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12	emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not	12	emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not
13	require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style	13	require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
14	configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --	14	configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --
15	a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.	15	a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
16		16
		17	This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
		18	L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
		19
		20	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
		21
		22	See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
		23	frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
		24	problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
		25	L<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
19	Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode	29	Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
20	internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the	30	internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
21	world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,	31	world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
22	especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts	32	especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
23	like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,	33	like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
24	like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these	34	like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
25	scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work	35	scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
26	fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such	36	fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
27	as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms	37	as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
28	belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --	38	belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
29	such as cursor-movement while editing -- break othwerwise), but that might	39	such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
30	change.	40	change.
31		41
32	If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let	42	If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
33	me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean	43	me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
34	terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely	44	terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
35	because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and	45	because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
36	another for japanese.	46	another for japanese.
37		47
38	Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to	48	Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
39	display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other	49	display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
40	programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able	50	programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
41	to choose any font for any script freely.	51	to choose any font for any script freely.
42		52
43	Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than	53	Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
44	it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy	54	its predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
45	in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original	55	in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original
46	rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.	56	rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
47		57
48	It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean	58	It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
49	and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode	59	and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
50	without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with	60	without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
51	a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows	61	a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
52	from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and	62	from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
53	drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and	63	drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
54	@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).	64	@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
55		65
56	It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have	66	It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
57	been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical	67	been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
58	reference documentation (escape sequences etc.) and the FAQ section at the	68	reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
59	end of this document.
60		69
61	=head1 OPTIONS	70	=head1 OPTIONS
62		71
63	The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed	72	The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed
64	below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be	73	below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
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83		92
84	Print out a message describing available options.	93	Print out a message describing available options.
85		94
86	=item B<-display> I<displayname>	95	=item B<-display> I<displayname>
87		96
88	Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still	97	Attempt to open a window on the named X display (the older form B<-d>
89	respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the	98	is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the
90	B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.	99	display specified by the B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
		100
		101	=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
		102
		103	Compile I<frills>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
		104	resource B<depth>.
		105
		106	[Please note that many X servers (and libXft) are buggy with
		107	respect to C<-depth 32> and/or alpha channels, and will cause all sorts
		108	of graphical corruption. This is harmless, but we can't do anything about
		109	this, so watch out]
		110
		111	=item B<-visual> I<visualID>
		112
		113	Compile I<frills>: Use the given visual (see e.g. C<xdpyinfo> for possible
		114	visual ids).
91		115
92	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>	116	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
93		117
94	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.	118	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
95		119
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97		121
98	Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.	122	Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.
99		123
100	=item B<-j>|B<+j>	124	=item B<-j>|B<+j>
101		125
102	Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>.	126	Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource B<jumpScroll>.
103		127
104	=item B<-ip>|B<+ip>	128	=item B<-ss>|B<+ss>
105		129
106	Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is	130	Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.
107	B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.
108		131
109	=item B<-fade> I<number>	132	=item B<-fade> I<number>
110		133
111	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.	134	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
		135	fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
		136	colour; resource B<fading>.
112		137
113	=item B<-tint> I<colour>	138	=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
114		139
115	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when	140	Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
116	transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh>	141	is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
117	option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to
118	tinting it.
119		142
120	=item B<-sh>	143	=item B<-icon> I<file>
121		144
122	I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent	145	Compile I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
123	background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be	146	is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
124	specified, too).	147	application window; resource I<iconFile>.
125		148
126	=item B<-bg> I<colour>	149	=item B<-bg> I<colour>
127		150
128	Window background colour; resource B<background>.	151	Window background colour; resource B<background>.
129		152
130	=item B<-fg> I<colour>	153	=item B<-fg> I<colour>
131		154
132	Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.	155	Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
133
134	=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>
135
136	Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally
137	specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add
138	quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the
139	command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
140		156
141	=item B<-cr> I<colour>	157	=item B<-cr> I<colour>
142		158
143	The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.	159	The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
144		160
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156	resource B<borderColor>.	172	resource B<borderColor>.
157		173
158	=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>	174	=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
159		175
160	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names	176	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
161	that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The	177	that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
162	first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be	178	first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
163	smaller, but not (in general) larger. A reasonable default font list is	179	smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
164	always appended to it. See resource B<font> for details.	180	font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
		181
		182	In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
		183	with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
		184	e.g.:
		185
		186	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
		187	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
165		188
166	See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ	189	See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
167	section.	190	section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
168		191
169	=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>	192	=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
170		193
171	Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to	194	Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
172	be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.	195	are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
173		196
174	=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>	197	=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
175		198
176	Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to	199	Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
177	be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.	200	characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
178		201
179	=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>	202	=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
180		203
181	Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to	204	Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
182	be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont> for details.	205	italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
		206	for details.
		207
		208	=item B<-is>|B<+is>
		209
		210	Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
		211	foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
		212	details.
183		213
184	=item B<-name> I<name>	214	=item B<-name> I<name>
185		215
186	Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,	216	Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
187	rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain	217	rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
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203		233
204	=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>	234	=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
205		235
206	Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.	236	Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
207		237
		238	=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
		239
		240	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
		241
		242	=item B<-st>|B<+st>
		243
		244	Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
		245	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
		246
208	=item B<-si>|B<+si>	247	=item B<-si>|B<+si>
209		248
210	Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource	249	Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
211	B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.	250	B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
212		251
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219		258
220	Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.	259	Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
221	This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource	260	This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
222	B<scrollWithBuffer>.	261	B<scrollWithBuffer>.
223		262
224	=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
225
226	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
227
228	=item B<-st>|B<+st>	263	=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
229		264
230	Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;	265	If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
231	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.	266	actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
		267	select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
		268	not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
		269	on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
232		270
233	=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>	271	=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
234		272
235	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.	273	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
		274
		275	=item B<-uc>|B<+uc>
		276
		277	Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
236		278
237	=item B<-iconic>	279	=item B<-iconic>
238		280
239	Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.	281	Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
240	Alternative form is B<-ic>.	282	Alternative form is B<-ic>.
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257		299
258	=item B<-bl>	300	=item B<-bl>
259		301
260	Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.	302	Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
261	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window	303	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
262	decorations; resource B<borderLess>.	304	decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
		305	support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
		306
		307	=item B<-override-redirect>
		308
		309	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
		310	B<override-redirect>.
		311
		312	=item B<-dockapp>
		313
		314	Sets the initial state of the window to WithdrawnState, which makes
		315	window managers that support this extension treat it as a dockapp.
