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2     <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
3     <head>
4     <title>REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information</title>
5     <link rev="made" href="mailto:perl-binary@plan9.de" />
6     </head>
7    
8     <body style="background-color: white">
9    
10     <p><a name="__index__"></a></p>
11     <!-- INDEX BEGIN -->
12    
13     <ul>
14    
15     <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li>
16     <li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
17     <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
18 root 1.11 <li><a href="#frequently_asked_questions">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a></li>
19 root 1.1 <li><a href="#rxvt_technical_reference">RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE</a></li>
20 root 1.11 <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
21 root 1.1 <li><a href="#definitions">Definitions</a></li>
22     <li><a href="#values">Values</a></li>
23     <li><a href="#escape_sequences">Escape Sequences</a></li>
24     <li><a href="#csi__command_sequence_introducer__sequences">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</a></li>
25     <li><a href="#dec_private_modes">DEC Private Modes</a></li>
26     <li><a href="#xterm_operating_system_commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</a></li>
27     <li><a href="#xpm">XPM</a></li>
28     <li><a href="#mouse_reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></li>
29     <li><a href="#key_codes">Key Codes</a></li>
30     <li><a href="#configure_options">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</a></li>
31     <li><a href="#authors">AUTHORS</a></li>
32     </ul>
33     <!-- INDEX END -->
34    
35     <hr />
36     <p>
37     </p>
38     <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
39     <p>RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information</p>
40     <p>
41     </p>
42     <hr />
43 root 1.11 <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
44     <pre>
45     # set a new font set
46     printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi&quot; Mincho&quot;</pre>
47     <pre>
48     # change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
49     export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf &quot;\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007&quot;</pre>
50     <pre>
51     # set window title
52     printf '\33]2;%s\007' &quot;new window title&quot;</pre>
53     <p>
54     </p>
55     <hr />
56     <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
57     <p>This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting
58     all escape sequences, and other background information.</p>
59     <p>The newest version of this document is
60     also available on the World Wide Web at
61     <a href="http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html">http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html</a>.</p>
62     <p>
63     </p>
64     <hr />
65 root 1.1 <h1><a name="frequently_asked_questions">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a></h1>
66     <dl>
67 root 1.43 <dt><strong><a name="item_the_new_selection_selects_pieces_that_are_too_big_">The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select
68     single words?</a></strong><br />
69 root 1.42 </dt>
70     <dd>
71 root 1.43 Yes. For example, if you want to select alphanumeric words, you can use
72     the following resource:
73 root 1.42 </dd>
74     <dd>
75     <pre>
76     URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)</pre>
77     </dd>
78     <dd>
79     <p>If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
80     more and more.</p>
81     </dd>
82     <dd>
83     <p>To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:</p>
84     </dd>
85     <dd>
86     <pre>
87     URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^&quot;&amp;'()*,;&lt;=&gt;?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)</pre>
88     </dd>
89 root 1.43 <dd>
90     <p>Please also note that the <em>LeftClick Shift-LeftClik</em> combination also
91     selects words like the old code.</p>
92     </dd>
93 root 1.42 <p></p>
94 root 1.41 <dt><strong><a name="item_i_don_27t_like_the_new_selection_2fpopups_2fhotkey">I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I
95     change/disable it?</a></strong><br />
96     </dt>
97     <dd>
98     You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
99     <strong>perl-ext-common</strong> resource to the empty string, which also keeps
100     rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
101     </dd>
102     <dd>
103     <p>If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
104     identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
105 root 1.45 <strong>PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</strong> in the <code>rxvtperl(3)</code> manpage. For
106 root 1.41 example, to disable the <strong>selection-popup</strong> and <strong>option-popup</strong>, specify
107     this <strong>perl-ext-common</strong> resource:</p>
108     </dd>
109     <dd>
110     <pre>
111     URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup</pre>
112     </dd>
113     <dd>
114     <p>This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
115     extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
116     scrollback search mode is triggered by <strong>M-s</strong>. You can move it to any
117     other combination either by setting the <strong>searchable-scrollback</strong> resource:</p>
118     </dd>
119     <dd>
120     <pre>
121     URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s</pre>
122     </dd>
123     <p></p>
124 root 1.28 <dt><strong><a name="item_isn_27t_rxvt_supposed_to_be_small_3f_don_27t_all_t">Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?</a></strong><br />
125     </dt>
126     <dd>
127     I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
128     bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
129     that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
130     compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even
131     with <code>--disable-everything</code>, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
132     features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
133     already in use in this mode.
134     </dd>
135     <dd>
136     <pre>
137     text data bss drs rss filename
138     98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
139     188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything</pre>
140     </dd>
141     <dd>
142     <p>When you <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft
143     and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
144     libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.</p>
145     </dd>
146     <dd>
147     <pre>
148     text data bss drs rss filename
149     163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
150     1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything</pre>
151     </dd>
152     <dd>
153     <p>The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
154     encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
155     and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
156     encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
157     compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
158     memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
159     few megabytes of RSS. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when
160     not used.</p>
161     </dd>
162     <dd>
163     <p>Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
164     a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
165     memory.</p>
166     </dd>
167     <dd>
168     <p>Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
169     still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
170     (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
171 root 1.37 43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
172 root 1.28 startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
173     extremely well *g*.</p>
174     </dd>
175     <p></p>
176     <dt><strong><a name="item_why_c_2b_2b_2c_isn_27t_that_unportable_2fbloated_2">Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?</a></strong><br />
177     </dt>
178     <dd>
179     Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
180     to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
181     of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
182     shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.
183     </dd>
184     <dd>
185     <p>My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but in
186     the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
187     are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
188     domain sockets, which are all less portable than C++ itself.</p>
189     </dd>
190     <dd>
191     <p>Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
192     in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
193     C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
194     not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is what rxvt links against on my
195     system with a minimal config:</p>
196     </dd>
197     <dd>
198     <pre>
199     libX11.so.6 =&gt; /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
200     libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
201     libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
202     /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)</pre>
203     </dd>
204     <dd>
205     <p>And here is rxvt-unicode:</p>
206     </dd>
207     <dd>
208     <pre>
209     libX11.so.6 =&gt; /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
210     libgcc_s.so.1 =&gt; /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
211     libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
212     libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
213     /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)</pre>
214     </dd>
215     <dd>
216     <p>No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
217     except maybe libX11 :)</p>
218     </dd>
219     <p></p>
220     <dt><strong><a name="item_does_it_support_tabs_2c_can_i_have_a_tabbed_rxvt_2">Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?</a></strong><br />
221     </dt>
222     <dd>
223     rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with
224     tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing programs,
225     and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into other programs,
226     as witnessed by <em>doc/rxvt-tabbed</em> or the upcoming <code>Gtk2::URxvt</code> perl
227     module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt) terminal as an example
228     embedding application.
229     </dd>
230     <p></p>
231 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_how_do_i_know_which_rxvt_2dunicode_version_i_27m_u">How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?</a></strong><br />
232     </dt>
233     <dd>
234     The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
235 root 1.28 sequence <code>ESC [ 8 n</code> sets the window title to the version number. When
236 root 1.45 using the rxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the
237 root 1.28 daemon.
238 root 1.11 </dd>
239     <p></p>
240     <dt><strong><a name="item_i_am_using_debian_gnu_2flinux_and_have_a_problem_2">I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...</a></strong><br />
241     </dt>
242     <dd>
243 root 1.21 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
244     patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before
245     reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and
246     install the genuine version (<a href="http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode</a>)
247     and try to reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the
248     problems are specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be
249     reported via the Debian Bug Tracking System (use <code>reportbug</code> to report
250     the bug).
251 root 1.11 </dd>
252     <dd>
253     <p>For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
254     probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
255     bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
256     might encounter the same issue.</p>
257 root 1.1 </dd>
258     <p></p>
259 root 1.36 <dt><strong><a name="item_i_am_maintaining_rxvt_2dunicode_for_distribution_2">I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?</a></strong><br />
260     </dt>
261     <dd>
262     You should build one binary with the default options. <em>configure</em>
263     now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
264     runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,
265     except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
266     be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
267     the future) depends on it.
268     </dd>
269     <dd>
270     <p>You should not overwrite the <code>perl-ext-common</code> snd <code>perl-ext</code> resources
271     system-wide (except maybe with <code>defaults</code>). This will result in useful
272     behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
273     <code>perl-ext-common</code> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
274     perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.</p>
275     </dd>
276     <dd>
277     <p>If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
278     one with <code>--disable-everything</code> (very useful) and a maximal one with
279     <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
280     encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).</p>
281     </dd>
282     <p></p>
283     <dt><strong><a name="item_i_need_to_make_it_setuid_2fsetgid_to_support_utmp_">I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?</a></strong><br />
284     </dt>
285     <dd>
286 root 1.39 Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably not
287     bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of freetype
288     + fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode itself to all be
289 root 1.36 secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options when it detects that it
290 root 1.39 runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. Besides, with the embedded perl
291     interpreter the possibility for security problems easily multiplies.
292 root 1.36 </dd>
293     <dd>
294     <p>Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on some
295     systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra privileges for
296 root 1.39 ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is planned to mvoe this into
297     a forked handler process, but this is not yet done.</p>
298 root 1.36 </dd>
299     <dd>
300     <p>So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on your
301     typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always remember that
302     its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked for security issues
303     regularly.</p>
304     </dd>
305     <p></p>
306 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_when_i_log_2din_to_another_system_it_tells_me_abou">When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</a></strong><br />
307     </dt>
308     <dd>
309     The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
310     as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
311     </dd>
312     <dd>
313     <p>The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
314     be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):</p>
315     </dd>
316     <dd>
317     <pre>
318     REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
319     infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE &quot;cat &gt;/tmp/ti &amp;&amp; tic /tmp/ti&quot;</pre>
320     </dd>
321     <dd>
322     <p>... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,</p>
323     </dd>
324     <dd>
325     <p>If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
326     <code>TERM=rxvt</code> or even <code>TERM=xterm</code>, and live with the small number of
327     problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
328     colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
329     quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.</p>
330     </dd>
331     <dd>
332 root 1.11 <p>If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
333     can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
334     resource to set it:</p>
335 root 1.1 </dd>
336     <dd>
337     <pre>
338     URxvt.termName: rxvt</pre>
339     </dd>
340     <dd>
341     <p>If you don't plan to use <strong>rxvt</strong> (quite common...) you could also replace
342     the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.</p>
343     </dd>
344     <p></p>
345 root 1.21 <dt><strong><a name="item_tic_outputs_some_error_when_compiling_the_terminfo"><code>tic</code> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.</a></strong><br />
346     </dt>
347     <dd>
348     Most likely it's the empty definition for <code>enacs=</code>. Just replace it by
349     <code>enacs=\E[0@</code> and try again.
350     </dd>
351     <p></p>
352 root 1.45 <dt><strong><a name="item_bash_27s_readline_does_not_work_correctly_under_rx"><code>bash</code>'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt.</a></strong><br />
353 root 1.11 </dt>
354 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_i_need_a_termcap_file_entry_2e">I need a termcap file entry.</a></strong><br />
355     </dt>
356     <dd>
357 root 1.11 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
358     systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
359 root 1.14 library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
360     for <code>rxvt-unicode</code>.
361 root 1.11 </dd>
362     <dd>
363     <p>You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
364 root 1.1 You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
365 root 1.11 like this:</p>
366 root 1.1 </dd>
367     <dd>
368     <pre>
369     infocmp -C rxvt-unicode</pre>
370     </dd>
371     <dd>
372 root 1.11 <p>Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:</p>
373 root 1.1 </dd>
374     <dd>
375     <pre>
376     rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
377     :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
378 root 1.14 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
379 root 1.1 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
380     :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
381 root 1.15 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
382     :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
383     :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
384     :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
385     :i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
386     :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
387 root 1.14 :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
388     :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
389     :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E&gt;:\
390     :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
391     :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
392     :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
393     :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
394     :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
395 root 1.1 :vs=\E[?25h:</pre>
396     </dd>
397     <p></p>
398     <dt><strong><a name="item_why_does_ls_no_longer_have_coloured_output_3f">Why does <code>ls</code> no longer have coloured output?</a></strong><br />
399     </dt>
400     <dd>
401     The <code>ls</code> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
402     decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
403     file. Needless to say, <code>rxvt-unicode</code> is not in it's default file (among
404     with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
405     </dd>
406     <dd>
407     <pre>
408     TERM rxvt-unicode</pre>
409     </dd>
410     <dd>
411     <p>to <code>/etc/DIR_COLORS</code> or simply add:</p>
412     </dd>
413     <dd>
414     <pre>
415     alias ls='ls --color=auto'</pre>
416     </dd>
417     <dd>
418     <p>to your <code>.profile</code> or <code>.bashrc</code>.</p>
419     </dd>
420     <p></p>
421     <dt><strong><a name="item_why_doesn_27t_vim_2femacs_etc_2e_use_the_88_colour">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?</a></strong><br />
422     </dt>
423     <dt><strong><a name="item_why_doesn_27t_vim_2femacs_etc_2e_make_use_of_itali">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?</a></strong><br />
424     </dt>
425     <dt><strong><a name="item_why_are_the_secondary_screen_2drelated_options_not">Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?</a></strong><br />
426     </dt>
427     <dd>
428     Make sure you are using <code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>. Some pre-packaged
429     distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
430     by setting <code>TERM</code> to <code>rxvt</code>, which doesn't have these extra
431     features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
432     GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo
433     file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question <strong>When
434     I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</strong> on
435     how to do this).
436     </dd>
437     <p></p>
438 root 1.11 <dt><strong><a name="item_my_numerical_keypad_acts_weird_and_generates_diffe">My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?</a></strong><br />
439     </dt>
440     <dd>
441     Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
442     specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
443     by the wrong <code>TERM</code> setting, although the details of wether and how
444     this can happen are unknown, as <code>TERM=rxvt</code> should offer a compatible
445     keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
446     helped.
447     </dd>
448     <p></p>
449 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_rxvt_2dunicode_does_not_seem_to_understand_the_sel">Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?</a></strong><br />
450     </dt>
451     <dt><strong><a name="item_unicode_does_not_seem_to_work_3f">Unicode does not seem to work?</a></strong><br />
452     </dt>
453     <dd>
454     If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
455     getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
456     subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
457     </dd>
458     <dd>
459     <p>Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same <code>LC_CTYPE</code> setting as the
460     programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> locale, while the
461     login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
462 root 1.11 something else, e.g. <code>en_GB.UTF-8</code>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.</p>
463 root 1.1 </dd>
464     <dd>
465     <p>The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
466     into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.</p>
467     </dd>
468     <dd>
469     <pre>
470     printf '\e]701;%s\007' &quot;$LC_CTYPE&quot;</pre>
471     </dd>
472     <dd>
473     <p>If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a <code>LC_CTYPE</code> specification not
474     supported on your systems. Some systems have a <code>locale</code> command which
475 root 1.11 displays this (also, <code>perl -e0</code> can be used to check locale settings, as
476     it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
477     like:</p>
478 root 1.1 </dd>
479     <dd>
480     <pre>
481     locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...</pre>
482     </dd>
483     <dd>
484     <p>Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.</p>
485     </dd>
486     <dd>
487     <p>If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
488     you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
489     support locales :(</p>
490     </dd>
491     <p></p>
492     <dt><strong><a name="item_why_do_some_characters_look_so_much_different_than">Why do some characters look so much different than others?</a></strong><br />
493     </dt>
494     <dt><strong><a name="item_how_does_rxvt_2dunicode_choose_fonts_3f">How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?</a></strong><br />
495     </dt>
496     <dd>
497     Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
498     fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
499     your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
500     to display.
501     </dd>
502     <dd>
503     <p><strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
504     font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
505 root 1.11 bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
506     resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
507     intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
508     the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.</p>
509 root 1.1 </dd>
510     <dd>
511     <p>In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
512     e.g.:</p>
513     </dd>
514     <dd>
515     <pre>
516 root 1.45 rxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...</pre>
517 root 1.1 </dd>
518     <dd>
519     <p>When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
520     font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
521     next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
522     search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.</p>
523     </dd>
524     <dd>
525 root 1.11 <p>The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
526     font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
527     must be the same due to the way terminals work.</p>
528 root 1.1 </dd>
529     <p></p>
530     <dt><strong><a name="item_why_do_some_chinese_characters_look_so_different_t">Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?</a></strong><br />
531     </dt>
532     <dd>
533     This is because there is a difference between script and language --
534 root 1.11 rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
535     as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
536     sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
537     display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
538     chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
539 root 1.1 non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
540     -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
541 root 1.11 chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
542 root 1.1 </dd>
543     <dd>
544     <p>The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
545     list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
546     a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
547     first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.</p>
548     </dd>
549     <dd>
550 root 1.11 <p>In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
551     runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
552     fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
553     has been designed yet).</p>
554     </dd>
555     <dd>
556     <p>Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see <a href="#can_i_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime">Can I switch the fonts at runtime?</a> later in this document).</p>
557 root 1.1 </dd>
558     <p></p>
559     <dt><strong><a name="item_why_does_rxvt_2dunicode_sometimes_leave_pixel_drop">Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?</a></strong><br />
560     </dt>
561     <dd>
562     Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
563     size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
564     contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
565     these characters. For characters that are just ``a bit'' too wide a special
566     ``careful'' rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
567     </dd>
568     <dd>
569     <p>All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
570     however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
571     box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
572     ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
573     cases).</p>
574     </dd>
575     <dd>
576     <p>It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
577     or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
578     the <code>-lsp</code> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
579     might be forced to use a different font.</p>
580     </dd>
581     <dd>
582     <p>All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
583     box data is correct.</p>
584     </dd>
585     <p></p>
586 root 1.20 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_solaris_9_2c_many_line_2ddrawing_characters_are">On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.</a></strong><br />
587     </dt>
588     <dd>
589     Seems to be a known bug, read
590     <a href="http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html">http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html</a>. Some people use the
591     following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
592     </dd>
593     <dd>
594     <pre>
595     #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) &gt; 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)</pre>
596     </dd>
597     <p></p>
598 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_compose">My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.</a></strong><br />
599     </dt>
600     <dd>
601     The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
602     correctly, or you specified a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> that is not supported by
603     your input method. For example, if you specified <strong>OverTheSpot</strong> and
604     your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
605     does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
606     rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
607     </dd>
608     <dd>
609     <p>In this case either do not specify a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> or specify more than
610     one pre-edit style, such as <strong>OverTheSpot,Root,None</strong>.</p>
611     </dd>
612     <p></p>
613     <dt><strong><a name="item_i_cannot_type_ctrl_2dshift_2d2_to_get_an_ascii_nul">I cannot type <code>Ctrl-Shift-2</code> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755</a></strong><br />
614     </dt>
615     <dd>
616     Either try <code>Ctrl-2</code> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
617     international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
618     advantage, typing &lt;Ctrl-Shift-0&gt; to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
619     codes, too, such as <code>Ctrl-Shift-1-d</code> to type the default telnet escape
620     character and so on.
621     </dd>
622     <p></p>
623     <dt><strong><a name="item_how_can_i_keep_rxvt_2dunicode_from_using_reverse_v">How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?</a></strong><br />
624     </dt>
625     <dd>
626 root 1.11 First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
627     (<code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
628     make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
629     rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
630 root 1.1 </dd>
631     <dd>
632     <pre>
633 root 1.11 URxvt.colorBD: white
634     URxvt.colorIT: green</pre>
635 root 1.1 </dd>
636     <p></p>
637     <dt><strong><a name="item_colours">Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?</a></strong><br />
638     </dt>
639     <dd>
640 root 1.11 For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
641     colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
642     8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
643     these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
644 root 1.1 </dd>
645     <dd>
646 root 1.11 <p>In the meantime, you can either edit your <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo
647     definition to only claim 8 colour support or use <code>TERM=rxvt</code>, which will
648     fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.</p>
649 root 1.1 </dd>
650     <p></p>
651     <dt><strong><a name="item_i_am_on_freebsd_and_rxvt_2dunicode_does_not_seem_t">I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.</a></strong><br />
652     </dt>
653     <dd>
654     Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> to be defined
655     in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
656     wether it defines the symbol or not. <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> requires that
657     <strong>wchar_t</strong> is represented as unicode.
658     </dd>
659     <dd>
660     <p>As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
661     does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
662 root 1.11 <strong>wchar_t</strong>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.</p>
663 root 1.1 </dd>
664     <dd>
665 root 1.19 <p>However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in <code>POSIX</code>, <code>ISO-8859-1</code> and
666     <code>UTF-8</code> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as <strong>wchar_t</strong>.</p>
667     </dd>
668     <dd>
669     <p><code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> is the only sane way to support multi-language
670     apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
671     representation of <strong>wchar_t</strong> makes it impossible to convert between
672     <strong>wchar_t</strong> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
673     without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
674     simply are no APIs to convert <strong>wchar_t</strong> into anything except the current
675     locale encoding.</p>
676 root 1.1 </dd>
677     <dd>
678     <p>Some applications (such as the formidable <strong>mlterm</strong>) work around this
679     by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
680     with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
681     conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
682     encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).</p>
683     </dd>
684     <dd>
685     <p>The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
686     system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
687 root 1.11 complete replacements for them :)</p>
688 root 1.1 </dd>
689     <p></p>
690 root 1.20 <dt><strong><a name="item_i_use_solaris_9_and_it_doesn_27t_compile_2fwork_2f">I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.</a></strong><br />
691     </dt>
692     <dd>
693     Try the diff in <em>doc/solaris9.patch</em> as a base. It fixes the worst
694     problems with <code>wcwidth</code> and a compile problem.
695     </dd>
696     <p></p>
697 root 1.21 <dt><strong><a name="item_how_can_i_use_rxvt_2dunicode_under_cygwin_3f">How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?</a></strong><br />
698     </dt>
699     <dd>
700     rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
701     the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
702     longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
703     single font). I recommend starting the X-server in <code>-multiwindow</code> or
704     <code>-rootless</code> mode instead, which will result in similar look&amp;feel as the
705     old libW11 emulation.
