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11	B<rxvt-unicode>, version B<@@RXVT_VERSION@@>, is a colour vt102 terminal	11	B<rxvt-unicode>, version B<@@RXVT_VERSION@@>, is a colour vt102 terminal
12	emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not	12	emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not
13	require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style	13	require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
14	configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --	14	configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --
15	a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.	15	a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
		16
		17	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
		18
		19	See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
		20	frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
		21	problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
		22	L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
16		23
17	=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT	24	=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
18		25
19	Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode	26	Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
20	internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the	27	internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
21	world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,	28	world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
22	especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts	29	especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
23	like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,	30	like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
24	like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these	31	like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
25	scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work	32	scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
26	fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such	33	fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
27	as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms	34	as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
28	belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --	35	belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
29	such as cursor-movement -- break othwerwise).	36	such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
		37	change.
30		38
		39	If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
		40	me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
		41	terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
		42	because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
		43	another for japanese.
		44
31	Another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to display	45	Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
32	characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other programs	46	display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
33	force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able to choose	47	programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
34	any font for any script.	48	to choose any font for any script freely.
35		49
36	Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than	50	Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
37	it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy	51	its predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
38	in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original	52	in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original
39	rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.	53	rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
40		54
41	It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean	55	It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
42	and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode	56	and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
43	without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with	57	without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
44	a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows	58	a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
45	from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and	59	from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
46	drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and	60	drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
47	@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).	61	@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
48		62
49	It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have	63	It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
50	been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical	64	been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
51	reference documentation (escape sequences etc.) and the FAQ section at the	65	reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
52	end of this document.
53		66
54	=head1 OPTIONS	67	=head1 OPTIONS
55		68
56	The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed	69	The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed
57	below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be	70	below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
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80		93
81	Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still	94	Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still
82	respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the	95	respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
83	B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.	96	B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
84		97
		98	=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
		99
		100	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
		101	resource B<depth>.
		102
85	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>	103	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
86		104
87	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.	105	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
88		106
89	=item B<-rv>|B<+rv>	107	=item B<-rv>|B<+rv>
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92		110
93	=item B<-j>|B<+j>	111	=item B<-j>|B<+j>
94		112
95	Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>.	113	Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>.
96		114
97	=item B<-ip>|B<+ip>	115	=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> | B<-tr>|B<+tr>
98		116
99	Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is	117	Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
100	B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.	118	B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.
101		119
		120	I<Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
		121	the author. Don't bug him with installation questions! Read the FAQ (man 7
		122	@@RXVT_NAME@@)!>
		123
102	=item B<-fade> I<number>	124	=item B<-fade> I<number>
103		125
104	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.	126	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
		127	fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
		128	colour; resource B<fading>.
		129
		130	=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
		131
		132	Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
		133	is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
105		134
106	=item B<-tint> I<colour>	135	=item B<-tint> I<colour>
107		136
108	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when	137	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
109	transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh>	138	transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. This only works for
110	option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to	139	non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the B<-sh> option that can be
111	tinting it.	140	used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it; resource
		141	I<tintColor>. Example:
		142
		143	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
112		144
113	=item B<-sh>	145	=item B<-sh>
114		146
115	I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent	147	I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent
116	background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be	148	background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be
117	specified, too).	149	specified, too, e.g. C<-tint white>); resource I<shading>.
118		150
119	=item B<-bg> I<colour>	151	=item B<-bg> I<colour>
120		152
121	Window background colour; resource B<background>.	153	Window background colour; resource B<background>.
122		154
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125	Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.	157	Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
126		158
127	=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>	159	=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>
128		160
129	Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally	161	Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally
130	specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add	162	specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
131	quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the	163	add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
132	command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.	164	command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
133		165
134	=item B<-cr> I<colour>	166	=item B<-cr> I<colour>
135		167
136	The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.	168	The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
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143		175
144	The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.	176	The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.
145		177
146	=item B<-bd> I<colour>	178	=item B<-bd> I<colour>
147		179
148	The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text;	180	The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
149	resource B<borderColor>.	181	resource B<borderColor>.
150		182
151	=item B<-fn> I<fontname>	183	=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
152		184
153	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font	185	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
154	names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.	186	that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
155	The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might	187	first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
156	be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always	188	smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
157	appended to it. resource B<font>.	189	font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
		190
		191	In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
		192	with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
		193	e.g.:
		194
		195	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
		196	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
158		197
159	See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ	198	See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
160	section.	199	section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
161		200
		201	=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
		202
		203	Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
		204	are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
		205
		206	=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
		207
		208	Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
		209	characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
		210
		211	=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
		212
		213	Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
		214	italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
		215	for details.
		216
162	=item B<-rb>|B<+rb>	217	=item B<-is>|B<+is>
163		218
164	Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text will be	219	Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity
165	displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. Bold	220	foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
166	fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their	221	details.
167	corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular
168	font will be used. resource B<realBold>.
169		222
170	=item B<-name> I<name>	223	=item B<-name> I<name>
171		224
172	Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,	225	Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
173	rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain	226	rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
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211		264
212	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.	265	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
213		266
214	=item B<-st>|B<+st>	267	=item B<-st>|B<+st>
215		268
216	Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;	269	Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
217	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.	270	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
		271
		272	=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
		273
		274	If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
		275	actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
		276	select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
		277	not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
		278	on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
218		279
219	=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>	280	=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
220		281
221	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.	282	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
222		283
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245		306
246	Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.	307	Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
247	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window	308	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
248	decorations; resource B<borderLess>.	309	decorations; resource B<borderLess>.
249		310
		311	=item B<-override-redirect>
		312
		313	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
		314	B<override-redirect>.
		315
		316	=item B<-sbg>
		317
		318	Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
		319	drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
		320	this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
		321	resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
		322
250	=item B<-lsp> I<number>	323	=item B<-lsp> I<number>
251		324
252	Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row	325	Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
253	of the display; resource B<linespace>.	326	the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
		327	B<linespace>.
254		328
255	=item B<-tn> I<termname>	329	=item B<-tn> I<termname>
256		330
257	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the	331	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
258	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the	332	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
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267	given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last	341	given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
268	on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to	342	on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to
269	run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,	343	run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
270	failing that, I<sh(1)>.	344	failing that, I<sh(1)>.
271		345
		346	Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
		347	run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
		348
		349	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
		350
272	=item B<-title> I<text>	351	=item B<-title> I<text>
273		352
274	Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename	353	Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
275	of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the	354	of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
276	application name; resource B<title>.	355	application name; resource B<title>.
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294		373
295	Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.	374	Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
296		375
297	=item B<-imlocale> I<string>	376	=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
298		377
299	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g.	378	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
300	de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input	379	C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
301	extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in	380	input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
302	another locale.	381	another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
		382
		383	=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
		384
		385	Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
		386	for more info.
		387
		388	=item B<-tcw>
		389
		390	Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
		391	button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
		392	end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
303		393
304	=item B<-insecure>	394	=item B<-insecure>
305		395
306	Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape	396	Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
307	sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more	397	sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
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321	=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>	411	=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
322		412
323	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource	413	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
324	B<secondaryScroll>.	414	B<secondaryScroll>.
325		415
		416	=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
		417
		418	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
		419	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
		420	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
		421	user; resource B<hold>.
		422
		423	=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
		424
		425	Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
		426
		427	=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
		428
		429	Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
		430	which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
		431
		432	Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
		433	shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
		434	quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
		435	create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
		436
		437	The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
		438
		439	It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
		440	descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
		441	can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
		442	terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
		443	not.
		444
		445	Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
		446	used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
		447
		448	my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
		449	$rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
		450	my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
		451	system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
		452	});
		453
		454	=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
		455
		456	Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
		457	pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
		458	useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
		459	without having to run a program within it.
		460
		461	If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
		462	entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
		463	yourself if you want that.
		464
		465	As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
		466	pty/tty operations.
		467
		468	Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
		469	longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
		470
		471	use IO::Pty;
		472	use Fcntl;
		473
		474	my $pty = new IO::Pty;
		475	fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
		476	system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
		477	close $pty;
		478
		479	# now communicate with rxvt
		480	my $slave = $pty->slave;
		481	while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
		482
326	=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring>	483	=item B<-pe> I<string>
327		484
328	No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made	485	Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
329	available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in	486	this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
330	some window managers.
331		487
332	=back	488	=back
333		489
334	=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options)	490	=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options)
335		491
336	Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long	492	Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
337	options) compiled into your version.	493	options) compiled into your version.
338		494
339	There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the	495	You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
340	Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal	496	distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
341	Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie.	497	starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
342	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the	498	with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
343	resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load
344	settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts.
345		499
346	If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h>	500	1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
347	lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults	501	2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
348	set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually	502	3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
349	B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in	503	4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
350	B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist.	504	5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
		505
351	Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two	506	Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
352	class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows	507	names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
353	resources common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be	508	common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
354	easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources	509	configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
355	unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be	510	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
356	shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no	511	configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
357	resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line	512	be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
358	arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following	513	settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
359	resources are allowed:	514	check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
		515	extensions not documented here):
360		516
361	=over 4	517	=over 4
		518
		519	=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
		520
		521	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
		522	option B<-depth>.
362		523
363	=item B<geometry:> I<geom>	524	=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
364		525
365	Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];	526	Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
366	option B<-geometry>.	527	option B<-geometry>.
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382	high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)	543	high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
383	colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,	544	colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
384	3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour	545	3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
385	names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.	546	names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.
386		547
		548	Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
		549	changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
		550
		551	Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
		552	88 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
		553
387	=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>	554	=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>
388		555
		556	=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
		557
389	Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the foreground	558	Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
390	colour is the default. This option will be ignored if B<realBold> is	559	foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
391	enabled.	560	(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
392		561
393	=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>	562	=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
394		563
395	Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the	564	Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
396	foreground colour is the default.	565	foreground colour is the default.
397		566
398	=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>	567	=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
399		568
400	Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video	569	Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video characters
401	characters.	570	when OPTION_HC is disabled (--disable-frills).
		571
		572	=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
		573
		574	If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
		575	itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
402		576
403	=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>	577	=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
404		578
405	Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the	579	Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
406	foreground colour; option B<-cr>.	580	foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
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427		601
428	B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving	602	B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
429	artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows'	603	artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows'
430	pixmap.	604	pixmap.
431		605
		606	I<Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
		607	the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!>
		608
432	=item B<fading:> I<number>	609	=item B<fading:> I<number>
433		610
434	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.	611	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
		612
		613	=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
		614
		615	Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
		616	colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
435		617
436	=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>	618	=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
437		619
438	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour.	620	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
		621	B<-tint>.
439		622
440	=item B<shading:> I<number>	623	=item B<shading:> I<number>
441		624
442	Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background	625	Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background image
443	image in addition to tinting it.	626	in addition to tinting it; option B<-sh>.
444
445	=item B<fading:> I<number>
446
447	Scale the tint colour by the given percentage.
448		627
449	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>	628	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
450		629
451	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].	630	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
452		631
453	=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>	632	=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
454		633
455	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default	634	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
456	#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.	635	#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
		636
		637	=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
		638
		639	The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
		640	and the text.
457		641
458	=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>	642	=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>
459		643
460	Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for	644	Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
461	the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry	645	the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
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465	of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9	649	of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
466	specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will	650	specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
467	be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted	651	be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
468	scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]	652	scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
469		653
470	=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]>
471
472	Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
473	optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
474	reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
475
476	=item B<path:> I<path>	654	=item B<path:> I<path>
477		655
478	Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and	656	Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding XPM files.
479	menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
480	B<PATH> environment variables.
481		657
482	=item B<font:> I<fontname>	658	=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
483		659
484	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font	660	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
485	names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.	661	that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
486	The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might	662	first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
487	be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always	663	smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
488	appended to it. option B<-fn>.	664	font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
489		665
490	=item B<realBold:> I<boolean>	666	Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
		667	optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
491		668
492	B<True>: Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text	669	In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
493	will be displayed using the first available bold font in the font list.	670	specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
494	Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their	671	hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
495	corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular	672	fonts.
496	font will be used. option B<-rb>. B<False>: Display bold text in a	673
497	regular font, using the color specified with B<colorBD>; option B<+rb>.	674	For example, this font resource
		675
		676	URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
		677	-misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
		678	-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
		679	[codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
		680	xft:Code2000:antialias=false
		681
		682	specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
		683	the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
		684	it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
		685	wide and 15 pixels high.
		686
		687	The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
		688	the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
		689	the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
		690	useful supplement.
		691
		692	The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
		693	are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
		694	contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
		695
		696	The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
		697	remaining unicode characters.
		698
		699	=item B<boldFont:> I<fontlist>
		700
		701	=item B<italicFont:> I<fontlist>
		702
		703	=item B<boldItalicFont:> I<fontlist>
		704
		705	The font list to use for displaying B<bold>, I<italic> or B<< I<bold
		706	italic> >> characters, respectively.
		707
		708	If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
		709	B<font>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
		710	it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
		711	italic.
		712
		713	If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
		714	"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
		715	not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
		716
		717	If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
		718	text font will being used for the given style.
		719
		720	=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
		721
		722	When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
		723	option B<-is>, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high
		724	intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
		725	option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
		726	reachable.
