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15 <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li> 17 <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li>
16 <li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li> 18 <li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
17 <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li> 19 <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
18 <li><a href="#frequently_asked_questions">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a></li> 20 <li><a href="#rxvtunicode_urxvt_frequently_asked_questions">RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a></li>
19 <li><a href="#rxvt_technical_reference">RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE</a></li>
20 <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
21 <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="#menubar">menuBar</a></li>
28 <ul> 21 <ul>
29 22
30 <li><a href="#overview_of_menubar_operation">Overview of menuBar operation</a></li> 23 <li><a href="#meta__features___commandline_issues">Meta, Features &amp; Commandline Issues</a></li>
24 <ul>
25
26 <li><a href="#my_question_isn_t_answered_here__can_i_ask_a_human">My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?</a></li>
27 <li><a href="#does_it_support_tabs__can_i_have_a_tabbed_rxvtunicode">Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?</a></li>
28 <li><a href="#how_do_i_know_which_rxvtunicode_version_i_m_using">How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?</a></li>
29 <li><a href="#rxvtunicode_uses_gobs_of_memory__how_can_i_reduce_that">Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?</a></li>
30 <li><a href="#how_can_i_start_urxvtd_in_a_racefree_way">How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way?</a></li>
31 <li><a href="#how_can_i_start_urxvtd_automatically_when_i_run_urxvtc">How can I start urxvtd automatically when I run urxvtc?</a></li>
32 <li><a href="#how_do_i_distinguish_whether_i_m_running_rxvtunicode_or_a_regular_xterm_i_need_this_to_decide_about_setting_colors_etc_">How do I distinguish whether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.</a></li>
33 <li><a href="#how_do_i_set_the_correct__full_ip_address_for_the_display_variable">How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?</a></li>
34 <li><a href="#how_do_i_compile_the_manual_pages_on_my_own">How do I compile the manual pages on my own?</a></li>
35 <li><a href="#isn_t_rxvtunicode_supposed_to_be_small_don_t_all_those_features_bloat">Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?</a></li>
36 <li><a href="#why_c____isn_t_that_unportable_bloated_uncool">Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?</a></li>
37 </ul>
38
39 <li><a href="#rendering__font___look_and_feel_issues">Rendering, Font &amp; Look and Feel Issues</a></li>
40 <ul>
41
42 <li><a href="#i_can_t_get_transparency_working__what_am_i_doing_wrong">I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?</a></li>
43 <li><a href="#why_does_rxvtunicode_sometimes_leave_pixel_droppings">Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?</a></li>
44 <li><a href="#how_can_i_keep_rxvtunicode_from_using_reverse_video_so_much">How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?</a></li>
45 <li><a href="#some_programs_assume_totally_weird_colours__red_instead_of_blue___how_can_i_fix_that">Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?</a></li>
46 <li><a href="#can_i_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime">Can I switch the fonts at runtime?</a></li>
47 <li><a href="#why_do_italic_characters_look_as_if_clipped">Why do italic characters look as if clipped?</a></li>
48 <li><a href="#can_i_speed_up_xft_rendering_somehow">Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?</a></li>
49 <li><a href="#rxvtunicode_doesn_t_seem_to_antialias_its_fonts__what_is_wrong">Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?</a></li>
50 <li><a href="#what_s_with_this_bold_blink_stuff">What's with this bold/blink stuff?</a></li>
51 <li><a href="#i_don_t_like_the_screen_colors__how_do_i_change_them">I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?</a></li>
52 <li><a href="#why_do_some_characters_look_so_much_different_than_others">Why do some characters look so much different than others?</a></li>
53 <li><a href="#how_does_rxvtunicode_choose_fonts">How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?</a></li>
54 <li><a href="#why_do_some_chinese_characters_look_so_different_than_others">Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?</a></li>
55 </ul>
56
57 <li><a href="#keyboard__mouse___user_interaction">Keyboard, Mouse &amp; User Interaction</a></li>
58 <ul>
59
60 <li><a href="#the_new_selection_selects_pieces_that_are_too_big__how_can_i_select_single_words">The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?</a></li>
61 <li><a href="#i_don_t_like_the_new_selection_popups_hotkeys_perl__how_do_i_change_disable_it">I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?</a></li>
62 <li><a href="#the_cursor_moves_when_selecting_text_in_the_current_input_line__how_do_i_switch_this_off">The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?</a></li>
63 <li><a href="#during_rlogin_ssh_telnet_etc__sessions__clicking_near_the_cursor_outputs_strange_escape_sequences__how_do_i_fix_this">During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?</a></li>
64 <li><a href="#my_numerical_keypad_acts_weird_and_generates_differing_output">My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?</a></li>
65 <li><a href="#my_compose__multi_key__key_is_no_longer_working_">My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.</a></li>
66 <li><a href="#i_cannot_type_ctrlshift2_to_get_an_ascii_nul_character_due_to_iso_14755">I cannot type <code>Ctrl-Shift-2</code> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755</a></li>
