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13 <ul>
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15 <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li>
16 <li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
17 <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
18 <li><a href="#frequently_asked_questions">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a></li>
19 <li><a href="#rxvtunicode_vs__rxvt">RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT</a></li>
20 <li><a href="#options">OPTIONS</a></li>
21 <li><a href="#resources__available_also_as_longoptions_">RESOURCES (available also as long-options)</a></li>
22 <li><a href="#the_scrollbar">THE SCROLLBAR</a></li>
23 <li><a href="#mouse_reporting">MOUSE REPORTING</a></li>
24 <li><a href="#text_selection_and_insertion">TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION</a></li>
25 <li><a href="#changing_fonts">CHANGING FONTS</a></li>
26 <li><a href="#iso_14755_support">ISO 14755 SUPPORT</a></li>
27 <li><a href="#login_stamp">LOGIN STAMP</a></li>
28 <li><a href="#colors_and_graphics">COLORS AND GRAPHICS</a></li>
29 <li><a href="#environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></li>
30 <li><a href="#files">FILES</a></li>
31 <li><a href="#see_also">SEE ALSO</a></li>
32 <li><a href="#bugs">BUGS</a></li>
33 <li><a href="#current_project_coordinator">CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR</a></li>
34 <li><a href="#authors">AUTHORS</a></li>
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39 <p>
40 </p>
41 <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
42 <p>rxvt-unicode (ouR XVT, unicode) - (a VT102 emulator for the X window system)</p>
43 <p>
44 </p>
45 <hr />
46 <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
47 <p><strong>rxvt</strong> [options] [-e command [ args ]]</p>
48 <p>
49 </p>
50 <hr />
51 <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
52 <p><strong>rxvt-unicode</strong>, version <strong>5.1</strong>, is a colour vt102 terminal
53 emulator intended as an <em>xterm</em>(1) replacement for users who do not
54 require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
55 configurability. As a result, <strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> uses much less swap space --
56 a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.</p>
57 <p>
58 </p>
59 <hr />
60 <h1><a name="frequently_asked_questions">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a></h1>
61 <p>See <code>rxvt(7)</code> (try <code>man 7 rxvt</code>) for a list of
62 frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
63 problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
64 <a href="http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html">http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html</a>.</p>
65 <p>
66 </p>
67 <hr />
68 <h1><a name="rxvtunicode_vs__rxvt">RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT</a></h1>
69 <p>Unlike the original rxvt, <strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> stores all text in Unicode
70 internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
71 world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
72 especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
73 like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
74 like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
75 scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
76 fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such
77 as hebrew: <strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
78 belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
79 such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
80 change.</p>
81 <p>If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
82 me recommend <code>mlterm</code>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean
83 terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
84 because the author couldn't get <code>mlterm</code> to use one font for latin1 and
85 another for japanese.</p>
86 <p>Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
87 display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
88 programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able
89 to choose any font for any script freely.</p>
90 <p>Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
91 it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
92 in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original
93 rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.</p>
94 <p>It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
95 and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
96 without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
97 a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
98 from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
99 drastically reduces memory usage. See <code>rxvtd(1)</code> (daemon) and
100 <code>rxvtc(1)</code> (client).</p>
101 <p>It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
102 been extended) easier accessible: see <code>rxvt(7)</code> for technical
103 reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).</p>
104 <p>
105 </p>
106 <hr />
107 <h1><a name="options">OPTIONS</a></h1>
108 <p>The <strong>rxvt</strong> options (mostly a subset of <em>xterm</em>'s) are listed
109 below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
110 eliminated or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and
111 defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on
112 your system. `rxvt -h' gives a list of major compile-time options on
113 the <em>Options</em> line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which
114 compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile <em>XIM</em>:' requires
115 <em>XIM</em> on the <em>Options</em> line. Note: `rxvt -help' gives a list of all
116 command-line options compiled into your version.</p>
117 <p>Note that <strong>rxvt</strong> permits the resource name to be used as a
118 long-option (--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are
119 far greater than those listed. For example: `rxvt --loginShell --color1
120 Orange'.</p>
121 <p>The following options are available:</p>
122 <dl>
123 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dhelp_2c__2d_2dhelp"><strong>-help</strong>, <strong>--help</strong></a></strong><br />
124 </dt>
125 <dd>
126 Print out a message describing available options.
127 </dd>
128 <p></p>
129 <dt><strong><a name="item__2ddisplay_displayname"><strong>-display</strong> <em>displayname</em></a></strong><br />
130 </dt>
131 <dd>
132 Attempt to open a window on the named X display (<strong>-d</strong> still
133 respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
134 <strong>DISPLAY</strong> environment variable is used.
135 </dd>
136 <p></p>
137 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dgeometry_geom"><strong>-geometry</strong> <em>geom</em></a></strong><br />
138 </dt>
139 <dd>
140 Window geometry (<strong>-g</strong> still respected); resource <strong>geometry</strong>.
141 </dd>
142 <p></p>
143 <dt><strong><a name="item__2drv_7c_2brv"><strong>-rv</strong>|<strong>+rv</strong></a></strong><br />
144 </dt>
145 <dd>
146 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource <strong>reverseVideo</strong>.
147 </dd>
148 <p></p>
149 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dj_7c_2bj"><strong>-j</strong>|<strong>+j</strong></a></strong><br />
150 </dt>
151 <dd>
152 Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource <strong>jumpScroll</strong>.
153 </dd>
154 <p></p>
155 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dip_7c_2bip"><strong>-ip</strong>|<strong>+ip</strong></a></strong><br />
156 </dt>
157 <dd>
158 Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
159 <strong>-tr</strong>; resource <strong>inheritPixmap</strong>.
160 </dd>
161 <p></p>
162 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfade_number"><strong>-fade</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
163 </dt>
164 <dd>
165 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. resource <strong>fading</strong>.
166 </dd>
167 <p></p>
168 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dtint_colour"><strong>-tint</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
169 </dt>
170 <dd>
171 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
172 transparency is enabled with <strong>-tr</strong> or <strong>-ip</strong>. See also the <strong>-sh</strong>
173 option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to
174 tinting it.
175 </dd>
176 <p></p>
177 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsh"><strong>-sh</strong></a></strong><br />
178 </dt>
179 <dd>
180 <em>number</em> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent
181 background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. <strong>-tint</strong> must be
182 specified, too, e.g. <code>-tint white</code>).
183 </dd>
184 <p></p>
185 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dbg_colour"><strong>-bg</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
186 </dt>
187 <dd>
188 Window background colour; resource <strong>background</strong>.
189 </dd>
190 <p></p>
191 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfg_colour"><strong>-fg</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
192 </dt>
193 <dd>
194 Window foreground colour; resource <strong>foreground</strong>.
195 </dd>
196 <p></p>
197 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dpixmap_file_5b_3bgeom_5d"><strong>-pixmap</strong> <em>file[;geom]</em></a></strong><br />
198 </dt>
199 <dd>
200 Compile <em>XPM</em>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally
201 specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
202 add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the <code>;</code> in the
203 command-line; resource <strong>backgroundPixmap</strong>.
204 </dd>
205 <p></p>
206 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dcr_colour"><strong>-cr</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
207 </dt>
208 <dd>
209 The cursor colour; resource <strong>cursorColor</strong>.
210 </dd>
211 <p></p>
212 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dpr_colour"><strong>-pr</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
213 </dt>
214 <dd>
215 The mouse pointer foreground colour; resource <strong>pointerColor</strong>.
216 </dd>
217 <p></p>
218 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dpr2_colour"><strong>-pr2</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
219 </dt>
220 <dd>
221 The mouse pointer background colour; resource <strong>pointerColor2</strong>.
222 </dd>
223 <p></p>
224 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dbd_colour"><strong>-bd</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
225 </dt>
226 <dd>
227 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
228 resource <strong>borderColor</strong>.
229 </dd>
230 <p></p>
231 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfn_fontlist"><strong>-fn</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
232 </dt>
233 <dd>
234 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
235 that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The
236 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
237 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
238 font list is always appended to it. See resource <strong>font</strong> for more details.
239 </dd>
240 <dd>
241 <p>In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it
242 with <code>x:</code>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with <code>xft:</code>,
243 e.g.:</p>
244 </dd>
245 <dd>
246 <pre>
247 rxvt -fn &quot;xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15&quot;
248 rxvt -fn &quot;9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono&quot;</pre>
249 </dd>
250 <dd>
251 <p>See also the question ``How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?'' in the FAQ
252 section of rxvt(7).</p>
253 </dd>
254 <p></p>
255 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfb_fontlist"><strong>-fb</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
256 </dt>
257 <dd>
258 Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to
259 be printed. See resource <strong>boldFont</strong> for details.
260 </dd>
261 <p></p>
262 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfi_fontlist"><strong>-fi</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
263 </dt>
264 <dd>
265 Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to
266 be printed. See resource <strong>italicFont</strong> for details.
267 </dd>
268 <p></p>
269 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfbi_fontlist"><strong>-fbi</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
270 </dt>
271 <dd>
272 Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to
273 be printed. See resource <strong>boldItalicFont</strong> for details.
274 </dd>
275 <p></p>
276 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dname_name"><strong>-name</strong> <em>name</em></a></strong><br />
277 </dt>
278 <dd>
279 Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
280 rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
281 `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
282 </dd>
283 <p></p>
284 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dls_7c_2bls"><strong>-ls</strong>|<strong>+ls</strong></a></strong><br />
285 </dt>
286 <dd>
287 Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource <strong>loginShell</strong>.
288 </dd>
289 <p></p>
290 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dut_7c_2but"><strong>-ut</strong>|<strong>+ut</strong></a></strong><br />
291 </dt>
292 <dd>
293 Compile <em>utmp</em>: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
294 <strong>utmpInhibit</strong>.
295 </dd>
296 <p></p>
297 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dvb_7c_2bvb"><strong>-vb</strong>|<strong>+vb</strong></a></strong><br />
298 </dt>
299 <dd>
300 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
301 <strong>visualBell</strong>.
302 </dd>
303 <p></p>
304 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsb_7c_2bsb"><strong>-sb</strong>|<strong>+sb</strong></a></strong><br />
305 </dt>
306 <dd>
307 Turn on/off scrollbar; resource <strong>scrollBar</strong>.
308 </dd>
309 <p></p>
310 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsi_7c_2bsi"><strong>-si</strong>|<strong>+si</strong></a></strong><br />
311 </dt>
312 <dd>
313 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
314 <strong>scrollTtyOutput</strong> has opposite effect.
315 </dd>
316 <p></p>
317 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsk_7c_2bsk"><strong>-sk</strong>|<strong>+sk</strong></a></strong><br />
318 </dt>
319 <dd>
320 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource
321 <strong>scrollTtyKeypress</strong>.
322 </dd>
323 <p></p>
324 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsw_7c_2bsw"><strong>-sw</strong>|<strong>+sw</strong></a></strong><br />
325 </dt>
326 <dd>
327 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
328 This only takes effect if <strong>-si</strong> is also given; resource
329 <strong>scrollWithBuffer</strong>.
330 </dd>
331 <p></p>
332 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsr_7c_2bsr"><strong>-sr</strong>|<strong>+sr</strong></a></strong><br />
333 </dt>
334 <dd>
335 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource <strong>scrollBar_right</strong>.
336 </dd>
337 <p></p>
338 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dst_7c_2bst"><strong>-st</strong>|<strong>+st</strong></a></strong><br />
339 </dt>
340 <dd>
341 Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
342 resource <strong>scrollBar_floating</strong>.
343 </dd>
344 <p></p>
345 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dptab_7c_2bptab"><strong>-ptab</strong>|<strong>+ptab</strong></a></strong><br />
346 </dt>
347 <dd>
348 If enabled (default), ``Horizontal Tab'' characters are being stored as
349 actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
350 select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
351 not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
352 on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource <strong>pastableTabs</strong>.
353 </dd>
354 <p></p>
355 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dbc_7c_2bbc"><strong>-bc</strong>|<strong>+bc</strong></a></strong><br />
356 </dt>
357 <dd>
358 Blink the cursor; resource <strong>cursorBlink</strong>.
359 </dd>
360 <p></p>
361 <dt><strong><a name="item__2diconic"><strong>-iconic</strong></a></strong><br />
362 </dt>
363 <dd>
364 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
365 Alternative form is <strong>-ic</strong>.
366 </dd>
367 <p></p>
368 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsl_number"><strong>-sl</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
369 </dt>
370 <dd>
371 Save <em>number</em> lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for
372 limits; resource <strong>saveLines</strong>.
373 </dd>
374 <p></p>
375 <dt><strong><a name="item__2db_number"><strong>-b</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
376 </dt>
377 <dd>
378 Compile <em>frills</em>: Internal border of <em>number</em> pixels. See resource
379 entry for limits; resource <strong>internalBorder</strong>.
380 </dd>
381 <p></p>
382 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dw_number"><strong>-w</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
383 </dt>
384 <dd>
385 Compile <em>frills</em>: External border of <em>number</em> pixels. Also, <strong>-bw</strong>
386 and <strong>-borderwidth</strong>. See resource entry for limits; resource
387 <strong>externalBorder</strong>.
388 </dd>
389 <p></p>
390 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dbl"><strong>-bl</strong></a></strong><br />
391 </dt>
392 <dd>
393 Compile <em>frills</em>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
394 if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
395 decorations; resource <strong>borderLess</strong>.
396 </dd>
397 <p></p>
398 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dlsp_number"><strong>-lsp</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
399 </dt>
400 <dd>
401 Compile <em>frills</em>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
402 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
403 <strong>linespace</strong>.
404 </dd>
405 <p></p>
406 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dtn_termname"><strong>-tn</strong> <em>termname</em></a></strong><br />
407 </dt>
408 <dd>
409 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
410 <strong>TERM</strong> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
411 <em>termcap(5)</em> database and should have <em>li#</em> and <em>co#</em> entries;
412 resource <strong>termName</strong>.
413 </dd>
414 <p></p>
415 <dt><strong><a name="item__2de_command__5barguments_5d"><strong>-e</strong> <em>command [arguments]</em></a></strong><br />
416 </dt>
417 <dd>
418 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the <strong>rxvt</strong>
419 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of
420 the program being executed if neither <em>-title</em> (<em>-T</em>) nor <em>-n</em> are
421 given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
422 on the command-line. If there is no <strong>-e</strong> option then the default is to
423 run the program specified by the <strong>SHELL</strong> environment variable or,
424 failing that, <em>sh(1)</em>.
425 </dd>
426 <p></p>
427 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dtitle_text"><strong>-title</strong> <em>text</em></a></strong><br />
428 </dt>
429 <dd>
430 Window title (<strong>-T</strong> still respected); the default title is the basename
431 of the program specified after the <strong>-e</strong> option, if any, otherwise the
432 application name; resource <strong>title</strong>.
433 </dd>
434 <p></p>
435 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dn_text"><strong>-n</strong> <em>text</em></a></strong><br />
436 </dt>
437 <dd>
438 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
439 after the <strong>-e</strong> option, if any, otherwise the application name;
440 resource <strong>iconName</strong>.
441 </dd>
442 <p></p>
443 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dc"><strong>-C</strong></a></strong><br />
444 </dt>
445 <dd>
446 Capture system console messages.
447 </dd>
448 <p></p>
449 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dpt_style"><strong>-pt</strong> <em>style</em></a></strong><br />
450 </dt>
451 <dd>
452 Compile <em>XIM</em>: input style for input method; <strong>OverTheSpot</strong>,
453 <strong>OffTheSpot</strong>, <strong>Root</strong>; resource <strong>preeditType</strong>.
454 </dd>
455 <p></p>
456 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dim_text"><strong>-im</strong> <em>text</em></a></strong><br />
457 </dt>
458 <dd>
459 Compile <em>XIM</em>: input method name. resource <strong>inputMethod</strong>.
460 </dd>
461 <p></p>
462 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dimlocale_string"><strong>-imlocale</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
463 </dt>
464 <dd>
465 The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an <code>LC_CTYPE</code> of e.g.
466 <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code> for normal text processing but <code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code> for the
467 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
468 another locale. resource <strong>imLocale</strong>.
469 </dd>
470 <p></p>
471 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dimfont_fontset"><strong>-imfont</strong> <em>fontset</em></a></strong><br />
472 </dt>
473 <dd>
474 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource <strong>imFont</strong>
475 for more info.
476 </dd>
477 <p></p>
478 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dtcw"><strong>-tcw</strong></a></strong><br />
479 </dt>
480 <dd>
481 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
482 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
483 end of the logical line only. resource <strong>tripleclickwords</strong>.
484 </dd>
485 <p></p>
486 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dinsecure"><strong>-insecure</strong></a></strong><br />
487 </dt>
488 <dd>
489 Enable ``insecure'' mode, which currently enables most of the escape
490 sequences that echo strings. See the resource <strong>insecure</strong> for more
491 info.
492 </dd>
493 <p></p>
494 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dmod_modifier"><strong>-mod</strong> <em>modifier</em></a></strong><br />
495 </dt>
496 <dd>
497 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: <strong>alt</strong>,
498 <strong>meta</strong>, <strong>hyper</strong>, <strong>super</strong>, <strong>mod1</strong>, <strong>mod2</strong>, <strong>mod3</strong>, <strong>mod4</strong>,
499 <strong>mod5</strong>; resource <em>modifier</em>.
500 </dd>
501 <p></p>
502 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dssc_7c_2bssc"><strong>-ssc</strong>|<strong>+ssc</strong></a></strong><br />
503 </dt>
504 <dd>
505 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource
506 <strong>secondaryScreen</strong>.
507 </dd>
508 <p></p>
509 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dssr_7c_2bssr"><strong>-ssr</strong>|<strong>+ssr</strong></a></strong><br />
510 </dt>
511 <dd>
512 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
513 <strong>secondaryScroll</strong>.
514 </dd>
515 <p></p>
516 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dkeysym_2esym_3a_string"><strong>-keysym.</strong><em>sym</em>: <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
517 </dt>
518 <dd>
519 Remap a key symbol. See resource <strong>keysym</strong>.
520 </dd>
521 <p></p>
522 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dembed_3a_windowid"><strong>-embed</strong>: <em>windowid</em></a></strong><br />
523 </dt>
524 <dd>
525 Tells rxvt to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
526 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
527 </dd>
528 <dd>
529 <p>Right now, rxvt will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
530 shouldn't be a top-level window. rxvt will also reconfigure it
531 quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
532 create an extra subwindow for rxvt and leave it alone.</p>
533 </dd>
534 <dd>
535 <p>It might be useful to know that rxvt will not close file
536 descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
537 can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
538 terminal. This works regardless of wether the <code>-embed</code> option was used or
539 not.</p>
540 </dd>
541 <p></p></dl>
542 <p>
543 </p>
544 <hr />
545 <h1><a name="resources__available_also_as_longoptions_">RESOURCES (available also as long-options)</a></h1>
546 <p>Note: `rxvt --help' gives a list of all resources (long
547 options) compiled into your version.</p>
548 <p>There are two different methods that rxvt can use to get the
549 Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal
550 Xresources reader (<strong>~/.Xdefaults</strong>). For the first method (ie.
551 <strong>rxvt -h</strong> lists <strong>XGetDefaults</strong>), you can set and change the
552 resources using X11 tools like <strong>xrdb</strong>. Many distribution do also load
553 settings from the <strong>~/.Xresources</strong> file when X starts. rxvt
554 will consult the following files/resources in order, with later settings
555 overwriting earlier ones:</p>
556 <pre>
557 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
558 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
559 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
560 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
561 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-&lt;nodename&gt;</pre>
562 <p>If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. <strong>rxvt -h</strong>
563 lists <strong>.Xdefaults</strong>) then <strong>rxvt</strong> accepts application defaults
564 set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually
565 <strong>/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt</strong>) and resources set in
566 <strong>~/.Xdefaults</strong>, or <strong>~/.Xresources</strong> if <strong>~/.Xdefaults</strong> does not exist.
567 Note that when reading X resources, <strong>rxvt</strong> recognizes two
568 class names: <strong>XTerm</strong> and <strong>URxvt</strong>. The class name <strong>Rxvt</strong> allows
569 resources common to both <strong>rxvt</strong> and the original <em>rxvt</em> to be
570 easily configured, while the class name <strong>URxvt</strong> allows resources
571 unique to <strong>rxvt</strong>, notably colours and key-handling, to be
572 shared between different <strong>rxvt</strong> configurations. If no
573 resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line
574 arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following
575 resources are allowed:</p>
576 <dl>
577 <dt><strong><a name="item_geometry_3a_geom"><strong>geometry:</strong> <em>geom</em></a></strong><br />
578 </dt>
579 <dd>
580 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
581 option <strong>-geometry</strong>.
582 </dd>
583 <p></p>
584 <dt><strong><a name="item_background_3a_colour"><strong>background:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
585 </dt>
586 <dd>
587 Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
588 White]; option <strong>-bg</strong>.
589 </dd>
590 <p></p>
591 <dt><strong><a name="item_foreground_3a_colour"><strong>foreground:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
592 </dt>
593 <dd>
594 Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
595 Black]; option <strong>-fg</strong>.
596 </dd>
597 <p></p>
598 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorn_3a_colour"><strong>color</strong><em>n</em><strong>:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
599 </dt>
600 <dd>
601 Use the specified colour for the colour value <em>n</em>, where 0-7
602 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
603 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
604 colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
605 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
606 names used are listed in the <strong>COLORS AND GRAPHICS</strong> section.
607 </dd>
608 <dd>
609 <p>Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
610 changed using an escape command (see rxvt(7)).</p>
611 </dd>
612 <dd>
613 <p>Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
614 88 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.</p>
615 </dd>
616 <p></p>
617 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorbd_3a_colour"><strong>colorBD:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
618 </dt>
619 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorit_3a_colour"><strong>colorIT:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
620 </dt>
621 <dd>
622 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
623 foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
624 (Compile <em>styles</em>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
625 </dd>
626 <p></p>
627 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorul_3a_colour"><strong>colorUL:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
628 </dt>
629 <dd>
630 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
631 foreground colour is the default.
632 </dd>
633 <p></p>
634 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorrv_3a_colour"><strong>colorRV:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
635 </dt>
636 <dd>
637 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
638 characters.
639 </dd>
640 <p></p>
641 <dt><strong><a name="item_underlinecolor_3a_colour"><strong>underlineColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
642 </dt>
643 <dd>
644 If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
645 itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
646 </dd>
647 <p></p>
648 <dt><strong><a name="item_cursorcolor_3a_colour"><strong>cursorColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
649 </dt>
650 <dd>
651 Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
652 foreground colour; option <strong>-cr</strong>.
653 </dd>
654 <p></p>
655 <dt><strong><a name="item_cursorcolor2_3a_colour"><strong>cursorColor2:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
656 </dt>
657 <dd>
658 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this to
659 take effect, <strong>cursorColor</strong> must also be specified. The default is to
660 use the background colour.
661 </dd>
662 <p></p>
663 <dt><strong><a name="item_reversevideo_3a_boolean"><strong>reverseVideo:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
664 </dt>
665 <dd>
666 <strong>True</strong>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
667 option <strong>-rv</strong>. <strong>False</strong>: regular screen colours [default]; option
668 <strong>+rv</strong>. See note in <strong>COLORS AND GRAPHICS</strong> section.
669 </dd>
670 <p></p>
671 <dt><strong><a name="item_jumpscroll_3a_boolean"><strong>jumpScroll:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
672 </dt>
673 <dd>
674 <strong>True</strong>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling
675 quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option <strong>-j</strong>.
676 <strong>False</strong>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option <strong>+j</strong>.
677 </dd>
678 <p></p>
679 <dt><strong><a name="item_inheritpixmap_3a_boolean"><strong>inheritPixmap:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
680 </dt>
681 <dd>
682 <strong>True</strong>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
683 artificial transparency. <strong>False</strong>: do not inherit the parent windows'
684 pixmap.
685 </dd>
686 <p></p>
687 <dt><strong><a name="item_fading_3a_number"><strong>fading:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
688 </dt>
689 <dd>
690 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.
691 </dd>
692 <p></p>
693 <dt><strong><a name="item_tintcolor_3a_colour"><strong>tintColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
694 </dt>
695 <dd>
696 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour.
697 </dd>
698 <p></p>
699 <dt><strong><a name="item_shading_3a_number"><strong>shading:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
700 </dt>
701 <dd>
702 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background
703 image in addition to tinting it.
704 </dd>
705 <p></p>
706 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollcolor_3a_colour"><strong>scrollColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
707 </dt>
708 <dd>
709 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
710 </dd>
711 <p></p>
712 <dt><strong><a name="item_troughcolor_3a_colour"><strong>troughColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
713 </dt>
714 <dd>
715 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
716 #969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
717 </dd>
718 <p></p>
719 <dt><strong><a name="item_bordercolor_3a_colour"><strong>borderColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
720 </dt>
721 <dd>
722 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
723 and the text.
724 </dd>
725 <p></p>
726 <dt><strong><a name="item_backgroundpixmap_3a_file_5b_3bgeom_5d"><strong>backgroundPixmap:</strong> <em>file[;geom]</em></a></strong><br />
727 </dt>
728 <dd>
729 Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
730 the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
731 string <strong>WxH+X+Y</strong>, in which <strong>``W'' / ``H''</strong> specify the
732 horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and <strong>``X'' / ``Y''</strong> locate the image
733 centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
734 of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
735 specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
736 be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
737 scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
738 </dd>
739 <p></p>
740 <dt><strong><a name="item_menu_3a_file_5b_3btag_5d"><strong>menu:</strong> <em>file[;tag]</em></a></strong><br />
741 </dt>
742 <dd>
743 Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
744 optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
745 reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
746 </dd>
747 <p></p>
748 <dt><strong><a name="item_path_3a_path"><strong>path:</strong> <em>path</em></a></strong><br />
749 </dt>
750 <dd>
751 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
752 menus), in addition to the paths specified by the <strong>RXVTPATH</strong> and
753 <strong>PATH</strong> environment variables.
754 </dd>
755 <p></p>
756 <dt><strong><a name="item_font_3a_fontlist"><strong>font:</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
757 </dt>
758 <dd>
759 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font
760 names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.
761 The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
762 be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always
763 appended to it. option <strong>-fn</strong>.
764 </dd>
765 <dd>
766 <p>Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
767 optional prefix <code>x:</code> or a Xft font (Compile <em>xft</em>), prefixed with <code>xft:</code>.</p>
768 </dd>
769 <dd>
770 <p>In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
771 specifications enclosed in square brackets (<code>[]</code>). The only available
772 hint currently is <code>codeset=codeset-name</code>, and this is only used for Xft
773 fonts.</p>
774 </dd>
775 <dd>
776 <p>For example, this font resource</p>
777 </dd>
778 <dd>
779 <pre>
780 URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\
781 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
782 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
783 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
784 xft:Code2000:antialias=false</pre>
785 </dd>
786 <dd>
787 <p>specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is <code>9x15bold</code> (actually
788 the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
789 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
790 wide and 15 pixels high.</p>
791 </dd>
792 <dd>
793 <p>The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
794 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
795 the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
796 useful supplement.</p>
797 </dd>
798 <dd>
799 <p>The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
800 are limited to the <strong>JIS 0208</strong> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
801 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.</p>
802 </dd>
803 <dd>
804 <p>The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
805 remaining unicode characters.</p>
806 </dd>
807 <p></p>
808 <dt><strong><a name="item_boldfont_3a_fontlist"><strong>boldFont:</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
809 </dt>
810 <dt><strong><a name="item_italicfont_3a_fontlist"><strong>italicFont:</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
811 </dt>
812 <dt><strong><a name="item_bolditalicfont_3a_fontlist"><strong>boldItalicFont:</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
813 </dt>
814 <dd>
815 The font list to use for displaying <strong>bold</strong>, <em>italic</em> or <strong><em>bold
816 italic</em> </strong>&gt; characters, respectively.
817 </dd>
818 <dd>
819 <p>If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
820 <strong>font</strong>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
821 it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
822 italic.</p>
823 </dd>
824 <dd>
825 <p>If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
826 ``morphing'' the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
827 not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.</p>
828 </dd>
829 <dd>
830 <p>If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
831 text font will being used for the given style.</p>
832 </dd>
833 <p></p>
834 <dt><strong><a name="item_selectstyle_3a_mode"><strong>selectstyle:</strong> <em>mode</em></a></strong><br />
835 </dt>
836 <dd>
837 Set mouse selection style to <strong>old</strong> which is 2.20, <strong>oldword</strong> which is
838 xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
839 xterm style selection.
840 </dd>
841 <p></p>
842 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollstyle_3a_mode"><strong>scrollstyle:</strong> <em>mode</em></a></strong><br />
843 </dt>
844 <dd>
845 Set scrollbar style to <strong>rxvt</strong>, <strong>plain</strong>, <strong>next</strong> or <strong>xterm</strong>. <strong>plain</strong> is
846 the author's favourite..
847 </dd>
848 <p></p>
849 <dt><strong><a name="item_title_3a_string"><strong>title:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
850 </dt>
851 <dd>
852 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
853 specified after the <strong>-e</strong> option, if any, otherwise the application
854 name; option <strong>-title</strong>.
855 </dd>
856 <p></p>
857 <dt><strong><a name="item_iconname_3a_string"><strong>iconName:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
858 </dt>
859 <dd>
860 Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon
861 manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is explicitly
862 set; option <strong>-n</strong>.
863 </dd>
864 <p></p>
865 <dt><strong><a name="item_mapalert_3a_boolean"><strong>mapAlert:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
866 </dt>
867 <dd>
868 <strong>True</strong>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. <strong>False</strong>: no
869 de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
870 </dd>
871 <p></p>
872 <dt><strong><a name="item_visualbell_3a_boolean"><strong>visualBell:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
873 </dt>
874 <dd>
875 <strong>True</strong>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option <strong>-vb</strong>.
876 <strong>False</strong>: no visual bell [default]; option <strong>+vb</strong>.
877 </dd>
878 <p></p>
879 <dt><strong><a name="item_loginshell_3a_boolean"><strong>loginShell:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
880 </dt>
881 <dd>
882 <strong>True</strong>: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to <strong>argv[0]</strong> of
883 the shell; option <strong>-ls</strong>. <strong>False</strong>: start as a normal sub-shell
884 [default]; option <strong>+ls</strong>.
885 </dd>
886 <p></p>
887 <dt><strong><a name="item_utmpinhibit_3a_boolean"><strong>utmpInhibit:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
888 </dt>
889 <dd>
890 <strong>True</strong>: inhibit writing record into the system log file <strong>utmp</strong>;
891 option <strong>-ut</strong>. <strong>False</strong>: write record into the system log file <strong>utmp</strong>
892 [default]; option <strong>+ut</strong>.
893 </dd>
894 <p></p>
895 <dt><strong><a name="item_print_2dpipe_3a_string"><strong>print-pipe:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
896 </dt>
897 <dd>
898 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default <em>lpr(1)</em>]. Use
899 <strong>Print</strong> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and <strong>Ctrl-Print</strong> or
900 <strong>Shift-Print</strong> to include the scrollback as well.
901 </dd>
902 <p></p>
903 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollbar_3a_boolean"><strong>scrollBar:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
904 </dt>
905 <dd>
906 <strong>True</strong>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option <strong>-sb</strong>. <strong>False</strong>:
907 disable the scrollbar; option <strong>+sb</strong>.
908 </dd>
909 <p></p>
910 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollbar_right_3a_boolean"><strong>scrollBar_right:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
911 </dt>
912 <dd>
913 <strong>True</strong>: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option <strong>-sr</strong>.
914 <strong>False</strong>: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option <strong>+sr</strong>.
915 </dd>
916 <p></p>
917 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollbar_floating_3a_boolean"><strong>scrollBar_floating:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
918 </dt>
919 <dd>
920 <strong>True</strong>: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option <strong>-st</strong>.
921 <strong>False</strong>: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option <strong>+st</strong>.
922 </dd>
923 <p></p>
924 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollbar_align_3a_mode"><strong>scrollBar_align:</strong> <em>mode</em></a></strong><br />
925 </dt>
926 <dd>
927 Align the <strong>top</strong>, <strong>bottom</strong> or <strong>centre</strong> [default] of the scrollbar
928 thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
929 </dd>
930 <p></p>
931 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollttyoutput_3a_boolean"><strong>scrollTtyOutput:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
932 </dt>
933 <dd>
934 <strong>True</strong>: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option <strong>-si</strong>.
935 <strong>False</strong>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
936 <strong>+si</strong>.
937 </dd>
938 <p></p>
939 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollwithbuffer_3a_boolean"><strong>scrollWithBuffer:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
940 </dt>
941 <dd>
942 <strong>True</strong>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
943 <strong>scrollTtyOutput</strong> is False); option <strong>+sw</strong>. <strong>False</strong>: do not scroll
944 with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option <strong>-sw</strong>.
945 </dd>
946 <p></p>
947 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollttykeypress_3a_boolean"><strong>scrollTtyKeypress:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
948 </dt>
949 <dd>
950 <strong>True</strong>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
951 are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
952 are not passed onto the shell; option <strong>-sk</strong>. <strong>False</strong>: do not scroll to
953 bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option <strong>+sk</strong>.
954 </dd>
955 <p></p>
956 <dt><strong><a name="item_savelines_3a_number"><strong>saveLines:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
957 </dt>
958 <dd>
959 Save <em>number</em> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
960 resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option <strong>-sl</strong>.
961 </dd>
962 <p></p>
963 <dt><strong><a name="item_internalborder_3a_number"><strong>internalBorder:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
964 </dt>
965 <dd>
966 Internal border of <em>number</em> pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
967 option <strong>-b</strong>.
968 </dd>
969 <p></p>
970 <dt><strong><a name="item_externalborder_3a_number"><strong>externalBorder:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
971 </dt>
972 <dd>
973 External border of <em>number</em> pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
974 option <strong>-w</strong>, <strong>-bw</strong>, <strong>-borderwidth</strong>.
975 </dd>
976 <p></p>
977 <dt><strong><a name="item_borderless_3a_boolean"><strong>borderLess:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
978 </dt>
979 <dd>
980 Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
981 WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option <strong>-bl</strong>.
982 </dd>
983 <p></p>
984 <dt><strong><a name="item_termname_3a_termname"><strong>termName:</strong> <em>termname</em></a></strong><br />
985 </dt>
986 <dd>
987 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the <strong>TERM</strong> environment
988 variable; option <strong>-tn</strong>.
989 </dd>
990 <p></p>
991 <dt><strong><a name="item_linespace_3a_number"><strong>linespace:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
992 </dt>
993 <dd>
994 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
995 the display [default 0]; option <strong>-lsp</strong>.
996 </dd>
997 <p></p>
998 <dt><strong><a name="item_meta8_3a_boolean"><strong>meta8:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
999 </dt>
1000 <dd>
1001 <strong>True</strong>: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. <strong>False</strong>:
1002 handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
1003 </dd>
1004 <p></p>
1005 <dt><strong><a name="item_mousewheelscrollpage_3a_boolean"><strong>mouseWheelScrollPage:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1006 </dt>
1007 <dd>
1008 <strong>True</strong>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. <strong>False</strong>: the mouse wheel
1009 scrolls five lines [default].
1010 </dd>
1011 <p></p>
1012 <dt><strong><a name="item_pastabletabs_3a_boolean"><strong>pastableTabs:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1013 </dt>
1014 <dd>
1015 <strong>True</strong>: store tabs as wide characters. <strong>False</strong>: interpret tabs as cursor
1016 movement only; option <code>-ptab</code>.
1017 </dd>
1018 <p></p>
1019 <dt><strong><a name="item_cursorblink_3a_boolean"><strong>cursorBlink:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1020 </dt>
1021 <dd>
1022 <strong>True</strong>: blink the cursor. <strong>False</strong>: do not blink the cursor [default];
1023 option <strong>-bc</strong>.
1024 </dd>
1025 <p></p>
1026 <dt><strong><a name="item_pointerblank_3a_boolean"><strong>pointerBlank:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1027 </dt>
1028 <dd>
1029 <strong>True</strong>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
1030 of seconds of inactivity. <strong>False</strong>: the pointer is always visible
1031 [default].
1032 </dd>
1033 <p></p>
1034 <dt><strong><a name="item_pointercolor_3a_colour"><strong>pointerColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
1035 </dt>
1036 <dd>
1037 Mouse pointer foreground colour.
1038 </dd>
1039 <p></p>
1040 <dt><strong><a name="item_pointercolor2_3a_colour"><strong>pointerColor2:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
1041 </dt>
1042 <dd>
1043 Mouse pointer background colour.
1044 </dd>
1045 <p></p>
1046 <dt><strong><a name="item_pointerblankdelay_3a_number"><strong>pointerBlankDelay:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
1047 </dt>
1048 <dd>
1049 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2].
1050 </dd>
1051 <p></p>
1052 <dt><strong><a name="item_backspacekey_3a_string"><strong>backspacekey:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
1053 </dt>
1054 <dd>
1055 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to <strong>DEC</strong>
1056 or unset it will send <strong>Delete</strong> (code 127) or, if shifted, <strong>Backspace</strong>
1057 (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
1058 escape sequence.
1059 </dd>
1060 <p></p>
1061 <dt><strong><a name="item_deletekey_3a_string"><strong>deletekey:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
1062 </dt>
1063 <dd>
1064 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
1065 pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
1066 with the <strong>Execute</strong> key.
1067 </dd>
1068 <p></p>
1069 <dt><strong><a name="item_cutchars_3a_string"><strong>cutchars:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
1070 </dt>
1071 <dd>
1072 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The
1073 built-in default:
1074 </dd>
1075 <dd>
1076 <p><strong>BACKSLASH ```'&amp;()*,;&lt;=</strong>?@[]{|} &gt;&gt;</p>
1077 </dd>
1078 <p></p>
1079 <dt><strong><a name="item_preedittype_3a_style"><strong>preeditType:</strong> <em>style</em></a></strong><br />
1080 </dt>
1081 <dd>
1082 <strong>OverTheSpot</strong>, <strong>OffTheSpot</strong>, <strong>Root</strong>; option <strong>-pt</strong>.
