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1.if !\n(.g .ab GNU tbl requires GNU troff. 1.if !\n(.g .ab GNU tbl requires GNU troff.
2.if !dTS .ds TS 2.if !dTS .ds TS
3.if !dTE .ds TE 3.if !dTE .ds TE
4.TH "RXVT" "1" "RXVTDATE()" "X Version 11" "X Tools" 4.TH "RXVT" "1" "2004-07-26" "X Version 11" "X Tools"
5.SH "NAME" 5.SH "NAME"
6rxvt (ouR XVT) \- a VT102 emulator for the X window system 6rxvt-unicode (ouR XVT, unicode) \- a VT102 emulator for the X window system
7.PP 7.PP
8.SH "SYNOPSIS" 8.SH "SYNOPSIS"
9.PP 9.PP
10\fBrxvt\fP [options] [-e command [ args ]] 10\fBrxvt\fP [options] [-e command [ args ]]
11.PP 11.PP
12.SH "DESCRIPTION" 12.SH "DESCRIPTION"
13.PP 13.PP
14\fBrxvt\fP, version \fBRXVTVERSION()\fP, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator 14\fBrxvt-unicode\fP, version \fB3\&.3\fP, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator
15intended as an \fIxterm\fP(1) replacement for users who do not require 15intended as an \fIxterm\fP(1) replacement for users who do not require
16features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style configurability\&. 16features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style configurability\&.
17As a result, \fBrxvt\fP uses much less swap space -- a significant 17As a result, \fBrxvt-unicode\fP uses much less swap space -- a significant
18advantage on a machine serving many X sessions\&. 18advantage on a machine serving many X sessions\&.
19.PP 19.PP
20.PP 20.PP
21.SH "OPTIONS" 21.SH "OPTIONS"
22.PP 22.PP
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32.PP 32.PP
33Note that \fBrxvt\fP permits the resource name to be used as a long-option 33Note that \fBrxvt\fP permits the resource name to be used as a long-option
34(--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are far greater than 34(--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are far greater than
35those listed\&. 35those listed\&.
36For example: `rxvt --loginShell --color1 Orange\&'\&. 36For example: `rxvt --loginShell --color1 Orange\&'\&.
37.PP
38Also note that if you do not explictly specify a font (\fB-fn\fP and \fB-fm\fP)
39or a multichar encoding method (\fB-km\fP), rxvt will select a font for the
40preferable encoding according to your locale\&. Supported encodings are:
41\fBISO-8859-\fPn (n=\fB1\fP\&.\&.\&.\fB15\fP), \fBKOI8-R\fP, \fBKOI8-U\fP, \fBEUC-JP\fP,
42\fBShift_JIS\fP, \fBEUC-KR\fP, \fBEUC-CN\fP (aka \fBGB\fP), and \fBBig5\fP\&.
43.PP 37.PP
44The following options are available: 38The following options are available:
45.PP 39.PP
46.IP "\fB-help\fP, \fB--help\fP" 40.IP "\fB-help\fP, \fB--help\fP"
47Print out a message describing available options\&. 41Print out a message describing available options\&.
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60resource \fBjumpScroll\fP\&. 54resource \fBjumpScroll\fP\&.
61.IP "\fB-ip\fP|\fB+ip\fP" 55.IP "\fB-ip\fP|\fB+ip\fP"
62Turn on/off inheriting parent window\&'s pixmap\&. Alternative form 56Turn on/off inheriting parent window\&'s pixmap\&. Alternative form
63is \fB-tr\fP; 57is \fB-tr\fP;
64resource \fBinheritPixmap\fP\&. 58resource \fBinheritPixmap\fP\&.
59.IP "\fB-fade\fP \fInumber\fP"
60Fade the text by the given percentage when focus is lost\&.
61.IP "\fB-tint\fP \fIcolour\fP"
62Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour\&.
65.IP "\fB-bg\fP \fIcolour\fP" 63.IP "\fB-bg\fP \fIcolour\fP"
66Window background colour; 64Window background colour;
67resource \fBbackground\fP\&. 65resource \fBbackground\fP\&.
68.IP "\fB-fg\fP \fIcolour\fP" 66.IP "\fB-fg\fP \fIcolour\fP"
69Window foreground colour; 67Window foreground colour;
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76resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fP\&. 74resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fP\&.
77.IP "\fB-cr\fP \fIcolour\fP" 75.IP "\fB-cr\fP \fIcolour\fP"
78The cursor colour; 76The cursor colour;
79resource \fBcursorColor\fP\&. 77resource \fBcursorColor\fP\&.
80.IP "\fB-pr\fP \fIcolour\fP" 78.IP "\fB-pr\fP \fIcolour\fP"
81The mouse pointer colour; 79The mouse pointer foreground colour;
82resource \fBpointerColor\fP\&. 80resource \fBpointerColor\fP\&.
81.IP "\fB-pr2\fP \fIcolour\fP"
82The mouse pointer background colour;
83resource \fBpointerColor2\fP\&.
83.IP "\fB-bd\fP \fIcolour\fP" 84.IP "\fB-bd\fP \fIcolour\fP"
84The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text; 85The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text;
85resource \fBborderColor\fP\&. 86resource \fBborderColor\fP\&.
86.IP "\fB-fn\fP \fIfontname\fP" 87.IP "\fB-fn\fP \fIfontname\fP"
87Main normal text font; 88Select the fonts to be used\&.
89This is a comma seperated list of font names that are used in turn when
90trying to display Unicode characters\&.
91The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
92be smaller, but not larger\&.
93A reasonable default font list is always appended to it\&.
88resource \fBfont\fP\&. 94resource \fBfont\fP\&.
89.IP "\fB-fb\fP \fIfontname\fP" 95.IP "\fB-rb\fP|\fB+rb\fP"
90Main bold text font; 96Enable "real bold" support\&.
97When this option is on, bold text will be displayed using the first
98available bold font in the font list\&.
99Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their
100corresponding regular fonts\&.
101If no bold font can be found, a regular font will be used\&.
91resource \fBboldFont\fP\&. 102resource \fBrealBold\fP\&.
92.IP "\fB-fm\fP \fIfontname\fP"
93Main multicharacter font;
94resource \fBmfont\fP\&.
95.IP "\fB-km\fP \fImode\fP"
96Compile \fImultichar_languages\fP:
97Multiple-character font-set encoding mode;
98\fBeucj\fP: EUC Japanese encoding\&.
99\fBsjis\fP: Shift JIS encoding\&.
100\fBbig5\fP: BIG5 encoding\&.
101\fBgb\fP: GB encoding\&.
102\fBkr\fP: EUC Korean encoding\&.
103\fBnoenc\fP: no encoding;
104resource \fBmultichar_encoding\fP\&.
105.IP "\fB-grk\fP \fImode\fP"
106Compile \fIGreek\fP: Greek keyboard translation;
107\fBiso\fP: ISO-8859 mapping\&.
108\fBibm\fP: IBM-437 mapping;
109resource \fBgreek_keyboard\fP\&.
110.IP "\fB-name\fP \fIname\fP" 103.IP "\fB-name\fP \fIname\fP"
111Specify the application name under which resources 104Specify the application name under which resources
112are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name\&. 105are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name\&.
113Name should not contain `\&.\&' or `*\&' characters\&. 106Name should not contain `\&.\&' or `*\&' characters\&.
114Also sets the icon and title name\&. 107Also sets the icon and title name\&.
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138Put scrollbar on right/left; 131Put scrollbar on right/left;
139resource \fBscrollBar_right\fP\&. 132resource \fBscrollBar_right\fP\&.
140.IP "\fB-st\fP|\fB+st\fP" 133.IP "\fB-st\fP|\fB+st\fP"
141Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 134Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
142resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fP\&. 135resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fP\&.
143.IP "\fB-mcc\fP|\fB+mcc\fP"
144Compile \fImultichar_languages\fP: treat multibyte glyphs as single
145character for backspace, delete and cursor movement keys;
146resource \fBmultibyte_cursor\fP\&.
147.IP "\fB-bc\fP|\fB+bc\fP" 136.IP "\fB-bc\fP|\fB+bc\fP"
148Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fP\&. 137Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fP\&.
149.IP "\fB-iconic\fP" 138.IP "\fB-iconic\fP"
150Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option\&. 139Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option\&.
151Alternative form is \fB-ic\fP\&. 140Alternative form is \fB-ic\fP\&.
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194\fBOverTheSpot\fP, \fBOffTheSpot\fP, \fBRoot\fP; 183\fBOverTheSpot\fP, \fBOffTheSpot\fP, \fBRoot\fP;
195resource \fBpreeditType\fP\&. 184resource \fBpreeditType\fP\&.
196.IP "\fB-im\fP \fItext\fP" 185.IP "\fB-im\fP \fItext\fP"
197Compile \fIXIM\fP: input method name\&. 186Compile \fIXIM\fP: input method name\&.
198resource \fBinputMethod\fP\&. 187resource \fBinputMethod\fP\&.
188.IP "\fB-imlocale\fP \fIstring\fP"
189The locale to use for opening the IM\&. You can use an LC_CTYPE
190of e\&.g\&. de_DE\&.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP\&.EUC-JP
191for the input extension to be able to input japanese characters
192while staying in another locale\&.
193.IP "\fB-insecure\fP"
194Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
195sequences that echo strings\&. See the resource \fBinsecure\fP for
196more info\&.
199.IP "\fB-mod\fP \fImodifier\fP" 197.IP "\fB-mod\fP \fImodifier\fP"
200Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: 198Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key:
201\fBalt\fP, \fBmeta\fP, \fBhyper\fP, \fBsuper\fP, \fBmod1\fP, \fBmod2\fP, \fBmod3\fP, 199\fBalt\fP, \fBmeta\fP, \fBhyper\fP, \fBsuper\fP, \fBmod1\fP, \fBmod2\fP, \fBmod3\fP,
202\fBmod4\fP, \fBmod5\fP; 200\fBmod4\fP, \fBmod5\fP;
203resource \fImodifier\fP\&. 201resource \fImodifier\fP\&.
202.IP "\fB-ssc\fP|\fB+ssc\fP"
203Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled);
204resource \fBsecondaryScreen\fP\&.
205.IP "\fB-ssr\fP|\fB+ssr\fP"
206Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled);
207resource \fBsecondaryScroll\fP\&.
204.IP "\fB-xrm\fP \fIresourcestring\fP" 208.IP "\fB-xrm\fP \fIresourcestring\fP"
205No effect on rxvt\&. Simply passes through an argument to be made 209No effect on rxvt\&. Simply passes through an argument to be made
206available in the instance\&'s argument list\&. Appears in \fIWM_COMMAND\fP 210available in the instance\&'s argument list\&. Appears in \fIWM_COMMAND\fP
207in some window managers\&. 211in some window managers\&.
208.SH "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)" 212.SH "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)"
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244but the actual colour names used are listed in the 248but the actual colour names used are listed in the
245\fBCOLORS AND GRAPHICS\fP section\&. 249\fBCOLORS AND GRAPHICS\fP section\&.
246.IP "\fBcolorBD:\fP \fIcolour\fP" 250.IP "\fBcolorBD:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
247Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the 251Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the
248foreground colour is the default\&. 252foreground colour is the default\&.
253This option will be ignored if \fBrealBold\fP is enabled\&.
249.IP "\fBcolorUL:\fP \fIcolour\fP" 254.IP "\fBcolorUL:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
250Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 255Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
251foreground colour is the default\&. 256foreground colour is the default\&.
252.IP "\fBcolorRV:\fP \fIcolour\fP" 257.IP "\fBcolorRV:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
253Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video 258Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
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274option \fB+j\fP\&. 279option \fB+j\fP\&.
275.IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fP \fIboolean\fP" 280.IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
276\fBTrue\fP: make the background inherit the parent windows\&' pixmap, 281\fBTrue\fP: make the background inherit the parent windows\&' pixmap,
277giving artificial transparency\&. 282giving artificial transparency\&.
278\fBFalse\fP: do not inherit the parent windows\&' pixmap\&. 283\fBFalse\fP: do not inherit the parent windows\&' pixmap\&.
284.IP "\fBtintColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
285Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour\&.
279.IP "\fBscrollColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP" 286.IP "\fBscrollColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
280Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]\&. 287Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]\&.
281.IP "\fBtroughColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP" 288.IP "\fBtroughColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
282Use the specified colour for the scrollbar\&'s trough area [default 289Use the specified colour for the scrollbar\&'s trough area [default
283#969696]\&. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar\&. 290#969696]\&. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar\&.
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298.IP "\fBpath:\fP \fIpath\fP" 305.IP "\fBpath:\fP \fIpath\fP"
299Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and 306Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
300menus), in addition to the paths specified by the \fBRXVTPATH\fP and 307menus), in addition to the paths specified by the \fBRXVTPATH\fP and
301\fBPATH\fP environment variables\&. 308\fBPATH\fP environment variables\&.
302.IP "\fBfont:\fP \fIfontname\fP" 309.IP "\fBfont:\fP \fIfontname\fP"
303Select the main text font used [default 7x14]; 310Select the fonts to be used\&.
311This is a comma seperated list of font names that are used in turn when
312trying to display Unicode characters\&.
313The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
314be smaller, but not larger\&.
315A reasonable default font list is always appended to it\&.
304option \fB-fn\fP\&. 316option \fB-fn\fP\&.
305.IP "\fBfont\fP\fIn\fP\fB:\fP \fIfontname\fP" 317.IP "\fBrealBold:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
306Specify the alternative font \fIn\fP\&. The default font values: 318\fBTrue\fP: Enable "real bold" support\&.
307.br 319When this option is on, bold text will be displayed using the first
308.RS 320available bold font in the font list\&.
309.HP 321Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their
310.TS 322corresponding regular fonts\&.
311.nr 3c \n(.C 323If no bold font can be found, a regular font will be used\&.
312.cp 0
313.nr 3lps \n[.s]
314.nr 3cent \n[.ce]
315.de 3init
316.ft \n[.f]
317.ps \n[.s]
318.vs \n[.v]u
319.in \n[.i]u
320.ll \n[.l]u
321.ls \n[.L]
322.ad \n[.j]
323.ie \n[.u] .fi
324.el .nf
325.ce \n[.ce]
326..
327.nr 3ind \n[.i]
328.nr 3fnt \n[.f]
329.nr 3sz \n[.s]
330.nr 3fll \n[.u]
331.nr T. 0
332.nr 3crow 0-1
333.nr 3passed 0-1
334.nr 3sflag 0
335.ds 3trans
336.ds 3quote
337.nr 3brule 1
338.nr 3supbot 0
339.eo
340.de 3rmk
341.mk \$1
342.if !'\n(.z'' \!.3rmk "\$1"
343..
344.de 3rvpt
345.vpt \$1
346.if !'\n(.z'' \!.3rvpt "\$1"
347..
348.de 3keep
349.if '\n[.z]'' \{.ds 3quote \\
350.ds 3trans \!
351.di 3section
352.nr 3sflag 1
353.in 0
354.\}
355..
356.de 3release
357.if \n[3sflag] \{.di
358.in \n[3ind]u
359.nr 3dn \n[dn]
360.ds 3quote
361.ds 3trans
362.nr 3sflag 0
363.if \n[.t]<=\n[dn] \{.nr T. 1
364.T#
365.nr 3supbot 1
366.sp \n[.t]u
367.nr 3supbot 0
368.mk #T
369.\}
370.if \n[.t]<=\n[3dn] .tm warning: page \n%: table text block will not fit on one page
371.nf
372.ls 1
373.3section
374.ls
375.rm 3section
376.\}
377..
378.nr 3tflag 0
379.de 3tkeep
380.if '\n[.z]'' \{.di 3table
381.nr 3tflag 1
382.\}
383..
384.de 3trelease
385.if \n[3tflag] \{.br
386.di
387.nr 3dn \n[dn]
388.ne \n[dn]u+\n[.V]u
389.ie \n[.t]<=\n[3dn] .tm error: page \n%: table will not fit on one page; use .TS H/.TH with a supporting macro package
390.el \{.in 0
391.ls 1
392.nf
393.3table
394.\}
395.rm 3table
396.\}
397..
398.ec
399.ce 0
400.nf
401.nr 3sep 1n
402.nr 3w0 \n(.H
403.nr 3aw0 0
404.nr 3lnw0 0
405.nr 3rnw0 0
406.nr 3w1 \n(.H
407.nr 3aw1 0
408.nr 3lnw1 0
409.nr 3rnw1 0
410.nr 3w0 \n[3w0]>?\w\[tbl]\fBfont\fP: \[tbl]
411.nr 3w1 \n[3w1]>?\w\[tbl]\ 7x14 \[tbl]
412.nr 3w0 \n[3w0]>?\w\[tbl]\fBfont1\fP: \[tbl]
413.nr 3w1 \n[3w1]>?\w\[tbl]\ 6x10 \[tbl]
414.nr 3w0 \n[3w0]>?\w\[tbl]\fBfont2\fP: \[tbl]
415.nr 3w1 \n[3w1]>?\w\[tbl]\ 6x13 \[tbl]
416.nr 3w0 \n[3w0]>?\w\[tbl]\fBfont3\fP: \[tbl]
417.nr 3w1 \n[3w1]>?\w\[tbl]\ 8x13 \[tbl]
418.nr 3w0 \n[3w0]>?\w\[tbl]\fBfont4\fP: \[tbl]
419.nr 3w1 \n[3w1]>?\w\[tbl]\ 9x15 \[tbl]
420.nr 3w0 \n[3w0]>?(\n[3lnw0]+\n[3rnw0])
421.if \n[3aw0] .nr 3w0 \n[3w0]>?(\n[3aw0]+2n)
422.nr 3w1 \n[3w1]>?(\n[3lnw1]+\n[3rnw1])
423.if \n[3aw1] .nr 3w1 \n[3w1]>?(\n[3aw1]+2n)
424.nr 3cd0 0
425.nr 3cl0 0*\n[3sep]
426.nr 3ce0 \n[3cl0]+\n[3w0]
427.nr 3cl1 \n[3ce0]+(3*\n[3sep])
428.nr 3cd1 \n[3ce0]+\n[3cl1]/2
429.nr 3ce1 \n[3cl1]+\n[3w1]
430.nr 3cd2 \n[3ce1]+(0*\n[3sep])
431.nr TW \n[3cd2]
432.if \n[3cent] \{.in +(u;\n[.l]-\n[.i]-\n[TW]/2>?-\n[.i])
433.nr 3ind \n[.i]
434.\}
435.eo
436.de T#
437.if !\n[3supbot] \{.3rvpt 0
438.mk 3vert
439.ls 1
440.ls
441.nr 3passed \n[3crow]
442.sp |\n[3vert]u
443.3rvpt 1
444.\}
445..
446.ec
447.fc 
448.3keep
449.3rmk 3rt0
450\*[3trans].nr 3crow 0
451.3keep
452.mk 3rs0
453.mk 3bot
454.3rvpt 0
455.ta \n[3ce0]u \n[3ce1]u
456\&\h'|\n[3cl0]u'\fBfont\fP: \h'|\n[3cl1]u'\ 7x14
457.nr 3bot \n[3bot]>?\n[.d]
458.sp |\n[3rs0]u
459.3rvpt 1
460.sp |\n[3bot]u
461\*[3trans].nr 3brule 1
462.3release
463.3keep
464.3rmk 3rt1
465\*[3trans].nr 3crow 1
466.3keep
467.mk 3rs1
468.mk 3bot
469.3rvpt 0
470.ta \n[3ce0]u \n[3ce1]u
471\&\h'|\n[3cl0]u'\fBfont1\fP: \h'|\n[3cl1]u'\ 6x10
472.nr 3bot \n[3bot]>?\n[.d]
473.sp |\n[3rs1]u
474.3rvpt 1
475.sp |\n[3bot]u
476\*[3trans].nr 3brule 1
477.3release
478.3keep
479.3rmk 3rt2
480\*[3trans].nr 3crow 2
481.3keep
482.mk 3rs2
483.mk 3bot
484.3rvpt 0
485.ta \n[3ce0]u \n[3ce1]u
486\&\h'|\n[3cl0]u'\fBfont2\fP: \h'|\n[3cl1]u'\ 6x13
487.nr 3bot \n[3bot]>?\n[.d]
488.sp |\n[3rs2]u
489.3rvpt 1
490.sp |\n[3bot]u
491\*[3trans].nr 3brule 1
492.3release
493.3keep
494.3rmk 3rt3
495\*[3trans].nr 3crow 3
496.3keep
497.mk 3rs3
498.mk 3bot
499.3rvpt 0
500.ta \n[3ce0]u \n[3ce1]u
501\&\h'|\n[3cl0]u'\fBfont3\fP: \h'|\n[3cl1]u'\ 8x13
502.nr 3bot \n[3bot]>?\n[.d]
503.sp |\n[3rs3]u
504.3rvpt 1
505.sp |\n[3bot]u
506\*[3trans].nr 3brule 1
507.3release
508.3keep
509.3rmk 3rt4
510\*[3trans].nr 3crow 4
511.3keep
512.mk 3rs4
513.mk 3bot
514.3rvpt 0
515.ta \n[3ce0]u \n[3ce1]u
516\&\h'|\n[3cl0]u'\fBfont4\fP: \h'|\n[3cl1]u'\ 9x15
517.nr 3bot \n[3bot]>?\n[.d]
518.sp |\n[3rs4]u
519.3rvpt 1
520.sp |\n[3bot]u
521\*[3trans].nr 3brule 1
522.3release
523.mk 3rt5
524.nr 3brule 1
525.nr T. 1
526.T#
527.3init
528.fc
529.cp \n(3c
530.TE
531.RE
532.IP "\fBboldFont:\fP \fIfontname\fP"
533Specify the name of the bold font to use if \fBcolorBD\fP has not been
534specified and it is not possible to map the default foreground colour
535to colour 8-15 [default NONE]\&. This font must be the same height and
536width as the normal font;
537option \fB-fb\fP\&. 324option \fB-rb\fP\&.
