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160 160
161 And here is rxvt-unicode: 161 And here is rxvt-unicode:
162 162
163 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000) 163 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
164 libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000) 164 libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
165 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000) 165 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
166 libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000) 166 libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
167 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) 167 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
168 168
169 No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically), 169 No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
170 except maybe libX11 :) 170 except maybe libX11 :)
171 171
172 Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues 172 Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues
173 I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong? 173 I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?
174 First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt-unicode, 174 First of all, please address all transparency related issues to Sasha
175 so you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you 175 Vasko at sasha@aftercode.net and do not bug the author about it. Also,
176 may bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a 176 if you can't get it working consider it a rite of passage: ... and you
177 rite of passage: ... and you failed. 177 failed.
178 178
179 Here are four ways to get transparency. Do read the manpage and option 179 Here are four ways to get transparency. Do read the manpage and option
180 descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it! 180 descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it!
181 181
182 1. Use inheritPixmap: 182 1. Use transparent mode:
183 183
184 Esetroot wallpaper.jpg 184 Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
185 urxvt -ip -tint red -sh 40 185 urxvt -tr -tint red -sh 40
186 186
187 That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting 187 That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
188 support, or you are unable to read. 188 support, or you are unable to read.
189 189
190 2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you 190 2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you
191 to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever 191 to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
192 your picture with gimp or any other tool: 192 your picture with gimp or any other tool:
193 193
194 convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm 194 convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.jpg
195 urxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background 195 urxvt -pixmap "background.jpg;:root"
196 196
197 That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, or 197 That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack AfterImage support, or you
198 you are unable to read. 198 are unable to read.
199 199
200 3. Use an ARGB visual: 200 3. Use an ARGB visual:
201 201
202 urxvt -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc 202 urxvt -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
203 203
297 What's with this bold/blink stuff? 297 What's with this bold/blink stuff?
298 If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using the 298 If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using the
299 standard foreground colour. 299 standard foreground colour.
300 300
301 For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the text 301 For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the text
302 blink when compiled with "--enable-blinking". with standard colours. 302 blink when compiled with "--enable-text-blink". Without
303 Without "--enable-blinking", the blink attribute will be ignored. 303 "--enable-text-blink", the blink attribute will be ignored.
304 304
305 On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity 305 On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
306 foreground/background colors. 306 foreground/background colors.
307 307
308 color0-7 are the low-intensity colors. 308 color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
409 has been designed yet). 409 has been designed yet).
410 410
411 Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see "Can 411 Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see "Can
412 I switch the fonts at runtime?" later in this document). 412 I switch the fonts at runtime?" later in this document).
413 413
414 How can I make mplayer display video correctly?
415 We are working on it, in the meantime, as a workaround, use something
416 like:
417
418 urxvt -b 600 -geometry 20x1 -e sh -c 'mplayer -wid $WINDOWID file...'
419
414 Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction 420 Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction
415 The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words? 421 The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?
416 If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following 422 If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
417 setting: 423 setting:
418 424
424 To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this 430 To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this
425 pattern: 431 pattern:
426 432
427 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+) 433 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)
428 434
429 Please also note that the *LeftClick Shift-LeftClik* combination also 435 Please also note that the *LeftClick Shift-LeftClick* combination also
430 selects words like the old code. 436 selects words like the old code.
431 437
432 I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it? 438 I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?
433 You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the 439 You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
434 perl-ext-common resource to the empty string, which also keeps 440 perl-ext-common resource to the empty string, which also keeps
817 cases. You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp 823 cases. You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp
818 program like this: 824 program like this:
819 825
820 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode 826 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
821 827
822 Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above: 828 Or you could use the termcap entry in doc/etc/rxvt-unicode.termcap,
823 829 generated by the command above.
824 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
825 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
826 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
827 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
828 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
829 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
830 :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
831 :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
832 :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
833 :i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
834 :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
835 :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
836 :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
837 :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
838 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
839 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
840 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
841 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
842 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
843 :vs=\E[?25h:
844 830
845 Why does "ls" no longer have coloured output? 831 Why does "ls" no longer have coloured output?
846 The "ls" in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to 832 The "ls" in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
847 decide whether a terminal has colour, but uses its own configuration 833 decide whether a terminal has colour, but uses its own configuration
848 file. Needless to say, "rxvt-unicode" is not in its default file (among 834 file. Needless to say, "rxvt-unicode" is not in its default file (among
985 For scim, use "@im=SCIM". You can see what input method servers are 971 For scim, use "@im=SCIM". You can see what input method servers are
986 running with this command: 972 running with this command:
987 973
988 xprop -root XIM_SERVERS 974 xprop -root XIM_SERVERS
989 975
990 * 976
991 977
992 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do? 978 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
993 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of 979 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of
994 the terminal, using the resource "imlocale": 980 the terminal, using the resource "imlocale":
995 981
1070 As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symbol nor 1056 As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symbol nor
1071 does it support it. Instead, it uses its own internal representation of 1057 does it support it. Instead, it uses its own internal representation of
1072 wchar_t. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards. 1058 wchar_t. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
1073 1059
1074 However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in "POSIX", "ISO-8859-1" and 1060 However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in "POSIX", "ISO-8859-1" and
1075 "UTF-8" locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as wchar_t. 1061 "UTF-8" locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as wchar_t).
1076 1062
1077 "__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support multi-language apps 1063 "__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support multi-language apps
1078 in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized) 1064 in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
1079 representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to convert between wchar_t 1065 representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to convert between wchar_t
1080 (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding without 1066 (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding without

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