		316
		317	=item B<-sbg>
		318
		319	Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
		320	drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
		321	this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
		322	resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
263		323
264	=item B<-lsp> I<number>	324	=item B<-lsp> I<number>
265		325
266	Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row	326	Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
267	of the display; resource B<linespace>.	327	the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
		328	B<lineSpace>.
		329
		330	=item B<-letsp> I<number>
		331
		332	Compile I<frills>: Amount to adjust the computed character width by
		333	to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the
		334	letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to
		335	work around odd font metrics; resource B<letterSpace>.
268		336
269	=item B<-tn> I<termname>	337	=item B<-tn> I<termname>
270		338
271	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the	339	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
272	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the	340	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
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281	given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last	349	given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
282	on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to	350	on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to
283	run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,	351	run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
284	failing that, I<sh(1)>.	352	failing that, I<sh(1)>.
285		353
		354	Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
		355	run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
		356
		357	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
		358
286	=item B<-title> I<text>	359	=item B<-title> I<text>
287		360
288	Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename	361	Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
289	of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the	362	of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
290	application name; resource B<title>.	363	application name; resource B<title>.
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308		381
309	Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.	382	Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
310		383
311	=item B<-imlocale> I<string>	384	=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
312		385
313	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g.	386	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
314	de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input	387	C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
315	extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in	388	input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
316	another locale.	389	another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
		390
		391	=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
		392
		393	Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
		394	for more info.
		395
		396	=item B<-tcw>
		397
		398	Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
		399	button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
		400	in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
		401	the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
317		402
318	=item B<-insecure>	403	=item B<-insecure>
319		404
320	Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape	405	Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
321	sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more	406	sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
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335	=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>	420	=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
336		421
337	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource	422	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
338	B<secondaryScroll>.	423	B<secondaryScroll>.
339		424
		425	=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
		426
		427	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
		428	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
		429	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
		430	user; resource B<hold>.
		431
		432	=item B<-cd> I<path>
		433
		434	Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
		435	B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
		436	@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
		437
340	=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring>	438	=item B<-xrm> I<string>
341		439
342	No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made	440	Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
343	available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in	441	as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
344	some window managers.	442	way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
		443
		444	Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
		445	e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
		446	options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
		447	of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
		448	resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
		449	programs.
		450
		451	=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
		452
		453	Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
		454
		455	=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
		456
		457	Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
		458	which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
		459
		460	Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
		461	shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
		462	quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
		463	create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
		464
		465	The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
		466
		467	It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
		468	descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
		469	can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
		470	terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
		471	not.
		472
		473	Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
		474	used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
		475
		476	my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
		477	$rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
		478	my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
		479	system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
		480	});
		481
		482	=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
		483
		484	Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
		485	pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
		486	useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
		487	without having to run a program within it.
		488
		489	If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
		490	entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
		491	yourself if you want that.
		492
		493	As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
		494	pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
		495	perl extension that manages the terminal.
		496
		497	Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
		498	longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
		499
		500	use IO::Pty;
		501	use Fcntl;
		502
		503	my $pty = new IO::Pty;
		504	fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
		505	system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
		506	close $pty;
		507
		508	# now communicate with rxvt
		509	my $slave = $pty->slave;
		510	while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
		511
		512	=item B<-pe> I<string>
		513
		514	Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
		515	this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
345		516
346	=back	517	=back
347		518
348	=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options)	519	=head1 RESOURCES
349		520
350	Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long	521	Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
351	options) compiled into your version.	522	options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
		523	long-options.
352		524
353	There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the	525	You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
354	Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal	526	distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
355	Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie.	527	starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
356	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the	528	with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
357	resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load
358	settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts.
359		529
360	If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h>	530	1. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
361	lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults	531	2. $HOME/.Xdefaults
362	set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually	532	3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window of screen 0
363	B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in	533	4. SCREEN_RESOURCES property on root-window of the current screen
364	B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist.	534	5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
		535	6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
		536
365	Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two	537	Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
366	class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows	538	names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
367	resources common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be	539	common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
368	easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources	540	configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
369	unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be	541	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
370	shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no	542	configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
371	resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line	543	be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
372	arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following	544	settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
373	resources are allowed:	545	check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
		546	extensions not documented here):
374		547
375	=over 4	548	=over 4
		549
		550	=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
		551
		552	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
		553	option B<-depth>.
		554
		555	=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
		556
		557	Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
		558	On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
		559	performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
		560	should normally be enabled.
376		561
377	=item B<geometry:> I<geom>	562	=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
378		563
379	Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];	564	Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
380	option B<-geometry>.	565	option B<-geometry>.
…		…
394	Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7	579	Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7
395	corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to	580	corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
396	high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)	581	high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
397	colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,	582	colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
398	3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour	583	3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
399	names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.	584	names used are listed in the B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
400		585
401	Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be	586	Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
402	changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).	587	changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
403		588
404	Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with	589	Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
…		…
408		593
409	=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>	594	=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
410		595
411	Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the	596	Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
412	foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available	597	foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
413	(Compile styles) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.	598	(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
414		599
415	=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>	600	=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
416		601
417	Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the	602	Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
418	foreground colour is the default.	603	foreground colour is the default.
419		604
420	=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>	605	=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
421		606
		607	If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
		608	itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
		609
		610	=item B<highlightColor:> I<colour>
		611
422	Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video	612	If set, use the specified colour as the background for highlighted
423	characters.	613	characters. If unset, use reverse video.
		614
		615	=item B<highlightTextColor:> I<colour>
		616
		617	If set and highlightColor is set, use the specified colour as the
		618	foreground for highlighted characters.
424		619
425	=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>	620	=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
426		621
427	Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the	622	Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
428	foreground colour; option B<-cr>.	623	foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
…		…
435		630
436	=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>	631	=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>
437		632
438	B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;	633	B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
439	option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option	634	option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
440	B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.	635	B<+rv>. See note in B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
441		636
442	=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>	637	=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
443		638
444	B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling	639	B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
445	quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>.	640	of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
		641	has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
		642	received line; option B<-j>.
