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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 when
63transparency is enabled with \fB-tr\fP or \fB-ip\fP\&.
65.IP "\fB-bg\fP \fIcolour\fP" 64.IP "\fB-bg\fP \fIcolour\fP"
66Window background colour; 65Window background colour;
67resource \fBbackground\fP\&. 66resource \fBbackground\fP\&.
68.IP "\fB-fg\fP \fIcolour\fP" 67.IP "\fB-fg\fP \fIcolour\fP"
69Window foreground colour; 68Window foreground colour;
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76resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fP\&. 75resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fP\&.
77.IP "\fB-cr\fP \fIcolour\fP" 76.IP "\fB-cr\fP \fIcolour\fP"
78The cursor colour; 77The cursor colour;
79resource \fBcursorColor\fP\&. 78resource \fBcursorColor\fP\&.
80.IP "\fB-pr\fP \fIcolour\fP" 79.IP "\fB-pr\fP \fIcolour\fP"
81The mouse pointer colour; 80The mouse pointer foreground colour;
82resource \fBpointerColor\fP\&. 81resource \fBpointerColor\fP\&.
82.IP "\fB-pr2\fP \fIcolour\fP"
83The mouse pointer background colour;
84resource \fBpointerColor2\fP\&.
83.IP "\fB-bd\fP \fIcolour\fP" 85.IP "\fB-bd\fP \fIcolour\fP"
84The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text; 86The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text;
85resource \fBborderColor\fP\&. 87resource \fBborderColor\fP\&.
86.IP "\fB-fn\fP \fIfontname\fP" 88.IP "\fB-fn\fP \fIfontname\fP"
87Main normal text font; 89Select the fonts to be used\&.
90This is a comma seperated list of font names that are used in turn when
91trying to display Unicode characters\&.
92The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
93be smaller, but not larger\&.
94A reasonable default font list is always appended to it\&.
88resource \fBfont\fP\&. 95resource \fBfont\fP\&.
89.IP "\fB-fb\fP \fIfontname\fP" 96.IP "\fB-rb\fP|\fB+rb\fP"
90Main bold text font; 97Enable "real bold" support\&.
98When this option is on, bold text will be displayed using the first
99available bold font in the font list\&.
100Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their
101corresponding regular fonts\&.
102If no bold font can be found, a regular font will be used\&.
91resource \fBboldFont\fP\&. 103resource \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" 104.IP "\fB-name\fP \fIname\fP"
111Specify the application name under which resources 105Specify the application name under which resources
112are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name\&. 106are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name\&.
113Name should not contain `\&.\&' or `*\&' characters\&. 107Name should not contain `\&.\&' or `*\&' characters\&.
114Also sets the icon and title name\&. 108Also sets the icon and title name\&.
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138Put scrollbar on right/left; 132Put scrollbar on right/left;
139resource \fBscrollBar_right\fP\&. 133resource \fBscrollBar_right\fP\&.
140.IP "\fB-st\fP|\fB+st\fP" 134.IP "\fB-st\fP|\fB+st\fP"
141Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; 135Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
142resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fP\&. 136resource \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" 137.IP "\fB-bc\fP|\fB+bc\fP"
148Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fP\&. 138Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fP\&.
149.IP "\fB-iconic\fP" 139.IP "\fB-iconic\fP"
150Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option\&. 140Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option\&.
151Alternative form is \fB-ic\fP\&. 141Alternative form is \fB-ic\fP\&.
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194\fBOverTheSpot\fP, \fBOffTheSpot\fP, \fBRoot\fP; 184\fBOverTheSpot\fP, \fBOffTheSpot\fP, \fBRoot\fP;
195resource \fBpreeditType\fP\&. 185resource \fBpreeditType\fP\&.
196.IP "\fB-im\fP \fItext\fP" 186.IP "\fB-im\fP \fItext\fP"
197Compile \fIXIM\fP: input method name\&. 187Compile \fIXIM\fP: input method name\&.
198resource \fBinputMethod\fP\&. 188resource \fBinputMethod\fP\&.
189.IP "\fB-imlocale\fP \fIstring\fP"
190The locale to use for opening the IM\&. You can use an LC_CTYPE
191of e\&.g\&. de_DE\&.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP\&.EUC-JP
192for the input extension to be able to input japanese characters
193while staying in another locale\&.
194.IP "\fB-insecure\fP"
195Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
196sequences that echo strings\&. See the resource \fBinsecure\fP for
197more info\&.