706     </dd>
707     <dd>
708     <p>At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
709     encodings (you might try <code>LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8</code>), so you are likely limited
710     to 8-bit encodings.</p>
711     </dd>
712     <p></p>
713 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_how_does_rxvt_2dunicode_determine_the_encoding_to_">How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?</a></strong><br />
714     </dt>
715     <dt><strong><a name="item_is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodings_3f">Is there an option to switch encodings?</a></strong><br />
716     </dt>
717     <dd>
718     Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
719     specific ``utf-8'' mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
720     UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
721     </dd>
722     <dd>
723     <p>The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
724     the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
725 root 1.11 applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
726     and code number. This mechanism is the <em>locale</em>. Applications not using
727     that info will have problems (for example, <code>xterm</code> gets the width of
728     characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
729     locales).</p>
730 root 1.1 </dd>
731     <dd>
732     <p>Rxvt-unicode uses the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> locale category to select encoding. All
733     programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
734     interpretation of characters.</p>
735     </dd>
736     <dd>
737     <p>Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
738     is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.</p>
739     </dd>
740     <dd>
741     <p>On most systems, the content of the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> environment variable
742     contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
743     locale. Common names for locales are <code>en_US.UTF-8</code>, <code>de_DE.ISO-8859-15</code>,
744     <code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code>, i.e. <code>language_country.encoding</code>, but other forms
745     (i.e. <code>de</code> or <code>german</code>) are also common.</p>
746     </dd>
747     <dd>
748     <p>Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
749     the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
750 root 1.11 i.e. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code> and <code>ja_JP.UTF-8</code> are the normally same to
751     rxvt-unicode.</p>
752 root 1.1 </dd>
753     <dd>
754     <p>If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
755     rxvt-unicode with the correct <code>LC_CTYPE</code> category.</p>
756     </dd>
757     <p></p>
758     <dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_switch_locales_at_runtime_3f">Can I switch locales at runtime?</a></strong><br />
759     </dt>
760     <dd>
761 root 1.11 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
762 root 1.1 rxvt-unicode's idea of <code>LC_CTYPE</code>.
763     </dd>
764     <dd>
765     <pre>
766     printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS</pre>
767     </dd>
768     <dd>
769 root 1.11 <p>See also the previous answer.</p>
770 root 1.1 </dd>
771     <dd>
772 root 1.11 <p>Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
773     one locale (e.g. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code>) but some programs don't support it
774     (e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start <code>xjdic</code>, which
775     first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:</p>
776 root 1.1 </dd>
777     <dd>
778     <pre>
779     printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
780     xjdic -js
781     printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8</pre>
782     </dd>
783 root 1.11 <dd>
784     <p>You can also use xterm's <code>luit</code> program, which usually works fine, except
785     for some locales where character width differs between program- and
786     rxvt-unicode-locales.</p>
787     </dd>
788 root 1.1 <p></p>
789     <dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime_3f">Can I switch the fonts at runtime?</a></strong><br />
790     </dt>
791     <dd>
792 root 1.11 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
793 root 1.1 effect as using the <code>-fn</code> switch, and takes effect immediately:
794     </dd>
795     <dd>
796     <pre>
797     printf '\e]50;%s\007' &quot;9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic&quot;</pre>
798     </dd>
799     <dd>
800     <p>This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
801     japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
802     japanese fonts would only be in your way.</p>
803     </dd>
804     <dd>
805     <p>You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.</p>
806     </dd>
807     <p></p>
808     <dt><strong><a name="item_why_do_italic_characters_look_as_if_clipped_3f">Why do italic characters look as if clipped?</a></strong><br />
809     </dt>
810     <dd>
811     Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
812     example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font <code>xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
813 root 1.11 Mono</code> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
814     enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
815 root 1.1 </dd>
816     <dd>
817     <pre>
818 root 1.11 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
819     URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true</pre>
820 root 1.1 </dd>
821     <p></p>
822     <dt><strong><a name="item_my_input_method_wants__3csome_encoding_3e_but_i_wa">My input method wants &lt;some encoding&gt; but I want UTF-8, what can I do?</a></strong><br />
823     </dt>
824     <dd>
825     You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
826     terminal, using the resource <code>imlocale</code>:
827     </dd>
828     <dd>
829     <pre>
830 root 1.46 URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP</pre>
831 root 1.1 </dd>
832     <dd>
833     <p>Now you can start your terminal with <code>LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8</code> and still
834     use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
835     input characters outside <code>EUC-JP</code> in a normal way then, as your input
836     method limits you.</p>
837     </dd>
838     <p></p>
839 root 1.12 <dt><strong><a name="item_rxvt_2dunicode_crashes_when_the_x_input_method_cha">Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.</a></strong><br />
840     </dt>
841     <dd>
842     Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
843     design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
844     leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
845     exit time. <strong>kinput2</strong> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
846     while <strong>SCIM</strong> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
847     crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
848     </dd>
849     <dd>
850     <p>So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.</p>
851     </dd>
852     <p></p>
853 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_rxvt_2dunicode_uses_gobs_of_memory_2c_how_can_i_re">Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?</a></strong><br />
854     </dt>
855     <dd>
856 root 1.11 Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
857 root 1.1 don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
858     you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
859     when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
860     accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
861     </dd>
862     <dd>
863     <p>Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
864 root 1.24 scrollback buffers: Without <code>--enable-unicode3</code>, rxvt-unicode will use
865 root 1.1 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
866     kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
867 root 1.24 use 10 Megabytes of memory. With <code>--enable-unicode3</code> it gets worse, as
868 root 1.1 rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.</p>
869     </dd>
870     <p></p>
871     <dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_speed_up_xft_rendering_somehow_3f">Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?</a></strong><br />
872     </dt>
873     <dd>
874     Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
875     it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
876 root 1.23 antialiasing (by appending <code>:antialias=false</code>), which saves lots of
877 root 1.1 memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
878     </dd>
879     <p></p>
880     <dt><strong><a name="item_rxvt_2dunicode_doesn_27t_seem_to_anti_2dalias_its_">Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?</a></strong><br />
881     </dt>
882     <dd>
883     Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
884     fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
885     fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
886     antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
887     look best that way.
888     </dd>
889     <dd>
890     <p>If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.</p>
891     </dd>
892     <p></p>
893     <dt><strong><a name="item_mouse_cut_2fpaste_suddenly_no_longer_works_2e">Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.</a></strong><br />
894     </dt>
895     <dd>
896     Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
897     some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
898     heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
899     quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
900 root 1.44 depressed.
901 root 1.1 </dd>
902     <p></p>
903     <dt><strong><a name="item_what_27s_with_this_bold_2fblink_stuff_3f">What's with this bold/blink stuff?</a></strong><br />
904     </dt>
905     <dd>
906     If no bold colour is set via <code>colorBD:</code>, bold will invert text using the
907     standard foreground colour.
908     </dd>
909     <dd>
910     <p>For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
911     text blink when compiled with <code>--enable-blinking</code>. with standard
912     colours. Without <code>--enable-blinking</code>, the blink attribute will be
913     ignored.</p>
914     </dd>
915     <dd>
916     <p>On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
917     foreground/background colors.</p>
918     </dd>
919     <dd>
920     <p>color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.</p>
921     </dd>
922     <dd>
923     <p>color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.</p>
924     </dd>
925     <p></p>
926     <dt><strong><a name="item_i_don_27t_like_the_screen_colors_2e_how_do_i_chang">I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?</a></strong><br />
927     </dt>
928     <dd>
929     You can change the screen colors at run-time using <em>~/.Xdefaults</em>
930     resources (or as long-options).
931     </dd>
932     <dd>
933     <p>Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
934     including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:</p>
935     </dd>
936     <dd>
937     <pre>
938 root 1.11 URxvt.color0: #000000
939     URxvt.color1: #A80000
940     URxvt.color2: #00A800
941     URxvt.color3: #A8A800
942     URxvt.color4: #0000A8
943     URxvt.color5: #A800A8
944     URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
945     URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8</pre>
946 root 1.1 </dd>
947     <dd>
948     <pre>
949 root 1.11 URxvt.color8: #000054
950     URxvt.color9: #FF0054
951     URxvt.color10: #00FF54
952     URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
953     URxvt.color12: #0000FF
954     URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
955     URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
956     URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF</pre>
957 root 1.1 </dd>
958     <dd>
959 root 1.11 <p>And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
960     me) as ``pretty girly''.</p>
961 root 1.1 </dd>
962     <dd>
963     <pre>
964     URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
965     URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
966     URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
967     URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
968     URxvt.color0: #000000
969     URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
970     URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
971     URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
972     URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
973     URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
974     URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
975     URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
976     URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
977     URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
978     URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
979     URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
980     URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
981     URxvt.color15: #e1dddd</pre>
982     </dd>
983     <p></p>
984 root 1.45 <dt><strong><a name="item_how_can_i_start_rxvtd_in_a_race_2dfree_way_3f">How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way?</a></strong><br />
985 root 1.11 </dt>
986     <dd>
987 root 1.45 Try <code>rxvtd -f -o</code>, which tells rxvtd to open the
988 root 1.22 display, create the listening socket and then fork.
989 root 1.11 </dd>
990     <p></p>
991 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_what_27s_with_the_strange_backspace_2fdelete_key_b">What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?</a></strong><br />
992     </dt>
993     <dd>
994     Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
995     BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
996     question) there are two standard values that can be used for
997     Backspace: <code>^H</code> and <code>^?</code>.
998     </dd>
999     <dd>
1000     <p>Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
1001     policy of using <code>^?</code> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
1002     choice :).</p>
1003     </dd>
1004     <dd>
1005     <p>Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
1006     of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
1007     started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
1008     system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in &lt;termios.h&gt;, will
1009     be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).</p>
1010     </dd>
1011     <dd>
1012     <p>For starting a new rxvt-unicode:</p>
1013     </dd>
1014     <dd>
1015     <pre>
1016     # use Backspace = ^H
1017     $ stty erase ^H
1018 root 1.45 $ rxvt</pre>
1019 root 1.1 </dd>
1020     <dd>
1021     <pre>
1022     # use Backspace = ^?
1023     $ stty erase ^?
1024 root 1.45 $ rxvt</pre>
1025 root 1.1 </dd>
1026     <dd>
1027 root 1.44 <p>Toggle with <code>ESC [ 36 h</code> / <code>ESC [ 36 l</code>.</p>
1028 root 1.1 </dd>
1029     <dd>
1030     <p>For an existing rxvt-unicode:</p>
1031     </dd>
1032     <dd>
1033     <pre>
1034     # use Backspace = ^H
1035     $ stty erase ^H
1036     $ echo -n &quot;^[[36h&quot;</pre>
1037     </dd>
1038     <dd>
1039     <pre>
1040     # use Backspace = ^?
1041     $ stty erase ^?
