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131 .IX Title "rxvt 1"
132 .TH rxvt 1 "2006-01-02" "6.2" "RXVT-UNICODE"
133 .SH "NAME"
134 rxvt\-unicode (ouR XVT, unicode) \- (a VT102 emulator for the X window system)
135 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
136 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
137 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR [options] [\-e command [ args ]]
138 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
139 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
140 \&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR, version \fB@@RXVT_VERSION@@\fR, is a colour vt102 terminal
141 emulator intended as an \fIxterm\fR(1) replacement for users who do not
142 require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
143 configurability. As a result, \fBrxvt-unicode\fR uses much less swap space \*(--
144 a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
145 .SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
146 .IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
147 See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try \f(CW\*(C`man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@\*(C'\fR) for a list of
148 frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
149 problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
150 <http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
151 .SH "RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT"
152 .IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT"
153 Unlike the original rxvt, \fBrxvt-unicode\fR stores all text in Unicode
154 internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
155 world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
156 especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
157 like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
158 like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
159 scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
160 fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such
161 as hebrew: \fBrxvt-unicode\fR adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
162 belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things \*(--
163 such as cursor-movement while editing \*(-- break otherwise), but that might
164 change.
165 .PP
166 If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
167 me recommend \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean
168 terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
169 because the author couldn't get \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR to use one font for latin1 and
170 another for japanese.
171 .PP
172 Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
173 display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
174 programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able
175 to choose any font for any script freely.
176 .PP
177 Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
178 it's predecessor, supports things such as \s-1XFT\s0 and \s-1ISO\s0 14755 that are handy
179 in i18n\-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original
180 rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
181 .PP
182 It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
183 and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
184 without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
185 a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
186 from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
187 drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
188 @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
189 .PP
190 It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
191 been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
192 reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
193 .SH "OPTIONS"
194 .IX Header "OPTIONS"
195 The \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR options (mostly a subset of \fIxterm\fR's) are listed
196 below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
197 eliminated or default values chosen at compile\-time, so options and
198 defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on
199 your system. `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-h' gives a list of major compile-time options on
200 the \fIOptions\fR line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which
201 compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR:' requires
202 \&\fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR on the \fIOptions\fR line. Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-help' gives a list of all
203 command-line options compiled into your version.
204 .PP
205 Note that \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR permits the resource name to be used as a
206 long-option (\-\-/++ option) so the potential command-line options are
207 far greater than those listed. For example: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-loginShell \-\-color1
208 Orange'.
209 .PP
210 The following options are available:
211 .IP "\fB\-help\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR" 4
212 .IX Item "-help, --help"
213 Print out a message describing available options.
214 .IP "\fB\-display\fR \fIdisplayname\fR" 4
215 .IX Item "-display displayname"
216 Attempt to open a window on the named X display (\fB\-d\fR still
217 respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
218 \&\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR environment variable is used.
219 .IP "\fB\-geometry\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
220 .IX Item "-geometry geom"
221 Window geometry (\fB\-g\fR still respected); resource \fBgeometry\fR.
222 .IP "\fB\-rv\fR|\fB+rv\fR" 4
223 .IX Item "-rv|+rv"
224 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource \fBreverseVideo\fR.
225 .IP "\fB\-j\fR|\fB+j\fR" 4
226 .IX Item "-j|+j"
227 Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource \fBjumpScroll\fR.
228 .IP "\fB\-ip\fR|\fB+ip\fR | \fB\-tr\fR|\fB+tr\fR" 4
229 .IX Item "-ip|+ip | -tr|+tr"
230 Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
231 \&\fB\-tr\fR; resource \fBinheritPixmap\fR.
232 .IP "\fB\-fade\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
233 .IX Item "-fade number"
234 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
235 fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
236 colour; resource \fBfading\fR.
237 .IP "\fB\-fadecolor\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
238 .IX Item "-fadecolor colour"
239 Fade to this colour when fading is used (see \fB\-fade\fR). The default colour
240 is black. resource \fBfadeColor\fR.
241 .IP "\fB\-tint\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
242 .IX Item "-tint colour"
243 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
244 transparency is enabled with \fB\-tr\fR or \fB\-ip\fR. This only works for
245 non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the \fB\-sh\fR option that can be
246 used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it; resource
247 \&\fItintColor\fR. Example:
248 .Sp
249 .Vb 1
250 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
251 .Ve
252 .IP "\fB\-sh\fR" 4
253 .IX Item "-sh"
254 \&\fInumber\fR Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent
255 background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. \fB\-tint\fR must be
256 specified, too, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`\-tint white\*(C'\fR).
257 .IP "\fB\-bg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
258 .IX Item "-bg colour"
259 Window background colour; resource \fBbackground\fR.
260 .IP "\fB\-fg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
261 .IX Item "-fg colour"
262 Window foreground colour; resource \fBforeground\fR.
263 .IP "\fB\-pixmap\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
264 .IX Item "-pixmap file[;geom]"
265 Compile \fI\s-1XPM\s0\fR: Specify \s-1XPM\s0 file for the background and also optionally
266 specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
267 add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR in the
268 command\-line; resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fR.
269 .IP "\fB\-cr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
270 .IX Item "-cr colour"
271 The cursor colour; resource \fBcursorColor\fR.
272 .IP "\fB\-pr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
273 .IX Item "-pr colour"
274 The mouse pointer foreground colour; resource \fBpointerColor\fR.
275 .IP "\fB\-pr2\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
276 .IX Item "-pr2 colour"
277 The mouse pointer background colour; resource \fBpointerColor2\fR.
278 .IP "\fB\-bd\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
279 .IX Item "-bd colour"
280 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
281 resource \fBborderColor\fR.
