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12	emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not	12	emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not
13	require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style	13	require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
14	configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --	14	configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --
15	a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.	15	a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
16		16
		17	This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
		18	L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
		19
17	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS	20	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
18		21
19	See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of	22	See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
20	frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common	23	frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
21	problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at	24	problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
22	L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.	25	L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod>.
23		26
24	=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT	27	=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
25		28
26	Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode	29	Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
27	internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the	30	internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
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30	like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,	33	like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
31	like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these	34	like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
32	scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work	35	scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
33	fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such	36	fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
34	as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms	37	as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
35	belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --	38	belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
36	such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might	39	such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
37	change.	40	change.
38		41
39	If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let	42	If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
40	me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean	43	me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
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89		92
90	Print out a message describing available options.	93	Print out a message describing available options.
91		94
92	=item B<-display> I<displayname>	95	=item B<-display> I<displayname>
93		96
94	Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still	97	Attempt to open a window on the named X display (the older form B<-d>
95	respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the	98	is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the
96	B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.	99	display specified by the B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
97		100
98	=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>	101	=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
99		102
100	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;	103	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
101	resource B<depth>.	104	resource B<depth>.
102		105
		106	[Please note that many X servers (and libXft) are buggy with
		107	respect to C<-depth 32> and/or alpha channels, and will cause all sorts
		108	of graphical corruption. This is harmless, but we can't do anything about
		109	this, so watch out]
		110
103	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>	111	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
104		112
105	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.	113	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
106		114
107	=item B<-rv>\|B<+rv>	115	=item B<-rv>\|B<+rv>
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114		122
115	=item B<-ss>\|B<+ss>	123	=item B<-ss>\|B<+ss>
116		124
117	Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.	125	Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.
118		126
119	=item B<-ip>\|B<+ip> \| B<-tr>\|B<+tr>	127	=item B<-tr>\|B<+tr>
120		128
121	Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is	129	Turn on/off pseudo-transparency by using the root pixmap as background; resource B<transparent>.
122	B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.
123		130
124	I<Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by	131	B<-ip> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
125	the author. Don't bug him with installation questions! Read the FAQ (man 7	132	future versions.
126	@@RXVT_NAME@@)!>
127		133
128	=item B<-fade> I<number>	134	=item B<-fade> I<number>
129		135
130	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values	136	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
131	fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade	137	fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
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136	Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour	142	Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
137	is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.	143	is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
138		144
139	=item B<-tint> I<colour>	145	=item B<-tint> I<colour>
140		146
141	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when	147	Tint the transparent background with the given colour;
142	transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. This only works for	148	resource I<tintColor>.
143	non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the B<-sh> option that can be
144	used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it.
145	Please note that certain tint colours can be applied on the server-side,
146	thus yielding performance gain of two orders of magnitude. These colours are:
147	blue, red, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, and those close to them; resource
148	I<tintColor>. Example:
149
150	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
151		149
152	=item B<-sh> I<number>	150	=item B<-sh> I<number>
153		151
154	Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent	152	Darken (0 .. 99) or lighten (101 .. 200) the transparent background.
155	background image in addition to (or instead of) tinting it;	153	A value of 100 means no shading; resource I<shading>.
156	resource I<shading>.
157		154
158	=item B<-blt> I<string>	155	=item B<-blt> I<string>
159		156
160	Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified	157	Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
161	at the same time as transparency - such pixmap will be blended over	158	at the same time as transparency - such pixmap will be blended over
162	transparency image, using method specified. Supported values are :	159	the transparent background, using the method specified. Supported values are:
163	B<add>, B<alphablend>, B<allanon> - color values averaging, B<colorize>,	160	B<add>, B<alphablend>, B<allanon> - colour values averaging, B<colorize>,
164	B<darken>, B<diff>, B<dissipate>, B<hue>, B<lighten>, B<overlay>,	161	B<darken>, B<diff>, B<dissipate>, B<hue>, B<lighten>, B<overlay>,
165	B<saturate>, B<screen>, B<sub>, B<tint>, B<value>. The default is	162	B<saturate>, B<screen>, B<sub>, B<tint>, B<value>. The default is
166	alpha-blending; resource I<blendType>.	163	alpha-blending. Compile I<afterimage>; resource I<blendType>.
