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12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not 12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not
13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style 13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space -- 14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --
15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions. 15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
16 16
17This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
18L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
19
17=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 20=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
18 21
19See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of frequently 22See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
20asked questions and answer to them and some common problems. 23frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
24problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
25L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod>.
21 26
22=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT 27=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
23 28
24Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode 29Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
25internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the 30internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
26world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult, 31world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
27especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts 32especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
28like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, 33like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
29like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these 34like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
30scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work 35scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
31fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such 36fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
32as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms 37as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
33belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things -- 38belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
34such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might 39such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
35change. 40change.
36 41
37If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let 42If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
38me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean 43me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
39terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely 44terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
40because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and 45because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
41another for japanese. 46another for japanese.
42 47
43Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to 48Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
44display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other 49display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
45programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able 50programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
46to choose any font for any script freely. 51to choose any font for any script freely.
47 52
48Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than 53Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
49it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy 54its predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
50in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original 55in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original
51rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements. 56rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
52 57
53It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean 58It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
54and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode 59and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
55without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with 60without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
56a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows 61a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
57from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and 62from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
58drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and 63drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
59@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client). 64@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
60 65
61It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have 66It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
62been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical 67been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
63reference documentation (escape sequences etc.). 68reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
64 69
65=head1 OPTIONS 70=head1 OPTIONS
66 71
67The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed 72The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed
87 92
88Print out a message describing available options. 93Print out a message describing available options.
89 94
90=item B<-display> I<displayname> 95=item B<-display> I<displayname>
91 96
92Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still 97Attempt to open a window on the named X display (the older form B<-d>
93respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the 98is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the
94B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used. 99display specified by the B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
100
101=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
102
103Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
104resource B<depth>.
105
106[Please note that many X servers (and libXft) are buggy with
107respect to C<-depth 32> and/or alpha channels, and will cause all sorts
108of graphical corruption. This is harmless, but we can't do anything about
109this, so watch out]
95 110
96=item B<-geometry> I<geom> 111=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
97 112
98Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>. 113Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
99 114
101 116
102Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>. 117Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.
103 118
104=item B<-j>|B<+j> 119=item B<-j>|B<+j>
105 120
106Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>. 121Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource B<jumpScroll>.
107 122
108=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> 123=item B<-ss>|B<+ss>
109 124
110Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is 125Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.
111B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>. 126
127=item B<-tr>|B<+tr>
128
129Turn on/off pseudo-transparency by using the root pixmap as background; resource B<transparent>.
130
131B<-ip> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
132future versions.
112 133
113=item B<-fade> I<number> 134=item B<-fade> I<number>
114 135
115Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. resource B<fading>. 136Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
137fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
138colour; resource B<fading>.
139
140=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
141
142Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
143is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
116 144
117=item B<-tint> I<colour> 145=item B<-tint> I<colour>
118 146
119Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 147Tint the transparent background with the given colour;
120transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh> 148resource I<tintColor>.
121option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to
122tinting it.
123 149
124=item B<-sh> 150=item B<-sh> I<number>
125 151
126I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 152Darken (0 .. 99) or lighten (101 .. 200) the transparent background.
127background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 153A value of 100 means no shading; resource I<shading>.
128specified, too, e.g. C<-tint white>). 154
155=item B<-blt> I<string>
156
157Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
158at the same time as transparency - such pixmap will be blended over
159the transparent background, using the method specified. Supported values are:
160B<add>, B<alphablend>, B<allanon> - colour values averaging, B<colorize>,
161B<darken>, B<diff>, B<dissipate>, B<hue>, B<lighten>, B<overlay>,
162B<saturate>, B<screen>, B<sub>, B<tint>, B<value>. The default is
163alpha-blending. Compile I<afterimage>; resource I<blendType>.
164
165=item B<-blr> I<HxV>
166
167Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
168background. If a single number is specified - both vertical and
169horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
170radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
171on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128;
172resource I<blurRadius>.
173
174=item B<-icon> I<file>
175
176Compile I<afterimage> or I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
177is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
178application window; resource I<iconFile>.
129 179
130=item B<-bg> I<colour> 180=item B<-bg> I<colour>
131 181
132Window background colour; resource B<background>. 182Window background colour; resource B<background>.
133 183
134=item B<-fg> I<colour> 184=item B<-fg> I<colour>
135 185
136Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 186Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
137 187
138=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]> 188=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;oplist]>
139 189
140Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally 190Compile I<afterimage> or I<pixbuf>: Specify image file for the background and also
141specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to 191optionally specify a list of operations to modify it. Note you may need to
142add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the 192add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
143command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>. 193command-line; for more details see resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
144 194
145=item B<-cr> I<colour> 195=item B<-cr> I<colour>
146 196
147The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 197The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
148 198
160resource B<borderColor>. 210resource B<borderColor>.
161 211
162=item B<-fn> I<fontlist> 212=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
163 213
164Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names 214Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
165that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The 215that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
166first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be 216first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
167smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default 217smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
168font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details. 218font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
169 219
170In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it 220In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
171with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>, 221with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
172e.g.: 222e.g.:
173 223
174 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15" 224 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
175 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" 225 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
177See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ 227See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
178section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7). 228section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
179 229
180=item B<-fb> I<fontlist> 230=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
181 231
182Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to 232Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
183be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details. 233are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
184 234
185=item B<-fi> I<fontlist> 235=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
186 236
187Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to 237Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
188be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details. 238characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
189 239
190=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist> 240=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
191 241
192Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to 242Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
193be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont> for details. 243italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
244for details.
245
246=item B<-is>|B<+is>
247
248Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
249foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
250details.
194 251
195=item B<-name> I<name> 252=item B<-name> I<name>
196 253
197Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 254Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
198rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 255rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
214 271
215=item B<-sb>|B<+sb> 272=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
216 273
217Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>. 274Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
218 275
276=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
277
278Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
279
280=item B<-st>|B<+st>
281
282Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
283resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
284
219=item B<-si>|B<+si> 285=item B<-si>|B<+si>
220 286
221Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource 287Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
222B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect. 288B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
223 289
229=item B<-sw>|B<+sw> 295=item B<-sw>|B<+sw>
230 296
231Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear. 297Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
232This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource 298This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
233B<scrollWithBuffer>. 299B<scrollWithBuffer>.
234
235=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
236
237Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
238
239=item B<-st>|B<+st>
240
241Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
242resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
243 300
244=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab> 301=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
245 302
246If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as 303If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
247actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to 304actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
251 308
252=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 309=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
253 310
254Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 311Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
255 312
313=item B<-uc>|B<+uc>
314
315Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
316
256=item B<-iconic> 317=item B<-iconic>
257 318
258Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option. 319Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
259Alternative form is B<-ic>. 320Alternative form is B<-ic>.
260 321
276 337
277=item B<-bl> 338=item B<-bl>
278 339
279Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. 340Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
280if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window 341if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
281decorations; resource B<borderLess>. 342decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
343support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
344
345=item B<-override-redirect>
346
347Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
348B<override-redirect>.
349
350=item B<-sbg>
351
352Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
353drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
354this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
355resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
282 356
283=item B<-lsp> I<number> 357=item B<-lsp> I<number>
284 358
285Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 359Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
286the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource 360the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
287B<linespace>. 361B<lineSpace>.
362
363=item B<-letsp> I<number>
364
365Compile I<frills>: Amount to adjust the computed character width by
366to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the
367letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to
368work around odd font metrics; resource B<letterSpace>.
288 369
289=item B<-tn> I<termname> 370=item B<-tn> I<termname>
290 371
291This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 372This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
292B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 373B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
301given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last 382given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
302on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to 383on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to
303run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or, 384run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
304failing that, I<sh(1)>. 385failing that, I<sh(1)>.
305 386
387Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
388run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
389
390 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
391
306=item B<-title> I<text> 392=item B<-title> I<text>
307 393
308Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename 394Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
309of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the 395of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
310application name; resource B<title>. 396application name; resource B<title>.
341for more info. 427for more info.
342 428
343=item B<-tcw> 429=item B<-tcw>
344 430
345Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse 431Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
432button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
346button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the 433in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
347end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>. 434the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
348 435
349=item B<-insecure> 436=item B<-insecure>
350 437
351Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 438Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
352sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 439sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
366=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr> 453=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
367 454
368Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 455Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
369B<secondaryScroll>. 456B<secondaryScroll>.
370 457
458=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
459
460Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
461will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
462it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
463user; resource B<hold>.
464
465=item B<-cd> I<path>
466
467Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
468B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
469@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
470
371=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring> 471=item B<-xrm> I<string>
372 472
373No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made 473Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
374available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in 474as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
375some window managers. 475way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
476
477Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
478e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
479options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
480of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
481resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
482programs.
483
484=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
485
486Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
487
488=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
489
490Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
491which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
492
493Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
494shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
495quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
496create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
497
498The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
499
500It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
501descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
502can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
503terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
504not.
505
506Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
507used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
508
509 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
510 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
511 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
512 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
513 });
514
515=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
516
517Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
518pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
519useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
520without having to run a program within it.
521
522If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
523entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
524yourself if you want that.
525
526As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
527pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
528perl extension that manages the terminal.
529
530Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
531longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
532
533 use IO::Pty;
534 use Fcntl;
535
536 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
537 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
538 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
539 close $pty;
540
541 # now communicate with rxvt
542 my $slave = $pty->slave;
543 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
544
545=item B<-pe> I<string>
546
547Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
548this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
376 549
377=back 550=back
378 551
379=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 552=head1 RESOURCES
380 553
381Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long 554Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
382options) compiled into your version. 555options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
556long-options.
383 557
384There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the 558You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
385Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal 559distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
386Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie. 560starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
387B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the 561with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
388resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load
389settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts.
390 562
391If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> 563 1. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
392lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults 564 2. $HOME/.Xdefaults
393set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually 565 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window of screen 0
394B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in 566 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES property on root-window of the current screen
395B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist. 567 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
568 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
569
396Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two 570Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
397class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows 571names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
398resources common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be 572common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
399easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources 573configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
400unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be 574B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
401shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no 575configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
402resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line 576be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
403arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following 577settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
404resources are allowed: 578check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
579extensions not documented here):
405 580
406=over 4 581=over 4
582
583=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
584
585Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
586option B<-depth>.
587
588=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
589
590Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
591On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
592performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
593should normally be enabled.
407 594
408=item B<geometry:> I<geom> 595=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
409 596
410Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; 597Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
411option B<-geometry>. 598option B<-geometry>.
425Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7 612Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7
426corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to 613corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
427high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 614high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
428colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 615colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
4293=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour 6163=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
430names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 617names used are listed in the B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
431 618
432Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be 619Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
433changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)). 620changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
434 621
435Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with 622Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
446=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 633=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
447 634
448Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 635Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
449foreground colour is the default. 636foreground colour is the default.
450 637
451=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
452
453Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
454characters.
455
456=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour> 638=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
457 639
458If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline 640If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
459itself. If unset, use the foreground colour. 641itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
642
643=item B<highlightColor:> I<colour>
644
645If set, use the specified colour as the background for highlighted
646characters. If unset, use reverse video.
647
648=item B<highlightTextColor:> I<colour>
649
650If set and highlightColor is set, use the specified colour as the
651foreground for highlighted characters.
460 652
461=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 653=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
462 654
463Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 655Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
464foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 656foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
471 663
472=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean> 664=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>
473 665
474B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours; 666B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
475option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option 667option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
476B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 668B<+rv>. See note in B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
477 669
478=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean> 670=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
479 671
480B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling 672B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
481quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>. 673of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
674has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
675received line; option B<-j>.
