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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 pseudo-transparency by using the root pixmap as 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 with the given colour;
116transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh> 148resource I<tintColor>.
117option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to
118tinting it.
119 149
120=item B<-sh> 150=item B<-sh> I<number>
121 151
122I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 152Darken (0 .. 99) or lighten (101 .. 200) the transparent background.
123background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 153A value of 100 means no shading; resource I<shading>.
124specified, too). 154
155=item B<-blr> I<HxV>
156
157Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
158background. If a single number is specified, the vertical and
159horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
160radii to 1 and the other to a large number creates interesting effects
161on some backgrounds. The maximum radius value is 128. An horizontal or
162vertical radius of 0 disables blurring;
163resource I<blurRadius>.
164
165=item B<-icon> I<file>
166
167Compile I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
168is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
169application window; resource I<iconFile>.
125 170
126=item B<-bg> I<colour> 171=item B<-bg> I<colour>
127 172
128Window background colour; resource B<background>. 173Window background colour; resource B<background>.
129 174
130=item B<-fg> I<colour> 175=item B<-fg> I<colour>
131 176
132Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 177Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
133 178
134=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]> 179=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;oplist]>
135 180
136Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally 181Compile I<pixbuf>: Specify image file for the background and also
137specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add 182optionally specify a list of operations to modify it. Note you may need to
138quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the 183add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
139command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>. 184command-line; for more details see resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
140 185
141=item B<-cr> I<colour> 186=item B<-cr> I<colour>
142 187
143The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 188The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
144 189
150 195
151The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>. 196The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.
152 197
153=item B<-bd> I<colour> 198=item B<-bd> I<colour>
154 199
155The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text; 200The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
156resource B<borderColor>. 201resource B<borderColor>.
157 202
158=item B<-fn> I<fontname> 203=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
159 204
160Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 205Select 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. 206that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
162The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 207first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
163be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 208smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
164appended to it. resource B<font>. 209font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
210
211In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
212with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
213e.g.:
214
215 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
216 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
165 217
166See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ 218See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
167section. 219section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
168 220
221=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
222
223Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
224are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
225
226=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
227
228Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
229characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
230
231=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
232
233Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
234italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
235for details.
236
169=item B<-rb>|B<+rb> 237=item B<-is>|B<+is>
170 238
171Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text will be 239Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
172displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. Bold 240foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
173fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 241details.
174corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular
175font will be used. resource B<realBold>.
176 242
177=item B<-name> I<name> 243=item B<-name> I<name>
178 244
179Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 245Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
180rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 246rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
196 262
197=item B<-sb>|B<+sb> 263=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
198 264
199Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>. 265Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
200 266
267=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
268
269Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
270
271=item B<-st>|B<+st>
272
273Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
274resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
275
201=item B<-si>|B<+si> 276=item B<-si>|B<+si>
202 277
203Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource 278Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
204B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect. 279B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
205 280
212 287
213Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear. 288Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
214This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource 289This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
215B<scrollWithBuffer>. 290B<scrollWithBuffer>.
216 291
217=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
218
219Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
220
221=item B<-st>|B<+st> 292=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
222 293
223Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 294If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
224resource B<scrollBar_floating>. 295actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
296select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
297not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
298on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
225 299
226=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 300=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
227 301
228Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 302Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
303
304=item B<-uc>|B<+uc>
305
306Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
229 307
230=item B<-iconic> 308=item B<-iconic>
231 309
232Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option. 310Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
233Alternative form is B<-ic>. 311Alternative form is B<-ic>.
250 328
251=item B<-bl> 329=item B<-bl>
252 330
253Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. 331Compile 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 332if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
255decorations; resource B<borderLess>. 333decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
334support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
335
336=item B<-override-redirect>
337
338Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
339B<override-redirect>.
340
341=item B<-sbg>
342
343Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
344drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
345this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
346resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
256 347
257=item B<-lsp> I<number> 348=item B<-lsp> I<number>
258 349
259Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row 350Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
260of the display; resource B<linespace>. 351the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
352B<lineSpace>.
353
354=item B<-letsp> I<number>
355
356Compile I<frills>: Amount to adjust the computed character width by
357to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the
358letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to
359work around odd font metrics; resource B<letterSpace>.
261 360
262=item B<-tn> I<termname> 361=item B<-tn> I<termname>
263 362
264This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 363This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
265B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 364B<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 373given 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 374on 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, 375run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
277failing that, I<sh(1)>. 376failing that, I<sh(1)>.
278 377
378Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
379run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
380
381 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
382
279=item B<-title> I<text> 383=item B<-title> I<text>
280 384
281Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename 385Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
282of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the 386of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
283application name; resource B<title>. 387application name; resource B<title>.
301 405
302Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>. 406Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
303 407
304=item B<-imlocale> I<string> 408=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
305 409
306The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 410The 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 411C<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 412input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
309another locale. 413another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
414
415=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
416
417Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
418for more info.
419
420=item B<-tcw>
421
422Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
423button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
424in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
425the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
310 426
311=item B<-insecure> 427=item B<-insecure>
312 428
313Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 429Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
314sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 430sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
328=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr> 444=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
329 445
330Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 446Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
331B<secondaryScroll>. 447B<secondaryScroll>.
332 448
449=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
450
451Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
452will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
453it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
454user; resource B<hold>.
455
456=item B<-cd> I<path>
457
458Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
459B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
460@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
461
333=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring> 462=item B<-xrm> I<string>
334 463
335No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made 464Works 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 465as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
337some window managers. 466way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
467
468Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
469e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
470options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
471of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
472resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
473programs.
474
475=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
476
477Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
478
479=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
480
481Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
482which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
483
484Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
485shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
486quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
487create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
488
489The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
490
491It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
492descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
493can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
494terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
495not.
496
497Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
498used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
499
500 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
501 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
502 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
503 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
504 });
505
506=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
507
508Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
509pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
510useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
511without having to run a program within it.
512
513If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
514entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
515yourself if you want that.
516
517As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
518pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
519perl extension that manages the terminal.
520
521Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
522longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
523
524 use IO::Pty;
525 use Fcntl;
526
527 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
528 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
529 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
530 close $pty;
531
532 # now communicate with rxvt
533 my $slave = $pty->slave;
534 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
535
536=item B<-pe> I<string>
537
538Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
539this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
338 540
339=back 541=back
340 542
341=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 543=head1 RESOURCES
342 544
343Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long 545Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
344options) compiled into your version. 546options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
547long-options.
345 548
346There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the 549You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
347Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal 550distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
348Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie. 551starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
349B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the 552with 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.
352 553
353If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> 554 1. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
354lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults 555 2. $HOME/.Xdefaults
355set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually 556 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window of screen 0
356B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in 557 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES property on root-window of the current screen
357B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist. 558 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
559 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
560
358Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two 561Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
359class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows 562names: 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 563common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
361easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources 564configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
362unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be 565B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
363shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no 566configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
364resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line 567be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
365arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following 568settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
366resources are allowed: 569check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
570extensions not documented here):
367 571
368=over 4 572=over 4
573
574=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
575
576Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
577option B<-depth>.
578
579=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
580
581Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
582On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
583performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
584should normally be enabled.
369 585
370=item B<geometry:> I<geom> 586=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
371 587
372Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; 588Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
373option B<-geometry>. 589option B<-geometry>.
387Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7 603Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7
388corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to 604corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
389high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 605high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
390colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 606colours. 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 6073=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
392names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 608names used are listed in the B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
609
610Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
611changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
612
613Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
61488 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
393 615
394=item B<colorBD:> I<colour> 616=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>
395 617
618=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
619
396Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the foreground 620Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
397colour is the default. This option will be ignored if B<realBold> is 621foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
398enabled. 622(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
399 623
400=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 624=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
401 625
402Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 626Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
403foreground colour is the default. 627foreground colour is the default.
404 628
405=item B<colorRV:> I<colour> 629=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
406 630
631If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
632itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
633
634=item B<highlightColor:> I<colour>
635
407Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video 636If set, use the specified colour as the background for highlighted
408characters. 637characters. If unset, use reverse video.
638
639=item B<highlightTextColor:> I<colour>
640
641If set and highlightColor is set, use the specified colour as the
642foreground for highlighted characters.
409 643
410=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 644=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
411 645
412Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 646Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
413foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 647foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
420 654
421=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean> 655=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>
422 656
423B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours; 657B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
424option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option 658option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
425B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 659B<+rv>. See note in B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
426 660
427=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean> 661=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
428 662
429B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling 663B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
430quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>. 664of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
665has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
666received line; option B<-j>.
667
431B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>. 668B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
669force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
432 670
433=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean> 671=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
434 672
435B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 673B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
436artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 674receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
437pixmap. 675(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
676result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
677option B<-ss>.
678
679B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
680if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
681monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
682
683=item B<transparent:> I<boolean>
684
685Turn on/off pseudo-transparency by using the root pixmap as background.
686
687B<inheritPixmap> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
688future versions.
438 689
439=item B<fading:> I<number> 690=item B<fading:> I<number>
440 691
441Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 692Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
693
694=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
695
696Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
697colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
442 698
443=item B<tintColor:> I<colour> 699=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
444 700
445Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 701Tint the transparent background with the given colour. If the RENDER
702extension is not available only black, red, green, yellow, blue,
703magenta, cyan and white tints can be performed server-side. Note that
704a black tint yields a completely black image while a white tint yields
705the image unchanged; option B<-tint>.
446 706
447=item B<shading:> I<number> 707=item B<shading:> I<number>
448 708
449Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 709Darken (0 .. 99) or lighten (101 .. 200) the transparent background.
450image in addition to tinting it. 710A value of 100 means no shading; option B<-sh>.
451 711
452=item B<fading:> I<number> 712=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>
453 713
454Scale the tint colour by the given percentage. 714Apply gaussian blur with the specified radius to the transparent
715background; option B<-blr>.
716
717=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
718
719Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
455 720
456=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 721=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
457 722
458Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 723Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
459 724
460=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 725=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
461 726
462Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 727Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
463#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 728#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
464 729
730=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
731
732The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
733and the text.
734
465=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 735=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;oplist]>
466 736
467Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 737Use the specified image file for the background and also
468the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 738optionally specify a colon separated list of operations to modify it.
469string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the 739Supported operations are:
470horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image
471centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
472of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
473specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
474be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
475scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
476 740
477=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]> 741=over 4
478 742
479Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is 743=item B<WxH+X+Y>
480optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the 744
481reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar. 745sets scale and position. B<"W" / "H"> specify the horizontal/vertical
746scale (percent), and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image centre (percent). A
747scale of 0 disables scaling.
748
749=item B<op=tile>
750
751enables tiling
752
753=item B<op=keep-aspect>
754
755maintain the image aspect ratio when scaling
756
757=item B<op=root-align>
758
759use the position of the terminal window relative to the root window as
760the image offset, simulating a root window background
761
762=back
763
764The default scale and position setting is C<100x100+50+50>.
765Alternatively, a predefined set of templates can be used to achieve
766the most common setups:
767
768=over 4
769
770=item B<style=tiled>
771
772the image is tiled with no scaling. Equivalent to 0x0+0+0:op=tile
773
774=item B<style=aspect-stretched>
775
776the image is scaled to fill the whole window maintaining the aspect
777ratio and centered. Equivalent to 100x100+50+50:op=keep-aspect
778
779=item B<style=stretched>
780
781the image is scaled to fill the whole window. Equivalent to 100x100
782
783=item B<style=centered>
784
785the image is centered with no scaling. Equivalent to 0x0+50+50
786
787=item B<style=root-tiled>
788
789the image is tiled with no scaling and using 'root' positioning.
790Equivalent to 0x0:op=tile:op=root-align
791
792=back
793
794If multiple templates are specified the last one wins. Note that a
795template overrides all the scale, position and operations settings.
796
797If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be
798blended over the transparent background using alpha-blending.
482 799
483=item B<path:> I<path> 800=item B<path:> I<path>
484 801
485Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and 802Specify 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.