282 .IP "\fB\-fn\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
283 .IX Item "-fn fontlist"
284 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
285 that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The
286 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
287 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
288 font list is always appended to it. See resource \fBfont\fR for more details.
289 .Sp
290 In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it
291 with \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR. To specify an XFT\-font, you need to prefix it with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR,
292 e.g.:
293 .Sp
294 .Vb 2
295 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
296 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
297 .Ve
298 .Sp
299 See also the question \*(L"How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\*(R" in the \s-1FAQ\s0
300 section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
301 .IP "\fB\-fb\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
302 .IX Item "-fb fontlist"
303 Compile font\-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to
304 be printed. See resource \fBboldFont\fR for details.
305 .IP "\fB\-fi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
306 .IX Item "-fi fontlist"
307 Compile font\-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to
308 be printed. See resource \fBitalicFont\fR for details.
309 .IP "\fB\-fbi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
310 .IX Item "-fbi fontlist"
311 Compile font\-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to
312 be printed. See resource \fBboldItalicFont\fR for details.
313 .IP "\fB\-is\fR|\fB+is\fR" 4
314 .IX Item "-is|+is"
315 Compile font\-styles: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity
316 foreground/background (default). See resource \fBintensityStyles\fR for
317 details.
318 .IP "\fB\-name\fR \fIname\fR" 4
319 .IX Item "-name name"
320 Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
321 rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
322 `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
323 .IP "\fB\-ls\fR|\fB+ls\fR" 4
324 .IX Item "-ls|+ls"
325 Start as a login\-shell/sub\-shell; resource \fBloginShell\fR.
326 .IP "\fB\-ut\fR|\fB+ut\fR" 4
327 .IX Item "-ut|+ut"
328 Compile \fIutmp\fR: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
329 \&\fButmpInhibit\fR.
330 .IP "\fB\-vb\fR|\fB+vb\fR" 4
331 .IX Item "-vb|+vb"
332 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
333 \&\fBvisualBell\fR.
334 .IP "\fB\-sb\fR|\fB+sb\fR" 4
335 .IX Item "-sb|+sb"
336 Turn on/off scrollbar; resource \fBscrollBar\fR.
337 .IP "\fB\-si\fR|\fB+si\fR" 4
338 .IX Item "-si|+si"
339 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on \s-1TTY\s0 output inhibit; resource
340 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR has opposite effect.
341 .IP "\fB\-sk\fR|\fB+sk\fR" 4
342 .IX Item "-sk|+sk"
343 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource
344 \&\fBscrollTtyKeypress\fR.
345 .IP "\fB\-sw\fR|\fB+sw\fR" 4
346 .IX Item "-sw|+sw"
347 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
348 This only takes effect if \fB\-si\fR is also given; resource
349 \&\fBscrollWithBuffer\fR.
350 .IP "\fB\-sr\fR|\fB+sr\fR" 4
351 .IX Item "-sr|+sr"
352 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource \fBscrollBar_right\fR.
353 .IP "\fB\-st\fR|\fB+st\fR" 4
354 .IX Item "-st|+st"
355 Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
356 resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fR.
357 .IP "\fB\-ptab\fR|\fB+ptab\fR" 4
358 .IX Item "-ptab|+ptab"
359 If enabled (default), \*(L"Horizontal Tab\*(R" characters are being stored as
360 actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
361 select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
362 not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
363 on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource \fBpastableTabs\fR.
364 .IP "\fB\-bc\fR|\fB+bc\fR" 4
365 .IX Item "-bc|+bc"
366 Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fR.
367 .IP "\fB\-iconic\fR" 4
368 .IX Item "-iconic"
369 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
370 Alternative form is \fB\-ic\fR.
371 .IP "\fB\-sl\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
372 .IX Item "-sl number"
373 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for
374 limits; resource \fBsaveLines\fR.
375 .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
376 .IX Item "-b number"
377 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. See resource
378 entry for limits; resource \fBinternalBorder\fR.
379 .IP "\fB\-w\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
380 .IX Item "-w number"
381 Compile \fIfrills\fR: External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. Also, \fB\-bw\fR
382 and \fB\-borderwidth\fR. See resource entry for limits; resource
383 \&\fBexternalBorder\fR.
384 .IP "\fB\-bl\fR" 4
385 .IX Item "-bl"
386 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
387 if honoured by the \s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
388 decorations; resource \fBborderLess\fR.
389 .IP "\fB\-lsp\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
390 .IX Item "-lsp number"
391 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
392 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
393 \&\fBlinespace\fR.
394 .IP "\fB\-tn\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
395 .IX Item "-tn termname"
396 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
397 \&\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
398 \&\fI\fItermcap\fI\|(5)\fR database and should have \fIli#\fR and \fIco#\fR entries;
399 resource \fBtermName\fR.
400 .IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIcommand [arguments]\fR" 4
401 .IX Item "-e command [arguments]"
402 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
403 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of
404 the program being executed if neither \fI\-title\fR (\fI\-T\fR) nor \fI\-n\fR are
405 given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
406 on the command\-line. If there is no \fB\-e\fR option then the default is to
407 run the program specified by the \fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR environment variable or,
408 failing that, \fI\fIsh\fI\|(1)\fR.
409 .Sp
410 Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
411 run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
412 .Sp
413 .Vb 1
414 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
415 .Ve
416 .IP "\fB\-title\fR \fItext\fR" 4
417 .IX Item "-title text"
418 Window title (\fB\-T\fR still respected); the default title is the basename
419 of the program specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the
420 application name; resource \fBtitle\fR.
421 .IP "\fB\-n\fR \fItext\fR" 4
422 .IX Item "-n text"
423 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
424 after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application name;
425 resource \fBiconName\fR.
426 .IP "\fB\-C\fR" 4
427 .IX Item "-C"
428 Capture system console messages.
429 .IP "\fB\-pt\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
430 .IX Item "-pt style"
431 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input style for input method; \fBOverTheSpot\fR,
432 \&\fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; resource \fBpreeditType\fR.
