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134 .IX Title "@@RXVT_NAME@@ 1"
135 .TH @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1 "2008-01-25" "9.0" "RXVT-UNICODE"
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139 .nh
140 .SH "NAME"
141 rxvt\-unicode (ouR XVT, unicode) \- (a VT102 emulator for the X window system)
142 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
143 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
144 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR [options] [\-e command [ args ]]
145 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
146 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
147 \&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR, version \fB@@RXVT_VERSION@@\fR, is a colour vt102 terminal
148 emulator intended as an \fIxterm\fR(1) replacement for users who do not
149 require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
150 configurability. As a result, \fBrxvt-unicode\fR uses much less swap space \*(--
151 a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
152 .PP
153 This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
154 <http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
155 .SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
156 .IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
157 See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try \f(CW\*(C`man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@\*(C'\fR) for a list of
158 frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
159 problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
160 <http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod>.
161 .SH "RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT"
162 .IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT"
163 Unlike the original rxvt, \fBrxvt-unicode\fR stores all text in Unicode
164 internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
165 world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
166 especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
167 like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
168 like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
169 scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
170 fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
171 as hebrew: \fBrxvt-unicode\fR adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
172 belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things \*(--
173 such as cursor-movement while editing \*(-- break otherwise), but that might
174 change.
175 .PP
176 If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
177 me recommend \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
178 terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
179 because the author couldn't get \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR to use one font for latin1 and
180 another for japanese.
181 .PP
182 Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
183 display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
184 programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
185 to choose any font for any script freely.
186 .PP
187 Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
188 its predecessor, supports things such as \s-1XFT\s0 and \s-1ISO\s0 14755 that are handy
189 in i18n\-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original
190 rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
191 .PP
192 It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
193 and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
194 without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
195 a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
196 from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
197 drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
198 @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
199 .PP
200 It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
201 been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
202 reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
203 .SH "OPTIONS"
204 .IX Header "OPTIONS"
205 The \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR options (mostly a subset of \fIxterm\fR's) are listed
206 below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
207 eliminated or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and
208 defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on
209 your system. `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-h' gives a list of major compile-time options on
210 the \fIOptions\fR line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which
211 compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR:' requires
212 \&\fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR on the \fIOptions\fR line. Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-help' gives a list of all
213 command-line options compiled into your version.
214 .PP
215 Note that \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR permits the resource name to be used as a
216 long-option (\-\-/++ option) so the potential command-line options are
217 far greater than those listed. For example: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-loginShell \-\-color1
218 Orange'.
219 .PP
220 The following options are available:
221 .IP "\fB\-help\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR" 4
222 .IX Item "-help, --help"
223 Print out a message describing available options.
224 .IP "\fB\-display\fR \fIdisplayname\fR" 4
225 .IX Item "-display displayname"
226 Attempt to open a window on the named X display (\fB\-d\fR still
227 respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
228 \&\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR environment variable is used.
229 .IP "\fB\-depth\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4
230 .IX Item "-depth bitdepth"
231 Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
232 resource \fBdepth\fR.
233 .Sp
234 [Please note that many X servers (and libXft) are buggy with
235 respect to \f(CW\*(C`\-depth 32\*(C'\fR and/or alpha channels, and will cause all sorts
236 of graphical corruption. This is harmless, but we can't do anything about
237 this, so watch out]
238 .IP "\fB\-geometry\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
239 .IX Item "-geometry geom"
240 Window geometry (\fB\-g\fR still respected); resource \fBgeometry\fR.
241 .IP "\fB\-rv\fR|\fB+rv\fR" 4
242 .IX Item "-rv|+rv"
243 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource \fBreverseVideo\fR.
244 .IP "\fB\-j\fR|\fB+j\fR" 4
245 .IX Item "-j|+j"
246 Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource \fBjumpScroll\fR.
247 .IP "\fB\-ss\fR|\fB+ss\fR" 4
248 .IX Item "-ss|+ss"
249 Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource \fBskipScroll\fR.
250 .IP "\fB\-tr\fR|\fB+tr\fR" 4
251 .IX Item "-tr|+tr"
252 Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background; resource \fBtransparent\fR.
253 .Sp
254 \&\fB\-ip\fR is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
255 future versions.
256 .Sp
257 \&\fIPlease address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
258 sasha@aftercode.net. Read the \s-1FAQ\s0 (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!\fR
259 .IP "\fB\-fade\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
260 .IX Item "-fade number"
261 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
262 fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
263 colour; resource \fBfading\fR.
264 .IP "\fB\-fadecolor\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
265 .IX Item "-fadecolor colour"
266 Fade to this colour when fading is used (see \fB\-fade\fR). The default colour
267 is opaque black. resource \fBfadeColor\fR.
268 .IP "\fB\-tint\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
269 .IX Item "-tint colour"
270 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
271 transparency is enabled with \fB\-tr\fR. This only works for
272 non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the \fB\-sh\fR option that can be
273 used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it.
274 Please note that certain tint colours can be applied on the server-side,
275 thus yielding performance gain of two orders of magnitude. These colours are:
276 blue, red, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, and those close to them. Also
277 pure black and pure white colors essentially mean no tinting; resource
278 \&\fItintColor\fR. Example:
279 .Sp
280 .Vb 1
281 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ \-tr \-tint blue \-sh 40
282 .Ve
283 .IP "\fB\-sh\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
284 .IX Item "-sh number"
285 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (100 .. 200) the transparent
286 background image in addition to (or instead of) tinting it;
287 resource \fIshading\fR.
288 .IP "\fB\-blt\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
289 .IX Item "-blt string"
290 Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
291 at the same time as transparency \- such pixmap will be blended over
292 transparency image, using method specified. Supported values are :
293 \&\fBadd\fR, \fBalphablend\fR, \fBallanon\fR \- color values averaging, \fBcolorize\fR,
294 \&\fBdarken\fR, \fBdiff\fR, \fBdissipate\fR, \fBhue\fR, \fBlighten\fR, \fBoverlay\fR,
295 \&\fBsaturate\fR, \fBscreen\fR, \fBsub\fR, \fBtint\fR, \fBvalue\fR. The default is
296 alpha-blending. Compile \fIafterimage\fR; resource \fIblendType\fR.
297 .IP "\fB\-blr\fR \fIHxV\fR" 4
298 .IX Item "-blr HxV"
299 Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
300 background image. If single number is specified \- both vertical and
301 horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
302 radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
303 on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile \fIafterimage\fR;
304 resource \fIblurRadius\fR.
305 .IP "\fB\-bg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
306 .IX Item "-bg colour"
307 Window background colour; resource \fBbackground\fR.
308 .IP "\fB\-fg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
309 .IX Item "-fg colour"
310 Window foreground colour; resource \fBforeground\fR.
311 .IP "\fB\-pixmap\fR \fIfile[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]\fR" 4
312 .IX Item "-pixmap file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]"
313 Compile \fIafterimage\fR: Specify image file for the background and also
314 optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
315 add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR in the
316 command-line; for more details see resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fR.