488 803
489=item B<font:> I<fontname> 804=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
490 805
491Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 806Select 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. 807that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
493The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 808first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
494be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 809smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
495appended to it. option B<-fn>. 810font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
496 811
497=item B<realBold:> I<boolean> 812Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
813optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
498 814
499B<True>: Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text 815In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
500will be displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. 816specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
501Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 817hint 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 818fonts.
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>.
505 819
506=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 820For example, this font resource
507 821
508Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 822 URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
509xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives 823 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
510xterm style selection. 824 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
825 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
826 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
511 827
512=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode> 828specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
829the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
830it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
831wide and 15 pixels high.
513 832
514Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is 833The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
515the author's favourite.. 834the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
835the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
836useful supplement.
837
838The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
839are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
840contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
841
842The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
843remaining unicode characters.
844
845=item B<boldFont:> I<fontlist>
846
847=item B<italicFont:> I<fontlist>
848
849=item B<boldItalicFont:> I<fontlist>
850
851The font list to use for displaying B<bold>, I<italic> or B<< I<bold
852italic> >> characters, respectively.
853
854If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
855B<font>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
856it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
857italic.
858
859If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
860"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
861not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
862
863If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
864text font will being used for the given style.
865
866=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
867
868When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
869option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
870intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
871option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
872reachable.
516 873
517=item B<title:> I<string> 874=item B<title:> I<string>
518 875
519Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 876Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
520specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 877specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
529=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean> 886=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
530 887
531B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no 888B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
532de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default]. 889de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
533 890
891=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
892
893B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
894B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
895
896@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
897
534=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean> 898=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
535 899
536B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>. 900B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
537B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>. 901B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
538 902
552 916
553Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use 917Specify 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 918B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
555B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well. 919B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
556 920
921The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
922
923Example:
924
925 URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
926
927This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
928every time you hit C<Print>.
929
930=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
931
932Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
933the author's favourite.
934
935=item B<thickness:> I<number>
936
937Set the scrollbar width in pixels.
938
557=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 939=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
558 940
559B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 941B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
560disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 942disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
561 943
580B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 962B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
581B<+si>. 963B<+si>.
582 964
583=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 965=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
584 966
585B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and 967B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (i.e.
586B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 968try to show the same lines) and B<scrollTtyOutput> is False; option
587with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. 969B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives
970new lines; option B<+sw>.
588 971
589=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 972=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
590 973
591B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys 974B<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 975are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
611=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean> 994=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
612 995
613Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the 996Set 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>. 997WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
615 998
999=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
1000
1001Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
1002drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
1003this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
1004option B<-sbg>.
1005
616=item B<termName:> I<termname> 1006=item B<termName:> I<termname>
617 1007
618Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 1008Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
619variable; option B<-tn>. 1009variable; option B<-tn>.
620 1010
621=item B<linespace:> I<number> 1011=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
622 1012
623Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 1013Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
624the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 1014the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
625 1015
626=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 1016=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
631=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean> 1021=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
632 1022
633B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel 1023B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
634scrolls five lines [default]. 1024scrolls five lines [default].
635 1025
1026=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
1027
1028B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
1029movement only; option C<-ptab>.
1030
636=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 1031=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
637 1032
638B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 1033B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
639option B<-bc>. 1034option B<-bc>.
1035
1036=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
1037
1038B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
1039option B<-uc>.
640 1040
641=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean> 1041=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
642 1042
643B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number 1043B<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 1044of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
652 1052
653Mouse pointer background colour. 1053Mouse pointer background colour.
654 1054
655=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 1055=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
656 1056
657Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 1057Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
1058large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
658 1059
659=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 1060=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
660 1061
661The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 1062The 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> 1063or 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 1064(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
664escape sequence. 1065escape sequence.
665 1066
666=item B<deletekey:> I<string> 1067=item B<deletekey:> I<string>
667 1068
669pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated 1070pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
670with the B<Execute> key. 1071with the B<Execute> key.