498		727
499	=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>	728	=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>
500		729
501	Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is	730	Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is
502	xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives	731	xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
503	xterm style selection.	732	xterm style selection.
504		733
505	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>	734	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
506		735
507	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is	736	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
508	the author's favourite..	737	the author's favourite.
509		738
510	=item B<title:> I<string>	739	=item B<title:> I<string>
511		740
512	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line	741	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
513	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application	742	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
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522	=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>	751	=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
523		752
524	B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no	753	B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
525	de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].	754	de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
526		755
		756	=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
		757
		758	B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
		759	B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
		760
527	=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>	761	=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
528		762
529	B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.	763	B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
530	B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.	764	B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
531		765
…		…
545		779
546	Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use	780	Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
547	B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or	781	B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
548	B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.	782	B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
549		783
		784	The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
		785
		786	Example:
		787
		788	URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
		789
		790	This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
		791	every time you hit C<Print>.
		792
550	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>	793	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
551		794
552	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:	795	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
553	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.	796	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
554		797
…		…
573	B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option	816	B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
574	B<+si>.	817	B<+si>.
575		818
576	=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>	819	=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
577		820
578	B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and	821	B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
579	B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll	822	B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll
580	with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>.	823	with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option B<+sw>.
581		824
582	=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>	825	=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
583		826
584	B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys	827	B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
585	are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and	828	are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
586	are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to	829	are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to
587	bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.	830	bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.
588		831
589	=item B<smallfont_key:> I<keysym>
590
591	If enabled, use B<@@HOTKEY@@->I<keysym> to toggle to a smaller font
592	[default B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>]
593
594	=item B<bigfont_key:> I<keysym>
595
596	If enabled, use B<@@HOTKEY@@->I<keysym> to toggle to a bigger font
597	[default B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@>]
598
599	=item B<saveLines:> I<number>	832	=item B<saveLines:> I<number>
600		833
601	Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This	834	Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
602	resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.	835	resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.
603		836
…		…
614	=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>	847	=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
615		848
616	Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the	849	Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
617	WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.	850	WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
618		851
		852	=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
		853
		854	Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
		855	drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
		856	this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
		857	option B<-sbg>.
		858
619	=item B<termName:> I<termname>	859	=item B<termName:> I<termname>
620		860
621	Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment	861	Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
622	variable; option B<-tn>.	862	variable; option B<-tn>.
623		863
…		…
633		873
634	=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>	874	=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
635		875
636	B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel	876	B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
637	scrolls five lines [default].	877	scrolls five lines [default].
		878
		879	=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
		880
		881	B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
		882	movement only; option C<-ptab>.
638		883
639	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>	884	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
640		885
641	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];	886	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
642	option B<-bc>.	887	option B<-bc>.
…		…
655		900
656	Mouse pointer background colour.	901	Mouse pointer background colour.
657		902
658	=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>	903	=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
659		904
660	Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2].	905	Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
		906	large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
661		907
662	=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>	908	=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
663		909
664	The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>	910	The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
665	or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>	911	or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>
…		…
672	pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated	918	pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
673	with the B<Execute> key.	919	with the B<Execute> key.
674		920
675	=item B<cutchars:> I<string>	921	=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
676		922
677	The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The	923	The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
678	built-in default:	924	(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
		925
		926	When the selection extension is in use (the default if compiled in, see
		927	the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these characters
		928	will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex will be
		929	created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
		930
		931	When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
		932	be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
679		933
680	B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >>	934	B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >>
681		935
682	=item B<preeditType:> I<style>	936	=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
683		937
…		…
687		941
688	I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.	942	I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
689		943
690	=item B<imLocale:> I<name>	944	=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
691		945
692	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g.	946	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
693	de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input	947	C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
694	extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in	948	input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
695	another locale. option B<-imlocale>.	949	another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
696		950
697	=item B<insecure>	951	=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
		952
		953	Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
		954	C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
		955	by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
		956	in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
		957	found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
		958	option B<-imfont>.
		959
		960	=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
		961
		962	Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
		963	button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
		964	the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
		965
		966	=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
698		967
699	Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that	968	Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
700	echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be	969	echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
701	abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether	970	abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
702	throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though	971	through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
703	write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note	972	write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
704	that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences	973	default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
705	enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean	974	sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
706	resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this	975
707	enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title	976	You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
708	requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch.	977	B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
		978	locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
709		979
710	=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>	980	=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
711		981
712	Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,	982	Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
713	B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option	983	B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
…		…
717		987
718	Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)	988	Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
719	character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described	989	character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
720	in the entry on B<keysym> following.	990	in the entry on B<keysym> following.
721		991
722	=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool>	992	=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
723		993
724	Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).	994	Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
725		995
726	=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool>	996	=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
727		997
728	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this	998	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
729	option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the	999	option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
730	scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will	1000	scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
731	instead scroll the screen up.	1001	instead scroll the screen up.
732		1002
		1003	=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
		1004
		1005	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
		1006	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
		1007	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
		1008	user.
		1009
733	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>	1010	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
734		1011
735	Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may	1012	Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
736	contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n:	1013	intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
737	newline, \r: return, \t:	1014
		1015	The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be
		1016	any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>,
		1017	B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>,
		1018	and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>,
		1019	B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
		1020
		1021	The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
		1022	whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
		1023	keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
		1024	current application keymap mode state.
		1025
		1026	The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or
		1027	searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
		1028	omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
		1029	keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
		1030	performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
		1031
		1032	I<string> may contain escape values (C<\a>: bell, C<\b>: backspace,
		1033	C<\e>, C<\E>: escape, C<\n>: newline, C<\r>: carriage return, C<\t>: tab,
738	tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null,	1034	C<\000>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (C<^?>: delete,
739	^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end	1035	C<^@>: null, C<^A> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
740	with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be	1036	can start or end with whitespace. B<This feature is deprecated and will
741	omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with	1037	be removed>.
742	KEYSYM_RESOURCE.	1038
		1039	Please note that you need to double the C<\> in resource files, as
		1040	Xlib itself does its own de-escaping (you can use C<\033> instead of
		1041	C<\e> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own
		1042	processing).
		1043
		1044	You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
		1045	with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'
		1046	should be a character not used by the strings.
		1047
		1048	Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
		1049
		1050	URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|>
		1051
		1052	The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
		1053
		1054	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>
		1055	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>
		1056	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>
		1057
		1058	If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
		1059	is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
		1060	example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
		1061	when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
		1062
		1063	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
		1064
		1065	If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
		1066	is passed to the C<on_keyboard_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
		1067	manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
		1068	C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
		1069
		1070	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
		1071
		1072	Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
		1073	will match if at I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
		1074	no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
		1075	means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
		1076	definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
		1077	mappings themselves.
		1078
		1079	Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
		1080	if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
		1081	C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke "holes" into the
		1082	user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
		1083
		1084	URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
		1085	URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
		1086
		1087	The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
		1088	of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
		1089	C<Shift-Insert>.
		1090
		1091	The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
		1092	the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
		1093	font-switching at runtime:
		1094
		1095	URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
		1096	URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
		1097
		1098	Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
		1099	info):
		1100
		1101	URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
		1102	URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
		1103
		1104	=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
		1105
		1106	=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
		1107
		1108	Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
		1109	use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
		1110
		1111	Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
		1112	them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
		1113	by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
		1114	example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extension except
		1115	C<selection>.
		1116
		1117	Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
		1118	(e.g. C<< searchable-scrollback<M-s> >>, which binds the hotkey for
		1119	searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta-s). Mentioning the same extension
		1120	multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
		1121	the extension.
		1122
		1123	Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
		1124	necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
		1125
		1126	If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
		1127	interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
		1128	B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
		1129	all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
		1130
		1131	=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
		1132
		1133	Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
		1134	the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
		1135	will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
		1136
		1137	=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
		1138
		1139	Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
		1140	scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource,
		1141	@@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
		1142	F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>. Due to security reasons, this resource
		1143	will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
		1144
		1145	See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
		1146
		1147	=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
		1148
		1149	Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
		1150	details.
		1151
		1152	=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
		1153
		1154	Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
		1155	for details.
		1156
		1157	=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym>
		1158
		1159	Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
		1160	(default: C<M-s>).
		1161
		1162	=item B<urlLauncher>: I<string>
		1163
		1164	Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
		1165	C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
		1166
		1167	=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
		1168
		1169	Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
		1170
		1171	=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
		1172
		1173	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
		1174	it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
743		1175
744	=back	1176	=back
745		1177
746	=head1 THE SCROLLBAR	1178	=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
747		1179
…		…
761	the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta	1193	the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
762	(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.	1194	(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
763		1195
764	If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are	1196	If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
765	disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen	1197	disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
766	application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~>	1198	application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
767	(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the	1199	(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
768	up and down arrows sends B<ESC[A> (Up) and B<ESC[B> (Down),	1200	up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
769	respectively.	1201	respectively.
