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12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not 12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not
13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style 13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space -- 14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --
15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions. 15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
16 16
17See also @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical reference documentation (escape 17=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
18sequences etc.) and the FAQ section at the end of this document. 18
19See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
20frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
21problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
22L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
23
24=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
25
26Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
27internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
28world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
29especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
30like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
31like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
32scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
33fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such
34as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
35belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
36such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
37change.
38
39If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
40me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean
41terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
42because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
43another for japanese.
44
45Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
46display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
47programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able
48to choose any font for any script freely.
49
50Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
51it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
52in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original
53rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
54
55It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
56and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
57without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
58a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
59from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
60drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
61@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
62
63It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
64been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
65reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
19 66
20=head1 OPTIONS 67=head1 OPTIONS
21 68
22The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed 69The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed
23below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be 70below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
65Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is 112Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is
66B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>. 113B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.
67 114
68=item B<-fade> I<number> 115=item B<-fade> I<number>
69 116
70Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 117Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. resource B<fading>.
71 118
72=item B<-tint> I<colour> 119=item B<-tint> I<colour>
73 120
74Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 121Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
75transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh> 122transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh>
78 125
79=item B<-sh> 126=item B<-sh>
80 127
81I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 128I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent
82background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 129background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be
83specified, too). 130specified, too, e.g. C<-tint white>).
84 131
85=item B<-bg> I<colour> 132=item B<-bg> I<colour>
86 133
87Window background colour; resource B<background>. 134Window background colour; resource B<background>.
88 135
91Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 138Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
92 139
93=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]> 140=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>
94 141
95Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally 142Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally
96specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add 143specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
97quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the 144add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
98command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>. 145command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
99 146
100=item B<-cr> I<colour> 147=item B<-cr> I<colour>
101 148
102The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 149The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
109 156
110The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>. 157The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.
111 158
112=item B<-bd> I<colour> 159=item B<-bd> I<colour>
113 160
114The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text; 161The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
115resource B<borderColor>. 162resource B<borderColor>.
116 163
117=item B<-fn> I<fontname> 164=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
118 165
119Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 166Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
120names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 167that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The
121The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 168first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
122be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 169smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
123appended to it. resource B<font>. 170font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
124 171
125=item B<-rb>|B<+rb> 172In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it
173with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
174e.g.:
126 175
127Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text will be 176 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
128displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. Bold 177 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
129fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 178
130corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular 179See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
131font will be used. resource B<realBold>. 180section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
181
182=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
183
184Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to
185be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
186
187=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
188
189Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to
190be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
191
192=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
193
194Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to
195be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont> for details.
132 196
133=item B<-name> I<name> 197=item B<-name> I<name>
134 198
135Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 199Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
136rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 200rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
174 238
175Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>. 239Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
176 240
177=item B<-st>|B<+st> 241=item B<-st>|B<+st>
178 242
179Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 243Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
180resource B<scrollBar_floating>. 244resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
245
246=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
247
248If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
249actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
250select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
251not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
252on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
181 253
182=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 254=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
183 255
184Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 256Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
185 257
210if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window 282if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
211decorations; resource B<borderLess>. 283decorations; resource B<borderLess>.
212 284
213=item B<-lsp> I<number> 285=item B<-lsp> I<number>
214 286
215Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row 287Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
216of the display; resource B<linespace>. 288the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
289B<linespace>.
217 290
218=item B<-tn> I<termname> 291=item B<-tn> I<termname>
219 292
220This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 293This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
221B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 294B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
257 330
258Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>. 331Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
259 332
260=item B<-imlocale> I<string> 333=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
261 334
262The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 335The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
263de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 336C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
264extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 337input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
265another locale. 338another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
339
340=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
341
342Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
343for more info.
344
345=item B<-tcw>
346
347Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
348button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
349end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
266 350
267=item B<-insecure> 351=item B<-insecure>
268 352
269Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 353Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
270sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 354sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
284=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr> 368=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
285 369
286Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 370Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
287B<secondaryScroll>. 371B<secondaryScroll>.
288 372
289=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring> 373=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
290 374
291No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made 375Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
292available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in 376
293some window managers. 377=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
378
379Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
380which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
381
382Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
383shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
384quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
385create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
386
387The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
388
389It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
390descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
391can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
392terminal. This works regardless of wether the C<-embed> option was used or
393not.
394
395Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
396used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
397
398 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
399 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
400 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
401 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
402 });
403
404=item B<-pty-fd> I<fileno>
405
406Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
407pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is
408useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
409without having to run a program within it.
410
411If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
412entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
413yourself if you want that.
414
415Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
416longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
417
418 use IO::Pty;
419 use Fcntl;
420
421 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
422 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
423 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
424 close $pty;
425
426 # now communicate with rxvt
427 my $slave = $pty->slave;
428 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
294 429
295=back 430=back
296 431
297=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 432=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options)
298 433
301 436
302There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the 437There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the
303Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal 438Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal
304Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie. 439Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie.
305B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the 440B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the
306resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load 441resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many distribution do also load
307settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts. 442settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@
443will consult the following files/resources in order, with later settings
444overwriting earlier ones:
445
446 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
447 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
448 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
449 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
450 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
308 451
309If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> 452If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h>
310lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults 453lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults
311set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually 454set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually
312B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in 455B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in
345high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 488high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
346colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 489colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
3473=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour 4903=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
348names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 491names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.
349 492
493Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
494changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
495
496Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
49788 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
498
350=item B<colorBD:> I<colour> 499=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>
351 500
501=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
502
352Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the foreground 503Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
353colour is the default. This option will be ignored if B<realBold> is 504foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
354enabled. 505(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
355 506
356=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 507=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
357 508
358Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 509Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
359foreground colour is the default. 510foreground colour is the default.
360 511
361=item B<colorRV:> I<colour> 512=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
362 513
363Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video 514Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
364characters. 515characters.
516
517=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
518
519If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
520itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
365 521
366=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 522=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
367 523
368Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 524Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
369foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 525foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
403=item B<shading:> I<number> 559=item B<shading:> I<number>
404 560
405Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 561Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background
406image in addition to tinting it. 562image in addition to tinting it.
407 563
408=item B<fading:> I<number>
409
410Scale the tint colour by the given percentage.
411
412=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 564=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
413 565
414Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 566Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
415 567
416=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 568=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
417 569
418Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 570Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
419#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 571#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
572
573=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
574
575The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
576and the text.
420 577
421=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 578=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>
422 579
423Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 580Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
424the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 581the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
440 597
441Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and 598Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
442menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and 599menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
443B<PATH> environment variables. 600B<PATH> environment variables.
444 601
445=item B<font:> I<fontname> 602=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
446 603
447Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 604Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font
448names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 605names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.
449The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 606The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
450be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 607be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always
451appended to it. option B<-fn>. 608appended to it. option B<-fn>.
452 609
453=item B<realBold:> I<boolean> 610Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
611optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
454 612
455B<True>: Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text 613In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
456will be displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. 614specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
457Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 615hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
458corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular 616fonts.
459font will be used. option B<-rb>. B<False>: Display bold text in a 617
460regular font, using the color specified with B<colorBD>; option B<+rb>. 618For example, this font resource
619
620 URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\
621 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
622 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
623 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
624 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
625
626specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
627the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
628it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
629wide and 15 pixels high.
630
631The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
632the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
633the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
634useful supplement.
635
636The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
637are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
638contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
639
640The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
641remaining unicode characters.
642
643=item B<boldFont:> I<fontlist>
644
645=item B<italicFont:> I<fontlist>
646
647=item B<boldItalicFont:> I<fontlist>
648
649The font list to use for displaying B<bold>, I<italic> or B<< I<bold
650italic> >> characters, respectively.
651
652If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
653B<font>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
654it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
655italic.
656
657If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
658"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
659not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
660
661If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
662text font will being used for the given style.
461 663
462=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 664=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>
463 665
464Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 666Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is
465xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives 667xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
466xterm style selection. 668xterm style selection.
467 669
468=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode> 670=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
469 671
470Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is 672Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
471the author's favourite.. 673the author's favourite.
472 674
473=item B<title:> I<string> 675=item B<title:> I<string>
474 676
475Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 677Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
476specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 678specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
508 710
509Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use 711Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
510B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or 712B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
511B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well. 713B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
512 714
715The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
716
717Example:
718
719 URxvt*print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
720
721This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
722everytime you hit C<Print>.
723
513=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 724=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
514 725
515B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 726B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
516disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 727disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
517 728
536B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 747B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
537B<+si>. 748B<+si>.
538 749
539=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 750=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
540 751
541B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and 752B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
542B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 753B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll
543with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. 754with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<+sw>.
544 755
545=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 756=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
546 757
547B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys 758B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
548are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and 759are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
549are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to 760are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to
550bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>. 761bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.
551 762
552=item B<smallfont_key:> I<keysym>
553
554If enabled, use B<@@HOTKEY@@->I<keysym> to toggle to a smaller font
555[default B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>]
556
557=item B<bigfont_key:> I<keysym>
558
559If enabled, use B<@@HOTKEY@@->I<keysym> to toggle to a bigger font
560[default B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@>]
561
562=item B<saveLines:> I<number> 763=item B<saveLines:> I<number>
563 764
564Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This 765Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
565resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>. 766resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.
566 767
596 797
597=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean> 798=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
598 799
599B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel 800B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
600scrolls five lines [default]. 801scrolls five lines [default].
802
803=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
804
805B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
806movement only; option C<-ptab>.
601 807
602=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 808=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
603 809
604B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 810B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
605option B<-bc>. 811option B<-bc>.
618 824
619Mouse pointer background colour. 825Mouse pointer background colour.
620 826
621=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 827=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
622 828
623Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 829Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
830large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
624 831
625=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 832=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
626 833
627The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 834The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
628or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace> 835or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>
650 857
651I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>. 858I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
652 859
653=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 860=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
654 861
655The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 862The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
656de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 863C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
657extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 864input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
658another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 865another locale. option B<-imlocale>.
659 866
660=item B<insecure> 867=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
868
869Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
870C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
871by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
872in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
873found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
874option B<-imfont>.
875
876=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
877
878Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
879button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
880the end of the logical line only. option B<-tcw>.
881
882=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
661 883
662Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 884Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
663echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 885echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
664abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether 886abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
665throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 887throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though
666write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 888write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note
667that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 889that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences
668enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 890enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean
669resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 891resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this
693scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 915scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
694instead scroll the screen up. 916instead scroll the screen up.
695 917
696=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 918=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
697 919
698Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may 920Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
699contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n: 921intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
700newline, \r: return, \t: 922
923The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be
924any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>,
925B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>,
926and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>,
927B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
928
929The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
930whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
931keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
932current application keymap mode state.
933
934The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or
935searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
936omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
937keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
938performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
939
940I<string> may contain escape values (C<\a>: bell, C<\b>: backspace,
941C<\e>, C<\E>: escape, C<\n>: newline, C<\r>: carriage return, C<\t>: tab,
701tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null, 942C<\000>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (C<^?>: delete,
702^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end 943C<^@>: null, C<^A> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
703with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be 944can start or end with whitespace.
704omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with 945
705KEYSYM_RESOURCE. 946Please note that you need to double the C<\> when using
947C<--enable-xgetdefault>, as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you can
948use C<\033> instead of C<\e> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and
949@@RXVT_NAME@@'s own processing).
950
951You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
952with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimeter `/'
953should be a character not used by the strings.
954
955Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
956
957 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|>
958
959The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
960
961 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>
962 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>
963 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>
964
965If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
966is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
967example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
968when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
969
970 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
971
972Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
973will match if at I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
974no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
975means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
976definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
977mappings themselves.
978
979Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
980if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
981C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke "holes" into the
982user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
983
984 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
985 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
986
987The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
988of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
989C<Shift-Insert>.
990
991The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
992the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
993font-switching at runtime:
994
995 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
996 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
997
998Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
999info):
1000
1001 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
1002 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
706 1003
707=back 1004=back
708 1005
709=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1006=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
710 1007
724the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta 1021the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
725(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action. 1022(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
726 1023
727If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 1024If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
728disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 1025disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
729application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~> 1026application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
730(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1027(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
731up and down arrows sends B<ESC[A> (Up) and B<ESC[B> (Down), 1028up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
732respectively. 1029respectively.
733 1030
734=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1031=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION
735 1032
736The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1033The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
738 1035
739=over 4 1036=over 4
740 1037
741=item B<Selection>: 1038=item B<Selection>:
742 1039
743Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the 1040Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
744region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left 1041and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
745double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire 1042to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
746line. 1043(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1044B<tripleclickwords>.
1045
1046Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
1047(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a normal
1048one.
