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131 .IX Title "@@RXVT_NAME@@ 1"
132 .TH @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1 "2007-11-23" "8.6" "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 devanagari. 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 (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource \fBjumpScroll\fR.
232 .IP "\fB\-ss\fR|\fB+ss\fR" 4
233 .IX Item "-ss|+ss"
234 Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource \fBskipScroll\fR.
235 .IP "\fB\-tr\fR|\fB+tr\fR" 4
236 .IX Item "-tr|+tr"
237 Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background. Obsolete form of it is
238 \&\fB\-ip\fR and it should not be used anymore; resource \fBtransparent\fR.
239 .Sp
240 \&\fIPlease note that old resource name of \f(BIinheritPixmap\fI is obsolete and should be
241 changed to \f(BItransparent\fI. Backwards compatibility support for \f(BIinheritPixmap\fI will
242 be phased out in future versions of rxvt!\fR
243 .Sp
244 \&\fIPlease address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
245 sasha@aftercode.net. Read the \s-1FAQ\s0 (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!\fR
246 .IP "\fB\-fade\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
247 .IX Item "-fade number"
248 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
249 fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
250 colour; resource \fBfading\fR.
251 .IP "\fB\-fadecolor\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
252 .IX Item "-fadecolor colour"
253 Fade to this colour when fading is used (see \fB\-fade\fR). The default colour
254 is opaque black. resource \fBfadeColor\fR.
255 .IP "\fB\-tint\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
256 .IX Item "-tint colour"
257 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
258 transparency is enabled with \fB\-tr\fR. This only works for
259 non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the \fB\-sh\fR option that can be
260 used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it.
261 Please note that certain tint colours can be applied on the server\-side,
262 thus yielding performance gain of two orders of magnitude. These colours are:
263 blue, red, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, and those close to them. Also
264 pure black and pure white colors essentially mean no tinting; resource
265 \&\fItintColor\fR. Example:
266 .Sp
267 .Vb 1
268 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
269 .Ve
270 .IP "\fB\-sh\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
271 .IX Item "-sh number"
272 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (100 .. 200) the transparent
273 background image in addition to (or instead of) tinting it;
274 resource \fIshading\fR.
275 .IP "\fB\-blt\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
276 .IX Item "-blt string"
277 Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
278 at the same time as transparency \- such pixmap will be blended over
279 transparency image, using method specified. Supported values are :
280 \&\fBadd\fR, \fBalphablend\fR, \fBallanon\fR \- color values averaging, \fBcolorize\fR,
281 \&\fBdarken\fR, \fBdiff\fR, \fBdissipate\fR, \fBhue\fR, \fBlighten\fR, \fBoverlay\fR,
282 \&\fBsaturate\fR, \fBscreen\fR, \fBsub\fR, \fBtint\fR, \fBvalue\fR. The default is
283 alpha\-blending. Compile \fIafterimage\fR; resource \fIblendType\fR.
284 .IP "\fB\-blr\fR \fIHxV\fR" 4
285 .IX Item "-blr HxV"
286 Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
287 background image. If single number is specified \- both vertical and
288 horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
289 radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
290 on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile \fIafterimage\fR;
291 resource \fIblurRadius\fR.
292 .IP "\fB\-bg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
293 .IX Item "-bg colour"
294 Window background colour; resource \fBbackground\fR.
295 .IP "\fB\-fg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
296 .IX Item "-fg colour"
297 Window foreground colour; resource \fBforeground\fR.
298 .IP "\fB\-pixmap\fR \fIfile[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]\fR" 4
299 .IX Item "-pixmap file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]"
300 Compile \fIafterimage\fR: Specify image file for the background and also
301 optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
302 add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR in the
303 command\-line; for more details see resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fR.
304 .IP "\fB\-cr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
305 .IX Item "-cr colour"
306 The cursor colour; resource \fBcursorColor\fR.
307 .IP "\fB\-pr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
308 .IX Item "-pr colour"
309 The mouse pointer foreground colour; resource \fBpointerColor\fR.
310 .IP "\fB\-pr2\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
311 .IX Item "-pr2 colour"
312 The mouse pointer background colour; resource \fBpointerColor2\fR.
313 .IP "\fB\-bd\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
314 .IX Item "-bd colour"
315 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
316 resource \fBborderColor\fR.
317 .IP "\fB\-fn\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
318 .IX Item "-fn fontlist"
319 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
320 that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
321 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
322 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
323 font list is always appended to it. See resource \fBfont\fR for more details.
324 .Sp
325 In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
326 with \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR. To specify an XFT\-font, you need to prefix it with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR,
327 e.g.:
328 .Sp
329 .Vb 2
330 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
331 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
332 .Ve
333 .Sp
334 See also the question \*(L"How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\*(R" in the \s-1FAQ\s0
335 section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
336 .IP "\fB\-fb\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
337 .IX Item "-fb fontlist"
338 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold font list to use when \fBbold\fR characters
339 are to be printed. See resource \fBboldFont\fR for details.
340 .IP "\fB\-fi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
341 .IX Item "-fi fontlist"
342 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The italic font list to use when \fIitalic\fR
343 characters are to be printed. See resource \fBitalicFont\fR for details.
344 .IP "\fB\-fbi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
345 .IX Item "-fbi fontlist"
346 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold italic font list to use when \fB\f(BIbold
347 italic\fB\fR characters are to be printed. See resource \fBboldItalicFont\fR
348 for details.
349 .IP "\fB\-is\fR|\fB+is\fR" 4
350 .IX Item "-is|+is"
351 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity
352 foreground/background (default). See resource \fBintensityStyles\fR for
353 details.
354 .IP "\fB\-name\fR \fIname\fR" 4
355 .IX Item "-name name"
356 Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
357 rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
358 `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
359 .IP "\fB\-ls\fR|\fB+ls\fR" 4
360 .IX Item "-ls|+ls"
361 Start as a login\-shell/sub\-shell; resource \fBloginShell\fR.
362 .IP "\fB\-ut\fR|\fB+ut\fR" 4
363 .IX Item "-ut|+ut"
364 Compile \fIutmp\fR: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
365 \&\fButmpInhibit\fR.
366 .IP "\fB\-vb\fR|\fB+vb\fR" 4
367 .IX Item "-vb|+vb"
368 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
369 \&\fBvisualBell\fR.
370 .IP "\fB\-sb\fR|\fB+sb\fR" 4
371 .IX Item "-sb|+sb"
372 Turn on/off scrollbar; resource \fBscrollBar\fR.
373 .IP "\fB\-si\fR|\fB+si\fR" 4
374 .IX Item "-si|+si"
375 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on \s-1TTY\s0 output inhibit; resource
376 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR has opposite effect.
