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131 .IX Title "@@RXVT_NAME@@ 1"
132 .TH @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1 "2007-12-15" "8.8" "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 .PP
146 This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
147 <http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
148 .SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
149 .IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
150 See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try \f(CW\*(C`man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@\*(C'\fR) for a list of
151 frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
152 problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
153 <http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod>.
154 .SH "RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT"
155 .IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT"
156 Unlike the original rxvt, \fBrxvt-unicode\fR stores all text in Unicode
157 internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
158 world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
159 especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
160 like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
161 like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
162 scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
163 fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
164 as hebrew: \fBrxvt-unicode\fR adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
165 belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things \*(--
166 such as cursor-movement while editing \*(-- break otherwise), but that might
167 change.
168 .PP
169 If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
170 me recommend \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
171 terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
172 because the author couldn't get \f(CW\*(C`mlterm\*(C'\fR to use one font for latin1 and
173 another for japanese.
174 .PP
175 Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
176 display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
177 programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
178 to choose any font for any script freely.
179 .PP
180 Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
181 its predecessor, supports things such as \s-1XFT\s0 and \s-1ISO\s0 14755 that are handy
182 in i18n\-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original
183 rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
184 .PP
185 It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
186 and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
187 without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
188 a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
189 from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
190 drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
191 @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
192 .PP
193 It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
194 been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
195 reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
196 .SH "OPTIONS"
197 .IX Header "OPTIONS"
198 The \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR options (mostly a subset of \fIxterm\fR's) are listed
199 below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
200 eliminated or default values chosen at compile\-time, so options and
201 defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on
202 your system. `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-h' gives a list of major compile-time options on
203 the \fIOptions\fR line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which
204 compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR:' requires
205 \&\fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR on the \fIOptions\fR line. Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-help' gives a list of all
206 command-line options compiled into your version.
207 .PP
208 Note that \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR permits the resource name to be used as a
209 long-option (\-\-/++ option) so the potential command-line options are
210 far greater than those listed. For example: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-loginShell \-\-color1
211 Orange'.
212 .PP
213 The following options are available:
214 .IP "\fB\-help\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR" 4
215 .IX Item "-help, --help"
216 Print out a message describing available options.
217 .IP "\fB\-display\fR \fIdisplayname\fR" 4
218 .IX Item "-display displayname"
219 Attempt to open a window on the named X display (\fB\-d\fR still
220 respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
221 \&\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR environment variable is used.
222 .IP "\fB\-depth\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4
223 .IX Item "-depth bitdepth"
224 Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
225 resource \fBdepth\fR.
226 .IP "\fB\-geometry\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
227 .IX Item "-geometry geom"
228 Window geometry (\fB\-g\fR still respected); resource \fBgeometry\fR.
229 .IP "\fB\-rv\fR|\fB+rv\fR" 4
230 .IX Item "-rv|+rv"
231 Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource \fBreverseVideo\fR.
232 .IP "\fB\-j\fR|\fB+j\fR" 4
233 .IX Item "-j|+j"
234 Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource \fBjumpScroll\fR.
235 .IP "\fB\-ss\fR|\fB+ss\fR" 4
236 .IX Item "-ss|+ss"
237 Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource \fBskipScroll\fR.
238 .IP "\fB\-tr\fR|\fB+tr\fR" 4
239 .IX Item "-tr|+tr"
240 Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background; resource \fBtransparent\fR.
241 .Sp
242 \&\fB\-ip\fR is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
243 future versions.
244 .Sp
245 \&\fIPlease address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
246 sasha@aftercode.net. Read the \s-1FAQ\s0 (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!\fR
247 .IP "\fB\-fade\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
248 .IX Item "-fade number"
249 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
250 fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
251 colour; resource \fBfading\fR.
252 .IP "\fB\-fadecolor\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
253 .IX Item "-fadecolor colour"
254 Fade to this colour when fading is used (see \fB\-fade\fR). The default colour
255 is opaque black. resource \fBfadeColor\fR.
256 .IP "\fB\-tint\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
257 .IX Item "-tint colour"
258 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
259 transparency is enabled with \fB\-tr\fR. This only works for
260 non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the \fB\-sh\fR option that can be
261 used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it.
262 Please note that certain tint colours can be applied on the server\-side,
263 thus yielding performance gain of two orders of magnitude. These colours are:
264 blue, red, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, and those close to them. Also
265 pure black and pure white colors essentially mean no tinting; resource
266 \&\fItintColor\fR. Example:
267 .Sp
268 .Vb 1
269 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
270 .Ve
271 .IP "\fB\-sh\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
272 .IX Item "-sh number"
273 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (100 .. 200) the transparent
274 background image in addition to (or instead of) tinting it;
275 resource \fIshading\fR.
276 .IP "\fB\-blt\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
277 .IX Item "-blt string"
278 Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
279 at the same time as transparency \- such pixmap will be blended over
280 transparency image, using method specified. Supported values are :
281 \&\fBadd\fR, \fBalphablend\fR, \fBallanon\fR \- color values averaging, \fBcolorize\fR,
282 \&\fBdarken\fR, \fBdiff\fR, \fBdissipate\fR, \fBhue\fR, \fBlighten\fR, \fBoverlay\fR,
283 \&\fBsaturate\fR, \fBscreen\fR, \fBsub\fR, \fBtint\fR, \fBvalue\fR. The default is
284 alpha\-blending. Compile \fIafterimage\fR; resource \fIblendType\fR.
285 .IP "\fB\-blr\fR \fIHxV\fR" 4
286 .IX Item "-blr HxV"
287 Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
288 background image. If single number is specified \- both vertical and
289 horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
290 radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
291 on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile \fIafterimage\fR;
292 resource \fIblurRadius\fR.
293 .IP "\fB\-bg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
294 .IX Item "-bg colour"
295 Window background colour; resource \fBbackground\fR.
296 .IP "\fB\-fg\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
297 .IX Item "-fg colour"
298 Window foreground colour; resource \fBforeground\fR.
299 .IP "\fB\-pixmap\fR \fIfile[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]\fR" 4
300 .IX Item "-pixmap file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]"
301 Compile \fIafterimage\fR: Specify image file for the background and also
302 optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
303 add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR in the
304 command\-line; for more details see resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fR.
305 .IP "\fB\-cr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
306 .IX Item "-cr colour"
307 The cursor colour; resource \fBcursorColor\fR.
308 .IP "\fB\-pr\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
309 .IX Item "-pr colour"
310 The mouse pointer foreground colour; resource \fBpointerColor\fR.
311 .IP "\fB\-pr2\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
312 .IX Item "-pr2 colour"
313 The mouse pointer background colour; resource \fBpointerColor2\fR.
314 .IP "\fB\-bd\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
315 .IX Item "-bd colour"
316 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
317 resource \fBborderColor\fR.
318 .IP "\fB\-fn\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
319 .IX Item "-fn fontlist"
320 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
321 that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
322 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
323 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
324 font list is always appended to it. See resource \fBfont\fR for more details.