747 1049
748=item B<Insertion>: 1050=item B<Insertion>:
749 1051
750Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1052Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in
751an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1053an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be
753 1055
754=back 1056=back
755 1057
756=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1058=head1 CHANGING FONTS
757 1059
758You can change fonts on-the-fly, which is to say cycle through the 1060Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
759default font and others of various sizes, by using B<Shift-KP_Add> and 1061supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
760B<Shift-KP_Subtract>. Or, alternatively (if enabled) with 1062
761B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@> and B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>, where the 1063You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and
762actual key can be selected using resources 1064therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
763B<smallfont_key>/B<bigfont_key>. 1065
1066 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1067
1068rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
764 1069
765=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1070=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
766 1071
767Partial ISO 14755-support is implemented. that means that pressing 1072ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1073and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1074first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1075C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1076with C<--enable-iso14755>.
768 1077
769Section 5.1: Control and Shift together enters unicode input 1078=over 4
770mode. Entering hex digits composes a Unicode character, pressing space or
771releasing the modifiers commits the keycode and every other key cancels
772the current input character.
773 1079
774Section 5.2: Pressing and immediately releasing Control and Shift together 1080=item * 5.1: Basic method
775enters keycap entry mode for the next key: pressing a function key (tab, 1081
776return etc..) will enter the unicode character corresponding to the given 1082This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
777key. 1083
1084Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
1085hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
1086commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1087C<Control> and C<Shift> you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1088C<Space>, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1089one.
1090
1091As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e-mail
1092address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
1093address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
1094by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
1095followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1096
1097=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
1098
1099This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1100your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1101
1102Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
1103them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1104invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1105keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1106released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
1107C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
1108reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
1109
1110=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
1111
1112While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1113mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1114
1115=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
1116
1117This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1118characters already displayed.
1119
1120You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
1121pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1122hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1123pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
1124
1125In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1126character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1127combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1128always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1129
1130=back
1131
1132With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1133both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
778 1134
779=head1 LOGIN STAMP 1135=head1 LOGIN STAMP
780 1136
781B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so 1137B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
782that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. 1138it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
783To allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> must be installed setuid root on 1139allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
784some systems. 1140on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
785 1141
786=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1142=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS
787 1143
788In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1144In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
789B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1145B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus
832 1188
833=back 1189=back
834 1190
835=head1 ENVIRONMENT 1191=head1 ENVIRONMENT
836 1192
837B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM> 1193B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
838and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X 1194
839window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and 1195=over 4
840sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display 1196
841terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables 1197=item B<TERM>
842B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files. 1198
1199Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1200resources or on the commandline.
1201
1202=item B<COLORTERM>
1203
1204Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1205compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension
1206C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1207
1208=item B<COLORFGBG>
1209
1210Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1211the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1212C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1213used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1214string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1215was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like C<ncurses> and C<slang> can
1216(and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1217
1218=item B<WINDOWID>
1219
1220Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1221window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1222window and so on).
1223
1224=item B<TERMINFO>
1225
1226Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1227C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1228
1229=item B<DISPLAY>
1230
1231Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1232display in it's child processes.
1233
1234=item B<SHELL>
1235
1236The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1237
1238=item B<RXVTPATH>
1239
1240The path where @@RXVT_NAME@@ looks for support files such as menu and xpm
1241files.
1242
1243=item B<PATH>
1244
1245Used in the same way as C<RXVTPATH>.
1246
1247=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
1248
1249The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1250@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1251
1252Default C<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-<nodename >>.
1253
1254=item B<HOME>
1255
1256Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1257daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1258C<.Xdefaults>)
1259
1260=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1261
1262Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1263
1264=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1265
1266If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1267@@RXVT_NAME@@.
1268
1269=back
843 1270
844=head1 FILES 1271=head1 FILES
845 1272
846=over 4 1273=over 4
847 1274
848=item B</etc/utmp>
849
850System file for login records.
851
852=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1275=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
853 1276
854Color names. 1277Color names.
855 1278
856=back 1279=back
857 1280
858=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) 1281=head1 SEE ALSO
1282
1283@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1284
1285=head1 BUGS
1286
1287Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1288
1289Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1290
1291Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1292
1293=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
859 1294
860=over 4 1295=over 4
861 1296
862=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
863
864The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). For rxvt-unicode
865version 2.14 and later, the escape sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window
866title to the version number.
