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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
17See also @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for technical reference documentation (escape 17This document is also available on the World-Wide-Web at
18sequences etc.) and the FAQ section at the end of this document. 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
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>.
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-unicode 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-unicode. 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>, B<plain>, B<next> or B<xterm>. B<plain> is 723The second font is just used to add additional unicode characters not in
471the author's favourite.. 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
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 keys 869B<True>: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special keys
548are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode 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 to 871are not passed onto the shell; option B<-sk>. B<False>: do not scroll to
550bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>. 872bottom when a non-special key is pressed; option B<+sk>.
551 873
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
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 64]. This
565resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>. 877resource is limited on most machines to 65535; option B<-sl>.
566 878
577=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean> 889=item B<borderLess:> I<boolean>
578 890
579Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the 891Set MWM hints to request a borderless window, i.e. if honoured by the
580WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>. 892WM, the rxvt-unicode window will not have window decorations; option B<-bl>.
581 893
894=item B<skipBuiltinGlyphs:> I<boolean>
895
896Compile I<frills>: Disable the usage of the built-in block graphics/line
897drawing characters and just rely on what the specified fonts provide. Use
898this if you have a good font and want to use its block graphic glyphs;
899option B<-sbg>.
900
582=item B<termName:> I<termname> 901=item B<termName:> I<termname>
583 902
584Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment 903Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the B<TERM> environment
585variable; option B<-tn>. 904variable; option B<-tn>.
586 905
587=item B<linespace:> I<number> 906=item B<lineSpace:> I<number>
588 907
589Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of 908Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row of
590the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>. 909the display [default 0]; option B<-lsp>.
591 910
592=item B<meta8:> I<boolean> 911=item B<meta8:> I<boolean>
597=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean> 916=item B<mouseWheelScrollPage:> I<boolean>
598 917
599B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel 918B<True>: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full. B<False>: the mouse wheel
600scrolls five lines [default]. 919scrolls five lines [default].
601 920
921=item B<pastableTabs:> I<boolean>
922
923B<True>: store tabs as wide characters. B<False>: interpret tabs as cursor
924movement only; option C<-ptab>.
925
602=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean> 926=item B<cursorBlink:> I<boolean>
603 927
604B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default]; 928B<True>: blink the cursor. B<False>: do not blink the cursor [default];
605option B<-bc>. 929option B<-bc>.
930
931=item B<cursorUnderline:> I<boolean>
932
933B<True>: Make the cursor underlined. B<False>: Make the cursor a box [default];
934option B<-uc>.
606 935
607=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean> 936=item B<pointerBlank:> I<boolean>
608 937
609B<True>: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number 938B<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 939of seconds of inactivity. B<False>: the pointer is always visible
616 945
617=item B<pointerColor2:> I<colour> 946=item B<pointerColor2:> I<colour>
618 947
619Mouse pointer background colour. 948Mouse pointer background colour.
620 949
950=item B<pointerShape:> I<string>
951
952Compile I<frills>: Specifies the name of the mouse pointer shape
953[default B<xterm>]. See the macros in the B<X11/cursorfont.h> include
954file for possible values (omit the C<XC_> prefix).
955
621=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number> 956=item B<pointerBlankDelay:> I<number>
622 957
623Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 958Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. Use a
959large number (e.g. C<987654321>) to effectively disable the timeout.
624 960
625=item B<backspacekey:> I<string> 961=item B<backspacekey:> I<string>
626 962
627The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to B<DEC> 963The 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> 964or 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 965(code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private mode
630escape sequence. 966escape sequence.
631 967
632=item B<deletekey:> I<string> 968=item B<deletekey:> I<string>
633 969
635pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated 971pressed. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
636with the B<Execute> key. 972with the B<Execute> key.
637 973
638=item B<cutchars:> I<string> 974=item B<cutchars:> I<string>
639 975
640The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection. The 976The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection
641built-in default: 977(whitespace delimiting is added automatically if resource is given).
642 978
979When the perl selection extension is in use (the default if compiled
980in, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage), a suitable regex using these
981characters will be created (if the resource exists, otherwise, no regex
982will be created). In this mode, characters outside ISO-8859-1 can be used.
983
984When the selection extension is not used, only ISO-8859-1 characters can
985be used. If not specified, the built-in default is used:
986
643B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|} >> 987B<< BACKSLASH `"'&()*,;<=>?@[]^{|} >>
644 988
645=item B<preeditType:> I<style> 989=item B<preeditType:> I<style>
646 990
647B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>. 991B<OnTheSpot>, B<OverTheSpot>, B<OffTheSpot>, B<Root>; option B<-pt>.
648 992
649=item B<inputMethod:> I<name> 993=item B<inputMethod:> I<name>
650 994
651I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>. 995I<name> of inputMethod to use; option B<-im>.
652 996
653=item B<imLocale:> I<name> 997=item B<imLocale:> I<name>
654 998
655The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of e.g. 999The 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 1000C<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 1001input extension to be able to input japanese characters while staying in
658another locale. option B<-imlocale>. 1002another locale; option B<-imlocale>.
659 1003
660=item B<insecure> 1004=item B<imFont:> I<fontset>
1005
1006Specify the font-set used for XIM styles C<OverTheSpot> or
1007C<OffTheSpot>. It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns separated
1008by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other font lists used
1009in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The default will be set-up to chose *any* suitable found
1010found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size to the base font.
1011option B<-imfont>.
1012
1013=item B<tripleclickwords:> I<boolean>
1014
1015Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
1016button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the selection to
1017the end of the logical line only; option B<-tcw>.
1018
1019=item B<insecure:> I<boolean>
661 1020
662Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that 1021Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences that
663echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be 1022echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This could be
664abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, wether 1023abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, whether
665throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or though 1024through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or through
666write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. (Note 1025write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by
667that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences 1026default. (Note that many other terminals, including xterm, have these
668enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean 1027sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make it safer, though).
669resource or specifying B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this 1028
670enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window title 1029You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
671requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. 1030B<-insecure> as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer,
1031locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests.
672 1032
673=item B<modifier:> I<modifier> 1033=item B<modifier:> I<modifier>
674 1034
675Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: B<alt>, B<meta>, 1035Set 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 1036B<hyper>, B<super>, B<mod1>, B<mod2>, B<mod3>, B<mod4>, B<mod5>; option
680 1040
681Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 1041Specify the reply rxvt-unicode sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
682character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described 1042character is passed through. It may contain escape values as described
683in the entry on B<keysym> following. 1043in the entry on B<keysym> following.
684 1044
685=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<bool> 1045=item B<secondaryScreen:> I<boolean>
686 1046
687Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled). 1047Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled).
688 1048
689=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<bool> 1049=item B<secondaryScroll:> I<boolean>
690 1050
691Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 1051Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If this
692option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 1052option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
693scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 1053scrollback buffer and, when secondaryScreen is off, switching
694instead scroll the screen up. 1054to/from the secondary screen will instead scroll the screen up.
695 1055
1056=item B<hold>: I<boolean>
1057
1058Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@
1059will not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
1060it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by the
1061user.
1062
1063=item B<chdir>: I<path>
1064
1065Sets the working directory for the shell (or the command specified via
1066B<-e>). The I<path> must be an absolute path and it must exist for
1067@@RXVT_NAME@@ to start. If it isn't specified then the current working
1068directory will be used; option B<-cd>.
1069
696=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<string> 1070=item B<keysym.>I<sym>: I<action>
697 1071
698Associate I<string> with keysym I<sym> (B<0xFF00 - 0xFFFF>). It may 1072Compile I<frills>: Associate I<action> with keysym I<sym>. The intervening
699contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n: 1073resource name B<keysym.> cannot be omitted.
700newline, \r: return, \t: 1074
701tab, \000: octal number) or control characters (^?: delete, ^@: null, 1075Using this resource, you can map key combinations such as
702^A ...) and may enclosed with double quotes so that it can start or end 1076C<Ctrl-Shift-BackSpace> to various actions, such as outputting a different
703with whitespace. The intervening resource name B<keysym.> cannot be 1077string than would normally result from that combination, making the
704omitted. This resource is only available when compiled with 1078terminal scroll up or down the way you want it, or any other thing an
705KEYSYM_RESOURCE. 1079extension might provide.
1080
1081The key combination that triggers the action, I<sym>, has the following format:
1082
1083 (modifiers-)key
1084
1085Where I<modifiers> can be any combination of B<ISOLevel3>, B<AppKeypad>,
1086B<Control>, B<NumLock>, B<Shift>, B<Meta>, B<Lock>, B<Mod1>, B<Mod2>,
1087B<Mod3>, B<Mod4>, B<Mod5>, and the abbreviated B<I>, B<K>, B<C>, B<N>,
1088B<S>, B<M>, B<A>, B<L>, B<1>, B<2>, B<3>, B<4>, B<5>.
1089
1090The B<NumLock>, B<Meta> and B<ISOLevel3> modifiers are usually aliased to
1091whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3 Shift/AltGr
1092keys are being mapped. B<AppKeypad> is a synthetic modifier mapped to the
1093current application keymap mode state.
1094
1095Due the the large number of modifier combinations, a key mapping will
1096match if I<at least> the specified identifiers are being set, and no other
1097key mappings with those and more bits are being defined. That means that
1098defining a mapping for C<a> will automatically provide definitions for
1099C<Meta-a>, C<Shift-a> and so on, unless some of those are defined mappings
1100themselves. See the C<builtin:> action, below, for a way to work around
1101this when this is a problem.
1102
1103The spelling of I<key> depends on your implementation of X. An easy way to
1104find a key name is to use the B<xev>(1) command. You can find a list by
1105looking for the C<XK_> macros in the B<X11/keysymdef.h> include file (omit
1106the C<XK_> prefix). Alternatively you can specify I<key> by its hex keysym
1107value (B<0x0000 - 0xFFFF>).
1108
1109As with any resource value, the I<action> string may contain backslash
1110escape sequences (C<\n>: newline, C<\\>: backslash, C<\000>: octal
1111number), see RESOURCES in C<man 7 X> for further details.
