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12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not 12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not
13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style 13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space -- 14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --
15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions. 15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
16 16
17This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
18L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
19
20=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
21
22See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
23frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
24problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
25L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod>.
26
17=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT 27=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
18 28
19Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode 29Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
20internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the 30internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
21world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult, 31world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
22especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts 32especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
23like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, 33like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
24like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these 34like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
25scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work 35scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
26fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such 36fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
27as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms 37as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
28belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things -- 38belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
29such as cursor-movement while editing -- break othwerwise), but that might 39such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
30change. 40change.
31 41
32If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let 42If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
33me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean 43me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
34terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely 44terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
35because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and 45because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
36another for japanese. 46another for japanese.
37 47
38Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to 48Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
39display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other 49display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
40programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able 50programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
41to choose any font for any script freely. 51to choose any font for any script freely.
42 52
43Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than 53Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
44it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy 54its predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
45in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original 55in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original
46rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements. 56rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
47 57
48It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean 58It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
49and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode 59and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
50without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with 60without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
51a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows 61a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
52from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and 62from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
53drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and 63drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
54@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client). 64@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
55 65
56It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have 66It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
57been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical 67been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
58reference documentation (escape sequences etc.) and the FAQ section at the 68reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
59end of this document.
60 69
61=head1 OPTIONS 70=head1 OPTIONS
62 71
63The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed 72The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed
64below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be 73below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
83 92
84Print out a message describing available options. 93Print out a message describing available options.
85 94
86=item B<-display> I<displayname> 95=item B<-display> I<displayname>
87 96
88Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still 97Attempt to open a window on the named X display (the older form B<-d>
89respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the 98is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the
90B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used. 99display specified by the B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
100
101=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
102
103Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
104resource B<depth>.
105
106[Please note that many X servers (and libXft) are buggy with
107respect to C<-depth 32> and/or alpha channels, and will cause all sorts
108of graphical corruption. This is harmless, but we can't do anything about
109this, so watch out]
91 110
92=item B<-geometry> I<geom> 111=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
93 112
94Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>. 113Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
95 114
97 116
98Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>. 117Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.
99 118
100=item B<-j>|B<+j> 119=item B<-j>|B<+j>
101 120
102Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>. 121Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource B<jumpScroll>.
103 122
104=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> 123=item B<-ss>|B<+ss>
105 124
106Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is 125Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.
107B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>. 126
127=item B<-tr>|B<+tr>
128
129Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background; resource B<transparent>.
130
131B<-ip> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
132future versions.
133
134I<Please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
135sasha@aftercode.net. Read the FAQ (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!>
108 136
109=item B<-fade> I<number> 137=item B<-fade> I<number>
110 138
111Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 139Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
140fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
141colour; resource B<fading>.
142
143=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
144
145Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
146is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
112 147
113=item B<-tint> I<colour> 148=item B<-tint> I<colour>
114 149
115Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 150Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
116transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh> 151transparency is enabled with B<-tr>. This only works for
152non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the B<-sh> option that can be
117option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to 153used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it.
118tinting it. 154Please note that certain tint colours can be applied on the server-side,
155thus yielding performance gain of two orders of magnitude. These colours are:
156blue, red, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, and those close to them. Also
157pure black and pure white colors essentially mean no tinting; resource
158I<tintColor>. Example:
119 159
120=item B<-sh> 160 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
121 161
162=item B<-sh> I<number>
163
122I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 164Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (100 .. 200) the transparent
123background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 165background image in addition to (or instead of) tinting it;
124specified, too). 166resource I<shading>.
167
168=item B<-blt> I<string>
169
170Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
171at the same time as transparency - such pixmap will be blended over
172transparency image, using method specified. Supported values are :
173B<add>, B<alphablend>, B<allanon> - color values averaging, B<colorize>,
174B<darken>, B<diff>, B<dissipate>, B<hue>, B<lighten>, B<overlay>,
175B<saturate>, B<screen>, B<sub>, B<tint>, B<value>. The default is
176alpha-blending. Compile I<afterimage>; resource I<blendType>.
177
178=item B<-blr> I<HxV>
179
180Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
181background image. If single number is specified - both vertical and
182horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
183radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
184on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile I<afterimage>;
185resource I<blurRadius>.
186
187=item B<-icon> I<file>
188
189Compile I<afterimage>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
190is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
191application window; resource I<iconFile>.
125 192
126=item B<-bg> I<colour> 193=item B<-bg> I<colour>
127 194
128Window background colour; resource B<background>. 195Window background colour; resource B<background>.
129 196
130=item B<-fg> I<colour> 197=item B<-fg> I<colour>
131 198
132Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 199Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
133 200
134=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]> 201=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]>
135 202
136Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally 203Compile I<afterimage>: Specify image file for the background and also
137specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add 204optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
138quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the 205add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
139command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>. 206command-line; for more details see resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
140 207
141=item B<-cr> I<colour> 208=item B<-cr> I<colour>
142 209
143The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 210The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
144 211
156resource B<borderColor>. 223resource B<borderColor>.
157 224
158=item B<-fn> I<fontlist> 225=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
159 226
160Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names 227Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
161that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The 228that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
162first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be 229first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
163smaller, but not (in general) larger. A reasonable default font list is 230smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
164always appended to it. See resource B<font> for details. 231font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
232
233In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
234with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
235e.g.:
236
237 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
238 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
165 239
166See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ 240See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
167section. 241section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
168 242
169=item B<-fb> I<fontlist> 243=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
170 244
171Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to 245Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
172be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details. 246are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
173 247
174=item B<-fi> I<fontlist> 248=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
175 249
176Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to 250Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
177be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details. 251characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
178 252
179=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist> 253=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
180 254
181Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to 255Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
182be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont> for details. 256italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
257for details.
258
259=item B<-is>|B<+is>
260
261Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
262foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
263details.
183 264
184=item B<-name> I<name> 265=item B<-name> I<name>
185 266
186Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 267Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
187rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 268rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
203 284
204=item B<-sb>|B<+sb> 285=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
205 286
206Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>. 287Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
207 288
289=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
290
291Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
292
293=item B<-st>|B<+st>
294
295Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
296resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
297
208=item B<-si>|B<+si> 298=item B<-si>|B<+si>
209 299
210Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource 300Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
211B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect. 301B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
212 302
219 309
220Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear. 310Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
221This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource 311This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
222B<scrollWithBuffer>. 312B<scrollWithBuffer>.
223 313
224=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
225
226Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
227
228=item B<-st>|B<+st> 314=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
229 315
230Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 316If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
231resource B<scrollBar_floating>. 317actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
318select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
319not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
320on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
232 321
233=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 322=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
234 323
235Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 324Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
236 325
257 346
258=item B<-bl> 347=item B<-bl>
259 348
260Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. 349Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
261if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window 350if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
262decorations; resource B<borderLess>. 351decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
352support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
353
354=item B<-override-redirect>
355
356Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
357B<override-redirect>.
358
359=item B<-sbg>
360
361Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
362drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
363this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
364resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
263 365
264=item B<-lsp> I<number> 366=item B<-lsp> I<number>
265 367
266Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row 368Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
267of the display; resource B<linespace>. 369the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
370B<lineSpace>.
268 371
269=item B<-tn> I<termname> 372=item B<-tn> I<termname>
270 373
271This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 374This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
272B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 375B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
281given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last 384given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
282on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to 385on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to
283run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or, 386run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
284failing that, I<sh(1)>. 387failing that, I<sh(1)>.
285 388
389Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
390run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
391
392 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
393
286=item B<-title> I<text> 394=item B<-title> I<text>
287 395
288Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename 396Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
289of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the 397of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
290application name; resource B<title>. 398application name; resource B<title>.
308 416
309Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>. 417Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
310 418
311=item B<-imlocale> I<string> 419=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
312 420
313The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 421The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
314de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 422C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
315extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 423input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
316another locale. 424another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
425
426=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
427
428Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
429for more info.
430
431=item B<-tcw>
432
433Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
434button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
435in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
436the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
317 437
318=item B<-insecure> 438=item B<-insecure>
319 439
320Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 440Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
321sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 441sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
335=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr> 455=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
336 456
337Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 457Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
338B<secondaryScroll>. 458B<secondaryScroll>.
339 459
460=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
461
462Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
463will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
464it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
465user; resource B<hold>.
466
467=item B<-cd> I<path>
468
469Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
470B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
471@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
472
340=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring> 473=item B<-xrm> I<string>
341 474
342No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made 475Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
343available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in 476as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
344some window managers. 477way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
478
479Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
480e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
481options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
482of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
483resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
484programs.
485
486=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
487
488Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
489
490=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
491
492Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
493which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
494
495Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
496shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
497quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
498create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
499
500The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
501
502It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
503descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
504can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
505terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
506not.
507
508Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
509used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
510
511 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
512 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
513 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
514 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
515 });
516
517=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
518
519Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
520pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
521useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
522without having to run a program within it.
523
524If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
525entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
526yourself if you want that.
527
528As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
529pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
530perl extension that manages the terminal.