433 .IP "\fB\-im\fR \fItext\fR" 4
434 .IX Item "-im text"
435 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input method name. resource \fBinputMethod\fR.
436 .IP "\fB\-imlocale\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
437 .IX Item "-imlocale string"
438 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
439 \&\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
440 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
441 another locale. resource \fBimLocale\fR.
442 .IP "\fB\-imfont\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
443 .IX Item "-imfont fontset"
444 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource \fBimFont\fR
445 for more info.
446 .IP "\fB\-tcw\fR" 4
447 .IX Item "-tcw"
448 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
449 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
450 end of the logical line only. resource \fBtripleclickwords\fR.
451 .IP "\fB\-insecure\fR" 4
452 .IX Item "-insecure"
453 Enable \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
454 sequences that echo strings. See the resource \fBinsecure\fR for more
455 info.
456 .IP "\fB\-mod\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
457 .IX Item "-mod modifier"
458 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: \fBalt\fR,
459 \&\fBmeta\fR, \fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR,
460 \&\fBmod5\fR; resource \fImodifier\fR.
461 .IP "\fB\-ssc\fR|\fB+ssc\fR" 4
462 .IX Item "-ssc|+ssc"
463 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource
464 \&\fBsecondaryScreen\fR.
465 .IP "\fB\-ssr\fR|\fB+ssr\fR" 4
466 .IX Item "-ssr|+ssr"
467 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
468 \&\fBsecondaryScroll\fR.
469 .IP "\fB\-hold\fR|\fB+hold\fR" 4
470 .IX Item "-hold|+hold"
471 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
472 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
473 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
474 user; resource \fBhold\fR.
475 .IP "\fB\-keysym.\fR\fIsym\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
476 .IX Item "-keysym.sym string"
477 Remap a key symbol. See resource \fBkeysym\fR.
478 .IP "\fB\-embed\fR \fIwindowid\fR" 4
479 .IX Item "-embed windowid"
480 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
481 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
482 .Sp
483 Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
484 shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
485 quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
486 create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
487 .Sp
488 The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
489 .Sp
490 It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
491 descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
492 can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
493 terminal. This works regardless of wether the \f(CW\*(C`\-embed\*(C'\fR option was used or
494 not.
495 .Sp
496 Here is a short Gtk2\-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
497 used (a longer example is in \fIdoc/embed\fR):
498 .Sp
499 .Vb 5
500 \& my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
501 \& $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
502 \& my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
503 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
504 \& });
505 .Ve
506 .IP "\fB\-pty\-fd\fR \fIfileno\fR" 4
507 .IX Item "-pty-fd fileno"
508 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ \s-1NOT\s0 to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
509 pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is
510 useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
511 without having to run a program within it.
512 .Sp
513 If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
514 entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions \- you have to do that
515 yourself if you want that.
516 .Sp
517 Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
518 longer example is in \fIdoc/pty\-fd\fR):
519 .Sp
520 .Vb 2
521 \& use IO::Pty;
522 \& use Fcntl;
523 .Ve
524 .Sp
525 .Vb 4
526 \& my $pty = new IO::Pty;
527 \& fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
528 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
529 \& close $pty;
530 .Ve
531 .Sp
532 .Vb 3
533 \& # now communicate with rxvt
534 \& my $slave = $pty->slave;
535 \& while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\en" }
536 .Ve
537 .SH "RESOURCES (available also as long\-options)"
538 .IX Header "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)"
539 Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-help' gives a list of all resources (long
540 options) compiled into your version.
541 .PP
542 There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the
543 Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*\-functions) or internal
544 Xresources reader (\fB~/.Xdefaults\fR). For the first method (ie.
545 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-h\fR lists \fBXGetDefaults\fR), you can set and change the
546 resources using X11 tools like \fBxrdb\fR. Many distribution do also load
547 settings from the \fB~/.Xresources\fR file when X starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@
548 will consult the following files/resources in order, with later settings
549 overwriting earlier ones:
550 .PP
551 .Vb 5
552 \& 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
553 \& 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
554 \& 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
555 \& 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
556 \& 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
557 .Ve
558 .PP
559 If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-h\fR
560 lists \fB.Xdefaults\fR) then \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR accepts application defaults
561 set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile\-time defined: usually
562 \&\fB/usr/lib/X11/app\-defaults/URxvt\fR) and resources set in
563 \&\fB~/.Xdefaults\fR, or \fB~/.Xresources\fR if \fB~/.Xdefaults\fR does not exist.
564 Note that when reading X resources, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR recognizes two
565 class names: \fBXTerm\fR and \fBURxvt\fR. The class name \fBRxvt\fR allows
566 resources common to both \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR and the original \fIrxvt\fR to be
567 easily configured, while the class name \fBURxvt\fR allows resources
568 unique to \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR, notably colours and key\-handling, to be
569 shared between different \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR configurations. If no
570 resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line
571 arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following
572 resources are allowed:
573 .IP "\fBgeometry:\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
574 .IX Item "geometry: geom"
575 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
576 option \fB\-geometry\fR.
577 .IP "\fBbackground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
578 .IX Item "background: colour"
579 Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
580 White]; option \fB\-bg\fR.
581 .IP "\fBforeground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
582 .IX Item "foreground: colour"
583 Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
584 Black]; option \fB\-fg\fR.
585 .IP "\fBcolor\fR\fIn\fR\fB:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
586 .IX Item "colorn: colour"
587 Use the specified colour for the colour value \fIn\fR, where 0\-7
588 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8\-15 corresponds to
589 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
590 colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
591 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
592 names used are listed in the \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
593 .Sp
594 Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
595 changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
596 .Sp
597 Colours 16\-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
598 88 colour support). Colours 80\-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
599 .IP "\fBcolorBD:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
600 .IX Item "colorBD: colour"
601 .PD 0
602 .IP "\fBcolorIT:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
603 .IX Item "colorIT: colour"
604 .PD
605 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
606 foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
607 (Compile \fIstyles\fR) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
608 .IP "\fBcolorUL:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
609 .IX Item "colorUL: colour"
610 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
611 foreground colour is the default.
612 .IP "\fBcolorRV:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
613 .IX Item "colorRV: colour"
614 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
615 characters.
616 .IP "\fBunderlineColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
617 .IX Item "underlineColor: colour"
618 If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
619 itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
620 .IP "\fBcursorColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
621 .IX Item "cursorColor: colour"
622 Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
623 foreground colour; option \fB\-cr\fR.
624 .IP "\fBcursorColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
625 .IX Item "cursorColor2: colour"
626 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this to
627 take effect, \fBcursorColor\fR must also be specified. The default is to
628 use the background colour.
629 .IP "\fBreverseVideo:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
630 .IX Item "reverseVideo: boolean"
631 \&\fBTrue\fR: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
632 option \fB\-rv\fR. \fBFalse\fR: regular screen colours [default]; option
633 \&\fB+rv\fR. See note in \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
634 .IP "\fBjumpScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
635 .IX Item "jumpScroll: boolean"
636 \&\fBTrue\fR: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling
637 quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option \fB\-j\fR.
638 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option \fB+j\fR.
639 .IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
640 .IX Item "inheritPixmap: boolean"
641 \&\fBTrue\fR: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
642 artificial transparency. \fBFalse\fR: do not inherit the parent windows'
643 pixmap.
644 .IP "\fBfading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
645 .IX Item "fading: number"
646 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option \fB\-fade\fR.
647 .IP "\fBfadeColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
648 .IX Item "fadeColor: colour"
649 Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see \fBfading:\fR). The default
650 colour is black; option \fB\-fadecolor\fR.
651 .IP "\fBtintColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
652 .IX Item "tintColor: colour"
653 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
654 \&\fB\-tint\fR.
655 .IP "\fBshading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
656 .IX Item "shading: number"
657 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent background
658 image in addition to tinting it.
659 .IP "\fBscrollColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
660 .IX Item "scrollColor: colour"
661 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
662 .IP "\fBtroughColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
663 .IX Item "troughColor: colour"
664 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
665 #969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
666 .IP "\fBborderColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
667 .IX Item "borderColor: colour"
668 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
669 and the text.
670 .IP "\fBbackgroundPixmap:\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
671 .IX Item "backgroundPixmap: file[;geom]"
672 Use the specified \s-1XPM\s0 file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
673 the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
674 string \fBWxH+X+Y\fR, in which \fB\*(L"W\*(R" / \*(L"H\*(R"\fR specify the
675 horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and \fB\*(L"X\*(R" / \*(L"Y\*(R"\fR locate the image
676 centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
677 of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
678 specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
679 be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
680 scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
681 .IP "\fBmenu:\fR \fIfile[;tag]\fR" 4
682 .IX Item "menu: file[;tag]"
683 Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
684 optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
685 reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
686 .IP "\fBpath:\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
687 .IX Item "path: path"
688 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (\s-1XPM\s0 and
689 menus), in addition to the paths specified by the \fB\s-1RXVTPATH\s0\fR and
690 \&\fB\s-1PATH\s0\fR environment variables.
691 .IP "\fBfont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
692 .IX Item "font: fontlist"
693 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font
694 names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.
695 The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
696 be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always
697 appended to it. option \fB\-fn\fR.
698 .Sp
699 Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (\s-1XLFD\s0) name, with
700 optional prefix \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR or a Xft font (Compile \fIxft\fR), prefixed with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR.
701 .Sp
702 In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
703 specifications enclosed in square brackets (\f(CW\*(C`[]\*(C'\fR). The only available
704 hint currently is \f(CW\*(C`codeset=codeset\-name\*(C'\fR, and this is only used for Xft
705 fonts.
706 .Sp
707 For example, this font resource
708 .Sp
709 .Vb 5
710 \& URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\e
711 \& -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\e
712 \& -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \e
713 \& [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \e
714 \& xft:Code2000:antialias=false
715 .Ve
716 .Sp
717 specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR (actually
718 the iso8859\-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
719 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
720 wide and 15 pixels high.
721 .Sp
722 The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
723 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non\-bold, but
724 the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
725 useful supplement.
726 .Sp
727 The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
728 are limited to the \fB\s-1JIS\s0 0208\fR codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
729 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
730 .Sp
731 The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
732 remaining unicode characters.
733 .IP "\fBboldFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
734 .IX Item "boldFont: fontlist"
735 .PD 0
736 .IP "\fBitalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
737 .IX Item "italicFont: fontlist"
738 .IP "\fBboldItalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
739 .IX Item "boldItalicFont: fontlist"
740 .PD
741 The font list to use for displaying \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR or \fB\f(BIbold
742 italic\fB\fR characters, respectively.
743 .Sp
744 If specified and non\-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
745 \&\fBfont\fR\-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
746 it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
747 italic.
748 .Sp
749 If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
750 \&\*(L"morphing\*(R" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
751 not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
752 .Sp
753 If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
754 text font will being used for the given style.
755 .IP "\fBintensityStyles:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
756 .IX Item "intensityStyles: boolean"
757 When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (\fBTrue\fR,
758 option \fB\-is\fR, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high
759 intensity foreground/backround colours. Disabling this option (\fBFalse\fR,
760 option \fB+is\fR) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
761 reachable.
762 .IP "\fBselectstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
763 .IX Item "selectstyle: mode"
764 Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fR which is 2.20, \fBoldword\fR which is
765 xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
766 xterm style selection.