1042     $ echo -n &quot;^[[36l&quot;</pre>
1043     </dd>
1044     <dd>
1045     <p>This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
1046     if you use Backspace = <code>^H</code>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
1047     properly reflects that.</p>
1048     </dd>
1049     <dd>
1050     <p>The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
1051     To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
1052     key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
1053 root 1.11 (<code>ESC [ 3 ~</code>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.</p>
1054 root 1.1 </dd>
1055     <dd>
1056     <p>Some other Backspace problems:</p>
1057     </dd>
1058     <dd>
1059     <p>some editors use termcap/terminfo,
1060     some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
1061     GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.</p>
1062     </dd>
1063     <dd>
1064     <p>Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.</p>
1065     </dd>
1066     <p></p>
1067     <dt><strong><a name="item_i_don_27t_like_the_key_2dbindings_2e_how_do_i_chan">I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?</a></strong><br />
1068     </dt>
1069     <dd>
1070     There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
1071     you have run ``configure'' with the <a href="#item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources"><code>--disable-resources</code></a> option you can
1072 root 1.2 use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
1073 root 1.1 </dd>
1074     <dd>
1075 root 1.45 <p>Here's an example for a URxvt session started using <code>rxvt -name URxvt</code></p>
1076 root 1.1 </dd>
1077     <dd>
1078     <pre>
1079 root 1.11 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
1080     URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
1081     URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033&lt;C-'&gt;
1082     URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033&lt;C-/&gt;
1083     URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033&lt;C-;&gt;
1084     URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
1085     URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033&lt;C-,&gt;
1086     URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033&lt;C-.&gt;
1087     URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
1088     URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033&lt;C-Tab&gt;
1089     URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033&lt;C-Return&gt;
1090     URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033&lt;S-Return&gt;
1091     URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033&lt;S-Space&gt;
1092     URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033&lt;M-Up&gt;
1093     URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033&lt;M-Down&gt;
1094     URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033&lt;M-Left&gt;
1095     URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033&lt;M-Right&gt;
1096     URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033&lt;M-C- 0123456789 &gt;
1097 root 1.4 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033&lt;M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz &gt;
1098 root 1.11 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007</pre>
1099 root 1.4 </dd>
1100     <dd>
1101     <p>See some more examples in the documentation for the <strong>keysym</strong> resource.</p>
1102 root 1.1 </dd>
1103     <p></p>
1104     <dt><strong><a name="item_i_27m_using_keyboard_model_xxx_that_has_extra_prio">I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
1105     How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1106     has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.</a></strong><br />
1107     </dt>
1108     <dd>
1109     <pre>
1110     KP_Insert == Insert
1111     F22 == Print
1112     F27 == Home
1113     F29 == Prior
1114     F33 == End
1115     F35 == Next</pre>
1116     </dd>
1117     <dd>
1118 root 1.4 <p>Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
1119     keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
1120     required for your particular machine.</p>
1121 root 1.1 </dd>
1122 root 1.11 <dt><strong><a name="item_how_do_i_distinguish_wether_i_27m_running_rxvt_2du">How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
1123 root 1.1 I need this to decide about setting colors etc.</a></strong><br />
1124     </dt>
1125     <dd>
1126     rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable ``COLORTERM'', so you can
1127     check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1128     Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1129     not to use color.
1130     </dd>
1131     <p></p>
1132     <dt><strong><a name="item_how_do_i_set_the_correct_2c_full_ip_address_for_th">How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?</a></strong><br />
1133     </dt>
1134     <dd>
1135     If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
1136     insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1137     snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1138     wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1139     the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1140     regular xterm.
1141     </dd>
1142     <dd>
1143     <p>Courtesy of Chuck Blake &lt;<a href="mailto:cblake@BBN.COM">cblake@BBN.COM</a>&gt; with the following shell script
1144     snippets:</p>
1145     </dd>
1146     <dd>
1147     <pre>
1148     # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1149     [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] &amp;&amp; TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1150     if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1151     stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1152     echo -n '^[Z'
1153     read term_id
1154     stty icanon echo
1155     if [ &quot;&quot;${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1156     echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1157     read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1158     fi
1159     fi</pre>
1160     </dd>
1161     <p></p>
1162     <dt><strong><a name="item_how_do_i_compile_the_manual_pages_for_myself_3f">How do I compile the manual pages for myself?</a></strong><br />
1163     </dt>
1164     <dd>
1165     You need to have a recent version of perl installed as <em>/usr/bin/perl</em>,
1166     one that comes with <em>pod2man</em>, <em>pod2text</em> and <em>pod2html</em>. Then go to
1167     the doc subdirectory and enter <code>make alldoc</code>.
1168     </dd>
1169     <p></p>
1170     <dt><strong><a name="item_my_question_isn_27t_answered_here_2c_can_i_ask_a_h">My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?</a></strong><br />
1171     </dt>
1172     <dd>
1173     Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: <code>irc.freenode.net</code>,
1174     channel <code>#rxvt-unicode</code> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
1175     interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
1176     </dd>
1177     <p></p></dl>
1178     <p>
1179     </p>
1180     <hr />
1181 root 1.11 <h1><a name="rxvt_technical_reference">RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE</a></h1>
1182 root 1.1 <p>
1183     </p>
1184     <hr />
1185     <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
1186     <p>The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
1187     <strong>rxvt-unicode</strong>. First the description of supported command sequences,
1188     followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all
1189     features selectable at <code>configure</code> time.</p>
1190     <p>
1191     </p>
1192     <hr />
1193     <h1><a name="definitions">Definitions</a></h1>
1194     <dl>
1195     <dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1196     </dt>
1197     <dd>
1198     The literal character c.
1199     </dd>
1200     <p></p>
1201     <dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1202     </dt>
1203     <dd>
1204     A single (required) character.
1205     </dd>
1206     <p></p>
1207     <dt><strong><a name="item_ps"><strong><code>Ps</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1208     </dt>
1209     <dd>
1210     A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more
1211     digits.
1212     </dd>
1213     <p></p>
1214     <dt><strong><a name="item_pm"><strong><code>Pm</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1215     </dt>
1216     <dd>
1217     A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric
1218     parameters, separated by <code>;</code> character(s).
1219     </dd>
1220     <p></p>
1221     <dt><strong><a name="item_pt"><strong><code>Pt</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1222     </dt>
1223     <dd>
1224     A text parameter composed of printable characters.
1225     </dd>
1226     <p></p></dl>
1227     <p>
1228     </p>
1229     <hr />
1230     <h1><a name="values">Values</a></h1>
1231     <dl>
1232     <dt><strong><a name="item_enq"><strong><code>ENQ</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1233     </dt>
1234     <dd>
1235     Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA)
1236     request attributes from terminal. See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps c</code></a> </strong>&gt;.
1237     </dd>
1238     <p></p>
1239     <dt><strong><a name="item_bel"><strong><code>BEL</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1240     </dt>
1241     <dd>
1242     Bell (Ctrl-G)
1243     </dd>
1244     <p></p>
1245     <dt><strong><a name="item_bs"><strong><code>BS</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1246     </dt>
1247     <dd>
1248     Backspace (Ctrl-H)
1249     </dd>
1250     <p></p>
1251     <dt><strong><a name="item_tab"><strong><code>TAB</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1252     </dt>
1253     <dd>
1254     Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I)
1255     </dd>
1256     <p></p>
1257     <dt><strong><a name="item_lf"><strong><code>LF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1258     </dt>
1259     <dd>
1260     Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J)
1261     </dd>
1262     <p></p>
1263     <dt><strong><a name="item_vt"><strong><code>VT</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1264     </dt>
1265     <dd>
1266     Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1267     </dd>
1268     <p></p>
1269     <dt><strong><a name="item_ff"><strong><code>FF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1270     </dt>
1271     <dd>
1272     Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1273     </dd>
1274     <p></p>
1275     <dt><strong><a name="item_cr"><strong><code>CR</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1276     </dt>
1277     <dd>
1278     Carriage Return (Ctrl-M)
1279     </dd>
1280     <p></p>
1281     <dt><strong><a name="item_so"><strong><code>SO</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1282     </dt>
1283     <dd>
1284     Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set.
1285     Switch to Alternate Character Set
1286     </dd>
1287     <p></p>
1288     <dt><strong><a name="item_si"><strong><code>SI</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1289     </dt>
1290     <dd>
1291     Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default).
1292     Switch to Standard Character Set
1293     </dd>
1294     <p></p>
1295     <dt><strong><a name="item_spc"><strong><code>SPC</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1296     </dt>
1297     <dd>
1298     Space Character
1299     </dd>
1300     <p></p></dl>
1301     <p>
1302     </p>
1303     <hr />
1304     <h1><a name="escape_sequences">Escape Sequences</a></h1>
1305     <dl>
1306     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__23_8"><strong><code>ESC # 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1307     </dt>
1308     <dd>
1309     DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN)
1310     </dd>
1311     <p></p>
1312     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_7"><strong><code>ESC 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1313     </dt>
1314     <dd>
1315     Save Cursor (SC)
1316     </dd>
1317     <p></p>
1318     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_8"><strong><code>ESC 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1319     </dt>
1320     <dd>
1321     Restore Cursor
1322     </dd>
1323     <p></p>
1324     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__3d"><strong><code>ESC =</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1325     </dt>
1326     <dd>
1327     Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence.
1328     </dd>
1329     <p></p>
1330     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc"><strong><code>ESC</code> </strong>&gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
1331     </dt>
1332     <dd>
1333     Normal Keypad (RMKX)
1334     </dd>
1335     <dd>
1336     <p><strong>Note:</strong> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, <strong>Num_Lock</strong> has been
1337     pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad
1338     (see Key Codes).</p>
1339     </dd>
1340     <p></p>
1341     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_d"><strong><code>ESC D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1342     </dt>
1343     <dd>
1344     Index (IND)
1345     </dd>
1346     <p></p>
1347     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_e"><strong><code>ESC E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1348     </dt>
1349     <dd>
1350     Next Line (NEL)
1351     </dd>
1352     <p></p>
1353     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_h"><strong><code>ESC H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1354     </dt>
1355     <dd>
1356     Tab Set (HTS)
1357     </dd>
1358     <p></p>
1359     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_m"><strong><code>ESC M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1360     </dt>
1361     <dd>
1362     Reverse Index (RI)
1363     </dd>
1364     <p></p>
1365     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC N</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1366     </dt>
1367     <dd>
1368     Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character
1369     only <em>unimplemented</em>
1370     </dd>
1371     <p></p>
1372     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC O</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1373     </dt>
1374     <dd>
1375     Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
1376     only <em>unimplemented</em>
1377     </dd>
1378     <p></p>
1379     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_z"><strong><code>ESC Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1380     </dt>
1381     <dd>
1382 root 1.11 Obsolete form of returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C</code> </strong>&gt; <em>rxvt-unicode compile-time option</em>
1383 root 1.1 </dd>
1384     <p></p>
1385     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_c"><strong><code>ESC c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1386     </dt>
1387     <dd>
1388     Full reset (RIS)
1389     </dd>
1390     <p></p>
1391     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1392     </dt>
1393     <dd>
1394     Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2)
1395     </dd>
1396     <p></p>
1397     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC o</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1398     </dt>
1399     <dd>
1400     Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)
1401     </dd>
1402     <p></p>
1403 root 1.11 <dt><strong><strong><code>ESC ( C</code> </strong>&gt;</strong><br />
1404 root 1.1 </dt>
1405     <dd>
1406     Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.
1407     </dd>
1408     <p></p>
1409 root 1.11 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__29_c"><strong><code>ESC ) C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1410 root 1.1 </dt>
1411     <dd>
1412     Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.
1413     </dd>
1414     <p></p>
1415     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2a_c"><strong><code>ESC * C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1416     </dt>
1417     <dd>
1418     Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.
1419     </dd>
1420     <p></p>
1421     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2b_c"><strong><code>ESC + C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1422     </dt>
1423     <dd>
1424     Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.
1425     </dd>
1426     <p></p>
1427     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__24_c"><strong><code>ESC $ C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1428     </dt>
1429     <dd>
1430     Designate Kanji Character Set
1431     </dd>
1432     <dd>
1433     <p>Where <strong><a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> </strong>&gt; is one of:</p>
1434     </dd>
1435     <table>
1436     <tr><td>C = 0 </td><td>DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set</td></tr>
1437     <tr><td>C = A </td><td>United Kingdom (UK)</td></tr>
1438     <tr><td>C = B </td><td>United States (USASCII)</td></tr>
1439     <tr><td>C = <</td><td>Multinational character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1440     <tr><td>C = 5 </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1441     <tr><td>C = C </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1442     <tr><td>C = K </td><td>German character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1443     </table><p></p></dl>
1444     <p></p>
1445     <p>
1446     </p>
1447     <hr />
1448     <h1><a name="csi__command_sequence_introducer__sequences">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</a></h1>
1449     <dl>
1450     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__40"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps @</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1451     </dt>
1452     <dd>
1453     Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (Blank) <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ICH)
1454     </dd>
1455     <p></p>
1456     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps A</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1457     </dt>
1458     <dd>
1459     Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUU)
1460     </dd>
1461     <p></p>
1462     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_b"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps B</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1463     </dt>
1464     <dd>
1465     Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUD)
1466     </dd>
1467     <p></p>
1468     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1469     </dt>
1470     <dd>
1471     Cursor Forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUF)
1472     </dd>
1473     <p></p>
1474     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1475     </dt>
1476     <dd>
1477     Cursor Backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUB)
1478     </dd>
1479     <p></p>
1480     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1481     </dt>
1482     <dd>
1483     Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column
1484     </dd>
1485     <p></p>
1486     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps F</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1487     </dt>
1488     <dd>
1489     Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column
1490     </dd>
1491     <p></p>
1492     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps G</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1493     </dt>
1494     <dd>
1495     Cursor to Column <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (HPA)
1496     </dd>
1497     <p></p>
1498     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1499     </dt>
1500     <dd>
1501     Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP)
1502     </dd>
1503     <p></p>
1504     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps I</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1505     </dt>
1506     <dd>
1507     Move forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; tab stops [default: 1]
1508     </dd>
1509     <p></p>
1510     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_j"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps J</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1511     </dt>
1512     <dd>
1513     Erase in Display (ED)
1514     </dd>
1515     <table>
1516     <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Below (default)</td></tr>
1517     <tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear Above</td></tr>
1518     <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr>
1519     </table><p></p>
1520     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_k"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps K</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1521     </dt>
1522     <dd>
1523     Erase in Line (EL)
1524     </dd>
1525     <table>
1526     <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear to Right (default)</td></tr>
1527     <tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear to Left</td></tr>
1528     <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr>
1529     </table><p></p>
1530     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps L</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1531     </dt>
1532     <dd>
1533     Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (IL)
1534     </dd>
1535     <p></p>
1536     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1537     </dt>
1538     <dd>
1539     Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (DL)
1540     </dd>
1541     <p></p>
1542     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_p"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps P</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1543     </dt>
1544     <dd>
1545     Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (DCH)
1546     </dd>
1547     <p></p>
1548     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_3bps_3bps_3bps_t"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps T</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1549     </dt>
1550     <dd>
1551     Initiate . <em>unimplemented</em> Parameters are
1552     [func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow].
1553     </dd>
1554     <p></p>
1555     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_w"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps W</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1556     </dt>
1557     <dd>
1558     Tabulator functions
1559     </dd>
1560     <table>
1561     <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Tab Set (HTS)</td></tr>
1562     <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr>
1563     <tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All</td></tr>
1564     </table><p></p>
1565     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps X</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1566     </dt>
1567     <dd>
1568     Erase <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ECH)
1569     </dd>
1570     <p></p>
1571     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_z"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1572     </dt>
1573     <dd>
1574     Move backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; [default: 1] tab stops
1575     </dd>
1576     <p></p>
1577     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__27"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps '</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1578     </dt>
1579     <dd>
1580     See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_g"><code>ESC [ Ps G</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1581     </dd>
1582     <p></p>
1583     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps a</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1584     </dt>
1585     <dd>
1586     See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps C</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1587     </dd>
1588     <p></p>
1589     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1590     </dt>
1591     <dd>
1592     Send Device Attributes (DA)
1593     <strong><code>Ps = 0</code> </strong>&gt; (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
1594 root 1.11 returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c</code> </strong>&gt; (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
1595 root 1.1 Option'')
1596     </dd>
1597     <p></p>
1598     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps d</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1599     </dt>
1600     <dd>
1601     Cursor to Line <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (VPA)
1602     </dd>
1603     <p></p>
1604     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps e</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1605     </dt>
1606     <dd>
1607     See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_a"><code>ESC [ Ps A</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1608     </dd>
1609     <p></p>
1610     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps f</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1611     </dt>
1612     <dd>
1613     Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1]
1614     </dd>
1615     <p></p>
1616     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps g</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1617     </dt>
1618     <dd>
1619     Tab Clear (TBC)
1620     </dd>
1621     <table>
1622     <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr>
1623     <tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>Clear All (TBC)</td></tr>
1624     </table><p></p>
1625     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1626     </dt>
1627     <dd>
1628     Set Mode (SM). See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_pm_l"><code>ESC [ Pm l</code></a> </strong>&gt; sequence for description of <a href="#item_pm"><code>Pm</code></a>.
1629     </dd>
1630     <p></p>
1631     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps i</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1632     </dt>
1633     <dd>
1634     Printing. See also the <code>print-pipe</code> resource.
1635     </dd>
1636     <table>
1637     <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>print screen (MC0)</td></tr>
1638     <tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>disable transparent print mode (MC4)</td></tr>
1639     <tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>enable transparent print mode (MC5)</td></tr>
1640     </table><p></p>
1641     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1642     </dt>
1643     <dd>
1644     Reset Mode (RM)
1645     </dd>
1646     <dl>
1647     <dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_4"><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1648     </dt>
1649     <table>
1650     <tr><td>h</td><td>Insert Mode (SMIR)</td></tr>
1651     <tr><td>l</td><td>Replace Mode (RMIR)</td></tr>
1652     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_20"><strong><code>Ps = 20</code> </strong>&gt; (partially implemented)</a></strong><br />
1653     </dt>
1654     <table>
1655     <tr><td>h</td><td>Automatic Newline (LNM)</td></tr>
1656     <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Linefeed (LNM)</td></tr>
1657     </table></dl>
1658     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm m</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1659     </dt>
1660     <dd>
1661     Character Attributes (SGR)
1662     </dd>
1663     <table>
1664     <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Normal (default)</td></tr>
1665     <tr><td>Ps = 1 / 21</td><td>On / Off Bold (bright fg)</td></tr>
1666     <tr><td>Ps = 3 / 23</td><td>On / Off Italic</td></tr>
1667     <tr><td>Ps = 4 / 24</td><td>On / Off Underline</td></tr>
1668     <tr><td>Ps = 5 / 25</td><td>On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg)</td></tr>
1669     <tr><td>Ps = 6 / 26</td><td>On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg)</td></tr>
1670     <tr><td>Ps = 7 / 27</td><td>On / Off Inverse</td></tr>
1671     <tr><td>Ps = 8 / 27</td><td>On / Off Invisible (NYI)</td></tr>
1672     <tr><td>Ps = 30 / 40</td><td>fg/bg Black</td></tr>
1673     <tr><td>Ps = 31 / 41</td><td>fg/bg Red</td></tr>
1674     <tr><td>Ps = 32 / 42</td><td>fg/bg Green</td></tr>
1675     <tr><td>Ps = 33 / 43</td><td>fg/bg Yellow</td></tr>
1676     <tr><td>Ps = 34 / 44</td><td>fg/bg Blue</td></tr>
1677     <tr><td>Ps = 35 / 45</td><td>fg/bg Magenta</td></tr>
1678     <tr><td>Ps = 36 / 46</td><td>fg/bg Cyan</td></tr>
1679     <tr><td>Ps = 38;5 / 48;5</td><td>set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6)</td></tr>
1680     <tr><td>Ps = 37 / 47</td><td>fg/bg White</td></tr>
1681     <tr><td>Ps = 39 / 49</td><td>fg/bg Default</td></tr>
1682     <tr><td>Ps = 90 / 100</td><td>fg/bg Bright Black</td></tr>
1683     <tr><td>Ps = 91 / 101</td><td>fg/bg Bright Red</td></tr>
1684     <tr><td>Ps = 92 / 102</td><td>fg/bg Bright Green</td></tr>
1685     <tr><td>Ps = 93 / 103</td><td>fg/bg Bright Yellow</td></tr>
1686     <tr><td>Ps = 94 / 104</td><td>fg/bg Bright Blue</td></tr>
1687     <tr><td>Ps = 95 / 105</td><td>fg/bg Bright Magenta</td></tr>
1688     <tr><td>Ps = 96 / 106</td><td>fg/bg Bright Cyan</td></tr>
1689     <tr><td>Ps = 97 / 107</td><td>fg/bg Bright White</td></tr>
1690     <tr><td>Ps = 99 / 109</td><td>fg/bg Bright Default</td></tr>
1691     </table><p></p>
1692     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_n"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1693     </dt>
1694     <dd>
1695     Device Status Report (DSR)
1696     </dd>
1697     <table>
1698     <tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Status Report ESC [ 0 n (``OK'')</td></tr>
1699     <tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as ESC [ r ; c R</td></tr>
1700     <tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Request Display Name</td></tr>
1701     <tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>Request Version Number (place in window title)</td></tr>
1702     </table><p></p>
1703     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_r"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1704     </dt>
1705     <dd>
1706     Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom]
1707     [default: full size of window] (CSR)
1708     </dd>
1709     <p></p>
1710     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_s"><strong><code>ESC [ s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1711     </dt>
1712     <dd>
1713     Save Cursor (SC)
1714     </dd>
1715     <p></p>
1716 root 1.4 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bpt_t"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Pt t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1717 root 1.1 </dt>
1718     <dd>
1719 root 1.4 Window Operations
1720 root 1.1 </dd>
1721 root 1.4 <table>
1722     <tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Deiconify (map) window</td></tr>
1723     <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Iconify window</td></tr>
1724     <tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t Move window to (X|Y)</td></tr>
1725 root 1.11 <tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t Resize to WxH pixels</td></tr>
1726 root 1.4 <tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Raise window</td></tr>
1727     <tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Lower window</td></tr>
1728     <tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Refresh screen once</td></tr>
1729 root 1.11 <tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t Resize to R rows and C columns</td></tr>
1730     <tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Report window state (responds with Ps = 1 or Ps = 2)</td></tr>
1731 root 1.4 <tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Report window position (responds with Ps = 3)</td></tr>
1732     <tr><td>Ps = 14</td><td>Report window pixel size (responds with Ps = 4)</td></tr>
1733     <tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Report window text size (responds with Ps = 7)</td></tr>
1734     <tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9</td></tr>
1735     <tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234)</td></tr>
1736     <tr><td>Ps = 21</td><td>Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234)</td></tr>
1737     <tr><td>Ps = 24..</td><td>Set window height to Ps rows</td></tr>
1738     </table><p></p>
1739 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_u"><strong><code>ESC [ u</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1740     </dt>
1741     <dd>
1742     Restore Cursor
1743     </dd>
1744 root 1.4 <p></p>
1745     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps x</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1746     </dt>
1747     <dd>
1748     Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
1749     </dd>
1750 root 1.1 <p></p></dl>
1751     <p></p>
1752     <p>
1753     </p>
1754     <hr />
1755     <h1><a name="dec_private_modes">DEC Private Modes</a></h1>
1756     <dl>
1757     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1758     </dt>
1759     <dd>
1760     DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET)
1761     </dd>
1762     <p></p>
1763     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1764     </dt>
1765     <dd>
1766     DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST)
1767     </dd>
1768     <p></p>
1769     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_r"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1770     </dt>
1771     <dd>
1772     Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values.