531
532Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
533longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
534
535 use IO::Pty;
536 use Fcntl;
537
538 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
539 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
540 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
541 close $pty;
542
543 # now communicate with rxvt
544 my $slave = $pty->slave;
545 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
546
547=item B<-pe> I<string>
548
549Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
550this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
345 551
346=back 552=back
347 553
348=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 554=head1 RESOURCES
349 555
350Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long 556Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
351options) compiled into your version. 557options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
558long-options.
352 559
353There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the 560You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
354Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal 561distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
355Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie. 562starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
356B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the 563with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
357resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load
358settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts.
359 564
360If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> 565 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
361lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults 566 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
362set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually 567 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
363B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in 568 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
364B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist. 569 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
570 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
571
365Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two 572Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
366class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows 573names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
367resources common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be 574common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
368easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources 575configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
369unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be 576B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
370shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no 577configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
371resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line 578be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
372arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following 579settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
373resources are allowed: 580check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
581extensions not documented here):
374 582
375=over 4 583=over 4
584
585=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
586
587Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
588option B<-depth>.
589
590=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
591
592Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
593On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
594performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
595should normally be enabled.
376 596
377=item B<geometry:> I<geom> 597=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
378 598
379Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; 599Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
380option B<-geometry>. 600option B<-geometry>.
408 628
409=item B<colorIT:> I<colour> 629=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
410 630
411Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the 631Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
412foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available 632foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
413(Compile styles) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead. 633(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
414 634
415=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 635=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
416 636
417Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 637Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
418foreground colour is the default. 638foreground colour is the default.
419 639
420=item B<colorRV:> I<colour> 640=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
421 641
422Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video 642Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video characters
423characters. 643when OPTION_HC is disabled (--disable-frills).
644
645=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
646
647If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
648itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
424 649
425=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 650=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
426 651
427Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 652Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
428foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 653foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
439option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option 664option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
440B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 665B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.
441 666
442=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean> 667=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
443 668
444B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling 669B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
445quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>. 670of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
671has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
672received line; option B<-j>.
673
446B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>. 674B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
675force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
447 676
448=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean> 677=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
449 678
450B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 679B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
451artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 680receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
452pixmap. 681(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
682result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
683option B<-ss>.
684
685B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
686if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
687monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
688
689=item B<transparent:> I<boolean>
690
691Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background.
692
693B<inheritPixmap> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
694future versions.
695
696I<Please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
697sasha@aftercode.net. Read the FAQ (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!>
453 698
454=item B<fading:> I<number> 699=item B<fading:> I<number>
455 700
456Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 701Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
702
703=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
704
705Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
706colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
457 707
458=item B<tintColor:> I<colour> 708=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
459 709
460Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 710Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
711B<-tint>.
461 712
462=item B<shading:> I<number> 713=item B<shading:> I<number>
463 714
464Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 715Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background image
465image in addition to tinting it. 716in addition to tinting it; option B<-sh>.
466 717
718=item B<blendType:> I<string>
719
720Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.
721
467=item B<fading:> I<number> 722=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>
468 723
469Scale the tint colour by the given percentage. 724Apply gaussian blur with the specified radius to the transparent
725background image; option B<-blr>.
726
727=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
728
729Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
470 730
471=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 731=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
472 732
473Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 733Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
474 734
475=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 735=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
476 736
477Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 737Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
478#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 738#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
479 739
480=item B<borderColor:> I<colour> 740=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
481 741
482The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar 742The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
483and the text. 743and the text.
484 744
485=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 745=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]>
486 746
487Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 747Use the specified image file for the background and also
488the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 748optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string B<WxH+X+Y>,
489string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the 749(default C<0x0+50+50>) in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the
490horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image 750horizontal/vertical scale (percent), and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image
491centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale 751centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
492of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 752of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 specifies
493specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will 753an integer number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified
494be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted 754beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
495scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50] 755Additional operations can be specified after colon B<:op1:op2...>.
756Supported operations are:
496 757
497=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]> 758 tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0
759 propscale will scale image keeping proportions
760 auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100
761 hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size
762 vscale will scale image vertically to the window size
763 scale will scale image to match window size
764 root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto-adjusting
765 whenever terminal window moves
498 766
499Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is 767If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be
500optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the 768blended over transparency image using either alpha-blending, or any
501reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar. 769other blending type, specified with B<-blt "type"> option.
502 770
503=item B<path:> I<path> 771=item B<path:> I<path>
504 772
505Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and 773Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
506menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
507B<PATH> environment variables.
