| 1 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
1 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
| 2 | The new selection selects pieces that are too big/too small, can I |
2 | The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select |
| 3 | change this? |
3 | single words? |
| 4 | Yes. For example, if you want to select smaller pieces ("words") you |
4 | Yes. For example, if you want to select alphanumeric words, you can |
| 5 | can use the following resource: |
5 | use the following resource: |
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| 7 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+) |
7 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+) |
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| 9 | If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended more |
9 | If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended more |
| 10 | and more. |
10 | and more. |
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| 12 | To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this |
12 | To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this |
| 13 | pattern: |
13 | pattern: |
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| 15 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+) |
15 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+) |
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17 | Please also note that the *LeftClick Shift-LeftClik* combination |
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18 | also selects words like the old code. |
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| 17 | I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I |
20 | I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I |
| 18 | change/disable it? |
21 | change/disable it? |
| 19 | You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the |
22 | You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the |
| 20 | perl-ext-common resource to the empty string, which also keeps |
23 | perl-ext-common resource to the empty string, which also keeps |
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| 162 | of encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely |
165 | of encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely |
| 163 | used). |
166 | used). |
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| 165 | I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this |
168 | I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this |
| 166 | safe? |
169 | safe? |
| 167 | Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably |
170 | It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to |
| 168 | not bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of |
171 | properly install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now. |
| 169 | freetype + fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode |
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| 170 | itself to all be secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options |
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| 171 | when it detects that it runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. |
173 | When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will |
| 172 | Besides, with the embedded perl interpreter the possibility for |
174 | fork into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling |
| 173 | security problems easily multiplies. |
175 | on some systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop |
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176 | privileges immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals |
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177 | that keep privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, |
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178 | as it contains things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful" |
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179 | to attackers). |
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| 175 | Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on |
181 | This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very |
| 176 | some systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra |
182 | early and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before |
| 177 | privileges for ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is |
183 | main(), or things like the dynamic loader of your system, which |
| 178 | planned to mvoe this into a forked handler process, but this is not |
184 | should result in very little risk. |
| 179 | yet done. |
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| 181 | So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on |
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| 182 | your typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always |
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| 183 | remember that its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked |
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| 184 | for security issues regularly. |
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| 186 | When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? |
186 | When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? |
| 187 | The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely |
187 | The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely |
| 188 | available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same |
188 | available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same |
| 189 | problem often arises). |
189 | problem often arises). |
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| 578 | My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do? |
578 | My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do? |
| 579 | You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest |
579 | You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest |
| 580 | of the terminal, using the resource "imlocale": |
580 | of the terminal, using the resource "imlocale": |
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| 582 | URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP |
582 | URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP |
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| 584 | Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and |
584 | Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and |
| 585 | still use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not |
585 | still use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not |
| 586 | be able to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then, |
586 | be able to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then, |
| 587 | as your input method limits you. |
587 | as your input method limits you. |
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| 630 | Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. |
630 | Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. |
| 631 | Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing |
631 | Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing |
| 632 | some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. |
632 | some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. |
| 633 | I've heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise |
633 | I've heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise |
| 634 | specified. A quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt |
634 | specified. A quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt |
| 635 | or Shift keys are depressed. See rxvt(7) |
635 | or Shift keys are depressed. |
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636 | |
| 637 | What's with this bold/blink stuff? |
637 | What's with this bold/blink stuff? |
| 638 | If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using |
638 | If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using |
| 639 | the standard foreground colour. |
639 | the standard foreground colour. |
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| 727 | # use Backspace = ^? |
727 | # use Backspace = ^? |
| 728 | $ stty erase ^? |
728 | $ stty erase ^? |
| 729 | $ rxvt |
729 | $ rxvt |
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| 731 | Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l" as documented in rxvt(7). |
731 | Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l". |
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| 733 | For an existing rxvt-unicode: |
733 | For an existing rxvt-unicode: |
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| 735 | # use Backspace = ^H |
735 | # use Backspace = ^H |
| 736 | $ stty erase ^H |
736 | $ stty erase ^H |