676
482B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>. 677B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
678force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
483 679
484=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean> 680=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
485 681
486B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 682B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
487artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 683receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
488pixmap. 684(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
685result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
686option B<-ss>.
687
688B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
689if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
690monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
691
692=item B<transparent:> I<boolean>
693
694Turn on/off pseudo-transparency by using the root pixmap as background.
695
696B<inheritPixmap> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
697future versions.
489 698
490=item B<fading:> I<number> 699=item B<fading:> I<number>
491 700
492Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 701Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
702
703=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
704
705Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
706colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
493 707
494=item B<tintColor:> I<colour> 708=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
495 709
496Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 710Tint the transparent background with the given colour. If the RENDER
711extension is not available only black, red, green, yellow, blue,
712magenta, cyan and white tints can be performed server-side. Note that
713a black tint yields a completely black image while a white tint yields
714the image unchanged; option B<-tint>.
497 715
498=item B<shading:> I<number> 716=item B<shading:> I<number>
499 717
500Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 718Darken (0 .. 99) or lighten (101 .. 200) the transparent background.
501image in addition to tinting it. 719A value of 100 means no shading; option B<-sh>.
720
721=item B<blendType:> I<string>
722
723Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.
724
725=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>
726
727Apply gaussian blur with the specified radius to the transparent
728background; option B<-blr>.
729
730=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
731
732Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
502 733
503=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 734=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
504 735
505Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 736Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
506 737
507=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 738=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
508 739
509Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 740Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
510#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 741#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
511 742
512=item B<borderColor:> I<colour> 743=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
513 744
514The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar 745The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
515and the text. 746and the text.
516 747
517=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 748=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;oplist]>
518 749
519Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 750Use the specified image file for the background and also
520the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 751optionally specify a colon separated list of operations to modify it.
521string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the 752Supported operations are:
522horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image
523centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
524of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
525specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
526be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
527scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
528 753
529=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]> 754=over 4
530 755
531Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is 756=item B<WxH+X+Y>
532optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the 757
533reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar. 758sets scale and position. B<"W" / "H"> specify the horizontal/vertical
759scale (percent), and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image centre (percent). A
760scale of 0 disables scaling. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
761
762=item B<op=tile>
763
764enables tiling
765
766=item B<op=pscale>
767
768enables proportional scaling
769
770=item B<op=root>
771
772use the position of the terminal window relative to the root window as
773the image offset, simulating a root window background
774
775=back
776
777The default scale and position setting is C<100x100+50+50>.
778Alternatively, a predefined set of templates can be used to achieve
779the most common setups:
780
781=over 4
782
783=item B<style=tiled>
784
785the image is tiled with no scaling. Equivalent to 0x0+0+0:op=tile
786
787=item B<style=aspect-stretched>
788
789the image is scaled to fill the whole window maintaining the aspect
790ratio and centered. Equivalent to 100x100+50+50:op=pscale
791
792=item B<style=stretched>
793
794the image is scaled to fill the whole window. Equivalent to 100x100
795
796=item B<style=centered>
797
798the image is centered with no scaling. Equivalent to 0x0+50+50
799
800=item B<style=root-tiled>
801
802the image is tiled with no scaling and using 'root' positioning.
803Equivalent to 0x0:op=tile:op=root
804
805=back
806
807If multiple templates are specified the last one wins. Note that a
808template overrides all the scale, position and operations settings.
809
810If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be
811blended over the transparent background using alpha-blending. If I<afterimage>
812support has been compiled in it is possible to choose other blending
813types with B<-blt "type"> option.
534 814
535=item B<path:> I<path> 815=item B<path:> I<path>
536 816
537Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and 817Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
538menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
539B<PATH> environment variables.
540 818
541=item B<font:> I<fontlist> 819=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
542 820
543Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font 821Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
544names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 822that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
545The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 823first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
546be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 824smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
547appended to it. option B<-fn>. 825font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
548 826
549Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with 827Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
550optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>. 828optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
551 829
552In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and 830In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
554hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft 832hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
555fonts. 833fonts.
