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4 4
5SYNOPSIS 5SYNOPSIS
6 rxvt [options] [-e command [ args ]] 6 rxvt [options] [-e command [ args ]]
7 7
8DESCRIPTION 8DESCRIPTION
9 rxvt-unicode, version 4.8, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator intended 9 rxvt-unicode, version 5.3, 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.
14 14
15FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 15FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
16 See rxvt(7) (try "man 7 rxvt") for a list of frequently asked questions 16 See rxvt(7) (try "man 7 rxvt") for a list of frequently asked questions
17 and answer to them and some common problems. 17 and answer to them and some common problems. That document is also
18 accessible on the World-Wide-Web at
19 <http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
18 20
19RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT 21RXVT-UNICODE VS. RXVT
20 Unlike the original rxvt, rxvt-unicode stores all text in Unicode 22 Unlike the original rxvt, rxvt-unicode stores all text in Unicode
21 internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the 23 internally. That means it can store and display most scripts in the
22 world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very 24 world. Being a terminal emulator, however, some things are very
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118 Window foreground colour; resource foreground. 120 Window foreground colour; resource foreground.
119 121
120 -pixmap *file[;geom]* 122 -pixmap *file[;geom]*
121 Compile *XPM*: Specify XPM file for the background and also 123 Compile *XPM*: Specify XPM file for the background and also
122 optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may 124 optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string. Note you may
123 need to add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the `;' 125 need to add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of the ";"
124 in the command-line; resource backgroundPixmap. 126 in the command-line; resource backgroundPixmap.
125 127
126 -cr *colour* 128 -cr *colour*
127 The cursor colour; resource cursorColor. 129 The cursor colour; resource cursorColor.
128 130
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277 279
278 -im *text* 280 -im *text*
279 Compile *XIM*: input method name. resource inputMethod. 281 Compile *XIM*: input method name. resource inputMethod.
280 282
281 -imlocale *string* 283 -imlocale *string*
282 The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of 284 The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an "LC_CTYPE" of
283 e.g. de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the 285 e.g. "de_DE.UTF-8" for normal text processing but "ja_JP.EUC-JP" for
284 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while 286 the input extension to be able to input japanese characters while
285 staying in another locale. 287 staying in another locale. resource imLocale.
288
289 -imfont *fontset*
290 Set the font set to use for the X Input Method, see resource imFont
291 for more info.
292
293 -tcw
294 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
295 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the
296 selection the end of the logical line only. resource
297 tripleclickwords.
286 298
287 -insecure 299 -insecure
288 Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape 300 Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
289 sequences that echo strings. See the resource insecure for more 301 sequences that echo strings. See the resource insecure for more
290 info. 302 info.
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299 311
300 -ssr|+ssr 312 -ssr|+ssr
301 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource 313 Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource
302 secondaryScroll. 314 secondaryScroll.
303 315
304 -xrm *resourcestring* 316 -keysym.*sym* *string*
305 No effect on rxvt-unicode. Simply passes through an argument to be 317 Remap a key symbol. See resource keysym.
306 made available in the instance's argument list. Appears in 318
307 *WM_COMMAND* in some window managers. 319 -embed *windowid*
320 Tells rxvt to embed it's windows into an already-existing window,
321 which enables applications to easily embed a terminal.
322
323 Right now, rxvt will first unmap/map the specified window, so it
324 shouldn't be a top-level window. rxvt will also reconfigure it quite
325 a bit, so don't expect it to keep some specific state. It's best to
326 create an extra subwindow for rxvt and leave it alone.
327
328 The window will not be destroyed when rxvt exits.
329
330 It might be useful to know that rxvt will not close file descriptors
331 passed to it (except for stdin/out/err, of course), so you can use
332 file descriptors to communicate with the programs within the
333 terminal. This works regardless of wether the "-embed" option was
334 used or not.
335
336 Here is a short Gtk2-perl snippet that illustrates how this option
337 can be used (a longer example is in doc/embed):
338
339 my $rxvt = new Gtk2::Socket;
340 $rxvt->signal_connect_after (realize => sub {
341 my $xid = $_[0]->window->get_xid;
342 system "rxvt -embed $xid &";
343 });
344
345 -pty-fd *fileno*
346 Tells rxvt NOT to execute any commands or create a new pty/tty pair
347 but instead use the given filehandle as the tty master. This is
348 useful if you want to drive rxvt as a generic terminal emulator
349 without having to run a program within it.
350
351 If this switch is given, rxvt will not create any utmp/wtmp entries
352 and will not tinker with pty/tty permissions - you have to do that
353 yourself if you want that.
354
355 Here is a example in perl that illustrates how this option can be
356 used (a longer example is in doc/pty-fd):
357
358 use IO::Pty;
359 use Fcntl;
360
361 my $pty = new IO::Pty;
362 fcntl $pty, F_SETFD, 0; # clear close-on-exec
363 system "rxvt -pty-fd " . (fileno $pty) . "&";
364 close $pty;
365
366 # now communicate with rxvt
367 my $slave = $pty->slave;
368 while (<$slave>) { print $slave "got <$_>\n" }
308 369
309RESOURCES (available also as long-options) 370RESOURCES (available also as long-options)
310 Note: `rxvt --help' gives a list of all resources (long options) 371 Note: `rxvt --help' gives a list of all resources (long options)
311 compiled into your version. 372 compiled into your version.
312 373
313 There are two different methods that rxvt can use to get the Xresource 374 There are two different methods that rxvt can use to get the Xresource
314 data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal Xresources 375 data: using the X libraries (Xrm*-functions) or internal Xresources
315 reader (~/.Xdefaults). For the first method (ie. rxvt -h lists 376 reader (~/.Xdefaults). For the first method (ie. rxvt -h lists
316 XGetDefaults), you can set and change the resources using X11 tools like 377 XGetDefaults), you can set and change the resources using X11 tools like
317 xset. Many distribution do also load settings from the ~/.Xresources 378 xrdb. Many distribution do also load settings from the ~/.Xresources
318 file when X starts. 379 file when X starts. rxvt will consult the following files/resources in
380 order, with later settings overwriting earlier ones:
381
382 1. system-wide app-defaults file, either locale-dependent OR global
383 2. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
384 3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window OR $HOME/.Xdefaults
385 4. SCREEN_RESOURCES for the current screen
386 5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
319 387
320 If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. rxvt -h lists 388 If compiled with internal Xresources support (i.e. rxvt -h lists
321 .Xdefaults) then rxvt accepts application defaults set in 389 .Xdefaults) then rxvt accepts application defaults set in
322 XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually 390 XAPPLOADDIR/URxvt (compile-time defined: usually
323 /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt) and resources set in ~/.Xdefaults, or 391 /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/URxvt) and resources set in ~/.Xdefaults, or
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359 427
360 colorBD: *colour* 428 colorBD: *colour*
361 colorIT: *colour* 429 colorIT: *colour*
362 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when 430 Use the specified colour to display bold or italic characters when
363 the foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not 431 the foreground colour is the default. If font styles are not
364 available (Compile styles) and this option is unset, reverse video 432 available (Compile *styles*) and this option is unset, reverse video
365 is used instead. 433 is used instead.
366 434
367 colorUL: *colour* 435 colorUL: *colour*
368 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 436 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
369 foreground colour is the default. 437 foreground colour is the default.
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449 characters. The first font defines the cell size for characters; 517 characters. The first font defines the cell size for characters;
450 other fonts might be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default 518 other fonts might be smaller, but not larger. A reasonable default
451 font list is always appended to it. option -fn. 519 font list is always appended to it. option -fn.
452 520
453 Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with 521 Each font can either be a standard X11 core font (XLFD) name, with
454 optional prefix "x:" or a Xft font (Compile xft), prefixed with 522 optional prefix "x:" or a Xft font (Compile *xft*), prefixed with
455 "xft:". 523 "xft:".
456 524
457 In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and 525 In addition, each font can be prefixed with additional hints and
458 specifications enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). The only 526 specifications enclosed in square brackets ("[]"). The only
459 available hint currently is "codeset=codeset-name", and this is only 527 available hint currently is "codeset=codeset-name", and this is only
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566 True: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option -si. False: 634 True: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option -si. False:
567 do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option +si. 635 do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; option +si.
568 636
569 scrollWithBuffer: *boolean* 637 scrollWithBuffer: *boolean*
570 True: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and 638 True: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty receives new lines (and
571 scrollTtyOutput is False); option +sw. False: do not scroll with 639 scrollTtyOutput is False); option -sw. False: do not scroll with
572 scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option -sw. 640 scrollback buffer when tty recieves new lines; option +sw.
573 641
574 scrollTtyKeypress: *boolean* 642 scrollTtyKeypress: *boolean*
575 True: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special 643 True: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed. Special
576 keys are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special 644 keys are those which are intercepted by rxvt-unicode for special
577 handling and are not passed onto the shell; option -sk. False: do 645 handling and are not passed onto the shell; option -sk. False: do
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629 pointerColor2: *colour* 697 pointerColor2: *colour*
630 Mouse pointer background colour. 698 Mouse pointer background colour.
631 699
632 pointerBlankDelay: *number* 700 pointerBlankDelay: *number*
633 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]. 701 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2].
702 Use a large number (e.g. 987654321) to effectively disable the
703 timeout.
634 704
635 backspacekey: *string* 705 backspacekey: *string*
636 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to DEC 706 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed. If set to DEC
637 or unset it will send Delete (code 127) or, if shifted, Backspace 707 or unset it will send Delete (code 127) or, if shifted, Backspace
638 (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private 708 (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate DEC private
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654 724
655 inputMethod: *name* 725 inputMethod: *name*
656 *name* of inputMethod to use; option -im. 726 *name* of inputMethod to use; option -im.
657 727
658 imLocale: *name* 728 imLocale: *name*
659 The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an LC_CTYPE of 729 The locale to use for opening the IM. You can use an "LC_CTYPE" of
660 e.g. de_DE.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP.EUC-JP for the 730 e.g. "de_DE.UTF-8" for normal text processing but "ja_JP.EUC-JP" for
661 input extension to be able to input japanese characters while 731 the input extension to be able to input japanese characters while
662 staying in another locale. option -imlocale. 732 staying in another locale. option -imlocale.
733
734 imFont: *fontset*
735 Specify the font-set used for XIM styles "OverTheSpot" or
736 "OffTheSpot". It must be a standard X font set (XLFD patterns
737 separated by commas), i.e. it's not in the same format as the other
738 font lists used in rxvt. The default will be set-up to chose *any*
739 suitable found found, preferably one or two pixels differing in size
740 to the base font. option -imfont.
741
742 tripleclickwords: *boolean*
743 Change the meaning of triple-click selection with the left mouse
744 button. Instead of selecting a full line it will extend the
745 selection to the end of the logical line only. option -tcw.
663 746
664 insecure: *boolean* 747 insecure: *boolean*
665 Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences 748 Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences
666 that echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This 749 that echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This
667 could be abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, 750 could be abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display,
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690 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the 773 option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the
691 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will 774 scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will
692 instead scroll the screen up. 775 instead scroll the screen up.
693 776
694 keysym.*sym*: *string* 777 keysym.*sym*: *string*
695 Associate *string* with keysym *sym* (0xFF00 - 0xFFFF). It may 778 Compile *frills*: Associate *string* with keysym *sym*. The
696 contain escape values (\a: bell, \b: backspace, \e, \E: escape, \n:
697 newline, \r: return, \t: tab, \000: octal number) or control
698 characters (^?: delete, ^@: null, ^A ...) and may enclosed with
699 double quotes so that it can start or end with whitespace. The
700 intervening resource name keysym. cannot be omitted. This resource 779 intervening resource name keysym. cannot be omitted.
701 is only available when compiled with KEYSYM_RESOURCE. 780
781 The format of *sym* is "*(modifiers-)key*", where *modifiers* can be
782 any combination of ISOLevel3, AppKeypad, Control, NumLock, Shift,
783 Meta, Lock, Mod1, Mod2, Mod3, Mod4, Mod5, and the abbreviated I, K,
784 C, N, S, M, A, L, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
785
786 The NumLock, Meta and ISOLevel3 modifiers are usually aliased to
787 whatever modifier the NumLock key, Meta/Alt keys or ISO Level3
788 Shift/AltGr keys are being mapped. AppKeypad is a synthetic modifier
789 mapped to the current application keymap mode state.
790
791 The spellings of *key* can be obtained by using xev(1) command or
792 searching keysym macros from /usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h and
793 omitting the prefix XK_. Alternatively you can specify *key* by its
794 hex keysym value (0x0000 - 0xFFFF). Note that the lookup of *sym*s
795 is not performed in an exact manner; however, the closest match is
796 assured.
797
798 *string* may contain escape values ("\a": bell, "\b": backspace,
799 "\e", "\E": escape, "\n": newline, "\r": carriage return, "\t": tab,
800 "\000": octal number) or verbatim control characters ("^?": delete,
801 "^@": null, "^A" ...) and may be enclosed with double quotes so that
802 it can start or end with whitespace.
803
804 Please note that you need to double the "\" when using
805 "--enable-xgetdefault", as X itself does it's own de-escaping (you
806 can use "\033" instead of "\e" (and so on), which will work with
807 both Xt and rxvt's own processing).
808
809 You can define a range of keysyms in one shot by providing a
810 *string* with pattern list/PREFIX/MIDDLE/SUFFIX, where the delimeter
811 `/' should be a character not used by the strings.
812
813 Its usage can be demonstrated by an example:
814
815 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0x61: list|\033<M-C-|abc|>
816
817 The above line is equivalent to the following three lines:
818
819 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x61: \033<M-C-a>
820 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x62: \033<M-C-b>
821 URxvt.keysym.Meta-Control-0x63: \033<M-C-c>
822
823 If *string* takes the form of "command:STRING", the specified STRING
824 is interpreted and executed as rxvt's control sequence. For example
825 the following means "change the current locale to "zh_CN.GBK" when
826 Control-Meta-c is being pressed":
827
828 URxvt.keysym.M-C-c: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
829
830 The following example will map Control-Meta-1 and Control-Meta-2 to
831 the fonts "suxuseuro" and "9x15bold", so you can have some limited
832 font-switching at runtime:
833
834 URxvt.keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]50;suxuseuro\007
835 URxvt.keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]50;9x15bold\007
836
837 Other things are possible, e.g. resizing (see rxvt(7) for more
838 info):
839
840 URxvt.keysym.M-C-3: command:\033[8;25;80t
841 URxvt.keysym.M-C-4: command:\033[8;48;110t
702 842
703THE SCROLLBAR 843THE SCROLLBAR
704 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the rxvt window (resource: 844 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the rxvt window (resource:
705 saveLines) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar or by 845 saveLines) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar or by
706 keystrokes. The normal rxvt scrollbar has arrows and its behaviour is 846 keystrokes. The normal rxvt scrollbar has arrows and its behaviour is
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716 normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta (Alt) 856 normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta (Alt)
717 key while performing the desired mouse action. 857 key while performing the desired mouse action.
718 858
719 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are 859 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are
720 disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen 860 disabled -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen
721 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends ESC[6~ (Next) 861 application. Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends ESC [ 6 ~
722 and ESC[5~ (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the up and down 862 (Next) and ESC [ 5 ~ (Prior), respectively. Similarly, clicking on the
723 arrows sends ESC[A (Up) and ESC[B (Down), respectively. 863 up and down arrows sends ESC [ A (Up) and ESC [ B (Down), respectively.
724 864
725TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION 865TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION
726 The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to 866 The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
727 *xterm*(1). 867 *xterm*(1).
728 868
729 Selection: 869 Selection:
730 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the 870 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the
731 region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left 871 region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; Left
732 double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the 872 double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select the
733 entire line. 873 entire logical line (which can span multiple screen lines), unless
874 modified by resource tripleclickwords.
734 875
735 Starting a selection while pressing the Meta key (or Meta+Ctrl keys) 876 Starting a selection while pressing the Meta key (or Meta+Ctrl keys)
736 (Compile: frills) will create a rectangular selection instead of a 877 (Compile: *frills*) will create a rectangular selection instead of a
737 normal one. 878 normal one.
738 879
739 Insertion: 880 Insertion:
740 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or Shift-Insert) in 881 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or Shift-Insert) in
741 an rxvt window causes the current text selection to be inserted as 882 an rxvt window causes the current text selection to be inserted as
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758 character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The first 899 character codes using the keyboard. It consists of 4 parts. The first
759 part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with "--enable-frills", 900 part is available rxvt-unicode has been compiled with "--enable-frills",
760 the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled with 901 the rest is available when rxvt-unicode was compiled with
761 "--enable-iso14755". 902 "--enable-iso14755".
762 903
763 5.1: Basic method 904 * 5.1: Basic method
764 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode. 905 This allows you to enter unicode characters using their hexcode.
765 906
766 Start by pressing and holding both "Control" and "Shift", then enter 907 Start by pressing and holding both "Control" and "Shift", then enter
767 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing "Control" and "Shift" 908 hex-digits (between one and six). Releasing "Control" and "Shift"
768 will commit the character as if it were typed directly. While 909 will commit the character as if it were typed directly. While
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774 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail 915 address, which you cannot type. Fortunately, the card has the e-mail
775 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. "671d 65e5". You can enter this 916 address printed as hexcodes, e.g. "671d 65e5". You can enter this
776 easily by pressing "Control" and "Shift", followed by 917 easily by pressing "Control" and "Shift", followed by
777 "6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5", followed by releasing the modifier keys. 918 "6-7-1-D-SPACE-6-5-E-5", followed by releasing the modifier keys.
778 919
779 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method 920 * 5.2: Keyboard symbols entry method
780 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols 921 This mode lets you input characters representing the keycap symbols
781 of your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding. 922 of your keyboard, if representable in the current locale encoding.
782 923
783 Start by pressing "Control" and "Shift" together, then releasing 924 Start by pressing "Control" and "Shift" together, then releasing
784 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will 925 them. The next special key (cursor keys, home etc.) you enter will
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786 corresponding keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when 927 corresponding keycap symbol. The symbol will only be entered when
787 the key has been released, otherwise pressing e.g. "Shift" would 928 the key has been released, otherwise pressing e.g. "Shift" would
788 enter the symbol for "ISO Level 2 Switch", although your intention 929 enter the symbol for "ISO Level 2 Switch", although your intention
789 might have been to enter a reverse tab (Shift-Tab). 930 might have been to enter a reverse tab (Shift-Tab).
790 931
791 5.3: Screen-selection entry method 932 * 5.3: Screen-selection entry method
792 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection 933 While this is implemented already (it's basically the selection
793 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character 934 mechanism), it could be extended by displaying a unicode character
794 map. 935 map.
795 936
796 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later 937 * 5.4: Feedback method for identifying displayed characters for later
797 input 938 input
798 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated 939 This method lets you display the unicode character code associated
799 with characters already displayed. 940 with characters already displayed.
800 941
801 You enter this mode by holding down "Control" and "Shift" together, 942 You enter this mode by holding down "Control" and "Shift" together,
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813 both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2. 954 both scenario A and B of ISO 14755, including part 5.2.
814 955
815LOGIN STAMP 956LOGIN STAMP
816 rxvt tries to write an entry into the *utmp*(5) file so that it can be 957 rxvt tries to write an entry into the *utmp*(5) file so that it can be
817 seen via the *who(1)* command, and can accept messages. To allow this 958 seen via the *who(1)* command, and can accept messages. To allow this
818 feature, rxvt must be installed setuid root on some systems. 959 feature, rxvt may need to be installed setuid root on some systems or
960 setgid to root or to some other group on others.
819 961
820COLORS AND GRAPHICS 962COLORS AND GRAPHICS
821 In addition to the default foreground and background colours, rxvt can 963 In addition to the default foreground and background colours, rxvt can
822 display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus high-intensity bold/blink 964 display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus high-intensity bold/blink
823 versions of the same). Here is a list of the colours with their rgb.txt 965 versions of the same). Here is a list of the colours with their rgb.txt
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855 rxvt -fg Black -bg White -rv 997 rxvt -fg Black -bg White -rv
856 would yield White on Black, while on *xterm*(1) it would yield Black 998 would yield White on Black, while on *xterm*(1) it would yield Black
857 on White. 999 on White.
