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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>. 132
133=item B<-fps> I<number>
134
135Compile I<frills>: Set the refresh interval (in frames per second or
136negative seconds); resource B<refreshRate>.
114 137
115=item B<-fade> I<number> 138=item B<-fade> I<number>
116 139
117Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. resource B<fading>. 140Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
141fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
142colour; resource B<fading>.
118 143
119=item B<-tint> I<colour> 144=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
120 145
121Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 146Fade 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> 147is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
123option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to
124tinting it.
125 148
126=item B<-sh> 149=item B<-icon> I<file>
127 150
128I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 151Compile I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
129background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 152is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
130specified, too, e.g. C<-tint white>). 153application window; resource I<iconFile>.
131 154
132=item B<-bg> I<colour> 155=item B<-bg> I<colour>
133 156
134Window background colour; resource B<background>. 157Window background colour; resource B<background>.
135 158
136=item B<-fg> I<colour> 159=item B<-fg> I<colour>
137 160
138Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 161Window 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>.
146 162
147=item B<-cr> I<colour> 163=item B<-cr> I<colour>
148 164
149The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 165The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
150 166
162resource B<borderColor>. 178resource B<borderColor>.
163 179
164=item B<-fn> I<fontlist> 180=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
165 181
166Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names 182Select 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 183that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
168first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be 184first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
169smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default 185smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
170font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details. 186font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
171 187
172In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it 188In 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:>, 189with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
174e.g.: 190e.g.:
175 191
176 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15" 192 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
177 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" 193 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
179See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ 195See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
180section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7). 196section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
181 197
182=item B<-fb> I<fontlist> 198=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
183 199
184Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to 200Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
185be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details. 201are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
186 202
187=item B<-fi> I<fontlist> 203=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
188 204
189Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to 205Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
190be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details. 206characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
191 207
192=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist> 208=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
193 209
194Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to 210Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
195be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont> for details. 211italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
212for details.
213
214=item B<-is>|B<+is>
215
216Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
217foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
218details.
196 219
197=item B<-name> I<name> 220=item B<-name> I<name>
198 221
199Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 222Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
200rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 223rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
202 225
203=item B<-ls>|B<+ls> 226=item B<-ls>|B<+ls>
204 227
205Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource B<loginShell>. 228Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource B<loginShell>.
206 229
230=item B<-mc> I<milliseconds>
231
232Specify the maximum time between multi-click selections.
233
207=item B<-ut>|B<+ut> 234=item B<-ut>|B<+ut>
208 235
209Compile I<utmp>: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource 236Compile I<utmp>: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
210B<utmpInhibit>. 237B<utmpInhibit>.
211 238
215B<visualBell>. 242B<visualBell>.
216 243
217=item B<-sb>|B<+sb> 244=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
218 245
219Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>. 246Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
247
248=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
249
250Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
251
252=item B<-st>|B<+st>
253
254Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
255resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
220 256
221=item B<-si>|B<+si> 257=item B<-si>|B<+si>
222 258
223Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource 259Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
224B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect. 260B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
231=item B<-sw>|B<+sw> 267=item B<-sw>|B<+sw>
232 268
233Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear. 269Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
234This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource 270This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
235B<scrollWithBuffer>. 271B<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>.
245 272
246=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab> 273=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
247 274
248If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as 275If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
249actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to 276actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
253 280
254=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 281=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
255 282
256Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 283Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
257 284
285=item B<-uc>|B<+uc>
286
287Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
288
258=item B<-iconic> 289=item B<-iconic>
259 290
260Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option. 291Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
261Alternative form is B<-ic>. 292Alternative form is B<-ic>.
262 293
278 309
279=item B<-bl> 310=item B<-bl>
280 311
281Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. 312Compile 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 313if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
283decorations; resource B<borderLess>. 314decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
315support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
316
317=item B<-override-redirect>
318
319Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
320B<override-redirect>.
321
322=item B<-dockapp>
323
324Sets the initial state of the window to WithdrawnState, which makes
325window managers that support this extension treat it as a dockapp.
326
327=item B<-sbg>
328
329Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
330drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
331this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
332resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
284 333
285=item B<-lsp> I<number> 334=item B<-lsp> I<number>
286 335
287Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 336Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
288the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource 337the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
289B<linespace>. 338B<lineSpace>.
339
340=item B<-letsp> I<number>
341
342Compile I<frills>: Amount to adjust the computed character width by
343to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the
344letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to
345work around odd font metrics; resource B<letterSpace>.
290 346
291=item B<-tn> I<termname> 347=item B<-tn> I<termname>
292 348
293This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 349This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
294B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 350B<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 359given 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 360on 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, 361run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
306failing that, I<sh(1)>. 362failing that, I<sh(1)>.
307 363
364Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
365run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
366
367 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
368
308=item B<-title> I<text> 369=item B<-title> I<text>
309 370
310Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename 371Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
311of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the 372of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
312application name; resource B<title>. 373application name; resource B<title>.
323 384
324=item B<-pt> I<style> 385=item B<-pt> I<style>
325 386
326Compile I<XIM>: input style for input method; B<OverTheSpot>, 387Compile I<XIM>: input style for input method; B<OverTheSpot>,
327B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; resource B<preeditType>. 388B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; resource B<preeditType>.
389
390If the perl extension C<xim-onthespot> is used (which is the default),
391then additionally the C<OnTheSpot> preedit type is available.
328 392
329=item B<-im> I<text> 393=item B<-im> I<text>
330 394
331Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>. 395Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
332 396
343for more info. 407for more info.
344 408
345=item B<-tcw> 409=item B<-tcw>
346 410
347Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse 411Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
412button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
348button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the 413in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
349end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>. 414the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
415
416=item B<-dpb>|B<+dpb>
417
418Compile frills: Disable (or enable) emitting bracketed paste mode
419sequences (default enabled). Bracketed paste mode allows programs
420to detect when something is pasted. Since more and more programs
421abuse this, these sequences can be disabled. The command sequences to
422enable and query paste mode will still work, but the actual bracket
423sequences will no longer be emitted. You can also toggle this from the
424ctrl-middle-mouse-button menu; resource B<disablePasteBrackets>.
350 425
351=item B<-insecure> 426=item B<-insecure>
352 427
353Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 428Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
354sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 429sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
368=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr> 443=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
369 444
370Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 445Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
371B<secondaryScroll>. 446B<secondaryScroll>.
372 447
448=item B<-rm> I<mode>
449
450Compile I<frills>: Sets long line rewrapping behaviour on window resizes
451to one of B<auto> (the default), B<always> or B<never>. The latter two
452modes do the obvious, B<auto> rewraps (acts like B<always>) if scrollback
453is non-empty, and wings lines (acts like B<never>) otherwise; resource
454B<rewrapMode>.
455
456=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
457
458Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
459will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
460it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
461user; resource B<hold>.
462
463=item B<-cd> I<path>
464
465Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
466B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
467@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
468
469=item B<-xrm> I<string>
470
471Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
472as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
473way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
474
475Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
476e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
477options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
478of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
479resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
480programs.
481
373=item B<-keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 482=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
374 483
375Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>. 484Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
376 485
377=item B<-embed>: I<windowid> 486=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
378 487
379Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window, 488Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
380which enables applications to easily embed a terminal. 489which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
381 490
382Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it 491Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
383shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it 492shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
384quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to 493quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
387The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits. 496The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
388 497
389It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file 498It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
390descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you 499descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
391can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the 500can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
392terminal. This works regardless of wether the C<-embed> option was used or 501terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
393not. 502not.
394 503
504Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
505used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
506
507 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
508 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
509 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
510 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
511 });
512
513=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
514
515Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
516pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
517useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
518without having to run a program within it.
519
520If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
521entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
522yourself if you want that.
523
524As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
525pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
526perl extension that manages the terminal.
527
528Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
529longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
530
531 use IO::Pty;
532 use Fcntl;
533
534 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
535 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
536 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
537 close $pty;
538
539 # now communicate with rxvt
540 my $slave = $pty->slave;
541 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
542
543Note that, despite what the name might imply, the file descriptor does not
544need to be a pty, it can be a bi-directional pipe as well (e.g. a unix
545domain or tcp socket). While tty operations cannot be done in this case,
546B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can still be remote controlled with it:
547
548 use Socket;
549 use Fcntl;
550
551 socketpair my $URXVT, my $slave, Socket::AF_UNIX, Socket::SOCK_STREAM, Socket::PF_UNSPEC;
552 fcntl $slave, Fcntl::F_SETFD, 0;
553 system "exec @@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $slave) . " &";
554 close $slave;
555
556 syswrite $URXVT, "Type a secret password: ";
557 my $secret = do { local $/ = "\r"; <$URXVT> };
558 print "Not so secret anymore: $secret\n";
559
560=item B<-pe> I<string>
561
562Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
563this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
564
395=back 565=back
396 566
397=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 567=head1 RESOURCES
398 568
399Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long 569Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
400options) compiled into your version. 570options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
571long-options.
401 572
402There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the 573You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
403Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal 574distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
404Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie. 575starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
405B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the 576with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
406resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many distribution do also load
407settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@
408will consult the following files/resources in order, with later settings
409overwriting earlier ones:
410 577
411 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
412 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR 578 1. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
579 2. $HOME/.Xdefaults
413 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults 580 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window of screen 0
414 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen 581 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES property on root-window of the current screen
415 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename> 582 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
583 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
416 584
417If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h>
418lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults
419set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually
420B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in
421B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist.
422Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two 585Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
423class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows 586names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
424resources common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be 587common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
425easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources 588configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
426unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be 589B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
427shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no 590configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
428resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line 591be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
429arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following 592settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
430resources are allowed: 593check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
594extensions not documented here):
431 595
432=over 4 596=over
597
598=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
599
600Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
601option B<-depth>.
602
603=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
604
605Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
606On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
607performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
608should normally be enabled.
433 609
434=item B<geometry:> I<geom> 610=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
435 611
436Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; 612Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
437option B<-geometry>. 613option B<-geometry>.
451Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7 627Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7
452corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to 628corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
453high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 629high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
454colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 630colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
4553=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour 6313=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
456names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 632names used are listed in the B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
457 633
458Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be 634Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
459changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)). 635changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
460 636
461Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with 637Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
472=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 648=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
473 649
474Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 650Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
475foreground colour is the default. 651foreground colour is the default.
476 652
477=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
478
479Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
480characters.
481
482=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour> 653=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
483 654
484If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline 655If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
485itself. If unset, use the foreground colour. 656itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
657
658=item B<highlightColor:> I<colour>
659
660If set, use the specified colour as the background for highlighted
661characters. If unset, use reverse video.
662
663=item B<highlightTextColor:> I<colour>
664
665If set and highlightColor is set, use the specified colour as the
666foreground for highlighted characters.
486 667
487=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 668=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
488 669
489Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 670Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
490foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 671foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
497 678
498=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean> 679=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>
499 680
500B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours; 681B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
501option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option 682option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
502B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 683B<+rv>. See note in B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
503 684
504=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean> 685=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
505 686
506B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling 687B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
507quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>. 688of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
689has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
690received line; option B<-j>.
691
508B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>. 692B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
693force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
509 694
510=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean> 695=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
511 696
512B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 697B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
513artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 698receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
514pixmap. 699(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
700result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
701option B<-ss>.
702
703B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
704if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
705monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
706
707=item B<refreshRate:> I<number>
708
709Compile I<frills>: When positive, sets the maximum refreshes per second
710(the default is C<60>). When zero or negative, sets the minimum interval
711between refreshes, negated. That is, positive numbers limit the number
712of refreshes per second to that number, similar to a fps limiter in
713games. Zero or negative numbers get negated and directly set the minimum
714interval between refreshs, that is, C<10> and C<-0.1> both specify the
715same refresh interval (likewise C<50> and C<0.02>). Fractional values are
716supported; option B<-fps>.
515 717
516=item B<fading:> I<number> 718=item B<fading:> I<number>
517 719
518Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 720Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
519 721
520=item B<tintColor:> I<colour> 722=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
521 723
522Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 724Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
725colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
523 726
524=item B<shading:> I<number> 727=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
525 728
526Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 729Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
527image in addition to tinting it.
528 730
529=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 731=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
530 732
531Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 733Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
532 734
533=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 735=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
534 736
535Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 737Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
536#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 738#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
537 739
538=item B<borderColor:> I<colour> 740=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
539 741
540The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar 742The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
541and the text. 743and the text.
542 744
543=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>
544
545Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
546the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
547string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the
548horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image
549centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
550of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
551specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
552be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
553scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
554
555=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]>
556
557Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
558optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
559reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
560
561=item B<path:> I<path>
562
563Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
564menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
565B<PATH> environment variables.
566
567=item B<font:> I<fontlist> 745=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
568 746
569Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font 747Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
570names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 748that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
571The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 749first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
572be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 750smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
573appended to it. option B<-fn>. 751font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
574 752
575Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with 753Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
576optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>. 754optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
577 755
578In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and 756In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
580hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft 758hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
581fonts. 759fonts.
582 760
583For example, this font resource 761For example, this font resource
584 762
585 URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\ 763 URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
586 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\ 764 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
587 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \ 765 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
588 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \ 766 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
589 xft:Code2000:antialias=false 767 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
590 768
593it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels 771it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
594wide and 15 pixels high. 772wide and 15 pixels high.
595 773
596The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in 774The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
597the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but 775the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
598the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a 776the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
599useful supplement. 777useful supplement.
600 778
601The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters 779The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
602are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font 780are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
603contains other characters, but we are not interested in them. 781contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
624not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried. 802not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
625 803
626If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal 804If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
627text font will being used for the given style. 805text font will being used for the given style.
628 806
629=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 807=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
630 808
631Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 809When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
632xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives 810option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
633xterm style selection. 811intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
634 812option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
635=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode> 813reachable.
636
637Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
638the author's favourite..
639 814
640=item B<title:> I<string> 815=item B<title:> I<string>
641 816
642Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 817Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
643specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 818specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
652=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean> 827=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
653 828
654B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no 829B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
655de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default]. 830de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
656 831
832=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
833
834B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
835B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
836
837@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
838
657=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean> 839=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
658 840
659B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>. 841B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
660B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>. 842B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
661 843
663 845
664B<True>: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to B<argv[0]> of 846B<True>: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to B<argv[0]> of
665the shell; option B<-ls>. B<False>: start as a normal sub-shell 847the shell; option B<-ls>. B<False>: start as a normal sub-shell
666[default]; option B<+ls>. 848[default]; option B<+ls>.
667 849
850=item B<multiClickTime:> I<number>
851
852Specify the maximum time in milliseconds between multi-click select
853events. The default is 500 milliseconds; option B<-mc>.
854
668=item B<utmpInhibit:> I<boolean> 855=item B<utmpInhibit:> I<boolean>
669 856
670B<True>: inhibit writing record into the system log file B<utmp>; 857B<True>: inhibit writing record into the system log file B<utmp>;
671option B<-ut>. B<False>: write record into the system log file B<utmp> 858option B<-ut>. B<False>: write record into the system log file B<utmp>
672[default]; option B<+ut>. 859[default]; option B<+ut>.
