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131 .IX Title "@@RXVT_NAME@@ 1"
132 .TH @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1 "2007-06-25" "8.2" "RXVT-UNICODE"
133 .SH "NAME"
134 rxvt\-unicode (ouR XVT, unicode) \- (a VT102 emulator for the X window system)
135 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
136 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
137 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR [options] [\-e command [ args ]]
138 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
139 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
140 \&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR, version \fB@@RXVT_VERSION@@\fR, is a colour vt102 terminal
141 emulator intended as an \fIxterm\fR(1) replacement for users who do not
142 require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
143 configurability. As a result, \fBrxvt-unicode\fR uses much less swap space \*(--
144 a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
145 .SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
146 .IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
147 See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try \f(CW\*(C`man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@\*(C'\fR) for a list of
148 frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
149 problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
150 <http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
151 .SH "RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT"
152 .IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT"
153 Unlike the original rxvt, \fBrxvt-unicode\fR stores all text in Unicode
154 internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
155 world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
156 especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
157 like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
158 like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
159 scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
160 fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
161 as hebrew: \fBrxvt-unicode\fR adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
162 belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things \*(--
163 such as cursor-movement while editing \*(-- break otherwise), but that might
164 change.
165 .PP
166 If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
167 me recommend \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
168 terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
169 because the author couldn't get \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR to use one font for latin1 and
170 another for japanese.
171 .PP
172 Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
173 display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
174 programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
175 to choose any font for any script freely.
176 .PP
177 Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
178 its predecessor, supports things such as \s-1XFT\s0 and \s-1ISO\s0 14755 that are handy
179 in i18n\-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original
180 rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
181 .PP
182 It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
183 and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
184 without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
185 a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
186 from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
187 drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
188 @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
189 .PP
190 It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
191 been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
192 reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
193 .SH "OPTIONS"
194 .IX Header "OPTIONS"
195 The \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR options (mostly a subset of \fIxterm\fR's) are listed
196 below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
197 eliminated or default values chosen at compile\-time, so options and
198 defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on
199 your system. `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-h' gives a list of major compile-time options on
200 the \fIOptions\fR line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which
201 compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR:' requires
202 \&\fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR on the \fIOptions\fR line. Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-help' gives a list of all
203 command-line options compiled into your version.
204 .PP
205 Note that \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR permits the resource name to be used as a
206 long-option (\-\-/++ option) so the potential command-line options are
207 far greater than those listed. For example: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-loginShell \-\-color1
208 Orange'.
209 .PP
210 The following options are available:
211 .IP "\fB\-help\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR" 4
212 .IX Item "-help, --help"
213 Print out a message describing available options.
214 .IP "\fB\-display\fR \fIdisplayname\fR" 4
215 .IX Item "-display displayname"
216 Attempt to open a window on the named X display (\fB\-d\fR still
217 respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
218 \&\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR environment variable is used.
219 .IP "\fB\-depth\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4
220 .IX Item "-depth bitdepth"
221 Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
222 resource \fBdepth\fR.
223 .IP "\fB\-geometry\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
224 .IX Item "-geometry geom"
225 Window geometry (\fB\-g\fR still respected); resource \fBgeometry\fR.
226 .IP "\fB\-rv\fR|\fB+rv\fR" 4
227 .IX Item "-rv|+rv"
228 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource \fBreverseVideo\fR.
229 .IP "\fB\-j\fR|\fB+j\fR" 4
230 .IX Item "-j|+j"
231 Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource \fBjumpScroll\fR.
232 .IP "\fB\-ss\fR|\fB+ss\fR" 4
233 .IX Item "-ss|+ss"
234 Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource \fBskipScroll\fR.
235 .IP "\fB\-ip\fR|\fB+ip\fR | \fB\-tr\fR|\fB+tr\fR" 4
236 .IX Item "-ip|+ip | -tr|+tr"
237 Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
238 \&\fB\-tr\fR; resource \fBinheritPixmap\fR.
239 .Sp
240 \&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
241 the author. Don't bug him with installation questions! Read the \s-1FAQ\s0 (man 7
242 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!\fR
243 .IP "\fB\-fade\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
244 .IX Item "-fade number"
245 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
246 fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
247 colour; resource \fBfading\fR.
248 .IP "\fB\-fadecolor\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
249 .IX Item "-fadecolor colour"
250 Fade to this colour when fading is used (see \fB\-fade\fR). The default colour
251 is opaque black. resource \fBfadeColor\fR.
252 .IP "\fB\-tint\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
253 .IX Item "-tint colour"
254 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
255 transparency is enabled with \fB\-tr\fR or \fB\-ip\fR. This only works for
256 non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the \fB\-sh\fR option that can be
257 used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it; resource
258 \&\fItintColor\fR. Example:
259 .Sp
260 .Vb 1
261 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
262 .Ve
263 .IP "\fB\-sh\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
264 .IX Item "-sh number"
265 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent
266 background image in addition to (or instead of) tinting it;
267 resource \fIshading\fR.
268 .IP "\fB\-blt\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
269 .IX Item "-blt string"
270 Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
271 at the same time as transparency \- such pixmap will be blended over
272 transparency image, using method specified. Supported values are :
273 \&\fBadd\fR, \fBalphablend\fR, \fBallanon\fR \- color values averaging, \fBcolorize\fR,
274 \&\fBdarken\fR, \fBdiff\fR, \fBdissipate\fR, \fBhue\fR, \fBlighten\fR, \fBoverlay\fR,
275 \&\fBsaturate\fR, \fBscreen\fR, \fBsub\fR, \fBtint\fR, \fBvalue\fR. The default is
276 alpha\-blending; resource \fIblendType\fR.
277 .IP "\fB\-blr\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
278 .IX Item "-blr number"
279 Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radius to the transparent
280 background image; resource \fIblurRadius\fR.
281 .IP "\fB\-bg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
282 .IX Item "-bg colour"
283 Window background colour; resource \fBbackground\fR.
284 .IP "\fB\-fg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
285 .IX Item "-fg colour"
286 Window foreground colour; resource \fBforeground\fR.
287 .IP "\fB\-pixmap\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
288 .IX Item "-pixmap file[;geom]"
289 Compile \fIafterimage\fR: Specify image file for the background and also
290 optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
291 add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR in the
292 command\-line; for more details see resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fR.
293 .IP "\fB\-cr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
294 .IX Item "-cr colour"
295 The cursor colour; resource \fBcursorColor\fR.
296 .IP "\fB\-pr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
297 .IX Item "-pr colour"
298 The mouse pointer foreground colour; resource \fBpointerColor\fR.
299 .IP "\fB\-pr2\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
300 .IX Item "-pr2 colour"
301 The mouse pointer background colour; resource \fBpointerColor2\fR.
302 .IP "\fB\-bd\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
303 .IX Item "-bd colour"
304 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
305 resource \fBborderColor\fR.
