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131 .IX Title "rxvt 1"
132 .TH rxvt 1 "2005-12-27" "6.1" "RXVT-UNICODE"
133 .SH "NAME"
134 rxvt\-unicode (ouR XVT, unicode) \- (a VT102 emulator for the X window system)
135 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
136 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
137 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR [options] [\-e command [ args ]]
138 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
139 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
140 \&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR, version \fB@@RXVT_VERSION@@\fR, is a colour vt102 terminal
141 emulator intended as an \fIxterm\fR(1) replacement for users who do not
142 require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
143 configurability. As a result, \fBrxvt-unicode\fR uses much less swap space \*(--
144 a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
145 .SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
146 .IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
147 See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try \f(CW\*(C`man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@\*(C'\fR) for a list of
148 frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
149 problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
150 <http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
151 .SH "RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT"
152 .IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT"
153 Unlike the original rxvt, \fBrxvt-unicode\fR stores all text in Unicode
154 internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
155 world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
156 especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
157 like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
158 like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
159 scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
160 fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such
161 as hebrew: \fBrxvt-unicode\fR adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
162 belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things \*(--
163 such as cursor-movement while editing \*(-- break otherwise), but that might
164 change.
165 .PP
166 If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
167 me recommend \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean
168 terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
169 because the author couldn't get \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR to use one font for latin1 and
170 another for japanese.
171 .PP
172 Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
173 display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
174 programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able
175 to choose any font for any script freely.
176 .PP
177 Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
178 it's predecessor, supports things such as \s-1XFT\s0 and \s-1ISO\s0 14755 that are handy
179 in i18n\-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original
180 rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
181 .PP
182 It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
183 and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
184 without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
185 a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
186 from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
187 drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
188 @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
189 .PP
190 It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
191 been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
192 reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
193 .SH "OPTIONS"
194 .IX Header "OPTIONS"
195 The \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR options (mostly a subset of \fIxterm\fR's) are listed
196 below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
197 eliminated or default values chosen at compile\-time, so options and
198 defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on
199 your system. `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-h' gives a list of major compile-time options on
200 the \fIOptions\fR line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which
201 compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR:' requires
202 \&\fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR on the \fIOptions\fR line. Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-help' gives a list of all
203 command-line options compiled into your version.
204 .PP
205 Note that \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR permits the resource name to be used as a
206 long-option (\-\-/++ option) so the potential command-line options are
207 far greater than those listed. For example: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-loginShell \-\-color1
208 Orange'.
209 .PP
210 The following options are available:
211 .IP "\fB\-help\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR" 4
212 .IX Item "-help, --help"
213 Print out a message describing available options.
214 .IP "\fB\-display\fR \fIdisplayname\fR" 4
215 .IX Item "-display displayname"
216 Attempt to open a window on the named X display (\fB\-d\fR still
217 respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
218 \&\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR environment variable is used.
219 .IP "\fB\-geometry\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
220 .IX Item "-geometry geom"
221 Window geometry (\fB\-g\fR still respected); resource \fBgeometry\fR.
222 .IP "\fB\-rv\fR|\fB+rv\fR" 4
223 .IX Item "-rv|+rv"
224 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource \fBreverseVideo\fR.
225 .IP "\fB\-j\fR|\fB+j\fR" 4
226 .IX Item "-j|+j"
227 Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource \fBjumpScroll\fR.
228 .IP "\fB\-ip\fR|\fB+ip\fR | \fB\-tr\fR|\fB+tr\fR" 4
229 .IX Item "-ip|+ip | -tr|+tr"
230 Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
231 \&\fB\-tr\fR; resource \fBinheritPixmap\fR.
232 .IP "\fB\-fade\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
233 .IX Item "-fade number"
234 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
235 fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
236 colour; resource \fBfading\fR.
237 .IP "\fB\-fadecolor\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
238 .IX Item "-fadecolor colour"
239 Fade to this colour when fading is used (see \fB\-fade\fR). The default colour
240 is black. resource \fBfadeColor\fR.
241 .IP "\fB\-tint\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
242 .IX Item "-tint colour"
243 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
244 transparency is enabled with \fB\-tr\fR or \fB\-ip\fR. This only works for
245 non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the \fB\-sh\fR option that can be
246 used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it; resource
247 \&\fItintColor\fR. Example:
248 .Sp
249 .Vb 1
250 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
251 .Ve
252 .IP "\fB\-sh\fR" 4
253 .IX Item "-sh"
254 \&\fInumber\fR Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent
255 background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. \fB\-tint\fR must be
256 specified, too, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`\-tint white\*(C'\fR).
257 .IP "\fB\-bg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
258 .IX Item "-bg colour"
259 Window background colour; resource \fBbackground\fR.
260 .IP "\fB\-fg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
261 .IX Item "-fg colour"
262 Window foreground colour; resource \fBforeground\fR.
263 .IP "\fB\-pixmap\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
264 .IX Item "-pixmap file[;geom]"
265 Compile \fI\s-1XPM\s0\fR: Specify \s-1XPM\s0 file for the background and also optionally
266 specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
267 add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR in the
268 command\-line; resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fR.
269 .IP "\fB\-cr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
270 .IX Item "-cr colour"
271 The cursor colour; resource \fBcursorColor\fR.
272 .IP "\fB\-pr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
273 .IX Item "-pr colour"
274 The mouse pointer foreground colour; resource \fBpointerColor\fR.
275 .IP "\fB\-pr2\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
276 .IX Item "-pr2 colour"
277 The mouse pointer background colour; resource \fBpointerColor2\fR.
278 .IP "\fB\-bd\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
279 .IX Item "-bd colour"
280 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
281 resource \fBborderColor\fR.
282 .IP "\fB\-fn\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
283 .IX Item "-fn fontlist"
284 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
285 that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The
286 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
287 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
288 font list is always appended to it. See resource \fBfont\fR for more details.
289 .Sp
290 In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it
291 with \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR. To specify an XFT\-font, you need to prefix it with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR,
292 e.g.:
293 .Sp
294 .Vb 2
295 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
296 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
297 .Ve
298 .Sp
299 See also the question \*(L"How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\*(R" in the \s-1FAQ\s0
300 section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
301 .IP "\fB\-fb\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
302 .IX Item "-fb fontlist"
303 Compile font\-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to
304 be printed. See resource \fBboldFont\fR for details.
305 .IP "\fB\-fi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
306 .IX Item "-fi fontlist"
307 Compile font\-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to
308 be printed. See resource \fBitalicFont\fR for details.
309 .IP "\fB\-fbi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
310 .IX Item "-fbi fontlist"
311 Compile font\-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to
312 be printed. See resource \fBboldItalicFont\fR for details.
313 .IP "\fB\-name\fR \fIname\fR" 4
314 .IX Item "-name name"
315 Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
316 rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
317 `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
318 .IP "\fB\-ls\fR|\fB+ls\fR" 4
319 .IX Item "-ls|+ls"
320 Start as a login\-shell/sub\-shell; resource \fBloginShell\fR.
321 .IP "\fB\-ut\fR|\fB+ut\fR" 4
322 .IX Item "-ut|+ut"
323 Compile \fIutmp\fR: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
324 \&\fButmpInhibit\fR.
325 .IP "\fB\-vb\fR|\fB+vb\fR" 4
326 .IX Item "-vb|+vb"
327 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
328 \&\fBvisualBell\fR.
329 .IP "\fB\-sb\fR|\fB+sb\fR" 4
330 .IX Item "-sb|+sb"
331 Turn on/off scrollbar; resource \fBscrollBar\fR.
332 .IP "\fB\-si\fR|\fB+si\fR" 4
333 .IX Item "-si|+si"
334 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on \s-1TTY\s0 output inhibit; resource
335 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR has opposite effect.
336 .IP "\fB\-sk\fR|\fB+sk\fR" 4
337 .IX Item "-sk|+sk"
338 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource
339 \&\fBscrollTtyKeypress\fR.
340 .IP "\fB\-sw\fR|\fB+sw\fR" 4
341 .IX Item "-sw|+sw"
342 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
343 This only takes effect if \fB\-si\fR is also given; resource
344 \&\fBscrollWithBuffer\fR.
345 .IP "\fB\-sr\fR|\fB+sr\fR" 4
346 .IX Item "-sr|+sr"
347 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource \fBscrollBar_right\fR.
348 .IP "\fB\-st\fR|\fB+st\fR" 4
349 .IX Item "-st|+st"
350 Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
351 resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fR.
352 .IP "\fB\-ptab\fR|\fB+ptab\fR" 4
353 .IX Item "-ptab|+ptab"
354 If enabled (default), \*(L"Horizontal Tab\*(R" characters are being stored as
355 actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
356 select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
357 not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
358 on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource \fBpastableTabs\fR.
359 .IP "\fB\-bc\fR|\fB+bc\fR" 4
360 .IX Item "-bc|+bc"
361 Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fR.
362 .IP "\fB\-iconic\fR" 4
363 .IX Item "-iconic"
364 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
365 Alternative form is \fB\-ic\fR.
366 .IP "\fB\-sl\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
367 .IX Item "-sl number"
368 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for
369 limits; resource \fBsaveLines\fR.
370 .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
371 .IX Item "-b number"
372 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. See resource
373 entry for limits; resource \fBinternalBorder\fR.
374 .IP "\fB\-w\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
375 .IX Item "-w number"
376 Compile \fIfrills\fR: External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. Also, \fB\-bw\fR
377 and \fB\-borderwidth\fR. See resource entry for limits; resource
378 \&\fBexternalBorder\fR.
379 .IP "\fB\-bl\fR" 4
380 .IX Item "-bl"
381 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
382 if honoured by the \s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
383 decorations; resource \fBborderLess\fR.
384 .IP "\fB\-lsp\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
385 .IX Item "-lsp number"
386 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
387 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
388 \&\fBlinespace\fR.
389 .IP "\fB\-tn\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
390 .IX Item "-tn termname"
391 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
392 \&\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
393 \&\fI\fItermcap\fI\|(5)\fR database and should have \fIli#\fR and \fIco#\fR entries;
394 resource \fBtermName\fR.
395 .IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIcommand [arguments]\fR" 4
396 .IX Item "-e command [arguments]"
397 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
398 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of
399 the program being executed if neither \fI\-title\fR (\fI\-T\fR) nor \fI\-n\fR are
400 given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
401 on the command\-line. If there is no \fB\-e\fR option then the default is to
402 run the program specified by the \fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR environment variable or,
403 failing that, \fI\fIsh\fI\|(1)\fR.
404 .Sp
405 Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
406 run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
407 .Sp
408 .Vb 1
409 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
410 .Ve
411 .IP "\fB\-title\fR \fItext\fR" 4
412 .IX Item "-title text"
413 Window title (\fB\-T\fR still respected); the default title is the basename
414 of the program specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the
415 application name; resource \fBtitle\fR.
416 .IP "\fB\-n\fR \fItext\fR" 4
417 .IX Item "-n text"
418 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
419 after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application name;
420 resource \fBiconName\fR.
421 .IP "\fB\-C\fR" 4
422 .IX Item "-C"
423 Capture system console messages.
424 .IP "\fB\-pt\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
425 .IX Item "-pt style"
426 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input style for input method; \fBOverTheSpot\fR,
427 \&\fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; resource \fBpreeditType\fR.
428 .IP "\fB\-im\fR \fItext\fR" 4
429 .IX Item "-im text"
430 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input method name. resource \fBinputMethod\fR.
