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12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not 12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not
13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style 13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space -- 14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --
15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions. 15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
16 16
17This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
18L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
19
20=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
21
22See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
23frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
24problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
25L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod>.
26
17=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT 27=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
18 28
19Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode 29Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
20internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the 30internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
21world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult, 31world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
22especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts 32especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
23like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, 33like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
24like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these 34like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
25scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work 35scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
26fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such 36fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
27as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms 37as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
28belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things -- 38belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
29such as cursor-movement -- break othwerwise). 39such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
40change.
30 41
42If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
43me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
44terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
45because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
46another for japanese.
47
31Another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to display 48Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
32characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other programs 49display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
33force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able to choose 50programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
34any font for any script. 51to choose any font for any script freely.
35 52
36Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than 53Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
37it'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
38in 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
39rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements. 56rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
40 57
41It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean 58It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
42and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode 59and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
43without 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
44a 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
45from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and 62from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
46drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and 63drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
47@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client). 64@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
48 65
49It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have 66It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
50been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical 67been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
51reference documentation (escape sequences etc.) and the FAQ section at the 68reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
52end of this document.
53 69
54=head1 OPTIONS 70=head1 OPTIONS
55 71
56The 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
57below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be 73below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
76 92
77Print out a message describing available options. 93Print out a message describing available options.
78 94
79=item B<-display> I<displayname> 95=item B<-display> I<displayname>
80 96
81Attempt 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>
82respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the 98is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the
83B<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<frills>: 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]
110
111=item B<-visual> I<visualID>
112
113Compile I<frills>: Use the given visual (see e.g. C<xdpyinfo> for
114possible visual ids) instead of the default, and also allocate a private
115colormap. All visual types except for DirectColor are supported.
84 116
85=item B<-geometry> I<geom> 117=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
86 118
87Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>. 119Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
88 120
90 122
91Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>. 123Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.
92 124
93=item B<-j>|B<+j> 125=item B<-j>|B<+j>
94 126
95Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>. 127Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource B<jumpScroll>.
96 128
97=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> 129=item B<-ss>|B<+ss>
98 130
99Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is 131Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.
100B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.
101 132
102=item B<-fade> I<number> 133=item B<-fade> I<number>
103 134
104Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 135Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
136fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
137colour; resource B<fading>.
105 138
106=item B<-tint> I<colour> 139=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
107 140
108Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 141Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
109transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh> 142is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
110option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to
111tinting it.
112 143
113=item B<-sh> 144=item B<-icon> I<file>
114 145
115I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 146Compile I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
116background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 147is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
117specified, too). 148application window; resource I<iconFile>.
118 149
119=item B<-bg> I<colour> 150=item B<-bg> I<colour>
120 151
121Window background colour; resource B<background>. 152Window background colour; resource B<background>.
122 153
123=item B<-fg> I<colour> 154=item B<-fg> I<colour>
124 155
125Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 156Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
126 157
127=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>
128
129Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally
130specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add
131quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the
132command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
133
134=item B<-cr> I<colour> 158=item B<-cr> I<colour>
135 159
136The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 160The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
137 161
138=item B<-pr> I<colour> 162=item B<-pr> I<colour>
143 167
144The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>. 168The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.
145 169
146=item B<-bd> I<colour> 170=item B<-bd> I<colour>
147 171
148The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text; 172The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
149resource B<borderColor>. 173resource B<borderColor>.
150 174
151=item B<-fn> I<fontname> 175=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
152 176
153Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 177Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
154names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 178that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
155The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 179first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
156be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 180smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
157appended to it. resource B<font>. 181font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
182
183In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
184with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
185e.g.:
186
187 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
188 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
158 189
159See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ 190See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
160section. 191section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
161 192
193=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
194
195Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
196are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
197
198=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
199
200Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
201characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
202
203=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
204
205Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
206italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
207for details.
208
162=item B<-rb>|B<+rb> 209=item B<-is>|B<+is>
163 210
164Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text will be 211Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
165displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. Bold 212foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
166fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 213details.
167corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular
168font will be used. resource B<realBold>.
169 214
170=item B<-name> I<name> 215=item B<-name> I<name>
171 216
172Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 217Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
173rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 218rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
175 220
176=item B<-ls>|B<+ls> 221=item B<-ls>|B<+ls>
177 222
178Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource B<loginShell>. 223Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource B<loginShell>.
179 224
225=item B<-mc> I<milliseconds>
226
227Specify the maximum time between multi-click selections.
228
180=item B<-ut>|B<+ut> 229=item B<-ut>|B<+ut>
181 230
182Compile I<utmp>: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource 231Compile I<utmp>: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
183B<utmpInhibit>. 232B<utmpInhibit>.
184 233
188B<visualBell>. 237B<visualBell>.
189 238
190=item B<-sb>|B<+sb> 239=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
191 240
192Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>. 241Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
242
243=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
244
245Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
246
247=item B<-st>|B<+st>
248
249Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
250resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
193 251
194=item B<-si>|B<+si> 252=item B<-si>|B<+si>
195 253
196Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource 254Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
197B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect. 255B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
205 263
206Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear. 264Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
207This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource 265This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
208B<scrollWithBuffer>. 266B<scrollWithBuffer>.
209 267
210=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
211
212Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
213
214=item B<-st>|B<+st> 268=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
215 269
216Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 270If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
217resource B<scrollBar_floating>. 271actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
272select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
273not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
274on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
218 275
219=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 276=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
220 277
221Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 278Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
279
280=item B<-uc>|B<+uc>
281
282Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
222 283
223=item B<-iconic> 284=item B<-iconic>
224 285
225Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option. 286Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
226Alternative form is B<-ic>. 287Alternative form is B<-ic>.
243 304
244=item B<-bl> 305=item B<-bl>
245 306
246Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. 307Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
247if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window 308if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
248decorations; resource B<borderLess>. 309decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
310support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
311
312=item B<-override-redirect>
313
314Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
315B<override-redirect>.
316
317=item B<-dockapp>
318
319Sets the initial state of the window to WithdrawnState, which makes
320window managers that support this extension treat it as a dockapp.
321
322=item B<-sbg>
323
324Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
325drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
326this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
327resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
249 328
250=item B<-lsp> I<number> 329=item B<-lsp> I<number>
251 330
252Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row 331Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
253of the display; resource B<linespace>. 332the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
333B<lineSpace>.
334
335=item B<-letsp> I<number>
336
337Compile I<frills>: Amount to adjust the computed character width by
338to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the
339letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to
340work around odd font metrics; resource B<letterSpace>.
254 341
255=item B<-tn> I<termname> 342=item B<-tn> I<termname>
256 343
257This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 344This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
258B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 345B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
267given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last 354given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
268on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to 355on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to
269run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or, 356run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
270failing that, I<sh(1)>. 357failing that, I<sh(1)>.
271 358
359Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
360run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
361
362 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
363
272=item B<-title> I<text> 364=item B<-title> I<text>
273 365
274Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename 366Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
275of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the 367of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
276application name; resource B<title>. 368application name; resource B<title>.
288=item B<-pt> I<style> 380=item B<-pt> I<style>
289 381
290Compile I<XIM>: input style for input method; B<OverTheSpot>, 382Compile I<XIM>: input style for input method; B<OverTheSpot>,
291B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; resource B<preeditType>. 383B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; resource B<preeditType>.
292 384
385If the perl extension C<xim-onthespot> is used (which is the default),
386then additionally the C<OnTheSpot> preedit type is available.
387
293=item B<-im> I<text> 388=item B<-im> I<text>
294 389
295Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>. 390Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
296 391
297=item B<-imlocale> I<string> 392=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
298 393
299The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 394The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
300de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 395C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
301extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 396input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
302another locale. 397another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
398
399=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
400
401Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
402for more info.
403
404=item B<-tcw>
405
406Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
407button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
408in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
409the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
303 410
304=item B<-insecure> 411=item B<-insecure>
305 412
306Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 413Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
307sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 414sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
321=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr> 428=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
322 429
323Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 430Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
324B<secondaryScroll>. 431B<secondaryScroll>.
325 432
433=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
434
435Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
436will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
437it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
438user; resource B<hold>.
439
440=item B<-cd> I<path>
441
442Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
443B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
444@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
445
326=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring> 446=item B<-xrm> I<string>
327 447
328No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made 448Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
329available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in 449as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
330some window managers. 450way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
451
452Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
453e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
454options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
455of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
456resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
457programs.
458
459=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
460
461Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
462
463=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
464
465Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
466which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
467
468Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
469shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
470quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
471create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
472
473The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
474
475It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
476descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
477can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
478terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
479not.
480
481Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
482used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
483
484 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
485 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
486 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
487 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
488 });
489
490=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
491
492Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
493pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
494useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
495without having to run a program within it.
496
497If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
498entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
499yourself if you want that.
500
501As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
502pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
503perl extension that manages the terminal.
504
505Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
506longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
507
508 use IO::Pty;
509 use Fcntl;
510
511 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
512 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
513 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
514 close $pty;
515
516 # now communicate with rxvt
517 my $slave = $pty->slave;
518 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
519
520=item B<-pe> I<string>
521
522Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
523this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
331 524
332=back 525=back
333 526
334=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 527=head1 RESOURCES
335 528
336Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long 529Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
337options) compiled into your version. 530options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
531long-options.
338 532
339There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the 533You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
340Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal 534distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
341Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie. 535starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
342B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the 536with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
343resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load
344settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts.
345 537
346If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> 538 1. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
347lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults 539 2. $HOME/.Xdefaults
348set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually 540 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window of screen 0
349B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in 541 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES property on root-window of the current screen
350B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist. 542 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
543 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
544
351Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two 545Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
352class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows 546names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
353resources common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be 547common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
354easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources 548configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
355unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be 549B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
356shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no 550configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
357resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line 551be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
358arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following 552settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
359resources are allowed: 553check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
554extensions not documented here):
360 555
361=over 4 556=over 4
557
558=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
559
560Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
561option B<-depth>.
562
563=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
564
565Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
566On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
567performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
568should normally be enabled.
362 569
363=item B<geometry:> I<geom> 570=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
364 571
365Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; 572Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
366option B<-geometry>. 573option B<-geometry>.
380Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7 587Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7
381corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to 588corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
382high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 589high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
383colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 590colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
3843=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour 5913=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
385names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 592names used are listed in the B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
593
594Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
595changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
596
597Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
59888 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
386 599
387=item B<colorBD:> I<colour> 600=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>
388 601
602=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
603
389Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the foreground 604Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
390colour is the default. This option will be ignored if B<realBold> is 605foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
391enabled. 606(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
392 607
393=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 608=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
394 609
395Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 610Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
396foreground colour is the default. 611foreground colour is the default.
397 612
398=item B<colorRV:> I<colour> 613=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
399 614
615If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
616itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
617
618=item B<highlightColor:> I<colour>
619
400Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video 620If set, use the specified colour as the background for highlighted
401characters. 621characters. If unset, use reverse video.
622
623=item B<highlightTextColor:> I<colour>
624
625If set and highlightColor is set, use the specified colour as the
626foreground for highlighted characters.
402 627
403=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 628=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
404 629
405Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 630Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
406foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 631foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
413 638
414=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean> 639=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>
415 640
416B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours; 641B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
417option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option 642option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
418B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 643B<+rv>. See note in B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
419 644
420=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean> 645=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
421 646
422B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling 647B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
423quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>. 648of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
649has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
650received line; option B<-j>.
651
424B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>. 652B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
653force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
425 654
426=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean> 655=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
427 656
428B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 657B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
429artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 658receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
430pixmap. 659(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
660result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
661option B<-ss>.
662
663B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
664if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
665monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
431 666
432=item B<fading:> I<number> 667=item B<fading:> I<number>
433 668
434Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 669Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
435 670
436=item B<tintColor:> I<colour> 671=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
437 672
438Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 673Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
674colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
439 675
440=item B<shading:> I<number> 676=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
441 677
442Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 678Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
443image in addition to tinting it.
444
445=item B<fading:> I<number>
446
447Scale the tint colour by the given percentage.
448 679
449=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 680=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
450 681
451Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 682Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
452 683
453=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 684=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
454 685
455Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 686Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
456#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 687#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
457 688
458=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 689=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
459 690
460Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 691The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
461the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 692and the text.
462string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the
463horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image
464centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
465of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
466specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
467be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
468scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
469 693
470=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]>
471
472Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
473optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
474reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
475
476=item B<path:> I<path>
477
478Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
479menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
480B<PATH> environment variables.
481
482=item B<font:> I<fontname> 694=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
483 695
484Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 696Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
485names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 697that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
486The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 698first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
487be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 699smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
488appended to it. option B<-fn>. 700font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
489 701
490=item B<realBold:> I<boolean> 702Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
703optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
491 704
492B<True>: Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text 705In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
493will be displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. 706specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
494Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 707hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
495corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular 708fonts.
496font will be used. option B<-rb>. B<False>: Display bold text in a
497regular font, using the color specified with B<colorBD>; option B<+rb>.
498 709
499=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 710For example, this font resource
500 711
501Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 712 URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
502xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives 713 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
503xterm style selection. 714 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
715 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
716 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
504 717
505=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode> 718specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
719the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
720it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
721wide and 15 pixels high.
506 722
507Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is 723The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
508the author's favourite.. 724the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
725the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
726useful supplement.
727
728The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
729are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
730contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
731
732The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
733remaining unicode characters.
734
735=item B<boldFont:> I<fontlist>
736
737=item B<italicFont:> I<fontlist>
738
739=item B<boldItalicFont:> I<fontlist>
740
741The font list to use for displaying B<bold>, I<italic> or B<< I<bold
742italic> >> characters, respectively.
743
744If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
745B<font>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
746it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
747italic.
748
749If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
750"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
751not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
752
753If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
754text font will being used for the given style.
755
756=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
757
758When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
759option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
760intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
761option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
762reachable.
509 763
510=item B<title:> I<string> 764=item B<title:> I<string>
511 765
512Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 766Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
513specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 767specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
522=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean> 776=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
523 777
524B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no 778B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
525de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default]. 779de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
526 780
781=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
782
783B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
784B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
785
786@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
787
527=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean> 788=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
528 789
529B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>. 790B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
530B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>. 791B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
531 792
533 794
534B<True>: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to B<argv[0]> of 795B<True>: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to B<argv[0]> of
535the shell; option B<-ls>. B<False>: start as a normal sub-shell 796the shell; option B<-ls>. B<False>: start as a normal sub-shell
536[default]; option B<+ls>. 797[default]; option B<+ls>.
537 798
799=item B<multiClickTime:> I<number>
800
801Specify the maximum time in milliseconds between multi-click select
802events. The default is 500 milliseconds; option B<-mc>.
803
538=item B<utmpInhibit:> I<boolean> 804=item B<utmpInhibit:> I<boolean>
539 805
540B<True>: inhibit writing record into the system log file B<utmp>; 806B<True>: inhibit writing record into the system log file B<utmp>;
541option B<-ut>. B<False>: write record into the system log file B<utmp> 807option B<-ut>. B<False>: write record into the system log file B<utmp>
542[default]; option B<+ut>. 808[default]; option B<+ut>.
545 811
546Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use 812Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
547B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or 813B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
548B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well. 814B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
549 815
816The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
817
818Example:
819
820 URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
821
822This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
823every time you hit C<Print>.
824
825=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
826
827Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
828the author's favourite.
829
830=item B<thickness:> I<number>
831
832Set the scrollbar width in pixels.
833
550=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 834=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
551 835
552B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 836B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
553disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 837disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
554 838
573B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 857B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
574B<+si>. 858B<+si>.
575 859
576=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 860=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
577 861
578B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and 862B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (i.e.
579B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 863try to show the same lines) and B<scrollTtyOutput> is False; option
580with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. 864B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives
865new lines; option B<+sw>.
581 866
582=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 867=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
583 868
584B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys 869B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
585are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and 870are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
586are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to 871are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to
587bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>. 872bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.
588 873
589=item B<smallfont_key:> I<keysym>
590
591If enabled, use B<@@HOTKEY@@->I<keysym> to toggle to a smaller font
592[default B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>]
593
594=item B<bigfont_key:> I<keysym>
595
596If enabled, use B<@@HOTKEY@@->I<keysym> to toggle to a bigger font
597[default B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@>]
598
599=item B<saveLines:> I<number> 874=item B<saveLines:> I<number>
600 875
601Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This 876Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 1000]; option B<-sl>.
602resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.
603 877
604=item B<internalBorder:> I<number> 878=item B<internalBorder:> I<number>
605 879
606Internal border of I<number> pixels. This resource is limited to 100; 880Internal border of I<number> pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
607option B<-b>. 881option B<-b>.
614=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean> 888=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
615 889
616Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the 890Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
617WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>. 891WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
618 892
893=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
894
895Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
896drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
897this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
898option B<-sbg>.
899
619=item B<termName:> I<termname> 900=item B<termName:> I<termname>
620 901
621Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 902Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
622variable; option B<-tn>. 903variable; option B<-tn>.
623 904
624=item B<linespace:> I<number> 905=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
625 906
626Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 907Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
627the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 908the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
628 909
629=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 910=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
634=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean> 915=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
635 916
636B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel 917B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
637scrolls five lines [default]. 918scrolls five lines [default].
638 919
920=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
921
922B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
923movement only; option C<-ptab>.
924
639=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 925=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
640 926
641B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 927B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
642option B<-bc>. 928option B<-bc>.
929
930=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
931
932B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
933option B<-uc>.
643 934
644=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean> 935=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
645 936
646B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number 937B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
647of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible 938of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
653 944
654=item B<pointerColor2:> I<colour> 945=item B<pointerColor2:> I<colour>
655 946
656Mouse pointer background colour. 947Mouse pointer background colour.
657 948
949=item B<pointerShape:> I<string>
950
951Compile I<frills>: Specifies the name of the mouse pointer shape
952[default B<xterm>]. See the macros in the B<X11/cursorfont.h> include
953file for possible values (omit the C<XC_> prefix).
954
658=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 955=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
659 956
660Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 957Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
958large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
661 959
662=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 960=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
663 961
664The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 962The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
665or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace> 963or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, with control, B<Backspace>
666(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode 964(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
667escape sequence. 965escape sequence.
668 966
669=item B<deletekey:> I<string> 967=item B<deletekey:> I<string>
670 968
672pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated 970pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
673with the B<Execute> key. 971with the B<Execute> key.
674 972
675=item B<cutchars:> I<string> 973=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
676 974
677The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The 975The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
678built-in default: 976(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
679 977
978When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
979in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
980characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
981will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
982
983When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
984be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
985
680B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> 986B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
681 987
682=item B<preeditType:> I<style> 988=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
683 989
684B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>. 990B<OnTheSpot>, B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
685 991
686=item B<inputMethod:> I<name> 992=item B<inputMethod:> I<name>
687 993
688I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>. 994I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
689 995
690=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 996=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
691 997
692The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 998The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
693de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 999C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
694extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 1000input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
695another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 1001another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
696 1002
697=item B<insecure> 1003=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
1004
1005Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
1006C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
1007by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1008in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1009found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1010option B<-imfont>.
1011
1012=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
1013
1014Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1015button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1016the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
1017
1018=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
698 1019
699Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 1020Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
700echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 1021echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
701abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether 1022abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
702throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 1023through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
703write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 1024write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
704that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 1025default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
705enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 1026sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
706resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 1027
707enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title 1028You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
708requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 1029B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1030locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
709 1031
710=item B<modifier:> I<modifier> 1032=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
711 1033
712Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>, 1034Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
713B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option 1035B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
717 1039
718Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 1040Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
719character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described 1041character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
720in the entry on B<keysym> following. 1042in the entry on B<keysym> following.
721 1043
722=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool> 1044=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
723 1045
724Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). 1046Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
725 1047
726=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool> 1048=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
727 1049
728Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 1050Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
729option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 1051option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
730scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 1052scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
731instead scroll the screen up. 1053to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
732 1054
1055=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1056
1057Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1058will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1059it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1060user.
1061
1062=item B<chdir>: I<path>
1063
1064Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
1065B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
1066@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
1067directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
1068
733=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 1069=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<action>
734 1070
735Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may 1071Compile I<frills>: Associate I<action> with keysym I<sym>. The intervening
736contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n: 1072resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
737newline, \r: return, \t: 1073
738tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null, 1074Using this resource, you can map key combinations such as
739^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end 1075C<Ctrl-Shift-BackSpace> to various actions, such as outputting a different
740with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be 1076string than would normally result from that combination, making the
741omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with 1077terminal scroll up or down the way you want it, or any other thing an
742KEYSYM_RESOURCE. 1078extension might provide.
1079
1080The key combination that triggers the action, I<sym>, has the following format:
1081
1082 (modifiers-)key
1083
1084Where I<modifiers> can be any combination of the following full or
1085abbreviated modifier names:
1086
1087=begin table
1088
1089 B<ISOLevel3> B<I>
1090 B<AppKeypad> B<K>
1091 B<Control> B<C>
1092 B<NumLock> B<N>
1093 B<Shift> B<S>
1094 B<Meta> B<M> I<or> B<A>
1095 B<Lock> B<L>
1096 B<Mod1> B<1>
1097 B<Mod2> B<2>
1098 B<Mod3> B<3>
1099 B<Mod4> B<4>
1100 B<Mod5> B<5>
1101
1102=end table
1103
1104The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
1105whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
1106keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1107current application keymap mode state.
1108
1109Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a key mapping will
1110match if I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and no other
1111key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That means that
1112defining a mapping for C<a> will automatically provide definitions for
1113C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined mappings
1114themselves. See the C<builtin:> action, below, for a way to work around
1115this when this is a problem.
1116
1117The spelling of I<key> depends on your implementation of X. An easy way to
1118find a key name is to use the B<xev>(1) command. You can find a list by
1119looking for the C<XK_> macros in the B<X11/keysymdef.h> include file (omit
1120the C<XK_> prefix). Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex keysym
1121value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>).
1122
1123As with any resource value, the I<action> string may contain backslash
1124escape sequences (C<\n>: newline, C<\\>: backslash, C<\000>: octal
1125number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for further details.
1126
1127An action starts with an action prefix that selects a certain type
1128of action, followed by a colon. An action string without colons is
1129interpreted as a literal string to pass to the tty (as if it was
1130prefixed with C<string:>).
1131
1132The following action prefixes are known - extensions can provide
1133additional prefixes:
1134
1135=over 4
1136
1137=item string:STRING
1138
1139If the I<action> starts with C<string:> (or otherwise contains no colons),
1140then the remaining C<STRING> will be passed to the program running in the
1141terminal. For example, you could replace whatever Shift-Tab outputs by the
1142string C<echo rm -rf /> followed by a newline:
1143
1144 URxvt.keysym.Shift-Tab: string:echo rm -rf /\n
1145
1146This could in theory be used to completely redefine your keymap.
1147
1148In addition, for actions of this type, you can define a range of
1149keysyms in one shot by loading the C<keysym-list> perl extension and
1150providing an I<action> with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where
1151the delimiter `/' should be a character not used by the strings.
1152
1153Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1154
1155 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<|abc|>
1156
1157The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1158
1159 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: string:\033<a>
1160 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: string:\033<b>
1161 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: string:\033<c>
1162
1163=item command:STRING
1164
1165If I<action> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
1166is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence (basically
1167the opposite of C<string:> - instead of sending it to the program running
1168in the terminal, it will be treated as if it were program output). This is
1169most useful to feed command sequences into @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1170
1171For example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
1172when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1173
1174 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
1175
1176The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
1177the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
1178font-switching at runtime:
1179
1180 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
1181 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
1182
1183Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1184info):
1185
1186 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
1187 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
1188
1189=item builtin:
1190
1191The builtin action is the action that @@RXVT_NAME@@ would execute if no
1192key binding existed for the key combination. The obvious use is to undo
1193the effect of existing bindings. The not so obvious use is to reinstate
1194bindings when another binding overrides too many modifiers.
1195
1196For example if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable
1197@@RXVT_NAME@@'s C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke
1198"holes" into the user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
1199
1200 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1201 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1202
1203The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
1204of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1205C<Shift-Insert>.
1206
1207=item builtin-string:
1208
1209This action is mainly useful to restore string mappings for keys that
1210have predefined actions in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The exact semantics are a bit
1211difficult to explain - basically, this action will send the string to the
1212application that would be sent if @@RXVT_NAME@@ wouldn't have a built-in
1213action for it.
1214
1215An example might make it clearer: @@RXVT_NAME@@ normally pastes the
1216selection when you press C<Shift-Insert>. With the following bindings, it
1217would instead emit the (undocumented, but what applications running in the
1218terminal might expect) sequence C<ESC [ 2 $> instead:
1219
1220 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin-string:
1221 URxvt.keysym.C-S-Insert: builtin:
1222
1223The first line disables the paste functionality for that key
1224combination, and the second reinstates the default behaviour for
1225C<Control-Shift-Insert>, which would otherwise be overridden.
1226
1227Similarly, to let applications gain access to the C<C-M-c> (copy to
1228clipboard) and C<C-M-v> (paste clipboard) key combination, you can do
1229this:
1230
1231 URxvt.keysym.C-M-c: builtin-string:
1232 URxvt.keysym.C-M-v: builtin-string:
1233
1234=item EXTENSION:STRING
1235
1236An action of this form invokes the action B<STRING>, if any, provided
1237by the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) extension B<EXTENSION>. The extension will
1238be loaded automatically if necessary.
1239
1240Not all extensions define actions, but popular extensions that do
1241include the I<selection> and I<matcher> extensions (documented in their
1242own manpages, @@RXVT_NAME@@-selection(1) and @@RXVT_NAME@@-matcher(1),
1243respectively).
1244
1245From the silly examples department, this will rot13-"encrypt"
1246@@RXVT_NAME@@'s selection when Alt-Control-c is pressed on typical PC
1247keyboards:
1248
1249 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: selection:rot13
1250
1251=item perl:STRING *DEPRECATED*
1252
1253This is a deprecated way of invoking commands provided by perl
1254extensions. It is still supported, but should not be used anymore.
1255
1256=back
1257
1258=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
1259
1260=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
1261
1262Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
1263use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
1264
1265Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
1266them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1267by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
1268example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extensions except
1269C<selection>.
1270
1271The default set includes the C<selection>, C<option-popup>,
1272C<selection-popup>, C<readline> and C<searchable-scrollback>
1273extensions, and extensions which are mentioned in B<keysym> resources.
1274
1275Any extension such that a corresponding resource is given on the
1276command line is automatically appended to B<perl-ext>.
1277
1278Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1279necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance. When the library
1280search path contains multiple extension files of the same name, then the
1281first one found will be used.
1282
1283If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl interpreter
1284will not be initialized. The rationale for having two options is that
1285B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
1286all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1287
1288=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1289
1290Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1291the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1292
1293=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1294
1295Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1296scripts. When looking for perl extensions, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look
1297in these directories, then in C<$URXVT_PERL_LIB>, F<$HOME/.urxvt/ext> and
1298lastly in F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1299
1300See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1301
1302=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1303
1304Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
1305details.
1306
1307=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
1308
1309Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
1310for details.
1311
1312=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym> *DEPRECATED*
1313
1314This resource is deprecated and will be removed. Use a B<keysym> resource
1315instead, e.g.:
1316
1317 URxvt.keysym.M-s: searchable-scrollback:start
1318
1319=item B<url-launcher>: I<string>
1320
1321Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
1322C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
1323
1324=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
1325
1326Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
1327
1328=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1329
1330Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1331it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1332
1333=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
1334
1335Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
1336
1337=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1338
1339Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
743 1340
744=back 1341=back
745 1342
746=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1343=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
747 1344
761the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta 1358the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
762(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action. 1359(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
763 1360
764If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 1361If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
765disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 1362disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
766application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~> 1363application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
767(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1364(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
768up and down arrows sends B<ESC[A> (Up) and B<ESC[B> (Down), 1365up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
769respectively. 1366respectively.
770 1367
771=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1368=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
772 1369
773The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1370The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
774I<xterm>(1). 1371to I<xterm>(1).
775 1372
776=over 4 1373=over 4
777 1374
778=item B<Selection>: 1375=item B<Selecting>:
779 1376
780Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the 1377Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
781region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left 1378and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
782double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire 1379to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
783line. 1380(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1381B<tripleclickwords>.
784 1382
1383Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
1384(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1385normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1386selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1387the selection.
1388
785=item B<Insertion>: 1389=item B<Pasting>:
786 1390
787Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1391Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
788an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1392window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
789inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 1393B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1394
1395Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
1396inserted too.
1397
1398rxvt-unicode also provides the bindings B<Ctrl-Meta-c> and
1399<Ctrl-Meta-v> to interact with the CLIPBOARD selection. The first
1400binding causes the value of the internal selection to be copied to the
1401CLIPBOARD selection, while the second binding causes the value of the
1402CLIPBOARD selection to be inserted.
790 1403
791=back 1404=back
792 1405
793=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1406=head1 CHANGING FONTS
794 1407
795You can change fonts on-the-fly, which is to say cycle through the 1408Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
796default font and others of various sizes, by using B<Shift-KP_Add> and 1409supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
797B<Shift-KP_Subtract>. Or, alternatively (if enabled) with 1410
798B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@> and B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>, where the 1411You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
799actual key can be selected using resources 1412
800B<smallfont_key>/B<bigfont_key>. 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
1419
1420rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
801 1421
802=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1422=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
803 1423
804Partial ISO 14755-support is implemented. that means that pressing 1424ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1425and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1426first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1427C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1428with C<--enable-iso14755>.
805 1429
806Section 5.1: Control and Shift together enters unicode input 1430=over 4
807mode. Entering hex digits composes a Unicode character, pressing space or
808releasing the modifiers commits the keycode and every other key cancels
809the current input character.
810 1431
811Section 5.2: Pressing and immediately releasing Control and Shift together 1432=item * 5.1: Basic method
812enters keycap entry mode for the next key: pressing a function key (tab, 1433
813return etc..) will enter the unicode character corresponding to the given 1434This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
814key. 1435
1436Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
1437hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
1438commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1439C<Control> and C<Shift> you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1440C<Space>, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1441one.
1442
1443As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e-mail
1444address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
1445address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
1446by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
1447followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1448
1449=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
1450
1451This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1452your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1453
1454Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
1455them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1456invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1457keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1458released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
1459C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
1460reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
1461
1462=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
1463
1464While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1465mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1466
1467=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
1468
1469This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1470characters already displayed.
1471
1472You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
1473pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1474hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1475pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
1476
1477In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1478character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1479combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1480always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1481
1482=back
1483
1484With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1485both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
815 1486
816=head1 LOGIN STAMP 1487=head1 LOGIN STAMP
817 1488
818B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so 1489B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
819that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. 1490it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
820To allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> must be installed setuid root on 1491allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
821some systems. 1492on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
822 1493
823=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1494=head1 COLOURS AND GRAPHICS
824 1495
825In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1496In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
826B<@@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
827high-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
828colours 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
1502B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> supports direct 24-bit fg/bg RGB colour escapes
1503C< ESC [ 38 ; 2 ; R ; G ; Bm > / C< ESC [ 48 ; 2; R ; G ; Bm >. However the
1504number of 24-bit colours that can be used is limited: an internal 7x7x5 (256
1505colour mode) or 6x6x4 (88 colour mode) colour cube is used to index into the
150624-bit colour space. When indexing collisions happen, the nearest old colour in
1507the cube will be adapted to the new 24-bit RGB colour. That means one cannot
1508use many similar 24-bit colours. It's typically not a problem in common
1509scenarios.
1510
1511Here is a list of the ANSI colours with their names.
829 1512
830=begin table 1513=begin table
831 1514
832 B<color0> (black) = Black 1515 B<color0> (black) = Black
833 B<color1> (red) = Red3 1516 B<color1> (red) = Red3
853It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>, 1536It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
854B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as 1537B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
855a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of 1538a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
856color0-color15. 1539color0-color15.
857 1540
1541The following text gives values for the standard 88 colour mode (and
1542values for the 256 colour mode in parentheses).
1543
1544The RGB cube uses indices 16..79 (16..231) using the following formulas:
1545
1546 index_88 = (r * 4 + g) * 4 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..3
1547 index_256 = (r * 6 + g) * 6 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..5
1548
1549The grayscale ramp uses indices 80..87 (232..239), from 10% to 90% in 10%
1550steps (1/26 to 25/26 in 1/26 steps) - black and white are already part of
1551the RGB cube.
1552
1553Together, all those colours implement the 88 (256) colour xterm
1554colours. Only the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the
1555rest can only be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
1556
1557Applications are advised to use terminfo or command sequences to discover
1558number and RGB values of all colours (yes, you can query this...).
1559
858Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by 1560Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
859always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to 1561always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
860I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1562I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
861been specified. For example, 1563been specified. For example,
862 1564
1565 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
1566
1567would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
1568White.
1569
1570=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1571
1572If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1573their act together, rxvt-unicode will do its own alpha channel management:
1574
1575You can prefix any colour with an opaqueness percentage enclosed in
1576brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
1577(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the colour, where C<0> is completely
1578transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
1579half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
1580is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1581all ways to specify a colour.
1582
1583For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1584C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1585specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1586(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1587while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1588earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1589C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1590
1591You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1592alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1593layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
1594rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1595
1596For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1597background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1598
1599 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1600
1601When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1602alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1603transparency of course).
1604
1605When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1606colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1607background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1608other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1609image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
1610fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
1611
1612Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1613in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
1614extension.
1615
1616=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1617
1618B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1619
863=over 4 1620=over 4
864 1621
865=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv> 1622=item B<TERM>
866 1623
867would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black 1624Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
868on White. 1625resources or on the command line.
1626
1627=item B<COLORTERM>
1628
1629Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1630compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1631extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1632screen.
1633
1634=item B<COLORFGBG>
1635
1636Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1637the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1638C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1639used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1640string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1641was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1642and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1643
1644=item B<WINDOWID>
1645
1646Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1647window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1648window and so on).
1649
1650=item B<TERMINFO>
1651
1652Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1653C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1654
1655=item B<DISPLAY>
1656
1657Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1658display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
1659defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1660
1661=item B<SHELL>
1662
1663The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1664
1665=item B<RXVT_SOCKET> [I<sic>]
1666
1667The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1668@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1669
1670Default F<<< $HOME/.urxvt/urxvtd-I<< <nodename> >> >>>.
1671
1672=item B<URXVT_PERL_LIB>
1673
1674Additional F<:>-separated library search path for perl extensions. Will be
1675searched after B<-perl-lib> but before F<~/.urxvt/ext> and the system library
1676directory.
1677
1678=item B<URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY>
1679
1680See L<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl>(3).
1681
1682=item B<HOME>
1683
1684Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1685daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1686C<.Xdefaults>)
1687
1688=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1689
1690Directory where application-specific X resource files are located.
1691
1692=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1693
1694If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1695@@RXVT_NAME@@.
869 1696
870=back 1697=back
871 1698
872=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) 1699=head1 FILES
873 1700
874=over 4 1701=over 4
875 1702
876=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 1703=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
877 1704
878The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). For rxvt-unicode 1705Colour names.
879version 2.14 and later, the escape sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window
880title to the version number.
881
882=item Why do the characters look ugly?
883
884=item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
885
886Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
887fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
888your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
889to display.
890
891B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
892font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
893bad. In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font
894list, e.g.:
895
896 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
897
898When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
899font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
900next font, and so on.
901
902The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than the base
903font, as the base font defines the principial cell size, which must be the
904same due to the way terminals work.
905
906=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
907
908This is because there is a difference between script and language --
909rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output
910is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode
911first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for
912it. Subseqzuent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many chinese
913characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
914non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
915-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
916japanese characters that are also chinese.
917
918The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
919list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
920a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
921first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
922
923In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime (the
924internal data structure has no problem with using different fonts for
925the same character at the same time, but no interface for this has been
926designed yet).
927
928=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
929
930Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
931some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
932heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
933quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
934depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
935
936=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
937
938If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
939standard foreground colour.
940
941For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
942text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
943colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
944ignored.
945
946On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
947foreground/background colors.
948
949color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
950
951color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
952
953=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
954
955You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
956resources (or as long-options).
957
958Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
959including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
960
961 Rxvt*color0: #000000
962 Rxvt*color1: #A80000
963 Rxvt*color2: #00A800
964 Rxvt*color3: #A8A800
965 Rxvt*color4: #0000A8
966 Rxvt*color5: #A800A8
967 Rxvt*color6: #00A8A8
968 Rxvt*color7: #A8A8A8
969
970 Rxvt*color8: #000054
971 Rxvt*color9: #FF0054
972 Rxvt*color10: #00FF54
973 Rxvt*color11: #FFFF54
974 Rxvt*color12: #0000FF
975 Rxvt*color13: #FF00FF
976 Rxvt*color14: #00FFFF
977 Rxvt*color15: #FFFFFF
978
979=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
980
981Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
982BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
983question) there are two standard values that can be used for
984Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
985
986Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
987policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
988choice :).
989
990Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
991of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
992started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
993system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
994be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
995
996For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
997
998 # use Backspace = ^H
999 $ stty erase ^H
1000 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
1001
1002 # use Backspace = ^?
1003 $ stty erase ^?
1004 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
1005
1006Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
1007
1008For an existing rxvt-unicode:
1009
1010 # use Backspace = ^H
1011 $ stty erase ^H
1012 $ echo -n "^[[36h"
1013
1014 # use Backspace = ^?
1015 $ stty erase ^?
1016 $ echo -n "^[[36l"
1017
1018This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
1019if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
1020properly reflects that.
1021
1022The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
1023To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
1024key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
1025(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
1026
1027Some other Backspace problems:
1028
1029some editors use termcap/terminfo,
1030some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
1031GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
1032
1033Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
1034
1035=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
1036
1037There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
1038you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
1039use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym
10400xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
1041
1042Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270'
1043
1044 !# ----- special uses ------:
1045 ! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys.
1046 tn3270*font: *clean-bold-*-*--15-*
1047
1048 ! keysym - used by rxvt only
1049 ! Delete - ^D
1050 tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
1051
1052 ! Home - ^A
1053 tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
1054 ! Left - ^B
1055 tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
1056 ! Up - ^P
1057 tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
1058 ! Right - ^F
1059 tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
1060 ! Down - ^N
1061 tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
1062 ! End - ^E
1063 tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
1064
1065 ! F1 - F12
1066 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
1067 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
1068 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
1069 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
1070 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
1071 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
1072 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
1073 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
1074 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
1075 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
1076 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
1077 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
1078
1079 ! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
1080 tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
1081 tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
1082
1083=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
1084How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1085has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
1086
1087 KP_Insert == Insert
1088 F22 == Print
1089 F27 == Home
1090 F29 == Prior
1091 F33 == End
1092 F35 == Next
1093
1094Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accomodate all the various possible keyboard
1095mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for
1096your particular machine.
1097
1098=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
1099I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
1100
1101rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
1102check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1103Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1104not to use color.
1105
1106=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
1107
1108If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and ahve enabled
1109insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1110snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1111wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1112the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1113regular xterm.
1114
1115Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
1116snippets:
1117
1118 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1119 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1120 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1121 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1122 echo -n '^[Z'
1123 read term_id
1124 stty icanon echo
1125 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1126 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1127 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1128 fi
1129 fi
1130
1131=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
1132
1133You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
1134one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
1135the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
1136 1706
1137=back 1707=back
1138 1708
1139=head1 ENVIRONMENT 1709=head1 SEE ALSO
1140 1710
1141B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM> 1711@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@-extensions(1),
1142and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X 1712@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1143window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and
1144sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display
1145terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables
1146B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files.
1147 1713
1148=head1 FILES 1714=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1149 1715
1150=over 4 1716=over 4
1151 1717
1152=item B</etc/utmp> 1718=item Project Coordinator
1153 1719
1154System file for login records. 1720Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>.
1155 1721
1156=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1722L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1157
1158Color names.
1159 1723
1160=back 1724=back
1161 1725
1162=head1 SEE ALSO 1726=head1 AUTHORS
1163
1164@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1165
1166=head1 BUGS
1167
1168Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1169
1170Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1171
1172Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1173
1174=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1175 1727
1176=over 4 1728=over 4
1177 1729
1178=item Project Coordinator 1730=item John Bovey
1179 1731
1180@@RXVTMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1732University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1181 1733
1182=item Web page maintainter 1734=item Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>
1183 1735
1184@@RXVTWEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@> 1736very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1185 1737
1186L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@> 1738=item Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>
1739
1740wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1741
1742=item mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>
1743
1744Wrote the menu system.
1745
1746Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1747
1748=item Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>
1749
1750Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1751
1752=item Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>
1753
1754Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1755
1756Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1757
1758=item Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>
1759
1760Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1761extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1762
1763Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1764
1765=item Emanuele Giaquinta <emanuele.giaquinta@gmail.com>
1766
1767pty/utmp code rewrite, image code improvements, many random hacks and bugfixes.
1187 1768
1188=back 1769=back
1189 1770
1190=head1 AUTHORS
1191
1192=over 4
1193
1194=item John Bovey
1195
1196University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1197
1198=item Rob Nation L<< <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com> >>
1199
1200very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1201
1202=item Angelo Haritsis L<< <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> >>
1203
1204wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1205
1206=item mj olesen L<< <olesen@me.QueensU.CA> >>
1207
1208Wrote the menu system.
1209
1210Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1211
1212=item Oezguer Kesim L<< <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de> >>
1213
1214Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1215
1216=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1217
1218Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1219(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1220
1221=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >>
1222
1223Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1224character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1225compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1226
1227Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1228
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