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12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not 12emulator intended as an I<xterm>(1) replacement for users who do not
13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style 13require features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style
14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space -- 14configurability. As a result, B<rxvt-unicode> uses much less swap space --
15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions. 15a significant advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
16 16
17This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
18L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
19
20=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
21
22See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) (try C<man 7 @@RXVT_NAME@@>) for a list of
23frequently asked questions and answer to them and some common
24problems. That document is also accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
25L<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
19Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode 29Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
20internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the 30internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
21world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult, 31world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
22especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts 32especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
23like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules, 33like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
24like tibetan or devenagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these 34like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
25scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work 35scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
26fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are left-to-right scripts, such 36fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
27as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms 37as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
28belong into the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things -- 38belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
29such as cursor-movement while editing -- break othwerwise), but that might 39such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
30change. 40change.
31 41
32If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let 42If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
33me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very userfriendly, lean and clean 43me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
34terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely 44terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
35because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and 45because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
36another for japanese. 46another for japanese.
37 47
38Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to 48Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
39display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other 49display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
40programs force onto it's users never made sense to me: You should be able 50programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
41to choose any font for any script freely. 51to choose any font for any script freely.
42 52
43Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than 53Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
44it's predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy 54its predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
45in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot less bugs than the original 55in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original
46rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements. 56rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
47 57
48It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean 58It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
49and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode 59and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
50without most of it's features to get a lean binary. It also comes with 60without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
51a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows 61a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
52from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and 62from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
53drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and 63drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
54@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client). 64@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
55 65
56It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have 66It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
57been extended) easier accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical 67been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
58reference documentation (escape sequences etc.) and the FAQ section at the 68reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
59end of this document.
60 69
61=head1 OPTIONS 70=head1 OPTIONS
62 71
63The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed 72The B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> options (mostly a subset of I<xterm>'s) are listed
64below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be 73below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
83 92
84Print out a message describing available options. 93Print out a message describing available options.
85 94
86=item B<-display> I<displayname> 95=item B<-display> I<displayname>
87 96
88Attempt to open a window on the named X display (B<-d> still 97Attempt to open a window on the named X display (the older form B<-d>
89respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the 98is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the
90B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used. 99display specified by the B<DISPLAY> environment variable is used.
100
101=item B<-depth> I<bitdepth>
102
103Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
104resource B<depth>.
105
106[Please note that many X servers (and libXft) are buggy with
107respect to C<-depth 32> and/or alpha channels, and will cause all sorts
108of graphical corruption. This is harmless, but we can't do anything about
109this, so watch out]
91 110
92=item B<-geometry> I<geom> 111=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
93 112
94Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>. 113Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
95 114
97 116
98Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>. 117Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.
99 118
100=item B<-j>|B<+j> 119=item B<-j>|B<+j>
101 120
102Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>. 121Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource B<jumpScroll>.
103 122
104=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> 123=item B<-ss>|B<+ss>
105 124
106Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is 125Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.
107B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>. 126
127=item B<-tr>|B<+tr>
128
129Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background; resource B<transparent>.
130
131B<-ip> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
132future versions.
108 133
109=item B<-fade> I<number> 134=item B<-fade> I<number>
110 135
111Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 136Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
137fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
138colour; resource B<fading>.
139
140=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
141
142Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
143is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
112 144
113=item B<-tint> I<colour> 145=item B<-tint> I<colour>
114 146
115Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 147Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when
116transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh> 148transparency is enabled with B<-tr>. This only works for
149non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the B<-sh> option that can be
117option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to 150used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it.
118tinting it. 151Please note that certain tint colours can be applied on the server-side,
152thus yielding performance gain of two orders of magnitude. These colours are:
153blue, red, green, cyan, magenta, yellow, and those close to them. Also
154pure black and pure white colours essentially mean no tinting; resource
155I<tintColor>. Example:
119 156
120=item B<-sh> 157 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint blue -sh 40
121 158
159=item B<-sh> I<number>
160
122I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 161Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (100 .. 200) the transparent
123background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 162background image in addition to (or instead of) tinting it;
124specified, too). 163resource I<shading>.
164
165=item B<-blt> I<string>
166
167Specify background blending type. If background pixmap is specified
168at the same time as transparency - such pixmap will be blended over
169transparency image, using method specified. Supported values are :
170B<add>, B<alphablend>, B<allanon> - colour values averaging, B<colorize>,
171B<darken>, B<diff>, B<dissipate>, B<hue>, B<lighten>, B<overlay>,
172B<saturate>, B<screen>, B<sub>, B<tint>, B<value>. The default is
173alpha-blending. Compile I<afterimage>; resource I<blendType>.
174
175=item B<-blr> I<HxV>
176
177Apply Gaussian Blur with the specified radii to the transparent
178background image. If single number is specified - both vertical and
179horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
180radii to 1 and another to a large number creates interesting effects
181on some backgrounds. Maximum radius value is 128. Compile I<afterimage> or I<xft>;
182resource I<blurRadius>.
183
184=item B<-icon> I<file>
185
186Compile I<afterimage> or I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
187is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
188application window; resource I<iconFile>.
125 189
126=item B<-bg> I<colour> 190=item B<-bg> I<colour>
127 191
128Window background colour; resource B<background>. 192Window background colour; resource B<background>.
129 193
130=item B<-fg> I<colour> 194=item B<-fg> I<colour>
131 195
132Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 196Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
133 197
134=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]> 198=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]>
135 199
136Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally 200Compile I<afterimage> or I<pixbuf>: Specify image file for the background and also
137specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add 201optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to
138quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the 202add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the C<;> in the
139command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>. 203command-line; for more details see resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
140 204
141=item B<-cr> I<colour> 205=item B<-cr> I<colour>
142 206
143The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 207The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
144 208
156resource B<borderColor>. 220resource B<borderColor>.
157 221
158=item B<-fn> I<fontlist> 222=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
159 223
160Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names 224Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
161that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. The 225that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
162first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be 226first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
163smaller, but not (in general) larger. A reasonable default font list is 227smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
164always appended to it. See resource B<font> for details. 228font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
229
230In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
231with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
232e.g.:
233
234 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
235 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
165 236
166See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ 237See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
167section. 238section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
168 239
169=item B<-fb> I<fontlist> 240=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
170 241
171Compile font-styles: The bold font list to use when bold characters are to 242Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
172be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details. 243are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
173 244
174=item B<-fi> I<fontlist> 245=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
175 246
176Compile font-styles: The italic font list to use when bold characters are to 247Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
177be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details. 248characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
178 249
179=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist> 250=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
180 251
181Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold characters are to 252Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
182be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont> for details. 253italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
254for details.
255
256=item B<-is>|B<+is>
257
258Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
259foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
260details.
183 261
184=item B<-name> I<name> 262=item B<-name> I<name>
185 263
186Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 264Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
187rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 265rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
203 281
204=item B<-sb>|B<+sb> 282=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
205 283
206Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>. 284Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
207 285
286=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
287
288Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
289
290=item B<-st>|B<+st>
291
292Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
293resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
294
208=item B<-si>|B<+si> 295=item B<-si>|B<+si>
209 296
210Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource 297Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
211B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect. 298B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
212 299
219 306
220Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear. 307Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
221This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource 308This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
222B<scrollWithBuffer>. 309B<scrollWithBuffer>.
223 310
224=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
225
226Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
227
228=item B<-st>|B<+st> 311=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
229 312
230Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 313If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
231resource B<scrollBar_floating>. 314actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
315select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
316not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
317on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
232 318
233=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 319=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
234 320
235Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 321Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
322
323=item B<-uc>|B<+uc>
324
325Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
236 326
237=item B<-iconic> 327=item B<-iconic>
238 328
239Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option. 329Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
240Alternative form is B<-ic>. 330Alternative form is B<-ic>.
257 347
258=item B<-bl> 348=item B<-bl>
259 349
260Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. 350Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
261if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window 351if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
262decorations; resource B<borderLess>. 352decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
353support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
354
355=item B<-override-redirect>
356
357Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
358B<override-redirect>.
359
360=item B<-sbg>
361
362Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
363drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
364this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
365resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
263 366
264=item B<-lsp> I<number> 367=item B<-lsp> I<number>
265 368
266Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row 369Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
267of the display; resource B<linespace>. 370the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
371B<lineSpace>.
372
373=item B<-letsp> I<number>
374
375Compile I<frills>: Amount to adjust the computed character width by
376to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the
377letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to
378work around odd font metrics; resource B<letterSpace>.
268 379
269=item B<-tn> I<termname> 380=item B<-tn> I<termname>
270 381
271This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 382This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
272B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 383B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
281given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last 392given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
282on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to 393on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to
283run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or, 394run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
284failing that, I<sh(1)>. 395failing that, I<sh(1)>.
285 396
397Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
398run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
399
400 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
401
286=item B<-title> I<text> 402=item B<-title> I<text>
287 403
288Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename 404Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
289of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the 405of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
290application name; resource B<title>. 406application name; resource B<title>.
308 424
309Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>. 425Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
310 426
311=item B<-imlocale> I<string> 427=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
312 428
313The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 429The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
314de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 430C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
315extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 431input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
316another locale. 432another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
433
434=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
435
436Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
437for more info.
438
439=item B<-tcw>
440
441Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
442button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
443in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
444the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
317 445
318=item B<-insecure> 446=item B<-insecure>
319 447
320Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 448Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
321sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 449sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
335=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr> 463=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
336 464
337Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 465Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
338B<secondaryScroll>. 466B<secondaryScroll>.
339 467
468=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
469
470Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
471will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
472it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
473user; resource B<hold>.
474
475=item B<-cd> I<path>
476
477Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
478B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
479@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
480
340=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring> 481=item B<-xrm> I<string>
341 482
342No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be made 483Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
343available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in 484as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
344some window managers. 485way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
486
487Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
488e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
489options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
490of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
491resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
492programs.
493
494=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
495
496Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
497
498=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
499
500Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
501which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
502
503Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
504shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
505quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
506create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
507
508The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
509
510It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
511descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
512can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
513terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
514not.
515
516Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
517used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
518
519 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
520 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
521 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
522 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
523 });
524
525=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
526
527Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
528pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
529useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
530without having to run a program within it.
531
532If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
533entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
534yourself if you want that.
535
536As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
537pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
538perl extension that manages the terminal.
