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131 .IX Title "rxvt 1"
132 .TH rxvt 1 "2006-01-29" "7.4" "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\-depth\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4
220 .IX Item "-depth bitdepth"
221 Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
222 resource \fBdepth\fR.
223 .IP "\fB\-geometry\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
224 .IX Item "-geometry geom"
225 Window geometry (\fB\-g\fR still respected); resource \fBgeometry\fR.
226 .IP "\fB\-rv\fR|\fB+rv\fR" 4
227 .IX Item "-rv|+rv"
228 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource \fBreverseVideo\fR.
229 .IP "\fB\-j\fR|\fB+j\fR" 4
230 .IX Item "-j|+j"
231 Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource \fBjumpScroll\fR.
232 .IP "\fB\-ip\fR|\fB+ip\fR | \fB\-tr\fR|\fB+tr\fR" 4
233 .IX Item "-ip|+ip | -tr|+tr"
234 Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
235 \&\fB\-tr\fR; resource \fBinheritPixmap\fR.
236 .Sp
237 \&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
238 the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!\fR
239 .IP "\fB\-fade\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
240 .IX Item "-fade number"
241 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
242 fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
243 colour; resource \fBfading\fR.
244 .IP "\fB\-fadecolor\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
245 .IX Item "-fadecolor colour"
246 Fade to this colour when fading is used (see \fB\-fade\fR). The default colour
247 is opaque black. resource \fBfadeColor\fR.
248 .IP "\fB\-tint\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
249 .IX Item "-tint colour"
250 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
251 transparency is enabled with \fB\-tr\fR or \fB\-ip\fR. This only works for
252 non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the \fB\-sh\fR option that can be
253 used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it; resource
254 \&\fItintColor\fR. Example:
255 .Sp
256 .Vb 1
257 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
258 .Ve
259 .IP "\fB\-sh\fR" 4
260 .IX Item "-sh"
261 \&\fInumber\fR Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent
262 background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. \fB\-tint\fR must be
263 specified, too, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`\-tint white\*(C'\fR).
264 .IP "\fB\-bg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
265 .IX Item "-bg colour"
266 Window background colour; resource \fBbackground\fR.
267 .IP "\fB\-fg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
268 .IX Item "-fg colour"
269 Window foreground colour; resource \fBforeground\fR.
270 .IP "\fB\-pixmap\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
271 .IX Item "-pixmap file[;geom]"
272 Compile \fI\s-1XPM\s0\fR: Specify \s-1XPM\s0 file for the background and also optionally
273 specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
274 add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR in the
275 command\-line; resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fR.
276 .IP "\fB\-cr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
277 .IX Item "-cr colour"
278 The cursor colour; resource \fBcursorColor\fR.
279 .IP "\fB\-pr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
280 .IX Item "-pr colour"
281 The mouse pointer foreground colour; resource \fBpointerColor\fR.
282 .IP "\fB\-pr2\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
283 .IX Item "-pr2 colour"
284 The mouse pointer background colour; resource \fBpointerColor2\fR.
285 .IP "\fB\-bd\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
286 .IX Item "-bd colour"
287 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
288 resource \fBborderColor\fR.
289 .IP "\fB\-fn\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
290 .IX Item "-fn fontlist"
291 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
292 that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
293 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
294 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
295 font list is always appended to it. See resource \fBfont\fR for more details.
296 .Sp
297 In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it
298 with \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR. To specify an XFT\-font, you need to prefix it with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR,
299 e.g.:
300 .Sp
301 .Vb 2
302 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
303 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
304 .Ve
305 .Sp
306 See also the question \*(L"How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\*(R" in the \s-1FAQ\s0
307 section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
308 .IP "\fB\-fb\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
309 .IX Item "-fb fontlist"
310 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold font list to use when \fBbold\fR characters
311 are to be printed. See resource \fBboldFont\fR for details.
312 .IP "\fB\-fi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
313 .IX Item "-fi fontlist"
314 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The italic font list to use when \fIitalic\fR
315 characters are to be printed. See resource \fBitalicFont\fR for details.
316 .IP "\fB\-fbi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
317 .IX Item "-fbi fontlist"
318 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold italic font list to use when \fB\f(BIbold
319 italic\fB\fR characters are to be printed. See resource \fBboldItalicFont\fR
320 for details.
321 .IP "\fB\-is\fR|\fB+is\fR" 4
322 .IX Item "-is|+is"
323 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity
324 foreground/background (default). See resource \fBintensityStyles\fR for
325 details.
326 .IP "\fB\-name\fR \fIname\fR" 4
327 .IX Item "-name name"
328 Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
329 rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
330 `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
331 .IP "\fB\-ls\fR|\fB+ls\fR" 4
332 .IX Item "-ls|+ls"
333 Start as a login\-shell/sub\-shell; resource \fBloginShell\fR.
334 .IP "\fB\-ut\fR|\fB+ut\fR" 4
335 .IX Item "-ut|+ut"
336 Compile \fIutmp\fR: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
337 \&\fButmpInhibit\fR.
338 .IP "\fB\-vb\fR|\fB+vb\fR" 4
339 .IX Item "-vb|+vb"
340 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
341 \&\fBvisualBell\fR.
342 .IP "\fB\-sb\fR|\fB+sb\fR" 4
343 .IX Item "-sb|+sb"
344 Turn on/off scrollbar; resource \fBscrollBar\fR.
345 .IP "\fB\-si\fR|\fB+si\fR" 4
346 .IX Item "-si|+si"
347 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on \s-1TTY\s0 output inhibit; resource
348 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR has opposite effect.
349 .IP "\fB\-sk\fR|\fB+sk\fR" 4
350 .IX Item "-sk|+sk"
351 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource
352 \&\fBscrollTtyKeypress\fR.
353 .IP "\fB\-sw\fR|\fB+sw\fR" 4
354 .IX Item "-sw|+sw"
355 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
356 This only takes effect if \fB\-si\fR is also given; resource
357 \&\fBscrollWithBuffer\fR.