377 .IP "\fB\-sk\fR|\fB+sk\fR" 4
378 .IX Item "-sk|+sk"
379 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource
380 \&\fBscrollTtyKeypress\fR.
381 .IP "\fB\-sw\fR|\fB+sw\fR" 4
382 .IX Item "-sw|+sw"
383 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
384 This only takes effect if \fB\-si\fR is also given; resource
385 \&\fBscrollWithBuffer\fR.
386 .IP "\fB\-sr\fR|\fB+sr\fR" 4
387 .IX Item "-sr|+sr"
388 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource \fBscrollBar_right\fR.
389 .IP "\fB\-st\fR|\fB+st\fR" 4
390 .IX Item "-st|+st"
391 Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
392 resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fR.
393 .IP "\fB\-ptab\fR|\fB+ptab\fR" 4
394 .IX Item "-ptab|+ptab"
395 If enabled (default), \*(L"Horizontal Tab\*(R" characters are being stored as
396 actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
397 select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
398 not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
399 on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource \fBpastableTabs\fR.
400 .IP "\fB\-bc\fR|\fB+bc\fR" 4
401 .IX Item "-bc|+bc"
402 Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fR.
403 .IP "\fB\-iconic\fR" 4
404 .IX Item "-iconic"
405 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
406 Alternative form is \fB\-ic\fR.
407 .IP "\fB\-sl\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
408 .IX Item "-sl number"
409 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for
410 limits; resource \fBsaveLines\fR.
411 .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
412 .IX Item "-b number"
413 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. See resource
414 entry for limits; resource \fBinternalBorder\fR.
415 .IP "\fB\-w\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
416 .IX Item "-w number"
417 Compile \fIfrills\fR: External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. Also, \fB\-bw\fR
418 and \fB\-borderwidth\fR. See resource entry for limits; resource
419 \&\fBexternalBorder\fR.
420 .IP "\fB\-bl\fR" 4
421 .IX Item "-bl"
422 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
423 if honoured by the \s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
424 decorations; resource \fBborderLess\fR.
425 .IP "\fB\-override\-redirect\fR" 4
426 .IX Item "-override-redirect"
427 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
428 \&\fBoverride-redirect\fR.
429 .IP "\fB\-sbg\fR" 4
430 .IX Item "-sbg"
431 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
432 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
433 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
434 resource \fBskipBuiltinGlyphs\fR.
435 .IP "\fB\-lsp\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
436 .IX Item "-lsp number"
437 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
438 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
439 \&\fBlineSpace\fR.
440 .IP "\fB\-tn\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
441 .IX Item "-tn termname"
442 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
443 \&\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
444 \&\fI\fItermcap\fI\|(5)\fR database and should have \fIli#\fR and \fIco#\fR entries;
445 resource \fBtermName\fR.
446 .IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIcommand [arguments]\fR" 4
447 .IX Item "-e command [arguments]"
448 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
449 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of
450 the program being executed if neither \fI\-title\fR (\fI\-T\fR) nor \fI\-n\fR are
451 given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
452 on the command\-line. If there is no \fB\-e\fR option then the default is to
453 run the program specified by the \fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR environment variable or,
454 failing that, \fI\fIsh\fI\|(1)\fR.
455 .Sp
456 Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
457 run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
458 .Sp
459 .Vb 1
460 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
461 .Ve
462 .IP "\fB\-title\fR \fItext\fR" 4
463 .IX Item "-title text"
464 Window title (\fB\-T\fR still respected); the default title is the basename
465 of the program specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the
466 application name; resource \fBtitle\fR.
467 .IP "\fB\-n\fR \fItext\fR" 4
468 .IX Item "-n text"
469 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
470 after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application name;
471 resource \fBiconName\fR.
472 .IP "\fB\-C\fR" 4
473 .IX Item "-C"
474 Capture system console messages.
475 .IP "\fB\-pt\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
476 .IX Item "-pt style"
477 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input style for input method; \fBOverTheSpot\fR,
478 \&\fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; resource \fBpreeditType\fR.
479 .IP "\fB\-im\fR \fItext\fR" 4
480 .IX Item "-im text"
481 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input method name. resource \fBinputMethod\fR.
482 .IP "\fB\-imlocale\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
483 .IX Item "-imlocale string"
484 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
485 \&\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
486 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
487 another locale. resource \fBimLocale\fR.
488 .IP "\fB\-imfont\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
489 .IX Item "-imfont fontset"
490 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource \fBimFont\fR
491 for more info.
492 .IP "\fB\-tcw\fR" 4
493 .IX Item "-tcw"
494 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
495 button. Only effective when the original (non\-perl) selection code is
496 in\-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
497 end of the logical line only. resource \fBtripleclickwords\fR.
498 .IP "\fB\-insecure\fR" 4
499 .IX Item "-insecure"
500 Enable \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
501 sequences that echo strings. See the resource \fBinsecure\fR for more
502 info.
503 .IP "\fB\-mod\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
504 .IX Item "-mod modifier"
505 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: \fBalt\fR,
506 \&\fBmeta\fR, \fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR,
507 \&\fBmod5\fR; resource \fImodifier\fR.
508 .IP "\fB\-ssc\fR|\fB+ssc\fR" 4
509 .IX Item "-ssc|+ssc"
510 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource
511 \&\fBsecondaryScreen\fR.
512 .IP "\fB\-ssr\fR|\fB+ssr\fR" 4
513 .IX Item "-ssr|+ssr"
514 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
515 \&\fBsecondaryScroll\fR.
516 .IP "\fB\-hold\fR|\fB+hold\fR" 4
517 .IX Item "-hold|+hold"
518 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
519 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
520 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
521 user; resource \fBhold\fR.
522 .IP "\fB\-xrm\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
523 .IX Item "-xrm string"
524 Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the \fIstring\fR
525 as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
526 way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
527 .Sp
528 Note that you need to use the \fIsame\fR syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
529 e.g. \f(CW\*(C`*.background: black\*(C'\fR. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@\-specific
530 options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
531 of \fB\-xrm\fR is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
532 resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
533 programs.
534 .IP "\fB\-keysym.\fR\fIsym\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
535 .IX Item "-keysym.sym string"
536 Remap a key symbol. See resource \fBkeysym\fR.
537 .IP "\fB\-embed\fR \fIwindowid\fR" 4
538 .IX Item "-embed windowid"
539 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
540 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
541 .Sp
542 Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
543 shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
544 quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
545 create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
546 .Sp
547 The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
548 .Sp
549 It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
550 descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
551 can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
552 terminal. This works regardless of whether the \f(CW\*(C`\-embed\*(C'\fR option was used or
553 not.