1773     </dd>
1774     <p></p>
1775     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_s"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1776     </dt>
1777     <dd>
1778     Save DEC Private Mode Values.
1779     </dd>
1780     <p></p>
1781     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_t"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1782     </dt>
1783     <dd>
1784     Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). <em>where</em>
1785     </dd>
1786     <dl>
1787     <dt><strong><a name="item_1"><strong><code>Ps = 1</code> </strong>&gt; (DECCKM)</a></strong><br />
1788     </dt>
1789     <table>
1790     <tr><td>h</td><td>Application Cursor Keys</td></tr>
1791     <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Keys</td></tr>
1792     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_2"><strong><code>Ps = 2</code> </strong>&gt; (ANSI/VT52 mode)</a></strong><br />
1793     </dt>
1794     <table>
1795     <tr><td>h</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr>
1796     <tr><td>l</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr>
1797     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_3"><strong><code>Ps = 3</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1798     </dt>
1799     <table>
1800     <tr><td>h</td><td>132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr>
1801     <tr><td>l</td><td>80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr>
1802     </table><dt><strong><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</strong><br />
1803     </dt>
1804     <table>
1805     <tr><td>h</td><td>Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr>
1806     <tr><td>l</td><td>Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr>
1807     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_5"><strong><code>Ps = 5</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1808     </dt>
1809     <table>
1810     <tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr>
1811     <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr>
1812     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_6"><strong><code>Ps = 6</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1813     </dt>
1814     <table>
1815     <tr><td>h</td><td>Origin Mode (DECOM)</td></tr>
1816     <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)</td></tr>
1817     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_7"><strong><code>Ps = 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1818     </dt>
1819     <table>
1820     <tr><td>h</td><td>Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr>
1821     <tr><td>l</td><td>No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr>
1822     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_8_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 8</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1823     </dt>
1824     <table>
1825     <tr><td>h</td><td>Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr>
1826     <tr><td>l</td><td>No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr>
1827     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_9_x10_xterm"><strong><code>Ps = 9</code> </strong>&gt; X10 XTerm</a></strong><br />
1828     </dt>
1829     <table>
1830     <tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press.</td></tr>
1831     <tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1832     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_25"><strong><code>Ps = 25</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1833     </dt>
1834     <table>
1835     <tr><td>h</td><td>Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}</td></tr>
1836     <tr><td>l</td><td>Invisible cursor {civis}</td></tr>
1837     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_30"><strong><code>Ps = 30</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1838     </dt>
1839     <table>
1840     <tr><td>h</td><td>scrollBar visisble</td></tr>
1841     <tr><td>l</td><td>scrollBar invisisble</td></tr>
1842     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_35"><strong><code>Ps = 35</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1843     </dt>
1844     <table>
1845     <tr><td>h</td><td>Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr>
1846     <tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr>
1847     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_38_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 38</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1848     </dt>
1849     <dd>
1850     Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
1851     </dd>
1852     <p></p>
1853     <dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_40"><strong><code>Ps = 40</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1854     </dt>
1855     <table>
1856     <tr><td>h</td><td>Allow 80/132 Mode</td></tr>
1857     <tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow 80/132 Mode</td></tr>
1858     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_44_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 44</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1859     </dt>
1860     <table>
1861     <tr><td>h</td><td>Turn On Margin Bell</td></tr>
1862     <tr><td>l</td><td>Turn Off Margin Bell</td></tr>
1863     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_45_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 45</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1864     </dt>
1865     <table>
1866     <tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr>
1867     <tr><td>l</td><td>No Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr>
1868     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_46_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 46</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1869     </dt>
1870     <dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_47"><strong><code>Ps = 47</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1871     </dt>
1872     <table>
1873     <tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1874     <tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1875     </table><p></p>
1876     <dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_66"><strong><code>Ps = 66</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1877     </dt>
1878     <table>
1879     <tr><td>h</td><td>Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC =</td></tr>
1880     <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == ESC ></td></tr>
1881     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_67"><strong><code>Ps = 67</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1882     </dt>
1883     <table>
1884     <tr><td>h</td><td>Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM)</td></tr>
1885     <tr><td>l</td><td>Backspace key sends DEL</td></tr>
1886     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1000"><strong><code>Ps = 1000</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm)</a></strong><br />
1887     </dt>
1888     <table>
1889     <tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.</td></tr>
1890     <tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1891     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1001"><strong><code>Ps = 1001</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm) <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1892     </dt>
1893     <table>
1894     <tr><td>h</td><td>Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.</td></tr>
1895     <tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1896     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1010"><strong><code>Ps = 1010</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1897     </dt>
1898     <table>
1899     <tr><td>h</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr>
1900     <tr><td>l</td><td>Scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr>
1901     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1011"><strong><code>Ps = 1011</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1902     </dt>
1903     <table>
1904     <tr><td>h</td><td>Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr>
1905     <tr><td>l</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr>
1906 root 1.29 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1021"><strong><code>Ps = 1021</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1907     </dt>
1908     <table>
1909     <tr><td>h</td><td>Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)</td></tr>
1910     <tr><td>l</td><td>Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)</td></tr>
1911 root 1.1 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1047"><strong><code>Ps = 1047</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1912     </dt>
1913     <table>
1914     <tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1915     <tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it</td></tr>
1916     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1048"><strong><code>Ps = 1048</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1917     </dt>
1918     <table>
1919     <tr><td>h</td><td>Save cursor position</td></tr>
1920     <tr><td>l</td><td>Restore cursor position</td></tr>
1921     </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1049"><strong><code>Ps = 1049</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1922     </dt>
1923     <table>
1924     <tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it</td></tr>
1925     <tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1926     </table></dl>
1927     </dl>
1928     <p></p>
1929     <p>
1930     </p>
1931     <hr />
1932     <h1><a name="xterm_operating_system_commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</a></h1>
1933     <dl>
1934     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5d_ps_3bpt_st"><strong><code>ESC ] Ps;Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1935     </dt>
1936     <dd>
1937     Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b,
1938     0x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any
1939     <strong>octet</strong> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V).
1940     </dd>
1941     <table>
1942     <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Change Icon Name and Window Title to Pt</td></tr>
1943     <tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Change Icon Name to Pt</td></tr>
1944     <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Change Window Title to Pt</td></tr>
1945     <tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>If Pt starts with a ?, query the (STRING) property of the window and return it. If Pt contains a =, set the named property to the given value, else delete the specified property.</td></tr>
1946     <tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>Pt is a semi-colon separated sequence of one or more semi-colon separated number/name pairs, where number is an index to a colour and name is the name of a colour. Each pair causes the numbered colour to be changed to name. Numbers 0-7 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to high-intensity colours. 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white</td></tr>
1947     <tr><td>Ps = 10</td><td>Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr>
1948     <tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr>
1949     <tr><td>Ps = 12</td><td>Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt</td></tr>
1950     <tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt</td></tr>
1951     <tr><td>Ps = 17</td><td>Change colour of highlight characters to Pt</td></tr>
1952 root 1.38 <tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]</td></tr>
1953     <tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]</td></tr>
1954 root 1.1 <tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Change default background to Pt</td></tr>
1955 root 1.18 <tr><td>Ps = 39</td><td>Change default foreground colour to Pt.</td></tr>
1956 root 1.1 <tr><td>Ps = 46</td><td>Change Log File to Pt unimplemented</td></tr>
1957 root 1.18 <tr><td>Ps = 49</td><td>Change default background colour to Pt.</td></tr>
1958 root 1.1 <tr><td>Ps = 50</td><td>Set fontset to Pt, with the following special values of Pt (rxvt) #+n change up n #-n change down n if n is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used empty change to font0 n change to font n</td></tr>
1959     <tr><td>Ps = 55</td><td>Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt</td></tr>
1960 root 1.18 <tr><td>Ps = 701</td><td>Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).</td></tr>
1961 root 1.1 <tr><td>Ps = 704</td><td>Change colour of italic characters to Pt</td></tr>
1962 root 1.18 <tr><td>Ps = 705</td><td>Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).</td></tr>
1963 root 1.38 <tr><td>Ps = 706</td><td>Change colour of bold characters to Pt</td></tr>
1964     <tr><td>Ps = 707</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt</td></tr>
1965 root 1.1 <tr><td>Ps = 710</td><td>Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.</td></tr>
1966 root 1.18 <tr><td>Ps = 711</td><td>Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
1967     <tr><td>Ps = 712</td><td>Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
1968     <tr><td>Ps = 713</td><td>Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
1969     <tr><td>Ps = 720</td><td>Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).</td></tr>
1970     <tr><td>Ps = 721</td><td>Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).</td></tr>