358 .IP "\fB\-sr\fR|\fB+sr\fR" 4
359 .IX Item "-sr|+sr"
360 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource \fBscrollBar_right\fR.
361 .IP "\fB\-st\fR|\fB+st\fR" 4
362 .IX Item "-st|+st"
363 Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
364 resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fR.
365 .IP "\fB\-ptab\fR|\fB+ptab\fR" 4
366 .IX Item "-ptab|+ptab"
367 If enabled (default), \*(L"Horizontal Tab\*(R" characters are being stored as
368 actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
369 select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
370 not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
371 on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource \fBpastableTabs\fR.
372 .IP "\fB\-bc\fR|\fB+bc\fR" 4
373 .IX Item "-bc|+bc"
374 Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fR.
375 .IP "\fB\-iconic\fR" 4
376 .IX Item "-iconic"
377 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
378 Alternative form is \fB\-ic\fR.
379 .IP "\fB\-sl\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
380 .IX Item "-sl number"
381 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for
382 limits; resource \fBsaveLines\fR.
383 .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
384 .IX Item "-b number"
385 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. See resource
386 entry for limits; resource \fBinternalBorder\fR.
387 .IP "\fB\-w\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
388 .IX Item "-w number"
389 Compile \fIfrills\fR: External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. Also, \fB\-bw\fR
390 and \fB\-borderwidth\fR. See resource entry for limits; resource
391 \&\fBexternalBorder\fR.
392 .IP "\fB\-bl\fR" 4
393 .IX Item "-bl"
394 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
395 if honoured by the \s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
396 decorations; resource \fBborderLess\fR.
397 .IP "\fB\-override\-redirect\fR" 4
398 .IX Item "-override-redirect"
399 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
400 \&\fBoverride-redirect\fR.
401 .IP "\fB\-sbg\fR" 4
402 .IX Item "-sbg"
403 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
404 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
405 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
406 resource \fBskipBuiltinGlyphs\fR.
407 .IP "\fB\-lsp\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
408 .IX Item "-lsp number"
409 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
410 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
411 \&\fBlinespace\fR.
412 .IP "\fB\-tn\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
413 .IX Item "-tn termname"
414 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
415 \&\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
416 \&\fI\fItermcap\fI\|(5)\fR database and should have \fIli#\fR and \fIco#\fR entries;
417 resource \fBtermName\fR.
418 .IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIcommand [arguments]\fR" 4
419 .IX Item "-e command [arguments]"
420 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
421 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of
422 the program being executed if neither \fI\-title\fR (\fI\-T\fR) nor \fI\-n\fR are
423 given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
424 on the command\-line. If there is no \fB\-e\fR option then the default is to
425 run the program specified by the \fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR environment variable or,
426 failing that, \fI\fIsh\fI\|(1)\fR.
427 .Sp
428 Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
429 run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
430 .Sp
431 .Vb 1
432 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
433 .Ve
434 .IP "\fB\-title\fR \fItext\fR" 4
435 .IX Item "-title text"
436 Window title (\fB\-T\fR still respected); the default title is the basename
437 of the program specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the
438 application name; resource \fBtitle\fR.
439 .IP "\fB\-n\fR \fItext\fR" 4
440 .IX Item "-n text"
441 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
442 after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application name;
443 resource \fBiconName\fR.
444 .IP "\fB\-C\fR" 4
445 .IX Item "-C"
446 Capture system console messages.
447 .IP "\fB\-pt\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
448 .IX Item "-pt style"
449 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input style for input method; \fBOverTheSpot\fR,
450 \&\fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; resource \fBpreeditType\fR.
451 .IP "\fB\-im\fR \fItext\fR" 4
452 .IX Item "-im text"
453 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input method name. resource \fBinputMethod\fR.
454 .IP "\fB\-imlocale\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
455 .IX Item "-imlocale string"
456 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
457 \&\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
458 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
459 another locale. resource \fBimLocale\fR.
460 .IP "\fB\-imfont\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
461 .IX Item "-imfont fontset"
462 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource \fBimFont\fR
463 for more info.
464 .IP "\fB\-tcw\fR" 4
465 .IX Item "-tcw"
466 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
467 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
468 end of the logical line only. resource \fBtripleclickwords\fR.
469 .IP "\fB\-insecure\fR" 4
470 .IX Item "-insecure"
471 Enable \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
472 sequences that echo strings. See the resource \fBinsecure\fR for more
473 info.
474 .IP "\fB\-mod\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
475 .IX Item "-mod modifier"
476 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: \fBalt\fR,
477 \&\fBmeta\fR, \fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR,
478 \&\fBmod5\fR; resource \fImodifier\fR.
479 .IP "\fB\-ssc\fR|\fB+ssc\fR" 4
480 .IX Item "-ssc|+ssc"
481 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource
482 \&\fBsecondaryScreen\fR.
483 .IP "\fB\-ssr\fR|\fB+ssr\fR" 4
484 .IX Item "-ssr|+ssr"
485 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
486 \&\fBsecondaryScroll\fR.
487 .IP "\fB\-hold\fR|\fB+hold\fR" 4
488 .IX Item "-hold|+hold"
489 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
490 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
491 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
492 user; resource \fBhold\fR.
493 .IP "\fB\-keysym.\fR\fIsym\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
494 .IX Item "-keysym.sym string"
495 Remap a key symbol. See resource \fBkeysym\fR.
496 .IP "\fB\-embed\fR \fIwindowid\fR" 4
497 .IX Item "-embed windowid"
498 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
499 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
500 .Sp
501 Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
502 shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
503 quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
504 create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
505 .Sp
506 The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
507 .Sp
508 It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
509 descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
510 can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
511 terminal. This works regardless of wether the \f(CW\*(C`\-embed\*(C'\fR option was used or
512 not.
513 .Sp
514 Here is a short Gtk2\-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
515 used (a longer example is in \fIdoc/embed\fR):
516 .Sp
517 .Vb 5
518 \& my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
519 \& $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
520 \& my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
521 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
522 \& });
523 .Ve
524 .IP "\fB\-pty\-fd\fR \fIfile descriptor\fR" 4
525 .IX Item "-pty-fd file descriptor"
526 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ \s-1NOT\s0 to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
527 pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is
528 useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
529 without having to run a program within it.
