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26Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode 26Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
27internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the 27internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
28world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult, 28world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
29especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts 29especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
30like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, 30like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
31like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these 31like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
32scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work 32scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
33fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such 33fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
34as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms 34as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
35belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things -- 35belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
36such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might 36such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
108 108
109Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>. 109Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.
110 110
111=item B<-j>|B<+j> 111=item B<-j>|B<+j>
112 112
113Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>. 113Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource B<jumpScroll>.
114 114
115=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> | B<-tr>|B<+tr> 115=item B<-ss>|B<+ss>
116 116
117Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is 117Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.
118B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.
119 118
120I<Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by 119=item B<-tr>|B<+tr>
121the author. Don't bug him with installation questions! Read the FAQ (man 7 120
122@@RXVT_NAME@@)!> 121Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background. Obsolete form of it is
122B<-ip> and it should not be used anymore; resource B<transparent>.
123
124I<Please note that old resource name of B<inheritPixmap> is obsolete and should be
125changed to B<transparent>. Backwards compatibility support for B<inheritPixmap> will
126be phased out in future versions of rxvt!>
127
128I<Please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
129sasha@aftercode.net. Read the FAQ (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!>
123 130
124=item B<-fade> I<number> 131=item B<-fade> I<number>
125 132
126Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values 133Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
127fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade 134fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
133is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>. 140is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
134 141
135=item B<-tint> I<colour> 142=item B<-tint> I<colour>
136 143
137Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 144Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
138transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. This only works for 145transparency is enabled with B<-tr>. This only works for
139non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the B<-sh> option that can be 146non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the B<-sh> option that can be
140used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it; resource 147used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it.
148Please note that certain tint colours can be applied on the server-side,
149thus yielding performance gain of two orders of magnitude. These colours are:
150blue, red, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, and those close to them; resource
141I<tintColor>. Example: 151I<tintColor>. Example:
142 152
143 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40 153 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
144 154
145=item B<-sh> 155=item B<-sh> I<number>
146 156
147I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 157Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent
148background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 158background image in addition to (or instead of) tinting it;
149specified, too, e.g. C<-tint white>); resource I<shading>. 159resource I<shading>.
160
161=item B<-blt> I<string>
162
163Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
164at the same time as transparency - such pixmap will be blended over
165transparency image, using method specified. Supported values are :
166B<add>, B<alphablend>, B<allanon> - color values averaging, B<colorize>,
167B<darken>, B<diff>, B<dissipate>, B<hue>, B<lighten>, B<overlay>,
168B<saturate>, B<screen>, B<sub>, B<tint>, B<value>. The default is
169alpha-blending. Compile I<afterimage>; resource I<blendType>.
170
171=item B<-blr> I<HxV>
172
173Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
174background image. If single number is specified - both vertical and
175horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
176radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
177on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile I<afterimage>;
178resource I<blurRadius>.
150 179
151=item B<-bg> I<colour> 180=item B<-bg> I<colour>
152 181
153Window background colour; resource B<background>. 182Window background colour; resource B<background>.
154 183
156 185
157Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 186Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
158 187
159=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]> 188=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>
160 189
161Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally 190Compile I<afterimage>: Specify image file for the background and also
162specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to 191optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
163add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the 192add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
164command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>. 193command-line; for more details see resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
165 194
166=item B<-cr> I<colour> 195=item B<-cr> I<colour>
167 196
168The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 197The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
169 198
322 351
323=item B<-lsp> I<number> 352=item B<-lsp> I<number>
324 353
325Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 354Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
326the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource 355the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
327B<linespace>. 356B<lineSpace>.
328 357
329=item B<-tn> I<termname> 358=item B<-tn> I<termname>
330 359
331This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 360This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
332B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 361B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
592option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option 621option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
593B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 622B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.
594 623
595=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean> 624=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
596 625
597B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling 626B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
598quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>. 627of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
628has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
629received line; option B<-j>.
630
599B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>. 631B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
632force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
633
634=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
635
636B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
637receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
638(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
639result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
640option B<-ss>.
