| 1 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
1 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
| 2 | The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select |
2 | Meta, Features & Commandline Issues |
| 3 | single words? |
3 | My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human? |
| 4 | If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following |
4 | Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: "irc.freenode.net", channel |
| 5 | setting: |
5 | "#rxvt-unicode" has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be |
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6 | interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :). |
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| 7 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+) |
8 | Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode? |
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9 | Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a |
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10 | simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these |
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11 | should give you tabs: |
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| 9 | If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended more and |
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| 10 | more. |
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| 12 | To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this |
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| 15 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+) |
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| 17 | Please also note that the *LeftClick Shift-LeftClik* combination also |
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| 18 | selects words like the old code. |
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| 20 | I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I |
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| 21 | change/disable it? |
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| 22 | You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the |
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| 23 | perl-ext-common resource to the empty string, which also keeps |
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| 24 | rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory. |
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| 26 | If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to |
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| 27 | identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section |
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| 28 | PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS in the rxvtperl(3) manpage. For example, to |
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| 29 | disable the selection-popup and option-popup, specify this |
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| 30 | perl-ext-common resource: |
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| 32 | URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup |
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| 34 | This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup |
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| 35 | extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example, |
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| 36 | scrollback search mode is triggered by M-s. You can move it to any other |
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| 37 | combination either by setting the searchable-scrollback resource: |
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| 39 | URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s |
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| 41 | The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how |
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| 42 | do I switch this off? |
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| 43 | During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor |
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| 44 | outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this? |
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| 45 | These are caused by the "readline" perl extension. Under normal |
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| 46 | circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the |
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| 47 | line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment, |
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| 48 | but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in |
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| 49 | some cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly. |
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| 51 | You can permamently switch this feature off by disabling the "readline" |
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| 52 | extension: |
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| 54 | URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline |
15 | URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed |
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| 56 | Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources? |
17 | It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window |
| 57 | Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X |
18 | managers or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow |
| 58 | applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads |
19 | it to be embedded into other programs, as witnessed by doc/rxvt-tabbed |
| 59 | resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will |
20 | or the upcoming "Gtk2::URxvt" perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt |
| 60 | ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read |
21 | (murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application. |
| 61 | $HOME/.Xdefaults when no resources are attached to the display. |
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| 63 | If you have or use an $HOME/.Xresources file, chances are that resources |
23 | How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? |
| 64 | are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to re-login after |
24 | The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape |
| 65 | every change (or run xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources). |
25 | sequence "ESC [ 8 n" sets the window title to the version number. When |
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26 | using the urxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the daemon. |
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| 67 | Also consider the form resources have to use: |
28 | Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that? |
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29 | Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something |
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30 | you don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings |
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31 | that you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by |
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32 | design, when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be |
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33 | loaded accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your |
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34 | characters. |
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| 69 | URxvt.resource: value |
36 | Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger |
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37 | scrollback buffers: Without "--enable-unicode3", rxvt-unicode will use 6 |
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38 | bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a |
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39 | kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if |
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40 | full) use 10 Megabytes of memory. With "--enable-unicode3" it gets |
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41 | worse, as rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell. |
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| 71 | If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of |
43 | How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way? |
| 72 | specifying resources), make sure you understand wether and why it works. |
44 | Try "urxvtd -f -o", which tells urxvtd to open the display, create the |
| 73 | If unsure, use the form above. |
45 | listening socket and then fork. |
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| 75 | I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong? |
47 | How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc. |
| 76 | First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt-unicode, |
48 | rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can |
| 77 | so you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you |
49 | check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn, |
| 78 | may bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a |
50 | Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether |
| 79 | rite of passage: ... and you failed. |
51 | or not to use color. |
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| 81 | Here are four ways to get transparency. Do read the manpage and option |
53 | How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable? |
| 82 | descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it! |
54 | If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled |
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55 | insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script |
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56 | snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode |
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57 | wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) |
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58 | then the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from |
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59 | a regular xterm. |
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| 84 | 1. Use inheritPixmap: |
61 | Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script |
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62 | snippets: |
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| 86 | Esetroot wallpaper.jpg |
64 | # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells: |
| 87 | rxvt -ip -tint red -sh 40 |
65 | [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know |
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66 | if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then |
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67 | stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not |
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68 | echo -n '^[Z' |
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69 | read term_id |
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70 | stty icanon echo |
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71 | if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then |
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72 | echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string |
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73 | read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell |
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74 | fi |
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75 | fi |
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| 89 | That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting |
77 | How do I compile the manual pages on my own? |
| 90 | support, or you are unable to read. |
78 | You need to have a recent version of perl installed as /usr/bin/perl, |
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79 | one that comes with pod2man, pod2text and pod2html. Then go to the doc |
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80 | subdirectory and enter "make alldoc". |
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| 92 | 2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you |
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| 93 | to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever |
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| 94 | your picture with gimp: |
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| 96 | convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm |
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| 97 | rxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background |
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| 99 | That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, or |
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| 100 | you are unable to read. |
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| 102 | 3. Use an ARGB visual: |
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| 104 | rxvt -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc |
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| 106 | This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that |
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| 107 | doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't |
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| 108 | there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the |
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| 109 | neccessary bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, |
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| 110 | but that doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in place. |
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| 112 | 4. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job: |
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| 114 | xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \ |
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| 115 | -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000 |
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| 117 | Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace 0xc0000000 |
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| 118 | by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and |
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| 119 | your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces. |
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| 121 | Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? |
82 | Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? |
| 122 | I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra |
83 | I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra |
| 123 | bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see |
84 | bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see |
| 124 | that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always |
85 | that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always |
| 125 | being compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after |
86 | being compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after |
| 126 | startup. Even with "--disable-everything", this comparison is a bit |
87 | startup. Even with "--disable-everything", this comparison is a bit |
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| 157 | gnome-terminal (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole |
118 | gnome-terminal (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole |
| 158 | (22200k + extra 43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half |
119 | (22200k + extra 43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half |
| 159 | a minute of startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits |
120 | a minute of startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits |
| 160 | out), it fares extremely well *g*. |
121 | out), it fares extremely well *g*. |
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| 162 | Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool? |
123 | Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool? |
| 163 | Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I |
124 | Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I |
| 164 | had to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a |
125 | had to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a |
| 165 | fraction of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put |
126 | fraction of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put |
| 166 | even shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++. |
127 | even shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++. |
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| 190 | /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) |
151 | /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) |
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| 192 | No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically), |
153 | No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically), |
| 193 | except maybe libX11 :) |
154 | except maybe libX11 :) |
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| 195 | Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode? |
156 | Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues |
| 196 | Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a |
157 | I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong? |
| 197 | simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these |
158 | First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt-unicode, |
| 198 | should give you tabs: |
159 | so you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you |
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160 | may bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a |
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161 | rite of passage: ... and you failed. |
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| 200 | rxvt -pe tabbed |
163 | Here are four ways to get transparency. Do read the manpage and option |
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164 | descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it! |
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166 | 1. Use inheritPixmap: |
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168 | Esetroot wallpaper.jpg |
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169 | urxvt -ip -tint red -sh 40 |
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171 | That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting |
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172 | support, or you are unable to read. |
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174 | 2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you |
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175 | to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever |
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176 | your picture with gimp or any other tool: |
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177 | |
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178 | convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm |
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179 | urxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background |
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181 | That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, or |
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182 | you are unable to read. |
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183 | |
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184 | 3. Use an ARGB visual: |
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186 | urxvt -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc |
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188 | This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that |
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189 | doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't |
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190 | there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the |
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191 | neccessary bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, |
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192 | but that doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in place. |
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194 | 4. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job: |
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196 | xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \ |
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197 | -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000 |
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199 | Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace 0xc0000000 |
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200 | by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and |
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201 | your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces. |
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203 | Why do some chinese characters look so different than others? |
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204 | This is because there is a difference between script and language -- |
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205 | rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is, as |
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206 | it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first sees a |
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207 | japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for display. |
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208 | Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many chinese |
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209 | characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first |
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210 | non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese |
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211 | font -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font |
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212 | for chinese characters that are also in the japanese font. |
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214 | The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font |
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215 | list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as a |
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216 | preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font |
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217 | first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first. |
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219 | In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at |
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220 | runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different |
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221 | fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this |
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222 | has been designed yet). |
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224 | Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see "Can |
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225 | I switch the fonts at runtime?" later in this document). |
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227 | Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings? |
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228 | Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that |
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229 | character size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal |
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230 | use might contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode |
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231 | will avoid these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too |
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232 | wide a special "careful" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent |
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233 | characters. |
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235 | All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes, |
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236 | however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed |
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237 | bounding box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct |
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238 | way is to ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is |
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239 | wrong in these cases). |
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241 | It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype, |
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242 | or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try |
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243 | using the "-lsp" option to give the font more height. If that doesn't |
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244 | work, you might be forced to use a different font. |
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246 | All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their |
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247 | bounding box data is correct. |
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249 | How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much? |
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250 | First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings |
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251 | ("TERM=rxvt-unicode"), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then |
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252 | make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise |
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253 | rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect: |
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255 | URxvt.colorBD: white |
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256 | URxvt.colorIT: green |
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258 | Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that? |
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259 | For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird |
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260 | colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the |
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261 | standard 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of |
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262 | course, to fix these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very |
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263 | good reasons. |
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265 | In the meantime, you can either edit your "rxvt-unicode" terminfo |
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266 | definition to only claim 8 colour support or use "TERM=rxvt", which will |
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267 | fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features. |
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269 | Can I switch the fonts at runtime? |
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270 | Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the |
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271 | same effect as using the "-fn" switch, and takes effect immediately: |
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273 | printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" |
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275 | This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a |
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276 | japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where |
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277 | japanese fonts would only be in your way. |
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279 | You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching. |
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281 | Why do italic characters look as if clipped? |
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282 | Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For |
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283 | example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans |
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284 | Mono" completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to |
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285 | enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this: |
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287 | URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true |