556 834
557For example, this font resource 835For example, this font resource
558 836
559 URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\ 837 URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
560 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\ 838 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
561 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \ 839 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
562 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \ 840 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
563 xft:Code2000:antialias=false 841 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
564 842
567it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels 845it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
568wide and 15 pixels high. 846wide and 15 pixels high.
569 847
570The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in 848The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
571the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but 849the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
572the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a 850the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
573useful supplement. 851useful supplement.
574 852
575The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters 853The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
576are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font 854are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
577contains other characters, but we are not interested in them. 855contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
598not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried. 876not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
599 877
600If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal 878If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
601text font will being used for the given style. 879text font will being used for the given style.
602 880
603=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 881=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
604 882
605Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 883When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
606xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives 884option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
607xterm style selection. 885intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
608 886option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
609=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode> 887reachable.
610
611Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
612the author's favourite..
613 888
614=item B<title:> I<string> 889=item B<title:> I<string>
615 890
616Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 891Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
617specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 892specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
626=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean> 901=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
627 902
628B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no 903B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
629de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default]. 904de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
630 905
906=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
907
908B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
909B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
910
911@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
912
631=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean> 913=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
632 914
633B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>. 915B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
634B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>. 916B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
635 917
649 931
650Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use 932Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
651B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or 933B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
652B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well. 934B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
653 935
936The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
937
938Example:
939
940 URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
941
942This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
943every time you hit C<Print>.
944
945=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
946
947Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
948the author's favourite.
949
950=item B<thickness:> I<number>
951
952Set the scrollbar width in pixels.
953
654=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 954=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
655 955
656B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 956B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
657disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 957disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
658 958
677B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 977B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
678B<+si>. 978B<+si>.
679 979
680=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 980=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
681 981
682B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and 982B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (i.e.
683B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 983try to show the same lines) and B<scrollTtyOutput> is False; option
684with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. 984B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives
985new lines; option B<+sw>.
685 986
686=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 987=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
687 988
688B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys 989B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
689are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and 990are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
708=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean> 1009=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
709 1010
710Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the 1011Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
711WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>. 1012WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
712 1013
1014=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
1015
1016Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
1017drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
1018this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
1019option B<-sbg>.
1020
713=item B<termName:> I<termname> 1021=item B<termName:> I<termname>
714 1022
715Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 1023Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
716variable; option B<-tn>. 1024variable; option B<-tn>.
717 1025
718=item B<linespace:> I<number> 1026=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
719 1027
720Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 1028Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
721the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 1029the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
722 1030
723=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 1031=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
737 1045
738=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 1046=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
739 1047
740B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 1048B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
741option B<-bc>. 1049option B<-bc>.
1050
1051=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
1052
1053B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
1054option B<-uc>.
742 1055
743=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean> 1056=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
744 1057
745B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number 1058B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
746of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible 1059of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
754 1067
755Mouse pointer background colour. 1068Mouse pointer background colour.
756 1069
757=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 1070=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
758 1071
759Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 1072Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
1073large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
760 1074
761=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 1075=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
762 1076
763The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 1077The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
764or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace> 1078or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, with control, B<Backspace>
765(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode 1079(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
766escape sequence. 1080escape sequence.
767 1081
768=item B<deletekey:> I<string> 1082=item B<deletekey:> I<string>
769 1083
771pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated 1085pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
772with the B<Execute> key. 1086with the B<Execute> key.
773 1087
774=item B<cutchars:> I<string> 1088=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
775 1089
776The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The 1090The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
777built-in default: 1091(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
778 1092
1093When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
1094in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
1095characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
1096will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
1097
1098When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
1099be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
1100
779B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> 1101B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
780 1102
781=item B<preeditType:> I<style> 1103=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
782 1104
783B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>. 1105B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
784 1106
789=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 1111=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
790 1112
791The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g. 1113The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
792C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the 1114C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
793input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 1115input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
794another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 1116another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
795 1117
796=item B<imFont:> I<fontset> 1118=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
797 1119
798Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or 1120Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
799C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated 1121C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
804 1126
805=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean> 1127=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
806 1128
807Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse 1129Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
808button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to 1130button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
809the end of the logical line only. option B<-tcw>. 1131the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
810 1132
811=item B<insecure:> I<boolean> 1133=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
812 1134
813Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 1135Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
814echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 1136echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
815abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether 1137abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
816throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 1138through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
817write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 1139write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
818that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 1140default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
819enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 1141sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
820resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 1142
821enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title 1143You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
822requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 1144B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1145locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
823 1146
824=item B<modifier:> I<modifier> 1147=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
825 1148
826Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>, 1149Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
827B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option 1150B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
831 1154
832Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 1155Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
833character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described 1156character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
834in the entry on B<keysym> following. 1157in the entry on B<keysym> following.
835 1158
836=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool> 1159=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
837 1160
838Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). 1161Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
839 1162
840=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool> 1163=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
841 1164
842Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 1165Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
843option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 1166option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
844scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 1167scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
845instead scroll the screen up. 1168to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
1169
1170=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1171
1172Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1173will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1174it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1175user.
1176
1177=item B<chdir>: I<path>
1178
1179Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
1180B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
1181@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
1182directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
846 1183
847=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 1184=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
848 1185
849Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The 1186Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
850intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted. 1187intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
864searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and 1201searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
865omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex 1202omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
866keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not 1203keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
867performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured. 1204performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
868 1205
869I<string> may contain escape values (C<\a>: bell, C<\b>: backspace, 1206I<string> may contain escape values (C<\n>: newline, C<\000>: octal
870C<\e>, C<\E>: escape, C<\n>: newline, C<\r>: carriage return, C<\t>: tab, 1207number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for further details.
871C<\000>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (C<^?>: delete,
872C<^@>: null, C<^A> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
873can start or end with whitespace.
874
875Please note that you need to double the C<\> when using
876C<--enable-xgetdefault>, as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you can
877use C<\033> instead of C<\e> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and
878@@RXVT_NAME@@'s own processing).
879 1208
880You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string> 1209You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
881with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimeter `/' 1210with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'
882should be a character not used by the strings. 1211should be a character not used by the strings.
883 1212
884Its usage can be demonstrated by an example: 1213Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
885 1214
886 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|> 1215 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<|abc|>
887 1216
888The above line is equivalent to the following three lines: 1217The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
889 1218
890 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a> 1219 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<a>
891 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b> 1220 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<b>
892 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c> 1221 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<c>
893 1222
894If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING> 1223If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
895is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For 1224is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
896example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK> 1225example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
897when Control-Meta-c is being pressed": 1226when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
898 1227
899 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 1228 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
900 1229
1230If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
1231is passed to the C<on_user_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
1232manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
1233C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
1234
1235 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1236
1237Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1238will match if I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
1239no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1240means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
1241definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
1242mappings themselves.
1243
1244Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1245if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1246C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke "holes" into the
1247user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
1248
1249 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1250 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1251
1252The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
1253of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1254C<Shift-Insert>.
1255
901The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to 1256The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
902the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited 1257the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
903font-switching at runtime: 1258font-switching at runtime:
904 1259
905 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007 1260 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
908Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more 1263Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
909info): 1264info):
910 1265
911 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t 1266 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
912 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t 1267 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
1268
1269=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
1270
1271=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
1272
1273Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
1274use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
1275
1276Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
1277them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1278by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
1279example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extension except
1280C<selection>.
1281
1282Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1283(e.g. C<< searchable-scrollback<M-s> >>, which binds the hotkey for
1284searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta-s). Mentioning the same extension
1285multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1286the extension.
