--- rxvt-unicode/README.FAQ 2006/01/19 19:26:30 1.32 +++ rxvt-unicode/README.FAQ 2006/01/30 22:49:30 1.34 @@ -39,6 +39,64 @@ URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s + Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources? + Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X + applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS + loads resources into the X display (the right way to do it), + rxvt-unicode will ignore any resource files in your home directory. + It will only read $HOME/.Xdefaults when no resources are attached to + the display. + + If you have or use an $HOME/.Xresources file, chances are that + resources are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to + re-login after every change (or run xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources). + + Also consider the form resources have to use: + + URxvt.resource: value + + If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of + specifying resources), make sure you understand wether and why it + works. If unsure, use the form above. + + I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong? + First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in + rxvt-unicode, so you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author + about it (but you may bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it + working consider it a rite of passage, and you failed. + + Here are three ways to get transparency. Do read the manpage and + option descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. + Really, do it! + + 1. Use inheritPixmap: + + Esetroot wallpaper.jpg + rxvt -ip -tint red -sh 40 + + That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and + tinting support, or you are unable to read. + + 2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables + you to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just + shade/tint/whatever your picture with gimp: + + convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm + rxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background + + That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, + or you are unable to read. + + 3. Use an ARGB visual: + + rxvt -depth 432 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/c000 + + This requires XFT support, and support form your X-server. If that + doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals + aren't there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains + the neccessary bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it + work. + 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 @@ -115,12 +173,20 @@ statically), except maybe libX11 :) Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode? - rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with - tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing - programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into - other programs, as witnessed by doc/rxvt-tabbed or the upcoming - "Gtk2::URxvt" perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt) - terminal as an example embedding application. + Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that + implements a simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so + any of these should give you tabs: + + rxvt -pe tabbed + + URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed + + It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window + managers or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features + allow it to be embedded into other programs, as witnessed by + doc/rxvt-tabbed or the upcoming "Gtk2::URxvt" perl module, which + features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt) terminal as an example embedding + application. How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape