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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="#current_project_coordinator">CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR</a></li>
33 <li><a href="#authors">AUTHORS</a></li>
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37 <hr />
38 <p>
39 </p>
40 <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
41 <p>rxvt-unicode (ouR XVT, unicode) - (a VT102 emulator for the X window system)</p>
42 <p>
43 </p>
44 <hr />
45 <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
46 <p><strong>rxvt</strong> [options] [-e command [ args ]]</p>
47 <p>
48 </p>
49 <hr />
50 <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
51 <p><strong>rxvt-unicode</strong>, version <strong>6.2</strong>, is a colour vt102 terminal
52 emulator intended as an <em>xterm</em>(1) replacement for users who do not
53 require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
54 configurability. As a result, <strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> uses much less swap space --
55 a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.</p>
56 <p>
57 </p>
58 <hr />
59 <h1><a name="frequently_asked_questions">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a></h1>
60 <p>See <code>rxvt(7)</code> (try <code>man 7 rxvt</code>) for a list of
61 frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
62 problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
63 <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>
64 <p>
65 </p>
66 <hr />
67 <h1><a name="rxvtunicode_vs__rxvt">RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT</a></h1>
68 <p>Unlike the original rxvt, <strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> stores all text in Unicode
69 internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
70 world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
71 especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
72 like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
73 like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
74 scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
75 fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such
76 as hebrew: <strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
77 belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
78 such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
79 change.</p>
80 <p>If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
81 me recommend <code>mlterm</code>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean
82 terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
83 because the author couldn't get <code>mlterm</code> to use one font for latin1 and
84 another for japanese.</p>
85 <p>Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
86 display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
87 programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able
88 to choose any font for any script freely.</p>
89 <p>Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
90 it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
91 in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original
92 rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.</p>
93 <p>It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
94 and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
95 without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
96 a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
97 from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
98 drastically reduces memory usage. See <code>rxvtd(1)</code> (daemon) and
99 <code>rxvtc(1)</code> (client).</p>
100 <p>It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
101 been extended) easier accessible: see <code>rxvt(7)</code> for technical
102 reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).</p>
103 <p>
104 </p>
105 <hr />
106 <h1><a name="options">OPTIONS</a></h1>
107 <p>The <strong>rxvt</strong> options (mostly a subset of <em>xterm</em>'s) are listed
108 below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
109 eliminated or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and
110 defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on
111 your system. `rxvt -h' gives a list of major compile-time options on
112 the <em>Options</em> line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which
113 compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile <em>XIM</em>:' requires
114 <em>XIM</em> on the <em>Options</em> line. Note: `rxvt -help' gives a list of all
115 command-line options compiled into your version.</p>
116 <p>Note that <strong>rxvt</strong> permits the resource name to be used as a
117 long-option (--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are
118 far greater than those listed. For example: `rxvt --loginShell --color1
119 Orange'.</p>
120 <p>The following options are available:</p>
121 <dl>
122 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dhelp_2c__2d_2dhelp"><strong>-help</strong>, <strong>--help</strong></a></strong><br />
123 </dt>
124 <dd>
125 Print out a message describing available options.
126 </dd>
127 <p></p>
128 <dt><strong><a name="item__2ddisplay_displayname"><strong>-display</strong> <em>displayname</em></a></strong><br />
129 </dt>
130 <dd>
131 Attempt to open a window on the named X display (<strong>-d</strong> still
132 respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
133 <strong>DISPLAY</strong> environment variable is used.
134 </dd>
135 <p></p>
136 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dgeometry_geom"><strong>-geometry</strong> <em>geom</em></a></strong><br />
137 </dt>
138 <dd>
139 Window geometry (<strong>-g</strong> still respected); resource <strong>geometry</strong>.
140 </dd>
141 <p></p>
142 <dt><strong><a name="item__2drv_7c_2brv"><strong>-rv</strong>|<strong>+rv</strong></a></strong><br />
143 </dt>
144 <dd>
145 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource <strong>reverseVideo</strong>.
146 </dd>
147 <p></p>
148 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dj_7c_2bj"><strong>-j</strong>|<strong>+j</strong></a></strong><br />
149 </dt>
150 <dd>
151 Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource <strong>jumpScroll</strong>.
152 </dd>
153 <p></p>
154 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dip_7c_2bip__7c__2dtr_7c_2btr"><strong>-ip</strong>|<strong>+ip</strong> | <strong>-tr</strong>|<strong>+tr</strong></a></strong><br />
155 </dt>
156 <dd>
157 Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
158 <strong>-tr</strong>; resource <strong>inheritPixmap</strong>.
159 </dd>
160 <p></p>
161 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfade_number"><strong>-fade</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
162 </dt>
163 <dd>
164 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
165 fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
166 colour; resource <strong>fading</strong>.
167 </dd>
168 <p></p>
169 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfadecolor_colour"><strong>-fadecolor</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
170 </dt>
171 <dd>
172 Fade to this colour when fading is used (see <strong>-fade</strong>). The default colour
173 is black. resource <strong>fadeColor</strong>.
174 </dd>
175 <p></p>
176 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dtint_colour"><strong>-tint</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
177 </dt>
178 <dd>
179 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
180 transparency is enabled with <strong>-tr</strong> or <strong>-ip</strong>. This only works for
181 non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the <strong>-sh</strong> option that can be
182 used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it; resource
183 <em>tintColor</em>. Example:
184 </dd>
185 <dd>
186 <pre>
187 rxvt -tr -tint blue -sh 40</pre>
188 </dd>
189 <p></p>
190 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsh"><strong>-sh</strong></a></strong><br />
191 </dt>
192 <dd>
193 <em>number</em> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent
194 background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. <strong>-tint</strong> must be
195 specified, too, e.g. <code>-tint white</code>).
196 </dd>
197 <p></p>
198 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dbg_colour"><strong>-bg</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
199 </dt>
200 <dd>
201 Window background colour; resource <strong>background</strong>.
202 </dd>
203 <p></p>
204 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfg_colour"><strong>-fg</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
205 </dt>
206 <dd>
207 Window foreground colour; resource <strong>foreground</strong>.
208 </dd>
209 <p></p>
210 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dpixmap_file_5b_3bgeom_5d"><strong>-pixmap</strong> <em>file[;geom]</em></a></strong><br />
211 </dt>
212 <dd>
213 Compile <em>XPM</em>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally
214 specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
215 add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the <code>;</code> in the
216 command-line; resource <strong>backgroundPixmap</strong>.
217 </dd>
218 <p></p>
219 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dcr_colour"><strong>-cr</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
220 </dt>
221 <dd>
222 The cursor colour; resource <strong>cursorColor</strong>.
223 </dd>
224 <p></p>
225 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dpr_colour"><strong>-pr</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
226 </dt>
227 <dd>
228 The mouse pointer foreground colour; resource <strong>pointerColor</strong>.
229 </dd>
230 <p></p>
231 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dpr2_colour"><strong>-pr2</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
232 </dt>
233 <dd>
234 The mouse pointer background colour; resource <strong>pointerColor2</strong>.
235 </dd>
236 <p></p>
237 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dbd_colour"><strong>-bd</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
238 </dt>
239 <dd>
240 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
241 resource <strong>borderColor</strong>.
242 </dd>
243 <p></p>
244 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfn_fontlist"><strong>-fn</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
245 </dt>
246 <dd>
247 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
248 that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The
249 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
250 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
251 font list is always appended to it. See resource <strong>font</strong> for more details.
252 </dd>
253 <dd>
254 <p>In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it
255 with <code>x:</code>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with <code>xft:</code>,
256 e.g.:</p>
257 </dd>
258 <dd>
259 <pre>
260 rxvt -fn &quot;xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15&quot;
261 rxvt -fn &quot;9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono&quot;</pre>
262 </dd>
263 <dd>
264 <p>See also the question ``How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?'' in the FAQ
265 section of rxvt(7).</p>
266 </dd>
267 <p></p>
268 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfb_fontlist"><strong>-fb</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
269 </dt>
270 <dd>
271 Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to
272 be printed. See resource <strong>boldFont</strong> for details.
273 </dd>
274 <p></p>
275 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfi_fontlist"><strong>-fi</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
276 </dt>
277 <dd>
278 Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to
279 be printed. See resource <strong>italicFont</strong> for details.
280 </dd>
281 <p></p>
282 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dfbi_fontlist"><strong>-fbi</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
283 </dt>
284 <dd>
285 Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to
286 be printed. See resource <strong>boldItalicFont</strong> for details.
287 </dd>
288 <p></p>
289 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dis_7c_2bis"><strong>-is</strong>|<strong>+is</strong></a></strong><br />
290 </dt>
291 <dd>
292 Compile font-styles: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity
293 foreground/background (default). See resource <strong>intensityStyles</strong> for
294 details.
295 </dd>
296 <p></p>
297 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dname_name"><strong>-name</strong> <em>name</em></a></strong><br />
298 </dt>
299 <dd>
300 Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
301 rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
302 `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
303 </dd>
304 <p></p>
305 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dls_7c_2bls"><strong>-ls</strong>|<strong>+ls</strong></a></strong><br />
306 </dt>
307 <dd>
308 Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource <strong>loginShell</strong>.
309 </dd>
310 <p></p>
311 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dut_7c_2but"><strong>-ut</strong>|<strong>+ut</strong></a></strong><br />
312 </dt>
313 <dd>
314 Compile <em>utmp</em>: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
315 <strong>utmpInhibit</strong>.
316 </dd>
317 <p></p>
318 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dvb_7c_2bvb"><strong>-vb</strong>|<strong>+vb</strong></a></strong><br />
319 </dt>
320 <dd>
321 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
322 <strong>visualBell</strong>.
323 </dd>
324 <p></p>
325 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsb_7c_2bsb"><strong>-sb</strong>|<strong>+sb</strong></a></strong><br />
326 </dt>
327 <dd>
328 Turn on/off scrollbar; resource <strong>scrollBar</strong>.
329 </dd>
330 <p></p>
331 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsi_7c_2bsi"><strong>-si</strong>|<strong>+si</strong></a></strong><br />
332 </dt>
333 <dd>
334 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
335 <strong>scrollTtyOutput</strong> has opposite effect.
336 </dd>
337 <p></p>
338 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsk_7c_2bsk"><strong>-sk</strong>|<strong>+sk</strong></a></strong><br />
339 </dt>
340 <dd>
341 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource
342 <strong>scrollTtyKeypress</strong>.
343 </dd>
344 <p></p>
345 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsw_7c_2bsw"><strong>-sw</strong>|<strong>+sw</strong></a></strong><br />
346 </dt>
347 <dd>
348 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
349 This only takes effect if <strong>-si</strong> is also given; resource
350 <strong>scrollWithBuffer</strong>.
351 </dd>
352 <p></p>
353 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsr_7c_2bsr"><strong>-sr</strong>|<strong>+sr</strong></a></strong><br />
354 </dt>
355 <dd>
356 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource <strong>scrollBar_right</strong>.
357 </dd>
358 <p></p>
359 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dst_7c_2bst"><strong>-st</strong>|<strong>+st</strong></a></strong><br />
360 </dt>
361 <dd>
362 Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
363 resource <strong>scrollBar_floating</strong>.
364 </dd>
365 <p></p>
366 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dptab_7c_2bptab"><strong>-ptab</strong>|<strong>+ptab</strong></a></strong><br />
367 </dt>
368 <dd>
369 If enabled (default), ``Horizontal Tab'' characters are being stored as
370 actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
371 select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
372 not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
373 on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource <strong>pastableTabs</strong>.
374 </dd>
375 <p></p>
376 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dbc_7c_2bbc"><strong>-bc</strong>|<strong>+bc</strong></a></strong><br />
377 </dt>
378 <dd>
379 Blink the cursor; resource <strong>cursorBlink</strong>.
380 </dd>
381 <p></p>
382 <dt><strong><a name="item__2diconic"><strong>-iconic</strong></a></strong><br />
383 </dt>
384 <dd>
385 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
386 Alternative form is <strong>-ic</strong>.
387 </dd>
388 <p></p>
389 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dsl_number"><strong>-sl</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
390 </dt>
391 <dd>
392 Save <em>number</em> lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for
393 limits; resource <strong>saveLines</strong>.
394 </dd>
395 <p></p>
396 <dt><strong><a name="item__2db_number"><strong>-b</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
397 </dt>
398 <dd>
399 Compile <em>frills</em>: Internal border of <em>number</em> pixels. See resource
400 entry for limits; resource <strong>internalBorder</strong>.
401 </dd>
402 <p></p>
403 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dw_number"><strong>-w</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
404 </dt>
405 <dd>
406 Compile <em>frills</em>: External border of <em>number</em> pixels. Also, <strong>-bw</strong>
407 and <strong>-borderwidth</strong>. See resource entry for limits; resource
408 <strong>externalBorder</strong>.
409 </dd>
410 <p></p>
411 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dbl"><strong>-bl</strong></a></strong><br />
412 </dt>
413 <dd>
414 Compile <em>frills</em>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
415 if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
416 decorations; resource <strong>borderLess</strong>.
417 </dd>
418 <p></p>
419 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dlsp_number"><strong>-lsp</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
420 </dt>
421 <dd>
422 Compile <em>frills</em>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
423 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
424 <strong>linespace</strong>.
425 </dd>
426 <p></p>
427 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dtn_termname"><strong>-tn</strong> <em>termname</em></a></strong><br />
428 </dt>
429 <dd>
430 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
431 <strong>TERM</strong> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
432 <em>termcap(5)</em> database and should have <em>li#</em> and <em>co#</em> entries;
433 resource <strong>termName</strong>.
434 </dd>
435 <p></p>
436 <dt><strong><a name="item__2de_command__5barguments_5d"><strong>-e</strong> <em>command [arguments]</em></a></strong><br />
437 </dt>
438 <dd>
439 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the <strong>rxvt</strong>
440 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of
441 the program being executed if neither <em>-title</em> (<em>-T</em>) nor <em>-n</em> are
442 given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
443 on the command-line. If there is no <strong>-e</strong> option then the default is to
444 run the program specified by the <strong>SHELL</strong> environment variable or,
445 failing that, <em>sh(1)</em>.
446 </dd>
447 <dd>
448 <p>Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
449 run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:</p>
450 </dd>
451 <dd>
452 <pre>
453 rxvt -e sh -c &quot;shell commands&quot;</pre>
454 </dd>
455 <p></p>
456 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dtitle_text"><strong>-title</strong> <em>text</em></a></strong><br />
457 </dt>
458 <dd>
459 Window title (<strong>-T</strong> still respected); the default title is the basename
460 of the program specified after the <strong>-e</strong> option, if any, otherwise the
461 application name; resource <strong>title</strong>.
462 </dd>
463 <p></p>
464 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dn_text"><strong>-n</strong> <em>text</em></a></strong><br />
465 </dt>
466 <dd>
467 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
468 after the <strong>-e</strong> option, if any, otherwise the application name;
469 resource <strong>iconName</strong>.
470 </dd>
471 <p></p>
472 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dc"><strong>-C</strong></a></strong><br />
473 </dt>
474 <dd>
475 Capture system console messages.
476 </dd>
477 <p></p>
478 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dpt_style"><strong>-pt</strong> <em>style</em></a></strong><br />
479 </dt>
480 <dd>
481 Compile <em>XIM</em>: input style for input method; <strong>OverTheSpot</strong>,
482 <strong>OffTheSpot</strong>, <strong>Root</strong>; resource <strong>preeditType</strong>.
483 </dd>
484 <p></p>
485 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dim_text"><strong>-im</strong> <em>text</em></a></strong><br />
486 </dt>
487 <dd>
488 Compile <em>XIM</em>: input method name. resource <strong>inputMethod</strong>.
489 </dd>
490 <p></p>
491 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dimlocale_string"><strong>-imlocale</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
492 </dt>
493 <dd>
494 The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an <code>LC_CTYPE</code> of e.g.
495 <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code> for normal text processing but <code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code> for the
496 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
497 another locale. resource <strong>imLocale</strong>.
498 </dd>
499 <p></p>
500 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dimfont_fontset"><strong>-imfont</strong> <em>fontset</em></a></strong><br />
501 </dt>
502 <dd>
503 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource <strong>imFont</strong>
504 for more info.
505 </dd>
506 <p></p>
507 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dtcw"><strong>-tcw</strong></a></strong><br />
508 </dt>
509 <dd>
510 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
511 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
512 end of the logical line only. resource <strong>tripleclickwords</strong>.
513 </dd>
514 <p></p>
515 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dinsecure"><strong>-insecure</strong></a></strong><br />
516 </dt>
517 <dd>
518 Enable ``insecure'' mode, which currently enables most of the escape
519 sequences that echo strings. See the resource <strong>insecure</strong> for more
520 info.
521 </dd>
522 <p></p>
523 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dmod_modifier"><strong>-mod</strong> <em>modifier</em></a></strong><br />
524 </dt>
525 <dd>
526 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: <strong>alt</strong>,
527 <strong>meta</strong>, <strong>hyper</strong>, <strong>super</strong>, <strong>mod1</strong>, <strong>mod2</strong>, <strong>mod3</strong>, <strong>mod4</strong>,
528 <strong>mod5</strong>; resource <em>modifier</em>.
529 </dd>
530 <p></p>
531 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dssc_7c_2bssc"><strong>-ssc</strong>|<strong>+ssc</strong></a></strong><br />
532 </dt>
533 <dd>
534 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource
535 <strong>secondaryScreen</strong>.
536 </dd>
537 <p></p>
538 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dssr_7c_2bssr"><strong>-ssr</strong>|<strong>+ssr</strong></a></strong><br />
539 </dt>
540 <dd>
541 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
542 <strong>secondaryScroll</strong>.
543 </dd>
544 <p></p>
545 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dhold_7c_2bhold"><strong>-hold</strong>|<strong>+hold</strong></a></strong><br />
546 </dt>
547 <dd>
548 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, rxvt
549 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
550 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
551 user; resource <strong>hold</strong>.
552 </dd>
553 <p></p>
554 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dkeysym_2esym_string"><strong>-keysym.</strong><em>sym</em> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
555 </dt>
556 <dd>
557 Remap a key symbol. See resource <strong>keysym</strong>.
558 </dd>
559 <p></p>
560 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dembed_windowid"><strong>-embed</strong> <em>windowid</em></a></strong><br />
561 </dt>
562 <dd>
563 Tells rxvt to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
564 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
565 </dd>
566 <dd>
567 <p>Right now, rxvt will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
568 shouldn't be a top-level window. rxvt will also reconfigure it
569 quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
570 create an extra subwindow for rxvt and leave it alone.</p>
571 </dd>
572 <dd>
573 <p>The window will not be destroyed when rxvt exits.</p>
574 </dd>
575 <dd>
576 <p>It might be useful to know that rxvt will not close file
577 descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
578 can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
579 terminal. This works regardless of wether the <code>-embed</code> option was used or
580 not.</p>
581 </dd>
582 <dd>
583 <p>Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
584 used (a longer example is in <em>doc/embed</em>):</p>
585 </dd>
586 <dd>
587 <pre>
588 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
589 $rxvt-&gt;signal_connect_after (realize =&gt; sub {
590 my $xid = $_[0]-&gt;window-&gt;get_xid;
591 system &quot;rxvt -embed $xid &amp;&quot;;
592 });</pre>
593 </dd>
594 <p></p>
595 <dt><strong><a name="item__2dpty_2dfd_fileno"><strong>-pty-fd</strong> <em>fileno</em></a></strong><br />
596 </dt>
597 <dd>
598 Tells rxvt NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
599 pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is
600 useful if you want to drive rxvt as a generic terminal emulator
601 without having to run a program within it.
602 </dd>
603 <dd>
604 <p>If this switch is given, rxvt will not create any utmp/wtmp
605 entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
606 yourself if you want that.</p>
607 </dd>
608 <dd>
609 <p>Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
610 longer example is in <em>doc/pty-fd</em>):</p>
611 </dd>
612 <dd>
613 <pre>
614 use IO::Pty;
615 use Fcntl;</pre>
616 </dd>
617 <dd>
618 <pre>
619 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
620 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
621 system &quot;rxvt -pty-fd &quot; . (fileno $pty) . &quot;&amp;&quot;;
622 close $pty;</pre>
623 </dd>
624 <dd>
625 <pre>
626 # now communicate with rxvt
627 my $slave = $pty-&gt;slave;
628 while (&lt;$slave&gt;) { print $slave &quot;got &lt;$_&gt;\n&quot; }</pre>
629 </dd>
630 <p></p></dl>
631 <p>
632 </p>
633 <hr />
634 <h1><a name="resources__available_also_as_longoptions_">RESOURCES (available also as long-options)</a></h1>
635 <p>Note: `rxvt --help' gives a list of all resources (long
636 options) compiled into your version.</p>
637 <p>There are two different methods that rxvt can use to get the
638 Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal
639 Xresources reader (<strong>~/.Xdefaults</strong>). For the first method (ie.
640 <strong>rxvt -h</strong> lists <strong>XGetDefaults</strong>), you can set and change the
641 resources using X11 tools like <strong>xrdb</strong>. Many distribution do also load
642 settings from the <strong>~/.Xresources</strong> file when X starts. rxvt
643 will consult the following files/resources in order, with later settings
644 overwriting earlier ones:</p>
645 <pre>
646 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
647 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
648 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
649 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
650 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-&lt;nodename&gt;</pre>
651 <p>If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. <strong>rxvt -h</strong>
652 lists <strong>.Xdefaults</strong>) then <strong>rxvt</strong> accepts application defaults
653 set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually
654 <strong>/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt</strong>) and resources set in
655 <strong>~/.Xdefaults</strong>, or <strong>~/.Xresources</strong> if <strong>~/.Xdefaults</strong> does not exist.
656 Note that when reading X resources, <strong>rxvt</strong> recognizes two
657 class names: <strong>XTerm</strong> and <strong>URxvt</strong>. The class name <strong>Rxvt</strong> allows
658 resources common to both <strong>rxvt</strong> and the original <em>rxvt</em> to be
659 easily configured, while the class name <strong>URxvt</strong> allows resources
660 unique to <strong>rxvt</strong>, notably colours and key-handling, to be
661 shared between different <strong>rxvt</strong> configurations. If no
662 resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line
663 arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following
664 resources are allowed:</p>
665 <dl>
666 <dt><strong><a name="item_geometry_3a_geom"><strong>geometry:</strong> <em>geom</em></a></strong><br />
667 </dt>
668 <dd>
669 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
670 option <strong>-geometry</strong>.
671 </dd>
672 <p></p>
673 <dt><strong><a name="item_background_3a_colour"><strong>background:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
674 </dt>
675 <dd>
676 Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
677 White]; option <strong>-bg</strong>.
678 </dd>
679 <p></p>
680 <dt><strong><a name="item_foreground_3a_colour"><strong>foreground:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
681 </dt>
682 <dd>
683 Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
684 Black]; option <strong>-fg</strong>.
685 </dd>
686 <p></p>
687 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorn_3a_colour"><strong>color</strong><em>n</em><strong>:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
688 </dt>
689 <dd>
690 Use the specified colour for the colour value <em>n</em>, where 0-7
691 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
692 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
693 colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
694 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
695 names used are listed in the <strong>COLORS AND GRAPHICS</strong> section.
696 </dd>
697 <dd>
698 <p>Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
699 changed using an escape command (see rxvt(7)).</p>
700 </dd>
701 <dd>
702 <p>Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
703 88 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.</p>
704 </dd>
705 <p></p>
706 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorbd_3a_colour"><strong>colorBD:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
707 </dt>
708 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorit_3a_colour"><strong>colorIT:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
709 </dt>
710 <dd>
711 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
712 foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
713 (Compile <em>styles</em>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
714 </dd>
715 <p></p>
716 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorul_3a_colour"><strong>colorUL:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
717 </dt>
718 <dd>
719 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
720 foreground colour is the default.
721 </dd>
722 <p></p>
723 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorrv_3a_colour"><strong>colorRV:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
724 </dt>
725 <dd>
726 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
727 characters.
728 </dd>
729 <p></p>
730 <dt><strong><a name="item_underlinecolor_3a_colour"><strong>underlineColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
731 </dt>
732 <dd>
733 If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
734 itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
735 </dd>
736 <p></p>
737 <dt><strong><a name="item_cursorcolor_3a_colour"><strong>cursorColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
738 </dt>
739 <dd>
740 Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
741 foreground colour; option <strong>-cr</strong>.
742 </dd>
743 <p></p>
744 <dt><strong><a name="item_cursorcolor2_3a_colour"><strong>cursorColor2:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
745 </dt>
746 <dd>
747 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this to
748 take effect, <strong>cursorColor</strong> must also be specified. The default is to
749 use the background colour.
750 </dd>
751 <p></p>
752 <dt><strong><a name="item_reversevideo_3a_boolean"><strong>reverseVideo:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
753 </dt>
754 <dd>
755 <strong>True</strong>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
756 option <strong>-rv</strong>. <strong>False</strong>: regular screen colours [default]; option
757 <strong>+rv</strong>. See note in <strong>COLORS AND GRAPHICS</strong> section.
758 </dd>
759 <p></p>
760 <dt><strong><a name="item_jumpscroll_3a_boolean"><strong>jumpScroll:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
761 </dt>
762 <dd>
763 <strong>True</strong>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling
764 quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option <strong>-j</strong>.
765 <strong>False</strong>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option <strong>+j</strong>.
766 </dd>
767 <p></p>
768 <dt><strong><a name="item_inheritpixmap_3a_boolean"><strong>inheritPixmap:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
769 </dt>
770 <dd>
771 <strong>True</strong>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
772 artificial transparency. <strong>False</strong>: do not inherit the parent windows'
773 pixmap.
774 </dd>
775 <p></p>
776 <dt><strong><a name="item_fading_3a_number"><strong>fading:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
777 </dt>
778 <dd>
779 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option <strong>-fade</strong>.
780 </dd>
781 <p></p>
782 <dt><strong><a name="item_fadecolor_3a_colour"><strong>fadeColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
783 </dt>
784 <dd>
785 Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see <strong>fading:</strong>). The default
786 colour is black; option <strong>-fadecolor</strong>.
787 </dd>
788 <p></p>
789 <dt><strong><a name="item_tintcolor_3a_colour"><strong>tintColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
790 </dt>
791 <dd>
792 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
793 <strong>-tint</strong>.
794 </dd>
795 <p></p>
796 <dt><strong><a name="item_shading_3a_number"><strong>shading:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
797 </dt>
798 <dd>
799 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background
800 image in addition to tinting it.
801 </dd>
802 <p></p>
803 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollcolor_3a_colour"><strong>scrollColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
804 </dt>
805 <dd>
806 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
807 </dd>
808 <p></p>
809 <dt><strong><a name="item_troughcolor_3a_colour"><strong>troughColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
810 </dt>
811 <dd>
812 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
813 #969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
814 </dd>
815 <p></p>
816 <dt><strong><a name="item_bordercolor_3a_colour"><strong>borderColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
817 </dt>
818 <dd>
819 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
820 and the text.
821 </dd>
822 <p></p>
823 <dt><strong><a name="item_backgroundpixmap_3a_file_5b_3bgeom_5d"><strong>backgroundPixmap:</strong> <em>file[;geom]</em></a></strong><br />
824 </dt>
825 <dd>
826 Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
827 the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
828 string <strong>WxH+X+Y</strong>, in which <strong>``W'' / ``H''</strong> specify the
829 horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and <strong>``X'' / ``Y''</strong> locate the image
830 centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
831 of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
832 specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
833 be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
834 scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
835 </dd>
836 <p></p>
837 <dt><strong><a name="item_menu_3a_file_5b_3btag_5d"><strong>menu:</strong> <em>file[;tag]</em></a></strong><br />
838 </dt>
839 <dd>
840 Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
841 optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
842 reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
843 </dd>
844 <p></p>
845 <dt><strong><a name="item_path_3a_path"><strong>path:</strong> <em>path</em></a></strong><br />
846 </dt>
847 <dd>
848 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
849 menus), in addition to the paths specified by the <strong>RXVTPATH</strong> and
850 <strong>PATH</strong> environment variables.
851 </dd>
852 <p></p>
853 <dt><strong><a name="item_font_3a_fontlist"><strong>font:</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
854 </dt>
855 <dd>
856 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font
857 names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.
858 The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
859 be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always
860 appended to it. option <strong>-fn</strong>.
861 </dd>
862 <dd>
863 <p>Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
864 optional prefix <code>x:</code> or a Xft font (Compile <em>xft</em>), prefixed with <code>xft:</code>.</p>
865 </dd>
866 <dd>
867 <p>In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
868 specifications enclosed in square brackets (<code>[]</code>). The only available
869 hint currently is <code>codeset=codeset-name</code>, and this is only used for Xft
870 fonts.</p>
871 </dd>
872 <dd>
873 <p>For example, this font resource</p>
874 </dd>
875 <dd>
876 <pre>
877 URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\
878 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
879 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
880 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
881 xft:Code2000:antialias=false</pre>
882 </dd>
883 <dd>
884 <p>specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is <code>9x15bold</code> (actually
885 the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
886 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
887 wide and 15 pixels high.</p>
888 </dd>
889 <dd>
890 <p>The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
891 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
892 the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
893 useful supplement.</p>
894 </dd>
895 <dd>
896 <p>The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
897 are limited to the <strong>JIS 0208</strong> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
898 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.</p>
899 </dd>
900 <dd>
901 <p>The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
902 remaining unicode characters.</p>
903 </dd>
904 <p></p>
905 <dt><strong><a name="item_boldfont_3a_fontlist"><strong>boldFont:</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
906 </dt>
907 <dt><strong><a name="item_italicfont_3a_fontlist"><strong>italicFont:</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
908 </dt>
909 <dt><strong><a name="item_bolditalicfont_3a_fontlist"><strong>boldItalicFont:</strong> <em>fontlist</em></a></strong><br />
910 </dt>
911 <dd>
912 The font list to use for displaying <strong>bold</strong>, <em>italic</em> or <strong><em>bold
913 italic</em> </strong>&gt; characters, respectively.
914 </dd>
915 <dd>
916 <p>If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
917 <strong>font</strong>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
918 it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
919 italic.</p>
920 </dd>
921 <dd>
922 <p>If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
923 ``morphing'' the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
924 not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.</p>
925 </dd>
926 <dd>
927 <p>If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
928 text font will being used for the given style.</p>
929 </dd>
930 <p></p>
931 <dt><strong><a name="item_intensitystyles_3a_boolean"><strong>intensityStyles:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
932 </dt>
933 <dd>
934 When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (<strong>True</strong>,
935 option <strong>-is</strong>, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high
936 intensity foreground/backround colours. Disabling this option (<strong>False</strong>,
937 option <strong>+is</strong>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
938 reachable.
939 </dd>
940 <p></p>
941 <dt><strong><a name="item_selectstyle_3a_mode"><strong>selectstyle:</strong> <em>mode</em></a></strong><br />
942 </dt>
943 <dd>
944 Set mouse selection style to <strong>old</strong> which is 2.20, <strong>oldword</strong> which is
945 xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
946 xterm style selection.
947 </dd>
948 <p></p>
949 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollstyle_3a_mode"><strong>scrollstyle:</strong> <em>mode</em></a></strong><br />
950 </dt>
951 <dd>
952 Set scrollbar style to <strong>rxvt</strong>, <strong>plain</strong>, <strong>next</strong> or <strong>xterm</strong>. <strong>plain</strong> is
953 the author's favourite.
954 </dd>
955 <p></p>
956 <dt><strong><a name="item_title_3a_string"><strong>title:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
957 </dt>
958 <dd>
959 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
960 specified after the <strong>-e</strong> option, if any, otherwise the application
961 name; option <strong>-title</strong>.
962 </dd>
963 <p></p>
964 <dt><strong><a name="item_iconname_3a_string"><strong>iconName:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
965 </dt>
966 <dd>
967 Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon
968 manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is explicitly
969 set; option <strong>-n</strong>.
970 </dd>
971 <p></p>
972 <dt><strong><a name="item_mapalert_3a_boolean"><strong>mapAlert:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
973 </dt>
974 <dd>
975 <strong>True</strong>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. <strong>False</strong>: no
976 de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
977 </dd>
978 <p></p>
979 <dt><strong><a name="item_visualbell_3a_boolean"><strong>visualBell:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
980 </dt>
981 <dd>
982 <strong>True</strong>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option <strong>-vb</strong>.
983 <strong>False</strong>: no visual bell [default]; option <strong>+vb</strong>.
984 </dd>
985 <p></p>
986 <dt><strong><a name="item_loginshell_3a_boolean"><strong>loginShell:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
987 </dt>
988 <dd>
989 <strong>True</strong>: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to <strong>argv[0]</strong> of
990 the shell; option <strong>-ls</strong>. <strong>False</strong>: start as a normal sub-shell
991 [default]; option <strong>+ls</strong>.
992 </dd>
993 <p></p>
994 <dt><strong><a name="item_utmpinhibit_3a_boolean"><strong>utmpInhibit:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
995 </dt>
996 <dd>
997 <strong>True</strong>: inhibit writing record into the system log file <strong>utmp</strong>;
998 option <strong>-ut</strong>. <strong>False</strong>: write record into the system log file <strong>utmp</strong>
999 [default]; option <strong>+ut</strong>.
1000 </dd>
1001 <p></p>
1002 <dt><strong><a name="item_print_2dpipe_3a_string"><strong>print-pipe:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
1003 </dt>
1004 <dd>
1005 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default <em>lpr(1)</em>]. Use
1006 <strong>Print</strong> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and <strong>Ctrl-Print</strong> or
1007 <strong>Shift-Print</strong> to include the scrollback as well.
1008 </dd>
1009 <dd>
1010 <p>The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.</p>
1011 </dd>
1012 <dd>
1013 <p>Example:</p>
1014 </dd>
1015 <dd>
1016 <pre>
1017 URxvt*print-pipe: cat &gt; $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)</pre>
1018 </dd>
1019 <dd>
1020 <p>This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
1021 everytime you hit <code>Print</code>.</p>
1022 </dd>
1023 <p></p>
1024 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollbar_3a_boolean"><strong>scrollBar:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1025 </dt>
1026 <dd>
1027 <strong>True</strong>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option <strong>-sb</strong>. <strong>False</strong>:
1028 disable the scrollbar; option <strong>+sb</strong>.
1029 </dd>
1030 <p></p>
1031 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollbar_right_3a_boolean"><strong>scrollBar_right:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1032 </dt>
1033 <dd>
1034 <strong>True</strong>: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option <strong>-sr</strong>.
1035 <strong>False</strong>: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option <strong>+sr</strong>.
1036 </dd>
1037 <p></p>
1038 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollbar_floating_3a_boolean"><strong>scrollBar_floating:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1039 </dt>
1040 <dd>
1041 <strong>True</strong>: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option <strong>-st</strong>.
1042 <strong>False</strong>: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option <strong>+st</strong>.
1043 </dd>
1044 <p></p>
1045 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollbar_align_3a_mode"><strong>scrollBar_align:</strong> <em>mode</em></a></strong><br />
1046 </dt>
1047 <dd>
1048 Align the <strong>top</strong>, <strong>bottom</strong> or <strong>centre</strong> [default] of the scrollbar
1049 thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
1050 </dd>
1051 <p></p>
1052 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollttyoutput_3a_boolean"><strong>scrollTtyOutput:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1053 </dt>
1054 <dd>
1055 <strong>True</strong>: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option <strong>-si</strong>.
1056 <strong>False</strong>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
1057 <strong>+si</strong>.
1058 </dd>
1059 <p></p>
1060 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollwithbuffer_3a_boolean"><strong>scrollWithBuffer:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1061 </dt>
1062 <dd>
1063 <strong>True</strong>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
1064 <strong>scrollTtyOutput</strong> is False); option <strong>-sw</strong>. <strong>False</strong>: do not scroll
1065 with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option <strong>+sw</strong>.
1066 </dd>
1067 <p></p>
1068 <dt><strong><a name="item_scrollttykeypress_3a_boolean"><strong>scrollTtyKeypress:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1069 </dt>
1070 <dd>
1071 <strong>True</strong>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
1072 are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
1073 are not passed onto the shell; option <strong>-sk</strong>. <strong>False</strong>: do not scroll to
1074 bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option <strong>+sk</strong>.
1075 </dd>
1076 <p></p>
1077 <dt><strong><a name="item_savelines_3a_number"><strong>saveLines:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
1078 </dt>
1079 <dd>
1080 Save <em>number</em> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
1081 resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option <strong>-sl</strong>.
1082 </dd>
1083 <p></p>
1084 <dt><strong><a name="item_internalborder_3a_number"><strong>internalBorder:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
1085 </dt>
1086 <dd>
1087 Internal border of <em>number</em> pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
1088 option <strong>-b</strong>.
1089 </dd>
1090 <p></p>
1091 <dt><strong><a name="item_externalborder_3a_number"><strong>externalBorder:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
1092 </dt>
1093 <dd>
1094 External border of <em>number</em> pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
1095 option <strong>-w</strong>, <strong>-bw</strong>, <strong>-borderwidth</strong>.
1096 </dd>
1097 <p></p>
1098 <dt><strong><a name="item_borderless_3a_boolean"><strong>borderLess:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1099 </dt>
1100 <dd>
1101 Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
1102 WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option <strong>-bl</strong>.
1103 </dd>
1104 <p></p>
1105 <dt><strong><a name="item_termname_3a_termname"><strong>termName:</strong> <em>termname</em></a></strong><br />
1106 </dt>
1107 <dd>
1108 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the <strong>TERM</strong> environment
1109 variable; option <strong>-tn</strong>.
1110 </dd>
1111 <p></p>
1112 <dt><strong><a name="item_linespace_3a_number"><strong>linespace:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
1113 </dt>
1114 <dd>
1115 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
1116 the display [default 0]; option <strong>-lsp</strong>.
1117 </dd>
1118 <p></p>
1119 <dt><strong><a name="item_meta8_3a_boolean"><strong>meta8:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1120 </dt>
1121 <dd>
1122 <strong>True</strong>: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. <strong>False</strong>:
1123 handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
1124 </dd>
1125 <p></p>
1126 <dt><strong><a name="item_mousewheelscrollpage_3a_boolean"><strong>mouseWheelScrollPage:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1127 </dt>
1128 <dd>
1129 <strong>True</strong>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. <strong>False</strong>: the mouse wheel
1130 scrolls five lines [default].
1131 </dd>
1132 <p></p>
1133 <dt><strong><a name="item_pastabletabs_3a_boolean"><strong>pastableTabs:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1134 </dt>
1135 <dd>
1136 <strong>True</strong>: store tabs as wide characters. <strong>False</strong>: interpret tabs as cursor
1137 movement only; option <code>-ptab</code>.
1138 </dd>
1139 <p></p>
1140 <dt><strong><a name="item_cursorblink_3a_boolean"><strong>cursorBlink:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1141 </dt>
1142 <dd>
1143 <strong>True</strong>: blink the cursor. <strong>False</strong>: do not blink the cursor [default];
1144 option <strong>-bc</strong>.
1145 </dd>
1146 <p></p>
1147 <dt><strong><a name="item_pointerblank_3a_boolean"><strong>pointerBlank:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1148 </dt>
1149 <dd>
1150 <strong>True</strong>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
1151 of seconds of inactivity. <strong>False</strong>: the pointer is always visible
1152 [default].
1153 </dd>
1154 <p></p>
1155 <dt><strong><a name="item_pointercolor_3a_colour"><strong>pointerColor:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
1156 </dt>
1157 <dd>
1158 Mouse pointer foreground colour.
1159 </dd>
1160 <p></p>
1161 <dt><strong><a name="item_pointercolor2_3a_colour"><strong>pointerColor2:</strong> <em>colour</em></a></strong><br />
1162 </dt>
1163 <dd>
1164 Mouse pointer background colour.
1165 </dd>
1166 <p></p>
1167 <dt><strong><a name="item_pointerblankdelay_3a_number"><strong>pointerBlankDelay:</strong> <em>number</em></a></strong><br />
1168 </dt>
1169 <dd>
1170 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
1171 large number (e.g. <code>987654321</code>) to effectively disable the timeout.
