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131 .IX Title "rxvt 1"
132 .TH rxvt 1 "2005-07-07" "5.6" "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/*checkout*/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
151 .SH "RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT"
152 .IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT"
153 Unlike the original rxvt, \fBrxvt-unicode\fR stores all text in Unicode
154 internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
155 world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
156 especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
157 like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
158 like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
159 scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
160 fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such
161 as hebrew: \fBrxvt-unicode\fR adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
162 belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things \*(--
163 such as cursor-movement while editing \*(-- break otherwise), but that might
164 change.
165 .PP
166 If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
167 me recommend \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean
168 terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
169 because the author couldn't get \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR to use one font for latin1 and
170 another for japanese.
171 .PP
172 Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
173 display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
174 programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able
175 to choose any font for any script freely.
176 .PP
177 Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
178 it's predecessor, supports things such as \s-1XFT\s0 and \s-1ISO\s0 14755 that are handy
179 in i18n\-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original
180 rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
181 .PP
182 It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
183 and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
184 without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
185 a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
186 from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
187 drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
188 @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
189 .PP
190 It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
191 been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
192 reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
193 .SH "OPTIONS"
194 .IX Header "OPTIONS"
195 The \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR options (mostly a subset of \fIxterm\fR's) are listed
196 below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
197 eliminated or default values chosen at compile\-time, so options and
198 defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on
199 your system. `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-h' gives a list of major compile-time options on
200 the \fIOptions\fR line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which
201 compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR:' requires
202 \&\fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR on the \fIOptions\fR line. Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-help' gives a list of all
203 command-line options compiled into your version.
204 .PP
205 Note that \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR permits the resource name to be used as a
206 long-option (\-\-/++ option) so the potential command-line options are
207 far greater than those listed. For example: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-loginShell \-\-color1
208 Orange'.
209 .PP
210 The following options are available:
211 .IP "\fB\-help\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR" 4
212 .IX Item "-help, --help"
213 Print out a message describing available options.
214 .IP "\fB\-display\fR \fIdisplayname\fR" 4
215 .IX Item "-display displayname"
216 Attempt to open a window on the named X display (\fB\-d\fR still
217 respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
218 \&\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR environment variable is used.
219 .IP "\fB\-geometry\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
220 .IX Item "-geometry geom"
221 Window geometry (\fB\-g\fR still respected); resource \fBgeometry\fR.
222 .IP "\fB\-rv\fR|\fB+rv\fR" 4
223 .IX Item "-rv|+rv"
224 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource \fBreverseVideo\fR.
225 .IP "\fB\-j\fR|\fB+j\fR" 4
226 .IX Item "-j|+j"
227 Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource \fBjumpScroll\fR.
228 .IP "\fB\-ip\fR|\fB+ip\fR" 4
229 .IX Item "-ip|+ip"
230 Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
231 \&\fB\-tr\fR; resource \fBinheritPixmap\fR.
232 .IP "\fB\-fade\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
233 .IX Item "-fade number"
234 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. resource \fBfading\fR.
235 .IP "\fB\-tint\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
236 .IX Item "-tint colour"
237 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
238 transparency is enabled with \fB\-tr\fR or \fB\-ip\fR. See also the \fB\-sh\fR
239 option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to
240 tinting it.
241 .IP "\fB\-sh\fR" 4
242 .IX Item "-sh"
243 \&\fInumber\fR Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent
244 background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. \fB\-tint\fR must be
245 specified, too, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`\-tint white\*(C'\fR).
246 .IP "\fB\-bg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
247 .IX Item "-bg colour"
248 Window background colour; resource \fBbackground\fR.
249 .IP "\fB\-fg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
250 .IX Item "-fg colour"
251 Window foreground colour; resource \fBforeground\fR.
252 .IP "\fB\-pixmap\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
253 .IX Item "-pixmap file[;geom]"
254 Compile \fI\s-1XPM\s0\fR: Specify \s-1XPM\s0 file for the background and also optionally
255 specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
256 add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR in the
257 command\-line; resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fR.
258 .IP "\fB\-cr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
259 .IX Item "-cr colour"
260 The cursor colour; resource \fBcursorColor\fR.
261 .IP "\fB\-pr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
262 .IX Item "-pr colour"
263 The mouse pointer foreground colour; resource \fBpointerColor\fR.
264 .IP "\fB\-pr2\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
265 .IX Item "-pr2 colour"
266 The mouse pointer background colour; resource \fBpointerColor2\fR.
267 .IP "\fB\-bd\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
268 .IX Item "-bd colour"
269 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
270 resource \fBborderColor\fR.
271 .IP "\fB\-fn\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
272 .IX Item "-fn fontlist"
273 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
274 that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The
275 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
276 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
277 font list is always appended to it. See resource \fBfont\fR for more details.
278 .Sp
279 In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it
280 with \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR. To specify an XFT\-font, you need to prefix it with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR,
281 e.g.:
282 .Sp
283 .Vb 2
284 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
285 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
286 .Ve
287 .Sp
288 See also the question \*(L"How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\*(R" in the \s-1FAQ\s0
289 section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
290 .IP "\fB\-fb\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
291 .IX Item "-fb fontlist"
292 Compile font\-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to
293 be printed. See resource \fBboldFont\fR for details.
294 .IP "\fB\-fi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
295 .IX Item "-fi fontlist"
296 Compile font\-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to
297 be printed. See resource \fBitalicFont\fR for details.
298 .IP "\fB\-fbi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
299 .IX Item "-fbi fontlist"
300 Compile font\-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to
301 be printed. See resource \fBboldItalicFont\fR for details.
302 .IP "\fB\-name\fR \fIname\fR" 4
303 .IX Item "-name name"
304 Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
305 rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
306 `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
307 .IP "\fB\-ls\fR|\fB+ls\fR" 4
308 .IX Item "-ls|+ls"
309 Start as a login\-shell/sub\-shell; resource \fBloginShell\fR.
310 .IP "\fB\-ut\fR|\fB+ut\fR" 4
311 .IX Item "-ut|+ut"
312 Compile \fIutmp\fR: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
313 \&\fButmpInhibit\fR.
314 .IP "\fB\-vb\fR|\fB+vb\fR" 4
315 .IX Item "-vb|+vb"
316 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
317 \&\fBvisualBell\fR.
318 .IP "\fB\-sb\fR|\fB+sb\fR" 4
319 .IX Item "-sb|+sb"
320 Turn on/off scrollbar; resource \fBscrollBar\fR.
321 .IP "\fB\-si\fR|\fB+si\fR" 4
322 .IX Item "-si|+si"
323 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on \s-1TTY\s0 output inhibit; resource
324 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR has opposite effect.
325 .IP "\fB\-sk\fR|\fB+sk\fR" 4
326 .IX Item "-sk|+sk"
327 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource
328 \&\fBscrollTtyKeypress\fR.
329 .IP "\fB\-sw\fR|\fB+sw\fR" 4
330 .IX Item "-sw|+sw"
331 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
332 This only takes effect if \fB\-si\fR is also given; resource
333 \&\fBscrollWithBuffer\fR.
334 .IP "\fB\-sr\fR|\fB+sr\fR" 4
335 .IX Item "-sr|+sr"
336 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource \fBscrollBar_right\fR.
337 .IP "\fB\-st\fR|\fB+st\fR" 4
338 .IX Item "-st|+st"
339 Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
340 resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fR.
341 .IP "\fB\-ptab\fR|\fB+ptab\fR" 4
342 .IX Item "-ptab|+ptab"
343 If enabled (default), \*(L"Horizontal Tab\*(R" characters are being stored as
344 actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
345 select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
346 not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
347 on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource \fBpastableTabs\fR.
348 .IP "\fB\-bc\fR|\fB+bc\fR" 4
349 .IX Item "-bc|+bc"
350 Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fR.
351 .IP "\fB\-iconic\fR" 4
352 .IX Item "-iconic"
353 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
354 Alternative form is \fB\-ic\fR.
355 .IP "\fB\-sl\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
356 .IX Item "-sl number"
357 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for
358 limits; resource \fBsaveLines\fR.
359 .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
360 .IX Item "-b number"
361 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. See resource
362 entry for limits; resource \fBinternalBorder\fR.
363 .IP "\fB\-w\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
364 .IX Item "-w number"
365 Compile \fIfrills\fR: External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. Also, \fB\-bw\fR
366 and \fB\-borderwidth\fR. See resource entry for limits; resource
367 \&\fBexternalBorder\fR.
368 .IP "\fB\-bl\fR" 4
369 .IX Item "-bl"
370 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
371 if honoured by the \s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
372 decorations; resource \fBborderLess\fR.
373 .IP "\fB\-lsp\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
374 .IX Item "-lsp number"
375 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
376 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
377 \&\fBlinespace\fR.
378 .IP "\fB\-tn\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
379 .IX Item "-tn termname"
380 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
381 \&\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
382 \&\fI\fItermcap\fI\|(5)\fR database and should have \fIli#\fR and \fIco#\fR entries;
383 resource \fBtermName\fR.
384 .IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIcommand [arguments]\fR" 4
385 .IX Item "-e command [arguments]"
386 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
387 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of
388 the program being executed if neither \fI\-title\fR (\fI\-T\fR) nor \fI\-n\fR are
389 given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
390 on the command\-line. If there is no \fB\-e\fR option then the default is to
391 run the program specified by the \fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR environment variable or,
392 failing that, \fI\fIsh\fI\|(1)\fR.
393 .IP "\fB\-title\fR \fItext\fR" 4
394 .IX Item "-title text"
395 Window title (\fB\-T\fR still respected); the default title is the basename
396 of the program specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the
397 application name; resource \fBtitle\fR.
398 .IP "\fB\-n\fR \fItext\fR" 4
399 .IX Item "-n text"
400 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
401 after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application name;
402 resource \fBiconName\fR.
403 .IP "\fB\-C\fR" 4
404 .IX Item "-C"
405 Capture system console messages.
406 .IP "\fB\-pt\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
407 .IX Item "-pt style"
408 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input style for input method; \fBOverTheSpot\fR,
409 \&\fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; resource \fBpreeditType\fR.
410 .IP "\fB\-im\fR \fItext\fR" 4
411 .IX Item "-im text"
412 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input method name. resource \fBinputMethod\fR.
413 .IP "\fB\-imlocale\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
414 .IX Item "-imlocale string"
415 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
416 \&\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
417 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
418 another locale. resource \fBimLocale\fR.
419 .IP "\fB\-imfont\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
420 .IX Item "-imfont fontset"
421 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource \fBimFont\fR
422 for more info.
423 .IP "\fB\-tcw\fR" 4
424 .IX Item "-tcw"
425 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
426 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
427 end of the logical line only. resource \fBtripleclickwords\fR.
428 .IP "\fB\-insecure\fR" 4
429 .IX Item "-insecure"
430 Enable \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
431 sequences that echo strings. See the resource \fBinsecure\fR for more
432 info.
433 .IP "\fB\-mod\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
434 .IX Item "-mod modifier"
435 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: \fBalt\fR,
436 \&\fBmeta\fR, \fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR,
437 \&\fBmod5\fR; resource \fImodifier\fR.
438 .IP "\fB\-ssc\fR|\fB+ssc\fR" 4
439 .IX Item "-ssc|+ssc"
440 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource
441 \&\fBsecondaryScreen\fR.
442 .IP "\fB\-ssr\fR|\fB+ssr\fR" 4
443 .IX Item "-ssr|+ssr"
444 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
445 \&\fBsecondaryScroll\fR.
446 .IP "\fB\-keysym.\fR\fIsym\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
447 .IX Item "-keysym.sym string"
448 Remap a key symbol. See resource \fBkeysym\fR.
449 .IP "\fB\-embed\fR \fIwindowid\fR" 4
450 .IX Item "-embed windowid"
451 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
452 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
453 .Sp
454 Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
455 shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
456 quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
457 create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
458 .Sp
459 The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
460 .Sp
461 It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
462 descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
463 can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
464 terminal. This works regardless of wether the \f(CW\*(C`\-embed\*(C'\fR option was used or
465 not.
466 .Sp
467 Here is a short Gtk2\-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
468 used (a longer example is in \fIdoc/embed\fR):
469 .Sp
470 .Vb 5
471 \& my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
472 \& $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
473 \& my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
474 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
475 \& });
476 .Ve
477 .IP "\fB\-pty\-fd\fR \fIfileno\fR" 4
478 .IX Item "-pty-fd fileno"
479 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ \s-1NOT\s0 to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
480 pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is
481 useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
482 without having to run a program within it.
483 .Sp
484 If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
485 entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions \- you have to do that
486 yourself if you want that.
487 .Sp
488 Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
489 longer example is in \fIdoc/pty\-fd\fR):
490 .Sp
491 .Vb 2
492 \& use IO::Pty;
493 \& use Fcntl;
494 .Ve
495 .Sp
496 .Vb 4
497 \& my $pty = new IO::Pty;
498 \& fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
499 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
500 \& close $pty;
501 .Ve
502 .Sp
503 .Vb 3
504 \& # now communicate with rxvt
505 \& my $slave = $pty->slave;
506 \& while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\en" }
507 .Ve
508 .SH "RESOURCES (available also as long\-options)"
509 .IX Header "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)"
510 Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-help' gives a list of all resources (long
511 options) compiled into your version.
512 .PP
513 There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the
514 Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*\-functions) or internal
515 Xresources reader (\fB~/.Xdefaults\fR). For the first method (ie.
516 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-h\fR lists \fBXGetDefaults\fR), you can set and change the
517 resources using X11 tools like \fBxrdb\fR. Many distribution do also load
518 settings from the \fB~/.Xresources\fR file when X starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@
519 will consult the following files/resources in order, with later settings
520 overwriting earlier ones:
521 .PP
522 .Vb 5
523 \& 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
524 \& 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
525 \& 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
526 \& 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
527 \& 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
528 .Ve
529 .PP
530 If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-h\fR
531 lists \fB.Xdefaults\fR) then \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR accepts application defaults
532 set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile\-time defined: usually
533 \&\fB/usr/lib/X11/app\-defaults/URxvt\fR) and resources set in
534 \&\fB~/.Xdefaults\fR, or \fB~/.Xresources\fR if \fB~/.Xdefaults\fR does not exist.
535 Note that when reading X resources, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR recognizes two
536 class names: \fBXTerm\fR and \fBURxvt\fR. The class name \fBRxvt\fR allows
537 resources common to both \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR and the original \fIrxvt\fR to be
538 easily configured, while the class name \fBURxvt\fR allows resources
539 unique to \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR, notably colours and key\-handling, to be
540 shared between different \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR configurations. If no
541 resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line
542 arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following
543 resources are allowed:
544 .IP "\fBgeometry:\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
545 .IX Item "geometry: geom"
546 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
547 option \fB\-geometry\fR.
548 .IP "\fBbackground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
549 .IX Item "background: colour"
550 Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
551 White]; option \fB\-bg\fR.
552 .IP "\fBforeground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
553 .IX Item "foreground: colour"
554 Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
555 Black]; option \fB\-fg\fR.
556 .IP "\fBcolor\fR\fIn\fR\fB:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
557 .IX Item "colorn: colour"
558 Use the specified colour for the colour value \fIn\fR, where 0\-7
559 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8\-15 corresponds to
560 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
561 colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
562 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
563 names used are listed in the \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
564 .Sp
565 Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
566 changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
567 .Sp
568 Colours 16\-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
569 88 colour support). Colours 80\-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
570 .IP "\fBcolorBD:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
571 .IX Item "colorBD: colour"
572 .PD 0
573 .IP "\fBcolorIT:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
574 .IX Item "colorIT: colour"
575 .PD
576 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
577 foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
578 (Compile \fIstyles\fR) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
579 .IP "\fBcolorUL:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
580 .IX Item "colorUL: colour"
581 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
582 foreground colour is the default.
583 .IP "\fBcolorRV:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
584 .IX Item "colorRV: colour"
585 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
586 characters.
587 .IP "\fBunderlineColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
588 .IX Item "underlineColor: colour"
589 If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
590 itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
591 .IP "\fBcursorColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
592 .IX Item "cursorColor: colour"
593 Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
594 foreground colour; option \fB\-cr\fR.
595 .IP "\fBcursorColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
596 .IX Item "cursorColor2: colour"
597 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this to
598 take effect, \fBcursorColor\fR must also be specified. The default is to
599 use the background colour.
