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Comparing rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod (file contents):
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Revision 1.166 by root, Fri Oct 10 13:23:56 2008 UTC

 Print out a message describing available options.
 =item B<-display> I<displayname>
-Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still
+Attempt to open a window on the named X display (the older form B<-d>
-respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
+is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the
-B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
+display specified by the B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
 =item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
 Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
 resource B<depth>.
+[Please note that many X servers (and libXft) are buggy with
+respect to C<-depth 32> and/or alpha channels, and will cause all sorts
+of graphical corruption. This is harmless, but we can't do anything about
+this, so watch out]
 =item B<-geometry> I<geom>
 Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
 =item B<-bl>
 Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
 if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
-decorations; resource B<borderLess>.
+decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
+support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
 =item B<-override-redirect>
 Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
 B<override-redirect>.
 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
 user; resource B<hold>.
+=item B<-cd> I<path>
+Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
+B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
+@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
 =item B<-xrm> I<string>
 Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
 as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
 =item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
 Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
 option B<-depth>.
+=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
+Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
+On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
+performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
+should normally be enabled.
 =item B<geometry:> I<geom>
 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
 option B<-geometry>.
 =item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
-scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
+scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
-instead scroll the screen up.
+to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
 =item B<hold>: I<boolean>
 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
 user.
+=item B<chdir>: I<path>
+Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
+B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
+@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
+directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
 =item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
 Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
 intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
 all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
 =item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
 Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
-the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
+the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
-will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
 =item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
 Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
 scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource,
 @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
-F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>. Due to security reasons, this resource
+F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
-will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
 See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
 =item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
 would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black
 on White.
 =back
-=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT / TRANSPARENT COLOURS
+=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
 If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
 their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management:
 You can prefix any color with an opaquenes percentage enclosed in
 C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
 =item B<DISPLAY>
 Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
-display in its child processes.
+display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
+defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
 =item B<SHELL>
 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.

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Comparing rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod (file contents):
Revision 1.158 by root, Wed Jan 23 14:33:42 2008 UTC vs.
Revision 1.166 by root, Fri Oct 10 13:23:56 2008 UTC