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12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not 12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not
13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style 13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space -- 14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --
15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions. 15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
16 16
17This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
18L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
19
20=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
21
22See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
23frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
24problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
25L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod>.
26
17=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT 27=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
18 28
19Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode 29Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
20internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the 30internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
21world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult, 31world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
22especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts 32especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
23like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, 33like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
24like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these 34like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
25scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work 35scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
26fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such 36fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
27as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms 37as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
28belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things -- 38belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
29such as cursor-movement while editing -- break othwerwise), but that might 39such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
30change. 40change.
31 41
32If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let 42If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
33me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean 43me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
34terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely 44terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
35because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and 45because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
36another for japanese. 46another for japanese.
37 47
38Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to 48Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
39display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other 49display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
40programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able 50programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
41to choose any font for any script freely. 51to choose any font for any script freely.
42 52
43Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than 53Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
44it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy 54its predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
45in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original 55in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original
46rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements. 56rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
47 57
48It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean 58It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
49and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode 59and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
50without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with 60without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
51a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows 61a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
52from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and 62from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
53drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and 63drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
54@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client). 64@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
55 65
56It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have 66It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
57been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical 67been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
58reference documentation (escape sequences etc.) and the FAQ section at the 68reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
59end of this document.
60 69
61=head1 OPTIONS 70=head1 OPTIONS
62 71
63The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed 72The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed
64below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be 73below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
83 92
84Print out a message describing available options. 93Print out a message describing available options.
85 94
86=item B<-display> I<displayname> 95=item B<-display> I<displayname>
87 96
88Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still 97Attempt to open a window on the named X display (the older form B<-d>
89respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the 98is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the
90B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used. 99display specified by the B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
100
101=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
102
103Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
104resource B<depth>.
105
106[Please note that many X servers (and libXft) are buggy with
107respect to C<-depth 32> and/or alpha channels, and will cause all sorts
108of graphical corruption. This is harmless, but we can't do anything about
109this, so watch out]
91 110
92=item B<-geometry> I<geom> 111=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
93 112
94Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>. 113Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
95 114
97 116
98Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>. 117Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.
99 118
100=item B<-j>|B<+j> 119=item B<-j>|B<+j>
101 120
102Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>. 121Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource B<jumpScroll>.
103 122
104=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> 123=item B<-ss>|B<+ss>
105 124
106Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is 125Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.
107B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>. 126
127=item B<-tr>|B<+tr>
128
129Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background; resource B<transparent>.
130
131B<-ip> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
132future versions.
133
134I<Please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
135sasha@aftercode.net. Read the FAQ (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!>
108 136
109=item B<-fade> I<number> 137=item B<-fade> I<number>
110 138
111Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 139Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
140fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
141colour; resource B<fading>.
142
143=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
144
145Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
146is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
112 147
113=item B<-tint> I<colour> 148=item B<-tint> I<colour>
114 149
115Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 150Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
116transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh> 151transparency is enabled with B<-tr>. This only works for
152non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the B<-sh> option that can be
117option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to 153used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it.
118tinting it. 154Please note that certain tint colours can be applied on the server-side,
155thus yielding performance gain of two orders of magnitude. These colours are:
156blue, red, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, and those close to them. Also
157pure black and pure white colors essentially mean no tinting; resource
158I<tintColor>. Example:
119 159
120=item B<-sh> 160 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
121 161
162=item B<-sh> I<number>
163
122I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 164Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (100 .. 200) the transparent
123background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 165background image in addition to (or instead of) tinting it;
124specified, too). 166resource I<shading>.
167
168=item B<-blt> I<string>
169
170Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
171at the same time as transparency - such pixmap will be blended over
172transparency image, using method specified. Supported values are :
173B<add>, B<alphablend>, B<allanon> - color values averaging, B<colorize>,
174B<darken>, B<diff>, B<dissipate>, B<hue>, B<lighten>, B<overlay>,
175B<saturate>, B<screen>, B<sub>, B<tint>, B<value>. The default is
176alpha-blending. Compile I<afterimage>; resource I<blendType>.
177
178=item B<-blr> I<HxV>
179
180Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
181background image. If single number is specified - both vertical and
182horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
183radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
184on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile I<afterimage>;
185resource I<blurRadius>.