770		1202
771	=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION	1203	=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION
772		1204
773	The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to	1205	The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
…		…
775		1207
776	=over 4	1208	=over 4
777		1209
778	=item B<Selection>:	1210	=item B<Selection>:
779		1211
780	Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the	1212	Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
781	region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left	1213	and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
782	double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire	1214	to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
783	line.	1215	(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
		1216	B<tripleclickwords>.
		1217
		1218	Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
		1219	(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
		1220	normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
		1221	selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
		1222	the selection.
784		1223
785	=item B<Insertion>:	1224	=item B<Insertion>:
786		1225
787	Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in	1226	Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
788	an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be	1227	window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
789	inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.	1228	Meta modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
		1229
		1230	Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
		1231	inserted too.
790		1232
791	=back	1233	=back
792		1234
793	=head1 CHANGING FONTS	1235	=head1 CHANGING FONTS
794		1236
795	You can change fonts on-the-fly, which is to say cycle through the	1237	Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
796	default font and others of various sizes, by using B<Shift-KP_Add> and	1238	supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
797	B<Shift-KP_Subtract>. Or, alternatively (if enabled) with	1239
798	B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@> and B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>, where the	1240	You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
799	actual key can be selected using resources	1241
800	B<smallfont_key>/B<bigfont_key>.	1242	printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
		1243
		1244	You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
		1245
		1246	URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
		1247	URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
		1248
		1249	rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
801		1250
802	=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT	1251	=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
803		1252
804	Partial ISO 14755-support is implemented. that means that pressing	1253	ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
		1254	and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
		1255	first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
		1256	C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
		1257	with C<--enable-iso14755>.
805		1258
806	Section 5.1: Control and Shift together enters unicode input	1259	=over 4
807	mode. Entering hex digits composes a Unicode character, pressing space or
808	releasing the modifiers commits the keycode and every other key cancels
809	the current input character.
810		1260
811	Section 5.2: Pressing and immediately releasing Control and Shift together	1261	=item * 5.1: Basic method
812	enters keycap entry mode for the next key: pressing a function key (tab,	1262
813	return etc..) will enter the unicode character corresponding to the given	1263	This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
814	key.	1264
		1265	Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
		1266	hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
		1267	commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
		1268	C<Control> and C<Shift> you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
		1269	C<Space>, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
		1270	one.
		1271
		1272	As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e-mail
		1273	address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
		1274	address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
		1275	by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
		1276	followed by releasing the modifier keys.
		1277
		1278	=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
		1279
		1280	This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
		1281	your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
		1282
		1283	Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
		1284	them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
		1285	invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
		1286	keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
		1287	released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
		1288	C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
		1289	reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
		1290
		1291	=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
		1292
		1293	While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
		1294	mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
		1295
		1296	=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
		1297
		1298	This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
		1299	characters already displayed.
		1300
		1301	You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
		1302	pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
		1303	hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
		1304	pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
		1305
		1306	In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
		1307	character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
		1308	combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
		1309	always be drawn using the built-in support font.
		1310
		1311	=back
		1312
		1313	With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
		1314	both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
815		1315
816	=head1 LOGIN STAMP	1316	=head1 LOGIN STAMP
817		1317
818	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so	1318	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
819	that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages.	1319	it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
820	To allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> must be installed setuid root on	1320	allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
821	some systems.	1321	on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
822		1322
823	=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS	1323	=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS
824		1324
825	In addition to the default foreground and background colours,	1325	In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
826	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus	1326	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus
827	high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the	1327	high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
828	colours with their B<rgb.txt> names.	1328	colours with their names.
829		1329
830	=begin table	1330	=begin table
831		1331
832	B<color0> (black) = Black	1332	B<color0> (black) = Black
833	B<color1> (red) = Red3	1333	B<color1> (red) = Red3
…		…
853	It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,	1353	It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
854	B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as	1354	B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
855	a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of	1355	a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
856	color0-color15.	1356	color0-color15.
857		1357
		1358	In addition to the colours defined above, @@RXVT_NAME@@ offers an
		1359	additional 72 colours. The first 64 of those (with indices 16 to 79)
		1360	consist of a 4*4*4 RGB colour cube (i.e. I<index = r * 16 + g * 4 + b +
		1361	16>), followed by 8 additional shades of gray (with indices 80 to 87).