554 .Sp
555 Here is a short Gtk2\-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
556 used (a longer example is in \fIdoc/embed\fR):
557 .Sp
558 .Vb 5
559 \& my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
560 \& $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
561 \& my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
562 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
563 \& });
564 .Ve
565 .IP "\fB\-pty\-fd\fR \fIfile descriptor\fR" 4
566 .IX Item "-pty-fd file descriptor"
567 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ \s-1NOT\s0 to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
568 pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
569 useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
570 without having to run a program within it.
571 .Sp
572 If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
573 entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions \- you have to do that
574 yourself if you want that.
575 .Sp
576 As an extremely special case, specifying \f(CW\*(C`\-1\*(C'\fR will completely suppress
577 pty/tty operations.
578 .Sp
579 Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
580 longer example is in \fIdoc/pty\-fd\fR):
581 .Sp
582 .Vb 2
583 \& use IO::Pty;
584 \& use Fcntl;
585 .Ve
586 .Sp
587 .Vb 4
588 \& my $pty = new IO::Pty;
589 \& fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
590 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
591 \& close $pty;
592 .Ve
593 .Sp
594 .Vb 3
595 \& # now communicate with rxvt
596 \& my $slave = $pty->slave;
597 \& while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\en" }
598 .Ve
599 .IP "\fB\-pe\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
600 .IX Item "-pe string"
601 Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
602 this terminal instance. See resource \fBperl-ext\fR for details.
603 .SH "RESOURCES (available also as long\-options)"
604 .IX Header "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)"
605 Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-help' gives a list of all resources (long
606 options) compiled into your version.
607 .PP
608 You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like \fBxrdb\fR. Many
609 distribution do also load settings from the \fB~/.Xresources\fR file when X
610 starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
611 with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
612 .PP
613 .Vb 6
614 \& 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
615 \& 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
616 \& 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
617 \& 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
618 \& 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
619 \& 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
620 .Ve
621 .PP
622 Note that when reading X resources, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR recognizes two class
623 names: \fBRxvt\fR and \fBURxvt\fR. The class name \fBRxvt\fR allows resources
624 common to both \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR and the original \fIrxvt\fR to be easily
625 configured, while the class name \fBURxvt\fR allows resources unique to
626 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR, to be shared between different \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
627 configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
628 be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
629 settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
630 check the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
631 extensions not documented here):
632 .IP "\fBdepth:\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4
633 .IX Item "depth: bitdepth"
634 Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
635 option \fB\-depth\fR.
636 .IP "\fBgeometry:\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
637 .IX Item "geometry: geom"
638 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
639 option \fB\-geometry\fR.
640 .IP "\fBbackground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
641 .IX Item "background: colour"
642 Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
643 White]; option \fB\-bg\fR.
644 .IP "\fBforeground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
645 .IX Item "foreground: colour"
646 Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
647 Black]; option \fB\-fg\fR.
648 .IP "\fBcolor\fR\fIn\fR\fB:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
649 .IX Item "colorn: colour"
650 Use the specified colour for the colour value \fIn\fR, where 0\-7
651 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8\-15 corresponds to
652 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
653 colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
654 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
655 names used are listed in the \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
656 .Sp
657 Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
658 changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
659 .Sp
660 Colours 16\-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
661 88 colour support). Colours 80\-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
662 .IP "\fBcolorBD:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
663 .IX Item "colorBD: colour"
664 .PD 0
665 .IP "\fBcolorIT:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
666 .IX Item "colorIT: colour"
667 .PD
668 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
669 foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
670 (Compile \fIstyles\fR) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
671 .IP "\fBcolorUL:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
672 .IX Item "colorUL: colour"
673 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
674 foreground colour is the default.
675 .IP "\fBcolorRV:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
676 .IX Item "colorRV: colour"
677 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video characters
678 when \s-1OPTION_HC\s0 is disabled (\-\-disable\-frills).
679 .IP "\fBunderlineColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
680 .IX Item "underlineColor: colour"
681 If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
682 itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
683 .IP "\fBcursorColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
684 .IX Item "cursorColor: colour"
685 Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
686 foreground colour; option \fB\-cr\fR.
687 .IP "\fBcursorColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
688 .IX Item "cursorColor2: colour"
689 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this to
690 take effect, \fBcursorColor\fR must also be specified. The default is to
691 use the background colour.
692 .IP "\fBreverseVideo:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
693 .IX Item "reverseVideo: boolean"
694 \&\fBTrue\fR: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
695 option \fB\-rv\fR. \fBFalse\fR: regular screen colours [default]; option
696 \&\fB+rv\fR. See note in \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
697 .IP "\fBjumpScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
698 .IX Item "jumpScroll: boolean"
699 \&\fBTrue\fR: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
700 of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
701 has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
702 received line; option \fB\-j\fR.
703 .Sp
704 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
705 force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option \fB+j\fR.
706 .IP "\fBskipScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
707 .IX Item "skipScroll: boolean"
708 \&\fBTrue\fR: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
709 receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
710 (around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
711 result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
712 option \fB\-ss\fR.
713 .Sp
714 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
715 if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
716 monitor to display anything); option \fB+ss\fR.
717 .IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
718 .IX Item "inheritPixmap: boolean"
719 \&\fBTrue\fR: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
720 artificial transparency. \fBFalse\fR: do not inherit the parent windows'
721 pixmap.
722 .Sp
723 \&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
724 the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!\fR
725 .IP "\fBfading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
726 .IX Item "fading: number"
727 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option \fB\-fade\fR.
728 .IP "\fBfadeColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
729 .IX Item "fadeColor: colour"
730 Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see \fBfading:\fR). The default
731 colour is black; option \fB\-fadecolor\fR.
732 .IP "\fBtintColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
733 .IX Item "tintColor: colour"
734 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
735 \&\fB\-tint\fR.
736 .IP "\fBshading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
737 .IX Item "shading: number"
738 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent background image
739 in addition to tinting it; option \fB\-sh\fR.
740 .IP "\fBblendType:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
741 .IX Item "blendType: string"
742 Specify background blending type; option \fB\-blt\fR.
743 .IP "\fBblurRadius:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
744 .IX Item "blurRadius: number"
745 Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent
746 background image; option \fB\-blr\fR.