675 862
676Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use 863Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
677B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or 864B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
678B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well. 865B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
679 866
867The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
868
869Example:
870
871 URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
872
873This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
874every time you hit C<Print>.
875
876=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
877
878Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
879the author's favourite.
880
881=item B<thickness:> I<number>
882
883Set the scrollbar width in pixels.
884
680=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 885=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
681 886
682B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 887B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
683disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 888disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
684 889
703B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 908B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
704B<+si>. 909B<+si>.
705 910
706=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 911=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
707 912
708B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and 913B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (i.e.
709B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 914try to show the same lines) and B<scrollTtyOutput> is False; option
710with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<+sw>. 915B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives
916new lines; option B<+sw>.
711 917
712=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 918=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
713 919
714B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys 920B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
715are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and 921are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
716are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to 922are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to
717bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>. 923bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.
718 924
719=item B<saveLines:> I<number> 925=item B<saveLines:> I<number>
720 926
721Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This 927Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 1000]; option B<-sl>.
722resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.
723 928
724=item B<internalBorder:> I<number> 929=item B<internalBorder:> I<number>
725 930
726Internal border of I<number> pixels. This resource is limited to 100; 931Internal border of I<number> pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
727option B<-b>. 932option B<-b>.
734=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean> 939=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
735 940
736Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the 941Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
737WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>. 942WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
738 943
944=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
945
946Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
947drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
948this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
949option B<-sbg>.
950
739=item B<termName:> I<termname> 951=item B<termName:> I<termname>
740 952
741Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 953Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
742variable; option B<-tn>. 954variable; option B<-tn>.
743 955
744=item B<linespace:> I<number> 956=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
745 957
746Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 958Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
747the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 959the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
748 960
749=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 961=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
763 975
764=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 976=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
765 977
766B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 978B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
767option B<-bc>. 979option B<-bc>.
980
981=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
982
983B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
984option B<-uc>.
768 985
769=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean> 986=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
770 987
771B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number 988B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
772of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible 989of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
778 995
779=item B<pointerColor2:> I<colour> 996=item B<pointerColor2:> I<colour>
780 997
781Mouse pointer background colour. 998Mouse pointer background colour.
782 999
1000=item B<pointerShape:> I<string>
1001
1002Compile I<frills>: Specifies the name of the mouse pointer shape
1003[default B<xterm>]. See the macros in the B<X11/cursorfont.h> include
1004file for possible values (omit the C<XC_> prefix).
1005
783=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 1006=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
784 1007
785Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 1008Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
1009large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
786 1010
787=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 1011=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
788 1012
789The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 1013The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
790or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace> 1014or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, with control, B<Backspace>
791(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode 1015(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
792escape sequence. 1016escape sequence.
793 1017
794=item B<deletekey:> I<string> 1018=item B<deletekey:> I<string>
795 1019
797pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated 1021pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
798with the B<Execute> key. 1022with the B<Execute> key.
799 1023
800=item B<cutchars:> I<string> 1024=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
801 1025
802The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The 1026The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
803built-in default: 1027(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
804 1028
1029When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
1030in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
1031characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
1032will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
1033
1034When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
1035be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
1036
805B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> 1037B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
806 1038
807=item B<preeditType:> I<style> 1039=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
808 1040
809B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>. 1041B<OnTheSpot>, B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
810 1042
811=item B<inputMethod:> I<name> 1043=item B<inputMethod:> I<name>
812 1044
813I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>. 1045I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
814 1046
815=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 1047=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
816 1048
817The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g. 1049The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
818C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the 1050C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
819input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 1051input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
820another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 1052another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
821 1053
822=item B<imFont:> I<fontset> 1054=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
823 1055
824Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or 1056Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
825C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated 1057C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
830 1062
831=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean> 1063=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
832 1064
833Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse 1065Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
834button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to 1066button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
835the end of the logical line only. option B<-tcw>. 1067the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
1068
1069=item B<disablePasteBrackets:> I<boolean>
1070
1071Prevent emission of paste bracket sequences; option B<-dpb>.
836 1072
837=item B<insecure:> I<boolean> 1073=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
838 1074
839Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 1075Enable "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
840echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 1076echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
841abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether 1077abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
842throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 1078through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
843write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 1079write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
844that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 1080default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
845enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 1081sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
846resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 1082
847enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title 1083You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
848requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 1084B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1085locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
849 1086
850=item B<modifier:> I<modifier> 1087=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
851 1088
852Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>, 1089Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
853B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option 1090B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
857 1094
858Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 1095Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
859character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described 1096character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
860in the entry on B<keysym> following. 1097in the entry on B<keysym> following.
861 1098
862=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool> 1099=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
863 1100
864Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). 1101Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
865 1102
1103=item B<rewrapMode:> I<mode>
1104
1105Sets long line rewrap behaviour on window resize to one of B<auto>
1106(default), B<always> or B<never>.
