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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
		20	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
		21
		22	See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
		23	frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
		24	problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
		25	L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod>.
		26
17	=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT	27	=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
18		28
19	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
20	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
21	world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,	31	world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
22	especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts	32	especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
23	like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,	33	like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
24	like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these	34	like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
25	scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work	35	scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
26	fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such	36	fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
27	as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms	37	as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
28	belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --	38	belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
29	such as cursor-movement -- break othwerwise).	39	such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
		40	change.
30		41
		42	If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
		43	me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
		44	terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
		45	because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
		46	another for japanese.
		47
31	Another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to display	48	Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
32	characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other programs	49	display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
33	force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able to choose	50	programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
34	any font for any script.	51	to choose any font for any script freely.
35		52
36	Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than	53	Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
37	it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy	54	its predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
38	in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original	55	in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original
39	rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.	56	rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
40		57
41	It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean	58	It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
42	and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode	59	and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
43	without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with	60	without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
44	a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows	61	a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
45	from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and	62	from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
46	drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and	63	drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
47	@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).	64	@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
48		65
49	It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have	66	It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
50	been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical	67	been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
51	reference documentation (escape sequences etc.) and the FAQ section at the	68	reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
52	end of this document.
53		69
54	=head1 OPTIONS	70	=head1 OPTIONS
55		71
56	The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed	72	The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed
57	below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be	73	below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
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80		96
81	Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still	97	Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still
82	respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the	98	respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
83	B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.	99	B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
84		100
		101	=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
		102
		103	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit 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]
		110
85	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>	111	=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
86		112
87	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.	113	Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
88		114
89	=item B<-rv>|B<+rv>	115	=item B<-rv>|B<+rv>
90		116
91	Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.	117	Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.
92		118
93	=item B<-j>|B<+j>	119	=item B<-j>|B<+j>
94		120
95	Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>.	121	Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource B<jumpScroll>.
96		122
97	=item B<-ip>|B<+ip>	123	=item B<-ss>|B<+ss>
98		124
99	Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is	125	Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.
100	B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.	126
		127	=item B<-tr>|B<+tr>
		128
		129	Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background; resource B<transparent>.
		130
		131	B<-ip> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
		132	future versions.
		133
		134	I<Please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
		135	sasha@aftercode.net. Read the FAQ (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!>
101		136
102	=item B<-fade> I<number>	137	=item B<-fade> I<number>
103		138
104	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.	139	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
		140	fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
		141	colour; resource B<fading>.
		142
		143	=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
		144
		145	Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
		146	is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
105		147
106	=item B<-tint> I<colour>	148	=item B<-tint> I<colour>
107		149
108	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when	150	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
109	transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh>	151	transparency is enabled with B<-tr>. This only works for
		152	non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the B<-sh> option that can be
110	option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to	153	used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it.
111	tinting it.	154	Please note that certain tint colours can be applied on the server-side,
		155	thus yielding performance gain of two orders of magnitude. These colours are:
		156	blue, red, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, and those close to them. Also
		157	pure black and pure white colors essentially mean no tinting; resource
		158	I<tintColor>. Example:
112		159
113	=item B<-sh>	160	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
114		161
		162	=item B<-sh> I<number>
		163
115	I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent	164	Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (100 .. 200) the transparent
116	background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be	165	background image in addition to (or instead of) tinting it;
117	specified, too).	166	resource I<shading>.
		167
		168	=item B<-blt> I<string>
		169
		170	Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
		171	at the same time as transparency - such pixmap will be blended over
		172	transparency image, using method specified. Supported values are :
		173	B<add>, B<alphablend>, B<allanon> - color values averaging, B<colorize>,
		174	B<darken>, B<diff>, B<dissipate>, B<hue>, B<lighten>, B<overlay>,
		175	B<saturate>, B<screen>, B<sub>, B<tint>, B<value>. The default is
		176	alpha-blending. Compile I<afterimage>; resource I<blendType>.
		177
		178	=item B<-blr> I<HxV>
		179
		180	Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
		181	background image. If single number is specified - both vertical and
		182	horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
		183	radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
		184	on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile I<afterimage>;
		185	resource I<blurRadius>.
118		186
119	=item B<-bg> I<colour>	187	=item B<-bg> I<colour>
120		188
121	Window background colour; resource B<background>.	189	Window background colour; resource B<background>.
122		190
123	=item B<-fg> I<colour>	191	=item B<-fg> I<colour>
124		192
125	Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.	193	Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
126		194
127	=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>	195	=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]>
128		196
129	Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally	197	Compile I<afterimage>: Specify image file for the background and also
130	specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add	198	optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
131	quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the	199	add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
132	command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.	200	command-line; for more details see resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
133		201
134	=item B<-cr> I<colour>	202	=item B<-cr> I<colour>
135		203
136	The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.	204	The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
137		205
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143		211
144	The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.	212	The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.