747 .IP "\fBscrollColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
748 .IX Item "scrollColor: colour"
749 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
750 .IP "\fBtroughColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
751 .IX Item "troughColor: colour"
752 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
753 #969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
754 .IP "\fBborderColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
755 .IX Item "borderColor: colour"
756 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
757 and the text.
758 .IP "\fBbackgroundPixmap:\fR \fIfile[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]\fR" 4
759 .IX Item "backgroundPixmap: file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]"
760 Use the specified image file for the background and also
761 optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string \fBWxH+X+Y\fR,
762 (default \f(CW\*(C`0x0+50+50\*(C'\fR) in which \fB\*(L"W\*(R" / \*(L"H\*(R"\fR specify the
763 horizontal/vertical scale (percent), and \fB\*(L"X\*(R" / \*(L"Y\*(R"\fR locate the image
764 centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
765 of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 specifies
766 an integer number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified
767 beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
768 Additional operations can be specified after colon \fB:op1:op2...\fR.
769 Supported operations are:
770 .Sp
771 .Vb 8
772 \& tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0,
773 \& propscale will scale image keeping proportions,
774 \& auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100;
775 \& hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size;
776 \& vscale will scale image vertically to the window size;
777 \& scale will scale image to match window size;
778 \& root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto-adjusting
779 \& whenever terminal window moves.
780 .Ve
781 .Sp
782 If used in conjunction with \fB\-tr\fR option, the specified pixmap will be
783 blended over transparency image using either alpha\-blending, or any
784 other blending type, specified with \fB\-blt \*(L"type\*(R"\fR option.
785 .IP "\fBpath:\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
786 .IX Item "path: path"
787 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
788 .IP "\fBfont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
789 .IX Item "font: fontlist"
790 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
791 that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
792 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
793 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
794 font list is always appended to it; option \fB\-fn\fR.
795 .Sp
796 Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (\s-1XLFD\s0) name, with
797 optional prefix \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR or a Xft font (Compile \fIxft\fR), prefixed with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR.
798 .Sp
799 In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
800 specifications enclosed in square brackets (\f(CW\*(C`[]\*(C'\fR). The only available
801 hint currently is \f(CW\*(C`codeset=codeset\-name\*(C'\fR, and this is only used for Xft
802 fonts.
803 .Sp
804 For example, this font resource
805 .Sp
806 .Vb 5
807 \& URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\e
808 \& -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\e
809 \& -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \e
810 \& [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \e
811 \& xft:Code2000:antialias=false
812 .Ve
813 .Sp
814 specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR (actually
815 the iso8859\-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
816 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
817 wide and 15 pixels high.
818 .Sp
819 The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
820 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non\-bold, but
821 the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
822 useful supplement.
823 .Sp
824 The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
825 are limited to the \fB\s-1JIS\s0 0208\fR codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
826 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
827 .Sp
828 The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
829 remaining unicode characters.
830 .IP "\fBboldFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
831 .IX Item "boldFont: fontlist"
832 .PD 0
833 .IP "\fBitalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
834 .IX Item "italicFont: fontlist"
835 .IP "\fBboldItalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
836 .IX Item "boldItalicFont: fontlist"
837 .PD
838 The font list to use for displaying \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR or \fB\f(BIbold
839 italic\fB\fR characters, respectively.
840 .Sp
841 If specified and non\-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
842 \&\fBfont\fR\-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
843 it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
844 italic.
845 .Sp
846 If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
847 \&\*(L"morphing\*(R" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
848 not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
849 .Sp
850 If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
851 text font will being used for the given style.
852 .IP "\fBintensityStyles:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
853 .IX Item "intensityStyles: boolean"
854 When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (\fBTrue\fR,
855 option \fB\-is\fR, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high
856 intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (\fBFalse\fR,
857 option \fB+is\fR) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
858 reachable.
859 .IP "\fBselectstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
860 .IX Item "selectstyle: mode"
861 Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fR which is 2.20, \fBoldword\fR which
862 is xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which
863 gives xterm style selection. Only effective when the original (non\-perl)
864 selection code is in use.
865 .IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
866 .IX Item "scrollstyle: mode"
867 Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fR, \fBplain\fR, \fBnext\fR or \fBxterm\fR. \fBplain\fR is
868 the author's favourite.
869 .IP "\fBtitle:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
870 .IX Item "title: string"
871 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
872 specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application
873 name; option \fB\-title\fR.
874 .IP "\fBiconName:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
875 .IX Item "iconName: string"
876 Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon
877 manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is explicitly
878 set; option \fB\-n\fR.
879 .IP "\fBmapAlert:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
880 .IX Item "mapAlert: boolean"
881 \&\fBTrue\fR: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. \fBFalse\fR: no
882 de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
883 .IP "\fBurgentOnBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
884 .IX Item "urgentOnBell: boolean"
885 \&\fBTrue\fR: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
886 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not set the urgency hint [default].
887 .IP "\fBvisualBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
888 .IX Item "visualBell: boolean"
889 \&\fBTrue\fR: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option \fB\-vb\fR.
890 \&\fBFalse\fR: no visual bell [default]; option \fB+vb\fR.
891 .IP "\fBloginShell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
892 .IX Item "loginShell: boolean"
893 \&\fBTrue\fR: start as a login shell by prepending a `\-' to \fBargv[0]\fR of
894 the shell; option \fB\-ls\fR. \fBFalse\fR: start as a normal sub-shell
895 [default]; option \fB+ls\fR.
896 .IP "\fButmpInhibit:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
897 .IX Item "utmpInhibit: boolean"
898 \&\fBTrue\fR: inhibit writing record into the system log file \fButmp\fR;
899 option \fB\-ut\fR. \fBFalse\fR: write record into the system log file \fButmp\fR
900 [default]; option \fB+ut\fR.
901 .IP "\fBprint\-pipe:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
902 .IX Item "print-pipe: string"
903 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default \fI\fIlpr\fI\|(1)\fR]. Use
904 \&\fBPrint\fR to initiate a screen dump to the printer and \fBCtrl-Print\fR or
905 \&\fBShift-Print\fR to include the scrollback as well.
906 .Sp
907 The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as\-is.
908 .Sp
909 Example:
910 .Sp
911 .Vb 1
912 \& URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
913 .Ve
914 .Sp
915 This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
916 every time you hit \f(CW\*(C`Print\*(C'\fR.
917 .IP "\fBscrollBar:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
918 .IX Item "scrollBar: boolean"
919 \&\fBTrue\fR: enable the scrollbar [default]; option \fB\-sb\fR. \fBFalse\fR:
920 disable the scrollbar; option \fB+sb\fR.
