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11	B<rxvt-unicode>, version B<@@RXVT_VERSION@@>, is a colour vt102 terminal	11	B<rxvt-unicode>, version B<@@RXVT_VERSION@@>, is a colour vt102 terminal
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
		17	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
		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>.
16		23
17	=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT	24	=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
18		25
19	Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode	26	Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
20	internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the	27	internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
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24	like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these	31	like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
25	scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work	32	scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
26	fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such	33	fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such
27	as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms	34	as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
28	belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --	35	belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
29	such as cursor-movement while editing -- break othwerwise), but that might	36	such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
30	change.	37	change.
31		38
32	If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let	39	If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
33	me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean	40	me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean
34	terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely	41	terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
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53	drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and	60	drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
54	@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).	61	@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
55		62
56	It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have	63	It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
57	been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical	64	been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
58	reference documentation (escape sequences etc.) and the FAQ section at the	65	reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
59	end of this document.
60		66
61	=head1 OPTIONS	67	=head1 OPTIONS
62		68
63	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
64	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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87		93
88	Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still	94	Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still
89	respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the	95	respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
90	B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.	96	B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
91		97
		98	=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
		99
		100	Compile I<frills>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
		101	resource B<depth>.
		102
92	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>	103	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
93		104
94	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.	105	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
95		106
96	=item B<-rv>|B<+rv>	107	=item B<-rv>|B<+rv>
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99		110
100	=item B<-j>|B<+j>	111	=item B<-j>|B<+j>
101		112
102	Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>.	113	Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>.
103		114
104	=item B<-ip>|B<+ip>	115	=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> | B<-tr>|B<+tr>
105		116
106	Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is	117	Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
107	B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.	118	B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.
108		119
109	=item B<-fade> I<number>	120	=item B<-fade> I<number>
110		121
111	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.	122	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
		123	fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
		124	colour; resource B<fading>.
		125
		126	=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
		127
		128	Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
		129	is black. resource B<fadeColor>.
112		130
113	=item B<-tint> I<colour>	131	=item B<-tint> I<colour>
114		132
115	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when	133	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
116	transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh>	134	transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. This only works for
117	option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to	135	non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the B<-sh> option that can be
118	tinting it.	136	used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it; resource
		137	I<tintColor>. Example:
		138
		139	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
119		140
120	=item B<-sh>	141	=item B<-sh>
121		142
122	I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent	143	I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent
123	background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be	144	background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be
124	specified, too).	145	specified, too, e.g. C<-tint white>).
125		146
126	=item B<-bg> I<colour>	147	=item B<-bg> I<colour>
127		148
128	Window background colour; resource B<background>.	149	Window background colour; resource B<background>.
129		150
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132	Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.	153	Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
133		154
134	=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>	155	=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>
135		156
136	Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally	157	Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally
137	specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add	158	specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
138	quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the	159	add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
139	command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.	160	command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
140		161
141	=item B<-cr> I<colour>	162	=item B<-cr> I<colour>
142		163
143	The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.	164	The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
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150		171
151	The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.	172	The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.
152		173
153	=item B<-bd> I<colour>	174	=item B<-bd> I<colour>
154		175
155	The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text;	176	The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
156	resource B<borderColor>.	177	resource B<borderColor>.
157		178
158	=item B<-fn> I<fontname>	179	=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
159		180
160	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font	181	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
161	names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.	182	that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
162	The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might	183	first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
163	be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always	184	smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
164	appended to it. resource B<font>.	185	font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
		186
		187	In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it
		188	with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
		189	e.g.:
		190
		191	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
		192	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
165		193
166	See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ	194	See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
167	section.	195	section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
168		196
		197	=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
		198
		199	Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
		200	are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
		201
		202	=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
		203
		204	Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
		205	characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
		206
		207	=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
		208
		209	Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
		210	italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
		211	for details.
		212
169	=item B<-rb>|B<+rb>	213	=item B<-is>|B<+is>
170		214
171	Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text will be	215	Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity
172	displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. Bold	216	foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
173	fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their	217	details.
174	corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular
175	font will be used. resource B<realBold>.
