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92		92
93	Print out a message describing available options.	93	Print out a message describing available options.
94		94
95	=item B<-display> I<displayname>	95	=item B<-display> I<displayname>
96		96
97	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>
98	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
99	B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.	99	display specified by the B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
100		100
101	=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>	101	=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
102		102
103	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;
104	resource B<depth>.	104	resource B<depth>.
		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]
105		110
106	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>	111	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
107		112
108	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.	113	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
109		114
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177	horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the	182	horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
178	radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects	183	radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
179	on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile I<afterimage>;	184	on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile I<afterimage>;
180	resource I<blurRadius>.	185	resource I<blurRadius>.
181		186
		187	=item B<-icon> I<file>
		188
		189	Compile I<afterimage>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
		190	is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
		191	application window; resource I<iconFile>.
		192
182	=item B<-bg> I<colour>	193	=item B<-bg> I<colour>
183		194
184	Window background colour; resource B<background>.	195	Window background colour; resource B<background>.
185		196
186	=item B<-fg> I<colour>	197	=item B<-fg> I<colour>
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245	italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>	256	italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
246	for details.	257	for details.
247		258
248	=item B<-is>\|B<+is>	259	=item B<-is>\|B<+is>
249		260
250	Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity	261	Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
251	foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for	262	foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
252	details.	263	details.
253		264
254	=item B<-name> I<name>	265	=item B<-name> I<name>
255		266
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273		284
274	=item B<-sb>\|B<+sb>	285	=item B<-sb>\|B<+sb>
275		286
276	Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.	287	Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
277		288
		289	=item B<-sr>\|B<+sr>
		290
		291	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
		292
		293	=item B<-st>\|B<+st>
		294
		295	Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
		296	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
		297
278	=item B<-si>\|B<+si>	298	=item B<-si>\|B<+si>
279		299
280	Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource	300	Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
281	B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.	301	B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
282		302
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288	=item B<-sw>\|B<+sw>	308	=item B<-sw>\|B<+sw>
289		309
290	Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.	310	Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
291	This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource	311	This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
292	B<scrollWithBuffer>.	312	B<scrollWithBuffer>.
293
294	=item B<-sr>\|B<+sr>
295
296	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
297
298	=item B<-st>\|B<+st>
299
300	Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
301	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
302		313
303	=item B<-ptab>\|B<+ptab>	314	=item B<-ptab>\|B<+ptab>
304		315
305	If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as	316	If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
306	actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to	317	actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
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310		321
311	=item B<-bc>\|B<+bc>	322	=item B<-bc>\|B<+bc>
312		323
313	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.	324	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
314		325
		326	=item B<-uc>\|B<+uc>
		327
		328	Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
		329
315	=item B<-iconic>	330	=item B<-iconic>
316		331
317	Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.	332	Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
318	Alternative form is B<-ic>.	333	Alternative form is B<-ic>.
319		334
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335		350
336	=item B<-bl>	351	=item B<-bl>
337		352
338	Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.	353	Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
339	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window	354	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
340	decorations; resource B<borderLess>.	355	decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
		356	support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
341		357
342	=item B<-override-redirect>	358	=item B<-override-redirect>
343		359
344	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource	360	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
345	B<override-redirect>.	361	B<override-redirect>.
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354	=item B<-lsp> I<number>	370	=item B<-lsp> I<number>
355		371
356	Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of	372	Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
357	the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource	373	the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
358	B<lineSpace>.	374	B<lineSpace>.
		375
		376	=item B<-letsp> I<number>
		377
		378	Compile I<frills>: Amount to adjust the computed character width by
		379	to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the
		380	letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to
		381	work around odd font metrics; resource B<letterSpace>.
359		382
360	=item B<-tn> I<termname>	383	=item B<-tn> I<termname>
361		384
362	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the	385	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
363	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the	386	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
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449		472
450	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@	473	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
451	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within	474	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
452	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the	475	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
453	user; resource B<hold>.	476	user; resource B<hold>.