1083 </dd>
1084 <p></p>
1085 <dt><strong><a name="item_inputmethod_3a_name"><strong>inputMethod:</strong> <em>name</em></a></strong><br />
1086 </dt>
1087 <dd>
1088 <em>name</em> of inputMethod to use; option <strong>-im</strong>.
1089 </dd>
1090 <p></p>
1091 <dt><strong><a name="item_imlocale_3a_name"><strong>imLocale:</strong> <em>name</em></a></strong><br />
1092 </dt>
1093 <dd>
1094 The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an <code>LC_CTYPE</code> of e.g.
1095 <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code> for normal text processing but <code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code> for the
1096 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
1097 another locale. option <strong>-imlocale</strong>.
1098 </dd>
1099 <p></p>
1100 <dt><strong><a name="item_imfont_3a_fontset"><strong>imFont:</strong> <em>fontset</em></a></strong><br />
1101 </dt>
1102 <dd>
1103 Specify the font-set used for XIM styles <code>OverTheSpot</code> or
1104 <code>OffTheSpot</code>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
1105 by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1106 in rxvt. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1107 found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1108 option <strong>-imfont</strong>.
1109 </dd>
1110 <p></p>
1111 <dt><strong><a name="item_tripleclickwords_3a_boolean"><strong>tripleclickwords:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1112 </dt>
1113 <dd>
1114 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1115 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1116 the end of the logical line only. option <strong>-tcw</strong>.
1117 </dd>
1118 <p></p>
1119 <dt><strong><a name="item_insecure_3a_boolean"><strong>insecure:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1120 </dt>
1121 <dd>
1122 Enables ``insecure'' mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
1123 echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
1124 abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
1125 throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though
1126 write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note
1127 that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences
1128 enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean
1129 resource or specifying <strong>-insecure</strong> as an option. At the moment, this
1130 enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title
1131 requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch.
1132 </dd>
1133 <p></p>
1134 <dt><strong><a name="item_modifier_3a_modifier"><strong>modifier:</strong> <em>modifier</em></a></strong><br />
1135 </dt>
1136 <dd>
1137 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: <strong>alt</strong>, <strong>meta</strong>,
1138 <strong>hyper</strong>, <strong>super</strong>, <strong>mod1</strong>, <strong>mod2</strong>, <strong>mod3</strong>, <strong>mod4</strong>, <strong>mod5</strong>; option
1139 <strong>-mod</strong>.
1140 </dd>
1141 <p></p>
1142 <dt><strong><a name="item_answerbackstring_3a_string"><strong>answerbackString:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
1143 </dt>
1144 <dd>
1145 Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
1146 character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
1147 in the entry on <strong>keysym</strong> following.
1148 </dd>
1149 <p></p>
1150 <dt><strong><a name="item_secondaryscreen_3a_bool"><strong>secondaryScreen:</strong> <em>bool</em></a></strong><br />
1151 </dt>
1152 <dd>
1153 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
1154 </dd>
1155 <p></p>
1156 <dt><strong><a name="item_secondaryscroll_3a_bool"><strong>secondaryScroll:</strong> <em>bool</em></a></strong><br />
1157 </dt>
1158 <dd>
1159 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this
1160 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
1161 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
1162 instead scroll the screen up.
1163 </dd>
1164 <p></p>
1165 <dt><strong><a name="item_keysym_2esym_3a_string"><strong>keysym.</strong><em>sym</em>: <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
1166 </dt>
1167 <dd>
1168 Compile <em>frills</em>: Associate <em>string</em> with keysym <em>sym</em>. The
1169 intervening resource name <strong>keysym.</strong> cannot be omitted.
1170 </dd>
1171 <dd>
1172 <p>The format of <em>sym</em> is ``<em>(modifiers-)key</em>'', where <em>modifiers</em> can be
1173 any combination of <strong>ISOLevel3</strong>, <strong>AppKeypad</strong>, <strong>Control</strong>, <strong>NumLock</strong>,
1174 <strong>Shift</strong>, <strong>Meta</strong>, <strong>Lock</strong>, <strong>Mod1</strong>, <strong>Mod2</strong>, <strong>Mod3</strong>, <strong>Mod4</strong>, <strong>Mod5</strong>,
1175 and the abbreviated <strong>I</strong>, <strong>K</strong>, <strong>C</strong>, <strong>N</strong>, <strong>S</strong>, <strong>M</strong>, <strong>A</strong>, <strong>L</strong>, <strong>1</strong>,
1176 <strong>2</strong>, <strong>3</strong>, <strong>4</strong>, <strong>5</strong>.</p>
1177 </dd>
1178 <dd>
1179 <p>The <strong>NumLock</strong>, <strong>Meta</strong> and <strong>ISOLevel3</strong> modifiers are usually aliased to
1180 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
1181 keys are being mapped. <strong>AppKeypad</strong> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1182 current application keymap mode state.</p>
1183 </dd>
1184 <dd>
1185 <p>The spellings of <em>key</em> can be obtained by using <strong>xev</strong>(1) command or
1186 searching keysym macros from <strong>/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h</strong> and
1187 omitting the prefix <strong>XK_</strong>. Alternatively you can specify <em>key</em> by its hex
1188 keysym value (<strong>0x0000 - 0xFFFF</strong>). Note that the lookup of <em>sym</em>s is not
1189 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.</p>
1190 </dd>
1191 <dd>
1192 <p><em>string</em> may contain escape values (<code>\a</code>: bell, <code>\b</code>: backspace,
1193 <code>\e</code>, <code>\E</code>: escape, <code>\n</code>: newline, <code>\r</code>: carriage return, <code>\t</code>: tab,
1194 <code>\000</code>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (<code>^?</code>: delete,
1195 <code>^@</code>: null, <code>^A</code> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
1196 can start or end with whitespace.</p>
1197 </dd>
1198 <dd>
1199 <p>Please note that you need to double the <code>\</code> when using
1200 <code>--enable-xgetdefault</code>, as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you can
1201 use <code>\033</code> instead of <code>\e</code> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and
1202 rxvt's own processing).</p>
1203 </dd>
1204 <dd>
1205 <p>You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a <em>string</em>
1206 with pattern <strong>list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX</strong>, where the delimeter `/'
1207 should be a character not used by the strings.</p>
1208 </dd>
1209 <dd>
1210 <p>Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:</p>
1211 </dd>
1212 <dd>
1213 <pre>
1214 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033&lt;M-C-|abc|&gt;</pre>
1215 </dd>
1216 <dd>
1217 <p>The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:</p>
1218 </dd>
1219 <dd>
1220 <pre>
1221 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033&lt;M-C-a&gt;
1222 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033&lt;M-C-b&gt;
1223 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033&lt;M-C-c&gt;</pre>
1224 </dd>
1225 <dd>
1226 <p>If <em>string</em> takes the form of <code>command:STRING</code>, the specified <strong>STRING</strong>
1227 is interpreted and executed as rxvt's control sequence. For
1228 example the following means ``change the current locale to <code>zh_CN.GBK</code>
1229 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed'':</p>
1230 </dd>
1231 <dd>
1232 <pre>
1233 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007</pre>
1234 </dd>
1235 <dd>
1236 <p>The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
1237 the fonts <code>suxuseuro</code> and <code>9x15bold</code>, so you can have some limited
1238 font-switching at runtime:</p>
1239 </dd>
1240 <dd>
1241 <pre>
1242 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
1243 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007</pre>
1244 </dd>
1245 <dd>
1246 <p>Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see <code>rxvt(7)</code> for more
1247 info):</p>
1248 </dd>
1249 <dd>
1250 <pre>
1251 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
1252 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t</pre>
1253 </dd>
1254 <p></p></dl>
1255 <p>
1256 </p>
1257 <hr />
1258 <h1><a name="the_scrollbar">THE SCROLLBAR</a></h1>
1259 <p>Lines of text that scroll off the top of the <strong>rxvt</strong> window
1260 (resource: <strong>saveLines</strong>) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar
1261 or by keystrokes. The normal <strong>rxvt</strong> scrollbar has arrows and
1262 its behaviour is fairly intuitive. The <strong>xterm-scrollbar</strong> is without
1263 arrows and its behaviour mimics that of <em>xterm</em></p>
1264 <p>Scroll down with <strong>Button1</strong> (<strong>xterm-scrollbar</strong>) or <strong>Shift-Next</strong>.
