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12	emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not	12	emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not
13	require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style	13	require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
14	configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --	14	configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --
15	a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.	15	a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
16		16
17	See also @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical reference documentation (escape	17	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
18	sequences etc.) and the FAQ section at the end of this document.	18
		19	See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
		20	frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
		21	problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
		22	L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/checkout/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
		23
		24	=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
		25
		26	Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
		27	internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
		28	world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
		29	especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
		30	like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
		31	like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
		32	scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
		33	fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such
		34	as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
		35	belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
		36	such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
		37	change.
		38
		39	If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
		40	me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean
		41	terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
		42	because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
		43	another for japanese.
		44
		45	Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
		46	display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
		47	programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able
		48	to choose any font for any script freely.
		49
		50	Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
		51	it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
		52	in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original
		53	rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
		54
		55	It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
		56	and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
		57	without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
		58	a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
		59	from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
		60	drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
		61	@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
		62
		63	It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
		64	been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
		65	reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
19		66
20	=head1 OPTIONS	67	=head1 OPTIONS
21		68
22	The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed	69	The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed
23	below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be	70	below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
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65	Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is	112	Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
66	B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.	113	B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.
67		114
68	=item B<-fade> I<number>	115	=item B<-fade> I<number>
69		116
70	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.	117	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. resource B<fading>.
71		118
72	=item B<-tint> I<colour>	119	=item B<-tint> I<colour>
73		120
74	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when	121	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
75	transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh>	122	transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh>
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78		125
79	=item B<-sh>	126	=item B<-sh>
80		127
81	I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent	128	I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent
82	background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be	129	background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be
83	specified, too).	130	specified, too, e.g. C<-tint white>).
84		131
85	=item B<-bg> I<colour>	132	=item B<-bg> I<colour>
86		133
87	Window background colour; resource B<background>.	134	Window background colour; resource B<background>.
88		135
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91	Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.	138	Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
92		139
93	=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>	140	=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>
94		141
95	Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally	142	Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally
96	specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add	143	specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
97	quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the	144	add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
98	command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.	145	command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
99		146
100	=item B<-cr> I<colour>	147	=item B<-cr> I<colour>
101		148
102	The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.	149	The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
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109		156
110	The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.	157	The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.
111		158
112	=item B<-bd> I<colour>	159	=item B<-bd> I<colour>
113		160
114	The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text;	161	The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
115	resource B<borderColor>.	162	resource B<borderColor>.
116		163
117	=item B<-fn> I<fontname>	164	=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
118		165
119	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font	166	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
120	names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.	167	that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The
121	The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might	168	first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
122	be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always	169	smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
123	appended to it. resource B<font>.	170	font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
124		171
125	=item B<-rb>\|B<+rb>	172	In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it
		173	with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
		174	e.g.:
126		175
127	Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text will be	176	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
128	displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. Bold	177	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
129	fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their	178
130	corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular	179	See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
131	font will be used. resource B<realBold>.	180	section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
		181
		182	=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
		183
		184	Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to
		185	be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
		186
		187	=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
		188
		189	Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to
		190	be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
		191
		192	=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
		193
		194	Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to
		195	be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont> for details.
132		196
133	=item B<-name> I<name>	197	=item B<-name> I<name>
134		198
135	Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,	199	Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
136	rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain	200	rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
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177	=item B<-st>\|B<+st>	241	=item B<-st>\|B<+st>
178		242
179	Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;	243	Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
180	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.	244	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
181		245
		246	=item B<-ptab>\|B<+ptab>
		247
		248	If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
		249	actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
		250	select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
		251	not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
		252	on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
		253
182	=item B<-bc>\|B<+bc>	254	=item B<-bc>\|B<+bc>
183		255
184	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.	256	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
185		257
186	=item B<-iconic>	258	=item B<-iconic>
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210	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window	282	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
211	decorations; resource B<borderLess>.	283	decorations; resource B<borderLess>.