325 .Sp
326 In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
327 with \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR. To specify an XFT\-font, you need to prefix it with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR,
328 e.g.:
329 .Sp
330 .Vb 2
331 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
332 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
333 .Ve
334 .Sp
335 See also the question \*(L"How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\*(R" in the \s-1FAQ\s0
336 section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
337 .IP "\fB\-fb\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
338 .IX Item "-fb fontlist"
339 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold font list to use when \fBbold\fR characters
340 are to be printed. See resource \fBboldFont\fR for details.
341 .IP "\fB\-fi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
342 .IX Item "-fi fontlist"
343 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The italic font list to use when \fIitalic\fR
344 characters are to be printed. See resource \fBitalicFont\fR for details.
345 .IP "\fB\-fbi\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
346 .IX Item "-fbi fontlist"
347 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: The bold italic font list to use when \fB\f(BIbold
348 italic\fB\fR characters are to be printed. See resource \fBboldItalicFont\fR
349 for details.
350 .IP "\fB\-is\fR|\fB+is\fR" 4
351 .IX Item "-is|+is"
352 Compile \fIfont-styles\fR: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
353 foreground/background (default). See resource \fBintensityStyles\fR for
354 details.
355 .IP "\fB\-name\fR \fIname\fR" 4
356 .IX Item "-name name"
357 Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
358 rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
359 `.' or `*' characters. Also sets the icon and title name.
360 .IP "\fB\-ls\fR|\fB+ls\fR" 4
361 .IX Item "-ls|+ls"
362 Start as a login\-shell/sub\-shell; resource \fBloginShell\fR.
363 .IP "\fB\-ut\fR|\fB+ut\fR" 4
364 .IX Item "-ut|+ut"
365 Compile \fIutmp\fR: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
366 \&\fButmpInhibit\fR.
367 .IP "\fB\-vb\fR|\fB+vb\fR" 4
368 .IX Item "-vb|+vb"
369 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; resource
370 \&\fBvisualBell\fR.
371 .IP "\fB\-sb\fR|\fB+sb\fR" 4
372 .IX Item "-sb|+sb"
373 Turn on/off scrollbar; resource \fBscrollBar\fR.
374 .IP "\fB\-si\fR|\fB+si\fR" 4
375 .IX Item "-si|+si"
376 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on \s-1TTY\s0 output inhibit; resource
377 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR has opposite effect.
378 .IP "\fB\-sk\fR|\fB+sk\fR" 4
379 .IX Item "-sk|+sk"
380 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; resource
381 \&\fBscrollTtyKeypress\fR.
382 .IP "\fB\-sw\fR|\fB+sw\fR" 4
383 .IX Item "-sw|+sw"
384 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
385 This only takes effect if \fB\-si\fR is also given; resource
386 \&\fBscrollWithBuffer\fR.
387 .IP "\fB\-sr\fR|\fB+sr\fR" 4
388 .IX Item "-sr|+sr"
389 Put scrollbar on right/left; resource \fBscrollBar_right\fR.
390 .IP "\fB\-st\fR|\fB+st\fR" 4
391 .IX Item "-st|+st"
392 Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
393 resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fR.
394 .IP "\fB\-ptab\fR|\fB+ptab\fR" 4
395 .IX Item "-ptab|+ptab"
396 If enabled (default), \*(L"Horizontal Tab\*(R" characters are being stored as
397 actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
398 select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
399 not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
400 on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource \fBpastableTabs\fR.
401 .IP "\fB\-bc\fR|\fB+bc\fR" 4
402 .IX Item "-bc|+bc"
403 Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fR.
404 .IP "\fB\-iconic\fR" 4
405 .IX Item "-iconic"
406 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
407 Alternative form is \fB\-ic\fR.
408 .IP "\fB\-sl\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
409 .IX Item "-sl number"
410 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer. See resource entry for
411 limits; resource \fBsaveLines\fR.
412 .IP "\fB\-b\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
413 .IX Item "-b number"
414 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. See resource
415 entry for limits; resource \fBinternalBorder\fR.
416 .IP "\fB\-w\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
417 .IX Item "-w number"
418 Compile \fIfrills\fR: External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. Also, \fB\-bw\fR
419 and \fB\-borderwidth\fR. See resource entry for limits; resource
420 \&\fBexternalBorder\fR.
421 .IP "\fB\-bl\fR" 4
422 .IX Item "-bl"
423 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
424 if honoured by the \s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
425 decorations; resource \fBborderLess\fR.
426 .IP "\fB\-override\-redirect\fR" 4
427 .IX Item "-override-redirect"
428 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
429 \&\fBoverride-redirect\fR.
430 .IP "\fB\-sbg\fR" 4
431 .IX Item "-sbg"
432 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
433 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
434 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
435 resource \fBskipBuiltinGlyphs\fR.
436 .IP "\fB\-lsp\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
437 .IX Item "-lsp number"
438 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
439 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
440 \&\fBlineSpace\fR.
441 .IP "\fB\-tn\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
442 .IX Item "-tn termname"
443 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
444 \&\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
445 \&\fI\fItermcap\fI\|(5)\fR database and should have \fIli#\fR and \fIco#\fR entries;
446 resource \fBtermName\fR.
447 .IP "\fB\-e\fR \fIcommand [arguments]\fR" 4
448 .IX Item "-e command [arguments]"
449 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
450 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename of
451 the program being executed if neither \fI\-title\fR (\fI\-T\fR) nor \fI\-n\fR are
452 given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
453 on the command\-line. If there is no \fB\-e\fR option then the default is to
454 run the program specified by the \fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR environment variable or,
455 failing that, \fI\fIsh\fI\|(1)\fR.
456 .Sp
457 Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
458 run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
459 .Sp
460 .Vb 1
461 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
462 .Ve
463 .IP "\fB\-title\fR \fItext\fR" 4
464 .IX Item "-title text"
465 Window title (\fB\-T\fR still respected); the default title is the basename
466 of the program specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the
467 application name; resource \fBtitle\fR.
468 .IP "\fB\-n\fR \fItext\fR" 4
469 .IX Item "-n text"
470 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
471 after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application name;
472 resource \fBiconName\fR.
473 .IP "\fB\-C\fR" 4
474 .IX Item "-C"
475 Capture system console messages.
476 .IP "\fB\-pt\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
477 .IX Item "-pt style"
478 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input style for input method; \fBOverTheSpot\fR,
479 \&\fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; resource \fBpreeditType\fR.
480 .IP "\fB\-im\fR \fItext\fR" 4
481 .IX Item "-im text"
482 Compile \fI\s-1XIM\s0\fR: input method name. resource \fBinputMethod\fR.
483 .IP "\fB\-imlocale\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
484 .IX Item "-imlocale string"
485 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
486 \&\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
487 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
488 another locale. resource \fBimLocale\fR.
489 .IP "\fB\-imfont\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
490 .IX Item "-imfont fontset"
491 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource \fBimFont\fR
492 for more info.
493 .IP "\fB\-tcw\fR" 4
494 .IX Item "-tcw"
495 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
496 button. Only effective when the original (non\-perl) selection code is
497 in\-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
498 the end of the logical line only. resource \fBtripleclickwords\fR.
499 .IP "\fB\-insecure\fR" 4
500 .IX Item "-insecure"
501 Enable \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
502 sequences that echo strings. See the resource \fBinsecure\fR for more
503 info.
504 .IP "\fB\-mod\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
505 .IX Item "-mod modifier"
506 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: \fBalt\fR,
507 \&\fBmeta\fR, \fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR,
508 \&\fBmod5\fR; resource \fImodifier\fR.
509 .IP "\fB\-ssc\fR|\fB+ssc\fR" 4
510 .IX Item "-ssc|+ssc"
511 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled); resource
512 \&\fBsecondaryScreen\fR.
513 .IP "\fB\-ssr\fR|\fB+ssr\fR" 4
514 .IX Item "-ssr|+ssr"
515 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
516 \&\fBsecondaryScroll\fR.
517 .IP "\fB\-hold\fR|\fB+hold\fR" 4
518 .IX Item "-hold|+hold"
519 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
520 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
521 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
522 user; resource \fBhold\fR.
523 .IP "\fB\-xrm\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
524 .IX Item "-xrm string"
525 Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the \fIstring\fR
526 as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
527 way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
528 .Sp
529 Note that you need to use the \fIsame\fR syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
530 e.g. \f(CW\*(C`*.background: black\*(C'\fR. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@\-specific
531 options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
532 of \fB\-xrm\fR is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
533 resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
534 programs.
535 .IP "\fB\-keysym.\fR\fIsym\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
536 .IX Item "-keysym.sym string"
537 Remap a key symbol. See resource \fBkeysym\fR.
538 .IP "\fB\-embed\fR \fIwindowid\fR" 4
539 .IX Item "-embed windowid"
540 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
541 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
542 .Sp
543 Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
544 shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
545 quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
546 create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
547 .Sp
548 The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
549 .Sp
550 It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
551 descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
552 can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
553 terminal. This works regardless of whether the \f(CW\*(C`\-embed\*(C'\fR option was used or
554 not.
555 .Sp
556 Here is a short Gtk2\-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
557 used (a longer example is in \fIdoc/embed\fR):
558 .Sp
559 .Vb 5
560 \& my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
561 \& $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
562 \& my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
563 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
564 \& });
565 .Ve
566 .IP "\fB\-pty\-fd\fR \fIfile descriptor\fR" 4
567 .IX Item "-pty-fd file descriptor"
568 Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ \s-1NOT\s0 to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
569 pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
570 useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
571 without having to run a program within it.
572 .Sp
573 If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
574 entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions \- you have to do that
575 yourself if you want that.
576 .Sp
577 As an extremely special case, specifying \f(CW\*(C`\-1\*(C'\fR will completely suppress
578 pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
579 perl extension that manages the terminal.
580 .Sp
581 Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
582 longer example is in \fIdoc/pty\-fd\fR):
583 .Sp
584 .Vb 2
585 \& use IO::Pty;
586 \& use Fcntl;
587 .Ve
588 .Sp
589 .Vb 4
590 \& my $pty = new IO::Pty;
591 \& fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
592 \& system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
593 \& close $pty;
594 .Ve
595 .Sp
596 .Vb 3
597 \& # now communicate with rxvt
598 \& my $slave = $pty->slave;
599 \& while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\en" }
600 .Ve
601 .IP "\fB\-pe\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
602 .IX Item "-pe string"
603 Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
604 this terminal instance. See resource \fBperl-ext\fR for details.
605 .SH "RESOURCES"
606 .IX Header "RESOURCES"
607 Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-\-help' gives a list of all resources (long
608 options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
609 long\-options.
610 .PP
611 You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like \fBxrdb\fR. Many
612 distribution do also load settings from the \fB~/.Xresources\fR file when X
613 starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
614 with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
615 .PP
616 .Vb 6
617 \& 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
618 \& 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
619 \& 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
620 \& 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
621 \& 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
622 \& 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
623 .Ve
624 .PP
625 Note that when reading X resources, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR recognizes two class
626 names: \fBRxvt\fR and \fBURxvt\fR. The class name \fBRxvt\fR allows resources
627 common to both \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR and the original \fIrxvt\fR to be easily
628 configured, while the class name \fBURxvt\fR allows resources unique to
629 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR, to be shared between different \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
630 configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
631 be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
632 settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
633 check the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
634 extensions not documented here):
635 .IP "\fBdepth:\fR \fIbitdepth\fR" 4
636 .IX Item "depth: bitdepth"
637 Compile \fIxft\fR: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
638 option \fB\-depth\fR.
639 .IP "\fBgeometry:\fR \fIgeom\fR" 4
640 .IX Item "geometry: geom"
641 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
642 option \fB\-geometry\fR.
643 .IP "\fBbackground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
644 .IX Item "background: colour"
645 Use the specified colour as the window's background colour [default
646 White]; option \fB\-bg\fR.
647 .IP "\fBforeground:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
648 .IX Item "foreground: colour"
649 Use the specified colour as the window's foreground colour [default
650 Black]; option \fB\-fg\fR.
651 .IP "\fBcolor\fR\fIn\fR\fB:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
652 .IX Item "colorn: colour"
653 Use the specified colour for the colour value \fIn\fR, where 0\-7
654 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8\-15 corresponds to
655 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
656 colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
657 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
658 names used are listed in the \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
659 .Sp
660 Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
661 changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
662 .Sp
663 Colours 16\-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
664 88 colour support). Colours 80\-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
665 .IP "\fBcolorBD:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
666 .IX Item "colorBD: colour"
667 .PD 0
668 .IP "\fBcolorIT:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
669 .IX Item "colorIT: colour"
670 .PD
671 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
672 foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
673 (Compile \fIstyles\fR) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
674 .IP "\fBcolorUL:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
675 .IX Item "colorUL: colour"
676 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
677 foreground colour is the default.
678 .IP "\fBcolorRV:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
679 .IX Item "colorRV: colour"
680 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video characters
681 when \s-1OPTION_HC\s0 is disabled (\-\-disable\-frills).
682 .IP "\fBunderlineColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
683 .IX Item "underlineColor: colour"
684 If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
685 itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
686 .IP "\fBcursorColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
687 .IX Item "cursorColor: colour"
688 Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
689 foreground colour; option \fB\-cr\fR.
690 .IP "\fBcursorColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
691 .IX Item "cursorColor2: colour"
692 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text. For this to
693 take effect, \fBcursorColor\fR must also be specified. The default is to
694 use the background colour.
695 .IP "\fBreverseVideo:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
696 .IX Item "reverseVideo: boolean"
697 \&\fBTrue\fR: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
698 option \fB\-rv\fR. \fBFalse\fR: regular screen colours [default]; option
699 \&\fB+rv\fR. See note in \fB\s-1COLORS\s0 \s-1AND\s0 \s-1GRAPHICS\s0\fR section.
700 .IP "\fBjumpScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
701 .IX Item "jumpScroll: boolean"
702 \&\fBTrue\fR: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
703 of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
704 has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
705 received line; option \fB\-j\fR.
706 .Sp
707 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
708 force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option \fB+j\fR.
709 .IP "\fBskipScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
710 .IX Item "skipScroll: boolean"
711 \&\fBTrue\fR: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
712 receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
713 (around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
714 result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
715 option \fB\-ss\fR.
716 .Sp
717 \&\fBFalse\fR: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
718 if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
719 monitor to display anything); option \fB+ss\fR.
720 .IP "\fBtransparent:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
721 .IX Item "transparent: boolean"
722 Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background.
723 .Sp
724 \&\fBinheritPixmap\fR is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
725 future versions.
726 .Sp
727 \&\fIPlease address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
728 sasha@aftercode.net. Read the \s-1FAQ\s0 (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!\fR
729 .IP "\fBfading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
730 .IX Item "fading: number"
731 Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option \fB\-fade\fR.
732 .IP "\fBfadeColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
733 .IX Item "fadeColor: colour"
734 Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see \fBfading:\fR). The default
735 colour is black; option \fB\-fadecolor\fR.
736 .IP "\fBtintColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
737 .IX Item "tintColor: colour"
738 Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
739 \&\fB\-tint\fR.
740 .IP "\fBshading:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
741 .IX Item "shading: number"
742 Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (\-1 .. \-100) the transparent background image
743 in addition to tinting it; option \fB\-sh\fR.
744 .IP "\fBblendType:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
745 .IX Item "blendType: string"
746 Specify background blending type; option \fB\-blt\fR.
747 .IP "\fBblurRadius:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
748 .IX Item "blurRadius: number"
749 Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent
750 background image; option \fB\-blr\fR.
751 .IP "\fBscrollColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
752 .IX Item "scrollColor: colour"
753 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
754 .IP "\fBtroughColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
755 .IX Item "troughColor: colour"
756 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
757 #969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
758 .IP "\fBborderColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
759 .IX Item "borderColor: colour"
760 The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
761 and the text.
762 .IP "\fBbackgroundPixmap:\fR \fIfile[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]\fR" 4
763 .IX Item "backgroundPixmap: file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]"
764 Use the specified image file for the background and also
765 optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string \fBWxH+X+Y\fR,
766 (default \f(CW\*(C`0x0+50+50\*(C'\fR) in which \fB\*(L"W\*(R" / \*(L"H\*(R"\fR specify the
767 horizontal/vertical scale (percent), and \fB\*(L"X\*(R" / \*(L"Y\*(R"\fR locate the image
768 centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
769 of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 specifies
770 an integer number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified
771 beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
772 Additional operations can be specified after colon \fB:op1:op2...\fR.
773 Supported operations are:
774 .Sp
775 .Vb 8
776 \& tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0,
777 \& propscale will scale image keeping proportions,
778 \& auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100;
779 \& hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size;
780 \& vscale will scale image vertically to the window size;
781 \& scale will scale image to match window size;
782 \& root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto-adjusting
783 \& whenever terminal window moves.
784 .Ve
785 .Sp
786 If used in conjunction with \fB\-tr\fR option, the specified pixmap will be
787 blended over transparency image using either alpha\-blending, or any
788 other blending type, specified with \fB\-blt \*(L"type\*(R"\fR option.
789 .IP "\fBpath:\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
790 .IX Item "path: path"
791 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
792 .IP "\fBfont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
793 .IX Item "font: fontlist"
794 Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
795 that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
796 first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
797 smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
798 font list is always appended to it; option \fB\-fn\fR.
799 .Sp
800 Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (\s-1XLFD\s0) name, with
801 optional prefix \f(CW\*(C`x:\*(C'\fR or a Xft font (Compile \fIxft\fR), prefixed with \f(CW\*(C`xft:\*(C'\fR.
802 .Sp
803 In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
804 specifications enclosed in square brackets (\f(CW\*(C`[]\*(C'\fR). The only available
805 hint currently is \f(CW\*(C`codeset=codeset\-name\*(C'\fR, and this is only used for Xft
806 fonts.
807 .Sp
808 For example, this font resource
809 .Sp
810 .Vb 5
811 \& URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\e
812 \& -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\e
813 \& -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \e
814 \& [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \e
815 \& xft:Code2000:antialias=false
816 .Ve
817 .Sp
818 specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR (actually
819 the iso8859\-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
820 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
821 wide and 15 pixels high.
822 .Sp
823 The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
824 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non\-bold, but
825 the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
826 useful supplement.
827 .Sp
828 The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
829 are limited to the \fB\s-1JIS\s0 0208\fR codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
830 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
831 .Sp
832 The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
833 remaining unicode characters.
834 .IP "\fBboldFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
835 .IX Item "boldFont: fontlist"
836 .PD 0
837 .IP "\fBitalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
838 .IX Item "italicFont: fontlist"
839 .IP "\fBboldItalicFont:\fR \fIfontlist\fR" 4
840 .IX Item "boldItalicFont: fontlist"
841 .PD
842 The font list to use for displaying \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR or \fB\f(BIbold
843 italic\fB\fR characters, respectively.
844 .Sp
845 If specified and non\-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
846 \&\fBfont\fR\-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
847 it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
848 italic.
849 .Sp
850 If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
851 \&\*(L"morphing\*(R" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
852 not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
853 .Sp
854 If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
855 text font will being used for the given style.
856 .IP "\fBintensityStyles:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
857 .IX Item "intensityStyles: boolean"
858 When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (\fBTrue\fR,
859 option \fB\-is\fR, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
860 intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (\fBFalse\fR,
861 option \fB+is\fR) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
862 reachable.
863 .IP "\fBselectstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
864 .IX Item "selectstyle: mode"
865 Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fR which is 2.20, \fBoldword\fR which
866 is xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which
867 gives xterm style selection. Only effective when the original (non\-perl)
868 selection code is in use.
869 .IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
870 .IX Item "scrollstyle: mode"
871 Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fR, \fBplain\fR, \fBnext\fR or \fBxterm\fR. \fBplain\fR is
872 the author's favourite.
873 .IP "\fBtitle:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
874 .IX Item "title: string"
875 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
876 specified after the \fB\-e\fR option, if any, otherwise the application
877 name; option \fB\-title\fR.
878 .IP "\fBiconName:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
879 .IX Item "iconName: string"
880 Set the name used to label the window's icon or displayed in an icon
881 manager window, it also sets the window's title unless it is explicitly
882 set; option \fB\-n\fR.
883 .IP "\fBmapAlert:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
884 .IX Item "mapAlert: boolean"
885 \&\fBTrue\fR: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. \fBFalse\fR: no
886 de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
887 .IP "\fBurgentOnBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
888 .IX Item "urgentOnBell: boolean"
889 \&\fBTrue\fR: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
890 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not set the urgency hint [default].
891 .IP "\fBvisualBell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
892 .IX Item "visualBell: boolean"
893 \&\fBTrue\fR: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option \fB\-vb\fR.
894 \&\fBFalse\fR: no visual bell [default]; option \fB+vb\fR.
895 .IP "\fBloginShell:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
896 .IX Item "loginShell: boolean"
897 \&\fBTrue\fR: start as a login shell by prepending a `\-' to \fBargv[0]\fR of
898 the shell; option \fB\-ls\fR. \fBFalse\fR: start as a normal sub-shell
899 [default]; option \fB+ls\fR.
900 .IP "\fButmpInhibit:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
901 .IX Item "utmpInhibit: boolean"
902 \&\fBTrue\fR: inhibit writing record into the system log file \fButmp\fR;
903 option \fB\-ut\fR. \fBFalse\fR: write record into the system log file \fButmp\fR
904 [default]; option \fB+ut\fR.
905 .IP "\fBprint\-pipe:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
906 .IX Item "print-pipe: string"
907 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default \fI\fIlpr\fI\|(1)\fR]. Use
908 \&\fBPrint\fR to initiate a screen dump to the printer and \fBCtrl-Print\fR or
909 \&\fBShift-Print\fR to include the scrollback as well.
910 .Sp
911 The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as\-is.
912 .Sp
913 Example:
914 .Sp
915 .Vb 1
916 \& URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
917 .Ve
918 .Sp
919 This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
920 every time you hit \f(CW\*(C`Print\*(C'\fR.
921 .IP "\fBscrollBar:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
922 .IX Item "scrollBar: boolean"
923 \&\fBTrue\fR: enable the scrollbar [default]; option \fB\-sb\fR. \fBFalse\fR:
924 disable the scrollbar; option \fB+sb\fR.
925 .IP "\fBscrollBar_right:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
926 .IX Item "scrollBar_right: boolean"
927 \&\fBTrue\fR: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; option \fB\-sr\fR.
928 \&\fBFalse\fR: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; option \fB+sr\fR.
929 .IP "\fBscrollBar_floating:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
930 .IX Item "scrollBar_floating: boolean"
931 \&\fBTrue\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; option \fB\-st\fR.
932 \&\fBFalse\fR: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; option \fB+st\fR.
933 .IP "\fBscrollBar_align:\fR \fImode\fR" 4
934 .IX Item "scrollBar_align: mode"
935 Align the \fBtop\fR, \fBbottom\fR or \fBcentre\fR [default] of the scrollbar
936 thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
937 .IP "\fBscrollTtyOutput:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
938 .IX Item "scrollTtyOutput: boolean"
939 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option \fB\-si\fR.
940 \&\fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
941 \&\fB+si\fR.
942 .IP "\fBscrollWithBuffer:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
943 .IX Item "scrollWithBuffer: boolean"
944 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
945 \&\fBscrollTtyOutput\fR is False); option \fB\-sw\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll
946 with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option \fB+sw\fR.
947 .IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
948 .IX Item "scrollTtyKeypress: boolean"
949 \&\fBTrue\fR: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
950 are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
951 are not passed onto the shell; option \fB\-sk\fR. \fBFalse\fR: do not scroll to
952 bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option \fB+sk\fR.
953 .IP "\fBsaveLines:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
954 .IX Item "saveLines: number"
955 Save \fInumber\fR lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
956 resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option \fB\-sl\fR.
957 .IP "\fBinternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
958 .IX Item "internalBorder: number"
959 Internal border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
960 option \fB\-b\fR.
961 .IP "\fBexternalBorder:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
962 .IX Item "externalBorder: number"
963 External border of \fInumber\fR pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
964 option \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-bw\fR, \fB\-borderwidth\fR.
965 .IP "\fBborderLess:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
966 .IX Item "borderLess: boolean"
967 Set \s-1MWM\s0 hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
968 \&\s-1WM\s0, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option \fB\-bl\fR.
969 .IP "\fBskipBuiltinGlyphs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
970 .IX Item "skipBuiltinGlyphs: boolean"
971 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
972 drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
973 this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
974 option \fB\-sbg\fR.
975 .IP "\fBtermName:\fR \fItermname\fR" 4
976 .IX Item "termName: termname"
977 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the \fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR environment
978 variable; option \fB\-tn\fR.
979 .IP "\fBlineSpace:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
980 .IX Item "lineSpace: number"
981 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
982 the display [default 0]; option \fB\-lsp\fR.
983 .IP "\fBmeta8:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
984 .IX Item "meta8: boolean"
985 \&\fBTrue\fR: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit. \fBFalse\fR:
986 handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default].
987 .IP "\fBmouseWheelScrollPage:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
988 .IX Item "mouseWheelScrollPage: boolean"
989 \&\fBTrue\fR: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. \fBFalse\fR: the mouse wheel
990 scrolls five lines [default].
991 .IP "\fBpastableTabs:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
992 .IX Item "pastableTabs: boolean"
993 \&\fBTrue\fR: store tabs as wide characters. \fBFalse\fR: interpret tabs as cursor
994 movement only; option \f(CW\*(C`\-ptab\*(C'\fR.
995 .IP "\fBcursorBlink:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
996 .IX Item "cursorBlink: boolean"
997 \&\fBTrue\fR: blink the cursor. \fBFalse\fR: do not blink the cursor [default];
998 option \fB\-bc\fR.
999 .IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1000 .IX Item "pointerBlank: boolean"
1001 \&\fBTrue\fR: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
1002 of seconds of inactivity. \fBFalse\fR: the pointer is always visible
1003 [default].
1004 .IP "\fBpointerColor:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
1005 .IX Item "pointerColor: colour"
1006 Mouse pointer foreground colour.
1007 .IP "\fBpointerColor2:\fR \fIcolour\fR" 4
1008 .IX Item "pointerColor2: colour"
1009 Mouse pointer background colour.
1010 .IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fR \fInumber\fR" 4
1011 .IX Item "pointerBlankDelay: number"
1012 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
1013 large number (e.g. \f(CW987654321\fR) to effectively disable the timeout.
1014 .IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1015 .IX Item "backspacekey: string"
1016 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to \fB\s-1DEC\s0\fR
1017 or unset it will send \fBDelete\fR (code 127) or, if shifted, \fBBackspace\fR
1018 (code 8) \- which can be reversed with the appropriate \s-1DEC\s0 private mode
1019 escape sequence.
1020 .IP "\fBdeletekey:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1021 .IX Item "deletekey: string"
1022 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
1023 pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
1024 with the \fBExecute\fR key.
1025 .IP "\fBcutchars:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1026 .IX Item "cutchars: string"
1027 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
1028 (whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
1029 .Sp
1030 When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
1031 in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
1032 characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
1033 will be created). In this mode, characters outside \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 can be used.
1034 .Sp
1035 When the selection extension is not used, only \s-1ISO\-8859\-1\s0 characters can
1036 be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
1037 .Sp
1038 \&\fB\s-1BACKSLASH\s0 `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|}\fR
1039 .IP "\fBpreeditType:\fR \fIstyle\fR" 4
1040 .IX Item "preeditType: style"
1041 \&\fBOverTheSpot\fR, \fBOffTheSpot\fR, \fBRoot\fR; option \fB\-pt\fR.
1042 .IP "\fBinputMethod:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
1043 .IX Item "inputMethod: name"
1044 \&\fIname\fR of inputMethod to use; option \fB\-im\fR.
1045 .IP "\fBimLocale:\fR \fIname\fR" 4
1046 .IX Item "imLocale: name"
1047 The locale to use for opening the \s-1IM\s0. You can use an \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR of e.g.
1048 \&\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
1049 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
1050 another locale; option \fB\-imlocale\fR.
1051 .IP "\fBimFont:\fR \fIfontset\fR" 4
1052 .IX Item "imFont: fontset"
1053 Specify the font-set used for \s-1XIM\s0 styles \f(CW\*(C`OverTheSpot\*(C'\fR or
1054 \&\f(CW\*(C`OffTheSpot\*(C'\fR. It must be a standard X font set (\s-1XLFD\s0 patterns separated
1055 by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1056 in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1057 found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1058 option \fB\-imfont\fR.
1059 .IP "\fBtripleclickwords:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1060 .IX Item "tripleclickwords: boolean"
1061 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1062 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1063 the end of the logical line only; option \fB\-tcw\fR.
1064 .IP "\fBinsecure:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1065 .IX Item "insecure: boolean"
1066 Enables \*(L"insecure\*(R" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
1067 echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
1068 abused if somebody gets 8\-bit\-clean access to your display, whether
1069 through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
1070 \&\fIwrite\fR\|(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
1071 default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
1072 sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
1073 .Sp
1074 You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
1075 \&\fB\-insecure\fR as an option. At the moment, this enables display\-answer,
1076 locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
1077 .IP "\fBmodifier:\fR \fImodifier\fR" 4
1078 .IX Item "modifier: modifier"
1079 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: \fBalt\fR, \fBmeta\fR,
1080 \&\fBhyper\fR, \fBsuper\fR, \fBmod1\fR, \fBmod2\fR, \fBmod3\fR, \fBmod4\fR, \fBmod5\fR; option
1081 \&\fB\-mod\fR.
1082 .IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fR \fIstring\fR" 4
1083 .IX Item "answerbackString: string"
1084 Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an \s-1ENQ\s0 (control\-E)
1085 character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
1086 in the entry on \fBkeysym\fR following.
1087 .IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1088 .IX Item "secondaryScreen: boolean"
1089 Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
1090 .IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1091 .IX Item "secondaryScroll: boolean"
1092 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
1093 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
1094 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
1095 instead scroll the screen up.
1096 .IP "\fBhold\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4
1097 .IX Item "hold: boolean"
1098 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1099 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1100 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1101 user.
1102 .IP "\fBkeysym.\fR\fIsym\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1103 .IX Item "keysym.sym: string"
1104 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Associate \fIstring\fR with keysym \fIsym\fR. The
1105 intervening resource name \fBkeysym.\fR cannot be omitted.
1106 .Sp
1107 The format of \fIsym\fR is "\fI(modifiers\-)key\fR", where \fImodifiers\fR can be
1108 any combination of \fBISOLevel3\fR, \fBAppKeypad\fR, \fBControl\fR, \fBNumLock\fR,
1109 \&\fBShift\fR, \fBMeta\fR, \fBLock\fR, \fBMod1\fR, \fBMod2\fR, \fBMod3\fR, \fBMod4\fR, \fBMod5\fR,
1110 and the abbreviated \fBI\fR, \fBK\fR, \fBC\fR, \fBN\fR, \fBS\fR, \fBM\fR, \fBA\fR, \fBL\fR, \fB1\fR,
1111 \&\fB2\fR, \fB3\fR, \fB4\fR, \fB5\fR.
1112 .Sp
1113 The \fBNumLock\fR, \fBMeta\fR and \fBISOLevel3\fR modifiers are usually aliased to
1114 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or \s-1ISO\s0 Level3 Shift/AltGr
1115 keys are being mapped. \fBAppKeypad\fR is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1116 current application keymap mode state.
1117 .Sp
1118 The spellings of \fIkey\fR can be obtained by using \fBxev\fR(1) command or
1119 searching keysym macros from \fB/usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h\fR and
1120 omitting the prefix \fB\s-1XK_\s0\fR. Alternatively you can specify \fIkey\fR by its hex
1121 keysym value (\fB0x0000 \- 0xFFFF\fR). Note that the lookup of \fIsym\fRs is not
1122 performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1123 .Sp
1124 \&\fIstring\fR may contain escape values (\f(CW\*(C`\en\*(C'\fR: newline, \f(CW\*(C`\e000\*(C'\fR: octal
1125 number), see \s-1RESOURCES\s0 in \f(CW\*(C`man 7 X\*(C'\fR for futher details.
1126 .Sp
1127 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a \fIstring\fR
1128 with pattern \fBlist/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX\fR, where the delimiter `/'
1129 should be a character not used by the strings.
1130 .Sp
1131 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1132 .Sp
1133 .Vb 1
1134 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\e033<M-C-|abc|>
1135 .Ve
1136 .Sp
1137 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1138 .Sp
1139 .Vb 3
1140 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \e033<M-C-a>
1141 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \e033<M-C-b>
1142 \& URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \e033<M-C-c>
1143 .Ve
1144 .Sp
1145 If \fIstring\fR takes the form of \f(CW\*(C`command:STRING\*(C'\fR, the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1146 is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1147 example the following means "change the current locale to \f(CW\*(C`zh_CN.GBK\*(C'\fR
1148 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1149 .Sp
1150 .Vb 1
1151 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
1152 .Ve
1153 .Sp
1154 If \fIstring\fR takes the form \f(CW\*(C`perl:STRING\*(C'\fR, then the specified \fB\s-1STRING\s0\fR
1155 is passed to the \f(CW\*(C`on_keyboard_command\*(C'\fR perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3)
1156 manpage. For example, the \fIselection\fR extension (activated via
1157 \&\f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-pe selection\*(C'\fR) listens for \f(CW\*(C`selection:rot13\*(C'\fR events:
1158 .Sp
1159 .Vb 1
1160 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1161 .Ve
1162 .Sp
1163 Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1164 will match if at \fIat least\fR the specified identifiers are being set, and
1165 no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1166 means that defining a key map for \f(CW\*(C`a\*(C'\fR will automatically provide
1167 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
1168 mappings themselves.
1169 .Sp
1170 Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1171 if you overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1172 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke \*(L"holes\*(R" into the
1173 user-defined keymap using the \f(CW\*(C`builtin:\*(C'\fR replacement:
1174 .Sp
1175 .Vb 2
1176 \& URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1177 \& URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1178 .Ve
1179 .Sp
1180 The first line defines a mapping for \f(CW\*(C`Insert\*(C'\fR and \fIany\fR combination
1181 of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1182 \&\f(CW\*(C`Shift\-Insert\*(C'\fR.
1183 .Sp
1184 The following example will map Control\-Meta\-1 and Control\-Meta\-2 to
1185 the fonts \f(CW\*(C`suxuseuro\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR, so you can have some limited
1186 font-switching at runtime:
1187 .Sp
1188 .Vb 2
1189 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]50;suxuseuro\e007
1190 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]50;9x15bold\e007
1191 .Ve
1192 .Sp
1193 Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1194 info):
1195 .Sp
1196 .Vb 2
1197 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\e033[8;25;80t
1198 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\e033[8;48;110t
1199 .Ve
1200 .IP "\fBperl-ext-common\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1201 .IX Item "perl-ext-common: string"
1202 .PD 0
1203 .IP "\fBperl-ext\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1204 .IX Item "perl-ext: string"
1205 .PD
1206 Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: \f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR) to
1207 use in this terminal instance; option \fB\-pe\fR.
1208 .Sp
1209 Extension names can be prefixed with a \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR sign to prohibit using
1210 them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1211 by default, or specified via the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource. For
1212 example, \f(CW\*(C`default,\-selection\*(C'\fR will use all the default extension except
1213 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\*(C'\fR.
1214 .Sp
1215 Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1216 (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`searchable\-scrollback<M\-s>\*(C'\fR, which binds the hotkey for
1217 searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta\-s). Mentioning the same extension
1218 multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1219 the extension.