538.IP "\fBmfont:\fP \fIfontname\fP" 325\fBFalse\fP: Display bold text in a regular font, using the color
539Select the main multiple-character text font used [default k14]; 326specified with \fBcolorBD\fP;
540option \fB-fk\fP\&.
541.IP "\fBmfont\fP\fIn\fP\fB:\fP \fIfontname\fP"
542Specify the alternative multiple-character font \fIn\fP\&. If compiled
543for multiple-character fonts, the Roman and multiple-character font
544sizes should match\&.
545.IP "\fBmultichar_encoding:\fP \fImode\fP"
546Set the encoding mode to be used when multicharacter encoding is
547received;
548\fBeucj\fP: EUC Japanese encoding [default for Kanji]\&.
549\fBsjis\fP: Shift JIS encoding\&.
550\fBbig5\fP: BIG5 encoding\&.
551\fBgb\fP: GB encoding\&.
552\fBkr\fP: EUC Korean encoding\&.
553\fBnoenc\fP: no encoding;
554option \fB-km\fP\&.
555.IP "\fBgreek_keyboard:\fP \fImode\fP"
556Set the Greek keyboard translation mode to be used;
557\fBiso\fP: ISO-8859 mapping (elot-928) [default]\&.
558\fBibm\fP: IBM-437 mapping (DOS codepage 737);
559option \fB-grk\fP\&. 327option \fB+rb\fP\&.
560.IP "\fBgreektoggle_key:\fP \fIkeysym\fP"
561Set the key to toggle keyboard input between no translation and
562Greek translation [default \fBMode_switch\fP]\&.
563For more details, see the distributed file \fBREADME\&.greek\fP\&.
564.IP "\fBselectstyle:\fP \fImode\fP" 328.IP "\fBselectstyle:\fP \fImode\fP"
565Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fP which is 2\&.20, \fBoldword\fP which 329Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fP which is 2\&.20, \fBoldword\fP which
566is xterm style with 2\&.20 old word selection, or anything else which 330is xterm style with 2\&.20 old word selection, or anything else which
567gives xterm style selection\&. 331gives xterm style selection\&.
568.IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fP \fImode\fP" 332.IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fP \fImode\fP"
569Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fP, \fBnext\fP or \fBxterm\fP 333Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fP, \fBrxvt\fP, \fBplain\fP, \fBnext\fP or \fBxterm\fP
570.IP "\fBtitle:\fP \fIstring\fP" 334.IP "\fBtitle:\fP \fIstring\fP"
571Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 335Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
572specified after the \fB-e\fP option, if any, otherwise the application 336specified after the \fB-e\fP option, if any, otherwise the application
573name; 337name;
574option \fB-title\fP\&. 338option \fB-title\fP\&.
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675option \fB-bc\fP\&. 439option \fB-bc\fP\&.
676.IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fP \fIboolean\fP" 440.IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
677\fBTrue\fP: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number 441\fBTrue\fP: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
678of seconds of inactivity\&. 442of seconds of inactivity\&.
679\fBFalse\fP: the pointer is always visible [default]\&. 443\fBFalse\fP: the pointer is always visible [default]\&.
444.IP "\fBpointerColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
445Mouse pointer foreground colour\&.
446.IP "\fBpointerColor2:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
447Mouse pointer background colour\&.
680.IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fP \fInumber\fP" 448.IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fP \fInumber\fP"
681Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]\&. 449Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]\&.
682.IP "\fBmultibyte_cursor:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
683\fBTrue\fP: consider multibyte glyphs as single character for backspace,
684delete and cursor movement keys;
685option \fB-mcc\fP\&.
686\fBFalse\fP: move through all components of all glyphs;
687option \fB+mcc\fP\&.
688.IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fP \fIstring\fP" 450.IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fP \fIstring\fP"
689The string to send when the backspace key is pressed\&. If set to 451The string to send when the backspace key is pressed\&. If set to
690\fBDEC\fP or unset it will send \fBDelete\fP (code 127) or, if shifted, 452\fBDEC\fP or unset it will send \fBDelete\fP (code 127) or, if shifted,
691\fBBackspace\fP (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate 453\fBBackspace\fP (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate
692DEC private mode escape sequence\&. 454DEC private mode escape sequence\&.
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703\fBOverTheSpot\fP, \fBOffTheSpot\fP, \fBRoot\fP; 465\fBOverTheSpot\fP, \fBOffTheSpot\fP, \fBRoot\fP;
704option \fB-pt\fP\&. 466option \fB-pt\fP\&.
705.IP "\fBinputMethod:\fP \fIname\fP" 467.IP "\fBinputMethod:\fP \fIname\fP"
706\fIname\fP of inputMethod to use; 468\fIname\fP of inputMethod to use;
707option \fB-im\fP\&. 469option \fB-im\fP\&.
470.IP "\fBimLocale:\fP \fIname\fP"
471The locale to use for opening the IM\&. You can use an LC_CTYPE
472of e\&.g\&. de_DE\&.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP\&.EUC-JP
473for the input extension to be able to input japanese characters
474while staying in another locale\&.
475option \fB-imlocale\fP\&.
476.IP "\fBinsecure\fP"
477Enables "insecure" mode\&. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences
478that echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale\&. This
479could be abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your
480display, wether throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies
481unfiltered or though write(1)\&. Therefore, these sequences are
482disabled by default\&. (Note that other terminals, including xterm,
483have these sequences enabled by default)\&. You can enable them
484by setting this boolean resource or specifying \fB-insecure\fP as
485an option\&. At the moment, this enabled display-answer, locale,
486findfont, icon label and window title requests as well as dynamic
487menubar dispatch\&.
708.IP "\fBmodifier:\fP \fImodifier\fP" 488.IP "\fBmodifier:\fP \fImodifier\fP"
709Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: 489Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to:
710\fBalt\fP, \fBmeta\fP, \fBhyper\fP, \fBsuper\fP, \fBmod1\fP, \fBmod2\fP, \fBmod3\fP, 490\fBalt\fP, \fBmeta\fP, \fBhyper\fP, \fBsuper\fP, \fBmod1\fP, \fBmod2\fP, \fBmod3\fP,
711\fBmod4\fP, \fBmod5\fP; 491\fBmod4\fP, \fBmod5\fP;
712option \fB-mod\fP\&. 492option \fB-mod\fP\&.
713.IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fP \fIstring\fP" 493.IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fP \fIstring\fP"
714Specify the reply rxvt sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 494Specify the reply rxvt sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
715character is passed through\&. It may contain escape values as 495character is passed through\&. It may contain escape values as
716described in the entry on \fBkeysym\fP following\&. 496described in the entry on \fBkeysym\fP following\&.
497.IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fP \fIbool\fP"
498Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled)\&.
499.IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fP \fIbool\fP"
500Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled)\&. If
501the this option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will
502change the scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen
503will instead scroll the screen up\&.
717.IP "\fBkeysym\&.\fP\fIsym\fP: \fIstring\fP" 504.IP "\fBkeysym\&.\fP\fIsym\fP: \fIstring\fP"
718Associate \fIstring\fP with keysym \fIsym\fP (\fB0xFF00 - 0xFFFF\fP)\&. It 505Associate \fIstring\fP with keysym \fIsym\fP (\fB0xFF00 - 0xFFFF\fP)\&. It
719may contain escape values (\ea: bell, \eb: backspace, \ee, \eE: escape, 506may contain escape values (\ea: bell, \eb: backspace, \ee, \eE: escape,
720\en: newline, \er: return, \et: tab, \e000: octal number) or control 507\en: newline, \er: return, \et: tab, \e000: octal number) or control
721characters (^?: delete, ^@: null, ^A \&.\&.\&.) and may enclosed with 508characters (^?: delete, ^@: null, ^A \&.\&.\&.) and may enclosed with
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770.PP 557.PP
771\fBrxvt\fP tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fP(5) file so that it can be 558\fBrxvt\fP tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fP(5) file so that it can be
772seen via the \fIwho(1)\fP command, and can accept messages\&. To allow this 559seen via the \fIwho(1)\fP command, and can accept messages\&. To allow this
773feature, \fBrxvt\fP must be installed setuid root on some systems\&. 560feature, \fBrxvt\fP must be installed setuid root on some systems\&.