167		164
168	=item B<-blr> I<HxV>	165	=item B<-blr> I<HxV>
169		166
170	Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent	167	Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
171	background image. If single number is specified - both vertical and	168	background. If a single number is specified - both vertical and
172	horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the	169	horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
173	radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects	170	radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
174	on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128; resource I<blurRadius>.	171	on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128;
		172	resource I<blurRadius>.
		173
		174	=item B<-icon> I<file>
		175
		176	Compile I<afterimage> or I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
		177	is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
		178	application window; resource I<iconFile>.
175		179
176	=item B<-bg> I<colour>	180	=item B<-bg> I<colour>
177		181
178	Window background colour; resource B<background>.	182	Window background colour; resource B<background>.
179		183
180	=item B<-fg> I<colour>	184	=item B<-fg> I<colour>
181		185
182	Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.	186	Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
183		187
184	=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>	188	=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;oplist]>
185		189
186	Compile I<afterimage>: Specify image file for the background and also	190	Compile I<afterimage> or I<pixbuf>: Specify image file for the background and also
187	optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to	191	optionally specify a list of operations to modify it. Note you may need to
188	add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the	192	add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
189	command-line; for more details see resource B<backgroundPixmap>.	193	command-line; for more details see resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
190		194
191	=item B<-cr> I<colour>	195	=item B<-cr> I<colour>
192		196
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239	italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>	243	italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
240	for details.	244	for details.
241		245
242	=item B<-is>\|B<+is>	246	=item B<-is>\|B<+is>
243		247
244	Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity	248	Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
245	foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for	249	foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
246	details.	250	details.
247		251
248	=item B<-name> I<name>	252	=item B<-name> I<name>
249		253
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267		271
268	=item B<-sb>\|B<+sb>	272	=item B<-sb>\|B<+sb>
269		273
270	Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.	274	Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
271		275
		276	=item B<-sr>\|B<+sr>
		277
		278	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
		279
		280	=item B<-st>\|B<+st>
		281
		282	Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
		283	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
		284
272	=item B<-si>\|B<+si>	285	=item B<-si>\|B<+si>
273		286
274	Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource	287	Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
275	B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.	288	B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
276		289
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282	=item B<-sw>\|B<+sw>	295	=item B<-sw>\|B<+sw>
283		296
284	Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.	297	Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
285	This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource	298	This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
286	B<scrollWithBuffer>.	299	B<scrollWithBuffer>.
287
288	=item B<-sr>\|B<+sr>
289
290	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
291
292	=item B<-st>\|B<+st>
293
294	Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
295	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
296		300
297	=item B<-ptab>\|B<+ptab>	301	=item B<-ptab>\|B<+ptab>
298		302
299	If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as	303	If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
300	actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to	304	actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
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304		308
305	=item B<-bc>\|B<+bc>	309	=item B<-bc>\|B<+bc>
306		310
307	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.	311	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
308		312
		313	=item B<-uc>\|B<+uc>
		314
		315	Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
		316
309	=item B<-iconic>	317	=item B<-iconic>
310		318
311	Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.	319	Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
312	Alternative form is B<-ic>.	320	Alternative form is B<-ic>.
313		321
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329		337
330	=item B<-bl>	338	=item B<-bl>
331		339
332	Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.	340	Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
333	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window	341	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
334	decorations; resource B<borderLess>.	342	decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
		343	support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
335		344
336	=item B<-override-redirect>	345	=item B<-override-redirect>
337		346
338	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource	347	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
339	B<override-redirect>.	348	B<override-redirect>.
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347		356
348	=item B<-lsp> I<number>	357	=item B<-lsp> I<number>
349		358
350	Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of	359	Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
351	the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource	360	the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
352	B<linespace>.	361	B<lineSpace>.
		362
		363	=item B<-letsp> I<number>
		364
		365	Compile I<frills>: Amount to adjust the computed character width by
		366	to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the
		367	letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to
		368	work around odd font metrics; resource B<letterSpace>.
353		369
354	=item B<-tn> I<termname>	370	=item B<-tn> I<termname>
355		371
356	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the	372	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
357	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the	373	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
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412		428
413	=item B<-tcw>	429	=item B<-tcw>
414		430
415	Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse	431	Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
416	button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is	432	button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
417	in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection the	433	in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
418	end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.	434	the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
419		435
420	=item B<-insecure>	436	=item B<-insecure>
421		437
422	Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape	438	Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
423	sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more	439	sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
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443		459
444	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@	460	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
445	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within	461	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
446	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the	462	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
447	user; resource B<hold>.	463	user; resource B<hold>.
		464
		465	=item B<-cd> I<path>
		466
		467	Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
		468	B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
		469	@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
		470
		471	=item B<-xrm> I<string>
		472
		473	Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
		474	as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
		475	way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
		476
		477	Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
		478	e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
		479	options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
		480	of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
		481	resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
		482	programs.
448		483
449	=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>	484	=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
450		485
451	Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.	486	Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
452		487
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487	If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp	522	If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
488	entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that	523	entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
489	yourself if you want that.	524	yourself if you want that.
490		525
491	As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress	526	As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
492	pty/tty operations.	527	pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
		528	perl extension that manages the terminal.
493		529
494	Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a	530	Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
495	longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):	531	longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
496		532
497	use IO::Pty;	533	use IO::Pty;
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511	Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in	547	Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
512	this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.	548	this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
513		549
514	=back	550	=back
515		551
516	=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options)	552	=head1 RESOURCES
517		553
518	Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long	554	Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
519	options) compiled into your version.	555	options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
		556	long-options.
520		557
521	You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many	558	You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
522	distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X	559	distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
523	starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,	560	starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
524	with later settings overwriting earlier ones:	561	with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
525		562
526	1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
527	2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR	563	1. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
		564	2. $HOME/.Xdefaults
528	3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults	565	3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window of screen 0
529	4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen	566	4. SCREEN_RESOURCES property on root-window of the current screen
530	5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>	567	5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
		568	6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
531		569
532	Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class	570	Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
533	names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources	571	names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
534	common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily	572	common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
535	configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to	573	configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
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545	=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>	583	=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
546		584
547	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;	585	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
548	option B<-depth>.	586	option B<-depth>.
549		587
		588	=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
		589
		590	Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
		591	On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
		592	performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
		593	should normally be enabled.
		594
550	=item B<geometry:> I<geom>	595	=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
551		596
552	Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];	597	Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
553	option B<-geometry>.	598	option B<-geometry>.
554		599
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567	Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7	612	Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7
568	corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to	613	corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
569	high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)	614	high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
570	colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,	615	colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
571	3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour	616	3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
572	names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.	617	names used are listed in the B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
573		618
574	Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be	619	Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
575	changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).	620	changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
576		621
577	Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with	622	Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
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588	=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>	633	=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
589		634
590	Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the	635	Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
591	foreground colour is the default.	636	foreground colour is the default.
592		637
593	=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
594
595	Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video characters
596	when OPTION_HC is disabled (--disable-frills).
597
598	=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>	638	=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
599		639
600	If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline	640	If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
601	itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.	641	itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
		642
		643	=item B<highlightColor:> I<colour>
		644
		645	If set, use the specified colour as the background for highlighted
		646	characters. If unset, use reverse video.
		647
		648	=item B<highlightTextColor:> I<colour>
		649
		650	If set and highlightColor is set, use the specified colour as the
		651	foreground for highlighted characters.