1172 </dd>
1173 <p></p>
1174 <dt><strong><a name="item_backspacekey_3a_string"><strong>backspacekey:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
1175 </dt>
1176 <dd>
1177 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to <strong>DEC</strong>
1178 or unset it will send <strong>Delete</strong> (code 127) or, if shifted, <strong>Backspace</strong>
1179 (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
1180 escape sequence.
1181 </dd>
1182 <p></p>
1183 <dt><strong><a name="item_deletekey_3a_string"><strong>deletekey:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
1184 </dt>
1185 <dd>
1186 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
1187 pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
1188 with the <strong>Execute</strong> key.
1189 </dd>
1190 <p></p>
1191 <dt><strong><a name="item_cutchars_3a_string"><strong>cutchars:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
1192 </dt>
1193 <dd>
1194 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The
1195 built-in default:
1196 </dd>
1197 <dd>
1198 <p><strong>BACKSLASH ```'&amp;()*,;&lt;=</strong>?@[]{|} &gt;&gt;</p>
1199 </dd>
1200 <p></p>
1201 <dt><strong><a name="item_preedittype_3a_style"><strong>preeditType:</strong> <em>style</em></a></strong><br />
1202 </dt>
1203 <dd>
1204 <strong>OverTheSpot</strong>, <strong>OffTheSpot</strong>, <strong>Root</strong>; option <strong>-pt</strong>.
1205 </dd>
1206 <p></p>
1207 <dt><strong><a name="item_inputmethod_3a_name"><strong>inputMethod:</strong> <em>name</em></a></strong><br />
1208 </dt>
1209 <dd>
1210 <em>name</em> of inputMethod to use; option <strong>-im</strong>.
1211 </dd>
1212 <p></p>
1213 <dt><strong><a name="item_imlocale_3a_name"><strong>imLocale:</strong> <em>name</em></a></strong><br />
1214 </dt>
1215 <dd>
1216 The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an <code>LC_CTYPE</code> of e.g.
1217 <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code> for normal text processing but <code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code> for the
1218 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
1219 another locale. option <strong>-imlocale</strong>.
1220 </dd>
1221 <p></p>
1222 <dt><strong><a name="item_imfont_3a_fontset"><strong>imFont:</strong> <em>fontset</em></a></strong><br />
1223 </dt>
1224 <dd>
1225 Specify the font-set used for XIM styles <code>OverTheSpot</code> or
1226 <code>OffTheSpot</code>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
1227 by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1228 in rxvt. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1229 found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1230 option <strong>-imfont</strong>.
1231 </dd>
1232 <p></p>
1233 <dt><strong><a name="item_tripleclickwords_3a_boolean"><strong>tripleclickwords:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1234 </dt>
1235 <dd>
1236 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1237 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1238 the end of the logical line only. option <strong>-tcw</strong>.
1239 </dd>
1240 <p></p>
1241 <dt><strong><a name="item_insecure_3a_boolean"><strong>insecure:</strong> <em>boolean</em></a></strong><br />
1242 </dt>
1243 <dd>
1244 Enables ``insecure'' mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
1245 echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
1246 abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
1247 through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
1248 <code>write(1)</code> or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
1249 default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
1250 sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
1251 </dd>
1252 <dd>
1253 <p>You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
1254 <strong>-insecure</strong> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1255 locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests as well as dynamic
1256 menubar dispatch.</p>
1257 </dd>
1258 <p></p>
1259 <dt><strong><a name="item_modifier_3a_modifier"><strong>modifier:</strong> <em>modifier</em></a></strong><br />
1260 </dt>
1261 <dd>
1262 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: <strong>alt</strong>, <strong>meta</strong>,
1263 <strong>hyper</strong>, <strong>super</strong>, <strong>mod1</strong>, <strong>mod2</strong>, <strong>mod3</strong>, <strong>mod4</strong>, <strong>mod5</strong>; option
1264 <strong>-mod</strong>.
1265 </dd>
1266 <p></p>
1267 <dt><strong><a name="item_answerbackstring_3a_string"><strong>answerbackString:</strong> <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
1268 </dt>
1269 <dd>
1270 Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
1271 character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
1272 in the entry on <strong>keysym</strong> following.
1273 </dd>
1274 <p></p>
1275 <dt><strong><a name="item_secondaryscreen_3a_bool"><strong>secondaryScreen:</strong> <em>bool</em></a></strong><br />
1276 </dt>
1277 <dd>
1278 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
1279 </dd>
1280 <p></p>
1281 <dt><strong><a name="item_secondaryscroll_3a_bool"><strong>secondaryScroll:</strong> <em>bool</em></a></strong><br />
1282 </dt>
1283 <dd>
1284 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this
1285 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
1286 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
1287 instead scroll the screen up.
1288 </dd>
1289 <p></p>
1290 <dt><strong><a name="item_hold_3a_bool"><strong>hold</strong>: <em>bool</em></a></strong><br />
1291 </dt>
1292 <dd>
1293 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, rxvt
1294 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1295 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1296 user.
1297 </dd>
1298 <p></p>
1299 <dt><strong><a name="item_keysym_2esym_3a_string"><strong>keysym.</strong><em>sym</em>: <em>string</em></a></strong><br />
1300 </dt>
1301 <dd>
1302 Compile <em>frills</em>: Associate <em>string</em> with keysym <em>sym</em>. The
1303 intervening resource name <strong>keysym.</strong> cannot be omitted.
1304 </dd>
1305 <dd>
1306 <p>The format of <em>sym</em> is ``<em>(modifiers-)key</em>'', where <em>modifiers</em> can be
1307 any combination of <strong>ISOLevel3</strong>, <strong>AppKeypad</strong>, <strong>Control</strong>, <strong>NumLock</strong>,
1308 <strong>Shift</strong>, <strong>Meta</strong>, <strong>Lock</strong>, <strong>Mod1</strong>, <strong>Mod2</strong>, <strong>Mod3</strong>, <strong>Mod4</strong>, <strong>Mod5</strong>,
1309 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>,
1310 <strong>2</strong>, <strong>3</strong>, <strong>4</strong>, <strong>5</strong>.</p>
1311 </dd>
1312 <dd>
1313 <p>The <strong>NumLock</strong>, <strong>Meta</strong> and <strong>ISOLevel3</strong> modifiers are usually aliased to
1314 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
1315 keys are being mapped. <strong>AppKeypad</strong> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1316 current application keymap mode state.</p>
1317 </dd>
1318 <dd>
1319 <p>The spellings of <em>key</em> can be obtained by using <strong>xev</strong>(1) command or
1320 searching keysym macros from <strong>/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h</strong> and
1321 omitting the prefix <strong>XK_</strong>. Alternatively you can specify <em>key</em> by its hex
1322 keysym value (<strong>0x0000 - 0xFFFF</strong>). Note that the lookup of <em>sym</em>s is not
1323 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.</p>
1324 </dd>
1325 <dd>
1326 <p><em>string</em> may contain escape values (<code>\a</code>: bell, <code>\b</code>: backspace,
1327 <code>\e</code>, <code>\E</code>: escape, <code>\n</code>: newline, <code>\r</code>: carriage return, <code>\t</code>: tab,
1328 <code>\000</code>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (<code>^?</code>: delete,
1329 <code>^@</code>: null, <code>^A</code> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
1330 can start or end with whitespace.</p>
1331 </dd>
1332 <dd>
1333 <p>Please note that you need to double the <code>\</code> when using
1334 <code>--enable-xgetdefault</code>, as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you can
1335 use <code>\033</code> instead of <code>\e</code> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and
1336 rxvt's own processing).</p>
1337 </dd>
1338 <dd>
1339 <p>You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a <em>string</em>
1340 with pattern <strong>list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX</strong>, where the delimeter `/'
1341 should be a character not used by the strings.</p>
1342 </dd>
1343 <dd>
1344 <p>Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:</p>
1345 </dd>
1346 <dd>
1347 <pre>
1348 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033&lt;M-C-|abc|&gt;</pre>