858 1000
859ENVIRONMENT 1001ENVIRONMENT
860 rxvt sets the environment variables TERM, COLORTERM and COLORFGBG. The 1002 rxvt sets and/or uses the following environment variables:
861 environment variable WINDOWID is set to the X window id number of the 1003
862 rxvt window and it also uses and sets the environment variable DISPLAY 1004 TERM
863 to specify which display terminal to use. rxvt uses the environment 1005 Normally set to "rxvt-unicode", unless overwritten at configure
864 variables RXVTPATH and PATH to find XPM files. 1006 time, via resources or on the commandline.
1007
1008 COLORTERM
1009 Either "rxvt", "rxvt-xpm", depending on wether rxvt was compiled
1010 with XPM support, and optionally with the added extension "-mono" to
1011 indicate that rxvt-unicode runs on a monochrome screen.
1012
1013 COLORFGBG
1014 Set to a string of the form "fg;bg" or "fg;xpm;bg", where "fg" is
1015 the colour code used as default foreground/text colour (or the
1016 string "default" to indicate that the default-colour escape sequence
1017 is to be used), "bg" is the colour code used as default background
1018 colour (or the string "default"), and "xpm" is the string "default"
1019 if rxvt was compiled with XPM support. Libraries like "ncurses" and
1020 "slang" can (and do) use this information to optimize screen output.
1021
1022 WINDOWID
1023 Set to the (decimal) X Window ID of the rxvt window (the toplevel
1024 window, which usually has subwindows for the scrollbar, the terminal
1025 window and so on).
1026
1027 TERMINFO
1028 Set to the terminfo directory iff rxvt was configured with
1029 "--with-terminfo=PATH".
1030
1031 DISPLAY
1032 Used by rxvt to connect to the display and set to the correct
1033 display in it's child processes.
1034
1035 SHELL
1036 The shell to be used for command execution, defaults to "/bin/sh".
1037
1038 RXVTPATH
1039 The path where rxvt looks for support files such as menu and xpm
1040 files.
1041
1042 PATH
1043 Used in the same way as "RXVTPATH".
1044
1045 RXVT_SOCKET
1046 The unix domain socket path used by rxvtc(1) and rxvtd(1).
1047
1048 Default "$HOME/.rxvt-unicode-<nodename".
1049
1050 HOME
1051 Used to locate the default directory for the unix domain socket for
1052 daemon communications and to locate various resource files (such as
1053 ".Xdefaults")
1054
1055 XAPPLRESDIR
1056 Directory where various X resource files are being located.
1057
1058 XENVIRONMENT
1059 If set and accessible, gives the name of a X resource file to be
1060 loaded by rxvt.
865 1061
866FILES 1062FILES
867 /etc/utmp
868 System file for login records.
869
870 /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt 1063 /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt
871 Color names. 1064 Color names.
872 1065
873SEE ALSO 1066SEE ALSO
874 rxvt(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5) 1067 rxvt(7), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), tty(4), utmp(5)
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880 1073
881 Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding. 1074 Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding.
882 1075
883CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR 1076CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR
884 Project Coordinator 1077 Project Coordinator
885 Marc A. Lehmann rxvt@schmorp.de 1078 Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>
886 1079
887 Web page maintainter
888 Marc A. Lehmann rxvt@schmorp.de
889
890 <http://software.schmorp.de/> 1080 <http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode>
891 1081
892AUTHORS 1082AUTHORS
893 John Bovey 1083 John Bovey
894 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt. 1084 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt.
895 1085
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909 1099
910 Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com> 1100 Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>
911 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project 1101 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines. Project
912 Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode) 1102 Coordinator (changes.txt 2.4.6 - rxvt-unicode)
913 1103
914 Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> 1104 Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de>
915 Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal 1105 Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and internal
916 character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm 1106 character handling to store text in unicode, improve xterm
917 compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions. 1107 compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes and extensions.
918 1108
919 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -) 1109 Project Coordinator (Changes 1.0 -)

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