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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 frequently
20asked questions and answer to them and some common problems.
21
22=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
23
24Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
25internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
26world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
27especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
28like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
29like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
30scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
31fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such
32as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
33belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
34such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
35change.
36
37If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
38me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean
39terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
40because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
41another for japanese.
42
43Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
44display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
45programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able
46to choose any font for any script freely.
47
48Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
49it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
50in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original
51rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
52
53It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
54and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
55without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
56a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
57from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
58drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
59@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
60
61It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
62been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
63reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
19 64
20=head1 OPTIONS 65=head1 OPTIONS
21 66
22The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed 67The 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 68below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
109 154
110The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>. 155The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.
111 156
112=item B<-bd> I<colour> 157=item B<-bd> I<colour>
113 158
114The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text; 159The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
115resource B<borderColor>. 160resource B<borderColor>.
116 161
117=item B<-fn> I<fontname> 162=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
118 163
119Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 164Select 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. 165that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The
121The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 166first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
122be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 167smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
123appended to it. resource B<font>. 168font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
124 169
125=item B<-rb>|B<+rb> 170In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify it's name or prefix it
171with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
172e.g.:
126 173
127Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text will be 174 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
128displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. Bold 175 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
129fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 176
130corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular 177See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
131font will be used. resource B<realBold>. 178section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
179
180=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
181
182Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to
183be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
184
185=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
186
187Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to
188be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
189
190=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
191
192Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to
193be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont> for details.
132 194
133=item B<-name> I<name> 195=item B<-name> I<name>
134 196
135Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 197Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
136rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 198rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
176 238
177=item B<-st>|B<+st> 239=item B<-st>|B<+st>
178 240
179Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 241Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
180resource B<scrollBar_floating>. 242resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
243
244=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
245
246If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
247actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
248select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
249not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
250on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
181 251
182=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 252=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
183 253
184Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 254Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
185 255
345high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 415high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
346colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 416colours. 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 4173=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
348names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 418names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.
349 419
420Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
421changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
422
423Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
42488 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
425
350=item B<colorBD:> I<colour> 426=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>
351 427
428=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
429
352Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the foreground 430Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
353colour is the default. This option will be ignored if B<realBold> is 431foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
354enabled. 432(Compile styles) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
355 433
356=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 434=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
357 435
358Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 436Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
359foreground colour is the default. 437foreground colour is the default.
403=item B<shading:> I<number> 481=item B<shading:> I<number>
404 482
405Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 483Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background
406image in addition to tinting it. 484image in addition to tinting it.
407 485
408=item B<fading:> I<number>
409
410Scale the tint colour by the given percentage.
411
412=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 486=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
413 487
414Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 488Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
415 489
416=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 490=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
417 491
418Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 492Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
419#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 493#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
494
495=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
496
497The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
498and the text.
420 499
421=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 500=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>
422 501
423Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 502Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for
424the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 503the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry
440 519
441Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and 520Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
442menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and 521menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
443B<PATH> environment variables. 522B<PATH> environment variables.
444 523
445=item B<font:> I<fontname> 524=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
446 525
447Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 526Select 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. 527names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.
449The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 528The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
450be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 529be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always
451appended to it. option B<-fn>. 530appended to it. option B<-fn>.
452 531
453=item B<realBold:> I<boolean> 532Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
533optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile xft), prefixed with C<xft:>.
454 534
455B<True>: Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text 535In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
456will be displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. 536specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
457Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 537hint 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 538fonts.
459font will be used. option B<-rb>. B<False>: Display bold text in a 539
460regular font, using the color specified with B<colorBD>; option B<+rb>. 540For example, this font resource
541
542 URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\
543 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
544 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
545 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
546 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
547
548specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
549the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
550it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
551wide and 15 pixels high.
552
553The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
554the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
555the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
556useful supplement.
557
558The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
559are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
560contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
561
562The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
563remaining unicode characters.
564
565=item B<boldFont:> I<fontlist>
566
567=item B<italicFont:> I<fontlist>
568
569=item B<boldItalicFont:> I<fontlist>
570
571The font list to use for displaying B<bold>, I<italic> or B<< I<bold
572italic> >> characters, respectively.
