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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.
108 133
109=item B<-fade> I<number> 134=item B<-fade> I<number>
110 135
111Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 136Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
137fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
138colour; resource B<fading>.
139
140=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
141
142Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
143is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
112 144
113=item B<-tint> I<colour> 145=item B<-tint> I<colour>
114 146
115Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 147Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
116transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh> 148transparency is enabled with B<-tr>. This only works for
149non-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 150used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it.
118tinting it. 151Please note that certain tint colours can be applied on the server-side,
152thus yielding performance gain of two orders of magnitude. These colours are:
153blue, red, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, and those close to them. Also
154pure black and pure white colours essentially mean no tinting; resource
155I<tintColor>. Example:
119 156
120=item B<-sh> 157 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
121 158
159=item B<-sh> I<number>
160
122I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 161Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (100 .. 200) the transparent
123background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 162background image in addition to (or instead of) tinting it;
124specified, too). 163resource I<shading>.
164
165=item B<-blt> I<string>
166
167Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
168at the same time as transparency - such pixmap will be blended over
169transparency image, using method specified. Supported values are :
170B<add>, B<alphablend>, B<allanon> - colour values averaging, B<colorize>,
171B<darken>, B<diff>, B<dissipate>, B<hue>, B<lighten>, B<overlay>,
172B<saturate>, B<screen>, B<sub>, B<tint>, B<value>. The default is
173alpha-blending. Compile I<afterimage>; resource I<blendType>.
174
175=item B<-blr> I<HxV>
176
177Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
178background image. If single number is specified - both vertical and
179horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
180radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
181on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile I<afterimage> or I<xft>;
182resource I<blurRadius>.
183
184=item B<-icon> I<file>
185
186Compile I<afterimage> or I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
187is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
188application window; resource I<iconFile>.
125 189
126=item B<-bg> I<colour> 190=item B<-bg> I<colour>
127 191
128Window background colour; resource B<background>. 192Window background colour; resource B<background>.
129 193
130=item B<-fg> I<colour> 194=item B<-fg> I<colour>
131 195
132Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 196Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
133 197
134=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]> 198=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]>
135 199
136Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally 200Compile I<afterimage> or I<pixbuf>: Specify image file for the background and also
137specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add 201optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
138quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the 202add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
139command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>. 203command-line; for more details see resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
140 204
141=item B<-cr> I<colour> 205=item B<-cr> I<colour>
142 206
143The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 207The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
144 208
150 214
151The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>. 215The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.
152 216
153=item B<-bd> I<colour> 217=item B<-bd> I<colour>
154 218
155The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text; 219The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
156resource B<borderColor>. 220resource B<borderColor>.
157 221
158=item B<-fn> I<fontname> 222=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
159 223
160Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 224Select 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. 225that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
162The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 226first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
163be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 227smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
164appended to it. resource B<font>. 228font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
229
230In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
231with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
232e.g.:
233
234 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
235 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
165 236
166See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ 237See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
167section. 238section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
168 239
240=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
241
242Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
243are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
244
245=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
246
247Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
248characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
249
250=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
251
252Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
253italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
254for details.
255
169=item B<-rb>|B<+rb> 256=item B<-is>|B<+is>
170 257
171Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text will be 258Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
172displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. Bold 259foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
173fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 260details.
174corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular
175font will be used. resource B<realBold>.
176 261
177=item B<-name> I<name> 262=item B<-name> I<name>
178 263
179Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 264Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
180rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 265rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
196 281
197=item B<-sb>|B<+sb> 282=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
198 283
199Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>. 284Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
200 285
286=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
287
288Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
289
290=item B<-st>|B<+st>
291
292Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
293resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
294
201=item B<-si>|B<+si> 295=item B<-si>|B<+si>
202 296
203Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource 297Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
204B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect. 298B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
205 299
212 306
213Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear. 307Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
214This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource 308This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
215B<scrollWithBuffer>. 309B<scrollWithBuffer>.
216 310
217=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
218
219Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
220
221=item B<-st>|B<+st> 311=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
222 312
223Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 313If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
224resource B<scrollBar_floating>. 314actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
315select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
316not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
317on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
225 318
226=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 319=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
227 320
228Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 321Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
322
323=item B<-uc>|B<+uc>
324
325Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
229 326
230=item B<-iconic> 327=item B<-iconic>
231 328
232Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option. 329Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
233Alternative form is B<-ic>. 330Alternative form is B<-ic>.
250 347
251=item B<-bl> 348=item B<-bl>
252 349
253Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. 350Compile 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 351if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
255decorations; resource B<borderLess>. 352decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
353support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
354
355=item B<-override-redirect>
356
357Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
358B<override-redirect>.
359
360=item B<-sbg>
361
362Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
363drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
364this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
365resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
256 366
257=item B<-lsp> I<number> 367=item B<-lsp> I<number>
258 368
259Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row 369Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
260of the display; resource B<linespace>. 370the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
371B<lineSpace>.
372
373=item B<-letsp> I<number>
374
375Compile I<frills>: Amount to adjust the computed character width by
376to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the
377letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to
378work around odd font metrics; resource B<letterSpace>.
261 379
262=item B<-tn> I<termname> 380=item B<-tn> I<termname>
263 381
264This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 382This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
265B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 383B<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 392given 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 393on 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, 394run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
277failing that, I<sh(1)>. 395failing that, I<sh(1)>.
278 396
397Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
398run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
399
400 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
401
279=item B<-title> I<text> 402=item B<-title> I<text>
280 403
281Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename 404Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
282of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the 405of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
283application name; resource B<title>. 406application name; resource B<title>.
301 424
302Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>. 425Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
303 426
304=item B<-imlocale> I<string> 427=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
305 428
306The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 429The 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 430C<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 431input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
309another locale. 432another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
433
434=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
435
436Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
437for more info.
438
439=item B<-tcw>
440
441Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
442button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
443in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
444the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
310 445
311=item B<-insecure> 446=item B<-insecure>
312 447
313Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 448Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
314sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 449sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
328=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr> 463=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
329 464
330Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 465Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
331B<secondaryScroll>. 466B<secondaryScroll>.
332 467
468=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
469
470Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
471will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
472it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
473user; resource B<hold>.
474
475=item B<-cd> I<path>
476
477Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
478B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
479@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
480
333=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring> 481=item B<-xrm> I<string>
334 482
335No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made 483Works 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 484as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
337some window managers. 485way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
486
487Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
488e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
489options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
490of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
491resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
492programs.
493
494=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
495
496Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
497
498=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
499
500Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
501which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
502
503Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
504shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
505quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
506create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
507
508The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
509
510It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
511descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
512can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
513terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
514not.
515
516Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
517used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
518
519 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
520 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
521 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
522 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
523 });
524
525=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
526
527Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
528pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
529useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
530without having to run a program within it.
531
532If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
533entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
534yourself if you want that.
535
536As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
537pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
538perl extension that manages the terminal.
539
540Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
541longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
542
543 use IO::Pty;
544 use Fcntl;
545
546 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
547 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
548 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
549 close $pty;
550
551 # now communicate with rxvt
552 my $slave = $pty->slave;
553 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
554
555=item B<-pe> I<string>
556
557Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
558this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
338 559
339=back 560=back
340 561
341=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 562=head1 RESOURCES
342 563
343Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long 564Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
344options) compiled into your version. 565options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
566long-options.
345 567
346There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the 568You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
347Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal 569distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
348Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie. 570starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
349B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the 571with 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.
352 572
353If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> 573 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
354lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults 574 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
355set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually 575 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
356B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in 576 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
357B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist. 577 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
578 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
579
358Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two 580Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
359class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows 581names: 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 582common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
361easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources 583configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
362unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be 584B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
363shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no 585configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
364resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line 586be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
365arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following 587settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
366resources are allowed: 588check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
589extensions not documented here):
367 590
368=over 4 591=over 4
592
593=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
594
595Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
596option B<-depth>.
597
598=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
599
600Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
601On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
602performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
603should normally be enabled.
369 604
370=item B<geometry:> I<geom> 605=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
371 606
372Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; 607Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
373option B<-geometry>. 608option B<-geometry>.
387Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7 622Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7
388corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to 623corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
389high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 624high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
390colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 625colours. 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 6263=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
392names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 627names used are listed in the B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
628
629Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
630changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
631
632Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
63388 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
393 634
394=item B<colorBD:> I<colour> 635=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>
395 636
637=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
638
396Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the foreground 639Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
397colour is the default. This option will be ignored if B<realBold> is 640foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
398enabled. 641(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
399 642
400=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 643=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
401 644
402Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 645Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
403foreground colour is the default. 646foreground colour is the default.
404 647
405=item B<colorRV:> I<colour> 648=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
406 649
650If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
651itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
652
653=item B<highlightColor:> I<colour>
654
407Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video 655If set, use the specified colour as the background for highlighted
408characters. 656characters. If unset, use reverse video.
657
658=item B<highlightTextColor:> I<colour>
659
660If set and highlightColor is set, use the specified colour as the
661foreground for highlighted characters.
409 662
410=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 663=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
411 664
412Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 665Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
413foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 666foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
420 673
421=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean> 674=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>
422 675
423B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours; 676B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
424option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option 677option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
425B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 678B<+rv>. See note in B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
426 679
427=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean> 680=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
428 681
429B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling 682B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
430quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>. 683of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
684has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
685received line; option B<-j>.
686
431B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>. 687B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
688force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
432 689
433=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean> 690=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
434 691
435B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 692B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
436artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 693receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
437pixmap. 694(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
695result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
696option B<-ss>.
697
698B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
699if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
700monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
701
702=item B<transparent:> I<boolean>
703
704Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background.
705
706B<inheritPixmap> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
707future versions.
438 708
439=item B<fading:> I<number> 709=item B<fading:> I<number>
440 710
441Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 711Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
712
713=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
714
715Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
716colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
442 717
443=item B<tintColor:> I<colour> 718=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
444 719
445Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 720Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
721B<-tint>.
446 722
447=item B<shading:> I<number> 723=item B<shading:> I<number>
448 724
449Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 725Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background image
450image in addition to tinting it. 726in addition to tinting it; option B<-sh>.
451 727
728=item B<blendType:> I<string>
729
730Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.
731
452=item B<fading:> I<number> 732=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>
453 733
454Scale the tint colour by the given percentage. 734Apply gaussian blur with the specified radius to the transparent
735background image; option B<-blr>.
736
737=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
738
739Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
455 740
456=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 741=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
457 742
458Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 743Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
459 744
460=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 745=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
461 746
462Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 747Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
463#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 748#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
464 749
750=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
751
752The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
753and the text.
754
465=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 755=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]>
466 756
467Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 757Use the specified image file for the background and also
468the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 758optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string B<WxH+X+Y>,
469string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the 759(default C<100x100+50+50>) in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the
470horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image 760horizontal/vertical scale (percent), and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image
471centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale 761centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling.
472of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 762The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
473specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will 763Additional operations can be specified after colon B<:op1:op2...>.
474be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted 764Supported operations are:
475scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
476 765
477=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]> 766 tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0
767 propscale will scale image keeping proportions
768 auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100
769 hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size
770 vscale will scale image vertically to the window size
771 scale will scale image to match window size
772 root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto-adjusting
773 whenever terminal window moves
478 774
479Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is 775If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be
480optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the 776blended over transparency image using alpha-blending. If I<afterimage>
481reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar. 777support has been compiled in it is possible to choose other blending
778types with B<-blt "type"> option.
482 779
483=item B<path:> I<path> 780=item B<path:> I<path>
484 781
485Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and 782Specify 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.
488 783
489=item B<font:> I<fontname> 784=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
490 785
491Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 786Select 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. 787that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
493The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 788first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
494be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 789smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
495appended to it. option B<-fn>. 790font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
496 791
497=item B<realBold:> I<boolean> 792Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
793optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
498 794
499B<True>: Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text 795In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
500will be displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. 796specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
501Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 797hint 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 798fonts.
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>.
505 799
506=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 800For example, this font resource
507 801
508Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 802 URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
509xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives 803 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
510xterm style selection. 804 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
805 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
806 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
511 807
512=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode> 808specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
809the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
810it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
811wide and 15 pixels high.
513 812
514Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is 813The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
515the author's favourite.. 814the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
815the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
816useful supplement.
817
818The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
819are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
820contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
821
822The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
823remaining unicode characters.
824
825=item B<boldFont:> I<fontlist>
826
827=item B<italicFont:> I<fontlist>
828
829=item B<boldItalicFont:> I<fontlist>
830
831The font list to use for displaying B<bold>, I<italic> or B<< I<bold
832italic> >> characters, respectively.
833
834If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
835B<font>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
836it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
837italic.
838
839If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
840"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
841not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
842
843If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
844text font will being used for the given style.
845
846=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
847
848When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
849option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
850intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
851option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
852reachable.
516 853
517=item B<title:> I<string> 854=item B<title:> I<string>
518 855
519Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 856Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
520specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 857specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
529=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean> 866=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
530 867
531B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no 868B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
532de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default]. 869de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
533 870
871=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
872
873B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
874B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
875
876@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
877
534=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean> 878=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
535 879
536B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>. 880B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
537B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>. 881B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
538 882
552 896
553Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use 897Specify 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 898B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
555B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well. 899B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
556 900
901The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
902
903Example:
904
905 URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
906
907This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
908every time you hit C<Print>.
909
910=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
911
912Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
913the author's favourite.
914
557=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 915=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
558 916
559B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 917B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
560disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 918disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
561 919
580B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 938B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
581B<+si>. 939B<+si>.
582 940
583=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 941=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
584 942
585B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and 943B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
586B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 944B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll
587with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. 945with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option B<+sw>.
588 946
589=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 947=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
590 948
591B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys 949B<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 950are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
611=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean> 969=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
612 970
613Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the 971Set 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>. 972WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
615 973
974=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
975
976Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
977drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
978this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
979option B<-sbg>.
980
616=item B<termName:> I<termname> 981=item B<termName:> I<termname>
617 982
618Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 983Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
619variable; option B<-tn>. 984variable; option B<-tn>.
620 985
621=item B<linespace:> I<number> 986=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
622 987
623Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 988Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
624the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 989the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
625 990
626=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 991=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
631=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean> 996=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
632 997
633B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel 998B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
634scrolls five lines [default]. 999scrolls five lines [default].
635 1000
1001=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
1002
1003B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
1004movement only; option C<-ptab>.
1005
636=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 1006=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
637 1007
638B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 1008B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
639option B<-bc>. 1009option B<-bc>.
1010
1011=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
1012
1013B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
1014option B<-uc>.
640 1015
641=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean> 1016=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
642 1017
643B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number 1018B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
644of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible 1019of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
652 1027
653Mouse pointer background colour. 1028Mouse pointer background colour.
654 1029
655=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 1030=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
656 1031
657Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 1032Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
1033large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
658 1034
659=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 1035=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
660 1036
661The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 1037The 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> 1038or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, with control, B<Backspace>
663(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode 1039(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
664escape sequence. 1040escape sequence.
665 1041
666=item B<deletekey:> I<string> 1042=item B<deletekey:> I<string>
667 1043
669pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated 1045pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
670with the B<Execute> key. 1046with the B<Execute> key.
671 1047
672=item B<cutchars:> I<string> 1048=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
673 1049
674The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The 1050The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
675built-in default: 1051(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
676 1052
1053When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
1054in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
1055characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
1056will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
1057
1058When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
1059be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
1060
677B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> 1061B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
678 1062
679=item B<preeditType:> I<style> 1063=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
680 1064
681B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>. 1065B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
682 1066
684 1068
685I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>. 1069I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
686 1070
687=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 1071=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
688 1072
689The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 1073The 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 1074C<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 1075input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
692another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 1076another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
693 1077
694=item B<insecure> 1078=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
1079
1080Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
1081C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
1082by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1083in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1084found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1085option B<-imfont>.
1086
1087=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
1088
1089Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1090button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1091the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
1092
1093=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
695 1094
696Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 1095Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
697echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 1096echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
698abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether 1097abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
699throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 1098through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
700write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 1099write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
701that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 1100default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
702enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 1101sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
703resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 1102
704enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title 1103You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
705requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 1104B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1105locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
706 1106
707=item B<modifier:> I<modifier> 1107=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
708 1108
709Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>, 1109Set 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 1110B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
714 1114
715Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 1115Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
716character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described 1116character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
717in the entry on B<keysym> following. 1117in the entry on B<keysym> following.