145		213
146	=item B<-bd> I<colour>	214	=item B<-bd> I<colour>
147		215
148	The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text;	216	The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
149	resource B<borderColor>.	217	resource B<borderColor>.
150		218
151	=item B<-fn> I<fontname>	219	=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
152		220
153	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font	221	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
154	names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.	222	that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
155	The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might	223	first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
156	be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always	224	smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
157	appended to it. resource B<font>.	225	font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
		226
		227	In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
		228	with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
		229	e.g.:
		230
		231	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
		232	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
158		233
159	See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ	234	See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
160	section.	235	section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
161		236
		237	=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
		238
		239	Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
		240	are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
		241
		242	=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
		243
		244	Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
		245	characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
		246
		247	=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
		248
		249	Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
		250	italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
		251	for details.
		252
162	=item B<-rb>|B<+rb>	253	=item B<-is>|B<+is>
163		254
164	Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text will be	255	Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
165	displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. Bold	256	foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
166	fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their	257	details.
167	corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular
168	font will be used. resource B<realBold>.
169		258
170	=item B<-name> I<name>	259	=item B<-name> I<name>
171		260
172	Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,	261	Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
173	rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain	262	rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
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189		278
190	=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>	279	=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
191		280
192	Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.	281	Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
193		282
		283	=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
		284
		285	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
		286
		287	=item B<-st>|B<+st>
		288
		289	Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
		290	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
		291
194	=item B<-si>|B<+si>	292	=item B<-si>|B<+si>
195		293
196	Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource	294	Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
197	B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.	295	B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
198		296
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205		303
206	Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.	304	Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
207	This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource	305	This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
208	B<scrollWithBuffer>.	306	B<scrollWithBuffer>.
209		307
210	=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
211
212	Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
213
214	=item B<-st>|B<+st>	308	=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
215		309
216	Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;	310	If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
217	resource B<scrollBar_floating>.	311	actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
		312	select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
		313	not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
		314	on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
218		315
219	=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>	316	=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
220		317
221	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.	318	Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
222		319
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245		342
246	Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.	343	Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
247	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window	344	if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
248	decorations; resource B<borderLess>.	345	decorations; resource B<borderLess>.
249		346
		347	=item B<-override-redirect>
		348
		349	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
		350	B<override-redirect>.
		351
		352	=item B<-sbg>
		353
		354	Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
		355	drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
		356	this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
		357	resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
		358
250	=item B<-lsp> I<number>	359	=item B<-lsp> I<number>
251		360
252	Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row	361	Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
253	of the display; resource B<linespace>.	362	the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
		363	B<lineSpace>.
254		364
255	=item B<-tn> I<termname>	365	=item B<-tn> I<termname>
256		366
257	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the	367	This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
258	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the	368	B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
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267	given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last	377	given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
268	on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to	378	on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to
269	run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,	379	run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
270	failing that, I<sh(1)>.	380	failing that, I<sh(1)>.
271		381
		382	Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
		383	run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
		384
		385	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
		386
272	=item B<-title> I<text>	387	=item B<-title> I<text>
273		388
274	Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename	389	Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
275	of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the	390	of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
276	application name; resource B<title>.	391	application name; resource B<title>.
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294		409
295	Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.	410	Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
296		411
297	=item B<-imlocale> I<string>	412	=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
298		413
299	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g.	414	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
300	de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input	415	C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
301	extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in	416	input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
302	another locale.	417	another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
		418
		419	=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
		420
		421	Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
		422	for more info.
		423
		424	=item B<-tcw>
		425
		426	Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
		427	button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
		428	in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
		429	the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
303		430
304	=item B<-insecure>	431	=item B<-insecure>
305		432
306	Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape	433	Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
307	sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more	434	sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
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321	=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>	448	=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
322		449
323	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource	450	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
324	B<secondaryScroll>.	451	B<secondaryScroll>.
325		452
		453	=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
		454
		455	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
		456	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
		457	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
		458	user; resource B<hold>.
		459
326	=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring>	460	=item B<-xrm> I<string>
327		461
328	No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made	462	Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
329	available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in	463	as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
330	some window managers.	464	way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
		465
		466	Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
		467	e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
		468	options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
		469	of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
		470	resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
		471	programs.
		472
		473	=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
		474
		475	Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
		476
		477	=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
		478
		479	Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
		480	which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
		481
		482	Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
		483	shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
		484	quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
		485	create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
		486
		487	The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
		488
		489	It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
		490	descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
		491	can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
		492	terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
		493	not.
		494
		495	Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
		496	used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
		497
		498	my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
		499	$rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
		500	my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
		501	system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
		502	});
		503
		504	=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
		505
		506	Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
		507	pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
		508	useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
		509	without having to run a program within it.
		510
		511	If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
		512	entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
		513	yourself if you want that.
		514
		515	As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
		516	pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
		517	perl extension that manages the terminal.
		518
		519	Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
		520	longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
		521
		522	use IO::Pty;
		523	use Fcntl;
		524
		525	my $pty = new IO::Pty;
		526	fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
		527	system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
		528	close $pty;
		529
		530	# now communicate with rxvt
		531	my $slave = $pty->slave;
		532	while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
		533
		534	=item B<-pe> I<string>
		535
		536	Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
		537	this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
331		538
332	=back	539	=back
333		540
334	=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options)	541	=head1 RESOURCES
335		542
336	Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long	543	Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
337	options) compiled into your version.	544	options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
		545	long-options.
338		546
339	There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the	547	You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
340	Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal	548	distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
341	Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie.	549	starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
342	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the	550	with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
343	resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load
344	settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts.
345		551
346	If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h>	552	1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
347	lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults	553	2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
348	set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually	554	3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
349	B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in	555	4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
350	B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist.	556	5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
		557	6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
		558
351	Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two	559	Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
352	class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows	560	names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
353	resources common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be	561	common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
354	easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources	562	configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
355	unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be	563	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
356	shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no	564	configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
357	resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line	565	be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
358	arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following	566	settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
359	resources are allowed:	567	check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
		568	extensions not documented here):
360		569
361	=over 4	570	=over 4
		571
		572	=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
		573
		574	Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
		575	option B<-depth>.
		576
		577	=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
		578
		579	Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
		580	On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
		581	performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
		582	should normally be enabled.
362		583
363	=item B<geometry:> I<geom>	584	=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
364		585
365	Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];	586	Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
366	option B<-geometry>.	587	option B<-geometry>.
…		…
382	high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)	603	high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
383	colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,	604	colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
384	3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour	605	3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
385	names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.	606	names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.
386		607
		608	Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
		609	changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
		610
		611	Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
		612	88 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
		613
387	=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>	614	=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>
388		615
		616	=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
		617
389	Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the foreground	618	Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
390	colour is the default. This option will be ignored if B<realBold> is	619	foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
391	enabled.	620	(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
392		621
393	=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>	622	=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
394		623
395	Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the	624	Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
396	foreground colour is the default.	625	foreground colour is the default.
397		626
398	=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>	627	=item B<colorRV:> I<colour>
399		628
400	Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video	629	Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video characters
401	characters.	630	when OPTION_HC is disabled (--disable-frills).
		631
		632	=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
		633
		634	If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
		635	itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
402		636
403	=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>	637	=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
404		638
405	Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the	639	Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
406	foreground colour; option B<-cr>.	640	foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
…		…
417	option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option	651	option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
418	B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.	652	B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section.
419		653
420	=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>	654	=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
421		655
422	B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling	656	B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
423	quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>.	657	of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
		658	has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
		659	received line; option B<-j>.
		660
424	B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>.	661	B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
		662	force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
425		663
426	=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean>	664	=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
427		665
428	B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving	666	B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
429	artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows'	667	receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
430	pixmap.	668	(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
		669	result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
		670	option B<-ss>.
		671
		672	B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
		673	if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
		674	monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
		675
		676	=item B<transparent:> I<boolean>
		677
		678	Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background.
		679
		680	B<inheritPixmap> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
		681	future versions.
		682
		683	I<Please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
		684	sasha@aftercode.net. Read the FAQ (man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@)!>
431		685
432	=item B<fading:> I<number>	686	=item B<fading:> I<number>
433		687
434	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost.	688	Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
		689
		690	=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
		691
		692	Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
		693	colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
435		694
436	=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>	695	=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
437		696
438	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour.	697	Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
		698	B<-tint>.
439		699
440	=item B<shading:> I<number>	700	=item B<shading:> I<number>
441		701
442	Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background	702	Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background image
443	image in addition to tinting it.	703	in addition to tinting it; option B<-sh>.
444		704
		705	=item B<blendType:> I<string>
		706
		707	Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.
		708
445	=item B<fading:> I<number>	709	=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>
446		710
447	Scale the tint colour by the given percentage.	711	Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent
		712	background image; option B<-blr>.
448		713
449	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>	714	=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
450		715
451	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].	716	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
452		717
453	=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>	718	=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
454		719
455	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default	720	Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
456	#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.	721	#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
457		722
		723	=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
		724
		725	The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
		726	and the text.
		727
458	=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]>	728	=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]>
459		729
460	Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for	730	Use the specified image file for the background and also
461	the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry	731	optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string B<WxH+X+Y>,
462	string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the	732	(default C<0x0+50+50>) in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the
463	horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image	733	horizontal/vertical scale (percent), and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image
464	centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale	734	centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
465	of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9	735	of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 specifies
466	specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will	736	an integer number of images in that direction. No image will be magnified
467	be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted	737	beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
468	scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]	738	Additional operations can be specified after colon B<:op1:op2...>.