317 .IP "\fB\-cr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
318 .IX Item "-cr colour"
319 The cursor colour; resource \fBcursorColor\fR.
320 .IP "\fB\-pr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
321 .IX Item "-pr colour"
322 The mouse pointer foreground colour; resource \fBpointerColor\fR.
323 .IP "\fB\-pr2\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
324 .IX Item "-pr2 colour"
325 The mouse pointer background colour; resource \fBpointerColor2\fR.
326 .IP "\fB\-bd\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
327 .IX Item "-bd colour"
328 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
329 resource \fBborderColor\fR.
330 .IP "\fB\-fn\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
331 .IX Item "-fn fontlist"
332 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
333 that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
334 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
335 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
336 font list is always appended to it. See resource \fBfont\fR for more details.
337 .Sp
338 In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
339 with \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR,
340 e.g.:
341 .Sp
342 .Vb 2
343 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
344 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
345 .Ve
346 .Sp
347 See also the question \*(L"How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\*(R" in the \s-1FAQ\s0
348 section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
349 .IP "\fB\-fb\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
350 .IX Item "-fb fontlist"
351 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold font list to use when \fBbold\fR characters
352 are to be printed. See resource \fBboldFont\fR for details.
353 .IP "\fB\-fi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
354 .IX Item "-fi fontlist"
355 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The italic font list to use when \fIitalic\fR
356 characters are to be printed. See resource \fBitalicFont\fR for details.
357 .IP "\fB\-fbi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
358 .IX Item "-fbi fontlist"
359 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold italic font list to use when \fB\f(BIbold
360 italic\fB\fR characters are to be printed. See resource \fBboldItalicFont\fR
361 for details.
362 .IP "\fB\-is\fR|\fB+is\fR" 4
363 .IX Item "-is|+is"
364 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
365 foreground/background (default). See resource \fBintensityStyles\fR for
366 details.
367 .IP "\fB\-name\fR \fIname\fR" 4
368 .IX Item "-name name"
369 Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
370 rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
371 `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
372 .IP "\fB\-ls\fR|\fB+ls\fR" 4
373 .IX Item "-ls|+ls"
374 Start as a login\-shell/sub\-shell; resource \fBloginShell\fR.
375 .IP "\fB\-ut\fR|\fB+ut\fR" 4
376 .IX Item "-ut|+ut"
377 Compile \fIutmp\fR: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
378 \&\fButmpInhibit\fR.
379 .IP "\fB\-vb\fR|\fB+vb\fR" 4
380 .IX Item "-vb|+vb"
381 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
382 \&\fBvisualBell\fR.
383 .IP "\fB\-sb\fR|\fB+sb\fR" 4
384 .IX Item "-sb|+sb"
385 Turn on/off scrollbar; resource \fBscrollBar\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\-si\fR|\fB+si\fR" 4
394 .IX Item "-si|+si"
395 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on \s-1TTY\s0 output inhibit; resource
396 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR has opposite effect.
397 .IP "\fB\-sk\fR|\fB+sk\fR" 4
398 .IX Item "-sk|+sk"
399 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource
400 \&\fBscrollTtyKeypress\fR.
401 .IP "\fB\-sw\fR|\fB+sw\fR" 4
402 .IX Item "-sw|+sw"
403 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
404 This only takes effect if \fB\-si\fR is also given; resource
405 \&\fBscrollWithBuffer\fR.
406 .IP "\fB\-ptab\fR|\fB+ptab\fR" 4
407 .IX Item "-ptab|+ptab"
408 If enabled (default), \*(L"Horizontal Tab\*(R" characters are being stored as
409 actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
410 select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
411 not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
412 on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource \fBpastableTabs\fR.
413 .IP "\fB\-bc\fR|\fB+bc\fR" 4
414 .IX Item "-bc|+bc"
415 Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fR.
416 .IP "\fB\-iconic\fR" 4
417 .IX Item "-iconic"
418 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
419 Alternative form is \fB\-ic\fR.
420 .IP "\fB\-sl\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
421 .IX Item "-sl number"
422 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for
423 limits; resource \fBsaveLines\fR.
424 .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
425 .IX Item "-b number"
426 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. See resource
427 entry for limits; resource \fBinternalBorder\fR.
428 .IP "\fB\-w\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
429 .IX Item "-w number"
430 Compile \fIfrills\fR: External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. Also, \fB\-bw\fR
431 and \fB\-borderwidth\fR. See resource entry for limits; resource
432 \&\fBexternalBorder\fR.
433 .IP "\fB\-bl\fR" 4
434 .IX Item "-bl"
435 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
436 if honoured by the \s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
437 decorations; resource \fBborderLess\fR.
438 .IP "\fB\-override\-redirect\fR" 4
439 .IX Item "-override-redirect"
440 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
441 \&\fBoverride-redirect\fR.
442 .IP "\fB\-sbg\fR" 4
443 .IX Item "-sbg"
444 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
445 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
446 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
447 resource \fBskipBuiltinGlyphs\fR.
448 .IP "\fB\-lsp\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
449 .IX Item "-lsp number"
450 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
451 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
452 \&\fBlineSpace\fR.
453 .IP "\fB\-tn\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
454 .IX Item "-tn termname"
455 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
456 \&\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
457 \&\fI\fItermcap\fI\|(5)\fR database and should have \fIli#\fR and \fIco#\fR entries;
458 resource \fBtermName\fR.
459 .IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIcommand [arguments]\fR" 4
460 .IX Item "-e command [arguments]"
461 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
462 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of
463 the program being executed if neither \fI\-title\fR (\fI\-T\fR) nor \fI\-n\fR are
464 given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
465 on the command-line. If there is no \fB\-e\fR option then the default is to
466 run the program specified by the \fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR environment variable or,
467 failing that, \fI\fIsh\fI\|(1)\fR.
468 .Sp
469 Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
470 run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
471 .Sp
472 .Vb 1
473 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ \-e sh \-c "shell commands"
474 .Ve
475 .IP "\fB\-title\fR \fItext\fR" 4
476 .IX Item "-title text"
477 Window title (\fB\-T\fR still respected); the default title is the basename
478 of the program specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the
479 application name; resource \fBtitle\fR.
480 .IP "\fB\-n\fR \fItext\fR" 4
481 .IX Item "-n text"
482 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
483 after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application name;
484 resource \fBiconName\fR.
485 .IP "\fB\-C\fR" 4
486 .IX Item "-C"
487 Capture system console messages.
488 .IP "\fB\-pt\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
489 .IX Item "-pt style"
490 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input style for input method; \fBOverTheSpot\fR,
491 \&\fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; resource \fBpreeditType\fR.
492 .IP "\fB\-im\fR \fItext\fR" 4
493 .IX Item "-im text"
494 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input method name. resource \fBinputMethod\fR.
495 .IP "\fB\-imlocale\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
496 .IX Item "-imlocale string"
497 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
498 \&\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
499 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
500 another locale. resource \fBimLocale\fR.
501 .IP "\fB\-imfont\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
502 .IX Item "-imfont fontset"
503 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource \fBimFont\fR
504 for more info.
