--- rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.html 2006/01/16 15:07:27 1.46
+++ rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.html 2006/01/31 00:25:16 1.56
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@
ISO 14755 SUPPORT
LOGIN STAMP
COLORS AND GRAPHICS
+
+
ENVIRONMENT
FILES
SEE ALSO
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@
-rxvt-unicode, version 7.0, 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 --
@@ -133,6 +138,13 @@
DISPLAY environment variable is used.
+-depth bitdepth
+
+
+Compile xft: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
+resource depth.
+
+
-geometry geom
@@ -157,6 +169,10 @@
Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
-tr; resource inheritPixmap.
+
+Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
+the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!
+
-fade number
@@ -170,7 +186,7 @@
Fade to this colour when fading is used (see -fade). The default colour
-is black. resource fadeColor.
+is opaque black. resource fadeColor.
-tint colour
@@ -417,6 +433,13 @@
decorations; resource borderLess.
+-override-redirect
+
+
+Compile frills: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
+override-redirect.
+
+
-sbg
@@ -676,6 +699,13 @@
check the rxvtperl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
extensions not documented here):
+- depth: bitdepth
+
+-
+Compile xft: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
+option -depth.
+
+
- geometry: geom
-
@@ -785,6 +815,10 @@
artificial transparency. False: do not inherit the parent windows'
pixmap.
+-
+
Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
+the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!
+
- fading: number
@@ -1203,8 +1237,18 @@
- cutchars: string
-
-The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The
-built-in default:
+The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
+(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
+
+-
+
When the selection extension is in use (the default if compiled in, see
+the rxvtperl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these characters
+will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex will be
+created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
+
+-
+
When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
+be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
-
BACKSLASH ```'&()*,;<=?@[]{|} >>
@@ -1283,13 +1327,13 @@
in the entry on keysym following.
-- secondaryScreen: bool
+- secondaryScreen: boolean
-
Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
-- secondaryScroll: bool
+- secondaryScroll: boolean
-
Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this
@@ -1298,7 +1342,7 @@
instead scroll the screen up.
-- hold: bool
+- hold: boolean
-
Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, rxvt
@@ -1516,7 +1560,14 @@
- transient-for: windowid
-
-Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window iw.
+Compile frills: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
+
+
+- override-redirect: boolean
+
+-
+Compile frills: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
+it almost invisible to window managers; option -override-redirect.
@@ -1571,9 +1622,13 @@
Insertion:
-Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or Shift-Insert) in
-an rxvt window causes the current text selection to be
-inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
+Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an rxvt
+window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
+Meta modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
+
+
+Pressing Shift-Insert causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
+inserted too.
@@ -1662,7 +1717,7 @@
In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
rxvt can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus
high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
-colours with their rgb.txt names.
+colours with their names.
| color0 | (black) | = Black |
| color1 | (red) | = Red3 |
@@ -1700,6 +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:
@@ -1759,19 +1833,6 @@
The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to /bin/sh.
-RXVTPATH
-
-
-The path where rxvt looks for support files such as menu and xpm
-files.
-
-
-PATH
-
-
-Used in the same way as RXVTPATH.
-
-
RXVT_SOCKET
@@ -1874,20 +1935,30 @@
Geoff Wing >
-Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
-(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
+Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
+
+
+
+
+
+Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
Marc Alexander Lehmann >
-Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
-character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
-compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
+Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
+extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
+
+Emanuele Giaquinta >
+
+
+Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.
+