921 .IP "\fBscrollBar_right:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
922 .IX Item "scrollBar_right: boolean"
923 \&\fBTrue\fR: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option \fB\-sr\fR.
924 \&\fBFalse\fR: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option \fB+sr\fR.
925 .IP "\fBscrollBar_floating:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
926 .IX Item "scrollBar_floating: boolean"
927 \&\fBTrue\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option \fB\-st\fR.
928 \&\fBFalse\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option \fB+st\fR.
929 .IP "\fBscrollBar_align:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
930 .IX Item "scrollBar_align: mode"
931 Align the \fBtop\fR, \fBbottom\fR or \fBcentre\fR [default] of the scrollbar
932 thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
933 .IP "\fBscrollTtyOutput:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
934 .IX Item "scrollTtyOutput: boolean"
935 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option \fB\-si\fR.
936 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
937 \&\fB+si\fR.
938 .IP "\fBscrollWithBuffer:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
939 .IX Item "scrollWithBuffer: boolean"
940 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
941 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR is False); option \fB\-sw\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll
942 with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option \fB+sw\fR.
943 .IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
944 .IX Item "scrollTtyKeypress: boolean"
945 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
946 are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
947 are not passed onto the shell; option \fB\-sk\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to
948 bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option \fB+sk\fR.
949 .IP "\fBsaveLines:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
950 .IX Item "saveLines: number"
951 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
952 resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option \fB\-sl\fR.
953 .IP "\fBinternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
954 .IX Item "internalBorder: number"
955 Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
956 option \fB\-b\fR.
957 .IP "\fBexternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
958 .IX Item "externalBorder: number"
959 External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
960 option \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-bw\fR, \fB\-borderwidth\fR.
961 .IP "\fBborderLess:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
962 .IX Item "borderLess: boolean"
963 Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
964 \&\s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option \fB\-bl\fR.
965 .IP "\fBskipBuiltinGlyphs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
966 .IX Item "skipBuiltinGlyphs: boolean"
967 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
968 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
969 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
970 option \fB\-sbg\fR.
971 .IP "\fBtermName:\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
972 .IX Item "termName: termname"
973 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the \fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment
974 variable; option \fB\-tn\fR.
975 .IP "\fBlineSpace:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
976 .IX Item "lineSpace: number"
977 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
978 the display [default 0]; option \fB\-lsp\fR.
979 .IP "\fBmeta8:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
980 .IX Item "meta8: boolean"
981 \&\fBTrue\fR: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. \fBFalse\fR:
982 handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
983 .IP "\fBmouseWheelScrollPage:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
984 .IX Item "mouseWheelScrollPage: boolean"
985 \&\fBTrue\fR: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. \fBFalse\fR: the mouse wheel
986 scrolls five lines [default].
987 .IP "\fBpastableTabs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
988 .IX Item "pastableTabs: boolean"
989 \&\fBTrue\fR: store tabs as wide characters. \fBFalse\fR: interpret tabs as cursor
990 movement only; option \f(CW\*(C`\-ptab\*(C'\fR.
991 .IP "\fBcursorBlink:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
992 .IX Item "cursorBlink: boolean"
993 \&\fBTrue\fR: blink the cursor. \fBFalse\fR: do not blink the cursor [default];
994 option \fB\-bc\fR.
995 .IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
996 .IX Item "pointerBlank: boolean"
997 \&\fBTrue\fR: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
998 of seconds of inactivity. \fBFalse\fR: the pointer is always visible
999 [default].
1000 .IP "\fBpointerColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
1001 .IX Item "pointerColor: colour"
1002 Mouse pointer foreground colour.
1003 .IP "\fBpointerColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
1004 .IX Item "pointerColor2: colour"
1005 Mouse pointer background colour.
1006 .IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
1007 .IX Item "pointerBlankDelay: number"
1008 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
1009 large number (e.g. \f(CW987654321\fR) to effectively disable the timeout.
1010 .IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1011 .IX Item "backspacekey: string"
1012 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to \fB\s-1DEC\s0\fR
1013 or unset it will send \fBDelete\fR (code 127) or, if shifted, \fBBackspace\fR
1014 (code 8) \- which can be reversed with the appropriate \s-1DEC\s0 private mode
1015 escape sequence.
1016 .IP "\fBdeletekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1017 .IX Item "deletekey: string"
1018 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
1019 pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
1020 with the \fBExecute\fR key.
1021 .IP "\fBcutchars:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1022 .IX Item "cutchars: string"
1023 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
1024 (whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
1025 .Sp
1026 When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
1027 in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
1028 characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
1029 will be created). In this mode, characters outside \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 can be used.
1030 .Sp
1031 When the selection extension is not used, only \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 characters can
1032 be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
1033 .Sp
1034 \&\fB\s-1BACKSLASH\s0 `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|}\fR
1035 .IP "\fBpreeditType:\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
1036 .IX Item "preeditType: style"
1037 \&\fBOverTheSpot\fR, \fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; option \fB\-pt\fR.
1038 .IP "\fBinputMethod:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
1039 .IX Item "inputMethod: name"
1040 \&\fIname\fR of inputMethod to use; option \fB\-im\fR.
1041 .IP "\fBimLocale:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
1042 .IX Item "imLocale: name"
1043 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
1044 \&\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
1045 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
1046 another locale; option \fB\-imlocale\fR.
1047 .IP "\fBimFont:\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
1048 .IX Item "imFont: fontset"
1049 Specify the font-set used for \s-1XIM\s0 styles \f(CW\*(C`OverTheSpot\*(C'\fR or
1050 \&\f(CW\*(C`OffTheSpot\*(C'\fR. It must be a standard X font set (\s-1XLFD\s0 patterns separated
1051 by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1052 in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1053 found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1054 option \fB\-imfont\fR.
1055 .IP "\fBtripleclickwords:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1056 .IX Item "tripleclickwords: boolean"
1057 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1058 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1059 the end of the logical line only; option \fB\-tcw\fR.
1060 .IP "\fBinsecure:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1061 .IX Item "insecure: boolean"
1062 Enables \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
1063 echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
1064 abused if somebody gets 8\-bit\-clean access to your display, whether
1065 through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
1066 \&\fIwrite\fR\|(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
1067 default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
1068 sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
1069 .Sp
1070 You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
1071 \&\fB\-insecure\fR as an option. At the moment, this enables display\-answer,
1072 locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
1073 .IP "\fBmodifier:\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
1074 .IX Item "modifier: modifier"
1075 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: \fBalt\fR, \fBmeta\fR,
1076 \&\fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR, \fBmod5\fR; option
1077 \&\fB\-mod\fR.