505 .IP "\fB\-tcw\fR" 4
506 .IX Item "-tcw"
507 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
508 button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
509 in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
510 the end of the logical line only. resource \fBtripleclickwords\fR.
511 .IP "\fB\-insecure\fR" 4
512 .IX Item "-insecure"
513 Enable \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
514 sequences that echo strings. See the resource \fBinsecure\fR for more
515 info.
516 .IP "\fB\-mod\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
517 .IX Item "-mod modifier"
518 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: \fBalt\fR,
519 \&\fBmeta\fR, \fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR,
520 \&\fBmod5\fR; resource \fImodifier\fR.
521 .IP "\fB\-ssc\fR|\fB+ssc\fR" 4
522 .IX Item "-ssc|+ssc"
523 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource
524 \&\fBsecondaryScreen\fR.
525 .IP "\fB\-ssr\fR|\fB+ssr\fR" 4
526 .IX Item "-ssr|+ssr"
527 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
528 \&\fBsecondaryScroll\fR.
529 .IP "\fB\-hold\fR|\fB+hold\fR" 4
530 .IX Item "-hold|+hold"
531 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
532 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
533 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
534 user; resource \fBhold\fR.
535 .IP "\fB\-xrm\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
536 .IX Item "-xrm string"
537 Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the \fIstring\fR
538 as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
539 way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
540 .Sp
541 Note that you need to use the \fIsame\fR syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
542 e.g. \f(CW\*(C`*.background: black\*(C'\fR. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@\-specific
543 options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
544 of \fB\-xrm\fR is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
545 resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
546 programs.
547 .IP "\fB\-keysym.\fR\fIsym\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
548 .IX Item "-keysym.sym string"
549 Remap a key symbol. See resource \fBkeysym\fR.
550 .IP "\fB\-embed\fR \fIwindowid\fR" 4
551 .IX Item "-embed windowid"
552 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
553 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
554 .Sp
555 Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
556 shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
557 quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
558 create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
559 .Sp
560 The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
561 .Sp
562 It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
563 descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
564 can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
565 terminal. This works regardless of whether the \f(CW\*(C`\-embed\*(C'\fR option was used or
566 not.
567 .Sp
568 Here is a short Gtk2\-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
569 used (a longer example is in \fIdoc/embed\fR):
570 .Sp
571 .Vb 5
572 \& my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
573 \& $rxvt\->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
574 \& my $xid = $_[0]\->window\->get_xid;
575 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-embed $xid &";
576 \& });
577 .Ve
578 .IP "\fB\-pty\-fd\fR \fIfile descriptor\fR" 4
579 .IX Item "-pty-fd file descriptor"
580 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ \s-1NOT\s0 to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
581 pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
582 useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
583 without having to run a program within it.
584 .Sp
585 If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
586 entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions \- you have to do that
587 yourself if you want that.
588 .Sp
589 As an extremely special case, specifying \f(CW\*(C`\-1\*(C'\fR will completely suppress
590 pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
591 perl extension that manages the terminal.
592 .Sp
593 Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
594 longer example is in \fIdoc/pty\-fd\fR):
595 .Sp
596 .Vb 2
597 \& use IO::Pty;
598 \& use Fcntl;
599 \&
600 \& my $pty = new IO::Pty;
601 \& fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close\-on\-exec
602 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-pty\-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
603 \& close $pty;
604 \&
605 \& # now communicate with rxvt
606 \& my $slave = $pty\->slave;
607 \& while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\en" }
608 .Ve
609 .IP "\fB\-pe\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
610 .IX Item "-pe string"
611 Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
612 this terminal instance. See resource \fBperl-ext\fR for details.
613 .SH "RESOURCES"
614 .IX Header "RESOURCES"
615 Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-help' gives a list of all resources (long
616 options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
617 long-options.
618 .PP
619 You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like \fBxrdb\fR. Many
620 distribution do also load settings from the \fB~/.Xresources\fR file when X
621 starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
622 with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
623 .PP
624 .Vb 6
625 \& 1. system\-wide app\-defaults file, either locale\-dependent OR global
626 \& 2. app\-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
627 \& 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root\-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
628 \& 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
629 \& 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults\-<nodename>
630 \& 6. resources specified via \-xrm on the commandline
631 .Ve
632 .PP
633 Note that when reading X resources, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR recognizes two class
634 names: \fBRxvt\fR and \fBURxvt\fR. The class name \fBRxvt\fR allows resources
635 common to both \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR and the original \fIrxvt\fR to be easily
636 configured, while the class name \fBURxvt\fR allows resources unique to
637 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR, to be shared between different \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
638 configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
639 be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
640 settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
641 check the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
642 extensions not documented here):
643 .IP "\fBdepth:\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4
644 .IX Item "depth: bitdepth"
645 Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
646 option \fB\-depth\fR.
647 .IP "\fBgeometry:\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
648 .IX Item "geometry: geom"
649 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
650 option \fB\-geometry\fR.
651 .IP "\fBbackground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
652 .IX Item "background: colour"
653 Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
654 White]; option \fB\-bg\fR.
655 .IP "\fBforeground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
656 .IX Item "foreground: colour"
657 Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
658 Black]; option \fB\-fg\fR.
659 .IP "\fBcolor\fR\fIn\fR\fB:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
660 .IX Item "colorn: colour"
661 Use the specified colour for the colour value \fIn\fR, where 0\-7
662 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8\-15 corresponds to
663 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
664 colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
665 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
666 names used are listed in the \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
667 .Sp
668 Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
669 changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
670 .Sp
671 Colours 16\-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
672 88 colour support). Colours 80\-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
673 .IP "\fBcolorBD:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
674 .IX Item "colorBD: colour"
675 .PD 0
676 .IP "\fBcolorIT:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
677 .IX Item "colorIT: colour"
678 .PD
679 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
680 foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
681 (Compile \fIstyles\fR) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
682 .IP "\fBcolorUL:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
683 .IX Item "colorUL: colour"
684 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
685 foreground colour is the default.
686 .IP "\fBcolorRV:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
687 .IX Item "colorRV: colour"
688 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video characters
689 when \s-1OPTION_HC\s0 is disabled (\-\-disable\-frills).
690 .IP "\fBunderlineColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
691 .IX Item "underlineColor: colour"
692 If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
693 itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
694 .IP "\fBcursorColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
695 .IX Item "cursorColor: colour"
696 Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
697 foreground colour; option \fB\-cr\fR.
698 .IP "\fBcursorColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
699 .IX Item "cursorColor2: colour"
700 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this to
701 take effect, \fBcursorColor\fR must also be specified. The default is to
702 use the background colour.
703 .IP "\fBreverseVideo:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
704 .IX Item "reverseVideo: boolean"
705 \&\fBTrue\fR: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
706 option \fB\-rv\fR. \fBFalse\fR: regular screen colours [default]; option
707 \&\fB+rv\fR. See note in \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
708 .IP "\fBjumpScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
709 .IX Item "jumpScroll: boolean"
710 \&\fBTrue\fR: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
711 of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
712 has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
713 received line; option \fB\-j\fR.