530 .Sp
531 If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
532 entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions \- you have to do that
533 yourself if you want that.
534 .Sp
535 As an extremely special case, specifying \f(CW\*(C`\-1\*(C'\fR will completely suppress
536 pty/tty operations.
537 .Sp
538 Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
539 longer example is in \fIdoc/pty\-fd\fR):
540 .Sp
541 .Vb 2
542 \& use IO::Pty;
543 \& use Fcntl;
544 .Ve
545 .Sp
546 .Vb 4
547 \& my $pty = new IO::Pty;
548 \& fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
549 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
550 \& close $pty;
551 .Ve
552 .Sp
553 .Vb 3
554 \& # now communicate with rxvt
555 \& my $slave = $pty->slave;
556 \& while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\en" }
557 .Ve
558 .IP "\fB\-pe\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
559 .IX Item "-pe string"
560 Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
561 this terminal instance. See resource \fBperl-ext\fR for details.
562 .SH "RESOURCES (available also as long\-options)"
563 .IX Header "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)"
564 Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-help' gives a list of all resources (long
565 options) compiled into your version.
566 .PP
567 You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like \fBxrdb\fR. Many
568 distribution do also load settings from the \fB~/.Xresources\fR file when X
569 starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
570 with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
571 .PP
572 .Vb 5
573 \& 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
574 \& 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
575 \& 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
576 \& 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
577 \& 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
578 .Ve
579 .PP
580 Note that when reading X resources, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR recognizes two class
581 names: \fBRxvt\fR and \fBURxvt\fR. The class name \fBRxvt\fR allows resources
582 common to both \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR and the original \fIrxvt\fR to be easily
583 configured, while the class name \fBURxvt\fR allows resources unique to
584 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR, to be shared between different \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
585 configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
586 be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
587 settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
588 check the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
589 extensions not documented here):
590 .IP "\fBdepth:\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4
591 .IX Item "depth: bitdepth"
592 Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
593 option \fB\-depth\fR.
594 .IP "\fBgeometry:\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
595 .IX Item "geometry: geom"
596 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
597 option \fB\-geometry\fR.
598 .IP "\fBbackground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
599 .IX Item "background: colour"
600 Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
601 White]; option \fB\-bg\fR.
602 .IP "\fBforeground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
603 .IX Item "foreground: colour"
604 Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
605 Black]; option \fB\-fg\fR.
606 .IP "\fBcolor\fR\fIn\fR\fB:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
607 .IX Item "colorn: colour"
608 Use the specified colour for the colour value \fIn\fR, where 0\-7
609 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8\-15 corresponds to
610 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
611 colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
612 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
613 names used are listed in the \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
614 .Sp
615 Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
616 changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
617 .Sp
618 Colours 16\-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
619 88 colour support). Colours 80\-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
620 .IP "\fBcolorBD:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
621 .IX Item "colorBD: colour"
622 .PD 0
623 .IP "\fBcolorIT:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
624 .IX Item "colorIT: colour"
625 .PD
626 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
627 foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
628 (Compile \fIstyles\fR) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
629 .IP "\fBcolorUL:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
630 .IX Item "colorUL: colour"
631 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
632 foreground colour is the default.
633 .IP "\fBcolorRV:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
634 .IX Item "colorRV: colour"
635 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
636 characters.
637 .IP "\fBunderlineColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
638 .IX Item "underlineColor: colour"
639 If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
640 itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
641 .IP "\fBcursorColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
642 .IX Item "cursorColor: colour"
643 Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
644 foreground colour; option \fB\-cr\fR.
645 .IP "\fBcursorColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
646 .IX Item "cursorColor2: colour"
647 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this to
648 take effect, \fBcursorColor\fR must also be specified. The default is to
649 use the background colour.
650 .IP "\fBreverseVideo:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
651 .IX Item "reverseVideo: boolean"
652 \&\fBTrue\fR: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
653 option \fB\-rv\fR. \fBFalse\fR: regular screen colours [default]; option
654 \&\fB+rv\fR. See note in \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
655 .IP "\fBjumpScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
656 .IX Item "jumpScroll: boolean"
657 \&\fBTrue\fR: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling
658 quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option \fB\-j\fR.
659 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option \fB+j\fR.
660 .IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
661 .IX Item "inheritPixmap: boolean"
662 \&\fBTrue\fR: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
663 artificial transparency. \fBFalse\fR: do not inherit the parent windows'
664 pixmap.
665 .Sp
666 \&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
667 the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!\fR
668 .IP "\fBfading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
669 .IX Item "fading: number"
670 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option \fB\-fade\fR.
671 .IP "\fBfadeColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
672 .IX Item "fadeColor: colour"
673 Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see \fBfading:\fR). The default
674 colour is black; option \fB\-fadecolor\fR.
675 .IP "\fBtintColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
676 .IX Item "tintColor: colour"
677 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
678 \&\fB\-tint\fR.
679 .IP "\fBshading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
680 .IX Item "shading: number"
681 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent background
682 image in addition to tinting it.
683 .IP "\fBscrollColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
684 .IX Item "scrollColor: colour"
685 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
686 .IP "\fBtroughColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
687 .IX Item "troughColor: colour"
688 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
689 #969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
690 .IP "\fBborderColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
691 .IX Item "borderColor: colour"
692 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
693 and the text.
694 .IP "\fBbackgroundPixmap:\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
695 .IX Item "backgroundPixmap: file[;geom]"
696 Use the specified \s-1XPM\s0 file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
697 the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
698 string \fBWxH+X+Y\fR, in which \fB\*(L"W\*(R" / \*(L"H\*(R"\fR specify the
699 horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and \fB\*(L"X\*(R" / \*(L"Y\*(R"\fR locate the image
700 centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
701 of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
702 specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
703 be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
704 scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
705 .IP "\fBpath:\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
706 .IX Item "path: path"
707 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding \s-1XPM\s0 files.
