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7B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> [options] [-e command [ args ]] 7B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> [options] [-e command [ args ]]
8 8
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 9=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 10
11B<rxvt-unicode>, version B<@@RXVTVERSION@@>, is a colour vt102 terminal 11B<rxvt-unicode>, version B<@@RXVT_VERSION@@>, is a colour vt102 terminal
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.). 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
24eliminated or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and 71eliminated or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and
25defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on 72defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on
26your system. `rxvt -h' gives a list of major compile-time options on 73your system. `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h' gives a list of major compile-time options on
27the I<Options> line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which 74the I<Options> line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which
28compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile I<XIM>:' requires 75compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile I<XIM>:' requires
29I<XIM> on the I<Options> line. Note: `rxvt -help' gives a list of all 76I<XIM> on the I<Options> line. Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -help' gives a list of all
30command-line options compiled into your version. 77command-line options compiled into your version.
31 78
32Note that B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> permits the resource name to be used as a 79Note that B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> permits the resource name to be used as a
33long-option (--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are 80long-option (--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are
34far greater than those listed. For example: `rxvt --loginShell --color1 81far greater than those listed. For example: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --loginShell --color1
35Orange'. 82Orange'.
36 83
37The following options are available: 84The following options are available:
38 85
39=over 4 86=over 4
58 105
59=item B<-j>|B<+j> 106=item B<-j>|B<+j>
60 107
61Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>. 108Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>.
62 109
63=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> 110=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> | B<-tr>|B<+tr>
64 111
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. Small values
118fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
119colour; resource B<fading>.
120
121=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
122
123Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
124is black. resource B<fadeColor>.
71 125
72=item B<-tint> I<colour> 126=item B<-tint> I<colour>
73 127
74Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 128Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
75transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh> 129transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. This only works for
76option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to 130non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the B<-sh> option that can be
77tinting it. 131used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it; resource
132I<tintColor>. Example:
133
134 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
78 135
79=item B<-sh> 136=item B<-sh>
80 137
81I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 138I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent
82background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 139background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be
83specified, too). 140specified, too, e.g. C<-tint white>).
84 141
85=item B<-bg> I<colour> 142=item B<-bg> I<colour>
86 143
87Window background colour; resource B<background>. 144Window background colour; resource B<background>.
88 145
91Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 148Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
92 149
93=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]> 150=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>
94 151
95Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally 152Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally
96specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add 153specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
97quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the 154add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
98command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>. 155command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
99 156
100=item B<-cr> I<colour> 157=item B<-cr> I<colour>
101 158
102The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 159The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
109 166
110The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>. 167The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.
111 168
112=item B<-bd> I<colour> 169=item B<-bd> I<colour>
113 170
114The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text; 171The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
115resource B<borderColor>. 172resource B<borderColor>.
116 173
117=item B<-fn> I<fontname> 174=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
118 175
119Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 176Select 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. 177that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The
121The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 178first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
122be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 179smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
123appended to it. resource B<font>. 180font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
124 181
125=item B<-rb>|B<+rb> 182In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it
183with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
184e.g.:
126 185
127Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text will be 186 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
128displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. Bold 187 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
129fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 188
130corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular 189See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
131font will be used. resource B<realBold>. 190section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
191
192=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
193
194Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to
195be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
196
197=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
198
199Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to
200be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
201
202=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
203
204Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to
205be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont> for details.
132 206
133=item B<-name> I<name> 207=item B<-name> I<name>
134 208
135Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 209Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
136rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 210rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
174 248
175Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>. 249Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
176 250
177=item B<-st>|B<+st> 251=item B<-st>|B<+st>
178 252
179Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 253Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
180resource B<scrollBar_floating>. 254resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
255
256=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
257
258If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
259actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
260select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
261not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
262on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
181 263
182=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 264=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
183 265
184Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 266Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
185 267
205B<externalBorder>. 287B<externalBorder>.
206 288
207=item B<-bl> 289=item B<-bl>
208 290
209Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. 291Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
210if honoured by the WM, the rxvt window will not have window 292if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
211decorations; resource B<borderLess>. 293decorations; resource B<borderLess>.
212 294
213=item B<-lsp> I<number> 295=item B<-lsp> I<number>
214 296
215Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row 297Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
216of the display; resource B<linespace>. 298the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
299B<linespace>.
217 300
218=item B<-tn> I<termname> 301=item B<-tn> I<termname>
219 302
220This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 303This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
221B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 304B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
257 340
258Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>. 341Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
259 342
260=item B<-imlocale> I<string> 343=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
261 344
262The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 345The 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 346C<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 347input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
265another locale. 348another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
349
350=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
351
352Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
353for more info.
354
355=item B<-tcw>
356
357Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
358button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the
359end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
266 360
267=item B<-insecure> 361=item B<-insecure>
268 362
269Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 363Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
270sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 364sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
284=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr> 378=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
285 379
286Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 380Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
287B<secondaryScroll>. 381B<secondaryScroll>.
288 382
289=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring> 383=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
290 384
291No effect on rxvt. Simply passes through an argument to be made 385Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
292available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in 386
293some window managers. 387=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
388
389Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
390which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
391
392Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
393shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
394quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
395create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
396
397The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
398
399It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
400descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
401can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
402terminal. This works regardless of wether the C<-embed> option was used or
403not.
404
405Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
406used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
407
408 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
409 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
410 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
411 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
412 });
413
414=item B<-pty-fd> I<fileno>
415
416Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
417pair but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is
418useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
419without having to run a program within it.
420
421If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
422entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
423yourself if you want that.
424
425Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
426longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
427
428 use IO::Pty;
429 use Fcntl;
430
431 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
432 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
433 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
434 close $pty;
435
436 # now communicate with rxvt
437 my $slave = $pty->slave;
438 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
294 439
295=back 440=back
296 441
297=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 442=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options)
298 443
301 446
302There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the 447There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the
303Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal 448Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal
304Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie. 449Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie.
305B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the 450B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the
306resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load 451resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many distribution do also load
307settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts. 452settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@
453will consult the following files/resources in order, with later settings
454overwriting earlier ones:
455
456 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
457 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
458 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
459 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
460 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
308 461
309If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> 462If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h>
310lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults 463lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults
311set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually 464set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually
312B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in 465B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in
345high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 498high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
346colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 499colours. 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 5003=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
348names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 501names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.
349 502
503Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
504changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
505
506Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
50788 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
508
350=item B<colorBD:> I<colour> 509=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>
351 510
511=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
512
352Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the foreground 513Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
353colour is the default. This option will be ignored if B<realBold> is 514foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
354enabled. 515(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
355 516
356=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 517=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
357 518
358Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 519Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
359foreground colour is the default. 520foreground colour is the default.
360 521
361=item B<colorRV:> I<colour> 522=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
362 523
363Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video 524Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
364characters. 525characters.
526
527=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
528
529If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
530itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
365 531
366=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 532=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
367 533
368Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 534Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
369foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 535foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
392artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 558artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows'
393pixmap. 559pixmap.
394 560
395=item B<fading:> I<number> 561=item B<fading:> I<number>
396 562
397Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 563Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
564
565=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
566
567Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
568colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
398 569
399=item B<tintColor:> I<colour> 570=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
400 571
401Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 572Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
573B<-tint>.
402 574
403=item B<shading:> I<number> 575=item B<shading:> I<number>
404 576
405Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 577Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background
406image in addition to tinting it. 578image in addition to tinting it.
407 579
408=item B<fading:> I<number>
409
410Scale the tint colour by the given percentage.
411
412=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 580=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
413 581
414Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 582Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
415 583
416=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 584=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
417 585
418Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 586Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
419#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 587#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
588
589=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
590
591The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
592and the text.
420 593
421=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 594=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>
422 595
423Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 596Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
424the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 597the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
440 613
441Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and 614Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
442menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and 615menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
443B<PATH> environment variables. 616B<PATH> environment variables.
444 617
445=item B<font:> I<fontname> 618=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
446 619
447Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 620Select 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. 621names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.
449The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 622The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
450be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 623be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always
451appended to it. option B<-fn>. 624appended to it. option B<-fn>.