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288 | URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true |
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290 | Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow? |
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291 | Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as it |
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292 | is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable |
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293 | antialiasing (by appending ":antialias=false"), which saves lots of |
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294 | memory and also speeds up rendering considerably. |
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296 | Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong? |
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297 | Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to |
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298 | fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core |
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299 | fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has |
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300 | antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they |
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301 | look best that way. |
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303 | If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually. |
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304 | |
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305 | What's with this bold/blink stuff? |
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306 | If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using the |
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307 | standard foreground colour. |
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308 | |
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309 | For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the text |
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310 | blink when compiled with "--enable-blinking". with standard colours. |
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311 | Without "--enable-blinking", the blink attribute will be ignored. |
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312 | |
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313 | On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity |
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314 | foreground/background colors. |
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315 | |
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316 | color0-7 are the low-intensity colors. |
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317 | |
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318 | color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors. |
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319 | |
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320 | I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them? |
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321 | You can change the screen colors at run-time using ~/.Xdefaults |
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322 | resources (or as long-options). |
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323 | |
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324 | Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen, including |
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325 | the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow: |
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326 | |
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327 | URxvt.color0: #000000 |
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328 | URxvt.color1: #A80000 |
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329 | URxvt.color2: #00A800 |
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330 | URxvt.color3: #A8A800 |
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331 | URxvt.color4: #0000A8 |
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332 | URxvt.color5: #A800A8 |
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333 | URxvt.color6: #00A8A8 |
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334 | URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8 |
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335 | |
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336 | URxvt.color8: #000054 |
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337 | URxvt.color9: #FF0054 |
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338 | URxvt.color10: #00FF54 |
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339 | URxvt.color11: #FFFF54 |
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340 | URxvt.color12: #0000FF |
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341 | URxvt.color13: #FF00FF |
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342 | URxvt.color14: #00FFFF |
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343 | URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF |
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344 | |
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345 | And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by |
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346 | me) as "pretty girly". |
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347 | |
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348 | URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1 |
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349 | URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1 |
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350 | URxvt.background: #0e0e0e |
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351 | URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1 |
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352 | URxvt.color0: #000000 |
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353 | URxvt.color8: #8b8f93 |
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354 | URxvt.color1: #dc74d1 |
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355 | URxvt.color9: #dc74d1 |
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356 | URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7 |
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357 | URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7 |
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358 | URxvt.color3: #dfe37e |
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359 | URxvt.color11: #dfe37e |
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360 | URxvt.color5: #9e88f0 |
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361 | URxvt.color13: #9e88f0 |
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362 | URxvt.color6: #73f7ff |
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363 | URxvt.color14: #73f7ff |
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364 | URxvt.color7: #e1dddd |
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365 | URxvt.color15: #e1dddd |
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366 | |
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367 | Why do some characters look so much different than others? |
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368 | See next entry. |
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369 | |
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370 | How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts? |
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371 | Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is fine. |
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372 | Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of your |
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373 | system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want to |
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374 | display. |
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375 | |
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376 | rxvt-unicode makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement font. |
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377 | Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks |
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378 | bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't |
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379 | resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial |
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380 | intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe |
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381 | the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct. |
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382 | |
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383 | In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list, |
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384 | e.g.: |
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385 | |
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386 | urxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3... |
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387 | |
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388 | When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base font. |
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389 | If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the next |
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390 | font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this |
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391 | search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server. |
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392 | |
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393 | The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the |
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394 | base font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, |
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395 | which must be the same due to the way terminals work. |
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396 | |
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397 | Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction |
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398 | The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words? |
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399 | If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following |
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400 | setting: |
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401 | |
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402 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+) |
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403 | |
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404 | If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended more and |
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405 | more. |
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406 | |
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407 | To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this |
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408 | pattern: |
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409 | |
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410 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+) |
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411 | |
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412 | Please also note that the *LeftClick Shift-LeftClik* combination also |
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413 | selects words like the old code. |
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414 | |
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415 | I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it? |
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416 | You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the |
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417 | perl-ext-common resource to the empty string, which also keeps |
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418 | rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory. |
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419 | |
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420 | If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to |
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421 | identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section |
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422 | PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS in the urxvtperl(3) manpage. For example, to |
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423 | disable the selection-popup and option-popup, specify this |
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424 | perl-ext-common resource: |
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425 | |
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426 | URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup |
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427 | |
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428 | This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup |
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429 | extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example, |
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430 | scrollback search mode is triggered by M-s. You can move it to any other |
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431 | combination either by setting the searchable-scrollback resource: |
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432 | |
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433 | URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s |
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434 | |
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435 | The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off? |
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436 | See next entry. |
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437 | |
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438 | During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this? |
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439 | These are caused by the "readline" perl extension. Under normal |
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440 | circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the |
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441 | line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment, |