718 1118
719=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool> 1119=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
720 1120
721Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). 1121Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
722 1122
723=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool> 1123=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
724 1124
725Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 1125Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
726option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 1126option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
727scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 1127scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
728instead scroll the screen up. 1128to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
1129
1130=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1131
1132Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1133will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1134it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1135user.
1136
1137=item B<chdir>: I<path>
1138
1139Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
1140B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
1141@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
1142directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
729 1143
730=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 1144=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
731 1145
732Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may 1146Compile 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 1147intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
738omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with 1148
739KEYSYM_RESOURCE. 1149The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be
1150any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>,
1151B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>,
1152and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>,
1153B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
1154
1155The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
1156whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
1157keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1158current application keymap mode state.
1159
1160The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or
1161searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
1162omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
1163keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
1164performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1165
1166I<string> may contain escape values (C<\n>: newline, C<\000>: octal
1167number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for further details.
1168
1169You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
1170with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'
1171should be a character not used by the strings.
1172
1173Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1174
1175 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|>
1176
1177The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1178
1179 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>
1180 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>
1181 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>
1182
1183If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
1184is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1185example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
1186when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1187
1188 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
1189
1190If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
1191is passed to the C<on_user_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
1192manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
1193C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
1194
1195 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1196
1197Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1198will match if I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
1199no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1200means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
1201definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
1202mappings themselves.
1203
1204Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1205if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1206C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke "holes" into the
1207user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
1208
1209 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1210 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1211
1212The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
1213of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1214C<Shift-Insert>.
1215
1216The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
1217the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
1218font-switching at runtime:
1219
1220 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
1221 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
1222
1223Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1224info):
1225
1226 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
1227 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
1228
1229=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
1230
1231=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
1232
1233Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
1234use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
1235
1236Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
1237them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1238by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
1239example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extension except
1240C<selection>.
1241
1242Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1243(e.g. C<< searchable-scrollback<M-s> >>, which binds the hotkey for
1244searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta-s). Mentioning the same extension
1245multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1246the extension.
1247
1248Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1249necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1250
1251If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1252interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1253B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
1254all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1255
1256=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1257
1258Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1259the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1260
1261=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1262
1263Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1264scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource,
1265@@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
1266F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1267
1268See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1269
1270=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1271
1272Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
1273details.
1274
1275=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
1276
1277Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
1278for details.
1279
1280=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym>
1281
1282Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
1283(default: C<M-s>).
1284
1285=item B<urlLauncher>: I<string>
1286
1287Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
1288C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
1289
1290=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
1291
1292Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
1293
1294=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1295
1296Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1297it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1298
1299=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
1300
1301Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
1302
1303=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1304
1305Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
740 1306
741=back 1307=back
742 1308
743=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1309=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
744 1310
758the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta 1324the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
759(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action. 1325(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
760 1326
761If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 1327If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
762disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 1328disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
763application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~> 1329application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
764(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1330(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), 1331up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
766respectively. 1332respectively.
767 1333
768=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1334=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
769 1335
770The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1336The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
771I<xterm>(1). 1337to I<xterm>(1).
772 1338
773=over 4 1339=over 4
774 1340
775=item B<Selection>: 1341=item B<Selecting>:
776 1342
777Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the 1343Left 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 1344and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
779double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire 1345to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
780line. 1346(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1347B<tripleclickwords>.
781 1348
1349Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
1350(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1351normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1352selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1353the selection.
1354
782=item B<Insertion>: 1355=item B<Pasting>:
783 1356
784Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1357Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
785an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1358window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
786inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 1359B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1360
1361Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
1362inserted too.
787 1363
788=back 1364=back
789 1365
790=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1366=head1 CHANGING FONTS
791 1367
792Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet 1368Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
793supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. 1369supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
794 1370
795You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and 1371You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
796therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
797 1372
798 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" 1373 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1374
1375You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1376
1377 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
1378 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
799 1379
800rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far. 1380rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
801 1381
802=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1382=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
803 1383
804ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters 1384ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
805and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The 1385and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
806first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with 1386first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
807C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled 1387C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
808with C<--enable-iso14755>. 1388with C<--enable-iso14755>.