508 774
509=item B<font:> I<fontlist> 775=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
510 776
511Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font 777Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
512names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 778that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
513The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 779first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
514be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 780smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
515appended to it. option B<-fn>. 781font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
516 782
517Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with 783Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
518optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile xft), prefixed with C<xft:>. 784optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
519 785
520In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and 786In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
521specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available 787specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
522hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft 788hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
523fonts. 789fonts.
524 790
525For example, this font resource 791For example, this font resource
526 792
527 URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\ 793 URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
528 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\ 794 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
529 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \ 795 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
530 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \ 796 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
531 xft:Code2000:antialias=false 797 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
532 798
533specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually 799specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
534the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because 800the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
535it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels 801it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
536wide and 15 pixels high. 802wide and 15 pixels high.
537 803
538the second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in 804The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
539the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but 805the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
540the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a 806the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
541useful supplement. 807useful supplement.
542 808
543The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters 809The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
566not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried. 832not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
567 833
568If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal 834If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
569text font will being used for the given style. 835text font will being used for the given style.
570 836
571=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 837=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
572 838
573Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 839When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
574xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives 840option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
575xterm style selection. 841intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
576 842option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
577=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode> 843reachable.
578
579Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
580the author's favourite..
581 844
582=item B<title:> I<string> 845=item B<title:> I<string>
583 846
584Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 847Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
585specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 848specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
594=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean> 857=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
595 858
596B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no 859B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
597de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default]. 860de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
598 861
862=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
863
864B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
865B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
866
867@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
868
599=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean> 869=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
600 870
601B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>. 871B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
602B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>. 872B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
603 873
617 887
618Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use 888Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
619B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or 889B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
620B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well. 890B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
621 891
892The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
893
894Example:
895
896 URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
897
898This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
899every time you hit C<Print>.
900
901=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
902
903Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
904the author's favourite.
905
622=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 906=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
623 907
624B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 908B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
625disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 909disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
626 910
645B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 929B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
646B<+si>. 930B<+si>.
647 931
648=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 932=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
649 933
650B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and 934B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
651B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 935B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll
652with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. 936with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option B<+sw>.
653 937
654=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 938=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
655 939
656B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys 940B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
657are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and 941are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
676=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean> 960=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
677 961
678Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the 962Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
679WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>. 963WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
680 964
965=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
966
967Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
968drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
969this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
970option B<-sbg>.
971
681=item B<termName:> I<termname> 972=item B<termName:> I<termname>
682 973
683Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 974Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
684variable; option B<-tn>. 975variable; option B<-tn>.
685 976
686=item B<linespace:> I<number> 977=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
687 978
688Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 979Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
689the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 980the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
690 981
691=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 982=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
695 986
696=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean> 987=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
697 988
698B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel 989B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
699scrolls five lines [default]. 990scrolls five lines [default].
991
992=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
993
994B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
995movement only; option C<-ptab>.
700 996
701=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 997=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
702 998
703B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 999B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
704option B<-bc>. 1000option B<-bc>.
717 1013
718Mouse pointer background colour. 1014Mouse pointer background colour.
719 1015
720=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 1016=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
721 1017
722Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 1018Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
1019large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
723 1020
724=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 1021=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
725 1022
726The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 1023The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
727or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace> 1024or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>
734pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated 1031pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
735with the B<Execute> key. 1032with the B<Execute> key.
736 1033
737=item B<cutchars:> I<string> 1034=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
738 1035
739The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The 1036The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
740built-in default: 1037(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
741 1038
1039When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
1040in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
1041characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
1042will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
1043
1044When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
1045be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
1046
742B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> 1047B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
743 1048
744=item B<preeditType:> I<style> 1049=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
745 1050
746B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>. 1051B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
747 1052
749 1054
750I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>. 1055I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
751 1056
752=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 1057=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
753 1058
754The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 1059The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
755de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 1060C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
756extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 1061input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
757another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 1062another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
1063
1064=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
1065
1066Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
1067C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
1068by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1069in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1070found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1071option B<-imfont>.
1072
1073=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
1074
1075Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1076button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1077the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
758 1078
759=item B<insecure:> I<boolean> 1079=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
760 1080
761Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 1081Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
762echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 1082echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
763abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether 1083abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
764throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 1084through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
765write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 1085write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
766that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 1086default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
767enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 1087sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
768resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 1088
769enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title 1089You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
770requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 1090B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1091locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
771 1092
772=item B<modifier:> I<modifier> 1093=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
773 1094
774Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>, 1095Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
775B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option 1096B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
779 1100
780Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 1101Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
781character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described 1102character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
782in the entry on B<keysym> following. 1103in the entry on B<keysym> following.