1112
1113An action starts with an action prefix that selects a certain type
1114of action, followed by a colon. An action string without colons is
1115interpreted as a literal string to pass to the tty (as if it was
1116prefixed with C<string:>).
1117
1118The following action prefixes are known - extensions can provide
1119additional prefixes:
1120
1121=over 4
1122
1123=item string:STRING
1124
1125If the I<action> starts with C<string:> (or otherwise contains no colons),
1126then the remaining C<STRING> will be passed to the program running in the
1127terminal. For example, you could replace whatever Shift-Tab outputs by the
1128string C<echo rm -rf /> followed by a newline:
1129
1130 URxvt.keysym.Shift-Tab: string:echo rm -rf /\n
1131
1132This could in theory be used to completely redefine your keymap.
1133
1134In addition, for actions of this type, you can define a range of
1135keysyms in one shot by loading the C<keysym-list> perl extension and
1136providing an I<action> with pattern B<list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX>, where
1137the delimiter `/' should be a character not used by the strings.
1138
1139Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
1140
1141 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<|abc|>
1142
1143The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
1144
1145 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: string:\033<a>
1146 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: string:\033<b>
1147 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: string:\033<c>
1148
1149=item command:STRING
1150
1151If I<action> takes the form of C<command:STRING>, the specified B<STRING>
1152is interpreted and executed as @@RXVT_NAME@@'s control sequence (basically
1153the opposite of C<string:> - instead of sending it to the program running
1154in the terminal, it will be treated as if it were program output). This is
1155most useful to feed command sequences into @@RXVT_NAME@@.
1156
1157For example the following means "change the current locale to C<zh_CN.GBK>
1158when Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
1159
1160 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
1161
1162The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
1163the fonts C<suxuseuro> and C<9x15bold>, so you can have some limited
1164font-switching at runtime:
1165
1166 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
1167 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
1168
1169Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(7) for more
1170info):
1171
1172 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
1173 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
1174
1175=item builtin:
1176
1177The builtin action is the action that @@RXVT_NAME@@ would execute if no
1178key binding existed for the key combination. The obvious use is to undo
1179the effect of existing bindings. The not so obvious use is to reinstate
1180bindings when another binding overrides too many modifiers.
1181
1182For example if you overwrite the C<Insert> key you will disable
1183@@RXVT_NAME@@'s C<Shift-Insert> mapping. To re-enable that, you can poke
1184"holes" into the user-defined keymap using the C<builtin:> replacement:
1185
1186 URxvt.keysym.Insert: <my insert key sequence>
1187 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin:
1188
1189The first line defines a mapping for C<Insert> and I<any> combination
1190of modifiers. The second line re-establishes the default mapping for
1191C<Shift-Insert>.
1192
1193=item builtin-string:
1194
1195This action is mainly useful to restore string mappings for keys that
1196have predefined actions in @@RXVT_NAME@@. The exact semantics are a bit
1197difficult to explain - basically, this action will send the string to the
1198application that would be sent if @@RXVT_NAME@@ wouldn't have a built-in
1199action for it.
1200
1201An example might make it clearer: @@RXVT_NAME@@ normally pastes the
1202selection when you press C<Shift-Insert>. With the following bindings, it
1203would instead emit the (undocumented, but what applications running in the
1204terminal might expect) sequence C<ESC [ 2 $> instead:
1205
1206 URxvt.keysym.S-Insert: builtin-string:
1207 URxvt.keysym.C-S-Insert: builtin:
1208
1209The first line disables the paste functionality for that key
1210combination, and the second reinstates the default behaviour for
1211C<Control-Shift-Insert>, which would otherwise be overridden.
1212
1213Similarly, to let applications gain access to the C<C-M-c> (copy to
1214clipboard) and C<C-M-v> (paste clipboard) key combination, you can do
1215this:
1216
1217 URxvt.keysym.C-M-c: builtin-string:
1218 URxvt.keysym.C-M-v: builtin-string:
1219
1220=item EXTENSION:STRING
1221
1222An action of this form invokes the action B<STRING>, if any, provided
1223by the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) extension B<EXTENSION>. The extension will
1224be loaded automatically if necessary.
1225
1226Not all extensions define actions, but popular extensions that do
1227include the I<selection> and I<matcher> extensions (documented in their
1228own manpages, @@RXVT_NAME@@-selection(1) and @@RXVT_NAME@@-matcher(1),
1229respectively).
1230
1231From the silly examples department, this will rot13-"encrypt"
1232@@RXVT_NAME@@'s selection when Alt-Control-c is pressed on typical PC
1233keyboards:
1234
1235 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: selection:rot13
1236
1237=item perl:STRING *DEPRECATED*
1238
1239This is a deprecated way of invoking commands provided by perl
1240extensions. It is still supported, but should not be used anymore.
1241
1242=back
1243
1244=item B<perl-ext-common>: I<string>
1245
1246=item B<perl-ext>: I<string>
1247
1248Comma-separated list(s) of perl extension scripts (default: C<default>) to
1249use in this terminal instance; option B<-pe>.
1250
1251Extension names can be prefixed with a C<-> sign to prohibit using
1252them. This can be useful to selectively disable some extensions loaded
1253by default, or specified via the C<perl-ext-common> resource. For
1254example, C<default,-selection> will use all the default extensions except
1255C<selection>.
1256
1257The default set includes the C<selection>, C<option-popup>,
1258C<selection-popup>, C<readline> and C<searchable-scrollback>
1259extensions, and extensions which are mentioned in B<keysym> resources.
1260
1261Any extension such that a corresponding resource is given on the
1262command line is automatically appended to B<perl-ext>.
1263
1264Each extension is looked up in the library directories, loaded if
1265necessary, and bound to the current terminal instance. When the library
1266search path contains multiple extension files of the same name, then the
1267first one found will be used.
1268
1269If both of these resources are the empty string, then the perl interpreter
1270will not be initialized. The rationale for having two options is that
1271B<perl-ext-common> will be used for extensions that should be available to
1272all instances, while B<perl-ext> is used for specific instances.
1273
1274=item B<perl-eval>: I<string>
1275
1276Perl code to be evaluated when all extensions have been registered. See
1277the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1278
1279=item B<perl-lib>: I<path>
1280
1281Colon-separated list of additional directories that hold extension
1282scripts. When looking for perl extensions, @@RXVT_NAME@@ will first look
1283in these directories, then in C<$URXVT_PERL_LIB>, F<$HOME/.urxvt/ext> and
1284lastly in F<@@RXVT_LIBDIR@@/urxvt/perl/>.
1285
1286See the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage.
1287
1288=item B<< selection.pattern-I<idx> >>: I<perl-regex>
1289
1290Additional selection patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage for
1291details.
1292
1293=item B<< selection-autotransform.I<idx> >>: I<perl-transform>
1294
1295Selection auto-transform patterns, see the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage
1296for details.
1297
1298=item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym> *DEPRECATED*
1299
1300This resource is deprecated and will be removed. Use a B<keysym> resource
1301instead, e.g.:
1302
1303 URxvt.keysym.M-s: searchable-scrollback:start
1304
1305=item B<url-launcher>: I<string>
1306
1307Specifies the program to be started with a URL argument. Used by the
1308C<selection-popup> and C<matcher> perl extensions.
1309
1310=item B<transient-for>: I<windowid>
1311
1312Compile I<frills>: Sets the WM_TRANSIENT_FOR property to the given window id.
1313
1314=item B<override-redirect>: I<boolean>
1315
1316Compile I<frills>: Sets override-redirect for the terminal window, making
1317it almost invisible to window managers; option B<-override-redirect>.
1318
1319=item B<iso14755:> I<boolean>
1320
1321Turn on/off ISO 14755 (default enabled).
1322
1323=item B<iso14755_52:> I<boolean>
1324
1325Turn on/off ISO 14755 5.2 mode (default enabled).
1326
1327=back
1328
1329=head1 BACKGROUND IMAGE OPTIONS AND RESOURCES
1330
1331=over 4
1332
1333=item B<-pixmap> I<file[;oplist]>
1334
1335=item B<backgroundPixmap:> I<file[;oplist]>
1336
1337Compile I<pixbuf>: Use the specified image file as the window's
1338background and also optionally specify a colon separated list of
1339operations to modify it. Note that you may need to quote the C<;>
1340character when using the command line option, as C<;> is usually a
1341metacharacter in shells. Supported operations are:
1342
1343=over 4
1344
1345=item B<WxH+X+Y>
1346
1347sets scale and position. B<"W" / "H"> specify the horizontal/vertical
1348scale (percent), and B<"X" / "Y"> locate the image centre (percent). A
1349scale of 0 disables scaling.
1350
1351=item B<op=tile>
1352
1353enables tiling
1354
1355=item B<op=keep-aspect>
1356
1357maintain the image aspect ratio when scaling
1358
1359=item B<op=root-align>
1360
1361use the position of the terminal window relative to the root window as
1362the image offset, simulating a root window background
1363
1364=back
1365
1366The default scale and position setting is C<100x100+50+50>.
1367Alternatively, a predefined set of templates can be used to achieve
1368the most common setups:
1369
1370=over 4
1371
1372=item B<style=tiled>
1373
1374the image is tiled with no scaling. Equivalent to 0x0+0+0:op=tile
1375
1376=item B<style=aspect-stretched>
1377
1378the image is scaled to fill the whole window maintaining the aspect
1379ratio and centered. Equivalent to 100x100+50+50:op=keep-aspect
1380
1381=item B<style=stretched>
1382
1383the image is scaled to fill the whole window. Equivalent to 100x100
1384
1385=item B<style=centered>
1386
1387the image is centered with no scaling. Equivalent to 0x0+50+50
1388
1389=item B<style=root-tiled>
1390
1391the image is tiled with no scaling and using 'root' positioning.
1392Equivalent to 0x0:op=tile:op=root-align
1393
1394=back
1395
1396If multiple templates are specified the last one wins. Note that a
1397template overrides all the scale, position and operations settings.
1398
1399If used in conjunction with pseudo-transparency, the specified pixmap
1400will be blended over the transparent background using alpha-blending.
1401
1402=item B<-tr>|B<+tr>
1403
1404=item B<transparent:> I<boolean>
1405
1406Turn on/off pseudo-transparency by using the root pixmap as background.