767 .IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
768 .IX Item "scrollstyle: mode"
769 Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fR, \fBplain\fR, \fBnext\fR or \fBxterm\fR. \fBplain\fR is
770 the author's favourite.
771 .IP "\fBtitle:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
772 .IX Item "title: string"
773 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
774 specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application
775 name; option \fB\-title\fR.
776 .IP "\fBiconName:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
777 .IX Item "iconName: string"
778 Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon
779 manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is explicitly
780 set; option \fB\-n\fR.
781 .IP "\fBmapAlert:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
782 .IX Item "mapAlert: boolean"
783 \&\fBTrue\fR: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. \fBFalse\fR: no
784 de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
785 .IP "\fBvisualBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
786 .IX Item "visualBell: boolean"
787 \&\fBTrue\fR: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option \fB\-vb\fR.
788 \&\fBFalse\fR: no visual bell [default]; option \fB+vb\fR.
789 .IP "\fBloginShell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
790 .IX Item "loginShell: boolean"
791 \&\fBTrue\fR: start as a login shell by prepending a `\-' to \fBargv[0]\fR of
792 the shell; option \fB\-ls\fR. \fBFalse\fR: start as a normal sub-shell
793 [default]; option \fB+ls\fR.
794 .IP "\fButmpInhibit:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
795 .IX Item "utmpInhibit: boolean"
796 \&\fBTrue\fR: inhibit writing record into the system log file \fButmp\fR;
797 option \fB\-ut\fR. \fBFalse\fR: write record into the system log file \fButmp\fR
798 [default]; option \fB+ut\fR.
799 .IP "\fBprint\-pipe:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
800 .IX Item "print-pipe: string"
801 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default \fI\fIlpr\fI\|(1)\fR]. Use
802 \&\fBPrint\fR to initiate a screen dump to the printer and \fBCtrl-Print\fR or
803 \&\fBShift-Print\fR to include the scrollback as well.
804 .Sp
805 The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as\-is.
806 .Sp
807 Example:
808 .Sp
809 .Vb 1
810 \& URxvt*print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
811 .Ve
812 .Sp
813 This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
814 everytime you hit \f(CW\*(C`Print\*(C'\fR.
815 .IP "\fBscrollBar:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
816 .IX Item "scrollBar: boolean"
817 \&\fBTrue\fR: enable the scrollbar [default]; option \fB\-sb\fR. \fBFalse\fR:
818 disable the scrollbar; option \fB+sb\fR.
819 .IP "\fBscrollBar_right:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
820 .IX Item "scrollBar_right: boolean"
821 \&\fBTrue\fR: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option \fB\-sr\fR.
822 \&\fBFalse\fR: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option \fB+sr\fR.
823 .IP "\fBscrollBar_floating:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
824 .IX Item "scrollBar_floating: boolean"
825 \&\fBTrue\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option \fB\-st\fR.
826 \&\fBFalse\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option \fB+st\fR.
827 .IP "\fBscrollBar_align:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
828 .IX Item "scrollBar_align: mode"
829 Align the \fBtop\fR, \fBbottom\fR or \fBcentre\fR [default] of the scrollbar
830 thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
831 .IP "\fBscrollTtyOutput:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
832 .IX Item "scrollTtyOutput: boolean"
833 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option \fB\-si\fR.
834 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
835 \&\fB+si\fR.
836 .IP "\fBscrollWithBuffer:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
837 .IX Item "scrollWithBuffer: boolean"
838 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
839 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR is False); option \fB\-sw\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll
840 with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option \fB+sw\fR.
841 .IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
842 .IX Item "scrollTtyKeypress: boolean"
843 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
844 are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
845 are not passed onto the shell; option \fB\-sk\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to
846 bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option \fB+sk\fR.
847 .IP "\fBsaveLines:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
848 .IX Item "saveLines: number"
849 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
850 resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option \fB\-sl\fR.
851 .IP "\fBinternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
852 .IX Item "internalBorder: number"
853 Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
854 option \fB\-b\fR.
855 .IP "\fBexternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
856 .IX Item "externalBorder: number"
857 External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
858 option \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-bw\fR, \fB\-borderwidth\fR.
859 .IP "\fBborderLess:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
860 .IX Item "borderLess: boolean"
861 Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
862 \&\s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option \fB\-bl\fR.
863 .IP "\fBtermName:\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
864 .IX Item "termName: termname"
865 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the \fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment
866 variable; option \fB\-tn\fR.
867 .IP "\fBlinespace:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
868 .IX Item "linespace: number"
869 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
870 the display [default 0]; option \fB\-lsp\fR.
871 .IP "\fBmeta8:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
872 .IX Item "meta8: boolean"
873 \&\fBTrue\fR: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. \fBFalse\fR:
874 handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
875 .IP "\fBmouseWheelScrollPage:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
876 .IX Item "mouseWheelScrollPage: boolean"
877 \&\fBTrue\fR: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. \fBFalse\fR: the mouse wheel
878 scrolls five lines [default].
879 .IP "\fBpastableTabs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
880 .IX Item "pastableTabs: boolean"
881 \&\fBTrue\fR: store tabs as wide characters. \fBFalse\fR: interpret tabs as cursor
882 movement only; option \f(CW\*(C`\-ptab\*(C'\fR.
883 .IP "\fBcursorBlink:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
884 .IX Item "cursorBlink: boolean"
885 \&\fBTrue\fR: blink the cursor. \fBFalse\fR: do not blink the cursor [default];
886 option \fB\-bc\fR.
887 .IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
888 .IX Item "pointerBlank: boolean"
889 \&\fBTrue\fR: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
890 of seconds of inactivity. \fBFalse\fR: the pointer is always visible
891 [default].
892 .IP "\fBpointerColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
893 .IX Item "pointerColor: colour"
894 Mouse pointer foreground colour.
895 .IP "\fBpointerColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
896 .IX Item "pointerColor2: colour"
897 Mouse pointer background colour.
898 .IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
899 .IX Item "pointerBlankDelay: number"
900 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
901 large number (e.g. \f(CW987654321\fR) to effectively disable the timeout.
902 .IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
903 .IX Item "backspacekey: string"
904 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to \fB\s-1DEC\s0\fR
905 or unset it will send \fBDelete\fR (code 127) or, if shifted, \fBBackspace\fR
906 (code 8) \- which can be reversed with the appropriate \s-1DEC\s0 private mode
907 escape sequence.
908 .IP "\fBdeletekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
909 .IX Item "deletekey: string"
910 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
911 pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
912 with the \fBExecute\fR key.
913 .IP "\fBcutchars:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
914 .IX Item "cutchars: string"
915 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The
916 built-in default:
917 .Sp
918 \&\fB\s-1BACKSLASH\s0 `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}\fR
919 .IP "\fBpreeditType:\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
920 .IX Item "preeditType: style"
921 \&\fBOverTheSpot\fR, \fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; option \fB\-pt\fR.
922 .IP "\fBinputMethod:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
923 .IX Item "inputMethod: name"
924 \&\fIname\fR of inputMethod to use; option \fB\-im\fR.
925 .IP "\fBimLocale:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
926 .IX Item "imLocale: name"
927 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
928 \&\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
929 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
930 another locale. option \fB\-imlocale\fR.
931 .IP "\fBimFont:\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
932 .IX Item "imFont: fontset"
933 Specify the font-set used for \s-1XIM\s0 styles \f(CW\*(C`OverTheSpot\*(C'\fR or
934 \&\f(CW\*(C`OffTheSpot\*(C'\fR. It must be a standard X font set (\s-1XLFD\s0 patterns separated
935 by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
936 in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
937 found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
938 option \fB\-imfont\fR.
939 .IP "\fBtripleclickwords:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
940 .IX Item "tripleclickwords: boolean"
941 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
942 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
943 the end of the logical line only. option \fB\-tcw\fR.
944 .IP "\fBinsecure:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
945 .IX Item "insecure: boolean"
946 Enables \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
947 echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
948 abused if somebody gets 8\-bit\-clean access to your display, whether
949 through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
950 \&\fIwrite\fR\|(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
951 default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
952 sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
953 .Sp
954 You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
955 \&\fB\-insecure\fR as an option. At the moment, this enables display\-answer,
956 locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests as well as dynamic
957 menubar dispatch.
958 .IP "\fBmodifier:\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
959 .IX Item "modifier: modifier"
960 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: \fBalt\fR, \fBmeta\fR,
961 \&\fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR, \fBmod5\fR; option
962 \&\fB\-mod\fR.
963 .IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
964 .IX Item "answerbackString: string"
965 Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an \s-1ENQ\s0 (control\-E)
966 character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
967 in the entry on \fBkeysym\fR following.
968 .IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fR \fIbool\fR" 4
969 .IX Item "secondaryScreen: bool"
970 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
971 .IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fR \fIbool\fR" 4
972 .IX Item "secondaryScroll: bool"
973 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this
974 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
975 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
976 instead scroll the screen up.
977 .IP "\fBhold\fR: \fIbool\fR" 4
978 .IX Item "hold: bool"
979 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
980 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
981 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
982 user.
983 .IP "\fBkeysym.\fR\fIsym\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
984 .IX Item "keysym.sym: string"
985 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Associate \fIstring\fR with keysym \fIsym\fR. The
986 intervening resource name \fBkeysym.\fR cannot be omitted.
987 .Sp
988 The format of \fIsym\fR is "\fI(modifiers\-)key\fR", where \fImodifiers\fR can be
989 any combination of \fBISOLevel3\fR, \fBAppKeypad\fR, \fBControl\fR, \fBNumLock\fR,
990 \&\fBShift\fR, \fBMeta\fR, \fBLock\fR, \fBMod1\fR, \fBMod2\fR, \fBMod3\fR, \fBMod4\fR, \fBMod5\fR,
991 and the abbreviated \fBI\fR, \fBK\fR, \fBC\fR, \fBN\fR, \fBS\fR, \fBM\fR, \fBA\fR, \fBL\fR, \fB1\fR,
992 \&\fB2\fR, \fB3\fR, \fB4\fR, \fB5\fR.
993 .Sp
994 The \fBNumLock\fR, \fBMeta\fR and \fBISOLevel3\fR modifiers are usually aliased to
995 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or \s-1ISO\s0 Level3 Shift/AltGr
996 keys are being mapped. \fBAppKeypad\fR is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
997 current application keymap mode state.
998 .Sp
999 The spellings of \fIkey\fR can be obtained by using \fBxev\fR(1) command or
1000 searching keysym macros from \fB/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h\fR and
1001 omitting the prefix \fB\s-1XK_\s0\fR. Alternatively you can specify \fIkey\fR by its hex
1002 keysym value (\fB0x0000 \- 0xFFFF\fR). Note that the lookup of \fIsym\fRs is not
1003 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1004 .Sp
1005 \&\fIstring\fR may contain escape values (\f(CW\*(C`\ea\*(C'\fR: bell, \f(CW\*(C`\eb\*(C'\fR: backspace,
1006 \&\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,
1007 \&\f(CW\*(C`\e000\*(C'\fR: octal number) or verbatim control characters (\f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR: delete,
1008 \&\f(CW\*(C`^@\*(C'\fR: null, \f(CW\*(C`^A\*(C'\fR ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
1009 can start or end with whitespace.