431 .IP "\fB\-imlocale\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
432 .IX Item "-imlocale string"
433 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
434 \&\f(CW\*(C`de_DE.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR for normal text processing but \f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR for the
435 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
436 another locale. resource \fBimLocale\fR.
437 .IP "\fB\-imfont\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
438 .IX Item "-imfont fontset"
439 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource \fBimFont\fR
440 for more info.
441 .IP "\fB\-tcw\fR" 4
442 .IX Item "-tcw"
443 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
444 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
445 end of the logical line only. resource \fBtripleclickwords\fR.
446 .IP "\fB\-insecure\fR" 4
447 .IX Item "-insecure"
448 Enable \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
449 sequences that echo strings. See the resource \fBinsecure\fR for more
450 info.
451 .IP "\fB\-mod\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
452 .IX Item "-mod modifier"
453 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: \fBalt\fR,
454 \&\fBmeta\fR, \fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR,
455 \&\fBmod5\fR; resource \fImodifier\fR.
456 .IP "\fB\-ssc\fR|\fB+ssc\fR" 4
457 .IX Item "-ssc|+ssc"
458 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource
459 \&\fBsecondaryScreen\fR.
460 .IP "\fB\-ssr\fR|\fB+ssr\fR" 4
461 .IX Item "-ssr|+ssr"
462 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
463 \&\fBsecondaryScroll\fR.
464 .IP "\fB\-hold\fR|\fB+hold\fR" 4
465 .IX Item "-hold|+hold"
466 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
467 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
468 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
469 user; resource \fBhold\fR.
470 .IP "\fB\-keysym.\fR\fIsym\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
471 .IX Item "-keysym.sym string"
472 Remap a key symbol. See resource \fBkeysym\fR.
473 .IP "\fB\-embed\fR \fIwindowid\fR" 4
474 .IX Item "-embed windowid"
475 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
476 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
477 .Sp
478 Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
479 shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
480 quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
481 create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
482 .Sp
483 The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
484 .Sp
485 It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
486 descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
487 can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
488 terminal. This works regardless of wether the \f(CW\*(C`\-embed\*(C'\fR option was used or
489 not.
490 .Sp
491 Here is a short Gtk2\-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
492 used (a longer example is in \fIdoc/embed\fR):
493 .Sp
494 .Vb 5
495 \& my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
496 \& $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
497 \& my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
498 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
499 \& });
500 .Ve
501 .IP "\fB\-pty\-fd\fR \fIfileno\fR" 4
502 .IX Item "-pty-fd fileno"
503 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ \s-1NOT\s0 to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
504 pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is
505 useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
506 without having to run a program within it.
507 .Sp
508 If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
509 entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions \- you have to do that
510 yourself if you want that.
511 .Sp
512 Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
513 longer example is in \fIdoc/pty\-fd\fR):
514 .Sp
515 .Vb 2
516 \& use IO::Pty;
517 \& use Fcntl;
518 .Ve
519 .Sp
520 .Vb 4
521 \& my $pty = new IO::Pty;
522 \& fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
523 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
524 \& close $pty;
525 .Ve
526 .Sp
527 .Vb 3
528 \& # now communicate with rxvt
529 \& my $slave = $pty->slave;
530 \& while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\en" }
531 .Ve
532 .SH "RESOURCES (available also as long\-options)"
533 .IX Header "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)"
534 Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-help' gives a list of all resources (long
535 options) compiled into your version.
536 .PP
537 There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the
538 Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*\-functions) or internal
539 Xresources reader (\fB~/.Xdefaults\fR). For the first method (ie.
540 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-h\fR lists \fBXGetDefaults\fR), you can set and change the
541 resources using X11 tools like \fBxrdb\fR. Many distribution do also load
542 settings from the \fB~/.Xresources\fR file when X starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@
543 will consult the following files/resources in order, with later settings
544 overwriting earlier ones:
545 .PP
546 .Vb 5
547 \& 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
548 \& 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
549 \& 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
550 \& 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
551 \& 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
552 .Ve
553 .PP
554 If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-h\fR
555 lists \fB.Xdefaults\fR) then \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR accepts application defaults
556 set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile\-time defined: usually
557 \&\fB/usr/lib/X11/app\-defaults/URxvt\fR) and resources set in
558 \&\fB~/.Xdefaults\fR, or \fB~/.Xresources\fR if \fB~/.Xdefaults\fR does not exist.
559 Note that when reading X resources, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR recognizes two
560 class names: \fBXTerm\fR and \fBURxvt\fR. The class name \fBRxvt\fR allows
561 resources common to both \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR and the original \fIrxvt\fR to be
562 easily configured, while the class name \fBURxvt\fR allows resources
563 unique to \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR, notably colours and key\-handling, to be
564 shared between different \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR configurations. If no
565 resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line
566 arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following
567 resources are allowed:
568 .IP "\fBgeometry:\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
569 .IX Item "geometry: geom"
570 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
571 option \fB\-geometry\fR.
572 .IP "\fBbackground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
573 .IX Item "background: colour"
574 Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
575 White]; option \fB\-bg\fR.
576 .IP "\fBforeground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
577 .IX Item "foreground: colour"
578 Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
579 Black]; option \fB\-fg\fR.
580 .IP "\fBcolor\fR\fIn\fR\fB:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
581 .IX Item "colorn: colour"
582 Use the specified colour for the colour value \fIn\fR, where 0\-7
583 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8\-15 corresponds to
584 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
585 colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
586 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
587 names used are listed in the \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
588 .Sp
589 Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
590 changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
591 .Sp
592 Colours 16\-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
593 88 colour support). Colours 80\-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
594 .IP "\fBcolorBD:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
595 .IX Item "colorBD: colour"
596 .PD 0
597 .IP "\fBcolorIT:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
598 .IX Item "colorIT: colour"
599 .PD
600 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
601 foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
602 (Compile \fIstyles\fR) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
603 .IP "\fBcolorUL:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
604 .IX Item "colorUL: colour"
605 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
606 foreground colour is the default.