783 1104
784=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool> 1105=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
785 1106
786Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). 1107Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
787 1108
788=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool> 1109=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
789 1110
790Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 1111Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
791option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 1112option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
792scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 1113scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
793instead scroll the screen up. 1114to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
1115
1116=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1117
1118Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1119will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1120it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1121user.
1122
1123=item B<chdir>: I<path>
1124
1125Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
1126B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
1127@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
1128directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
794 1129
795=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 1130=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
796 1131
797Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may 1132Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
798contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n:
799newline, \r: return, \t:
800tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null,
801^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end
802with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be 1133intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
803omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with 1134
804KEYSYM_RESOURCE. 1135The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be
1136any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>,
1137B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>,
1138and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>,
1139B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
1140
1141The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
1142whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
1143keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1144current application keymap mode state.
1145
1146The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or
1147searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
1148omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
1149keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
1150performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1151
1152I<string> may contain escape values (C<\n>: newline, C<\000>: octal
1153number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for futher details.
1154
1155You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
1156with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'
1157should be a character not used by the strings.
1158
1159Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1160
1161 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|>
1162
1163The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1164
1165 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>
1166 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>
1167 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>
1168
1169If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
1170is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1171example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
1172when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1173
1174 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
1175
1176If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
1177is passed to the C<on_keyboard_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
1178manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
1179C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
1180
1181 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1182
1183Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1184will match if at I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
1185no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1186means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
1187definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
1188mappings themselves.
1189
1190Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1191if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1192C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke "holes" into the
1193user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
1194
1195 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1196 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1197
1198The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
1199of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1200C<Shift-Insert>.
1201
1202The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
1203the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
1204font-switching at runtime:
1205
1206 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
1207 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
1208
1209Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1210info):
1211
1212 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
1213 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
1214
1215=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
1216
1217=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
1218
1219Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
1220use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
1221
1222Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
1223them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1224by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
1225example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extension except
1226C<selection>.
1227
1228Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1229(e.g. C<< searchable-scrollback<M-s> >>, which binds the hotkey for
1230searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta-s). Mentioning the same extension
1231multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1232the extension.
1233
1234Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1235necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1236
1237If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1238interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1239B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
1240all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1241
1242=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1243
1244Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1245the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1246
1247=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1248
1249Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1250scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource,
1251@@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
1252F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1253
1254See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1255
1256=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1257
1258Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
1259details.
1260
1261=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
1262
1263Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
1264for details.
1265
1266=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym>
1267
1268Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
1269(default: C<M-s>).
1270
1271=item B<urlLauncher>: I<string>
1272
1273Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
1274C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
1275
1276=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
1277
1278Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
1279
1280=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1281
1282Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1283it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1284
1285=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1286
1287Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
805 1288
806=back 1289=back
807 1290
808=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1291=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
809 1292
823the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta 1306the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
824(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action. 1307(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
825 1308
826If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 1309If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
827disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 1310disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
828application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~> 1311application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
829(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1312(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
830up and down arrows sends B<ESC[A> (Up) and B<ESC[B> (Down), 1313up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
831respectively. 1314respectively.
832 1315
833=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1316=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
834 1317
835The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1318The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
836I<xterm>(1). 1319to I<xterm>(1).
837 1320
838=over 4 1321=over 4
839 1322
840=item B<Selection>: 1323=item B<Selecting>:
841 1324
842Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the 1325Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
843region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left 1326and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
844double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire 1327to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
845line. 1328(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1329B<tripleclickwords>.
846 1330
1331Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
1332(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1333normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1334selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1335the selection.
1336
847=item B<Insertion>: 1337=item B<Pasting>:
848 1338
849Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1339Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
850an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1340window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
851inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 1341B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1342
1343Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
1344inserted too.
852 1345
853=back 1346=back
854 1347
855=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1348=head1 CHANGING FONTS
856 1349
857Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet 1350Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
858supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. 1351supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
859 1352
860You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and 1353You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
861therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
862 1354
863 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" 1355 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1356
1357You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1358
1359 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
1360 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
864 1361
865rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far. 1362rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
866 1363
867=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1364=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
868 1365
869ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters 1366ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
870and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The 1367and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
871first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with 1368first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
872C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled 1369C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
873with C<--enable-iso14755>. 1370with C<--enable-iso14755>.
874 1371
875=over 4 1372=over 4
876 1373
877=item 5.1: Basic method 1374=item * 5.1: Basic method
878 1375
879This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode. 1376This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
880 1377
881Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter 1378Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
882hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will 1379hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
889address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail 1386address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
890address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily 1387address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
891by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>, 1388by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
892followed by releasing the modifier keys. 1389followed by releasing the modifier keys.