1107
866=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool> 1108=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
867 1109
868Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 1110Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
869option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 1111option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
870scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 1112scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
871instead scroll the screen up. 1113to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
872 1114
1115=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1116
1117Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1118will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1119it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1120user.
1121
1122=item B<chdir>: I<path>
1123
1124Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
1125B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
1126@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
1127directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
1128
873=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 1129=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<action>
874 1130
875Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The 1131Compile I<frills>: Associate I<action> with keysym I<sym>. The intervening
876intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted. 1132resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
877 1133
878The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be 1134Using this resource, you can map key combinations such as
879any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>, 1135C<Ctrl-Shift-BackSpace> to various actions, such as outputting a different
880B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>, 1136string than would normally result from that combination, making the
881and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>, 1137terminal scroll up or down the way you want it, or any other thing an
882B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>. 1138extension might provide.
1139
1140The key combination that triggers the action, I<sym>, has the following format:
1141
1142 (modifiers-)key
1143
1144Where I<modifiers> can be any combination of the following full or
1145abbreviated modifier names:
1146
1147=begin table
1148
1149 B<ISOLevel3> B<I>
1150 B<AppKeypad> B<K>
1151 B<Control> B<C>
1152 B<NumLock> B<N>
1153 B<Shift> B<S>
1154 B<Meta> B<M> I<or> B<A>
1155 B<Lock> B<L>
1156 B<Mod1> B<1>
1157 B<Mod2> B<2>
1158 B<Mod3> B<3>
1159 B<Mod4> B<4>
1160 B<Mod5> B<5>
1161
1162=end table
883 1163
884The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to 1164The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
885whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr 1165whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
886keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the 1166keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
887current application keymap mode state. 1167current application keymap mode state.
888 1168
889The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or 1169Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a key mapping will
890searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and 1170match if I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and no other
1171key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That means that
1172defining a mapping for C<a> will automatically provide definitions for
1173C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined mappings
1174themselves. See the C<builtin:> action, below, for a way to work around
1175this when this is a problem.
1176
1177The spelling of I<key> depends on your implementation of X. An easy way to
1178find a key name is to use the B<xev>(1) command. You can find a list by
1179looking for the C<XK_> macros in the B<X11/keysymdef.h> include file (omit
891omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex 1180the C<XK_> prefix). Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex keysym
892keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not 1181value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>).
893performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
894 1182
895I<string> may contain escape values (C<\a>: bell, C<\b>: backspace, 1183As with any resource value, the I<action> string may contain backslash
896C<\e>, C<\E>: escape, C<\n>: newline, C<\r>: carriage return, C<\t>: tab, 1184escape sequences (C<\n>: newline, C<\\>: backslash, C<\000>: octal
897C<\000>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (C<^?>: delete, 1185number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for further details.
898C<^@>: null, C<^A> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
899can start or end with whitespace.
900 1186
901Please note that you need to double the C<\> when using 1187An action starts with an action prefix that selects a certain type
902C<--enable-xgetdefault>, as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you can 1188of action, followed by a colon. An action string without colons is
903use C<\033> instead of C<\e> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and 1189interpreted as a literal string to pass to the tty (as if it was
904@@RXVT_NAME@@'s own processing). 1190prefixed with C<string:>).
905 1191
906You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string> 1192The following action prefixes are known - extensions can provide
907with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimeter `/' 1193additional prefixes:
1194
1195=over
1196
1197=item string:STRING
1198
1199If the I<action> starts with C<string:> (or otherwise contains no colons),
1200then the remaining C<STRING> will be passed to the program running in the
1201terminal. For example, you could replace whatever Shift-Tab outputs by the
1202string C<echo rm -rf /> followed by a newline:
1203
1204 URxvt.keysym.Shift-Tab: string:echo rm -rf /\n
1205
1206This could in theory be used to completely redefine your keymap.
1207
1208In addition, for actions of this type, you can define a range of
1209keysyms in one shot by loading the C<keysym-list> perl extension and
1210providing an I<action> with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where
908should be a character not used by the strings. 1211the delimiter `/' should be a character not used by the strings.
909 1212
910Its usage can be demonstrated by an example: 1213Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
911 1214
912 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|> 1215 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<|abc|>
913 1216
914The above line is equivalent to the following three lines: 1217The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
915 1218
916 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a> 1219 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: string:\033<a>
917 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b> 1220 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: string:\033<b>
918 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c> 1221 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: string:\033<c>
919 1222
1223=item command:STRING
1224
920If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING> 1225If I<action> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
921is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For 1226is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence (basically
1227the opposite of C<string:> - instead of sending it to the program running
1228in the terminal, it will be treated as if it were program output). This is
1229most useful to feed command sequences into @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1230
922example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK> 1231For example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
923when Control-Meta-c is being pressed": 1232when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
924 1233
925 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 1234 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
926 1235
927The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to 1236The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
934Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more 1243Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
935info): 1244info):
936 1245
937 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t 1246 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
938 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t 1247 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
1248
1249=item builtin:
1250
1251The builtin action is the action that @@RXVT_NAME@@ would execute if no
1252key binding existed for the key combination. The obvious use is to undo
1253the effect of existing bindings. The not so obvious use is to reinstate
1254bindings when another binding overrides too many modifiers.