600 .IP "\fBreverseVideo:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
601 .IX Item "reverseVideo: boolean"
602 \&\fBTrue\fR: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
603 option \fB\-rv\fR. \fBFalse\fR: regular screen colours [default]; option
604 \&\fB+rv\fR. See note in \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
605 .IP "\fBjumpScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
606 .IX Item "jumpScroll: boolean"
607 \&\fBTrue\fR: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling
608 quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option \fB\-j\fR.
609 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option \fB+j\fR.
610 .IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
611 .IX Item "inheritPixmap: boolean"
612 \&\fBTrue\fR: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
613 artificial transparency. \fBFalse\fR: do not inherit the parent windows'
614 pixmap.
615 .IP "\fBfading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
616 .IX Item "fading: number"
617 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.
618 .IP "\fBtintColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
619 .IX Item "tintColor: colour"
620 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour.
621 .IP "\fBshading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
622 .IX Item "shading: number"
623 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent background
624 image in addition to tinting it.
625 .IP "\fBscrollColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
626 .IX Item "scrollColor: colour"
627 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
628 .IP "\fBtroughColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
629 .IX Item "troughColor: colour"
630 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
631 #969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
632 .IP "\fBborderColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
633 .IX Item "borderColor: colour"
634 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
635 and the text.
636 .IP "\fBbackgroundPixmap:\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
637 .IX Item "backgroundPixmap: file[;geom]"
638 Use the specified \s-1XPM\s0 file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
639 the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
640 string \fBWxH+X+Y\fR, in which \fB\*(L"W\*(R" / \*(L"H\*(R"\fR specify the
641 horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and \fB\*(L"X\*(R" / \*(L"Y\*(R"\fR locate the image
642 centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
643 of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
644 specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
645 be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
646 scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
647 .IP "\fBmenu:\fR \fIfile[;tag]\fR" 4
648 .IX Item "menu: file[;tag]"
649 Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
650 optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
651 reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
652 .IP "\fBpath:\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
653 .IX Item "path: path"
654 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (\s-1XPM\s0 and
655 menus), in addition to the paths specified by the \fB\s-1RXVTPATH\s0\fR and
656 \&\fB\s-1PATH\s0\fR environment variables.
657 .IP "\fBfont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
658 .IX Item "font: fontlist"
659 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font
660 names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.
661 The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
662 be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always
663 appended to it. option \fB\-fn\fR.
664 .Sp
665 Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (\s-1XLFD\s0) name, with
666 optional prefix \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR or a Xft font (Compile \fIxft\fR), prefixed with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR.
667 .Sp
668 In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
669 specifications enclosed in square brackets (\f(CW\*(C`[]\*(C'\fR). The only available
670 hint currently is \f(CW\*(C`codeset=codeset\-name\*(C'\fR, and this is only used for Xft
671 fonts.
672 .Sp
673 For example, this font resource
674 .Sp
675 .Vb 5
676 \& URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\e
677 \& -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\e
678 \& -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \e
679 \& [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \e
680 \& xft:Code2000:antialias=false
681 .Ve
682 .Sp
683 specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR (actually
684 the iso8859\-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
685 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
686 wide and 15 pixels high.
687 .Sp
688 The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
689 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non\-bold, but
690 the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
691 useful supplement.
692 .Sp
693 The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
694 are limited to the \fB\s-1JIS\s0 0208\fR codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
695 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
696 .Sp
697 The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
698 remaining unicode characters.
699 .IP "\fBboldFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
700 .IX Item "boldFont: fontlist"
701 .PD 0
702 .IP "\fBitalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
703 .IX Item "italicFont: fontlist"
704 .IP "\fBboldItalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
705 .IX Item "boldItalicFont: fontlist"
706 .PD
707 The font list to use for displaying \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR or \fB\f(BIbold
708 italic\fB\fR characters, respectively.
709 .Sp
710 If specified and non\-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
711 \&\fBfont\fR\-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
712 it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
713 italic.
714 .Sp
715 If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
716 \&\*(L"morphing\*(R" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
717 not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
718 .Sp
719 If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
720 text font will being used for the given style.
721 .IP "\fBselectstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
722 .IX Item "selectstyle: mode"
723 Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fR which is 2.20, \fBoldword\fR which is
724 xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
725 xterm style selection.
726 .IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
727 .IX Item "scrollstyle: mode"
728 Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fR, \fBplain\fR, \fBnext\fR or \fBxterm\fR. \fBplain\fR is
729 the author's favourite.
730 .IP "\fBtitle:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
731 .IX Item "title: string"
732 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
733 specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application
734 name; option \fB\-title\fR.
735 .IP "\fBiconName:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
736 .IX Item "iconName: string"
737 Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon
738 manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is explicitly
739 set; option \fB\-n\fR.
740 .IP "\fBmapAlert:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
741 .IX Item "mapAlert: boolean"
742 \&\fBTrue\fR: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. \fBFalse\fR: no
743 de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
744 .IP "\fBvisualBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
745 .IX Item "visualBell: boolean"
746 \&\fBTrue\fR: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option \fB\-vb\fR.
747 \&\fBFalse\fR: no visual bell [default]; option \fB+vb\fR.
748 .IP "\fBloginShell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
749 .IX Item "loginShell: boolean"
750 \&\fBTrue\fR: start as a login shell by prepending a `\-' to \fBargv[0]\fR of
751 the shell; option \fB\-ls\fR. \fBFalse\fR: start as a normal sub-shell
752 [default]; option \fB+ls\fR.
