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7B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> [options] [-e command [ args ]] 7B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> [options] [-e command [ args ]]
8 8
9=head1 DESCRIPTION 9=head1 DESCRIPTION
10 10
11B<rxvt-unicode>, version B<@@RXVTVERSION@@>, is a colour vt102 terminal 11B<rxvt-unicode>, version B<@@RXVT_VERSION@@>, is a colour vt102 terminal
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
17See also @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical reference documentation (escape 17This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
18sequences etc.). 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
27=head1 RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
28
29Unlike the original rxvt, B<rxvt-unicode> stores all text in Unicode
30internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
31world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very difficult,
32especially cursive scripts such as arabic, vertically written scripts
33like mongolian or scripts requiring extremely complex combining rules,
34like tibetan or devanagari. Don't expect pretty output when using these
35scripts. Most other scripts, latin, cyrillic, kanji, thai etc. should work
36fine, though. A somewhat difficult case are right-to-left scripts, such
37as hebrew: B<rxvt-unicode> adopts the view that bidirectional algorithms
38belong in the application, not the terminal emulator (too many things --
39such as cursor-movement while editing -- break otherwise), but that might
40change.
41
42If you are looking for a terminal that supports more exotic scripts, let
43me recommend C<mlterm>, which is a very user friendly, lean and clean
44terminal emulator. In fact, the reason rxvt-unicode was born was solely
45because the author couldn't get C<mlterm> to use one font for latin1 and
46another for japanese.
47
48Therefore another design rationale was the use of multiple fonts to
49display characters: The idea of a single unicode font which many other
50programs force onto its users never made sense to me: You should be able
51to choose any font for any script freely.
52
53Apart from that, rxvt-unicode is also much better internationalised than
54its predecessor, supports things such as XFT and ISO 14755 that are handy
55in i18n-environments, is faster, and has a lot bugs less than the original
56rxvt. This all in addition to dozens of other small improvements.
57
58It is still faithfully following the original rxvt idea of being lean
59and nice on resources: for example, you can still configure rxvt-unicode
60without most of its features to get a lean binary. It also comes with
61a client/daemon pair that lets you open any number of terminal windows
62from within a single process, which makes startup time very fast and
63drastically reduces memory usage. See @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1) (daemon) and
64@@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) (client).
65
66It also makes technical information about escape sequences (which have
67been extended) more accessible: see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical
68reference documentation (escape sequences etc.).
19 69
20=head1 OPTIONS 70=head1 OPTIONS
21 71
22The 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
23below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be 73below. In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be
24eliminated or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and 74eliminated or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and
25defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on 75defaults listed may not accurately reflect the version installed on
26your system. `rxvt -h' gives a list of major compile-time options on 76your system. `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h' gives a list of major compile-time options on
27the I<Options> line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which 77the I<Options> line. Option descriptions may be prefixed with which
28compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile I<XIM>:' requires 78compile option each is dependent upon. e.g. `Compile I<XIM>:' requires
29I<XIM> on the I<Options> line. Note: `rxvt -help' gives a list of all 79I<XIM> on the I<Options> line. Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -help' gives a list of all
30command-line options compiled into your version. 80command-line options compiled into your version.
31 81
32Note that B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> permits the resource name to be used as a 82Note that B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> permits the resource name to be used as a
33long-option (--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are 83long-option (--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are
34far greater than those listed. For example: `rxvt --loginShell --color1 84far greater than those listed. For example: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --loginShell --color1
35Orange'. 85Orange'.
36 86
37The following options are available: 87The following options are available:
38 88
39=over 4 89=over 4
42 92
43Print out a message describing available options. 93Print out a message describing available options.
44 94
45=item B<-display> I<displayname> 95=item B<-display> I<displayname>
46 96
47Attempt 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>
48respected). In the absence of this option, the display specified by the 98is still respected. but deprecated). In the absence of this option, the
49B<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<frills>: 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]
110
111=item B<-visual> I<visualID>
112
113Compile I<frills>: Use the given visual (see e.g. C<xdpyinfo> for
114possible visual ids) instead of the default, and also allocate a private
115colormap. All visual types except for DirectColor are supported.
50 116
51=item B<-geometry> I<geom> 117=item B<-geometry> I<geom>
52 118
53Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>. 119Window geometry (B<-g> still respected); resource B<geometry>.
54 120
56 122
57Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>. 123Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource B<reverseVideo>.
58 124
59=item B<-j>|B<+j> 125=item B<-j>|B<+j>
60 126
61Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource B<jumpScroll>. 127Turn on/off jump scrolling (allow multiple lines per refresh); resource B<jumpScroll>.
62 128
63=item B<-ip>|B<+ip> 129=item B<-ss>|B<+ss>
64 130
65Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is 131Turn on/off skip scrolling (allow multiple screens per refresh); resource B<skipScroll>.
66B<-tr>; resource B<inheritPixmap>.
67 132
68=item B<-fade> I<number> 133=item B<-fade> I<number>
69 134
70Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 135Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small values
136fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by the fade
137colour; resource B<fading>.
71 138
72=item B<-tint> I<colour> 139=item B<-fadecolor> I<colour>
73 140
74Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when 141Fade to this colour when fading is used (see B<-fade>). The default colour
75transparency is enabled with B<-tr> or B<-ip>. See also the B<-sh> 142is opaque black. resource B<fadeColor>.
76option that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to
77tinting it.
78 143
79=item B<-sh> 144=item B<-icon> I<file>
80 145
81I<number> Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent 146Compile I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image as application icon. This
82background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. B<-tint> must be 147is used by many window managers, taskbars and pagers to represent the
83specified, too). 148application window; resource I<iconFile>.
84 149
85=item B<-bg> I<colour> 150=item B<-bg> I<colour>
86 151
87Window background colour; resource B<background>. 152Window background colour; resource B<background>.
88 153
89=item B<-fg> I<colour> 154=item B<-fg> I<colour>
90 155
91Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>. 156Window foreground colour; resource B<foreground>.
92 157
93=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;geom]>
94
95Compile I<XPM>: Specify XPM file for the background and also optionally
96specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may need to add
97quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' in the
98command-line; resource B<backgroundPixmap>.
99
100=item B<-cr> I<colour> 158=item B<-cr> I<colour>
101 159
102The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>. 160The cursor colour; resource B<cursorColor>.
103 161
104=item B<-pr> I<colour> 162=item B<-pr> I<colour>
109 167
110The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>. 168The mouse pointer background colour; resource B<pointerColor2>.
111 169
112=item B<-bd> I<colour> 170=item B<-bd> I<colour>
113 171
114The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text; 172The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar and the text;
115resource B<borderColor>. 173resource B<borderColor>.
116 174
117=item B<-fn> I<fontname> 175=item B<-fn> I<fontlist>
118 176
119Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 177Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
120names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 178that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
121The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 179first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
122be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 180smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
123appended to it. resource B<font>. 181font list is always appended to it. See resource B<font> for more details.
