rxvt-unicode, version 5.8, is a colour vt102 terminal +
rxvt-unicode, version 5.9, 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 --
@@ -1209,13 +1209,16 @@
Enables ``insecure'' mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
-throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though
-write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note
-that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences
-enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean
-resource or specifying -insecure as an option. At the moment, this
-enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title
-requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch.
+through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
+write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
+default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
+sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
+
+
You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying +-insecure as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer, +locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests as well as dynamic +menubar dispatch.
You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
- printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"+ printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.