--- rxvt-unicode/README.FAQ 2006/01/11 19:55:33 1.24 +++ rxvt-unicode/README.FAQ 2006/01/16 15:07:27 1.30 @@ -1,4 +1,44 @@ FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS + The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select + single words? + Yes. For example, if you want to select alphanumeric words, you can + use the following resource: + + URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+) + + If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended more + and more. + + To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this + pattern: + + URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+) + + Please also note that the *LeftClick Shift-LeftClik* combination + also selects words like the old code. + + I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I + change/disable it? + You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the + perl-ext-common resource to the empty string, which also keeps + rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory. + + If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to + identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the + section PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS in the rxvtperl(3) manpage. For + example, to disable the selection-popup and option-popup, specify + this perl-ext-common resource: + + URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup + + This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup + extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example, + scrollback search mode is triggered by M-s. You can move it to any + other combination either by setting the searchable-scrollback + resource: + + URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s + Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you @@ -542,7 +582,7 @@ You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the terminal, using the resource "imlocale": - URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP + URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and still use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not @@ -595,7 +635,7 @@ some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt - or Shift keys are depressed. See rxvt(7) + or Shift keys are depressed. What's with this bold/blink stuff? If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using @@ -691,7 +731,7 @@ $ stty erase ^? $ rxvt - Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l" as documented in rxvt(7). + Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l". For an existing rxvt-unicode: