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| 5 | SYNOPSIS |
5 | SYNOPSIS |
| 6 | rxvt [options] [-e command [ args ]] |
6 | rxvt [options] [-e command [ args ]] |
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| 8 | DESCRIPTION |
8 | DESCRIPTION |
| 9 | rxvt-unicode, version 5.6, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator intended |
9 | rxvt-unicode, version 6.2, 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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| 93 | Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource reverseVideo. |
93 | Turn on/off simulated reverse video; resource reverseVideo. |
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| 95 | -j|+j |
95 | -j|+j |
| 96 | Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource jumpScroll. |
96 | Turn on/off jump scrolling; resource jumpScroll. |
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| 98 | -ip|+ip |
98 | -ip|+ip | -tr|+tr |
| 99 | Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is |
99 | Turn on/off inheriting parent window's pixmap. Alternative form is |
| 100 | -tr; resource inheritPixmap. |
100 | -tr; resource inheritPixmap. |
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| 102 | -fade *number* |
102 | -fade *number* |
| 103 | Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. resource |
103 | Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. Small |
| 104 | fading. |
104 | values fade a little only, 100 completely replaces all colours by |
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105 | the fade colour; resource fading. |
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107 | -fadecolor *colour* |
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108 | Fade to this colour when fading is used (see -fade). The default |
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109 | colour is black. resource fadeColor. |
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| 106 | -tint *colour* |
111 | -tint *colour* |
| 107 | Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when |
112 | Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour when |
| 108 | transparency is enabled with -tr or -ip. See also the -sh option |
113 | transparency is enabled with -tr or -ip. This only works for |
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114 | non-tiled backgrounds, currently. See also the -sh option that can |
| 109 | that can be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to |
115 | be used to brighten or darken the image in addition to tinting it; |
| 110 | tinting it. |
116 | resource *tintColor*. Example: |
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118 | rxvt -tr -tint blue -sh 40 |
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| 112 | -sh *number* Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent |
120 | -sh *number* Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent |
| 113 | background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. -tint must be |
121 | background image in addition to tinting it (i.e. -tint must be |
| 114 | specified, too, e.g. "-tint white"). |
122 | specified, too, e.g. "-tint white"). |
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| 165 | characters are to be printed. See resource italicFont for details. |
173 | characters are to be printed. See resource italicFont for details. |
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| 167 | -fbi *fontlist* |
175 | -fbi *fontlist* |
| 168 | Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold |
176 | Compile font-styles: The bold italic font list to use when bold |
| 169 | characters are to be printed. See resource boldItalicFont for |
177 | characters are to be printed. See resource boldItalicFont for |
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178 | details. |
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180 | -is|+is |
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181 | Compile font-styles: Bold/Italic font styles imply high intensity |
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182 | foreground/background (default). See resource intensityStyles for |
| 170 | details. |
183 | details. |
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184 | |
| 172 | -name *name* |
185 | -name *name* |
| 173 | Specify the application name under which resources are to be |
186 | Specify the application name under which resources are to be |
| 174 | obtained, rather than the default executable file name. Name should |
187 | obtained, rather than the default executable file name. Name should |
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| 259 | on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last on |
272 | on the command line. If this option is used, it must be the last on |
| 260 | the command-line. If there is no -e option then the default is to |
273 | the command-line. If there is no -e option then the default is to |
| 261 | run the program specified by the SHELL environment variable or, |
274 | run the program specified by the SHELL environment variable or, |
| 262 | failing that, *sh(1)*. |
275 | failing that, *sh(1)*. |
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277 | Please note that you must specify a program with arguments. If you |
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278 | want to run shell commands, you have to specify the shell, like |
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279 | this: |
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281 | rxvt -e sh -c "shell commands" |
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| 264 | -title *text* |
283 | -title *text* |
| 265 | Window title (-T still respected); the default title is the basename |
284 | Window title (-T still respected); the default title is the basename |
| 266 | of the program specified after the -e option, if any, otherwise the |
285 | of the program specified after the -e option, if any, otherwise the |
| 267 | application name; resource title. |
286 | application name; resource title. |
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| 310 | secondaryScreen. |
329 | secondaryScreen. |
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| 312 | -ssr|+ssr |
331 | -ssr|+ssr |
| 313 | Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource |
332 | Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled); resource |
| 314 | secondaryScroll. |
333 | secondaryScroll. |
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335 | -hold|+hold |
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336 | Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, rxvt will |
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337 | not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within |
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338 | it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by |
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339 | the user; resource hold. |
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| 316 | -keysym.*sym* *string* |
341 | -keysym.*sym* *string* |
| 317 | Remap a key symbol. See resource keysym. |
342 | Remap a key symbol. See resource keysym. |
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| 319 | -embed *windowid* |
344 | -embed *windowid* |
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| 467 | True: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving |
492 | True: make the background inherit the parent windows' pixmap, giving |
| 468 | artificial transparency. False: do not inherit the parent windows' |
493 | artificial transparency. False: do not inherit the parent windows' |
| 469 | pixmap. |
494 | pixmap. |
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| 471 | fading: *number* |
496 | fading: *number* |
| 472 | Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost. |
497 | Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost; option |
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498 | -fade. |
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500 | fadeColor: *colour* |
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501 | Fade to this colour, when fading is used (see fading:). The default |
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502 | colour is black; option -fadecolor. |
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| 474 | tintColor: *colour* |
504 | tintColor: *colour* |
| 475 | Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour. |
505 | Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour; option |
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506 | -tint. |
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| 477 | shading: *number* |
508 | shading: *number* |
| 478 | Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background |
509 | Darken (0 .. 100) or lighten (-1 .. -100) the transparent background |
| 479 | image in addition to tinting it. |
510 | image in addition to tinting it. |
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| 570 | tried. |
601 | tried. |
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| 572 | If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the |
603 | If set, but empty, then this specific style is disabled and the |
| 573 | normal text font will being used for the given style. |
604 | normal text font will being used for the given style. |
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606 | intensityStyles: *boolean* |
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607 | When font styles are not enabled, or this option is enabled (True, |
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608 | option -is, the default), bold and italic font styles imply high |
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609 | intensity foreground/backround colours. Disabling this option |
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610 | (False, option +is) disables this behaviour, the high intensity |
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611 | colours are not reachable. |
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| 575 | selectstyle: *mode* |
613 | selectstyle: *mode* |
| 576 | Set mouse selection style to old which is 2.20, oldword which is |
614 | Set mouse selection style to old which is 2.20, oldword which is |
| 577 | xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which |
615 | xterm style with 2.20 old word selection, or anything else which |
| 578 | gives xterm style selection. |
616 | gives xterm style selection. |
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| 756 | insecure: *boolean* |
794 | insecure: *boolean* |
| 757 | Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences |
795 | Enables "insecure" mode. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences |
| 758 | that echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This |
796 | that echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale. This |
| 759 | could be abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, |
797 | could be abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display, |
| 760 | whether throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or |
798 | whether through a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or |
| 761 | though write(1). Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default. |
799 | through write(1) or any other means. Therefore, these sequences are |
| 762 | (Note that other terminals, including xterm, have these sequences |
800 | disabled by default. (Note that many other terminals, including |
| 763 | enabled by default). You can enable them by setting this boolean |
801 | xterm, have these sequences enabled by default, which doesn't make |
| 764 | resource or specifying -insecure as an option. At the moment, this |
802 | it safer, though). |
| 765 | enabled display-answer, locale, findfont, icon label and window |
803 | |
| 766 | title requests as well as dynamic menubar dispatch. |
804 | You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying |
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805 | -insecure as an option. At the moment, this enables display-answer, |
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806 | locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests as well as |
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807 | dynamic menubar dispatch. |
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| 768 | modifier: *modifier* |
809 | modifier: *modifier* |
| 769 | Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: alt, meta, hyper, |
810 | Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: alt, meta, hyper, |
| 770 | super, mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5; option -mod. |
811 | super, mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5; option -mod. |
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| 780 | secondaryScroll: *bool* |
821 | secondaryScroll: *bool* |
| 781 | Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this |
822 | Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled). If the this |
| 782 | option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the |
823 | option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will change the |
| 783 | scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will |
824 | scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen will |
| 784 | instead scroll the screen up. |
825 | instead scroll the screen up. |
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827 | hold: *bool* |
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828 | Turn on/off hold window after exit support. If enabled, rxvt will |
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829 | not immediately destroy its window when the program executed within |
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830 | it exits. Instead, it will wait till it is being killed or closed by |
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831 | the user. |
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| 786 | keysym.*sym*: *string* |
833 | keysym.*sym*: *string* |
| 787 | Compile *frills*: Associate *string* with keysym *sym*. The |
834 | Compile *frills*: Associate *string* with keysym *sym*. The |
| 788 | intervening resource name keysym. cannot be omitted. |
835 | intervening resource name keysym. cannot be omitted. |
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| 901 | entire logical line (which can span multiple screen lines), unless |
948 | entire logical line (which can span multiple screen lines), unless |
| 902 | modified by resource tripleclickwords. |
949 | modified by resource tripleclickwords. |
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| 904 | Starting a selection while pressing the Meta key (or Meta+Ctrl keys) |
951 | Starting a selection while pressing the Meta key (or Meta+Ctrl keys) |
| 905 | (Compile: *frills*) will create a rectangular selection instead of a |
952 | (Compile: *frills*) will create a rectangular selection instead of a |
| 906 | normal one. |
953 | normal one. In this mode, every selected row becomes its own line in |
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954 | the selection, and trailing whitespace is visually underlined and |
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955 | removed from the selection. |
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| 908 | Insertion: |
957 | Insertion: |
| 909 | Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or Shift-Insert) in |
958 | Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or Shift-Insert) in |
| 910 | an rxvt window causes the current text selection to be inserted as |
959 | an rxvt window causes the current text selection to be inserted as |
| 911 | if it had been typed on the keyboard. |
960 | if it had been typed on the keyboard. |
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| 915 | supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. |
964 | supported in rxvt-unicode. Bug me if you need this. |
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| 917 | You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and |
966 | You can, however, switch fonts at runtime using escape sequences (and |
| 918 | therefore using the menubar), e.g.: |
967 | therefore using the menubar), e.g.: |
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| 920 | printf '\e]701;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" |
969 | printf '\e]710;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" |
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| 922 | rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so |
971 | rxvt-unicode will automatically re-apply these fonts to the output so |
| 923 | far. |
972 | far. |
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| 925 | ISO 14755 SUPPORT |
974 | ISO 14755 SUPPORT |
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| 1094 | SEE ALSO |
1143 | SEE ALSO |
| 1095 | rxvt(7), rxvtc(1), rxvtd(1), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), |
1144 | rxvt(7), rxvtc(1), rxvtd(1), xterm(1), sh(1), resize(1), X(1), pty(4), |
| 1096 | tty(4), utmp(5) |
1145 | tty(4), utmp(5) |
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| 1098 | BUGS |
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| 1099 | Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list. |
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| 1101 | Cursor change support is not yet implemented. |
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| 1103 | Click-and-drag doesn't work with X11 mouse report overriding. |
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| 1105 | CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR |
1147 | CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR |
| 1106 | Project Coordinator |
1148 | Project Coordinator |
| 1107 | Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> |
1149 | Marc A. Lehmann <rxvt-unicode@schmorp.de> |
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| 1109 | <http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode> |
1151 | <http://software.schmorp.de/#rxvt-unicode> |