1255
1256For example if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable
1257@@RXVT_NAME@@'s C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke
1258"holes" into the user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
1259
1260 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1261 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1262
1263The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
1264of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1265C<Shift-Insert>.
1266
1267=item builtin-string:
1268
1269This action is mainly useful to restore string mappings for keys that
1270have predefined actions in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The exact semantics are a bit
1271difficult to explain - basically, this action will send the string to the
1272application that would be sent if @@RXVT_NAME@@ wouldn't have a built-in
1273action for it.
1274
1275An example might make it clearer: @@RXVT_NAME@@ normally pastes the
1276selection when you press C<Shift-Insert>. With the following bindings, it
1277would instead emit the (undocumented, but what applications running in the
1278terminal might expect) sequence C<ESC [ 2 $> instead:
1279
1280 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin-string:
1281 URxvt.keysym.C-S-Insert: builtin:
1282
1283The first line disables the paste functionality for that key
1284combination, and the second reinstates the default behaviour for
1285C<Control-Shift-Insert>, which would otherwise be overridden.
1286
1287Similarly, to let applications gain access to the C<C-M-c> (copy to
1288clipboard) and C<C-M-v> (paste clipboard) key combination, you can do
1289this:
1290
1291 URxvt.keysym.C-M-c: builtin-string:
1292 URxvt.keysym.C-M-v: builtin-string:
1293
1294=item EXTENSION:STRING
1295
1296An action of this form invokes the action B<STRING>, if any, provided
1297by the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) extension B<EXTENSION>. The extension will
1298be loaded automatically if necessary.
1299
1300Not all extensions define actions, but popular extensions that do
1301include the I<selection> and I<matcher> extensions (documented in their
1302own manpages, @@RXVT_NAME@@-selection(1) and @@RXVT_NAME@@-matcher(1),
1303respectively).
1304
1305From the silly examples department, this will rot13-"encrypt"
1306@@RXVT_NAME@@'s selection when Alt-Control-c is pressed on typical PC
1307keyboards:
1308
1309 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: selection:rot13
1310
1311=item perl:STRING *DEPRECATED*
1312
1313This is a deprecated way of invoking commands provided by perl
1314extensions. It is still supported, but should not be used anymore.
1315
1316=back
1317
1318=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
1319
1320=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
1321
1322Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
1323use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
1324
1325Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to remove them again, in
1326case they had been specified earlier. This can be useful to selectively
1327disable some extensions loaded by default, or specified via the
1328C<perl-ext-common> resource. For example, C<default,-selection> will use
1329all the default extensions except C<selection>.
1330
1331To prohibit autoloading of extensions, you can prefix them with C</>,
1332which will make urxvt refuse to automatically load them (this can be
1333overridden, however, by specifying the extension name again without a
1334prefix, though). This does not prohibit extensions themselves loading
1335other extensions. For example, C<default,/background> will keep the
1336C<background> extension from being loaded when a background OSC sequence
1337is received.
1338
1339The default set includes the C<selection>, C<option-popup>,
1340C<selection-popup>, C<readline>, C<searchable-scrollback> and
1341C<confirm-paste> extensions, as well as any extensions which are mentioned
1342in B<keysym> resources.
1343
1344Any extension such that a corresponding resource is given on the
1345command line is automatically appended to B<perl-ext>.
1346
1347Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1348necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance. When the library
1349search path contains multiple extension files of the same name, then the
1350first one found will be used.
1351
1352If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl interpreter
1353will not be initialized. The rationale for having two options is that
1354B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
1355all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1356
1357=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1358
1359Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1360the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1361
1362=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1363
1364Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1365scripts. When looking for perl extensions, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look
1366in these directories, then in C<$URXVT_PERL_LIB>, F<$HOME/.urxvt/ext> and
1367lastly in F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1368
1369See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1370
1371=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1372
1373Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
1374details.
1375
1376=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
1377
1378Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
1379for details.
1380
1381=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym> *DEPRECATED*
1382
1383This resource is deprecated and will be removed. Use a B<keysym> resource
1384instead, e.g.:
1385
1386 URxvt.keysym.M-s: searchable-scrollback:start
1387
1388=item B<url-launcher>: I<string>
1389
1390Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
1391C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
1392
1393=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
1394
1395Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
1396
1397=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1398
1399Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1400it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1401
1402=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
1403
1404Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
1405
1406=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1407
1408Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
939 1409
940=back 1410=back
941 1411
942=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1412=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
943 1413
962application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~> 1432application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
963(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1433(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
964up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down), 1434up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
965respectively. 1435respectively.
966 1436
967=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1437=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
968 1438
969The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1439The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
970I<xterm>(1). 1440to I<xterm>(1).
971 1441
972=over 4 1442=over
973 1443
974=item B<Selection>: 1444=item B<Selecting>:
975 1445
976Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region 1446Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
977and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click 1447and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
978to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line 1448to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
979(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource 1449(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
980B<tripleclickwords>. 1450B<tripleclickwords>.
981 1451
982Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys) 1452Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
983(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a normal 1453(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
984one. 1454normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1455selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1456the selection.
985 1457
986=item B<Insertion>: 1458=item B<Pasting>:
987 1459
988Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1460Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
989an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1461window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
990inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 1462B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1463
1464Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
1465inserted too.
1466
1467rxvt-unicode also provides the bindings B<Ctrl-Meta-c> and
1468<Ctrl-Meta-v> to interact with the CLIPBOARD selection. The first
1469binding causes the value of the internal selection to be copied to the
1470CLIPBOARD selection, while the second binding causes the value of the
1471CLIPBOARD selection to be inserted.
991 1472
992=back 1473=back
993 1474
994=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1475=head1 CHANGING FONTS
995 1476
996Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet 1477Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
997supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. 1478supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
998 1479
999You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and 1480You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
1000therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
1001 1481
1002 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" 1482 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1483
1484You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1485
1486 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
1487 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
1003 1488
1004rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far. 1489rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
1005 1490
1006=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1491=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
1007 1492
1008ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters 1493ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1009and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The 1494and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1010first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with 1495first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1011C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled 1496C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1012with C<--enable-iso14755>. 1497with C<--enable-iso14755>.
1013 1498
1014=over 4 1499=over
1015 1500
1016=item * 5.1: Basic method 1501=item * 5.1: Basic method
1017 1502
1018This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode. 1503This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
1019 1504
1035This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of 1520This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1036your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding. 1521your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1037 1522
1038Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing 1523Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
1039them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not 1524them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1040invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding 1525invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1041keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been 1526keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1042released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for 1527released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
1043C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a 1528C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
1044reverse tab (Shift-Tab). 1529reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
1045 1530
1073B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that 1558B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
1074it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To 1559it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
1075allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root 1560allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
1076on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others. 1561on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1077 1562
1078=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1563=head1 COLOURS AND GRAPHICS
1079 1564
1080In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1565In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1081B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1566B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 88/256 colours: 8 ANSI colours plus
1082high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the 1567high-intensity (potentially bold/blink) versions of the same, and 72 (or
1083colours with their B<rgb.txt> names. 1568240 in 256 colour mode) colours arranged in an 4x4x4 (or 6x6x6) colour RGB
1569cube plus a 8 (24) colour greyscale ramp.
1570
1571B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> supports direct 24-bit fg/bg RGB colour escapes
1572C< ESC [ 38 ; 2 ; R ; G ; Bm > / C< ESC [ 48 ; 2; R ; G ; Bm >. However the
1573number of 24-bit colours that can be used is limited: an internal 7x7x5 (256
1574colour mode) or 6x6x4 (88 colour mode) colour cube is used to index into the
157524-bit colour space. When indexing collisions happen, the nearest old colour in
1576the cube will be adapted to the new 24-bit RGB colour. That means one cannot
1577use many similar 24-bit colours. It's typically not a problem in common
1578scenarios.
1579
1580Here is a list of the ANSI colours with their names.
1084 1581
1085=begin table 1582=begin table
1086 1583
1087 B<color0> (black) = Black 1584 B<color0> (black) = Black
1088 B<color1> (red) = Red3 1585 B<color1> (red) = Red3
1108It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>, 1605It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
1109B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as 1606B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
1110a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of 1607a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1111color0-color15. 1608color0-color15.
1112 1609
1610The following text gives values for the standard 88 colour mode (and
1611values for the 256 colour mode in parentheses).
1612
1613The RGB cube uses indices 16..79 (16..231) using the following formulas:
1614
1615 index_88 = (r * 4 + g) * 4 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..3
1616 index_256 = (r * 6 + g) * 6 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..5
1617
1618The grayscale ramp uses indices 80..87 (232..239), from 10% to 90% in 10%
1619steps (1/26 to 25/26 in 1/26 steps) - black and white are already part of
1620the RGB cube.
1621
1622Together, all those colours implement the 88 (256) colour xterm
1623colours. Only the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the
1624rest can only be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
1625
1626Applications are advised to use terminfo or command sequences to discover
1627number and RGB values of all colours (yes, you can query this...).
1628
1113Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by 1629Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
1114always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to 1630always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1115I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1631I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1116been specified. For example, 1632been specified. For example,
1117 1633
1118=over 4
1119
1120=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv> 1634 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
1121 1635
1122would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black 1636would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
1123on White. 1637White.
1124 1638
1125=back 1639=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1640
1641If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1642their act together, rxvt-unicode will do its own alpha channel management:
1643
1644You can prefix any colour with an opaqueness percentage enclosed in
1645brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
1646(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the colour, where C<0> is completely
1647transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
1648half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
1649is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1650all ways to specify a colour.
1651
1652For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1653C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1654specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1655(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1656while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1657earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1658C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1659
1660You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1661alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1662layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
1663rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1664
1665For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1666background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1667
1668 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1669
1670When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1671alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1672transparency of course).