212		284
213	=item B<-lsp> I<number>	285	=item B<-lsp> I<number>
214		286
215	Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row	287	Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
216	of the display; resource B<linespace>.	288	the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
		289	B<linespace>.
217		290
218	=item B<-tn> I<termname>	291	=item B<-tn> I<termname>
219		292
220	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the	293	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
221	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the	294	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
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257		330
258	Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.	331	Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
259		332
260	=item B<-imlocale> I<string>	333	=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
261		334
262	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g.	335	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
263	de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input	336	C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
264	extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in	337	input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
265	another locale.	338	another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
		339
		340	=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
		341
		342	Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
		343	for more info.
		344
		345	=item B<-tcw>
		346
		347	Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
		348	button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
		349	end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
266		350
267	=item B<-insecure>	351	=item B<-insecure>
268		352
269	Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape	353	Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
270	sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more	354	sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
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284	=item B<-ssr>\|B<+ssr>	368	=item B<-ssr>\|B<+ssr>
285		369
286	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource	370	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
287	B<secondaryScroll>.	371	B<secondaryScroll>.
288		372
289	=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring>	373	=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
290		374
291	No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made	375	Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
292	available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in	376
293	some window managers.	377	=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
		378
		379	Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
		380	which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
		381
		382	Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
		383	shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
		384	quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
		385	create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
		386
		387	The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
		388
		389	It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
		390	descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
		391	can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
		392	terminal. This works regardless of wether the C<-embed> option was used or
		393	not.
		394
		395	Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
		396	used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
		397
		398	my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
		399	$rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
		400	my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
		401	system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
		402	});
		403
		404	=item B<-pty-fd> I<fileno>
		405
		406	Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
		407	pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is
		408	useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
		409	without having to run a program within it.
		410
		411	If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
		412	entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
		413	yourself if you want that.
		414
		415	Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
		416	longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
		417
		418	use IO::Pty;
		419	use Fcntl;
		420
		421	my $pty = new IO::Pty;
		422	fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
		423	system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
		424	close $pty;
		425
		426	# now communicate with rxvt
		427	my $slave = $pty->slave;
		428	while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
294		429
295	=back	430	=back
296		431
297	=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options)	432	=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options)
298		433
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301		436
302	There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the	437	There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the
303	Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal	438	Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal
304	Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie.	439	Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie.
305	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the	440	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the
306	resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load	441	resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many distribution do also load
307	settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts.	442	settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@
		443	will consult the following files/resources in order, with later settings
		444	overwriting earlier ones:
		445
		446	1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
		447	2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
		448	3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
		449	4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
		450	5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
308		451
309	If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h>	452	If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h>
310	lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults	453	lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults
311	set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually	454	set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually
312	B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in	455	B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in
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345	high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)	488	high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
346	colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,	489	colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
347	3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour	490	3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
348	names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.	491	names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.
349		492
		493	Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
		494	changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
		495
		496	Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
		497	88 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
		498
350	=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>	499	=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>
351		500
		501	=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
		502
352	Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the foreground	503	Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
353	colour is the default. This option will be ignored if B<realBold> is	504	foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
354	enabled.	505	(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
355		506
356	=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>	507	=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
357		508
358	Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the	509	Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
359	foreground colour is the default.	510	foreground colour is the default.
360		511
361	=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>	512	=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
362		513
363	Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video	514	Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
364	characters.	515	characters.
		516
		517	=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
		518
		519	If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
		520	itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
365		521
366	=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>	522	=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
367		523
368	Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the	524	Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
369	foreground colour; option B<-cr>.	525	foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
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403	=item B<shading:> I<number>	559	=item B<shading:> I<number>
404		560
405	Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background	561	Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background
406	image in addition to tinting it.	562	image in addition to tinting it.
407		563
408	=item B<fading:> I<number>
409
410	Scale the tint colour by the given percentage.
411
412	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>	564	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
413		565
414	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].	566	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
415		567
416	=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>	568	=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
417		569
418	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default	570	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
419	#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.	571	#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
		572
		573	=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
		574
		575	The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
		576	and the text.
420		577
421	=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>	578	=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>
422		579
423	Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for	580	Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
424	the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry	581	the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
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440		597
441	Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and	598	Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
442	menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and	599	menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
443	B<PATH> environment variables.	600	B<PATH> environment variables.
444		601
445	=item B<font:> I<fontname>	602	=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
446		603
447	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font	604	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font
448	names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.	605	names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.