893 1390
894=item 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method 1391=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
895 1392
896This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of 1393This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
897your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding. 1394your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
898 1395
899Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing 1396Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
900them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not 1397them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
901invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding 1398invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
902keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been 1399keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
903released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for 1400released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
904C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have beenm to enter a 1401C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
905reverse tab (Shift-Tab). 1402reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
906 1403
907=item 5.3: Screen-selection entry method 1404=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
908 1405
909While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection 1406While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
910mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map. 1407mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
911 1408
912=item 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input 1409=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
913 1410
914This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with 1411This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
915characters already displayed. 1412characters already displayed.
916 1413
917You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then 1414You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
929With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to 1426With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
930both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2. 1427both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
931 1428
932=head1 LOGIN STAMP 1429=head1 LOGIN STAMP
933 1430
934B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so 1431B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
935that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. 1432it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
936To allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> must be installed setuid root on 1433allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
937some systems. 1434on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
938 1435
939=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1436=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS
940 1437
941In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1438In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
942B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1439B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus
943high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the 1440high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
944colours with their B<rgb.txt> names. 1441colours with their names.
945 1442
946=begin table 1443=begin table
947 1444
948 B<color0> (black) = Black 1445 B<color0> (black) = Black
949 B<color1> (red) = Red3 1446 B<color1> (red) = Red3
969It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>, 1466It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
970B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as 1467B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
971a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of 1468a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
972color0-color15. 1469color0-color15.
973 1470
1471In addition to the colours defined above, @@RXVT_NAME@@ offers an
1472additional 72 colours. The first 64 of those (with indices 16 to 79)
1473consist of a 4*4*4 RGB colour cube (i.e. I<index = r * 16 + g * 4 + b +
147416>), followed by 8 additional shades of gray (with indices 80 to 87).
1475
1476Together, all those colours implement the 88 colour xterm colours. Only
1477the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the rest can only
1478be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
1479
974Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by 1480Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
975always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to 1481always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
976I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1482I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
977been specified. For example, 1483been specified. For example,
978 1484
983would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black 1489would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black
984on White. 1490on White.
985 1491
986=back 1492=back
987 1493
988=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) 1494=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1495
1496If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1497their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management:
1498
1499You can prefix any color with an opaquenes percentage enclosed in
1500brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
1501(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the color, where C<0> is completely
1502transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
1503half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
1504is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1505all ways to specify a colour.
1506
1507For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1508C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1509specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1510(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1511while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1512earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1513C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1514
1515You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1516alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1517layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
1518rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1519
1520For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1521background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1522
1523 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1524
1525When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1526alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1527transparency of course).
1528
1529When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1530colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1531background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1532other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1533image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
1534fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
1535
1536Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1537in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
1538extension.
1539
1540=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1541
1542B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
989 1543
990=over 4 1544=over 4
991 1545
992=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 1546=item B<TERM>
993 1547
994The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape 1548Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
995sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window title to the version number. 1549resources or on the command line.
996 1550
997=item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? 1551=item B<COLORTERM>
998 1552
999The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available 1553Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1000as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). 1554compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1555extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1556screen.
1001 1557
1002The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can be done 1558=item B<COLORFGBG>
1003like this:
1004 1559
1005 infocmp rxvt-unicode >rxvt.unicode.tic 1560Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1006 scp rxvt-unicode.tic remotesystem: 1561the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1007 ssh remotesystem tic rxvt-unicode.tic 1562C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1008 1563used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1009... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system, 1564string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1565was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1566and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1010 1567
1011If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set 1568=item B<WINDOWID>
1012C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
1013problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
1014colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
1015quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
1016 1569
1017If you always want to do this you can either recompile rxvt-unicode with 1570Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1018the desired TERM value or use a resource to set it: 1571window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1572window and so on).
1019 1573
1020 URxvt.termName: rxvt 1574=item B<TERMINFO>
1021 1575
1022=item How can I configure rxvt-unicode so that it looks similar to the original rxvt? 1576Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1577C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1023 1578
1024Felix von Leitner says that these two lines, in your F<.Xdefaults>, will make rxvt-unicode 1579=item B<DISPLAY>
1025behave similar to the original rxvt:
1026 1580
1027 URxvt.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1 1581Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1028 URxvt.boldFont: -misc-fixed-bold-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1 1582display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
1583defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1029 1584
1030=item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding? 1585=item B<SHELL>
1031 1586
1032=item Unicode does not seem to work? 1587The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1033 1588
1034If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but 1589=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
1035getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
1036subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
1037 1590
1038Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the 1591The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1039programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the 1592@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1040login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
1041sth. else, e.h. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
1042 1593
1043The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run 1594Default F<<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-I<< <nodename >> >>>.