1265 Scroll up with <strong>Button3</strong> (<strong>xterm-scrollbar</strong>) or <strong>Shift-Prior</strong>.
1266 Continuous scroll with <strong>Button2</strong>.</p>
1267 <p>
1268 </p>
1269 <hr />
1270 <h1><a name="mouse_reporting">MOUSE REPORTING</a></h1>
1271 <p>To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
1272 the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
1273 (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.</p>
1274 <p>If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
1275 disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
1276 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends <strong>ESC [ 6 ~</strong>
1277 (Next) and <strong>ESC [ 5 ~</strong> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1278 up and down arrows sends <strong>ESC [ A</strong> (Up) and <strong>ESC [ B</strong> (Down),
1279 respectively.</p>
1280 <p>
1281 </p>
1282 <hr />
1283 <h1><a name="text_selection_and_insertion">TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION</a></h1>
1284 <p>The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
1285 <em>xterm</em>(1).</p>
1286 <dl>
1287 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_3a"><strong>Selection</strong>:</a></strong><br />
1288 </dt>
1289 <dd>
1290 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1291 and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1292 to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1293 (which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1294 <strong>tripleclickwords</strong>.
1295 </dd>
1296 <dd>
1297 <p>Starting a selection while pressing the <strong>Meta</strong> key (or <strong>Meta+Ctrl</strong> keys)
1298 (Compile: <em>frills</em>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a normal
1299 one.</p>
1300 </dd>
1301 <p></p>
1302 <dt><strong><a name="item_insertion_3a"><strong>Insertion</strong>:</a></strong><br />
1303 </dt>
1304 <dd>
1305 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or <strong>Shift-Insert</strong>) in
1306 an <strong>rxvt</strong> window causes the current text selection to be
1307 inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1308 </dd>
1309 <p></p></dl>
1310 <p>
1311 </p>
1312 <hr />
1313 <h1><a name="changing_fonts">CHANGING FONTS</a></h1>
1314 <p>Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
1315 supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.</p>
1316 <p>You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and
1317 therefore using the menubar), e.g.:</p>
1318 <pre>
1319 printf '\e]701;%s\007' &quot;9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic&quot;</pre>
1320 <p>rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.</p>
1321 <p>
1322 </p>
1323 <hr />
1324 <h1><a name="iso_14755_support">ISO 14755 SUPPORT</a></h1>
1325 <p>ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1326 and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1327 first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1328 <code>--enable-frills</code>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1329 with <code>--enable-iso14755</code>.</p>
1330 <ul>
1331 <li><strong><a name="item_5_2e1_3a_basic_method">5.1: Basic method</a></strong><br />
1332 </li>
1333 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1334 <p>Start by pressing and holding both <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code>, then enter
1335 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code> will
1336 commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1337 <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code> you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1338 <code>Space</code>, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1339 one.</p>
1340 <p>As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e-mail
1341 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
1342 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. <code>671d 65e5</code>. You can enter this easily
1343 by pressing <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code>, followed by <code>6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5</code>,
1344 followed by releasing the modifier keys.</p>
1345 <p></p>
1346 <li><strong><a name="item_5_2e2_3a_keyboard_symbols_entry_method">5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method</a></strong><br />
1347 </li>
1348 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1349 your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1350 <p>Start by pressing <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code> together, then releasing
1351 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1352 invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1353 keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1354 released, otherwise pressing e.g. <code>Shift</code> would enter the symbol for
1355 <code>ISO Level 2 Switch</code>, although your intention might have been to enter a
1356 reverse tab (Shift-Tab).</p>
1357 <p></p>
1358 <li><strong><a name="item_5_2e3_3a_screen_2dselection_entry_method">5.3: Screen-selection entry method</a></strong><br />
1359 </li>
1360 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1361 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1362 <p></p>
1363 <li><strong><a name="item_5_2e4_3a_feedback_method_for_identifying_displayed">5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input</a></strong><br />
1364 </li>
1365 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1366 characters already displayed.
1367 <p>You enter this mode by holding down <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code> together, then
1368 pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1369 hex <code>code(s)</code> (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1370 pointer is displayed until you release <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code>.</p>
1371 <p>In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1372 character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1373 combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1374 always be drawn using the built-in support font.</p>
1375 <p></p></ul>
1376 <p>With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1377 both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.</p>
1378 <p>
1379 </p>
1380 <hr />
1381 <h1><a name="login_stamp">LOGIN STAMP</a></h1>
1382 <p><strong>rxvt</strong> tries to write an entry into the <em>utmp</em>(5) file so that
1383 it can be seen via the <em>who(1)</em> command, and can accept messages. To
1384 allow this feature, <strong>rxvt</strong> may need to be installed setuid root
1385 on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.</p>
1386 <p>
1387 </p>
1388 <hr />
1389 <h1><a name="colors_and_graphics">COLORS AND GRAPHICS</a></h1>
1390 <p>In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1391 <strong>rxvt</strong> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus
1392 high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
1393 colours with their <strong>rgb.txt</strong> names.</p>
1394 <table>
1395 <tr><td>color0</td><td>(black)</td><td>= Black</td></tr>
1396 <tr><td>color1</td><td>(red)</td><td>= Red3</td></tr>
1397 <tr><td>color2</td><td>(green)</td><td>= Green3</td></tr>
1398 <tr><td>color3</td><td>(yellow)</td><td>= Yellow3</td></tr>
1399 <tr><td>color4</td><td>(blue)</td><td>= Blue3</td></tr>
1400 <tr><td>color5</td><td>(magenta)</td><td>= Magenta3</td></tr>
1401 <tr><td>color6</td><td>(cyan)</td><td>= Cyan3</td></tr>
1402 <tr><td>color7</td><td>(white)</td><td>= AntiqueWhite</td></tr>
1403 <tr><td>color8</td><td>(bright black)</td><td>= Grey25</td></tr>
1404 <tr><td>color9</td><td>(bright red)</td><td>= Red</td></tr>
1405 <tr><td>color10</td><td>(bright green)</td><td>= Green</td></tr>
1406 <tr><td>color11</td><td>(bright yellow)</td><td>= Yellow</td></tr>
1407 <tr><td>color12</td><td>(bright blue)</td><td>= Blue</td></tr>
1408 <tr><td>color13</td><td>(bright magenta)</td><td>= Magenta</td></tr>
1409 <tr><td>color14</td><td>(bright cyan)</td><td>= Cyan</td></tr>
1410 <tr><td>color15</td><td>(bright white)</td><td>= White</td></tr>
1411 <tr><td>foreground</td><td></td><td>= Black</td></tr>
1412 <tr><td>background</td><td></td><td>= White</td></tr>
1413 </table><p>It is also possible to specify the colour values of <strong>foreground</strong>,
1414 <strong>background</strong>, <strong>cursorColor</strong>, <strong>cursorColor2</strong>, <strong>colorBD</strong>, <strong>colorUL</strong> as
1415 a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1416 color0-color15.</p>
1417 <p>Note that <strong>-rv</strong> (<strong>``reverseVideo: True''</strong>) simulates reverse video by
1418 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1419 <em>xterm</em>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1420 been specified. For example,</p>
1421 <dl>
1422 <dt><strong><a name="item_rxvt__2dfg_black__2dbg_white__2drv"><strong>rxvt -fg Black -bg White -rv</strong></a></strong><br />
1423 </dt>
1424 <dd>
1425 would yield White on Black, while on <em>xterm</em>(1) it would yield Black
1426 on White.