714 .Sp
715 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
716 force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option \fB+j\fR.
717 .IP "\fBskipScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
718 .IX Item "skipScroll: boolean"
719 \&\fBTrue\fR: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
720 receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
721 (around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
722 result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
723 option \fB\-ss\fR.
724 .Sp
725 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
726 if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
727 monitor to display anything); option \fB+ss\fR.
728 .IP "\fBtransparent:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
729 .IX Item "transparent: boolean"
730 Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background.
731 .Sp
732 \&\fBinheritPixmap\fR is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
733 future versions.
734 .Sp
735 \&\fIPlease address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
736 sasha@aftercode.net. Read the \s-1FAQ\s0 (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!\fR
737 .IP "\fBfading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
738 .IX Item "fading: number"
739 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option \fB\-fade\fR.
740 .IP "\fBfadeColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
741 .IX Item "fadeColor: colour"
742 Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see \fBfading:\fR). The default
743 colour is black; option \fB\-fadecolor\fR.
744 .IP "\fBtintColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
745 .IX Item "tintColor: colour"
746 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
747 \&\fB\-tint\fR.
748 .IP "\fBshading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
749 .IX Item "shading: number"
750 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent background image
751 in addition to tinting it; option \fB\-sh\fR.
752 .IP "\fBblendType:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
753 .IX Item "blendType: string"
754 Specify background blending type; option \fB\-blt\fR.
755 .IP "\fBblurRadius:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
756 .IX Item "blurRadius: number"
757 Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent
758 background image; option \fB\-blr\fR.
759 .IP "\fBscrollColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
760 .IX Item "scrollColor: colour"
761 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
762 .IP "\fBtroughColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
763 .IX Item "troughColor: colour"
764 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
765 #969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
766 .IP "\fBborderColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
767 .IX Item "borderColor: colour"
768 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
769 and the text.
770 .IP "\fBbackgroundPixmap:\fR \fIfile[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]\fR" 4
771 .IX Item "backgroundPixmap: file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]"
772 Use the specified image file for the background and also
773 optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string \fBWxH+X+Y\fR,
774 (default \f(CW\*(C`0x0+50+50\*(C'\fR) in which \fB\*(L"W\*(R" / \*(L"H\*(R"\fR specify the
775 horizontal/vertical scale (percent), and \fB\*(L"X\*(R" / \*(L"Y\*(R"\fR locate the image
776 centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
777 of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 specifies
778 an integer number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified
779 beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
780 Additional operations can be specified after colon \fB:op1:op2...\fR.
781 Supported operations are:
782 .Sp
783 .Vb 8
784 \& tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0
785 \& propscale will scale image keeping proportions
786 \& auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100
787 \& hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size
788 \& vscale will scale image vertically to the window size
789 \& scale will scale image to match window size
790 \& root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto\-adjusting
791 \& whenever terminal window moves
792 .Ve
793 .Sp
794 If used in conjunction with \fB\-tr\fR option, the specified pixmap will be
795 blended over transparency image using either alpha-blending, or any
796 other blending type, specified with \fB\-blt \*(L"type\*(R"\fR option.
797 .IP "\fBpath:\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
798 .IX Item "path: path"
799 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
800 .IP "\fBfont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
801 .IX Item "font: fontlist"
802 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
803 that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
804 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
805 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
806 font list is always appended to it; option \fB\-fn\fR.
807 .Sp
808 Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (\s-1XLFD\s0) name, with
809 optional prefix \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR or a Xft font (Compile \fIxft\fR), prefixed with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR.
810 .Sp
811 In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
812 specifications enclosed in square brackets (\f(CW\*(C`[]\*(C'\fR). The only available
813 hint currently is \f(CW\*(C`codeset=codeset\-name\*(C'\fR, and this is only used for Xft
814 fonts.
815 .Sp
816 For example, this font resource
817 .Sp
818 .Vb 5
819 \& URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\e
820 \& \-misc\-fixed\-bold\-r\-normal\-\-15\-140\-75\-75\-c\-90\-iso10646\-1,\e
821 \& \-misc\-fixed\-medium\-r\-normal\-\-15\-140\-75\-75\-c\-90\-iso10646\-1, \e
822 \& [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \e
823 \& xft:Code2000:antialias=false
824 .Ve
825 .Sp
826 specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR (actually
827 the iso8859\-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
828 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
829 wide and 15 pixels high.
830 .Sp
831 The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
832 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
833 the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
834 useful supplement.
835 .Sp
836 The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
837 are limited to the \fB\s-1JIS\s0 0208\fR codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
838 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
839 .Sp
840 The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
841 remaining unicode characters.
842 .IP "\fBboldFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
843 .IX Item "boldFont: fontlist"
844 .PD 0
845 .IP "\fBitalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
846 .IX Item "italicFont: fontlist"
847 .IP "\fBboldItalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
848 .IX Item "boldItalicFont: fontlist"
849 .PD
850 The font list to use for displaying \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR or \fB\f(BIbold
851 italic\fB\fR characters, respectively.
852 .Sp
853 If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
854 \&\fBfont\fR\-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
855 it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
856 italic.
857 .Sp
858 If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
859 \&\*(L"morphing\*(R" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
860 not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
861 .Sp
862 If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
863 text font will being used for the given style.
864 .IP "\fBintensityStyles:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
865 .IX Item "intensityStyles: boolean"
866 When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (\fBTrue\fR,
867 option \fB\-is\fR, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
868 intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (\fBFalse\fR,
869 option \fB+is\fR) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
870 reachable.
871 .IP "\fBtitle:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
872 .IX Item "title: string"
873 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
874 specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application
875 name; option \fB\-title\fR.
876 .IP "\fBiconName:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
877 .IX Item "iconName: string"
878 Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon
879 manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is explicitly
880 set; option \fB\-n\fR.
881 .IP "\fBmapAlert:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
882 .IX Item "mapAlert: boolean"
883 \&\fBTrue\fR: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. \fBFalse\fR: no
884 de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
885 .IP "\fBurgentOnBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
886 .IX Item "urgentOnBell: boolean"
887 \&\fBTrue\fR: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
888 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not set the urgency hint [default].
889 .IP "\fBvisualBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
890 .IX Item "visualBell: boolean"
891 \&\fBTrue\fR: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option \fB\-vb\fR.
892 \&\fBFalse\fR: no visual bell [default]; option \fB+vb\fR.
893 .IP "\fBloginShell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
894 .IX Item "loginShell: boolean"
895 \&\fBTrue\fR: start as a login shell by prepending a `\-' to \fBargv[0]\fR of
896 the shell; option \fB\-ls\fR. \fBFalse\fR: start as a normal sub-shell
897 [default]; option \fB+ls\fR.
898 .IP "\fButmpInhibit:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
899 .IX Item "utmpInhibit: boolean"
900 \&\fBTrue\fR: inhibit writing record into the system log file \fButmp\fR;
901 option \fB\-ut\fR. \fBFalse\fR: write record into the system log file \fButmp\fR
902 [default]; option \fB+ut\fR.