		739	Supported operations are:
469		740
470	=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]>	741	tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0
		742	propscale will scale image keeping proportions
		743	auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100
		744	hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size
		745	vscale will scale image vertically to the window size
		746	scale will scale image to match window size
		747	root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto-adjusting
		748	whenever terminal window moves
471		749
472	Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is	750	If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be
473	optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the	751	blended over transparency image using either alpha-blending, or any
474	reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.	752	other blending type, specified with B<-blt "type"> option.
475		753
476	=item B<path:> I<path>	754	=item B<path:> I<path>
477		755
478	Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and	756	Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
479	menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
480	B<PATH> environment variables.
481		757
482	=item B<font:> I<fontname>	758	=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
483		759
484	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font	760	Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
485	names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters.	761	that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
486	The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might	762	first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
487	be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always	763	smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
488	appended to it. option B<-fn>.	764	font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
489		765
490	=item B<realBold:> I<boolean>	766	Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
		767	optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
491		768
492	B<True>: Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text	769	In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
493	will be displayed using the first available bold font in the font list.	770	specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
494	Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their	771	hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
495	corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular	772	fonts.
496	font will be used. option B<-rb>. B<False>: Display bold text in a
497	regular font, using the color specified with B<colorBD>; option B<+rb>.
498		773
499	=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode>	774	For example, this font resource
500		775
501	Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is	776	URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
502	xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives	777	-misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
503	xterm style selection.	778	-misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
		779	[codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
		780	xft:Code2000:antialias=false
504		781
505	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>	782	specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
		783	the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
		784	it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
		785	wide and 15 pixels high.
506		786
507	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is	787	The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
508	the author's favourite..	788	the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
		789	the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
		790	useful supplement.
		791
		792	The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
		793	are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
		794	contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
		795
		796	The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
		797	remaining unicode characters.
		798
		799	=item B<boldFont:> I<fontlist>
		800
		801	=item B<italicFont:> I<fontlist>
		802
		803	=item B<boldItalicFont:> I<fontlist>
		804
		805	The font list to use for displaying B<bold>, I<italic> or B<< I<bold
		806	italic> >> characters, respectively.
		807
		808	If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
		809	B<font>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
		810	it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
		811	italic.
		812
		813	If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
		814	"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
		815	not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
		816
		817	If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
		818	text font will being used for the given style.
		819
		820	=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
		821
		822	When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
		823	option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
		824	intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
		825	option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
		826	reachable.
509		827
510	=item B<title:> I<string>	828	=item B<title:> I<string>
511		829
512	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line	830	Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
513	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application	831	specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
…		…
522	=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>	840	=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
523		841
524	B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no	842	B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
525	de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].	843	de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
526		844
		845	=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
		846
		847	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].
		849
527	=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>	850	=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
528		851
529	B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.	852	B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
530	B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.	853	B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
531		854
…		…
545		868
546	Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use	869	Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
547	B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or	870	B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
548	B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.	871	B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
549		872
		873	The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
		874
		875	Example:
		876
		877	URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
		878
		879	This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
		880	every time you hit C<Print>.
		881
		882	=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
		883
		884	Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
		885	the author's favourite.
		886
550	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>	887	=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
551		888
552	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:	889	B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
553	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.	890	disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
554		891
…		…
573	B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option	910	B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
574	B<+si>.	911	B<+si>.
575		912
576	=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>	913	=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
577		914
578	B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and	915	B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
579	B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll	916	B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll
580	with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>.	917	with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option B<+sw>.
581		918
582	=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>	919	=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
583		920
584	B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys	921	B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
585	are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and	922	are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
586	are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to	923	are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to
587	bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.	924	bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.
588		925
589	=item B<smallfont_key:> I<keysym>
590
591	If enabled, use B<@@HOTKEY@@->I<keysym> to toggle to a smaller font
592	[default B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>]
593
594	=item B<bigfont_key:> I<keysym>
595
596	If enabled, use B<@@HOTKEY@@->I<keysym> to toggle to a bigger font
597	[default B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@>]
598
599	=item B<saveLines:> I<number>	926	=item B<saveLines:> I<number>
600		927
601	Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This	928	Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This
602	resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.	929	resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.
603		930
…		…
614	=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>	941	=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
615		942
616	Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the	943	Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
617	WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.	944	WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
618		945
		946	=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
		947
		948	Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
		949	drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
		950	this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
		951	option B<-sbg>.
		952
619	=item B<termName:> I<termname>	953	=item B<termName:> I<termname>
620		954
621	Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment	955	Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
622	variable; option B<-tn>.	956	variable; option B<-tn>.
623		957
624	=item B<linespace:> I<number>	958	=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
625		959
626	Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of	960	Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
627	the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.	961	the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
628		962
629	=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>	963	=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
…		…
633		967
634	=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>	968	=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
635		969
636	B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel	970	B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
637	scrolls five lines [default].	971	scrolls five lines [default].
		972
		973	=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
		974
		975	B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
		976	movement only; option C<-ptab>.
638		977
639	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>	978	=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
640		979
641	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];	980	B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
642	option B<-bc>.	981	option B<-bc>.
…		…
655		994
656	Mouse pointer background colour.	995	Mouse pointer background colour.
657		996
658	=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>	997	=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
659		998
660	Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2].	999	Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
		1000	large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
661		1001
662	=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>	1002	=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
663		1003
664	The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>	1004	The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
665	or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>	1005	or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace>
…		…
672	pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated	1012	pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
673	with the B<Execute> key.	1013	with the B<Execute> key.
674		1014
675	=item B<cutchars:> I<string>	1015	=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
676		1016
677	The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The	1017	The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
678	built-in default:	1018	(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
679		1019
		1020	When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
		1021	in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
		1022	characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
		1023	will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
		1024
		1025	When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
		1026	be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
		1027
680	B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >>	1028	B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
681		1029
682	=item B<preeditType:> I<style>	1030	=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
683		1031
684	B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.	1032	B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
685		1033
…		…
687		1035
688	I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.	1036	I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
689		1037
690	=item B<imLocale:> I<name>	1038	=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
691		1039
692	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g.	1040	The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
693	de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input	1041	C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
694	extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in	1042	input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
695	another locale. option B<-imlocale>.	1043	another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
696		1044
697	=item B<insecure>	1045	=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
		1046
		1047	Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
		1048	C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
		1049	by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
		1050	in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
		1051	found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
		1052	option B<-imfont>.
		1053
		1054	=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
		1055
		1056	Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
		1057	button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
		1058	the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
		1059
		1060	=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
698		1061
699	Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that	1062	Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
700	echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be	1063	echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
701	abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether	1064	abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
702	throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though	1065	through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
703	write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note	1066	write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
704	that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences	1067	default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
705	enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean	1068	sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
706	resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this	1069
707	enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title	1070	You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
708	requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch.	1071	B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
		1072	locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
709		1073
710	=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>	1074	=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
711		1075
712	Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,	1076	Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
713	B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option	1077	B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
…		…
717		1081
718	Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)	1082	Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
719	character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described	1083	character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
720	in the entry on B<keysym> following.	1084	in the entry on B<keysym> following.
721		1085
722	=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool>	1086	=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
723		1087
724	Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).	1088	Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
725		1089
726	=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool>	1090	=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
727		1091
728	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this	1092	Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
729	option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the	1093	option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
730	scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will	1094	scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
731	instead scroll the screen up.	1095	instead scroll the screen up.
732		1096
		1097	=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
		1098
		1099	Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
		1100	will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
		1101	it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
		1102	user.
		1103
733	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>	1104	=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
734		1105
735	Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may	1106	Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
736	contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n:
737	newline, \r: return, \t:
738	tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null,
739	^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end
740	with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be	1107	intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
741	omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with	1108
742	KEYSYM_RESOURCE.	1109	The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be
		1110	any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>,
		1111	B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>,
		1112	and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>,
		1113	B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
		1114
		1115	The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
		1116	whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
		1117	keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
		1118	current application keymap mode state.
		1119
		1120	The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or
		1121	searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
		1122	omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
		1123	keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
		1124	performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
		1125
		1126	I<string> may contain escape values (C<\n>: newline, C<\000>: octal
		1127	number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for futher details.
		1128
		1129	You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
		1130	with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'
		1131	should be a character not used by the strings.
		1132
		1133	Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
		1134
		1135	URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|>
		1136
		1137	The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
		1138
		1139	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>
		1140	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>
		1141	URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>
		1142
		1143	If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
		1144	is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
		1145	example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
		1146	when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
		1147
		1148	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
		1149
		1150	If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
		1151	is passed to the C<on_keyboard_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
		1152	manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
		1153	C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
		1154
		1155	URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
		1156
		1157	Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
		1158	will match if at I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
		1159	no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
		1160	means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
		1161	definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
		1162	mappings themselves.
		1163
		1164	Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
		1165	if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
		1166	C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke "holes" into the
		1167	user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
		1168
		1169	URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
		1170	URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
		1171
		1172	The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
		1173	of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
		1174	C<Shift-Insert>.
		1175
		1176	The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
		1177	the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
		1178	font-switching at runtime:
		1179
		1180	URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
		1181	URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
		1182
		1183	Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
		1184	info):
		1185
		1186	URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
		1187	URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
		1188
		1189	=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
		1190
		1191	=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
		1192
		1193	Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
		1194	use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
		1195
		1196	Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
		1197	them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
		1198	by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
		1199	example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extension except
		1200	C<selection>.
		1201
		1202	Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
		1203	(e.g. C<< searchable-scrollback<M-s> >>, which binds the hotkey for
		1204	searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta-s). Mentioning the same extension
		1205	multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
		1206	the extension.