539
540Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
541longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
542
543 use IO::Pty;
544 use Fcntl;
545
546 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
547 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
548 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
549 close $pty;
550
551 # now communicate with rxvt
552 my $slave = $pty->slave;
553 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
554
555=item B<-pe> I<string>
556
557Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
558this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
345 559
346=back 560=back
347 561
348=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 562=head1 RESOURCES
349 563
350Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long 564Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
351options) compiled into your version. 565options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
566long-options.
352 567
353There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the 568You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
354Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal 569distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
355Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie. 570starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
356B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the 571with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
357resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load
358settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts.
359 572
360If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> 573 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
361lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults 574 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
362set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually 575 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
363B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in 576 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
364B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist. 577 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
578 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
579
365Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two 580Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
366class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows 581names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
367resources common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be 582common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
368easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources 583configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
369unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be 584B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
370shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no 585configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
371resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line 586be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
372arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following 587settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
373resources are allowed: 588check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
589extensions not documented here):
374 590
375=over 4 591=over 4
592
593=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
594
595Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
596option B<-depth>.
597
598=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
599
600Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
601On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
602performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
603should normally be enabled.
376 604
377=item B<geometry:> I<geom> 605=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
378 606
379Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; 607Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
380option B<-geometry>. 608option B<-geometry>.
394Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7 622Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7
395corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to 623corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
396high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 624high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
397colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 625colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
3983=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour 6263=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
399names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 627names used are listed in the B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
400 628
401Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be 629Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
402changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)). 630changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
403 631
404Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with 632Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
408 636
409=item B<colorIT:> I<colour> 637=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
410 638
411Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the 639Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
412foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available 640foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
413(Compile styles) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead. 641(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
414 642
415=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 643=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
416 644
417Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 645Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
418foreground colour is the default. 646foreground colour is the default.
419 647
420=item B<colorRV:> I<colour> 648=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
421 649
650If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
651itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
652
653=item B<highlightColor:> I<colour>
654
422Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video 655If set, use the specified colour as the background for highlighted
423characters. 656characters. If unset, use reverse video.
657
658=item B<highlightTextColor:> I<colour>
659
660If set and highlightColor is set, use the specified colour as the
661foreground for highlighted characters.
424 662
425=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 663=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
426 664
427Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 665Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
428foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 666foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
435 673
436=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean> 674=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>
437 675
438B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours; 676B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
439option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option 677option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
440B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 678B<+rv>. See note in B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
441 679
442=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean> 680=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
443 681
444B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling 682B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
445quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>. 683of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
684has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
685received line; option B<-j>.
686
446B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>. 687B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
688force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
447 689
448=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean> 690=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
449 691
450B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 692B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
451artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 693receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
452pixmap. 694(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
695result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
696option B<-ss>.
697
698B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
699if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
700monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
701
702=item B<transparent:> I<boolean>
703
704Turn on/off illusion of a transparent window background.
705
706B<inheritPixmap> is still accepted as an obsolete alias but will be removed in
707future versions.
453 708
454=item B<fading:> I<number> 709=item B<fading:> I<number>
455 710
456Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 711Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
712
713=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
714
715Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
716colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
457 717
458=item B<tintColor:> I<colour> 718=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
459 719
460Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 720Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option
721B<-tint>.
461 722
462=item B<shading:> I<number> 723=item B<shading:> I<number>
463 724
464Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 725Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background image
465image in addition to tinting it. 726in addition to tinting it; option B<-sh>.
466 727
728=item B<blendType:> I<string>
729
730Specify background blending type; option B<-blt>.
731
467=item B<fading:> I<number> 732=item B<blurRadius:> I<number>
468 733
469Scale the tint colour by the given percentage. 734Apply gaussian blur with the specified radius to the transparent
735background image; option B<-blr>.
736
737=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
738
739Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
470 740
471=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 741=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
472 742
473Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 743Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
474 744
475=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 745=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
476 746
477Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 747Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
478#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 748#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
479 749
480=item B<borderColor:> I<colour> 750=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
481 751
482The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar 752The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
483and the text. 753and the text.
484 754
485=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 755=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom[:op1][:op2][...]]>
486 756
487Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 757Use the specified image file for the background and also
488the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 758optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string B<WxH+X+Y>,
489string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the 759(default C<100x100+50+50>) in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the
490horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image 760horizontal/vertical scale (percent), and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image
491centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale 761centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling.
492of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9 762The maximum permitted scale is 1000.
493specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will 763Additional operations can be specified after colon B<:op1:op2...>.
494be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted 764Supported operations are:
495scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
496 765
497=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]> 766 tile force background image to be tiled and not scaled. Equivalent to 0x0
767 propscale will scale image keeping proportions
768 auto will scale image to match window size. Equivalent to 100x100
769 hscale will scale image horizontally to the window size
770 vscale will scale image vertically to the window size
771 scale will scale image to match window size
772 root will tile image as if it was a root window background, auto-adjusting
773 whenever terminal window moves
498 774
499Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is 775If used in conjunction with B<-tr> option, the specified pixmap will be
500optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the 776blended over transparency image using alpha-blending. If I<afterimage>
501reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar. 777support has been compiled in it is possible to choose other blending
778types with B<-blt "type"> option.
502 779
503=item B<path:> I<path> 780=item B<path:> I<path>
504 781
505Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and 782Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
506menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
507B<PATH> environment variables.
508 783
509=item B<font:> I<fontlist> 784=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
510 785
511Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font 786Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
512names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 787that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
513The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 788first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
514be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 789smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
515appended to it. option B<-fn>. 790font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
516 791
517Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with 792Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
518optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile xft), prefixed with C<xft:>. 793optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
519 794
520In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and 795In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
521specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available 796specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
522hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft 797hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
523fonts. 798fonts.
524 799
525For example, this font resource 800For example, this font resource
526 801
527 URxvt*font: 9x15bold,\ 802 URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
528 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\ 803 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
529 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \ 804 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
530 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \ 805 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
531 xft:Code2000:antialias=false 806 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
532 807
533specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually 808specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
534the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because 809the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
535it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels 810it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
536wide and 15 pixels high. 811wide and 15 pixels high.
537 812
538the second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in 813The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
539the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but 814the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
540the bold version of the font does contain less characters, so this is a 815the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
541useful supplement. 816useful supplement.
542 817
543The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters 818The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
544are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font 819are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
545contains other characters, but we are not interested in them. 820contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
566not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried. 841not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
567 842
568If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal 843If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
569text font will being used for the given style. 844text font will being used for the given style.
570 845
571=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 846=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
572 847
573Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 848When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
574xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives 849option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
575xterm style selection. 850intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
576 851option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
577=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode> 852reachable.
578
579Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
580the author's favourite..
581 853
582=item B<title:> I<string> 854=item B<title:> I<string>
583 855
584Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 856Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
585specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 857specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
594=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean> 866=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
595 867
596B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no 868B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
597de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default]. 869de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
598 870
871=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
872
873B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
874B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
875
876@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
877
599=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean> 878=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
600 879
601B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>. 880B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
602B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>. 881B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
603 882
617 896
618Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use 897Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
619B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or 898B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
620B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well. 899B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
621 900
901The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
902
903Example:
904
905 URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
906
907This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
908every time you hit C<Print>.
909
910=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
911
912Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
913the author's favourite.
914
622=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 915=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
623 916
624B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 917B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
625disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 918disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
626 919
645B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 938B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
646B<+si>. 939B<+si>.
647 940
648=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 941=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
649 942
650B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and 943B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
651B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 944B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll
652with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. 945with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines; option B<+sw>.
653 946
654=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 947=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
655 948
656B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys 949B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
657are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and 950are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
676=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean> 969=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
677 970
678Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the 971Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
679WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>. 972WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
680 973
974=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
975
976Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
977drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
978this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
979option B<-sbg>.
980
681=item B<termName:> I<termname> 981=item B<termName:> I<termname>
682 982
683Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 983Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
684variable; option B<-tn>. 984variable; option B<-tn>.
685 985
686=item B<linespace:> I<number> 986=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
687 987
688Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 988Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
689the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 989the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
690 990
691=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 991=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
696=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean> 996=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
697 997
698B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel 998B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
699scrolls five lines [default]. 999scrolls five lines [default].
700 1000
1001=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
1002
1003B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
1004movement only; option C<-ptab>.
1005
701=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 1006=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
702 1007
703B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 1008B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
704option B<-bc>. 1009option B<-bc>.
1010
1011=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
1012
1013B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
1014option B<-uc>.
705 1015
706=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean> 1016=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
707 1017
708B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number 1018B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
709of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible 1019of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
717 1027
718Mouse pointer background colour. 1028Mouse pointer background colour.
719 1029
720=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 1030=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
721 1031
722Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 1032Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
1033large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
723 1034
724=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 1035=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
725 1036
726The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 1037The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
727or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace> 1038or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, with control, B<Backspace>
728(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode 1039(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
729escape sequence. 1040escape sequence.
730 1041
731=item B<deletekey:> I<string> 1042=item B<deletekey:> I<string>
732 1043
734pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated 1045pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
735with the B<Execute> key. 1046with the B<Execute> key.
736 1047
737=item B<cutchars:> I<string> 1048=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
738 1049
739The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The 1050The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
740built-in default: 1051(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
741 1052
1053When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
1054in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
1055characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
1056will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
1057
1058When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
1059be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
1060
742B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> 1061B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
743 1062
744=item B<preeditType:> I<style> 1063=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
745 1064
746B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>. 1065B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
747 1066
749 1068
750I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>. 1069I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
751 1070
752=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 1071=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
753 1072
754The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 1073The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
755de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 1074C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
756extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 1075input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
757another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 1076another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
1077
1078=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
1079
1080Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
1081C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
1082by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1083in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1084found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1085option B<-imfont>.
1086
1087=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
1088
1089Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1090button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1091the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
758 1092
759=item B<insecure:> I<boolean> 1093=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
760 1094
761Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 1095Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
762echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 1096echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
763abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether 1097abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
764throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 1098through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
765write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 1099write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
766that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 1100default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
767enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 1101sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
768resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 1102
769enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title 1103You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
770requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 1104B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1105locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
771 1106
772=item B<modifier:> I<modifier> 1107=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
773 1108
774Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>, 1109Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
775B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option 1110B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
779 1114
780Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 1115Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
781character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described 1116character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
782in the entry on B<keysym> following. 1117in the entry on B<keysym> following.
783 1118
784=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool> 1119=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
785 1120
786Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). 1121Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
787 1122
788=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool> 1123=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
789 1124
790Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 1125Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
791option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 1126option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
792scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 1127scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
793instead scroll the screen up. 1128to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
1129
1130=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1131
1132Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1133will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1134it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1135user.
1136
1137=item B<chdir>: I<path>
1138
1139Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
1140B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
1141@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
1142directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
794 1143
795=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 1144=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string>
796 1145
797Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may 1146Compile I<frills>: Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym>. The
798contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n:
799newline, \r: return, \t:
800tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null,
801^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end
802with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be 1147intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
803omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with 1148
804KEYSYM_RESOURCE. 1149The format of I<sym> is "I<(modifiers-)key>", where I<modifiers> can be
1150any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>, B<Control>, B<NumLock>,
1151B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>, B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>,
1152and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>, B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>,
1153B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
1154
1155The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
1156whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
1157keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1158current application keymap mode state.
1159
1160The spellings of I<key> can be obtained by using B<xev>(1) command or
1161searching keysym macros from B</usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h> and
1162omitting the prefix B<XK_>. Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex
1163keysym value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>). Note that the lookup of I<sym>s is not
1164performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is assured.
1165
1166I<string> may contain escape values (C<\n>: newline, C<\000>: octal
1167number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for further details.
1168
1169You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a I<string>
1170with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where the delimiter `/'
1171should be a character not used by the strings.
1172
1173Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1174
1175 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|>
1176
1177The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1178
1179 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>
1180 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>
1181 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>
1182
1183If I<string> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
1184is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence. For
1185example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
1186when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1187
1188 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
1189
1190If I<string> takes the form C<perl:STRING>, then the specified B<STRING>
1191is passed to the C<on_user_command> perl handler. See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)
1192manpage. For example, the F<selection> extension (activated via
1193C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe selection>) listens for C<selection:rot13> events:
1194
1195 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: perl:selection:rot13
1196
1197Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a defined key mapping
1198will match if I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and
1199no other key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That
1200means that defining a key map for C<a> will automatically provide
1201definitions for C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined
1202mappings themselves.
1203
1204Unfortunately, this will override built-in key mappings. For example
1205if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable @@RXVT_NAME@@'s
1206C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke "holes" into the
1207user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
1208
1209 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1210 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1211
1212The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
1213of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1214C<Shift-Insert>.
1215
1216The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
1217the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
1218font-switching at runtime:
1219
1220 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
1221 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
1222
1223Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1224info):
1225
1226 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
1227 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
1228
1229=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
1230
1231=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
1232
1233Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
1234use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
1235
1236Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
1237them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1238by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
1239example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extension except
1240C<selection>.
1241
1242Extension names can also be followed by an argument in angle brackets
1243(e.g. C<< searchable-scrollback<M-s> >>, which binds the hotkey for
1244searchable scrollback to Alt/Meta-s). Mentioning the same extension
1245multiple times with different arguments will pass multiple arguments to
1246the extension.
1247
1248Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1249necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance.
1250
1251If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl
1252interpreter will not be initialized. The idea behind two options is that
1253B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
1254all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1255
1256=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1257
1258Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1259the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1260
1261=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1262
1263Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1264scripts. When looking for extensions specified by the C<perl> resource,
1265@@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look in these directories and then in
1266F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1267
1268See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1269
1270=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1271
1272Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
1273details.
1274
1275=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
1276
1277Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
1278for details.
1279
1280=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym>
1281
1282Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
1283(default: C<M-s>).
1284
1285=item B<urlLauncher>: I<string>
1286
1287Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
1288C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
1289
1290=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
1291
1292Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
1293
1294=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1295
1296Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1297it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1298
1299=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
1300
1301Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
1302
1303=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1304
1305Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
805 1306
806=back 1307=back
807 1308
808=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1309=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
809 1310
823the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta 1324the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
824(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action. 1325(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
825 1326
826If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 1327If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
827disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 1328disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
828application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~> 1329application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
829(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1330(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
830up and down arrows sends B<ESC[A> (Up) and B<ESC[B> (Down), 1331up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
831respectively. 1332respectively.
832 1333
833=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1334=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
834 1335
835The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1336The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
836I<xterm>(1). 1337to I<xterm>(1).
837 1338
838=over 4 1339=over 4
839 1340
840=item B<Selection>: 1341=item B<Selecting>:
841 1342
842Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the 1343Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
843region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left 1344and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
844double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire 1345to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
845line. 1346(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1347B<tripleclickwords>.
846 1348
1349Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
1350(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1351normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1352selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1353the selection.
1354
847=item B<Insertion>: 1355=item B<Pasting>:
848 1356
849Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1357Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
850an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1358window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
851inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 1359B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1360
1361Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
1362inserted too.
852 1363
853=back 1364=back
854 1365
855=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1366=head1 CHANGING FONTS
856 1367
857Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet 1368Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
858supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. 1369supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
859 1370
860You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and 1371You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
861therefore using the menubar), e.g.:
862 1372
863 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" 1373 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1374
1375You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1376
1377 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
1378 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
864 1379
865rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far. 1380rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
866 1381
867=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1382=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
868 1383
869ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters 1384ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
870and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The 1385and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
871first part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with 1386first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
872C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled 1387C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
873with C<--enable-iso14755>. 1388with C<--enable-iso14755>.