1044into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
1045 1595
1046 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE" 1596=item B<HOME>
1047 1597
1048If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not 1598Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1049supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> comamnd which 1599daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1050displays this. If it displays sth. like: 1600C<.Xdefaults>)
1051 1601
1052 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ... 1602=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1053 1603
1054Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system. 1604Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1055 1605
1056If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then 1606=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1057you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
1058support locales :(
1059 1607
1060=item Why do the characters look ugly? 1608If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1061
1062=item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
1063
1064Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
1065fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
1066your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
1067to display.
1068
1069B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
1070font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
1071bad. Many fonts have totally strange characters that don't resemble the
1072correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial intelligence
1073to detetc that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe the font that
1074the characters it contains indeed look correct.
1075
1076In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
1077e.g.:
1078
1079 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
1080
1081When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
1082font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
1083next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
1084search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
1085
1086The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than the base
1087font, as the base font defines the principial cell size, which must be the
1088same due to the way terminals work.
1089
1090=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
1091
1092This is because there is a difference between script and language --
1093rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output
1094is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode
1095first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for
1096it. Subseqzuent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many chinese
1097characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
1098non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
1099-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
1100japanese characters that are also chinese.
1101
1102The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
1103list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
1104a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
1105first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
1106
1107In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime (the
1108internal data structure has no problem with using different fonts for
1109the same character at the same time, but no interface for this has been
1110designed yet).
1111
1112=item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
1113
1114First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminfo
1115(C<urxvt>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then make sure
1116you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise rxvt-unicode
1117might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
1118
1119 URxvt*colorBD: white
1120 URxvt*colorIT: green
1121
1122=item Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
1123
1124For some unexplainable reason, some programs (i.e. irssi) assume a very
1125weird colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the
1126standard 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of
1127course, to fix these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very
1128good reasons.
1129
1130In the meantime, you can either edit your C<urxvt> terminfo definition to
1131only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will fix colours
1132but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
1133
1134=item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
1135
1136=item Is there an option to switch encodings?
1137
1138Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
1139specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
1140UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
1141
1142The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
1143the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
1144applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width and
1145code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>.
1146
1147Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
1148programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1149interpretation of characters.
1150
1151Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1152is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
1153
1154On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
1155contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1156locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
1157C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
1158(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
1159
1160Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1161the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1162i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the same for rxvt-unicode.
1163
1164If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1165rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
1166
1167=item Can I switch locales at runtime?
1168
1169Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which sets
1170rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
1171
1172 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1173
1174See also the previous question.
1175
1176Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in one
1177locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support UTF-8. For
1178example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which first switches to a
1179locale supported by xjdic and back later:
1180
1181 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1182 xjdic -js
1183 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
1184
1185=item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
1186
1187Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which has the same
1188effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
1189
1190 printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1191
1192This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
1193japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
1194japanese fonts would only be in your way.
1195
1196You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
1197
1198=item Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
1199
1200Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
1201example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
1202Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround is to enable
1203freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
1204
1205 URxvt*italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
1206 URxvt*boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
1207
1208=item My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
1209
1210You cna specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
1211terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
1212
1213 URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
1214
1215Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
1216use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
1217input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input
1218method limits you.
1219
1220=item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
1221
1222Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for sth. you
1223don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
1224you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
1225when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
1226accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
1227
1228Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
1229scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
12306 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
1231kilobyte per line. A scorllback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
1232use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
1233rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
1234
1235=item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
1236
1237Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
1238it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
1239antialiasing (by appending C<:antialiasing=false>), which saves lots of
1240memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
1241
1242=item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
1243
1244Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
1245fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
1246fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
1247antialiaisng disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
1248look best that way.
1249
1250If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
1251
1252=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
1253
1254Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
1255some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
1256heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
1257quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
1258depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
1259
1260=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
1261
1262If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
1263standard foreground colour.
1264
1265For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
1266text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
1267colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
1268ignored.
1269
1270On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
1271foreground/background colors.
1272
1273color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
1274
1275color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
1276
1277=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
1278
1279You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
1280resources (or as long-options).