903 .IP "\fBprint-pipe:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
904 .IX Item "print-pipe: string"
905 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default \fI\fIlpr\fI\|(1)\fR]. Use
906 \&\fBPrint\fR to initiate a screen dump to the printer and \fBCtrl-Print\fR or
907 \&\fBShift-Print\fR to include the scrollback as well.
908 .Sp
909 The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
910 .Sp
911 Example:
912 .Sp
913 .Vb 1
914 \& URxvt.print\-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
915 .Ve
916 .Sp
917 This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
918 every time you hit \f(CW\*(C`Print\*(C'\fR.
919 .IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
920 .IX Item "scrollstyle: mode"
921 Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fR, \fBplain\fR, \fBnext\fR or \fBxterm\fR. \fBplain\fR is
922 the author's favourite.
923 .IP "\fBscrollBar:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
924 .IX Item "scrollBar: boolean"
925 \&\fBTrue\fR: enable the scrollbar [default]; option \fB\-sb\fR. \fBFalse\fR:
926 disable the scrollbar; option \fB+sb\fR.
927 .IP "\fBscrollBar_right:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
928 .IX Item "scrollBar_right: boolean"
929 \&\fBTrue\fR: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option \fB\-sr\fR.
930 \&\fBFalse\fR: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option \fB+sr\fR.
931 .IP "\fBscrollBar_floating:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
932 .IX Item "scrollBar_floating: boolean"
933 \&\fBTrue\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option \fB\-st\fR.
934 \&\fBFalse\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option \fB+st\fR.
935 .IP "\fBscrollBar_align:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
936 .IX Item "scrollBar_align: mode"
937 Align the \fBtop\fR, \fBbottom\fR or \fBcentre\fR [default] of the scrollbar
938 thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
939 .IP "\fBscrollTtyOutput:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
940 .IX Item "scrollTtyOutput: boolean"
941 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option \fB\-si\fR.
942 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
943 \&\fB+si\fR.
944 .IP "\fBscrollWithBuffer:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
945 .IX Item "scrollWithBuffer: boolean"
946 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
947 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR is False); option \fB\-sw\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll
948 with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option \fB+sw\fR.
949 .IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
950 .IX Item "scrollTtyKeypress: boolean"
951 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
952 are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
953 are not passed onto the shell; option \fB\-sk\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to
954 bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option \fB+sk\fR.
955 .IP "\fBsaveLines:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
956 .IX Item "saveLines: number"
957 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
958 resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option \fB\-sl\fR.
959 .IP "\fBinternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
960 .IX Item "internalBorder: number"
961 Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
962 option \fB\-b\fR.
963 .IP "\fBexternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
964 .IX Item "externalBorder: number"
965 External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
966 option \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-bw\fR, \fB\-borderwidth\fR.
967 .IP "\fBborderLess:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
968 .IX Item "borderLess: boolean"
969 Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
970 \&\s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option \fB\-bl\fR.
971 .IP "\fBskipBuiltinGlyphs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
972 .IX Item "skipBuiltinGlyphs: boolean"
973 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
974 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
975 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
976 option \fB\-sbg\fR.
977 .IP "\fBtermName:\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
978 .IX Item "termName: termname"
979 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the \fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment
980 variable; option \fB\-tn\fR.
981 .IP "\fBlineSpace:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
982 .IX Item "lineSpace: number"
983 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
984 the display [default 0]; option \fB\-lsp\fR.
985 .IP "\fBmeta8:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
986 .IX Item "meta8: boolean"
987 \&\fBTrue\fR: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. \fBFalse\fR:
988 handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
989 .IP "\fBmouseWheelScrollPage:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
990 .IX Item "mouseWheelScrollPage: boolean"
991 \&\fBTrue\fR: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. \fBFalse\fR: the mouse wheel
992 scrolls five lines [default].
993 .IP "\fBpastableTabs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
994 .IX Item "pastableTabs: boolean"
995 \&\fBTrue\fR: store tabs as wide characters. \fBFalse\fR: interpret tabs as cursor
996 movement only; option \f(CW\*(C`\-ptab\*(C'\fR.
997 .IP "\fBcursorBlink:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
998 .IX Item "cursorBlink: boolean"
999 \&\fBTrue\fR: blink the cursor. \fBFalse\fR: do not blink the cursor [default];
1000 option \fB\-bc\fR.
1001 .IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1002 .IX Item "pointerBlank: boolean"
1003 \&\fBTrue\fR: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
1004 of seconds of inactivity. \fBFalse\fR: the pointer is always visible
1005 [default].
1006 .IP "\fBpointerColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
1007 .IX Item "pointerColor: colour"
1008 Mouse pointer foreground colour.
1009 .IP "\fBpointerColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
1010 .IX Item "pointerColor2: colour"
1011 Mouse pointer background colour.
1012 .IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
1013 .IX Item "pointerBlankDelay: number"
1014 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
1015 large number (e.g. \f(CW987654321\fR) to effectively disable the timeout.
1016 .IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1017 .IX Item "backspacekey: string"
1018 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to \fB\s-1DEC\s0\fR
1019 or unset it will send \fBDelete\fR (code 127) or, if shifted, \fBBackspace\fR
1020 (code 8) \- which can be reversed with the appropriate \s-1DEC\s0 private mode
1021 escape sequence.
1022 .IP "\fBdeletekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1023 .IX Item "deletekey: string"
1024 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
1025 pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
1026 with the \fBExecute\fR key.
1027 .IP "\fBcutchars:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1028 .IX Item "cutchars: string"
1029 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
1030 (whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
1031 .Sp
1032 When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
1033 in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
1034 characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
1035 will be created). In this mode, characters outside \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 can be used.
1036 .Sp
1037 When the selection extension is not used, only \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 characters can
1038 be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
1039 .Sp
1040 \&\fB\s-1BACKSLASH\s0 `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|}\fR
1041 .IP "\fBpreeditType:\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
1042 .IX Item "preeditType: style"
1043 \&\fBOverTheSpot\fR, \fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; option \fB\-pt\fR.
1044 .IP "\fBinputMethod:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
1045 .IX Item "inputMethod: name"
1046 \&\fIname\fR of inputMethod to use; option \fB\-im\fR.
1047 .IP "\fBimLocale:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
1048 .IX Item "imLocale: name"
1049 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
1050 \&\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
1051 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
1052 another locale; option \fB\-imlocale\fR.
1053 .IP "\fBimFont:\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
1054 .IX Item "imFont: fontset"
1055 Specify the font-set used for \s-1XIM\s0 styles \f(CW\*(C`OverTheSpot\*(C'\fR or
1056 \&\f(CW\*(C`OffTheSpot\*(C'\fR. It must be a standard X font set (\s-1XLFD\s0 patterns separated
1057 by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1058 in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1059 found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1060 option \fB\-imfont\fR.
1061 .IP "\fBtripleclickwords:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1062 .IX Item "tripleclickwords: boolean"
1063 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1064 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1065 the end of the logical line only; option \fB\-tcw\fR.