874 1389
875=over 4 1390=over 4
876 1391
877=item 5.1: Basic method 1392=item * 5.1: Basic method
878 1393
879This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode. 1394This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
880 1395
881Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter 1396Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
882hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will 1397hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
889address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail 1404address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
890address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily 1405address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
891by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>, 1406by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
892followed by releasing the modifier keys. 1407followed by releasing the modifier keys.
893 1408
894=item 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method 1409=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
895 1410
896This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of 1411This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
897your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding. 1412your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
898 1413
899Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing 1414Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
900them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not 1415them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
901invoke it's usual function but instead will insert the corresponding 1416invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
902keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been 1417keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
903released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for 1418released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
904C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have beenm to enter a 1419C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
905reverse tab (Shift-Tab). 1420reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
906 1421
907=item 5.3: Screen-selection entry method 1422=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
908 1423
909While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection 1424While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
910mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map. 1425mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
911 1426
912=item 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input 1427=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
913 1428
914This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with 1429This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
915characters already displayed. 1430characters already displayed.
916 1431
917You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then 1432You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
929With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to 1444With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
930both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2. 1445both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
931 1446
932=head1 LOGIN STAMP 1447=head1 LOGIN STAMP
933 1448
934B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so 1449B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
935that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. 1450it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
936To allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> must be installed setuid root on 1451allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
937some systems. 1452on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
938 1453
939=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1454=head1 COLOURS AND GRAPHICS
940 1455
941In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1456In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
942B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1457B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 88/256 colours: 8 ANSI colours plus
943high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the 1458high-intensity (potentially bold/blink) versions of the same, and 72 (or
944colours with their B<rgb.txt> names. 1459240 in 256 colour mode) colours arranged in an 4x4x4 (or 6x6x6) colour RGB
1460cube plus a 8 (24) colour greyscale ramp.
1461
1462Here is a list of the ANSI colours with their names.
945 1463
946=begin table 1464=begin table
947 1465
948 B<color0> (black) = Black 1466 B<color0> (black) = Black
949 B<color1> (red) = Red3 1467 B<color1> (red) = Red3
969It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>, 1487It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
970B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as 1488B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
971a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of 1489a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
972color0-color15. 1490color0-color15.
973 1491
1492The following text gives values for the standard 88 colour mode (and
1493values for the 256 colour mode in parentheses).
1494
1495The RGB cube uses indices 16..79 (16..231) using the following formulas:
1496
1497 index_88 = (r * 4 + g) * 4 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..3
1498 index_256 = (r * 16 + g) * 16 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..15
1499
1500The grayscale ramp uses indices 80..87 (232..239), from 10% to 90% in 10%
1501steps (1/26 to 25/26 in 1/26 steps) - black and white are already part of
1502the RGB cube.
1503
1504Together, all those colours implement the 88 (256) colour xterm
1505colours. Only the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the
1506rest can only be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
1507
1508Applications are advised to use terminfo or command sequences to discover
1509number and RGB values of all colours (yes, you can query this...).
1510
974Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by 1511Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
975always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to 1512always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
976I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1513I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
977been specified. For example, 1514been specified. For example,
978 1515
1516 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
1517
1518would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
1519White.
1520
1521=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1522
1523If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1524their act together, rxvt-unicode will do it's own alpha channel management:
1525
1526You can prefix any colour with an opaqueness percentage enclosed in
1527brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
1528(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the colour, where C<0> is completely
1529transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
1530half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
1531is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1532all ways to specify a colour.
1533
1534For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1535C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1536specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1537(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1538while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1539earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1540C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1541
1542You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1543alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1544layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
1545rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1546
1547For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1548background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1549
1550 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1551
1552When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1553alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1554transparency of course).
1555
1556When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1557colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1558background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1559other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1560image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
1561fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
1562
1563Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1564in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
1565extension.
1566
1567=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1568
1569B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1570
979=over 4 1571=over 4
980 1572
981=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv> 1573=item B<TERM>
982 1574
983would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black 1575Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
984on White. 1576resources or on the command line.
1577
1578=item B<COLORTERM>
1579
1580Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1581compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1582extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1583screen.
1584
1585=item B<COLORFGBG>
1586
1587Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1588the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1589C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1590used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1591string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1592was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1593and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1594
1595=item B<WINDOWID>
1596
1597Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1598window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1599window and so on).
1600
1601=item B<TERMINFO>
1602
1603Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1604C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1605
1606=item B<DISPLAY>
1607
1608Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1609display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
1610defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1611
1612=item B<SHELL>
1613
1614The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1615
1616=item B<RXVT_SOCKET>
1617
1618The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1619@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1620
1621Default F<<< $HOME/.rxvt-unicode-I<< <nodename >> >>>.
1622
1623=item B<HOME>
1624
1625Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1626daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1627C<.Xdefaults>)
1628
1629=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1630
1631Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1632
1633=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1634
1635If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1636@@RXVT_NAME@@.
985 1637
986=back 1638=back
987 1639
988=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) 1640=head1 FILES
989 1641
990=over 4 1642=over 4
991 1643
992=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 1644=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
993 1645
994The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape 1646Colour names.
995sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window title to the version number.
996
997=item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
998
999The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
1000as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
1001
1002The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can be done
1003like this:
1004
1005 infocmp rxvt-unicode >rxvt.unicode.tic
1006 scp rxvt-unicode.tic remotesystem:
1007 ssh remotesystem tic rxvt-unicode.tic
1008
1009... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
1010
1011If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
1012C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
1013problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
1014colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
1015quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
1016
1017If you always want to do this you can either recompile rxvt-unicode with
1018the desired TERM value or use a resource to set it:
1019
1020 URxvt.termName: rxvt
1021
1022=item How can I configure rxvt-unicode so that it looks similar to the original rxvt?
1023
1024Felix von Leitner says that these two lines, in your F<.Xdefaults>, will make rxvt-unicode
1025behave similar to the original rxvt:
1026
1027 URxvt.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
1028 URxvt.boldFont: -misc-fixed-bold-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
1029
1030=item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
1031
1032=item Unicode does not seem to work?
1033
1034If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
1035getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
1036subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
1037
1038Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
1039programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
1040login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
1041sth. else, e.h. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
1042
1043The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
1044into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
1045
1046 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
1047
1048If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
1049supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> comamnd which
1050displays this. If it displays sth. like:
1051
1052 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
1053
1054Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
1055
1056If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
1057you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
1058support locales :(
1059
1060=item Why do the characters look ugly?
1061
1062=item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
1063
1064Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
1065fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
1066your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
1067to display.
1068
1069B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
1070font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
1071bad. Many fonts have totally strange characters that don't resemble the
1072correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial intelligence
1073to detetc that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe the font that
1074the characters it contains indeed look correct.
1075
1076In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
1077e.g.:
1078
1079 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
1080
1081When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
1082font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
1083next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
1084search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
1085
1086The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than the base
1087font, as the base font defines the principial cell size, which must be the
1088same due to the way terminals work.
1089
1090=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
1091
1092This is because there is a difference between script and language --
1093rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output
1094is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode
1095first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for
1096it. Subseqzuent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many chinese
1097characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
1098non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
1099-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
1100japanese characters that are also chinese.
1101
1102The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
1103list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
1104a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
1105first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
1106
1107In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime (the
1108internal data structure has no problem with using different fonts for
1109the same character at the same time, but no interface for this has been
1110designed yet).
1111
1112=item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
1113
1114First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminfo
1115(C<urxvt>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then make sure
1116you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise rxvt-unicode
1117might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
1118
1119 URxvt*colorBD: white
1120 URxvt*colorIT: green
1121
1122=item Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
1123
1124For some unexplainable reason, some programs (i.e. irssi) assume a very
1125weird colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the
1126standard 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of
1127course, to fix these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very
1128good reasons.
1129
1130In the meantime, you can either edit your C<urxvt> terminfo definition to
1131only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will fix colours
1132but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
1133
1134=item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
1135
1136=item Is there an option to switch encodings?
1137
1138Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
1139specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
1140UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
1141
1142The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
1143the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
1144applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width and
1145code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>.
1146
1147Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
1148programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1149interpretation of characters.
1150
1151Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1152is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
1153
1154On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
1155contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1156locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
1157C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
1158(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
1159
1160Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1161the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1162i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the same for rxvt-unicode.
1163
1164If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1165rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
1166
1167=item Can I switch locales at runtime?
1168
1169Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which sets
1170rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
1171
1172 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1173
1174See also the previous question.
1175
1176Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in one
1177locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support UTF-8. For
1178example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which first switches to a
1179locale supported by xjdic and back later:
1180
1181 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1182 xjdic -js
1183 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
1184
1185=item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
1186
1187Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which has the same
1188effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
1189
1190 printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1191
1192This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
1193japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
1194japanese fonts would only be in your way.
1195
1196You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
1197
1198=item Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
1199
1200Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
1201example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
1202Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround is to enable
1203freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
1204
1205 URxvt*italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
1206 URxvt*boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
1207
1208=item My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
1209
1210You cna specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
1211terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
1212
1213 URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
1214
1215Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
1216use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
1217input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input
1218method limits you.
1219
1220=item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
1221
1222Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for sth. you
1223don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
1224you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
1225when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
1226accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
1227
1228Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
1229scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
12306 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
1231kilobyte per line. A scorllback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
1232use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
1233rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
1234
1235=item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
1236
1237Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
1238it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
1239antialiasing (by appending C<:antialiasing=false>), which saves lots of
1240memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
1241
1242=item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
1243
1244Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
1245fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
1246fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
1247antialiaisng disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
1248look best that way.
1249
1250If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
1251
1252=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
1253
1254Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
1255some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
1256heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
1257quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
1258depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
1259
1260=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
1261
1262If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
1263standard foreground colour.
1264
1265For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
1266text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
1267colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
1268ignored.
1269
1270On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
1271foreground/background colors.
1272
1273color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
1274
1275color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
1276
1277=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
1278
1279You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
1280resources (or as long-options).
1281
1282Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
1283including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
1284
1285 Rxvt*color0: #000000
1286 Rxvt*color1: #A80000
1287 Rxvt*color2: #00A800
1288 Rxvt*color3: #A8A800
1289 Rxvt*color4: #0000A8
1290 Rxvt*color5: #A800A8
1291 Rxvt*color6: #00A8A8
1292 Rxvt*color7: #A8A8A8
1293
1294 Rxvt*color8: #000054
1295 Rxvt*color9: #FF0054
1296 Rxvt*color10: #00FF54
1297 Rxvt*color11: #FFFF54
1298 Rxvt*color12: #0000FF
1299 Rxvt*color13: #FF00FF
1300 Rxvt*color14: #00FFFF
1301 Rxvt*color15: #FFFFFF
1302
1303=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
1304
1305Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
1306BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
1307question) there are two standard values that can be used for
1308Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
1309
1310Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
1311policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
1312choice :).