125 186
126=item B<-bg> I<colour> 187=item B<-bg> I<colour>
127 188
128Window background colour; resource B<background>. 189Window background colour; resource B<background>.
129 190
130=item B<-fg> I<colour> 191=item B<-fg> I<colour>
131 192
132Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 193Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
133 194
134=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]> 195=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]>
135 196
136Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally 197Compile I<afterimage>: Specify image file for the background and also
137specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add 198optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
138quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the 199add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
139command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>. 200command-line; for more details see resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
140 201
141=item B<-cr> I<colour> 202=item B<-cr> I<colour>
142 203
143The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 204The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
144 205
150 211
151The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>. 212The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.
152 213
153=item B<-bd> I<colour> 214=item B<-bd> I<colour>
154 215
155The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text; 216The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
156resource B<borderColor>. 217resource B<borderColor>.
157 218
158=item B<-fn> I<fontname> 219=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
159 220
160Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 221Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
161names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 222that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
162The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 223first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
163be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 224smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
164appended to it. resource B<font>. 225font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
226
227In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
228with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
229e.g.:
230
231 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
232 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
165 233
166See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ 234See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
167section. 235section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
168 236
237=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
238
239Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
240are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
241
242=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
243
244Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
245characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
246
247=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
248
249Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
250italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
251for details.
252
169=item B<-rb>|B<+rb> 253=item B<-is>|B<+is>
170 254
171Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text will be 255Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
172displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. Bold 256foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
173fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 257details.
174corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular
175font will be used. resource B<realBold>.
176 258
177=item B<-name> I<name> 259=item B<-name> I<name>
178 260
179Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 261Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
180rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 262rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
196 278
197=item B<-sb>|B<+sb> 279=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
198 280
199Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>. 281Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
200 282
283=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
284
285Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
286
287=item B<-st>|B<+st>
288
289Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
290resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
291
201=item B<-si>|B<+si> 292=item B<-si>|B<+si>
202 293
203Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource 294Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
204B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect. 295B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
205 296
212 303
213Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear. 304Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
214This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource 305This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
215B<scrollWithBuffer>. 306B<scrollWithBuffer>.
216 307
217=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
218
219Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
220
221=item B<-st>|B<+st> 308=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
222 309
223Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 310If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
224resource B<scrollBar_floating>. 311actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
312select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
313not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
314on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
225 315
226=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 316=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
227 317
228Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 318Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
229 319
250 340
251=item B<-bl> 341=item B<-bl>
252 342
253Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. 343Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
254if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window 344if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
255decorations; resource B<borderLess>. 345decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
346support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
347
348=item B<-override-redirect>
349
350Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
351B<override-redirect>.
352
353=item B<-sbg>
354
355Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
356drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
357this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
358resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
256 359
257=item B<-lsp> I<number> 360=item B<-lsp> I<number>
258 361
259Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row 362Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
260of the display; resource B<linespace>. 363the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
364B<lineSpace>.
261 365
262=item B<-tn> I<termname> 366=item B<-tn> I<termname>
263 367
264This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 368This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
265B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 369B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
274given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last 378given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
275on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to 379on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to
276run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or, 380run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
277failing that, I<sh(1)>. 381failing that, I<sh(1)>.
278 382
383Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
384run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
385
386 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
387
279=item B<-title> I<text> 388=item B<-title> I<text>
280 389
281Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename 390Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
282of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the 391of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
283application name; resource B<title>. 392application name; resource B<title>.
301 410
302Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>. 411Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
303 412
304=item B<-imlocale> I<string> 413=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
305 414
306The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 415The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
307de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 416C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
308extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 417input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
309another locale. 418another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
419
420=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
421
422Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
423for more info.
424
425=item B<-tcw>
426
427Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
428button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
429in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
430the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
310 431
311=item B<-insecure> 432=item B<-insecure>
312 433
313Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 434Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
314sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 435sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
328=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr> 449=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
329 450
330Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 451Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
331B<secondaryScroll>. 452B<secondaryScroll>.
332 453
454=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
455
456Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
457will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
458it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
459user; resource B<hold>.
460
461=item B<-cd> I<path>
462
463Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
464B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
465@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
466
333=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring> 467=item B<-xrm> I<string>
334 468
335No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made 469Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
336available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in 470as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
337some window managers. 471way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
472
473Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
474e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
475options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
476of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
477resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
478programs.
479
480=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
481
482Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
483
484=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
485
486Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
487which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
488
489Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
490shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
491quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
492create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
493
494The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
495
496It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
497descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
498can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
499terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
500not.
501
502Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
503used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
504
505 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
506 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
507 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
508 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
509 });
510
511=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
512
513Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
514pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
515useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
516without having to run a program within it.
517
518If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
519entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
520yourself if you want that.
521
522As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
523pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
524perl extension that manages the terminal.
525
526Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
527longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
528
529 use IO::Pty;
530 use Fcntl;
531
532 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
533 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
534 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
535 close $pty;
536
537 # now communicate with rxvt
538 my $slave = $pty->slave;
539 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
540
541=item B<-pe> I<string>
542
543Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
544this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
338 545
339=back 546=back
340 547
341=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 548=head1 RESOURCES
342 549
343Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long 550Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
344options) compiled into your version. 551options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
552long-options.
345 553
346There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the 554You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
347Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal 555distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
348Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie. 556starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
349B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the 557with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
350resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load
351settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts.
352 558
353If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> 559 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
354lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults 560 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
355set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually 561 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
356B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in 562 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
357B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist. 563 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
564 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
565
358Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two 566Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
359class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows 567names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
360resources common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be 568common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
361easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources 569configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
362unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be 570B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
363shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no 571configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
364resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line 572be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
365arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following 573settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
366resources are allowed: 574check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
575extensions not documented here):
367 576
368=over 4 577=over 4
578
579=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
580
581Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
582option B<-depth>.
583
584=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
585
586Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
587On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
588performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
589should normally be enabled.
369 590
370=item B<geometry:> I<geom> 591=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
371 592
372Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; 593Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
373option B<-geometry>. 594option B<-geometry>.
389high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 610high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
390colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 611colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
3913=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour 6123=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
392names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 613names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.
393 614
615Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
616changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
617
618Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
61988 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
620
394=item B<colorBD:> I<colour> 621=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>
395 622
623=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
624
396Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the foreground 625Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
397colour is the default. This option will be ignored if B<realBold> is 626foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
398enabled. 627(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
399 628
400=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 629=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
401 630
402Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 631Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
403foreground colour is the default. 632foreground colour is the default.
404 633
405=item B<colorRV:> I<colour> 634=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
406 635
407Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video 636Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video characters
408characters. 637when OPTION_HC is disabled (--disable-frills).
638
639=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
640
641If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
642itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
409 643
410=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 644=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
411 645
412Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 646Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
413foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 647foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
424option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option 658option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
425B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 659B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.
426 660
427=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean> 661=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
428 662
429B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling 663B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
430quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>. 664of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
665has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
666received line; option B<-j>.
667
431B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>. 668B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
669force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
432 670
433=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean> 671=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
434 672
435B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 673B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
436artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 674receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
437pixmap. 675(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
676result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
677option B<-ss>.
678
679B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
680if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
681monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
682
683=item B<transparent:> I<boolean>
684
685Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background.
686
687B<inheritPixmap> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
688future versions.
689
690I<Please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
691sasha@aftercode.net. Read the FAQ (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!>
438 692
439=item B<fading:> I<number> 693=item B<fading:> I<number>
440 694
441Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 695Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
696
697=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
698
699Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
700colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
442 701
443=item B<tintColor:> I<colour> 702=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
444 703
445Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 704Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
705B<-tint>.
446 706
447=item B<shading:> I<number> 707=item B<shading:> I<number>
448 708
449Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 709Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background image
450image in addition to tinting it. 710in addition to tinting it; option B<-sh>.
451 711
712=item B<blendType:> I<string>
713
714Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.
715
452=item B<fading:> I<number> 716=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>
453 717
454Scale the tint colour by the given percentage. 718Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent
719background image; option B<-blr>.
455 720
456=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 721=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
457 722
458Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 723Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
459 724
460=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 725=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
461 726
462Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 727Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
463#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 728#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
464 729
730=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
731
732The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
733and the text.
734
465=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 735=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]>
466 736
467Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 737Use the specified image file for the background and also
468the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 738optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string B<WxH+X+Y>,
469string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the 739(default C<0x0+50+50>) in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the
470horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image 740horizontal/vertical scale (percent), and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image
471centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale 741centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
472of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 742of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 specifies
473specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will 743an integer number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified
474be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted 744beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
475scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50] 745Additional operations can be specified after colon B<:op1:op2...>.