1427 </dd>
1428 <p></p></dl>
1429 <p>
1430 </p>
1431 <hr />
1432 <h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
1433 <p><strong>rxvt</strong> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:</p>
1434 <dl>
1435 <dt><strong><a name="item_term"><strong>TERM</strong></a></strong><br />
1436 </dt>
1437 <dd>
1438 Normally set to <code>rxvt-unicode</code>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1439 resources or on the commandline.
1440 </dd>
1441 <p></p>
1442 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorterm"><strong>COLORTERM</strong></a></strong><br />
1443 </dt>
1444 <dd>
1445 Either <code>rxvt</code>, <code>rxvt-xpm</code>, depending on wether rxvt was
1446 compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension
1447 <code>-mono</code> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1448 </dd>
1449 <p></p>
1450 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorfgbg"><strong>COLORFGBG</strong></a></strong><br />
1451 </dt>
1452 <dd>
1453 Set to a string of the form <code>fg;bg</code> or <code>fg;xpm;bg</code>, where <code>fg</code> is
1454 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1455 <code>default</code> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1456 used), <code>bg</code> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1457 string <code>default</code>), and <code>xpm</code> is the string <code>default</code> if rxvt
1458 was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like <code>ncurses</code> and <code>slang</code> can
1459 (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1460 </dd>
1461 <p></p>
1462 <dt><strong><a name="item_windowid"><strong>WINDOWID</strong></a></strong><br />
1463 </dt>
1464 <dd>
1465 Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the rxvt window (the toplevel
1466 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1467 window and so on).
1468 </dd>
1469 <p></p>
1470 <dt><strong><a name="item_terminfo"><strong>TERMINFO</strong></a></strong><br />
1471 </dt>
1472 <dd>
1473 Set to the terminfo directory iff rxvt was configured with
1474 <code>--with-terminfo=PATH</code>.
1475 </dd>
1476 <p></p>
1477 <dt><strong><a name="item_display"><strong>DISPLAY</strong></a></strong><br />
1478 </dt>
1479 <dd>
1480 Used by rxvt to connect to the display and set to the correct
1481 display in it's child processes.
1482 </dd>
1483 <p></p>
1484 <dt><strong><a name="item_shell"><strong>SHELL</strong></a></strong><br />
1485 </dt>
1486 <dd>
1487 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to <code>/bin/sh</code>.
1488 </dd>
1489 <p></p>
1490 <dt><strong><a name="item_rxvtpath"><strong>RXVTPATH</strong></a></strong><br />
1491 </dt>
1492 <dd>
1493 The path where rxvt looks for support files such as menu and xpm
1494 files.
1495 </dd>
1496 <p></p>
1497 <dt><strong><a name="item_path"><strong>PATH</strong></a></strong><br />
1498 </dt>
1499 <dd>
1500 Used in the same way as <a href="#item_rxvtpath"><code>RXVTPATH</code></a>.
1501 </dd>
1502 <p></p>
1503 <dt><strong><a name="item_rxvt_socket"><strong>RXVT_SOCKET</strong></a></strong><br />
1504 </dt>
1505 <dd>
1506 The unix domain socket path used by <code>rxvtc(1)</code> and
1507 rxvtd(1).
1508 </dd>
1509 <dd>
1510 <p>Default <code>$HOME/.rxvt-unicode-&lt;nodename</code>.</p>
1511 </dd>
1512 <p></p>
1513 <dt><strong><a name="item_home"><strong>HOME</strong></a></strong><br />
1514 </dt>
1515 <dd>
1516 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1517 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1518 <code>.Xdefaults</code>)
1519 </dd>
1520 <p></p>
1521 <dt><strong><a name="item_xapplresdir"><strong>XAPPLRESDIR</strong></a></strong><br />
1522 </dt>
1523 <dd>
1524 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1525 </dd>
1526 <p></p>
1527 <dt><strong><a name="item_xenvironment"><strong>XENVIRONMENT</strong></a></strong><br />
1528 </dt>
1529 <dd>
1530 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1531 rxvt.
1532 </dd>
1533 <p></p></dl>
1534 <p>
1535 </p>
1536 <hr />
1537 <h1><a name="files">FILES</a></h1>
1538 <dl>
1539 <dt><strong><a name="item__2fusr_2flib_2fx11_2frgb_2etxt"><strong>/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt</strong></a></strong><br />
1540 </dt>
1541 <dd>
1542 Color names.
1543 </dd>
1544 <p></p></dl>
1545 <p>
1546 </p>
1547 <hr />
1548 <h1><a name="see_also">SEE ALSO</a></h1>
1549 <p>rxvt(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), <code>utmp(5)</code></p>
1550 <p>
1551 </p>
1552 <hr />
1553 <h1><a name="bugs">BUGS</a></h1>
1554 <p>Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.</p>
1555 <p>Cursor change support is not yet implemented.</p>
1556 <p>Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.</p>
1557 <p>
1558 </p>
1559 <hr />
1560 <h1><a name="current_project_coordinator">CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR</a></h1>
1561 <dl>
1562 <dt><strong><a name="item_project_coordinator">Project Coordinator</a></strong><br />
1563 </dt>
1564 <dd>
1565 Marc A. Lehmann <em><a href="mailto:<rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de"><rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de</a></em>&gt;
1566 </dd>
1567 <dd>
1568 <p><a href="http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode</a></p>
1569 </dd>
1570 <p></p></dl>
1571 <p>
1572 </p>
1573 <hr />
1574 <h1><a name="authors">AUTHORS</a></h1>
1575 <dl>
1576 <dt><strong><a name="item_john_bovey">John Bovey</a></strong><br />
1577 </dt>
1578 <dd>
1579 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1580 </dd>
1581 <p></p>
1582 <dt><strong><a name="item_rob_nation__3cnation_40rocket_2esanders_2elockheed">Rob Nation <em><a href="mailto:<nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com"><nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com</a></em>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1583 </dt>
1584 <dd>
1585 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1586 </dd>
1587 <p></p>
1588 <dt><strong><a name="item_angelo_haritsis__3cah_40doc_2eic_2eac_2euk_3e">Angelo Haritsis <em><a href="mailto:<ah@doc.ic.ac.uk"><ah@doc.ic.ac.uk</a></em>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1589 </dt>
1590 <dd>
1591 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1592 </dd>
1593 <p></p>
1594 <dt><strong><a name="item_mj_olesen__3colesen_40me_2equeensu_2eca_3e">mj olesen <em><a href="mailto:<olesen@me.QueensU.CA"><olesen@me.QueensU.CA</a></em>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1595 </dt>
1596 <dd>
1597 Wrote the menu system.
1598 </dd>
1599 <dd>
1600 <p>Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)</p>
1601 </dd>
1602 <p></p>
1603 <dt><strong><a name="item_oezguer_kesim__3ckesim_40math_2efu_2dberlin_2ede_3">Oezguer Kesim <em><a href="mailto:<kesim@math.fu-berlin.de"><kesim@math.fu-berlin.de</a></em>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1604 </dt>
1605 <dd>
1606 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1607 </dd>
1608 <p></p>
1609 <dt><strong><a name="item_geoff_wing__3cgcw_40pobox_2ecom_3e">Geoff Wing <em><a href="mailto:<gcw@pobox.com"><gcw@pobox.com</a></em>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1610 </dt>
1611 <dd>
1612 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1613 (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1614 </dd>
1615 <p></p>
1616 <dt><strong><a name="item_marc_alexander_lehmann__3crxvt_2dunicode_40schmorp">Marc Alexander Lehmann <em><a href="mailto:<rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de"><rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de</a></em>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1617 </dt>
1618 <dd>
1619 Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1620 character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1621 compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1622 </dd>
1623 <dd>
1624 <p>Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)</p>
1625 </dd>
1626 <p></p></dl>
1627
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