1010 .Sp
1011 Please note that you need to double the \f(CW\*(C`\e\*(C'\fR when using
1012 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-xgetdefault\*(C'\fR, as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you can
1013 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
1014 @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own processing).
1015 .Sp
1016 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a \fIstring\fR
1017 with pattern \fBlist/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX\fR, where the delimeter `/'
1018 should be a character not used by the strings.
1019 .Sp
1020 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1021 .Sp
1022 .Vb 1
1023 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\e033<M-C-|abc|>
1024 .Ve
1025 .Sp
1026 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1027 .Sp
1028 .Vb 3
1029 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \e033<M-C-a>
1030 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \e033<M-C-b>
1031 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \e033<M-C-c>
1032 .Ve
1033 .Sp
1034 If \fIstring\fR takes the form of \f(CW\*(C`command:STRING\*(C'\fR, the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1035 is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1036 example the following means "change the current locale to \f(CW\*(C`zh_CN.GBK\*(C'\fR
1037 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1038 .Sp
1039 .Vb 1
1040 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
1041 .Ve
1042 .Sp
1043 Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1044 will match if at \fIat least\fR the specified identifiers are being set, and
1045 no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1046 means that defining a key map for \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR will automatically provide
1047 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
1048 mappings themselves.
1049 .Sp
1050 Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1051 if you overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1052 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke \*(L"holes\*(R" into the
1053 user-defined keymap using the \f(CW\*(C`builtin:\*(C'\fR replacement:
1054 .Sp
1055 .Vb 2
1056 \& URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1057 \& URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1058 .Ve
1059 .Sp
1060 The first line defines a mapping for \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR and \fIany\fR combination
1061 of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1062 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR.
1063 .Sp
1064 The following example will map Control\-Meta\-1 and Control\-Meta\-2 to
1065 the fonts \f(CW\*(C`suxuseuro\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR, so you can have some limited
1066 font-switching at runtime:
1067 .Sp
1068 .Vb 2
1069 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]50;suxuseuro\e007
1070 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]50;9x15bold\e007
1071 .Ve
1072 .Sp
1073 Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1074 info):
1075 .Sp
1076 .Vb 2
1077 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\e033[8;25;80t
1078 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\e033[8;48;110t
1079 .Ve
1080 .SH "THE SCROLLBAR"
1081 .IX Header "THE SCROLLBAR"
1082 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window
1083 (resource: \fBsaveLines\fR) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar
1084 or by keystrokes. The normal \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR scrollbar has arrows and
1085 its behaviour is fairly intuitive. The \fBxterm-scrollbar\fR is without
1086 arrows and its behaviour mimics that of \fIxterm\fR
1087 .PP
1088 Scroll down with \fBButton1\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Next\fR.
1089 Scroll up with \fBButton3\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Prior\fR.
1090 Continuous scroll with \fBButton2\fR.
1091 .SH "MOUSE REPORTING"
1092 .IX Header "MOUSE REPORTING"
1093 To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
1094 the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
1095 (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
1096 .PP
1097 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
1098 disabled \*(-- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
1099 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 6 ~\fR
1100 (Next) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 5 ~\fR (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1101 up and down arrows sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ A\fR (Up) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ B\fR (Down),
1102 respectively.
1103 .SH "TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION"
1104 .IX Header "TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION"
1105 The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
1106 \&\fIxterm\fR(1).
1107 .IP "\fBSelection\fR:" 4
1108 .IX Item "Selection:"
1109 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1110 and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1111 to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1112 (which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1113 \&\fBtripleclickwords\fR.
1114 .Sp
1115 Starting a selection while pressing the \fBMeta\fR key (or \fBMeta+Ctrl\fR keys)
1116 (Compile: \fIfrills\fR) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1117 normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1118 selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1119 the selection.
1120 .IP "\fBInsertion\fR:" 4
1121 .IX Item "Insertion:"
1122 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or \fBShift-Insert\fR) in
1123 an \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window causes the current text selection to be
1124 inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1125 .SH "CHANGING FONTS"
1126 .IX Header "CHANGING FONTS"
1127 Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
1128 supported in rxvt\-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
1129 .PP
1130 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and
1131 therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
1132 .PP
1133 .Vb 1
1134 \& printf '\ee]710;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1135 .Ve
1136 .PP
1137 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
1138 .SH "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1139 .IX Header "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1140 \&\s-1ISO\s0 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1141 and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1142 first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1143 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1144 with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-iso14755\*(C'\fR.
1145 .IP "* 5.1: Basic method" 4
1146 .IX Item "5.1: Basic method"
1147 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1148 .Sp
1149 Start by pressing and holding both \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR, then enter
1150 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR will
1151 commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1152 \&\f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1153 \&\f(CW\*(C`Space\*(C'\fR, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1154 one.
1155 .Sp
1156 As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e\-mail
1157 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e\-mail
1158 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`671d 65e5\*(C'\fR. You can enter this easily
1159 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,
1160 followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1161 .IP "* 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method" 4
1162 .IX Item "5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method"
1163 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1164 your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1165 .Sp
1166 Start by pressing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then releasing
1167 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1168 invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1169 keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1170 released, otherwise pressing e.g. \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR would enter the symbol for
1171 \&\f(CW\*(C`ISO Level 2 Switch\*(C'\fR, although your intention might have been to enter a
1172 reverse tab (Shift\-Tab).
1173 .IP "* 5.3: Screen-selection entry method" 4
1174 .IX Item "5.3: Screen-selection entry method"
1175 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1176 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1177 .IP "* 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input" 4
1178 .IX Item "5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input"
1179 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1180 characters already displayed.
1181 .Sp
1182 You enter this mode by holding down \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then
1183 pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1184 hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1185 pointer is displayed until you release \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR.
1186 .Sp
1187 In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1188 character \- due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1189 combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1190 always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1191 .PP
1192 With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1193 both scenario A and B of \s-1ISO\s0 14755, including part 5.2.