1287
1288Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1289necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1290
1291If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1292interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1293B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
1294all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1295
1296=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1297
1298Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1299the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1300
1301=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1302
1303Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1304scripts. When looking for perl extensions, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first
1305look in these directories, then in $HOME/.urxvt/ext and lastly in
1306F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1307
1308See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1309
1310=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1311
1312Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
1313details.
1314
1315=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
1316
1317Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
1318for details.
1319
1320=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym>
1321
1322Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
1323(default: C<M-s>).
1324
1325=item B<urlLauncher>: I<string>
1326
1327Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
1328C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
1329
1330=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
1331
1332Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
1333
1334=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1335
1336Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1337it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1338
1339=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
1340
1341Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
1342
1343=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1344
1345Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
913 1346
914=back 1347=back
915 1348
916=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1349=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
917 1350
931the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta 1364the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
932(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action. 1365(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
933 1366
934If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 1367If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
935disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 1368disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
936application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~> 1369application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
937(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1370(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
938up and down arrows sends B<ESC[A> (Up) and B<ESC[B> (Down), 1371up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
939respectively. 1372respectively.
940 1373
941=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1374=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
942 1375
943The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1376The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
944I<xterm>(1). 1377to I<xterm>(1).
945 1378
946=over 4 1379=over 4
947 1380
948=item B<Selection>: 1381=item B<Selecting>:
949 1382
950Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region 1383Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
951and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click 1384and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
952to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line 1385to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
953(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource 1386(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
954B<tripleclickwords>. 1387B<tripleclickwords>.
955 1388
956Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys) 1389Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
957(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a normal 1390(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
958one. 1391normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1392selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1393the selection.
959 1394
960=item B<Insertion>: 1395=item B<Pasting>:
961 1396
962Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1397Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
963an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1398window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
964inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 1399B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1400
1401Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
1402inserted too.
965 1403
966=back 1404=back
967 1405
968=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1406=head1 CHANGING FONTS
969 1407
970Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet 1408Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
971supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. 1409supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
972 1410
973You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and 1411You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
974therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
975 1412
976 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" 1413 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1414
1415You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1416
1417 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
1418 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
977 1419
978rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far. 1420rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
979 1421
980=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1422=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
981 1423
982ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters 1424ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
983and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The 1425and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
984first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with 1426first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
985C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled 1427C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
986with C<--enable-iso14755>. 1428with C<--enable-iso14755>.
987 1429
988=over 4 1430=over 4
989 1431
1009This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of 1451This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1010your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding. 1452your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1011 1453
1012Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing 1454Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
1013them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not 1455them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1014invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding 1456invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1015keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been 1457keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1016released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for 1458released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
1017C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a 1459C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
1018reverse tab (Shift-Tab). 1460reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
1019 1461
1047B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that 1489B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
1048it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To 1490it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
1049allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root 1491allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
1050on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others. 1492on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1051 1493
1052=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1494=head1 COLOURS AND GRAPHICS
1053 1495
1054In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1496In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1055B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1497B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 88/256 colours: 8 ANSI colours plus
1056high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the 1498high-intensity (potentially bold/blink) versions of the same, and 72 (or
1057colours with their B<rgb.txt> names. 1499240 in 256 colour mode) colours arranged in an 4x4x4 (or 6x6x6) colour RGB
1500cube plus a 8 (24) colour greyscale ramp.
1501
1502Here is a list of the ANSI colours with their names.
1058 1503
1059=begin table 1504=begin table
1060 1505
1061 B<color0> (black) = Black 1506 B<color0> (black) = Black
1062 B<color1> (red) = Red3 1507 B<color1> (red) = Red3
1082It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>, 1527It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
1083B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as 1528B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
1084a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of 1529a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1085color0-color15. 1530color0-color15.
1086 1531
1532The following text gives values for the standard 88 colour mode (and
1533values for the 256 colour mode in parentheses).