199.IP "\fB-mod\fP \fImodifier\fP" 198.IP "\fB-mod\fP \fImodifier\fP"
200Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: 199Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key:
201\fBalt\fP, \fBmeta\fP, \fBhyper\fP, \fBsuper\fP, \fBmod1\fP, \fBmod2\fP, \fBmod3\fP, 200\fBalt\fP, \fBmeta\fP, \fBhyper\fP, \fBsuper\fP, \fBmod1\fP, \fBmod2\fP, \fBmod3\fP,
202\fBmod4\fP, \fBmod5\fP; 201\fBmod4\fP, \fBmod5\fP;
203resource \fImodifier\fP\&. 202resource \fImodifier\fP\&.
203.IP "\fB-ssc\fP|\fB+ssc\fP"
204Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled);
205resource \fBsecondaryScreen\fP\&.
206.IP "\fB-ssr\fP|\fB+ssr\fP"
207Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled);
208resource \fBsecondaryScroll\fP\&.
204.IP "\fB-xrm\fP \fIresourcestring\fP" 209.IP "\fB-xrm\fP \fIresourcestring\fP"
205No effect on rxvt\&. Simply passes through an argument to be made 210No effect on rxvt\&. Simply passes through an argument to be made
206available in the instance\&'s argument list\&. Appears in \fIWM_COMMAND\fP 211available in the instance\&'s argument list\&. Appears in \fIWM_COMMAND\fP
207in some window managers\&. 212in some window managers\&.
208.SH "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)" 213.SH "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)"
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244but the actual colour names used are listed in the 249but the actual colour names used are listed in the
245\fBCOLORS AND GRAPHICS\fP section\&. 250\fBCOLORS AND GRAPHICS\fP section\&.
246.IP "\fBcolorBD:\fP \fIcolour\fP" 251.IP "\fBcolorBD:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
247Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the 252Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the
248foreground colour is the default\&. 253foreground colour is the default\&.
254This option will be ignored if \fBrealBold\fP is enabled\&.
249.IP "\fBcolorUL:\fP \fIcolour\fP" 255.IP "\fBcolorUL:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
250Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the 256Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
251foreground colour is the default\&. 257foreground colour is the default\&.
252.IP "\fBcolorRV:\fP \fIcolour\fP" 258.IP "\fBcolorRV:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
253Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video 259Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
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274option \fB+j\fP\&. 280option \fB+j\fP\&.
275.IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fP \fIboolean\fP" 281.IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
276\fBTrue\fP: make the background inherit the parent windows\&' pixmap, 282\fBTrue\fP: make the background inherit the parent windows\&' pixmap,
277giving artificial transparency\&. 283giving artificial transparency\&.
278\fBFalse\fP: do not inherit the parent windows\&' pixmap\&. 284\fBFalse\fP: do not inherit the parent windows\&' pixmap\&.
285.IP "\fBtintColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
286Tint the transparent background pixmap with the given colour\&.
279.IP "\fBscrollColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP" 287.IP "\fBscrollColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
280Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]\&. 288Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]\&.
281.IP "\fBtroughColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP" 289.IP "\fBtroughColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
282Use the specified colour for the scrollbar\&'s trough area [default 290Use the specified colour for the scrollbar\&'s trough area [default
283#969696]\&. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar\&. 291#969696]\&. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar\&.
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298.IP "\fBpath:\fP \fIpath\fP" 306.IP "\fBpath:\fP \fIpath\fP"
299Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and 307Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
300menus), in addition to the paths specified by the \fBRXVTPATH\fP and 308menus), in addition to the paths specified by the \fBRXVTPATH\fP and
301\fBPATH\fP environment variables\&. 309\fBPATH\fP environment variables\&.
302.IP "\fBfont:\fP \fIfontname\fP" 310.IP "\fBfont:\fP \fIfontname\fP"
303Select the main text font used [default 7x14]; 311Select the fonts to be used\&.
312This is a comma seperated list of font names that are used in turn when
313trying to display Unicode characters\&.
314The first font defines the cell size for characters; other fonts might
315be smaller, but not larger\&.
316A reasonable default font list is always appended to it\&.
304option \fB-fn\fP\&. 317option \fB-fn\fP\&.
305.IP "\fBfont\fP\fIn\fP\fB:\fP \fIfontname\fP" 318.IP "\fBrealBold:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
306Specify the alternative font \fIn\fP\&. The default font values: 319\fBTrue\fP: Enable "real bold" support\&.
307.br 320When this option is on, bold text will be displayed using the first
308.RS 321available bold font in the font list\&.
309.HP 322Bold fonts should thus be specified in the font list after their
310.TS 323corresponding regular fonts\&.
311.nr 3c \n(.C 324If 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\&. 325option \fB-rb\fP\&.
538.IP "\fBmfont:\fP \fIfontname\fP" 326\fBFalse\fP: Display bold text in a regular font, using the color
539Select the main multiple-character text font used [default k14]; 327specified 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\&. 328option \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" 329.IP "\fBselectstyle:\fP \fImode\fP"
565Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fP which is 2\&.20, \fBoldword\fP which 330Set 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 331is xterm style with 2\&.20 old word selection, or anything else which
567gives xterm style selection\&. 332gives xterm style selection\&.