708 .IP "\fBfont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
709 .IX Item "font: fontlist"
710 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
711 that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
712 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
713 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
714 font list is always appended to it; option \fB\-fn\fR.
715 .Sp
716 Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (\s-1XLFD\s0) name, with
717 optional prefix \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR or a Xft font (Compile \fIxft\fR), prefixed with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR.
718 .Sp
719 In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
720 specifications enclosed in square brackets (\f(CW\*(C`[]\*(C'\fR). The only available
721 hint currently is \f(CW\*(C`codeset=codeset\-name\*(C'\fR, and this is only used for Xft
722 fonts.
723 .Sp
724 For example, this font resource
725 .Sp
726 .Vb 5
727 \& URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\e
728 \& -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\e
729 \& -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \e
730 \& [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \e
731 \& xft:Code2000:antialias=false
732 .Ve
733 .Sp
734 specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR (actually
735 the iso8859\-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
736 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
737 wide and 15 pixels high.
738 .Sp
739 The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
740 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non\-bold, but
741 the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
742 useful supplement.
743 .Sp
744 The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
745 are limited to the \fB\s-1JIS\s0 0208\fR codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
746 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
747 .Sp
748 The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
749 remaining unicode characters.
750 .IP "\fBboldFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
751 .IX Item "boldFont: fontlist"
752 .PD 0
753 .IP "\fBitalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
754 .IX Item "italicFont: fontlist"
755 .IP "\fBboldItalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
756 .IX Item "boldItalicFont: fontlist"
757 .PD
758 The font list to use for displaying \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR or \fB\f(BIbold
759 italic\fB\fR characters, respectively.
760 .Sp
761 If specified and non\-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
762 \&\fBfont\fR\-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
763 it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
764 italic.
765 .Sp
766 If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
767 \&\*(L"morphing\*(R" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
768 not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
769 .Sp
770 If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
771 text font will being used for the given style.
772 .IP "\fBintensityStyles:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
773 .IX Item "intensityStyles: boolean"
774 When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (\fBTrue\fR,
775 option \fB\-is\fR, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high
776 intensity foreground/backround colours. Disabling this option (\fBFalse\fR,
777 option \fB+is\fR) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
778 reachable.
779 .IP "\fBselectstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
780 .IX Item "selectstyle: mode"
781 Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fR which is 2.20, \fBoldword\fR which is
782 xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
783 xterm style selection.
784 .IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
785 .IX Item "scrollstyle: mode"
786 Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fR, \fBplain\fR, \fBnext\fR or \fBxterm\fR. \fBplain\fR is
787 the author's favourite.
788 .IP "\fBtitle:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
789 .IX Item "title: string"
790 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
791 specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application
792 name; option \fB\-title\fR.
793 .IP "\fBiconName:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
794 .IX Item "iconName: string"
795 Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon
796 manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is explicitly
797 set; option \fB\-n\fR.
798 .IP "\fBmapAlert:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
799 .IX Item "mapAlert: boolean"
800 \&\fBTrue\fR: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. \fBFalse\fR: no
801 de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
802 .IP "\fBvisualBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
803 .IX Item "visualBell: boolean"
804 \&\fBTrue\fR: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option \fB\-vb\fR.
805 \&\fBFalse\fR: no visual bell [default]; option \fB+vb\fR.
806 .IP "\fBloginShell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
807 .IX Item "loginShell: boolean"
808 \&\fBTrue\fR: start as a login shell by prepending a `\-' to \fBargv[0]\fR of
809 the shell; option \fB\-ls\fR. \fBFalse\fR: start as a normal sub-shell
810 [default]; option \fB+ls\fR.
811 .IP "\fButmpInhibit:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
812 .IX Item "utmpInhibit: boolean"
813 \&\fBTrue\fR: inhibit writing record into the system log file \fButmp\fR;
814 option \fB\-ut\fR. \fBFalse\fR: write record into the system log file \fButmp\fR
815 [default]; option \fB+ut\fR.
816 .IP "\fBprint\-pipe:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
817 .IX Item "print-pipe: string"
818 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default \fI\fIlpr\fI\|(1)\fR]. Use
819 \&\fBPrint\fR to initiate a screen dump to the printer and \fBCtrl-Print\fR or
820 \&\fBShift-Print\fR to include the scrollback as well.
821 .Sp
822 The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as\-is.
823 .Sp
824 Example:
825 .Sp
826 .Vb 1
827 \& URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
828 .Ve
829 .Sp
830 This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
831 everytime you hit \f(CW\*(C`Print\*(C'\fR.
832 .IP "\fBscrollBar:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
833 .IX Item "scrollBar: boolean"
834 \&\fBTrue\fR: enable the scrollbar [default]; option \fB\-sb\fR. \fBFalse\fR:
835 disable the scrollbar; option \fB+sb\fR.
836 .IP "\fBscrollBar_right:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
837 .IX Item "scrollBar_right: boolean"
838 \&\fBTrue\fR: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option \fB\-sr\fR.
839 \&\fBFalse\fR: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option \fB+sr\fR.
840 .IP "\fBscrollBar_floating:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
841 .IX Item "scrollBar_floating: boolean"
842 \&\fBTrue\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option \fB\-st\fR.
843 \&\fBFalse\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option \fB+st\fR.
844 .IP "\fBscrollBar_align:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
845 .IX Item "scrollBar_align: mode"
846 Align the \fBtop\fR, \fBbottom\fR or \fBcentre\fR [default] of the scrollbar
847 thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
848 .IP "\fBscrollTtyOutput:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
849 .IX Item "scrollTtyOutput: boolean"
850 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option \fB\-si\fR.
851 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
852 \&\fB+si\fR.
853 .IP "\fBscrollWithBuffer:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
854 .IX Item "scrollWithBuffer: boolean"
855 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
856 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR is False); option \fB\-sw\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll
857 with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option \fB+sw\fR.
858 .IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
859 .IX Item "scrollTtyKeypress: boolean"
860 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
861 are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
862 are not passed onto the shell; option \fB\-sk\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to
863 bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option \fB+sk\fR.