573
574If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
575B<font>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
576it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
577italic.
578
579If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
580"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
581not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
582
583If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
584text font will being used for the given style.
461 585
462=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 586=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>
463 587
464Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 588Set 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 589xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives
536B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 660B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
537B<+si>. 661B<+si>.
538 662
539=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 663=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
540 664
541B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and 665B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
542B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 666B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll
543with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. 667with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>.
544 668
545=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 669=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
546 670
547B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys 671B<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 672are 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 673are 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>. 674bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.
551 675
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> 676=item B<saveLines:> I<number>
563 677
564Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This 678Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
565resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>. 679resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.
566 680
596 710
597=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean> 711=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
598 712
599B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel 713B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
600scrolls five lines [default]. 714scrolls five lines [default].
715
716=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
717
718B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
719movement only; option C<-ptab>.
601 720
602=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 721=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
603 722
604B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 723B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
605option B<-bc>. 724option B<-bc>.
655The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 774The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g.
656de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 775de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input
657extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 776extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
658another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 777another locale. option B<-imlocale>.
659 778
660=item B<insecure> 779=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
661 780
662Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 781Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
663echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 782echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
664abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether 783abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
665throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 784throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though
666write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 785write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note
667that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 786that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences
668enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 787enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean
669resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 788resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this
743Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the 862Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the
744region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left 863region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left
745double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire 864double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire
746line. 865line.
747 866
867Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
868(Compile: frills) will create a rectangular selection instead of a normal
869one.
870
748=item B<Insertion>: 871=item B<Insertion>:
749 872
750Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 873Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in
751an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 874an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be
752inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 875inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
753 876
754=back 877=back
755 878
756=head1 CHANGING FONTS 879=head1 CHANGING FONTS
757 880
758You can change fonts on-the-fly, which is to say cycle through the 881Changing 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 882supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
760B<Shift-KP_Subtract>. Or, alternatively (if enabled) with 883
761B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@> and B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>, where the 884You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and
762actual key can be selected using resources 885therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
763B<smallfont_key>/B<bigfont_key>. 886
887 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
888
889rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
764 890
765=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 891=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
766 892
767Partial ISO 14755-support is implemented. that means that pressing 893ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
894and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
895first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
896C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
897with C<--enable-iso14755>.
768 898
769Section 5.1: Control and Shift together enters unicode input 899=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.
773 900
774Section 5.2: Pressing and immediately releasing Control and Shift together 901=item 5.1: Basic method
775enters keycap entry mode for the next key: pressing a function key (tab, 902
776return etc..) will enter the unicode character corresponding to the given 903This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
777key. 904
905Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
906hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
907commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
908C<Control> and C<Shift> you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
909C<Space>, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
910one.
911
912As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e-mail
913address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
914address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
915by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
916followed by releasing the modifier keys.
917
918=item 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
919
920This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
921your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
922
923Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
924them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
925invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
926keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
927released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
928C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
929reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
930
931=item 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
932
933While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
934mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
935
936=item 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
937
938This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
939characters already displayed.
940
941You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
942pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
943hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
944pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
945
946In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
947character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
948combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
949always be drawn using the built-in support font.
950
951=back
952
953With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
954both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
778 955
779=head1 LOGIN STAMP 956=head1 LOGIN STAMP
780 957
781B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so 958B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so
782that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. 959that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages.
853 1030
854Color names. 1031Color names.
855 1032
856=back 1033=back
857 1034
858=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) 1035=head1 SEE ALSO
1036
1037@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1038
1039=head1 BUGS
1040
1041Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1042
1043Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1044
1045Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1046
1047=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
859 1048
860=over 4 1049=over 4
861 1050
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 1051=item Project Coordinator
1096 1052
1097@@RXVTMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1053@@RXVT_MAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@>
1098 1054
1099=item Web page maintainter 1055=item Web page maintainter
1100 1056
1101@@RXVTWEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@> 1057@@RXVT_WEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@>
1102 1058
1103L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@> 1059L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@>
1104 1060
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