		1207
		1208	Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
		1209	necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
		1210
		1211	If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
		1212	interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
		1213	B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
		1214	all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
		1215
		1216	=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
		1217
		1218	Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
		1219	the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
		1220	will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
		1221
		1222	=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
		1223
		1224	Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
		1225	scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource,
		1226	@@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
		1227	F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>. Due to security reasons, this resource
		1228	will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
		1229
		1230	See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
		1231
		1232	=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
		1233
		1234	Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
		1235	details.
		1236
		1237	=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
		1238
		1239	Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
		1240	for details.
		1241
		1242	=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym>
		1243
		1244	Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
		1245	(default: C<M-s>).
		1246
		1247	=item B<urlLauncher>: I<string>
		1248
		1249	Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
		1250	C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
		1251
		1252	=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
		1253
		1254	Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
		1255
		1256	=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
		1257
		1258	Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
		1259	it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
		1260
		1261	=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
		1262
		1263	Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
743		1264
744	=back	1265	=back
745		1266
746	=head1 THE SCROLLBAR	1267	=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
747		1268
…		…
761	the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta	1282	the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
762	(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.	1283	(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
763		1284
764	If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are	1285	If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
765	disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen	1286	disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
766	application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~>	1287	application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
767	(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the	1288	(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
768	up and down arrows sends B<ESC[A> (Up) and B<ESC[B> (Down),	1289	up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
769	respectively.	1290	respectively.
770		1291
771	=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION	1292	=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
772		1293
773	The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to	1294	The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
774	I<xterm>(1).	1295	to I<xterm>(1).
775		1296
776	=over 4	1297	=over 4
777		1298
778	=item B<Selection>:	1299	=item B<Selecting>:
779		1300
780	Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the	1301	Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
781	region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left	1302	and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
782	double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire	1303	to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
783	line.	1304	(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
		1305	B<tripleclickwords>.
784		1306
		1307	Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
		1308	(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
		1309	normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
		1310	selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
		1311	the selection.
		1312
785	=item B<Insertion>:	1313	=item B<Pasting>:
786		1314
787	Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in	1315	Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
788	an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be	1316	window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
789	inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.	1317	B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
		1318
		1319	Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
		1320	inserted too.
790		1321
791	=back	1322	=back
792		1323
793	=head1 CHANGING FONTS	1324	=head1 CHANGING FONTS
794		1325
795	You can change fonts on-the-fly, which is to say cycle through the	1326	Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
796	default font and others of various sizes, by using B<Shift-KP_Add> and	1327	supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
797	B<Shift-KP_Subtract>. Or, alternatively (if enabled) with	1328
798	B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@> and B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>, where the	1329	You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
799	actual key can be selected using resources	1330
800	B<smallfont_key>/B<bigfont_key>.	1331	printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
		1332
		1333	You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
		1334
		1335	URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
		1336	URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
		1337
		1338	rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
801		1339
802	=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT	1340	=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
803		1341
804	Partial ISO 14755-support is implemented. that means that pressing	1342	ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
		1343	and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
		1344	first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
		1345	C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
		1346	with C<--enable-iso14755>.
805		1347
806	Section 5.1: Control and Shift together enters unicode input	1348	=over 4
807	mode. Entering hex digits composes a Unicode character, pressing space or
808	releasing the modifiers commits the keycode and every other key cancels
809	the current input character.
810		1349
811	Section 5.2: Pressing and immediately releasing Control and Shift together	1350	=item * 5.1: Basic method
812	enters keycap entry mode for the next key: pressing a function key (tab,	1351
813	return etc..) will enter the unicode character corresponding to the given	1352	This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
814	key.	1353
		1354	Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
		1355	hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
		1356	commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
		1357	C<Control> and C<Shift> you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
		1358	C<Space>, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
		1359	one.
		1360
		1361	As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e-mail
		1362	address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
		1363	address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
		1364	by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
		1365	followed by releasing the modifier keys.
		1366
		1367	=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
		1368
		1369	This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
		1370	your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
		1371
		1372	Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
		1373	them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
		1374	invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
		1375	keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
		1376	released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
		1377	C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
		1378	reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
		1379
		1380	=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
		1381
		1382	While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
		1383	mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
		1384
		1385	=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
		1386
		1387	This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
		1388	characters already displayed.
		1389
		1390	You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
		1391	pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
		1392	hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
		1393	pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
		1394
		1395	In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
		1396	character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
		1397	combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
		1398	always be drawn using the built-in support font.
		1399
		1400	=back
		1401
		1402	With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
		1403	both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
815		1404
816	=head1 LOGIN STAMP	1405	=head1 LOGIN STAMP
817		1406
818	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so	1407	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
819	that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages.	1408	it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
820	To allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> must be installed setuid root on	1409	allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
821	some systems.	1410	on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
822		1411
823	=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS	1412	=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS
824		1413
825	In addition to the default foreground and background colours,	1414	In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
826	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus	1415	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus
827	high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the	1416	high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the
828	colours with their B<rgb.txt> names.	1417	colours with their names.
829		1418
830	=begin table	1419	=begin table
831		1420
832	B<color0> (black) = Black	1421	B<color0> (black) = Black
833	B<color1> (red) = Red3	1422	B<color1> (red) = Red3
…		…
853	It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,	1442	It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
854	B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as	1443	B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
855	a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of	1444	a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
856	color0-color15.	1445	color0-color15.
857		1446
		1447	In addition to the colours defined above, @@RXVT_NAME@@ offers an
		1448	additional 72 colours. The first 64 of those (with indices 16 to 79)
		1449	consist of a 4*4*4 RGB colour cube (i.e. I<index = r * 16 + g * 4 + b +
		1450	16>), followed by 8 additional shades of gray (with indices 80 to 87).
		1451
		1452	Together, all those colours implement the 88 colour xterm colours. Only
		1453	the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the rest can only
		1454	be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
		1455
858	Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by	1456	Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
859	always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to	1457	always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
860	I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise	1458	I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
861	been specified. For example,	1459	been specified. For example,
862		1460
…		…
867	would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black	1465	would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black
868	on White.	1466	on White.
869		1467
870	=back	1468	=back
871		1469
872	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)	1470	=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
		1471
		1472	If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
		1473	their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management:
		1474
		1475	You can prefix any color with an opaquenes percentage enclosed in
		1476	brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
		1477	(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the color, where C<0> is completely
		1478	transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
		1479	half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
		1480	is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
		1481	all ways to specify a colour.
		1482
		1483	For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
		1484	C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
		1485	specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
		1486	(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
		1487	while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
		1488	earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
		1489	C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
		1490
		1491	You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
		1492	alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
		1493	layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
		1494	rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
		1495
		1496	For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
		1497	background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
		1498
		1499	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
		1500
		1501	When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
		1502	alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
		1503	transparency of course).
		1504
		1505	When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
		1506	colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
		1507	background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
		1508	other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
		1509	image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
		1510	fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
		1511
		1512	Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
		1513	in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
		1514	extension.
		1515
		1516	=head1 ENVIRONMENT
		1517
		1518	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
873		1519
874	=over 4	1520	=over 4
875		1521
876	=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?	1522	=item B<TERM>
877		1523
878	The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). For rxvt-unicode	1524	Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
879	version 2.14 and later, the escape sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window	1525	resources or on the command line.
880	title to the version number.
881		1526
882	=item Why do the characters look ugly?	1527	=item B<COLORTERM>
883		1528
884	=item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?	1529	Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
		1530	compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
		1531	extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
		1532	screen.
885		1533
886	Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is	1534	=item B<COLORFGBG>
887	fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
888	your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
889	to display.
890		1535
891	B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement	1536	Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
892	font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks	1537	the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
893	bad. In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font	1538	C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
894	list, e.g.:	1539	used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
		1540	string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
		1541	was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
		1542	and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
895		1543
896	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...	1544	=item B<WINDOWID>
897		1545
898	When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base	1546	Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
899	font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the	1547	window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
900	next font, and so on.	1548	window and so on).
901		1549
902	The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than the base	1550	=item B<TERMINFO>
903	font, as the base font defines the principial cell size, which must be the
904	same due to the way terminals work.
905		1551
906	=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?	1552	Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
		1553	C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
907		1554
908	This is because there is a difference between script and language --	1555	=item B<DISPLAY>
909	rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output
910	is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode
911	first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for
912	it. Subseqzuent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many chinese
913	characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
914	non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
915	-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
916	japanese characters that are also chinese.
917		1556
918	The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font	1557	Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
919	list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as	1558	display in its child processes.
920	a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
921	first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
922		1559
923	In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime (the	1560	=item B<SHELL>
924	internal data structure has no problem with using different fonts for
925	the same character at the same time, but no interface for this has been
926	designed yet).
927		1561
928	=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.	1562	The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
929		1563
930	Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing	1564	=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
931	some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
932	heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
933	quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
934	depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
935		1565
936	=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?	1566	The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
		1567	@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
937		1568
938	If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the	1569	Default F<<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-I<< <nodename >> >>>.
939	standard foreground colour.
940		1570
941	For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the	1571	=item B<HOME>
942	text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
943	colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
944	ignored.
945		1572
946	On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity	1573	Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
947	foreground/background colors.	1574	daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
		1575	C<.Xdefaults>)
948		1576
949	color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.	1577	=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
950		1578
951	color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.	1579	Directory where various X resource files are being located.
952		1580
953	=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?	1581	=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
954		1582
955	You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>	1583	If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
956	resources (or as long-options).
957
958	Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
959	including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
960
961	Rxvt*color0: #000000
962	Rxvt*color1: #A80000
963	Rxvt*color2: #00A800
964	Rxvt*color3: #A8A800
965	Rxvt*color4: #0000A8
966	Rxvt*color5: #A800A8
967	Rxvt*color6: #00A8A8
968	Rxvt*color7: #A8A8A8
969
970	Rxvt*color8: #000054
971	Rxvt*color9: #FF0054
972	Rxvt*color10: #00FF54
973	Rxvt*color11: #FFFF54
974	Rxvt*color12: #0000FF
975	Rxvt*color13: #FF00FF
976	Rxvt*color14: #00FFFF
977	Rxvt*color15: #FFFFFF
978
979	=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
980
981	Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
982	BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
983	question) there are two standard values that can be used for
984	Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
985
986	Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
987	policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
988	choice :).
989
990	Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
991	of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
992	started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
993	system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
994	be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
995
996	For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
997
998	# use Backspace = ^H
999	$ stty erase ^H
1000	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@	1584	@@RXVT_NAME@@.
1001
1002	# use Backspace = ^?
1003	$ stty erase ^?
1004	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@
1005
1006	Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
1007
1008	For an existing rxvt-unicode:
1009
1010	# use Backspace = ^H
1011	$ stty erase ^H
1012	$ echo -n "^[[36h"
1013
1014	# use Backspace = ^?
1015	$ stty erase ^?
1016	$ echo -n "^[[36l"
1017
1018	This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
1019	if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
1020	properly reflects that.
1021
1022	The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
1023	To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
1024	key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
1025	(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
1026
1027	Some other Backspace problems:
1028
1029	some editors use termcap/terminfo,
1030	some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
1031	GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
1032
1033	Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
1034
1035	=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
1036
1037	There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
1038	you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
1039	use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym
1040	0xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
1041
1042	Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270'
1043
1044	!# ----- special uses ------:
1045	! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys.
1046	tn3270*font: *clean-bold-*-*--15-*
1047
1048	! keysym - used by rxvt only
1049	! Delete - ^D
1050	tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
1051
1052	! Home - ^A
1053	tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
1054	! Left - ^B
1055	tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
1056	! Up - ^P
1057	tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
1058	! Right - ^F
1059	tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
1060	! Down - ^N
1061	tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
1062	! End - ^E
1063	tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
1064
1065	! F1 - F12
1066	tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
1067	tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
1068	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
1069	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
1070	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
1071	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
1072	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
1073	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
1074	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
1075	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
1076	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
1077	tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
1078
1079	! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
1080	tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
1081	tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
1082
1083	=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
1084	How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1085	has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
1086
1087	KP_Insert == Insert
1088	F22 == Print
1089	F27 == Home
1090	F29 == Prior
1091	F33 == End
1092	F35 == Next
1093
1094	Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accomodate all the various possible keyboard
1095	mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for
1096	your particular machine.
1097
1098	=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
1099	I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
1100
1101	rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
1102	check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1103	Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1104	not to use color.
1105
1106	=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
1107
1108	If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and ahve enabled
1109	insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1110	snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1111	wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1112	the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1113	regular xterm.
1114
1115	Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
1116	snippets:
1117
1118	# Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1119	[ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1120	if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1121	stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1122	echo -n '^[Z'
1123	read term_id
1124	stty icanon echo
1125	if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1126	echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1127	read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1128	fi
1129	fi
1130
1131	=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
1132
1133	You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
1134	one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
1135	the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
1136		1585
1137	=back	1586	=back
1138		1587
1139	=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1140
1141	B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM>
1142	and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X
1143	window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and
1144	sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display
1145	terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables
1146	B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files.
1147
1148	=head1 FILES	1588	=head1 FILES
1149		1589
1150	=over 4	1590	=over 4
1151		1591
1152	=item B</etc/utmp>
1153
1154	System file for login records.
1155
1156	=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>	1592	=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
1157		1593
1158	Color names.	1594	Color names.
1159		1595
1160	=back	1596	=back
1161		1597
1162	=head1 SEE ALSO	1598	=head1 SEE ALSO
1163		1599
1164	@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)	1600	@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1165
1166	=head1 BUGS
1167
1168	Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1169
1170	Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1171
1172	Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1173		1601
1174	=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR	1602	=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1175		1603
1176	=over 4	1604	=over 4
1177		1605
1178	=item Project Coordinator	1606	=item Project Coordinator
1179		1607
1180	@@RXVTMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@>	1608	Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1181		1609
1182	=item Web page maintainter	1610	L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1183
1184	@@RXVTWEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@>
1185
1186	L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@>
1187		1611
1188	=back	1612	=back
1189		1613
1190	=head1 AUTHORS	1614	=head1 AUTHORS
1191		1615
…		…
1213		1637
1214	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)	1638	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1215		1639
1216	=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>	1640	=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1217		1641
1218	Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator	1642	Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
		1643
1219	(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)	1644	Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1220		1645
1221	=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >>	1646	=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1222		1647
1223	Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal	1648	Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1224	character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm	1649	extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1225	compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1226		1650
1227	Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)	1651	Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1228		1652
		1653	=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >>
		1654
		1655	Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.
		1656
1229	=back	1657	=back
1230		1658

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