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442 | but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in |
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443 | some cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly. |
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444 | |
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445 | You can permamently switch this feature off by disabling the "readline" |
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446 | extension: |
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447 | |
| 202 | URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed |
448 | URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline |
| 203 | |
449 | |
| 204 | It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window |
450 | My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output? |
| 205 | managers or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow |
451 | Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no |
| 206 | it to be embedded into other programs, as witnessed by doc/rxvt-tabbed |
452 | specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is |
| 207 | or the upcoming "Gtk2::URxvt" perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt |
453 | caused by the wrong "TERM" setting, although the details of wether and |
| 208 | (murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application. |
454 | how this can happen are unknown, as "TERM=rxvt" should offer a |
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455 | compatible keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please |
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456 | report if that helped. |
| 209 | |
457 | |
| 210 | How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? |
458 | My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working. |
| 211 | The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape |
459 | The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set |
| 212 | sequence "ESC [ 8 n" sets the window title to the version number. When |
460 | correctly, or you specified a preeditStyle that is not supported by your |
| 213 | using the rxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the daemon. |
461 | input method. For example, if you specified OverTheSpot and your input |
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462 | method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys) does not |
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463 | support this (for instance because it is not visual), then rxvt-unicode |
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464 | will continue without an input method. |
| 214 | |
465 | |
| 215 | I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem... |
466 | In this case either do not specify a preeditStyle or specify more than |
| 216 | The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large |
467 | one pre-edit style, such as OverTheSpot,Root,None. |
| 217 | patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but |
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| 218 | unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to |
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| 219 | the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine |
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| 220 | version (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce |
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| 221 | the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific |
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| 222 | to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian |
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| 223 | Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to report the bug). |
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| 224 | |
468 | |
| 225 | For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and |
469 | I cannot type "Ctrl-Shift-2" to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755 |
| 226 | probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a |
470 | Either try "Ctrl-2" alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on |
| 227 | bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users |
471 | international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your |
| 228 | that might encounter the same issue. |
472 | advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for |
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473 | other codes, too, such as "Ctrl-Shift-1-d" to type the default telnet |
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474 | escape character and so on. |
| 229 | |
475 | |
| 230 | I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any |
476 | Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. |
| 231 | recommendation? |
477 | Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing some |
| 232 | You should build one binary with the default options. configure now |
478 | editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've heard |
| 233 | enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them |
479 | that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A quick |
| 234 | runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling |
480 | check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are |
| 235 | them, except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter |
481 | depressed. |
| 236 | should be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely |
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| 237 | more in the future) depends on it. |
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| 238 | |
482 | |
| 239 | You should not overwrite the "perl-ext-common" snd "perl-ext" resources |
483 | What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour? |
| 240 | system-wide (except maybe with "defaults"). This will result in useful |
484 | Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the BackSpace |
| 241 | behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty |
485 | keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following question) there are |
| 242 | "perl-ext-common" resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the |
486 | two standard values that can be used for Backspace: "^H" and "^?". |
| 243 | perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it. |
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| 244 | |
487 | |
| 245 | If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal one |
488 | Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the |
| 246 | with "--disable-everything" (very useful) and a maximal one with |
489 | debian policy of using "^?" when unsure, because it's the one only only |
| 247 | "--enable-everything" (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of |
490 | correct choice :). |
| 248 | encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used). |
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| 249 | |
491 | |
| 250 | I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe? |
492 | Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the |
| 251 | It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly |
493 | value of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode |
| 252 | install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now. |
494 | wasn't started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), |
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495 | then the system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in |
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496 | <termios.h>, will be used (which may not be the same as your stty |
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497 | setting). |
| 253 | |
498 | |
| 254 | When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork |
499 | For starting a new rxvt-unicode: |
| 255 | into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some |
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| 256 | systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges |
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| 257 | immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep |
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| 258 | privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains |
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| 259 | things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful" to attackers). |
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| 260 | |
500 | |
| 261 | This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very |
501 | # use Backspace = ^H |
| 262 | early and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before |
502 | $ stty erase ^H |
| 263 | main(), or things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should |
503 | $ urxvt |
| 264 | result in very little risk. |
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| 265 | |
504 | |
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505 | # use Backspace = ^? |
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506 | $ stty erase ^? |
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507 | $ urxvt |
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508 | |
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509 | Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l". |
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510 | |
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511 | For an existing rxvt-unicode: |
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512 | |
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513 | # use Backspace = ^H |
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514 | $ stty erase ^H |
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515 | $ echo -n "^[[36h" |
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516 | |
|
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517 | # use Backspace = ^? |
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518 | $ stty erase ^? |
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519 | $ echo -n "^[[36l" |
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520 | |
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521 | This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but |
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522 | if you use Backspace = "^H", make sure that the termcap/terminfo value |
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523 | properly reflects that. |
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524 | |
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525 | The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace |
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526 | problem. To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the |
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527 | Delete key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for |
|
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528 | Execute ("ESC [ 3 ~") and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo. |
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529 | |
|
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530 | Some other Backspace problems: |
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531 | |
|
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532 | some editors use termcap/terminfo, some editors (vim I'm told) expect |
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533 | Backspace = ^H, GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help. |
|
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534 | |
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535 | Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner. |
|
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536 | |
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537 | I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them? |
|
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538 | There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless |
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539 | you have run "configure" with the "--disable-resources" option you can |
|
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540 | use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with |
|
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541 | keysyms. |
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542 | |
|
|
543 | Here's an example for a URxvt session started using "urxvt -name URxvt" |
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544 | |
|
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545 | URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~ |
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546 | URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~ |
|
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547 | URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'> |
|
|
548 | URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/> |
|
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549 | URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;> |
|
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550 | URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`> |
|
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551 | URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,> |
|
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552 | URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.> |
|
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553 | URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`> |
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554 | URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab> |
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555 | URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return> |
|
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556 | URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return> |
|
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557 | URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space> |
|
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558 | URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up> |
|
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559 | URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down> |
|
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560 | URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left> |
|
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561 | URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right> |
|
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562 | URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 > |