		1362
		1363	Together, all those colours implement the 88 colour xterm colours. Only
		1364	the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the rest can only
		1365	be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
		1366
858	Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by	1367	Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
859	always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to	1368	always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
860	I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise	1369	I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
861	been specified. For example,	1370	been specified. For example,
862		1371
…		…
867	would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black	1376	would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black
868	on White.	1377	on White.
869		1378
870	=back	1379	=back
871		1380
872	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)	1381	=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
		1382
		1383	If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
		1384	their act together, rxvt-unicode will support C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa>
		1385	(recommended, but B<MUST> have 4 digits/component) colour specifications,
		1386	in addition to the ones provided by X, where the additional A component
		1387	specifies opacity (alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0> is completely
		1388	transparent). You can also prefix any color with C<[percent]>, where
		1389	C<percent> is a decimal percentage (0-100) that specifies the opacity of
		1390	the color, where C<0> is completely transparent and C<100> is completelxy
		1391	opaque.
		1392
		1393	You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, and have the luck that
		1394	your X-server uses ARGB pixel layout, as X is far from just supporting
		1395	ARGB visuals out of the box, and rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
		1396
		1397	For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent red
		1398	background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
		1399
		1400	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/aaaa -fg "[80]pink"
		1401
		1402	I<Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by
		1403	the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!>
		1404
		1405	=head1 ENVIRONMENT
		1406
		1407	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
873		1408
874	=over 4	1409	=over 4
875		1410
876	=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?	1411	=item B<TERM>
877		1412
878	The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). For rxvt-unicode	1413	Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
879	version 2.14 and later, the escape sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window	1414	resources or on the command line.
880	title to the version number.
881		1415
882	=item Why do the characters look ugly?	1416	=item B<COLORTERM>
883		1417
884	=item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?	1418	Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
		1419	compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension
		1420	C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
885		1421
886	Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is	1422	=item B<COLORFGBG>
887	fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
888	your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
889	to display.
890		1423
891	B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement	1424	Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
892	font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks	1425	the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
893	bad. In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font	1426	C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
894	list, e.g.:	1427	used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
		1428	string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
		1429	was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like C<ncurses> and C<slang> can
		1430	(and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
895		1431
896	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...	1432	=item B<WINDOWID>
897		1433
898	When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base	1434	Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
899	font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the	1435	window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
900	next font, and so on.	1436	window and so on).
901		1437
902	The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than the base	1438	=item B<TERMINFO>
903	font, as the base font defines the principial cell size, which must be the
904	same due to the way terminals work.
905		1439
906	=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?	1440	Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
		1441	C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
907		1442
908	This is because there is a difference between script and language --	1443	=item B<DISPLAY>
909	rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output
910	is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode
911	first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for
912	it. Subseqzuent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many chinese
913	characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
914	non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
915	-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
916	japanese characters that are also chinese.
917		1444
918	The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font	1445	Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
919	list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as	1446	display in its child processes.
920	a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
921	first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
922		1447
923	In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime (the	1448	=item B<SHELL>
924	internal data structure has no problem with using different fonts for
925	the same character at the same time, but no interface for this has been
926	designed yet).
927		1449
928	=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.	1450	The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
929		1451
930	Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing	1452	=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
931	some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
932	heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
933	quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
934	depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
935		1453
936	=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?	1454	The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
		1455	@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
937		1456
938	If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the	1457	Default F<<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-I<< <nodename >> >>>.
939	standard foreground colour.
940		1458
941	For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the	1459	=item B<HOME>
942	text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
943	colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
944	ignored.
945		1460
946	On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity	1461	Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
947	foreground/background colors.	1462	daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
		1463	C<.Xdefaults>)
948		1464
949	color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.	1465	=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
950		1466
951	color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.	1467	Directory where various X resource files are being located.
952		1468
953	=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?	1469	=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
954		1470
955	You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>	1471	If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
956	resources (or as long-options).
957
958	Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
959	including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
960
961	Rxvt*color0: #000000
962	Rxvt*color1: #A80000
963	Rxvt*color2: #00A800
964	Rxvt*color3: #A8A800
965	Rxvt*color4: #0000A8
966	Rxvt*color5: #A800A8
967	Rxvt*color6: #00A8A8
968	Rxvt*color7: #A8A8A8
969
970	Rxvt*color8: #000054
971	Rxvt*color9: #FF0054
972	Rxvt*color10: #00FF54
973	Rxvt*color11: #FFFF54
974	Rxvt*color12: #0000FF
975	Rxvt*color13: #FF00FF
976	Rxvt*color14: #00FFFF
977	Rxvt*color15: #FFFFFF
978
979	=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
980
981	Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
982	BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
983	question) there are two standard values that can be used for
984	Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
985
986	Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
987	policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
988	choice :).
