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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	This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
		18	L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
16		19
17	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS	20	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
18		21
19	See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of	22	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	23	frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
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98	=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>	101	=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
99		102
100	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;	103	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
101	resource B<depth>.	104	resource B<depth>.
102		105
		106	[Please note that many X servers (and libXft) are buggy with
		107	respect to C<-depth 32> and/or alpha channels, and will cause all sorts
		108	of graphical corruption. This is harmless, but we can't do anything about
		109	this, so watch out]
		110
103	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>	111	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
104		112
105	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.	113	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
106		114
107	=item B<-rv>\|B<+rv>	115	=item B<-rv>\|B<+rv>
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242	italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>	250	italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
243	for details.	251	for details.
244		252
245	=item B<-is>\|B<+is>	253	=item B<-is>\|B<+is>
246		254
247	Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity	255	Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
248	foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for	256	foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
249	details.	257	details.
250		258
251	=item B<-name> I<name>	259	=item B<-name> I<name>
252		260
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270		278
271	=item B<-sb>\|B<+sb>	279	=item B<-sb>\|B<+sb>
272		280
273	Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.	281	Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
274		282
		283	=item B<-sr>\|B<+sr>
		284
		285	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
		286
		287	=item B<-st>\|B<+st>
		288
		289	Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
		290	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
		291
275	=item B<-si>\|B<+si>	292	=item B<-si>\|B<+si>
276		293
277	Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource	294	Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
278	B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.	295	B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
279		296
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285	=item B<-sw>\|B<+sw>	302	=item B<-sw>\|B<+sw>
286		303
287	Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.	304	Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
288	This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource	305	This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
289	B<scrollWithBuffer>.	306	B<scrollWithBuffer>.
290
291	=item B<-sr>\|B<+sr>
292
293	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
294
295	=item B<-st>\|B<+st>
296
297	Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
298	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
299		307
300	=item B<-ptab>\|B<+ptab>	308	=item B<-ptab>\|B<+ptab>
301		309
302	If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as	310	If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
303	actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to	311	actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
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721	an integer number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified	729	an integer number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified
722	beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.	730	beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
723	Additional operations can be specified after colon B<:op1:op2...>.	731	Additional operations can be specified after colon B<:op1:op2...>.
724	Supported operations are:	732	Supported operations are:
725		733
726	tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0,	734	tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0
727	propscale will scale image keeping proportions,	735	propscale will scale image keeping proportions
728	auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100;	736	auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100
729	hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size;	737	hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size
730	vscale will scale image vertically to the window size;	738	vscale will scale image vertically to the window size
731	scale will scale image to match window size;	739	scale will scale image to match window size
732	root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto-adjusting	740	root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto-adjusting
733	whenever terminal window moves.	741	whenever terminal window moves
734		742
735	If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be	743	If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be
736	blended over transparency image using either alpha-blending, or any	744	blended over transparency image using either alpha-blending, or any
737	other blending type, specified with B<-blt "type"> option.	745	other blending type, specified with B<-blt "type"> option.
738		746
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803	text font will being used for the given style.	811	text font will being used for the given style.
804		812
805	=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>	813	=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
806		814
807	When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,	815	When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
808	option B<-is>, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high	816	option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
809	intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,	817	intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
810	option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not	818	option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
811	reachable.	819	reachable.
812		820
813	=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>
814
815	Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which
816	is xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which
817	gives xterm style selection. Only effective when the original (non-perl)
818	selection code is in use.
819
820	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
821
822	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
823	the author's favourite.
824
825	=item B<title:> I<string>	821	=item B<title:> I<string>
826		822
827	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line	823	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
828	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application	824	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
829	name; option B<-title>.	825	name; option B<-title>.
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873		869
874	URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)	870	URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
875		871
876	This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents	872	This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
877	every time you hit C<Print>.	873	every time you hit C<Print>.
		874
		875	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
		876
		877	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
		878	the author's favourite.
878		879
879	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>	880	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
880		881
881	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:	882	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
882	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.	883	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
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1460	=back	1461	=back
1461		1462
1462	=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT	1463	=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1463		1464
1464	If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get	1465	If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1465	their act together, rxvt-unicode will support C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa>	1466	their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management:
1466	(recommended, but B<MUST> have 4 digits/component) colour specifications,	1467
1467	in addition to the ones provided by X, where the additional A component	1468	You can prefix any color with an opaquenes percentage enclosed in
		1469	brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
		1470	(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the color, where C<0> is completely
		1471	transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
		1472	half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
		1473	is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
		1474	all ways to specify a colour.
		1475
		1476	For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
		1477	C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
		1478	specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1468	specifies opacity (alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0> is completely	1479	(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1469	transparent). You can also prefix any color with C<[percent]>, where	1480	while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1470	C<percent> is a decimal percentage (0-100) that specifies the opacity of	1481	earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1471	the color, where C<0> is completely transparent and C<100> is completelxy	1482	C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1472	opaque.
1473		1483
1474	You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, and have the luck that	1484	You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1475	your X-server uses ARGB pixel layout, as X is far from just supporting	1485	alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1476	ARGB visuals out of the box, and rxvt-unicode just fudges around.	1486	layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
		1487	rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1477		1488
1478	For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent red	1489	For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1479	background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:	1490	background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1480		1491
1481	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/aaaa -fg "[80]pink"	1492	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1482		1493
1483	I<Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by	1494	When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1484	the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!>	1495	alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
		1496	transparency of course).
		1497
		1498	When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
		1499	colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
		1500	background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
		1501	other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
		1502	image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
		1503	fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
		1504
		1505	Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
		1506	in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
		1507	extension.
1485		1508
1486	=head1 ENVIRONMENT	1509	=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1487		1510
1488	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:	1511	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
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Revision 1.160 by root, Fri Jan 25 18:42:23 2008 UTC