607 .IP "\fBcolorRV:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
608 .IX Item "colorRV: colour"
609 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
610 characters.
611 .IP "\fBunderlineColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
612 .IX Item "underlineColor: colour"
613 If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
614 itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
615 .IP "\fBcursorColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
616 .IX Item "cursorColor: colour"
617 Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
618 foreground colour; option \fB\-cr\fR.
619 .IP "\fBcursorColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
620 .IX Item "cursorColor2: colour"
621 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this to
622 take effect, \fBcursorColor\fR must also be specified. The default is to
623 use the background colour.
624 .IP "\fBreverseVideo:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
625 .IX Item "reverseVideo: boolean"
626 \&\fBTrue\fR: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
627 option \fB\-rv\fR. \fBFalse\fR: regular screen colours [default]; option
628 \&\fB+rv\fR. See note in \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
629 .IP "\fBjumpScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
630 .IX Item "jumpScroll: boolean"
631 \&\fBTrue\fR: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling
632 quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option \fB\-j\fR.
633 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option \fB+j\fR.
634 .IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
635 .IX Item "inheritPixmap: boolean"
636 \&\fBTrue\fR: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
637 artificial transparency. \fBFalse\fR: do not inherit the parent windows'
638 pixmap.
639 .IP "\fBfading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
640 .IX Item "fading: number"
641 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option \fB\-fade\fR.
642 .IP "\fBfadeColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
643 .IX Item "fadeColor: colour"
644 Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see \fBfading:\fR). The default
645 colour is black; option \fB\-fadecolor\fR.
646 .IP "\fBtintColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
647 .IX Item "tintColor: colour"
648 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
649 \&\fB\-tint\fR.
650 .IP "\fBshading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
651 .IX Item "shading: number"
652 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent background
653 image in addition to tinting it.
654 .IP "\fBscrollColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
655 .IX Item "scrollColor: colour"
656 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
657 .IP "\fBtroughColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
658 .IX Item "troughColor: colour"
659 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
660 #969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
661 .IP "\fBborderColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
662 .IX Item "borderColor: colour"
663 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
664 and the text.
665 .IP "\fBbackgroundPixmap:\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
666 .IX Item "backgroundPixmap: file[;geom]"
667 Use the specified \s-1XPM\s0 file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
668 the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
669 string \fBWxH+X+Y\fR, in which \fB\*(L"W\*(R" / \*(L"H\*(R"\fR specify the
670 horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and \fB\*(L"X\*(R" / \*(L"Y\*(R"\fR locate the image
671 centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
672 of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
673 specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
674 be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
675 scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
676 .IP "\fBmenu:\fR \fIfile[;tag]\fR" 4
677 .IX Item "menu: file[;tag]"
678 Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
679 optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
680 reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
681 .IP "\fBpath:\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
682 .IX Item "path: path"
683 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (\s-1XPM\s0 and
684 menus), in addition to the paths specified by the \fB\s-1RXVTPATH\s0\fR and
685 \&\fB\s-1PATH\s0\fR environment variables.
686 .IP "\fBfont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
687 .IX Item "font: fontlist"
688 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font
689 names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.
690 The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
691 be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always
692 appended to it. option \fB\-fn\fR.
693 .Sp
694 Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (\s-1XLFD\s0) name, with
695 optional prefix \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR or a Xft font (Compile \fIxft\fR), prefixed with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR.
696 .Sp
697 In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
698 specifications enclosed in square brackets (\f(CW\*(C`[]\*(C'\fR). The only available
699 hint currently is \f(CW\*(C`codeset=codeset\-name\*(C'\fR, and this is only used for Xft
700 fonts.
701 .Sp
702 For example, this font resource
703 .Sp
704 .Vb 5
705 \& URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\e
706 \& -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\e
707 \& -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \e
708 \& [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \e
709 \& xft:Code2000:antialias=false
710 .Ve
711 .Sp
712 specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR (actually
713 the iso8859\-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
714 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
715 wide and 15 pixels high.
716 .Sp
717 The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
718 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non\-bold, but
719 the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
720 useful supplement.
721 .Sp
722 The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
723 are limited to the \fB\s-1JIS\s0 0208\fR codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
724 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
725 .Sp
726 The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
727 remaining unicode characters.
728 .IP "\fBboldFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
729 .IX Item "boldFont: fontlist"
730 .PD 0
731 .IP "\fBitalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
732 .IX Item "italicFont: fontlist"
733 .IP "\fBboldItalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
734 .IX Item "boldItalicFont: fontlist"
735 .PD
736 The font list to use for displaying \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR or \fB\f(BIbold
737 italic\fB\fR characters, respectively.
738 .Sp
739 If specified and non\-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
740 \&\fBfont\fR\-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
741 it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
742 italic.
743 .Sp
744 If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
745 \&\*(L"morphing\*(R" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
746 not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
747 .Sp
748 If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
749 text font will being used for the given style.
750 .IP "\fBselectstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
751 .IX Item "selectstyle: mode"
752 Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fR which is 2.20, \fBoldword\fR which is
753 xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
754 xterm style selection.
755 .IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
756 .IX Item "scrollstyle: mode"
757 Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fR, \fBplain\fR, \fBnext\fR or \fBxterm\fR. \fBplain\fR is
758 the author's favourite.
759 .IP "\fBtitle:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
760 .IX Item "title: string"
761 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
762 specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application
763 name; option \fB\-title\fR.
764 .IP "\fBiconName:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
765 .IX Item "iconName: string"
766 Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon
767 manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is explicitly
768 set; option \fB\-n\fR.
769 .IP "\fBmapAlert:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
770 .IX Item "mapAlert: boolean"
771 \&\fBTrue\fR: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. \fBFalse\fR: no
772 de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
773 .IP "\fBvisualBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
774 .IX Item "visualBell: boolean"
775 \&\fBTrue\fR: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option \fB\-vb\fR.