176		218
177	=item B<-name> I<name>	219	=item B<-name> I<name>
178		220
179	Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,	221	Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
180	rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain	222	rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
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218		260
219	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.	261	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
220		262
221	=item B<-st>|B<+st>	263	=item B<-st>|B<+st>
222		264
223	Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;	265	Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
224	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.	266	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
		267
		268	=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
		269
		270	If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
		271	actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
		272	select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
		273	not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
		274	on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
225		275
226	=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>	276	=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
227		277
228	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.	278	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
229		279
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252		302
253	Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.	303	Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
254	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window	304	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
255	decorations; resource B<borderLess>.	305	decorations; resource B<borderLess>.
256		306
		307	=item B<-override-redirect>
		308
		309	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
		310	B<override-redirect>.
		311
		312	=item B<-sbg>
		313
		314	Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
		315	drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
		316	this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
		317	resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
		318
257	=item B<-lsp> I<number>	319	=item B<-lsp> I<number>
258		320
259	Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row	321	Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
260	of the display; resource B<linespace>.	322	the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
		323	B<linespace>.
261		324
262	=item B<-tn> I<termname>	325	=item B<-tn> I<termname>
263		326
264	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the	327	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
265	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the	328	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
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274	given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last	337	given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
275	on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to	338	on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to
276	run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,	339	run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
277	failing that, I<sh(1)>.	340	failing that, I<sh(1)>.
278		341
		342	Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
		343	run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
		344
		345	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
		346
279	=item B<-title> I<text>	347	=item B<-title> I<text>
280		348
281	Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename	349	Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
282	of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the	350	of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
283	application name; resource B<title>.	351	application name; resource B<title>.
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301		369
302	Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.	370	Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
303		371
304	=item B<-imlocale> I<string>	372	=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
305		373
306	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g.	374	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
307	de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input	375	C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
308	extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in	376	input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
309	another locale.	377	another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
		378
		379	=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
		380
		381	Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
		382	for more info.
		383
		384	=item B<-tcw>
		385
		386	Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
		387	button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
		388	end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
310		389
311	=item B<-insecure>	390	=item B<-insecure>
312		391
313	Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape	392	Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
314	sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more	393	sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
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328	=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>	407	=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
329		408
330	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource	409	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
331	B<secondaryScroll>.	410	B<secondaryScroll>.
332		411
		412	=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
		413
		414	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
		415	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
		416	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
		417	user; resource B<hold>.
		418
		419	=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
		420
		421	Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
		422
		423	=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
		424
		425	Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
		426	which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
		427
		428	Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
		429	shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
		430	quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
		431	create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
		432
		433	The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
		434
		435	It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
		436	descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
		437	can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
		438	terminal. This works regardless of wether the C<-embed> option was used or
		439	not.
		440
		441	Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
		442	used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
		443
		444	my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
		445	$rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
		446	my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
		447	system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
		448	});
		449
		450	=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
		451
		452	Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
		453	pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is
		454	useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
		455	without having to run a program within it.
		456
		457	If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
		458	entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
		459	yourself if you want that.
		460
		461	As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
		462	pty/tty operations.
		463
		464	Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
		465	longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
		466
		467	use IO::Pty;
		468	use Fcntl;
		469
		470	my $pty = new IO::Pty;
		471	fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
		472	system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
		473	close $pty;
		474
		475	# now communicate with rxvt
		476	my $slave = $pty->slave;
		477	while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
		478
333	=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring>	479	=item B<-pe> I<string>
334		480
335	No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made	481	Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
336	available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in	482	this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
337	some window managers.
338		483
339	=back	484	=back
340		485
341	=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options)	486	=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options)
342		487
343	Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long	488	Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
344	options) compiled into your version.	489	options) compiled into your version.
345		490
346	There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the	491	You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
347	Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal	492	distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
348	Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie.	493	starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
349	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the	494	with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
350	resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load
351	settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts.
352		495
353	If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h>	496	1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
354	lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults	497	2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
355	set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually	498	3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
356	B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in	499	4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
357	B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist.	500	5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
		501
358	Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two	502	Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
359	class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows	503	names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
360	resources common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be	504	common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
361	easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources	505	configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
362	unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be	506	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
363	shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no	507	configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
364	resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line	508	be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
365	arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following	509	settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
366	resources are allowed:	510	check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
		511	extensions not documented here):
367		512
368	=over 4	513	=over 4
		514
		515	=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
		516
		517	Compile I<frills>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
		518	option B<-depth>.