1349 </dd>
1350 <dd>
1351 <p>The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:</p>
1352 </dd>
1353 <dd>
1354 <pre>
1355 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033&lt;M-C-a&gt;
1356 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033&lt;M-C-b&gt;
1357 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033&lt;M-C-c&gt;</pre>
1358 </dd>
1359 <dd>
1360 <p>If <em>string</em> takes the form of <code>command:STRING</code>, the specified <strong>STRING</strong>
1361 is interpreted and executed as rxvt's control sequence. For
1362 example the following means ``change the current locale to <code>zh_CN.GBK</code>
1363 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed'':</p>
1364 </dd>
1365 <dd>
1366 <pre>
1367 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007</pre>
1368 </dd>
1369 <dd>
1370 <p>Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1371 will match if at <em>at least</em> the specified identifiers are being set, and
1372 no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1373 means that defining a key map for <code>a</code> will automatically provide
1374 definitions for <code>Meta-a</code>, <code>Shift-a</code> and so on, unless some of those are defined
1375 mappings themselves.</p>
1376 </dd>
1377 <dd>
1378 <p>Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1379 if you overwrite the <code>Insert</code> key you will disable rxvt's
1380 <code>Shift-Insert</code> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke ``holes'' into the
1381 user-defined keymap using the <code>builtin:</code> replacement:</p>
1382 </dd>
1383 <dd>
1384 <pre>
1385 URxvt.keysym.Insert: &lt;my insert key sequence&gt;
1386 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:</pre>
1387 </dd>
1388 <dd>
1389 <p>The first line defines a mapping for <code>Insert</code> and <em>any</em> combination
1390 of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1391 <code>Shift-Insert</code>.</p>
1392 </dd>
1393 <dd>
1394 <p>The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
1395 the fonts <code>suxuseuro</code> and <code>9x15bold</code>, so you can have some limited
1396 font-switching at runtime:</p>
1397 </dd>
1398 <dd>
1399 <pre>
1400 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
1401 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007</pre>
1402 </dd>
1403 <dd>
1404 <p>Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see <code>rxvt(7)</code> for more
1405 info):</p>
1406 </dd>
1407 <dd>
1408 <pre>
1409 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
1410 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t</pre>
1411 </dd>
1412 <p></p></dl>
1413 <p>
1414 </p>
1415 <hr />
1416 <h1><a name="the_scrollbar">THE SCROLLBAR</a></h1>
1417 <p>Lines of text that scroll off the top of the <strong>rxvt</strong> window
1418 (resource: <strong>saveLines</strong>) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar
1419 or by keystrokes. The normal <strong>rxvt</strong> scrollbar has arrows and
1420 its behaviour is fairly intuitive. The <strong>xterm-scrollbar</strong> is without
1421 arrows and its behaviour mimics that of <em>xterm</em></p>
1422 <p>Scroll down with <strong>Button1</strong> (<strong>xterm-scrollbar</strong>) or <strong>Shift-Next</strong>.
1423 Scroll up with <strong>Button3</strong> (<strong>xterm-scrollbar</strong>) or <strong>Shift-Prior</strong>.
1424 Continuous scroll with <strong>Button2</strong>.</p>
1425 <p>
1426 </p>
1427 <hr />
1428 <h1><a name="mouse_reporting">MOUSE REPORTING</a></h1>
1429 <p>To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
1430 the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
1431 (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.</p>
1432 <p>If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
1433 disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
1434 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends <strong>ESC [ 6 ~</strong>
1435 (Next) and <strong>ESC [ 5 ~</strong> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1436 up and down arrows sends <strong>ESC [ A</strong> (Up) and <strong>ESC [ B</strong> (Down),
1437 respectively.</p>
1438 <p>
1439 </p>
1440 <hr />
1441 <h1><a name="text_selection_and_insertion">TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION</a></h1>
1442 <p>The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
1443 <em>xterm</em>(1).</p>
1444 <dl>
1445 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_3a"><strong>Selection</strong>:</a></strong><br />
1446 </dt>
1447 <dd>
1448 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1449 and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1450 to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1451 (which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1452 <strong>tripleclickwords</strong>.
1453 </dd>
1454 <dd>
1455 <p>Starting a selection while pressing the <strong>Meta</strong> key (or <strong>Meta+Ctrl</strong> keys)
1456 (Compile: <em>frills</em>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1457 normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1458 selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1459 the selection.</p>
1460 </dd>
1461 <p></p>
1462 <dt><strong><a name="item_insertion_3a"><strong>Insertion</strong>:</a></strong><br />
1463 </dt>
1464 <dd>
1465 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or <strong>Shift-Insert</strong>) in
1466 an <strong>rxvt</strong> window causes the current text selection to be
1467 inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1468 </dd>
1469 <p></p></dl>
1470 <p>
1471 </p>
1472 <hr />
1473 <h1><a name="changing_fonts">CHANGING FONTS</a></h1>
1474 <p>Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
1475 supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.</p>
1476 <p>You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and
1477 therefore using the menubar), e.g.:</p>
1478 <pre>
1479 printf '\e]710;%s\007' &quot;9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic&quot;</pre>
1480 <p>rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.</p>
1481 <p>
1482 </p>
1483 <hr />
1484 <h1><a name="iso_14755_support">ISO 14755 SUPPORT</a></h1>
1485 <p>ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1486 and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1487 first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1488 <code>--enable-frills</code>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1489 with <code>--enable-iso14755</code>.</p>
1490 <ul>
1491 <li><strong><a name="item_5_2e1_3a_basic_method">5.1: Basic method</a></strong><br />
1492 </li>
1493 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1494 <p>Start by pressing and holding both <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code>, then enter
1495 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code> will
1496 commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1497 <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code> you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1498 <code>Space</code>, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1499 one.</p>
1500 <p>As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e-mail
1501 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
1502 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. <code>671d 65e5</code>. You can enter this easily
1503 by pressing <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code>, followed by <code>6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5</code>,
1504 followed by releasing the modifier keys.</p>
1505 <p></p>
1506 <li><strong><a name="item_5_2e2_3a_keyboard_symbols_entry_method">5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method</a></strong><br />
1507 </li>
1508 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1509 your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1510 <p>Start by pressing <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code> together, then releasing
1511 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1512 invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1513 keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1514 released, otherwise pressing e.g. <code>Shift</code> would enter the symbol for
1515 <code>ISO Level 2 Switch</code>, although your intention might have been to enter a
1516 reverse tab (Shift-Tab).</p>
1517 <p></p>
1518 <li><strong><a name="item_5_2e3_3a_screen_2dselection_entry_method">5.3: Screen-selection entry method</a></strong><br />
1519 </li>
1520 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1521 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1522 <p></p>
1523 <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 />
1524 </li>
1525 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1526 characters already displayed.