568.IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fP \fImode\fP" 333.IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fP \fImode\fP"
569Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fP, \fBnext\fP or \fBxterm\fP 334Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fP, \fBrxvt\fP, \fBplain\fP, \fBnext\fP or \fBxterm\fP
570.IP "\fBtitle:\fP \fIstring\fP" 335.IP "\fBtitle:\fP \fIstring\fP"
571Set window title string, the default title is the command-line 336Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
572specified after the \fB-e\fP option, if any, otherwise the application 337specified after the \fB-e\fP option, if any, otherwise the application
573name; 338name;
574option \fB-title\fP\&. 339option \fB-title\fP\&.
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675option \fB-bc\fP\&. 440option \fB-bc\fP\&.
676.IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fP \fIboolean\fP" 441.IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
677\fBTrue\fP: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number 442\fBTrue\fP: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
678of seconds of inactivity\&. 443of seconds of inactivity\&.
679\fBFalse\fP: the pointer is always visible [default]\&. 444\fBFalse\fP: the pointer is always visible [default]\&.
445.IP "\fBpointerColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
446Mouse pointer foreground colour\&.
447.IP "\fBpointerColor2:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
448Mouse pointer background colour\&.
680.IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fP \fInumber\fP" 449.IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fP \fInumber\fP"
681Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]\&. 450Specifies 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" 451.IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fP \fIstring\fP"
689The string to send when the backspace key is pressed\&. If set to 452The 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, 453\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 454\fBBackspace\fP (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate
692DEC private mode escape sequence\&. 455DEC private mode escape sequence\&.
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703\fBOverTheSpot\fP, \fBOffTheSpot\fP, \fBRoot\fP; 466\fBOverTheSpot\fP, \fBOffTheSpot\fP, \fBRoot\fP;
704option \fB-pt\fP\&. 467option \fB-pt\fP\&.
705.IP "\fBinputMethod:\fP \fIname\fP" 468.IP "\fBinputMethod:\fP \fIname\fP"
706\fIname\fP of inputMethod to use; 469\fIname\fP of inputMethod to use;
707option \fB-im\fP\&. 470option \fB-im\fP\&.
471.IP "\fBimLocale:\fP \fIname\fP"
472The locale to use for opening the IM\&. You can use an LC_CTYPE
473of e\&.g\&. de_DE\&.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP\&.EUC-JP
474for the input extension to be able to input japanese characters
475while staying in another locale\&.
476option \fB-imlocale\fP\&.
477.IP "\fBinsecure\fP"
478Enables "insecure" mode\&. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences
479that echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale\&. This
480could be abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your
481display, wether throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies
482unfiltered or though write(1)\&. Therefore, these sequences are
483disabled by default\&. (Note that other terminals, including xterm,
484have these sequences enabled by default)\&. You can enable them
485by setting this boolean resource or specifying \fB-insecure\fP as
486an option\&. At the moment, this enabled display-answer, locale,
487findfont, icon label and window title requests as well as dynamic
488menubar dispatch\&.
708.IP "\fBmodifier:\fP \fImodifier\fP" 489.IP "\fBmodifier:\fP \fImodifier\fP"
709Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: 490Set 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, 491\fBalt\fP, \fBmeta\fP, \fBhyper\fP, \fBsuper\fP, \fBmod1\fP, \fBmod2\fP, \fBmod3\fP,
711\fBmod4\fP, \fBmod5\fP; 492\fBmod4\fP, \fBmod5\fP;
712option \fB-mod\fP\&. 493option \fB-mod\fP\&.
713.IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fP \fIstring\fP" 494.IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fP \fIstring\fP"
714Specify the reply rxvt sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) 495Specify the reply rxvt sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
715character is passed through\&. It may contain escape values as 496character is passed through\&. It may contain escape values as
716described in the entry on \fBkeysym\fP following\&. 497described in the entry on \fBkeysym\fP following\&.
498.IP "\fBsecondaryScreen:\fP \fIbool\fP"
499Turn on/off secondary screen (default enabled)\&.
500.IP "\fBsecondaryScroll:\fP \fIbool\fP"
501Turn on/off secondary screen scroll (default enabled)\&. If
502the this option is enabled, scrolls on the secondary screen will
503change the scrollback buffer and switching to/from the secondary screen
504will instead scroll the screen up\&.
