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131 .IX Title "@@RXVT_NAME@@ 1"
132 .TH @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1 "2007-06-02" "8.2" "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/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 right-to-left 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 user friendly, 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 its 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 its 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 bugs less 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 its 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) more 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\-depth\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4
220 .IX Item "-depth bitdepth"
221 Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
222 resource \fBdepth\fR.
223 .IP "\fB\-geometry\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
224 .IX Item "-geometry geom"
225 Window geometry (\fB\-g\fR still respected); resource \fBgeometry\fR.
226 .IP "\fB\-rv\fR|\fB+rv\fR" 4
227 .IX Item "-rv|+rv"
228 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource \fBreverseVideo\fR.
229 .IP "\fB\-j\fR|\fB+j\fR" 4
230 .IX Item "-j|+j"
231 Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource \fBjumpScroll\fR.
232 .IP "\fB\-ip\fR|\fB+ip\fR | \fB\-tr\fR|\fB+tr\fR" 4
233 .IX Item "-ip|+ip | -tr|+tr"
234 Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
235 \&\fB\-tr\fR; resource \fBinheritPixmap\fR.
236 .Sp
237 \&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
238 the author. Don't bug him with installation questions! Read the \s-1FAQ\s0 (man 7
239 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!\fR
240 .IP "\fB\-fade\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
241 .IX Item "-fade number"
242 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
243 fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
244 colour; resource \fBfading\fR.
245 .IP "\fB\-fadecolor\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
246 .IX Item "-fadecolor colour"
247 Fade to this colour when fading is used (see \fB\-fade\fR). The default colour
248 is opaque black. resource \fBfadeColor\fR.
249 .IP "\fB\-tint\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
250 .IX Item "-tint colour"
251 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
252 transparency is enabled with \fB\-tr\fR or \fB\-ip\fR. This only works for
253 non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the \fB\-sh\fR option that can be
254 used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it; resource
255 \&\fItintColor\fR. Example:
256 .Sp
257 .Vb 1
258 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
259 .Ve
260 .IP "\fB\-sh\fR" 4
261 .IX Item "-sh"
262 \&\fInumber\fR Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent
263 background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. \fB\-tint\fR must be
264 specified, too, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`\-tint white\*(C'\fR); resource \fIshading\fR.
265 .IP "\fB\-bg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
266 .IX Item "-bg colour"
267 Window background colour; resource \fBbackground\fR.
268 .IP "\fB\-fg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
269 .IX Item "-fg colour"
270 Window foreground colour; resource \fBforeground\fR.
271 .IP "\fB\-pixmap\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
272 .IX Item "-pixmap file[;geom]"
273 Compile \fI\s-1XPM\s0\fR: Specify \s-1XPM\s0 file for the background and also optionally
274 specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
275 add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR in the
276 command\-line; resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fR.
277 .IP "\fB\-cr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
278 .IX Item "-cr colour"
279 The cursor colour; resource \fBcursorColor\fR.
280 .IP "\fB\-pr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
281 .IX Item "-pr colour"
282 The mouse pointer foreground colour; resource \fBpointerColor\fR.
283 .IP "\fB\-pr2\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
284 .IX Item "-pr2 colour"
285 The mouse pointer background colour; resource \fBpointerColor2\fR.
286 .IP "\fB\-bd\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
287 .IX Item "-bd colour"
288 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
289 resource \fBborderColor\fR.
290 .IP "\fB\-fn\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
291 .IX Item "-fn fontlist"
292 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
293 that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
294 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
295 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
296 font list is always appended to it. See resource \fBfont\fR for more details.
297 .Sp
298 In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
299 with \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR. To specify an XFT\-font, you need to prefix it with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR,
300 e.g.:
301 .Sp
302 .Vb 2
303 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
304 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
305 .Ve
306 .Sp
307 See also the question \*(L"How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\*(R" in the \s-1FAQ\s0
308 section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
309 .IP "\fB\-fb\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
310 .IX Item "-fb fontlist"
311 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold font list to use when \fBbold\fR characters
312 are to be printed. See resource \fBboldFont\fR for details.
313 .IP "\fB\-fi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
314 .IX Item "-fi fontlist"
315 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The italic font list to use when \fIitalic\fR
316 characters are to be printed. See resource \fBitalicFont\fR for details.
317 .IP "\fB\-fbi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
318 .IX Item "-fbi fontlist"
319 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold italic font list to use when \fB\f(BIbold
320 italic\fB\fR characters are to be printed. See resource \fBboldItalicFont\fR
321 for details.
322 .IP "\fB\-is\fR|\fB+is\fR" 4
323 .IX Item "-is|+is"
324 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity
325 foreground/background (default). See resource \fBintensityStyles\fR for
326 details.
327 .IP "\fB\-name\fR \fIname\fR" 4
328 .IX Item "-name name"
329 Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
330 rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
331 `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
332 .IP "\fB\-ls\fR|\fB+ls\fR" 4
333 .IX Item "-ls|+ls"
334 Start as a login\-shell/sub\-shell; resource \fBloginShell\fR.
335 .IP "\fB\-ut\fR|\fB+ut\fR" 4
336 .IX Item "-ut|+ut"
337 Compile \fIutmp\fR: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
338 \&\fButmpInhibit\fR.
339 .IP "\fB\-vb\fR|\fB+vb\fR" 4
340 .IX Item "-vb|+vb"
341 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
342 \&\fBvisualBell\fR.
343 .IP "\fB\-sb\fR|\fB+sb\fR" 4
344 .IX Item "-sb|+sb"
345 Turn on/off scrollbar; resource \fBscrollBar\fR.
346 .IP "\fB\-si\fR|\fB+si\fR" 4
347 .IX Item "-si|+si"
348 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on \s-1TTY\s0 output inhibit; resource
349 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR has opposite effect.
350 .IP "\fB\-sk\fR|\fB+sk\fR" 4
351 .IX Item "-sk|+sk"
352 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource
353 \&\fBscrollTtyKeypress\fR.
354 .IP "\fB\-sw\fR|\fB+sw\fR" 4
355 .IX Item "-sw|+sw"
356 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
357 This only takes effect if \fB\-si\fR is also given; resource
358 \&\fBscrollWithBuffer\fR.
359 .IP "\fB\-sr\fR|\fB+sr\fR" 4
360 .IX Item "-sr|+sr"
361 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource \fBscrollBar_right\fR.
362 .IP "\fB\-st\fR|\fB+st\fR" 4
363 .IX Item "-st|+st"
364 Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
365 resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fR.
366 .IP "\fB\-ptab\fR|\fB+ptab\fR" 4
367 .IX Item "-ptab|+ptab"
368 If enabled (default), \*(L"Horizontal Tab\*(R" characters are being stored as
369 actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
370 select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
371 not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
372 on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource \fBpastableTabs\fR.
373 .IP "\fB\-bc\fR|\fB+bc\fR" 4
374 .IX Item "-bc|+bc"
375 Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fR.
376 .IP "\fB\-iconic\fR" 4
377 .IX Item "-iconic"
378 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
379 Alternative form is \fB\-ic\fR.
380 .IP "\fB\-sl\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
381 .IX Item "-sl number"
382 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for
383 limits; resource \fBsaveLines\fR.
384 .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
385 .IX Item "-b number"
386 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. See resource
387 entry for limits; resource \fBinternalBorder\fR.
388 .IP "\fB\-w\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
389 .IX Item "-w number"
390 Compile \fIfrills\fR: External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. Also, \fB\-bw\fR
391 and \fB\-borderwidth\fR. See resource entry for limits; resource
392 \&\fBexternalBorder\fR.
393 .IP "\fB\-bl\fR" 4
394 .IX Item "-bl"
395 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
396 if honoured by the \s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
397 decorations; resource \fBborderLess\fR.
398 .IP "\fB\-override\-redirect\fR" 4
399 .IX Item "-override-redirect"
400 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
401 \&\fBoverride-redirect\fR.
402 .IP "\fB\-sbg\fR" 4
403 .IX Item "-sbg"
404 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
405 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
406 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
407 resource \fBskipBuiltinGlyphs\fR.
408 .IP "\fB\-lsp\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
409 .IX Item "-lsp number"
410 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
411 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
412 \&\fBlinespace\fR.
413 .IP "\fB\-tn\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
414 .IX Item "-tn termname"
415 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
416 \&\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
417 \&\fI\fItermcap\fI\|(5)\fR database and should have \fIli#\fR and \fIco#\fR entries;
418 resource \fBtermName\fR.
419 .IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIcommand [arguments]\fR" 4
420 .IX Item "-e command [arguments]"
421 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
422 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of
423 the program being executed if neither \fI\-title\fR (\fI\-T\fR) nor \fI\-n\fR are
424 given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
425 on the command\-line. If there is no \fB\-e\fR option then the default is to
426 run the program specified by the \fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR environment variable or,
427 failing that, \fI\fIsh\fI\|(1)\fR.
428 .Sp
429 Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
430 run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
431 .Sp
432 .Vb 1
433 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
434 .Ve
435 .IP "\fB\-title\fR \fItext\fR" 4
436 .IX Item "-title text"
437 Window title (\fB\-T\fR still respected); the default title is the basename
438 of the program specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the
439 application name; resource \fBtitle\fR.
440 .IP "\fB\-n\fR \fItext\fR" 4
441 .IX Item "-n text"
442 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
443 after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application name;
444 resource \fBiconName\fR.
445 .IP "\fB\-C\fR" 4
446 .IX Item "-C"
447 Capture system console messages.
448 .IP "\fB\-pt\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
449 .IX Item "-pt style"
450 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input style for input method; \fBOverTheSpot\fR,
451 \&\fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; resource \fBpreeditType\fR.
452 .IP "\fB\-im\fR \fItext\fR" 4
453 .IX Item "-im text"
454 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input method name. resource \fBinputMethod\fR.
455 .IP "\fB\-imlocale\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
456 .IX Item "-imlocale string"
457 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
458 \&\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
459 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
460 another locale. resource \fBimLocale\fR.
461 .IP "\fB\-imfont\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
462 .IX Item "-imfont fontset"
463 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource \fBimFont\fR
464 for more info.
465 .IP "\fB\-tcw\fR" 4
466 .IX Item "-tcw"
467 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
468 button. Only effective when the original (non\-perl) selection code is
469 in\-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
470 end of the logical line only. resource \fBtripleclickwords\fR.
471 .IP "\fB\-insecure\fR" 4
472 .IX Item "-insecure"
473 Enable \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
474 sequences that echo strings. See the resource \fBinsecure\fR for more
475 info.
476 .IP "\fB\-mod\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
477 .IX Item "-mod modifier"
478 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: \fBalt\fR,
479 \&\fBmeta\fR, \fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR,
480 \&\fBmod5\fR; resource \fImodifier\fR.
481 .IP "\fB\-ssc\fR|\fB+ssc\fR" 4
482 .IX Item "-ssc|+ssc"
483 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource
484 \&\fBsecondaryScreen\fR.
485 .IP "\fB\-ssr\fR|\fB+ssr\fR" 4
486 .IX Item "-ssr|+ssr"
487 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
488 \&\fBsecondaryScroll\fR.
489 .IP "\fB\-hold\fR|\fB+hold\fR" 4
490 .IX Item "-hold|+hold"
491 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
492 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
493 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
494 user; resource \fBhold\fR.
495 .IP "\fB\-keysym.\fR\fIsym\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
496 .IX Item "-keysym.sym string"
497 Remap a key symbol. See resource \fBkeysym\fR.
498 .IP "\fB\-embed\fR \fIwindowid\fR" 4
499 .IX Item "-embed windowid"
500 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
501 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
502 .Sp
503 Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
504 shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
505 quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
506 create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
507 .Sp
508 The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
509 .Sp
510 It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
511 descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
512 can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
513 terminal. This works regardless of whether the \f(CW\*(C`\-embed\*(C'\fR option was used or
514 not.
515 .Sp
516 Here is a short Gtk2\-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
517 used (a longer example is in \fIdoc/embed\fR):
518 .Sp
519 .Vb 5
520 \& my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
521 \& $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
522 \& my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
523 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
524 \& });
525 .Ve
526 .IP "\fB\-pty\-fd\fR \fIfile descriptor\fR" 4
527 .IX Item "-pty-fd file descriptor"
528 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ \s-1NOT\s0 to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
529 pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
530 useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
531 without having to run a program within it.
532 .Sp
533 If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
534 entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions \- you have to do that
535 yourself if you want that.
536 .Sp
537 As an extremely special case, specifying \f(CW\*(C`\-1\*(C'\fR will completely suppress
538 pty/tty operations.
539 .Sp
540 Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
541 longer example is in \fIdoc/pty\-fd\fR):
542 .Sp
543 .Vb 2
544 \& use IO::Pty;
545 \& use Fcntl;
546 .Ve
547 .Sp
548 .Vb 4
549 \& my $pty = new IO::Pty;
550 \& fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
551 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
552 \& close $pty;
553 .Ve
554 .Sp
555 .Vb 3
556 \& # now communicate with rxvt
557 \& my $slave = $pty->slave;
558 \& while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\en" }
559 .Ve
560 .IP "\fB\-pe\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
561 .IX Item "-pe string"
562 Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
563 this terminal instance. See resource \fBperl-ext\fR for details.
564 .SH "RESOURCES (available also as long\-options)"
565 .IX Header "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)"
566 Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-help' gives a list of all resources (long
567 options) compiled into your version.
568 .PP
569 You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like \fBxrdb\fR. Many
570 distribution do also load settings from the \fB~/.Xresources\fR file when X
571 starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
572 with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
573 .PP
574 .Vb 5
575 \& 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
576 \& 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
577 \& 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
578 \& 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
579 \& 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
580 .Ve
581 .PP
582 Note that when reading X resources, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR recognizes two class
583 names: \fBRxvt\fR and \fBURxvt\fR. The class name \fBRxvt\fR allows resources
584 common to both \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR and the original \fIrxvt\fR to be easily
585 configured, while the class name \fBURxvt\fR allows resources unique to
586 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR, to be shared between different \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
587 configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
588 be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
589 settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
590 check the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
591 extensions not documented here):
592 .IP "\fBdepth:\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4
593 .IX Item "depth: bitdepth"
594 Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
595 option \fB\-depth\fR.
596 .IP "\fBgeometry:\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
597 .IX Item "geometry: geom"
598 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
599 option \fB\-geometry\fR.
600 .IP "\fBbackground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
601 .IX Item "background: colour"
602 Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
603 White]; option \fB\-bg\fR.
604 .IP "\fBforeground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
605 .IX Item "foreground: colour"
606 Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
607 Black]; option \fB\-fg\fR.
608 .IP "\fBcolor\fR\fIn\fR\fB:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
609 .IX Item "colorn: colour"
610 Use the specified colour for the colour value \fIn\fR, where 0\-7
611 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8\-15 corresponds to
612 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
613 colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
614 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
615 names used are listed in the \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
616 .Sp
617 Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
618 changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
619 .Sp
620 Colours 16\-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
621 88 colour support). Colours 80\-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
622 .IP "\fBcolorBD:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
623 .IX Item "colorBD: colour"
624 .PD 0
625 .IP "\fBcolorIT:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
626 .IX Item "colorIT: colour"
627 .PD
628 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
629 foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
630 (Compile \fIstyles\fR) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
631 .IP "\fBcolorUL:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
632 .IX Item "colorUL: colour"
633 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
634 foreground colour is the default.
635 .IP "\fBcolorRV:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
636 .IX Item "colorRV: colour"
637 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video characters
638 when \s-1OPTION_HC\s0 is disabled (\-\-disable\-frills).
639 .IP "\fBunderlineColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
640 .IX Item "underlineColor: colour"
641 If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
642 itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
643 .IP "\fBcursorColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
644 .IX Item "cursorColor: colour"
645 Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
646 foreground colour; option \fB\-cr\fR.
647 .IP "\fBcursorColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
648 .IX Item "cursorColor2: colour"
649 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this to
650 take effect, \fBcursorColor\fR must also be specified. The default is to
651 use the background colour.
652 .IP "\fBreverseVideo:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
653 .IX Item "reverseVideo: boolean"
654 \&\fBTrue\fR: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
655 option \fB\-rv\fR. \fBFalse\fR: regular screen colours [default]; option
656 \&\fB+rv\fR. See note in \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
657 .IP "\fBjumpScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
658 .IX Item "jumpScroll: boolean"
659 \&\fBTrue\fR: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling
660 quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option \fB\-j\fR.
661 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option \fB+j\fR.
662 .IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
663 .IX Item "inheritPixmap: boolean"
664 \&\fBTrue\fR: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
665 artificial transparency. \fBFalse\fR: do not inherit the parent windows'
666 pixmap.
667 .Sp
668 \&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
669 the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!\fR
670 .IP "\fBfading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
671 .IX Item "fading: number"
672 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option \fB\-fade\fR.
673 .IP "\fBfadeColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
674 .IX Item "fadeColor: colour"
675 Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see \fBfading:\fR). The default
676 colour is black; option \fB\-fadecolor\fR.
677 .IP "\fBtintColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
678 .IX Item "tintColor: colour"
679 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
680 \&\fB\-tint\fR.
681 .IP "\fBshading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
682 .IX Item "shading: number"
683 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent background image
684 in addition to tinting it; option \fB\-sh\fR.
685 .IP "\fBscrollColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
686 .IX Item "scrollColor: colour"
687 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
688 .IP "\fBtroughColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
689 .IX Item "troughColor: colour"
690 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
691 #969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
692 .IP "\fBborderColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
693 .IX Item "borderColor: colour"
694 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
695 and the text.
696 .IP "\fBbackgroundPixmap:\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
697 .IX Item "backgroundPixmap: file[;geom]"
698 Use the specified \s-1XPM\s0 file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
699 the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
700 string \fBWxH+X+Y\fR, in which \fB\*(L"W\*(R" / \*(L"H\*(R"\fR specify the
701 horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and \fB\*(L"X\*(R" / \*(L"Y\*(R"\fR locate the image
702 centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
703 of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
704 specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
705 be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
706 scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
707 .IP "\fBpath:\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
708 .IX Item "path: path"
709 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding \s-1XPM\s0 files.
710 .IP "\fBfont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
711 .IX Item "font: fontlist"
712 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
713 that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
714 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
715 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
716 font list is always appended to it; option \fB\-fn\fR.
717 .Sp
718 Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (\s-1XLFD\s0) name, with
719 optional prefix \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR or a Xft font (Compile \fIxft\fR), prefixed with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR.
720 .Sp
721 In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
722 specifications enclosed in square brackets (\f(CW\*(C`[]\*(C'\fR). The only available
723 hint currently is \f(CW\*(C`codeset=codeset\-name\*(C'\fR, and this is only used for Xft
724 fonts.
725 .Sp
726 For example, this font resource
727 .Sp
728 .Vb 5
729 \& URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\e
730 \& -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\e
731 \& -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \e
732 \& [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \e
733 \& xft:Code2000:antialias=false
734 .Ve
735 .Sp
736 specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR (actually
737 the iso8859\-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
738 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
739 wide and 15 pixels high.
740 .Sp
741 The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
742 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non\-bold, but
743 the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
744 useful supplement.
745 .Sp
746 The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
747 are limited to the \fB\s-1JIS\s0 0208\fR codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
748 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
749 .Sp
750 The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
751 remaining unicode characters.
752 .IP "\fBboldFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
753 .IX Item "boldFont: fontlist"
754 .PD 0
755 .IP "\fBitalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
756 .IX Item "italicFont: fontlist"
757 .IP "\fBboldItalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
758 .IX Item "boldItalicFont: fontlist"
759 .PD
760 The font list to use for displaying \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR or \fB\f(BIbold
761 italic\fB\fR characters, respectively.
762 .Sp
763 If specified and non\-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
764 \&\fBfont\fR\-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
765 it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
766 italic.
767 .Sp
768 If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
769 \&\*(L"morphing\*(R" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
770 not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
771 .Sp
772 If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
773 text font will being used for the given style.
774 .IP "\fBintensityStyles:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
775 .IX Item "intensityStyles: boolean"
776 When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (\fBTrue\fR,
777 option \fB\-is\fR, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high
778 intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (\fBFalse\fR,
779 option \fB+is\fR) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
780 reachable.
781 .IP "\fBselectstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
782 .IX Item "selectstyle: mode"
783 Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fR which is 2.20, \fBoldword\fR which
784 is xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which
785 gives xterm style selection. Only effective when the original (non\-perl)
786 selection code is in use.
787 .IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
788 .IX Item "scrollstyle: mode"
789 Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fR, \fBplain\fR, \fBnext\fR or \fBxterm\fR. \fBplain\fR is
790 the author's favourite.
791 .IP "\fBtitle:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
792 .IX Item "title: string"
793 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
794 specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application
795 name; option \fB\-title\fR.
796 .IP "\fBiconName:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
797 .IX Item "iconName: string"
798 Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon
799 manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is explicitly
800 set; option \fB\-n\fR.
801 .IP "\fBmapAlert:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
802 .IX Item "mapAlert: boolean"
803 \&\fBTrue\fR: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. \fBFalse\fR: no
804 de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
805 .IP "\fBurgentOnBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
806 .IX Item "urgentOnBell: boolean"
807 \&\fBTrue\fR: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
808 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not set the urgency hint [default].
809 .IP "\fBvisualBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
810 .IX Item "visualBell: boolean"
811 \&\fBTrue\fR: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option \fB\-vb\fR.
812 \&\fBFalse\fR: no visual bell [default]; option \fB+vb\fR.
813 .IP "\fBloginShell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
814 .IX Item "loginShell: boolean"
815 \&\fBTrue\fR: start as a login shell by prepending a `\-' to \fBargv[0]\fR of
816 the shell; option \fB\-ls\fR. \fBFalse\fR: start as a normal sub-shell
817 [default]; option \fB+ls\fR.
818 .IP "\fButmpInhibit:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
819 .IX Item "utmpInhibit: boolean"
820 \&\fBTrue\fR: inhibit writing record into the system log file \fButmp\fR;
821 option \fB\-ut\fR. \fBFalse\fR: write record into the system log file \fButmp\fR
822 [default]; option \fB+ut\fR.
823 .IP "\fBprint\-pipe:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
824 .IX Item "print-pipe: string"
825 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default \fI\fIlpr\fI\|(1)\fR]. Use
826 \&\fBPrint\fR to initiate a screen dump to the printer and \fBCtrl-Print\fR or
827 \&\fBShift-Print\fR to include the scrollback as well.
828 .Sp
829 The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as\-is.
830 .Sp
831 Example:
832 .Sp
833 .Vb 1
834 \& URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
835 .Ve
836 .Sp
837 This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
838 every time you hit \f(CW\*(C`Print\*(C'\fR.
839 .IP "\fBscrollBar:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
840 .IX Item "scrollBar: boolean"
841 \&\fBTrue\fR: enable the scrollbar [default]; option \fB\-sb\fR. \fBFalse\fR:
842 disable the scrollbar; option \fB+sb\fR.
843 .IP "\fBscrollBar_right:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
844 .IX Item "scrollBar_right: boolean"
845 \&\fBTrue\fR: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option \fB\-sr\fR.
846 \&\fBFalse\fR: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option \fB+sr\fR.
847 .IP "\fBscrollBar_floating:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
848 .IX Item "scrollBar_floating: boolean"
849 \&\fBTrue\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option \fB\-st\fR.
850 \&\fBFalse\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option \fB+st\fR.
851 .IP "\fBscrollBar_align:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
852 .IX Item "scrollBar_align: mode"
853 Align the \fBtop\fR, \fBbottom\fR or \fBcentre\fR [default] of the scrollbar
854 thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
855 .IP "\fBscrollTtyOutput:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
856 .IX Item "scrollTtyOutput: boolean"
857 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option \fB\-si\fR.
858 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
859 \&\fB+si\fR.
860 .IP "\fBscrollWithBuffer:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
861 .IX Item "scrollWithBuffer: boolean"
862 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
863 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR is False); option \fB\-sw\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll
864 with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option \fB+sw\fR.
865 .IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
866 .IX Item "scrollTtyKeypress: boolean"
867 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
868 are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
869 are not passed onto the shell; option \fB\-sk\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to
870 bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option \fB+sk\fR.
871 .IP "\fBsaveLines:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
872 .IX Item "saveLines: number"
873 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
874 resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option \fB\-sl\fR.
875 .IP "\fBinternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
876 .IX Item "internalBorder: number"
877 Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
878 option \fB\-b\fR.
879 .IP "\fBexternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
880 .IX Item "externalBorder: number"
881 External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
882 option \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-bw\fR, \fB\-borderwidth\fR.
883 .IP "\fBborderLess:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
884 .IX Item "borderLess: boolean"
885 Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
886 \&\s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option \fB\-bl\fR.
887 .IP "\fBskipBuiltinGlyphs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
888 .IX Item "skipBuiltinGlyphs: boolean"
889 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
890 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
891 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
892 option \fB\-sbg\fR.
893 .IP "\fBtermName:\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
894 .IX Item "termName: termname"
895 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the \fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment
896 variable; option \fB\-tn\fR.
897 .IP "\fBlinespace:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
898 .IX Item "linespace: number"
899 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
900 the display [default 0]; option \fB\-lsp\fR.
901 .IP "\fBmeta8:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
902 .IX Item "meta8: boolean"
903 \&\fBTrue\fR: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. \fBFalse\fR:
904 handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
905 .IP "\fBmouseWheelScrollPage:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
906 .IX Item "mouseWheelScrollPage: boolean"
907 \&\fBTrue\fR: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. \fBFalse\fR: the mouse wheel
908 scrolls five lines [default].
909 .IP "\fBpastableTabs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
910 .IX Item "pastableTabs: boolean"
911 \&\fBTrue\fR: store tabs as wide characters. \fBFalse\fR: interpret tabs as cursor
912 movement only; option \f(CW\*(C`\-ptab\*(C'\fR.
913 .IP "\fBcursorBlink:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
914 .IX Item "cursorBlink: boolean"
915 \&\fBTrue\fR: blink the cursor. \fBFalse\fR: do not blink the cursor [default];
916 option \fB\-bc\fR.
917 .IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
918 .IX Item "pointerBlank: boolean"
919 \&\fBTrue\fR: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
920 of seconds of inactivity. \fBFalse\fR: the pointer is always visible
921 [default].
922 .IP "\fBpointerColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
923 .IX Item "pointerColor: colour"
924 Mouse pointer foreground colour.
925 .IP "\fBpointerColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
926 .IX Item "pointerColor2: colour"
927 Mouse pointer background colour.
928 .IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
929 .IX Item "pointerBlankDelay: number"
930 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
931 large number (e.g. \f(CW987654321\fR) to effectively disable the timeout.
932 .IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
933 .IX Item "backspacekey: string"
934 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to \fB\s-1DEC\s0\fR
935 or unset it will send \fBDelete\fR (code 127) or, if shifted, \fBBackspace\fR
936 (code 8) \- which can be reversed with the appropriate \s-1DEC\s0 private mode
937 escape sequence.
938 .IP "\fBdeletekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
939 .IX Item "deletekey: string"
940 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
941 pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
942 with the \fBExecute\fR key.
943 .IP "\fBcutchars:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
944 .IX Item "cutchars: string"
945 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
946 (whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
947 .Sp
948 When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
949 in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
950 characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
951 will be created). In this mode, characters outside \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 can be used.
952 .Sp
953 When the selection extension is not used, only \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 characters can
954 be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
955 .Sp
956 \&\fB\s-1BACKSLASH\s0 `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}\fR
957 .IP "\fBpreeditType:\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
958 .IX Item "preeditType: style"
959 \&\fBOverTheSpot\fR, \fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; option \fB\-pt\fR.
960 .IP "\fBinputMethod:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
961 .IX Item "inputMethod: name"
962 \&\fIname\fR of inputMethod to use; option \fB\-im\fR.
963 .IP "\fBimLocale:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
964 .IX Item "imLocale: name"
965 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
966 \&\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
967 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
968 another locale; option \fB\-imlocale\fR.
969 .IP "\fBimFont:\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
970 .IX Item "imFont: fontset"
971 Specify the font-set used for \s-1XIM\s0 styles \f(CW\*(C`OverTheSpot\*(C'\fR or
972 \&\f(CW\*(C`OffTheSpot\*(C'\fR. It must be a standard X font set (\s-1XLFD\s0 patterns separated
973 by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
974 in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
975 found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
976 option \fB\-imfont\fR.
977 .IP "\fBtripleclickwords:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
978 .IX Item "tripleclickwords: boolean"
979 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
980 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
981 the end of the logical line only; option \fB\-tcw\fR.
982 .IP "\fBinsecure:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
983 .IX Item "insecure: boolean"
984 Enables \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
985 echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
986 abused if somebody gets 8\-bit\-clean access to your display, whether
987 through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
988 \&\fIwrite\fR\|(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
989 default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
990 sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
991 .Sp
992 You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
993 \&\fB\-insecure\fR as an option. At the moment, this enables display\-answer,
994 locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
995 .IP "\fBmodifier:\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
996 .IX Item "modifier: modifier"
997 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: \fBalt\fR, \fBmeta\fR,
998 \&\fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR, \fBmod5\fR; option
999 \&\fB\-mod\fR.
1000 .IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1001 .IX Item "answerbackString: string"
1002 Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an \s-1ENQ\s0 (control\-E)
1003 character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
1004 in the entry on \fBkeysym\fR following.
1005 .IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1006 .IX Item "secondaryScreen: boolean"
1007 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
1008 .IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1009 .IX Item "secondaryScroll: boolean"
1010 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
1011 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
1012 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
1013 instead scroll the screen up.
1014 .IP "\fBhold\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4
1015 .IX Item "hold: boolean"
1016 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1017 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1018 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1019 user.
1020 .IP "\fBkeysym.\fR\fIsym\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1021 .IX Item "keysym.sym: string"
1022 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Associate \fIstring\fR with keysym \fIsym\fR. The
1023 intervening resource name \fBkeysym.\fR cannot be omitted.
1024 .Sp
1025 The format of \fIsym\fR is "\fI(modifiers\-)key\fR", where \fImodifiers\fR can be
1026 any combination of \fBISOLevel3\fR, \fBAppKeypad\fR, \fBControl\fR, \fBNumLock\fR,
1027 \&\fBShift\fR, \fBMeta\fR, \fBLock\fR, \fBMod1\fR, \fBMod2\fR, \fBMod3\fR, \fBMod4\fR, \fBMod5\fR,
1028 and the abbreviated \fBI\fR, \fBK\fR, \fBC\fR, \fBN\fR, \fBS\fR, \fBM\fR, \fBA\fR, \fBL\fR, \fB1\fR,
1029 \&\fB2\fR, \fB3\fR, \fB4\fR, \fB5\fR.
1030 .Sp
1031 The \fBNumLock\fR, \fBMeta\fR and \fBISOLevel3\fR modifiers are usually aliased to
1032 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or \s-1ISO\s0 Level3 Shift/AltGr
1033 keys are being mapped. \fBAppKeypad\fR is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1034 current application keymap mode state.
1035 .Sp
1036 The spellings of \fIkey\fR can be obtained by using \fBxev\fR(1) command or
1037 searching keysym macros from \fB/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h\fR and
1038 omitting the prefix \fB\s-1XK_\s0\fR. Alternatively you can specify \fIkey\fR by its hex
1039 keysym value (\fB0x0000 \- 0xFFFF\fR). Note that the lookup of \fIsym\fRs is not
1040 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1041 .Sp
1042 \&\fIstring\fR may contain escape values (\f(CW\*(C`\ea\*(C'\fR: bell, \f(CW\*(C`\eb\*(C'\fR: backspace,
1043 \&\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,
1044 \&\f(CW\*(C`\e000\*(C'\fR: octal number) or verbatim control characters (\f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR: delete,
1045 \&\f(CW\*(C`^@\*(C'\fR: null, \f(CW\*(C`^A\*(C'\fR ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
1046 can start or end with whitespace. \fBThis feature is deprecated and will
1047 be removed\fR.
1048 .Sp
1049 Please note that you need to double the \f(CW\*(C`\e\*(C'\fR in resource files, as
1050 Xlib itself does its own de-escaping (you can use \f(CW\*(C`\e033\*(C'\fR instead of
1051 \&\f(CW\*(C`\ee\*(C'\fR (and so on), which will work with both Xt and @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own
1052 processing).
1053 .Sp
1054 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a \fIstring\fR
1055 with pattern \fBlist/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX\fR, where the delimiter `/'
1056 should be a character not used by the strings.
1057 .Sp
1058 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1059 .Sp
1060 .Vb 1
1061 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\e033<M-C-|abc|>
1062 .Ve
1063 .Sp
1064 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1065 .Sp
1066 .Vb 3
1067 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \e033<M-C-a>
1068 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \e033<M-C-b>
1069 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \e033<M-C-c>
1070 .Ve
1071 .Sp
1072 If \fIstring\fR takes the form of \f(CW\*(C`command:STRING\*(C'\fR, the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1073 is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1074 example the following means "change the current locale to \f(CW\*(C`zh_CN.GBK\*(C'\fR
1075 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1076 .Sp
1077 .Vb 1
1078 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
1079 .Ve
1080 .Sp
1081 If \fIstring\fR takes the form \f(CW\*(C`perl:STRING\*(C'\fR, then the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1082 is passed to the \f(CW\*(C`on_keyboard_command\*(C'\fR perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3)
1083 manpage. For example, the \fIselection\fR extension (activated via
1084 \&\f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-pe selection\*(C'\fR) listens for \f(CW\*(C`selection:rot13\*(C'\fR events:
1085 .Sp
1086 .Vb 1
1087 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1088 .Ve
1089 .Sp
1090 Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1091 will match if at \fIat least\fR the specified identifiers are being set, and
1092 no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1093 means that defining a key map for \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR will automatically provide
1094 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
1095 mappings themselves.
1096 .Sp
1097 Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1098 if you overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1099 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke \*(L"holes\*(R" into the
1100 user-defined keymap using the \f(CW\*(C`builtin:\*(C'\fR replacement:
1101 .Sp
1102 .Vb 2
1103 \& URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1104 \& URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1105 .Ve
1106 .Sp
1107 The first line defines a mapping for \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR and \fIany\fR combination
1108 of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1109 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR.
1110 .Sp
1111 The following example will map Control\-Meta\-1 and Control\-Meta\-2 to
1112 the fonts \f(CW\*(C`suxuseuro\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR, so you can have some limited
1113 font-switching at runtime:
1114 .Sp
1115 .Vb 2
1116 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]50;suxuseuro\e007
1117 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]50;9x15bold\e007
1118 .Ve
1119 .Sp
1120 Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1121 info):
1122 .Sp
1123 .Vb 2
1124 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\e033[8;25;80t
1125 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\e033[8;48;110t
1126 .Ve
1127 .IP "\fBperl-ext-common\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1128 .IX Item "perl-ext-common: string"
1129 .PD 0
1130 .IP "\fBperl-ext\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1131 .IX Item "perl-ext: string"
1132 .PD
1133 Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: \f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR) to
1134 use in this terminal instance; option \fB\-pe\fR.
1135 .Sp
1136 Extension names can be prefixed with a \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR sign to prohibit using
1137 them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1138 by default, or specified via the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource. For
1139 example, \f(CW\*(C`default,\-selection\*(C'\fR will use all the default extension except
1140 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\*(C'\fR.
1141 .Sp
1142 Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1143 (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`searchable\-scrollback<M\-s>\*(C'\fR, which binds the hotkey for
1144 searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta\-s). Mentioning the same extension
1145 multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1146 the extension.
1147 .Sp
1148 Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1149 necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1150 .Sp
1151 If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1152 interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1153 \&\fBperl-ext-common\fR will be used for extensions that should be available to
1154 all instances, while \fBperl-ext\fR is used for specific instances.
1155 .IP "\fBperl-eval\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1156 .IX Item "perl-eval: string"
1157 Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1158 the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
1159 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1160 .IP "\fBperl-lib\fR: \fIpath\fR" 4
1161 .IX Item "perl-lib: path"
1162 Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1163 scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the \f(CW\*(C`perl\*(C'\fR resource,
1164 @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
1165 \&\fI@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/\fR. Due to security reasons, this resource
1166 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1167 .Sp
1168 See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage.
1169 .IP "\fBselection.pattern\-\f(BIidx\fB\fR: \fIperl-regex\fR" 4
1170 .IX Item "selection.pattern-idx: perl-regex"
1171 Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for
1172 details.
