--- rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.man.in 2006/01/13 12:40:46 1.46 +++ rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.man.in 2006/08/07 16:17:30 1.63 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man v1.37, Pod::Parser v1.14 +.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.09 (Pod::Simple 3.04) .\" .\" Standard preamble: .\" ======================================================================== @@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ .rm #[ #] #H #V #F C .\" ======================================================================== .\" -.IX Title "rxvt 1" -.TH rxvt 1 "2006-01-13" "7.0" "RXVT-UNICODE" +.IX Title "@@RXVT_NAME@@ 1" +.TH @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1 "2006-08-07" "7.9" "RXVT-UNICODE" .SH "NAME" rxvt\-unicode (ouR XVT, unicode) \- (a VT102 emulator for the X window system) .SH "SYNOPSIS" @@ -157,38 +157,38 @@ like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work -fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such +fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such as hebrew: \fBrxvt-unicode\fR adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things \*(-- such as cursor-movement while editing \*(-- break otherwise), but that might change. .PP If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let -me recommend \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean +me recommend \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely because the author couldn't get \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR to use one font for latin1 and another for japanese. .PP Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other -programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able +programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able to choose any font for any script freely. .PP Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than -it's predecessor, supports things such as \s-1XFT\s0 and \s-1ISO\s0 14755 that are handy -in i18n\-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original +its predecessor, supports things such as \s-1XFT\s0 and \s-1ISO\s0 14755 that are handy +in i18n\-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements. .PP It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode -without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with +without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client). .PP It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have -been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical +been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical reference documentation (escape sequences etc.). .SH "OPTIONS" .IX Header "OPTIONS" @@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ Attempt to open a window on the named X display (\fB\-d\fR still respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the \&\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR environment variable is used. +.IP "\fB\-depth\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-depth bitdepth" +Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth; +resource \fBdepth\fR. .IP "\fB\-geometry\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4 .IX Item "-geometry geom" Window geometry (\fB\-g\fR still respected); resource \fBgeometry\fR. @@ -229,6 +233,10 @@ .IX Item "-ip|+ip | -tr|+tr" Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is \&\fB\-tr\fR; resource \fBinheritPixmap\fR. +.Sp +\&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by +the author. Don't bug him with installation questions! Read the \s-1FAQ\s0 (man 7 +@@RXVT_NAME@@)!\fR .IP "\fB\-fade\fR \fInumber\fR" 4 .IX Item "-fade number" Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values @@ -237,7 +245,7 @@ .IP "\fB\-fadecolor\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4 .IX Item "-fadecolor colour" Fade to this colour when fading is used (see \fB\-fade\fR). The default colour -is black. resource \fBfadeColor\fR. +is opaque black. resource \fBfadeColor\fR. .IP "\fB\-tint\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4 .IX Item "-tint colour" Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when @@ -247,7 +255,7 @@ \&\fItintColor\fR. Example: .Sp .Vb 1 -\& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40 +\& @@RXVT_NAME@@ \-tr \-tint blue \-sh 40 .Ve .IP "\fB\-sh\fR" 4 .IX Item "-sh" @@ -287,13 +295,13 @@ smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default font list is always appended to it. See resource \fBfont\fR for more details. .Sp -In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it +In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it with \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR. To specify an XFT\-font, you need to prefix it with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR, e.g.: .Sp .Vb 2 -\& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15" -\& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" +\& @@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15" +\& @@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" .Ve .Sp See also the question \*(L"How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\*(R" in the \s-1FAQ\s0 @@ -387,6 +395,10 @@ Compile \fIfrills\fR: Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the \s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; resource \fBborderLess\fR. +.IP "\fB\-override\-redirect\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-override-redirect" +Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource +\&\fBoverride-redirect\fR. .IP "\fB\-sbg\fR" 4 .IX Item "-sbg" Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line @@ -418,7 +430,7 @@ run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this: .Sp .Vb 1 -\& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands" +\& @@RXVT_NAME@@ \-e sh \-c "shell commands" .Ve .IP "\fB\-title\fR \fItext\fR" 4 .IX Item "-title text" @@ -484,7 +496,7 @@ Remap a key symbol. See resource \fBkeysym\fR. .IP "\fB\-embed\fR \fIwindowid\fR" 4 .IX Item "-embed windowid" -Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window, +Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window, which enables applications to easily embed a terminal. .Sp Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it @@ -497,7 +509,7 @@ It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the -terminal. This works regardless of wether the \f(CW\*(C`\-embed\*(C'\fR option was used or +terminal. This works regardless of whether the \f(CW\*(C`\-embed\*(C'\fR option was used or not. .Sp Here is a short Gtk2\-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be @@ -505,15 +517,15 @@ .Sp .Vb 5 \& my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket; -\& $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub { -\& my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid; -\& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &"; +\& $rxvt\->signal_connect_after (realize => sub { +\& my $xid = $_[0]\->window\->get_xid; +\& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-embed $xid &"; \& }); .Ve .IP "\fB\-pty\-fd\fR \fIfile descriptor\fR" 4 .IX Item "-pty-fd file descriptor" Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ \s-1NOT\s0 to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty -pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is +pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator without having to run a program within it. .Sp @@ -530,18 +542,14 @@ .Vb 2 \& use IO::Pty; \& use Fcntl; -.Ve -.Sp -.Vb 4 +\& \& my $pty = new IO::Pty; -\& fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec -\& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&"; +\& fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close\-on\-exec +\& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-pty\-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&"; \& close $pty; -.Ve -.Sp -.Vb 3 +\& \& # now communicate with rxvt -\& my $slave = $pty->slave; +\& my $slave = $pty\->slave; \& while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\en" } .Ve .IP "\fB\-pe\fR \fIstring\fR" 4 @@ -559,11 +567,11 @@ with later settings overwriting earlier ones: .PP .Vb 5 -\& 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global -\& 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR -\& 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults +\& 1. system\-wide app\-defaults file, either locale\-dependent OR global +\& 2. app\-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR +\& 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root\-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults \& 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen -\& 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults- +\& 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults\- .Ve .PP Note that when reading X resources, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR recognizes two class @@ -576,6 +584,10 @@ settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to check the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for additional settings by perl extensions not documented here): +.IP "\fBdepth:\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4 +.IX Item "depth: bitdepth" +Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth; +option \fB\-depth\fR. .IP "\fBgeometry:\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4 .IX Item "geometry: geom" Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; @@ -647,6 +659,9 @@ \&\fBTrue\fR: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving artificial transparency. \fBFalse\fR: do not inherit the parent windows' pixmap. +.Sp +\&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by +the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!\fR .IP "\fBfading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4 .IX Item "fading: number" Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option \fB\-fade\fR. @@ -684,16 +699,9 @@ specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50] -.IP "\fBmenu:\fR \fIfile[;tag]\fR" 4 -.IX Item "menu: file[;tag]" -Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is -optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the -reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar. .IP "\fBpath:\fR \fIpath\fR" 4 .IX Item "path: path" -Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (\s-1XPM\s0 and -menus), in addition to the paths specified by the \fB\s-1RXVTPATH\s0\fR and -\&\fB\s-1PATH\s0\fR environment variables. +Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding \s-1XPM\s0 files. .IP "\fBfont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4 .IX Item "font: fontlist" Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names @@ -713,9 +721,9 @@ For example, this font resource .Sp .Vb 5 -\& URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\e -\& -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\e -\& -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \e +\& URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\e +\& \-misc\-fixed\-bold\-r\-normal\-\-15\-140\-75\-75\-c\-90\-iso10646\-1,\e +\& \-misc\-fixed\-medium\-r\-normal\-\-15\-140\-75\-75\-c\-90\-iso10646\-1, \e \& [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \e \& xft:Code2000:antialias=false .Ve @@ -762,7 +770,7 @@ .IX Item "intensityStyles: boolean" When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (\fBTrue\fR, option \fB\-is\fR, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high -intensity foreground/backround colours. Disabling this option (\fBFalse\fR, +intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (\fBFalse\fR, option \fB+is\fR) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not reachable. .IP "\fBselectstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4 @@ -813,11 +821,11 @@ Example: .Sp .Vb 1 -\& URxvt*print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX) +\& URxvt.print\-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX) .Ve .Sp This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents -everytime you hit \f(CW\*(C`Print\*(C'\fR. +every time you hit \f(CW\*(C`Print\*(C'\fR. .IP "\fBscrollBar:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4 .IX Item "scrollBar: boolean" \&\fBTrue\fR: enable the scrollbar [default]; option \fB\-sb\fR. \fBFalse\fR: @@ -843,7 +851,7 @@ .IX Item "scrollWithBuffer: boolean" \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR is False); option \fB\-sw\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll -with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option \fB+sw\fR. +with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option \fB+sw\fR. .IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4 .IX Item "scrollTtyKeypress: boolean" \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys @@ -924,8 +932,16 @@ with the \fBExecute\fR key. .IP "\fBcutchars:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4 .IX Item "cutchars: string" -The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The -built-in default: +The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection +(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given). +.Sp +When the selection extension is in use (the default if compiled in, see +the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these characters +will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex will be +created). In this mode, characters outside \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 can be used. +.Sp +When the selection extension is not used, only \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 characters can +be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used: .Sp \&\fB\s-1BACKSLASH\s0 `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}\fR .IP "\fBpreeditType:\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4 @@ -965,8 +981,7 @@ .Sp You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying \&\fB\-insecure\fR as an option. At the moment, this enables display\-answer, -locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests as well as dynamic -menubar dispatch. +locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests. .IP "\fBmodifier:\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4 .IX Item "modifier: modifier" Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: \fBalt\fR, \fBmeta\fR, @@ -977,17 +992,17 @@ Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an \s-1ENQ\s0 (control\-E) character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described in the entry on \fBkeysym\fR following. -.IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fR \fIbool\fR" 4 -.IX Item "secondaryScreen: bool" +.IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4 +.IX Item "secondaryScreen: boolean" Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). -.IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fR \fIbool\fR" 4 -.IX Item "secondaryScroll: bool" +.IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4 +.IX Item "secondaryScroll: boolean" Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up. -.IP "\fBhold\fR: \fIbool\fR" 4 -.IX Item "hold: bool" +.IP "\fBhold\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4 +.IX Item "hold: boolean" Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the @@ -1021,26 +1036,26 @@ can start or end with whitespace. .Sp Please note that you need to double the \f(CW\*(C`\e\*(C'\fR in resource files, as -Xlib itself does it's own de-escaping (you can use \f(CW\*(C`\e033\*(C'\fR instead of +Xlib itself does its own de-escaping (you can 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 @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own processing). .Sp You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a \fIstring\fR -with pattern \fBlist/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX\fR, where the delimeter `/' +with pattern \fBlist/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX\fR, where the delimiter `/' should be a character not used by the strings. .Sp Its usage can be demonstrated by an example: .Sp .Vb 1 -\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\e033 +\& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-0x61: list|\e033 .Ve .Sp The above line is equivalent to the following three lines: .Sp .Vb 3 -\& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \e033 -\& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \e033 -\& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \e033 +\& URxvt.keysym.Meta\-Control\-0x61: \e033 +\& URxvt.keysym.Meta\-Control\-0x62: \e033 +\& URxvt.keysym.Meta\-Control\-0x63: \e033 .Ve .Sp If \fIstring\fR takes the form of \f(CW\*(C`command:STRING\*(C'\fR, the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR @@ -1049,7 +1064,7 @@ when Control-Meta-c is being pressed": .Sp .Vb 1 -\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007 +\& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-c: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007 .Ve .Sp If \fIstring\fR takes the form \f(CW\*(C`perl:STRING\*(C'\fR, then the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR @@ -1058,7 +1073,7 @@ \&\f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-pe selection\*(C'\fR) listens for \f(CW\*(C`selection:rot13\*(C'\fR events: .Sp .Vb 1 -\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13 +\& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-c: perl:selection:rot13 .Ve .Sp Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping @@ -1075,7 +1090,7 @@ .Sp .Vb 2 \& URxvt.keysym.Insert: -\& URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin: +\& URxvt.keysym.S\-Insert: builtin: .Ve .Sp The first line defines a mapping for \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR and \fIany\fR combination @@ -1087,16 +1102,16 @@ font-switching at runtime: .Sp .Vb 2 -\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]50;suxuseuro\e007 -\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]50;9x15bold\e007 +\& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-1: command:\e033]50;suxuseuro\e007 +\& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-2: command:\e033]50;9x15bold\e007 .Ve .Sp Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more info): .Sp .Vb 2 -\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\e033[8;25;80t -\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\e033[8;48;110t +\& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-3: command:\e033[8;25;80t +\& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-4: command:\e033[8;48;110t .Ve .IP "\fBperl-ext-common\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4 .IX Item "perl-ext-common: string" @@ -1115,7 +1130,7 @@ .Sp Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`searchable\-scrollback\*(C'\fR, which binds the hotkey for -searchable scorllback to Alt/Meta\-s). Mentioning the same extension +searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta\-s). Mentioning the same extension multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to the extension. .Sp @@ -1158,7 +1173,11 @@ \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\-popup\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`mark\-urls\*(C'\fR perl extensions. .IP "\fBtransient-for\fR: \fIwindowid\fR" 4 .IX Item "transient-for: windowid" -Sets the \s-1WM_TRANSIENT_FOR\s0 property to the given window iw. +Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets the \s-1WM_TRANSIENT_FOR\s0 property to the given window id. +.IP "\fBoverride-redirect\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4 +.IX Item "override-redirect: boolean" +Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making +it almost invisible to window managers; option \fB\-override\-redirect\fR. .SH "THE SCROLLBAR" .IX Header "THE SCROLLBAR" Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window @@ -1201,21 +1220,30 @@ the selection. .IP "\fBInsertion\fR:" 4 .IX Item "Insertion:" -Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or \fBShift-Insert\fR) in -an \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window causes the current text selection to be -inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. +Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR +window causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection (or \s-1CLIPBOARD\s0 with the +Meta modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. +.Sp +Pressing \fBShift-Insert\fR causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection to be +inserted too. .SH "CHANGING FONTS" .IX Header "CHANGING FONTS" Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet supported in rxvt\-unicode. Bug me if you need this. .PP -You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and -therefore using the menubar), e.g.: +You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.: .PP .Vb 1 \& printf '\ee]710;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" .Ve .PP +You can use keyboard shortcuts, too: +.PP +.Vb 2 +\& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-1: command:\e033]710;suxuseuro\e007\e033]711;suxuseuro\e007 +\& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-2: command:\e033]710;9x15bold\e007\e033]711;9x15bold\e007 +.Ve +.PP rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far. .SH "ISO 14755 SUPPORT" .IX Header "ISO 14755 SUPPORT" @@ -1224,8 +1252,9 @@ first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-iso14755\*(C'\fR. -.IP "* 5.1: Basic method" 4 -.IX Item "5.1: Basic method" +.IP "\(bu" 4 +5.1: Basic method +.Sp This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode. .Sp Start by pressing and holding both \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR, then enter @@ -1240,24 +1269,27 @@ address printed as hexcodes, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`671d 65e5\*(C'\fR. You can enter this easily 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, followed by releasing the modifier keys. -.IP "* 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method" 4 -.IX Item "5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method" +.IP "\(bu" 4 +5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method +.Sp This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding. .Sp Start by pressing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then releasing them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not -invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding +invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been released, otherwise pressing e.g. \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR would enter the symbol for \&\f(CW\*(C`ISO Level 2 Switch\*(C'\fR, although your intention might have been to enter a reverse tab (Shift\-Tab). -.IP "* 5.3: Screen-selection entry method" 4 -.IX Item "5.3: Screen-selection entry method" +.IP "\(bu" 4 +5.3: Screen-selection entry method +.Sp While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map. -.IP "* 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input" 4 -.IX Item "5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input" +.IP "\(bu" 4 +5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input +.Sp This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with characters already displayed. .Sp @@ -1284,7 +1316,7 @@ In addition to the default foreground and background colours, \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR can display up to 16 colours (8 \s-1ANSI\s0 colours plus high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the -colours with their \fBrgb.txt\fR names. +colours with their names. .TS l l l . color0 (black) = Black @@ -1306,13 +1338,21 @@ foreground = Black background = White .TE - .PP It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fR, \&\fBbackground\fR, \fBcursorColor\fR, \fBcursorColor2\fR, \fBcolorBD\fR, \fBcolorUL\fR as a number 0\-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of color0\-color15. .PP +In addition to the colours defined above, @@RXVT_NAME@@ offers an +additional 72 colours. The first 64 of those (with indices 16 to 79) +consist of a 4*4*4 \s-1RGB\s0 colour cube (i.e. \fIindex = r * 16 + g * 4 + b + +16\fR), followed by 8 additional shades of gray (with indices 80 to 87). +.PP +Together, all those colours implement the 88 colour xterm colours. Only +the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the rest can only +be changed via command sequences (\*(L"escape codes\*(R"). +.PP Note that \fB\-rv\fR (\fB\*(L"reverseVideo: True\*(R"\fR) simulates reverse video by always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to \&\fIxterm\fR(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise @@ -1321,16 +1361,39 @@ .IX Item "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv" would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fR(1) it would yield Black on White. +.Sh "\s-1ALPHA\s0 \s-1CHANNEL\s0 \s-1SUPPORT\s0" +.IX Subsection "ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT" +If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get +their act together, rxvt-unicode will support \f(CW\*(C`rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa\*(C'\fR +(recommended, but \fB\s-1MUST\s0\fR have 4 digits/component) colour specifications, +in addition to the ones provided by X, where the additional A component +specifies opacity (alpha) values. The minimum value of \f(CW0\fR is completely +transparent). You can also prefix any color with \f(CW\*(C`[a]\*(C'\fR, where \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR is on +to four hex digits specifiying the opacity value. +.PP +You probably need to specify \fB\*(L"\-depth 32\*(R"\fR, too, and have the luck that +your X\-server uses \s-1ARGB\s0 pixel layout, as X is far from just supporting +\&\s-1ARGB\s0 visuals out of the box, and rxvt-unicode just fudges around. +.PP +For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent red +background, and an almost opaque pink foreground: +.PP +.Vb 1 +\& @@RXVT_NAME@@ \-depth 32 \-bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/2222 \-fg "[e]pink" +.Ve +.PP +\&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by +the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!\fR .SH "ENVIRONMENT" .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT" \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR sets and/or uses the following environment variables: .IP "\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR" 4 .IX Item "TERM" Normally set to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR, unless overwritten at configure time, via -resources or on the commandline. +resources or on the command line. .IP "\fB\s-1COLORTERM\s0\fR" 4 .IX Item "COLORTERM" -Either \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-xpm\*(C'\fR, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was +Either \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-xpm\*(C'\fR, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support, and optionally with the added extension \&\f(CW\*(C`\-mono\*(C'\fR to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen. .IP "\fB\s-1COLORFGBG\s0\fR" 4 @@ -1354,23 +1417,16 @@ .IP "\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR" 4 .IX Item "DISPLAY" Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct -display in it's child processes. +display in its child processes. .IP "\fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR" 4 .IX Item "SHELL" The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to \f(CW\*(C`/bin/sh\*(C'\fR. -.IP "\fB\s-1RXVTPATH\s0\fR" 4 -.IX Item "RXVTPATH" -The path where @@RXVT_NAME@@ looks for support files such as menu and xpm -files. -.IP "\fB\s-1PATH\s0\fR" 4 -.IX Item "PATH" -Used in the same way as \f(CW\*(C`RXVTPATH\*(C'\fR. .IP "\fB\s-1RXVT_SOCKET\s0\fR" 4 .IX Item "RXVT_SOCKET" The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1). .Sp -Default \fI$HOME/.rxvt\-unicode\-\fI .Sp - + .SH "AUTHORS" .IX Header "AUTHORS" .IP "John Bovey" 4 @@ -1419,12 +1475,15 @@ Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5) .IP "Geoff Wing " 4 .IX Item "Geoff Wing " -Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator -(changes.txt 2.4.6 \- rxvt\-unicode) +Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. +.Sp +Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 \- rxvt\-unicode) .IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann " 4 .IX Item "Marc Alexander Lehmann " -Forked rxvt\-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal -character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm -compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions. +Forked rxvt\-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl +extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions. .Sp Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 \-) +.IP "Emanuele Giaquinta " 4 +.IX Item "Emanuele Giaquinta " +Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.