717.IP "\fBkeysym\&.\fP\fIsym\fP: \fIstring\fP" 505.IP "\fBkeysym\&.\fP\fIsym\fP: \fIstring\fP"
718Associate \fIstring\fP with keysym \fIsym\fP (\fB0xFF00 - 0xFFFF\fP)\&. It 506Associate \fIstring\fP with keysym \fIsym\fP (\fB0xFF00 - 0xFFFF\fP)\&. It
719may contain escape values (\ea: bell, \eb: backspace, \ee, \eE: escape, 507may contain escape values (\ea: bell, \eb: backspace, \ee, \eE: escape,
720\en: newline, \er: return, \et: tab, \e000: octal number) or control 508\en: newline, \er: return, \et: tab, \e000: octal number) or control
721characters (^?: delete, ^@: null, ^A \&.\&.\&.) and may enclosed with 509characters (^?: delete, ^@: null, ^A \&.\&.\&.) and may enclosed with
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770.PP 558.PP
771\fBrxvt\fP tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fP(5) file so that it can be 559\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 560seen via the \fIwho(1)\fP command, and can accept messages\&. To allow this
773feature, \fBrxvt\fP must be installed setuid root on some systems\&. 561feature, \fBrxvt\fP must be installed setuid root on some systems\&.
774.SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS" 562.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 563.PP
780In addition to the default foreground and background colours, \fBrxvt\fP 564In addition to the default foreground and background colours, \fBrxvt\fP
781can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus high-intensity bold/blink 565can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus high-intensity bold/blink
782versions of the same)\&. 566versions of the same)\&.
783Here is a list of the colours with their \fBrgb\&.txt\fP names\&. 567Here is a list of the colours with their \fBrgb\&.txt\fP names\&.
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1294.PP 1078.PP
1295Cursor change support is not yet implemented\&. 1079Cursor change support is not yet implemented\&.
1296.PP 1080.PP
1297Click-and-drag doesn\&'t work with X11 mouse report overriding\&. 1081Click-and-drag doesn\&'t work with X11 mouse report overriding\&.
1298.PP 1082.PP
1299Graphics support is fairly crude\&.
1300.PP
1301.SH "FTP LOCATION" 1083.SH "FTP LOCATION"
1302.PP 1084.PP
1303rxvt-+RXVTVERSION()\&.tar\&.gz can be found at the following ftp sites 1085rxvt-3\&.3\&.tar\&.gz can be found at the following ftp sites
1304RXVTFTPSITE() 1086ftp://ftp\&.rxvt\&.org/pub/rxvt
1305.PP 1087.PP
1306.SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR" 1088.SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
1307.PP 1089.PP
1308.IP "Project Coordinator" 1090.IP "Project Coordinator"
1309RXVTMAINT() RXVTMAINTEMAIL() 1091Marc A\&. Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp\&.de>
1310.br 1092.br
1311.IP "Web page maintainter" 1093.IP "Web page maintainter"
1312RXVTWEBMAINT() RXVTWEBMAINTEMAIL() 1094Marc A\&. Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp\&.de>
1313.br 1095.br
1314RXVTWEBPAGE() 1096<http://www\&.sourceforge\&.net/projects/rxvt-unicode/>
1315.br 1097.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 1098.PP
1325.SH "AUTHORS" 1099.SH "AUTHORS"
1326.PP 1100.PP
1327.IP "John Bovey" 1101.IP "John Bovey"
1328University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt\&. 1102University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt\&.
1329.IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket\&.sanders\&.lockheed\&.com>" 1103.IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket\&.sanders\&.lockheed\&.com>"
1330very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt 1104very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
1331.IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc\&.ic\&.ac\&.uk>" 1105.IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc\&.ic\&.ac\&.uk>"
1332wrote the Greek Keyboard Input 1106wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
1333.IP "mj olesen <olesen@me\&.QueensU\&.CA>" 1107.IP "mj olesen <olesen@me\&.QueensU\&.CA>"
1334Wrote the menu system\&. 1108Wrote the menu system\&.
1335.br 1109.br
1336Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.11 to 2\&.21) 1110Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.11 to 2\&.21)
1337.IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math\&.fu-berlin\&.de>" 1111.IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math\&.fu-berlin\&.de>"
1338Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.21a to 2\&.4\&.5) 1112Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.21a to 2\&.4\&.5)
1339.IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox\&.com>" 1113.IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox\&.com>"
1340Rewrote screen display and text selection routines\&. 1114Rewrote screen display and text selection routines\&.
1115Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.4\&.6 - rxvt-unicode)
1116.IP "Marc Alexander Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp\&.de>"
1117Forked rxvt-unicode, rewrote most of the display code and
1118internal character handling to store text in unicode,
1119improve xterm compatibility and apply numerous other bugfixes
1120and extensions\&.
1341.br 1121.br
1342Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.4\&.6 - ) 1122Project Coordinator (Changes 1\&.0 - )
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