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12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not 12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not
13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style 13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space -- 14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --
15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions. 15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
16 16
17This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
18L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
19
17=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 20=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
18 21
19See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of 22See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
20frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common 23frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
21problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at 24problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
22L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>. 25L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod>.
23 26
24=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT 27=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
25 28
26Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode 29Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
27internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the 30internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
28world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult, 31world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
29especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts 32especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
30like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, 33like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
31like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these 34like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
32scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work 35scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
33fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such 36fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
34as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms 37as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
35belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things -- 38belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
36such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might 39such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
37change. 40change.
38 41
39If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let 42If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
40me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean 43me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
41terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely 44terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
42because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and 45because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
43another for japanese. 46another for japanese.
44 47
45Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to 48Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
46display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other 49display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
47programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able 50programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
48to choose any font for any script freely. 51to choose any font for any script freely.
49 52
50Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than 53Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
51it'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
52in 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
53rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements. 56rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
54 57
55It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean 58It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
56and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode 59and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
57without 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
58a 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
59from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and 62from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
60drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and 63drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
61@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client). 64@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
62 65
63It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have 66It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
64been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical 67been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
65reference documentation (escape sequences etc.). 68reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
66 69
67=head1 OPTIONS 70=head1 OPTIONS
68 71
69The 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
81far greater than those listed. For example: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --loginShell --color1 84far greater than those listed. For example: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --loginShell --color1
82Orange'. 85Orange'.
83 86
84The following options are available: 87The following options are available:
85 88
86=over 4 89=over
87 90
88=item B<-help>, B<--help> 91=item B<-help>, B<--help>
89 92
90Print out a message describing available options. 93Print out a message describing available options.
91 94
92=item B<-display> I<displayname> 95=item B<-display> I<displayname>
93 96
94Attempt 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>
95respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the 98is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the
96B<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.
97 116
98=item B<-geometry> I<geom> 117=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
99 118
100Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>. 119Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
101 120
103 122
104Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>. 123Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.
105 124
106=item B<-j>|B<+j> 125=item B<-j>|B<+j>
107 126
108Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>. 127Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource B<jumpScroll>.
109 128
110=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> 129=item B<-ss>|B<+ss>
111 130
112Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is 131Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.
113B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.
114 132
115=item B<-fade> I<number> 133=item B<-fade> I<number>
116 134
117Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. resource B<fading>. 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>.
118 138
119=item B<-tint> I<colour> 139=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
120 140
121Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 141Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
122transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh> 142is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
123option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to
124tinting it.
125 143
126=item B<-sh> 144=item B<-icon> I<file>
127 145
128I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 146Compile I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
129background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 147is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
130specified, too, e.g. C<-tint white>). 148application window; resource I<iconFile>.
131 149
132=item B<-bg> I<colour> 150=item B<-bg> I<colour>
133 151
134Window background colour; resource B<background>. 152Window background colour; resource B<background>.
135 153
136=item B<-fg> I<colour> 154=item B<-fg> I<colour>
137 155
138Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 156Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
139
140=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>
141
142Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally
143specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
144add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
145command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
146 157
147=item B<-cr> I<colour> 158=item B<-cr> I<colour>
148 159
149The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 160The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
150 161
162resource B<borderColor>. 173resource B<borderColor>.
163 174
164=item B<-fn> I<fontlist> 175=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
165 176
166Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names 177Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
167that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The 178that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
168first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be 179first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
169smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default 180smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
170font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details. 181font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
171 182
172In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it 183In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
173with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>, 184with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
174e.g.: 185e.g.:
175 186
176 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15" 187 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
177 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" 188 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
179See 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
180section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7). 191section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
181 192
182=item B<-fb> I<fontlist> 193=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
183 194
184Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to 195Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
185be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details. 196are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
186 197
187=item B<-fi> I<fontlist> 198=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
188 199
189Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to 200Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
190be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details. 201characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
191 202
192=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist> 203=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
193 204
194Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to 205Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
195be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont> for details. 206italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
207for details.
208
209=item B<-is>|B<+is>
210
211Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
212foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
213details.
196 214
197=item B<-name> I<name> 215=item B<-name> I<name>
198 216
199Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 217Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
200rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 218rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
202 220
203=item B<-ls>|B<+ls> 221=item B<-ls>|B<+ls>
204 222
205Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource B<loginShell>. 223Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource B<loginShell>.
206 224
225=item B<-mc> I<milliseconds>
226
227Specify the maximum time between multi-click selections.
228
207=item B<-ut>|B<+ut> 229=item B<-ut>|B<+ut>
208 230
209Compile I<utmp>: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource 231Compile I<utmp>: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
210B<utmpInhibit>. 232B<utmpInhibit>.
211 233
215B<visualBell>. 237B<visualBell>.
216 238
217=item B<-sb>|B<+sb> 239=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
218 240
219Turn 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>.
220 251
221=item B<-si>|B<+si> 252=item B<-si>|B<+si>
222 253
223Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource 254Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
224B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect. 255B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
231=item B<-sw>|B<+sw> 262=item B<-sw>|B<+sw>
232 263
233Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear. 264Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
234This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource 265This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
235B<scrollWithBuffer>. 266B<scrollWithBuffer>.
236
237=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
238
239Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
240
241=item B<-st>|B<+st>
242
243Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
244resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
245 267
246=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab> 268=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
247 269
248If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as 270If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
249actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to 271actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
253 275
254=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 276=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
255 277
256Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 278Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
257 279
280=item B<-uc>|B<+uc>
281
282Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
283
258=item B<-iconic> 284=item B<-iconic>
259 285
260Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option. 286Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
261Alternative form is B<-ic>. 287Alternative form is B<-ic>.
262 288
278 304
279=item B<-bl> 305=item B<-bl>
280 306
281Compile 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.
282if 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
283decorations; 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>.
284 328
285=item B<-lsp> I<number> 329=item B<-lsp> I<number>
286 330
287Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 331Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
288the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource 332the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
289B<linespace>. 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>.
290 341
291=item B<-tn> I<termname> 342=item B<-tn> I<termname>
292 343
293This 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
294B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 345B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
303given 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
304on 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
305run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or, 356run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
306failing that, I<sh(1)>. 357failing that, I<sh(1)>.
307 358
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
308=item B<-title> I<text> 364=item B<-title> I<text>
309 365
310Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename 366Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
311of 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
312application name; resource B<title>. 368application name; resource B<title>.
323 379
324=item B<-pt> I<style> 380=item B<-pt> I<style>
325 381
326Compile I<XIM>: input style for input method; B<OverTheSpot>, 382Compile I<XIM>: input style for input method; B<OverTheSpot>,
327B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; resource B<preeditType>. 383B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; resource B<preeditType>.
384
385If the perl extension C<xim-onthespot> is used (which is the default),
386then additionally the C<OnTheSpot> preedit type is available.
328 387
329=item B<-im> I<text> 388=item B<-im> I<text>
330 389
331Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>. 390Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
332 391
343for more info. 402for more info.
344 403
345=item B<-tcw> 404=item B<-tcw>
346 405
347Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse 406Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
407button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
348button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the 408in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
349end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>. 409the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
410
411=item B<-dpb>|B<+dpb>
412
413Compile frills: Disable (or enable) emitting bracketed paste mode
414sequences (default enabled). Bracketed paste mode allows programs
415to detect when something is pasted. Since more and more programs
416abuse this, these sequences can be disabled. The command sequences to
417enable and query paste mode will still work, but the actual bracket
418sequences will no longer be emitted. You can also toggle this from the
419ctrl-middle-mouse-button menu; resource B<disablePasteBrackets>.
350 420
351=item B<-insecure> 421=item B<-insecure>
352 422
353Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 423Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
354sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 424sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
368=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr> 438=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
369 439
370Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 440Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
371B<secondaryScroll>. 441B<secondaryScroll>.
372 442
443=item B<-rm> I<mode>
444
445Compile I<frills>: Sets long line rewrapping behaviour on window resizes
446to one of B<auto> (the default), B<always> or B<never>. The latter two
447modes do the obvious, B<auto> rewraps (acts like B<always>) if scrollback
448is non-empty, and wings lines (acts like B<never>) otherwise; resource
449B<rewrapMode>.
450
451=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
452
453Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
454will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
455it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
456user; resource B<hold>.
457
458=item B<-cd> I<path>
459
460Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
461B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
462@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
463
464=item B<-xrm> I<string>
465
466Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
467as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
468way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
469
470Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
471e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
472options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
473of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
474resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
475programs.
476
373=item B<-keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 477=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
374 478
375Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>. 479Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
376 480
481=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
482
483Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
484which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
485
486Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
487shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
488quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
489create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
490
491The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
492
493It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
494descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
495can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
496terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
497not.
498
499Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
500used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
501
502 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
503 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
504 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
505 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
506 });
507
508=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
509
510Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
511pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
512useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
513without having to run a program within it.
514
515If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
516entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
517yourself if you want that.
518
519As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
520pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
521perl extension that manages the terminal.
522
523Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
524longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
525
526 use IO::Pty;
527 use Fcntl;
528
529 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
530 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
531 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
532 close $pty;
533
534 # now communicate with rxvt
535 my $slave = $pty->slave;
536 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
537
538Note that, despite what the name might imply, the file descriptor does not
539need to be a pty, it can be a bi-directional pipe as well (e.g. a unix
540domain or tcp socket). While tty operations cannot be done in this case,
541B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can still be remote controlled with it:
542
543 use Socket;
544 use Fcntl;
545
546 socketpair my $URXVT, my $slave, Socket::AF_UNIX, Socket::SOCK_STREAM, Socket::PF_UNSPEC;
547 fcntl $slave, Fcntl::F_SETFD, 0;
548 system "exec @@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $slave) . " &";
549 close $slave;
550
551 syswrite $URXVT, "Type a secret password: ";
552 my $secret = do { local $/ = "\r"; <$URXVT> };
553 print "Not so secret anymore: $secret\n";
554
377=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring> 555=item B<-pe> I<string>
378 556
379No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made 557Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
380available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in 558this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
381some window managers.
382 559
383=back 560=back
384 561
385=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 562=head1 RESOURCES
386 563
387Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long 564Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
388options) compiled into your version. 565options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
566long-options.
389 567
390There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the 568You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
391Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal 569distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
392Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie. 570starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
393B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the 571with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
394resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many distribution do also load
395settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@
396will consult the following files/resources in order, with later settings
397overwriting earlier ones:
398 572
399 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
400 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR 573 1. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
574 2. $HOME/.Xdefaults
401 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults 575 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window of screen 0
402 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen 576 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES property on root-window of the current screen
403 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename> 577 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
578 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
404 579
405If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h>
406lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults
407set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually
408B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in
409B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist.
410Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two 580Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
411class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows 581names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
412resources common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be 582common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
413easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources 583configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
414unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be 584B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
415shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no 585configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
416resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line 586be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
417arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following 587settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
418resources are allowed: 588check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
589extensions not documented here):
419 590
420=over 4 591=over
592
593=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
594
595Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
596option B<-depth>.
597
598=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
599
600Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
601On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
602performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
603should normally be enabled.
421 604
422=item B<geometry:> I<geom> 605=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
423 606
424Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; 607Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
425option B<-geometry>. 608option B<-geometry>.
439Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7 622Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7
440corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to 623corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
441high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 624high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
442colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 625colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
4433=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour 6263=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
444names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 627names used are listed in the B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
445 628
446Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be 629Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
447changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)). 630changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
448 631
449Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with 632Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
460=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 643=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
461 644
462Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 645Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
463foreground colour is the default. 646foreground colour is the default.
464 647
465=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
466
467Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
468characters.
469
470=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour> 648=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
471 649
472If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline 650If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
473itself. If unset, use the foreground colour. 651itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
652
653=item B<highlightColor:> I<colour>
654
655If set, use the specified colour as the background for highlighted
656characters. If unset, use reverse video.
657
658=item B<highlightTextColor:> I<colour>
659
660If set and highlightColor is set, use the specified colour as the
661foreground for highlighted characters.
474 662
475=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 663=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
476 664
477Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 665Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
478foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 666foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
485 673
486=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean> 674=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>
487 675
488B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours; 676B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
489option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option 677option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
490B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 678B<+rv>. See note in B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
491 679
492=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean> 680=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
493 681
494B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling 682B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
495quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>. 683of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
684has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
685received line; option B<-j>.
686
496B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>. 687B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
688force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
497 689
498=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean> 690=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
499 691
500B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 692B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
501artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 693receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
502pixmap. 694(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
695result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
696option B<-ss>.
697
698B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
699if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
700monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
503 701
504=item B<fading:> I<number> 702=item B<fading:> I<number>
505 703
506Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 704Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
507 705
508=item B<tintColor:> I<colour> 706=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
509 707
510Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 708Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
709colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
511 710
512=item B<shading:> I<number> 711=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
513 712
514Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 713Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
515image in addition to tinting it.
516 714
517=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 715=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
518 716
519Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 717Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
520 718
521=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 719=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
522 720
523Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 721Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
524#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 722#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
525 723
526=item B<borderColor:> I<colour> 724=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
527 725
528The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar 726The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
529and the text. 727and the text.
530 728
531=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>
532
533Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
534the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
535string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the
536horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image
537centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
538of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
539specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
540be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
541scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
542
543=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]>
544
545Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
546optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
547reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
548
549=item B<path:> I<path>
550
551Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
552menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
553B<PATH> environment variables.
554
555=item B<font:> I<fontlist> 729=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
556 730
557Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font 731Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
558names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 732that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
559The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 733first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
560be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 734smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
561appended to it. option B<-fn>. 735font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
562 736
563Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with 737Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
564optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>. 738optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
565 739
566In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and 740In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
568hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft 742hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
569fonts. 743fonts.
570 744
571For example, this font resource 745For example, this font resource
572 746
573 URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\ 747 URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
574 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\ 748 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
575 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \ 749 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
576 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \ 750 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
577 xft:Code2000:antialias=false 751 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
578 752
581it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels 755it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
582wide and 15 pixels high. 756wide and 15 pixels high.
583 757
584The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in 758The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
585the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but 759the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
586the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a 760the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
587useful supplement. 761useful supplement.
588 762
589The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters 763The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
590are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font 764are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
591contains other characters, but we are not interested in them. 765contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
612not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried. 786not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
613 787
614If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal 788If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
615text font will being used for the given style. 789text font will being used for the given style.
616 790
617=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 791=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
618 792
619Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 793When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
620xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives 794option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
621xterm style selection. 795intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
622 796option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
623=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode> 797reachable.
624
625Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
626the author's favourite..
627 798
628=item B<title:> I<string> 799=item B<title:> I<string>
629 800
630Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 801Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
631specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 802specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
640=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean> 811=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
641 812
642B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no 813B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
643de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default]. 814de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
644 815
816=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
817
818B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
819B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
820
821@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
822
645=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean> 823=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
646 824
647B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>. 825B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
648B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>. 826B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
649 827
651 829
652B<True>: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to B<argv[0]> of 830B<True>: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to B<argv[0]> of
653the shell; option B<-ls>. B<False>: start as a normal sub-shell 831the shell; option B<-ls>. B<False>: start as a normal sub-shell
654[default]; option B<+ls>. 832[default]; option B<+ls>.