452 625
453=item B<realBold:> I<boolean> 626Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
627optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
454 628
455B<True>: Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text 629In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
456will be displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. 630specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
457Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 631hint 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 632fonts.
459font will be used. option B<-rb>. B<False>: Display bold text in a 633
460regular font, using the color specified with B<colorBD>; option B<+rb>. 634For example, this font resource
635
636 URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\
637 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
638 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
639 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
640 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
641
642specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
643the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
644it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
645wide and 15 pixels high.
646
647The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
648the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
649the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
650useful supplement.
651
652The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
653are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
654contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
655
656The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
657remaining unicode characters.
658
659=item B<boldFont:> I<fontlist>
660
661=item B<italicFont:> I<fontlist>
662
663=item B<boldItalicFont:> I<fontlist>
664
665The font list to use for displaying B<bold>, I<italic> or B<< I<bold
666italic> >> characters, respectively.
667
668If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
669B<font>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
670it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
671italic.
672
673If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
674"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
675not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
676
677If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
678text font will being used for the given style.
461 679
462=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 680=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>
463 681
464Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 682Set 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 683xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
466xterm style selection. 684xterm style selection.
467 685
468=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode> 686=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
469 687
470Set scrollbar style to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or 688Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
471B<xterm> 689the author's favourite.
472 690
473=item B<title:> I<string> 691=item B<title:> I<string>
474 692
475Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 693Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
476specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 694specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
508 726
509Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use 727Specify 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 728B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
511B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well. 729B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
512 730
731The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
732
733Example:
734
735 URxvt*print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
736
737This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
738everytime you hit C<Print>.
739
513=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 740=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
514 741
515B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 742B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
516disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 743disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
517 744
530Align the B<top>, B<bottom> or B<centre> [default] of the scrollbar 757Align the B<top>, B<bottom> or B<centre> [default] of the scrollbar
531thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag. 758thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
532 759
533=item B<scrollTtyOutput:> I<boolean> 760=item B<scrollTtyOutput:> I<boolean>
534 761
535B<True>: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option B<+si>. 762B<True>: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option B<-si>.
536B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 763B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
537B<-si>. 764B<+si>.
538 765
539=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 766=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
540 767
541B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and 768B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
542B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 769B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll
543with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. 770with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<+sw>.
544 771
545=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 772=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
546 773
547B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special 774B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
548keys are those which are intercepted by rxvt for special handling and 775are 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 776are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to
550to bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>. 777bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.
551
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@@>]
561 778
562=item B<saveLines:> I<number> 779=item B<saveLines:> I<number>
563 780
564Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This 781Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
565resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>. 782resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.
575option B<-w>, B<-bw>, B<-borderwidth>. 792option B<-w>, B<-bw>, B<-borderwidth>.
576 793
577=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean> 794=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
578 795
579Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the 796Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
580WM, the rxvt window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>. 797WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
581 798
582=item B<termName:> I<termname> 799=item B<termName:> I<termname>
583 800
584Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 801Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
585variable; option B<-tn>. 802variable; option B<-tn>.
596 813
597=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean> 814=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
598 815
599B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel 816B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
600scrolls five lines [default]. 817scrolls five lines [default].
818
819=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
820
821B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
822movement only; option C<-ptab>.
601 823
602=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 824=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
603 825
604B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 826B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
605option B<-bc>. 827option B<-bc>.
618 840
619Mouse pointer background colour. 841Mouse pointer background colour.
620 842
621=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 843=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
622 844
623Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 845Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
846large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
624 847
625=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 848=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
626 849
627The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 850The 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> 851or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>
650 873
651I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>. 874I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
652 875
653=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 876=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
654 877
655The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 878The 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 879C<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 880input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
658another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 881another locale. option B<-imlocale>.
659 882
660=item B<insecure> 883=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
884
885Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
886C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
887by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
888in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
889found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
890option B<-imfont>.
891
892=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
893
894Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
895button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
896the end of the logical line only. option B<-tcw>.