1971 root 1.32 <tr><td>Ps = 777</td><td>Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).</td></tr>
1972 root 1.1 </table><p></p></dl>
1973     <p></p>
1974     <p>
1975     </p>
1976     <hr />
1977     <h1><a name="xpm">XPM</a></h1>
1978     <p>For the XPM XTerm escape sequence <strong><code>ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt; then value
1979     of <strong><a href="#item_pt"><code>Pt</code></a> </strong>&gt; can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
1980     sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
1981     scaling/positioning commands are as follows:</p>
1982     <dl>
1983     <dt><strong><a name="item_query_scale_2fposition">query scale/position</a></strong><br />
1984     </dt>
1985     <dd>
1986     <strong>?</strong>
1987     </dd>
1988     <p></p>
1989     <dt><strong><a name="item_change_scale_and_position">change scale and position</a></strong><br />
1990     </dt>
1991     <dd>
1992     <strong>WxH+X+Y</strong>
1993     </dd>
1994     <dd>
1995     <p><strong>WxH+X</strong> (== <strong>WxH+X+X</strong>)</p>
1996     </dd>
1997     <dd>
1998     <p><strong>WxH</strong> (same as <strong>WxH+50+50</strong>)</p>
1999     </dd>
2000     <dd>
2001     <p><strong>W+X+Y</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2002     </dd>
2003     <dd>
2004     <p><strong>W+X</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+X</strong>)</p>
2005     </dd>
2006     <dd>
2007     <p><strong>W</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+50+50</strong>)</p>
2008     </dd>
2009     <p></p>
2010     <dt><strong><a name="item_position">change position (absolute)</a></strong><br />
2011     </dt>
2012     <dd>
2013     <strong>=+X+Y</strong>
2014     </dd>
2015     <dd>
2016     <p><strong>=+X</strong> (same as <strong>=+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2017     </dd>
2018     <p></p>
2019     <dt><strong>change position (relative)</strong><br />
2020     </dt>
2021     <dd>
2022     <strong>+X+Y</strong>
2023     </dd>
2024     <dd>
2025     <p><strong>+X</strong> (same as <strong>+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2026     </dd>
2027     <p></p>
2028     <dt><strong><a name="item_rescale">rescale (relative)</a></strong><br />
2029     </dt>
2030     <dd>
2031     <strong>Wx0</strong> -&gt; <strong>W *= (W/100)</strong>
2032     </dd>
2033     <dd>
2034     <p><strong>0xH</strong> -&gt; <strong>H *= (H/100)</strong></p>
2035     </dd>
2036     <p></p></dl>
2037     <p>For example:</p>
2038     <dl>
2039     <dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bfunky_5ca"><strong>\E]20;funky\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2040     </dt>
2041     <dd>
2042     load <strong>funky.xpm</strong> as a tiled image
2043     </dd>
2044     <p></p>
2045     <dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bmona_3b100_5ca"><strong>\E]20;mona;100\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2046     </dt>
2047     <dd>
2048     load <strong>mona.xpm</strong> with a scaling of 100%
2049     </dd>
2050     <p></p>
2051     <dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3b_3b200_3b_3f_5ca"><strong>\E]20;;200;?\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2052     </dt>
2053     <dd>
2054     rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
2055     the title
2056     </dd>
2057     <p></p></dl>
2058     <p>
2059     </p>
2060     <hr />
2061     <h1><a name="mouse_reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></h1>
2062     <dl>
2063     <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_m__3cb_3e__3cx_3e__3cy_3e"><strong><code>ESC [ M &lt;b&gt; &lt;x&gt; &lt;y&gt;</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2064     </dt>
2065     <dd>
2066     report mouse position
2067     </dd>
2068     <p></p></dl>
2069     <p>The lower 2 bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the button:</p>
2070     <dl>
2071     <dt><strong><a name="item_button__3d__28_3cb_3e__2d_space_29__26_3">Button = <strong><code>(&lt;b&gt; - SPACE) &amp; 3</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2072     </dt>
2073     <table>
2074     <tr><td>0</td><td>Button1 pressed</td></tr>
2075     <tr><td>1</td><td>Button2 pressed</td></tr>
2076     <tr><td>2</td><td>Button3 pressed</td></tr>
2077     <tr><td>3</td><td>button released (X11 mouse report)</td></tr>
2078     </table></dl>
2079     <p>The upper bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the modifiers when the
2080     button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):</p>
2081     <dl>
2082     <dt><strong><a name="item_state__3d__28_3cb_3e__2d_space_29__26_60">State = <strong><code>(&lt;b&gt; - SPACE) &amp; 60</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2083     </dt>
2084     <table>
2085     <tr><td>4</td><td>Shift</td></tr>
2086     <tr><td>8</td><td>Meta</td></tr>
2087     <tr><td>16</td><td>Control</td></tr>
2088     <tr><td>32</td><td>Double Click (Rxvt extension)</td></tr>
2089     </table><p>Col = <strong><code>&lt;x&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p>
2090     <p>Row = <strong><code>&lt;y&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p>
2091     </dl>
2092     <p>
2093     </p>
2094     <hr />
2095     <h1><a name="key_codes">Key Codes</a></h1>
2096     <p>Note: <strong>Shift</strong> + <strong>F1</strong>-<strong>F10</strong> generates <strong>F11</strong>-<strong>F20</strong></p>
2097     <p>For the keypad, use <strong>Shift</strong> to temporarily override Application-Keypad
2098     setting use <strong>Num_Lock</strong> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if
2099     <strong>Num_Lock</strong> is off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that
2100     values of <strong>Home</strong>, <strong>End</strong>, <strong>Delete</strong> may have been compiled differently on
2101     your system.</p>
2102     <table>
2103     <tr><td></td><td>Normal</td><td>Shift</td><td>Control</td><td>Ctrl+Shift</td></tr>
2104     <tr><td>Tab</td><td>^I</td><td>ESC [ Z</td><td>^I</td><td>ESC [ Z</td></tr>
2105     <tr><td>BackSpace</td><td>^H</td><td>^?</td><td>^?</td><td>^?</td></tr>
2106     <tr><td>Find</td><td>ESC [ 1 ~</td><td>ESC [ 1 $</td><td>ESC [ 1 ^</td><td>ESC [ 1 @</td></tr>
2107     <tr><td>Insert</td><td>ESC [ 2 ~</td><td>paste</td><td>ESC [ 2 ^</td><td>ESC [ 2 @</td></tr>
2108     <tr><td>Execute</td><td>ESC [ 3 ~</td><td>ESC [ 3 $</td><td>ESC [ 3 ^</td><td>ESC [ 3 @</td></tr>
2109     <tr><td>Select</td><td>ESC [ 4 ~</td><td>ESC [ 4 $</td><td>ESC [ 4 ^</td><td>ESC [ 4 @</td></tr>
2110     <tr><td>Prior</td><td>ESC [ 5 ~</td><td>scroll-up</td><td>ESC [ 5 ^</td><td>ESC [ 5 @</td></tr>
2111     <tr><td>Next</td><td>ESC [ 6 ~</td><td>scroll-down</td><td>ESC [ 6 ^</td><td>ESC [ 6 @</td></tr>
2112     <tr><td>Home</td><td>ESC [ 7 ~</td><td>ESC [ 7 $</td><td>ESC [ 7 ^</td><td>ESC [ 7 @</td></tr>
2113     <tr><td>End</td><td>ESC [ 8 ~</td><td>ESC [ 8 $</td><td>ESC [ 8 ^</td><td>ESC [ 8 @</td></tr>
2114     <tr><td>Delete</td><td>ESC [ 3 ~</td><td>ESC [ 3 $</td><td>ESC [ 3 ^</td><td>ESC [ 3 @</td></tr>
2115     <tr><td>F1</td><td>ESC [ 11 ~</td><td>ESC [ 23 ~</td><td>ESC [ 11 ^</td><td>ESC [ 23 ^</td></tr>
2116     <tr><td>F2</td><td>ESC [ 12 ~</td><td>ESC [ 24 ~</td><td>ESC [ 12 ^</td><td>ESC [ 24 ^</td></tr>
2117     <tr><td>F3</td><td>ESC [ 13 ~</td><td>ESC [ 25 ~</td><td>ESC [ 13 ^</td><td>ESC [ 25 ^</td></tr>
2118     <tr><td>F4</td><td>ESC [ 14 ~</td><td>ESC [ 26 ~</td><td>ESC [ 14 ^</td><td>ESC [ 26 ^</td></tr>
2119     <tr><td>F5</td><td>ESC [ 15 ~</td><td>ESC [ 28 ~</td><td>ESC [ 15 ^</td><td>ESC [ 28 ^</td></tr>
2120     <tr><td>F6</td><td>ESC [ 17 ~</td><td>ESC [ 29 ~</td><td>ESC [ 17 ^</td><td>ESC [ 29 ^</td></tr>
2121     <tr><td>F7</td><td>ESC [ 18 ~</td><td>ESC [ 31 ~</td><td>ESC [ 18 ^</td><td>ESC [ 31 ^</td></tr>
2122     <tr><td>F8</td><td>ESC [ 19 ~</td><td>ESC [ 32 ~</td><td>ESC [ 19 ^</td><td>ESC [ 32 ^</td></tr>
2123     <tr><td>F9</td><td>ESC [ 20 ~</td><td>ESC [ 33 ~</td><td>ESC [ 20 ^</td><td>ESC [ 33 ^</td></tr>
2124     <tr><td>F10</td><td>ESC [ 21 ~</td><td>ESC [ 34 ~</td><td>ESC [ 21 ^</td><td>ESC [ 34 ^</td></tr>
2125     <tr><td>F11</td><td>ESC [ 23 ~</td><td>ESC [ 23 $</td><td>ESC [ 23 ^</td><td>ESC [ 23 @</td></tr>
2126     <tr><td>F12</td><td>ESC [ 24 ~</td><td>ESC [ 24 $</td><td>ESC [ 24 ^</td><td>ESC [ 24 @</td></tr>
2127     <tr><td>F13</td><td>ESC [ 25 ~</td><td>ESC [ 25 $</td><td>ESC [ 25 ^</td><td>ESC [ 25 @</td></tr>
2128     <tr><td>F14</td><td>ESC [ 26 ~</td><td>ESC [ 26 $</td><td>ESC [ 26 ^</td><td>ESC [ 26 @</td></tr>
2129     <tr><td>F15 (Help)</td><td>ESC [ 28 ~</td><td>ESC [ 28 $</td><td>ESC [ 28 ^</td><td>ESC [ 28 @</td></tr>
2130     <tr><td>F16 (Menu)</td><td>ESC [ 29 ~</td><td>ESC [ 29 $</td><td>ESC [ 29 ^</td><td>ESC [ 29 @</td></tr>
2131     <tr><td>F17</td><td>ESC [ 31 ~</td><td>ESC [ 31 $</td><td>ESC [ 31 ^</td><td>ESC [ 31 @</td></tr>
2132     <tr><td>F18</td><td>ESC [ 32 ~</td><td>ESC [ 32 $</td><td>ESC [ 32 ^</td><td>ESC [ 32 @</td></tr>
2133     <tr><td>F19</td><td>ESC [ 33 ~</td><td>ESC [ 33 $</td><td>ESC [ 33 ^</td><td>ESC [ 33 @</td></tr>
2134     <tr><td>F20</td><td>ESC [ 34 ~</td><td>ESC [ 34 $</td><td>ESC [ 34 ^</td><td>ESC [ 34 @</td></tr>
2135     <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Application</td></tr>
2136     <tr><td>Up</td><td>ESC [ A</td><td>ESC [ a</td><td>ESC O a</td><td>ESC O A</td></tr>
2137     <tr><td>Down</td><td>ESC [ B</td><td>ESC [ b</td><td>ESC O b</td><td>ESC O B</td></tr>
2138     <tr><td>Right</td><td>ESC [ C</td><td>ESC [ c</td><td>ESC O c</td><td>ESC O C</td></tr>
2139     <tr><td>Left</td><td>ESC [ D</td><td>ESC [ d</td><td>ESC O d</td><td>ESC O D</td></tr>
2140     <tr><td>KP_Enter</td><td>^M</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O M</td></tr>
2141     <tr><td>KP_F1</td><td>ESC O P</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O P</td></tr>
2142     <tr><td>KP_F2</td><td>ESC O Q</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O Q</td></tr>
2143     <tr><td>KP_F3</td><td>ESC O R</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O R</td></tr>
2144     <tr><td>KP_F4</td><td>ESC O S</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O S</td></tr>
2145     <tr><td>XK_KP_Multiply</td><td>*</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O j</td></tr>
2146     <tr><td>XK_KP_Add</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O k</td></tr>
2147     <tr><td>XK_KP_Separator</td><td>,</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O l</td></tr>
2148     <tr><td>XK_KP_Subtract</td><td>-</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O m</td></tr>
2149     <tr><td>XK_KP_Decimal</td><td>.</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O n</td></tr>
2150     <tr><td>XK_KP_Divide</td><td>/</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O o</td></tr>
2151     <tr><td>XK_KP_0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O p</td></tr>
2152     <tr><td>XK_KP_1</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O q</td></tr>
2153     <tr><td>XK_KP_2</td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O r</td></tr>
2154     <tr><td>XK_KP_3</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O s</td></tr>
2155     <tr><td>XK_KP_4</td><td>4</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O t</td></tr>
2156     <tr><td>XK_KP_5</td><td>5</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O u</td></tr>
2157     <tr><td>XK_KP_6</td><td>6</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O v</td></tr>
2158     <tr><td>XK_KP_7</td><td>7</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O w</td></tr>
2159     <tr><td>XK_KP_8</td><td>8</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O x</td></tr>
2160     <tr><td>XK_KP_9</td><td>9</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O y</td></tr>
2161     </table><p>
2162     </p>
2163     <hr />
2164     <h1><a name="configure_options">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</a></h1>
2165     <p>General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2166 root 1.24 hasn't been tested well. Either try with <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> or use
2167     the <em>./reconf</em> script as a base for experiments. <em>./reconf</em> is used by
2168     myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
2169     always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
2170     Lehmann &lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt;.</p>
2171     <p>All</p>
2172 root 1.1 <dl>
2173     <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2deverything">--enable-everything</a></strong><br />
2174     </dt>
2175     <dd>
2176 root 1.24 Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in ``./configure
2177     --help''.
2178     </dd>
2179     <dd>
2180     <p>You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2181     <em>following</em> this with the appropriate <code>--disable-...</code> arguments,
2182     or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2183     <code>--disable-everything</code> and than adding just the <code>--enable-...</code> arguments
2184     you want.</p>
2185 root 1.1 </dd>
2186     <p></p>
2187 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_xft">--enable-xft (default: enabled)</a></strong><br />
2188 root 1.1 </dt>
2189     <dd>
2190     Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2191     slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2192     don't pay for them.
2193     </dd>
2194     <p></p>
2195 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_styles">--enable-font-styles (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2196 root 1.1 </dt>
2197     <dd>
2198     Add support for <strong>bold</strong>, <em>italic</em> and <strong><em>bold italic</em> </strong>&gt; font
2199     styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2200     </dd>
2201     <p></p>
2202 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dcodesets_3dname_2c_2e_2e_2e__28defaul">--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)</a></strong><br />
2203 root 1.1 </dt>
2204     <dd>
2205 root 1.19 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (<code>eu</code>, <code>vn</code>
2206     are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2207     codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2208     for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2209     replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
2210     binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
2211     memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.
2212 root 1.1 </dd>
2213     <table>
2214     <tr><td>all</td><td>all available codeset groups</td></tr>
2215     <tr><td>zh</td><td>common chinese encodings</td></tr>
2216     <tr><td>zh_ext</td><td>rarely used but very big chinese encodigs</td></tr>
2217     <tr><td>jp</td><td>common japanese encodings</td></tr>
2218     <tr><td>jp_ext</td><td>rarely used but big japanese encodings</td></tr>
2219     <tr><td>kr</td><td>korean encodings</td></tr>
2220     </table><p></p>
2221 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_xim">--enable-xim (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2222 root 1.1 </dt>
2223     <dd>
2224     Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2225     alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2226     set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2227     </dd>
2228     <p></p>
2229 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_unicode3">--enable-unicode3 (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2230 root 1.1 </dt>
2231     <dd>
2232     Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
2233     65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2234     requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2235     support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2236     </dd>
2237     <dd>
2238     <p>Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points &gt;65535
2239     even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2240     limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2241     see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2242     (input/output and cut&amp;paste still work, though).</p>
2243     </dd>
2244     <p></p>
2245 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_combining">--enable-combining (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2246 root 1.1 </dt>
2247     <dd>
2248     Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2249     composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2250     where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2251     done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2252     new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2253     </dd>
2254     <dd>
2255 root 1.13 <p>Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters
2256     is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode will use the
2257 root 1.1 private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2258 root 1.13 --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.</p>
2259     </dd>
2260     <dd>
2261     <p>This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2262     beyond plane 0 (&gt;65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.</p>
2263 root 1.1 </dd>
2264     <dd>
2265     <p>The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2266 root 1.13 but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2267     tell me how these are to be used...).</p>
2268 root 1.1 </dd>
2269     <p></p>
2270 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_fallback">--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)</a></strong><br />
2271 root 1.1 </dt>
2272     <dd>
2273 root 1.24 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2274 root 1.1 </dd>
2275     <p></p>
2276 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_name">--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</a></strong><br />
2277 root 1.1 </dt>
2278     <dd>
2279 root 1.24 Use the given name as default application name when
2280 root 1.1 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2281     </dd>
2282     <p></p>
2283 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dres_2dclass_3dclass__2fdefault_3a_urx">--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)</a></strong><br />
2284 root 1.1 </dt>
2285     <dd>
2286 root 1.24 Use the given class as default application class
2287     when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2288 root 1.1 rxvt.
2289     </dd>
2290     <p></p>
2291 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_utmp">--enable-utmp (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2292 root 1.1 </dt>
2293     <dd>
2294     Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like <em>w</em>) at
2295     start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2296     </dd>
2297     <p></p>
2298 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_wtmp">--enable-wtmp (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2299 root 1.1 </dt>
2300     <dd>
2301     Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like <em>last</em>) at
2302     start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2303     option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2304     </dd>
2305     <p></p>
2306 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_lastlog">--enable-lastlog (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2307 root 1.1 </dt>
2308     <dd>
2309     Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2310     <em>lastlogin</em>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2311     --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2312     </dd>
2313     <p></p>
2314 root 1.35 <dt><strong><a name="item_background">--enable-xpm-background (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2315 root 1.1 </dt>
2316     <dd>
2317     Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
2318     </dd>
2319     <p></p>
2320 root 1.35 <dt><strong><a name="item_transparency">--enable-transparency (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2321 root 1.1 </dt>
2322     <dd>
2323     Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2324     transparency to the term.
2325     </dd>
2326     <p></p>
2327 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_fading">--enable-fading (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2328 root 1.1 </dt>
2329     <dd>
2330 root 1.24 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires <code>--enable-transparency</code>).
2331 root 1.1 </dd>
2332     <p></p>
2333 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_tinting">--enable-tinting (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2334 root 1.1 </dt>
2335     <dd>
2336 root 1.24 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires <code>--enable-transparency</code>).
2337 root 1.1 </dd>
2338     <p></p>
2339 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_scroll">--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2340 root 1.1 </dt>
2341     <dd>
2342     Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2343     </dd>
2344     <p></p>
2345 root 1.24 <dt><strong>--enable-next-scroll (default: on)</strong><br />
2346 root 1.1 </dt>
2347     <dd>
2348     Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2349     </dd>
2350     <p></p>
2351 root 1.24 <dt><strong>--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)</strong><br />
2352 root 1.1 </dt>
2353     <dd>
2354     Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2355     </dd>
2356     <p></p>
2357 root 1.24 <dt><strong>--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)</strong><br />
2358 root 1.1 </dt>
2359     <dd>
2360     Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2361     is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2362     many years.
2363     </dd>
2364     <p></p>
2365 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_shadow">--enable-half-shadow (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2366 root 1.1 </dt>
2367     <dd>
2368     Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width &amp; height.
2369     only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2370     </dd>
2371     <p></p>
2372 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_ttygid">--enable-ttygid (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2373 root 1.1 </dt>
2374     <dd>
2375     Change tty device setting to group ``tty'' - only use this if
2376     your system uses this type of security.
2377     </dd>
2378     <p></p>
2379     <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dbackspace_2dkey">--disable-backspace-key</a></strong><br />
2380     </dt>
2381     <dd>
2382 root 1.24 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it.
2383 root 1.1 </dd>
2384     <p></p>
2385     <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2ddelete_2dkey">--disable-delete-key</a></strong><br />
2386     </dt>
2387     <dd>
2388 root 1.24 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2389 root 1.1 do it.
2390     </dd>
2391     <p></p>
2392     <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources">--disable-resources</a></strong><br />
2393     </dt>
2394     <dd>
2395 root 1.24 Removes any support for resource checking.
2396 root 1.1 </dd>
2397     <p></p>
2398     <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dswapscreen">--disable-swapscreen</a></strong><br />
2399     </dt>
2400     <dd>
2401 root 1.24 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2402 root 1.1 </dd>
2403     <p></p>
2404 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_frills">--enable-frills (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2405 root 1.1 </dt>
2406     <dd>
2407     Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2408     have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2409     disable this.
2410     </dd>
2411 root 1.2 <dd>
2412 root 1.24 <p>A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by <code>--enable-frills</code> (possibly
2413 root 1.2 in combination with other switches) is:</p>
2414     </dd>
2415     <dd>
2416     <pre>
2417     MWM-hints
2418 root 1.17 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2419 root 1.33 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2420     settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2421     settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2422 root 1.2 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2423     backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
2424 root 1.18 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2425 root 1.33 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2426     settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2427 root 1.16 keysym remapping support
2428 root 1.33 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2429     XEmbed support (-embed)
2430     user-pty (-pty-fd)
2431     hold on exit (-hold)
2432     skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2433     sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107</pre>
2434 root 1.2 </dd>
2435 root 1.1 <p></p>
2436 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_iso14755">--enable-iso14755 (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2437 root 1.1 </dt>
2438     <dd>
2439 root 1.45 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or
2440 root 1.1 <em>doc/rxvt.1.txt</em>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2441 root 1.24 <code>--enable-frills</code>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2442 root 1.1 this switch.
2443     </dd>
2444     <p></p>
2445 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_keepscrolling">--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2446 root 1.1 </dt>
2447     <dd>
2448     Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2449     the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2450     </dd>
2451     <p></p>
2452 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_mousewheel">--enable-mousewheel (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2453 root 1.1 </dt>
2454     <dd>
2455     Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 &amp; 5.
2456     </dd>
2457     <p></p>
2458 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_slipwheeling">--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2459 root 1.1 </dt>
2460     <dd>
2461     Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2462     accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2463     requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2464     </dd>
2465     <p></p>
2466     <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dnew_2dselection">--disable-new-selection</a></strong><br />
2467     </dt>
2468     <dd>
2469     Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2470     </dd>
2471     <p></p>
2472 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_dmalloc">--enable-dmalloc (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2473 root 1.1 </dt>
2474     <dd>
2475     Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2476     <a href="http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/">http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/</a> for details If you use either this or the
2477     next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2478     DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2479     </dd>
2480     <dd>
2481     <p>You can only use either this option and the following (should
2482     you use either) .</p>
2483     </dd>
2484     <p></p>
2485 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_dlmalloc">--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2486 root 1.1 </dt>
2487     <dd>
2488     Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2489     See <a href="http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html">http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html</a> for details.
2490     </dd>
2491     <p></p>
2492 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_resize">--enable-smart-resize (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2493 root 1.1 </dt>
2494     <dd>
2495 root 1.25 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2496 root 1.26 keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2497     the screen in a fixed position.
2498 root 1.1 </dd>
2499     <p></p>
2500 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_blank">--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2501 root 1.1 </dt>
2502     <dd>
2503     Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2504     </dd>
2505     <p></p>
2506 root 1.30 <dt><strong><a name="item_perl">--enable-perl (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2507     </dt>
2508     <dd>
2509 root 1.45 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the <strong>rxvtperl(3)</strong>
2510 root 1.31 manpage (<em>doc/rxvtperl.txt</em>) for more info on this feature, or the files
2511 root 1.34 in <em>src/perl-ext/</em> for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2512     perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the <code>PERL</code> environment
2513     variable when running configure.
2514 root 1.30 </dd>
2515     <p></p>
2516 root 1.24 <dt><strong>--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</strong><br />
2517 root 1.1 </dt>
2518     <dd>
2519 root 1.24 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2520 root 1.3 in <code>urxvt</code>, <code>urxvtd</code> etc.). Specify <code>--with-name=rxvt</code> to replace with
2521     <code>rxvt</code>.
2522 root 1.1 </dd>
2523     <p></p>
2524 root 1.24 <dt><strong>--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)</strong><br />
2525 root 1.1 </dt>
2526     <dd>
2527 root 1.24 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
2528 root 1.1 </dd>
2529     <p></p>
2530     <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dterminfo_3dpath">--with-terminfo=PATH</a></strong><br />
2531     </dt>
2532     <dd>
2533     Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2534     PATH.
2535     </dd>
2536     <p></p>
2537     <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dx">--with-x</a></strong><br />
2538     </dt>
2539     <dd>
2540     Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
2541     </dd>
2542     <p></p>
2543     <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dincludes_3ddir">--with-xpm-includes=DIR</a></strong><br />
2544     </dt>
2545     <dd>
2546     Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
2547     </dd>
2548     <p></p>
2549     <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dlibrary_3ddir">--with-xpm-library=DIR</a></strong><br />
2550     </dt>
2551     <dd>
2552     Look for the XPM library in DIR.
2553     </dd>
2554     <p></p>
2555     <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm">--with-xpm</a></strong><br />
2556     </dt>
2557     <dd>
2558     Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
2559     </dd>
2560     <p></p></dl>
2561     <p>
2562     </p>
2563     <hr />
2564     <h1><a name="authors">AUTHORS</a></h1>
2565     <p>Marc Lehmann &lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt; converted this document to pod and
2566     reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff
2567     Wing &lt;<a href="mailto:gcw@pobox.com">gcw@pobox.com</a>&gt;, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other
2568     sources.</p>
2569    
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2571    
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