		643
446	B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>.	644	B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
		645	force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
447		646
448	=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean>	647	=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
449		648
450	B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving	649	B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
451	artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows'	650	receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
452	pixmap.	651	(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
		652	result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
		653	option B<-ss>.
		654
		655	B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
		656	if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
		657	monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
453		658
454	=item B<fading:> I<number>	659	=item B<fading:> I<number>
455		660
456	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.	661	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
457		662
458	=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>	663	=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
459		664
460	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour.	665	Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
		666	colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
461		667
462	=item B<shading:> I<number>	668	=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
463		669
464	Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background	670	Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
465	image in addition to tinting it.
466
467	=item B<fading:> I<number>
468
469	Scale the tint colour by the given percentage.
470		671
471	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>	672	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
472		673
473	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].	674	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
474		675
475	=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>	676	=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
476		677
477	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default	678	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
478	#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.	679	#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
479		680
480	=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>	681	=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
481		682
482	The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar	683	The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
483	and the text.	684	and the text.
484		685
485	=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>
486
487	Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
488	the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
489	string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the
490	horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image
491	centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
492	of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
493	specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
494	be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
495	scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
496
497	=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]>
498
499	Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
500	optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
501	reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
502
503	=item B<path:> I<path>
504
505	Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
506	menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
507	B<PATH> environment variables.
508
509	=item B<font:> I<fontlist>	686	=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
510		687
511	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font	688	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
512	names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.	689	that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
513	The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might	690	first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
514	be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always	691	smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
515	appended to it. option B<-fn>.	692	font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
516		693
517	Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with	694	Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
518	optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile xft), prefixed with C<xft:>.	695	optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
519		696
520	In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and	697	In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
521	specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available	698	specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
522	hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft	699	hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
523	fonts.	700	fonts.
524		701
525	For example, this font resource	702	For example, this font resource
526		703
527	URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\	704	URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
528	-misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\	705	-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, \	706	-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
530	[codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \	707	[codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
531	xft:Code2000:antialias=false	708	xft:Code2000:antialias=false
532		709
533	specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually	710	specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
534	the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because	711	the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
535	it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels	712	it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
536	wide and 15 pixels high.	713	wide and 15 pixels high.
537		714
538	the second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in	715	The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
539	the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but	716	the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
540	the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a	717	the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
541	useful supplement.	718	useful supplement.
542		719
543	The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters	720	The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
544	are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font	721	are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
545	contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.	722	contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
…		…
566	not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.	743	not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
567		744
568	If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal	745	If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
569	text font will being used for the given style.	746	text font will being used for the given style.
570		747
571	=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>	748	=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
572		749
573	Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is	750	When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
574	xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives	751	option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
575	xterm style selection.	752	intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
576		753	option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
577	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>	754	reachable.
578
579	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
580	the author's favourite..
581		755
582	=item B<title:> I<string>	756	=item B<title:> I<string>
583		757
584	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line	758	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
585	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application	759	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
…		…
594	=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>	768	=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
595		769
596	B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no	770	B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
597	de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].	771	de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
598		772
		773	=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
		774
		775	B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
		776	B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
		777
		778	@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
		779
599	=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>	780	=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
600		781
601	B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.	782	B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
602	B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.	783	B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
603		784
…		…
617		798
618	Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use	799	Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
619	B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or	800	B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
620	B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.	801	B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
621		802
		803	The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
		804
		805	Example:
		806
		807	URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
		808
		809	This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
		810	every time you hit C<Print>.
		811
		812	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
		813
		814	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
		815	the author's favourite.
		816
		817	=item B<thickness:> I<number>
		818
		819	Set the scrollbar width in pixels.
		820
622	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>	821	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
623		822
624	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:	823	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
625	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.	824	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
626		825
…		…
645	B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option	844	B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
646	B<+si>.	845	B<+si>.
647		846
648	=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>	847	=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
649		848
650	B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and	849	B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (i.e.
651	B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll	850	try to show the same lines) and B<scrollTtyOutput> is False; option
652	with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>.	851	B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives
		852	new lines; option B<+sw>.
653		853
654	=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>	854	=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
655		855
656	B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys	856	B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
657	are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and	857	are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
…		…
676	=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>	876	=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
677		877
678	Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the	878	Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
679	WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.	879	WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
680		880
		881	=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
		882
		883	Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
		884	drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
		885	this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
		886	option B<-sbg>.
		887
681	=item B<termName:> I<termname>	888	=item B<termName:> I<termname>
682		889
683	Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment	890	Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
684	variable; option B<-tn>.	891	variable; option B<-tn>.
685		892
686	=item B<linespace:> I<number>	893	=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
687		894
688	Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of	895	Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
689	the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.	896	the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
690		897
691	=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>	898	=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
…		…
696	=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>	903	=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
697		904
698	B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel	905	B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
699	scrolls five lines [default].	906	scrolls five lines [default].
700		907
		908	=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
		909
		910	B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
		911	movement only; option C<-ptab>.
		912
701	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>	913	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
702		914
703	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];	915	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
704	option B<-bc>.	916	option B<-bc>.
		917
		918	=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
		919
		920	B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
		921	option B<-uc>.
705		922
706	=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>	923	=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
707		924
708	B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number	925	B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
709	of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible	926	of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
…		…
717		934
718	Mouse pointer background colour.	935	Mouse pointer background colour.
719		936
720	=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>	937	=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
721		938
722	Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2].	939	Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
		940	large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
723		941
724	=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>	942	=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
725		943
726	The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>	944	The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
727	or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>	945	or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, with control, B<Backspace>
728	(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode	946	(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
729	escape sequence.	947	escape sequence.
730		948
731	=item B<deletekey:> I<string>	949	=item B<deletekey:> I<string>
732		950
…		…
734	pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated	952	pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
735	with the B<Execute> key.	953	with the B<Execute> key.