776 \&\fBFalse\fR: no visual bell [default]; option \fB+vb\fR.
777 .IP "\fBloginShell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
778 .IX Item "loginShell: boolean"
779 \&\fBTrue\fR: start as a login shell by prepending a `\-' to \fBargv[0]\fR of
780 the shell; option \fB\-ls\fR. \fBFalse\fR: start as a normal sub-shell
781 [default]; option \fB+ls\fR.
782 .IP "\fButmpInhibit:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
783 .IX Item "utmpInhibit: boolean"
784 \&\fBTrue\fR: inhibit writing record into the system log file \fButmp\fR;
785 option \fB\-ut\fR. \fBFalse\fR: write record into the system log file \fButmp\fR
786 [default]; option \fB+ut\fR.
787 .IP "\fBprint\-pipe:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
788 .IX Item "print-pipe: string"
789 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default \fI\fIlpr\fI\|(1)\fR]. Use
790 \&\fBPrint\fR to initiate a screen dump to the printer and \fBCtrl-Print\fR or
791 \&\fBShift-Print\fR to include the scrollback as well.
792 .Sp
793 The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as\-is.
794 .Sp
795 Example:
796 .Sp
797 .Vb 1
798 \& URxvt*print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
799 .Ve
800 .Sp
801 This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
802 everytime you hit \f(CW\*(C`Print\*(C'\fR.
803 .IP "\fBscrollBar:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
804 .IX Item "scrollBar: boolean"
805 \&\fBTrue\fR: enable the scrollbar [default]; option \fB\-sb\fR. \fBFalse\fR:
806 disable the scrollbar; option \fB+sb\fR.
807 .IP "\fBscrollBar_right:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
808 .IX Item "scrollBar_right: boolean"
809 \&\fBTrue\fR: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option \fB\-sr\fR.
810 \&\fBFalse\fR: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option \fB+sr\fR.
811 .IP "\fBscrollBar_floating:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
812 .IX Item "scrollBar_floating: boolean"
813 \&\fBTrue\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option \fB\-st\fR.
814 \&\fBFalse\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option \fB+st\fR.
815 .IP "\fBscrollBar_align:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
816 .IX Item "scrollBar_align: mode"
817 Align the \fBtop\fR, \fBbottom\fR or \fBcentre\fR [default] of the scrollbar
818 thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
819 .IP "\fBscrollTtyOutput:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
820 .IX Item "scrollTtyOutput: boolean"
821 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option \fB\-si\fR.
822 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
823 \&\fB+si\fR.
824 .IP "\fBscrollWithBuffer:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
825 .IX Item "scrollWithBuffer: boolean"
826 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
827 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR is False); option \fB\-sw\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll
828 with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option \fB+sw\fR.
829 .IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
830 .IX Item "scrollTtyKeypress: boolean"
831 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
832 are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
833 are not passed onto the shell; option \fB\-sk\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to
834 bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option \fB+sk\fR.
835 .IP "\fBsaveLines:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
836 .IX Item "saveLines: number"
837 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
838 resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option \fB\-sl\fR.
839 .IP "\fBinternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
840 .IX Item "internalBorder: number"
841 Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
842 option \fB\-b\fR.
843 .IP "\fBexternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
844 .IX Item "externalBorder: number"
845 External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
846 option \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-bw\fR, \fB\-borderwidth\fR.
847 .IP "\fBborderLess:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
848 .IX Item "borderLess: boolean"
849 Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
850 \&\s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option \fB\-bl\fR.
851 .IP "\fBtermName:\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
852 .IX Item "termName: termname"
853 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the \fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment
854 variable; option \fB\-tn\fR.
855 .IP "\fBlinespace:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
856 .IX Item "linespace: number"
857 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
858 the display [default 0]; option \fB\-lsp\fR.
859 .IP "\fBmeta8:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
860 .IX Item "meta8: boolean"
861 \&\fBTrue\fR: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. \fBFalse\fR:
862 handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
863 .IP "\fBmouseWheelScrollPage:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
864 .IX Item "mouseWheelScrollPage: boolean"
865 \&\fBTrue\fR: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. \fBFalse\fR: the mouse wheel
866 scrolls five lines [default].
867 .IP "\fBpastableTabs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
868 .IX Item "pastableTabs: boolean"
869 \&\fBTrue\fR: store tabs as wide characters. \fBFalse\fR: interpret tabs as cursor
870 movement only; option \f(CW\*(C`\-ptab\*(C'\fR.
871 .IP "\fBcursorBlink:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
872 .IX Item "cursorBlink: boolean"
873 \&\fBTrue\fR: blink the cursor. \fBFalse\fR: do not blink the cursor [default];
874 option \fB\-bc\fR.
875 .IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
876 .IX Item "pointerBlank: boolean"
877 \&\fBTrue\fR: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
878 of seconds of inactivity. \fBFalse\fR: the pointer is always visible
879 [default].
880 .IP "\fBpointerColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
881 .IX Item "pointerColor: colour"
882 Mouse pointer foreground colour.
883 .IP "\fBpointerColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
884 .IX Item "pointerColor2: colour"
885 Mouse pointer background colour.
886 .IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
887 .IX Item "pointerBlankDelay: number"
888 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
889 large number (e.g. \f(CW987654321\fR) to effectively disable the timeout.
890 .IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
891 .IX Item "backspacekey: string"
892 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to \fB\s-1DEC\s0\fR
893 or unset it will send \fBDelete\fR (code 127) or, if shifted, \fBBackspace\fR
894 (code 8) \- which can be reversed with the appropriate \s-1DEC\s0 private mode
895 escape sequence.
896 .IP "\fBdeletekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
897 .IX Item "deletekey: string"
898 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
899 pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
900 with the \fBExecute\fR key.