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563 | URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz > |
|
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564 | URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 |
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565 | |
|
|
566 | See some more examples in the documentation for the keysym resource. |
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567 | |
|
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568 | I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the following map |
|
|
569 | KP_Insert == Insert |
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570 | F22 == Print |
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571 | F27 == Home |
|
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572 | F29 == Prior |
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573 | F33 == End |
|
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574 | F35 == Next |
|
|
575 | |
|
|
576 | Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various |
|
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577 | possible keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the |
|
|
578 | keys as required for your particular machine. |
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|
579 | |
|
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580 | Terminal Configuration |
|
|
581 | Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources? |
|
|
582 | Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X |
|
|
583 | applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads |
|
|
584 | resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will |
|
|
585 | ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read |
|
|
586 | $HOME/.Xdefaults when no resources are attached to the display. |
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587 | |
|
|
588 | If you have or use an $HOME/.Xresources file, chances are that resources |
|
|
589 | are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to re-login after |
|
|
590 | every change (or run xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources). |
|
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591 | |
|
|
592 | Also consider the form resources have to use: |
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593 | |
|
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594 | URxvt.resource: value |
|
|
595 | |
|
|
596 | If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of |
|
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597 | specifying resources), make sure you understand wether and why it works. |
|
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598 | If unsure, use the form above. |
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599 | |
| 266 | When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? |
600 | When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? |
| 267 | The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available |
601 | The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available |
| 268 | as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often |
602 | as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often |
| 269 | arises). |
603 | arises). |
| 270 | |
604 | |
| 271 | The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this |
605 | The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this |
| … | |
… | |
| 289 | URxvt.termName: rxvt |
623 | URxvt.termName: rxvt |
| 290 | |
624 | |
| 291 | If you don't plan to use rxvt (quite common...) you could also replace |
625 | If you don't plan to use rxvt (quite common...) you could also replace |
| 292 | the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one. |
626 | the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one. |
| 293 | |
627 | |
| 294 | "tic" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry. |
628 | "tic" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry. |
| 295 | Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it by |
629 | Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it by |
| 296 | "enacs=\E[0@" and try again. |
630 | "enacs=\E[0@" and try again. |
| 297 | |
631 | |
| 298 | "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt. |
632 | "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under urxvt. |
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633 | See next entry. |
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634 | |
| 299 | I need a termcap file entry. |
635 | I need a termcap file entry. |
| 300 | One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating |
636 | One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating |
| 301 | systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap |
637 | systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap |
| 302 | library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry |
638 | library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry |
| 303 | for "rxvt-unicode". |
639 | for "rxvt-unicode". |
| 304 | |
640 | |
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… | |
| 329 | :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\ |
665 | :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\ |
| 330 | :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\ |
666 | :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\ |
| 331 | :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\ |
667 | :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\ |
| 332 | :vs=\E[?25h: |
668 | :vs=\E[?25h: |
| 333 | |
669 | |
| 334 | Why does "ls" no longer have coloured output? |
670 | Why does "ls" no longer have coloured output? |
| 335 | The "ls" in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to |
671 | The "ls" in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to |
| 336 | decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration |
672 | decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration |
| 337 | file. Needless to say, "rxvt-unicode" is not in it's default file (among |
673 | file. Needless to say, "rxvt-unicode" is not in it's default file (among |
| 338 | with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add: |
674 | with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add: |
| 339 | |
675 | |
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| 343 | |
679 | |
| 344 | alias ls='ls --color=auto' |
680 | alias ls='ls --color=auto' |
| 345 | |
681 | |
| 346 | to your ".profile" or ".bashrc". |
682 | to your ".profile" or ".bashrc". |
| 347 | |
683 | |
| 348 | Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode? |
684 | Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode? |
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685 | See next entry. |
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686 | |
| 349 | Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic? |
687 | Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic? |
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688 | See next entry. |
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689 | |
| 350 | Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly? |
690 | Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly? |
| 351 | Make sure you are using "TERM=rxvt-unicode". Some pre-packaged |
691 | Make sure you are using "TERM=rxvt-unicode". Some pre-packaged |
| 352 | distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode by |
692 | distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode by |
| 353 | setting "TERM" to "rxvt", which doesn't have these extra features. |
693 | setting "TERM" to "rxvt", which doesn't have these extra features. |
| 354 | Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian GNU/Linux) |
694 | Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian GNU/Linux) |
| 355 | furthermore fail to even install the "rxvt-unicode" terminfo file, so |
695 | furthermore fail to even install the "rxvt-unicode" terminfo file, so |
| 356 | you will need to install it on your own (See the question When I log-in |
696 | you will need to install it on your own (See the question When I log-in |
| 357 | to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? on how to do |
697 | to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? on how to do |
| 358 | this). |
698 | this). |
| 359 | |
699 | |
| 360 | My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output? |
700 | Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues |
| 361 | Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no |
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| 362 | specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is |
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| 363 | caused by the wrong "TERM" setting, although the details of wether and |
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| 364 | how this can happen are unknown, as "TERM=rxvt" should offer a |
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| 365 | compatible keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please |
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| 366 | report if that helped. |
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| 367 | |
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| 368 | Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding? |
701 | Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding? |
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702 | See next entry. |
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703 | |
| 369 | Unicode does not seem to work? |
704 | Unicode does not seem to work? |
| 370 | If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but |
705 | If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but |
| 371 | getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output |
706 | getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output |
| 372 | is subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings. |
707 | is subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings. |
| 373 | |
708 | |
| 374 | Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same "LC_CTYPE" setting as the |
709 | Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same "LC_CTYPE" setting as the |
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| 395 | |
730 | |
| 396 | If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then |
731 | If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then |
| 397 | you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't |
732 | you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't |
| 398 | support locales :( |
733 | support locales :( |
| 399 | |
734 | |
| 400 | Why do some characters look so much different than others? |
735 | How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use? |
| 401 | How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts? |
736 | See next entry. |
| 402 | Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is fine. |
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| 403 | Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of your |
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| 404 | system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want to |
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| 405 | display. |
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| 406 | |
737 | |
| 407 | rxvt-unicode makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement font. |
738 | Is there an option to switch encodings? |
| 408 | Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks |
739 | Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no |
| 409 | bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't |
740 | specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know |
| 410 | resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial |
741 | about UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O. |
| 411 | intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe |
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| 412 | the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct. |
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|
| 413 | |
742 | |
| 414 | In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list, |
743 | The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for |
| 415 | e.g.: |
744 | selecting the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating |
|
|
745 | this to all applications so everybody agrees on character properties |
|
|
746 | such as width and code number. This mechanism is the *locale*. |
|
|
747 | Applications not using that info will have problems (for example, |
|
|
748 | "xterm" gets the width of characters wrong as it uses it's own, |
|
|
749 | locale-independent table under all locales). |
| 416 | |
750 | |
| 417 | rxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3... |
751 | Rxvt-unicode uses the "LC_CTYPE" locale category to select encoding. All |
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752 | programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the |
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753 | interpretation of characters. |
| 418 | |
754 | |
| 419 | When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base font. |
755 | Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor |
| 420 | If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the next |
756 | is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like. |
| 421 | font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this |
|
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| 422 | search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server. |
|
|
| 423 | |
757 | |
| 424 | The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the |
758 | On most systems, the content of the "LC_CTYPE" environment variable |
| 425 | base font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, |
759 | contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed |
| 426 | which must be the same due to the way terminals work. |
760 | locale. Common names for locales are "en_US.UTF-8", "de_DE.ISO-8859-15", |
|
|
761 | "ja_JP.EUC-JP", i.e. "language_country.encoding", but other forms (i.e. |
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|
762 | "de" or "german") are also common. |
| 427 | |
763 | |
| 428 | Why do some chinese characters look so different than others? |
764 | Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for the |
| 429 | This is because there is a difference between script and language -- |
765 | encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings, i.e. |
| 430 | rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is, as |
766 | "de_DE.UTF-8" and "ja_JP.UTF-8" are the normally same to rxvt-unicode. |
| 431 | it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first sees a |