1173 .IP "\fBselection\-autotransform.\f(BIidx\fB\fR: \fIperl-transform\fR" 4
1174 .IX Item "selection-autotransform.idx: perl-transform"
1175 Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage
1176 for details.
1177 .IP "\fBsearchable\-scrollback:\fR \fIkeysym\fR" 4
1178 .IX Item "searchable-scrollback: keysym"
1179 Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
1180 (default: \f(CW\*(C`M\-s\*(C'\fR).
1181 .IP "\fBurlLauncher\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1182 .IX Item "urlLauncher: string"
1183 Specifies the program to be started with a \s-1URL\s0 argument. Used by the
1184 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\-popup\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`matcher\*(C'\fR perl extensions.
1185 .IP "\fBtransient-for\fR: \fIwindowid\fR" 4
1186 .IX Item "transient-for: windowid"
1187 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets the \s-1WM_TRANSIENT_FOR\s0 property to the given window id.
1188 .IP "\fBoverride-redirect\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4
1189 .IX Item "override-redirect: boolean"
1190 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1191 it almost invisible to window managers; option \fB\-override\-redirect\fR.
1192 .SH "THE SCROLLBAR"
1193 .IX Header "THE SCROLLBAR"
1194 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window
1195 (resource: \fBsaveLines\fR) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar
1196 or by keystrokes. The normal \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR scrollbar has arrows and
1197 its behaviour is fairly intuitive. The \fBxterm-scrollbar\fR is without
1198 arrows and its behaviour mimics that of \fIxterm\fR
1199 .PP
1200 Scroll down with \fBButton1\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Next\fR.
1201 Scroll up with \fBButton3\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Prior\fR.
1202 Continuous scroll with \fBButton2\fR.
1203 .SH "MOUSE REPORTING"
1204 .IX Header "MOUSE REPORTING"
1205 To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
1206 the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
1207 (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
1208 .PP
1209 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
1210 disabled \*(-- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
1211 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 6 ~\fR
1212 (Next) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 5 ~\fR (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1213 up and down arrows sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ A\fR (Up) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ B\fR (Down),
1214 respectively.
1215 .SH "THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT"
1216 .IX Header "THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT"
1217 The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
1218 to \fIxterm\fR(1).
1219 .IP "\fBSelecting\fR:" 4
1220 .IX Item "Selecting:"
1221 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1222 and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1223 to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1224 (which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1225 \&\fBtripleclickwords\fR.
1226 .Sp
1227 Starting a selection while pressing the \fBMeta\fR key (or \fBMeta+Ctrl\fR keys)
1228 (Compile: \fIfrills\fR) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1229 normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1230 selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1231 the selection.
1232 .IP "\fBPasting\fR:" 4
1233 .IX Item "Pasting:"
1234 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
1235 window causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection (or \s-1CLIPBOARD\s0 with the
1236 \&\fBMeta\fR modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1237 .Sp
1238 Pressing \fBShift-Insert\fR causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection to be
1239 inserted too.
1240 .SH "CHANGING FONTS"
1241 .IX Header "CHANGING FONTS"
1242 Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
1243 supported in rxvt\-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
1244 .PP
1245 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
1246 .PP
1247 .Vb 1
1248 \& printf '\ee]710;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1249 .Ve
1250 .PP
1251 You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1252 .PP
1253 .Vb 2
1254 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]710;suxuseuro\e007\e033]711;suxuseuro\e007
1255 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]710;9x15bold\e007\e033]711;9x15bold\e007
1256 .Ve
1257 .PP
1258 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
1259 .SH "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1260 .IX Header "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1261 \&\s-1ISO\s0 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1262 and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1263 first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1264 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1265 with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-iso14755\*(C'\fR.
1266 .IP "* 5.1: Basic method" 4
1267 .IX Item "5.1: Basic method"
1268 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1269 .Sp
1270 Start by pressing and holding both \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR, then enter
1271 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR will
1272 commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1273 \&\f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1274 \&\f(CW\*(C`Space\*(C'\fR, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1275 one.
1276 .Sp
1277 As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e\-mail
1278 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e\-mail
1279 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`671d 65e5\*(C'\fR. You can enter this easily
1280 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,
1281 followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1282 .IP "* 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method" 4
1283 .IX Item "5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method"
1284 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1285 your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1286 .Sp
1287 Start by pressing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then releasing
1288 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1289 invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1290 keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1291 released, otherwise pressing e.g. \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR would enter the symbol for
1292 \&\f(CW\*(C`ISO Level 2 Switch\*(C'\fR, although your intention might have been to enter a
1293 reverse tab (Shift\-Tab).
1294 .IP "* 5.3: Screen-selection entry method" 4
1295 .IX Item "5.3: Screen-selection entry method"
1296 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1297 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1298 .IP "* 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input" 4
1299 .IX Item "5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input"
1300 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1301 characters already displayed.
1302 .Sp
1303 You enter this mode by holding down \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then
1304 pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1305 hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1306 pointer is displayed until you release \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR.
1307 .Sp
1308 In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1309 character \- due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1310 combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1311 always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1312 .PP
1313 With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1314 both scenario A and B of \s-1ISO\s0 14755, including part 5.2.
1315 .SH "LOGIN STAMP"
1316 .IX Header "LOGIN STAMP"
1317 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fR(5) file so that
1318 it can be seen via the \fI\fIwho\fI\|(1)\fR command, and can accept messages. To
1319 allow this feature, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR may need to be installed setuid root
1320 on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1321 .SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1322 .IX Header "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1323 In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1324 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR can display up to 16 colours (8 \s-1ANSI\s0 colours plus
1325 high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
1326 colours with their names.
1327 .TS
1328 l l l .
1329 color0 (black) = Black
1330 color1 (red) = Red3
1331 color2 (green) = Green3
1332 color3 (yellow) = Yellow3
1333 color4 (blue) = Blue3
1334 color5 (magenta) = Magenta3
1335 color6 (cyan) = Cyan3
1336 color7 (white) = AntiqueWhite
1337 color8 (bright black) = Grey25
1338 color9 (bright red) = Red
1339 color10 (bright green) = Green
1340 color11 (bright yellow) = Yellow
1341 color12 (bright blue) = Blue
1342 color13 (bright magenta) = Magenta
1343 color14 (bright cyan) = Cyan
1344 color15 (bright white) = White
1345 foreground = Black
1346 background = White
1347 .TE
1348
1349 .PP
1350 It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fR,
1351 \&\fBbackground\fR, \fBcursorColor\fR, \fBcursorColor2\fR, \fBcolorBD\fR, \fBcolorUL\fR as
1352 a number 0\-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1353 color0\-color15.