369		519
370	=item B<geometry:> I<geom>	520	=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
371		521
372	Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];	522	Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
373	option B<-geometry>.	523	option B<-geometry>.
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389	high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)	539	high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
390	colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,	540	colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
391	3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour	541	3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
392	names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.	542	names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.
393		543
		544	Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
		545	changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
		546
		547	Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
		548	88 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
		549
394	=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>	550	=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>
395		551
		552	=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
		553
396	Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the foreground	554	Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
397	colour is the default. This option will be ignored if B<realBold> is	555	foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
398	enabled.	556	(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
399		557
400	=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>	558	=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
401		559
402	Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the	560	Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
403	foreground colour is the default.	561	foreground colour is the default.
404		562
405	=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>	563	=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
406		564
407	Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video	565	Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
408	characters.	566	characters.
		567
		568	=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
		569
		570	If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
		571	itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
409		572
410	=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>	573	=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
411		574
412	Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the	575	Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
413	foreground colour; option B<-cr>.	576	foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
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436	artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows'	599	artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows'
437	pixmap.	600	pixmap.
438		601
439	=item B<fading:> I<number>	602	=item B<fading:> I<number>
440		603
441	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.	604	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
		605
		606	=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
		607
		608	Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
		609	colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
442		610
443	=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>	611	=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
444		612
445	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour.	613	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
		614	B<-tint>.
446		615
447	=item B<shading:> I<number>	616	=item B<shading:> I<number>
448		617
449	Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background	618	Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background
450	image in addition to tinting it.	619	image in addition to tinting it.
451		620
452	=item B<fading:> I<number>
453
454	Scale the tint colour by the given percentage.
455
456	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>	621	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
457		622
458	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].	623	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
459		624
460	=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>	625	=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
461		626
462	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default	627	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
463	#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.	628	#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
		629
		630	=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
		631
		632	The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
		633	and the text.
464		634
465	=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>	635	=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>
466		636
467	Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for	637	Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
468	the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry	638	the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
…		…
472	of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9	642	of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
473	specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will	643	specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
474	be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted	644	be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
475	scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]	645	scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
476		646
477	=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]>
478
479	Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
480	optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
481	reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
482
483	=item B<path:> I<path>	647	=item B<path:> I<path>
484		648
485	Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and	649	Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding XPM files.
486	menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
487	B<PATH> environment variables.
488		650
489	=item B<font:> I<fontname>	651	=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
490		652
491	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font	653	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
492	names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.	654	that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
493	The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might	655	first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
494	be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always	656	smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
495	appended to it. option B<-fn>.	657	font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
496		658
497	=item B<realBold:> I<boolean>	659	Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
		660	optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
498		661
499	B<True>: Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text	662	In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
500	will be displayed using the first available bold font in the font list.	663	specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
501	Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their	664	hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
502	corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular	665	fonts.
503	font will be used. option B<-rb>. B<False>: Display bold text in a	666
504	regular font, using the color specified with B<colorBD>; option B<+rb>.	667	For example, this font resource
		668
		669	URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
		670	-misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
		671	-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
		672	[codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
		673	xft:Code2000:antialias=false
		674
		675	specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
		676	the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
		677	it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
		678	wide and 15 pixels high.
		679
		680	The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
		681	the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
		682	the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
		683	useful supplement.
		684
		685	The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
		686	are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
		687	contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
		688
		689	The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
		690	remaining unicode characters.
		691
		692	=item B<boldFont:> I<fontlist>
		693
		694	=item B<italicFont:> I<fontlist>
		695
		696	=item B<boldItalicFont:> I<fontlist>
		697
		698	The font list to use for displaying B<bold>, I<italic> or B<< I<bold
		699	italic> >> characters, respectively.
		700
		701	If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
		702	B<font>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
		703	it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
		704	italic.
		705
		706	If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
		707	"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
		708	not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
		709
		710	If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
		711	text font will being used for the given style.
		712
		713	=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
		714
		715	When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
		716	option B<-is>, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high
		717	intensity foreground/backround colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
		718	option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
		719	reachable.
505		720
506	=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>	721	=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>
507		722
508	Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is	723	Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is
509	xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives	724	xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
510	xterm style selection.	725	xterm style selection.
511		726
512	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>	727	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
513		728
514	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is	729	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
515	the author's favourite..	730	the author's favourite.
516		731
517	=item B<title:> I<string>	732	=item B<title:> I<string>
518		733
519	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line	734	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
520	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application	735	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
…		…
552		767
553	Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use	768	Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
554	B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or	769	B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
555	B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.	770	B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
556		771
		772	The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
		773
		774	Example:
		775
		776	URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
		777
		778	This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
		779	everytime you hit C<Print>.
		780
557	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>	781	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
558		782
559	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:	783	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
560	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.	784	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
561		785
…		…
580	B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option	804	B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
581	B<+si>.	805	B<+si>.
582		806
583	=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>	807	=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
584		808
585	B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and	809	B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
586	B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll	810	B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll
587	with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>.	811	with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<+sw>.
588		812
589	=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>	813	=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
590		814
591	B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys	815	B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
592	are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and	816	are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
…		…
611	=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>	835	=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
612		836
613	Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the	837	Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
614	WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.	838	WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
615		839
		840	=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
		841
		842	Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
		843	drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
		844	this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
		845	option B<-sbg>.
		846
616	=item B<termName:> I<termname>	847	=item B<termName:> I<termname>
617		848
618	Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment	849	Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
619	variable; option B<-tn>.	850	variable; option B<-tn>.
620		851
…		…
630		861
631	=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>	862	=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
632		863
633	B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel	864	B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
634	scrolls five lines [default].	865	scrolls five lines [default].
		866
		867	=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
		868
		869	B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
		870	movement only; option C<-ptab>.
635		871
636	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>	872	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
637		873
638	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];	874	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
639	option B<-bc>.	875	option B<-bc>.
…		…
652		888
653	Mouse pointer background colour.	889	Mouse pointer background colour.
654		890
655	=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>	891	=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
656		892
657	Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2].	893	Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
		894	large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
658		895
659	=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>	896	=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
660		897
661	The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>	898	The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
662	or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>	899	or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>
…		…
669	pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated	906	pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
670	with the B<Execute> key.	907	with the B<Execute> key.
671		908
672	=item B<cutchars:> I<string>	909	=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
673		910
674	The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The	911	The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
675	built-in default:	912	(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
		913
		914	When the selection extension is in use (the default if compiled in, see
		915	the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these characters
		916	will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex will be
		917	created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
		918
		919	When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
		920	be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
676		921
677	B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >>	922	B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >>
678		923
679	=item B<preeditType:> I<style>	924	=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
680		925
…		…
684		929
685	I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.	930	I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
686		931
687	=item B<imLocale:> I<name>	932	=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
688		933
689	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g.	934	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
690	de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input	935	C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
691	extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in	936	input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
692	another locale. option B<-imlocale>.	937	another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
693		938
694	=item B<insecure>	939	=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
		940
		941	Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
		942	C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
		943	by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
		944	in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
		945	found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
		946	option B<-imfont>.
		947
		948	=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
		949
		950	Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
		951	button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
		952	the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
		953
		954	=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
695		955
696	Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that	956	Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
697	echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be	957	echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
698	abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether	958	abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
699	throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though	959	through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
700	write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note	960	write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
701	that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences	961	default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
702	enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean	962	sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
703	resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this	963
704	enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title	964	You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
705	requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch.	965	B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
		966	locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
706		967
707	=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>	968	=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
708		969
709	Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,	970	Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
710	B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option	971	B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
…		…
714		975
715	Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)	976	Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
716	character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described	977	character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
717	in the entry on B<keysym> following.	978	in the entry on B<keysym> following.
718		979
719	=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool>	980	=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
720		981
721	Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).	982	Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
722		983
723	=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool>	984	=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
724		985
725	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this	986	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this
726	option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the	987	option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
727	scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will	988	scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
728	instead scroll the screen up.	989	instead scroll the screen up.
729		990
		991	=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
		992
		993	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
		994	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
		995	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
		996	user.
		997
730	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>	998	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
731		999
732	Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may	1000	Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
733	contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n:	1001	intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
734	newline, \r: return, \t:	1002
		1003	The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be
		1004	any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>,
		1005	B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>,
		1006	and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>,
		1007	B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
		1008
		1009	The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
		1010	whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
		1011	keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
		1012	current application keymap mode state.
		1013
		1014	The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or
		1015	searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
		1016	omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
		1017	keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
		1018	performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
		1019
		1020	I<string> may contain escape values (C<\a>: bell, C<\b>: backspace,
		1021	C<\e>, C<\E>: escape, C<\n>: newline, C<\r>: carriage return, C<\t>: tab,
735	tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null,	1022	C<\000>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (C<^?>: delete,
736	^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end	1023	C<^@>: null, C<^A> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
737	with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be	1024	can start or end with whitespace.
738	omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with	1025
739	KEYSYM_RESOURCE.	1026	Please note that you need to double the C<\> in resource files, as
		1027	Xlib itself does it's own de-escaping (you can use C<\033> instead of
		1028	C<\e> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own
		1029	processing).
		1030
		1031	You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
		1032	with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimeter `/'
		1033	should be a character not used by the strings.
		1034
		1035	Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
		1036
		1037	URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|>
		1038
		1039	The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
		1040
		1041	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>
		1042	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>
		1043	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>
		1044
		1045	If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
		1046	is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
		1047	example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
		1048	when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
		1049
		1050	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
		1051
		1052	If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
		1053	is passed to the C<on_keyboard_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
		1054	manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
		1055	C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
		1056
		1057	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
		1058
		1059	Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
		1060	will match if at I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
		1061	no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
		1062	means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
		1063	definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
		1064	mappings themselves.
		1065
		1066	Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
		1067	if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
		1068	C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke "holes" into the
		1069	user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
		1070
		1071	URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
		1072	URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
		1073
		1074	The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
		1075	of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
		1076	C<Shift-Insert>.
		1077
		1078	The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
		1079	the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
		1080	font-switching at runtime:
		1081
		1082	URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
		1083	URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
		1084
		1085	Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
		1086	info):
		1087
		1088	URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
		1089	URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
		1090
		1091	=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
		1092
		1093	=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
		1094
		1095	Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
		1096	use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
		1097
		1098	Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
		1099	them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
		1100	by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
		1101	example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extension except
		1102	C<selection>.
		1103
		1104	Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
		1105	(e.g. C<< searchable-scrollback<M-s> >>, which binds the hotkey for
		1106	searchable scorllback to Alt/Meta-s). Mentioning the same extension
		1107	multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
		1108	the extension.
		1109
		1110	Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
		1111	necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
		1112
		1113	If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
		1114	interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
		1115	B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
		1116	all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
		1117
		1118	=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
		1119
		1120	Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
		1121	the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
		1122	will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
		1123
		1124	=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
		1125
		1126	Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
		1127	scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource,
		1128	@@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
		1129	F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>. Due to security reasons, this resource
		1130	will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
		1131
		1132	See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
		1133
		1134	=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
		1135
		1136	Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
		1137	details.
		1138
		1139	=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
		1140
		1141	Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
		1142	for details.
		1143
		1144	=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym>
		1145
		1146	Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
		1147	(default: C<M-s>).
		1148
		1149	=item B<urlLauncher>: I<string>
		1150
		1151	Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
		1152	C<selection-popup> and C<mark-urls> perl extensions.
		1153
		1154	=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
		1155
		1156	Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
		1157
		1158	=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
		1159
		1160	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
		1161	it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
740		1162
741	=back	1163	=back
742		1164
743	=head1 THE SCROLLBAR	1165	=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
744		1166
…		…
758	the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta	1180	the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
759	(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.	1181	(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
760		1182
761	If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are	1183	If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
762	disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen	1184	disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
763	application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~>	1185	application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
764	(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the	1186	(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
765	up and down arrows sends B<ESC[A> (Up) and B<ESC[B> (Down),	1187	up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
766	respectively.	1188	respectively.
767		1189
768	=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION	1190	=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION
769		1191
770	The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to	1192	The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
…		…
772		1194
773	=over 4	1195	=over 4
774		1196
775	=item B<Selection>:	1197	=item B<Selection>:
776		1198
777	Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the	1199	Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
778	region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left	1200	and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
779	double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire	1201	to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
780	line.	1202	(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
		1203	B<tripleclickwords>.
		1204
		1205	Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
		1206	(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
		1207	normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
		1208	selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
		1209	the selection.
781		1210
782	=item B<Insertion>:	1211	=item B<Insertion>:
783		1212
784	Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in	1213	Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
785	an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be	1214	window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
786	inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.	1215	Meta modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
		1216
		1217	Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
		1218	inserted too.
787		1219
788	=back	1220	=back
789		1221
790	=head1 CHANGING FONTS	1222	=head1 CHANGING FONTS
791		1223
792	Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet	1224	Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
793	supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.	1225	supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
794		1226
795	You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and	1227	You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
796	therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
797		1228
798	printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"	1229	printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
		1230
		1231	You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
		1232
		1233	URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
		1234	URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
799		1235
800	rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.	1236	rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
801		1237
802	=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT	1238	=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
803		1239
…		…
807	C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled	1243	C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
808	with C<--enable-iso14755>.	1244	with C<--enable-iso14755>.
809		1245
810	=over 4	1246	=over 4
811		1247
812	=item 5.1: Basic method	1248	=item * 5.1: Basic method
813		1249
814	This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.	1250	This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
815		1251
816	Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter	1252	Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
817	hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will	1253	hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
…		…
824	address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail	1260	address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
825	address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily	1261	address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
826	by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,	1262	by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
827	followed by releasing the modifier keys.	1263	followed by releasing the modifier keys.
828		1264
829	=item 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method	1265	=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
830		1266
831	This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of	1267	This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
832	your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.	1268	your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
833		1269
834	Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing	1270	Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
835	them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not	1271	them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
836	invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding	1272	invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
837	keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been	1273	keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
838	released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for	1274	released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
839	C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have beenm to enter a	1275	C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
840	reverse tab (Shift-Tab).	1276	reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
841		1277
842	=item 5.3: Screen-selection entry method	1278	=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
843		1279
844	While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection	1280	While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
845	mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.	1281	mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
846		1282
847	=item 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input	1283	=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
848		1284
849	This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with	1285	This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
850	characters already displayed.	1286	characters already displayed.
851		1287
852	You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then	1288	You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
853	pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode	1289	pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
854	hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the	1290	hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
855	pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.	1291	pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
856		1292
		1293	In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
		1294	character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
		1295	combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
		1296	always be drawn using the built-in support font.
		1297
857	=back	1298	=back
858		1299
859	With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to	1300	With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
860	both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.	1301	both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
861		1302
862	=head1 LOGIN STAMP	1303	=head1 LOGIN STAMP
863		1304
864	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so	1305	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
865	that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages.	1306	it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
866	To allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> must be installed setuid root on	1307	allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
867	some systems.	1308	on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
868		1309
869	=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS	1310	=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS
870		1311
871	In addition to the default foreground and background colours,	1312	In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
872	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus	1313	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus
…		…
913	would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black	1354	would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black
914	on White.	1355	on White.
915		1356
916	=back	1357	=back
917		1358
918	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)	1359	=head1 ENVIRONMENT
		1360
		1361	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
919		1362
920	=over 4	1363	=over 4
921		1364
922	=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?	1365	=item B<TERM>
923		1366
924	The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). For rxvt-unicode	1367	Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
925	version 2.14 and later, the escape sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window	1368	resources or on the commandline.
926	title to the version number.
927		1369
928	=item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?	1370	=item B<COLORTERM>
929		1371
930	=item Unicode does not seem to work?	1372	Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
		1373	compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension
		1374	C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
931		1375
932	If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but	1376	=item B<COLORFGBG>
933	getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
934	subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
935		1377
936	Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the	1378	Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
937	programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the	1379	the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
938	login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to	1380	C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
939	sth. else, e.h. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.	1381	used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
		1382	string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
		1383	was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like C<ncurses> and C<slang> can
		1384	(and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
940		1385
941	The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run	1386	=item B<WINDOWID>
942	into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
943		1387
944	printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"	1388	Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
		1389	window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
		1390	window and so on).