67 <li><a href="#mouse_cut_paste_suddenly_no_longer_works_">Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.</a></li>
68 <li><a href="#what_s_with_the_strange_backspace_delete_key_behaviour">What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?</a></li>
69 <li><a href="#i_don_t_like_the_keybindings__how_do_i_change_them">I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?</a></li>
70 <li><a href="#i_m_using_keyboard_model_xxx_that_has_extra_prior_next_insert_keys__how_do_i_make_use_of_them_for_example__the_sun_keyboard_type_4_has_the_following_map">I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the following map</a></li>
71 </ul>
72
73 <li><a href="#terminal_configuration">Terminal Configuration</a></li>
74 <ul>
75
76 <li><a href="#can_i_see_a_typical_configuration">Can I see a typical configuration?</a></li>
77 <li><a href="#why_doesn_t_rxvtunicode_read_my_resources">Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?</a></li>
78 <li><a href="#when_i_login_to_another_system_it_tells_me_about_missing_terminfo_data">When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</a></li>
79 <li><a href="#tic_outputs_some_error_when_compiling_the_terminfo_entry_"><code>tic</code> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.</a></li>
80 <li><a href="#bash_s_readline_does_not_work_correctly_under_urxvt_"><code>bash</code>'s readline does not work correctly under urxvt.</a></li>
81 <li><a href="#i_need_a_termcap_file_entry_">I need a termcap file entry.</a></li>
82 <li><a href="#why_does_ls_no_longer_have_coloured_output">Why does <code>ls</code> no longer have coloured output?</a></li>
83 <li><a href="#why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc__use_the_88_colour_mode">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?</a></li>
84 <li><a href="#why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc__make_use_of_italic">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?</a></li>
85 <li><a href="#why_are_the_secondary_screenrelated_options_not_working_properly">Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?</a></li>
86 </ul>
87
88 <li><a href="#encoding___locale___input_method_issues">Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues</a></li>
89 <ul>
90
91 <li><a href="#rxvtunicode_does_not_seem_to_understand_the_selected_encoding">Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?</a></li>
92 <li><a href="#unicode_does_not_seem_to_work">Unicode does not seem to work?</a></li>
93 <li><a href="#how_does_rxvtunicode_determine_the_encoding_to_use">How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?</a></li>
94 <li><a href="#is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodings">Is there an option to switch encodings?</a></li>
95 <li><a href="#can_i_switch_locales_at_runtime">Can I switch locales at runtime?</a></li>
96 <li><a href="#i_have_problems_getting_my_input_method_working_">I have problems getting my input method working.</a></li>
97 <li><a href="#my_input_method_wants__some_encoding__but_i_want_utf8__what_can_i_do">My input method wants &lt;some encoding&gt; but I want UTF-8, what can I do?</a></li>
98 <li><a href="#rxvtunicode_crashes_when_the_x_input_method_changes_or_exits_">Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.</a></li>
99 </ul>
100
101 <li><a href="#operating_systems___package_maintaining">Operating Systems / Package Maintaining</a></li>
102 <ul>
103
104 <li><a href="#i_am_using_debian_gnu_linux_and_have_a_problem___">I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...</a></li>
105 <li><a href="#i_am_maintaining_rxvtunicode_for_distribution_os_xxx__any_recommendation">I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?</a></li>
106 <li><a href="#i_need_to_make_it_setuid_setgid_to_support_utmp_ptys_on_my_os__is_this_safe">I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?</a></li>
107 <li><a href="#on_solaris_9__many_linedrawing_characters_are_too_wide_">On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.</a></li>
108 <li><a href="#i_am_on_freebsd_and_rxvtunicode_does_not_seem_to_work_at_all_">I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.</a></li>
109 <li><a href="#i_use_solaris_9_and_it_doesn_t_compile_work_etc_">I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.</a></li>
110 <li><a href="#how_can_i_use_rxvtunicode_under_cygwin">How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?</a></li>
111 </ul>
112
113 </ul>
114
115 <li><a href="#rxvtunicode_technical_reference">RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE</a></li>
116 <ul>
117
118 <li><a href="#definitions">Definitions</a></li>
31 <li><a href="#commands">Commands</a></li> 119 <li><a href="#values">Values</a></li>
32 <li><a href="#adding_and_accessing_menus">Adding and accessing menus</a></li> 120 <li><a href="#escape_sequences">Escape Sequences</a></li>
33 <li><a href="#removing_menus">Removing menus</a></li> 121 <li><a href="#csi__command_sequence_introducer__sequences">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</a></li>
34 <li><a href="#quick_arrows">Quick Arrows</a></li> 122 <li><a href="#dec_private_modes">DEC Private Modes</a></li>
35 <li><a href="#command_summary">Command Summary</a></li> 123 <li><a href="#xterm_operating_system_commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</a></li>
36 </ul> 124 </ul>
37 125
38 <li><a href="#xpm">XPM</a></li> 126 <li><a href="#xpm">XPM</a></li>
39 <li><a href="#mouse_reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></li> 127 <li><a href="#mouse_reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></li>
40 <li><a href="#key_codes">Key Codes</a></li> 128 <li><a href="#key_codes">Key Codes</a></li>
65</p> 153</p>
66<hr /> 154<hr />
67<h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> 155<h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
68<p>This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting 156<p>This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting
69all escape sequences, and other background information.</p> 157all escape sequences, and other background information.</p>
70<p>The newest version of this document is 158<p>The newest version of this document is also available on the World Wide Web at
71also available on the World Wide Web at
72<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> 159<a href="http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html">http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html</a>.</p>
73<p> 160<p>
74</p> 161</p>
75<hr /> 162<hr />
76<h1><a name="frequently_asked_questions">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a></h1> 163<h1><a name="rxvtunicode_urxvt_frequently_asked_questions">RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a></h1>
77<dl> 164<p>
165</p>
166<h2><a name="meta__features___commandline_issues">Meta, Features &amp; Commandline Issues</a></h2>
167<p>
168</p>
169<h3><a name="my_question_isn_t_answered_here__can_i_ask_a_human">My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?</a></h3>
170<p>Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: <code>irc.freenode.net</code>,
171channel <code>#rxvt-unicode</code> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
172interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).</p>
173<p>
174</p>
175<h3><a name="does_it_support_tabs__can_i_have_a_tabbed_rxvtunicode">Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?</a></h3>
176<p>Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a
177simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
178give you tabs:</p>
179<pre>
180 urxvt -pe tabbed</pre>
181<pre>
182 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed</pre>
183<p>It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers
184or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be
185embedded into other programs, as witnessed by <em>doc/rxvt-tabbed</em> or
186the upcoming <code>Gtk2::URxvt</code> perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt
187(murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application.</p>
188<p>
189</p>
78<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 /> 190<h3><a name="how_do_i_know_which_rxvtunicode_version_i_m_using">How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?</a></h3>
79</dt>
80<dd>
81The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape 191<p>The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
82sequence <code>ESC [ 8 n</code> sets the window title to the version number. 192sequence <code>ESC [ 8 n</code> sets the window title to the version number. When
83</dd> 193using the urxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the
84<p></p> 194daemon.</p>
85<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 /> 195<p>
86</dt> 196</p>
87<dd> 197<h3><a name="rxvtunicode_uses_gobs_of_memory__how_can_i_reduce_that">Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?</a></h3>
88The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode contains large patches that 198<p>Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
89considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before reporting a 199don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
90bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the 200you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
91genuine version (<a href="http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode</a>) and try to 201when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
92reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are 202accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.</p>
93specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the 203<p>Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
94Debian Bug Tracking System (use <code>reportbug</code> to report the bug). 204scrollback buffers: Without <code>--enable-unicode3</code>, rxvt-unicode will use
95</dd> 2056 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
96<dd> 206kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
97<p>For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 207use 10 Megabytes of memory. With <code>--enable-unicode3</code> it gets worse, as
98probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a 208rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.</p>
99bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that 209<p>
100might encounter the same issue.</p> 210</p>
101</dd> 211<h3><a name="how_can_i_start_urxvtd_in_a_racefree_way">How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way?</a></h3>
102<p></p> 212<p>Try <code>urxvtd -f -o</code>, which tells urxvtd to open the
103<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 /> 213display, create the listening socket and then fork.</p>
104</dt> 214<p>
105<dd> 215</p>
216<h3><a name="how_can_i_start_urxvtd_automatically_when_i_run_urxvtc">How can I start urxvtd automatically when I run urxvtc?</a></h3>
217<p>If you want to start urxvtd automatically whenever you run
218urxvtc and the daemon isn't running yet, use this script:</p>
219<pre>
220 #!/bin/sh
221 urxvtc &quot;$@&quot;
222 if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
223 urxvtd -q -o -f
224 urxvtc &quot;$@&quot;
225 fi</pre>
226<p>This tries to create a new terminal, and if fails with exit status 2,
227meaning it couldn't connect to the daemon, it will start the daemon and
228re-run the command. Subsequent invocations of the script will re-use the
229existing daemon.</p>
230<p>
231</p>
232<h3><a name="how_do_i_distinguish_whether_i_m_running_rxvtunicode_or_a_regular_xterm_i_need_this_to_decide_about_setting_colors_etc_">How do I distinguish whether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.</a></h3>