736		954
737	=item B<cutchars:> I<string>	955	=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
738		956
739	The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The	957	The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
740	built-in default:	958	(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
741		959
		960	When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
		961	in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
		962	characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
		963	will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
		964
		965	When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
		966	be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
		967
742	B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >>	968	B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
743		969
744	=item B<preeditType:> I<style>	970	=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
745		971
746	B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.	972	B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
747		973
…		…
749		975
750	I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.	976	I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
751		977
752	=item B<imLocale:> I<name>	978	=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
753		979
754	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g.	980	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
755	de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input	981	C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
756	extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in	982	input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
757	another locale. option B<-imlocale>.	983	another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
		984
		985	=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
		986
		987	Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
		988	C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
		989	by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
		990	in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
		991	found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
		992	option B<-imfont>.
		993
		994	=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
		995
		996	Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
		997	button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
		998	the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
758		999
759	=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>	1000	=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
760		1001
761	Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that	1002	Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
762	echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be	1003	echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
763	abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether	1004	abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
764	throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though	1005	through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
765	write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note	1006	write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
766	that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences	1007	default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
767	enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean	1008	sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
768	resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this	1009
769	enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title	1010	You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
770	requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch.	1011	B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
		1012	locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
771		1013
772	=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>	1014	=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
773		1015
774	Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,	1016	Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
775	B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option	1017	B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
…		…
779		1021
780	Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)	1022	Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
781	character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described	1023	character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
782	in the entry on B<keysym> following.	1024	in the entry on B<keysym> following.
783		1025
784	=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool>	1026	=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
785		1027
786	Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).	1028	Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
787		1029
788	=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool>	1030	=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
789		1031
790	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this	1032	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
791	option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the	1033	option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
792	scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will	1034	scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
793	instead scroll the screen up.	1035	to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
794		1036
		1037	=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
		1038
		1039	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
		1040	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
		1041	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
		1042	user.
		1043
		1044	=item B<chdir>: I<path>
		1045
		1046	Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
		1047	B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
		1048	@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
		1049	directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
		1050
795	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>	1051	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<action>
796		1052
797	Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may	1053	Compile I<frills>: Associate I<action> with keysym I<sym>. The intervening
798	contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n:	1054	resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
799	newline, \r: return, \t:	1055
800	tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null,	1056	Using this resource, you can map key combinations such as
801	^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end	1057	C<Ctrl-Shift-BackSpace> to various actions, such as outputting a different
802	with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be	1058	string than would normally result from that combination, making the
803	omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with	1059	terminal scroll up or down the way you want it, or any other thing an
804	KEYSYM_RESOURCE.	1060	extension might provide.
		1061
		1062	The key combination that triggers the action, I<sym>, has the following format:
		1063
		1064	(modifiers-)key
		1065
		1066	Where I<modifiers> can be any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>,
		1067	B<Control>, B<NumLock>, B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>,
		1068	B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>, and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>,
		1069	B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>, B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
		1070
		1071	The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
		1072	whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
		1073	keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
		1074	current application keymap mode state.
		1075
		1076	Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a key mapping will
		1077	match if I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and no other
		1078	key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That means that
		1079	defining a mapping for C<a> will automatically provide definitions for
		1080	C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined mappings
		1081	themselves. See the C<builtin:> action, below, for a way to work around
		1082	this when this is a problem.
		1083
		1084	The spelling of I<key> depends on your implementation of X. An easy way to
		1085	find a key name is to use the B<xev>(1) command. You can find a list by
		1086	looking for the C<XK_> macros in the B<X11/keysymdef.h> include file (omit
		1087	the C<XK_> prefix). Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex keysym
		1088	value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>).
		1089
		1090	As with any resource value, the I<action> string may contain backslash
		1091	escape sequences (C<\n>: newline, C<\\>: backslash, C<\000>: octal
		1092	number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for further details.
		1093
		1094	An action starts with an action prefix that selects a certain type
		1095	of action, followed by a colon. An action string without colons is
		1096	interpreted as a literal string to pass to the tty (as if it was
		1097	prefixed with C<string:>).
		1098
		1099	The following action prefixes are known - extensions can provide
		1100	additional prefixes:
		1101
		1102	=over 4
		1103
		1104	=item string:STRING
		1105
		1106	If the I<action> starts with C<string:> (or otherwise contains no colons),
		1107	then the remaining C<STRING> will be passed to the program running in the
		1108	terminal. For example, you could replace whatever Shift-Tab outputs by the
		1109	string C<echo rm -rf /> followed by a newline:
		1110
		1111	URxvt.keysym.Shift-Tab: string:echo rm -rf /\n
		1112
		1113	This could in theory be used to completely redefine your keymap.
		1114
		1115	=item command:STRING
		1116
		1117	If I<action> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
		1118	is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence (basically
		1119	the opposite of C<string:> - instead of sending it to the program running
		1120	in the terminal, it will be treated as if it were program output). This is
		1121	most useful to feed command sequences into @@RXVT_NAME@@.
		1122
		1123	For example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
		1124	when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
		1125
		1126	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
		1127
		1128	The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
		1129	the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
		1130	font-switching at runtime:
		1131
		1132	URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
		1133	URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
		1134
		1135	Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
		1136	info):
		1137
		1138	URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
		1139	URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
		1140
		1141	=item builtin:
		1142
		1143	The builtin action is the action that @@RXVT_NAME@@ would execute if no
		1144	key binding existed for the key combination. The obvious use is to undo
		1145	the effect of existing bindings. The not so obvious use is to reinstate
		1146	bindings when another binding overrides too many modifiers.
		1147
		1148	For example if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable
		1149	@@RXVT_NAME@@'s C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke
		1150	"holes" into the user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
		1151
		1152	URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
		1153	URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
		1154
		1155	The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
		1156	of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
		1157	C<Shift-Insert>.
		1158
		1159	=item builtin-string:
		1160
		1161	This action is mainly useful to restore string mappings for keys that
		1162	have predefined actions in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The exact semantics are a bit
		1163	difficult to explain - basically, this action will send the string to the
		1164	application that would be sent if @@RXVT_NAME@@ wouldn't have a built-in
		1165	action for it.
