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131 .IX Title "rxvt 1"
132 .TH rxvt 1 "2006-01-11" "7.0" "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 \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold font list to use when \fBbold\fR characters
304 are to be printed. See resource \fBboldFont\fR for details.
305 .IP "\fB\-fi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
306 .IX Item "-fi fontlist"
307 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The italic font list to use when \fIitalic\fR
308 characters are to be printed. See resource \fBitalicFont\fR for details.
309 .IP "\fB\-fbi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
310 .IX Item "-fbi fontlist"
311 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold italic font list to use when \fB\f(BIbold
312 italic\fB\fR characters are to be printed. See resource \fBboldItalicFont\fR
313 for details.
314 .IP "\fB\-is\fR|\fB+is\fR" 4
315 .IX Item "-is|+is"
316 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity
317 foreground/background (default). See resource \fBintensityStyles\fR for
318 details.
319 .IP "\fB\-name\fR \fIname\fR" 4
320 .IX Item "-name name"
321 Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
322 rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
323 `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
324 .IP "\fB\-ls\fR|\fB+ls\fR" 4
325 .IX Item "-ls|+ls"
326 Start as a login\-shell/sub\-shell; resource \fBloginShell\fR.
327 .IP "\fB\-ut\fR|\fB+ut\fR" 4
328 .IX Item "-ut|+ut"
329 Compile \fIutmp\fR: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
330 \&\fButmpInhibit\fR.
331 .IP "\fB\-vb\fR|\fB+vb\fR" 4
332 .IX Item "-vb|+vb"
333 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
334 \&\fBvisualBell\fR.
335 .IP "\fB\-sb\fR|\fB+sb\fR" 4
336 .IX Item "-sb|+sb"
337 Turn on/off scrollbar; resource \fBscrollBar\fR.
338 .IP "\fB\-si\fR|\fB+si\fR" 4
339 .IX Item "-si|+si"
340 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on \s-1TTY\s0 output inhibit; resource
341 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR has opposite effect.
342 .IP "\fB\-sk\fR|\fB+sk\fR" 4
343 .IX Item "-sk|+sk"
344 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource
345 \&\fBscrollTtyKeypress\fR.
346 .IP "\fB\-sw\fR|\fB+sw\fR" 4
347 .IX Item "-sw|+sw"
348 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
349 This only takes effect if \fB\-si\fR is also given; resource
350 \&\fBscrollWithBuffer\fR.
351 .IP "\fB\-sr\fR|\fB+sr\fR" 4
352 .IX Item "-sr|+sr"
353 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource \fBscrollBar_right\fR.
354 .IP "\fB\-st\fR|\fB+st\fR" 4
355 .IX Item "-st|+st"
356 Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
357 resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fR.
358 .IP "\fB\-ptab\fR|\fB+ptab\fR" 4
359 .IX Item "-ptab|+ptab"
360 If enabled (default), \*(L"Horizontal Tab\*(R" characters are being stored as
361 actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
362 select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
363 not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
364 on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource \fBpastableTabs\fR.
365 .IP "\fB\-bc\fR|\fB+bc\fR" 4
366 .IX Item "-bc|+bc"
367 Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fR.
368 .IP "\fB\-iconic\fR" 4
369 .IX Item "-iconic"
370 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
371 Alternative form is \fB\-ic\fR.
372 .IP "\fB\-sl\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
373 .IX Item "-sl number"
374 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for
375 limits; resource \fBsaveLines\fR.
376 .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
377 .IX Item "-b number"
378 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. See resource
379 entry for limits; resource \fBinternalBorder\fR.
380 .IP "\fB\-w\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
381 .IX Item "-w number"
382 Compile \fIfrills\fR: External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. Also, \fB\-bw\fR
383 and \fB\-borderwidth\fR. See resource entry for limits; resource
384 \&\fBexternalBorder\fR.
385 .IP "\fB\-bl\fR" 4
386 .IX Item "-bl"
387 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
388 if honoured by the \s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
389 decorations; resource \fBborderLess\fR.
390 .IP "\fB\-sbg\fR" 4
391 .IX Item "-sbg"
392 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
393 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
394 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
395 resource \fBskipBuiltinGlyphs\fR.
396 .IP "\fB\-lsp\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
397 .IX Item "-lsp number"
398 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
399 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
400 \&\fBlinespace\fR.
401 .IP "\fB\-tn\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
402 .IX Item "-tn termname"
403 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
404 \&\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
405 \&\fI\fItermcap\fI\|(5)\fR database and should have \fIli#\fR and \fIco#\fR entries;
406 resource \fBtermName\fR.
407 .IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIcommand [arguments]\fR" 4
408 .IX Item "-e command [arguments]"
409 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
410 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of
411 the program being executed if neither \fI\-title\fR (\fI\-T\fR) nor \fI\-n\fR are
412 given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
413 on the command\-line. If there is no \fB\-e\fR option then the default is to
414 run the program specified by the \fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR environment variable or,
415 failing that, \fI\fIsh\fI\|(1)\fR.
416 .Sp
417 Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
418 run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
419 .Sp
420 .Vb 1
421 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
422 .Ve
423 .IP "\fB\-title\fR \fItext\fR" 4
424 .IX Item "-title text"
425 Window title (\fB\-T\fR still respected); the default title is the basename
426 of the program specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the
427 application name; resource \fBtitle\fR.
428 .IP "\fB\-n\fR \fItext\fR" 4
429 .IX Item "-n text"
430 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
431 after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application name;
432 resource \fBiconName\fR.
433 .IP "\fB\-C\fR" 4
434 .IX Item "-C"
435 Capture system console messages.
436 .IP "\fB\-pt\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
437 .IX Item "-pt style"
438 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input style for input method; \fBOverTheSpot\fR,
439 \&\fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; resource \fBpreeditType\fR.
440 .IP "\fB\-im\fR \fItext\fR" 4
441 .IX Item "-im text"
442 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input method name. resource \fBinputMethod\fR.
443 .IP "\fB\-imlocale\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
444 .IX Item "-imlocale string"
445 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
446 \&\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
447 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
448 another locale. resource \fBimLocale\fR.
449 .IP "\fB\-imfont\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
450 .IX Item "-imfont fontset"
451 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource \fBimFont\fR
452 for more info.
453 .IP "\fB\-tcw\fR" 4
454 .IX Item "-tcw"
455 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
456 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
457 end of the logical line only. resource \fBtripleclickwords\fR.
458 .IP "\fB\-insecure\fR" 4
459 .IX Item "-insecure"
460 Enable \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
461 sequences that echo strings. See the resource \fBinsecure\fR for more
462 info.
463 .IP "\fB\-mod\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
464 .IX Item "-mod modifier"
465 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: \fBalt\fR,
466 \&\fBmeta\fR, \fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR,
467 \&\fBmod5\fR; resource \fImodifier\fR.
468 .IP "\fB\-ssc\fR|\fB+ssc\fR" 4
469 .IX Item "-ssc|+ssc"
470 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource
471 \&\fBsecondaryScreen\fR.
472 .IP "\fB\-ssr\fR|\fB+ssr\fR" 4
473 .IX Item "-ssr|+ssr"
474 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
475 \&\fBsecondaryScroll\fR.
476 .IP "\fB\-hold\fR|\fB+hold\fR" 4
477 .IX Item "-hold|+hold"
478 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
479 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
480 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
481 user; resource \fBhold\fR.
482 .IP "\fB\-keysym.\fR\fIsym\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
483 .IX Item "-keysym.sym string"
484 Remap a key symbol. See resource \fBkeysym\fR.
485 .IP "\fB\-embed\fR \fIwindowid\fR" 4
486 .IX Item "-embed windowid"
487 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
488 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
489 .Sp
490 Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
491 shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
492 quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
493 create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
494 .Sp
495 The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
496 .Sp
497 It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
498 descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
499 can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
500 terminal. This works regardless of wether the \f(CW\*(C`\-embed\*(C'\fR option was used or
501 not.
502 .Sp
503 Here is a short Gtk2\-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
504 used (a longer example is in \fIdoc/embed\fR):
505 .Sp
506 .Vb 5
507 \& my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
508 \& $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
509 \& my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
510 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
511 \& });
512 .Ve
513 .IP "\fB\-pty\-fd\fR \fIfile descriptor\fR" 4
514 .IX Item "-pty-fd file descriptor"
515 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ \s-1NOT\s0 to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
516 pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is
517 useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
518 without having to run a program within it.
519 .Sp
520 If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
521 entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions \- you have to do that
522 yourself if you want that.
523 .Sp
524 As an extremely special case, specifying \f(CW\*(C`\-1\*(C'\fR will completely suppress
525 pty/tty operations.
526 .Sp
527 Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
528 longer example is in \fIdoc/pty\-fd\fR):
529 .Sp
530 .Vb 2
531 \& use IO::Pty;
532 \& use Fcntl;
533 .Ve
534 .Sp
535 .Vb 4
536 \& my $pty = new IO::Pty;
537 \& fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
538 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
539 \& close $pty;
540 .Ve
541 .Sp
542 .Vb 3
543 \& # now communicate with rxvt
544 \& my $slave = $pty->slave;
545 \& while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\en" }
546 .Ve
547 .IP "\fB\-pe\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
548 .IX Item "-pe string"
549 Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
550 this terminal instance. See resource \fBperl-ext\fR for details.
551 .SH "RESOURCES (available also as long\-options)"
552 .IX Header "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)"
553 Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-help' gives a list of all resources (long
554 options) compiled into your version.
555 .PP
556 You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like \fBxrdb\fR. Many
557 distribution do also load settings from the \fB~/.Xresources\fR file when X
558 starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
559 with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
560 .PP
561 .Vb 5
562 \& 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
563 \& 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
564 \& 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
565 \& 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
566 \& 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
567 .Ve
568 .PP
569 Note that when reading X resources, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR recognizes two class
570 names: \fBRxvt\fR and \fBURxvt\fR. The class name \fBRxvt\fR allows resources
571 common to both \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR and the original \fIrxvt\fR to be easily
572 configured, while the class name \fBURxvt\fR allows resources unique to
573 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR, to be shared between different \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
574 configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
575 be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
576 settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
577 check the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
578 extensions not documented here):
579 .IP "\fBgeometry:\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
580 .IX Item "geometry: geom"
581 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
582 option \fB\-geometry\fR.
583 .IP "\fBbackground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
584 .IX Item "background: colour"
585 Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
586 White]; option \fB\-bg\fR.
587 .IP "\fBforeground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
588 .IX Item "foreground: colour"
589 Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
590 Black]; option \fB\-fg\fR.
591 .IP "\fBcolor\fR\fIn\fR\fB:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
592 .IX Item "colorn: colour"
593 Use the specified colour for the colour value \fIn\fR, where 0\-7
594 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8\-15 corresponds to
595 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
596 colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
597 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
598 names used are listed in the \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
599 .Sp
600 Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
601 changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
602 .Sp
603 Colours 16\-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
604 88 colour support). Colours 80\-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
605 .IP "\fBcolorBD:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
606 .IX Item "colorBD: colour"
607 .PD 0
608 .IP "\fBcolorIT:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
609 .IX Item "colorIT: colour"
610 .PD
611 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
612 foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
613 (Compile \fIstyles\fR) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
614 .IP "\fBcolorUL:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
615 .IX Item "colorUL: colour"
616 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
617 foreground colour is the default.
618 .IP "\fBcolorRV:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
619 .IX Item "colorRV: colour"
620 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
621 characters.
622 .IP "\fBunderlineColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
623 .IX Item "underlineColor: colour"
624 If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
625 itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
626 .IP "\fBcursorColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
627 .IX Item "cursorColor: colour"
628 Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
629 foreground colour; option \fB\-cr\fR.
630 .IP "\fBcursorColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
631 .IX Item "cursorColor2: colour"
632 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this to
633 take effect, \fBcursorColor\fR must also be specified. The default is to
634 use the background colour.
635 .IP "\fBreverseVideo:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
636 .IX Item "reverseVideo: boolean"
637 \&\fBTrue\fR: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
638 option \fB\-rv\fR. \fBFalse\fR: regular screen colours [default]; option
639 \&\fB+rv\fR. See note in \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
640 .IP "\fBjumpScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
641 .IX Item "jumpScroll: boolean"
642 \&\fBTrue\fR: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling
643 quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option \fB\-j\fR.
644 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option \fB+j\fR.
645 .IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
646 .IX Item "inheritPixmap: boolean"
647 \&\fBTrue\fR: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
648 artificial transparency. \fBFalse\fR: do not inherit the parent windows'
649 pixmap.
650 .IP "\fBfading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
651 .IX Item "fading: number"
652 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option \fB\-fade\fR.
653 .IP "\fBfadeColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
654 .IX Item "fadeColor: colour"
655 Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see \fBfading:\fR). The default
656 colour is black; option \fB\-fadecolor\fR.
657 .IP "\fBtintColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
658 .IX Item "tintColor: colour"
659 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
660 \&\fB\-tint\fR.
661 .IP "\fBshading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
662 .IX Item "shading: number"
663 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent background
664 image in addition to tinting it.
665 .IP "\fBscrollColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
666 .IX Item "scrollColor: colour"
667 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
668 .IP "\fBtroughColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
669 .IX Item "troughColor: colour"
670 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
671 #969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
672 .IP "\fBborderColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
673 .IX Item "borderColor: colour"
674 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
675 and the text.
676 .IP "\fBbackgroundPixmap:\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
677 .IX Item "backgroundPixmap: file[;geom]"
678 Use the specified \s-1XPM\s0 file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
679 the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
680 string \fBWxH+X+Y\fR, in which \fB\*(L"W\*(R" / \*(L"H\*(R"\fR specify the
681 horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and \fB\*(L"X\*(R" / \*(L"Y\*(R"\fR locate the image
682 centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
683 of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
684 specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
685 be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
686 scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
687 .IP "\fBmenu:\fR \fIfile[;tag]\fR" 4
688 .IX Item "menu: file[;tag]"
689 Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
690 optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
691 reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
692 .IP "\fBpath:\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
693 .IX Item "path: path"
694 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (\s-1XPM\s0 and
695 menus), in addition to the paths specified by the \fB\s-1RXVTPATH\s0\fR and
696 \&\fB\s-1PATH\s0\fR environment variables.
697 .IP "\fBfont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
698 .IX Item "font: fontlist"
699 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font
700 names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.
701 The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
702 be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always
703 appended to it; option \fB\-fn\fR.
704 .Sp
705 Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (\s-1XLFD\s0) name, with
706 optional prefix \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR or a Xft font (Compile \fIxft\fR), prefixed with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR.
707 .Sp
708 In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
709 specifications enclosed in square brackets (\f(CW\*(C`[]\*(C'\fR). The only available
710 hint currently is \f(CW\*(C`codeset=codeset\-name\*(C'\fR, and this is only used for Xft
711 fonts.
712 .Sp
713 For example, this font resource
714 .Sp
715 .Vb 5
716 \& URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\e
717 \& -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\e
718 \& -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \e
719 \& [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \e
720 \& xft:Code2000:antialias=false
721 .Ve
722 .Sp
723 specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR (actually
724 the iso8859\-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
725 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
726 wide and 15 pixels high.
727 .Sp
728 The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
729 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non\-bold, but
730 the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
731 useful supplement.
732 .Sp
733 The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
734 are limited to the \fB\s-1JIS\s0 0208\fR codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
735 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
736 .Sp
737 The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
738 remaining unicode characters.
739 .IP "\fBboldFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
740 .IX Item "boldFont: fontlist"
741 .PD 0
742 .IP "\fBitalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
743 .IX Item "italicFont: fontlist"
744 .IP "\fBboldItalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
745 .IX Item "boldItalicFont: fontlist"
746 .PD
747 The font list to use for displaying \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR or \fB\f(BIbold
748 italic\fB\fR characters, respectively.