655 833
834=item B<multiClickTime:> I<number>
835
836Specify the maximum time in milliseconds between multi-click select
837events. The default is 500 milliseconds; option B<-mc>.
838
656=item B<utmpInhibit:> I<boolean> 839=item B<utmpInhibit:> I<boolean>
657 840
658B<True>: inhibit writing record into the system log file B<utmp>; 841B<True>: inhibit writing record into the system log file B<utmp>;
659option B<-ut>. B<False>: write record into the system log file B<utmp> 842option B<-ut>. B<False>: write record into the system log file B<utmp>
660[default]; option B<+ut>. 843[default]; option B<+ut>.
663 846
664Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use 847Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
665B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or 848B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
666B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well. 849B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
667 850
851The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
852
853Example:
854
855 URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
856
857This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
858every time you hit C<Print>.
859
860=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
861
862Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
863the author's favourite.
864
865=item B<thickness:> I<number>
866
867Set the scrollbar width in pixels.
868
668=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 869=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
669 870
670B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 871B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
671disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 872disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
672 873
691B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 892B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
692B<+si>. 893B<+si>.
693 894
694=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 895=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
695 896
696B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and 897B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (i.e.
697B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 898try to show the same lines) and B<scrollTtyOutput> is False; option
698with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. 899B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives
900new lines; option B<+sw>.
699 901
700=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 902=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
701 903
702B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys 904B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
703are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and 905are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
704are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to 906are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to
705bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>. 907bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.
706 908
707=item B<saveLines:> I<number> 909=item B<saveLines:> I<number>
708 910
709Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This 911Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 1000]; option B<-sl>.
710resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.
711 912
712=item B<internalBorder:> I<number> 913=item B<internalBorder:> I<number>
713 914
714Internal border of I<number> pixels. This resource is limited to 100; 915Internal border of I<number> pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
715option B<-b>. 916option B<-b>.
722=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean> 923=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
723 924
724Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the 925Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
725WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>. 926WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
726 927
928=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
929
930Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
931drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
932this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
933option B<-sbg>.
934
727=item B<termName:> I<termname> 935=item B<termName:> I<termname>
728 936
729Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 937Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
730variable; option B<-tn>. 938variable; option B<-tn>.
731 939
732=item B<linespace:> I<number> 940=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
733 941
734Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 942Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
735the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 943the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
736 944
737=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 945=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
751 959
752=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 960=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
753 961
754B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 962B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
755option B<-bc>. 963option B<-bc>.
964
965=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
966
967B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
968option B<-uc>.
756 969
757=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean> 970=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
758 971
759B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number 972B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
760of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible 973of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
766 979
767=item B<pointerColor2:> I<colour> 980=item B<pointerColor2:> I<colour>
768 981
769Mouse pointer background colour. 982Mouse pointer background colour.
770 983
984=item B<pointerShape:> I<string>
985
986Compile I<frills>: Specifies the name of the mouse pointer shape
987[default B<xterm>]. See the macros in the B<X11/cursorfont.h> include
988file for possible values (omit the C<XC_> prefix).
989
771=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 990=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
772 991
773Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 992Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
993large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
774 994
775=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 995=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
776 996
777The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 997The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
778or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace> 998or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, with control, B<Backspace>
779(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode 999(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
780escape sequence. 1000escape sequence.
781 1001
782=item B<deletekey:> I<string> 1002=item B<deletekey:> I<string>
783 1003
785pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated 1005pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
786with the B<Execute> key. 1006with the B<Execute> key.
787 1007
788=item B<cutchars:> I<string> 1008=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
789 1009
790The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The 1010The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
791built-in default: 1011(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
792 1012
1013When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
1014in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
1015characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
1016will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
1017
1018When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
1019be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
1020
793B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> 1021B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
794 1022
795=item B<preeditType:> I<style> 1023=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
796 1024
797B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>. 1025B<OnTheSpot>, B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
798 1026
799=item B<inputMethod:> I<name> 1027=item B<inputMethod:> I<name>
800 1028
801I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>. 1029I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
802 1030
803=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 1031=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
804 1032
805The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g. 1033The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
806C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the 1034C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
807input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 1035input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
808another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 1036another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
809 1037
810=item B<imFont:> I<fontset> 1038=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
811 1039
812Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or 1040Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
813C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated 1041C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
818 1046
819=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean> 1047=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
820 1048
821Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse 1049Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
822button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to 1050button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
823the end of the logical line only. option B<-tcw>. 1051the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
1052
1053=item B<disablePasteBrackets:> I<boolean>
1054
1055Prevent emission of paste bracket sequences; option B<-dpb>.
824 1056
825=item B<insecure:> I<boolean> 1057=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
826 1058
827Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 1059Enable "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
828echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 1060echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
829abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether 1061abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
830throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 1062through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
831write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 1063write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
832that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 1064default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
833enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 1065sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
834resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 1066
835enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title 1067You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
836requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 1068B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1069locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
837 1070
838=item B<modifier:> I<modifier> 1071=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
839 1072
840Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>, 1073Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
841B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option 1074B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
845 1078
846Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 1079Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
847character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described 1080character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
848in the entry on B<keysym> following. 1081in the entry on B<keysym> following.
849 1082
850=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool> 1083=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
851 1084
852Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). 1085Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
853 1086
1087=item B<rewrapMode:> I<mode>
1088
1089Sets long line rewrap behaviour on window resize to one of B<auto>
1090(default), B<always> or B<never>.
1091
854=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool> 1092=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
855 1093
856Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 1094Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
857option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 1095option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
858scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 1096scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
859instead scroll the screen up. 1097to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
860 1098
1099=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1100
1101Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1102will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1103it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1104user.
1105
1106=item B<chdir>: I<path>
1107
1108Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
1109B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
1110@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
1111directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
1112
861=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 1113=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<action>
862 1114
863Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The 1115Compile I<frills>: Associate I<action> with keysym I<sym>. The intervening
864intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted. 1116resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
865 1117
866The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be 1118Using this resource, you can map key combinations such as
867any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>, 1119C<Ctrl-Shift-BackSpace> to various actions, such as outputting a different
868B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>, 1120string than would normally result from that combination, making the
869and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>, 1121terminal scroll up or down the way you want it, or any other thing an
870B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>. 1122extension might provide.
1123
1124The key combination that triggers the action, I<sym>, has the following format:
1125
1126 (modifiers-)key
1127
1128Where I<modifiers> can be any combination of the following full or
1129abbreviated modifier names:
1130
1131=begin table
1132
1133 B<ISOLevel3> B<I>
1134 B<AppKeypad> B<K>
1135 B<Control> B<C>
1136 B<NumLock> B<N>
1137 B<Shift> B<S>
1138 B<Meta> B<M> I<or> B<A>
1139 B<Lock> B<L>
1140 B<Mod1> B<1>
1141 B<Mod2> B<2>
1142 B<Mod3> B<3>
1143 B<Mod4> B<4>
1144 B<Mod5> B<5>
1145
1146=end table
871 1147
872The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to 1148The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
873whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr 1149whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
874keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the 1150keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
875current application keymap mode state. 1151current application keymap mode state.
876 1152
877The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or 1153Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a key mapping will
878searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and 1154match if I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and no other
1155key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That means that
1156defining a mapping for C<a> will automatically provide definitions for
1157C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined mappings
1158themselves. See the C<builtin:> action, below, for a way to work around
1159this when this is a problem.
1160
1161The spelling of I<key> depends on your implementation of X. An easy way to
1162find a key name is to use the B<xev>(1) command. You can find a list by
1163looking for the C<XK_> macros in the B<X11/keysymdef.h> include file (omit
879omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex 1164the C<XK_> prefix). Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex keysym
880keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not 1165value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>).
881performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
882 1166
883I<string> may contain escape values (C<\a>: bell, C<\b>: backspace, 1167As with any resource value, the I<action> string may contain backslash
884C<\e>, C<\E>: escape, C<\n>: newline, C<\r>: carriage return, C<\t>: tab, 1168escape sequences (C<\n>: newline, C<\\>: backslash, C<\000>: octal
885C<\000>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (C<^?>: delete, 1169number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for further details.
886C<^@>: null, C<^A> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
887can start or end with whitespace.
888 1170
889Please note that you need to double the C<\> when using 1171An action starts with an action prefix that selects a certain type
890C<--enable-xgetdefault>, as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you can 1172of action, followed by a colon. An action string without colons is
891use C<\033> instead of C<\e> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and 1173interpreted as a literal string to pass to the tty (as if it was
892@@RXVT_NAME@@'s own processing). 1174prefixed with C<string:>).
893 1175
894You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string> 1176The following action prefixes are known - extensions can provide
895with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimeter `/' 1177additional prefixes:
1178
1179=over
1180
1181=item string:STRING
1182
1183If the I<action> starts with C<string:> (or otherwise contains no colons),
1184then the remaining C<STRING> will be passed to the program running in the
1185terminal. For example, you could replace whatever Shift-Tab outputs by the
1186string C<echo rm -rf /> followed by a newline:
1187
1188 URxvt.keysym.Shift-Tab: string:echo rm -rf /\n
1189
1190This could in theory be used to completely redefine your keymap.
1191
1192In addition, for actions of this type, you can define a range of
1193keysyms in one shot by loading the C<keysym-list> perl extension and
1194providing an I<action> with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where
896should be a character not used by the strings. 1195the delimiter `/' should be a character not used by the strings.
897 1196
898Its usage can be demonstrated by an example: 1197Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
899 1198
900 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|> 1199 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<|abc|>
901 1200
902The above line is equivalent to the following three lines: 1201The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
903 1202
904 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a> 1203 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: string:\033<a>
905 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b> 1204 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: string:\033<b>
906 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c> 1205 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: string:\033<c>
907 1206
1207=item command:STRING
1208
908If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING> 1209If I<action> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
909is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For 1210is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence (basically
1211the opposite of C<string:> - instead of sending it to the program running
1212in the terminal, it will be treated as if it were program output). This is
1213most useful to feed command sequences into @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1214
910example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK> 1215For example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
911when Control-Meta-c is being pressed": 1216when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
912 1217
913 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 1218 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
914 1219
915The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to 1220The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
922Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more 1227Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
923info): 1228info):
924 1229
925 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t 1230 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
926 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t 1231 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
1232
1233=item builtin:
1234
1235The builtin action is the action that @@RXVT_NAME@@ would execute if no
1236key binding existed for the key combination. The obvious use is to undo
1237the effect of existing bindings. The not so obvious use is to reinstate
1238bindings when another binding overrides too many modifiers.
1239
1240For example if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable
1241@@RXVT_NAME@@'s C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke
1242"holes" into the user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
1243
1244 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1245 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1246
1247The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
1248of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1249C<Shift-Insert>.
1250
1251=item builtin-string:
1252
1253This action is mainly useful to restore string mappings for keys that
1254have predefined actions in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The exact semantics are a bit
1255difficult to explain - basically, this action will send the string to the
1256application that would be sent if @@RXVT_NAME@@ wouldn't have a built-in
1257action for it.
1258
1259An example might make it clearer: @@RXVT_NAME@@ normally pastes the
1260selection when you press C<Shift-Insert>. With the following bindings, it
1261would instead emit the (undocumented, but what applications running in the
1262terminal might expect) sequence C<ESC [ 2 $> instead:
1263
1264 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin-string:
1265 URxvt.keysym.C-S-Insert: builtin:
1266
1267The first line disables the paste functionality for that key
1268combination, and the second reinstates the default behaviour for
1269C<Control-Shift-Insert>, which would otherwise be overridden.
1270
1271Similarly, to let applications gain access to the C<C-M-c> (copy to
1272clipboard) and C<C-M-v> (paste clipboard) key combination, you can do
1273this:
1274
1275 URxvt.keysym.C-M-c: builtin-string:
1276 URxvt.keysym.C-M-v: builtin-string:
1277
1278=item EXTENSION:STRING
1279
1280An action of this form invokes the action B<STRING>, if any, provided
1281by the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) extension B<EXTENSION>. The extension will
1282be loaded automatically if necessary.
1283
1284Not all extensions define actions, but popular extensions that do
1285include the I<selection> and I<matcher> extensions (documented in their
1286own manpages, @@RXVT_NAME@@-selection(1) and @@RXVT_NAME@@-matcher(1),
1287respectively).
1288
1289From the silly examples department, this will rot13-"encrypt"
1290@@RXVT_NAME@@'s selection when Alt-Control-c is pressed on typical PC
1291keyboards:
1292
1293 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: selection:rot13
1294
1295=item perl:STRING *DEPRECATED*
1296
1297This is a deprecated way of invoking commands provided by perl
1298extensions. It is still supported, but should not be used anymore.
1299
1300=back
1301
1302=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
1303
1304=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
1305
1306Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
1307use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
1308
1309Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to remove them again, in
1310case they had been specified earlier. This can be useful to selectively
1311disable some extensions loaded by default, or specified via the
1312C<perl-ext-common> resource. For example, C<default,-selection> will use
1313all the default extensions except C<selection>.
1314
1315To prohibit autoloading of extensions, you can prefix them with C</>,
1316which will make urxvt refuse to automatically load them (this can be
1317overridden, however, by specifying the extension name again without a
1318prefix, though). This does not prohibit extensions themselves loading
1319other extensions. For example, C<default,/background> will keep the
1320C<background> extension from being loaded when a background OSC sequence
1321is received.
1322
1323The default set includes the C<selection>, C<option-popup>,
1324C<selection-popup>, C<readline>, C<searchable-scrollback> and
1325C<confirm-paste> extensions, as well as any extensions which are mentioned
1326in B<keysym> resources.
1327
1328Any extension such that a corresponding resource is given on the
1329command line is automatically appended to B<perl-ext>.
1330
1331Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1332necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance. When the library
1333search path contains multiple extension files of the same name, then the
1334first one found will be used.
1335
1336If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl interpreter
1337will not be initialized. The rationale for having two options is that
1338B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
1339all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1340
1341=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1342
1343Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1344the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1345
1346=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1347
1348Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1349scripts. When looking for perl extensions, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look
1350in these directories, then in C<$URXVT_PERL_LIB>, F<$HOME/.urxvt/ext> and
1351lastly in F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1352
1353See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1354
1355=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1356
1357Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
1358details.
1359
1360=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
1361
1362Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
1363for details.
1364
1365=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym> *DEPRECATED*
1366
1367This resource is deprecated and will be removed. Use a B<keysym> resource
1368instead, e.g.:
1369
1370 URxvt.keysym.M-s: searchable-scrollback:start
1371
1372=item B<url-launcher>: I<string>
1373
1374Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
1375C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
1376
1377=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
1378
1379Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
1380
1381=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1382
1383Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1384it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1385
1386=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
1387
1388Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
1389
1390=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1391
1392Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
927 1393
928=back 1394=back
929 1395
930=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1396=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
931 1397
950application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~> 1416application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
951(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1417(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
952up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down), 1418up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
953respectively. 1419respectively.
954 1420
955=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1421=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
956 1422
957The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1423The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
958I<xterm>(1). 1424to I<xterm>(1).
