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| 28 | world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult, |
28 | world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult, |
| 29 | especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts |
29 | especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts |
| 30 | like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, |
30 | like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, |
| 31 | like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these |
31 | like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these |
| 32 | scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work |
32 | scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work |
| 33 | fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such |
33 | fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such |
| 34 | as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms |
34 | as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms |
| 35 | belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things -- |
35 | belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things -- |
| 36 | such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might |
36 | such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might |
| 37 | change. |
37 | change. |
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| 47 | programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able |
47 | programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able |
| 48 | to choose any font for any script freely. |
48 | to choose any font for any script freely. |
| 49 | |
49 | |
| 50 | Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than |
50 | Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than |
| 51 | its predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy |
51 | its predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy |
| 52 | in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original |
52 | in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original |
| 53 | rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements. |
53 | rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements. |
| 54 | |
54 | |
| 55 | It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean |
55 | It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean |
| 56 | and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode |
56 | and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode |
| 57 | without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with |
57 | without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with |
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| 59 | from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and |
59 | from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and |
| 60 | drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and |
60 | drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and |
| 61 | @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client). |
61 | @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client). |
| 62 | |
62 | |
| 63 | It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have |
63 | It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have |
| 64 | been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical |
64 | been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical |
| 65 | reference documentation (escape sequences etc.). |
65 | reference documentation (escape sequences etc.). |
| 66 | |
66 | |
| 67 | =head1 OPTIONS |
67 | =head1 OPTIONS |
| 68 | |
68 | |
| 69 | The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed |
69 | The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed |
