar_floating. 218 resource scrollBar_floating.
209 219
210 -ptab|+ptab 220 -ptab|+ptab
211 If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored 221 If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored
212 as actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it 222 as actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it
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257 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
258 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
259 run the program specified by the SHELL environment variable or, 269 run the program specified by the SHELL environment variable or,
260 failing that, *sh(1)*. 270 failing that, *sh(1)*.
261 271
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
262 -title *text* 278 -title *text*
263 Window title (-T still respected); the default title is the basename 279 Window title (-T still respected); the default title is the basename
264 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
265 application name; resource title. 281 application name; resource title.
266 282
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309 325
310 -ssr|+ssr 326 -ssr|+ssr
311 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 327 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
312 secondaryScroll. 328 secondaryScroll.
313 329
314 -xrm *resourcestring* 330 -hold|+hold
315 No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be 331 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, rxvt will
316 made available in the instance's argument list. Appears in 332 not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
317 *WM_COMMAND* in some window managers. 333 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by
334 the user; resource hold.
335
336 -keysym.*sym* *string*
337 Remap a key symbol. See resource keysym.
338
339 -embed *windowid*
340 Tells rxvt to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
341 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
342
343 Right now, rxvt will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
344 shouldn't be a top-level window. rxvt will also reconfigure it quite
345 a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
346 create an extra subwindow for rxvt and leave it alone.
347
348 The window will not be destroyed when rxvt exits.
349
350 It might be useful to know that rxvt will not close file descriptors
351 passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you can use
352 file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
353 terminal. This works regardless of wether the "-embed" option was
354 used or not.
355
356 Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option
357 can be used (a longer example is in doc/embed):
358
359 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
360 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
361 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
362 system "rxvt -embed $xid &";
363 });
364
365 -pty-fd *fileno*
366 Tells rxvt NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty pair
367 but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is
368 useful if you want to drive rxvt as a generic terminal emulator
369 without having to run a program within it.
370
371 If this switch is given, rxvt will not create any utmp/wtmp entries
372 and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
373 yourself if you want that.
374
375 Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be
376 used (a longer example is in doc/pty-fd):
377
378 use IO::Pty;
379 use Fcntl;
380
381 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
382 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
383 system "rxvt -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
384 close $pty;
385
386 # now communicate with rxvt
387 my $slave = $pty->slave;
388 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
318 389
319RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 390RESOURCES (available also as long-options)
320 Note: `rxvt --help' gives a list of all resources (long options) 391 Note: `rxvt --help' gives a list of all resources (long options)
321 compiled into your version. 392 compiled into your version.
322 393
323 There are two different methods that rxvt can use to get the Xresource 394 There are two different methods that rxvt can use to get the Xresource
324 data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal Xresources 395 data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal Xresources
325 reader (~/.Xdefaults). For the first method (ie. rxvt -h lists 396 reader (~/.Xdefaults). For the first method (ie. rxvt -h lists
326 XGetDefaults), you can set and change the resources using X11 tools like 397 XGetDefaults), you can set and change the resources using X11 tools like
327 xset. Many distribution do also load settings from the ~/.Xresources 398 xrdb. Many distribution do also load settings from the ~/.Xresources
328 file when X starts. 399 file when X starts. rxvt will consult the following files/resources in
400 order, with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
401
402 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
403 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
404 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
405 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
406 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
329 407
330 If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. rxvt -h lists 408 If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. rxvt -h lists
331 .Xdefaults) then rxvt accepts application defaults set in 409 .Xdefaults) then rxvt accepts application defaults set in
332 XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually 410 XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually
333 /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt) and resources set in ~/.Xdefaults, or 411 /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt) and resources set in ~/.Xdefaults, or
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409 True: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 487 True: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
410 artificial transparency. False: do not inherit the parent windows' 488 artificial transparency. False: do not inherit the parent windows'
411 pixmap. 489 pixmap.
412 490
413 fading: *number* 491 fading: *number*
414 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.
415 498
416 tintColor: *colour* 499 tintColor: *colour*
417 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 500 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
501 -tint.
418 502
419 shading: *number* 503 shading: *number*
420 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 504 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background
421 image in addition to tinting it. 505 image in addition to tinting it.
422 506
423 scrollColor: *colour* 507 scrollColor: *colour*
424 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 508 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
425 509
426 troughColor: *colour* 510 troughColor: *colour*
427 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 511 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
428 #969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 512 #969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
429 513
430 borderColor: *colour* 514 borderColor: *colour*
431 The colour of the border around the text area and between the 515 The colour of the border around the text area and between the
432 scrollbar and the text. 516 scrollbar and the text.
433 517
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519 xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which 603 xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which
520 gives xterm style selection. 604 gives xterm style selection.
521 605
522 scrollstyle: *mode* 606 scrollstyle: *mode*
523 Set scrollbar style to rxvt, plain, next or xterm. plain is the 607 Set scrollbar style to rxvt, plain, next or xterm. plain is the
524 author's favourite.. 608 author's favourite.
525 609
526 title: *string* 610 title: *string*
527 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 611 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
528 specified after the -e option, if any, otherwise the application 612 specified after the -e option, if any, otherwise the application
529 name; option -title. 613 name; option -title.
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554 print-pipe: *string* 638 print-pipe: *string*
555 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default *lpr(1)*]. Use 639 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default *lpr(1)*]. Use
556 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
557 Shift-Print to include the scrollback as well. 641 Shift-Print to include the scrollback as well.
558 642
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
559 scrollBar: *boolean* 652 scrollBar: *boolean*
560 True: enable the scrollbar [default]; option -sb. False: disable the 653 True: enable the scrollbar [default]; option -sb. False: disable the
561 scrollbar; option +sb. 654 scrollbar; option +sb.
562 655
563 scrollBar_right: *boolean* 656 scrollBar_right: *boolean*
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576 True: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option -si. False: 669 True: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option -si. False:
577 do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option +si. 670 do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option +si.
578 671
579 scrollWithBuffer: *boolean* 672 scrollWithBuffer: *boolean*
580 True: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and 673 True: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
581 scrollTtyOutput is False); option +sw. False: do not scroll with 674 scrollTtyOutput is False); option -sw. False: do not scroll with
582 scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option -sw. 675 scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option +sw.
583 676
584 scrollTtyKeypress: *boolean* 677 scrollTtyKeypress: *boolean*
585 True: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special 678 True: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special
586 keys are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special 679 keys are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special
587 handling and are not passed onto the shell; option -sk. False: do 680 handling and are not passed onto the shell; option -sk. False: do
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639 pointerColor2: *colour* 732 pointerColor2: *colour*
640 Mouse pointer background colour. 733 Mouse pointer background colour.
641 734
642 pointerBlankDelay: *number* 735 pointerBlankDelay: *number*
643 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 736 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2].
737 Use a large number (e.g. 987654321) to effectively disable the
738 timeout.
644 739
645 backspacekey: *string* 740 backspacekey: *string*
646 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to DEC 741 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to DEC
647 or unset it will send Delete (code 127) or, if shifted, Backspace 742 or unset it will send Delete (code 127) or, if shifted, Backspace
648 (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private 743 (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private
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686 781
687 insecure: *boolean* 782 insecure: *boolean*
688 Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences 783 Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences
689 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
690 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,
691 whether throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or 786 whether through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or
692 though write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. 787 through write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are
693 (Note that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 788 disabled by default. (Note that many other terminals, including
694 enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 789 xterm, have these sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make
695 resource or specifying -insecure as an option. At the moment, this 790 it safer, though).
696 enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window 791
697 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.
698 796
699 modifier: *modifier* 797 modifier: *modifier*
700 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,
701 super, mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5; option -mod. 799 super, mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5; option -mod.
702 800
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711 secondaryScroll: *bool* 809 secondaryScroll: *bool*
712 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 810 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this
713 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 811 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
714 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 812 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
715 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.
716 820
717 keysym.*sym*: *string* 821 keysym.*sym*: *string*
718 Compile *frills*: Associate *string* with keysym *sym*. The 822 Compile *frills*: Associate *string* with keysym *sym*. The
719 intervening resource name keysym. cannot be omitted. 823 intervening resource name keysym. cannot be omitted.
720 824
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739 "\e", "\E": escape, "\n": newline, "\r": carriage return, "\t": tab, 843 "\e", "\E": escape, "\n": newline, "\r": carriage return, "\t": tab,
740 "\000": octal number) or verbatim control characters ("^?": delete, 844 "\000": octal number) or verbatim control characters ("^?": delete,
741 "^@": null, "^A" ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that 845 "^@": null, "^A" ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that
742 it can start or end with whitespace. 846 it can start or end with whitespace.
743 847
848 Please note that you need to double the "\" when using
849 "--enable-xgetdefault", as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you
850 can use "\033" instead of "\e" (and so on), which will work with
851 both Xt and rxvt's own processing).
852
744 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a 853 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a
745 *string* with pattern list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX, where the delimeter 854 *string* with pattern list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX, where the delimeter
746 `/' should be a character not used by the strings. 855 `/' should be a character not used by the strings.
747 856
748 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example: 857 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
749 858
750 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\e<M-C-|abc|> 859 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|>
751 860
752 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines: 861 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
753 862
754 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \e<M-C-a> 863 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>
755 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \e<M-C-b> 864 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>
756 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \e<M-C-c> 865 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>
757 866
758 If *string* takes the form of "proto:STRING", the specified STRING 867 If *string* takes the form of "command:STRING", the specified STRING
759 is interpreted and executed as rxvt's control sequence. For example 868 is interpreted and executed as rxvt's control sequence. For example
760 the following means "change the current locale to "zh_CN.GBK" when 869 the following means "change the current locale to "zh_CN.GBK" when
761 Control-Meta-c is being pressed": 870 Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
762 871
763 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: proto:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 872 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
873
874 Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key
875 mapping will match if at *at least* the specified identifiers are
876 being set, and no other key mappings with those and more bits are
877 being defined. That means that defining a key map for "a" will
878 automatically provide definitions for "Meta-a", "Shift-a" and so on,
879 unless some of those are defined mappings themselves.
880
881 Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
882 if you overwrite the "Insert" key you will disable rxvt's
883 "Shift-Insert" mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke "holes" into
884 the user-defined keymap using the "builtin:" replacement:
885
886 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
887 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
888
889 The first line defines a mapping for "Insert" and *any* combination
890 of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
891 "Shift-Insert".
764 892
765 The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to 893 The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
766 the fonts "suxuseuro" and "9x15bold", so you cna have some limited 894 the fonts "suxuseuro" and "9x15bold", so you can have some limited
767 font-switching at runtime: 895 font-switching at runtime:
768 896
769 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: proto:\033]50;suxuseuro\007 897 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
770 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: proto:\033]50;9x15bold\007 898 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
771 899
772 "proto:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007" means: change the current locale to 900 Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see rxvt(7) for more
773 "zh_CN.GBK". 901 info):
902
903 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
904 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
774 905
775THE SCROLLBAR 906THE SCROLLBAR
776 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the rxvt window (resource: 907 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the rxvt window (resource:
777 saveLines) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar or by 908 saveLines) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar or by
778 keystrokes. The normal rxvt scrollbar has arrows and its behaviour is 909 keystrokes. The normal rxvt scrollbar has arrows and its behaviour is
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788 normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta (Alt) 919 normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta (Alt)
789 key while performing the desired mouse action. 920 key while performing the desired mouse action.
790 921
791 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 922 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
792 disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 923 disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
793 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends ESC[6~ (Next) 924 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends ESC [ 6 ~
794 and ESC[5~ (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the up and down 925 (Next) and ESC [ 5 ~ (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
795 arrows sends ESC[A (Up) and ESC[B (Down), respectively. 926 up and down arrows sends ESC [ A (Up) and ESC [ B (Down), respectively.
796 927
797TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 928TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION
798 The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 929 The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
799 *xterm*(1). 930 *xterm*(1).
800 931
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819 supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. 950 supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
820 951
821 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and 952 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and
822 therefore using the menubar), e.g.: 953 therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
823 954
824 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" 955 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
825 956
826 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so 957 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so
827 far. 958 far.
828 959
829ISO 14755 SUPPORT 960ISO 14755 SUPPORT
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929 rxvt -fg Black -bg White -rv 1060 rxvt -fg Black -bg White -rv
930 would yield White on Black, while on *xterm*(1) it would yield Black 1061 would yield White on Black, while on *xterm*(1) it would yield Black
931 on White. 1062 on White.
932 1063
933ENVIRONMENT 1064ENVIRONMENT
934 rxvt sets the environment variables TERM, COLORTERM and COLORFGBG. The 1065 rxvt sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
935 environment variable WINDOWID is set to the X window id number of the 1066
936 rxvt window and it also uses and sets the environment variable DISPLAY 1067 TERM
937 to specify which display terminal to use. rxvt uses the environment 1068 Normally set to "rxvt-unicode", unless overwritten at configure
938 variables RXVTPATH and PATH to find XPM files. 1069 time, via resources or on the commandline.
1070
1071 COLORTERM
1072 Either "rxvt", "rxvt-xpm", depending on wether rxvt was compiled
1073 with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension "-mono" to
1074 indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1075
1076 COLORFGBG
1077 Set to a string of the form "fg;bg" or "fg;xpm;bg", where "fg" is
1078 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the
1079 string "default" to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence
1080 is to be used), "bg" is the colour code used as default background
1081 colour (or the string "default"), and "xpm" is the string "default"
1082 if rxvt was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like "ncurses" and
1083 "slang" can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1084
1085 WINDOWID
1086 Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the rxvt window (the toplevel
1087 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1088 window and so on).
1089
1090 TERMINFO
1091 Set to the terminfo directory iff rxvt was configured with
1092 "--with-terminfo=PATH".
1093
1094 DISPLAY
1095 Used by rxvt to connect to the display and set to the correct
1096 display in it's child processes.
1097
1098 SHELL
1099 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to "/bin/sh".
1100
1101 RXVTPATH
1102 The path where rxvt looks for support files such as menu and xpm
1103 files.
1104
1105 PATH
1106 Used in the same way as "RXVTPATH".
1107
1108 RXVT_SOCKET
1109 The unix domain socket path used by rxvtc(1) and rxvtd(1).
1110
1111 Default $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-*<nodename*.
1112
1113 HOME
1114 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1115 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1116 ".Xdefaults")
1117
1118 XAPPLRESDIR
1119 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1120
1121 XENVIRONMENT
1122 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be
1123 loaded by rxvt.
939 1124
940FILES 1125FILES
941 /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt 1126 /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt
942 Color names. 1127 Color names.
943 1128
944SEE ALSO 1129SEE ALSO
945 rxvt(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5) 1130 rxvt(7), rxvtc(1), rxvtd(1), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4),
946 1131 tty(4), utmp(5)
947BUGS
948 Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
949
950 Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
951
952 Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
953 1132
954CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR 1133CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
955 Project Coordinator 1134 Project Coordinator
956 Marc A. Lehmann rxvt@schmorp.de 1135 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>
957 1136
958 Web page maintainter
959 Marc A. Lehmann rxvt@schmorp.de
960
961 <http://software.schmorp.de/> 1137 <http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode>
962 1138
963AUTHORS 1139AUTHORS
964 John Bovey 1140 John Bovey
965 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt. 1141 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
966 1142
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980 1156
981 Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com> 1157 Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>
982 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project 1158 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project
983 Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode) 1159 Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
984 1160
985 Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> 1161 Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>
986 Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal 1162 Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
987 character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm 1163 character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
988 compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions. 1164 compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
989 1165
990 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -) 1166 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)

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