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| 432 | japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for display. |
|
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| 433 | Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many chinese |
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|
| 434 | characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first |
|
|
| 435 | non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese |
|
|
| 436 | font -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font |
|
|
| 437 | for chinese characters that are also in the japanese font. |
|
|
| 438 | |
767 | |
| 439 | The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font |
768 | If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start |
| 440 | list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as a |
769 | rxvt-unicode with the correct "LC_CTYPE" category. |
| 441 | preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font |
|
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| 442 | first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first. |
|
|
| 443 | |
770 | |
| 444 | In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at |
771 | Can I switch locales at runtime? |
| 445 | runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different |
772 | Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets |
| 446 | fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this |
773 | rxvt-unicode's idea of "LC_CTYPE". |
| 447 | has been designed yet). |
|
|
| 448 | |
774 | |
| 449 | Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see "Can |
775 | printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS |
| 450 | I switch the fonts at runtime?" later in this document). |
|
|
| 451 | |
776 | |
| 452 | Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings? |
777 | See also the previous answer. |
| 453 | Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that |
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| 454 | character size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal |
|
|
| 455 | use might contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode |
|
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| 456 | will avoid these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too |
|
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| 457 | wide a special "careful" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent |
|
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| 458 | characters. |
|
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| 459 | |
778 | |
| 460 | All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes, |
779 | Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in one |
| 461 | however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed |
780 | locale (e.g. "de_DE.UTF-8") but some programs don't support it (e.g. |
| 462 | bounding box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct |
781 | UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start "xjdic", which first |
| 463 | way is to ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is |
782 | switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later: |
| 464 | wrong in these cases). |
|
|
| 465 | |
783 | |
| 466 | It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype, |
784 | printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS |
| 467 | or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try |
785 | xjdic -js |
| 468 | using the "-lsp" option to give the font more height. If that doesn't |
786 | printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8 |
| 469 | work, you might be forced to use a different font. |
|
|
| 470 | |
787 | |
| 471 | All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their |
788 | You can also use xterm's "luit" program, which usually works fine, |
| 472 | bounding box data is correct. |
789 | except for some locales where character width differs between program- |
|
|
790 | and rxvt-unicode-locales. |
| 473 | |
791 | |
|
|
792 | My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do? |
|
|
793 | You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of |
|
|
794 | the terminal, using the resource "imlocale": |
|
|
795 | |
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796 | URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP |
|
|
797 | |
|
|
798 | Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and still |
|
|
799 | use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able |
|
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800 | to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then, as your input |
|
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801 | method limits you. |
|
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802 | |
|
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803 | Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits. |
|
|
804 | Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by |
|
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805 | design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory |
|
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806 | leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at |
|
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807 | exit time. kinput2 (and derived input methods) generally succeeds, while |
|
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808 | SCIM (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however, crashes |
|
|
809 | cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate. |
|
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810 | |
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811 | So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers. |
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812 | |
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813 | Operating Systems / Package Maintaining |
|
|
814 | I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem... |
|
|
815 | The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large |
|
|
816 | patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but |
|
|
817 | unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to |
|
|
818 | the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine |
|
|
819 | version (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce |
|
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820 | the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific |
|
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821 | to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian |
|
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822 | Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to report the bug). |
|
|
823 | |
|
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824 | For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and |
|
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825 | probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a |
|
|
826 | bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users |
|
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827 | that might encounter the same issue. |
|
|
828 | |
|
|
829 | I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation? |
|
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830 | You should build one binary with the default options. configure now |
|
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831 | enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them |
|
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832 | runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling |
|
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833 | them, except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter |
|
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834 | should be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely |
|
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835 | more in the future) depends on it. |
|
|
836 | |
|
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837 | You should not overwrite the "perl-ext-common" snd "perl-ext" resources |
|
|
838 | system-wide (except maybe with "defaults"). This will result in useful |
|
|
839 | behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty |
|
|
840 | "perl-ext-common" resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the |
|
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841 | perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it. |
|
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842 | |
|
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843 | If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal one |
|
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844 | with "--disable-everything" (very useful) and a maximal one with |
|
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845 | "--enable-everything" (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of |
|
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846 | encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used). |
|
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847 | |
|
|
848 | I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe? |
|
|
849 | It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly |
|
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850 | install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now. |
|
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851 | |
|
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852 | When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork |
|
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853 | into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some |
|
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854 | systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges |
|
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855 | immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep |
|
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856 | privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains |
|
|
857 | things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful" to attackers). |
|
|
858 | |
|
|
859 | This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very |
|
|
860 | early and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before |
|
|
861 | main(), or things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should |
|
|
862 | result in very little risk. |
|
|
863 | |
| 474 | On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide. |
864 | On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide. |
| 475 | Seems to be a known bug, read |
865 | Seems to be a known bug, read |
| 476 | <http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the |
866 | <http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the |
| 477 | following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working: |
867 | following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working: |
| 478 | |
868 | |
| 479 | #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x) |
869 | #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x) |
| 480 | |
870 | |
| 481 | My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working. |
|
|
| 482 | The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set |
|
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| 483 | correctly, or you specified a preeditStyle that is not supported by your |
|
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| 484 | input method. For example, if you specified OverTheSpot and your input |
|
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| 485 | method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys) does not |
|
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| 486 | support this (for instance because it is not visual), then rxvt-unicode |
|
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| 487 | will continue without an input method. |
|
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| 488 | |
|
|
| 489 | In this case either do not specify a preeditStyle or specify more than |
|
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| 490 | one pre-edit style, such as OverTheSpot,Root,None. |
|
|
| 491 | |
|
|
| 492 | I cannot type "Ctrl-Shift-2" to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755 |
|
|
| 493 | Either try "Ctrl-2" alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on |
|
|
| 494 | international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your |
|
|
| 495 | advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for |
|
|
| 496 | other codes, too, such as "Ctrl-Shift-1-d" to type the default telnet |
|
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| 497 | escape character and so on. |
|
|
| 498 | |
|
|
| 499 | How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much? |
|
|
| 500 | First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings |
|
|
| 501 | ("TERM=rxvt-unicode"), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then |
|
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| 502 | make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise |
|
|
| 503 | rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect: |
|
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| 504 | |
|
|
| 505 | URxvt.colorBD: white |
|
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| 506 | URxvt.colorIT: green |
|
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| 507 | |
|
|
| 508 | Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that? |
|
|
| 509 | For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird |
|
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| 510 | colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the |
|
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| 511 | standard 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of |
|
|
| 512 | course, to fix these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very |
|
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| 513 | good reasons. |
|
|
| 514 | |
|
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| 515 | In the meantime, you can either edit your "rxvt-unicode" terminfo |
|
|
| 516 | definition to only claim 8 colour support or use "TERM=rxvt", which will |
|
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| 517 | fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features. |
|
|
| 518 | |
|
|
| 519 | I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all. |
871 | I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all. |
| 520 | Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol "__STDC_ISO_10646__" to be defined in |
872 | Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol "__STDC_ISO_10646__" to be defined in |