897
898=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
661 899
662Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 900Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
663echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 901echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
664abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether 902abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
665throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 903through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
666write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 904write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
667that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 905default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
668enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 906sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
669resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 907
670enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title 908You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
671requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 909B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
910locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests as well as dynamic
911menubar dispatch.
672 912
673=item B<modifier:> I<modifier> 913=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
674 914
675Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>, 915Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
676B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option 916B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
677B<-mod>. 917B<-mod>.
678 918
679=item B<answerbackString:> I<string> 919=item B<answerbackString:> I<string>
680 920
681Specify the reply rxvt sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 921Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
682character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described 922character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
683in the entry on B<keysym> following. 923in the entry on B<keysym> following.
684 924
685=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool> 925=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool>
686 926
693scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 933scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
694instead scroll the screen up. 934instead scroll the screen up.
695 935
696=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 936=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
697 937
698Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may 938Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
699contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n: 939intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
700newline, \r: return, \t: 940
941The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be
942any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>,
943B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>,
944and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>,
945B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
946
947The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
948whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
949keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
950current application keymap mode state.
951
952The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or
953searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
954omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
955keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
956performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
957
958I<string> may contain escape values (C<\a>: bell, C<\b>: backspace,
959C<\e>, C<\E>: escape, C<\n>: newline, C<\r>: carriage return, C<\t>: tab,
701tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null, 960C<\000>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (C<^?>: delete,
702^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end 961C<^@>: null, C<^A> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
703with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be 962can start or end with whitespace.
704omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with 963
705KEYSYM_RESOURCE. 964Please note that you need to double the C<\> when using
965C<--enable-xgetdefault>, as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you can
966use C<\033> instead of C<\e> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and
967@@RXVT_NAME@@'s own processing).
968
969You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
970with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimeter `/'
971should be a character not used by the strings.
972
973Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
974
975 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|>
976
977The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
978
979 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>
980 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>
981 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>
982
983If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
984is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
985example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
986when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
987
988 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
989
990Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
991will match if at I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
992no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
993means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
994definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
995mappings themselves.
996
997Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
998if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
999C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke "holes" into the
1000user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
1001
1002 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1003 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1004
1005The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
1006of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1007C<Shift-Insert>.
1008
1009The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
1010the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
1011font-switching at runtime:
1012
1013 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
1014 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
1015
1016Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1017info):
1018
1019 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
1020 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
706 1021
707=back 1022=back
708 1023
709=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1024=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
710 1025
724the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta 1039the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
725(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action. 1040(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
726 1041
727If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 1042If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
728disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 1043disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
729application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~> 1044application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
730(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1045(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), 1046up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
732respectively. 1047respectively.
733 1048
734=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1049=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION
735 1050
736The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1051The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
738 1053
739=over 4 1054=over 4
740 1055
741=item B<Selection>: 1056=item B<Selection>:
742 1057
743Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the 1058Left 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 1059and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
745double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire 1060to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
746line. 1061(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1062B<tripleclickwords>.
1063
1064Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
1065(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a normal
1066one.
747 1067
748=item B<Insertion>: 1068=item B<Insertion>:
749 1069
750Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1070Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in
751an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1071an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be
753 1073
754=back 1074=back
755 1075
756=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1076=head1 CHANGING FONTS
757 1077
758You can change fonts on-the-fly, which is to say cycle through the 1078Changing 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 1079supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
760B<Shift-KP_Subtract>. Or, alternatively (if enabled) with 1080
761B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@> and B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>, where the 1081You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and
762actual key can be selected using resources 1082therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
763B<smallfont_key>/B<bigfont_key>. 1083
1084 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1085
1086rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
764 1087
765=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1088=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
766 1089
767Partial ISO 14755-support is implemented. that means that pressing 1090ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1091and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1092first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1093C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1094with C<--enable-iso14755>.
768 1095
769Section 5.1: Control and Shift together enters unicode input 1096=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 1097
774Section 5.2: Pressing and immediately releasing Control and Shift together 1098=item * 5.1: Basic method
775enters keycap entry mode for the next key: pressing a function key (tab, 1099
776return etc..) will enter the unicode character corresponding to the given 1100This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
777key. 1101
1102Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
1103hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
1104commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1105C<Control> and C<Shift> you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1106C<Space>, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1107one.