233<p>The original rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable ``COLORTERM'',
234so you can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED,
235slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide
236whether or not to use color.</p>
237<p>
238</p>
239<h3><a name="how_do_i_set_the_correct__full_ip_address_for_the_display_variable">How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?</a></h3>
240<p>If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
241insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
242snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
243wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
244the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
245regular xterm.</p>
246<p>Courtesy of Chuck Blake &lt;<a href="mailto:cblake@BBN.COM">cblake@BBN.COM</a>&gt; with the following shell script
247snippets:</p>
248<pre>
249 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
250 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] &amp;&amp; TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
251 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
252 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
253 echo -n '^[Z'
254 read term_id
255 stty icanon echo
256 if [ &quot;&quot;${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
257 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
258 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
259 fi
260 fi</pre>
261<p>
262</p>
263<h3><a name="how_do_i_compile_the_manual_pages_on_my_own">How do I compile the manual pages on my own?</a></h3>
264<p>You need to have a recent version of perl installed as <em>/usr/bin/perl</em>,
265one that comes with <em>pod2man</em>, <em>pod2text</em> and <em>pod2html</em>. Then go to
266the doc subdirectory and enter <code>make alldoc</code>.</p>
267<p>
268</p>
269<h3><a name="isn_t_rxvtunicode_supposed_to_be_small_don_t_all_those_features_bloat">Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?</a></h3>
270<p>I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
271bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
272that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
273compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even
274with <code>--disable-everything</code>, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
275features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
276already in use in this mode.</p>
277<pre>
278 text data bss drs rss filename
279 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
280 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything</pre>
281<p>When you <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> (which <em>is</em> unfair, as this involves xft
282and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
283libc), the two diverge, but not unreasonably so.</p>
284<pre>
285 text data bss drs rss filename
286 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
287 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything</pre>
288<p>The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
289encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
290and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
291encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
292compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
293memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
294few megabytes of RSS. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when
295not used.</p>
296<p>Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
297a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
298memory.</p>
299<p>Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
300still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
301(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
30243180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
303startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
304extremely well *g*.</p>
305<p>
306</p>
307<h3><a name="why_c____isn_t_that_unportable_bloated_uncool">Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?</a></h3>
308<p>Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
309to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
310of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
311shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.</p>
312<p>My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but in
313the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
314are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
315domain sockets, which are all less portable than C++ itself.</p>
316<p>Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
317in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
318C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
319not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is what rxvt links against on my
320system with a minimal config:</p>
321<pre>
322 libX11.so.6 =&gt; /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
323 libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
324 libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
325 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)</pre>
326<p>And here is rxvt-unicode:</p>
327<pre>
328 libX11.so.6 =&gt; /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
329 libgcc_s.so.1 =&gt; /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
330 libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
331 libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
332 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)</pre>
333<p>No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
334except maybe libX11 :)</p>
335<p>
336</p>
337<h2><a name="rendering__font___look_and_feel_issues">Rendering, Font &amp; Look and Feel Issues</a></h2>
338<p>
339</p>
340<h3><a name="i_can_t_get_transparency_working__what_am_i_doing_wrong">I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?</a></h3>