989
990	Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
991	of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
992	started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
993	system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
994	be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
995
996	For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
997
998	# use Backspace = ^H
999	$ stty erase ^H
1000	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@	1472	@@RXVT_NAME@@.
1001
1002	# use Backspace = ^?
1003	$ stty erase ^?
1004	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@
1005
1006	Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
1007
1008	For an existing rxvt-unicode:
1009
1010	# use Backspace = ^H
1011	$ stty erase ^H
1012	$ echo -n "^[[36h"
1013
1014	# use Backspace = ^?
1015	$ stty erase ^?
1016	$ echo -n "^[[36l"
1017
1018	This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
1019	if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
1020	properly reflects that.
1021
1022	The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
1023	To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
1024	key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
1025	(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
1026
1027	Some other Backspace problems:
1028
1029	some editors use termcap/terminfo,
1030	some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
1031	GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
1032
1033	Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
1034
1035	=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
1036
1037	There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
1038	you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
1039	use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym
1040	0xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
1041
1042	Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270'
1043
1044	!# ----- special uses ------:
1045	! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys.
1046	tn3270*font: *clean-bold-*-*--15-*
1047
1048	! keysym - used by rxvt only
1049	! Delete - ^D
1050	tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
1051
1052	! Home - ^A
1053	tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
1054	! Left - ^B
1055	tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
1056	! Up - ^P
1057	tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
1058	! Right - ^F
1059	tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
1060	! Down - ^N
1061	tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
1062	! End - ^E
1063	tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
1064
1065	! F1 - F12
1066	tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
1067	tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
1068	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
1069	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
1070	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
1071	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
1072	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
1073	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
1074	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
1075	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
1076	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
1077	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
1078
1079	! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
1080	tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
1081	tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
1082
1083	=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
1084	How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1085	has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
1086
1087	KP_Insert == Insert
1088	F22 == Print
1089	F27 == Home
1090	F29 == Prior
1091	F33 == End
1092	F35 == Next
1093
1094	Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accomodate all the various possible keyboard
1095	mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for
1096	your particular machine.
1097
1098	=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
1099	I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
1100
1101	rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
1102	check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1103	Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1104	not to use color.
1105
1106	=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
1107
1108	If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and ahve enabled
1109	insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1110	snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1111	wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1112	the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1113	regular xterm.
1114
1115	Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
1116	snippets:
1117
1118	# Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1119	[ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1120	if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1121	stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1122	echo -n '^[Z'
1123	read term_id
1124	stty icanon echo
1125	if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1126	echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1127	read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1128	fi
1129	fi
1130
1131	=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
1132
1133	You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
1134	one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
1135	the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
1136		1473
1137	=back	1474	=back
1138		1475
1139	=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1140
1141	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM>
1142	and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X
1143	window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and
1144	sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display
1145	terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables
1146	B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files.
1147
1148	=head1 FILES	1476	=head1 FILES
1149		1477
1150	=over 4	1478	=over 4
1151		1479
1152	=item B</etc/utmp>
1153
1154	System file for login records.
1155
1156	=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>	1480	=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
1157		1481
1158	Color names.	1482	Color names.
1159		1483
1160	=back	1484	=back
1161		1485
1162	=head1 SEE ALSO	1486	=head1 SEE ALSO
1163		1487
1164	@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)	1488	@@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)
1165
1166	=head1 BUGS
1167
1168	Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1169
1170	Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1171
1172	Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1173		1489
1174	=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR	1490	=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1175		1491
1176	=over 4	1492	=over 4
1177		1493
1178	=item Project Coordinator	1494	=item Project Coordinator
1179		1495
1180	@@RXVTMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@>	1496	Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1181		1497
1182	=item Web page maintainter	1498	L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1183
1184	@@RXVTWEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@>
1185
1186	L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@>
1187		1499
1188	=back	1500	=back
1189		1501
1190	=head1 AUTHORS	1502	=head1 AUTHORS
1191		1503
…		…
1213		1525
1214	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)	1526	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1215		1527
1216	=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>	1528	=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1217		1529
1218	Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator	1530	Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
		1531
1219	(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)	1532	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1220		1533
1221	=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >>	1534	=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1222		1535
1223	Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal	1536	Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1224	character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm	1537	extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1225	compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1226		1538
1227	Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)	1539	Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1228		1540
		1541	=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >>
		1542
		1543	Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.
		1544
1229	=back	1545	=back
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