		1166
		1167	An example might make it clearer: @@RXVT_NAME@@ normally pastes the
		1168	selection when you press C<Shift-Insert>. With the following bindings, it
		1169	would instead emit the (undocumented, but what applications running in the
		1170	terminal might expect) sequence C<ESC [ 2 $> instead:
		1171
		1172	URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin-string:
		1173	URxvt.keysym.C-S-Insert: builtin:
		1174
		1175	The first line disables the paste functionality for that key
		1176	combination, and the second reinstates the default behaviour for
		1177	C<Control-Shift-Insert>, which would otherwise be overridden.
		1178
		1179	Similarly, to let applications gain access to the C<C-M-c> (copy to
		1180	clipboard) and C<C-M-v> (paste clipboard) key combination, you can do
		1181	this:
		1182
		1183	URxvt.keysym.C-S-c: builtin-string:
		1184	URxvt.keysym.C-S-v: builtin-string:
		1185
		1186	=item EXTENSION:STRING
		1187
		1188	An action of this form passes the B<STRING> to the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
		1189	extension of the same name. The extension will be loaded automatically if
		1190	necessary.
		1191
		1192	Not all extensions define key actions, but popular extensions that do
		1193	include the I<selection> and I<matcher> extensions (documented in their
		1194	own manpages, @@RXVT_NAME@@-selection(1) and @@RXVT_NAME@@-matcher(1),
		1195	respectively).
		1196
		1197	From the silly examples department, this will rot13-"encrypt"
		1198	@@RXVT_NAME@@'s selection when Alt-Control-c is pressed on typical PC
		1199	keyboards:
		1200
		1201	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: selection:rot13
		1202
		1203	=item perl:STRING *DEPRECATED*
		1204
		1205	This is a deprecated way of passing key mappings to perl extensions. It is
		1206	still supported, but should not be used anymore.
		1207
		1208	=back
		1209
		1210	=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
		1211
		1212	=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
		1213
		1214	Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
		1215	use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
		1216
		1217	Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
		1218	them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
		1219	by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
		1220	example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extensions except
		1221	C<selection>.
		1222
		1223	The default set includes the C<selection>, C<option-popup>,
		1224	C<selection-popup> and C<readline> extensions, any extensions that define
		1225	keybindings via C<BINDING> meta comments, extensions loaded because
		1226	their resources/commandline switches were used, and extensions which are
		1227	mentioned in B<keysym> resources.
		1228
		1229	Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
		1230	necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance. When the library
		1231	search path contains multiple extension files of the same name, then the
		1232	first one found will be used.
		1233
		1234	If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl interpreter
		1235	will not be initialized. The rationale for having two options is that
		1236	B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
		1237	all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
		1238
		1239	=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
		1240
		1241	Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
		1242	the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
		1243
		1244	=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
		1245
		1246	Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
		1247	scripts. When looking for perl extensions, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look
		1248	in these directories, then in C<$URXVT_PERL_LIB>, F<$HOME/.urxvt/ext> and
		1249	lastly in F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
		1250
		1251	See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
		1252
		1253	=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
		1254
		1255	Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
		1256	details.
		1257
		1258	=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
		1259
		1260	Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
		1261	for details.
		1262
		1263	=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym> *DEPRECATED*
		1264
		1265	This resource is deprecated and will be removed. Use a B<keysym> resource
		1266	instead, e.g.:
		1267
		1268	URxvt.keysym.M-s: searchable-scrollback:start
		1269
		1270	=item B<url-launcher>: I<string>
		1271
		1272	Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
		1273	C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
		1274
		1275	=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
		1276
		1277	Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
		1278
		1279	=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
		1280
		1281	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
		1282	it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
		1283
		1284	=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
		1285
		1286	Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
		1287
		1288	=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
		1289
		1290	Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
		1291
		1292	=back
		1293
		1294	=head1 BACKGROUND IMAGE OPTIONS AND RESOURCES
		1295
		1296	=over 4
		1297
		1298	=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;oplist]>
		1299
		1300	=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;oplist]>
		1301
		1302	Compile I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image file as the window's
		1303	background and also optionally specify a colon separated list of
		1304	operations to modify it. Note that you may need to quote the C<;>
		1305	character when using the command line option, as C<;> is usually a
		1306	metacharacter in shells. Supported operations are:
		1307
		1308	=over 4
		1309
		1310	=item B<WxH+X+Y>
		1311
		1312	sets scale and position. B<"W" / "H"> specify the horizontal/vertical
		1313	scale (percent), and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image centre (percent). A
		1314	scale of 0 disables scaling.
		1315
		1316	=item B<op=tile>
		1317
		1318	enables tiling
		1319
		1320	=item B<op=keep-aspect>
		1321
		1322	maintain the image aspect ratio when scaling
		1323
		1324	=item B<op=root-align>
		1325
		1326	use the position of the terminal window relative to the root window as
		1327	the image offset, simulating a root window background
		1328
		1329	=back
		1330
		1331	The default scale and position setting is C<100x100+50+50>.
		1332	Alternatively, a predefined set of templates can be used to achieve
		1333	the most common setups:
		1334
		1335	=over 4
		1336
		1337	=item B<style=tiled>
		1338
		1339	the image is tiled with no scaling. Equivalent to 0x0+0+0:op=tile
		1340
		1341	=item B<style=aspect-stretched>
		1342
		1343	the image is scaled to fill the whole window maintaining the aspect
		1344	ratio and centered. Equivalent to 100x100+50+50:op=keep-aspect
		1345
		1346	=item B<style=stretched>
		1347
		1348	the image is scaled to fill the whole window. Equivalent to 100x100
		1349
		1350	=item B<style=centered>
		1351
		1352	the image is centered with no scaling. Equivalent to 0x0+50+50
		1353
		1354	=item B<style=root-tiled>
		1355
		1356	the image is tiled with no scaling and using 'root' positioning.
		1357	Equivalent to 0x0:op=tile:op=root-align
		1358
		1359	=back
		1360
		1361	If multiple templates are specified the last one wins. Note that a
		1362	template overrides all the scale, position and operations settings.
		1363
		1364	If used in conjunction with pseudo-transparency, the specified pixmap
		1365	will be blended over the transparent background using alpha-blending.
		1366
		1367	=item B<-tr>|B<+tr>
		1368
		1369	=item B<transparent:> I<boolean>
		1370
		1371	Turn on/off pseudo-transparency by using the root pixmap as background.
		1372
		1373	B<-ip> (B<inheritPixmap>) is still accepted as an obsolete alias but
		1374	will be removed in future versions.
		1375
		1376	=item B<-tint> I<colour>
		1377
		1378	=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
		1379
		1380	Tint the transparent background with the given colour. Note that a
		1381	black tint yields a completely black image while a white tint yields
		1382	the image unchanged.
		1383
		1384	=item B<-sh> I<number>
		1385
		1386	=item B<shading:> I<number>
		1387
		1388	Darken (0 .. 99) or lighten (101 .. 200) the transparent background.
		1389	A value of 100 means no shading.
		1390
		1391	=item B<-blr> I<HxV>
		1392
		1393	=item B<blurRadius:> I<HxV>
		1394
		1395	Apply gaussian blur with the specified radius to the transparent
		1396	background. If a single number is specified, the vertical and
		1397	horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
		1398	radii to 1 and the other to a large number creates interesting effects
		1399	on some backgrounds. The maximum radius value is 128. An horizontal or
		1400	vertical radius of 0 disables blurring.
		1401
		1402	=item B<path:> I<path>
		1403
		1404	Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
805		1405
806	=back	1406	=back
807		1407
808	=head1 THE SCROLLBAR	1408	=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
809		1409
…		…
823	the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta	1423	the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
824	(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.	1424	(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
825		1425
826	If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are	1426	If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
827	disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen	1427	disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
828	application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~>	1428	application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
829	(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the	1429	(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
830	up and down arrows sends B<ESC[A> (Up) and B<ESC[B> (Down),	1430	up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
831	respectively.	1431	respectively.
832		1432
833	=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION	1433	=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
834		1434
835	The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to	1435	The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
836	I<xterm>(1).	1436	to I<xterm>(1).
837		1437
838	=over 4	1438	=over 4
839		1439
840	=item B<Selection>:	1440	=item B<Selecting>:
841		1441
842	Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the	1442	Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
843	region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left	1443	and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
844	double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire	1444	to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
845	line.	1445	(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
		1446	B<tripleclickwords>.
846		1447
		1448	Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
		1449	(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
		1450	normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
		1451	selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
		1452	the selection.
		1453
847	=item B<Insertion>:	1454	=item B<Pasting>:
848		1455
849	Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in	1456	Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
850	an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be	1457	window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
851	inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.	1458	B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
		1459
		1460	Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
		1461	inserted too.
		1462
		1463	rxvt-unicode also provides the bindings B<Ctrl-Meta-c> and
		1464	<Ctrl-Meta-v> to interact with the CLIPBOARD selection. The first
		1465	binding causes the value of the internal selection to be copied to the
		1466	CLIPBOARD selection, while the second binding causes the value of the
		1467	CLIPBOARD selection to be inserted.
852		1468
853	=back	1469	=back
854		1470
855	=head1 CHANGING FONTS	1471	=head1 CHANGING FONTS
856		1472
857	Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet	1473	Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
858	supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.	1474	supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
859		1475
860	You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and	1476	You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
861	therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
862		1477
863	printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"	1478	printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
		1479
		1480	You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
		1481
		1482	URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
		1483	URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
864		1484
865	rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.	1485	rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
866		1486
867	=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT	1487	=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
868		1488
869	ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters	1489	ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
870	and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The	1490	and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
871	first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with	1491	first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
872	C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled	1492	C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
873	with C<--enable-iso14755>.	1493	with C<--enable-iso14755>.
874		1494
875	=over 4	1495	=over 4
876		1496
877	=item 5.1: Basic method	1497	=item * 5.1: Basic method
878		1498
879	This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.	1499	This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
880		1500
881	Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter	1501	Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
882	hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will	1502	hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
…		…
889	address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail	1509	address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
890	address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily	1510	address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
891	by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,	1511	by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
892	followed by releasing the modifier keys.	1512	followed by releasing the modifier keys.
893		1513
894	=item 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method	1514	=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
895		1515
896	This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of	1516	This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
897	your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.	1517	your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
898		1518
899	Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing	1519	Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
900	them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not	1520	them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
901	invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding	1521	invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
902	keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been	1522	keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
903	released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for	1523	released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
904	C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have beenm to enter a	1524	C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
905	reverse tab (Shift-Tab).	1525	reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
906		1526
907	=item 5.3: Screen-selection entry method	1527	=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
908		1528
909	While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection	1529	While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
910	mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.	1530	mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
911		1531
912	=item 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input	1532	=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
913		1533
914	This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with	1534	This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
915	characters already displayed.	1535	characters already displayed.
916		1536
917	You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then	1537	You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
…		…
929	With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to	1549	With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
930	both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.	1550	both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
931		1551
932	=head1 LOGIN STAMP	1552	=head1 LOGIN STAMP
933		1553
934	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so	1554	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
935	that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages.	1555	it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
936	To allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> must be installed setuid root on	1556	allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
937	some systems.	1557	on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
938		1558
939	=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS	1559	=head1 COLOURS AND GRAPHICS
940		1560
941	In addition to the default foreground and background colours,	1561	In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
942	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus	1562	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 88/256 colours: 8 ANSI colours plus
943	high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the	1563	high-intensity (potentially bold/blink) versions of the same, and 72 (or
944	colours with their B<rgb.txt> names.	1564	240 in 256 colour mode) colours arranged in an 4x4x4 (or 6x6x6) colour RGB
		1565	cube plus a 8 (24) colour greyscale ramp.
		1566
		1567	Here is a list of the ANSI colours with their names.
945		1568
946	=begin table	1569	=begin table
947		1570
948	B<color0> (black) = Black	1571	B<color0> (black) = Black
949	B<color1> (red) = Red3	1572	B<color1> (red) = Red3
…		…
969	It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,	1592	It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
970	B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as	1593	B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
971	a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of	1594	a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
972	color0-color15.	1595	color0-color15.
973		1596
		1597	The following text gives values for the standard 88 colour mode (and
		1598	values for the 256 colour mode in parentheses).
		1599
		1600	The RGB cube uses indices 16..79 (16..231) using the following formulas:
		1601
		1602	index_88 = (r * 4 + g) * 4 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..3
		1603	index_256 = (r * 6 + g) * 6 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..5
		1604
		1605	The grayscale ramp uses indices 80..87 (232..239), from 10% to 90% in 10%
		1606	steps (1/26 to 25/26 in 1/26 steps) - black and white are already part of
		1607	the RGB cube.
		1608
		1609	Together, all those colours implement the 88 (256) colour xterm
		1610	colours. Only the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the
		1611	rest can only be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
		1612
		1613	Applications are advised to use terminfo or command sequences to discover
		1614	number and RGB values of all colours (yes, you can query this...).
		1615
974	Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by	1616	Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
975	always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to	1617	always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
976	I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise	1618	I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
977	been specified. For example,	1619	been specified. For example,
978		1620
		1621	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
		1622
		1623	would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
		1624	White.
		1625
		1626	=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
		1627
		1628	If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
		1629	their act together, rxvt-unicode will do its own alpha channel management:
		1630
		1631	You can prefix any colour with an opaqueness percentage enclosed in
		1632	brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
		1633	(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the colour, where C<0> is completely
		1634	transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
		1635	half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
		1636	is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
		1637	all ways to specify a colour.
		1638
		1639	For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
		1640	C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
		1641	specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
		1642	(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
		1643	while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
		1644	earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
		1645	C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
		1646
		1647	You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
		1648	alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
		1649	layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
		1650	rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
		1651
		1652	For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
		1653	background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
		1654
		1655	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
		1656
		1657	When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
		1658	alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
		1659	transparency of course).
		1660
		1661	When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
		1662	colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
		1663	background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
		1664	other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
		1665	image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
		1666	fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
		1667
		1668	Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
		1669	in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
		1670	extension.
		1671
		1672	=head1 ENVIRONMENT
		1673
		1674	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
		1675
979	=over 4	1676	=over 4
980		1677
981	=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv>	1678	=item B<TERM>
982		1679
983	would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black	1680	Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
984	on White.	1681	resources or on the command line.
		1682
		1683	=item B<COLORTERM>
		1684
		1685	Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
		1686	compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
		1687	extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
		1688	screen.
		1689
		1690	=item B<COLORFGBG>
		1691
		1692	Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
		1693	the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
		1694	C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
		1695	used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
		1696	string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
		1697	was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
		1698	and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
		1699
		1700	=item B<WINDOWID>
		1701
		1702	Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
		1703	window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
		1704	window and so on).
		1705
		1706	=item B<TERMINFO>
		1707
		1708	Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
		1709	C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
		1710
		1711	=item B<DISPLAY>
		1712
		1713	Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
		1714	display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
		1715	defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
		1716
		1717	=item B<SHELL>
		1718
		1719	The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
		1720
		1721	=item B<RXVT_SOCKET> [I<sic>]
		1722
		1723	The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
		1724	@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
		1725
		1726	Default F<<< $HOME/.urxvt/urxvtd-I<< <nodename> >> >>>.
		1727
		1728	=item B<URXVT_PERL_LIB>
		1729
		1730	Additional F<:>-separated library search path for perl extensions. Will be
		1731	searched after B<-perl-lib> but before F<~/.urxvt/ext> and the system library
		1732	directory.
		1733
		1734	=item B<URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY>
		1735
		1736	See L<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl>(3).
		1737
		1738	=item B<HOME>
		1739
		1740	Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
		1741	daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
		1742	C<.Xdefaults>)
		1743
		1744	=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
		1745
		1746	Directory where application-specific X resource files are located.
		1747
		1748	=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
		1749
		1750	If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
		1751	@@RXVT_NAME@@.
985		1752
986	=back	1753	=back
987		1754
988	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)	1755	=head1 FILES
989		1756
990	=over 4	1757	=over 4
991		1758
992	=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?	1759	=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
993		1760
994	The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape	1761	Colour names.
995	sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window title to the version number.
996
997	=item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
998
999	The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
1000	as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
1001
1002	The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can be done
1003	like this:
1004
1005	infocmp rxvt-unicode >rxvt.unicode.tic
1006	scp rxvt-unicode.tic remotesystem:
1007	ssh remotesystem tic rxvt-unicode.tic
1008
1009	... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
1010
1011	If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
1012	C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
1013	problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
1014	colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
1015	quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
1016
1017	If you always want to do this you can either recompile rxvt-unicode with
1018	the desired TERM value or use a resource to set it:
1019
1020	URxvt.termName: rxvt
1021
1022	=item How can I configure rxvt-unicode so that it looks similar to the original rxvt?
1023
1024	Felix von Leitner says that these two lines, in your F<.Xdefaults>, will make rxvt-unicode
1025	behave similar to the original rxvt:
1026
1027	URxvt.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
1028	URxvt.boldFont: -misc-fixed-bold-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
1029
1030	=item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
1031
1032	=item Unicode does not seem to work?
1033
1034	If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
1035	getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
1036	subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
1037
1038	Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
1039	programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
1040	login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
1041	sth. else, e.h. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
1042
1043	The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
1044	into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
1045
1046	printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
1047
1048	If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
1049	supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> comamnd which
1050	displays this. If it displays sth. like:
1051
1052	locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
1053
1054	Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
1055
1056	If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
1057	you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
1058	support locales :(
1059
1060	=item Why do the characters look ugly?
1061
1062	=item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
1063
1064	Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
1065	fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
1066	your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
1067	to display.
1068
1069	B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
1070	font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
1071	bad. Many fonts have totally strange characters that don't resemble the
1072	correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial intelligence
1073	to detetc that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe the font that
1074	the characters it contains indeed look correct.
1075
1076	In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
1077	e.g.:
1078
1079	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
1080
1081	When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
1082	font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
1083	next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
1084	search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
1085
1086	The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than the base
1087	font, as the base font defines the principial cell size, which must be the
1088	same due to the way terminals work.
1089
1090	=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
1091
1092	This is because there is a difference between script and language --
1093	rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output
1094	is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode
1095	first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for
1096	it. Subseqzuent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many chinese
1097	characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
1098	non-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
1100	japanese characters that are also chinese.
1101
1102	The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
1103	list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
1104	a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
1105	first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
1106
1107	In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime (the
1108	internal data structure has no problem with using different fonts for
1109	the same character at the same time, but no interface for this has been
1110	designed yet).
1111
1112	=item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
1113
1114	First 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
1116	you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise rxvt-unicode
1117	might 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
1124	For some unexplainable reason, some programs (i.e. irssi) assume a very
1125	weird colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the
1126	standard 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of
1127	course, to fix these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very
1128	good reasons.