306 .IP "\fB\-fn\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
307 .IX Item "-fn fontlist"
308 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
309 that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
310 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
311 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
312 font list is always appended to it. See resource \fBfont\fR for more details.
313 .Sp
314 In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
315 with \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR. To specify an XFT\-font, you need to prefix it with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR,
316 e.g.:
317 .Sp
318 .Vb 2
319 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
320 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
321 .Ve
322 .Sp
323 See also the question \*(L"How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\*(R" in the \s-1FAQ\s0
324 section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
325 .IP "\fB\-fb\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
326 .IX Item "-fb fontlist"
327 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold font list to use when \fBbold\fR characters
328 are to be printed. See resource \fBboldFont\fR for details.
329 .IP "\fB\-fi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
330 .IX Item "-fi fontlist"
331 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The italic font list to use when \fIitalic\fR
332 characters are to be printed. See resource \fBitalicFont\fR for details.
333 .IP "\fB\-fbi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
334 .IX Item "-fbi fontlist"
335 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold italic font list to use when \fB\f(BIbold
336 italic\fB\fR characters are to be printed. See resource \fBboldItalicFont\fR
337 for details.
338 .IP "\fB\-is\fR|\fB+is\fR" 4
339 .IX Item "-is|+is"
340 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity
341 foreground/background (default). See resource \fBintensityStyles\fR for
342 details.
343 .IP "\fB\-name\fR \fIname\fR" 4
344 .IX Item "-name name"
345 Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
346 rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
347 `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
348 .IP "\fB\-ls\fR|\fB+ls\fR" 4
349 .IX Item "-ls|+ls"
350 Start as a login\-shell/sub\-shell; resource \fBloginShell\fR.
351 .IP "\fB\-ut\fR|\fB+ut\fR" 4
352 .IX Item "-ut|+ut"
353 Compile \fIutmp\fR: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
354 \&\fButmpInhibit\fR.
355 .IP "\fB\-vb\fR|\fB+vb\fR" 4
356 .IX Item "-vb|+vb"
357 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
358 \&\fBvisualBell\fR.
359 .IP "\fB\-sb\fR|\fB+sb\fR" 4
360 .IX Item "-sb|+sb"
361 Turn on/off scrollbar; resource \fBscrollBar\fR.
362 .IP "\fB\-si\fR|\fB+si\fR" 4
363 .IX Item "-si|+si"
364 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on \s-1TTY\s0 output inhibit; resource
365 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR has opposite effect.
366 .IP "\fB\-sk\fR|\fB+sk\fR" 4
367 .IX Item "-sk|+sk"
368 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource
369 \&\fBscrollTtyKeypress\fR.
370 .IP "\fB\-sw\fR|\fB+sw\fR" 4
371 .IX Item "-sw|+sw"
372 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
373 This only takes effect if \fB\-si\fR is also given; resource
374 \&\fBscrollWithBuffer\fR.
375 .IP "\fB\-sr\fR|\fB+sr\fR" 4
376 .IX Item "-sr|+sr"
377 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource \fBscrollBar_right\fR.
378 .IP "\fB\-st\fR|\fB+st\fR" 4
379 .IX Item "-st|+st"
380 Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
381 resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fR.
382 .IP "\fB\-ptab\fR|\fB+ptab\fR" 4
383 .IX Item "-ptab|+ptab"
384 If enabled (default), \*(L"Horizontal Tab\*(R" characters are being stored as
385 actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
386 select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
387 not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
388 on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource \fBpastableTabs\fR.
389 .IP "\fB\-bc\fR|\fB+bc\fR" 4
390 .IX Item "-bc|+bc"
391 Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fR.
392 .IP "\fB\-iconic\fR" 4
393 .IX Item "-iconic"
394 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
395 Alternative form is \fB\-ic\fR.
396 .IP "\fB\-sl\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
397 .IX Item "-sl number"
398 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for
399 limits; resource \fBsaveLines\fR.
400 .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
401 .IX Item "-b number"
402 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. See resource
403 entry for limits; resource \fBinternalBorder\fR.
404 .IP "\fB\-w\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
405 .IX Item "-w number"
406 Compile \fIfrills\fR: External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. Also, \fB\-bw\fR
407 and \fB\-borderwidth\fR. See resource entry for limits; resource
408 \&\fBexternalBorder\fR.
409 .IP "\fB\-bl\fR" 4
410 .IX Item "-bl"
411 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
412 if honoured by the \s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
413 decorations; resource \fBborderLess\fR.
414 .IP "\fB\-override\-redirect\fR" 4
415 .IX Item "-override-redirect"
416 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
417 \&\fBoverride-redirect\fR.
418 .IP "\fB\-sbg\fR" 4
419 .IX Item "-sbg"
420 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
421 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
422 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
423 resource \fBskipBuiltinGlyphs\fR.
424 .IP "\fB\-lsp\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
425 .IX Item "-lsp number"
426 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
427 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
428 \&\fBlinespace\fR.
429 .IP "\fB\-tn\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
430 .IX Item "-tn termname"
431 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
432 \&\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
433 \&\fI\fItermcap\fI\|(5)\fR database and should have \fIli#\fR and \fIco#\fR entries;
434 resource \fBtermName\fR.
435 .IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIcommand [arguments]\fR" 4
436 .IX Item "-e command [arguments]"
437 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
438 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of
439 the program being executed if neither \fI\-title\fR (\fI\-T\fR) nor \fI\-n\fR are
440 given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
441 on the command\-line. If there is no \fB\-e\fR option then the default is to
442 run the program specified by the \fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR environment variable or,
443 failing that, \fI\fIsh\fI\|(1)\fR.
444 .Sp
445 Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
446 run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
447 .Sp
448 .Vb 1
449 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
450 .Ve
451 .IP "\fB\-title\fR \fItext\fR" 4
452 .IX Item "-title text"
453 Window title (\fB\-T\fR still respected); the default title is the basename
454 of the program specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the
455 application name; resource \fBtitle\fR.
456 .IP "\fB\-n\fR \fItext\fR" 4
457 .IX Item "-n text"
458 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
459 after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application name;
460 resource \fBiconName\fR.
461 .IP "\fB\-C\fR" 4
462 .IX Item "-C"
463 Capture system console messages.
464 .IP "\fB\-pt\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
465 .IX Item "-pt style"
466 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input style for input method; \fBOverTheSpot\fR,
467 \&\fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; resource \fBpreeditType\fR.
468 .IP "\fB\-im\fR \fItext\fR" 4
469 .IX Item "-im text"
470 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input method name. resource \fBinputMethod\fR.
471 .IP "\fB\-imlocale\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
472 .IX Item "-imlocale string"
473 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
474 \&\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
475 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
476 another locale. resource \fBimLocale\fR.
477 .IP "\fB\-imfont\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
478 .IX Item "-imfont fontset"
479 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource \fBimFont\fR
480 for more info.