671 1072
672=item B<cutchars:> I<string> 1073=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
673 1074
674The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The 1075The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
675built-in default: 1076(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
676 1077
1078When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
1079in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
1080characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
1081will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
1082
1083When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
1084be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
1085
677B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> 1086B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
678 1087
679=item B<preeditType:> I<style> 1088=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
680 1089
681B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>. 1090B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
682 1091
684 1093
685I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>. 1094I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
686 1095
687=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 1096=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
688 1097
689The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 1098The 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 1099C<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 1100input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
692another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 1101another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
693 1102
694=item B<insecure> 1103=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
1104
1105Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
1106C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
1107by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1108in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1109found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1110option B<-imfont>.
1111
1112=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
1113
1114Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1115button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1116the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
1117
1118=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
695 1119
696Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 1120Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
697echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 1121echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
698abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether 1122abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
699throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 1123through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
700write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 1124write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
701that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 1125default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
702enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 1126sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
703resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 1127
704enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title 1128You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
705requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 1129B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1130locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
706 1131
707=item B<modifier:> I<modifier> 1132=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
708 1133
709Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>, 1134Set 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 1135B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
714 1139
715Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 1140Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
716character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described 1141character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
717in the entry on B<keysym> following. 1142in the entry on B<keysym> following.
718 1143
719=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool> 1144=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
720 1145
721Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). 1146Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
722 1147
723=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool> 1148=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
724 1149
725Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 1150Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
726option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 1151option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
727scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 1152scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
728instead scroll the screen up. 1153to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
1154
1155=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1156
1157Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1158will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1159it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1160user.
1161
1162=item B<chdir>: I<path>
1163
1164Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
1165B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
1166@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
1167directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
729 1168
730=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 1169=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
731 1170
732Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may 1171Compile 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 1172intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
738omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with 1173
739KEYSYM_RESOURCE. 1174The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be
1175any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>,
1176B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>,
1177and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>,
1178B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
1179
1180The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
1181whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
1182keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1183current application keymap mode state.
1184
1185The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or
1186searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
1187omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
1188keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
1189performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1190
1191I<string> may contain escape values (C<\n>: newline, C<\000>: octal
1192number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for further details.
1193
1194You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by
1195loading the C<keysym-list> perl extension and providing a I<string>
1196with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'
1197should be a character not used by the strings.
1198
1199Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1200
1201 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<|abc|>
1202
1203The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1204
1205 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<a>
1206 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<b>
1207 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<c>
1208
1209If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
1210is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1211example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
1212when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1213
1214 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
1215
1216If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
1217is passed to the C<on_user_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
1218manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
1219C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
1220
1221 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1222
1223Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1224will match if I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
1225no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1226means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
1227definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
1228mappings themselves.
1229
1230Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1231if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1232C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke "holes" into the
1233user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
1234
1235 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1236 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1237
1238The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
1239of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1240C<Shift-Insert>.
1241
1242The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
1243the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
1244font-switching at runtime:
1245
1246 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
1247 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
1248
1249Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1250info):
1251
1252 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
1253 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
1254
1255=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
1256
1257=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
1258
1259Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
1260use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
1261
1262Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
1263them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1264by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
1265example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extension except
1266C<selection>.
1267
1268Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1269(e.g. C<< searchable-scrollback<M-s> >>, which binds the hotkey for
1270searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta-s). Mentioning the same extension
1271multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1272the extension.
1273
1274Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1275necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1276
1277If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1278interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1279B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
1280all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1281
1282=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1283
1284Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1285the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1286
1287=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1288
1289Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1290scripts. When looking for perl extensions, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first
1291look in these directories, then in $HOME/.urxvt/ext and lastly in
1292F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1293
1294See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1295
1296=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1297
1298Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
1299details.
1300
1301=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
1302
1303Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
1304for details.
1305
1306=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym>
1307
1308Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
1309(default: C<M-s>).
1310
1311=item B<urlLauncher>: I<string>
1312
1313Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
1314C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
1315
1316=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
1317
1318Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
1319
1320=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1321
1322Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1323it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1324
1325=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
1326
1327Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
1328
1329=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1330
1331Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
740 1332
741=back 1333=back
742 1334
743=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1335=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
744 1336
758the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta 1350the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
759(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action. 1351(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
760 1352
761If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 1353If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
762disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 1354disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
763application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~> 1355application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
764(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1356(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), 1357up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
766respectively. 1358respectively.
767 1359
768=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1360=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
769 1361
770The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1362The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
771I<xterm>(1). 1363to I<xterm>(1).
772 1364
773=over 4 1365=over 4
774 1366
775=item B<Selection>: 1367=item B<Selecting>:
776 1368
777Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the 1369Left 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 1370and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
779double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire 1371to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
780line. 1372(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1373B<tripleclickwords>.
781 1374
1375Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
1376(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1377normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1378selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1379the selection.
1380
782=item B<Insertion>: 1381=item B<Pasting>:
783 1382
784Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1383Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
785an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1384window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
786inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 1385B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1386
1387Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
1388inserted too.
787 1389
788=back 1390=back
789 1391
790=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1392=head1 CHANGING FONTS
791 1393
792Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet 1394Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
793supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. 1395supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
794 1396
795You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and 1397You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
796therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
797 1398
798 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" 1399 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1400
1401You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1402
1403 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
1404 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
799 1405
800rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far. 1406rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
801 1407
802=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1408=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
803 1409
804ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters 1410ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
805and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The 1411and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
806first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with 1412first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
807C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled 1413C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
808with C<--enable-iso14755>. 1414with C<--enable-iso14755>.
809 1415
810=over 4 1416=over 4
811 1417
812=item 5.1: Basic method 1418=item * 5.1: Basic method
813 1419
814This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode. 1420This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
815 1421
816Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter 1422Start 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 1423hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
824address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail 1430address, 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 1431address 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>, 1432by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
827followed by releasing the modifier keys. 1433followed by releasing the modifier keys.
828 1434
829=item 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method 1435=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
830 1436
831This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of 1437This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
832your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding. 1438your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
833 1439
834Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing 1440Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
835them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not 1441them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
836invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding 1442invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
837keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been 1443keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
838released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for 1444released, 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 1445C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
840reverse tab (Shift-Tab). 1446reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
841 1447
842=item 5.3: Screen-selection entry method 1448=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
843 1449
844While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection 1450While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
845mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map. 1451mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
846 1452
847=item 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input 1453=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
848 1454
849This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with 1455This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
850characters already displayed. 1456characters already displayed.
851 1457
852You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then 1458You 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 1459pressing 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 1460hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
855pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>. 1461pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
856 1462
1463In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1464character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1465combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1466always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1467
857=back 1468=back
858 1469
859With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to 1470With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
860both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2. 1471both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
861 1472
862=head1 LOGIN STAMP 1473=head1 LOGIN STAMP
863 1474
864B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so 1475B<@@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. 1476it 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 1477allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
867some systems. 1478on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
868 1479
869=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1480=head1 COLOURS AND GRAPHICS
870 1481
871In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1482In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
872B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1483B<@@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 1484high-intensity (potentially bold/blink) versions of the same, and 72 (or
874colours with their B<rgb.txt> names. 1485240 in 256 colour mode) colours arranged in an 4x4x4 (or 6x6x6) colour RGB
1486cube plus a 8 (24) colour greyscale ramp.
1487
1488Here is a list of the ANSI colours with their names.
875 1489
876=begin table 1490=begin table
877 1491
878 B<color0> (black) = Black 1492 B<color0> (black) = Black
879 B<color1> (red) = Red3 1493 B<color1> (red) = Red3
899It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>, 1513It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
900B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as 1514B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
901a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of 1515a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
902color0-color15. 1516color0-color15.
903 1517
1518The following text gives values for the standard 88 colour mode (and
1519values for the 256 colour mode in parentheses).
1520
1521The RGB cube uses indices 16..79 (16..231) using the following formulas:
1522
1523 index_88 = (r * 4 + g) * 4 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..3
1524 index_256 = (r * 16 + g) * 16 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..15
1525
1526The grayscale ramp uses indices 80..87 (232..239), from 10% to 90% in 10%
1527steps (1/26 to 25/26 in 1/26 steps) - black and white are already part of
1528the RGB cube.