1129
1130	In the meantime, you can either edit your C<urxvt> terminfo definition to
1131	only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will fix colours
1132	but 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
1138	Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
1139	specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
1140	UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
1141
1142	The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
1143	the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
1144	applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width and
1145	code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>.
1146
1147	Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
1148	programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1149	interpretation of characters.
1150
1151	Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1152	is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
1153
1154	On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
1155	contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1156	locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
1157	C<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
1160	Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1161	the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1162	i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the same for rxvt-unicode.
1163
1164	If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1165	rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
1166
1167	=item Can I switch locales at runtime?
1168
1169	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which sets
1170	rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
1171
1172	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1173
1174	See also the previous question.
1175
1176	Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in one
1177	locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support UTF-8. For
1178	example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which first switches to a
1179	locale 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
1187	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which has the same
1188	effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
1189
1190	printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1191
1192	This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
1193	japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
1194	japanese fonts would only be in your way.
1195
1196	You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
1197
1198	=item Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
1199
1200	Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
1201	example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
1202	Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround is to enable
1203	freetype 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
1210	You cna specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
1211	terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
1212
1213	URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
1214
1215	Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
1216	use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
1217	input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input
1218	method limits you.
1219
1220	=item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
1221
1222	Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for sth. you
1223	don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
1224	you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
1225	when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
1226	accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
1227
1228	Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
1229	scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
1230	6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
1231	kilobyte per line. A scorllback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
1232	use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
1233	rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
1234
1235	=item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
1236
1237	Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
1238	it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
1239	antialiasing (by appending C<:antialiasing=false>), which saves lots of
1240	memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
1241
1242	=item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
1243
1244	Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
1245	fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
1246	fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
1247	antialiaisng disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
1248	look best that way.
1249
1250	If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
1251
1252	=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
1253
1254	Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
1255	some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
1256	heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
1257	quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
1258	depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
1259
1260	=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
1261
1262	If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
1263	standard foreground colour.
1264
1265	For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
1266	text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
1267	colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
1268	ignored.
1269
1270	On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
1271	foreground/background colors.
1272
1273	color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
1274
1275	color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
1276
1277	=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
1278
1279	You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
1280	resources (or as long-options).
1281
1282	Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
1283	including 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
1305	Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
1306	BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
1307	question) there are two standard values that can be used for
1308	Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
1309
1310	Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
1311	policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
1312	choice :).
1313
1314	Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
1315	of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
1316	started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
1317	system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
1318	be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
1319
1320	For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
1321
1322	# use Backspace = ^H
1323	$ stty erase ^H
1324	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@
1325
1326	# use Backspace = ^?
1327	$ stty erase ^?
1328	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@
1329
1330	Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
1331
1332	For 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
1342	This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
1343	if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
1344	properly reflects that.
1345
1346	The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
1347	To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
1348	key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
1349	(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
1350
1351	Some other Backspace problems:
1352
1353	some editors use termcap/terminfo,
1354	some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
1355	GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
1356
1357	Perhaps 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
1361	There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
1362	you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
1363	use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym
1364	0xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
1365
1366	Here'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.
1408	How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1409	has 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
1418	Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accomodate all the various possible keyboard
1419	mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for
1420	your particular machine.
1421
1422	=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
1423	I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
1424
1425	rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
1426	check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1427	Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1428	not to use color.
1429
1430	=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
1431
1432	If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and ahve enabled
1433	insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1434	snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1435	wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1436	the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1437	regular xterm.
1438
1439	Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
1440	snippets:
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
1457	You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
1458	one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
1459	the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
1460		1762
1461	=back	1763	=back
1462		1764
1463	=head1 ENVIRONMENT	1765	=head1 SEE ALSO
1464		1766
1465	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM>	1767	@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@-extensions(1),
1466	and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X	1768	@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1467	window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and
1468	sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display
1469	terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables
1470	B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files.
1471		1769
1472	=head1 FILES	1770	=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1473		1771
1474	=over 4	1772	=over 4
1475		1773
1476	=item B</etc/utmp>	1774	=item Project Coordinator
1477		1775
1478	System file for login records.	1776	Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>.
1479		1777
1480	=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>	1778	L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1481
1482	Color names.
1483		1779
1484	=back	1780	=back
1485		1781
1486	=head1 SEE ALSO	1782	=head1 AUTHORS
1487
1488	@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1489
1490	=head1 BUGS
1491
1492	Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1493
1494	Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1495
1496	Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1497
1498	=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1499		1783
1500	=over 4	1784	=over 4
1501		1785
1502	=item Project Coordinator	1786	=item John Bovey
1503		1787
1504	@@RXVT_MAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@>	1788	University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1505		1789
1506	=item Web page maintainter	1790	=item Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>
1507		1791
1508	@@RXVT_WEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@>	1792	very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1509		1793
1510	L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@>	1794	=item Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>
		1795
		1796	wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
		1797
		1798	=item mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>
		1799
		1800	Wrote the menu system.
		1801
		1802	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
		1803
		1804	=item Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>
		1805
		1806	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
		1807
		1808	=item Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>
		1809
		1810	Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
		1811
		1812	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
		1813
		1814	=item Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>
		1815
		1816	Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
		1817	extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
		1818
		1819	Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
		1820
		1821	=item Emanuele Giaquinta <emanuele.giaquinta@gmail.com>
		1822
		1823	pty/utmp code rewrite, image code improvements, many random hacks and bugfixes.
1511		1824
1512	=back	1825	=back
1513		1826
1514	=head1 AUTHORS
1515
1516	=over 4
1517
1518	=item John Bovey
1519
1520	University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1521
1522	=item Rob Nation L<< <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com> >>
1523
1524	very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1525
1526	=item Angelo Haritsis L<< <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> >>
1527
1528	wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1529
1530	=item mj olesen L<< <olesen@me.QueensU.CA> >>
1531
1532	Wrote the menu system.
1533
1534	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1535
1536	=item Oezguer Kesim L<< <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de> >>
1537
1538	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1539
1540	=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1541
1542	Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1543	(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1544
1545	=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >>
1546
1547	Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1548	character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1549	compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1550
1551	Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1552
1553	=back
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