--- rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod 2008/01/23 14:33:42 1.158 +++ rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod 2010/04/12 17:06:55 1.175 @@ -94,15 +94,20 @@ =item B<-display> I -Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still -respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the -B environment variable is used. +Attempt to open a window on the named X display (the older form B<-d> +is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the +display specified by the B environment variable is used. =item B<-depth> I Compile I: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth; resource B. +[Please note that many X servers (and libXft) are buggy with +respect to C<-depth 32> and/or alpha channels, and will cause all sorts +of graphical corruption. This is harmless, but we can't do anything about +this, so watch out] + =item B<-geometry> I Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B. @@ -179,6 +184,12 @@ on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile I; resource I. +=item B<-icon> I + +Compile I: Use the specified image as application icon. This +is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the +application window; resource I. + =item B<-bg> I Window background colour; resource B. @@ -312,6 +323,10 @@ Blink the cursor; resource B. +=item B<-uc>|B<+uc> + +Make the cursor underlined; resource B. + =item B<-iconic> Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option. @@ -337,7 +352,8 @@ Compile I: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window -decorations; resource B. +decorations; resource B. If the window manager does not +support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode. =item B<-override-redirect> @@ -357,6 +373,13 @@ the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource B. +=item B<-letsp> I + +Compile I: Amount to adjust the computed character width by +to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the +letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to +work around odd font metrics; resource B. + =item B<-tn> I This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the @@ -452,6 +475,12 @@ it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the user; resource B. +=item B<-cd> I + +Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via +B<-e>). The I must be an absolute path and it must exist for +@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B. + =item B<-xrm> I Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I @@ -569,6 +598,13 @@ Compile I: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth; option B<-depth>. +=item B I + +Compile I: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled). +On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases +performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it +should normally be enabled. + =item B I Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; @@ -696,9 +732,13 @@ =item B I -Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent +Apply gaussian blur with the specified radius to the transparent background image; option B<-blr>. +=item B I + +Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>. + =item B I Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. @@ -774,7 +814,7 @@ The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but -the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a +the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a useful supplement. The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters @@ -835,6 +875,8 @@ B: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character. B: do not set the urgency hint [default]. +@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change. + =item B I B: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>. @@ -968,6 +1010,11 @@ B: blink the cursor. B: do not blink the cursor [default]; option B<-bc>. +=item B I + +B: Make the cursor underlined. B: Make the cursor a box [default]; +option B<-uc>. + =item B I B: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number @@ -1079,8 +1126,8 @@ Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the -scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will -instead scroll the screen up. +scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching +to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up. =item B: I @@ -1089,6 +1136,13 @@ it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the user. +=item B: I + +Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via +B<-e>). The I must be an absolute path and it must exist for +@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working +directory will be used; option B<-cd>. + =item BI: I Compile I: Associate I with keysym I. The @@ -1136,7 +1190,7 @@ URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 If I takes the form C, then the specified B -is passed to the C perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) +is passed to the C perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. For example, the F extension (activated via C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C events: @@ -1204,16 +1258,14 @@ =item B: I Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See -the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource -will be ignored when running setuid/setgid. +the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. =item B: I Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C resource, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in -F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>. Due to security reasons, this resource -will be ignored when running setuid/setgid. +F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. @@ -1246,6 +1298,10 @@ Compile I: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>. +=item B I + +Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled). + =item B I Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled). @@ -1446,16 +1502,12 @@ I(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise been specified. For example, -=over 4 - -=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv> - -would yield White on Black, while on I(1) it would yield Black -on White. + @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv -=back +would yield White on Black, while on I(1) it would yield Black on +White. -=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT / TRANSPARENT COLOURS +=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management: @@ -1543,7 +1595,8 @@ =item B Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct -display in its child processes. +display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It +defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist. =item B