602		652
603	=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>	653	=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
604		654
605	Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the	655	Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
606	foreground colour; option B<-cr>.	656	foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
…		…
613		663
614	=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>	664	=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>
615		665
616	B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;	666	B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
617	option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option	667	option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
618	B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.	668	B<+rv>. See note in B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
619		669
620	=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>	670	=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
621		671
622	B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots	672	B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
623	of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines	673	of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
…		…
637		687
638	B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even	688	B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
639	if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the	689	if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
640	monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.	690	monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
641		691
642	=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean>	692	=item B<transparent:> I<boolean>
643		693
644	B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving	694	Turn on/off pseudo-transparency by using the root pixmap as background.
645	artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows'
646	pixmap.
647		695
648	I<Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by	696	B<inheritPixmap> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
649	the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!>	697	future versions.
650		698
651	=item B<fading:> I<number>	699	=item B<fading:> I<number>
652		700
653	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.	701	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
654		702
…		…
657	Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default	705	Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
658	colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.	706	colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
659		707
660	=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>	708	=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
661		709
662	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option	710	Tint the transparent background with the given colour. If the RENDER
663	B<-tint>.	711	extension is not available only black, red, green, yellow, blue,
		712	magenta, cyan and white tints can be performed server-side. Note that
		713	a black tint yields a completely black image while a white tint yields
		714	the image unchanged; option B<-tint>.
664		715
665	=item B<shading:> I<number>	716	=item B<shading:> I<number>
666		717
667	Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background image	718	Darken (0 .. 99) or lighten (101 .. 200) the transparent background.
668	in addition to tinting it; option B<-sh>.	719	A value of 100 means no shading; option B<-sh>.
669		720
670	=item B<blendType:> I<string>	721	=item B<blendType:> I<string>
671		722
672	Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.	723	Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.
673		724
674	=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>	725	=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>
675		726
676	Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent	727	Apply gaussian blur with the specified radius to the transparent
677	background image; option B<-blr>.	728	background; option B<-blr>.
		729
		730	=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
		731
		732	Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
678		733
679	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>	734	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
680		735
681	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].	736	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
682		737
…		…
688	=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>	743	=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
689		744
690	The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar	745	The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
691	and the text.	746	and the text.
692		747
693	=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>	748	=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;oplist]>
694		749
695	Use the specified image file for the background and also optionally	750	Use the specified image file for the background and also
696	specify its scaling with a geometry string B<WxH+X+Y>,	751	optionally specify a colon separated list of operations to modify it.
697	in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the horizontal/vertical scale (percent),	752	Supported operations are:
		753
		754	=over 4
		755
		756	=item B<WxH+X+Y>
		757
		758	sets scale and position. B<"W" / "H"> specify the horizontal/vertical
698	and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image centre (percent).	759	scale (percent), and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image centre (percent). A
699	A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale of 1 displays the	760	scale of 0 disables scaling. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
700	image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 specifies an integer	761
701	number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified beyond	762	=item B<op=tile>
702	10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.	763
703	Special string of B<"auto"> used as a geometry will cause image to be	764	enables tiling
704	automatically scaled to match window size.	765
		766	=item B<op=pscale>
		767
		768	enables proportional scaling
		769
		770	=item B<op=root>
		771
		772	use the position of the terminal window relative to the root window as
		773	the image offset, simulating a root window background
		774
		775	=back
		776
		777	The default scale and position setting is C<100x100+50+50>.
		778	Alternatively, a predefined set of templates can be used to achieve
		779	the most common setups:
		780
		781	=over 4
		782
		783	=item B<style=tiled>
		784
		785	the image is tiled with no scaling. Equivalent to 0x0+0+0:op=tile
		786
		787	=item B<style=aspect-stretched>
		788
		789	the image is scaled to fill the whole window maintaining the aspect
		790	ratio and centered. Equivalent to 100x100+50+50:op=pscale
		791
		792	=item B<style=stretched>
		793
		794	the image is scaled to fill the whole window. Equivalent to 100x100
		795
		796	=item B<style=centered>
		797
		798	the image is centered with no scaling. Equivalent to 0x0+50+50
		799
		800	=item B<style=root-tiled>
		801
		802	the image is tiled with no scaling and using 'root' positioning.