449	The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might	606	The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
450	be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always	607	be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always
451	appended to it. option B<-fn>.	608	appended to it. option B<-fn>.
452		609
453	=item B<realBold:> I<boolean>	610	Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
		611	optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
454		612
455	B<True>: Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text	613	In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
456	will be displayed using the first available bold font in the font list.	614	specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
457	Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their	615	hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
458	corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular	616	fonts.
459	font will be used. option B<-rb>. B<False>: Display bold text in a	617
460	regular font, using the color specified with B<colorBD>; option B<+rb>.	618	For example, this font resource
		619
		620	URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\
		621	-misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
		622	-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
		623	[codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
		624	xft:Code2000:antialias=false
		625
		626	specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
		627	the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
		628	it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
		629	wide and 15 pixels high.
		630
		631	The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
		632	the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
		633	the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
		634	useful supplement.
		635
		636	The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
		637	are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
		638	contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
		639
		640	The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
		641	remaining unicode characters.
		642
		643	=item B<boldFont:> I<fontlist>
		644
		645	=item B<italicFont:> I<fontlist>
		646
		647	=item B<boldItalicFont:> I<fontlist>
		648
		649	The font list to use for displaying B<bold>, I<italic> or B<< I<bold
		650	italic> >> characters, respectively.
		651
		652	If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
		653	B<font>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
		654	it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
		655	italic.
		656
		657	If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
		658	"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
		659	not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
		660
		661	If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
		662	text font will being used for the given style.
461		663
462	=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>	664	=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>
463		665
464	Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is	666	Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is
465	xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives	667	xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
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536	B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option	738	B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
537	B<+si>.	739	B<+si>.
538		740
539	=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>	741	=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
540		742
541	B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and	743	B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
542	B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll	744	B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll
543	with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>.	745	with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<+sw>.
544		746
545	=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>	747	=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
546		748
547	B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys	749	B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
548	are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and	750	are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
549	are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to	751	are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to
550	bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.	752	bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.
551		753
552	=item B<smallfont_key:> I<keysym>
553
554	If enabled, use B<@@HOTKEY@@->I<keysym> to toggle to a smaller font
555	[default B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>]
556
557	=item B<bigfont_key:> I<keysym>
558
559	If enabled, use B<@@HOTKEY@@->I<keysym> to toggle to a bigger font
560	[default B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@>]
561
562	=item B<saveLines:> I<number>	754	=item B<saveLines:> I<number>
563		755
564	Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This	756	Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
565	resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.	757	resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.
566		758
…		…
596		788
597	=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>	789	=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
598		790
599	B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel	791	B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
600	scrolls five lines [default].	792	scrolls five lines [default].
		793
		794	=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
		795
		796	B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
		797	movement only; option C<-ptab>.
601		798
602	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>	799	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
603		800
604	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];	801	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
605	option B<-bc>.	802	option B<-bc>.
…		…
618		815
619	Mouse pointer background colour.	816	Mouse pointer background colour.
620		817
621	=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>	818	=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
622		819
623	Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2].	820	Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
		821	large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
624		822
625	=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>	823	=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
626		824
627	The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>	825	The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
628	or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>	826	or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>
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650		848
651	I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.	849	I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
652		850
653	=item B<imLocale:> I<name>	851	=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
654		852
655	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g.	853	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
656	de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input	854	C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
657	extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in	855	input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
658	another locale. option B<-imlocale>.	856	another locale. option B<-imlocale>.
659		857
660	=item B<insecure>	858	=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
		859
		860	Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
		861	C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
		862	by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
		863	in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose any suitable found
		864	found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
		865	option B<-imfont>.
		866
		867	=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
		868
		869	Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
		870	button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
		871	the end of the logical line only. option B<-tcw>.
		872
		873	=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
661		874
662	Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that	875	Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
663	echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be	876	echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
664	abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether	877	abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
665	throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though	878	throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though
666	write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note	879	write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note
667	that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences	880	that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences
668	enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean	881	enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean
669	resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this	882	resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this
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693	scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will	906	scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
694	instead scroll the screen up.	907	instead scroll the screen up.