1407
1408B<-ip> (B<inheritPixmap>) is still accepted as an obsolete alias but
1409will be removed in future versions.
1410
1411=item B<-tint> I<colour>
1412
1413=item B<tintColor:> I<colour>
1414
1415Tint the transparent background with the given colour. Note that a
1416black tint yields a completely black image while a white tint yields
1417the image unchanged.
1418
1419=item B<-sh> I<number>
1420
1421=item B<shading:> I<number>
1422
1423Darken (0 .. 99) or lighten (101 .. 200) the transparent background.
1424A value of 100 means no shading.
1425
1426=item B<-blr> I<HxV>
1427
1428=item B<blurRadius:> I<HxV>
1429
1430Apply gaussian blur with the specified radius to the transparent
1431background. If a single number is specified, the vertical and
1432horizontal radii are considered to be the same. Setting one of the
1433radii to 1 and the other to a large number creates interesting effects
1434on some backgrounds. The maximum radius value is 128. An horizontal or
1435vertical radius of 0 disables blurring.
1436
1437=item B<path:> I<path>
1438
1439Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding background image files.
706 1440
707=back 1441=back
708 1442
709=head1 THE SCROLLBAR 1443=head1 THE SCROLLBAR
710 1444
724the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta 1458the normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta
725(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action. 1459(Alt) key while performing the desired mouse action.
726 1460
727If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 1461If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
728disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 1462disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
729application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC[6~> 1463application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends B<ESC [ 6 ~>
730(Next) and B<ESC[5~> (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the 1464(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), 1465up and down arrows sends B<ESC [ A> (Up) and B<ESC [ B> (Down),
732respectively. 1466respectively.
733 1467
734=head1 TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 1468=head1 THE SELECTION: SELECTING AND PASTING TEXT
735 1469
736The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 1470The behaviour of text selection and insertion/pasting mechanism is similar
737I<xterm>(1). 1471to I<xterm>(1).
738 1472
739=over 4 1473=over 4
740 1474
741=item B<Selection>: 1475=item B<Selecting>:
742 1476
743Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the 1477Left 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 1478and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left double-click
745double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire 1479to select a word; Left triple-click to select the entire logical line
746line. 1480(which can span multiple screen lines), unless modified by resource
1481B<tripleclickwords>.
747 1482
1483Starting a selection while pressing the B<Meta> key (or B<Meta+Ctrl> keys)
1484(Compile: I<frills>) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
1485normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in the
1486selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and removed from
1487the selection.
1488
748=item B<Insertion>: 1489=item B<Pasting>:
749 1490
750Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or B<Shift-Insert>) in 1491Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button in an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@>
751an B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> window causes the current text selection to be 1492window causes the value of the PRIMARY selection (or CLIPBOARD with the
752inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard. 1493B<Meta> modifier) to be inserted as if it had been typed on the keyboard.
1494
1495Pressing B<Shift-Insert> causes the value of the PRIMARY selection to be
1496inserted too.
1497
1498rxvt-unicode also provides the bindings B<Ctrl-Meta-c> and
1499<Ctrl-Meta-v> to interact with the CLIPBOARD selection. The first
1500binding causes the value of the internal selection to be copied to the
1501CLIPBOARD selection, while the second binding causes the value of the
1502CLIPBOARD selection to be inserted.
753 1503
754=back 1504=back
755 1505
756=head1 CHANGING FONTS 1506=head1 CHANGING FONTS
757 1507
758You can change fonts on-the-fly, which is to say cycle through the 1508Changing 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 1509supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this.
760B<Shift-KP_Subtract>. Or, alternatively (if enabled) with 1510
761B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@BIGFONT@@> and B<@@HOTKEY@@-@@SMALLFONT@@>, where the 1511You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences, e.g.:
762actual key can be selected using resources 1512
763B<smallfont_key>/B<bigfont_key>. 1513 printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
1514
1515You can use keyboard shortcuts, too:
1516
1517 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
1518 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
1519
1520rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so far.
764 1521
765=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT 1522=head1 ISO 14755 SUPPORT
766 1523
767Partial ISO 14755-support is implemented. that means that pressing 1524ISO 14755 is a standard for entering and viewing unicode characters
1525and character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The
1526first part is available if rxvt-unicode has been compiled with
1527C<--enable-frills>, the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled
1528with C<--enable-iso14755>.
768 1529
769Section 5.1: Control and Shift together enters unicode input 1530=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 1531
774Section 5.2: Pressing and immediately releasing Control and Shift together 1532=item * 5.1: Basic method
775enters keycap entry mode for the next key: pressing a function key (tab, 1533
776return etc..) will enter the unicode character corresponding to the given 1534This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
777key. 1535
1536Start by pressing and holding both C<Control> and C<Shift>, then enter
1537hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing C<Control> and C<Shift> will
1538commit the character as if it were typed directly. While holding down
1539C<Control> and C<Shift> you can also enter multiple characters by pressing
1540C<Space>, which will commit the current character and lets you start a new
1541one.