481 .IP "\fB\-tcw\fR" 4
482 .IX Item "-tcw"
483 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
484 button. Only effective when the original (non\-perl) selection code is
485 in\-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
486 end of the logical line only. resource \fBtripleclickwords\fR.
487 .IP "\fB\-insecure\fR" 4
488 .IX Item "-insecure"
489 Enable \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
490 sequences that echo strings. See the resource \fBinsecure\fR for more
491 info.
492 .IP "\fB\-mod\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
493 .IX Item "-mod modifier"
494 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: \fBalt\fR,
495 \&\fBmeta\fR, \fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR,
496 \&\fBmod5\fR; resource \fImodifier\fR.
497 .IP "\fB\-ssc\fR|\fB+ssc\fR" 4
498 .IX Item "-ssc|+ssc"
499 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource
500 \&\fBsecondaryScreen\fR.
501 .IP "\fB\-ssr\fR|\fB+ssr\fR" 4
502 .IX Item "-ssr|+ssr"
503 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
504 \&\fBsecondaryScroll\fR.
505 .IP "\fB\-hold\fR|\fB+hold\fR" 4
506 .IX Item "-hold|+hold"
507 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
508 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
509 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
510 user; resource \fBhold\fR.
511 .IP "\fB\-keysym.\fR\fIsym\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
512 .IX Item "-keysym.sym string"
513 Remap a key symbol. See resource \fBkeysym\fR.
514 .IP "\fB\-embed\fR \fIwindowid\fR" 4
515 .IX Item "-embed windowid"
516 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
517 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
518 .Sp
519 Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
520 shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
521 quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
522 create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
523 .Sp
524 The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
525 .Sp
526 It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
527 descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
528 can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
529 terminal. This works regardless of whether the \f(CW\*(C`\-embed\*(C'\fR option was used or
530 not.
531 .Sp
532 Here is a short Gtk2\-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
533 used (a longer example is in \fIdoc/embed\fR):
534 .Sp
535 .Vb 5
536 \& my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
537 \& $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
538 \& my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
539 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
540 \& });
541 .Ve
542 .IP "\fB\-pty\-fd\fR \fIfile descriptor\fR" 4
543 .IX Item "-pty-fd file descriptor"
544 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ \s-1NOT\s0 to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
545 pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
546 useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
547 without having to run a program within it.
548 .Sp
549 If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
550 entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions \- you have to do that
551 yourself if you want that.
552 .Sp
553 As an extremely special case, specifying \f(CW\*(C`\-1\*(C'\fR will completely suppress
554 pty/tty operations.
555 .Sp
556 Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
557 longer example is in \fIdoc/pty\-fd\fR):
558 .Sp
559 .Vb 2
560 \& use IO::Pty;
561 \& use Fcntl;
562 .Ve
563 .Sp
564 .Vb 4
565 \& my $pty = new IO::Pty;
566 \& fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
567 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
568 \& close $pty;
569 .Ve
570 .Sp
571 .Vb 3
572 \& # now communicate with rxvt
573 \& my $slave = $pty->slave;
574 \& while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\en" }
575 .Ve
576 .IP "\fB\-pe\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
577 .IX Item "-pe string"
578 Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
579 this terminal instance. See resource \fBperl-ext\fR for details.
580 .SH "RESOURCES (available also as long\-options)"
581 .IX Header "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)"
582 Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-help' gives a list of all resources (long
583 options) compiled into your version.
584 .PP
585 You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like \fBxrdb\fR. Many
586 distribution do also load settings from the \fB~/.Xresources\fR file when X
587 starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
588 with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
589 .PP
590 .Vb 5
591 \& 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
592 \& 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
593 \& 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
594 \& 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
595 \& 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
596 .Ve
597 .PP
598 Note that when reading X resources, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR recognizes two class
599 names: \fBRxvt\fR and \fBURxvt\fR. The class name \fBRxvt\fR allows resources
600 common to both \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR and the original \fIrxvt\fR to be easily
601 configured, while the class name \fBURxvt\fR allows resources unique to
602 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR, to be shared between different \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
603 configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
604 be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
605 settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
606 check the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
607 extensions not documented here):
608 .IP "\fBdepth:\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4
609 .IX Item "depth: bitdepth"
610 Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
611 option \fB\-depth\fR.
612 .IP "\fBgeometry:\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
613 .IX Item "geometry: geom"
614 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
615 option \fB\-geometry\fR.
616 .IP "\fBbackground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
617 .IX Item "background: colour"
618 Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
619 White]; option \fB\-bg\fR.
620 .IP "\fBforeground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
621 .IX Item "foreground: colour"
622 Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
623 Black]; option \fB\-fg\fR.
624 .IP "\fBcolor\fR\fIn\fR\fB:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
625 .IX Item "colorn: colour"
626 Use the specified colour for the colour value \fIn\fR, where 0\-7
627 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8\-15 corresponds to
628 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
629 colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
630 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
631 names used are listed in the \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
632 .Sp
633 Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
634 changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
635 .Sp
636 Colours 16\-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
637 88 colour support). Colours 80\-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
638 .IP "\fBcolorBD:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
639 .IX Item "colorBD: colour"
640 .PD 0
641 .IP "\fBcolorIT:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
642 .IX Item "colorIT: colour"
643 .PD
644 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
645 foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
646 (Compile \fIstyles\fR) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
647 .IP "\fBcolorUL:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
648 .IX Item "colorUL: colour"
649 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
650 foreground colour is the default.
651 .IP "\fBcolorRV:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
652 .IX Item "colorRV: colour"
653 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video characters
654 when \s-1OPTION_HC\s0 is disabled (\-\-disable\-frills).
655 .IP "\fBunderlineColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
656 .IX Item "underlineColor: colour"
657 If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
658 itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
659 .IP "\fBcursorColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
660 .IX Item "cursorColor: colour"
661 Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
662 foreground colour; option \fB\-cr\fR.
663 .IP "\fBcursorColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
664 .IX Item "cursorColor2: colour"
665 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this to
666 take effect, \fBcursorColor\fR must also be specified. The default is to
667 use the background colour.
668 .IP "\fBreverseVideo:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
669 .IX Item "reverseVideo: boolean"
670 \&\fBTrue\fR: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
671 option \fB\-rv\fR. \fBFalse\fR: regular screen colours [default]; option
672 \&\fB+rv\fR. See note in \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
673 .IP "\fBjumpScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
674 .IX Item "jumpScroll: boolean"
675 \&\fBTrue\fR: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
676 of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
677 has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
678 received line; option \fB\-j\fR.
679 .Sp
680 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
681 force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option \fB+j\fR.
682 .IP "\fBskipScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
683 .IX Item "skipScroll: boolean"
684 \&\fBTrue\fR: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
685 receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
686 (around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
687 result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
688 option \fB\-ss\fR.
689 .Sp
690 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
691 if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
692 monitor to display anything); option \fB+ss\fR.
693 .IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
694 .IX Item "inheritPixmap: boolean"
695 \&\fBTrue\fR: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
696 artificial transparency. \fBFalse\fR: do not inherit the parent windows'
697 pixmap.
698 .Sp
699 \&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
700 the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!\fR
701 .IP "\fBfading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
702 .IX Item "fading: number"
703 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option \fB\-fade\fR.
704 .IP "\fBfadeColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
705 .IX Item "fadeColor: colour"
706 Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see \fBfading:\fR). The default
707 colour is black; option \fB\-fadecolor\fR.
708 .IP "\fBtintColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
709 .IX Item "tintColor: colour"
710 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
711 \&\fB\-tint\fR.
712 .IP "\fBshading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
713 .IX Item "shading: number"
714 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent background image
715 in addition to tinting it; option \fB\-sh\fR.
716 .IP "\fBblendType:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
717 .IX Item "blendType: string"
718 Specify background blending type; option \fB\-blt\fR.
719 .IP "\fBblurRadius:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
720 .IX Item "blurRadius: number"
721 Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent
722 background image; option \fB\-blr\fR.
723 .IP "\fBscrollColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
724 .IX Item "scrollColor: colour"
725 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
726 .IP "\fBtroughColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
727 .IX Item "troughColor: colour"
728 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
729 #969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
730 .IP "\fBborderColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
731 .IX Item "borderColor: colour"
732 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
733 and the text.
734 .IP "\fBbackgroundPixmap:\fR \fIfile[;geom]\fR" 4
735 .IX Item "backgroundPixmap: file[;geom]"
736 Use the specified image file for the background and also optionally
737 specify its scaling with a geometry string \fBWxH+X+Y\fR,
738 in which \fB\*(L"W\*(R" / \*(L"H\*(R"\fR specify the horizontal/vertical scale (percent),
739 and \fB\*(L"X\*(R" / \*(L"Y\*(R"\fR locate the image centre (percent).
740 A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale of 1 displays the
741 image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 specifies an integer
742 number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified beyond
743 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
744 Special string of \fB\*(L"auto\*(R"\fR used as a geometry will cause image to be
745 automatically scaled to match window size.
746 If used in conjunction with \fB\-tr\fR option \- specified pixmap will be
747 blended over transparency image using either alpha\-blending, or any
748 other blending type, specified with \fB\-blt \*(L"type\*(R"\fR option.
749 [default 0x0+50+50]
750 .IP "\fBpath:\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
751 .IX Item "path: path"
752 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding \s-1XPM\s0 files.
753 .IP "\fBfont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
754 .IX Item "font: fontlist"
755 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
756 that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
757 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
758 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
759 font list is always appended to it; option \fB\-fn\fR.
760 .Sp
761 Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (\s-1XLFD\s0) name, with
762 optional prefix \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR or a Xft font (Compile \fIxft\fR), prefixed with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR.
763 .Sp
764 In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
765 specifications enclosed in square brackets (\f(CW\*(C`[]\*(C'\fR). The only available
766 hint currently is \f(CW\*(C`codeset=codeset\-name\*(C'\fR, and this is only used for Xft
767 fonts.
768 .Sp
769 For example, this font resource
770 .Sp
771 .Vb 5
772 \& URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\e
773 \& -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\e
774 \& -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \e
775 \& [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \e
776 \& xft:Code2000:antialias=false
777 .Ve
778 .Sp
779 specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR (actually
780 the iso8859\-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
781 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
782 wide and 15 pixels high.
783 .Sp
784 The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
785 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non\-bold, but
786 the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
787 useful supplement.
788 .Sp
789 The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
790 are limited to the \fB\s-1JIS\s0 0208\fR codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
791 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
792 .Sp
793 The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
794 remaining unicode characters.
795 .IP "\fBboldFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
796 .IX Item "boldFont: fontlist"
797 .PD 0
798 .IP "\fBitalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
799 .IX Item "italicFont: fontlist"
800 .IP "\fBboldItalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
801 .IX Item "boldItalicFont: fontlist"
802 .PD
803 The font list to use for displaying \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR or \fB\f(BIbold
804 italic\fB\fR characters, respectively.
805 .Sp
806 If specified and non\-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
807 \&\fBfont\fR\-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
808 it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
809 italic.
810 .Sp
811 If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
812 \&\*(L"morphing\*(R" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
813 not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
814 .Sp
815 If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
816 text font will being used for the given style.
817 .IP "\fBintensityStyles:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
818 .IX Item "intensityStyles: boolean"
819 When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (\fBTrue\fR,
820 option \fB\-is\fR, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high
821 intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (\fBFalse\fR,
822 option \fB+is\fR) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
823 reachable.
824 .IP "\fBselectstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
825 .IX Item "selectstyle: mode"
826 Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fR which is 2.20, \fBoldword\fR which
827 is xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which
828 gives xterm style selection. Only effective when the original (non\-perl)
829 selection code is in use.
830 .IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
831 .IX Item "scrollstyle: mode"
832 Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fR, \fBplain\fR, \fBnext\fR or \fBxterm\fR. \fBplain\fR is
833 the author's favourite.
834 .IP "\fBtitle:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
835 .IX Item "title: string"
836 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
837 specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application
838 name; option \fB\-title\fR.
839 .IP "\fBiconName:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
840 .IX Item "iconName: string"
841 Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon
842 manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is explicitly
843 set; option \fB\-n\fR.
844 .IP "\fBmapAlert:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
845 .IX Item "mapAlert: boolean"
846 \&\fBTrue\fR: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. \fBFalse\fR: no
847 de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
848 .IP "\fBurgentOnBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
849 .IX Item "urgentOnBell: boolean"
850 \&\fBTrue\fR: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
851 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not set the urgency hint [default].
852 .IP "\fBvisualBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
853 .IX Item "visualBell: boolean"
854 \&\fBTrue\fR: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option \fB\-vb\fR.
855 \&\fBFalse\fR: no visual bell [default]; option \fB+vb\fR.
856 .IP "\fBloginShell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
857 .IX Item "loginShell: boolean"
858 \&\fBTrue\fR: start as a login shell by prepending a `\-' to \fBargv[0]\fR of
859 the shell; option \fB\-ls\fR. \fBFalse\fR: start as a normal sub-shell
860 [default]; option \fB+ls\fR.
861 .IP "\fButmpInhibit:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
862 .IX Item "utmpInhibit: boolean"
863 \&\fBTrue\fR: inhibit writing record into the system log file \fButmp\fR;
864 option \fB\-ut\fR. \fBFalse\fR: write record into the system log file \fButmp\fR
865 [default]; option \fB+ut\fR.
