--- rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod 2005/02/14 18:47:54 1.56 +++ rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod 2005/02/19 01:07:57 1.61 @@ -370,11 +370,11 @@ Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource B. -=item B<-keysym.>I: I +=item B<-keysym.>I I Remap a key symbol. See resource B. -=item B<-embed>: I +=item B<-embed> I Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window, which enables applications to easily embed a terminal. @@ -384,12 +384,49 @@ quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone. +The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits. + It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the terminal. This works regardless of wether the C<-embed> option was used or not. +Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be +used (a longer example is in F): + + my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket; + $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub { + my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid; + system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &"; + }); + +=item B<-pty-fd> I + +Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty +pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is +useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator +without having to run a program within it. + +If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp +entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that +yourself if you want that. + +Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a +longer example is in F): + + use IO::Pty; + use Fcntl; + + my $pty = new IO::Pty; + fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec + system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&"; + close $pty; + + # now communicate with rxvt + my $slave = $pty->slave; + while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" } + =back =head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) @@ -704,8 +741,8 @@ =item B I B: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and -B is False); option B<+sw>. B: do not scroll -with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. +B is False); option B<-sw>. B: do not scroll +with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<+sw>. =item B I