774.SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS" 561.SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
775.PP
776If graphics support was enabled at compile-time, \fBrxvt\fP can be queried
777with ANSI escape sequences and can address individual pixels instead of
778text characters\&. Note the graphics support is still considered beta code\&.
779.PP 562.PP
780In addition to the default foreground and background colours, \fBrxvt\fP 563In addition to the default foreground and background colours, \fBrxvt\fP
781can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus high-intensity bold/blink 564can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus high-intensity bold/blink
782versions of the same)\&. 565versions of the same)\&.
783Here is a list of the colours with their \fBrgb\&.txt\fP names\&. 566Here is a list of the colours with their \fBrgb\&.txt\fP names\&.
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1294.PP 1077.PP
1295Cursor change support is not yet implemented\&. 1078Cursor change support is not yet implemented\&.
1296.PP 1079.PP
1297Click-and-drag doesn\&'t work with X11 mouse report overriding\&. 1080Click-and-drag doesn\&'t work with X11 mouse report overriding\&.
1298.PP 1081.PP
1299Graphics support is fairly crude\&.
1300.PP
1301.SH "FTP LOCATION" 1082.SH "FTP LOCATION"
1302.PP 1083.PP
1303rxvt-+RXVTVERSION()\&.tar\&.gz can be found at the following ftp sites 1084rxvt-3\&.3\&.tar\&.gz can be found at the following ftp sites
1304RXVTFTPSITE() 1085ftp://ftp\&.rxvt\&.org/pub/rxvt
1305.PP 1086.PP
1306.SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR" 1087.SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1307.PP 1088.PP
1308.IP "Project Coordinator" 1089.IP "Project Coordinator"
1309RXVTMAINT() RXVTMAINTEMAIL() 1090Marc A\&. Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp\&.de>
1310.br 1091.br
1311.IP "Web page maintainter" 1092.IP "Web page maintainter"
1312RXVTWEBMAINT() RXVTWEBMAINTEMAIL() 1093Marc A\&. Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp\&.de>
1313.br 1094.br
1314RXVTWEBPAGE() 1095<http://www\&.sourceforge\&.net/projects/rxvt-unicode/>
1315.br 1096.br
1316.IP "Mailing list"
1317The Rxvt Workers <rxvt-workers@rxvt\&.org>
1318mailing list has also been established for rxvt development, to
1319subscribe, email to
1320<rxvt-workers-subscribe@rxvt\&.org>\&.
1321There is also a mailing list for announcements of new releases of
1322rxvt\&. To subscribe, email to
1323<rxvt-announce-subscribe@rxvt\&.org>\&.
1324.PP 1097.PP
1325.SH "AUTHORS" 1098.SH "AUTHORS"
1326.PP 1099.PP
1327.IP "John Bovey" 1100.IP "John Bovey"
1328University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt\&. 1101University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt\&.
1329.IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket\&.sanders\&.lockheed\&.com>" 1102.IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket\&.sanders\&.lockheed\&.com>"
1330very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt 1103very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1331.IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc\&.ic\&.ac\&.uk>" 1104.IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc\&.ic\&.ac\&.uk>"
1332wrote the Greek Keyboard Input 1105wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1333.IP "mj olesen <olesen@me\&.QueensU\&.CA>" 1106.IP "mj olesen <olesen@me\&.QueensU\&.CA>"
1334Wrote the menu system\&. 1107Wrote the menu system\&.
1335.br 1108.br
1336Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.11 to 2\&.21) 1109Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.11 to 2\&.21)
1337.IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math\&.fu-berlin\&.de>" 1110.IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math\&.fu-berlin\&.de>"
1338Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.21a to 2\&.4\&.5) 1111Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.21a to 2\&.4\&.5)
1339.IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox\&.com>" 1112.IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox\&.com>"
1340Rewrote screen display and text selection routines\&. 1113Rewrote screen display and text selection routines\&.
1114Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.4\&.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1115.IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp\&.de>"
1116Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and
1117internal character handling to store text in unicode,
1118improve xterm compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes
1119and extensions\&.
1341.br 1120.br
1342Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.4\&.6 - ) 1121Project Coordinator (Changes 1\&.0 - )
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