1534
1535The RGB cube uses indices 16..79 (16..231) using the following formulas:
1536
1537 index_88 = (r * 4 + g) * 4 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..3
1538 index_256 = (r * 16 + g) * 16 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..15
1539
1540The grayscale ramp uses indices 80..87 (232..239), from 10% to 90% in 10%
1541steps (1/26 to 25/26 in 1/26 steps) - black and white are already part of
1542the RGB cube.
1543
1544Together, all those colours implement the 88 (256) colour xterm
1545colours. Only the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the
1546rest can only be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
1547
1548Applications are advised to use terminfo or command sequences to discover
1549number and RGB values of all colours (yes, you can query this...).
1550
1087Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by 1551Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
1088always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to 1552always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1089I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1553I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1090been specified. For example, 1554been specified. For example,
1091 1555
1556 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
1557
1558would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
1559White.
1560
1561=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1562
1563If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1564their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management:
1565
1566You can prefix any colour with an opaqueness percentage enclosed in
1567brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
1568(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the colour, where C<0> is completely
1569transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
1570half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
1571is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1572all ways to specify a colour.
1573
1574For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1575C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1576specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1577(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1578while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1579earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1580C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1581
1582You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1583alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1584layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
1585rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1586
1587For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1588background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1589
1590 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1591
1592When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1593alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1594transparency of course).
1595
1596When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1597colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1598background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1599other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1600image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
1601fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
1602
1603Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1604in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
1605extension.
1606
1607=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1608
1609B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1610
1092=over 4 1611=over 4
1093 1612
1094=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv> 1613=item B<TERM>
1095 1614
1096would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black 1615Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1097on White. 1616resources or on the command line.
1617
1618=item B<COLORTERM>
1619
1620Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1621compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1622extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1623screen.
1624
1625=item B<COLORFGBG>
1626
1627Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1628the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1629C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1630used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1631string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1632was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1633and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1634
1635=item B<WINDOWID>
1636
1637Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1638window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1639window and so on).
1640
1641=item B<TERMINFO>
1642
1643Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1644C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1645
1646=item B<DISPLAY>
1647
1648Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1649display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
1650defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1651
1652=item B<SHELL>
1653
1654The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1655
1656=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
1657
1658The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1659@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1660
1661Default F<<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-I<< <nodename> >> >>>.
1662
1663=item B<HOME>
1664
1665Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1666daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1667C<.Xdefaults>)
1668
1669=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1670
1671Directory where application-specific X resource files are located.
1672
1673=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1674
1675If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1676@@RXVT_NAME@@.
1098 1677
1099=back 1678=back
1100 1679
1101=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1102
1103B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM>
1104and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X
1105window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and
1106sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display
1107terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables
1108B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files.
1109
1110=head1 FILES 1680=head1 FILES
1111 1681
1112=over 4 1682=over 4
1113 1683
1114=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1684=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
1115 1685
1116Color names. 1686Colour names.
1117 1687
1118=back 1688=back
1119 1689
1120=head1 SEE ALSO 1690=head1 SEE ALSO
1121 1691
1122@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5) 1692@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1123
1124=head1 BUGS
1125
1126Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1127
1128Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1129
1130Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1131 1693
1132=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR 1694=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1133 1695
1134=over 4 1696=over 4
1135 1697
1136=item Project Coordinator 1698=item Project Coordinator
1137 1699
1138@@RXVT_MAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1700Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1139 1701
1140=item Web page maintainter 1702L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1141
1142@@RXVT_WEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@>
1143
1144L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@>
1145 1703
1146=back 1704=back
1147 1705
1148=head1 AUTHORS 1706=head1 AUTHORS
1149 1707
1171 1729
1172Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5) 1730Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1173 1731
1174=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >> 1732=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1175 1733
1176Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator 1734Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1735
1177(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode) 1736Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1178 1737
1179=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >> 1738=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1180 1739
1181Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal 1740Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1182character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm 1741extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1183compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1184 1742
1185Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -) 1743Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1186 1744
1745=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >>
1746
1747pty/utmp code rewrite, image code improvements, many random hacks and bugfixes.
1748
1187=back 1749=back
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