1220 .Sp
1221 Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1222 necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1223 .Sp
1224 If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1225 interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1226 \&\fBperl-ext-common\fR will be used for extensions that should be available to
1227 all instances, while \fBperl-ext\fR is used for specific instances.
1228 .IP "\fBperl-eval\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1229 .IX Item "perl-eval: string"
1230 Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1231 the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
1232 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1233 .IP "\fBperl-lib\fR: \fIpath\fR" 4
1234 .IX Item "perl-lib: path"
1235 Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1236 scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the \f(CW\*(C`perl\*(C'\fR resource,
1237 @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
1238 \&\fI@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/\fR. Due to security reasons, this resource
1239 will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1240 .Sp
1241 See the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage.
1242 .IP "\fBselection.pattern\-\f(BIidx\fB\fR: \fIperl-regex\fR" 4
1243 .IX Item "selection.pattern-idx: perl-regex"
1244 Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage for
1245 details.
1246 .IP "\fBselection\-autotransform.\f(BIidx\fB\fR: \fIperl-transform\fR" 4
1247 .IX Item "selection-autotransform.idx: perl-transform"
1248 Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage
1249 for details.
1250 .IP "\fBsearchable\-scrollback:\fR \fIkeysym\fR" 4
1251 .IX Item "searchable-scrollback: keysym"
1252 Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
1253 (default: \f(CW\*(C`M\-s\*(C'\fR).
1254 .IP "\fBurlLauncher\fR: \fIstring\fR" 4
1255 .IX Item "urlLauncher: string"
1256 Specifies the program to be started with a \s-1URL\s0 argument. Used by the
1257 \&\f(CW\*(C`selection\-popup\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`matcher\*(C'\fR perl extensions.
1258 .IP "\fBtransient-for\fR: \fIwindowid\fR" 4
1259 .IX Item "transient-for: windowid"
1260 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets the \s-1WM_TRANSIENT_FOR\s0 property to the given window id.
1261 .IP "\fBoverride-redirect\fR: \fIboolean\fR" 4
1262 .IX Item "override-redirect: boolean"
1263 Compile \fIfrills\fR: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1264 it almost invisible to window managers; option \fB\-override\-redirect\fR.
1265 .IP "\fBiso14755_52:\fR \fIboolean\fR" 4
1266 .IX Item "iso14755_52: boolean"
1267 Turn on/off \s-1ISO\s0 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
1268 .SH "THE SCROLLBAR"
1269 .IX Header "THE SCROLLBAR"
1270 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR window
1271 (resource: \fBsaveLines\fR) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar
1272 or by keystrokes. The normal \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR scrollbar has arrows and
1273 its behaviour is fairly intuitive. The \fBxterm-scrollbar\fR is without
1274 arrows and its behaviour mimics that of \fIxterm\fR
1275 .PP
1276 Scroll down with \fBButton1\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Next\fR.
1277 Scroll up with \fBButton3\fR (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fR) or \fBShift-Prior\fR.
1278 Continuous scroll with \fBButton2\fR.
1279 .SH "MOUSE REPORTING"
1280 .IX Header "MOUSE REPORTING"
1281 To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or
1282 the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
1283 (Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
1284 .PP
1285 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
1286 disabled \*(-- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
1287 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 6 ~\fR
1288 (Next) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ 5 ~\fR (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
1289 up and down arrows sends \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ A\fR (Up) and \fB\s-1ESC\s0 [ B\fR (Down),
1290 respectively.
1291 .SH "THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT"
1292 .IX Header "THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT"
1293 The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
1294 to \fIxterm\fR(1).
1295 .IP "\fBSelecting\fR:" 4
1296 .IX Item "Selecting:"
1297 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
1298 and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
1299 to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
1300 (which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1301 \&\fBtripleclickwords\fR.
1302 .Sp
1303 Starting a selection while pressing the \fBMeta\fR key (or \fBMeta+Ctrl\fR keys)
1304 (Compile: \fIfrills\fR) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1305 normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1306 selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1307 the selection.
1308 .IP "\fBPasting\fR:" 4
1309 .IX Item "Pasting:"
1310 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR
1311 window causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection (or \s-1CLIPBOARD\s0 with the
1312 \&\fBMeta\fR modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1313 .Sp
1314 Pressing \fBShift-Insert\fR causes the value of the \s-1PRIMARY\s0 selection to be
1315 inserted too.
1316 .SH "CHANGING FONTS"
1317 .IX Header "CHANGING FONTS"
1318 Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
1319 supported in rxvt\-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
1320 .PP
1321 You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
1322 .PP
1323 .Vb 1
1324 \& printf '\ee]710;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1325 .Ve
1326 .PP
1327 You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1328 .PP
1329 .Vb 2
1330 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\e033]710;suxuseuro\e007\e033]711;suxuseuro\e007
1331 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\e033]710;9x15bold\e007\e033]711;9x15bold\e007
1332 .Ve
1333 .PP
1334 rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
1335 .SH "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1336 .IX Header "ISO 14755 SUPPORT"
1337 \&\s-1ISO\s0 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1338 and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1339 first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1340 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1341 with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-iso14755\*(C'\fR.
1342 .IP "* 5.1: Basic method" 4
1343 .IX Item "5.1: Basic method"
1344 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1345 .Sp
1346 Start by pressing and holding both \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR, then enter
1347 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR will
1348 commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1349 \&\f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1350 \&\f(CW\*(C`Space\*(C'\fR, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1351 one.
1352 .Sp
1353 As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e\-mail
1354 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e\-mail
1355 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`671d 65e5\*(C'\fR. You can enter this easily
1356 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,
1357 followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1358 .IP "* 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method" 4
1359 .IX Item "5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method"
1360 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1361 your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1362 .Sp
1363 Start by pressing \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then releasing
1364 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1365 invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1366 keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1367 released, otherwise pressing e.g. \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR would enter the symbol for
1368 \&\f(CW\*(C`ISO Level 2 Switch\*(C'\fR, although your intention might have been to enter a
1369 reverse tab (Shift\-Tab).
1370 .IP "* 5.3: Screen-selection entry method" 4
1371 .IX Item "5.3: Screen-selection entry method"
1372 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1373 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1374 .IP "* 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input" 4
1375 .IX Item "5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input"
1376 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1377 characters already displayed.
1378 .Sp
1379 You enter this mode by holding down \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR together, then
1380 pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1381 hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1382 pointer is displayed until you release \f(CW\*(C`Control\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Shift\*(C'\fR.
1383 .Sp
1384 In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1385 character \- due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1386 combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1387 always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1388 .PP
1389 With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1390 both scenario A and B of \s-1ISO\s0 14755, including part 5.2.
1391 .SH "LOGIN STAMP"
1392 .IX Header "LOGIN STAMP"
1393 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fR(5) file so that
1394 it can be seen via the \fI\fIwho\fI\|(1)\fR command, and can accept messages. To
1395 allow this feature, \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR may need to be installed setuid root
1396 on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1397 .SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1398 .IX Header "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
1399 In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1400 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR can display up to 16 colours (8 \s-1ANSI\s0 colours plus
1401 high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
1402 colours with their names.
1403 .TS
1404 l l l .