1066 .IP "\fBinsecure:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1067 .IX Item "insecure: boolean"
1068 Enables \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
1069 echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
1070 abused if somebody gets 8\-bit\-clean access to your display, whether
1071 through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
1072 \&\fIwrite\fR\|(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
1073 default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
1074 sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
1075 .Sp
1076 You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
1077 \&\fB\-insecure\fR as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1078 locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
1079 .IP "\fBmodifier:\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
1080 .IX Item "modifier: modifier"
1081 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: \fBalt\fR, \fBmeta\fR,
1082 \&\fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR, \fBmod5\fR; option
1083 \&\fB\-mod\fR.
1084 .IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1085 .IX Item "answerbackString: string"
1086 Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an \s-1ENQ\s0 (control-E)
1087 character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
1088 in the entry on \fBkeysym\fR following.
1089 .IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1090 .IX Item "secondaryScreen: boolean"
1091 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
1092 .IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1093 .IX Item "secondaryScroll: boolean"
1094 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
1095 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
1096 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
1097 instead scroll the screen up.
1098 .IP "\fBhold\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4
1099 .IX Item "hold: boolean"
1100 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1101 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1102 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1103 user.
1104 .IP "\fBkeysym.\fR\fIsym\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1105 .IX Item "keysym.sym: string"
1106 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Associate \fIstring\fR with keysym \fIsym\fR. The
1107 intervening resource name \fBkeysym.\fR cannot be omitted.
1108 .Sp
1109 The format of \fIsym\fR is "\fI(modifiers\-)key\fR", where \fImodifiers\fR can be
1110 any combination of \fBISOLevel3\fR, \fBAppKeypad\fR, \fBControl\fR, \fBNumLock\fR,
1111 \&\fBShift\fR, \fBMeta\fR, \fBLock\fR, \fBMod1\fR, \fBMod2\fR, \fBMod3\fR, \fBMod4\fR, \fBMod5\fR,
1112 and the abbreviated \fBI\fR, \fBK\fR, \fBC\fR, \fBN\fR, \fBS\fR, \fBM\fR, \fBA\fR, \fBL\fR, \fB1\fR,
1113 \&\fB2\fR, \fB3\fR, \fB4\fR, \fB5\fR.
1114 .Sp
1115 The \fBNumLock\fR, \fBMeta\fR and \fBISOLevel3\fR modifiers are usually aliased to
1116 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or \s-1ISO\s0 Level3 Shift/AltGr
1117 keys are being mapped. \fBAppKeypad\fR is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1118 current application keymap mode state.
1119 .Sp
1120 The spellings of \fIkey\fR can be obtained by using \fBxev\fR(1) command or
1121 searching keysym macros from \fB/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h\fR and
1122 omitting the prefix \fB\s-1XK_\s0\fR. Alternatively you can specify \fIkey\fR by its hex
1123 keysym value (\fB0x0000 \- 0xFFFF\fR). Note that the lookup of \fIsym\fRs is not
1124 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1125 .Sp
1126 \&\fIstring\fR may contain escape values (\f(CW\*(C`\en\*(C'\fR: newline, \f(CW\*(C`\e000\*(C'\fR: octal
1127 number), see \s-1RESOURCES\s0 in \f(CW\*(C`man 7 X\*(C'\fR for futher details.
1128 .Sp
1129 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a \fIstring\fR
1130 with pattern \fBlist/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX\fR, where the delimiter `/'
1131 should be a character not used by the strings.
1132 .Sp
1133 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1134 .Sp
1135 .Vb 1
1136 \& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-0x61: list|\e033<M\-C\-|abc|>
1137 .Ve
1138 .Sp
1139 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1140 .Sp
1141 .Vb 3
1142 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta\-Control\-0x61: \e033<M\-C\-a>
1143 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta\-Control\-0x62: \e033<M\-C\-b>
1144 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta\-Control\-0x63: \e033<M\-C\-c>
1145 .Ve
1146 .Sp
1147 If \fIstring\fR takes the form of \f(CW\*(C`command:STRING\*(C'\fR, the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1148 is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1149 example the following means "change the current locale to \f(CW\*(C`zh_CN.GBK\*(C'\fR
1150 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1151 .Sp
1152 .Vb 1
1153 \& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-c: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
1154 .Ve
1155 .Sp
1156 If \fIstring\fR takes the form \f(CW\*(C`perl:STRING\*(C'\fR, then the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1157 is passed to the \f(CW\*(C`on_keyboard_command\*(C'\fR perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3)
1158 manpage. For example, the \fIselection\fR extension (activated via
1159 \&\f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-pe selection\*(C'\fR) listens for \f(CW\*(C`selection:rot13\*(C'\fR events:
1160 .Sp
1161 .Vb 1
1162 \& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-c: perl:selection:rot13
1163 .Ve
1164 .Sp
1165 Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1166 will match if at \fIat least\fR the specified identifiers are being set, and
1167 no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1168 means that defining a key map for \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR will automatically provide
1169 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
1170 mappings themselves.
1171 .Sp
1172 Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1173 if you overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1174 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke \*(L"holes\*(R" into the
1175 user-defined keymap using the \f(CW\*(C`builtin:\*(C'\fR replacement:
1176 .Sp
1177 .Vb 2
1178 \& URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1179 \& URxvt.keysym.S\-Insert: builtin:
1180 .Ve
1181 .Sp
1182 The first line defines a mapping for \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR and \fIany\fR combination
1183 of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1184 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR.
1185 .Sp
1186 The following example will map Control\-Meta\-1 and Control\-Meta\-2 to
1187 the fonts \f(CW\*(C`suxuseuro\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR, so you can have some limited
1188 font-switching at runtime:
1189 .Sp
1190 .Vb 2
1191 \& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-1: command:\e033]50;suxuseuro\e007
1192 \& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-2: command:\e033]50;9x15bold\e007
1193 .Ve
1194 .Sp
1195 Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1196 info):
1197 .Sp
1198 .Vb 2
1199 \& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-3: command:\e033[8;25;80t
1200 \& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-4: command:\e033[8;48;110t
1201 .Ve
1202 .IP "\fBperl-ext-common\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1203 .IX Item "perl-ext-common: string"
1204 .PD 0
1205 .IP "\fBperl-ext\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1206 .IX Item "perl-ext: string"
1207 .PD
1208 Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: \f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR) to
1209 use in this terminal instance; option \fB\-pe\fR.
1210 .Sp
1211 Extension names can be prefixed with a \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR sign to prohibit using
1212 them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1213 by default, or specified via the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource. For
1214 example, \f(CW\*(C`default,\-selection\*(C'\fR will use all the default extension except
1215 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\*(C'\fR.
1216 .Sp
1217 Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1218 (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`searchable\-scrollback<M\-s>\*(C'\fR, which binds the hotkey for
1219 searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta\-s). Mentioning the same extension
1220 multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1221 the extension.
1222 .Sp
1223 Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1224 necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1225 .Sp
1226 If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1227 interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1228 \&\fBperl-ext-common\fR will be used for extensions that should be available to
1229 all instances, while \fBperl-ext\fR is used for specific instances.