866 .IP "\fBprint\-pipe:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
867 .IX Item "print-pipe: string"
868 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default \fI\fIlpr\fI\|(1)\fR]. Use
869 \&\fBPrint\fR to initiate a screen dump to the printer and \fBCtrl-Print\fR or
870 \&\fBShift-Print\fR to include the scrollback as well.
871 .Sp
872 The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as\-is.
873 .Sp
874 Example:
875 .Sp
876 .Vb 1
877 \& URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
878 .Ve
879 .Sp
880 This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
881 every time you hit \f(CW\*(C`Print\*(C'\fR.
882 .IP "\fBscrollBar:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
883 .IX Item "scrollBar: boolean"
884 \&\fBTrue\fR: enable the scrollbar [default]; option \fB\-sb\fR. \fBFalse\fR:
885 disable the scrollbar; option \fB+sb\fR.
886 .IP "\fBscrollBar_right:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
887 .IX Item "scrollBar_right: boolean"
888 \&\fBTrue\fR: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option \fB\-sr\fR.
889 \&\fBFalse\fR: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option \fB+sr\fR.
890 .IP "\fBscrollBar_floating:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
891 .IX Item "scrollBar_floating: boolean"
892 \&\fBTrue\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option \fB\-st\fR.
893 \&\fBFalse\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option \fB+st\fR.
894 .IP "\fBscrollBar_align:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
895 .IX Item "scrollBar_align: mode"
896 Align the \fBtop\fR, \fBbottom\fR or \fBcentre\fR [default] of the scrollbar
897 thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
898 .IP "\fBscrollTtyOutput:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
899 .IX Item "scrollTtyOutput: boolean"
900 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option \fB\-si\fR.
901 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
902 \&\fB+si\fR.
903 .IP "\fBscrollWithBuffer:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
904 .IX Item "scrollWithBuffer: boolean"
905 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
906 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR is False); option \fB\-sw\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll
907 with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option \fB+sw\fR.
908 .IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
909 .IX Item "scrollTtyKeypress: boolean"
910 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
911 are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
912 are not passed onto the shell; option \fB\-sk\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to
913 bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option \fB+sk\fR.
914 .IP "\fBsaveLines:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
915 .IX Item "saveLines: number"
916 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
917 resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option \fB\-sl\fR.
918 .IP "\fBinternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
919 .IX Item "internalBorder: number"
920 Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
921 option \fB\-b\fR.
922 .IP "\fBexternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
923 .IX Item "externalBorder: number"
924 External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
925 option \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-bw\fR, \fB\-borderwidth\fR.
926 .IP "\fBborderLess:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
927 .IX Item "borderLess: boolean"
928 Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
929 \&\s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option \fB\-bl\fR.
930 .IP "\fBskipBuiltinGlyphs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
931 .IX Item "skipBuiltinGlyphs: boolean"
932 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
933 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
934 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
935 option \fB\-sbg\fR.
936 .IP "\fBtermName:\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
937 .IX Item "termName: termname"
938 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the \fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment
939 variable; option \fB\-tn\fR.
940 .IP "\fBlinespace:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
941 .IX Item "linespace: number"
942 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
943 the display [default 0]; option \fB\-lsp\fR.
944 .IP "\fBmeta8:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
945 .IX Item "meta8: boolean"
946 \&\fBTrue\fR: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. \fBFalse\fR:
947 handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
948 .IP "\fBmouseWheelScrollPage:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
949 .IX Item "mouseWheelScrollPage: boolean"
950 \&\fBTrue\fR: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. \fBFalse\fR: the mouse wheel
951 scrolls five lines [default].
952 .IP "\fBpastableTabs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
953 .IX Item "pastableTabs: boolean"
954 \&\fBTrue\fR: store tabs as wide characters. \fBFalse\fR: interpret tabs as cursor
955 movement only; option \f(CW\*(C`\-ptab\*(C'\fR.
956 .IP "\fBcursorBlink:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
957 .IX Item "cursorBlink: boolean"
958 \&\fBTrue\fR: blink the cursor. \fBFalse\fR: do not blink the cursor [default];
959 option \fB\-bc\fR.
960 .IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
961 .IX Item "pointerBlank: boolean"
962 \&\fBTrue\fR: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
963 of seconds of inactivity. \fBFalse\fR: the pointer is always visible
964 [default].
965 .IP "\fBpointerColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
966 .IX Item "pointerColor: colour"
967 Mouse pointer foreground colour.
968 .IP "\fBpointerColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
969 .IX Item "pointerColor2: colour"
970 Mouse pointer background colour.
971 .IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
972 .IX Item "pointerBlankDelay: number"
973 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
974 large number (e.g. \f(CW987654321\fR) to effectively disable the timeout.
975 .IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
976 .IX Item "backspacekey: string"
977 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to \fB\s-1DEC\s0\fR
978 or unset it will send \fBDelete\fR (code 127) or, if shifted, \fBBackspace\fR
979 (code 8) \- which can be reversed with the appropriate \s-1DEC\s0 private mode
980 escape sequence.
981 .IP "\fBdeletekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
982 .IX Item "deletekey: string"
983 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
984 pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
985 with the \fBExecute\fR key.
986 .IP "\fBcutchars:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
987 .IX Item "cutchars: string"
988 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
989 (whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
990 .Sp
991 When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
992 in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
993 characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
994 will be created). In this mode, characters outside \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 can be used.
995 .Sp
996 When the selection extension is not used, only \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 characters can
997 be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
998 .Sp
999 \&\fB\s-1BACKSLASH\s0 `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}\fR
1000 .IP "\fBpreeditType:\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
1001 .IX Item "preeditType: style"
1002 \&\fBOverTheSpot\fR, \fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; option \fB\-pt\fR.
1003 .IP "\fBinputMethod:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
1004 .IX Item "inputMethod: name"
1005 \&\fIname\fR of inputMethod to use; option \fB\-im\fR.
1006 .IP "\fBimLocale:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
1007 .IX Item "imLocale: name"
1008 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
1009 \&\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
1010 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
1011 another locale; option \fB\-imlocale\fR.
1012 .IP "\fBimFont:\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
1013 .IX Item "imFont: fontset"
1014 Specify the font-set used for \s-1XIM\s0 styles \f(CW\*(C`OverTheSpot\*(C'\fR or
1015 \&\f(CW\*(C`OffTheSpot\*(C'\fR. It must be a standard X font set (\s-1XLFD\s0 patterns separated
1016 by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1017 in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1018 found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1019 option \fB\-imfont\fR.
1020 .IP "\fBtripleclickwords:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1021 .IX Item "tripleclickwords: boolean"
1022 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1023 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1024 the end of the logical line only; option \fB\-tcw\fR.