1078 .IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1079 .IX Item "answerbackString: string"
1080 Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an \s-1ENQ\s0 (control\-E)
1081 character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
1082 in the entry on \fBkeysym\fR following.
1083 .IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1084 .IX Item "secondaryScreen: boolean"
1085 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
1086 .IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1087 .IX Item "secondaryScroll: boolean"
1088 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
1089 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
1090 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
1091 instead scroll the screen up.
1092 .IP "\fBhold\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4
1093 .IX Item "hold: boolean"
1094 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1095 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1096 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1097 user.
1098 .IP "\fBkeysym.\fR\fIsym\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1099 .IX Item "keysym.sym: string"
1100 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Associate \fIstring\fR with keysym \fIsym\fR. The
1101 intervening resource name \fBkeysym.\fR cannot be omitted.
1102 .Sp
1103 The format of \fIsym\fR is "\fI(modifiers\-)key\fR", where \fImodifiers\fR can be
1104 any combination of \fBISOLevel3\fR, \fBAppKeypad\fR, \fBControl\fR, \fBNumLock\fR,
1105 \&\fBShift\fR, \fBMeta\fR, \fBLock\fR, \fBMod1\fR, \fBMod2\fR, \fBMod3\fR, \fBMod4\fR, \fBMod5\fR,
1106 and the abbreviated \fBI\fR, \fBK\fR, \fBC\fR, \fBN\fR, \fBS\fR, \fBM\fR, \fBA\fR, \fBL\fR, \fB1\fR,
1107 \&\fB2\fR, \fB3\fR, \fB4\fR, \fB5\fR.
1108 .Sp
1109 The \fBNumLock\fR, \fBMeta\fR and \fBISOLevel3\fR modifiers are usually aliased to
1110 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or \s-1ISO\s0 Level3 Shift/AltGr
1111 keys are being mapped. \fBAppKeypad\fR is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1112 current application keymap mode state.
1113 .Sp
1114 The spellings of \fIkey\fR can be obtained by using \fBxev\fR(1) command or
1115 searching keysym macros from \fB/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h\fR and
1116 omitting the prefix \fB\s-1XK_\s0\fR. Alternatively you can specify \fIkey\fR by its hex
1117 keysym value (\fB0x0000 \- 0xFFFF\fR). Note that the lookup of \fIsym\fRs is not
1118 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1119 .Sp
1120 \&\fIstring\fR may contain escape values (\f(CW\*(C`\en\*(C'\fR: newline, \f(CW\*(C`\e000\*(C'\fR: octal
1121 number), see \s-1RESOURCES\s0 in \f(CW\*(C`man 7 X\*(C'\fR for futher details.
1122 .Sp
1123 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a \fIstring\fR
1124 with pattern \fBlist/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX\fR, where the delimiter `/'
1125 should be a character not used by the strings.
1126 .Sp
1127 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1128 .Sp
1129 .Vb 1
1130 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\e033<M-C-|abc|>
1131 .Ve
1132 .Sp
1133 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1134 .Sp
1135 .Vb 3
1136 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \e033<M-C-a>
1137 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \e033<M-C-b>
1138 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \e033<M-C-c>
1139 .Ve
1140 .Sp
1141 If \fIstring\fR takes the form of \f(CW\*(C`command:STRING\*(C'\fR, the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1142 is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1143 example the following means "change the current locale to \f(CW\*(C`zh_CN.GBK\*(C'\fR
1144 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1145 .Sp
1146 .Vb 1
1147 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
1148 .Ve
1149 .Sp
1150 If \fIstring\fR takes the form \f(CW\*(C`perl:STRING\*(C'\fR, then the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1151 is passed to the \f(CW\*(C`on_keyboard_command\*(C'\fR perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3)
1152 manpage. For example, the \fIselection\fR extension (activated via
1153 \&\f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-pe selection\*(C'\fR) listens for \f(CW\*(C`selection:rot13\*(C'\fR events:
1154 .Sp
1155 .Vb 1
1156 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1157 .Ve
1158 .Sp
1159 Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1160 will match if at \fIat least\fR the specified identifiers are being set, and
1161 no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1162 means that defining a key map for \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR will automatically provide
1163 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
1164 mappings themselves.
1165 .Sp
1166 Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1167 if you overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1168 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke \*(L"holes\*(R" into the
1169 user-defined keymap using the \f(CW\*(C`builtin:\*(C'\fR replacement:
1170 .Sp
1171 .Vb 2
1172 \& URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1173 \& URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1174 .Ve
1175 .Sp
1176 The first line defines a mapping for \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR and \fIany\fR combination
1177 of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1178 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR.
1179 .Sp
1180 The following example will map Control\-Meta\-1 and Control\-Meta\-2 to
1181 the fonts \f(CW\*(C`suxuseuro\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR, so you can have some limited
1182 font-switching at runtime:
1183 .Sp
1184 .Vb 2
1185 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]50;suxuseuro\e007
1186 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]50;9x15bold\e007
1187 .Ve
1188 .Sp
1189 Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1190 info):
1191 .Sp
1192 .Vb 2
1193 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\e033[8;25;80t
1194 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\e033[8;48;110t
1195 .Ve
1196 .IP "\fBperl-ext-common\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1197 .IX Item "perl-ext-common: string"
1198 .PD 0
1199 .IP "\fBperl-ext\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1200 .IX Item "perl-ext: string"
1201 .PD
1202 Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: \f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR) to
1203 use in this terminal instance; option \fB\-pe\fR.
1204 .Sp
1205 Extension names can be prefixed with a \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR sign to prohibit using
1206 them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1207 by default, or specified via the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource. For
1208 example, \f(CW\*(C`default,\-selection\*(C'\fR will use all the default extension except
1209 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\*(C'\fR.
1210 .Sp
1211 Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1212 (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`searchable\-scrollback<M\-s>\*(C'\fR, which binds the hotkey for
1213 searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta\-s). Mentioning the same extension
1214 multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1215 the extension.
1216 .Sp
1217 Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1218 necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1219 .Sp
1220 If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1221 interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1222 \&\fBperl-ext-common\fR will be used for extensions that should be available to
1223 all instances, while \fBperl-ext\fR is used for specific instances.