1230 .IP "\fBperl-eval\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1231 .IX Item "perl-eval: string"
1232 Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1233 the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
1234 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1235 .IP "\fBperl-lib\fR: \fIpath\fR" 4
1236 .IX Item "perl-lib: path"
1237 Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1238 scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the \f(CW\*(C`perl\*(C'\fR resource,
1239 @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
1240 \&\fI@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/\fR. Due to security reasons, this resource
1241 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1242 .Sp
1243 See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage.
1244 .IP "\fBselection.pattern\-\f(BIidx\fB\fR: \fIperl-regex\fR" 4
1245 .IX Item "selection.pattern-idx: perl-regex"
1246 Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for
1247 details.
1248 .IP "\fBselection-autotransform.\f(BIidx\fB\fR: \fIperl-transform\fR" 4
1249 .IX Item "selection-autotransform.idx: perl-transform"
1250 Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage
1251 for details.
1252 .IP "\fBsearchable-scrollback:\fR \fIkeysym\fR" 4
1253 .IX Item "searchable-scrollback: keysym"
1254 Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
1255 (default: \f(CW\*(C`M\-s\*(C'\fR).
1256 .IP "\fBurlLauncher\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1257 .IX Item "urlLauncher: string"
1258 Specifies the program to be started with a \s-1URL\s0 argument. Used by the
1259 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\-popup\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`matcher\*(C'\fR perl extensions.
1260 .IP "\fBtransient-for\fR: \fIwindowid\fR" 4
1261 .IX Item "transient-for: windowid"
1262 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets the \s-1WM_TRANSIENT_FOR\s0 property to the given window id.
1263 .IP "\fBoverride-redirect\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4
1264 .IX Item "override-redirect: boolean"
1265 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1266 it almost invisible to window managers; option \fB\-override\-redirect\fR.
1267 .IP "\fBiso14755_52:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1268 .IX Item "iso14755_52: boolean"
1269 Turn on/off \s-1ISO\s0 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
1270 .SH "THE SCROLLBAR"
1271 .IX Header "THE SCROLLBAR"
1272 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window
1273 (resource: \fBsaveLines\fR) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar
1274 or by keystrokes. The normal \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR scrollbar has arrows and
1275 its behaviour is fairly intuitive. The \fBxterm-scrollbar\fR is without
1276 arrows and its behaviour mimics that of \fIxterm\fR
1277 .PP
1278 Scroll down with \fBButton1\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Next\fR.
1279 Scroll up with \fBButton3\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Prior\fR.
1280 Continuous scroll with \fBButton2\fR.
1281 .SH "MOUSE REPORTING"
1282 .IX Header "MOUSE REPORTING"
1283 To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
1284 the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
1285 (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
1286 .PP
1287 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
1288 disabled \*(-- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
1289 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 6 ~\fR
1290 (Next) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 5 ~\fR (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1291 up and down arrows sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ A\fR (Up) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ B\fR (Down),
1292 respectively.
1293 .SH "THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT"
1294 .IX Header "THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT"
1295 The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
1296 to \fIxterm\fR(1).
1297 .IP "\fBSelecting\fR:" 4
1298 .IX Item "Selecting:"
1299 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1300 and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1301 to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1302 (which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1303 \&\fBtripleclickwords\fR.
1304 .Sp
1305 Starting a selection while pressing the \fBMeta\fR key (or \fBMeta+Ctrl\fR keys)
1306 (Compile: \fIfrills\fR) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1307 normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1308 selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1309 the selection.
1310 .IP "\fBPasting\fR:" 4
1311 .IX Item "Pasting:"
1312 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
1313 window causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection (or \s-1CLIPBOARD\s0 with the
1314 \&\fBMeta\fR modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1315 .Sp
1316 Pressing \fBShift-Insert\fR causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection to be
1317 inserted too.
1318 .SH "CHANGING FONTS"
1319 .IX Header "CHANGING FONTS"
1320 Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
1321 supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
1322 .PP
1323 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
1324 .PP
1325 .Vb 1
1326 \& printf \*(Aq\ee]710;%s\e007\*(Aq "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1327 .Ve
1328 .PP
1329 You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1330 .PP
1331 .Vb 2
1332 \& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-1: command:\e033]710;suxuseuro\e007\e033]711;suxuseuro\e007
1333 \& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-2: command:\e033]710;9x15bold\e007\e033]711;9x15bold\e007
1334 .Ve
1335 .PP
1336 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
1337 .SH "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1338 .IX Header "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1339 \&\s-1ISO\s0 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1340 and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1341 first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1342 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1343 with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-iso14755\*(C'\fR.
1344 .IP "\(bu" 4
1345 5.1: Basic method
1346 .Sp
1347 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1348 .Sp
1349 Start by pressing and holding both \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR, then enter
1350 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR will
1351 commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1352 \&\f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1353 \&\f(CW\*(C`Space\*(C'\fR, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1354 one.
1355 .Sp
1356 As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e\-mail
1357 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e\-mail
1358 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`671d 65e5\*(C'\fR. You can enter this easily
1359 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,
1360 followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1361 .IP "\(bu" 4
1362 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
1363 .Sp
1364 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1365 your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1366 .Sp
1367 Start by pressing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then releasing
1368 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1369 invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1370 keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1371 released, otherwise pressing e.g. \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR would enter the symbol for
1372 \&\f(CW\*(C`ISO Level 2 Switch\*(C'\fR, although your intention might have been to enter a
1373 reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
1374 .IP "\(bu" 4
1375 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
1376 .Sp
1377 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1378 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1379 .IP "\(bu" 4
1380 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
1381 .Sp
1382 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1383 characters already displayed.
1384 .Sp
1385 You enter this mode by holding down \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then
1386 pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1387 hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1388 pointer is displayed until you release \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR.
1389 .Sp
1390 In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1391 character \- due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1392 combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1393 always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1394 .PP
1395 With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1396 both scenario A and B of \s-1ISO\s0 14755, including part 5.2.
1397 .SH "LOGIN STAMP"
1398 .IX Header "LOGIN STAMP"
1399 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fR(5) file so that
1400 it can be seen via the \fI\fIwho\fI\|(1)\fR command, and can accept messages. To
1401 allow this feature, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR may need to be installed setuid root
1402 on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1403 .SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1404 .IX Header "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1405 In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1406 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR can display up to 16 colours (8 \s-1ANSI\s0 colours plus
1407 high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
1408 colours with their names.
1409 .TS
1410 l l l .
1411 color0 (black) = Black
1412 color1 (red) = Red3
1413 color2 (green) = Green3
1414 color3 (yellow) = Yellow3
1415 color4 (blue) = Blue3
1416 color5 (magenta) = Magenta3
1417 color6 (cyan) = Cyan3
1418 color7 (white) = AntiqueWhite
1419 color8 (bright black) = Grey25
1420 color9 (bright red) = Red
1421 color10 (bright green) = Green
1422 color11 (bright yellow) = Yellow
1423 color12 (bright blue) = Blue
1424 color13 (bright magenta) = Magenta
1425 color14 (bright cyan) = Cyan
1426 color15 (bright white) = White
1427 foreground = Black
1428 background = White
1429 .TE
1430 .PP
1431 It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fR,
1432 \&\fBbackground\fR, \fBcursorColor\fR, \fBcursorColor2\fR, \fBcolorBD\fR, \fBcolorUL\fR as
1433 a number 0\-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1434 color0\-color15.