1025 .IP "\fBinsecure:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1026 .IX Item "insecure: boolean"
1027 Enables \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
1028 echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
1029 abused if somebody gets 8\-bit\-clean access to your display, whether
1030 through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
1031 \&\fIwrite\fR\|(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
1032 default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
1033 sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
1034 .Sp
1035 You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
1036 \&\fB\-insecure\fR as an option. At the moment, this enables display\-answer,
1037 locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
1038 .IP "\fBmodifier:\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
1039 .IX Item "modifier: modifier"
1040 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: \fBalt\fR, \fBmeta\fR,
1041 \&\fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR, \fBmod5\fR; option
1042 \&\fB\-mod\fR.
1043 .IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1044 .IX Item "answerbackString: string"
1045 Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an \s-1ENQ\s0 (control\-E)
1046 character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
1047 in the entry on \fBkeysym\fR following.
1048 .IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1049 .IX Item "secondaryScreen: boolean"
1050 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
1051 .IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1052 .IX Item "secondaryScroll: boolean"
1053 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
1054 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
1055 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
1056 instead scroll the screen up.
1057 .IP "\fBhold\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4
1058 .IX Item "hold: boolean"
1059 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1060 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1061 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1062 user.
1063 .IP "\fBkeysym.\fR\fIsym\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1064 .IX Item "keysym.sym: string"
1065 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Associate \fIstring\fR with keysym \fIsym\fR. The
1066 intervening resource name \fBkeysym.\fR cannot be omitted.
1067 .Sp
1068 The format of \fIsym\fR is "\fI(modifiers\-)key\fR", where \fImodifiers\fR can be
1069 any combination of \fBISOLevel3\fR, \fBAppKeypad\fR, \fBControl\fR, \fBNumLock\fR,
1070 \&\fBShift\fR, \fBMeta\fR, \fBLock\fR, \fBMod1\fR, \fBMod2\fR, \fBMod3\fR, \fBMod4\fR, \fBMod5\fR,
1071 and the abbreviated \fBI\fR, \fBK\fR, \fBC\fR, \fBN\fR, \fBS\fR, \fBM\fR, \fBA\fR, \fBL\fR, \fB1\fR,
1072 \&\fB2\fR, \fB3\fR, \fB4\fR, \fB5\fR.
1073 .Sp
1074 The \fBNumLock\fR, \fBMeta\fR and \fBISOLevel3\fR modifiers are usually aliased to
1075 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or \s-1ISO\s0 Level3 Shift/AltGr
1076 keys are being mapped. \fBAppKeypad\fR is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1077 current application keymap mode state.
1078 .Sp
1079 The spellings of \fIkey\fR can be obtained by using \fBxev\fR(1) command or
1080 searching keysym macros from \fB/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h\fR and
1081 omitting the prefix \fB\s-1XK_\s0\fR. Alternatively you can specify \fIkey\fR by its hex
1082 keysym value (\fB0x0000 \- 0xFFFF\fR). Note that the lookup of \fIsym\fRs is not
1083 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1084 .Sp
1085 \&\fIstring\fR may contain escape values (\f(CW\*(C`\ea\*(C'\fR: bell, \f(CW\*(C`\eb\*(C'\fR: backspace,
1086 \&\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,
1087 \&\f(CW\*(C`\e000\*(C'\fR: octal number) or verbatim control characters (\f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR: delete,
1088 \&\f(CW\*(C`^@\*(C'\fR: null, \f(CW\*(C`^A\*(C'\fR ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
1089 can start or end with whitespace. \fBThis feature is deprecated and will
1090 be removed\fR.
1091 .Sp
1092 Please note that you need to double the \f(CW\*(C`\e\*(C'\fR in resource files, as
1093 Xlib itself does its own de-escaping (you can use \f(CW\*(C`\e033\*(C'\fR instead of
1094 \&\f(CW\*(C`\ee\*(C'\fR (and so on), which will work with both Xt and @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own
1095 processing).
1096 .Sp
1097 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a \fIstring\fR
1098 with pattern \fBlist/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX\fR, where the delimiter `/'
1099 should be a character not used by the strings.
1100 .Sp
1101 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1102 .Sp
1103 .Vb 1
1104 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\e033<M-C-|abc|>
1105 .Ve
1106 .Sp
1107 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1108 .Sp
1109 .Vb 3
1110 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \e033<M-C-a>
1111 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \e033<M-C-b>
1112 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \e033<M-C-c>
1113 .Ve
1114 .Sp
1115 If \fIstring\fR takes the form of \f(CW\*(C`command:STRING\*(C'\fR, the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1116 is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1117 example the following means "change the current locale to \f(CW\*(C`zh_CN.GBK\*(C'\fR
1118 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1119 .Sp
1120 .Vb 1
1121 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
1122 .Ve
1123 .Sp
1124 If \fIstring\fR takes the form \f(CW\*(C`perl:STRING\*(C'\fR, then the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1125 is passed to the \f(CW\*(C`on_keyboard_command\*(C'\fR perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3)
1126 manpage. For example, the \fIselection\fR extension (activated via
1127 \&\f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-pe selection\*(C'\fR) listens for \f(CW\*(C`selection:rot13\*(C'\fR events:
1128 .Sp
1129 .Vb 1
1130 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1131 .Ve
1132 .Sp
1133 Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1134 will match if at \fIat least\fR the specified identifiers are being set, and
1135 no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1136 means that defining a key map for \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR will automatically provide
1137 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
1138 mappings themselves.
1139 .Sp
1140 Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1141 if you overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1142 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke \*(L"holes\*(R" into the
1143 user-defined keymap using the \f(CW\*(C`builtin:\*(C'\fR replacement:
1144 .Sp
1145 .Vb 2
1146 \& URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1147 \& URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1148 .Ve
1149 .Sp
1150 The first line defines a mapping for \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR and \fIany\fR combination
1151 of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1152 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR.
1153 .Sp
1154 The following example will map Control\-Meta\-1 and Control\-Meta\-2 to
1155 the fonts \f(CW\*(C`suxuseuro\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR, so you can have some limited
1156 font-switching at runtime:
1157 .Sp
1158 .Vb 2
1159 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]50;suxuseuro\e007
1160 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]50;9x15bold\e007
1161 .Ve
1162 .Sp
1163 Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1164 info):
1165 .Sp
1166 .Vb 2
1167 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\e033[8;25;80t
1168 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\e033[8;48;110t
1169 .Ve
1170 .IP "\fBperl-ext-common\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1171 .IX Item "perl-ext-common: string"
1172 .PD 0
1173 .IP "\fBperl-ext\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1174 .IX Item "perl-ext: string"
1175 .PD
1176 Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: \f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR) to
1177 use in this terminal instance; option \fB\-pe\fR.
1178 .Sp
1179 Extension names can be prefixed with a \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR sign to prohibit using
1180 them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1181 by default, or specified via the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource. For
1182 example, \f(CW\*(C`default,\-selection\*(C'\fR will use all the default extension except
1183 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\*(C'\fR.