641
642B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
643if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
644monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
600 645
601=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean> 646=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean>
602 647
603B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 648B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving
604artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 649artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows'
624=item B<shading:> I<number> 669=item B<shading:> I<number>
625 670
626Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background image 671Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background image
627in addition to tinting it; option B<-sh>. 672in addition to tinting it; option B<-sh>.
628 673
674=item B<blendType:> I<string>
675
676Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.
677
678=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>
679
680Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent
681background image; option B<-blr>.
682
629=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 683=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
630 684
631Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 685Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
632 686
633=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 687=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
640The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar 694The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
641and the text. 695and the text.
642 696
643=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 697=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>
644 698
645Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 699Use the specified image file for the background and also optionally
646the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 700specify its scaling with a geometry string B<WxH+X+Y>,
647string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the 701in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the horizontal/vertical scale (percent),
648horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image 702and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image centre (percent).
649centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale 703A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale of 1 displays the
650of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 704image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 specifies an integer
651specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will 705number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified beyond
652be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted 70610 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
653scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50] 707Special string of B<"auto"> used as a geometry will cause image to be
708automatically scaled to match window size.
709If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option - specified pixmap will be
710blended over transparency image using either alpha-blending, or any
711other blending type, specified with B<-blt "type"> option.
712[default 0x0+50+50]
654 713
655=item B<path:> I<path> 714=item B<path:> I<path>
656 715
657Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding XPM files. 716Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
658 717
659=item B<font:> I<fontlist> 718=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
660 719
661Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names 720Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
662that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The 721that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
861=item B<termName:> I<termname> 920=item B<termName:> I<termname>
862 921
863Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 922Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
864variable; option B<-tn>. 923variable; option B<-tn>.
865 924
866=item B<linespace:> I<number> 925=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
867 926
868Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 927Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
869the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 928the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
870 929
871=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 930=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
1029searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and 1088searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
1030omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex 1089omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
1031keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not 1090keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
1032performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured. 1091performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1033 1092
1034I<string> may contain escape values (C<\a>: bell, C<\b>: backspace, 1093I<string> may contain escape values (C<\n>: newline, C<\000>: octal
1035C<\e>, C<\E>: escape, C<\n>: newline, C<\r>: carriage return, C<\t>: tab, 1094number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for futher details.
1036C<\000>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (C<^?>: delete,
1037C<^@>: null, C<^A> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
1038can start or end with whitespace. B<This feature is deprecated and will
1039be removed>.
1040
1041Please note that you need to double the C<\> in resource files, as
1042Xlib itself does its own de-escaping (you can use C<\033> instead of
1043C<\e> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own
1044processing).
1045 1095
1046You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string> 1096You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
1047with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/' 1097with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'
1048should be a character not used by the strings. 1098should be a character not used by the strings.
1049 1099
1173=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean> 1223=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1174 1224
1175Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making 1225Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1176it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>. 1226it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1177 1227
1228=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1229
1230Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
1231
1178=back 1232=back
1179 1233
1180=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1234=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
1181 1235
1182Lines of text that scroll off the top of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window 1236Lines of text that scroll off the top of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window
1252 1306
1253=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1307=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
1254 1308
1255ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters 1309ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1256and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The 1310and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1257first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with 1311first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1258C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled 1312C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1259with C<--enable-iso14755>. 1313with C<--enable-iso14755>.
1260 1314
1261=over 4 1315=over 4
1262 1316
1416resources or on the command line. 1470resources or on the command line.
1417 1471
1418=item B<COLORTERM> 1472=item B<COLORTERM>
1419 1473
1420Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was 1474Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1421compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension 1475compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1422C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen. 1476extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1477screen.
1423 1478
1424=item B<COLORFGBG> 1479=item B<COLORFGBG>
1425 1480
1426Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is 1481Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1427the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string 1482the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1428C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be 1483C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1429used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the 1484used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1430string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1485string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1431was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like C<ncurses> and C<slang> can 1486was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1432(and do) use this information to optimize screen output. 1487and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1433 1488
1434=item B<WINDOWID> 1489=item B<WINDOWID>
1435 1490
1436Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel 1491Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1437window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal 1492window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal

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