901 .IP "\fBcutchars:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
902 .IX Item "cutchars: string"
903 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The
904 built-in default:
905 .Sp
906 \&\fB\s-1BACKSLASH\s0 `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}\fR
907 .IP "\fBpreeditType:\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
908 .IX Item "preeditType: style"
909 \&\fBOverTheSpot\fR, \fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; option \fB\-pt\fR.
910 .IP "\fBinputMethod:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
911 .IX Item "inputMethod: name"
912 \&\fIname\fR of inputMethod to use; option \fB\-im\fR.
913 .IP "\fBimLocale:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
914 .IX Item "imLocale: name"
915 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
916 \&\f(CW\*(C`de_DE.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR for normal text processing but \f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR for the
917 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
918 another locale. option \fB\-imlocale\fR.
919 .IP "\fBimFont:\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
920 .IX Item "imFont: fontset"
921 Specify the font-set used for \s-1XIM\s0 styles \f(CW\*(C`OverTheSpot\*(C'\fR or
922 \&\f(CW\*(C`OffTheSpot\*(C'\fR. It must be a standard X font set (\s-1XLFD\s0 patterns separated
923 by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
924 in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
925 found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
926 option \fB\-imfont\fR.
927 .IP "\fBtripleclickwords:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
928 .IX Item "tripleclickwords: boolean"
929 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
930 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
931 the end of the logical line only. option \fB\-tcw\fR.
932 .IP "\fBinsecure:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
933 .IX Item "insecure: boolean"
934 Enables \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
935 echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
936 abused if somebody gets 8\-bit\-clean access to your display, whether
937 through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
938 \&\fIwrite\fR\|(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
939 default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
940 sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
941 .Sp
942 You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
943 \&\fB\-insecure\fR as an option. At the moment, this enables display\-answer,
944 locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests as well as dynamic
945 menubar dispatch.
946 .IP "\fBmodifier:\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
947 .IX Item "modifier: modifier"
948 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: \fBalt\fR, \fBmeta\fR,
949 \&\fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR, \fBmod5\fR; option
950 \&\fB\-mod\fR.
951 .IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
952 .IX Item "answerbackString: string"
953 Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an \s-1ENQ\s0 (control\-E)
954 character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
955 in the entry on \fBkeysym\fR following.
956 .IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fR \fIbool\fR" 4
957 .IX Item "secondaryScreen: bool"
958 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
959 .IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fR \fIbool\fR" 4
960 .IX Item "secondaryScroll: bool"
961 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this
962 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
963 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
964 instead scroll the screen up.
965 .IP "\fBhold\fR: \fIbool\fR" 4
966 .IX Item "hold: bool"
967 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
968 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
969 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
970 user.
971 .IP "\fBkeysym.\fR\fIsym\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
972 .IX Item "keysym.sym: string"
973 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Associate \fIstring\fR with keysym \fIsym\fR. The
974 intervening resource name \fBkeysym.\fR cannot be omitted.
975 .Sp
976 The format of \fIsym\fR is "\fI(modifiers\-)key\fR", where \fImodifiers\fR can be
977 any combination of \fBISOLevel3\fR, \fBAppKeypad\fR, \fBControl\fR, \fBNumLock\fR,
978 \&\fBShift\fR, \fBMeta\fR, \fBLock\fR, \fBMod1\fR, \fBMod2\fR, \fBMod3\fR, \fBMod4\fR, \fBMod5\fR,
979 and the abbreviated \fBI\fR, \fBK\fR, \fBC\fR, \fBN\fR, \fBS\fR, \fBM\fR, \fBA\fR, \fBL\fR, \fB1\fR,
980 \&\fB2\fR, \fB3\fR, \fB4\fR, \fB5\fR.
981 .Sp
982 The \fBNumLock\fR, \fBMeta\fR and \fBISOLevel3\fR modifiers are usually aliased to
983 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or \s-1ISO\s0 Level3 Shift/AltGr
984 keys are being mapped. \fBAppKeypad\fR is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
985 current application keymap mode state.
986 .Sp
987 The spellings of \fIkey\fR can be obtained by using \fBxev\fR(1) command or
988 searching keysym macros from \fB/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h\fR and
989 omitting the prefix \fB\s-1XK_\s0\fR. Alternatively you can specify \fIkey\fR by its hex
990 keysym value (\fB0x0000 \- 0xFFFF\fR). Note that the lookup of \fIsym\fRs is not
991 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
992 .Sp
993 \&\fIstring\fR may contain escape values (\f(CW\*(C`\ea\*(C'\fR: bell, \f(CW\*(C`\eb\*(C'\fR: backspace,
994 \&\f(CW\*(C`\ee\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`\eE\*(C'\fR: escape, \f(CW\*(C`\en\*(C'\fR: newline, \f(CW\*(C`\er\*(C'\fR: carriage return, \f(CW\*(C`\et\*(C'\fR: tab,
995 \&\f(CW\*(C`\e000\*(C'\fR: octal number) or verbatim control characters (\f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR: delete,
996 \&\f(CW\*(C`^@\*(C'\fR: null, \f(CW\*(C`^A\*(C'\fR ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
997 can start or end with whitespace.
998 .Sp
999 Please note that you need to double the \f(CW\*(C`\e\*(C'\fR when using
1000 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-xgetdefault\*(C'\fR, as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you can
1001 use \f(CW\*(C`\e033\*(C'\fR instead of \f(CW\*(C`\ee\*(C'\fR (and so on), which will work with both Xt and
1002 @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own processing).
1003 .Sp
1004 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a \fIstring\fR
1005 with pattern \fBlist/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX\fR, where the delimeter `/'
1006 should be a character not used by the strings.