1184 .Sp
1185 Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1186 (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`searchable\-scrollback<M\-s>\*(C'\fR, which binds the hotkey for
1187 searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta\-s). Mentioning the same extension
1188 multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1189 the extension.
1190 .Sp
1191 Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1192 necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1193 .Sp
1194 If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1195 interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1196 \&\fBperl-ext-common\fR will be used for extensions that should be available to
1197 all instances, while \fBperl-ext\fR is used for specific instances.
1198 .IP "\fBperl-eval\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1199 .IX Item "perl-eval: string"
1200 Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1201 the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
1202 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1203 .IP "\fBperl-lib\fR: \fIpath\fR" 4
1204 .IX Item "perl-lib: path"
1205 Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1206 scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the \f(CW\*(C`perl\*(C'\fR resource,
1207 @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
1208 \&\fI@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/\fR. Due to security reasons, this resource
1209 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1210 .Sp
1211 See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage.
1212 .IP "\fBselection.pattern\-\f(BIidx\fB\fR: \fIperl-regex\fR" 4
1213 .IX Item "selection.pattern-idx: perl-regex"
1214 Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for
1215 details.
1216 .IP "\fBselection\-autotransform.\f(BIidx\fB\fR: \fIperl-transform\fR" 4
1217 .IX Item "selection-autotransform.idx: perl-transform"
1218 Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage
1219 for details.
1220 .IP "\fBsearchable\-scrollback:\fR \fIkeysym\fR" 4
1221 .IX Item "searchable-scrollback: keysym"
1222 Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
1223 (default: \f(CW\*(C`M\-s\*(C'\fR).
1224 .IP "\fBurlLauncher\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1225 .IX Item "urlLauncher: string"
1226 Specifies the program to be started with a \s-1URL\s0 argument. Used by the
1227 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\-popup\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`matcher\*(C'\fR perl extensions.
1228 .IP "\fBtransient-for\fR: \fIwindowid\fR" 4
1229 .IX Item "transient-for: windowid"
1230 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets the \s-1WM_TRANSIENT_FOR\s0 property to the given window id.
1231 .IP "\fBoverride-redirect\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4
1232 .IX Item "override-redirect: boolean"
1233 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1234 it almost invisible to window managers; option \fB\-override\-redirect\fR.
1235 .IP "\fBiso14755_52:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1236 .IX Item "iso14755_52: boolean"
1237 Turn on/off \s-1ISO\s0 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
1238 .SH "THE SCROLLBAR"
1239 .IX Header "THE SCROLLBAR"
1240 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window
1241 (resource: \fBsaveLines\fR) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar
1242 or by keystrokes. The normal \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR scrollbar has arrows and
1243 its behaviour is fairly intuitive. The \fBxterm-scrollbar\fR is without
1244 arrows and its behaviour mimics that of \fIxterm\fR
1245 .PP
1246 Scroll down with \fBButton1\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Next\fR.
1247 Scroll up with \fBButton3\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Prior\fR.
1248 Continuous scroll with \fBButton2\fR.
1249 .SH "MOUSE REPORTING"
1250 .IX Header "MOUSE REPORTING"
1251 To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
1252 the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
1253 (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
1254 .PP
1255 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
1256 disabled \*(-- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
1257 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 6 ~\fR
1258 (Next) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 5 ~\fR (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1259 up and down arrows sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ A\fR (Up) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ B\fR (Down),
1260 respectively.
1261 .SH "THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT"
1262 .IX Header "THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT"
1263 The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
1264 to \fIxterm\fR(1).
1265 .IP "\fBSelecting\fR:" 4
1266 .IX Item "Selecting:"
1267 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1268 and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1269 to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1270 (which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1271 \&\fBtripleclickwords\fR.
1272 .Sp
1273 Starting a selection while pressing the \fBMeta\fR key (or \fBMeta+Ctrl\fR keys)
1274 (Compile: \fIfrills\fR) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1275 normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1276 selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1277 the selection.
1278 .IP "\fBPasting\fR:" 4
1279 .IX Item "Pasting:"
1280 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
1281 window causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection (or \s-1CLIPBOARD\s0 with the
1282 \&\fBMeta\fR modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1283 .Sp
1284 Pressing \fBShift-Insert\fR causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection to be
1285 inserted too.
1286 .SH "CHANGING FONTS"
1287 .IX Header "CHANGING FONTS"
1288 Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
1289 supported in rxvt\-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
1290 .PP
1291 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
1292 .PP
1293 .Vb 1
1294 \& printf '\ee]710;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1295 .Ve
1296 .PP
1297 You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1298 .PP
1299 .Vb 2
1300 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]710;suxuseuro\e007\e033]711;suxuseuro\e007
1301 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]710;9x15bold\e007\e033]711;9x15bold\e007
1302 .Ve
1303 .PP
1304 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
1305 .SH "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1306 .IX Header "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1307 \&\s-1ISO\s0 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1308 and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1309 first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1310 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1311 with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-iso14755\*(C'\fR.
1312 .IP "* 5.1: Basic method" 4
1313 .IX Item "5.1: Basic method"
1314 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1315 .Sp
1316 Start by pressing and holding both \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR, then enter
1317 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR will
1318 commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1319 \&\f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1320 \&\f(CW\*(C`Space\*(C'\fR, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1321 one.
1322 .Sp
1323 As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e\-mail
1324 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e\-mail
1325 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`671d 65e5\*(C'\fR. You can enter this easily
1326 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,
1327 followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1328 .IP "* 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method" 4
1329 .IX Item "5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method"
1330 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1331 your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1332 .Sp
1333 Start by pressing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then releasing
1334 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1335 invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1336 keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1337 released, otherwise pressing e.g. \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR would enter the symbol for
1338 \&\f(CW\*(C`ISO Level 2 Switch\*(C'\fR, although your intention might have been to enter a
1339 reverse tab (Shift\-Tab).
1340 .IP "* 5.3: Screen-selection entry method" 4
1341 .IX Item "5.3: Screen-selection entry method"
1342 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1343 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1344 .IP "* 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input" 4
1345 .IX Item "5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input"
1346 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1347 characters already displayed.
1348 .Sp
1349 You enter this mode by holding down \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then
1350 pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1351 hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1352 pointer is displayed until you release \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR.
1353 .Sp
1354 In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1355 character \- due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1356 combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1357 always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1358 .PP
1359 With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1360 both scenario A and B of \s-1ISO\s0 14755, including part 5.2.
1361 .SH "LOGIN STAMP"
1362 .IX Header "LOGIN STAMP"
1363 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fR(5) file so that
1364 it can be seen via the \fI\fIwho\fI\|(1)\fR command, and can accept messages. To
1365 allow this feature, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR may need to be installed setuid root
1366 on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1367 .SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1368 .IX Header "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1369 In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1370 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR can display up to 16 colours (8 \s-1ANSI\s0 colours plus
1371 high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
1372 colours with their names.
1373 .TS
1374 l l l .
1375 color0 (black) = Black
1376 color1 (red) = Red3
1377 color2 (green) = Green3
1378 color3 (yellow) = Yellow3
1379 color4 (blue) = Blue3
1380 color5 (magenta) = Magenta3
1381 color6 (cyan) = Cyan3
1382 color7 (white) = AntiqueWhite
1383 color8 (bright black) = Grey25
1384 color9 (bright red) = Red
1385 color10 (bright green) = Green
1386 color11 (bright yellow) = Yellow
1387 color12 (bright blue) = Blue
1388 color13 (bright magenta) = Magenta
1389 color14 (bright cyan) = Cyan
1390 color15 (bright white) = White
1391 foreground = Black
1392 background = White
1393 .TE
1394
1395 .PP
1396 It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fR,
1397 \&\fBbackground\fR, \fBcursorColor\fR, \fBcursorColor2\fR, \fBcolorBD\fR, \fBcolorUL\fR as
1398 a number 0\-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1399 color0\-color15.
1400 .PP
1401 In addition to the colours defined above, @@RXVT_NAME@@ offers an
1402 additional 72 colours. The first 64 of those (with indices 16 to 79)
1403 consist of a 4*4*4 \s-1RGB\s0 colour cube (i.e. \fIindex = r * 16 + g * 4 + b +
1404 16\fR), followed by 8 additional shades of gray (with indices 80 to 87).
1405 .PP
1406 Together, all those colours implement the 88 colour xterm colours. Only
1407 the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the rest can only
1408 be changed via command sequences (\*(L"escape codes\*(R").
1409 .PP
1410 Note that \fB\-rv\fR (\fB\*(L"reverseVideo: True\*(R"\fR) simulates reverse video by
1411 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1412 \&\fIxterm\fR(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1413 been specified. For example,
1414 .IP "\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fg Black \-bg White \-rv\fR" 4
1415 .IX Item "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv"
1416 would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fR(1) it would yield Black
1417 on White.
1418 .Sh "\s-1ALPHA\s0 \s-1CHANNEL\s0 \s-1SUPPORT\s0"
1419 .IX Subsection "ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT"
1420 If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1421 their act together, rxvt-unicode will support \f(CW\*(C`rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa\*(C'\fR
1422 (recommended, but \fB\s-1MUST\s0\fR have 4 digits/component) colour specifications,
1423 in addition to the ones provided by X, where the additional A component
1424 specifies opacity (alpha) values. The minimum value of \f(CW0\fR is completely
1425 transparent). You can also prefix any color with \f(CW\*(C`[percent]\*(C'\fR, where
1426 \&\f(CW\*(C`percent\*(C'\fR is a decimal percentage (0\-100) that specifies the opacity of
1427 the color, where \f(CW0\fR is completely transparent and \f(CW100\fR is completelxy
1428 opaque.
1429 .PP
1430 You probably need to specify \fB\*(L"\-depth 32\*(R"\fR, too, and have the luck that
1431 your X\-server uses \s-1ARGB\s0 pixel layout, as X is far from just supporting
1432 \&\s-1ARGB\s0 visuals out of the box, and rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1433 .PP
1434 For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent red
1435 background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1436 .PP
1437 .Vb 1
1438 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/aaaa -fg "[80]pink"
1439 .Ve
1440 .PP
1441 \&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
1442 the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!\fR
1443 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
1444 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
1445 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1446 .IP "\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR" 4
1447 .IX Item "TERM"
1448 Normally set to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1449 resources or on the command line.
1450 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORTERM\s0\fR" 4
1451 .IX Item "COLORTERM"
1452 Either \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-xpm\*(C'\fR, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1453 compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support, and optionally with the added extension
1454 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-mono\*(C'\fR to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1455 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORFGBG\s0\fR" 4
1456 .IX Item "COLORFGBG"
1457 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
1458 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1459 \&\f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1460 used), \f(CW\*(C`bg\*(C'\fR is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1461 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@@
1462 was compiled with \s-1XPM\s0 support. Libraries like \f(CW\*(C`ncurses\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`slang\*(C'\fR can
1463 (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1464 .IP "\fB\s-1WINDOWID\s0\fR" 4
1465 .IX Item "WINDOWID"
1466 Set to the (decimal) X Window \s-1ID\s0 of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1467 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1468 window and so on).
1469 .IP "\fB\s-1TERMINFO\s0\fR" 4
1470 .IX Item "TERMINFO"
1471 Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1472 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH\*(C'\fR.
1473 .IP "\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR" 4
1474 .IX Item "DISPLAY"
1475 Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1476 display in its child processes.
1477 .IP "\fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR" 4
1478 .IX Item "SHELL"
1479 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to \f(CW\*(C`/bin/sh\*(C'\fR.
1480 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVT_SOCKET\s0\fR" 4
1481 .IX Item "RXVT_SOCKET"
1482 The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1483 @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1484 .Sp
1485 Default \fI$HOME/.rxvt\-unicode\-\fI<nodename\fI\fR.
1486 .IP "\fB\s-1HOME\s0\fR" 4
1487 .IX Item "HOME"
1488 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1489 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1490 \&\f(CW\*(C`.Xdefaults\*(C'\fR)
1491 .IP "\fB\s-1XAPPLRESDIR\s0\fR" 4
1492 .IX Item "XAPPLRESDIR"
1493 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1494 .IP "\fB\s-1XENVIRONMENT\s0\fR" 4
1495 .IX Item "XENVIRONMENT"
1496 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1497 @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1498 .SH "FILES"
1499 .IX Header "FILES"
1500 .IP "\fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt\fR" 4
1501 .IX Item "/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt"
1502 Color names.
1503 .SH "SEE ALSO"
1504 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
1505 @@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)
1506 .SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1507 .IX Header "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1508 .IP "Project Coordinator" 4
1509 .IX Item "Project Coordinator"
1510 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>
1511 .Sp
1512 <http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt\-unicode.html>
1513 .SH "AUTHORS"
1514 .IX Header "AUTHORS"
1515 .IP "John Bovey" 4
1516 .IX Item "John Bovey"
1517 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1518 .IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>" 4
1519 .IX Item "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>"
1520 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1521 .IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>" 4
1522 .IX Item "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>"
1523 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1524 .IP "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>" 4
1525 .IX Item "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>"
1526 Wrote the menu system.
1527 .Sp
1528 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1529 .IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu\-berlin.de>" 4
1530 .IX Item "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>"
1531 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1532 .IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>" 4
1533 .IX Item "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>"
1534 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1535 .Sp
1536 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 \- rxvt\-unicode)
1537 .IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>" 4
1538 .IX Item "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>"
1539 Forked rxvt\-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1540 extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1541 .Sp
1542 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 \-)
1543 .IP "Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it>" 4
1544 .IX Item "Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it>"
1545 Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.