864 .IP "\fBsaveLines:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
865 .IX Item "saveLines: number"
866 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
867 resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option \fB\-sl\fR.
868 .IP "\fBinternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
869 .IX Item "internalBorder: number"
870 Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
871 option \fB\-b\fR.
872 .IP "\fBexternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
873 .IX Item "externalBorder: number"
874 External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
875 option \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-bw\fR, \fB\-borderwidth\fR.
876 .IP "\fBborderLess:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
877 .IX Item "borderLess: boolean"
878 Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
879 \&\s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option \fB\-bl\fR.
880 .IP "\fBskipBuiltinGlyphs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
881 .IX Item "skipBuiltinGlyphs: boolean"
882 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
883 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
884 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
885 option \fB\-sbg\fR.
886 .IP "\fBtermName:\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
887 .IX Item "termName: termname"
888 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the \fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment
889 variable; option \fB\-tn\fR.
890 .IP "\fBlinespace:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
891 .IX Item "linespace: number"
892 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
893 the display [default 0]; option \fB\-lsp\fR.
894 .IP "\fBmeta8:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
895 .IX Item "meta8: boolean"
896 \&\fBTrue\fR: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. \fBFalse\fR:
897 handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
898 .IP "\fBmouseWheelScrollPage:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
899 .IX Item "mouseWheelScrollPage: boolean"
900 \&\fBTrue\fR: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. \fBFalse\fR: the mouse wheel
901 scrolls five lines [default].
902 .IP "\fBpastableTabs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
903 .IX Item "pastableTabs: boolean"
904 \&\fBTrue\fR: store tabs as wide characters. \fBFalse\fR: interpret tabs as cursor
905 movement only; option \f(CW\*(C`\-ptab\*(C'\fR.
906 .IP "\fBcursorBlink:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
907 .IX Item "cursorBlink: boolean"
908 \&\fBTrue\fR: blink the cursor. \fBFalse\fR: do not blink the cursor [default];
909 option \fB\-bc\fR.
910 .IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
911 .IX Item "pointerBlank: boolean"
912 \&\fBTrue\fR: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
913 of seconds of inactivity. \fBFalse\fR: the pointer is always visible
914 [default].
915 .IP "\fBpointerColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
916 .IX Item "pointerColor: colour"
917 Mouse pointer foreground colour.
918 .IP "\fBpointerColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
919 .IX Item "pointerColor2: colour"
920 Mouse pointer background colour.
921 .IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
922 .IX Item "pointerBlankDelay: number"
923 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
924 large number (e.g. \f(CW987654321\fR) to effectively disable the timeout.
925 .IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
926 .IX Item "backspacekey: string"
927 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to \fB\s-1DEC\s0\fR
928 or unset it will send \fBDelete\fR (code 127) or, if shifted, \fBBackspace\fR
929 (code 8) \- which can be reversed with the appropriate \s-1DEC\s0 private mode
930 escape sequence.
931 .IP "\fBdeletekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
932 .IX Item "deletekey: string"
933 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
934 pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
935 with the \fBExecute\fR key.
936 .IP "\fBcutchars:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
937 .IX Item "cutchars: string"
938 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
939 (whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
940 .Sp
941 When the selection extension is in use (the default if compiled in, see
942 the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these characters
943 will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex will be
944 created). In this mode, characters outside \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 can be used.
945 .Sp
946 When the selection extension is not used, only \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 characters can
947 be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
948 .Sp
949 \&\fB\s-1BACKSLASH\s0 `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}\fR
950 .IP "\fBpreeditType:\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
951 .IX Item "preeditType: style"
952 \&\fBOverTheSpot\fR, \fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; option \fB\-pt\fR.
953 .IP "\fBinputMethod:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
954 .IX Item "inputMethod: name"
955 \&\fIname\fR of inputMethod to use; option \fB\-im\fR.
956 .IP "\fBimLocale:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
957 .IX Item "imLocale: name"
958 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
959 \&\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
960 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
961 another locale; option \fB\-imlocale\fR.
962 .IP "\fBimFont:\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
963 .IX Item "imFont: fontset"
964 Specify the font-set used for \s-1XIM\s0 styles \f(CW\*(C`OverTheSpot\*(C'\fR or
965 \&\f(CW\*(C`OffTheSpot\*(C'\fR. It must be a standard X font set (\s-1XLFD\s0 patterns separated
966 by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
967 in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
968 found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
969 option \fB\-imfont\fR.
970 .IP "\fBtripleclickwords:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
971 .IX Item "tripleclickwords: boolean"
972 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
973 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
974 the end of the logical line only; option \fB\-tcw\fR.
975 .IP "\fBinsecure:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
976 .IX Item "insecure: boolean"
977 Enables \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
978 echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
979 abused if somebody gets 8\-bit\-clean access to your display, whether
980 through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
981 \&\fIwrite\fR\|(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
982 default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
983 sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
984 .Sp
985 You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
986 \&\fB\-insecure\fR as an option. At the moment, this enables display\-answer,
987 locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
988 .IP "\fBmodifier:\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
989 .IX Item "modifier: modifier"
990 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: \fBalt\fR, \fBmeta\fR,
991 \&\fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR, \fBmod5\fR; option
992 \&\fB\-mod\fR.
993 .IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
994 .IX Item "answerbackString: string"
995 Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an \s-1ENQ\s0 (control\-E)
996 character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
997 in the entry on \fBkeysym\fR following.
998 .IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
999 .IX Item "secondaryScreen: boolean"
1000 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
1001 .IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1002 .IX Item "secondaryScroll: boolean"
1003 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this
1004 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
1005 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
1006 instead scroll the screen up.
1007 .IP "\fBhold\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4
1008 .IX Item "hold: boolean"
1009 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1010 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1011 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1012 user.
1013 .IP "\fBkeysym.\fR\fIsym\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1014 .IX Item "keysym.sym: string"
1015 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Associate \fIstring\fR with keysym \fIsym\fR. The
1016 intervening resource name \fBkeysym.\fR cannot be omitted.