1281
1282Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
1283including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
1284
1285 Rxvt*color0: #000000
1286 Rxvt*color1: #A80000
1287 Rxvt*color2: #00A800
1288 Rxvt*color3: #A8A800
1289 Rxvt*color4: #0000A8
1290 Rxvt*color5: #A800A8
1291 Rxvt*color6: #00A8A8
1292 Rxvt*color7: #A8A8A8
1293
1294 Rxvt*color8: #000054
1295 Rxvt*color9: #FF0054
1296 Rxvt*color10: #00FF54
1297 Rxvt*color11: #FFFF54
1298 Rxvt*color12: #0000FF
1299 Rxvt*color13: #FF00FF
1300 Rxvt*color14: #00FFFF
1301 Rxvt*color15: #FFFFFF
1302
1303=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
1304
1305Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
1306BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
1307question) there are two standard values that can be used for
1308Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
1309
1310Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
1311policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
1312choice :).
1313
1314Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
1315of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
1316started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
1317system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
1318be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
1319
1320For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
1321
1322 # use Backspace = ^H
1323 $ stty erase ^H
1324 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1609@@RXVT_NAME@@.
1325
1326 # use Backspace = ^?
1327 $ stty erase ^?
1328 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
1329
1330Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
1331
1332For an existing rxvt-unicode:
1333
1334 # use Backspace = ^H
1335 $ stty erase ^H
1336 $ echo -n "^[[36h"
1337
1338 # use Backspace = ^?
1339 $ stty erase ^?
1340 $ echo -n "^[[36l"
1341
1342This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
1343if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
1344properly reflects that.
1345
1346The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
1347To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
1348key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
1349(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
1350
1351Some other Backspace problems:
1352
1353some editors use termcap/terminfo,
1354some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
1355GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
1356
1357Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
1358
1359=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
1360
1361There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
1362you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
1363use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym
13640xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
1365
1366Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270'
1367
1368 !# ----- special uses ------:
1369 ! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys.
1370 tn3270*font: *clean-bold-*-*--15-*
1371
1372 ! keysym - used by rxvt only
1373 ! Delete - ^D
1374 tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
1375
1376 ! Home - ^A
1377 tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
1378 ! Left - ^B
1379 tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
1380 ! Up - ^P
1381 tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
1382 ! Right - ^F
1383 tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
1384 ! Down - ^N
1385 tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
1386 ! End - ^E
1387 tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
1388
1389 ! F1 - F12
1390 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
1391 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
1392 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
1393 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
1394 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
1395 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
1396 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
1397 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
1398 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
1399 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
1400 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
1401 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
1402
1403 ! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
1404 tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
1405 tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
1406
1407=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
1408How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1409has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
1410
1411 KP_Insert == Insert
1412 F22 == Print
1413 F27 == Home
1414 F29 == Prior
1415 F33 == End
1416 F35 == Next
1417
1418Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accomodate all the various possible keyboard
1419mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for
1420your particular machine.
1421
1422=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
1423I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
1424
1425rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
1426check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1427Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1428not to use color.
1429
1430=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
1431
1432If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and ahve enabled
1433insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1434snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1435wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1436the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1437regular xterm.
1438
1439Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
1440snippets:
1441
1442 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1443 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1444 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1445 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1446 echo -n '^[Z'
1447 read term_id
1448 stty icanon echo
1449 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1450 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1451 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1452 fi
1453 fi
1454
1455=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
1456
1457You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
1458one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
1459the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
1460 1610
1461=back 1611=back
1462 1612
1463=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1464
1465B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM>
1466and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X
1467window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and
1468sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display
1469terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables
1470B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files.
1471
1472=head1 FILES 1613=head1 FILES
1473 1614
1474=over 4 1615=over 4
1475 1616
1476=item B</etc/utmp>
1477
1478System file for login records.
1479
1480=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1617=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
1481 1618
1482Color names. 1619Color names.
1483 1620
1484=back 1621=back
1485 1622
1486=head1 SEE ALSO 1623=head1 SEE ALSO
1487 1624
1488@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5) 1625@@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)
1489
1490=head1 BUGS
1491
1492Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1493
1494Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1495
1496Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1497 1626
1498=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR 1627=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1499 1628
1500=over 4 1629=over 4
1501 1630
1502=item Project Coordinator 1631=item Project Coordinator
1503 1632
1504@@RXVT_MAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1633Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1505 1634
1506=item Web page maintainter 1635L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1507
1508@@RXVT_WEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@>
1509
1510L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@>
1511 1636
1512=back 1637=back
1513 1638
1514=head1 AUTHORS 1639=head1 AUTHORS
1515 1640
1537 1662
1538Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5) 1663Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1539 1664
1540=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >> 1665=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1541 1666
1542Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator 1667Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1668
1543(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode) 1669Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1544 1670
1545=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >> 1671=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1546 1672
1547Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal 1673Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1548character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm 1674extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1549compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1550 1675
1551Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -) 1676Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1552 1677
1678=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >>
1679
1680Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.
1681
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