746Supported operations are:
476 747
477=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]> 748 tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0
749 propscale will scale image keeping proportions
750 auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100
751 hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size
752 vscale will scale image vertically to the window size
753 scale will scale image to match window size
754 root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto-adjusting
755 whenever terminal window moves
478 756
479Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is 757If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be
480optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the 758blended over transparency image using either alpha-blending, or any
481reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar. 759other blending type, specified with B<-blt "type"> option.
482 760
483=item B<path:> I<path> 761=item B<path:> I<path>
484 762
485Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and 763Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
486menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
487B<PATH> environment variables.
488 764
489=item B<font:> I<fontname> 765=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
490 766
491Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 767Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
492names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 768that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
493The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 769first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
494be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 770smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
495appended to it. option B<-fn>. 771font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
496 772
497=item B<realBold:> I<boolean> 773Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
774optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
498 775
499B<True>: Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text 776In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
500will be displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. 777specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
501Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 778hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
502corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular 779fonts.
503font will be used. option B<-rb>. B<False>: Display bold text in a
504regular font, using the color specified with B<colorBD>; option B<+rb>.
505 780
506=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 781For example, this font resource
507 782
508Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 783 URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
509xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives 784 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
510xterm style selection. 785 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
786 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
787 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
511 788
512=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode> 789specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
790the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
791it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
792wide and 15 pixels high.
513 793
514Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is 794The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
515the author's favourite.. 795the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
796the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
797useful supplement.
798
799The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
800are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
801contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
802
803The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
804remaining unicode characters.
805
806=item B<boldFont:> I<fontlist>
807
808=item B<italicFont:> I<fontlist>
809
810=item B<boldItalicFont:> I<fontlist>
811
812The font list to use for displaying B<bold>, I<italic> or B<< I<bold
813italic> >> characters, respectively.
814
815If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
816B<font>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
817it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
818italic.
819
820If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
821"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
822not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
823
824If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
825text font will being used for the given style.
826
827=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
828
829When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
830option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
831intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
832option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
833reachable.
516 834
517=item B<title:> I<string> 835=item B<title:> I<string>
518 836
519Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 837Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
520specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 838specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
529=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean> 847=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
530 848
531B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no 849B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
532de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default]. 850de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
533 851
852=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
853
854B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
855B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
856
534=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean> 857=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
535 858
536B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>. 859B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
537B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>. 860B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
538 861
552 875
553Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use 876Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
554B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or 877B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
555B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well. 878B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
556 879
880The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
881
882Example:
883
884 URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
885
886This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
887every time you hit C<Print>.
888
889=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
890
891Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
892the author's favourite.
893
557=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 894=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
558 895
559B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 896B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
560disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 897disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
561 898
580B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 917B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
581B<+si>. 918B<+si>.
582 919
583=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 920=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
584 921
585B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and 922B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
586B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 923B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll
587with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. 924with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option B<+sw>.
588 925
589=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 926=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
590 927
591B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys 928B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
592are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and 929are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
611=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean> 948=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
612 949
613Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the 950Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
614WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>. 951WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
615 952
953=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
954
955Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
956drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
957this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
958option B<-sbg>.
959
616=item B<termName:> I<termname> 960=item B<termName:> I<termname>
617 961
618Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 962Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
619variable; option B<-tn>. 963variable; option B<-tn>.
620 964
621=item B<linespace:> I<number> 965=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
622 966
623Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 967Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
624the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 968the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
625 969
626=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 970=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
630 974
631=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean> 975=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
632 976
633B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel 977B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
634scrolls five lines [default]. 978scrolls five lines [default].
979
980=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
981
982B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
983movement only; option C<-ptab>.
635 984
636=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 985=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
637 986
638B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 987B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
639option B<-bc>. 988option B<-bc>.
652 1001
653Mouse pointer background colour. 1002Mouse pointer background colour.
654 1003
655=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 1004=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
656 1005
657Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 1006Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
1007large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
658 1008
659=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 1009=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
660 1010
661The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 1011The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
662or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace> 1012or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>
669pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated 1019pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
670with the B<Execute> key. 1020with the B<Execute> key.
671 1021
672=item B<cutchars:> I<string> 1022=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
673 1023
674The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The 1024The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
675built-in default: 1025(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
676 1026
1027When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
1028in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
1029characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
1030will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
1031
1032When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
1033be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
1034
677B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> 1035B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
678 1036
679=item B<preeditType:> I<style> 1037=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
680 1038
681B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>. 1039B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
682 1040
684 1042
685I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>. 1043I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
686 1044
687=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 1045=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
688 1046
689The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 1047The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
690de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 1048C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
691extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 1049input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
692another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 1050another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
693 1051
694=item B<insecure> 1052=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
1053
1054Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
1055C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
1056by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1057in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1058found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1059option B<-imfont>.
1060
1061=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
1062
1063Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1064button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1065the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
1066
1067=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
695 1068
696Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 1069Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
697echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 1070echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
698abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether 1071abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
699throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 1072through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
700write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 1073write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
701that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 1074default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
702enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 1075sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
703resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 1076
704enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title 1077You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
705requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 1078B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1079locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
706 1080
707=item B<modifier:> I<modifier> 1081=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
708 1082
709Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>, 1083Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
710B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option 1084B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
714 1088
715Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 1089Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
716character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described 1090character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
717in the entry on B<keysym> following. 1091in the entry on B<keysym> following.
718 1092
719=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool> 1093=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
720 1094
721Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). 1095Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
722 1096
723=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool> 1097=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
724 1098
725Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 1099Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
726option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 1100option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
727scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 1101scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
728instead scroll the screen up. 1102to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
1103
1104=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1105
1106Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1107will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1108it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1109user.
1110
1111=item B<chdir>: I<path>
1112
1113Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
1114B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
1115@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
1116directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
729 1117
730=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 1118=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
731 1119
732Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may 1120Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
733contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n:
734newline, \r: return, \t:
735tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null,
736^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end
737with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be 1121intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
738omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with 1122
739KEYSYM_RESOURCE. 1123The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be
1124any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>,
1125B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>,
1126and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>,
1127B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
1128
1129The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
1130whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
1131keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1132current application keymap mode state.
1133
1134The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or
1135searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
1136omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
1137keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
1138performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1139
1140I<string> may contain escape values (C<\n>: newline, C<\000>: octal
1141number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for futher details.
1142
1143You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
1144with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'
1145should be a character not used by the strings.
1146
1147Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1148
1149 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|>
1150
1151The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1152
1153 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>
1154 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>
1155 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>
1156
1157If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
1158is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1159example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
1160when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1161
1162 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
1163
1164If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
1165is passed to the C<on_keyboard_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
1166manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
1167C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
1168
1169 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1170
1171Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1172will match if at I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
1173no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1174means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
1175definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
1176mappings themselves.
1177
1178Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1179if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1180C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke "holes" into the
1181user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
1182
1183 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1184 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1185
1186The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
1187of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1188C<Shift-Insert>.
1189
1190The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
1191the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
1192font-switching at runtime:
1193
1194 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
1195 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
1196
1197Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1198info):
1199
1200 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
1201 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
1202
1203=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
1204
1205=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
1206
1207Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
1208use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
1209
1210Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
1211them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1212by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
1213example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extension except
1214C<selection>.
1215
1216Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1217(e.g. C<< searchable-scrollback<M-s> >>, which binds the hotkey for
1218searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta-s). Mentioning the same extension
1219multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1220the extension.
1221
1222Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1223necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1224
1225If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1226interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1227B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
1228all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1229
1230=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1231
1232Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1233the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
1234will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1235
1236=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1237
1238Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1239scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource,
1240@@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
1241F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>. Due to security reasons, this resource
1242will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1243
1244See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1245
1246=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1247
1248Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
1249details.
1250
1251=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
1252
1253Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
1254for details.
1255
1256=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym>
1257
1258Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
1259(default: C<M-s>).
1260
1261=item B<urlLauncher>: I<string>
1262
1263Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
1264C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
1265
1266=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
1267
1268Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
1269
1270=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1271
1272Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1273it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1274
1275=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1276
1277Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
740 1278
741=back 1279=back
742 1280
743=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1281=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
744 1282
758the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta 1296the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
759(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action. 1297(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
760 1298
761If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 1299If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
762disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 1300disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
763application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~> 1301application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
764(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1302(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
765up and down arrows sends B<ESC[A> (Up) and B<ESC[B> (Down), 1303up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
766respectively. 1304respectively.
767 1305
768=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1306=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
769 1307
770The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1308The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
771I<xterm>(1). 1309to I<xterm>(1).
772 1310
773=over 4 1311=over 4
774 1312
775=item B<Selection>: 1313=item B<Selecting>:
776 1314
777Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the 1315Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
778region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left 1316and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
779double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire 1317to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
780line. 1318(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1319B<tripleclickwords>.
781 1320
1321Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
1322(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1323normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1324selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1325the selection.
1326
782=item B<Insertion>: 1327=item B<Pasting>:
783 1328
784Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1329Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
785an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1330window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
786inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 1331B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1332
1333Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
1334inserted too.
787 1335
788=back 1336=back
789 1337
790=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1338=head1 CHANGING FONTS
791 1339
792Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet 1340Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
793supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. 1341supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
794 1342
795You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and 1343You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
796therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
797 1344
798 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" 1345 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1346
1347You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1348
1349 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
1350 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
799 1351
800rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far. 1352rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
801 1353
802=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1354=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
803 1355
804ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters 1356ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
805and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The 1357and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
806first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with 1358first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
807C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled 1359C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
808with C<--enable-iso14755>. 1360with C<--enable-iso14755>.
809 1361
810=over 4 1362=over 4
811 1363
812=item 5.1: Basic method 1364=item * 5.1: Basic method
813 1365
814This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode. 1366This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
815 1367
816Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter 1368Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
817hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will 1369hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
824address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail 1376address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
825address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily 1377address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
826by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>, 1378by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
827followed by releasing the modifier keys. 1379followed by releasing the modifier keys.
828 1380
829=item 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method 1381=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
830 1382
831This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of 1383This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
832your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding. 1384your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
833 1385
834Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing 1386Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
835them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not 1387them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
836invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding 1388invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
837keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been 1389keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
838released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for 1390released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
839C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have beenm to enter a 1391C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
840reverse tab (Shift-Tab). 1392reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
841 1393
842=item 5.3: Screen-selection entry method 1394=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
843 1395
844While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection 1396While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
845mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map. 1397mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
846 1398
847=item 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input 1399=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
848 1400
849This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with 1401This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
850characters already displayed. 1402characters already displayed.
851 1403
852You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then 1404You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
853pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode 1405pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
854hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the 1406hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
855pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>. 1407pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
856 1408
1409In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1410character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1411combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1412always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1413
857=back 1414=back
858 1415
859With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to 1416With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
860both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2. 1417both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
861 1418
862=head1 LOGIN STAMP 1419=head1 LOGIN STAMP
863 1420
864B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so 1421B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
865that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. 1422it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
866To allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> must be installed setuid root on 1423allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
867some systems. 1424on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
868 1425
869=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1426=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS
870 1427
871In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1428In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
872B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1429B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus
873high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the 1430high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
874colours with their B<rgb.txt> names. 1431colours with their names.
875 1432
876=begin table 1433=begin table
877 1434
878 B<color0> (black) = Black 1435 B<color0> (black) = Black
879 B<color1> (red) = Red3 1436 B<color1> (red) = Red3
899It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>, 1456It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
900B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as 1457B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
901a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of 1458a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
902color0-color15. 1459color0-color15.
903 1460
1461In addition to the colours defined above, @@RXVT_NAME@@ offers an
1462additional 72 colours. The first 64 of those (with indices 16 to 79)
1463consist of a 4*4*4 RGB colour cube (i.e. I<index = r * 16 + g * 4 + b +
146416>), followed by 8 additional shades of gray (with indices 80 to 87).
1465
1466Together, all those colours implement the 88 colour xterm colours. Only
1467the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the rest can only
1468be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
1469
904Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by 1470Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
905always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to 1471always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
906I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1472I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
907been specified. For example, 1473been specified. For example,
908 1474
913would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black 1479would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black
914on White. 1480on White.
915 1481
916=back 1482=back
917 1483
918=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) 1484=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1485
1486If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1487their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management:
1488
1489You can prefix any color with an opaquenes percentage enclosed in
1490brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
1491(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the color, where C<0> is completely
1492transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
1493half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
1494is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1495all ways to specify a colour.
1496
1497For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1498C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1499specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1500(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1501while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1502earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1503C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1504
1505You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1506alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1507layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
1508rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1509
1510For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1511background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1512
1513 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1514
1515When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1516alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1517transparency of course).