1017 .Sp
1018 The format of \fIsym\fR is "\fI(modifiers\-)key\fR", where \fImodifiers\fR can be
1019 any combination of \fBISOLevel3\fR, \fBAppKeypad\fR, \fBControl\fR, \fBNumLock\fR,
1020 \&\fBShift\fR, \fBMeta\fR, \fBLock\fR, \fBMod1\fR, \fBMod2\fR, \fBMod3\fR, \fBMod4\fR, \fBMod5\fR,
1021 and the abbreviated \fBI\fR, \fBK\fR, \fBC\fR, \fBN\fR, \fBS\fR, \fBM\fR, \fBA\fR, \fBL\fR, \fB1\fR,
1022 \&\fB2\fR, \fB3\fR, \fB4\fR, \fB5\fR.
1023 .Sp
1024 The \fBNumLock\fR, \fBMeta\fR and \fBISOLevel3\fR modifiers are usually aliased to
1025 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or \s-1ISO\s0 Level3 Shift/AltGr
1026 keys are being mapped. \fBAppKeypad\fR is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1027 current application keymap mode state.
1028 .Sp
1029 The spellings of \fIkey\fR can be obtained by using \fBxev\fR(1) command or
1030 searching keysym macros from \fB/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h\fR and
1031 omitting the prefix \fB\s-1XK_\s0\fR. Alternatively you can specify \fIkey\fR by its hex
1032 keysym value (\fB0x0000 \- 0xFFFF\fR). Note that the lookup of \fIsym\fRs is not
1033 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1034 .Sp
1035 \&\fIstring\fR may contain escape values (\f(CW\*(C`\ea\*(C'\fR: bell, \f(CW\*(C`\eb\*(C'\fR: backspace,
1036 \&\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,
1037 \&\f(CW\*(C`\e000\*(C'\fR: octal number) or verbatim control characters (\f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR: delete,
1038 \&\f(CW\*(C`^@\*(C'\fR: null, \f(CW\*(C`^A\*(C'\fR ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
1039 can start or end with whitespace.
1040 .Sp
1041 Please note that you need to double the \f(CW\*(C`\e\*(C'\fR in resource files, as
1042 Xlib itself does it's own de-escaping (you can use \f(CW\*(C`\e033\*(C'\fR instead of
1043 \&\f(CW\*(C`\ee\*(C'\fR (and so on), which will work with both Xt and @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own
1044 processing).
1045 .Sp
1046 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a \fIstring\fR
1047 with pattern \fBlist/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX\fR, where the delimeter `/'
1048 should be a character not used by the strings.
1049 .Sp
1050 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1051 .Sp
1052 .Vb 1
1053 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\e033<M-C-|abc|>
1054 .Ve
1055 .Sp
1056 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1057 .Sp
1058 .Vb 3
1059 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \e033<M-C-a>
1060 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \e033<M-C-b>
1061 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \e033<M-C-c>
1062 .Ve
1063 .Sp
1064 If \fIstring\fR takes the form of \f(CW\*(C`command:STRING\*(C'\fR, the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1065 is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1066 example the following means "change the current locale to \f(CW\*(C`zh_CN.GBK\*(C'\fR
1067 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1068 .Sp
1069 .Vb 1
1070 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
1071 .Ve
1072 .Sp
1073 If \fIstring\fR takes the form \f(CW\*(C`perl:STRING\*(C'\fR, then the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1074 is passed to the \f(CW\*(C`on_keyboard_command\*(C'\fR perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3)
1075 manpage. For example, the \fIselection\fR extension (activated via
1076 \&\f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-pe selection\*(C'\fR) listens for \f(CW\*(C`selection:rot13\*(C'\fR events:
1077 .Sp
1078 .Vb 1
1079 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1080 .Ve
1081 .Sp
1082 Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1083 will match if at \fIat least\fR the specified identifiers are being set, and
1084 no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1085 means that defining a key map for \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR will automatically provide
1086 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
1087 mappings themselves.
1088 .Sp
1089 Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1090 if you overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1091 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke \*(L"holes\*(R" into the
1092 user-defined keymap using the \f(CW\*(C`builtin:\*(C'\fR replacement:
1093 .Sp
1094 .Vb 2
1095 \& URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1096 \& URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1097 .Ve
1098 .Sp
1099 The first line defines a mapping for \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR and \fIany\fR combination
1100 of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1101 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR.
1102 .Sp
1103 The following example will map Control\-Meta\-1 and Control\-Meta\-2 to
1104 the fonts \f(CW\*(C`suxuseuro\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR, so you can have some limited
1105 font-switching at runtime:
1106 .Sp
1107 .Vb 2
1108 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]50;suxuseuro\e007
1109 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]50;9x15bold\e007
1110 .Ve
1111 .Sp
1112 Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1113 info):
1114 .Sp
1115 .Vb 2
1116 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\e033[8;25;80t
1117 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\e033[8;48;110t
1118 .Ve
1119 .IP "\fBperl-ext-common\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1120 .IX Item "perl-ext-common: string"
1121 .PD 0
1122 .IP "\fBperl-ext\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1123 .IX Item "perl-ext: string"
1124 .PD
1125 Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: \f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR) to
1126 use in this terminal instance; option \fB\-pe\fR.
1127 .Sp
1128 Extension names can be prefixed with a \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR sign to prohibit using
1129 them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1130 by default, or specified via the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource. For
1131 example, \f(CW\*(C`default,\-selection\*(C'\fR will use all the default extension except
1132 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\*(C'\fR.
1133 .Sp
1134 Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1135 (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`searchable\-scrollback<M\-s>\*(C'\fR, which binds the hotkey for
1136 searchable scorllback to Alt/Meta\-s). Mentioning the same extension
1137 multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1138 the extension.
1139 .Sp
1140 Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1141 necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1142 .Sp
1143 If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1144 interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1145 \&\fBperl-ext-common\fR will be used for extensions that should be available to
1146 all instances, while \fBperl-ext\fR is used for specific instances.