124 182
183In short, to specify an X11 core font, just specify its name or prefix it
184with C<x:>. To specify an XFT-font, you need to prefix it with C<xft:>,
185e.g.:
186
187 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=15"
188 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn "9x15bold,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono"
189
190See also the question "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" in the FAQ
191section of @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
192
193=item B<-fb> I<fontlist>
194
195Compile I<font-styles>: The bold font list to use when B<bold> characters
196are to be printed. See resource B<boldFont> for details.
197
198=item B<-fi> I<fontlist>
199
200Compile I<font-styles>: The italic font list to use when I<italic>
201characters are to be printed. See resource B<italicFont> for details.
202
203=item B<-fbi> I<fontlist>
204
205Compile I<font-styles>: The bold italic font list to use when B<< I<bold
206italic> >> characters are to be printed. See resource B<boldItalicFont>
207for details.
208
125=item B<-rb>|B<+rb> 209=item B<-is>|B<+is>
126 210
127Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text will be 211Compile I<font-styles>: Bold/Blink font styles imply high intensity
128displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. Bold 212foreground/background (default). See resource B<intensityStyles> for
129fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 213details.
130corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular
131font will be used. resource B<realBold>.
132 214
133=item B<-name> I<name> 215=item B<-name> I<name>
134 216
135Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained, 217Specify the application name under which resources are to be obtained,
136rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain 218rather than the default executable file name. Name should not contain
138 220
139=item B<-ls>|B<+ls> 221=item B<-ls>|B<+ls>
140 222
141Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource B<loginShell>. 223Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; resource B<loginShell>.
142 224
225=item B<-mc> I<milliseconds>
226
227Specify the maximum time between multi-click selections.
228
143=item B<-ut>|B<+ut> 229=item B<-ut>|B<+ut>
144 230
145Compile I<utmp>: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource 231Compile I<utmp>: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; resource
146B<utmpInhibit>. 232B<utmpInhibit>.
147 233
151B<visualBell>. 237B<visualBell>.
152 238
153=item B<-sb>|B<+sb> 239=item B<-sb>|B<+sb>
154 240
155Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>. 241Turn on/off scrollbar; resource B<scrollBar>.
242
243=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
244
245Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
246
247=item B<-st>|B<+st>
248
249Display rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
250resource B<scrollBar_floating>.
156 251
157=item B<-si>|B<+si> 252=item B<-si>|B<+si>
158 253
159Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource 254Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; resource
160B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect. 255B<scrollTtyOutput> has opposite effect.
168 263
169Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear. 264Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new lines appear.
170This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource 265This only takes effect if B<-si> is also given; resource
171B<scrollWithBuffer>. 266B<scrollWithBuffer>.
172 267
173=item B<-sr>|B<+sr>
174
175Put scrollbar on right/left; resource B<scrollBar_right>.
176
177=item B<-st>|B<+st> 268=item B<-ptab>|B<+ptab>
178 269
179Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 270If enabled (default), "Horizontal Tab" characters are being stored as
180resource B<scrollBar_floating>. 271actual wide characters in the screen buffer, which makes it possible to
272select and paste them. Since a horizontal tab is a cursor movement and
273not an actual glyph, this can sometimes be visually annoying as the cursor
274on a tab character is displayed as a wide cursor; resource B<pastableTabs>.
181 275
182=item B<-bc>|B<+bc> 276=item B<-bc>|B<+bc>
183 277
184Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>. 278Blink the cursor; resource B<cursorBlink>.
279
280=item B<-uc>|B<+uc>
281
282Make the cursor underlined; resource B<cursorUnderline>.
185 283
186=item B<-iconic> 284=item B<-iconic>
187 285
188Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option. 286Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option.
189Alternative form is B<-ic>. 287Alternative form is B<-ic>.
205B<externalBorder>. 303B<externalBorder>.
206 304
207=item B<-bl> 305=item B<-bl>
208 306
209Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. 307Compile I<frills>: Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e.
210if honoured by the WM, the rxvt window will not have window 308if honoured by the WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window
211decorations; resource B<borderLess>. 309decorations; resource B<borderLess>. If the window manager does not
310support MWM hints (e.g. kwin), enables override-redirect mode.
311
312=item B<-override-redirect>
313
314Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect on the window; resource
315B<override-redirect>.
316
317=item B<-dockapp>
318
319Sets the initial state of the window to WithdrawnState, which makes
320window managers that support this extension treat it as a dockapp.
321
322=item B<-sbg>
323
324Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
325drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
326this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
327resource B<skipBuiltinGlyphs>.
212 328
213=item B<-lsp> I<number> 329=item B<-lsp> I<number>
214 330
215Compile I<linespace>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row 331Compile I<frills>: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
216of the display; resource B<linespace>. 332the display. Useful to work around font rendering problems; resource
333B<lineSpace>.
334
335=item B<-letsp> I<number>
336
337Compile I<frills>: Amount to adjust the computed character width by
338to control overall letter spacing. Negative values will tighten up the
339letter spacing, positive values will space letters out more. Useful to
340work around odd font metrics; resource B<letterSpace>.
217 341
218=item B<-tn> I<termname> 342=item B<-tn> I<termname>
219 343
220This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the 344This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
221B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the 345B<TERM> environment variable. This terminal type must exist in the
230given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last 354given on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last
231on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to 355on the command-line. If there is no B<-e> option then the default is to
232run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or, 356run the program specified by the B<SHELL> environment variable or,
233failing that, I<sh(1)>. 357failing that, I<sh(1)>.
234 358
359Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you want to
360run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like this:
361
362 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -e sh -c "shell commands"
363
235=item B<-title> I<text> 364=item B<-title> I<text>
236 365
237Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename 366Window title (B<-T> still respected); the default title is the basename
238of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the 367of the program specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the
239application name; resource B<title>. 368application name; resource B<title>.
251=item B<-pt> I<style> 380=item B<-pt> I<style>
252 381
253Compile I<XIM>: input style for input method; B<OverTheSpot>, 382Compile I<XIM>: input style for input method; B<OverTheSpot>,
254B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; resource B<preeditType>. 383B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; resource B<preeditType>.
255 384
385If the perl extension C<xim-onthespot> is used (which is the default),
386then additionally the C<OnTheSpot> preedit type is available.
387
256=item B<-im> I<text> 388=item B<-im> I<text>
257 389
258Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>. 390Compile I<XIM>: input method name. resource B<inputMethod>.
259 391
260=item B<-imlocale> I<string> 392=item B<-imlocale> I<string>
261 393
262The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 394The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
263de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 395C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
264extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 396input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
265another locale. 397another locale. resource B<imLocale>.
398
399=item B<-imfont> I<fontset>
400
401Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource B<imFont>
402for more info.
403
404=item B<-tcw>
405
406Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
407button. Only effective when the original (non-perl) selection code is
408in-use. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
409the end of the logical line only. resource B<tripleclickwords>.