1405 color0 (black) = Black
1406 color1 (red) = Red3
1407 color2 (green) = Green3
1408 color3 (yellow) = Yellow3
1409 color4 (blue) = Blue3
1410 color5 (magenta) = Magenta3
1411 color6 (cyan) = Cyan3
1412 color7 (white) = AntiqueWhite
1413 color8 (bright black) = Grey25
1414 color9 (bright red) = Red
1415 color10 (bright green) = Green
1416 color11 (bright yellow) = Yellow
1417 color12 (bright blue) = Blue
1418 color13 (bright magenta) = Magenta
1419 color14 (bright cyan) = Cyan
1420 color15 (bright white) = White
1421 foreground = Black
1422 background = White
1423 .TE
1424
1425 .PP
1426 It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fR,
1427 \&\fBbackground\fR, \fBcursorColor\fR, \fBcursorColor2\fR, \fBcolorBD\fR, \fBcolorUL\fR as
1428 a number 0\-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1429 color0\-color15.
1430 .PP
1431 In addition to the colours defined above, @@RXVT_NAME@@ offers an
1432 additional 72 colours. The first 64 of those (with indices 16 to 79)
1433 consist of a 4*4*4 \s-1RGB\s0 colour cube (i.e. \fIindex = r * 16 + g * 4 + b +
1434 16\fR), followed by 8 additional shades of gray (with indices 80 to 87).
1435 .PP
1436 Together, all those colours implement the 88 colour xterm colours. Only
1437 the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the rest can only
1438 be changed via command sequences (\*(L"escape codes\*(R").
1439 .PP
1440 Note that \fB\-rv\fR (\fB\*(L"reverseVideo: True\*(R"\fR) simulates reverse video by
1441 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1442 \&\fIxterm\fR(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1443 been specified. For example,
1444 .IP "\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-fg Black \-bg White \-rv\fR" 4
1445 .IX Item "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv"
1446 would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fR(1) it would yield Black
1447 on White.
1448 .Sh "\s-1ALPHA\s0 \s-1CHANNEL\s0 \s-1SUPPORT\s0"
1449 .IX Subsection "ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT"
1450 If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1451 their act together, rxvt-unicode will support \f(CW\*(C`rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa\*(C'\fR
1452 (recommended, but \fB\s-1MUST\s0\fR have 4 digits/component) colour specifications,
1453 in addition to the ones provided by X, where the additional A component
1454 specifies opacity (alpha) values. The minimum value of \f(CW0\fR is completely
1455 transparent). You can also prefix any color with \f(CW\*(C`[percent]\*(C'\fR, where
1456 \&\f(CW\*(C`percent\*(C'\fR is a decimal percentage (0\-100) that specifies the opacity of
1457 the color, where \f(CW0\fR is completely transparent and \f(CW100\fR is completelxy
1458 opaque.
1459 .PP
1460 You probably need to specify \fB\*(L"\-depth 32\*(R"\fR, too, and have the luck that
1461 your X\-server uses \s-1ARGB\s0 pixel layout, as X is far from just supporting
1462 \&\s-1ARGB\s0 visuals out of the box, and rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1463 .PP
1464 For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent red
1465 background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1466 .PP
1467 .Vb 1
1468 \& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/aaaa -fg "[80]pink"
1469 .Ve
1470 .PP
1471 \&\fIPlease note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
1472 the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!\fR
1473 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
1474 .IX Header "ENVIRONMENT"
1475 \&\fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\fR sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1476 .IP "\fB\s-1TERM\s0\fR" 4
1477 .IX Item "TERM"
1478 Normally set to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1479 resources or on the command line.
1480 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORTERM\s0\fR" 4
1481 .IX Item "COLORTERM"
1482 Either \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-xpm\*(C'\fR, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1483 compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1484 extension \f(CW\*(C`\-mono\*(C'\fR to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1485 screen.
1486 .IP "\fB\s-1COLORFGBG\s0\fR" 4
1487 .IX Item "COLORFGBG"
1488 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
1489 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1490 \&\f(CW\*(C`default\*(C'\fR to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1491 used), \f(CW\*(C`bg\*(C'\fR is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1492 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@@
1493 was compiled with background image support. Libraries like \f(CW\*(C`ncurses\*(C'\fR
1494 and \f(CW\*(C`slang\*(C'\fR can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1495 .IP "\fB\s-1WINDOWID\s0\fR" 4
1496 .IX Item "WINDOWID"
1497 Set to the (decimal) X Window \s-1ID\s0 of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1498 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1499 window and so on).
1500 .IP "\fB\s-1TERMINFO\s0\fR" 4
1501 .IX Item "TERMINFO"
1502 Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1503 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH\*(C'\fR.
1504 .IP "\fB\s-1DISPLAY\s0\fR" 4
1505 .IX Item "DISPLAY"
1506 Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1507 display in its child processes.
1508 .IP "\fB\s-1SHELL\s0\fR" 4
1509 .IX Item "SHELL"
1510 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to \f(CW\*(C`/bin/sh\*(C'\fR.
1511 .IP "\fB\s-1RXVT_SOCKET\s0\fR" 4
1512 .IX Item "RXVT_SOCKET"
1513 The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1514 @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1515 .Sp
1516 Default \fI$HOME/.rxvt\-unicode\-\fI<nodename\fI\fR.
1517 .IP "\fB\s-1HOME\s0\fR" 4
1518 .IX Item "HOME"
1519 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1520 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1521 \&\f(CW\*(C`.Xdefaults\*(C'\fR)
1522 .IP "\fB\s-1XAPPLRESDIR\s0\fR" 4
1523 .IX Item "XAPPLRESDIR"
1524 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1525 .IP "\fB\s-1XENVIRONMENT\s0\fR" 4
1526 .IX Item "XENVIRONMENT"
1527 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1528 @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1529 .SH "FILES"
1530 .IX Header "FILES"
1531 .IP "\fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt\fR" 4
1532 .IX Item "/usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt"
1533 Color names.
1534 .SH "SEE ALSO"
1535 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
1536 @@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)
1537 .SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1538 .IX Header "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1539 .IP "Project Coordinator" 4
1540 .IX Item "Project Coordinator"
1541 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>
1542 .Sp
1543 <http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt\-unicode.html>
1544 .SH "AUTHORS"
1545 .IX Header "AUTHORS"
1546 .IP "John Bovey" 4
1547 .IX Item "John Bovey"
1548 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1549 .IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>" 4
1550 .IX Item "Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>"
1551 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1552 .IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>" 4
1553 .IX Item "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>"
1554 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1555 .IP "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>" 4
1556 .IX Item "mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>"
1557 Wrote the menu system.
1558 .Sp
1559 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1560 .IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu\-berlin.de>" 4
1561 .IX Item "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>"
1562 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1563 .IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>" 4
1564 .IX Item "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>"
1565 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1566 .Sp
1567 Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 \- rxvt\-unicode)
1568 .IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt\-unicode@schmorp.de>" 4
1569 .IX Item "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>"
1570 Forked rxvt\-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1571 extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1572 .Sp
1573 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 \-)
1574 .IP "Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it>" 4
1575 .IX Item "Emanuele Giaquinta <e.giaquinta@glauco.it>"
1576 Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.