1147 .IP "\fBperl-eval\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1148 .IX Item "perl-eval: string"
1149 Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1150 the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
1151 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1152 .IP "\fBperl-lib\fR: \fIpath\fR" 4
1153 .IX Item "perl-lib: path"
1154 Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1155 scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the \f(CW\*(C`perl\*(C'\fR resource,
1156 @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
1157 \&\fI@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/\fR. Due to security reasons, this resource
1158 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1159 .Sp
1160 See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage.
1161 .IP "\fBselection.pattern\-\f(BIidx\fB\fR: \fIperl-regex\fR" 4
1162 .IX Item "selection.pattern-idx: perl-regex"
1163 Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for
1164 details.
1165 .IP "\fBselection\-autotransform.\f(BIidx\fB\fR: \fIperl-transform\fR" 4
1166 .IX Item "selection-autotransform.idx: perl-transform"
1167 Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage
1168 for details.
1169 .IP "\fBsearchable\-scrollback:\fR \fIkeysym\fR" 4
1170 .IX Item "searchable-scrollback: keysym"
1171 Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
1172 (default: \f(CW\*(C`M\-s\*(C'\fR).
1173 .IP "\fBurlLauncher\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1174 .IX Item "urlLauncher: string"
1175 Specifies the program to be started with a \s-1URL\s0 argument. Used by the
1176 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\-popup\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`mark\-urls\*(C'\fR perl extensions.
1177 .IP "\fBtransient-for\fR: \fIwindowid\fR" 4
1178 .IX Item "transient-for: windowid"
1179 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets the \s-1WM_TRANSIENT_FOR\s0 property to the given window id.
1180 .IP "\fBoverride-redirect\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4
1181 .IX Item "override-redirect: boolean"
1182 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1183 it almost invisible to window managers; option \fB\-override\-redirect\fR.
1184 .SH "THE SCROLLBAR"
1185 .IX Header "THE SCROLLBAR"
1186 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window
1187 (resource: \fBsaveLines\fR) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar
1188 or by keystrokes. The normal \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR scrollbar has arrows and
1189 its behaviour is fairly intuitive. The \fBxterm-scrollbar\fR is without
1190 arrows and its behaviour mimics that of \fIxterm\fR
1191 .PP
1192 Scroll down with \fBButton1\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Next\fR.
1193 Scroll up with \fBButton3\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Prior\fR.
1194 Continuous scroll with \fBButton2\fR.
1195 .SH "MOUSE REPORTING"
1196 .IX Header "MOUSE REPORTING"
1197 To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
1198 the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
1199 (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
1200 .PP
1201 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
1202 disabled \*(-- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
1203 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 6 ~\fR
1204 (Next) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 5 ~\fR (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1205 up and down arrows sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ A\fR (Up) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ B\fR (Down),
1206 respectively.
1207 .SH "TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION"
1208 .IX Header "TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION"
1209 The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
1210 \&\fIxterm\fR(1).
1211 .IP "\fBSelection\fR:" 4
1212 .IX Item "Selection:"
1213 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1214 and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1215 to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1216 (which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1217 \&\fBtripleclickwords\fR.
1218 .Sp
1219 Starting a selection while pressing the \fBMeta\fR key (or \fBMeta+Ctrl\fR keys)
1220 (Compile: \fIfrills\fR) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1221 normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1222 selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1223 the selection.
1224 .IP "\fBInsertion\fR:" 4
1225 .IX Item "Insertion:"
1226 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
1227 window causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection (or \s-1CLIPBOARD\s0 with the
1228 Meta modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1229 .Sp
1230 Pressing \fBShift-Insert\fR causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection to be
1231 inserted too.
1232 .SH "CHANGING FONTS"
1233 .IX Header "CHANGING FONTS"
1234 Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
1235 supported in rxvt\-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
1236 .PP
1237 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
1238 .PP
1239 .Vb 1
1240 \& printf '\ee]710;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1241 .Ve
1242 .PP
1243 You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1244 .PP
1245 .Vb 2
1246 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]710;suxuseuro\e007\e033]711;suxuseuro\e007
1247 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]710;9x15bold\e007\e033]711;9x15bold\e007
1248 .Ve
1249 .PP
1250 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
1251 .SH "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1252 .IX Header "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1253 \&\s-1ISO\s0 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1254 and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1255 first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1256 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1257 with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-iso14755\*(C'\fR.
1258 .IP "* 5.1: Basic method" 4
1259 .IX Item "5.1: Basic method"
1260 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1261 .Sp
1262 Start by pressing and holding both \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR, then enter
1263 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR will
1264 commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1265 \&\f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1266 \&\f(CW\*(C`Space\*(C'\fR, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1267 one.
1268 .Sp
1269 As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e\-mail
1270 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e\-mail
1271 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`671d 65e5\*(C'\fR. You can enter this easily
1272 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,
1273 followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1274 .IP "* 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method" 4
1275 .IX Item "5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method"
1276 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1277 your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1278 .Sp
1279 Start by pressing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then releasing
1280 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1281 invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1282 keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1283 released, otherwise pressing e.g. \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR would enter the symbol for
1284 \&\f(CW\*(C`ISO Level 2 Switch\*(C'\fR, although your intention might have been to enter a
1285 reverse tab (Shift\-Tab).
1286 .IP "* 5.3: Screen-selection entry method" 4
1287 .IX Item "5.3: Screen-selection entry method"
1288 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1289 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1290 .IP "* 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input" 4
1291 .IX Item "5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input"
1292 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1293 characters already displayed.
1294 .Sp
1295 You enter this mode by holding down \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then
1296 pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1297 hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1298 pointer is displayed until you release \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR.
1299 .Sp
1300 In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1301 character \- due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1302 combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1303 always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1304 .PP
1305 With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1306 both scenario A and B of \s-1ISO\s0 14755, including part 5.2.