266 410
267=item B<-insecure> 411=item B<-insecure>
268 412
269Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 413Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
270sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more 414sequences that echo strings. See the resource B<insecure> for more
284=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr> 428=item B<-ssr>|B<+ssr>
285 429
286Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 430Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
287B<secondaryScroll>. 431B<secondaryScroll>.
288 432
433=item B<-hold>|B<+hold>
434
435Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
436will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
437it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
438user; resource B<hold>.
439
440=item B<-cd> I<path>
441
442Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
443B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
444@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start; resource B<chdir>.
445
289=item B<-xrm> I<resourcestring> 446=item B<-xrm> I<string>
290 447
291No effect on rxvt. Simply passes through an argument to be made 448Works like the X Toolkit option of the same name, by adding the I<string>
292available in the instance's argument list. Appears in I<WM_COMMAND> in 449as if it were specified in a resource file. Resource values specified this
293some window managers. 450way take precedence over all other resource specifications.
451
452Note that you need to use the I<same> syntax as in the .Xdefaults file,
453e.g. C<*.background: black>. Also note that all @@RXVT_NAME@@-specific
454options can be specified as long-options on the commandline, so use
455of B<-xrm> is mostly limited to cases where you want to specify other
456resources (e.g. for input methods) or for compatibility with other
457programs.
458
459=item B<-keysym.>I<sym> I<string>
460
461Remap a key symbol. See resource B<keysym>.
462
463=item B<-embed> I<windowid>
464
465Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ to embed its windows into an already-existing window,
466which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
467
468Right now, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
469shouldn't be a top-level window. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will also reconfigure it
470quite a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
471create an extra subwindow for @@RXVT_NAME@@ and leave it alone.
472
473The window will not be destroyed when @@RXVT_NAME@@ exits.
474
475It might be useful to know that @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not close file
476descriptors passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you
477can use file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
478terminal. This works regardless of whether the C<-embed> option was used or
479not.
480
481Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option can be
482used (a longer example is in F<doc/embed>):
483
484 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
485 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
486 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
487 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -embed $xid &";
488 });
489
490=item B<-pty-fd> I<file descriptor>
491
492Tells @@RXVT_NAME@@ NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty
493pair but instead use the given file descriptor as the tty master. This is
494useful if you want to drive @@RXVT_NAME@@ as a generic terminal emulator
495without having to run a program within it.
496
497If this switch is given, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will not create any utmp/wtmp
498entries and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
499yourself if you want that.
500
501As an extremely special case, specifying C<-1> will completely suppress
502pty/tty operations, which is probably only useful in conjunction with some
503perl extension that manages the terminal.
504
505Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be used (a
506longer example is in F<doc/pty-fd>):
507
508 use IO::Pty;
509 use Fcntl;
510
511 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
512 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
513 system "@@RXVT_NAME@@ -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
514 close $pty;
515
516 # now communicate with rxvt
517 my $slave = $pty->slave;
518 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
519
520=item B<-pe> I<string>
521
522Comma-separated list of perl extension scripts to use (or not to use) in
523this terminal instance. See resource B<perl-ext> for details.
294 524
295=back 525=back
296 526
297=head1 RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 527=head1 RESOURCES
298 528
299Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long 529Note: `@@RXVT_NAME@@ --help' gives a list of all resources (long
300options) compiled into your version. 530options) compiled into your version. All resources are also available as
531long-options.
301 532
302There are two different methods that @@RXVT_NAME@@ can use to get the 533You can set and change the resources using X11 tools like B<xrdb>. Many
303Xresource data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal 534distribution do also load settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X
304Xresources reader (B<~/.Xdefaults>). For the first method (ie. 535starts. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will consult the following files/resources in order,
305B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> lists B<XGetDefaults>), you can set and change the 536with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
306resources using X11 tools like B<xset>. Many distribution do also load
307settings from the B<~/.Xresources> file when X starts.
308 537
309If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -h> 538 1. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
310lists B<.Xdefaults>) then B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> accepts application defaults 539 2. $HOME/.Xdefaults
311set in XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually 540 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window of screen 0
312B</usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt>) and resources set in 541 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES property on root-window of the current screen
313B<~/.Xdefaults>, or B<~/.Xresources> if B<~/.Xdefaults> does not exist. 542 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
543 6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
544
314Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two 545Note that when reading X resources, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> recognizes two class
315class names: B<XTerm> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows 546names: B<Rxvt> and B<URxvt>. The class name B<Rxvt> allows resources
316resources common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be 547common to both B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> and the original I<rxvt> to be easily
317easily configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources 548configured, while the class name B<URxvt> allows resources unique to
318unique to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, notably colours and key-handling, to be 549B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, to be shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
319shared between different B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> configurations. If no 550configurations. If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will
320resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used. Command-line 551be used. Command-line arguments can be used to override resource
321arguments can be used to override resource settings. The following 552settings. The following resources are supported (you might want to
322resources are allowed: 553check the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for additional settings by perl
554extensions not documented here):
323 555
324=over 4 556=over 4
557
558=item B<depth:> I<bitdepth>
559
560Compile I<xft>: Attempt to find a visual with the given bit depth;
561option B<-depth>.
562
563=item B<buffered:> I<boolean>
564
565Compile I<xft>: Turn on/off double-buffering for xft (default enabled).
566On some card/driver combination enabling it slightly decreases
567performance, on most it greatly helps it. The slowdown is small, so it
568should normally be enabled.
325 569
326=item B<geometry:> I<geom> 570=item B<geometry:> I<geom>
327 571
328Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24]; 572Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default 80x24];
329option B<-geometry>. 573option B<-geometry>.
343Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7 587Use the specified colour for the colour value I<n>, where 0-7
344corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to 588corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
345high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background) 589high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright background)
346colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 590colours. The canonical names are as follows: 0=black, 1=red, 2=green,
3473=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour 5913=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, but the actual colour
348names used are listed in the B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 592names used are listed in the B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
593
594Colours higher than 15 cannot be set using resources (yet), but can be
595changed using an escape command (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)).
596
597Colours 16-79 form a standard 4x4x4 colour cube (the same as xterm with
59888 colour support). Colours 80-87 are evenly spaces grey steps.
349 599
350=item B<colorBD:> I<colour> 600=item B<colorBD:> I<colour>
351 601
602=item B<colorIT:> I<colour>
603
352Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the foreground 604Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when the
353colour is the default. This option will be ignored if B<realBold> is 605foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not available
354enabled. 606(Compile I<styles>) and this option is unset, reverse video is used instead.
355 607
356=item B<colorUL:> I<colour> 608=item B<colorUL:> I<colour>
357 609
358Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 610Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
359foreground colour is the default. 611foreground colour is the default.
360 612
361=item B<colorRV:> I<colour> 613=item B<underlineColor:> I<colour>
362 614
615If set, use the specified colour as the colour for the underline
616itself. If unset, use the foreground colour.