1518
1519When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1520colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1521background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1522other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1523image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
1524fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
1525
1526Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1527in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
1528extension.
1529
1530=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1531
1532B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
919 1533
920=over 4 1534=over 4
921 1535
922=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 1536=item B<TERM>
923 1537
924The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). For rxvt-unicode 1538Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
925version 2.14 and later, the escape sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window 1539resources or on the command line.
926title to the version number.
927 1540
928=item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding? 1541=item B<COLORTERM>
929 1542
930=item Unicode does not seem to work? 1543Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1544compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1545extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1546screen.
931 1547
932If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but 1548=item B<COLORFGBG>
933getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
934subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
935 1549
936Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the 1550Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
937programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the 1551the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
938login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to 1552C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
939sth. else, e.h. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work. 1553used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1554string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1555was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1556and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
940 1557
941The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run 1558=item B<WINDOWID>
942into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
943 1559
944 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE" 1560Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1561window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1562window and so on).
945 1563
946If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not 1564=item B<TERMINFO>
947supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> comamnd which
948displays this. If it displays sth. like:
949 1565
950 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ... 1566Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1567C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
951 1568
952Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system. 1569=item B<DISPLAY>
953 1570
954If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then 1571Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
955you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't 1572display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
956support locales :( 1573defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
957 1574
958=item Why do the characters look ugly? 1575=item B<SHELL>
959 1576
960=item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts? 1577The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
961 1578
962Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is 1579=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
963fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
964your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
965to display.
966 1580
967B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement 1581The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
968font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks 1582@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
969bad. In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font
970list, e.g.:
971 1583
972 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3... 1584Default F<<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-I<< <nodename >> >>>.
973 1585
974When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base 1586=item B<HOME>
975font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
976next font, and so on.
977 1587
978The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than the base 1588Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
979font, as the base font defines the principial cell size, which must be the 1589daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
980same due to the way terminals work. 1590C<.Xdefaults>)
981 1591
982=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others? 1592=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
983 1593
984This is because there is a difference between script and language -- 1594Directory where various X resource files are being located.
985rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output
986is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode
987first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for
988it. Subseqzuent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many chinese
989characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
990non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
991-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
992japanese characters that are also chinese.
993 1595
994The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font 1596=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
995list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
996a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
997first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
998 1597
999In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime (the 1598If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1000internal data structure has no problem with using different fonts for
1001the same character at the same time, but no interface for this has been
1002designed yet).
1003
1004=item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
1005
1006=item Is there an option to switch encodings?
1007
1008Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
1009specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
1010UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
1011
1012The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
1013the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
1014applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width and
1015code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>.
1016
1017Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
1018programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1019interpretation of characters.
1020
1021Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1022is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
1023
1024On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
1025contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1026locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
1027C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
1028(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
1029
1030Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1031the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1032i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the same for rxvt-unicode.
1033
1034If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1035rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
1036
1037=item Can I switch locales at runtime?
1038
1039Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which sets
1040rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
1041
1042 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1043
1044See also the previous question.
1045
1046Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in one
1047locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support UTF-8. For
1048example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which first switches to a
1049locale supported by xjdic and back later:
1050
1051 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1052 xjdic -js
1053 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
1054
1055=item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
1056
1057Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which has the same
1058effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
1059
1060 printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1061
1062This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
1063japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
1064japanese fonts would only be in your way.
1065
1066You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
1067
1068=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
1069
1070Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
1071some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
1072heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
1073quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
1074depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
1075
1076=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
1077
1078If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
1079standard foreground colour.
1080
1081For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
1082text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
1083colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
1084ignored.
1085
1086On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
1087foreground/background colors.
1088
1089color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
1090
1091color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
1092
1093=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
1094
1095You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
1096resources (or as long-options).
1097
1098Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
1099including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
1100
1101 Rxvt*color0: #000000
1102 Rxvt*color1: #A80000
1103 Rxvt*color2: #00A800
1104 Rxvt*color3: #A8A800
1105 Rxvt*color4: #0000A8
1106 Rxvt*color5: #A800A8
1107 Rxvt*color6: #00A8A8
1108 Rxvt*color7: #A8A8A8
1109
1110 Rxvt*color8: #000054
1111 Rxvt*color9: #FF0054
1112 Rxvt*color10: #00FF54
1113 Rxvt*color11: #FFFF54
1114 Rxvt*color12: #0000FF
1115 Rxvt*color13: #FF00FF
1116 Rxvt*color14: #00FFFF
1117 Rxvt*color15: #FFFFFF
1118
1119=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
1120
1121Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
1122BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
1123question) there are two standard values that can be used for
1124Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
1125
1126Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
1127policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
1128choice :).