1307 .SH "LOGIN STAMP"
1308 .IX Header "LOGIN STAMP"
1309 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fR(5) file so that
1310 it can be seen via the \fI\fIwho\fI\|(1)\fR command, and can accept messages. To
1311 allow this feature, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR may need to be installed setuid root
1312 on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1313 .SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1314 .IX Header "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1315 In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1316 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR can display up to 16 colours (8 \s-1ANSI\s0 colours plus
1317 high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
1318 colours with their names.
1319 .TS
1320 l l l .
1321 color0 (black) = Black
1322 color1 (red) = Red3
1323 color2 (green) = Green3
1324 color3 (yellow) = Yellow3
1325 color4 (blue) = Blue3
1326 color5 (magenta) = Magenta3
1327 color6 (cyan) = Cyan3
1328 color7 (white) = AntiqueWhite
1329 color8 (bright black) = Grey25
1330 color9 (bright red) = Red
1331 color10 (bright green) = Green
1332 color11 (bright yellow) = Yellow
1333 color12 (bright blue) = Blue
1334 color13 (bright magenta) = Magenta
1335 color14 (bright cyan) = Cyan
1336 color15 (bright white) = White
1337 foreground = Black
1338 background = White
1339 .TE
1340
1341 .PP
1342 It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fR,
1343 \&\fBbackground\fR, \fBcursorColor\fR, \fBcursorColor2\fR, \fBcolorBD\fR, \fBcolorUL\fR as
1344 a number 0\-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1345 color0\-color15.
1346 .PP
1347 If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1348 their act together, rxvt-unicode will support \f(CW\*(C`rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa\*(C'\fR
1349 (recommended, but \fB\s-1MUST\s0\fR have 4 digits/component), \f(CW\*(C`#ARGB\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`#AARRGGBB\*(C'\fR
1350 and \f(CW\*(C`#AAAARRRRGGGGBBBB\*(C'\fR colour specifications, in addition to the ones
1351 provided by X, where the additional A component specifies alpha (opacity)
1352 values (0 is completely transparent and the maximum is opaque). You
1353 probably need to specify \fB\*(L"\-depth 32\*(R"\fR, too, and have the luck that your
1354 X\-server uses \s-1ARGB\s0 pixel layout, as X is far from just supporting \s-1ARGB\s0
1355 visuals out of the box, and rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1356 .PP
1357 \&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
1358 the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!\fR
1359 .PP
1360 Note that \fB\-rv\fR (\fB\*(L"reverseVideo: True\*(R"\fR) simulates reverse video by
1361 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1362 \&\fIxterm\fR(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1363 been specified. For example,
1364 .IP "\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fg Black \-bg White \-rv\fR" 4
1365 .IX Item "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv"
1366 would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fR(1) it would yield Black
1367 on White.
1368 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
1369 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
1370 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1371 .IP "\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR" 4
1372 .IX Item "TERM"
1373 Normally set to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1374 resources or on the commandline.
1375 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORTERM\s0\fR" 4
1376 .IX Item "COLORTERM"
1377 Either \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-xpm\*(C'\fR, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1378 compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support, and optionally with the added extension
1379 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-mono\*(C'\fR to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1380 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORFGBG\s0\fR" 4
1381 .IX Item "COLORFGBG"
1382 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
1383 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1384 \&\f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1385 used), \f(CW\*(C`bg\*(C'\fR is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1386 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@@
1387 was compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support. Libraries like \f(CW\*(C`ncurses\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`slang\*(C'\fR can
1388 (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1389 .IP "\fB\s-1WINDOWID\s0\fR" 4
1390 .IX Item "WINDOWID"
1391 Set to the (decimal) X Window \s-1ID\s0 of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1392 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1393 window and so on).
1394 .IP "\fB\s-1TERMINFO\s0\fR" 4
1395 .IX Item "TERMINFO"
1396 Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1397 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH\*(C'\fR.
1398 .IP "\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR" 4
1399 .IX Item "DISPLAY"
1400 Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1401 display in it's child processes.
1402 .IP "\fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR" 4
1403 .IX Item "SHELL"
1404 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to \f(CW\*(C`/bin/sh\*(C'\fR.
1405 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVT_SOCKET\s0\fR" 4
1406 .IX Item "RXVT_SOCKET"
1407 The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1408 @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1409 .Sp
1410 Default \fI$HOME/.rxvt\-unicode\-\fI<nodename\fI\fR.
1411 .IP "\fB\s-1HOME\s0\fR" 4
1412 .IX Item "HOME"
1413 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1414 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1415 \&\f(CW\*(C`.Xdefaults\*(C'\fR)
1416 .IP "\fB\s-1XAPPLRESDIR\s0\fR" 4
1417 .IX Item "XAPPLRESDIR"
1418 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1419 .IP "\fB\s-1XENVIRONMENT\s0\fR" 4
1420 .IX Item "XENVIRONMENT"
1421 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1422 @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1423 .SH "FILES"
1424 .IX Header "FILES"
1425 .IP "\fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt\fR" 4
1426 .IX Item "/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt"
1427 Color names.
1428 .SH "SEE ALSO"
1429 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
1430 @@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)
1431 .SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1432 .IX Header "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1433 .IP "Project Coordinator" 4
1434 .IX Item "Project Coordinator"
1435 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>
1436 .Sp
1437 <http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt\-unicode>
1438 .SH "AUTHORS"
1439 .IX Header "AUTHORS"
1440 .IP "John Bovey" 4
1441 .IX Item "John Bovey"
1442 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1443 .IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>" 4
1444 .IX Item "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>"
1445 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1446 .IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>" 4
1447 .IX Item "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>"
1448 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1449 .IP "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>" 4
1450 .IX Item "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>"
1451 Wrote the menu system.
1452 .Sp
1453 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1454 .IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu\-berlin.de>" 4
1455 .IX Item "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>"
1456 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1457 .IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>" 4
1458 .IX Item "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>"
1459 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1460 .Sp
1461 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 \- rxvt\-unicode)
1462 .IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>" 4
1463 .IX Item "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>"
1464 Forked rxvt\-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1465 extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1466 .Sp
1467 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 \-)
1468 .IP "Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it>" 4
1469 .IX Item "Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it>"
1470 Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.