945		1391
946	If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not	1392	=item B<TERMINFO>
947	supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> comamnd which
948	displays this. If it displays sth. like:
949		1393
950	locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...	1394	Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
		1395	C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
951		1396
952	Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.	1397	=item B<DISPLAY>
953		1398
954	If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then	1399	Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
955	you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't	1400	display in it's child processes.
956	support locales :(
957		1401
958	=item Why do the characters look ugly?	1402	=item B<SHELL>
959		1403
960	=item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?	1404	The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
961		1405
962	Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is	1406	=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
963	fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
964	your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
965	to display.
966		1407
967	B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement	1408	The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
968	font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks	1409	@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
969	bad. In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font
970	list, e.g.:
971		1410
972	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...	1411	Default F<<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-I<< <nodename >> >>>.
973		1412
974	When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base	1413	=item B<HOME>
975	font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
976	next font, and so on.
977		1414
978	The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than the base	1415	Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
979	font, as the base font defines the principial cell size, which must be the	1416	daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
980	same due to the way terminals work.	1417	C<.Xdefaults>)
981		1418
982	=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?	1419	=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
983		1420
984	This is because there is a difference between script and language --	1421	Directory where various X resource files are being located.
985	rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output
986	is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode
987	first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for
988	it. Subseqzuent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many chinese
989	characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
990	non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
991	-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
992	japanese characters that are also chinese.
993		1422
994	The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font	1423	=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
995	list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
996	a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
997	first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
998		1424
999	In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime (the	1425	If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1000	internal data structure has no problem with using different fonts for
1001	the same character at the same time, but no interface for this has been
1002	designed yet).
1003
1004	=item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
1005
1006	=item Is there an option to switch encodings?
1007
1008	Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
1009	specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
1010	UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
1011
1012	The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
1013	the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
1014	applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width and
1015	code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>.
1016
1017	Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
1018	programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1019	interpretation of characters.
1020
1021	Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1022	is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
1023
1024	On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
1025	contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1026	locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
1027	C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
1028	(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
1029
1030	Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1031	the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1032	i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the same for rxvt-unicode.
1033
1034	If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1035	rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
1036
1037	=item Can I switch locales at runtime?
1038
1039	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which sets
1040	rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
1041
1042	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1043
1044	See also the previous question.
1045
1046	Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in one
1047	locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support UTF-8. For
1048	example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which first switches to a
1049	locale supported by xjdic and back later:
1050
1051	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1052	xjdic -js
1053	printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
1054
1055	=item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
1056
1057	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which has the same
1058	effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
1059
1060	printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1061
1062	This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
1063	japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
1064	japanese fonts would only be in your way.
1065
1066	You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
1067
1068	=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
1069
1070	Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
1071	some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
1072	heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
1073	quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
1074	depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
1075
1076	=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
1077
1078	If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
1079	standard foreground colour.
1080
1081	For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
1082	text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
1083	colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
1084	ignored.
1085
1086	On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
1087	foreground/background colors.
1088
1089	color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
1090
1091	color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
1092
1093	=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
1094
1095	You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
1096	resources (or as long-options).
1097
1098	Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
1099	including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
1100
1101	Rxvt*color0: #000000
1102	Rxvt*color1: #A80000
1103	Rxvt*color2: #00A800
1104	Rxvt*color3: #A8A800
1105	Rxvt*color4: #0000A8
1106	Rxvt*color5: #A800A8
1107	Rxvt*color6: #00A8A8
1108	Rxvt*color7: #A8A8A8
1109
1110	Rxvt*color8: #000054
1111	Rxvt*color9: #FF0054
1112	Rxvt*color10: #00FF54
1113	Rxvt*color11: #FFFF54
1114	Rxvt*color12: #0000FF
1115	Rxvt*color13: #FF00FF
1116	Rxvt*color14: #00FFFF
1117	Rxvt*color15: #FFFFFF
1118
1119	=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
1120
1121	Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
1122	BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
1123	question) there are two standard values that can be used for
1124	Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
1125
1126	Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
1127	policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
1128	choice :).
1129
1130	Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
1131	of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
1132	started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
1133	system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
1134	be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
1135
1136	For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
1137
1138	# use Backspace = ^H
1139	$ stty erase ^H
1140	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@	1426	@@RXVT_NAME@@.