1224 .IP "\fBperl-eval\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1225 .IX Item "perl-eval: string"
1226 Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1227 the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
1228 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1229 .IP "\fBperl-lib\fR: \fIpath\fR" 4
1230 .IX Item "perl-lib: path"
1231 Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1232 scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the \f(CW\*(C`perl\*(C'\fR resource,
1233 @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
1234 \&\fI@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/\fR. Due to security reasons, this resource
1235 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1236 .Sp
1237 See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage.
1238 .IP "\fBselection.pattern\-\f(BIidx\fB\fR: \fIperl-regex\fR" 4
1239 .IX Item "selection.pattern-idx: perl-regex"
1240 Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for
1241 details.
1242 .IP "\fBselection\-autotransform.\f(BIidx\fB\fR: \fIperl-transform\fR" 4
1243 .IX Item "selection-autotransform.idx: perl-transform"
1244 Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage
1245 for details.
1246 .IP "\fBsearchable\-scrollback:\fR \fIkeysym\fR" 4
1247 .IX Item "searchable-scrollback: keysym"
1248 Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
1249 (default: \f(CW\*(C`M\-s\*(C'\fR).
1250 .IP "\fBurlLauncher\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1251 .IX Item "urlLauncher: string"
1252 Specifies the program to be started with a \s-1URL\s0 argument. Used by the
1253 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\-popup\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`matcher\*(C'\fR perl extensions.
1254 .IP "\fBtransient-for\fR: \fIwindowid\fR" 4
1255 .IX Item "transient-for: windowid"
1256 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets the \s-1WM_TRANSIENT_FOR\s0 property to the given window id.
1257 .IP "\fBoverride-redirect\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4
1258 .IX Item "override-redirect: boolean"
1259 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1260 it almost invisible to window managers; option \fB\-override\-redirect\fR.
1261 .IP "\fBiso14755_52:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1262 .IX Item "iso14755_52: boolean"
1263 Turn on/off \s-1ISO\s0 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
1264 .SH "THE SCROLLBAR"
1265 .IX Header "THE SCROLLBAR"
1266 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window
1267 (resource: \fBsaveLines\fR) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar
1268 or by keystrokes. The normal \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR scrollbar has arrows and
1269 its behaviour is fairly intuitive. The \fBxterm-scrollbar\fR is without
1270 arrows and its behaviour mimics that of \fIxterm\fR
1271 .PP
1272 Scroll down with \fBButton1\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Next\fR.
1273 Scroll up with \fBButton3\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Prior\fR.
1274 Continuous scroll with \fBButton2\fR.
1275 .SH "MOUSE REPORTING"
1276 .IX Header "MOUSE REPORTING"
1277 To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
1278 the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
1279 (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
1280 .PP
1281 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
1282 disabled \*(-- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
1283 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 6 ~\fR
1284 (Next) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 5 ~\fR (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1285 up and down arrows sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ A\fR (Up) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ B\fR (Down),
1286 respectively.
1287 .SH "THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT"
1288 .IX Header "THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT"
1289 The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
1290 to \fIxterm\fR(1).
1291 .IP "\fBSelecting\fR:" 4
1292 .IX Item "Selecting:"
1293 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1294 and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1295 to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1296 (which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1297 \&\fBtripleclickwords\fR.
1298 .Sp
1299 Starting a selection while pressing the \fBMeta\fR key (or \fBMeta+Ctrl\fR keys)
1300 (Compile: \fIfrills\fR) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1301 normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1302 selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1303 the selection.
1304 .IP "\fBPasting\fR:" 4
1305 .IX Item "Pasting:"
1306 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
1307 window causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection (or \s-1CLIPBOARD\s0 with the
1308 \&\fBMeta\fR modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1309 .Sp
1310 Pressing \fBShift-Insert\fR causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection to be
1311 inserted too.
1312 .SH "CHANGING FONTS"
1313 .IX Header "CHANGING FONTS"
1314 Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
1315 supported in rxvt\-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
1316 .PP
1317 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
1318 .PP
1319 .Vb 1
1320 \& printf '\ee]710;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1321 .Ve
1322 .PP
1323 You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1324 .PP
1325 .Vb 2
1326 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]710;suxuseuro\e007\e033]711;suxuseuro\e007
1327 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]710;9x15bold\e007\e033]711;9x15bold\e007
1328 .Ve
1329 .PP
1330 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
1331 .SH "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1332 .IX Header "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1333 \&\s-1ISO\s0 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1334 and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1335 first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1336 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1337 with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-iso14755\*(C'\fR.
1338 .IP "* 5.1: Basic method" 4
1339 .IX Item "5.1: Basic method"
1340 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1341 .Sp
1342 Start by pressing and holding both \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR, then enter
1343 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR will
1344 commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1345 \&\f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1346 \&\f(CW\*(C`Space\*(C'\fR, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1347 one.
1348 .Sp
1349 As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e\-mail
1350 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e\-mail
1351 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`671d 65e5\*(C'\fR. You can enter this easily
1352 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,
1353 followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1354 .IP "* 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method" 4
1355 .IX Item "5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method"
1356 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1357 your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1358 .Sp
1359 Start by pressing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then releasing
1360 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1361 invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1362 keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1363 released, otherwise pressing e.g. \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR would enter the symbol for
1364 \&\f(CW\*(C`ISO Level 2 Switch\*(C'\fR, although your intention might have been to enter a
1365 reverse tab (Shift\-Tab).
1366 .IP "* 5.3: Screen-selection entry method" 4
1367 .IX Item "5.3: Screen-selection entry method"
1368 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1369 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1370 .IP "* 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input" 4
1371 .IX Item "5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input"
1372 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1373 characters already displayed.
1374 .Sp
1375 You enter this mode by holding down \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then
1376 pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1377 hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1378 pointer is displayed until you release \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR.
1379 .Sp
1380 In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1381 character \- due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1382 combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1383 always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1384 .PP
1385 With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1386 both scenario A and B of \s-1ISO\s0 14755, including part 5.2.
1387 .SH "LOGIN STAMP"
1388 .IX Header "LOGIN STAMP"
1389 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fR(5) file so that
1390 it can be seen via the \fI\fIwho\fI\|(1)\fR command, and can accept messages. To
1391 allow this feature, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR may need to be installed setuid root
1392 on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1393 .SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1394 .IX Header "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1395 In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1396 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR can display up to 16 colours (8 \s-1ANSI\s0 colours plus
1397 high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
1398 colours with their names.
1399 .TS
1400 l l l .