1529
1530Together, all those colours implement the 88 (256) colour xterm
1531colours. Only the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the
1532rest can only be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
1533
1534Applications are advised to use terminfo or command sequences to discover
1535number and RGB values of all colours (yes, you can query this...).
1536
904Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by 1537Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
905always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to 1538always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
906I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1539I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
907been specified. For example, 1540been specified. For example,
908 1541
1542 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
1543
1544would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
1545White.
1546
1547=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1548
1549If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1550their act together, rxvt-unicode will do its own alpha channel management:
1551
1552You can prefix any colour with an opaqueness percentage enclosed in
1553brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
1554(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the colour, where C<0> is completely
1555transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
1556half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
1557is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1558all ways to specify a colour.
1559
1560For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1561C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1562specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1563(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1564while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1565earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1566C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1567
1568You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1569alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1570layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
1571rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1572
1573For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1574background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1575
1576 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1577
1578When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1579alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1580transparency of course).
1581
1582When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1583colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1584background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1585other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1586image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
1587fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
1588
1589Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1590in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
1591extension.
1592
1593=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1594
1595B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1596
909=over 4 1597=over 4
910 1598
911=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv> 1599=item B<TERM>
912 1600
913would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black 1601Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
914on White. 1602resources or on the command line.
1603
1604=item B<COLORTERM>
1605
1606Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1607compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1608extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1609screen.
1610
1611=item B<COLORFGBG>
1612
1613Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1614the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1615C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1616used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1617string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1618was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1619and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1620
1621=item B<WINDOWID>
1622
1623Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1624window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1625window and so on).
1626
1627=item B<TERMINFO>
1628
1629Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1630C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1631
1632=item B<DISPLAY>
1633
1634Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1635display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
1636defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1637
1638=item B<SHELL>
1639
1640The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1641
1642=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
1643
1644The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1645@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1646
1647Default F<<< $HOME/.urxvt/urxvtd-I<< <nodename> >> >>>.
1648
1649=item B<HOME>
1650
1651Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1652daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1653C<.Xdefaults>)
1654
1655=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1656
1657Directory where application-specific X resource files are located.
1658
1659=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1660
1661If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1662@@RXVT_NAME@@.
915 1663
916=back 1664=back
917 1665
918=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) 1666=head1 FILES
919 1667
920=over 4 1668=over 4
921 1669
922=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 1670=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
923 1671
924The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). For rxvt-unicode 1672Colour names.
925version 2.14 and later, the escape sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window
926title to the version number.
927
928=item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
929
930=item Unicode does not seem to work?
931
932If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
933getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
934subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
935
936Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
937programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
938login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
939sth. else, e.h. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
940
941The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
942into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
943
944 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$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 1673
1277=back 1674=back
1278 1675
1279=head1 ENVIRONMENT 1676=head1 SEE ALSO
1280 1677
1281B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM> 1678@@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 1679
1288=head1 FILES 1680=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1289 1681
1290=over 4 1682=over 4
1291 1683
1292=item B</etc/utmp> 1684=item Project Coordinator
1293 1685
1294System file for login records. 1686Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1295 1687
1296=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1688L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1297
1298Color names.
1299 1689
1300=back 1690=back
1301 1691
1302=head1 SEE ALSO 1692=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 1693
1316=over 4 1694=over 4
1317 1695
1318=item Project Coordinator 1696=item John Bovey
1319 1697
1320@@RXVT_MAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1698University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1321 1699
1322=item Web page maintainter 1700=item Rob Nation L<< <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com> >>
1323 1701
1324@@RXVT_WEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@> 1702very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1325 1703
1326L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@> 1704=item Angelo Haritsis L<< <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> >>
1705
1706wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1707
1708=item mj olesen L<< <olesen@me.QueensU.CA> >>
1709
1710Wrote the menu system.
1711
1712Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1713
1714=item Oezguer Kesim L<< <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de> >>
1715
1716Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1717
1718=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1719
1720Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1721
1722Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1723
1724=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1725
1726Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1727extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1728
1729Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1730
1731=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >>
1732
1733pty/utmp code rewrite, image code improvements, many random hacks and bugfixes.
1327 1734
1328=back 1735=back
1329 1736
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.
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