695		908
696	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>	909	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
697		910
698	Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may	911	Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
699	contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n:	912	intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
700	newline, \r: return, \t:	913
		914	The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be
		915	any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>,
		916	B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>,
		917	and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>,
		918	B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
		919
		920	The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
		921	whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
		922	keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
		923	current application keymap mode state.
		924
		925	The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or
		926	searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
		927	omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
		928	keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
		929	performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
		930
		931	I<string> may contain escape values (C<\a>: bell, C<\b>: backspace,
		932	C<\e>, C<\E>: escape, C<\n>: newline, C<\r>: carriage return, C<\t>: tab,
701	tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null,	933	C<\000>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (C<^?>: delete,
702	^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end	934	C<^@>: null, C<^A> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
703	with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be	935	can start or end with whitespace.
704	omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with	936
705	KEYSYM_RESOURCE.	937	Please note that you need to double the C<\> when using
		938	C<--enable-xgetdefault>, as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you can
		939	use C<\033> instead of C<\e> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and
		940	@@RXVT_NAME@@'s own processing).
		941
		942	You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
		943	with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimeter `/'
		944	should be a character not used by the strings.
		945
		946	Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
		947
		948	URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list\|\033<M-C-\|abc\|>
		949
		950	The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
		951
		952	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>
		953	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>
		954	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>
		955
		956	If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
		957	is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
		958	example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
		959	when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
		960
		961	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
		962
		963	The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
		964	the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
		965	font-switching at runtime:
		966
		967	URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
		968	URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
		969
		970	Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
		971	info):
		972
		973	URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
		974	URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
706		975
707	=back	976	=back
708		977
709	=head1 THE SCROLLBAR	978	=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
710		979
…		…
724	the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta	993	the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
725	(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.	994	(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
726		995
727	If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are	996	If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
728	disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen	997	disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
729	application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~>	998	application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
730	(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the	999	(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
731	up and down arrows sends B<ESC[A> (Up) and B<ESC[B> (Down),	1000	up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
732	respectively.	1001	respectively.
733		1002
734	=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION	1003	=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION
735		1004
736	The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to	1005	The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
…		…
738		1007
739	=over 4	1008	=over 4
740		1009
741	=item B<Selection>:	1010	=item B<Selection>:
742		1011
743	Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the	1012	Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
744	region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left	1013	and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
745	double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire	1014	to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
746	line.	1015	(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
		1016	B<tripleclickwords>.
		1017
		1018	Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
		1019	(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a normal
		1020	one.
747		1021
748	=item B<Insertion>:	1022	=item B<Insertion>:
749		1023
750	Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in	1024	Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in
751	an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be	1025	an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be
…		…
753		1027
754	=back	1028	=back
755		1029
756	=head1 CHANGING FONTS	1030	=head1 CHANGING FONTS
757		1031
758	You can change fonts on-the-fly, which is to say cycle through the	1032	Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
759	default font and others of various sizes, by using B<Shift-KP_Add> and	1033	supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
760	B<Shift-KP_Subtract>. Or, alternatively (if enabled) with	1034
761	B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@> and B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>, where the	1035	You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and
762	actual key can be selected using resources	1036	therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
763	B<smallfont_key>/B<bigfont_key>.	1037
		1038	printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
		1039
		1040	rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
764		1041
765	=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT	1042	=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
766		1043
767	Partial ISO 14755-support is implemented. that means that pressing	1044	ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
		1045	and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
		1046	first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
		1047	C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
		1048	with C<--enable-iso14755>.
768		1049
769	Section 5.1: Control and Shift together enters unicode input	1050	=over 4
770	mode. Entering hex digits composes a Unicode character, pressing space or
771	releasing the modifiers commits the keycode and every other key cancels
772	the current input character.
773		1051
774	Section 5.2: Pressing and immediately releasing Control and Shift together	1052	=item * 5.1: Basic method
775	enters keycap entry mode for the next key: pressing a function key (tab,	1053
776	return etc..) will enter the unicode character corresponding to the given	1054	This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
777	key.	1055
		1056	Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
		1057	hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
		1058	commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
		1059	C<Control> and C<Shift> you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
		1060	C<Space>, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
		1061	one.