1401 color0 (black) = Black
1402 color1 (red) = Red3
1403 color2 (green) = Green3
1404 color3 (yellow) = Yellow3
1405 color4 (blue) = Blue3
1406 color5 (magenta) = Magenta3
1407 color6 (cyan) = Cyan3
1408 color7 (white) = AntiqueWhite
1409 color8 (bright black) = Grey25
1410 color9 (bright red) = Red
1411 color10 (bright green) = Green
1412 color11 (bright yellow) = Yellow
1413 color12 (bright blue) = Blue
1414 color13 (bright magenta) = Magenta
1415 color14 (bright cyan) = Cyan
1416 color15 (bright white) = White
1417 foreground = Black
1418 background = White
1419 .TE
1420
1421 .PP
1422 It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fR,
1423 \&\fBbackground\fR, \fBcursorColor\fR, \fBcursorColor2\fR, \fBcolorBD\fR, \fBcolorUL\fR as
1424 a number 0\-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1425 color0\-color15.
1426 .PP
1427 In addition to the colours defined above, @@RXVT_NAME@@ offers an
1428 additional 72 colours. The first 64 of those (with indices 16 to 79)
1429 consist of a 4*4*4 \s-1RGB\s0 colour cube (i.e. \fIindex = r * 16 + g * 4 + b +
1430 16\fR), followed by 8 additional shades of gray (with indices 80 to 87).
1431 .PP
1432 Together, all those colours implement the 88 colour xterm colours. Only
1433 the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the rest can only
1434 be changed via command sequences (\*(L"escape codes\*(R").
1435 .PP
1436 Note that \fB\-rv\fR (\fB\*(L"reverseVideo: True\*(R"\fR) simulates reverse video by
1437 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1438 \&\fIxterm\fR(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1439 been specified. For example,
1440 .IP "\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fg Black \-bg White \-rv\fR" 4
1441 .IX Item "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv"
1442 would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fR(1) it would yield Black
1443 on White.
1444 .Sh "\s-1ALPHA\s0 \s-1CHANNEL\s0 \s-1SUPPORT\s0"
1445 .IX Subsection "ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT"
1446 If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1447 their act together, rxvt-unicode will support \f(CW\*(C`rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa\*(C'\fR
1448 (recommended, but \fB\s-1MUST\s0\fR have 4 digits/component) colour specifications,
1449 in addition to the ones provided by X, where the additional A component
1450 specifies opacity (alpha) values. The minimum value of \f(CW0\fR is completely
1451 transparent). You can also prefix any color with \f(CW\*(C`[percent]\*(C'\fR, where
1452 \&\f(CW\*(C`percent\*(C'\fR is a decimal percentage (0\-100) that specifies the opacity of
1453 the color, where \f(CW0\fR is completely transparent and \f(CW100\fR is completelxy
1454 opaque.
1455 .PP
1456 You probably need to specify \fB\*(L"\-depth 32\*(R"\fR, too, and have the luck that
1457 your X\-server uses \s-1ARGB\s0 pixel layout, as X is far from just supporting
1458 \&\s-1ARGB\s0 visuals out of the box, and rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1459 .PP
1460 For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent red
1461 background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1462 .PP
1463 .Vb 1
1464 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/aaaa -fg "[80]pink"
1465 .Ve
1466 .PP
1467 \&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
1468 the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!\fR
1469 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
1470 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
1471 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1472 .IP "\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR" 4
1473 .IX Item "TERM"
1474 Normally set to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1475 resources or on the command line.
1476 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORTERM\s0\fR" 4
1477 .IX Item "COLORTERM"
1478 Either \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-xpm\*(C'\fR, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1479 compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1480 extension \f(CW\*(C`\-mono\*(C'\fR to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1481 screen.
1482 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORFGBG\s0\fR" 4
1483 .IX Item "COLORFGBG"
1484 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
1485 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1486 \&\f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1487 used), \f(CW\*(C`bg\*(C'\fR is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1488 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@@
1489 was compiled with background image support. Libraries like \f(CW\*(C`ncurses\*(C'\fR
1490 and \f(CW\*(C`slang\*(C'\fR can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1491 .IP "\fB\s-1WINDOWID\s0\fR" 4
1492 .IX Item "WINDOWID"
1493 Set to the (decimal) X Window \s-1ID\s0 of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1494 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1495 window and so on).
1496 .IP "\fB\s-1TERMINFO\s0\fR" 4
1497 .IX Item "TERMINFO"
1498 Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1499 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH\*(C'\fR.
1500 .IP "\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR" 4
1501 .IX Item "DISPLAY"
1502 Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1503 display in its child processes.
1504 .IP "\fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR" 4
1505 .IX Item "SHELL"
1506 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to \f(CW\*(C`/bin/sh\*(C'\fR.
1507 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVT_SOCKET\s0\fR" 4
1508 .IX Item "RXVT_SOCKET"
1509 The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1510 @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1511 .Sp
1512 Default \fI$HOME/.rxvt\-unicode\-\fI<nodename\fI\fR.
1513 .IP "\fB\s-1HOME\s0\fR" 4
1514 .IX Item "HOME"
1515 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1516 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1517 \&\f(CW\*(C`.Xdefaults\*(C'\fR)
1518 .IP "\fB\s-1XAPPLRESDIR\s0\fR" 4
1519 .IX Item "XAPPLRESDIR"
1520 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1521 .IP "\fB\s-1XENVIRONMENT\s0\fR" 4
1522 .IX Item "XENVIRONMENT"
1523 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1524 @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1525 .SH "FILES"
1526 .IX Header "FILES"
1527 .IP "\fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt\fR" 4
1528 .IX Item "/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt"
1529 Color names.
1530 .SH "SEE ALSO"
1531 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
1532 @@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)
1533 .SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1534 .IX Header "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1535 .IP "Project Coordinator" 4
1536 .IX Item "Project Coordinator"
1537 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>
1538 .Sp
1539 <http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt\-unicode.html>
1540 .SH "AUTHORS"
1541 .IX Header "AUTHORS"
1542 .IP "John Bovey" 4
1543 .IX Item "John Bovey"
1544 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1545 .IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>" 4
1546 .IX Item "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>"
1547 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1548 .IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>" 4
1549 .IX Item "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>"
1550 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1551 .IP "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>" 4
1552 .IX Item "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>"
1553 Wrote the menu system.
1554 .Sp
1555 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1556 .IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu\-berlin.de>" 4
1557 .IX Item "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>"
1558 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1559 .IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>" 4
1560 .IX Item "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>"
1561 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1562 .Sp
1563 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 \- rxvt\-unicode)
1564 .IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>" 4
1565 .IX Item "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>"
1566 Forked rxvt\-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1567 extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1568 .Sp
1569 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 \-)
1570 .IP "Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it>" 4
1571 .IX Item "Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it>"
1572 Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.