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5SYNOPSIS 5SYNOPSIS
6 rxvt [options] [-e command [ args ]] 6 rxvt [options] [-e command [ args ]]
7 7
8DESCRIPTION 8DESCRIPTION
9 rxvt-unicode, version 5.9, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator intended 9 rxvt-unicode, version 6.1, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator intended
10 as an *xterm*(1) replacement for users who do not require features such 10 as an *xterm*(1) replacement for users who do not require features such
11 as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style configurability. As a 11 as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style configurability. As a
12 result, rxvt-unicode uses much less swap space -- a significant 12 result, rxvt-unicode uses much less swap space -- a significant
13 advantage on a machine serving many X sessions. 13 advantage on a machine serving many X sessions.
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267 on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last on 267 on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last on
268 the command-line. If there is no -e option then the default is to 268 the command-line. If there is no -e option then the default is to
269 run the program specified by the SHELL environment variable or, 269 run the program specified by the SHELL environment variable or,
270 failing that, *sh(1)*. 270 failing that, *sh(1)*.
271 271
272 Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you
273 want to run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like
274 this:
275
276 rxvt -e sh -c "shell commands"
277
272 -title *text* 278 -title *text*
273 Window title (-T still respected); the default title is the basename 279 Window title (-T still respected); the default title is the basename
274 of the program specified after the -e option, if any, otherwise the 280 of the program specified after the -e option, if any, otherwise the
275 application name; resource title. 281 application name; resource title.
276 282
318 secondaryScreen. 324 secondaryScreen.
319 325
320 -ssr|+ssr 326 -ssr|+ssr
321 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 327 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
322 secondaryScroll. 328 secondaryScroll.
329
330 -hold|+hold
331 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, rxvt will
332 not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
333 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by
334 the user; resource hold.
323 335
324 -keysym.*sym* *string* 336 -keysym.*sym* *string*
325 Remap a key symbol. See resource keysym. 337 Remap a key symbol. See resource keysym.
326 338
327 -embed *windowid* 339 -embed *windowid*
798 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this 810 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this
799 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 811 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
800 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 812 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
801 instead scroll the screen up. 813 instead scroll the screen up.
802 814
815 hold: *bool*
816 Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, rxvt will
817 not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within
818 it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by
819 the user.
820
803 keysym.*sym*: *string* 821 keysym.*sym*: *string*
804 Compile *frills*: Associate *string* with keysym *sym*. The 822 Compile *frills*: Associate *string* with keysym *sym*. The
805 intervening resource name keysym. cannot be omitted. 823 intervening resource name keysym. cannot be omitted.
806 824
807 The format of *sym* is "*(modifiers-)key*", where *modifiers* can be 825 The format of *sym* is "*(modifiers-)key*", where *modifiers* can be
918 entire logical line (which can span multiple screen lines), unless 936 entire logical line (which can span multiple screen lines), unless
919 modified by resource tripleclickwords. 937 modified by resource tripleclickwords.
920 938
921 Starting a selection while pressing the Meta key (or Meta+Ctrl keys) 939 Starting a selection while pressing the Meta key (or Meta+Ctrl keys)
922 (Compile: *frills*) will create a rectangular selection instead of a 940 (Compile: *frills*) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
923 normal one. 941 normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in
942 the selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and
943 removed from the selection.
924 944
925 Insertion: 945 Insertion:
926 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or Shift-Insert) in 946 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or Shift-Insert) in
927 an rxvt window causes the current text selection to be inserted as 947 an rxvt window causes the current text selection to be inserted as
928 if it had been typed on the keyboard. 948 if it had been typed on the keyboard.

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