809 1389
810=over 4 1390=over 4
811 1391
812=item 5.1: Basic method 1392=item * 5.1: Basic method
813 1393
814This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode. 1394This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
815 1395
816Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter 1396Start 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 1397hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
824address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail 1404address, 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 1405address 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>, 1406by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
827followed by releasing the modifier keys. 1407followed by releasing the modifier keys.
828 1408
829=item 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method 1409=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
830 1410
831This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of 1411This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
832your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding. 1412your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
833 1413
834Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing 1414Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
835them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not 1415them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
836invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding 1416invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
837keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been 1417keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
838released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for 1418released, 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 1419C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
840reverse tab (Shift-Tab). 1420reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
841 1421
842=item 5.3: Screen-selection entry method 1422=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
843 1423
844While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection 1424While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
845mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map. 1425mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
846 1426
847=item 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input 1427=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
848 1428
849This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with 1429This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
850characters already displayed. 1430characters already displayed.
851 1431
852You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then 1432You 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 1433pressing 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 1434hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
855pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>. 1435pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
856 1436
1437In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1438character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1439combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1440always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1441
857=back 1442=back
858 1443
859With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to 1444With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
860both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2. 1445both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
861 1446
862=head1 LOGIN STAMP 1447=head1 LOGIN STAMP
863 1448
864B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so 1449B<@@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. 1450it 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 1451allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
867some systems. 1452on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
868 1453
869=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1454=head1 COLOURS AND GRAPHICS
870 1455
871In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1456In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
872B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1457B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 88/256 colours: 8 ANSI colours plus
873high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the 1458high-intensity (potentially bold/blink) versions of the same, and 72 (or
874colours with their B<rgb.txt> names. 1459240 in 256 colour mode) colours arranged in an 4x4x4 (or 6x6x6) colour RGB
1460cube plus a 8 (24) colour greyscale ramp.
1461
1462Here is a list of the ANSI colours with their names.
875 1463
876=begin table 1464=begin table
877 1465
878 B<color0> (black) = Black 1466 B<color0> (black) = Black
879 B<color1> (red) = Red3 1467 B<color1> (red) = Red3
899It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>, 1487It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
900B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as 1488B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
901a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of 1489a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
902color0-color15. 1490color0-color15.
903 1491
1492The following text gives values for the standard 88 colour mode (and
1493values for the 256 colour mode in parentheses).
1494
1495The RGB cube uses indices 16..79 (16..231) using the following formulas:
1496
1497 index_88 = (r * 4 + g) * 4 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..3
1498 index_256 = (r * 16 + g) * 16 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..15
1499
1500The grayscale ramp uses indices 80..87 (232..239), from 10% to 90% in 10%
1501steps (1/26 to 25/26 in 1/26 steps) - black and white are already part of
1502the RGB cube.
1503
1504Together, all those colours implement the 88 (256) colour xterm
1505colours. Only the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the
1506rest can only be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
1507
1508Applications are advised to use terminfo or command sequences to discover
1509number and RGB values of all colours (yes, you can query this...).
1510
904Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by 1511Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
905always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to 1512always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
906I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1513I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
907been specified. For example, 1514been specified. For example,
908 1515
1516 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
1517
1518would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
1519White.
1520
1521=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1522
1523If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1524their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management:
1525
1526You can prefix any colour with an opaqueness percentage enclosed in
1527brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
1528(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the colour, where C<0> is completely
1529transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
1530half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
1531is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1532all ways to specify a colour.
1533
1534For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1535C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1536specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1537(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1538while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1539earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1540C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1541
1542You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1543alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1544layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
1545rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1546
1547For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1548background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1549
1550 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1551
1552When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1553alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1554transparency of course).
1555
1556When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1557colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1558background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1559other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1560image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
1561fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
1562
1563Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1564in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
1565extension.