1673
1674When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1675colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1676background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1677other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1678image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
1679fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
1680
1681Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1682in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
1683extension.
1126 1684
1127=head1 ENVIRONMENT 1685=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1128 1686
1129B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables: 1687B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1130 1688
1131=over 4 1689=over
1132 1690
1133=item B<TERM> 1691=item B<TERM>
1134 1692
1135Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via 1693Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1136resources or on the commandline. 1694resources or on the command line.
1137 1695
1138=item B<COLORTERM> 1696=item B<COLORTERM>
1139 1697
1140Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was 1698Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1141compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension 1699compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1142C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen. 1700extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1701screen.
1143 1702
1144=item B<COLORFGBG> 1703=item B<COLORFGBG>
1145 1704
1146Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is 1705Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1147the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string 1706the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1148C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be 1707C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1149used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the 1708used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1150string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@ 1709string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1151was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like C<ncurses> and C<slang> can 1710was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1152(and do) use this information to optimize screen output. 1711and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1153 1712
1154=item B<WINDOWID> 1713=item B<WINDOWID>
1155 1714
1156Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel 1715Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1157window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal 1716window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1163C<--with-terminfo=PATH>. 1722C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1164 1723
1165=item B<DISPLAY> 1724=item B<DISPLAY>
1166 1725
1167Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct 1726Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1168display in it's child processes. 1727display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
1728defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1169 1729
1170=item B<SHELL> 1730=item B<SHELL>
1171 1731
1172The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>. 1732The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1173 1733
1174=item B<RXVTPATH>
1175
1176The path where @@RXVT_NAME@@ looks for support files such as menu and xpm
1177files.
1178
1179=item B<PATH>
1180
1181Used in the same way as C<RXVTPATH>.
1182
1183=item B<RXVT_SOCKET> 1734=item B<RXVT_SOCKET> [I<sic>]
1184 1735
1185The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and 1736The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1186@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1). 1737@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1187 1738
1188Default C<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-<nodename >>. 1739Default F<<< $HOME/.urxvt/urxvtd-I<< <nodename> >> >>>.
1740
1741=item B<URXVT_PERL_LIB>
1742
1743Additional F<:>-separated library search path for perl extensions. Will be
1744searched after B<-perl-lib> but before F<~/.urxvt/ext> and the system library
1745directory.
1746
1747=item B<URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY>
1748
1749See L<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl>(3).
1189 1750
1190=item B<HOME> 1751=item B<HOME>
1191 1752
1192Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for 1753Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1193daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as 1754daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1194C<.Xdefaults>) 1755C<.Xdefaults>)
1195 1756
1196=item B<XAPPLRESDIR> 1757=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1197 1758
1198Directory where various X resource files are being located. 1759Directory where application-specific X resource files are located.
1199 1760
1200=item B<XENVIRONMENT> 1761=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1201 1762
1202If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by 1763If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1203@@RXVT_NAME@@. 1764@@RXVT_NAME@@.
1204 1765
1205=back 1766=back
1206 1767
1207=head1 FILES 1768=head1 FILES
1208 1769
1209=over 4 1770=over
1210 1771
1211=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1772=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
1212 1773
1213Color names. 1774Colour names.
1214 1775
1215=back 1776=back
1216 1777
1217=head1 SEE ALSO 1778=head1 SEE ALSO
1218 1779
1780@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@-extensions(1),
1219@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5) 1781@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1220
1221=head1 BUGS
1222
1223Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1224
1225Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1226
1227Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1228 1782
1229=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR 1783=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1230 1784
1231=over 4 1785=over
1232 1786
1233=item Project Coordinator 1787=item Project Coordinator
1234 1788
1235Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >> 1789Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>.
1236 1790
1237L<http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode> 1791L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1238 1792
1239=back 1793=back
1240 1794
1241=head1 AUTHORS 1795=head1 AUTHORS
1242 1796
1243=over 4 1797=over
1244 1798
1245=item John Bovey 1799=item John Bovey
1246 1800
1247University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt. 1801University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1248 1802
1249=item Rob Nation L<< <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com> >> 1803=item Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>
1250 1804
1251very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt 1805very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1252 1806
1253=item Angelo Haritsis L<< <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> >> 1807=item Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>
1254 1808
1255wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code) 1809wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1256 1810
1257=item mj olesen L<< <olesen@me.QueensU.CA> >> 1811=item mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>
1258 1812
1259Wrote the menu system. 1813Wrote the menu system.
1260 1814
1261Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21) 1815Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1262 1816
1263=item Oezguer Kesim L<< <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de> >> 1817=item Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>
1264 1818
1265Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5) 1819Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1266 1820
1267=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >> 1821=item Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>
1268 1822
1269Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator 1823Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1824
1270(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode) 1825Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1271 1826
1272=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >> 1827=item Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>
1273 1828
1274Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal 1829Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1275character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm 1830extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1276compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1277 1831
1278Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -) 1832Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1279 1833
1834=item Emanuele Giaquinta <emanuele.giaquinta@gmail.com>
1835
1836pty/utmp code rewrite, image code improvements, many random hacks and bugfixes.
1837
1280=back 1838=back
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