749 .Sp
750 If specified and non\-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
751 \&\fBfont\fR\-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
752 it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
753 italic.
754 .Sp
755 If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
756 \&\*(L"morphing\*(R" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
757 not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
758 .Sp
759 If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
760 text font will being used for the given style.
761 .IP "\fBintensityStyles:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
762 .IX Item "intensityStyles: boolean"
763 When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (\fBTrue\fR,
764 option \fB\-is\fR, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high
765 intensity foreground/backround colours. Disabling this option (\fBFalse\fR,
766 option \fB+is\fR) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
767 reachable.
768 .IP "\fBselectstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
769 .IX Item "selectstyle: mode"
770 Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fR which is 2.20, \fBoldword\fR which is
771 xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
772 xterm style selection.
773 .IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
774 .IX Item "scrollstyle: mode"
775 Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fR, \fBplain\fR, \fBnext\fR or \fBxterm\fR. \fBplain\fR is
776 the author's favourite.
777 .IP "\fBtitle:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
778 .IX Item "title: string"
779 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
780 specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application
781 name; option \fB\-title\fR.
782 .IP "\fBiconName:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
783 .IX Item "iconName: string"
784 Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon
785 manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is explicitly
786 set; option \fB\-n\fR.
787 .IP "\fBmapAlert:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
788 .IX Item "mapAlert: boolean"
789 \&\fBTrue\fR: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. \fBFalse\fR: no
790 de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
791 .IP "\fBvisualBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
792 .IX Item "visualBell: boolean"
793 \&\fBTrue\fR: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option \fB\-vb\fR.
794 \&\fBFalse\fR: no visual bell [default]; option \fB+vb\fR.
795 .IP "\fBloginShell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
796 .IX Item "loginShell: boolean"
797 \&\fBTrue\fR: start as a login shell by prepending a `\-' to \fBargv[0]\fR of
798 the shell; option \fB\-ls\fR. \fBFalse\fR: start as a normal sub-shell
799 [default]; option \fB+ls\fR.
800 .IP "\fButmpInhibit:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
801 .IX Item "utmpInhibit: boolean"
802 \&\fBTrue\fR: inhibit writing record into the system log file \fButmp\fR;
803 option \fB\-ut\fR. \fBFalse\fR: write record into the system log file \fButmp\fR
804 [default]; option \fB+ut\fR.
805 .IP "\fBprint\-pipe:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
806 .IX Item "print-pipe: string"
807 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default \fI\fIlpr\fI\|(1)\fR]. Use
808 \&\fBPrint\fR to initiate a screen dump to the printer and \fBCtrl-Print\fR or
809 \&\fBShift-Print\fR to include the scrollback as well.
810 .Sp
811 The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as\-is.
812 .Sp
813 Example:
814 .Sp
815 .Vb 1
816 \& URxvt*print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
817 .Ve
818 .Sp
819 This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
820 everytime you hit \f(CW\*(C`Print\*(C'\fR.
821 .IP "\fBscrollBar:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
822 .IX Item "scrollBar: boolean"
823 \&\fBTrue\fR: enable the scrollbar [default]; option \fB\-sb\fR. \fBFalse\fR:
824 disable the scrollbar; option \fB+sb\fR.
825 .IP "\fBscrollBar_right:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
826 .IX Item "scrollBar_right: boolean"
827 \&\fBTrue\fR: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option \fB\-sr\fR.
828 \&\fBFalse\fR: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option \fB+sr\fR.
829 .IP "\fBscrollBar_floating:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
830 .IX Item "scrollBar_floating: boolean"
831 \&\fBTrue\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option \fB\-st\fR.
832 \&\fBFalse\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option \fB+st\fR.
833 .IP "\fBscrollBar_align:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
834 .IX Item "scrollBar_align: mode"
835 Align the \fBtop\fR, \fBbottom\fR or \fBcentre\fR [default] of the scrollbar
836 thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
837 .IP "\fBscrollTtyOutput:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
838 .IX Item "scrollTtyOutput: boolean"
839 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option \fB\-si\fR.
840 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
841 \&\fB+si\fR.
842 .IP "\fBscrollWithBuffer:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
843 .IX Item "scrollWithBuffer: boolean"
844 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
845 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR is False); option \fB\-sw\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll
846 with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option \fB+sw\fR.
847 .IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
848 .IX Item "scrollTtyKeypress: boolean"
849 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
850 are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
851 are not passed onto the shell; option \fB\-sk\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to
852 bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option \fB+sk\fR.
853 .IP "\fBsaveLines:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
854 .IX Item "saveLines: number"
855 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
856 resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option \fB\-sl\fR.
857 .IP "\fBinternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
858 .IX Item "internalBorder: number"
859 Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
860 option \fB\-b\fR.
861 .IP "\fBexternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
862 .IX Item "externalBorder: number"
863 External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
864 option \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-bw\fR, \fB\-borderwidth\fR.
865 .IP "\fBborderLess:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
866 .IX Item "borderLess: boolean"
867 Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
868 \&\s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option \fB\-bl\fR.
869 .IP "\fBskipBuiltinGlyphs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
870 .IX Item "skipBuiltinGlyphs: boolean"
871 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
872 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
873 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
874 option \fB\-sbg\fR.