753 .IP "\fButmpInhibit:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
754 .IX Item "utmpInhibit: boolean"
755 \&\fBTrue\fR: inhibit writing record into the system log file \fButmp\fR;
756 option \fB\-ut\fR. \fBFalse\fR: write record into the system log file \fButmp\fR
757 [default]; option \fB+ut\fR.
758 .IP "\fBprint\-pipe:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
759 .IX Item "print-pipe: string"
760 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default \fI\fIlpr\fI\|(1)\fR]. Use
761 \&\fBPrint\fR to initiate a screen dump to the printer and \fBCtrl-Print\fR or
762 \&\fBShift-Print\fR to include the scrollback as well.
763 .Sp
764 The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as\-is.
765 .Sp
766 Example:
767 .Sp
768 .Vb 1
769 \& URxvt*print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
770 .Ve
771 .Sp
772 This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
773 everytime you hit \f(CW\*(C`Print\*(C'\fR.
774 .IP "\fBscrollBar:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
775 .IX Item "scrollBar: boolean"
776 \&\fBTrue\fR: enable the scrollbar [default]; option \fB\-sb\fR. \fBFalse\fR:
777 disable the scrollbar; option \fB+sb\fR.
778 .IP "\fBscrollBar_right:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
779 .IX Item "scrollBar_right: boolean"
780 \&\fBTrue\fR: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option \fB\-sr\fR.
781 \&\fBFalse\fR: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option \fB+sr\fR.
782 .IP "\fBscrollBar_floating:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
783 .IX Item "scrollBar_floating: boolean"
784 \&\fBTrue\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option \fB\-st\fR.
785 \&\fBFalse\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option \fB+st\fR.
786 .IP "\fBscrollBar_align:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
787 .IX Item "scrollBar_align: mode"
788 Align the \fBtop\fR, \fBbottom\fR or \fBcentre\fR [default] of the scrollbar
789 thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
790 .IP "\fBscrollTtyOutput:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
791 .IX Item "scrollTtyOutput: boolean"
792 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option \fB\-si\fR.
793 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
794 \&\fB+si\fR.
795 .IP "\fBscrollWithBuffer:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
796 .IX Item "scrollWithBuffer: boolean"
797 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
798 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR is False); option \fB\-sw\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll
799 with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option \fB+sw\fR.
800 .IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
801 .IX Item "scrollTtyKeypress: boolean"
802 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
803 are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
804 are not passed onto the shell; option \fB\-sk\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to
805 bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option \fB+sk\fR.
806 .IP "\fBsaveLines:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
807 .IX Item "saveLines: number"
808 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
809 resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option \fB\-sl\fR.
810 .IP "\fBinternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
811 .IX Item "internalBorder: number"
812 Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
813 option \fB\-b\fR.
814 .IP "\fBexternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
815 .IX Item "externalBorder: number"
816 External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
817 option \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-bw\fR, \fB\-borderwidth\fR.
818 .IP "\fBborderLess:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
819 .IX Item "borderLess: boolean"
820 Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
821 \&\s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option \fB\-bl\fR.
822 .IP "\fBtermName:\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
823 .IX Item "termName: termname"
824 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the \fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment
825 variable; option \fB\-tn\fR.
826 .IP "\fBlinespace:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
827 .IX Item "linespace: number"
828 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
829 the display [default 0]; option \fB\-lsp\fR.
830 .IP "\fBmeta8:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
831 .IX Item "meta8: boolean"
832 \&\fBTrue\fR: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. \fBFalse\fR:
833 handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
834 .IP "\fBmouseWheelScrollPage:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
835 .IX Item "mouseWheelScrollPage: boolean"
836 \&\fBTrue\fR: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. \fBFalse\fR: the mouse wheel
837 scrolls five lines [default].
838 .IP "\fBpastableTabs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
839 .IX Item "pastableTabs: boolean"
840 \&\fBTrue\fR: store tabs as wide characters. \fBFalse\fR: interpret tabs as cursor
841 movement only; option \f(CW\*(C`\-ptab\*(C'\fR.
842 .IP "\fBcursorBlink:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
843 .IX Item "cursorBlink: boolean"
844 \&\fBTrue\fR: blink the cursor. \fBFalse\fR: do not blink the cursor [default];
845 option \fB\-bc\fR.
846 .IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
847 .IX Item "pointerBlank: boolean"
848 \&\fBTrue\fR: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
849 of seconds of inactivity. \fBFalse\fR: the pointer is always visible
850 [default].
851 .IP "\fBpointerColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
852 .IX Item "pointerColor: colour"
853 Mouse pointer foreground colour.
854 .IP "\fBpointerColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
855 .IX Item "pointerColor2: colour"
856 Mouse pointer background colour.
857 .IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
858 .IX Item "pointerBlankDelay: number"
859 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
860 large number (e.g. \f(CW987654321\fR) to effectively disable the timeout.
861 .IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
862 .IX Item "backspacekey: string"
863 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to \fB\s-1DEC\s0\fR
864 or unset it will send \fBDelete\fR (code 127) or, if shifted, \fBBackspace\fR
865 (code 8) \- which can be reversed with the appropriate \s-1DEC\s0 private mode
866 escape sequence.
867 .IP "\fBdeletekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
868 .IX Item "deletekey: string"
869 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
870 pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
871 with the \fBExecute\fR key.