341<p>First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt-unicode, so
342you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may
343bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a rite
344of passage: ... and you failed.</p>
345<p>Here are four ways to get transparency. <strong>Do</strong> read the manpage and option
346descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it!</p>
347<p>1. Use inheritPixmap:</p>
348<pre>
349 Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
350 urxvt -ip -tint red -sh 40</pre>
351<p>That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
352support, or you are unable to read.</p>
353<p>2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you
354to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
355your picture with gimp or any other tool:</p>
356<pre>
357 convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm
358 urxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background</pre>
359<p>That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, or you
360are unable to read.</p>
361<p>3. Use an ARGB visual:</p>
362<pre>
363 urxvt -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc</pre>
364<p>This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that
365doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't
366there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the necessary
367bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that
368doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in place.</p>
369<p>4. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job:</p>
370<pre>
371 xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \
372 -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000</pre>
373<p>Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace <code>0xc0000000</code>
374by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and
375your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces.</p>
376<p>
377</p>
378<h3><a name="why_does_rxvtunicode_sometimes_leave_pixel_droppings">Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?</a></h3>
379<p>Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
380size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
381contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
382these characters. For characters that are just ``a bit'' too wide a special
383``careful'' rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.</p>
384<p>All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
385however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
386box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
387ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
388cases).</p>
389<p>It's not clear (to me at least), whether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
390or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
391the <code>-lsp</code> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
392might be forced to use a different font.</p>
393<p>All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
394box data is correct.</p>
395<p>
396</p>
397<h3><a name="how_can_i_keep_rxvtunicode_from_using_reverse_video_so_much">How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?</a></h3>
398<p>First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
399(<code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
400make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
401rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:</p>
402<pre>
403 URxvt.colorBD: white
404 URxvt.colorIT: green</pre>
405<p>
406</p>
407<h3><a name="some_programs_assume_totally_weird_colours__red_instead_of_blue___how_can_i_fix_that">Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?</a></h3>
408<p>For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
409colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
4108 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
411these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.</p>
412<p>In the meantime, you can either edit your <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo
413definition to only claim 8 colour support or use <code>TERM=rxvt</code>, which will
414fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.</p>
415<p>
416</p>
417<h3><a name="can_i_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime">Can I switch the fonts at runtime?</a></h3>
418<p>Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
419effect as using the <code>-fn</code> switch, and takes effect immediately:</p>
420<pre>
421 printf '\33]50;%s\007' &quot;9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic&quot;</pre>
422<p>This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
423japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
424japanese fonts would only be in your way.</p>
425<p>You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.</p>
426<p>
427</p>
428<h3><a name="why_do_italic_characters_look_as_if_clipped">Why do italic characters look as if clipped?</a></h3>
429<p>Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
430example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font <code>xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
431Mono</code> completely fails in its italic face. A workaround might be to
432enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:</p>
433<pre>
434 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
435 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true</pre>
436<p>
437</p>
438<h3><a name="can_i_speed_up_xft_rendering_somehow">Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?</a></h3>
439<p>Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
440it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
441antialiasing (by appending <code>:antialias=false</code>), which saves lots of
442memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.</p>
443<p>
444</p>
445<h3><a name="rxvtunicode_doesn_t_seem_to_antialias_its_fonts__what_is_wrong">Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?</a></h3>
446<p>Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
447fall back to its default font search list it will prefer X11 core
448fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
449antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
450look best that way.</p>
451<p>If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.</p>
452<p>
453</p>
454<h3><a name="what_s_with_this_bold_blink_stuff">What's with this bold/blink stuff?</a></h3>
455<p>If no bold colour is set via <code>colorBD:</code>, bold will invert text using the
456standard foreground colour.</p>
457<p>For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
458text blink when compiled with <code>--enable-blinking</code>. with standard
459colours. Without <code>--enable-blinking</code>, the blink attribute will be
460ignored.</p>
461<p>On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
462foreground/background colors.</p>
463<p>color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.</p>
464<p>color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.</p>
465<p>
466</p>
467<h3><a name="i_don_t_like_the_screen_colors__how_do_i_change_them">I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?</a></h3>
468<p>You can change the screen colors at run-time using <em>~/.Xdefaults</em>
469resources (or as long-options).</p>
470<p>Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
471including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:</p>
472<pre>
473 URxvt.color0: #000000
474 URxvt.color1: #A80000
475 URxvt.color2: #00A800
476 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
477 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
478 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
479 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
480 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8</pre>
481<pre>
482 URxvt.color8: #000054
483 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
484 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
485 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
486 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
487 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
488 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
489 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF</pre>
490<p>And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors.</p>
491<pre>
492 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
493 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
494 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
495 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
496 URxvt.color0: #000000
497 URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
498 URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
499 URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
500 URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
501 URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
502 URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
503 URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
504 URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
505 URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
506 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
507 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
508 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
509 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd</pre>
510<p>They have been described (not by me) as ``pretty girly''.</p>
511<p>
512</p>
513<h3><a name="why_do_some_characters_look_so_much_different_than_others">Why do some characters look so much different than others?</a></h3>
514<p>See next entry.</p>
515<p>
516</p>
517<h3><a name="how_does_rxvtunicode_choose_fonts">How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?</a></h3>
518<p>Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
519fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
520your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
521to display.</p>
522<p><strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
523font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
524bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
525resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
526intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
527the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.</p>
528<p>In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
529e.g.:</p>
530<pre>
531 urxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...</pre>
532<p>When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
533font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
534next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
535search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.</p>
536<p>The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
537font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
538must be the same due to the way terminals work.</p>
539<p>
540</p>
541<h3><a name="why_do_some_chinese_characters_look_so_different_than_others">Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?</a></h3>
542<p>This is because there is a difference between script and language --
543rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
544as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
545sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
546display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
547chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
548non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
549-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
550chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.</p>
