--- rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod 2004/10/09 11:18:12 1.32 +++ rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod 2004/12/01 02:29:14 1.34 @@ -164,8 +164,15 @@ Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be -smaller, but not (in general) larger. A reasonable default font list is -always appended to it. See resource B for details. +smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default +font list is always appended to it. See resource B for more details. + +In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it +with C. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C, +e.g.: + + @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15" + @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7). @@ -234,6 +241,14 @@ Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; resource B. +=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab> + +If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as +actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to +select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and +not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor +on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B. + =item B<-bc>|B<+bc> Blink the cursor; resource B. @@ -535,7 +550,7 @@ it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels wide and 15 pixels high. -the second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in +The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a useful supplement. @@ -698,6 +713,11 @@ B: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B: the mouse wheel scrolls five lines [default]. +=item B I + +B: store tabs as wide characters. B: interpret tabs as cursor +movement only; option C<-ptab>. + =item B I B: blink the cursor. B: do not blink the cursor [default];