1129
1130Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
1131of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
1132started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
1133system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
1134be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
1135
1136For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
1137
1138 # use Backspace = ^H
1139 $ stty erase ^H
1140 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1599@@RXVT_NAME@@.
1141
1142 # use Backspace = ^?
1143 $ stty erase ^?
1144 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
1145
1146Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
1147
1148For an existing rxvt-unicode:
1149
1150 # use Backspace = ^H
1151 $ stty erase ^H
1152 $ echo -n "^[[36h"
1153
1154 # use Backspace = ^?
1155 $ stty erase ^?
1156 $ echo -n "^[[36l"
1157
1158This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
1159if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
1160properly reflects that.
1161
1162The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
1163To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
1164key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
1165(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
1166
1167Some other Backspace problems:
1168
1169some editors use termcap/terminfo,
1170some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
1171GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
1172
1173Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
1174
1175=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
1176
1177There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
1178you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
1179use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym
11800xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
1181
1182Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270'
1183
1184 !# ----- special uses ------:
1185 ! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys.
1186 tn3270*font: *clean-bold-*-*--15-*
1187
1188 ! keysym - used by rxvt only
1189 ! Delete - ^D
1190 tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
1191
1192 ! Home - ^A
1193 tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
1194 ! Left - ^B
1195 tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
1196 ! Up - ^P
1197 tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
1198 ! Right - ^F
1199 tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
1200 ! Down - ^N
1201 tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
1202 ! End - ^E
1203 tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
1204
1205 ! F1 - F12
1206 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
1207 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
1208 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
1209 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
1210 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
1211 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
1212 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
1213 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
1214 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
1215 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
1216 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
1217 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
1218
1219 ! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
1220 tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
1221 tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
1222
1223=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
1224How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1225has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
1226
1227 KP_Insert == Insert
1228 F22 == Print
1229 F27 == Home
1230 F29 == Prior
1231 F33 == End
1232 F35 == Next
1233
1234Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accomodate all the various possible keyboard
1235mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for
1236your particular machine.
1237
1238=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
1239I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
1240
1241rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
1242check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1243Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1244not to use color.
1245
1246=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
1247
1248If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and ahve enabled
1249insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1250snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1251wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1252the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1253regular xterm.
1254
1255Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
1256snippets:
1257
1258 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1259 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1260 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1261 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1262 echo -n '^[Z'
1263 read term_id
1264 stty icanon echo
1265 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1266 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1267 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1268 fi
1269 fi
1270
1271=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
1272
1273You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
1274one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
1275the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
1276 1600
1277=back 1601=back
1278 1602
1279=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1280
1281B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM>
1282and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X
1283window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and
1284sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display
1285terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables
1286B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files.
1287
1288=head1 FILES 1603=head1 FILES
1289 1604
1290=over 4 1605=over 4
1291 1606
1292=item B</etc/utmp>
1293
1294System file for login records.
1295
1296=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1607=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
1297 1608
1298Color names. 1609Color names.
1299 1610
1300=back 1611=back
1301 1612
1302=head1 SEE ALSO 1613=head1 SEE ALSO
1303 1614
1304@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5) 1615@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1305
1306=head1 BUGS
1307
1308Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1309
1310Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1311
1312Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1313 1616
1314=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR 1617=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1315 1618
1316=over 4 1619=over 4
1317 1620
1318=item Project Coordinator 1621=item Project Coordinator
1319 1622
1320@@RXVT_MAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1623Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1321 1624
1322=item Web page maintainter 1625L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1323
1324@@RXVT_WEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@>
1325
1326L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@>
1327 1626
1328=back 1627=back
1329 1628
1330=head1 AUTHORS 1629=head1 AUTHORS
1331 1630
1353 1652
1354Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5) 1653Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1355 1654
1356=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >> 1655=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1357 1656
1358Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator 1657Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1658
1359(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode) 1659Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1360 1660
1361=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >> 1661=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1362 1662
1363Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal 1663Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1364character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm 1664extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1365compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1366 1665
1367Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -) 1666Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1368 1667
1668=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >>
1669
1670Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.
1671
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