1141
1142	# use Backspace = ^?
1143	$ stty erase ^?
1144	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@
1145
1146	Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
1147
1148	For an existing rxvt-unicode:
1149
1150	# use Backspace = ^H
1151	$ stty erase ^H
1152	$ echo -n "^[[36h"
1153
1154	# use Backspace = ^?
1155	$ stty erase ^?
1156	$ echo -n "^[[36l"
1157
1158	This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
1159	if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
1160	properly reflects that.
1161
1162	The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
1163	To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
1164	key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
1165	(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
1166
1167	Some other Backspace problems:
1168
1169	some editors use termcap/terminfo,
1170	some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
1171	GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
1172
1173	Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
1174
1175	=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
1176
1177	There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
1178	you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
1179	use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym
1180	0xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
1181
1182	Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270'
1183
1184	!# ----- special uses ------:
1185	! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys.
1186	tn3270*font: *clean-bold-*-*--15-*
1187
1188	! keysym - used by rxvt only
1189	! Delete - ^D
1190	tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
1191
1192	! Home - ^A
1193	tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
1194	! Left - ^B
1195	tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
1196	! Up - ^P
1197	tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
1198	! Right - ^F
1199	tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
1200	! Down - ^N
1201	tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
1202	! End - ^E
1203	tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
1204
1205	! F1 - F12
1206	tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
1207	tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
1208	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
1209	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
1210	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
1211	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
1212	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
1213	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
1214	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
1215	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
1216	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
1217	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
1218
1219	! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
1220	tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
1221	tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
1222
1223	=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
1224	How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1225	has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
1226
1227	KP_Insert == Insert
1228	F22 == Print
1229	F27 == Home
1230	F29 == Prior
1231	F33 == End
1232	F35 == Next
1233
1234	Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accomodate all the various possible keyboard
1235	mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for
1236	your particular machine.
1237
1238	=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
1239	I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
1240
1241	rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
1242	check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1243	Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1244	not to use color.
1245
1246	=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
1247
1248	If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and ahve enabled
1249	insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1250	snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1251	wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1252	the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1253	regular xterm.
1254
1255	Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
1256	snippets:
1257
1258	# Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1259	[ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1260	if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1261	stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1262	echo -n '^[Z'
1263	read term_id
1264	stty icanon echo
1265	if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1266	echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1267	read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1268	fi
1269	fi
1270
1271	=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
1272
1273	You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
1274	one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
1275	the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
1276		1427
1277	=back	1428	=back
1278		1429
1279	=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1280
1281	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM>
1282	and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X
1283	window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and
1284	sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display
1285	terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables
1286	B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files.
1287
1288	=head1 FILES	1430	=head1 FILES
1289		1431
1290	=over 4	1432	=over 4
1291		1433
1292	=item B</etc/utmp>
1293
1294	System file for login records.
1295
1296	=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>	1434	=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
1297		1435
1298	Color names.	1436	Color names.
1299		1437
1300	=back	1438	=back
1301		1439
1302	=head1 SEE ALSO	1440	=head1 SEE ALSO
1303		1441
1304	@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)	1442	@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1305
1306	=head1 BUGS
1307
1308	Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1309
1310	Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1311
1312	Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1313		1443
1314	=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR	1444	=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1315		1445
1316	=over 4	1446	=over 4
1317		1447
1318	=item Project Coordinator	1448	=item Project Coordinator
1319		1449
1320	@@RXVT_MAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@>	1450	Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1321		1451
1322	=item Web page maintainter	1452	L<http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode>
1323
1324	@@RXVT_WEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@>
1325
1326	L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@>
1327		1453
1328	=back	1454	=back
1329		1455
1330	=head1 AUTHORS	1456	=head1 AUTHORS
1331		1457
…		…
1353		1479
1354	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)	1480	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1355		1481
1356	=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>	1482	=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1357		1483
1358	Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator	1484	Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
		1485
1359	(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)	1486	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1360		1487
1361	=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >>	1488	=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1362		1489
1363	Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal	1490	Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1364	character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm	1491	extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1365	compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1366		1492
1367	Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)	1493	Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1368		1494
		1495	=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >>
		1496
		1497	Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.
		1498
1369	=back	1499	=back
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