1566
1567=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1568
1569B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1570
909=over 4 1571=over 4
910 1572
911=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv> 1573=item B<TERM>
912 1574
913would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black 1575Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
914on White. 1576resources or on the command line.
1577
1578=item B<COLORTERM>
1579
1580Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1581compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1582extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1583screen.
1584
1585=item B<COLORFGBG>
1586
1587Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1588the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1589C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1590used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1591string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1592was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1593and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1594
1595=item B<WINDOWID>
1596
1597Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1598window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1599window and so on).
1600
1601=item B<TERMINFO>
1602
1603Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1604C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1605
1606=item B<DISPLAY>
1607
1608Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1609display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
1610defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1611
1612=item B<SHELL>
1613
1614The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1615
1616=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
1617
1618The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1619@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1620
1621Default F<<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-I<< <nodename >> >>>.
1622
1623=item B<HOME>
1624
1625Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1626daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1627C<.Xdefaults>)
1628
1629=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1630
1631Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1632
1633=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1634
1635If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1636@@RXVT_NAME@@.
915 1637
916=back 1638=back
917 1639
918=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) 1640=head1 FILES
919 1641
920=over 4 1642=over 4
921 1643
922=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 1644=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
923 1645
924The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). For rxvt-unicode 1646Colour names.
925version 2.14 and later, the escape sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window
926title to the version number.
927
928=item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
929
930=item Unicode does not seem to work?
931
932If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
933getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
934subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
935
936Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
937programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
938login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
939sth. else, e.h. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
940
941The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
942into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
943
944 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
945
946If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
947supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> comamnd which
948displays this. If it displays sth. like:
949
950 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
951
952Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
953
954If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
955you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
956support locales :(
957
958=item Why do the characters look ugly?
959
960=item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
961
962Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
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
967B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
968font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
969bad. In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font
970list, e.g.:
971
972 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
973
974When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
975font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
976next font, and so on.
977
978The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than the base
979font, as the base font defines the principial cell size, which must be the
980same due to the way terminals work.
981
982=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
983
984This is because there is a difference between script and language --
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
994The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
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
999In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime (the
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@@
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 1647
1277=back 1648=back
1278 1649
1279=head1 ENVIRONMENT 1650=head1 SEE ALSO
1280 1651
1281B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM> 1652@@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)
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 1653
1288=head1 FILES 1654=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1289 1655
1290=over 4 1656=over 4
1291 1657
1292=item B</etc/utmp> 1658=item Project Coordinator
1293 1659
1294System file for login records. 1660Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1295 1661
1296=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1662L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1297
1298Color names.
1299 1663
1300=back 1664=back
1301 1665
1302=head1 SEE ALSO 1666=head1 AUTHORS
1303
1304@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), 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
1314=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1315 1667
1316=over 4 1668=over 4
1317 1669
1318=item Project Coordinator 1670=item John Bovey
1319 1671
1320@@RXVT_MAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1672University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1321 1673
1322=item Web page maintainter 1674=item Rob Nation L<< <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com> >>
1323 1675
1324@@RXVT_WEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@> 1676very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1325 1677
1326L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@> 1678=item Angelo Haritsis L<< <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> >>
1679
1680wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1681
1682=item mj olesen L<< <olesen@me.QueensU.CA> >>
1683
1684Wrote the menu system.
1685
1686Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1687
1688=item Oezguer Kesim L<< <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de> >>
1689
1690Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1691
1692=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1693
1694Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1695
1696Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1697
1698=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1699
1700Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1701extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1702
1703Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1704
1705=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >>
1706
1707Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.
1327 1708
1328=back 1709=back
1329 1710
1330=head1 AUTHORS
1331
1332=over 4
1333
1334=item John Bovey
1335
1336University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1337
1338=item Rob Nation L<< <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com> >>
1339
1340very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1341
1342=item Angelo Haritsis L<< <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> >>
1343
1344wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1345
1346=item mj olesen L<< <olesen@me.QueensU.CA> >>
1347
1348Wrote the menu system.
1349
1350Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1351
1352=item Oezguer Kesim L<< <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de> >>
1353
1354Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1355
1356=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1357
1358Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1359(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1360
1361=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >>
1362
1363Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1364character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1365compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1366
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