1108
1109As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e-mail
1110address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
1111address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
1112by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
1113followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1114
1115=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
1116
1117This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1118your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1119
1120Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
1121them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1122invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1123keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1124released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
1125C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
1126reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
1127
1128=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
1129
1130While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1131mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1132
1133=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
1134
1135This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1136characters already displayed.
1137
1138You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
1139pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1140hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1141pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
1142
1143In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1144character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1145combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1146always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1147
1148=back
1149
1150With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1151both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
778 1152
779=head1 LOGIN STAMP 1153=head1 LOGIN STAMP
780 1154
781B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so 1155B<@@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. 1156it 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 1157allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
784some systems. 1158on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
785 1159
786=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1160=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS
787 1161
788In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1162In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
789B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1163B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus
823I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1197I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
824been specified. For example, 1198been specified. For example,
825 1199
826=over 4 1200=over 4
827 1201
828=item B<rxvt -fg Black -bg White -rv> 1202=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv>
829 1203
830would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black 1204would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black
831on White. 1205on White.
832 1206
833=back 1207=back
834 1208
835=head1 ENVIRONMENT 1209=head1 ENVIRONMENT
836 1210
837B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM> 1211B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
838and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X 1212
839window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and 1213=over 4
840sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display 1214
841terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables 1215=item B<TERM>
842B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files. 1216
1217Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
1218resources or on the commandline.
1219
1220=item B<COLORTERM>
1221
1222Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on wether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1223compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension
1224C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1225
1226=item B<COLORFGBG>
1227
1228Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1229the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1230C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1231used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1232string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1233was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like C<ncurses> and C<slang> can
1234(and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1235
1236=item B<WINDOWID>
1237
1238Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1239window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1240window and so on).
1241
1242=item B<TERMINFO>
1243
1244Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1245C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1246
1247=item B<DISPLAY>
1248
1249Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1250display in it's child processes.
1251
1252=item B<SHELL>
1253
1254The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1255
1256=item B<RXVTPATH>
1257
1258The path where @@RXVT_NAME@@ looks for support files such as menu and xpm
1259files.
1260
1261=item B<PATH>
1262
1263Used in the same way as C<RXVTPATH>.
1264
1265=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
1266
1267The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1268@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1269
1270Default F<<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-I<< <nodename >> >>>.
1271
1272=item B<HOME>
1273
1274Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1275daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1276C<.Xdefaults>)
1277
1278=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1279
1280Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1281
1282=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1283
1284If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1285@@RXVT_NAME@@.
1286
1287=back
843 1288
844=head1 FILES 1289=head1 FILES
845 1290
846=over 4 1291=over 4
847 1292
848=item B</etc/utmp>
849
850System file for login records.
851
852=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1293=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
853 1294
854Color names. 1295Color names.
855 1296
856=back 1297=back
857 1298
858=head1 SEEALSO 1299=head1 SEE ALSO
859 1300
860I<xterm>(1), I<sh>(1), I<resize>(1), I<X>(1), I<pty>(4), I<tty>(4), I<utmp>(5) 1301@@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)
861
862See rxvtRef.html rxvtRef.txt for detailed information on recognized escape sequences and menuBar syntax, etc.
863
864=head1 BUGS
865
866Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
867
868Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
869
870Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
871 1302
872=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR 1303=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
873 1304
874=over 4 1305=over 4
875 1306
876=item Project Coordinator 1307=item Project Coordinator
877 1308
878@@RXVTMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1309Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
879 1310
880=item Web page maintainter 1311L<http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode>
881
882@@RXVTWEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@>
883
884L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@>
885 1312
886=back 1313=back
887 1314
888=head1 AUTHORS 1315=head1 AUTHORS
889 1316
914=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >> 1341=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
915 1342
916Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator 1343Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
917(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode) 1344(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
918 1345
919=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >> 1346=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
920 1347
921Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal 1348Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
922character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm 1349character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
923compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions. 1350compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
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