1007 .Sp
1008 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1009 .Sp
1010 .Vb 1
1011 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\e033<M-C-|abc|>
1012 .Ve
1013 .Sp
1014 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1015 .Sp
1016 .Vb 3
1017 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \e033<M-C-a>
1018 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \e033<M-C-b>
1019 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \e033<M-C-c>
1020 .Ve
1021 .Sp
1022 If \fIstring\fR takes the form of \f(CW\*(C`command:STRING\*(C'\fR, the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1023 is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1024 example the following means "change the current locale to \f(CW\*(C`zh_CN.GBK\*(C'\fR
1025 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1026 .Sp
1027 .Vb 1
1028 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
1029 .Ve
1030 .Sp
1031 Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1032 will match if at \fIat least\fR the specified identifiers are being set, and
1033 no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1034 means that defining a key map for \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR will automatically provide
1035 definitions for \f(CW\*(C`Meta\-a\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`Shift\-a\*(C'\fR and so on, unless some of those are defined
1036 mappings themselves.
1037 .Sp
1038 Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1039 if you overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1040 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke \*(L"holes\*(R" into the
1041 user-defined keymap using the \f(CW\*(C`builtin:\*(C'\fR replacement:
1042 .Sp
1043 .Vb 2
1044 \& URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1045 \& URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1046 .Ve
1047 .Sp
1048 The first line defines a mapping for \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR and \fIany\fR combination
1049 of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1050 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR.
1051 .Sp
1052 The following example will map Control\-Meta\-1 and Control\-Meta\-2 to
1053 the fonts \f(CW\*(C`suxuseuro\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR, so you can have some limited
1054 font-switching at runtime:
1055 .Sp
1056 .Vb 2
1057 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]50;suxuseuro\e007
1058 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]50;9x15bold\e007
1059 .Ve
1060 .Sp
1061 Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1062 info):
1063 .Sp
1064 .Vb 2
1065 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\e033[8;25;80t
1066 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\e033[8;48;110t
1067 .Ve
1068 .SH "THE SCROLLBAR"
1069 .IX Header "THE SCROLLBAR"
1070 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window
1071 (resource: \fBsaveLines\fR) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar
1072 or by keystrokes. The normal \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR scrollbar has arrows and
1073 its behaviour is fairly intuitive. The \fBxterm-scrollbar\fR is without
1074 arrows and its behaviour mimics that of \fIxterm\fR
1075 .PP
1076 Scroll down with \fBButton1\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Next\fR.
1077 Scroll up with \fBButton3\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Prior\fR.
1078 Continuous scroll with \fBButton2\fR.
1079 .SH "MOUSE REPORTING"
1080 .IX Header "MOUSE REPORTING"
1081 To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
1082 the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
1083 (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
1084 .PP
1085 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
1086 disabled \*(-- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
1087 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 6 ~\fR
1088 (Next) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 5 ~\fR (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1089 up and down arrows sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ A\fR (Up) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ B\fR (Down),
1090 respectively.
1091 .SH "TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION"
1092 .IX Header "TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION"
1093 The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
1094 \&\fIxterm\fR(1).
1095 .IP "\fBSelection\fR:" 4
1096 .IX Item "Selection:"
1097 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1098 and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1099 to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1100 (which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1101 \&\fBtripleclickwords\fR.
1102 .Sp
1103 Starting a selection while pressing the \fBMeta\fR key (or \fBMeta+Ctrl\fR keys)
1104 (Compile: \fIfrills\fR) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1105 normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1106 selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1107 the selection.
1108 .IP "\fBInsertion\fR:" 4
1109 .IX Item "Insertion:"
1110 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or \fBShift-Insert\fR) in
1111 an \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window causes the current text selection to be
1112 inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1113 .SH "CHANGING FONTS"
1114 .IX Header "CHANGING FONTS"
1115 Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
1116 supported in rxvt\-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
1117 .PP
1118 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and
1119 therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
1120 .PP
1121 .Vb 1
1122 \& printf '\ee]710;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1123 .Ve
1124 .PP
1125 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
1126 .SH "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1127 .IX Header "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1128 \&\s-1ISO\s0 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1129 and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1130 first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1131 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1132 with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-iso14755\*(C'\fR.
1133 .IP "* 5.1: Basic method" 4
1134 .IX Item "5.1: Basic method"
1135 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1136 .Sp
1137 Start by pressing and holding both \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR, then enter
1138 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR will
1139 commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1140 \&\f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1141 \&\f(CW\*(C`Space\*(C'\fR, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1142 one.
1143 .Sp
1144 As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e\-mail
1145 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e\-mail
1146 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`671d 65e5\*(C'\fR. You can enter this easily
1147 by pressing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR, followed by \f(CW\*(C`6\-7\-1\-D\-SPACE\-6\-5\-E\-5\*(C'\fR,
1148 followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1149 .IP "* 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method" 4
1150 .IX Item "5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method"
1151 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1152 your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1153 .Sp
1154 Start by pressing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then releasing
1155 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1156 invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1157 keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1158 released, otherwise pressing e.g. \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR would enter the symbol for
1159 \&\f(CW\*(C`ISO Level 2 Switch\*(C'\fR, although your intention might have been to enter a
1160 reverse tab (Shift\-Tab).
1161 .IP "* 5.3: Screen-selection entry method" 4
1162 .IX Item "5.3: Screen-selection entry method"
1163 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1164 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1165 .IP "* 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input" 4
1166 .IX Item "5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input"
1167 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1168 characters already displayed.
1169 .Sp
1170 You enter this mode by holding down \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then
1171 pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1172 hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1173 pointer is displayed until you release \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR.
1174 .Sp
1175 In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1176 character \- due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1177 combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1178 always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1179 .PP
1180 With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1181 both scenario A and B of \s-1ISO\s0 14755, including part 5.2.
1182 .SH "LOGIN STAMP"
1183 .IX Header "LOGIN STAMP"
1184 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fR(5) file so that
1185 it can be seen via the \fI\fIwho\fI\|(1)\fR command, and can accept messages. To
1186 allow this feature, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR may need to be installed setuid root
1187 on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1188 .SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1189 .IX Header "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1190 In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1191 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR can display up to 16 colours (8 \s-1ANSI\s0 colours plus
1192 high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
1193 colours with their \fBrgb.txt\fR names.