1527 <p>You enter this mode by holding down <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code> together, then
1528 pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1529 hex <code>code(s)</code> (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1530 pointer is displayed until you release <code>Control</code> and <code>Shift</code>.</p>
1531 <p>In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1532 character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1533 combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1534 always be drawn using the built-in support font.</p>
1535 <p></p></ul>
1536 <p>With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1537 both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.</p>
1538 <p>
1539 </p>
1540 <hr />
1541 <h1><a name="login_stamp">LOGIN STAMP</a></h1>
1542 <p><strong>rxvt</strong> tries to write an entry into the <em>utmp</em>(5) file so that
1543 it can be seen via the <em>who(1)</em> command, and can accept messages. To
1544 allow this feature, <strong>rxvt</strong> may need to be installed setuid root
1545 on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.</p>
1546 <p>
1547 </p>
1548 <hr />
1549 <h1><a name="colors_and_graphics">COLORS AND GRAPHICS</a></h1>
1550 <p>In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1551 <strong>rxvt</strong> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus
1552 high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
1553 colours with their <strong>rgb.txt</strong> names.</p>
1554 <table>
1555 <tr><td>color0</td><td>(black)</td><td>= Black</td></tr>
1556 <tr><td>color1</td><td>(red)</td><td>= Red3</td></tr>
1557 <tr><td>color2</td><td>(green)</td><td>= Green3</td></tr>
1558 <tr><td>color3</td><td>(yellow)</td><td>= Yellow3</td></tr>
1559 <tr><td>color4</td><td>(blue)</td><td>= Blue3</td></tr>
1560 <tr><td>color5</td><td>(magenta)</td><td>= Magenta3</td></tr>
1561 <tr><td>color6</td><td>(cyan)</td><td>= Cyan3</td></tr>
1562 <tr><td>color7</td><td>(white)</td><td>= AntiqueWhite</td></tr>
1563 <tr><td>color8</td><td>(bright black)</td><td>= Grey25</td></tr>
1564 <tr><td>color9</td><td>(bright red)</td><td>= Red</td></tr>
1565 <tr><td>color10</td><td>(bright green)</td><td>= Green</td></tr>
1566 <tr><td>color11</td><td>(bright yellow)</td><td>= Yellow</td></tr>
1567 <tr><td>color12</td><td>(bright blue)</td><td>= Blue</td></tr>
1568 <tr><td>color13</td><td>(bright magenta)</td><td>= Magenta</td></tr>
1569 <tr><td>color14</td><td>(bright cyan)</td><td>= Cyan</td></tr>
1570 <tr><td>color15</td><td>(bright white)</td><td>= White</td></tr>
1571 <tr><td>foreground</td><td></td><td>= Black</td></tr>
1572 <tr><td>background</td><td></td><td>= White</td></tr>
1573 </table><p>It is also possible to specify the colour values of <strong>foreground</strong>,
1574 <strong>background</strong>, <strong>cursorColor</strong>, <strong>cursorColor2</strong>, <strong>colorBD</strong>, <strong>colorUL</strong> as
1575 a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1576 color0-color15.</p>
1577 <p>Note that <strong>-rv</strong> (<strong>``reverseVideo: True''</strong>) simulates reverse video by
1578 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1579 <em>xterm</em>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1580 been specified. For example,</p>
1581 <dl>
1582 <dt><strong><a name="item_rxvt__2dfg_black__2dbg_white__2drv"><strong>rxvt -fg Black -bg White -rv</strong></a></strong><br />
1583 </dt>
1584 <dd>
1585 would yield White on Black, while on <em>xterm</em>(1) it would yield Black
1586 on White.
1587 </dd>
1588 <p></p></dl>
1589 <p>
1590 </p>
1591 <hr />
1592 <h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
1593 <p><strong>rxvt</strong> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:</p>
1594 <dl>
1595 <dt><strong><a name="item_term"><strong>TERM</strong></a></strong><br />
1596 </dt>
1597 <dd>
1598 Normally set to <code>rxvt-unicode</code>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1599 resources or on the commandline.
1600 </dd>
1601 <p></p>
1602 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorterm"><strong>COLORTERM</strong></a></strong><br />
1603 </dt>
1604 <dd>
1605 Either <code>rxvt</code>, <code>rxvt-xpm</code>, depending on wether rxvt was
1606 compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension
1607 <code>-mono</code> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1608 </dd>
1609 <p></p>
1610 <dt><strong><a name="item_colorfgbg"><strong>COLORFGBG</strong></a></strong><br />
1611 </dt>
1612 <dd>
1613 Set to a string of the form <code>fg;bg</code> or <code>fg;xpm;bg</code>, where <code>fg</code> is
1614 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1615 <code>default</code> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1616 used), <code>bg</code> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1617 string <code>default</code>), and <code>xpm</code> is the string <code>default</code> if rxvt
1618 was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like <code>ncurses</code> and <code>slang</code> can
1619 (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1620 </dd>
1621 <p></p>
1622 <dt><strong><a name="item_windowid"><strong>WINDOWID</strong></a></strong><br />
1623 </dt>
1624 <dd>
1625 Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the rxvt window (the toplevel
1626 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1627 window and so on).
1628 </dd>
1629 <p></p>
1630 <dt><strong><a name="item_terminfo"><strong>TERMINFO</strong></a></strong><br />
1631 </dt>
1632 <dd>
1633 Set to the terminfo directory iff rxvt was configured with
1634 <code>--with-terminfo=PATH</code>.
1635 </dd>
1636 <p></p>
1637 <dt><strong><a name="item_display"><strong>DISPLAY</strong></a></strong><br />
1638 </dt>
1639 <dd>
1640 Used by rxvt to connect to the display and set to the correct
1641 display in it's child processes.
1642 </dd>
1643 <p></p>
1644 <dt><strong><a name="item_shell"><strong>SHELL</strong></a></strong><br />
1645 </dt>
1646 <dd>
1647 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to <code>/bin/sh</code>.
1648 </dd>
1649 <p></p>
1650 <dt><strong><a name="item_rxvtpath"><strong>RXVTPATH</strong></a></strong><br />
1651 </dt>
1652 <dd>
1653 The path where rxvt looks for support files such as menu and xpm
1654 files.
1655 </dd>
1656 <p></p>
1657 <dt><strong><a name="item_path"><strong>PATH</strong></a></strong><br />
1658 </dt>
1659 <dd>
1660 Used in the same way as <a href="#item_rxvtpath"><code>RXVTPATH</code></a>.
1661 </dd>
1662 <p></p>
1663 <dt><strong><a name="item_rxvt_socket"><strong>RXVT_SOCKET</strong></a></strong><br />
1664 </dt>
1665 <dd>
1666 The unix domain socket path used by <code>rxvtc(1)</code> and
1667 rxvtd(1).
1668 </dd>
1669 <dd>
1670 <p>Default <em>$HOME/.rxvt-unicode-<em>&lt;nodename </em></em> &gt;&gt;&gt;.</p>
1671 </dd>
1672 <p></p>
1673 <dt><strong><a name="item_home"><strong>HOME</strong></a></strong><br />
1674 </dt>
1675 <dd>
1676 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1677 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1678 <code>.Xdefaults</code>)
1679 </dd>
1680 <p></p>
1681 <dt><strong><a name="item_xapplresdir"><strong>XAPPLRESDIR</strong></a></strong><br />
1682 </dt>
1683 <dd>
1684 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1685 </dd>
1686 <p></p>
1687 <dt><strong><a name="item_xenvironment"><strong>XENVIRONMENT</strong></a></strong><br />
1688 </dt>
1689 <dd>
1690 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1691 rxvt.
1692 </dd>
1693 <p></p></dl>
1694 <p>
1695 </p>
1696 <hr />
1697 <h1><a name="files">FILES</a></h1>
1698 <dl>
1699 <dt><strong><a name="item__2fusr_2flib_2fx11_2frgb_2etxt"><strong>/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt</strong></a></strong><br />
1700 </dt>
1701 <dd>
1702 Color names.
1703 </dd>
1704 <p></p></dl>
1705 <p>
1706 </p>
1707 <hr />
1708 <h1><a name="see_also">SEE ALSO</a></h1>
1709 <p>rxvt(7), rxvtc(1), rxvtd(1), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), <code>utmp(5)</code></p>
1710 <p>
1711 </p>
1712 <hr />
1713 <h1><a name="current_project_coordinator">CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR</a></h1>
1714 <dl>
1715 <dt><strong><a name="item_project_coordinator">Project Coordinator</a></strong><br />
1716 </dt>
1717 <dd>
1718 Marc A. Lehmann <em><a href="mailto:<rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de"><rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de</a></em>&gt;
1719 </dd>
1720 <dd>
1721 <p><a href="http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode</a></p>
1722 </dd>
1723 <p></p></dl>
1724 <p>
1725 </p>
1726 <hr />
1727 <h1><a name="authors">AUTHORS</a></h1>
1728 <dl>
1729 <dt><strong><a name="item_john_bovey">John Bovey</a></strong><br />
1730 </dt>
1731 <dd>
1732 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1733 </dd>
1734 <p></p>
1735 <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 />
1736 </dt>
1737 <dd>
1738 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1739 </dd>
1740 <p></p>
1741 <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 />
1742 </dt>
1743 <dd>
1744 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1745 </dd>
1746 <p></p>
1747 <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 />
1748 </dt>
1749 <dd>
1750 Wrote the menu system.
1751 </dd>
1752 <dd>
1753 <p>Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)</p>
1754 </dd>
1755 <p></p>
1756 <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 />
1757 </dt>
1758 <dd>
1759 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1760 </dd>
1761 <p></p>
1762 <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 />
1763 </dt>
1764 <dd>
1765 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1766 (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1767 </dd>
1768 <p></p>
1769 <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 />
1770 </dt>
1771 <dd>
1772 Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1773 character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1774 compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1775 </dd>
1776 <dd>
1777 <p>Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)</p>
1778 </dd>
1779 <p></p></dl>
1780
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