959 1425
960=over 4 1426=over
961 1427
962=item B<Selection>: 1428=item B<Selecting>:
963 1429
964Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region 1430Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
965and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click 1431and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
966to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line 1432to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
967(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource 1433(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
968B<tripleclickwords>. 1434B<tripleclickwords>.
969 1435
970Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys) 1436Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
971(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a normal 1437(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
972one. 1438normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1439selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1440the selection.
973 1441
974=item B<Insertion>: 1442=item B<Pasting>:
975 1443
976Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1444Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
977an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1445window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
978inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 1446B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1447
1448Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
1449inserted too.
1450
1451rxvt-unicode also provides the bindings B<Ctrl-Meta-c> and
1452<Ctrl-Meta-v> to interact with the CLIPBOARD selection. The first
1453binding causes the value of the internal selection to be copied to the
1454CLIPBOARD selection, while the second binding causes the value of the
1455CLIPBOARD selection to be inserted.
979 1456
980=back 1457=back
981 1458
982=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1459=head1 CHANGING FONTS
983 1460
984Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet 1461Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
985supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. 1462supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
986 1463
987You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and 1464You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
988therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
989 1465
990 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" 1466 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1467
1468You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1469
1470 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
1471 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
991 1472
992rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far. 1473rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
993 1474
994=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1475=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
995 1476
996ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters 1477ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
997and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The 1478and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
998first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with 1479first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
999C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled 1480C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1000with C<--enable-iso14755>. 1481with C<--enable-iso14755>.
1001 1482
1002=over 4 1483=over
1003 1484
1004=item * 5.1: Basic method 1485=item * 5.1: Basic method
1005 1486
1006This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode. 1487This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1007 1488
1023This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of 1504This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1024your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding. 1505your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1025 1506
1026Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing 1507Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
1027them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not 1508them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1028invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding 1509invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1029keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been 1510keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1030released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for 1511released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
1031C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a 1512C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
1032reverse tab (Shift-Tab). 1513reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
1033 1514
1061B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that 1542B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
1062it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To 1543it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
1063allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root 1544allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
1064on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others. 1545on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1065 1546
1066=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1547=head1 COLOURS AND GRAPHICS
1067 1548
1068In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1549In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1069B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1550B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 88/256 colours: 8 ANSI colours plus
1070high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the 1551high-intensity (potentially bold/blink) versions of the same, and 72 (or
1071colours with their B<rgb.txt> names. 1552240 in 256 colour mode) colours arranged in an 4x4x4 (or 6x6x6) colour RGB
1553cube plus a 8 (24) colour greyscale ramp.
1554
1555B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> supports direct 24-bit fg/bg RGB colour escapes
1556C< ESC [ 38 ; 2 ; R ; G ; Bm > / C< ESC [ 48 ; 2; R ; G ; Bm >. However the
1557number of 24-bit colours that can be used is limited: an internal 7x7x5 (256
1558colour mode) or 6x6x4 (88 colour mode) colour cube is used to index into the
155924-bit colour space. When indexing collisions happen, the nearest old colour in
1560the cube will be adapted to the new 24-bit RGB colour. That means one cannot
1561use many similar 24-bit colours. It's typically not a problem in common
1562scenarios.
1563
1564Here is a list of the ANSI colours with their names.
1072 1565
1073=begin table 1566=begin table
1074 1567
1075 B<color0> (black) = Black 1568 B<color0> (black) = Black
1076 B<color1> (red) = Red3 1569 B<color1> (red) = Red3
1096It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>, 1589It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
1097B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as 1590B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
1098a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of 1591a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1099color0-color15. 1592color0-color15.
1100 1593
1594The following text gives values for the standard 88 colour mode (and
1595values for the 256 colour mode in parentheses).
1596
1597The RGB cube uses indices 16..79 (16..231) using the following formulas:
1598
1599 index_88 = (r * 4 + g) * 4 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..3
1600 index_256 = (r * 6 + g) * 6 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..5
1601
1602The grayscale ramp uses indices 80..87 (232..239), from 10% to 90% in 10%
1603steps (1/26 to 25/26 in 1/26 steps) - black and white are already part of
1604the RGB cube.
1605
1606Together, all those colours implement the 88 (256) colour xterm
1607colours. Only the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the
1608rest can only be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
1609
1610Applications are advised to use terminfo or command sequences to discover
1611number and RGB values of all colours (yes, you can query this...).
1612
1101Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by 1613Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
1102always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to 1614always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1103I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1615I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1104been specified. For example, 1616been specified. For example,
1105 1617
1106=over 4
1107
1108=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv> 1618 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
1109 1619
1110would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black 1620would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
1111on White. 1621White.
1112 1622
1113=back 1623=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1624
1625If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1626their act together, rxvt-unicode will do its own alpha channel management:
1627
1628You can prefix any colour with an opaqueness percentage enclosed in
1629brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
1630(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the colour, where C<0> is completely
1631transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
1632half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
1633is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1634all ways to specify a colour.
1635
1636For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1637C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1638specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1639(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1640while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1641earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1642C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1643
1644You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1645alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1646layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
1647rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1648
1649For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1650background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1651
1652 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1653
1654When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1655alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1656transparency of course).
1657
1658When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1659colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1660background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1661other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1662image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
1663fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
1664
1665Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1666in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
1667extension.
1114 1668
1115=head1 ENVIRONMENT 1669=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1116 1670
1117B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables: 1671B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1118 1672
1119=over 4 1673=over
1120 1674
1121=item B<TERM> 1675=item B<TERM>
1122 1676
1123Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via 1677Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1124resources or on the commandline. 1678resources or on the command line.
1125 1679
1126=item B<COLORTERM> 1680=item B<COLORTERM>
1127 1681
1128Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was 1682Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1129compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension 1683compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1130C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen. 1684extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1685screen.
1131 1686
1132=item B<COLORFGBG> 1687=item B<COLORFGBG>
1133 1688
1134Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is 1689Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1135the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string 1690the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1136C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be 1691C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1137used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the 1692used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1138string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1693string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1139was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like C<slang> can (and do) use 1694was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1140this information to optimize screen output. 1695and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1141 1696
1142=item B<WINDOWID> 1697=item B<WINDOWID>
1143 1698
1144Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel 1699Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1145window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal 1700window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1151C<--with-terminfo=PATH>. 1706C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1152 1707
1153=item B<DISPLAY> 1708=item B<DISPLAY>
1154 1709
1155Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct 1710Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1156display in it's child processes. 1711display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
1712defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1157 1713
1158=item B<SHELL> 1714=item B<SHELL>
1159 1715
1160The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>. 1716The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1161 1717
1162=item B<RXVTPATH>
1163
1164The path where @@RXVT_NAME@@ looks for support files such as menu and xpm
1165files.
1166
1167=item B<PATH>
1168
1169Used in the same way as C<RXVTPATH>.
1170
1171=item B<RXVT_SOCKET> 1718=item B<RXVT_SOCKET> [I<sic>]
1172 1719
1173The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and 1720The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1174@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1). 1721@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1175 1722
1176Default C<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-<nodename >>. 1723Default F<<< $HOME/.urxvt/urxvtd-I<< <nodename> >> >>>.
1724
1725=item B<URXVT_PERL_LIB>
1726
1727Additional F<:>-separated library search path for perl extensions. Will be
1728searched after B<-perl-lib> but before F<~/.urxvt/ext> and the system library
1729directory.
1730
1731=item B<URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY>
1732
1733See L<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl>(3).
1177 1734
1178=item B<HOME> 1735=item B<HOME>
1179 1736
1180Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for 1737Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1181daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as 1738daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1182C<.Xdefaults>) 1739C<.Xdefaults>)
1183 1740
1184=item B<XAPPLRESDIR> 1741=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1185 1742
1186Directory where various X resource files are being located. 1743Directory where application-specific X resource files are located.
1187 1744
1188=item B<XENVIRONMENT> 1745=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1189 1746
1190If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by 1747If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1191@@RXVT_NAME@@. 1748@@RXVT_NAME@@.
1192 1749
1193=back 1750=back
1194 1751
1195=head1 FILES 1752=head1 FILES
1196 1753
1197=over 4 1754=over
1198 1755
1199=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1756=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
1200 1757
1201Color names. 1758Colour names.
1202 1759
1203=back 1760=back
1204 1761
1205=head1 SEE ALSO 1762=head1 SEE ALSO
1206 1763
1764@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@-extensions(1),
1207@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5) 1765@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1208
1209=head1 BUGS
1210
1211Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1212
1213Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1214
1215Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1216 1766
1217=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR 1767=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1218 1768
1219=over 4 1769=over
1220 1770
1221=item Project Coordinator 1771=item Project Coordinator
1222 1772
1223@@RXVT_MAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1773Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>.
1224 1774
1225L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@> 1775L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1226 1776
1227=back 1777=back
1228 1778
1229=head1 AUTHORS 1779=head1 AUTHORS
1230 1780
1231=over 4 1781=over
1232 1782
1233=item John Bovey 1783=item John Bovey
1234 1784
1235University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt. 1785University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1236 1786
1237=item Rob Nation L<< <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com> >> 1787=item Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>
1238 1788
1239very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt 1789very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1240 1790
1241=item Angelo Haritsis L<< <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> >> 1791=item Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>
1242 1792
1243wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code) 1793wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1244 1794
1245=item mj olesen L<< <olesen@me.QueensU.CA> >> 1795=item mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>
1246 1796
1247Wrote the menu system. 1797Wrote the menu system.
1248 1798
1249Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21) 1799Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1250 1800
1251=item Oezguer Kesim L<< <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de> >> 1801=item Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>
1252 1802
1253Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5) 1803Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1254 1804
1255=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >> 1805=item Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>
1256 1806
1257Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator 1807Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1808
1258(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode) 1809Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1259 1810
1260=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >> 1811=item Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>
1261 1812
1262Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal 1813Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1263character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm 1814extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1264compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1265 1815
1266Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -) 1816Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1267 1817
1818=item Emanuele Giaquinta <emanuele.giaquinta@gmail.com>
1819
1820pty/utmp code rewrite, image code improvements, many random hacks and bugfixes.
1821
1268=back 1822=back
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