617
618=item B<highlightColor:> I<colour>
619
363Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video 620If set, use the specified colour as the background for highlighted
364characters. 621characters. If unset, use reverse video.
622
623=item B<highlightTextColor:> I<colour>
624
625If set and highlightColor is set, use the specified colour as the
626foreground for highlighted characters.
365 627
366=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour> 628=item B<cursorColor:> I<colour>
367 629
368Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the 630Use the specified colour for the cursor. The default is to use the
369foreground colour; option B<-cr>. 631foreground colour; option B<-cr>.
376 638
377=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean> 639=item B<reverseVideo:> I<boolean>
378 640
379B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours; 641B<True>: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
380option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option 642option B<-rv>. B<False>: regular screen colours [default]; option
381B<+rv>. See note in B<COLORS AND GRAPHICS> section. 643B<+rv>. See note in B<COLOURS AND GRAPHICS> section.
382 644
383=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean> 645=item B<jumpScroll:> I<boolean>
384 646
385B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When scrolling 647B<True>: specify that jump scrolling should be used. When receiving lots
386quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; option B<-j>. 648of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once a whole screen height of lines
649has been read, resulting in fewer updates while still displaying every
650received line; option B<-j>.
651
387B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; option B<+j>. 652B<False>: specify that smooth scrolling should be used. @@RXVT_NAME@@ will
653force a screen refresh on each new line it received; option B<+j>.
388 654
389=item B<inheritPixmap:> I<boolean> 655=item B<skipScroll:> I<boolean>
390 656
391B<True>: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving 657B<True>: (the default) specify that skip scrolling should be used. When
392artificial transparency. B<False>: do not inherit the parent windows' 658receiving lots of lines, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will only scroll once in a while
393pixmap. 659(around 60 times per second), resulting in far fewer updates. This can
660result in @@RXVT_NAME@@ not ever displaying some of the lines it receives;
661option B<-ss>.
662
663B<False>: specify that everything is to be displayed, even
664if the refresh is too fast for the human eye to read anything (or the
665monitor to display anything); option B<+ss>.
394 666
395=item B<fading:> I<number> 667=item B<fading:> I<number>
396 668
397Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. 669Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option B<-fade>.
398 670
399=item B<tintColor:> I<colour> 671=item B<fadeColor:> I<colour>
400 672
401Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. 673Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see B<fading:>). The default
674colour is black; option B<-fadecolor>.
402 675
403=item B<shading:> I<number> 676=item B<iconFile:> I<file>
404 677
405Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background 678Set the application icon pixmap; option B<-icon>.
406image in addition to tinting it.
407
408=item B<fading:> I<number>
409
410Scale the tint colour by the given percentage.
411 679
412=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour> 680=item B<scrollColor:> I<colour>
413 681
414Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]. 682Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2].
415 683
416=item B<troughColor:> I<colour> 684=item B<troughColor:> I<colour>
417 685
418Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default 686Use the specified colour for the scrollbar's trough area [default
419#969696]. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar. 687#969696]. Only relevant for rxvt (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar.
420 688
421=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;geom]> 689=item B<borderColor:> I<colour>
422 690
423Use the specified XPM file (note the `.xpm' extension is optional) for 691The colour of the border around the text area and between the scrollbar
424the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a geometry 692and the text.
425string B<WxH+X+Y>, in which B<"W" / "H"> specify the
426horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image
427centre (percent). A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling. A scale
428of 1 displays the image without any scaling. A scale of 2 to 9
429specifies an integer number of images in that direction. No image will
430be magnified beyond 10 times its original size. The maximum permitted
431scale is 1000. [default 0x0+50+50]
432 693
433=item B<menu:> I<file[;tag]>
434
435Read in the specified menu file (note the `.menu' extension is
436optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find. See the
437reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar.
438
439=item B<path:> I<path>
440
441Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
442menus), in addition to the paths specified by the B<RXVTPATH> and
443B<PATH> environment variables.
444
445=item B<font:> I<fontname> 694=item B<font:> I<fontlist>
446 695
447Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma seperated list of font 696Select the fonts to be used. This is a comma separated list of font names
448names that are used in turn when trying to display Unicode characters. 697that are checked in order when trying to find glyphs for characters. The
449The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might 698first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might be
450be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default font list is always 699smaller, but not (in general) larger. A (hopefully) reasonable default
451appended to it. option B<-fn>. 700font list is always appended to it; option B<-fn>.
452 701
453=item B<realBold:> I<boolean> 702Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
703optional prefix C<x:> or a Xft font (Compile I<xft>), prefixed with C<xft:>.
454 704
455B<True>: Enable "real bold" support. When this option is on, bold text 705In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
456will be displayed using the first available bold font in the font list. 706specifications enclosed in square brackets (C<[]>). The only available
457Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their 707hint currently is C<codeset=codeset-name>, and this is only used for Xft
458corresponding regular fonts. If no bold font can be found, a regular 708fonts.
459font will be used. option B<-rb>. B<False>: Display bold text in a
460regular font, using the color specified with B<colorBD>; option B<+rb>.
461 709
462=item B<selectstyle:> I<mode> 710For example, this font resource
463 711
464Set mouse selection style to B<old> which is 2.20, B<oldword> which is 712 URxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
465xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which gives 713 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
466xterm style selection. 714 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
715 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic:antialias=false, \
716 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
467 717
468=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode> 718specifies five fonts to be used. The first one is C<9x15bold> (actually
719the iso8859-1 version of the second font), which is the base font (because
720it is named first) and thus defines the character cell grid to be 9 pixels
721wide and 15 pixels high.
469 722
470Set scrollbar style to B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>, B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or 723The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
471B<xterm> 724the base font, likewise the third, which is unfortunately non-bold, but
725the bold version of the font does contain fewer characters, so this is a
726useful supplement.
727
728The third font is an Xft font with aliasing turned off, and the characters
729are limited to the B<JIS 0208> codeset (i.e. japanese kanji). The font
730contains other characters, but we are not interested in them.
731
732The last font is a useful catch-all font that supplies most of the
733remaining unicode characters.
734
735=item B<boldFont:> I<fontlist>
736
737=item B<italicFont:> I<fontlist>
738
739=item B<boldItalicFont:> I<fontlist>
740
741The font list to use for displaying B<bold>, I<italic> or B<< I<bold
742italic> >> characters, respectively.
743
744If specified and non-empty, then the syntax is the same as for the
745B<font>-resource, and the given font list will be used as is, which makes
746it possible to substitute completely different font styles for bold and
747italic.
748
749If unset (the default), a suitable font list will be synthesized by
750"morphing" the normal text font list into the desired shape. If that is
751not possible, replacement fonts of the desired shape will be tried.
752
753If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the normal
754text font will being used for the given style.
755
756=item B<intensityStyles:> I<boolean>
757
758When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (B<True>,
759option B<-is>, the default), bold/blink font styles imply high
760intensity foreground/background colours. Disabling this option (B<False>,
761option B<+is>) disables this behaviour, the high intensity colours are not
762reachable.
472 763
473=item B<title:> I<string> 764=item B<title:> I<string>
474 765
475Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 766Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
476specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application 767specified after the B<-e> option, if any, otherwise the application
485=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean> 776=item B<mapAlert:> I<boolean>
486 777
487B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no 778B<True>: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character. B<False>: no
488de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default]. 779de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character [default].
489 780
781=item B<urgentOnBell:> I<boolean>
782
783B<True>: set the urgency hint for the wm on receipt of a bell character.
784B<False>: do not set the urgency hint [default].
785
786@@RXVT_NAME@@ resets the urgency hint on every focus change.
787
490=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean> 788=item B<visualBell:> I<boolean>
491 789
492B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>. 790B<True>: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; option B<-vb>.
493B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>. 791B<False>: no visual bell [default]; option B<+vb>.
494 792
496 794
497B<True>: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to B<argv[0]> of 795B<True>: start as a login shell by prepending a `-' to B<argv[0]> of
498the shell; option B<-ls>. B<False>: start as a normal sub-shell 796the shell; option B<-ls>. B<False>: start as a normal sub-shell
499[default]; option B<+ls>. 797[default]; option B<+ls>.
500 798
799=item B<multiClickTime:> I<number>
800
801Specify the maximum time in milliseconds between multi-click select
802events. The default is 500 milliseconds; option B<-mc>.
803
501=item B<utmpInhibit:> I<boolean> 804=item B<utmpInhibit:> I<boolean>
502 805
503B<True>: inhibit writing record into the system log file B<utmp>; 806B<True>: inhibit writing record into the system log file B<utmp>;
504option B<-ut>. B<False>: write record into the system log file B<utmp> 807option B<-ut>. B<False>: write record into the system log file B<utmp>
505[default]; option B<+ut>. 808[default]; option B<+ut>.
508 811
509Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use 812Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default I<lpr(1)>]. Use
510B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or 813B<Print> to initiate a screen dump to the printer and B<Ctrl-Print> or
511B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well. 814B<Shift-Print> to include the scrollback as well.
512 815
816The string will be interpreted as if typed into the shell as-is.
817
818Example:
819
820 URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX)
821
822This creates a new file in your home directory with the screen contents
823every time you hit C<Print>.
824
825=item B<scrollstyle:> I<mode>
826
827Set scrollbar style to B<rxvt>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is
828the author's favourite.
829
830=item B<thickness:> I<number>
831
832Set the scrollbar width in pixels.
833
513=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean> 834=item B<scrollBar:> I<boolean>
514 835
515B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>: 836B<True>: enable the scrollbar [default]; option B<-sb>. B<False>:
516disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>. 837disable the scrollbar; option B<+sb>.
517 838
530Align the B<top>, B<bottom> or B<centre> [default] of the scrollbar 851Align the B<top>, B<bottom> or B<centre> [default] of the scrollbar
531thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag. 852thumb with the pointer on middle button press/drag.
532 853
533=item B<scrollTtyOutput:> I<boolean> 854=item B<scrollTtyOutput:> I<boolean>
534 855
535B<True>: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option B<+si>. 856B<True>: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option B<-si>.
536B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option 857B<False>: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option
537B<-si>. 858B<+si>.
538 859
539=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean> 860=item B<scrollWithBuffer:> I<boolean>
540 861
541B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines (and 862B<True>: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (i.e.
542B<scrollTtyOutput> is False); option B<+sw>. B<False>: do not scroll 863try to show the same lines) and B<scrollTtyOutput> is False; option
543with scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option B<-sw>. 864B<-sw>. B<False>: do not scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives
865new lines; option B<+sw>.
544 866
545=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean> 867=item B<scrollTtyKeypress:> I<boolean>
546 868
547B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special 869B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
548keys are those which are intercepted by rxvt for special handling and 870are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special handling and
549are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll 871are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to
550to bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>. 872bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.
551
552=item B<smallfont_key:> I<keysym>
553
554If enabled, use B<@@HOTKEY@@->I<keysym> to toggle to a smaller font
555[default B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>]
556
557=item B<bigfont_key:> I<keysym>
558
559If enabled, use B<@@HOTKEY@@->I<keysym> to toggle to a bigger font
560[default B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@>]
561 873
562=item B<saveLines:> I<number> 874=item B<saveLines:> I<number>
563 875
564Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]. This 876Save I<number> lines in the scrollback buffer [default 1000]; option B<-sl>.
565resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.
566 877
567=item B<internalBorder:> I<number> 878=item B<internalBorder:> I<number>
568 879
569Internal border of I<number> pixels. This resource is limited to 100; 880Internal border of I<number> pixels. This resource is limited to 100;
570option B<-b>. 881option B<-b>.
575option B<-w>, B<-bw>, B<-borderwidth>. 886option B<-w>, B<-bw>, B<-borderwidth>.
576 887
577=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean> 888=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
578 889
579Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the 890Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
580WM, the rxvt window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>. 891WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
892
893=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
894
895Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
896drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
897this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
898option B<-sbg>.
581 899
582=item B<termName:> I<termname> 900=item B<termName:> I<termname>
583 901
584Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 902Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
585variable; option B<-tn>. 903variable; option B<-tn>.
586 904
587=item B<linespace:> I<number> 905=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
588 906
589Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 907Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
590the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 908the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
591 909
592=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 910=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
597=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean> 915=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
598 916
599B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel 917B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
600scrolls five lines [default]. 918scrolls five lines [default].
601 919
920=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
921
922B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
923movement only; option C<-ptab>.
924
602=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 925=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
603 926
604B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 927B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
605option B<-bc>. 928option B<-bc>.
929
930=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
931
932B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
933option B<-uc>.
606 934
607=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean> 935=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
608 936
609B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number 937B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
610of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible 938of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
616 944
617=item B<pointerColor2:> I<colour> 945=item B<pointerColor2:> I<colour>
618 946
619Mouse pointer background colour. 947Mouse pointer background colour.
620 948
949=item B<pointerShape:> I<string>
950
951Compile I<frills>: Specifies the name of the mouse pointer shape
952[default B<xterm>]. See the macros in the B<X11/cursorfont.h> include
953file for possible values (omit the C<XC_> prefix).
954
621=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 955=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
622 956
623Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 957Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
958large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
624 959
625=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 960=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
626 961
627The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 962The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC>
628or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, if shifted, B<Backspace> 963or unset it will send B<Delete> (code 127) or, with control, B<Backspace>
629(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode 964(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
630escape sequence. 965escape sequence.
631 966
632=item B<deletekey:> I<string> 967=item B<deletekey:> I<string>
633 968
635pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated 970pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
636with the B<Execute> key. 971with the B<Execute> key.
637 972
638=item B<cutchars:> I<string> 973=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
639 974
640The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The 975The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
641built-in default: 976(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
642 977
978When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
979in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
980characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
981will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
982
983When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
984be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
985
643B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> 986B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
644 987
645=item B<preeditType:> I<style> 988=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
646 989
647B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>. 990B<OnTheSpot>, B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
648 991
649=item B<inputMethod:> I<name> 992=item B<inputMethod:> I<name>
650 993
651I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>. 994I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
652 995
653=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 996=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
654 997
655The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 998The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an C<LC_CTYPE> of e.g.
656de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the input 999C<de_DE.UTF-8> for normal text processing but C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> for the
657extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in 1000input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
658another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 1001another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
659 1002
660=item B<insecure> 1003=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
1004
1005Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
1006C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
1007by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1008in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1009found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1010option B<-imfont>.
1011
1012=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
1013
1014Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1015button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1016the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
1017
1018=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
661 1019
662Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 1020Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
663echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 1021echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
664abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether 1022abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
665throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 1023through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
666write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 1024write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
667that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 1025default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
668enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 1026sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
669resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 1027
670enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title 1028You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
671requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 1029B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1030locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
672 1031
673=item B<modifier:> I<modifier> 1032=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
674 1033
675Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>, 1034Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>,
676B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option 1035B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
677B<-mod>. 1036B<-mod>.
678 1037
679=item B<answerbackString:> I<string> 1038=item B<answerbackString:> I<string>
680 1039
681Specify the reply rxvt sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 1040Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
682character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described 1041character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
683in the entry on B<keysym> following. 1042in the entry on B<keysym> following.
684 1043
685=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool> 1044=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
686 1045
687Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). 1046Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
688 1047
689=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool> 1048=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
690 1049
691Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 1050Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
692option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 1051option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
693scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 1052scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
694instead scroll the screen up. 1053to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
695 1054
1055=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1056
1057Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1058will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1059it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1060user.
1061
1062=item B<chdir>: I<path>
1063
1064Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
1065B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
1066@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
1067directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
1068
696=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 1069=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<action>
697 1070
698Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may 1071Compile I<frills>: Associate I<action> with keysym I<sym>. The intervening
699contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n: 1072resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
700newline, \r: return, \t: 1073
701tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null, 1074Using this resource, you can map key combinations such as
702^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end 1075C<Ctrl-Shift-BackSpace> to various actions, such as outputting a different
703with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be 1076string than would normally result from that combination, making the
704omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with 1077terminal scroll up or down the way you want it, or any other thing an
705KEYSYM_RESOURCE. 1078extension might provide.
1079
1080The key combination that triggers the action, I<sym>, has the following format:
1081
1082 (modifiers-)key
1083
1084Where I<modifiers> can be any combination of the following full or
1085abbreviated modifier names:
1086
1087=begin table
1088
1089 B<ISOLevel3> B<I>
1090 B<AppKeypad> B<K>
1091 B<Control> B<C>
1092 B<NumLock> B<N>
1093 B<Shift> B<S>
1094 B<Meta> B<M> B<A>
1095 B<Lock> B<L>
1096 B<Mod1> B<1>
1097 B<Mod2> B<2>
1098 B<Mod3> B<3>
1099 B<Mod4> B<4>
1100 B<Mod5> B<5>
1101
1102=end table
1103
1104The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
1105whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
1106keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1107current application keymap mode state.
1108
1109Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a key mapping will
1110match if I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and no other
1111key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That means that
1112defining a mapping for C<a> will automatically provide definitions for
1113C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined mappings
1114themselves. See the C<builtin:> action, below, for a way to work around
1115this when this is a problem.
1116
1117The spelling of I<key> depends on your implementation of X. An easy way to
1118find a key name is to use the B<xev>(1) command. You can find a list by
1119looking for the C<XK_> macros in the B<X11/keysymdef.h> include file (omit
1120the C<XK_> prefix). Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex keysym
1121value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>).
1122
1123As with any resource value, the I<action> string may contain backslash
1124escape sequences (C<\n>: newline, C<\\>: backslash, C<\000>: octal
1125number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for further details.
1126
1127An action starts with an action prefix that selects a certain type
1128of action, followed by a colon. An action string without colons is
1129interpreted as a literal string to pass to the tty (as if it was
1130prefixed with C<string:>).
1131
1132The following action prefixes are known - extensions can provide
1133additional prefixes:
1134
1135=over 4
1136
1137=item string:STRING
1138
1139If the I<action> starts with C<string:> (or otherwise contains no colons),
1140then the remaining C<STRING> will be passed to the program running in the
1141terminal. For example, you could replace whatever Shift-Tab outputs by the
1142string C<echo rm -rf /> followed by a newline:
1143
1144 URxvt.keysym.Shift-Tab: string:echo rm -rf /\n
1145
1146This could in theory be used to completely redefine your keymap.
1147
1148In addition, for actions of this type, you can define a range of
1149keysyms in one shot by loading the C<keysym-list> perl extension and
1150providing an I<action> with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where
1151the delimiter `/' should be a character not used by the strings.
1152
1153Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1154
1155 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<|abc|>
1156
1157The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1158
1159 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: string:\033<a>
1160 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: string:\033<b>
1161 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: string:\033<c>
1162
1163=item command:STRING
1164
1165If I<action> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
1166is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence (basically
1167the opposite of C<string:> - instead of sending it to the program running
1168in the terminal, it will be treated as if it were program output). This is
1169most useful to feed command sequences into @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1170
1171For example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
1172when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1173
1174 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
1175
1176The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
1177the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
1178font-switching at runtime:
1179
1180 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
1181 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
1182
1183Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1184info):
1185
1186 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
1187 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
1188
1189=item builtin:
1190
1191The builtin action is the action that @@RXVT_NAME@@ would execute if no
1192key binding existed for the key combination. The obvious use is to undo
1193the effect of existing bindings. The not so obvious use is to reinstate
1194bindings when another binding overrides too many modifiers.
1195
1196For example if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable
1197@@RXVT_NAME@@'s C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke
1198"holes" into the user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
1199
1200 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1201 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1202
1203The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
1204of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1205C<Shift-Insert>.
1206
1207=item builtin-string:
1208
1209This action is mainly useful to restore string mappings for keys that
1210have predefined actions in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The exact semantics are a bit
1211difficult to explain - basically, this action will send the string to the
1212application that would be sent if @@RXVT_NAME@@ wouldn't have a built-in
1213action for it.
1214
1215An example might make it clearer: @@RXVT_NAME@@ normally pastes the
1216selection when you press C<Shift-Insert>. With the following bindings, it
1217would instead emit the (undocumented, but what applications running in the
1218terminal might expect) sequence C<ESC [ 2 $> instead:
1219
1220 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin-string:
1221 URxvt.keysym.C-S-Insert: builtin:
1222
1223The first line disables the paste functionality for that key
1224combination, and the second reinstates the default behaviour for
1225C<Control-Shift-Insert>, which would otherwise be overridden.
1226
1227Similarly, to let applications gain access to the C<C-M-c> (copy to
1228clipboard) and C<C-M-v> (paste clipboard) key combination, you can do
1229this:
1230
1231 URxvt.keysym.C-M-c: builtin-string:
1232 URxvt.keysym.C-M-v: builtin-string:
1233
1234=item EXTENSION:STRING
1235
1236An action of this form invokes the action B<STRING>, if any, provided
1237by the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) extension B<EXTENSION>. The extension will
1238be loaded automatically if necessary.
1239
1240Not all extensions define actions, but popular extensions that do
1241include the I<selection> and I<matcher> extensions (documented in their
1242own manpages, @@RXVT_NAME@@-selection(1) and @@RXVT_NAME@@-matcher(1),
1243respectively).
1244
1245From the silly examples department, this will rot13-"encrypt"
1246@@RXVT_NAME@@'s selection when Alt-Control-c is pressed on typical PC
1247keyboards:
1248
1249 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: selection:rot13
1250
1251=item perl:STRING *DEPRECATED*
1252
1253This is a deprecated way of invoking commands provided by perl
1254extensions. It is still supported, but should not be used anymore.
1255
1256=back
1257
1258=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
1259
1260=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
1261
1262Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
1263use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
1264
1265Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
1266them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1267by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
1268example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extensions except
1269C<selection>.
1270
1271The default set includes the C<selection>, C<option-popup>,
1272C<selection-popup>, C<readline> and C<searchable-scrollback>
1273extensions, and extensions which are mentioned in B<keysym> resources.
1274
1275Any extension such that a corresponding resource is given on the
1276command line is automatically appended to B<perl-ext>.
1277
1278Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1279necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance. When the library
1280search path contains multiple extension files of the same name, then the
1281first one found will be used.
1282
1283If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl interpreter
1284will not be initialized. The rationale for having two options is that
1285B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
1286all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1287
1288=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1289
1290Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1291the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1292
1293=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1294
1295Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1296scripts. When looking for perl extensions, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look
1297in these directories, then in C<$URXVT_PERL_LIB>, F<$HOME/.urxvt/ext> and
1298lastly in F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1299
1300See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1301
1302=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1303
1304Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
1305details.
1306
1307=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
1308
1309Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
1310for details.
1311
1312=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym> *DEPRECATED*
1313
1314This resource is deprecated and will be removed. Use a B<keysym> resource
1315instead, e.g.:
1316
1317 URxvt.keysym.M-s: searchable-scrollback:start
1318
1319=item B<url-launcher>: I<string>
1320
1321Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
1322C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
1323
1324=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
1325
1326Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
1327
1328=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1329
1330Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1331it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1332
1333=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
1334
1335Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
1336
1337=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1338
1339Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
706 1340
707=back 1341=back
708 1342
709=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1343=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
710 1344
724the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta 1358the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
725(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action. 1359(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
726 1360
727If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 1361If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
728disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 1362disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
729application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~> 1363application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
730(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1364(Next) and B<ESC [ 5 ~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
731up and down arrows sends B<ESC[A> (Up) and B<ESC[B> (Down), 1365up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
732respectively. 1366respectively.
733 1367
734=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1368=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
735 1369
736The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1370The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
737I<xterm>(1). 1371to I<xterm>(1).
738 1372
739=over 4 1373=over 4
740 1374
741=item B<Selection>: 1375=item B<Selecting>:
742 1376
743Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the 1377Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the region
744region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left 1378and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
745double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire 1379to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
746line. 1380(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1381B<tripleclickwords>.
747 1382
1383Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
1384(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1385normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1386selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1387the selection.
1388
748=item B<Insertion>: 1389=item B<Pasting>:
749 1390
750Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1391Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
751an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1392window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
752inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 1393B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1394
1395Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
1396inserted too.
1397
1398rxvt-unicode also provides the bindings B<Ctrl-Meta-c> and
1399<Ctrl-Meta-v> to interact with the CLIPBOARD selection. The first
1400binding causes the value of the internal selection to be copied to the
1401CLIPBOARD selection, while the second binding causes the value of the
1402CLIPBOARD selection to be inserted.
753 1403
754=back 1404=back
755 1405
756=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1406=head1 CHANGING FONTS
757 1407
758You can change fonts on-the-fly, which is to say cycle through the 1408Changing fonts (or font sizes, respectively) via the keypad is not yet
759default font and others of various sizes, by using B<Shift-KP_Add> and 1409supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
760B<Shift-KP_Subtract>. Or, alternatively (if enabled) with 1410
761B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@> and B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>, where the 1411You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
762actual key can be selected using resources 1412
763B<smallfont_key>/B<bigfont_key>. 1413 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1414
1415You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1416
1417 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
1418 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
1419
1420rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
764 1421
765=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1422=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
766 1423
767Partial ISO 14755-support is implemented. that means that pressing 1424ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1425and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1426first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1427C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1428with C<--enable-iso14755>.
768 1429
769Section 5.1: Control and Shift together enters unicode input 1430=over 4
770mode. Entering hex digits composes a Unicode character, pressing space or
771releasing the modifiers commits the keycode and every other key cancels
772the current input character.
773 1431
774Section 5.2: Pressing and immediately releasing Control and Shift together 1432=item * 5.1: Basic method
775enters keycap entry mode for the next key: pressing a function key (tab, 1433
776return etc..) will enter the unicode character corresponding to the given 1434This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
777key. 1435
1436Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
1437hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
1438commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1439C<Control> and C<Shift> you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1440C<Space>, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1441one.
1442
1443As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e-mail
1444address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
1445address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
1446by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
1447followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1448
1449=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
1450
1451This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1452your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1453
1454Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
1455them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1456invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1457keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1458released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
1459C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
1460reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
1461
1462=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
1463
1464While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1465mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1466
1467=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
1468
1469This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1470characters already displayed.
1471
1472You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
1473pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1474hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1475pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
1476
1477In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1478character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1479combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1480always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1481
1482=back
1483
1484With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1485both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
778 1486
779=head1 LOGIN STAMP 1487=head1 LOGIN STAMP
780 1488
781B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so 1489B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so that
782that it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. 1490it can be seen via the I<who(1)> command, and can accept messages. To
783To allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> must be installed setuid root on 1491allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
784some systems. 1492on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
785 1493
786=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1494=head1 COLOURS AND GRAPHICS
787 1495
788In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1496In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
789B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1497B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 88/256 colours: 8 ANSI colours plus
790high-intensity bold/blink versions of the same). Here is a list of the 1498high-intensity (potentially bold/blink) versions of the same, and 72 (or
791colours with their B<rgb.txt> names. 1499240 in 256 colour mode) colours arranged in an 4x4x4 (or 6x6x6) colour RGB
1500cube plus a 8 (24) colour greyscale ramp.
1501
1502B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> supports direct 24-bit fg/bg RGB colour escapes
1503C< ESC [ 38 ; 2 ; R ; G ; Bm > / C< ESC [ 48 ; 2; R ; G ; Bm >. However the
1504number of 24-bit colours that can be used is limited: an internal 7x7x5 (256
1505colour mode) or 6x6x4 (88 colour mode) colour cube is used to index into the
150624-bit colour space. When indexing collisions happen, the nearest old colour in
1507the cube will be adapted to the new 24-bit RGB colour. That means one cannot
1508use many similar 24-bit colours. It's typically not a problem in common
1509scenarios.
1510
1511Here is a list of the ANSI colours with their names.
792 1512
793=begin table 1513=begin table
794 1514
795 B<color0> (black) = Black 1515 B<color0> (black) = Black
796 B<color1> (red) = Red3 1516 B<color1> (red) = Red3
816It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>, 1536It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
817B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as 1537B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
818a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of 1538a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
819color0-color15. 1539color0-color15.
820 1540
1541The following text gives values for the standard 88 colour mode (and
1542values for the 256 colour mode in parentheses).
1543
1544The RGB cube uses indices 16..79 (16..231) using the following formulas:
1545
1546 index_88 = (r * 4 + g) * 4 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..3
1547 index_256 = (r * 6 + g) * 6 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..5
1548
1549The grayscale ramp uses indices 80..87 (232..239), from 10% to 90% in 10%
1550steps (1/26 to 25/26 in 1/26 steps) - black and white are already part of
1551the RGB cube.
1552
1553Together, all those colours implement the 88 (256) colour xterm
1554colours. Only the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the
1555rest can only be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
1556
1557Applications are advised to use terminfo or command sequences to discover
1558number and RGB values of all colours (yes, you can query this...).
1559
821Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by 1560Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
822always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to 1561always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
823I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1562I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
824been specified. For example, 1563been specified. For example,
825 1564
1565 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
1566
1567would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
1568White.
1569
1570=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1571
1572If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1573their act together, rxvt-unicode will do its own alpha channel management:
1574
1575You can prefix any colour with an opaqueness percentage enclosed in
1576brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
1577(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the colour, where C<0> is completely
1578transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
1579half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
1580is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1581all ways to specify a colour.
1582
1583For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1584C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1585specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1586(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1587while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1588earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1589C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1590
1591You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1592alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1593layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
1594rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1595
1596For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1597background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1598
1599 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1600
1601When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1602alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1603transparency of course).
1604
1605When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1606colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1607background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1608other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1609image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
1610fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
1611
1612Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1613in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
1614extension.
1615
1616=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1617
1618B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1619
826=over 4 1620=over 4
827 1621
828=item B<rxvt -fg Black -bg White -rv> 1622=item B<TERM>
829 1623
830would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black 1624Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
831on White. 1625resources or on the command line.
1626
1627=item B<COLORTERM>
1628
1629Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1630compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1631extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1632screen.
1633
1634=item B<COLORFGBG>
1635
1636Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1637the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1638C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1639used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1640string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1641was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1642and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1643
1644=item B<WINDOWID>
1645
1646Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1647window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1648window and so on).
1649
1650=item B<TERMINFO>
1651
1652Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1653C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1654
1655=item B<DISPLAY>
1656
1657Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1658display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
1659defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1660
1661=item B<SHELL>
1662
1663The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1664
1665=item B<RXVT_SOCKET> [I<sic>]
1666
1667The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1668@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1669
1670Default F<<< $HOME/.urxvt/urxvtd-I<< <nodename> >> >>>.
1671
1672=item B<URXVT_PERL_LIB>
1673
1674Additional F<:>-separated library search path for perl extensions. Will be
1675searched after B<-perl-lib> but before F<~/.urxvt/ext> and the system library
1676directory.
1677
1678=item B<URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY>
1679
1680See L<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl>(3).
1681
1682=item B<HOME>
1683
1684Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1685daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1686C<.Xdefaults>)
1687
1688=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1689
1690Directory where application-specific X resource files are located.
1691
1692=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1693
1694If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1695@@RXVT_NAME@@.
832 1696
833=back 1697=back
834 1698
835=head1 ENVIRONMENT
836
837B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets the environment variables B<TERM>, B<COLORTERM>
838and B<COLORFGBG>. The environment variable B<WINDOWID> is set to the X
839window id number of the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window and it also uses and
840sets the environment variable B<DISPLAY> to specify which display
841terminal to use. B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> uses the environment variables
842B<RXVTPATH> and B<PATH> to find XPM files.
843
844=head1 FILES 1699=head1 FILES
845 1700
846=over 4 1701=over 4
847 1702
848=item B</etc/utmp>
849
850System file for login records.
851
852=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1703=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
853 1704
854Color names. 1705Colour names.
855 1706
856=back 1707=back
857 1708
858=head1 SEEALSO 1709=head1 SEE ALSO
859 1710
860I<xterm>(1), I<sh>(1), I<resize>(1), I<X>(1), I<pty>(4), I<tty>(4), I<utmp>(5) 1711@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@-extensions(1),
861 1712@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
862See rxvtRef.html rxvtRef.txt for detailed information on recognized escape sequences and menuBar syntax, etc.
863
864=head1 BUGS
865
866Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
867
868Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
869
870Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
871 1713
872=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR 1714=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
873 1715
874=over 4 1716=over 4
875 1717
876=item Project Coordinator 1718=item Project Coordinator
877 1719
878@@RXVTMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1720Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>.
879 1721
880=item Web page maintainter 1722L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
881
882@@RXVTWEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@>
883
884L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@>
885 1723
886=back 1724=back
887 1725
888=head1 AUTHORS 1726=head1 AUTHORS
889 1727
891 1729
892=item John Bovey 1730=item John Bovey
893 1731
894University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt. 1732University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
895 1733
896=item Rob Nation L<< <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com> >> 1734=item Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>
897 1735
898very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt 1736very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
899 1737
900=item Angelo Haritsis L<< <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> >> 1738=item Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>
901 1739
902wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code) 1740wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
903 1741
904=item mj olesen L<< <olesen@me.QueensU.CA> >> 1742=item mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>
905 1743
906Wrote the menu system. 1744Wrote the menu system.
907 1745
908Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21) 1746Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
909 1747
910=item Oezguer Kesim L<< <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de> >> 1748=item Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>
911 1749
912Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5) 1750Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
913 1751
914=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >> 1752=item Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>
915 1753
916Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator 1754Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1755
917(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode) 1756Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
918 1757
919=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >> 1758=item Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>
920 1759
921Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal 1760Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
922character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm 1761extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
923compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
924 1762
925Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -) 1763Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
926 1764
1765=item Emanuele Giaquinta <emanuele.giaquinta@gmail.com>
1766
1767pty/utmp code rewrite, image code improvements, many random hacks and bugfixes.
1768
927=back 1769=back
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