		803	Equivalent to 0x0:op=tile:op=root
		804
		805	=back
		806
		807	If multiple templates are specified the last one wins. Note that a
		808	template overrides all the scale, position and operations settings.
		809
705	If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option - specified pixmap will be	810	If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be
706	blended over transparency image using either alpha-blending, or any	811	blended over the transparent background using alpha-blending. If I<afterimage>
707	other blending type, specified with B<-blt "type"> option.	812	support has been compiled in it is possible to choose other blending
708	[default 0x0+50+50]	813	types with B<-blt "type"> option.
709		814
710	=item B<path:> I<path>	815	=item B<path:> I<path>
711		816
712	Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding XPM files.	817	Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
713		818
714	=item B<font:> I<fontlist>	819	=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
715		820
716	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names	821	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
717	that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The	822	that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
…		…
740	it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels	845	it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
741	wide and 15 pixels high.	846	wide and 15 pixels high.
742		847
743	The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in	848	The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
744	the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but	849	the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
745	the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a	850	the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
746	useful supplement.	851	useful supplement.
747		852
748	The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters	853	The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
749	are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font	854	are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
750	contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.	855	contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
…		…
774	text font will being used for the given style.	879	text font will being used for the given style.
775		880
776	=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>	881	=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
777		882
778	When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,	883	When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
779	option B<-is>, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high	884	option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
780	intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,	885	intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
781	option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not	886	option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
782	reachable.	887	reachable.
783		888
784	=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>
785
786	Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which
787	is xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which
788	gives xterm style selection. Only effective when the original (non-perl)
789	selection code is in use.
790
791	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
792
793	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
794	the author's favourite.
795
796	=item B<title:> I<string>	889	=item B<title:> I<string>
797		890
798	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line	891	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
799	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application	892	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
800	name; option B<-title>.	893	name; option B<-title>.
…		…
813	=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>	906	=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
814		907
815	B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.	908	B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
816	B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].	909	B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
817		910
		911	@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
		912
818	=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>	913	=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
819		914
820	B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.	915	B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
821	B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.	916	B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
822		917
…		…
845	URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)	940	URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
846		941
847	This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents	942	This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
848	every time you hit C<Print>.	943	every time you hit C<Print>.
849		944
		945	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
		946
		947	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
		948	the author's favourite.
		949
		950	=item B<thickness:> I<number>
		951
		952	Set the scrollbar width in pixels.
		953
850	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>	954	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
851		955
852	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:	956	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
853	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.	957	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
854		958
…		…
873	B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option	977	B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
874	B<+si>.	978	B<+si>.
875		979
876	=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>	980	=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
877		981
878	B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and	982	B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (i.e.
879	B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll	983	try to show the same lines) and B<scrollTtyOutput> is False; option
880	with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option B<+sw>.	984	B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives
		985	new lines; option B<+sw>.
881		986
882	=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>	987	=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
883		988
884	B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys	989	B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
885	are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and	990	are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
…		…
916	=item B<termName:> I<termname>	1021	=item B<termName:> I<termname>
917		1022
918	Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment	1023	Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
919	variable; option B<-tn>.	1024	variable; option B<-tn>.
920		1025
921	=item B<linespace:> I<number>	1026	=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
922		1027
923	Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of	1028	Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
924	the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.	1029	the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
925		1030
926	=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>	1031	=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
…		…
940		1045
941	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>	1046	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
942		1047
943	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];	1048	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
944	option B<-bc>.	1049	option B<-bc>.
		1050
		1051	=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
		1052
		1053	B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
		1054	option B<-uc>.
945		1055
946	=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>	1056	=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
947		1057
948	B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number	1058	B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
949	of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible	1059	of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
…		…
963	large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.	1073	large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
964		1074
965	=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>	1075	=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
966		1076
967	The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>	1077	The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
968	or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>	1078	or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, with control, B<Backspace>
969	(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode	1079	(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
970	escape sequence.	1080	escape sequence.