872 .IP "\fBcutchars:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
873 .IX Item "cutchars: string"
874 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The
875 built-in default:
876 .Sp
877 \&\fB\s-1BACKSLASH\s0 `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}\fR
878 .IP "\fBpreeditType:\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
879 .IX Item "preeditType: style"
880 \&\fBOverTheSpot\fR, \fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; option \fB\-pt\fR.
881 .IP "\fBinputMethod:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
882 .IX Item "inputMethod: name"
883 \&\fIname\fR of inputMethod to use; option \fB\-im\fR.
884 .IP "\fBimLocale:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
885 .IX Item "imLocale: name"
886 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
887 \&\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
888 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
889 another locale. option \fB\-imlocale\fR.
890 .IP "\fBimFont:\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
891 .IX Item "imFont: fontset"
892 Specify the font-set used for \s-1XIM\s0 styles \f(CW\*(C`OverTheSpot\*(C'\fR or
893 \&\f(CW\*(C`OffTheSpot\*(C'\fR. It must be a standard X font set (\s-1XLFD\s0 patterns separated
894 by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
895 in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
896 found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
897 option \fB\-imfont\fR.
898 .IP "\fBtripleclickwords:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
899 .IX Item "tripleclickwords: boolean"
900 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
901 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
902 the end of the logical line only. option \fB\-tcw\fR.
903 .IP "\fBinsecure:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
904 .IX Item "insecure: boolean"
905 Enables \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
906 echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
907 abused if somebody gets 8\-bit\-clean access to your display, whether
908 throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though
909 \&\fIwrite\fR\|(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note
910 that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences
911 enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean
912 resource or specifying \fB\-insecure\fR as an option. At the moment, this
913 enabled display\-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title
914 requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch.
915 .IP "\fBmodifier:\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
916 .IX Item "modifier: modifier"
917 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: \fBalt\fR, \fBmeta\fR,
918 \&\fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR, \fBmod5\fR; option
919 \&\fB\-mod\fR.
920 .IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
921 .IX Item "answerbackString: string"
922 Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an \s-1ENQ\s0 (control\-E)
923 character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
924 in the entry on \fBkeysym\fR following.
925 .IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fR \fIbool\fR" 4
926 .IX Item "secondaryScreen: bool"
927 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
928 .IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fR \fIbool\fR" 4
929 .IX Item "secondaryScroll: bool"
930 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this
931 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
932 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
933 instead scroll the screen up.
934 .IP "\fBkeysym.\fR\fIsym\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
935 .IX Item "keysym.sym: string"
936 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Associate \fIstring\fR with keysym \fIsym\fR. The
937 intervening resource name \fBkeysym.\fR cannot be omitted.
938 .Sp
939 The format of \fIsym\fR is "\fI(modifiers\-)key\fR", where \fImodifiers\fR can be
940 any combination of \fBISOLevel3\fR, \fBAppKeypad\fR, \fBControl\fR, \fBNumLock\fR,
941 \&\fBShift\fR, \fBMeta\fR, \fBLock\fR, \fBMod1\fR, \fBMod2\fR, \fBMod3\fR, \fBMod4\fR, \fBMod5\fR,
942 and the abbreviated \fBI\fR, \fBK\fR, \fBC\fR, \fBN\fR, \fBS\fR, \fBM\fR, \fBA\fR, \fBL\fR, \fB1\fR,
943 \&\fB2\fR, \fB3\fR, \fB4\fR, \fB5\fR.
944 .Sp
945 The \fBNumLock\fR, \fBMeta\fR and \fBISOLevel3\fR modifiers are usually aliased to
946 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or \s-1ISO\s0 Level3 Shift/AltGr
947 keys are being mapped. \fBAppKeypad\fR is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
948 current application keymap mode state.
949 .Sp
950 The spellings of \fIkey\fR can be obtained by using \fBxev\fR(1) command or
951 searching keysym macros from \fB/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h\fR and
952 omitting the prefix \fB\s-1XK_\s0\fR. Alternatively you can specify \fIkey\fR by its hex
953 keysym value (\fB0x0000 \- 0xFFFF\fR). Note that the lookup of \fIsym\fRs is not
954 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
955 .Sp
956 \&\fIstring\fR may contain escape values (\f(CW\*(C`\ea\*(C'\fR: bell, \f(CW\*(C`\eb\*(C'\fR: backspace,
957 \&\f(CW\*(C`\ee\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`\eE\*(C'\fR: escape, \f(CW\*(C`\en\*(C'\fR: newline, \f(CW\*(C`\er\*(C'\fR: carriage return, \f(CW\*(C`\et\*(C'\fR: tab,
958 \&\f(CW\*(C`\e000\*(C'\fR: octal number) or verbatim control characters (\f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR: delete,
959 \&\f(CW\*(C`^@\*(C'\fR: null, \f(CW\*(C`^A\*(C'\fR ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
960 can start or end with whitespace.
961 .Sp
962 Please note that you need to double the \f(CW\*(C`\e\*(C'\fR when using
963 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-xgetdefault\*(C'\fR, as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you can
964 use \f(CW\*(C`\e033\*(C'\fR instead of \f(CW\*(C`\ee\*(C'\fR (and so on), which will work with both Xt and
965 @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own processing).
966 .Sp
967 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a \fIstring\fR
968 with pattern \fBlist/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX\fR, where the delimeter `/'
969 should be a character not used by the strings.