		477
		478	=item B<-cd> I<path>
		479
		480	Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
		481	B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
		482	@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
454		483
455	=item B<-xrm> I<string>	484	=item B<-xrm> I<string>
456		485
457	Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>	486	Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
458	as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this	487	as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
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567	=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>	596	=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
568		597
569	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;	598	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
570	option B<-depth>.	599	option B<-depth>.
571		600
		601	=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
		602
		603	Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
		604	On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
		605	performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
		606	should normally be enabled.
		607
572	=item B<geometry:> I<geom>	608	=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
573		609
574	Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];	610	Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
575	option B<-geometry>.	611	option B<-geometry>.
576		612
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694		730
695	Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.	731	Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.
696		732
697	=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>	733	=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>
698		734
699	Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent	735	Apply gaussian blur with the specified radius to the transparent
700	background image; option B<-blr>.	736	background image; option B<-blr>.
		737
		738	=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
		739
		740	Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
701		741
702	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>	742	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
703		743
704	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].	744	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
705		745
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724	an integer number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified	764	an integer number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified
725	beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.	765	beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
726	Additional operations can be specified after colon B<:op1:op2...>.	766	Additional operations can be specified after colon B<:op1:op2...>.
727	Supported operations are:	767	Supported operations are:
728		768
729	tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0,	769	tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0
730	propscale will scale image keeping proportions,	770	propscale will scale image keeping proportions
731	auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100;	771	auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100
732	hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size;	772	hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size
733	vscale will scale image vertically to the window size;	773	vscale will scale image vertically to the window size
734	scale will scale image to match window size;	774	scale will scale image to match window size
735	root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto-adjusting	775	root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto-adjusting
736	whenever terminal window moves.	776	whenever terminal window moves
737		777
738	If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be	778	If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be
739	blended over transparency image using either alpha-blending, or any	779	blended over transparency image using either alpha-blending, or any
740	other blending type, specified with B<-blt "type"> option.	780	other blending type, specified with B<-blt "type"> option.
741		781
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772	it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels	812	it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
773	wide and 15 pixels high.	813	wide and 15 pixels high.
774		814
775	The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in	815	The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
776	the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but	816	the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
777	the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a	817	the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
778	useful supplement.	818	useful supplement.
779		819
780	The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters	820	The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
781	are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font	821	are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
782	contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.	822	contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
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806	text font will being used for the given style.	846	text font will being used for the given style.
807		847
808	=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>	848	=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
809		849
810	When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,	850	When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
811	option B<-is>, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high	851	option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
812	intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,	852	intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
813	option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not	853	option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
814	reachable.	854	reachable.
815		855
816	=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>
817
818	Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which
819	is xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which
820	gives xterm style selection. Only effective when the original (non-perl)
821	selection code is in use.
822
823	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
824
825	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
826	the author's favourite.
827
828	=item B<title:> I<string>	856	=item B<title:> I<string>
829		857
830	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line	858	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
831	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application	859	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
832	name; option B<-title>.	860	name; option B<-title>.
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845	=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>	873	=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
846		874
847	B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.	875	B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
848	B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].	876	B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
849		877
		878	@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
		879
850	=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>	880	=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
851		881
852	B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.	882	B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
853	B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.	883	B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
854		884
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876		906
877	URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)	907	URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
878		908
879	This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents	909	This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
880	every time you hit C<Print>.	910	every time you hit C<Print>.
		911
		912	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
		913
		914	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
		915	the author's favourite.
881		916
882	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>	917	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
883		918
884	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:	919	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
885	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.	920	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
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972		1007
973	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>	1008	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
974		1009
975	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];	1010	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
976	option B<-bc>.	1011	option B<-bc>.
		1012
		1013	=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
		1014
		1015	B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
		1016	option B<-uc>.
977		1017
978	=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>	1018	=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
979		1019
980	B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number	1020	B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
981	of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible	1021	of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
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1084		1124
1085	=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>	1125	=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
1086		1126
1087	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this	1127	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
1088	option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the	1128	option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
1089	scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will	1129	scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
1090	instead scroll the screen up.	1130	to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
1091		1131
1092	=item B<hold>: I<boolean>	1132	=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1093		1133
1094	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@	1134	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1095	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within	1135	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1096	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the	1136	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1097	user.	1137	user.
		1138
		1139	=item B<chdir>: I<path>
		1140
		1141	Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
		1142	B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
		1143	@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
		1144	directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
1098		1145
1099	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>	1146	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
1100		1147
1101	Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The	1148	Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
1102	intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.	1149	intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
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1141	when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":	1188	when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1142		1189
1143	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007	1190	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
1144		1191
1145	If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>	1192	If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
1146	is passed to the C<on_keyboard_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)	1193	is passed to the C<on_user_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
1147	manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via	1194	manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
1148	C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:	1195	C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
1149		1196
1150	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13	1197	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1151		1198
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1209	all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.	1256	all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1210		1257
1211	=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>	1258	=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1212		1259
1213	Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See	1260	Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1214	the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource	1261	the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1215	will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1216		1262
1217	=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>	1263	=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1218		1264
1219	Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension	1265	Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1220	scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource,	1266	scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource,
1221	@@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in	1267	@@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
1222	F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>. Due to security reasons, this resource	1268	F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1223	will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
1224		1269
1225	See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.	1270	See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1226		1271
1227	=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>	1272	=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1228		1273
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1250		1295
1251	=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>	1296	=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1252		1297
1253	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making	1298	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1254	it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.	1299	it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
		1300
		1301	=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
		1302
		1303	Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
1255		1304
1256	=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>	1305	=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1257		1306
1258	Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).	1307	Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
1259		1308
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1451	Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by	1500	Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
1452	always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to	1501	always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
1453	I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise	1502	I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
1454	been specified. For example,	1503	been specified. For example,
1455		1504
1456	=over 4
1457
1458	=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv>	1505	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
1459		1506
1460	would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black	1507	would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
1461	on White.	1508	White.
1462
1463	=back
1464		1509
1465	=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT	1510	=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1466		1511
1467	If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get	1512	If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1468	their act together, rxvt-unicode will support C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa>	1513	their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management:
1469	(recommended, but B<MUST> have 4 digits/component) colour specifications,	1514
1470	in addition to the ones provided by X, where the additional A component	1515	You can prefix any color with an opaquenes percentage enclosed in
		1516	brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
		1517	(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the color, where C<0> is completely
		1518	transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
		1519	half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
		1520	is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
		1521	all ways to specify a colour.
		1522
		1523	For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
		1524	C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
		1525	specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1471	specifies opacity (alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0> is completely	1526	(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1472	transparent). You can also prefix any color with C<[percent]>, where	1527	while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1473	C<percent> is a decimal percentage (0-100) that specifies the opacity of	1528	earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1474	the color, where C<0> is completely transparent and C<100> is completelxy	1529	C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1475	opaque.
1476		1530
1477	You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, and have the luck that	1531	You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1478	your X-server uses ARGB pixel layout, as X is far from just supporting	1532	alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1479	ARGB visuals out of the box, and rxvt-unicode just fudges around.	1533	layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
		1534	rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1480		1535
1481	For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent red	1536	For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1482	background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:	1537	background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1483		1538
1484	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/aaaa -fg "[80]pink"	1539	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1485		1540
1486	I<Please note that transparency of any kind if completely unsupported by	1541	When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1487	the author. Don't bug him with installation questions!>	1542	alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
		1543	transparency of course).
		1544
		1545	When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
		1546	colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
		1547	background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
		1548	other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
		1549	image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
		1550	fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
		1551
		1552	Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
		1553	in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
		1554	extension.
1488		1555
1489	=head1 ENVIRONMENT	1556	=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1490		1557
1491	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:	1558	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1492		1559
…		…
1526	C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.	1593	C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1527		1594
1528	=item B<DISPLAY>	1595	=item B<DISPLAY>
1529		1596
1530	Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct	1597	Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1531	display in its child processes.	1598	display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
		1599	defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1532		1600
1533	=item B<SHELL>	1601	=item B<SHELL>
1534		1602
1535	The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.	1603	The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1536		1604

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