971		1081
972	=item B<deletekey:> I<string>	1082	=item B<deletekey:> I<string>
973		1083
…		…
986	will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.	1096	will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
987		1097
988	When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can	1098	When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
989	be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:	1099	be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
990		1100
991	B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{\|} >>	1101	B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{\|} >>
992		1102
993	=item B<preeditType:> I<style>	1103	=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
994		1104
995	B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.	1105	B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
996		1106
…		…
1052		1162
1053	=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>	1163	=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
1054		1164
1055	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this	1165	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
1056	option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the	1166	option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
1057	scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will	1167	scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
1058	instead scroll the screen up.	1168	to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
1059		1169
1060	=item B<hold>: I<boolean>	1170	=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1061		1171
1062	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@	1172	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1063	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within	1173	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1064	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the	1174	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1065	user.	1175	user.
		1176
		1177	=item B<chdir>: I<path>
		1178
		1179	Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
		1180	B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
		1181	@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
		1182	directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
1066		1183
1067	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>	1184	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
1068		1185
1069	Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The	1186	Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
1070	intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.	1187	intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
…		…
1084	searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and	1201	searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
1085	omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex	1202	omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
1086	keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not	1203	keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
1087	performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.	1204	performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1088		1205
1089	I<string> may contain escape values (C<\a>: bell, C<\b>: backspace,	1206	I<string> may contain escape values (C<\n>: newline, C<\000>: octal
1090	C<\e>, C<\E>: escape, C<\n>: newline, C<\r>: carriage return, C<\t>: tab,	1207	number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for further details.
1091	C<\000>: octal number) or verbatim control characters (C<^?>: delete,
1092	C<^@>: null, C<^A> ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that it
1093	can start or end with whitespace. B<This feature is deprecated and will
1094	be removed>.
1095		1208
1096	Please note that you need to double the C<\> in resource files, as
1097	Xlib itself does its own de-escaping (you can use C<\033> instead of
1098	C<\e> (and so on), which will work with both Xt and @@RXVT_NAME@@'s own
1099	processing).
1100
1101	You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>	1209	You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by
		1210	loading the C<keysym-list> perl extension and providing a I<string>
1102	with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'	1211	with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'
1103	should be a character not used by the strings.	1212	should be a character not used by the strings.
1104		1213
1105	Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:	1214	Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1106		1215
1107	URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list\|\033<M-C-\|abc\|>	1216	URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list\|\033<\|abc\|>
1108		1217
1109	The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:	1218	The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1110		1219
1111	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>	1220	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<a>
1112	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>	1221	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<b>
1113	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>	1222	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<c>
1114		1223
1115	If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>	1224	If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
1116	is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For	1225	is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1117	example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>	1226	example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
1118	when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":	1227	when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1119		1228
1120	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007	1229	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
1121		1230
1122	If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>	1231	If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
1123	is passed to the C<on_keyboard_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)	1232	is passed to the C<on_user_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
1124	manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via	1233	manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
1125	C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:	1234	C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
1126		1235
1127	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13	1236	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1128		1237
1129	Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping	1238	Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1130	will match if at I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and	1239	will match if I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
1131	no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That	1240	no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1132	means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide	1241	means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
1133	definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined	1242	definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
1134	mappings themselves.	1243	mappings themselves.