		1062
		1063	As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e-mail
		1064	address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
		1065	address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
		1066	by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
		1067	followed by releasing the modifier keys.
		1068
		1069	=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
		1070
		1071	This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
		1072	your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
		1073
		1074	Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
		1075	them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
		1076	invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
		1077	keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
		1078	released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
		1079	C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
		1080	reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
		1081
		1082	=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
		1083
		1084	While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
		1085	mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
		1086
		1087	=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
		1088
		1089	This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
		1090	characters already displayed.
		1091
		1092	You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
		1093	pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
		1094	hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
		1095	pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
		1096
		1097	In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
		1098	character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
		1099	combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
		1100	always be drawn using the built-in support font.
		1101
		1102	=back
		1103
		1104	With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
		1105	both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
778		1106
779	=head1 LOGIN STAMP	1107	=head1 LOGIN STAMP
780		1108
781	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so	1109	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
782	that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages.	1110	it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
783	To allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> must be installed setuid root on	1111	allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
784	some systems.	1112	on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
785		1113
786	=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS	1114	=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS
787		1115
788	In addition to the default foreground and background colours,	1116	In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
789	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus	1117	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus
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832		1160
833	=back	1161	=back
834		1162
835	=head1 ENVIRONMENT	1163	=head1 ENVIRONMENT
836		1164
837	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM>	1165	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
838	and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X	1166
839	window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and	1167	=over 4
840	sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display	1168
841	terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables	1169	=item B<TERM>
842	B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files.	1170
		1171	Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
		1172	resources or on the commandline.
		1173
		1174	=item B<COLORTERM>
		1175
		1176	Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
		1177	compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension
		1178	C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
		1179
		1180	=item B<COLORFGBG>
		1181
		1182	Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
		1183	the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
		1184	C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
		1185	used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
		1186	string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
		1187	was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like C<ncurses> and C<slang> can
		1188	(and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
		1189
		1190	=item B<WINDOWID>
		1191
		1192	Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
		1193	window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
		1194	window and so on).
		1195
		1196	=item B<TERMINFO>
		1197
		1198	Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
		1199	C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
		1200
		1201	=item B<DISPLAY>
		1202
		1203	Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
		1204	display in it's child processes.
		1205
		1206	=item B<SHELL>
		1207
		1208	The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
		1209
		1210	=item B<RXVTPATH>
		1211
		1212	The path where @@RXVT_NAME@@ looks for support files such as menu and xpm
		1213	files.
		1214
		1215	=item B<PATH>
		1216
		1217	Used in the same way as C<RXVTPATH>.
		1218
		1219	=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
		1220
		1221	The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
		1222	@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
		1223
		1224	Default C<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-<nodename >>.
		1225
		1226	=item B<HOME>
		1227
		1228	Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
		1229	daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
		1230	C<.Xdefaults>)
		1231
		1232	=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
		1233
		1234	Directory where various X resource files are being located.
		1235
		1236	=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
		1237
		1238	If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
		1239	@@RXVT_NAME@@.
		1240
		1241	=back
843		1242
844	=head1 FILES	1243	=head1 FILES
845		1244
846	=over 4	1245	=over 4
847		1246
848	=item B</etc/utmp>
849
850	System file for login records.
851
852	=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>	1247	=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
853		1248
854	Color names.	1249	Color names.
855		1250
856	=back	1251	=back
857		1252
858	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)	1253	=head1 SEE ALSO
		1254
		1255	@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
		1256
		1257	=head1 BUGS
		1258
		1259	Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
		1260
		1261	Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
		1262
		1263	Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
		1264
		1265	=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
859		1266
860	=over 4	1267	=over 4
861		1268
862	=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
863
864	The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). For rxvt-unicode
865	version 2.14 and later, the escape sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window
866	title to the version number.
867
868	=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
869
870	Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
871	some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
872	heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
873	quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
874	depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
875
876	=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
877
878	If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
879	standard foreground colour.
880
881	For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
882	text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
883	colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
884	ignored.
885
886	On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
887	foreground/background colors.
888
889	color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
890
891	color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
892
893	=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
894
895	You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
896	resources (or as long-options).