1194 .TS
1195 l l l .
1196 color0 (black) = Black
1197 color1 (red) = Red3
1198 color2 (green) = Green3
1199 color3 (yellow) = Yellow3
1200 color4 (blue) = Blue3
1201 color5 (magenta) = Magenta3
1202 color6 (cyan) = Cyan3
1203 color7 (white) = AntiqueWhite
1204 color8 (bright black) = Grey25
1205 color9 (bright red) = Red
1206 color10 (bright green) = Green
1207 color11 (bright yellow) = Yellow
1208 color12 (bright blue) = Blue
1209 color13 (bright magenta) = Magenta
1210 color14 (bright cyan) = Cyan
1211 color15 (bright white) = White
1212 foreground = Black
1213 background = White
1214 .TE
1215
1216 .PP
1217 It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fR,
1218 \&\fBbackground\fR, \fBcursorColor\fR, \fBcursorColor2\fR, \fBcolorBD\fR, \fBcolorUL\fR as
1219 a number 0\-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1220 color0\-color15.
1221 .PP
1222 Note that \fB\-rv\fR (\fB\*(L"reverseVideo: True\*(R"\fR) simulates reverse video by
1223 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1224 \&\fIxterm\fR(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1225 been specified. For example,
1226 .IP "\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fg Black \-bg White \-rv\fR" 4
1227 .IX Item "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv"
1228 would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fR(1) it would yield Black
1229 on White.
1230 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
1231 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
1232 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1233 .IP "\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR" 4
1234 .IX Item "TERM"
1235 Normally set to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1236 resources or on the commandline.
1237 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORTERM\s0\fR" 4
1238 .IX Item "COLORTERM"
1239 Either \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-xpm\*(C'\fR, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1240 compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support, and optionally with the added extension
1241 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-mono\*(C'\fR to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1242 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORFGBG\s0\fR" 4
1243 .IX Item "COLORFGBG"
1244 Set to a string of the form \f(CW\*(C`fg;bg\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`fg;xpm;bg\*(C'\fR, where \f(CW\*(C`fg\*(C'\fR is
1245 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1246 \&\f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1247 used), \f(CW\*(C`bg\*(C'\fR is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1248 string \f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR), and \f(CW\*(C`xpm\*(C'\fR is the string \f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1249 was compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support. Libraries like \f(CW\*(C`ncurses\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`slang\*(C'\fR can
1250 (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1251 .IP "\fB\s-1WINDOWID\s0\fR" 4
1252 .IX Item "WINDOWID"
1253 Set to the (decimal) X Window \s-1ID\s0 of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1254 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1255 window and so on).
1256 .IP "\fB\s-1TERMINFO\s0\fR" 4
1257 .IX Item "TERMINFO"
1258 Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1259 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH\*(C'\fR.
1260 .IP "\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR" 4
1261 .IX Item "DISPLAY"
1262 Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1263 display in it's child processes.
1264 .IP "\fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR" 4
1265 .IX Item "SHELL"
1266 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to \f(CW\*(C`/bin/sh\*(C'\fR.
1267 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVTPATH\s0\fR" 4
1268 .IX Item "RXVTPATH"
1269 The path where @@RXVT_NAME@@ looks for support files such as menu and xpm
1270 files.
1271 .IP "\fB\s-1PATH\s0\fR" 4
1272 .IX Item "PATH"
1273 Used in the same way as \f(CW\*(C`RXVTPATH\*(C'\fR.
1274 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVT_SOCKET\s0\fR" 4
1275 .IX Item "RXVT_SOCKET"
1276 The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1277 @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1278 .Sp
1279 Default \fI$HOME/.rxvt\-unicode\-\fI<nodename\fI\fR.
1280 .IP "\fB\s-1HOME\s0\fR" 4
1281 .IX Item "HOME"
1282 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1283 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1284 \&\f(CW\*(C`.Xdefaults\*(C'\fR)
1285 .IP "\fB\s-1XAPPLRESDIR\s0\fR" 4
1286 .IX Item "XAPPLRESDIR"
1287 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1288 .IP "\fB\s-1XENVIRONMENT\s0\fR" 4
1289 .IX Item "XENVIRONMENT"
1290 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1291 @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1292 .SH "FILES"
1293 .IX Header "FILES"
1294 .IP "\fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt\fR" 4
1295 .IX Item "/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt"
1296 Color names.
1297 .SH "SEE ALSO"
1298 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
1299 @@RXVT_NAME@@(7), @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1), \fIxterm\fR\|(1), \fIsh\fR\|(1), \fIresize\fR\|(1), X(1), \fIpty\fR\|(4), \fItty\fR\|(4), \fIutmp\fR\|(5)
1300 .SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1301 .IX Header "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1302 .IP "Project Coordinator" 4
1303 .IX Item "Project Coordinator"
1304 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>
1305 .Sp
1306 <http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt\-unicode>
1307 .SH "AUTHORS"
1308 .IX Header "AUTHORS"
1309 .IP "John Bovey" 4
1310 .IX Item "John Bovey"
1311 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1312 .IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>" 4
1313 .IX Item "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>"
1314 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1315 .IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>" 4
1316 .IX Item "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>"
1317 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1318 .IP "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>" 4
1319 .IX Item "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>"
1320 Wrote the menu system.
1321 .Sp
1322 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1323 .IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu\-berlin.de>" 4
1324 .IX Item "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>"
1325 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1326 .IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>" 4
1327 .IX Item "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>"
1328 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1329 (changes.txt 2.4.6 \- rxvt\-unicode)
1330 .IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>" 4
1331 .IX Item "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>"
1332 Forked rxvt\-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1333 character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1334 compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1335 .Sp
1336 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 \-)