1435 .PP
1436 In addition to the colours defined above, @@RXVT_NAME@@ offers an
1437 additional 72 colours. The first 64 of those (with indices 16 to 79)
1438 consist of a 4*4*4 \s-1RGB\s0 colour cube (i.e. \fIindex = r * 16 + g * 4 + b +
1439 16\fR), followed by 8 additional shades of gray (with indices 80 to 87).
1440 .PP
1441 Together, all those colours implement the 88 colour xterm colours. Only
1442 the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the rest can only
1443 be changed via command sequences (\*(L"escape codes\*(R").
1444 .PP
1445 Note that \fB\-rv\fR (\fB\*(L"reverseVideo: True\*(R"\fR) simulates reverse video by
1446 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1447 \&\fIxterm\fR(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1448 been specified. For example,
1449 .IP "\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fg Black \-bg White \-rv\fR" 4
1450 .IX Item "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv"
1451 would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fR(1) it would yield Black
1452 on White.
1453 .Sh "\s-1ALPHA\s0 \s-1CHANNEL\s0 \s-1SUPPORT\s0"
1454 .IX Subsection "ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT"
1455 If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1456 their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management:
1457 .PP
1458 You can prefix any color with an opaquenes percentage enclosed in
1459 brackets, i.e. \f(CW\*(C`[percent]\*(C'\fR, where \f(CW\*(C`percent\*(C'\fR is a decimal percentage
1460 (0\-100) that specifies the opacity of the color, where \f(CW0\fR is completely
1461 transparent and \f(CW100\fR is completely opaque. For example, \f(CW\*(C`[50]red\*(C'\fR is a
1462 half-transparent red, while \f(CW\*(C`[95]#00ff00\*(C'\fR is an almost opaque green. This
1463 is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1464 all ways to specify a colour.
1465 .PP
1466 For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1467 \&\f(CW\*(C`rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa\*(C'\fR (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1468 specifications, where the additional \f(CW\*(C`aaaa\*(C'\fR component specifies opacity
1469 (alpha) values. The minimum value of \f(CW0000\fR is completely transparent,
1470 while \f(CW\*(C`ffff\*(C'\fR is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1471 earlier could also be specified as \f(CW\*(C`rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000\*(C'\fR and
1472 \&\f(CW\*(C`rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332\*(C'\fR.
1473 .PP
1474 You probably need to specify \fB\*(L"\-depth 32\*(R"\fR, too, to force a visual with
1475 alpha channels, and have the luck that your X\-server uses \s-1ARGB\s0 pixel
1476 layout, as X is far from just supporting \s-1ARGB\s0 visuals out of the box, and
1477 rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1478 .PP
1479 For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1480 background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1481 .PP
1482 .Vb 1
1483 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ \-depth 32 \-bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 \-fg "[80]pink"
1484 .Ve
1485 .PP
1486 When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1487 alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1488 transparency of course).
1489 .PP
1490 When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1491 colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1492 background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1493 other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1494 image will show through) on servers supporting the \s-1RENDER\s0 extension, or
1495 fully opaque on servers not supporting the \s-1RENDER\s0 \s-1EXTENSION\s0.
1496 .PP
1497 Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1498 in garbage being displayed when the X\-server does not support the \s-1RENDER\s0
1499 extension.
1500 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
1501 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
1502 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1503 .IP "\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR" 4
1504 .IX Item "TERM"
1505 Normally set to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1506 resources or on the command line.
1507 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORTERM\s0\fR" 4
1508 .IX Item "COLORTERM"
1509 Either \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-xpm\*(C'\fR, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1510 compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1511 extension \f(CW\*(C`\-mono\*(C'\fR to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1512 screen.
1513 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORFGBG\s0\fR" 4
1514 .IX Item "COLORFGBG"
1515 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
1516 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1517 \&\f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1518 used), \f(CW\*(C`bg\*(C'\fR is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1519 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@@
1520 was compiled with background image support. Libraries like \f(CW\*(C`ncurses\*(C'\fR
1521 and \f(CW\*(C`slang\*(C'\fR can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1522 .IP "\fB\s-1WINDOWID\s0\fR" 4
1523 .IX Item "WINDOWID"
1524 Set to the (decimal) X Window \s-1ID\s0 of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1525 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1526 window and so on).
1527 .IP "\fB\s-1TERMINFO\s0\fR" 4
1528 .IX Item "TERMINFO"
1529 Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1530 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH\*(C'\fR.
1531 .IP "\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR" 4
1532 .IX Item "DISPLAY"
1533 Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1534 display in its child processes.
1535 .IP "\fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR" 4
1536 .IX Item "SHELL"
1537 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to \f(CW\*(C`/bin/sh\*(C'\fR.
1538 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVT_SOCKET\s0\fR" 4
1539 .IX Item "RXVT_SOCKET"
1540 The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1541 @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1542 .Sp
1543 Default \fI\f(CI$HOME\fI/.rxvt\-unicode\-\fI<nodename\fI\fR.
1544 .IP "\fB\s-1HOME\s0\fR" 4
1545 .IX Item "HOME"
1546 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1547 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1548 \&\f(CW\*(C`.Xdefaults\*(C'\fR)
1549 .IP "\fB\s-1XAPPLRESDIR\s0\fR" 4
1550 .IX Item "XAPPLRESDIR"
1551 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1552 .IP "\fB\s-1XENVIRONMENT\s0\fR" 4
1553 .IX Item "XENVIRONMENT"
1554 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1555 @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1556 .SH "FILES"
1557 .IX Header "FILES"
1558 .IP "\fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt\fR" 4
1559 .IX Item "/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt"
1560 Color names.
1561 .SH "SEE ALSO"
1562 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
1563 @@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)
1564 .SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1565 .IX Header "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1566 .IP "Project Coordinator" 4
1567 .IX Item "Project Coordinator"
1568 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>
1569 .Sp
1570 <http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt\-unicode.html>
1571 .SH "AUTHORS"
1572 .IX Header "AUTHORS"
1573 .IP "John Bovey" 4
1574 .IX Item "John Bovey"
1575 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1576 .IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>" 4
1577 .IX Item "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>"
1578 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1579 .IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>" 4
1580 .IX Item "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>"
1581 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1582 .IP "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>" 4
1583 .IX Item "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>"
1584 Wrote the menu system.
1585 .Sp
1586 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1587 .IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu\-berlin.de>" 4
1588 .IX Item "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>"
1589 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1590 .IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>" 4
1591 .IX Item "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>"
1592 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1593 .Sp
1594 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 \- rxvt-unicode)
1595 .IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>" 4
1596 .IX Item "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>"
1597 Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1598 extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1599 .Sp
1600 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 \-)
1601 .IP "Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it>" 4
1602 .IX Item "Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it>"
1603 Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.