970 .Sp
971 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
972 .Sp
973 .Vb 1
974 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\e033<M-C-|abc|>
975 .Ve
976 .Sp
977 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
978 .Sp
979 .Vb 3
980 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \e033<M-C-a>
981 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \e033<M-C-b>
982 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \e033<M-C-c>
983 .Ve
984 .Sp
985 If \fIstring\fR takes the form of \f(CW\*(C`command:STRING\*(C'\fR, the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
986 is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
987 example the following means "change the current locale to \f(CW\*(C`zh_CN.GBK\*(C'\fR
988 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
989 .Sp
990 .Vb 1
991 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
992 .Ve
993 .Sp
994 Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
995 will match if at \fIat least\fR the specified identifiers are being set, and
996 no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
997 means that defining a key map for \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR will automatically provide
998 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
999 mappings themselves.
1000 .Sp
1001 Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1002 if you overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1003 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke \*(L"holes\*(R" into the
1004 user-defined keymap using the \f(CW\*(C`builtin:\*(C'\fR replacement:
1005 .Sp
1006 .Vb 2
1007 \& URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1008 \& URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1009 .Ve
1010 .Sp
1011 The first line defines a mapping for \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR and \fIany\fR combination
1012 of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1013 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR.
1014 .Sp
1015 The following example will map Control\-Meta\-1 and Control\-Meta\-2 to
1016 the fonts \f(CW\*(C`suxuseuro\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR, so you can have some limited
1017 font-switching at runtime:
1018 .Sp
1019 .Vb 2
1020 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]50;suxuseuro\e007
1021 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]50;9x15bold\e007
1022 .Ve
1023 .Sp
1024 Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1025 info):
1026 .Sp
1027 .Vb 2
1028 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\e033[8;25;80t
1029 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\e033[8;48;110t
1030 .Ve
1031 .SH "THE SCROLLBAR"
1032 .IX Header "THE SCROLLBAR"
1033 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window
1034 (resource: \fBsaveLines\fR) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar
1035 or by keystrokes. The normal \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR scrollbar has arrows and
1036 its behaviour is fairly intuitive. The \fBxterm-scrollbar\fR is without
1037 arrows and its behaviour mimics that of \fIxterm\fR
1038 .PP
1039 Scroll down with \fBButton1\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Next\fR.
1040 Scroll up with \fBButton3\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Prior\fR.
1041 Continuous scroll with \fBButton2\fR.
1042 .SH "MOUSE REPORTING"
1043 .IX Header "MOUSE REPORTING"
1044 To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
1045 the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
1046 (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
1047 .PP
1048 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
1049 disabled \*(-- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
1050 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 6 ~\fR
1051 (Next) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 5 ~\fR (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1052 up and down arrows sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ A\fR (Up) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ B\fR (Down),
1053 respectively.
1054 .SH "TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION"
1055 .IX Header "TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION"
1056 The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
1057 \&\fIxterm\fR(1).
1058 .IP "\fBSelection\fR:" 4
1059 .IX Item "Selection:"
1060 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1061 and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1062 to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1063 (which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1064 \&\fBtripleclickwords\fR.
1065 .Sp
1066 Starting a selection while pressing the \fBMeta\fR key (or \fBMeta+Ctrl\fR keys)
1067 (Compile: \fIfrills\fR) will create a rectangular selection instead of a normal
1068 one.
1069 .IP "\fBInsertion\fR:" 4
1070 .IX Item "Insertion:"
1071 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or \fBShift-Insert\fR) in
1072 an \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window causes the current text selection to be
1073 inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1074 .SH "CHANGING FONTS"
1075 .IX Header "CHANGING FONTS"
1076 Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
1077 supported in rxvt\-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
1078 .PP
1079 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and
1080 therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
1081 .PP
1082 .Vb 1
1083 \& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1084 .Ve
1085 .PP
1086 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
1087 .SH "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1088 .IX Header "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1089 \&\s-1ISO\s0 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1090 and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1091 first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1092 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1093 with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-iso14755\*(C'\fR.
1094 .IP "* 5.1: Basic method" 4
1095 .IX Item "5.1: Basic method"
1096 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1097 .Sp
1098 Start by pressing and holding both \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR, then enter
1099 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR will
1100 commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1101 \&\f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1102 \&\f(CW\*(C`Space\*(C'\fR, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1103 one.
1104 .Sp
1105 As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e\-mail
1106 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e\-mail
1107 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`671d 65e5\*(C'\fR. You can enter this easily
1108 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,
1109 followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1110 .IP "* 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method" 4
1111 .IX Item "5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method"
1112 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1113 your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1114 .Sp
1115 Start by pressing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then releasing
1116 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1117 invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1118 keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1119 released, otherwise pressing e.g. \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR would enter the symbol for
1120 \&\f(CW\*(C`ISO Level 2 Switch\*(C'\fR, although your intention might have been to enter a
1121 reverse tab (Shift\-Tab).
1122 .IP "* 5.3: Screen-selection entry method" 4
1123 .IX Item "5.3: Screen-selection entry method"
1124 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1125 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1126 .IP "* 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input" 4
1127 .IX Item "5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input"
1128 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1129 characters already displayed.
1130 .Sp
1131 You enter this mode by holding down \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then
1132 pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1133 hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1134 pointer is displayed until you release \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR.
1135 .Sp
1136 In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1137 character \- due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1138 combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1139 always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1140 .PP
1141 With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1142 both scenario A and B of \s-1ISO\s0 14755, including part 5.2.
1143 .SH "LOGIN STAMP"
1144 .IX Header "LOGIN STAMP"
1145 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fR(5) file so that
1146 it can be seen via the \fI\fIwho\fI\|(1)\fR command, and can accept messages. To
1147 allow this feature, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR may need to be installed setuid root
1148 on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1149 .SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1150 .IX Header "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1151 In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1152 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR can display up to 16 colours (8 \s-1ANSI\s0 colours plus
1153 high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
1154 colours with their \fBrgb.txt\fR names.
1155 .TS
1156 l l l .
1157 color0 (black) = Black
1158 color1 (red) = Red3
1159 color2 (green) = Green3
1160 color3 (yellow) = Yellow3
1161 color4 (blue) = Blue3
1162 color5 (magenta) = Magenta3
1163 color6 (cyan) = Cyan3
1164 color7 (white) = AntiqueWhite
1165 color8 (bright black) = Grey25
1166 color9 (bright red) = Red
1167 color10 (bright green) = Green
1168 color11 (bright yellow) = Yellow
1169 color12 (bright blue) = Blue
1170 color13 (bright magenta) = Magenta
1171 color14 (bright cyan) = Cyan
1172 color15 (bright white) = White
1173 foreground = Black
1174 background = White
1175 .TE
1176
1177 .PP
1178 It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fR,
1179 \&\fBbackground\fR, \fBcursorColor\fR, \fBcursorColor2\fR, \fBcolorBD\fR, \fBcolorUL\fR as
1180 a number 0\-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1181 color0\-color15.
1182 .PP
1183 Note that \fB\-rv\fR (\fB\*(L"reverseVideo: True\*(R"\fR) simulates reverse video by
1184 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1185 \&\fIxterm\fR(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1186 been specified. For example,
1187 .IP "\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fg Black \-bg White \-rv\fR" 4
1188 .IX Item "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv"
1189 would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fR(1) it would yield Black
1190 on White.
1191 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
1192 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
1193 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1194 .IP "\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR" 4
1195 .IX Item "TERM"
1196 Normally set to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1197 resources or on the commandline.
1198 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORTERM\s0\fR" 4
1199 .IX Item "COLORTERM"
1200 Either \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-xpm\*(C'\fR, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1201 compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support, and optionally with the added extension
1202 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-mono\*(C'\fR to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1203 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORFGBG\s0\fR" 4
1204 .IX Item "COLORFGBG"
1205 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
1206 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1207 \&\f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1208 used), \f(CW\*(C`bg\*(C'\fR is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1209 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@@
1210 was compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support. Libraries like \f(CW\*(C`ncurses\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`slang\*(C'\fR can
1211 (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1212 .IP "\fB\s-1WINDOWID\s0\fR" 4
1213 .IX Item "WINDOWID"
1214 Set to the (decimal) X Window \s-1ID\s0 of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1215 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1216 window and so on).
1217 .IP "\fB\s-1TERMINFO\s0\fR" 4
1218 .IX Item "TERMINFO"
1219 Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1220 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH\*(C'\fR.
1221 .IP "\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR" 4
1222 .IX Item "DISPLAY"
1223 Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1224 display in it's child processes.
1225 .IP "\fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR" 4
1226 .IX Item "SHELL"
1227 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to \f(CW\*(C`/bin/sh\*(C'\fR.
1228 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVTPATH\s0\fR" 4
1229 .IX Item "RXVTPATH"
1230 The path where @@RXVT_NAME@@ looks for support files such as menu and xpm
1231 files.
1232 .IP "\fB\s-1PATH\s0\fR" 4
1233 .IX Item "PATH"
1234 Used in the same way as \f(CW\*(C`RXVTPATH\*(C'\fR.
1235 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVT_SOCKET\s0\fR" 4
1236 .IX Item "RXVT_SOCKET"
1237 The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1238 @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1239 .Sp
1240 Default \fI$HOME/.rxvt\-unicode\-\fI<nodename\fI\fR.
1241 .IP "\fB\s-1HOME\s0\fR" 4
1242 .IX Item "HOME"
1243 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1244 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1245 \&\f(CW\*(C`.Xdefaults\*(C'\fR)
1246 .IP "\fB\s-1XAPPLRESDIR\s0\fR" 4
1247 .IX Item "XAPPLRESDIR"
1248 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1249 .IP "\fB\s-1XENVIRONMENT\s0\fR" 4
1250 .IX Item "XENVIRONMENT"
1251 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1252 @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1253 .SH "FILES"
1254 .IX Header "FILES"
1255 .IP "\fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt\fR" 4
1256 .IX Item "/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt"
1257 Color names.
1258 .SH "SEE ALSO"
1259 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
1260 @@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)
1261 .SH "BUGS"
1262 .IX Header "BUGS"
1263 Check the \s-1BUGS\s0 file for an up-to-date list.
1264 .PP
1265 Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1266 .PP
1267 Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1268 .SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1269 .IX Header "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1270 .IP "Project Coordinator" 4
1271 .IX Item "Project Coordinator"
1272 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>
1273 .Sp
1274 <http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt\-unicode>
1275 .SH "AUTHORS"
1276 .IX Header "AUTHORS"
1277 .IP "John Bovey" 4
1278 .IX Item "John Bovey"
1279 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1280 .IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>" 4
1281 .IX Item "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>"
1282 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1283 .IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>" 4
1284 .IX Item "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>"
1285 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1286 .IP "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>" 4
1287 .IX Item "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>"
1288 Wrote the menu system.
1289 .Sp
1290 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1291 .IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu\-berlin.de>" 4
1292 .IX Item "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>"
1293 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1294 .IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>" 4
1295 .IX Item "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>"
1296 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1297 (changes.txt 2.4.6 \- rxvt\-unicode)
1298 .IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>" 4
1299 .IX Item "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>"
1300 Forked rxvt\-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1301 character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1302 compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1303 .Sp
1304 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 \-)