1354 .PP
1355 In addition to the colours defined above, @@RXVT_NAME@@ offers an
1356 additional 72 colours. The first 64 of those (with indices 16 to 79)
1357 consist of a 4*4*4 \s-1RGB\s0 colour cube (i.e. \fIindex = r * 16 + g * 4 + b +
1358 16\fR), followed by 8 additional shades of gray (with indices 80 to 87).
1359 .PP
1360 Together, all those colours implement the 88 colour xterm colours. Only
1361 the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the rest can only
1362 be changed via command sequences (\*(L"escape codes\*(R").
1363 .PP
1364 Note that \fB\-rv\fR (\fB\*(L"reverseVideo: True\*(R"\fR) simulates reverse video by
1365 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1366 \&\fIxterm\fR(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1367 been specified. For example,
1368 .IP "\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fg Black \-bg White \-rv\fR" 4
1369 .IX Item "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv"
1370 would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fR(1) it would yield Black
1371 on White.
1372 .Sh "\s-1ALPHA\s0 \s-1CHANNEL\s0 \s-1SUPPORT\s0"
1373 .IX Subsection "ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT"
1374 If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1375 their act together, rxvt-unicode will support \f(CW\*(C`rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa\*(C'\fR
1376 (recommended, but \fB\s-1MUST\s0\fR have 4 digits/component) colour specifications,
1377 in addition to the ones provided by X, where the additional A component
1378 specifies opacity (alpha) values. The minimum value of \f(CW0\fR is completely
1379 transparent). You can also prefix any color with \f(CW\*(C`[percent]\*(C'\fR, where
1380 \&\f(CW\*(C`percent\*(C'\fR is a decimal percentage (0\-100) that specifies the opacity of
1381 the color, where \f(CW0\fR is completely transparent and \f(CW100\fR is completelxy
1382 opaque.
1383 .PP
1384 You probably need to specify \fB\*(L"\-depth 32\*(R"\fR, too, and have the luck that
1385 your X\-server uses \s-1ARGB\s0 pixel layout, as X is far from just supporting
1386 \&\s-1ARGB\s0 visuals out of the box, and rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1387 .PP
1388 For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent red
1389 background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1390 .PP
1391 .Vb 1
1392 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/aaaa -fg "[80]pink"
1393 .Ve
1394 .PP
1395 \&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
1396 the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!\fR
1397 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
1398 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
1399 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1400 .IP "\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR" 4
1401 .IX Item "TERM"
1402 Normally set to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1403 resources or on the command line.
1404 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORTERM\s0\fR" 4
1405 .IX Item "COLORTERM"
1406 Either \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-xpm\*(C'\fR, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1407 compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support, and optionally with the added extension
1408 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-mono\*(C'\fR to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1409 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORFGBG\s0\fR" 4
1410 .IX Item "COLORFGBG"
1411 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
1412 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1413 \&\f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1414 used), \f(CW\*(C`bg\*(C'\fR is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1415 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@@
1416 was compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support. Libraries like \f(CW\*(C`ncurses\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`slang\*(C'\fR can
1417 (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1418 .IP "\fB\s-1WINDOWID\s0\fR" 4
1419 .IX Item "WINDOWID"
1420 Set to the (decimal) X Window \s-1ID\s0 of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1421 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1422 window and so on).
1423 .IP "\fB\s-1TERMINFO\s0\fR" 4
1424 .IX Item "TERMINFO"
1425 Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1426 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH\*(C'\fR.
1427 .IP "\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR" 4
1428 .IX Item "DISPLAY"
1429 Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1430 display in its child processes.
1431 .IP "\fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR" 4
1432 .IX Item "SHELL"
1433 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to \f(CW\*(C`/bin/sh\*(C'\fR.
1434 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVT_SOCKET\s0\fR" 4
1435 .IX Item "RXVT_SOCKET"
1436 The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1437 @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1438 .Sp
1439 Default \fI$HOME/.rxvt\-unicode\-\fI<nodename\fI\fR.
1440 .IP "\fB\s-1HOME\s0\fR" 4
1441 .IX Item "HOME"
1442 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1443 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1444 \&\f(CW\*(C`.Xdefaults\*(C'\fR)
1445 .IP "\fB\s-1XAPPLRESDIR\s0\fR" 4
1446 .IX Item "XAPPLRESDIR"
1447 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1448 .IP "\fB\s-1XENVIRONMENT\s0\fR" 4
1449 .IX Item "XENVIRONMENT"
1450 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1451 @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1452 .SH "FILES"
1453 .IX Header "FILES"
1454 .IP "\fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt\fR" 4
1455 .IX Item "/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt"
1456 Color names.
1457 .SH "SEE ALSO"
1458 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
1459 @@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)
1460 .SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1461 .IX Header "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1462 .IP "Project Coordinator" 4
1463 .IX Item "Project Coordinator"
1464 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>
1465 .Sp
1466 <http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt\-unicode.html>
1467 .SH "AUTHORS"
1468 .IX Header "AUTHORS"
1469 .IP "John Bovey" 4
1470 .IX Item "John Bovey"
1471 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1472 .IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>" 4
1473 .IX Item "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>"
1474 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1475 .IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>" 4
1476 .IX Item "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>"
1477 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1478 .IP "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>" 4
1479 .IX Item "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>"
1480 Wrote the menu system.
1481 .Sp
1482 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1483 .IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu\-berlin.de>" 4
1484 .IX Item "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>"
1485 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1486 .IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>" 4
1487 .IX Item "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>"
1488 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1489 .Sp
1490 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 \- rxvt\-unicode)
1491 .IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>" 4
1492 .IX Item "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>"
1493 Forked rxvt\-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1494 extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1495 .Sp
1496 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 \-)
1497 .IP "Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it>" 4
1498 .IX Item "Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it>"
1499 Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.