1135		1244
…		…
1186	all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.	1295	all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1187		1296
1188	=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>	1297	=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1189		1298
1190	Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See	1299	Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1191	the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource	1300	the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1192	will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1193		1301
1194	=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>	1302	=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1195		1303
1196	Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension	1304	Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1197	scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource,	1305	scripts. When looking for perl extensions, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first
1198	@@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in	1306	look in these directories, then in $HOME/.urxvt/ext and lastly in
1199	F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>. Due to security reasons, this resource	1307	F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1200	will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1201		1308
1202	See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.	1309	See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1203		1310
1204	=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>	1311	=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1205		1312
…		…
1227		1334
1228	=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>	1335	=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1229		1336
1230	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making	1337	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1231	it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.	1338	it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
		1339
		1340	=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
		1341
		1342	Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
1232		1343
1233	=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>	1344	=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1234		1345
1235	Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).	1346	Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
1236		1347
…		…
1379	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that	1490	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
1380	it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To	1491	it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
1381	allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root	1492	allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
1382	on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.	1493	on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
1383		1494
1384	=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS	1495	=head1 COLOURS AND GRAPHICS
1385		1496
1386	In addition to the default foreground and background colours,	1497	In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
1387	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus	1498	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 88/256 colours: 8 ANSI colours plus
1388	high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the	1499	high-intensity (potentially bold/blink) versions of the same, and 72 (or
1389	colours with their names.	1500	240 in 256 colour mode) colours arranged in an 4x4x4 (or 6x6x6) colour RGB
		1501	cube plus a 8 (24) colour greyscale ramp.
		1502
		1503	Here is a list of the ANSI colours with their names.
1390		1504
1391	=begin table	1505	=begin table
1392		1506
1393	B<color0> (black) = Black	1507	B<color0> (black) = Black
1394	B<color1> (red) = Red3	1508	B<color1> (red) = Red3
…		…
1414	It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,	1528	It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
1415	B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as	1529	B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
1416	a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of	1530	a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
1417	color0-color15.	1531	color0-color15.
1418		1532
1419	In addition to the colours defined above, @@RXVT_NAME@@ offers an	1533	The following text gives values for the standard 88 colour mode (and
1420	additional 72 colours. The first 64 of those (with indices 16 to 79)	1534	values for the 256 colour mode in parentheses).
1421	consist of a 444 RGB colour cube (i.e. I<index = r * 16 + g * 4 + b +
1422	16>), followed by 8 additional shades of gray (with indices 80 to 87).
1423		1535
		1536	The RGB cube uses indices 16..79 (16..231) using the following formulas:
		1537
		1538	index_88 = (r * 4 + g) * 4 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..3
		1539	index_256 = (r * 16 + g) * 16 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..15
		1540
		1541	The grayscale ramp uses indices 80..87 (232..239), from 10% to 90% in 10%
		1542	steps (1/26 to 25/26 in 1/26 steps) - black and white are already part of
		1543	the RGB cube.
		1544
1424	Together, all those colours implement the 88 colour xterm colours. Only	1545	Together, all those colours implement the 88 (256) colour xterm
1425	the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the rest can only	1546	colours. Only the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the
1426	be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").	1547	rest can only be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
		1548
		1549	Applications are advised to use terminfo or command sequences to discover
		1550	number and RGB values of all colours (yes, you can query this...).
1427		1551
1428	Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by	1552	Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
1429	always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to	1553	always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1430	I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise	1554	I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1431	been specified. For example,	1555	been specified. For example,
1432		1556
1433	=over 4
1434
1435	=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv>	1557	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
1436		1558
1437	would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black	1559	would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
1438	on White.	1560	White.
1439
1440	=back
1441		1561
1442	=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT	1562	=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1443		1563
1444	If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get	1564	If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1445	their act together, rxvt-unicode will support C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa>	1565	their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management:
1446	(recommended, but B<MUST> have 4 digits/component) colour specifications,	1566
1447	in addition to the ones provided by X, where the additional A component	1567	You can prefix any colour with an opaqueness percentage enclosed in
		1568	brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
		1569	(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the colour, where C<0> is completely
		1570	transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
		1571	half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
		1572	is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
		1573	all ways to specify a colour.
		1574
		1575	For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
		1576	C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
		1577	specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1448	specifies opacity (alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0> is completely	1578	(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1449	transparent). You can also prefix any color with C<[percent]>, where	1579	while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1450	C<percent> is a decimal percentage (0-100) that specifies the opacity of	1580	earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1451	the color, where C<0> is completely transparent and C<100> is completelxy	1581	C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1452	opaque.