| 521 | your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it, |
873 | your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it, |
| 522 | wether it defines the symbol or not. "__STDC_ISO_10646__" requires that |
874 | wether it defines the symbol or not. "__STDC_ISO_10646__" requires that |
| 523 | wchar_t is represented as unicode. |
875 | wchar_t is represented as unicode. |
| 524 | |
876 | |
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| 545 | |
897 | |
| 546 | The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the |
898 | The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the |
| 547 | system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry |
899 | system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry |
| 548 | complete replacements for them :) |
900 | complete replacements for them :) |
| 549 | |
901 | |
| 550 | I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc. |
902 | I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc. |
| 551 | Try the diff in doc/solaris9.patch as a base. It fixes the worst |
903 | Try the diff in doc/solaris9.patch as a base. It fixes the worst |
| 552 | problems with "wcwidth" and a compile problem. |
904 | problems with "wcwidth" and a compile problem. |
| 553 | |
905 | |
| 554 | How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin? |
906 | How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin? |
| 555 | rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using the |
907 | rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using the |
| 556 | X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no longer |
908 | X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no longer |
| 557 | supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a single |
909 | supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a single |
| 558 | font). I recommend starting the X-server in "-multiwindow" or |
910 | font). I recommend starting the X-server in "-multiwindow" or |
| 559 | "-rootless" mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the |
911 | "-rootless" mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the |
| … | |
… | |
| 561 | |
913 | |
| 562 | At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any |
914 | At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any |
| 563 | multi-byte encodings (you might try "LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8"), so you are |
915 | multi-byte encodings (you might try "LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8"), so you are |
| 564 | likely limited to 8-bit encodings. |
916 | likely limited to 8-bit encodings. |
| 565 | |
917 | |
| 566 | How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use? |
|
|
| 567 | Is there an option to switch encodings? |
|
|
| 568 | Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no |
|
|
| 569 | specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know |
|
|
| 570 | about UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O. |
|
|
| 571 | |
|
|
| 572 | The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for |
|
|
| 573 | selecting the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating |
|
|
| 574 | this to all applications so everybody agrees on character properties |
|
|
| 575 | such as width and code number. This mechanism is the *locale*. |
|
|
| 576 | Applications not using that info will have problems (for example, |
|
|
| 577 | "xterm" gets the width of characters wrong as it uses it's own, |
|
|
| 578 | locale-independent table under all locales). |
|
|
| 579 | |
|
|
| 580 | Rxvt-unicode uses the "LC_CTYPE" locale category to select encoding. All |
|
|
| 581 | programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the |
|
|
| 582 | interpretation of characters. |
|
|
| 583 | |
|
|
| 584 | Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor |
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| 585 | is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like. |
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| 586 | |
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| 587 | On most systems, the content of the "LC_CTYPE" environment variable |
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| 588 | contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed |
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| 589 | locale. Common names for locales are "en_US.UTF-8", "de_DE.ISO-8859-15", |
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| 590 | "ja_JP.EUC-JP", i.e. "language_country.encoding", but other forms (i.e. |
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| 591 | "de" or "german") are also common. |
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| 592 | |
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| 593 | Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for the |
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| 594 | encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings, i.e. |
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| 595 | "de_DE.UTF-8" and "ja_JP.UTF-8" are the normally same to rxvt-unicode. |
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| 596 | |
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| 597 | If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start |
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| 598 | rxvt-unicode with the correct "LC_CTYPE" category. |
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| 599 | |
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| 600 | Can I switch locales at runtime? |
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| 601 | Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets |
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| 602 | rxvt-unicode's idea of "LC_CTYPE". |
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| 603 | |
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| 604 | printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS |
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| 605 | |
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| 606 | See also the previous answer. |
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| 607 | |
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| 608 | Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in one |
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| 609 | locale (e.g. "de_DE.UTF-8") but some programs don't support it (e.g. |
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| 610 | UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start "xjdic", which first |
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| 611 | switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later: |
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| 612 | |
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| 613 | printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS |
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| 614 | xjdic -js |
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| 615 | printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8 |
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| 616 | |
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| 617 | You can also use xterm's "luit" program, which usually works fine, |
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| 618 | except for some locales where character width differs between program- |
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| 619 | and rxvt-unicode-locales. |
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| 620 | |
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| 621 | Can I switch the fonts at runtime? |
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| 622 | Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the |
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| 623 | same effect as using the "-fn" switch, and takes effect immediately: |
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| 624 | |
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| 625 | printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" |
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| 626 | |
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| 627 | This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a |
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| 628 | japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where |
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| 629 | japanese fonts would only be in your way. |
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| 630 | |
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| 631 | You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching. |
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| 632 | |
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| 633 | Why do italic characters look as if clipped? |
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| 634 | Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For |
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| 635 | example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans |
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| 636 | Mono" completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to |
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| 637 | enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this: |
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| 638 | |
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| 639 | URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true |
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| 640 | URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true |
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| 641 | |
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| 642 | My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do? |
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| 643 | You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of |
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| 644 | the terminal, using the resource "imlocale": |
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| 645 | |
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| 646 | URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP |
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| 647 | |
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| 648 | Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and still |
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| 649 | use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able |
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| 650 | to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then, as your input |
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| 651 | method limits you. |
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| 652 | |
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| 653 | Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits. |
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| 654 | Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by |
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| 655 | design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory |
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| 656 | leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at |
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| 657 | exit time. kinput2 (and derived input methods) generally succeeds, while |
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| 658 | SCIM (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however, crashes |
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| 659 | cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate. |
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| 660 | |
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| 661 | So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers. |
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| 662 | |
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| 663 | Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that? |
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| 664 | Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something |
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| 665 | you don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings |
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| 666 | that you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by |
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| 667 | design, when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be |
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| 668 | loaded accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your |
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| 669 | characters. |
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| 670 | |
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| 671 | Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger |
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| 672 | scrollback buffers: Without "--enable-unicode3", rxvt-unicode will use 6 |
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| 673 | bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a |
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| 674 | kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if |
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| 675 | full) use 10 Megabytes of memory. With "--enable-unicode3" it gets |
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| 676 | worse, as rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell. |
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| 677 | |
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| 678 | Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow? |
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| 679 | Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as it |
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| 680 | is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable |
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| 681 | antialiasing (by appending ":antialias=false"), which saves lots of |
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| 682 | memory and also speeds up rendering considerably. |
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| 683 | |
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| 684 | Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong? |
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| 685 | Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to |
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| 686 | fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core |
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| 687 | fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has |