867
868=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
869
870Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
871some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
872heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
873quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
874depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
875
876=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
877
878If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
879standard foreground colour.
880
881For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
882text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
883colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
884ignored.
885
886On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
887foreground/background colors.
888
889color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
890
891color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
892
893=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
894
895You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
896resources (or as long-options).
897
898Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
899including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
900
901 Rxvt*color0: #000000
902 Rxvt*color1: #A80000
903 Rxvt*color2: #00A800
904 Rxvt*color3: #A8A800
905 Rxvt*color4: #0000A8
906 Rxvt*color5: #A800A8
907 Rxvt*color6: #00A8A8
908 Rxvt*color7: #A8A8A8
909
910 Rxvt*color8: #000054
911 Rxvt*color9: #FF0054
912 Rxvt*color10: #00FF54
913 Rxvt*color11: #FFFF54
914 Rxvt*color12: #0000FF
915 Rxvt*color13: #FF00FF
916 Rxvt*color14: #00FFFF
917 Rxvt*color15: #FFFFFF
918
919=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
920
921Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
922BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
923question) there are two standard values that can be used for
924Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
925
926Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
927policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
928choice :).
929
930Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
931of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
932started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
933system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
934be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
935
936For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
937
938 # use Backspace = ^H
939 $ stty erase ^H
940 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
941
942 # use Backspace = ^?
943 $ stty erase ^?
944 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
945
946Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
947
948For an existing rxvt-unicode:
949
950 # use Backspace = ^H
951 $ stty erase ^H
952 $ echo -n "^[[36h"
953
954 # use Backspace = ^?
955 $ stty erase ^?
956 $ echo -n "^[[36l"
957
958This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
959if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
960properly reflects that.
961
962The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
963To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
964key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
965(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
966
967Some other Backspace problems:
968
969some editors use termcap/terminfo,
970some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
971GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
972
973Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
974
975=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
976
977There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
978you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
979use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym
9800xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
981
982Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270'
983
984 !# ----- special uses ------:
985 ! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys.
986 tn3270*font: *clean-bold-*-*--15-*
987
988 ! keysym - used by rxvt only
989 ! Delete - ^D
990 tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
991
992 ! Home - ^A
993 tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
994 ! Left - ^B
995 tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
996 ! Up - ^P
997 tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
998 ! Right - ^F
999 tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
1000 ! Down - ^N
1001 tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
1002 ! End - ^E
1003 tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
1004
1005 ! F1 - F12
1006 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
1007 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
1008 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
1009 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
1010 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
1011 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
1012 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
1013 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
1014 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
1015 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
1016 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
1017 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
1018
1019 ! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
1020 tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
1021 tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
1022
1023=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
1024How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1025has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
1026
1027 KP_Insert == Insert
1028 F22 == Print
1029 F27 == Home
1030 F29 == Prior
1031 F33 == End
1032 F35 == Next
1033
1034Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accomodate all the various possible keyboard
1035mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for
1036your particular machine.
1037
1038=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
1039I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
1040
1041rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
1042check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1043Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1044not to use color.
1045
1046=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
1047
1048If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and ahve enabled
1049insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1050snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1051wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1052the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1053regular xterm.
1054
1055Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
1056snippets:
1057
1058 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1059 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1060 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1061 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1062 echo -n '^[Z'
1063 read term_id
1064 stty icanon echo
1065 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1066 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1067 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1068 fi
1069 fi
1070
1071=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
1072
1073You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
1074one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
1075the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
1076
1077=back
1078
1079=head1 SEE ALSO
1080
1081@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1082
1083=head1 BUGS
1084
1085Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1086
1087Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1088
1089Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1090
1091=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1092
1093=over 4
1094
1095=item Project Coordinator 1297=item Project Coordinator
1096 1298
1097@@RXVTMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1299Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1098 1300
1099=item Web page maintainter 1301L<http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode>
1100
1101@@RXVTWEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@>
1102
1103L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@>
1104 1302
1105=back 1303=back
1106 1304
1107=head1 AUTHORS 1305=head1 AUTHORS
1108 1306
1133=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >> 1331=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1134 1332
1135Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator 1333Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1136(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode) 1334(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1137 1335
1138=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >> 1336=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1139 1337
1140Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal 1338Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1141character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm 1339character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1142compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions. 1340compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
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