1194 .SH "LOGIN STAMP"
1195 .IX Header "LOGIN STAMP"
1196 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fR(5) file so that
1197 it can be seen via the \fI\fIwho\fI\|(1)\fR command, and can accept messages. To
1198 allow this feature, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR may need to be installed setuid root
1199 on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1200 .SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1201 .IX Header "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1202 In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1203 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR can display up to 16 colours (8 \s-1ANSI\s0 colours plus
1204 high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
1205 colours with their \fBrgb.txt\fR names.
1206 .TS
1207 l l l .
1208 color0 (black) = Black
1209 color1 (red) = Red3
1210 color2 (green) = Green3
1211 color3 (yellow) = Yellow3
1212 color4 (blue) = Blue3
1213 color5 (magenta) = Magenta3
1214 color6 (cyan) = Cyan3
1215 color7 (white) = AntiqueWhite
1216 color8 (bright black) = Grey25
1217 color9 (bright red) = Red
1218 color10 (bright green) = Green
1219 color11 (bright yellow) = Yellow
1220 color12 (bright blue) = Blue
1221 color13 (bright magenta) = Magenta
1222 color14 (bright cyan) = Cyan
1223 color15 (bright white) = White
1224 foreground = Black
1225 background = White
1226 .TE
1227
1228 .PP
1229 It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fR,
1230 \&\fBbackground\fR, \fBcursorColor\fR, \fBcursorColor2\fR, \fBcolorBD\fR, \fBcolorUL\fR as
1231 a number 0\-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1232 color0\-color15.
1233 .PP
1234 Note that \fB\-rv\fR (\fB\*(L"reverseVideo: True\*(R"\fR) simulates reverse video by
1235 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1236 \&\fIxterm\fR(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1237 been specified. For example,
1238 .IP "\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fg Black \-bg White \-rv\fR" 4
1239 .IX Item "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv"
1240 would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fR(1) it would yield Black
1241 on White.
1242 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
1243 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
1244 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1245 .IP "\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR" 4
1246 .IX Item "TERM"
1247 Normally set to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1248 resources or on the commandline.
1249 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORTERM\s0\fR" 4
1250 .IX Item "COLORTERM"
1251 Either \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-xpm\*(C'\fR, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1252 compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support, and optionally with the added extension
1253 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-mono\*(C'\fR to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1254 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORFGBG\s0\fR" 4
1255 .IX Item "COLORFGBG"
1256 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
1257 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1258 \&\f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1259 used), \f(CW\*(C`bg\*(C'\fR is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1260 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@@
1261 was compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support. Libraries like \f(CW\*(C`ncurses\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`slang\*(C'\fR can
1262 (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1263 .IP "\fB\s-1WINDOWID\s0\fR" 4
1264 .IX Item "WINDOWID"
1265 Set to the (decimal) X Window \s-1ID\s0 of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1266 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1267 window and so on).
1268 .IP "\fB\s-1TERMINFO\s0\fR" 4
1269 .IX Item "TERMINFO"
1270 Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1271 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH\*(C'\fR.
1272 .IP "\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR" 4
1273 .IX Item "DISPLAY"
1274 Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1275 display in it's child processes.
1276 .IP "\fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR" 4
1277 .IX Item "SHELL"
1278 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to \f(CW\*(C`/bin/sh\*(C'\fR.
1279 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVTPATH\s0\fR" 4
1280 .IX Item "RXVTPATH"
1281 The path where @@RXVT_NAME@@ looks for support files such as menu and xpm
1282 files.
1283 .IP "\fB\s-1PATH\s0\fR" 4
1284 .IX Item "PATH"
1285 Used in the same way as \f(CW\*(C`RXVTPATH\*(C'\fR.
1286 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVT_SOCKET\s0\fR" 4
1287 .IX Item "RXVT_SOCKET"
1288 The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1289 @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1290 .Sp
1291 Default \fI$HOME/.rxvt\-unicode\-\fI<nodename\fI\fR.
1292 .IP "\fB\s-1HOME\s0\fR" 4
1293 .IX Item "HOME"
1294 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1295 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1296 \&\f(CW\*(C`.Xdefaults\*(C'\fR)
1297 .IP "\fB\s-1XAPPLRESDIR\s0\fR" 4
1298 .IX Item "XAPPLRESDIR"
1299 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1300 .IP "\fB\s-1XENVIRONMENT\s0\fR" 4
1301 .IX Item "XENVIRONMENT"
1302 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1303 @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1304 .SH "FILES"
1305 .IX Header "FILES"
1306 .IP "\fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt\fR" 4
1307 .IX Item "/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt"
1308 Color names.
1309 .SH "SEE ALSO"
1310 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
1311 @@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)
1312 .SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1313 .IX Header "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1314 .IP "Project Coordinator" 4
1315 .IX Item "Project Coordinator"
1316 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>
1317 .Sp
1318 <http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt\-unicode>
1319 .SH "AUTHORS"
1320 .IX Header "AUTHORS"
1321 .IP "John Bovey" 4
1322 .IX Item "John Bovey"
1323 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1324 .IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>" 4
1325 .IX Item "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>"
1326 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1327 .IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>" 4
1328 .IX Item "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>"
1329 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1330 .IP "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>" 4
1331 .IX Item "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>"
1332 Wrote the menu system.
1333 .Sp
1334 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1335 .IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu\-berlin.de>" 4
1336 .IX Item "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>"
1337 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1338 .IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>" 4
1339 .IX Item "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>"
1340 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1341 (changes.txt 2.4.6 \- rxvt\-unicode)
1342 .IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>" 4
1343 .IX Item "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>"
1344 Forked rxvt\-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1345 character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1346 compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1347 .Sp
1348 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 \-)