1313
1314Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
1315of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
1316started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
1317system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
1318be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
1319
1320For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
1321
1322 # use Backspace = ^H
1323 $ stty erase ^H
1324 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
1325
1326 # use Backspace = ^?
1327 $ stty erase ^?
1328 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
1329
1330Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
1331
1332For an existing rxvt-unicode:
1333
1334 # use Backspace = ^H
1335 $ stty erase ^H
1336 $ echo -n "^[[36h"
1337
1338 # use Backspace = ^?
1339 $ stty erase ^?
1340 $ echo -n "^[[36l"
1341
1342This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
1343if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
1344properly reflects that.
1345
1346The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
1347To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
1348key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
1349(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
1350
1351Some other Backspace problems:
1352
1353some editors use termcap/terminfo,
1354some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
1355GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
1356
1357Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
1358
1359=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
1360
1361There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
1362you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
1363use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym
13640xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
1365
1366Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270'
1367
1368 !# ----- special uses ------:
1369 ! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys.
1370 tn3270*font: *clean-bold-*-*--15-*
1371
1372 ! keysym - used by rxvt only
1373 ! Delete - ^D
1374 tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
1375
1376 ! Home - ^A
1377 tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
1378 ! Left - ^B
1379 tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
1380 ! Up - ^P
1381 tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
1382 ! Right - ^F
1383 tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
1384 ! Down - ^N
1385 tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
1386 ! End - ^E
1387 tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
1388
1389 ! F1 - F12
1390 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
1391 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
1392 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
1393 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
1394 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
1395 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
1396 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
1397 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
1398 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
1399 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
1400 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
1401 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
1402
1403 ! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
1404 tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
1405 tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
1406
1407=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
1408How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1409has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
1410
1411 KP_Insert == Insert
1412 F22 == Print
1413 F27 == Home
1414 F29 == Prior
1415 F33 == End
1416 F35 == Next
1417
1418Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accomodate all the various possible keyboard
1419mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for
1420your particular machine.
1421
1422=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
1423I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
1424
1425rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
1426check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1427Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1428not to use color.
1429
1430=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
1431
1432If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and ahve enabled
1433insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1434snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1435wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1436the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1437regular xterm.
1438
1439Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
1440snippets:
1441
1442 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1443 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1444 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1445 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1446 echo -n '^[Z'
1447 read term_id
1448 stty icanon echo
1449 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1450 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1451 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1452 fi
1453 fi
1454
1455=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
1456
1457You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
1458one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
1459the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
1460 1647
1461=back 1648=back
1462 1649
1463=head1 ENVIRONMENT 1650=head1 SEE ALSO
1464 1651
1465B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM> 1652@@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)
1466and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X
1467window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and
1468sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display
1469terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables
1470B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files.
1471 1653
1472=head1 FILES 1654=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1473 1655
1474=over 4 1656=over 4
1475 1657
1476=item B</etc/utmp> 1658=item Project Coordinator
1477 1659
1478System file for login records. 1660Marc A. Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1479 1661
1480=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1662L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
1481
1482Color names.
1483 1663
1484=back 1664=back
1485 1665
1486=head1 SEE ALSO 1666=head1 AUTHORS
1487
1488@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1489
1490=head1 BUGS
1491
1492Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1493
1494Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1495
1496Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1497
1498=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1499 1667
1500=over 4 1668=over 4
1501 1669
1502=item Project Coordinator 1670=item John Bovey
1503 1671
1504@@RXVT_MAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1672University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1505 1673
1506=item Web page maintainter 1674=item Rob Nation L<< <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com> >>
1507 1675
1508@@RXVT_WEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@> 1676very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1509 1677
1510L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@> 1678=item Angelo Haritsis L<< <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> >>
1679
1680wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1681
1682=item mj olesen L<< <olesen@me.QueensU.CA> >>
1683
1684Wrote the menu system.
1685
1686Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1687
1688=item Oezguer Kesim L<< <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de> >>
1689
1690Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1691
1692=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1693
1694Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1695
1696Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1697
1698=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> >>
1699
1700Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1701extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1702
1703Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1704
1705=item Emanuele Giaquinta L<< <e.giaquinta@glauco.it> >>
1706
1707Pty/tty/utmp/wtmp rewrite, lots of random hacking and bugfixing.
1511 1708
1512=back 1709=back
1513 1710
1514=head1 AUTHORS
1515
1516=over 4
1517
1518=item John Bovey
1519
1520University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1521
1522=item Rob Nation L<< <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com> >>
1523
1524very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1525
1526=item Angelo Haritsis L<< <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> >>
1527
1528wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1529
1530=item mj olesen L<< <olesen@me.QueensU.CA> >>
1531
1532Wrote the menu system.
1533
1534Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1535
1536=item Oezguer Kesim L<< <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de> >>
1537
1538Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1539
1540=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1541
1542Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1543(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1544
1545=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >>
1546
1547Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1548character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1549compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1550
1551Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1552
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