875 .IP "\fBtermName:\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
876 .IX Item "termName: termname"
877 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the \fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment
878 variable; option \fB\-tn\fR.
879 .IP "\fBlinespace:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
880 .IX Item "linespace: number"
881 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
882 the display [default 0]; option \fB\-lsp\fR.
883 .IP "\fBmeta8:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
884 .IX Item "meta8: boolean"
885 \&\fBTrue\fR: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. \fBFalse\fR:
886 handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
887 .IP "\fBmouseWheelScrollPage:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
888 .IX Item "mouseWheelScrollPage: boolean"
889 \&\fBTrue\fR: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. \fBFalse\fR: the mouse wheel
890 scrolls five lines [default].
891 .IP "\fBpastableTabs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
892 .IX Item "pastableTabs: boolean"
893 \&\fBTrue\fR: store tabs as wide characters. \fBFalse\fR: interpret tabs as cursor
894 movement only; option \f(CW\*(C`\-ptab\*(C'\fR.
895 .IP "\fBcursorBlink:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
896 .IX Item "cursorBlink: boolean"
897 \&\fBTrue\fR: blink the cursor. \fBFalse\fR: do not blink the cursor [default];
898 option \fB\-bc\fR.
899 .IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
900 .IX Item "pointerBlank: boolean"
901 \&\fBTrue\fR: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
902 of seconds of inactivity. \fBFalse\fR: the pointer is always visible
903 [default].
904 .IP "\fBpointerColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
905 .IX Item "pointerColor: colour"
906 Mouse pointer foreground colour.
907 .IP "\fBpointerColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
908 .IX Item "pointerColor2: colour"
909 Mouse pointer background colour.
910 .IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
911 .IX Item "pointerBlankDelay: number"
912 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
913 large number (e.g. \f(CW987654321\fR) to effectively disable the timeout.
914 .IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
915 .IX Item "backspacekey: string"
916 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to \fB\s-1DEC\s0\fR
917 or unset it will send \fBDelete\fR (code 127) or, if shifted, \fBBackspace\fR
918 (code 8) \- which can be reversed with the appropriate \s-1DEC\s0 private mode
919 escape sequence.
920 .IP "\fBdeletekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
921 .IX Item "deletekey: string"
922 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
923 pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
924 with the \fBExecute\fR key.
925 .IP "\fBcutchars:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
926 .IX Item "cutchars: string"
927 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The
928 built-in default:
929 .Sp
930 \&\fB\s-1BACKSLASH\s0 `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}\fR
931 .IP "\fBpreeditType:\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
932 .IX Item "preeditType: style"
933 \&\fBOverTheSpot\fR, \fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; option \fB\-pt\fR.
934 .IP "\fBinputMethod:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
935 .IX Item "inputMethod: name"
936 \&\fIname\fR of inputMethod to use; option \fB\-im\fR.
937 .IP "\fBimLocale:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
938 .IX Item "imLocale: name"
939 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
940 \&\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
941 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
942 another locale; option \fB\-imlocale\fR.
943 .IP "\fBimFont:\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
944 .IX Item "imFont: fontset"
945 Specify the font-set used for \s-1XIM\s0 styles \f(CW\*(C`OverTheSpot\*(C'\fR or
946 \&\f(CW\*(C`OffTheSpot\*(C'\fR. It must be a standard X font set (\s-1XLFD\s0 patterns separated
947 by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
948 in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
949 found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
950 option \fB\-imfont\fR.
951 .IP "\fBtripleclickwords:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
952 .IX Item "tripleclickwords: boolean"
953 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
954 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
955 the end of the logical line only; option \fB\-tcw\fR.
956 .IP "\fBinsecure:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
957 .IX Item "insecure: boolean"
958 Enables \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
959 echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
960 abused if somebody gets 8\-bit\-clean access to your display, whether
961 through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
962 \&\fIwrite\fR\|(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
963 default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
964 sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
965 .Sp
966 You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
967 \&\fB\-insecure\fR as an option. At the moment, this enables display\-answer,
968 locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests as well as dynamic
969 menubar dispatch.
970 .IP "\fBmodifier:\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
971 .IX Item "modifier: modifier"
972 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: \fBalt\fR, \fBmeta\fR,
973 \&\fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR, \fBmod5\fR; option
974 \&\fB\-mod\fR.
975 .IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
976 .IX Item "answerbackString: string"
977 Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an \s-1ENQ\s0 (control\-E)
978 character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
979 in the entry on \fBkeysym\fR following.
980 .IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fR \fIbool\fR" 4
981 .IX Item "secondaryScreen: bool"
982 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
983 .IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fR \fIbool\fR" 4
984 .IX Item "secondaryScroll: bool"
985 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this
986 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
987 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
988 instead scroll the screen up.
989 .IP "\fBhold\fR: \fIbool\fR" 4
990 .IX Item "hold: bool"
991 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
992 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
993 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
994 user.
995 .IP "\fBkeysym.\fR\fIsym\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
996 .IX Item "keysym.sym: string"
997 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Associate \fIstring\fR with keysym \fIsym\fR. The
998 intervening resource name \fBkeysym.\fR cannot be omitted.
999 .Sp
1000 The format of \fIsym\fR is "\fI(modifiers\-)key\fR", where \fImodifiers\fR can be
1001 any combination of \fBISOLevel3\fR, \fBAppKeypad\fR, \fBControl\fR, \fBNumLock\fR,
1002 \&\fBShift\fR, \fBMeta\fR, \fBLock\fR, \fBMod1\fR, \fBMod2\fR, \fBMod3\fR, \fBMod4\fR, \fBMod5\fR,
1003 and the abbreviated \fBI\fR, \fBK\fR, \fBC\fR, \fBN\fR, \fBS\fR, \fBM\fR, \fBA\fR, \fBL\fR, \fB1\fR,
1004 \&\fB2\fR, \fB3\fR, \fB4\fR, \fB5\fR.
1005 .Sp
1006 The \fBNumLock\fR, \fBMeta\fR and \fBISOLevel3\fR modifiers are usually aliased to
1007 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or \s-1ISO\s0 Level3 Shift/AltGr
1008 keys are being mapped. \fBAppKeypad\fR is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1009 current application keymap mode state.
1010 .Sp
1011 The spellings of \fIkey\fR can be obtained by using \fBxev\fR(1) command or
1012 searching keysym macros from \fB/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h\fR and
1013 omitting the prefix \fB\s-1XK_\s0\fR. Alternatively you can specify \fIkey\fR by its hex
1014 keysym value (\fB0x0000 \- 0xFFFF\fR). Note that the lookup of \fIsym\fRs is not
1015 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1016 .Sp
1017 \&\fIstring\fR may contain escape values (\f(CW\*(C`\ea\*(C'\fR: bell, \f(CW\*(C`\eb\*(C'\fR: backspace,
1018 \&\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,
1019 \&\f(CW\*(C`\e000\*(C'\fR: octal number) or verbatim control characters (\f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR: delete,
1020 \&\f(CW\*(C`^@\*(C'\fR: null, \f(CW\*(C`^A\*(C'\fR ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
1021 can start or end with whitespace.
1022 .Sp
1023 Please note that you need to double the \f(CW\*(C`\e\*(C'\fR in resource files, as
1024 Xlib itself does it's own de-escaping (you can use \f(CW\*(C`\e033\*(C'\fR instead of
1025 \&\f(CW\*(C`\ee\*(C'\fR (and so on), which will work with both Xt and @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own
1026 processing).
1027 .Sp
1028 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a \fIstring\fR
1029 with pattern \fBlist/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX\fR, where the delimeter `/'
1030 should be a character not used by the strings.
1031 .Sp
1032 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1033 .Sp
1034 .Vb 1
1035 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\e033<M-C-|abc|>
1036 .Ve
1037 .Sp
1038 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1039 .Sp
1040 .Vb 3
1041 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \e033<M-C-a>
1042 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \e033<M-C-b>
1043 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \e033<M-C-c>
1044 .Ve
1045 .Sp
1046 If \fIstring\fR takes the form of \f(CW\*(C`command:STRING\*(C'\fR, the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1047 is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1048 example the following means "change the current locale to \f(CW\*(C`zh_CN.GBK\*(C'\fR
1049 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1050 .Sp
1051 .Vb 1
1052 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
1053 .Ve
1054 .Sp
1055 If \fIstring\fR takes the form \f(CW\*(C`perl:STRING\*(C'\fR, then the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1056 is passed to the \f(CW\*(C`on_keyboard_command\*(C'\fR perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3)
1057 manpage. For example, the \fIselection\fR extension (activated via
1058 \&\f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-pe selection\*(C'\fR) listens for \f(CW\*(C`selection:rot13\*(C'\fR events:
1059 .Sp
1060 .Vb 1
1061 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1062 .Ve
1063 .Sp
1064 Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1065 will match if at \fIat least\fR the specified identifiers are being set, and
1066 no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1067 means that defining a key map for \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR will automatically provide
1068 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
1069 mappings themselves.
1070 .Sp
1071 Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1072 if you overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1073 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke \*(L"holes\*(R" into the
1074 user-defined keymap using the \f(CW\*(C`builtin:\*(C'\fR replacement:
1075 .Sp
1076 .Vb 2
1077 \& URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1078 \& URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1079 .Ve
1080 .Sp
1081 The first line defines a mapping for \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR and \fIany\fR combination
1082 of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1083 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR.
1084 .Sp
1085 The following example will map Control\-Meta\-1 and Control\-Meta\-2 to
1086 the fonts \f(CW\*(C`suxuseuro\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR, so you can have some limited
1087 font-switching at runtime:
1088 .Sp
1089 .Vb 2
1090 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]50;suxuseuro\e007
1091 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]50;9x15bold\e007
1092 .Ve
1093 .Sp
1094 Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1095 info):
1096 .Sp
1097 .Vb 2
1098 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\e033[8;25;80t
1099 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\e033[8;48;110t
1100 .Ve
1101 .IP "\fBperl-ext-common\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1102 .IX Item "perl-ext-common: string"
1103 .PD 0
1104 .IP "\fBperl-ext\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1105 .IX Item "perl-ext: string"
1106 .PD
1107 Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: \f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR) to
1108 use in this terminal instance; option \fB\-pe\fR.
1109 .Sp
1110 Extension names can be prefixed with a \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR sign to prohibit using
1111 them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1112 by default, or specified via the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource. For
1113 example, \f(CW\*(C`default,\-selection\*(C'\fR will use all the default extension except
1114 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\*(C'\fR.
1115 .Sp
1116 Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1117 (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`searchable\-scrollback<M\-s>\*(C'\fR, which binds the hotkey for
1118 searchable scorllback to Alt/Meta\-s). Mentioning the same extension
1119 multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1120 the extension.