1542
1543As an example of use, imagine a business card with a japanese e-mail
1544address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
1545address printed as hexcodes, e.g. C<671d 65e5>. You can enter this easily
1546by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift>, followed by C<6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5>,
1547followed by releasing the modifier keys.
1548
1549=item * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
1550
1551This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols of
1552your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
1553
1554Start by pressing C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then releasing
1555them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will not
1556invoke its usual function but instead will insert the corresponding
1557keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when the key has been
1558released, otherwise pressing e.g. C<Shift> would enter the symbol for
1559C<ISO Level 2 Switch>, although your intention might have been to enter a
1560reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
1561
1562=item * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
1563
1564While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
1565mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character map.
1566
1567=item * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later input
1568
1569This method lets you display the unicode character code associated with
1570characters already displayed.
1571
1572You enter this mode by holding down C<Control> and C<Shift> together, then
1573pressing and holding the left mouse button and moving around. The unicode
1574hex code(s) (it might be a combining character) of the character under the
1575pointer is displayed until you release C<Control> and C<Shift>.
1576
1577In addition to the hex codes it will display the font used to draw this
1578character - due to implementation reasons, characters combined with
1579combining characters, line drawing characters and unknown characters will
1580always be drawn using the built-in support font.
1581
1582=back
1583
1584With respect to conformance, rxvt-unicode is supposed to be compliant to
1585both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
778 1586
779=head1 LOGIN STAMP 1587=head1 LOGIN STAMP
780 1588
781B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> tries to write an entry into the I<utmp>(5) file so 1589B<@@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. 1590it 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 1591allow this feature, B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> may need to be installed setuid root
784some systems. 1592on some systems or setgid to root or to some other group on others.
785 1593
786=head1 COLORS AND GRAPHICS 1594=head1 COLOURS AND GRAPHICS
787 1595
788In addition to the default foreground and background colours, 1596In addition to the default foreground and background colours,
789B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus 1597B<@@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 1598high-intensity (potentially bold/blink) versions of the same, and 72 (or
791colours with their B<rgb.txt> names. 1599240 in 256 colour mode) colours arranged in an 4x4x4 (or 6x6x6) colour RGB
1600cube plus a 8 (24) colour greyscale ramp.
1601
1602Here is a list of the ANSI colours with their names.
792 1603
793=begin table 1604=begin table
794 1605
795 B<color0> (black) = Black 1606 B<color0> (black) = Black
796 B<color1> (red) = Red3 1607 B<color1> (red) = Red3
816It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>, 1627It is also possible to specify the colour values of B<foreground>,
817B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as 1628B<background>, B<cursorColor>, B<cursorColor2>, B<colorBD>, B<colorUL> as
818a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of 1629a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
819color0-color15. 1630color0-color15.
820 1631
1632The following text gives values for the standard 88 colour mode (and
1633values for the 256 colour mode in parentheses).
1634
1635The RGB cube uses indices 16..79 (16..231) using the following formulas:
1636
1637 index_88 = (r * 4 + g) * 4 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..3
1638 index_256 = (r * 6 + g) * 6 + b + 16 # r, g, b = 0..5
1639
1640The grayscale ramp uses indices 80..87 (232..239), from 10% to 90% in 10%
1641steps (1/26 to 25/26 in 1/26 steps) - black and white are already part of
1642the RGB cube.
1643
1644Together, all those colours implement the 88 (256) colour xterm
1645colours. Only the first 16 can be changed using resources currently, the
1646rest can only be changed via command sequences ("escape codes").
1647
1648Applications are advised to use terminfo or command sequences to discover
1649number and RGB values of all colours (yes, you can query this...).
1650
821Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by 1651Note that B<-rv> (B<"reverseVideo: True">) simulates reverse video by
822always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to 1652always swapping the foreground/background colours. This is in contrast to
823I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise 1653I<xterm>(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise
824been specified. For example, 1654been specified. For example,
825 1655
1656 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv
1657
1658would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black on
1659White.
1660
1661=head2 ALPHA CHANNEL SUPPORT
1662
1663If Xft support has been compiled in and as long as Xft/Xrender/X don't get
1664their act together, rxvt-unicode will do its own alpha channel management:
1665
1666You can prefix any colour with an opaqueness percentage enclosed in
1667brackets, i.e. C<[percent]>, where C<percent> is a decimal percentage
1668(0-100) that specifies the opacity of the colour, where C<0> is completely
1669transparent and C<100> is completely opaque. For example, C<[50]red> is a
1670half-transparent red, while C<[95]#00ff00> is an almost opaque green. This
1671is the recommended format to specify transparency values, and works with
1672all ways to specify a colour.
1673
1674For complete control, rxvt-unicode also supports
1675C<rgba:rrrr/gggg/bbbb/aaaa> (exactly four hex digits/component) colour
1676specifications, where the additional C<aaaa> component specifies opacity
1677(alpha) values. The minimum value of C<0000> is completely transparent,
1678while C<ffff> is completely opaque). The two example colours from
1679earlier could also be specified as C<rgba:ff00/0000/0000/8000> and
1680C<rgba:0000/ff00/0000/f332>.
1681
1682You probably need to specify B<"-depth 32">, too, to force a visual with
1683alpha channels, and have the luck that your X-server uses ARGB pixel
1684layout, as X is far from just supporting ARGB visuals out of the box, and
1685rxvt-unicode just fudges around.
1686
1687For example, the following selects an almost completely transparent black
1688background, and an almost opaque pink foreground:
1689
1690 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/4444 -fg "[80]pink"
1691
1692When not using a background image, then the interpretation of the
1693alpha channel is up to your compositing manager (most interpret it as
1694transparency of course).
1695
1696When using a background pixmap or pseudo-transparency, then the background
1697colour will always behave as if it were completely transparent (so the
1698background image shows instead), regardless of how it was specified, while
1699other colours will either be transparent as specified (the background
1700image will show through) on servers supporting the RENDER extension, or
1701fully opaque on servers not supporting the RENDER EXTENSION.
1702
1703Please note that due to bugs in Xft, specifying alpha values might result
1704in garbage being displayed when the X-server does not support the RENDER
1705extension.
1706
1707=head1 ENVIRONMENT
1708
1709B<@@RXVT_NAME@@> sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
1710
826=over 4 1711=over 4
827 1712
828=item B<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fg Black -bg White -rv> 1713=item B<TERM>
829 1714
830would yield White on Black, while on I<xterm>(1) it would yield Black 1715Normally set to C<rxvt-unicode>, unless overwritten at configure time, via
831on White. 1716resources or on the command line.
1717
1718=item B<COLORTERM>
1719
1720Either C<rxvt>, C<rxvt-xpm>, depending on whether @@RXVT_NAME@@ was
1721compiled with background image support, and optionally with the added
1722extension C<-mono> to indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome
1723screen.
1724
1725=item B<COLORFGBG>
1726
1727Set to a string of the form C<fg;bg> or C<fg;xpm;bg>, where C<fg> is
1728the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the string
1729C<default> to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence is to be
1730used), C<bg> is the colour code used as default background colour (or the
1731string C<default>), and C<xpm> is the string C<default> if @@RXVT_NAME@@
1732was compiled with background image support. Libraries like C<ncurses>
1733and C<slang> can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1734
1735=item B<WINDOWID>
1736
1737Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the @@RXVT_NAME@@ window (the toplevel
1738window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1739window and so on).
1740
1741=item B<TERMINFO>
1742
1743Set to the terminfo directory iff @@RXVT_NAME@@ was configured with
1744C<--with-terminfo=PATH>.
1745
1746=item B<DISPLAY>
1747
1748Used by @@RXVT_NAME@@ to connect to the display and set to the correct
1749display in its child processes if C<-display> isn't used to override. It
1750defaults to C<:0> if it doesn't exist.
1751
1752=item B<SHELL>
1753
1754The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to C</bin/sh>.
1755
1756=item B<RXVT_SOCKET> [I<sic>]
1757
1758The unix domain socket path used by @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1) and
1759@@RXVT_NAME@@d(1).
1760
1761Default F<<< $HOME/.urxvt/urxvtd-I<< <nodename> >> >>>.
1762
1763=item B<URXVT_PERL_LIB>
1764
1765Additional F<:>-separated library search path for perl extensions. Will be
1766searched after B<-perl-lib> but before F<~/.urxvt/ext> and the system library
1767directory.
1768
1769=item B<URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY>
1770
1771See L<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl>(3).
1772
1773=item B<HOME>
1774
1775Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1776daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1777C<.Xdefaults>)
1778
1779=item B<XAPPLRESDIR>
1780
1781Directory where application-specific X resource files are located.
1782
1783=item B<XENVIRONMENT>
1784
1785If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be loaded by
1786@@RXVT_NAME@@.
832 1787
833=back 1788=back
834 1789
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 1790=head1 FILES
845 1791
846=over 4 1792=over 4
847 1793
848=item B</etc/utmp>
849
850System file for login records.
851
852=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt> 1794=item B</usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt>
853 1795
854Color names. 1796Colour names.
855 1797
856=back 1798=back
857 1799
858=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) 1800=head1 SEE ALSO
1801
1802@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), @@RXVT_NAME@@c(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@d(1), @@RXVT_NAME@@-extensions(1),
1803@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1804
1805=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
859 1806
860=over 4 1807=over 4
861 1808
862=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 1809=item Project Coordinator
863 1810
864The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). For rxvt-unicode 1811Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>.
865version 2.14 and later, the escape sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window
866title to the version number.
867 1812
868=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. 1813L<http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode.html>
869
870Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
871some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
872heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
873quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
874depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
875
876=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
877
878If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
879standard foreground colour.
880
881For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
882text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
883colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
884ignored.
885
886On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
887foreground/background colors.
888
889color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
890
891color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
892
893=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
894
895You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
896resources (or as long-options).
897
898Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
899including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
900
901 Rxvt*color0: #000000
902 Rxvt*color1: #A80000
903 Rxvt*color2: #00A800
904 Rxvt*color3: #A8A800
905 Rxvt*color4: #0000A8
906 Rxvt*color5: #A800A8
907 Rxvt*color6: #00A8A8
908 Rxvt*color7: #A8A8A8
909
910 Rxvt*color8: #000054
911 Rxvt*color9: #FF0054
912 Rxvt*color10: #00FF54
913 Rxvt*color11: #FFFF54
914 Rxvt*color12: #0000FF
915 Rxvt*color13: #FF00FF
916 Rxvt*color14: #00FFFF
917 Rxvt*color15: #FFFFFF
918
919=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
920
921Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
922BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
923question) there are two standard values that can be used for
924Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
925
926Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
927policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
928choice :).
929
930Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
931of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
932started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
933system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
934be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
935
936For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
937
938 # use Backspace = ^H
939 $ stty erase ^H
940 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
941
942 # use Backspace = ^?
943 $ stty erase ^?
944 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
945
946Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
947
948For an existing rxvt-unicode:
949
950 # use Backspace = ^H
951 $ stty erase ^H
952 $ echo -n "^[[36h"
953
954 # use Backspace = ^?
955 $ stty erase ^?
956 $ echo -n "^[[36l"
957
958This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
959if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
960properly reflects that.
961
962The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
963To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
964key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
965(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
966
967Some other Backspace problems:
968
969some editors use termcap/terminfo,
970some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
971GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
972
973Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
974
975=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
976
977There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
978you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
979use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym
9800xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
981
982Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270'
983
984 !# ----- special uses ------:
985 ! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys.
986 tn3270*font: *clean-bold-*-*--15-*
987
988 ! keysym - used by rxvt only
989 ! Delete - ^D
990 tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
991
992 ! Home - ^A
993 tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
994 ! Left - ^B
995 tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
996 ! Up - ^P
997 tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
998 ! Right - ^F
999 tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
1000 ! Down - ^N
1001 tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
1002 ! End - ^E
1003 tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
1004
1005 ! F1 - F12
1006 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
1007 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
1008 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
1009 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
1010 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
1011 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
1012 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
1013 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
1014 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
1015 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
1016 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
1017 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
1018
1019 ! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
1020 tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
1021 tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
1022
1023=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
1024How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1025has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
1026
1027 KP_Insert == Insert
1028 F22 == Print
1029 F27 == Home
1030 F29 == Prior
1031 F33 == End
1032 F35 == Next
1033
1034Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accomodate all the various possible keyboard
1035mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for
1036your particular machine.
1037
1038=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
1039I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
1040
1041rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
1042check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1043Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1044not to use color.
1045
1046=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
1047
1048If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and ahve enabled
1049insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1050snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1051wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1052the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1053regular xterm.
1054
1055Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
1056snippets:
1057
1058 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1059 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1060 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1061 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1062 echo -n '^[Z'
1063 read term_id
1064 stty icanon echo
1065 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1066 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1067 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1068 fi
1069 fi
1070
1071=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
1072
1073You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
1074one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
1075the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
1076 1814
1077=back 1815=back
1078 1816
1079=head1 SEE ALSO 1817=head1 AUTHORS
1080
1081@@RXVT_NAME@@(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
1082
1083=head1 BUGS
1084
1085Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list.
1086
1087Cursor change support is not yet implemented.
1088
1089Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
1090
1091=head1 CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
1092 1818
1093=over 4 1819=over 4
1094 1820
1095=item Project Coordinator 1821=item John Bovey
1096 1822
1097@@RXVTMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_MAINTEMAIL@@> 1823University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1098 1824
1099=item Web page maintainter 1825=item Rob Nation <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com>
1100 1826
1101@@RXVTWEBMAINT@@ L<@@RXVT_WEBMAINTEMAIL@@> 1827very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1102 1828
1103L<@@RXVT_WEBPAGE@@> 1829=item Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk>
1830
1831wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1832
1833=item mj olesen <olesen@me.QueensU.CA>
1834
1835Wrote the menu system.
1836
1837Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1838
1839=item Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de>
1840
1841Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1842
1843=item Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>
1844
1845Rewrote screen display and text selection routines.
1846
1847Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1848
1849=item Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>
1850
1851Forked rxvt-unicode, unicode support, rewrote almost all the code, perl
1852extension, random hacks, numerous bugfixes and extensions.
1853
1854Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1855
1856=item Emanuele Giaquinta <emanuele.giaquinta@gmail.com>
1857
1858pty/utmp code rewrite, image code improvements, many random hacks and bugfixes.
1104 1859
1105=back 1860=back
1106 1861
1107=head1 AUTHORS
1108
1109=over 4
1110
1111=item John Bovey
1112
1113University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
1114
1115=item Rob Nation L<< <nation@rocket.sanders.lockheed.com> >>
1116
1117very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1118
1119=item Angelo Haritsis L<< <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> >>
1120
1121wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1122
1123=item mj olesen L<< <olesen@me.QueensU.CA> >>
1124
1125Wrote the menu system.
1126
1127Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.11 to 2.21)
1128
1129=item Oezguer Kesim L<< <kesim@math.fu-berlin.de> >>
1130
1131Project Coordinator (changes.txt 2.21a to 2.4.5)
1132
1133=item Geoff Wing L<< <gcw@pobox.com> >>
1134
1135Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project Coordinator
1136(changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1137
1138=item Marc Alexander Lehmann L<< <rxvt@schmorp.de> >>
1139
1140Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
1141character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
1142compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
1143
1144Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)
1145
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