--- rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.html 2006/01/29 22:38:43 1.55 +++ rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.html 2006/01/31 00:25:16 1.56 @@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
rxvt-unicode, version 7.4, is a colour vt102 terminal +
rxvt-unicode, version 7.5, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator intended as an xterm(1) replacement for users who do not require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style configurability. As a result, rxvt-unicode uses much less swap space -- @@ -1736,17 +1741,6 @@ background, cursorColor, cursorColor2, colorBD, colorUL as a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of color0-color15.
-If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
-their act together, rxvt-unicode will support rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa
-(recommended, but MUST have 4 digits/component), #ARGB
, #AARRGGBB
-and #AAAARRRRGGGGBBBB
colour specifications, in addition to the ones
-provided by X, where the additional A component specifies alpha (opacity)
-values (0 is completely transparent and the maximum is opaque). You
-probably need to specify ``-depth 32'', too, and have the luck that your
-X-server uses ARGB pixel layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB
-visuals out of the box, and rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by -the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!
Note that -rv (``reverseVideo: True'') simulates reverse video by always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to xterm(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise @@ -1761,6 +1755,25 @@
+
If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
+their act together, rxvt-unicode will support rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa
+(recommended, but MUST have 4 digits/component) colour specifications,
+in addition to the ones provided by X, where the additional A component
+specifies opacity (alpha) values. The minimum value of 0
is completely
+transparent). You can also prefix any color with [a]
, where a
is on
+to four hex digits specifiying the opacity value.
You probably need to specify ``-depth 32'', too, and have the luck that +your X-server uses ARGB pixel layout, as X is far from just supporting +ARGB visuals out of the box, and rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
+For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent red +background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
++ rxvt -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/2222 -fg "[e]pink"+
Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by +the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!
++
rxvt sets and/or uses the following environment variables: