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 Print out a message describing available options.
 =item B<-display> I<displayname>
-Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still
+Attempt to open a window on the named X display (the older form B<-d>
-respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the
+is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the
-B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
+display specified by the B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
 =item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
 Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
 resource B<depth>.
+[Please note that many X servers (and libXft) are buggy with
+respect to C<-depth 32> and/or alpha channels, and will cause all sorts
+of graphical corruption. This is harmless, but we can't do anything about
+this, so watch out]
 =item B<-geometry> I<geom>
 Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
 horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
 radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
 on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile I<afterimage>;
 resource I<blurRadius>.
+=item B<-icon> I<file>
+Compile I<afterimage>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
+is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
+application window; resource I<iconFile>.
 =item B<-bg> I<colour>
 Window background colour; resource B<background>.
 =item B<-fg> I<colour>
 =item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
 Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
+=item B<-uc>|B<+uc>
+Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
 =item B<-iconic>
 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
 Alternative form is B<-ic>.
 =item B<-bl>
 Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
 if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
-decorations; resource B<borderLess>.
+decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
+support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
 =item B<-override-redirect>
 Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
 B<override-redirect>.
 =item B<-lsp> I<number>
 Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
 the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
 B<lineSpace>.
+=item B<-letsp> I<number>
+Compile I<frills>: Amount to adjust the computed character width by
+to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the
+letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to
+work around odd font metrics; resource B<letterSpace>.
 =item B<-tn> I<termname>
 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
 B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
 user; resource B<hold>.
+=item B<-cd> I<path>
+Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
+B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
+@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
 =item B<-xrm> I<string>
 Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
 as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
 =item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
 Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
 option B<-depth>.
+=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
+Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
+On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
+performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
+should normally be enabled.
 =item B<geometry:> I<geom>
 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
 option B<-geometry>.
 Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.
 =item B<blurRadius:> I<number>
-Apply Gaussian Blurr with the specified radius to the transparent
+Apply gaussian blur with the specified radius to the transparent
 background image; option B<-blr>.
+=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
+Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
 =item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
 it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
 wide and 15 pixels high.
 The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
 the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
-the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a
+the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
 useful supplement.
 The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
 are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
 contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
 =item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
 B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
 B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
+@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
 =item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
 B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
 B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
 =item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
 B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
 option B<-bc>.
+=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
+B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
+option B<-uc>.
 =item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
 B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
 of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
 =item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
-scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
+scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
-instead scroll the screen up.
+to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
 =item B<hold>: I<boolean>
 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
 will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
 user.
+=item B<chdir>: I<path>
+Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
+B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
+@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
+directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
 =item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
 Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
 intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
 when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
   URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
 If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
-is passed to the C<on_keyboard_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
+is passed to the C<on_user_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
 manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
 C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
   URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
 all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
 =item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
 Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
-the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. Due to security reasons, this resource
+the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
-will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
 =item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
 Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
 scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource,
 @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
-F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>. Due to security reasons, this resource
+F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
-will be ignored when running setuid/setgid.
 See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
 =item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
 =item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
 Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
 it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
+=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
+Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
 =item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
 Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
 Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
 always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
 I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
 been specified. For example,
-=over 4
-=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv>
+   @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
-would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black
+would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
-on White.
+White.
-=back
+=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
-=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT / TRANSPARENT COLOURS
 If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
 their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management:
 You can prefix any color with an opaquenes percentage enclosed in
 C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
 =item B<DISPLAY>
 Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
-display in its child processes.
+display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
+defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
 =item B<SHELL>
 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.

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Comparing rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod (file contents):
Revision 1.158 by root, Wed Jan 23 14:33:42 2008 UTC vs.
Revision 1.175 by root, Mon Apr 12 17:06:55 2010 UTC