897
898	Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
899	including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
900
901	Rxvt*color0: #000000
902	Rxvt*color1: #A80000
903	Rxvt*color2: #00A800
904	Rxvt*color3: #A8A800
905	Rxvt*color4: #0000A8
906	Rxvt*color5: #A800A8
907	Rxvt*color6: #00A8A8
908	Rxvt*color7: #A8A8A8
909
910	Rxvt*color8: #000054
911	Rxvt*color9: #FF0054
912	Rxvt*color10: #00FF54
913	Rxvt*color11: #FFFF54
914	Rxvt*color12: #0000FF
915	Rxvt*color13: #FF00FF
916	Rxvt*color14: #00FFFF
917	Rxvt*color15: #FFFFFF
918
919	=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
920
921	Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
922	BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
923	question) there are two standard values that can be used for
924	Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
925
926	Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
927	policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
928	choice :).
929
930	Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
931	of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
932	started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
933	system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
934	be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
935
936	For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
937
938	# use Backspace = ^H
939	$ stty erase ^H
940	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@
941
942	# use Backspace = ^?
943	$ stty erase ^?
944	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@
945
946	Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
947
948	For an existing rxvt-unicode:
949
950	# use Backspace = ^H
951	$ stty erase ^H
952	$ echo -n "^[[36h"
953
954	# use Backspace = ^?
955	$ stty erase ^?
956	$ echo -n "^[[36l"
957
958	This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
959	if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
960	properly reflects that.
961
962	The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
963	To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
964	key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
965	(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
966
967	Some other Backspace problems:
968
969	some editors use termcap/terminfo,
970	some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
971	GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
972
973	Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
974
975	=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
976
977	There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
978	you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
979	use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym
980	0xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
981
982	Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270'
983
984	!# ----- special uses ------:
985	! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys.
986	tn3270font: clean-bold----15-*
987
988	! keysym - used by rxvt only
989	! Delete - ^D
990	tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
991
992	! Home - ^A
993	tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
994	! Left - ^B
995	tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
996	! Up - ^P
997	tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
998	! Right - ^F
999	tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
1000	! Down - ^N
1001	tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
1002	! End - ^E
1003	tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
1004
1005	! F1 - F12
1006	tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
1007	tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
1008	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
1009	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
1010	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
1011	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
1012	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
1013	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
1014	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
1015	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
1016	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
1017	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
1018
1019	! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
1020	tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
1021	tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
1022
1023	=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
1024	How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1025	has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
1026
1027	KP_Insert == Insert
1028	F22 == Print
1029	F27 == Home
1030	F29 == Prior
1031	F33 == End
1032	F35 == Next
1033
1034	Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accomodate all the various possible keyboard
1035	mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for
1036	your particular machine.
1037
1038	=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
1039	I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
1040
1041	rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
1042	check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1043	Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1044	not to use color.
1045
1046	=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
1047
1048	If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and ahve enabled
1049	insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1050	snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1051	wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1052	the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1053	regular xterm.
1054
1055	Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
1056	snippets:
1057
1058	# Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1059	[ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1060	if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1061	stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1062	echo -n '^[Z'
1063	read term_id
1064	stty icanon echo
1065	if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1066	echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1067	read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1068	fi
1069	fi
1070
1071	=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
1072
1073	You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
1074	one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
1075	the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
1076
1077	=back
1078
1079	=head1 SEE ALSO
1080
1081	@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1082
1083	=head1 BUGS
1084
1085	Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1086
1087	Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1088
1089	Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1090
1091	=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1092
1093	=over 4
1094
1095	=item Project Coordinator	1269	=item Project Coordinator
1096		1270
1097	@@RXVTMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@>	1271	Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1098		1272
1099	=item Web page maintainter	1273	L<http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode>
1100
1101	@@RXVTWEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@>
1102
1103	L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@>
1104		1274
1105	=back	1275	=back
1106		1276
1107	=head1 AUTHORS	1277	=head1 AUTHORS
1108		1278
…		…
1133	=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>	1303	=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1134		1304
1135	Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator	1305	Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1136	(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)	1306	(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1137		1307
1138	=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >>	1308	=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1139		1309
1140	Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal	1310	Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1141	character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm	1311	character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1142	compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.	1312	compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
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