--- rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod 2007/10/26 18:27:29 1.140 +++ rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod 2007/11/24 17:07:46 1.148 @@ -118,14 +118,12 @@ =item B<-tr>|B<+tr> -Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background. Obsolete form of it is -B<-ip> and it should not be used anymore; resource B. +Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background; resource B. -I is obsolete and should be -changed to B. Backwards compatibility support for B will -be phased out in future versions of rxvt!> +B<-ip> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in +future versions. -I =item B<-fade> I @@ -147,14 +145,15 @@ used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it. Please note that certain tint colours can be applied on the server-side, thus yielding performance gain of two orders of magnitude. These colours are: -blue, red, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, and those close to them; resource +blue, red, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, and those close to them. Also +pure black and pure white colors essentially mean no tinting; resource I. Example: @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40 =item B<-sh> I -Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent +Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (100 .. 200) the transparent background image in addition to (or instead of) tinting it; resource I. @@ -185,9 +184,9 @@ Window foreground colour; resource B. -=item B<-pixmap> I +=item B<-pixmap> I -Compile I: Specify image file for the background and also +Compile I: Specify image file for the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the command-line; for more details see resource B. @@ -450,6 +449,19 @@ it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the user; resource B. +=item B<-xrm> I + +Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I +as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this +way take precedence over all other resource specifications. + +Note that you need to use the I syntax as in the .Xdefaults file, +e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific +options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use +of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other +resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other +programs. + =item B<-keysym.>I I Remap a key symbol. See resource B. @@ -532,6 +544,7 @@ 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults- + 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class names: B and B. The class name B allows resources @@ -643,14 +656,15 @@ if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>. -=item B I +=item B I -B: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving -artificial transparency. B: do not inherit the parent windows' -pixmap. +Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background. -I +B is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in +future versions. + +I =item B I @@ -677,7 +691,7 @@ =item B I -Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent +Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent background image; option B<-blr>. =item B I @@ -694,22 +708,31 @@ The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text. -=item B I +=item B I -Use the specified image file for the background and also optionally -specify its scaling with a geometry string B, -in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the horizontal/vertical scale (percent), -and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image centre (percent). -A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale of 1 displays the -image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 specifies an integer -number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified beyond -10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000. -Special string of B<"auto"> used as a geometry will cause image to be -automatically scaled to match window size. -If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option - specified pixmap will be -blended over transparency image using either alpha-blending, or any +Use the specified image file for the background and also +optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string B, +(default C<0x0+50+50>) in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the +horizontal/vertical scale (percent), and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image +centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale +of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 specifies +an integer number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified +beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000. +Additional operations can be specified after colon B<:op1:op2...>. +Supported operations are: + + tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0, + propscale will scale image keeping proportions, + auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100; + hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size; + vscale will scale image vertically to the window size; + scale will scale image to match window size; + root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto-adjusting + whenever terminal window moves. + +If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be +blended over transparency image using either alpha-blending, or any other blending type, specified with B<-blt "type"> option. -[default 0x0+50+50] =item B I @@ -992,7 +1015,7 @@ When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used: -B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> +B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >> =item B I