1453		1582
1454	You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, and have the luck that	1583	You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1455	your X-server uses ARGB pixel layout, as X is far from just supporting	1584	alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1456	ARGB visuals out of the box, and rxvt-unicode just fudges around.	1585	layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
		1586	rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1457		1587
1458	For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent red	1588	For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1459	background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:	1589	background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1460		1590
1461	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/aaaa -fg "[80]pink"	1591	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1462		1592
1463	I<Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by	1593	When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1464	the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!>	1594	alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
		1595	transparency of course).
		1596
		1597	When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
		1598	colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
		1599	background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
		1600	other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
		1601	image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
		1602	fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
		1603
		1604	Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
		1605	in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
		1606	extension.
1465		1607
1466	=head1 ENVIRONMENT	1608	=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1467		1609
1468	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:	1610	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1469		1611
…		…
1475	resources or on the command line.	1617	resources or on the command line.
1476		1618
1477	=item B<COLORTERM>	1619	=item B<COLORTERM>
1478		1620
1479	Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was	1621	Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1480	compiled with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension	1622	compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1481	C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.	1623	extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
		1624	screen.
1482		1625
1483	=item B<COLORFGBG>	1626	=item B<COLORFGBG>
1484		1627
1485	Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is	1628	Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1486	the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string	1629	the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1487	C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be	1630	C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1488	used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the	1631	used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1489	string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@	1632	string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1490	was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like C<ncurses> and C<slang> can	1633	was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1491	(and do) use this information to optimize screen output.	1634	and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1492		1635
1493	=item B<WINDOWID>	1636	=item B<WINDOWID>
1494		1637
1495	Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel	1638	Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1496	window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal	1639	window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
…		…
1502	C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.	1645	C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1503		1646
1504	=item B<DISPLAY>	1647	=item B<DISPLAY>
1505		1648
1506	Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct	1649	Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1507	display in its child processes.	1650	display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
		1651	defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1508		1652
1509	=item B<SHELL>	1653	=item B<SHELL>
1510		1654
1511	The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.	1655	The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1512		1656
1513	=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>	1657	=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
1514		1658
1515	The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and	1659	The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1516	@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).	1660	@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1517		1661
1518	Default F<<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-I<< <nodename >> >>>.	1662	Default F<<< $HOME/.urxvt/urxvtd-I<< <nodename> >> >>>.
1519		1663
1520	=item B<HOME>	1664	=item B<HOME>
1521		1665
1522	Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for	1666	Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1523	daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as	1667	daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1524	C<.Xdefaults>)	1668	C<.Xdefaults>)
1525		1669
1526	=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>	1670	=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1527		1671
1528	Directory where various X resource files are being located.	1672	Directory where application-specific X resource files are located.
1529		1673
1530	=item B<XENVIRONMENT>	1674	=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1531		1675
1532	If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by	1676	If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1533	@@RXVT_NAME@@.	1677	@@RXVT_NAME@@.
…		…
1538		1682
1539	=over 4	1683	=over 4
1540		1684
1541	=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>	1685	=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
1542		1686
1543	Color names.	1687	Colour names.
1544		1688
1545	=back	1689	=back
1546		1690
1547	=head1 SEE ALSO	1691	=head1 SEE ALSO
1548		1692
…		…
1587	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)	1731	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1588		1732
1589	=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>	1733	=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1590		1734
1591	Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.	1735	Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1592		1736
1593	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)	1737	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1594		1738
1595	=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>	1739	=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1596		1740
1597	Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl	1741	Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
…		…
1599		1743
1600	Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)	1744	Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1601		1745
1602	=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >>	1746	=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >>
1603		1747
1604	Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.	1748	pty/utmp code rewrite, image code improvements, many random hacks and bugfixes.
1605		1749
1606	=back	1750	=back
1607		1751

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