1121 .Sp
1122 Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1123 necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1124 .Sp
1125 If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1126 interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1127 \&\fBperl-ext-common\fR will be used for extensions that should be available to
1128 all instances, while \fBperl-ext\fR is used for specific instances.
1129 .IP "\fBperl-eval\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1130 .IX Item "perl-eval: string"
1131 Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1132 the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
1133 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1134 .IP "\fBperl-lib\fR: \fIpath\fR" 4
1135 .IX Item "perl-lib: path"
1136 Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1137 scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the \f(CW\*(C`perl\*(C'\fR resource,
1138 @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
1139 \&\fI@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/\fR. Due to security reasons, this resource
1140 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1141 .Sp
1142 See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage.
1143 .IP "\fBurlLauncher\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1144 .IX Item "urlLauncher: string"
1145 Specifies the program to be started with a \s-1URL\s0 argument. Used by the
1146 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\-popup\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`mark\-urls\*(C'\fR perl extensions.
1147 .IP "\fBtransient-for\fR: \fIwindowid\fR" 4
1148 .IX Item "transient-for: windowid"
1149 Sets the \s-1WM_TRANSIENT_FOR\s0 property to the given window iw.
1150 .SH "THE SCROLLBAR"
1151 .IX Header "THE SCROLLBAR"
1152 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window
1153 (resource: \fBsaveLines\fR) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar
1154 or by keystrokes. The normal \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR scrollbar has arrows and
1155 its behaviour is fairly intuitive. The \fBxterm-scrollbar\fR is without
1156 arrows and its behaviour mimics that of \fIxterm\fR
1157 .PP
1158 Scroll down with \fBButton1\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Next\fR.
1159 Scroll up with \fBButton3\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Prior\fR.
1160 Continuous scroll with \fBButton2\fR.
1161 .SH "MOUSE REPORTING"
1162 .IX Header "MOUSE REPORTING"
1163 To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
1164 the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
1165 (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
1166 .PP
1167 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
1168 disabled \*(-- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
1169 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 6 ~\fR
1170 (Next) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 5 ~\fR (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1171 up and down arrows sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ A\fR (Up) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ B\fR (Down),
1172 respectively.
1173 .SH "TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION"
1174 .IX Header "TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION"
1175 The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
1176 \&\fIxterm\fR(1).
1177 .IP "\fBSelection\fR:" 4
1178 .IX Item "Selection:"
1179 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1180 and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1181 to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1182 (which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1183 \&\fBtripleclickwords\fR.
1184 .Sp
1185 Starting a selection while pressing the \fBMeta\fR key (or \fBMeta+Ctrl\fR keys)
1186 (Compile: \fIfrills\fR) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1187 normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1188 selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1189 the selection.
1190 .IP "\fBInsertion\fR:" 4
1191 .IX Item "Insertion:"
1192 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or \fBShift-Insert\fR) in
1193 an \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window causes the current text selection to be
1194 inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1195 .SH "CHANGING FONTS"
1196 .IX Header "CHANGING FONTS"
1197 Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
1198 supported in rxvt\-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
1199 .PP
1200 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and
1201 therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
1202 .PP
1203 .Vb 1
1204 \& printf '\ee]710;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1205 .Ve
1206 .PP
1207 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
1208 .SH "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1209 .IX Header "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1210 \&\s-1ISO\s0 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1211 and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1212 first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1213 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1214 with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-iso14755\*(C'\fR.
1215 .IP "* 5.1: Basic method" 4
1216 .IX Item "5.1: Basic method"
1217 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1218 .Sp
1219 Start by pressing and holding both \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR, then enter
1220 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR will
1221 commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1222 \&\f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1223 \&\f(CW\*(C`Space\*(C'\fR, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1224 one.
1225 .Sp
1226 As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e\-mail
1227 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e\-mail
1228 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`671d 65e5\*(C'\fR. You can enter this easily
1229 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,
1230 followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1231 .IP "* 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method" 4
1232 .IX Item "5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method"
1233 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1234 your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1235 .Sp
1236 Start by pressing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then releasing
1237 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1238 invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1239 keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1240 released, otherwise pressing e.g. \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR would enter the symbol for
1241 \&\f(CW\*(C`ISO Level 2 Switch\*(C'\fR, although your intention might have been to enter a
1242 reverse tab (Shift\-Tab).
1243 .IP "* 5.3: Screen-selection entry method" 4
1244 .IX Item "5.3: Screen-selection entry method"
1245 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1246 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1247 .IP "* 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input" 4
1248 .IX Item "5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input"
1249 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1250 characters already displayed.
1251 .Sp
1252 You enter this mode by holding down \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then
1253 pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1254 hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1255 pointer is displayed until you release \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR.
1256 .Sp
1257 In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1258 character \- due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1259 combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1260 always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1261 .PP
1262 With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1263 both scenario A and B of \s-1ISO\s0 14755, including part 5.2.
1264 .SH "LOGIN STAMP"
1265 .IX Header "LOGIN STAMP"
1266 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fR(5) file so that
1267 it can be seen via the \fI\fIwho\fI\|(1)\fR command, and can accept messages. To
1268 allow this feature, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR may need to be installed setuid root
1269 on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1270 .SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1271 .IX Header "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1272 In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1273 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR can display up to 16 colours (8 \s-1ANSI\s0 colours plus
1274 high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
1275 colours with their \fBrgb.txt\fR names.
1276 .TS
1277 l l l .
1278 color0 (black) = Black
1279 color1 (red) = Red3
1280 color2 (green) = Green3
1281 color3 (yellow) = Yellow3
1282 color4 (blue) = Blue3
1283 color5 (magenta) = Magenta3
1284 color6 (cyan) = Cyan3
1285 color7 (white) = AntiqueWhite
1286 color8 (bright black) = Grey25
1287 color9 (bright red) = Red
1288 color10 (bright green) = Green
1289 color11 (bright yellow) = Yellow
1290 color12 (bright blue) = Blue
1291 color13 (bright magenta) = Magenta
1292 color14 (bright cyan) = Cyan
1293 color15 (bright white) = White
1294 foreground = Black
1295 background = White
1296 .TE
1297
1298 .PP
1299 It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fR,
1300 \&\fBbackground\fR, \fBcursorColor\fR, \fBcursorColor2\fR, \fBcolorBD\fR, \fBcolorUL\fR as
1301 a number 0\-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1302 color0\-color15.
1303 .PP
1304 Note that \fB\-rv\fR (\fB\*(L"reverseVideo: True\*(R"\fR) simulates reverse video by
1305 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1306 \&\fIxterm\fR(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1307 been specified. For example,
1308 .IP "\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fg Black \-bg White \-rv\fR" 4
1309 .IX Item "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv"
1310 would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fR(1) it would yield Black
1311 on White.
1312 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
1313 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
1314 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1315 .IP "\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR" 4
1316 .IX Item "TERM"
1317 Normally set to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1318 resources or on the commandline.
1319 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORTERM\s0\fR" 4
1320 .IX Item "COLORTERM"
1321 Either \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-xpm\*(C'\fR, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1322 compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support, and optionally with the added extension
1323 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-mono\*(C'\fR to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1324 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORFGBG\s0\fR" 4
1325 .IX Item "COLORFGBG"
1326 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
1327 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1328 \&\f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1329 used), \f(CW\*(C`bg\*(C'\fR is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1330 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@@
1331 was compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support. Libraries like \f(CW\*(C`ncurses\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`slang\*(C'\fR can
1332 (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1333 .IP "\fB\s-1WINDOWID\s0\fR" 4
1334 .IX Item "WINDOWID"
1335 Set to the (decimal) X Window \s-1ID\s0 of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1336 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1337 window and so on).
1338 .IP "\fB\s-1TERMINFO\s0\fR" 4
1339 .IX Item "TERMINFO"
1340 Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1341 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH\*(C'\fR.
1342 .IP "\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR" 4
1343 .IX Item "DISPLAY"
1344 Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1345 display in it's child processes.
1346 .IP "\fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR" 4
1347 .IX Item "SHELL"
1348 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to \f(CW\*(C`/bin/sh\*(C'\fR.
1349 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVTPATH\s0\fR" 4
1350 .IX Item "RXVTPATH"
1351 The path where @@RXVT_NAME@@ looks for support files such as menu and xpm
1352 files.
1353 .IP "\fB\s-1PATH\s0\fR" 4
1354 .IX Item "PATH"
1355 Used in the same way as \f(CW\*(C`RXVTPATH\*(C'\fR.
1356 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVT_SOCKET\s0\fR" 4
1357 .IX Item "RXVT_SOCKET"
1358 The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1359 @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1360 .Sp
1361 Default \fI$HOME/.rxvt\-unicode\-\fI<nodename\fI\fR.
1362 .IP "\fB\s-1HOME\s0\fR" 4
1363 .IX Item "HOME"
1364 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1365 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1366 \&\f(CW\*(C`.Xdefaults\*(C'\fR)
1367 .IP "\fB\s-1XAPPLRESDIR\s0\fR" 4
1368 .IX Item "XAPPLRESDIR"
1369 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1370 .IP "\fB\s-1XENVIRONMENT\s0\fR" 4
1371 .IX Item "XENVIRONMENT"
1372 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1373 @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1374 .SH "FILES"
1375 .IX Header "FILES"
1376 .IP "\fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt\fR" 4
1377 .IX Item "/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt"
1378 Color names.
1379 .SH "SEE ALSO"
1380 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
1381 @@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)
1382 .SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1383 .IX Header "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1384 .IP "Project Coordinator" 4
1385 .IX Item "Project Coordinator"
1386 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>
1387 .Sp
1388 <http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt\-unicode>
1389 .SH "AUTHORS"
1390 .IX Header "AUTHORS"
1391 .IP "John Bovey" 4
1392 .IX Item "John Bovey"
1393 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1394 .IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>" 4
1395 .IX Item "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>"
1396 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1397 .IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>" 4
1398 .IX Item "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>"
1399 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1400 .IP "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>" 4
1401 .IX Item "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>"
1402 Wrote the menu system.
1403 .Sp
1404 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1405 .IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu\-berlin.de>" 4
1406 .IX Item "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>"
1407 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1408 .IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>" 4
1409 .IX Item "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>"
1410 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1411 (changes.txt 2.4.6 \- rxvt\-unicode)
1412 .IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>" 4
1413 .IX Item "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>"
1414 Forked rxvt\-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1415 character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1416 compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1417 .Sp
1418 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 \-)