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| 688 | antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they |
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| 689 | look best that way. |
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| 690 | |
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| 691 | If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually. |
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| 692 | |
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| 693 | Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. |
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| 694 | Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing some |
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| 695 | editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've heard |
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|
| 696 | that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A quick |
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| 697 | check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are |
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| 698 | depressed. |
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| 699 | |
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|
| 700 | What's with this bold/blink stuff? |
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|
| 701 | If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using the |
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| 702 | standard foreground colour. |
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| 703 | |
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| 704 | For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the text |
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|
| 705 | blink when compiled with "--enable-blinking". with standard colours. |
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| 706 | Without "--enable-blinking", the blink attribute will be ignored. |
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| 707 | |
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| 708 | On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity |
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| 709 | foreground/background colors. |
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| 710 | |
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| 711 | color0-7 are the low-intensity colors. |
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| 712 | |
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| 713 | color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors. |
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| 714 | |
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| 715 | I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them? |
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|
| 716 | You can change the screen colors at run-time using ~/.Xdefaults |
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|
| 717 | resources (or as long-options). |
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|
| 718 | |
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|
| 719 | Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen, including |
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|
| 720 | the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow: |
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| 721 | |
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| 722 | URxvt.color0: #000000 |
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| 723 | URxvt.color1: #A80000 |
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| 724 | URxvt.color2: #00A800 |
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| 725 | URxvt.color3: #A8A800 |
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| 726 | URxvt.color4: #0000A8 |
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| 727 | URxvt.color5: #A800A8 |
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| 728 | URxvt.color6: #00A8A8 |
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| 729 | URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8 |
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| 730 | |
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| 731 | URxvt.color8: #000054 |
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| 732 | URxvt.color9: #FF0054 |
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| 733 | URxvt.color10: #00FF54 |
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| 734 | URxvt.color11: #FFFF54 |
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| 735 | URxvt.color12: #0000FF |
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| 736 | URxvt.color13: #FF00FF |
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| 737 | URxvt.color14: #00FFFF |
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| 738 | URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF |
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| 739 | |
|
|
| 740 | And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by |
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|
| 741 | me) as "pretty girly". |
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| 742 | |
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| 743 | URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1 |
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| 744 | URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1 |
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|
| 745 | URxvt.background: #0e0e0e |
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| 746 | URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1 |
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|
| 747 | URxvt.color0: #000000 |
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| 748 | URxvt.color8: #8b8f93 |
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|
| 749 | URxvt.color1: #dc74d1 |
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| 750 | URxvt.color9: #dc74d1 |
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| 751 | URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7 |
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|
| 752 | URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7 |
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|
| 753 | URxvt.color3: #dfe37e |
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|
| 754 | URxvt.color11: #dfe37e |
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|
| 755 | URxvt.color5: #9e88f0 |
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| 756 | URxvt.color13: #9e88f0 |
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|
| 757 | URxvt.color6: #73f7ff |
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| 758 | URxvt.color14: #73f7ff |
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|
| 759 | URxvt.color7: #e1dddd |
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| 760 | URxvt.color15: #e1dddd |
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| 761 | |
|
|
| 762 | How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way? |
|
|
| 763 | Try "rxvtd -f -o", which tells rxvtd to open the display, create the |
|
|
| 764 | listening socket and then fork. |
|
|
| 765 | |
|
|
| 766 | What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour? |
|
|
| 767 | Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the BackSpace |
|
|
| 768 | keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following question) there are |
|
|
| 769 | two standard values that can be used for Backspace: "^H" and "^?". |
|
|
| 770 | |
|
|
| 771 | Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the |
|
|
| 772 | debian policy of using "^?" when unsure, because it's the one only only |
|
|
| 773 | correct choice :). |
|
|
| 774 | |
|
|
| 775 | Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the |
|
|
| 776 | value of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode |
|
|
| 777 | wasn't started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), |
|
|
| 778 | then the system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in |
|
|
| 779 | <termios.h>, will be used (which may not be the same as your stty |
|
|
| 780 | setting). |
|
|
| 781 | |
|
|
| 782 | For starting a new rxvt-unicode: |
|
|
| 783 | |
|
|
| 784 | # use Backspace = ^H |
|
|
| 785 | $ stty erase ^H |
|
|
| 786 | $ rxvt |
|
|
| 787 | |
|
|
| 788 | # use Backspace = ^? |
|
|
| 789 | $ stty erase ^? |
|
|
| 790 | $ rxvt |
|
|
| 791 | |
|
|
| 792 | Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l". |
|
|
| 793 | |
|
|
| 794 | For an existing rxvt-unicode: |
|
|
| 795 | |
|
|
| 796 | # use Backspace = ^H |
|
|
| 797 | $ stty erase ^H |
|
|
| 798 | $ echo -n "^[[36h" |
|
|
| 799 | |
|
|
| 800 | # use Backspace = ^? |
|
|
| 801 | $ stty erase ^? |
|
|
| 802 | $ echo -n "^[[36l" |
|
|
| 803 | |
|
|
| 804 | This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but |
|
|
| 805 | if you use Backspace = "^H", make sure that the termcap/terminfo value |
|
|
| 806 | properly reflects that. |
|
|
| 807 | |
|
|
| 808 | The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace |
|
|
| 809 | problem. To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the |
|
|
| 810 | Delete key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for |
|
|
| 811 | Execute ("ESC [ 3 ~") and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo. |
|
|
| 812 | |
|
|
| 813 | Some other Backspace problems: |
|
|
| 814 | |
|
|
| 815 | some editors use termcap/terminfo, some editors (vim I'm told) expect |
|
|
| 816 | Backspace = ^H, GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help. |
|
|
| 817 | |
|
|
| 818 | Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner. |
|
|
| 819 | |
|
|
| 820 | I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them? |
|
|
| 821 | There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless |
|
|
| 822 | you have run "configure" with the "--disable-resources" option you can |
|
|
| 823 | use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with |
|
|
| 824 | keysyms. |
|
|
| 825 | |
|
|
| 826 | Here's an example for a URxvt session started using "rxvt -name URxvt" |
|
|
| 827 | |
|
|
| 828 | URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~ |
|
|
| 829 | URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~ |
|
|
| 830 | URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'> |
|
|
| 831 | URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/> |
|
|
| 832 | URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;> |
|
|
| 833 | URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`> |
|
|
| 834 | URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,> |
|
|
| 835 | URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.> |
|
|
| 836 | URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`> |
|
|
| 837 | URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab> |
|
|
| 838 | URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return> |
|
|
| 839 | URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return> |
|
|
| 840 | URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space> |
|
|
| 841 | URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up> |
|
|
| 842 | URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down> |
|
|
| 843 | URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left> |
|
|
| 844 | URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right> |
|
|
| 845 | URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 > |
|
|
| 846 | URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz > |
|
|
| 847 | URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 |
|
|
| 848 | |
|
|
| 849 | See some more examples in the documentation for the keysym resource. |
|
|
| 850 | |
|
|
| 851 | I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. |
|
|
| 852 | How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 |
|
|
| 853 | has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize. |
|
|
| 854 | KP_Insert == Insert |
|
|
| 855 | F22 == Print |
|
|
| 856 | F27 == Home |
|
|
| 857 | F29 == Prior |
|
|
| 858 | F33 == End |
|
|
| 859 | F35 == Next |
|
|
| 860 | |
|
|
| 861 | Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various |
|
|
| 862 | possible keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the |
|
|
| 863 | keys as required for your particular machine. |
|
|
| 864 | |
|
|
| 865 | How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? |
|
|
| 866 | I need this to decide about setting colors etc. |
|
|
| 867 | rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can |
|
|
| 868 | check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn, |
|
|
| 869 | Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether |
|
|
| 870 | or not to use color. |
|
|
| 871 | |
|
|
| 872 | How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable? |
|
|
| 873 | If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled |
|
|
| 874 | insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script |
|
|
| 875 | snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode |
|
|
| 876 | wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) |
|
|
| 877 | then the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from |
|
|
| 878 | a regular xterm. |
|
|
| 879 | |
|
|
| 880 | Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script |
|
|
| 881 | snippets: |
|
|
| 882 | |
|
|
| 883 | # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells: |
|
|
| 884 | [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know |
|
|
| 885 | if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then |
|
|
| 886 | stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not |
|
|
| 887 | echo -n '^[Z' |
|
|
| 888 | read term_id |
|
|
| 889 | stty icanon echo |
|
|
| 890 | if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then |
|
|
| 891 | echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string |
|
|
| 892 | read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell |
|
|
| 893 | fi |
|
|
| 894 | fi |
|
|
| 895 | |
|
|
| 896 | How do I compile the manual pages for myself? |
|
|
| 897 | You need to have a recent version of perl installed as /usr/bin/perl, |
|
|
| 898 | one that comes with pod2man, pod2text and pod2html. Then go to the doc |
|
|
| 899 | subdirectory and enter "make alldoc". |
|
|
| 900 | |
|
|
| 901 | My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human? |
|
|
| 902 | Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: "irc.freenode.net", channel |
|
|
| 903 | "#rxvt-unicode" has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be |
|
|
| 904 | interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :). |
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|
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