551<p>The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
552list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
553a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
554first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.</p>
555<p>In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
556runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
557fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
558has been designed yet).</p>
559<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>
560<p>
561</p>
562<h2><a name="keyboard__mouse___user_interaction">Keyboard, Mouse &amp; User Interaction</a></h2>
563<p>
564</p>
565<h3><a name="the_new_selection_selects_pieces_that_are_too_big__how_can_i_select_single_words">The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?</a></h3>
566<p>If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
567setting:</p>
568<pre>
569 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)</pre>
570<p>If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
571more and more.</p>
572<p>To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:</p>
573<pre>
574 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^&quot;&amp;'()*,;&lt;=&gt;?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)</pre>
575<p>Please also note that the <em>LeftClick Shift-LeftClik</em> combination also
576selects words like the old code.</p>
577<p>
578</p>
579<h3><a name="i_don_t_like_the_new_selection_popups_hotkeys_perl__how_do_i_change_disable_it">I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?</a></h3>
580<p>You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
581<strong>perl-ext-common</strong> resource to the empty string, which also keeps
582rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.</p>
583<p>If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
584identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
585<strong>PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</strong> in the <code>urxvtperl(3)</code> manpage. For
586example, to disable the <strong>selection-popup</strong> and <strong>option-popup</strong>, specify
587this <strong>perl-ext-common</strong> resource:</p>
588<pre>
589 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup</pre>
590<p>This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
591extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
592scrollback search mode is triggered by <strong>M-s</strong>. You can move it to any
593other combination either by setting the <strong>searchable-scrollback</strong> resource:</p>
594<pre>
595 URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s</pre>
596<p>
597</p>
598<h3><a name="the_cursor_moves_when_selecting_text_in_the_current_input_line__how_do_i_switch_this_off">The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?</a></h3>
599<p>See next entry.</p>
600<p>
601</p>
602<h3><a name="during_rlogin_ssh_telnet_etc__sessions__clicking_near_the_cursor_outputs_strange_escape_sequences__how_do_i_fix_this">During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?</a></h3>
603<p>These are caused by the <code>readline</code> perl extension. Under normal
604circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the
605line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment,
606but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some
607cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly.</p>
608<p>You can permanently switch this feature off by disabling the <code>readline</code>
609extension:</p>
610<pre>
611 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline</pre>
612<p>
613</p>
614<h3><a name="my_numerical_keypad_acts_weird_and_generates_differing_output">My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?</a></h3>
615<p>Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
616specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
617by the wrong <code>TERM</code> setting, although the details of whether and how
618this can happen are unknown, as <code>TERM=rxvt</code> should offer a compatible
619keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
620helped.</p>
621<p>
622</p>
623<h3><a name="my_compose__multi_key__key_is_no_longer_working_">My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.</a></h3>
624<p>The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
625correctly, or you specified a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> that is not supported by
626your input method. For example, if you specified <strong>OverTheSpot</strong> and
627your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
628does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
629rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.</p>
630<p>In this case either do not specify a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> or specify more than
631one pre-edit style, such as <strong>OverTheSpot,Root,None</strong>.</p>
632<p>
633</p>
634<h3><a name="i_cannot_type_ctrlshift2_to_get_an_ascii_nul_character_due_to_iso_14755">I cannot type <code>Ctrl-Shift-2</code> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755</a></h3>
635<p>Either try <code>Ctrl-2</code> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
636international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
637advantage, typing &lt;Ctrl-Shift-0&gt; to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
638codes, too, such as <code>Ctrl-Shift-1-d</code> to type the default telnet escape
639character and so on.</p>
640<p>
641</p>
642<h3><a name="mouse_cut_paste_suddenly_no_longer_works_">Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.</a></h3>
643<p>Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
644some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
645heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
646quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
647depressed.</p>
648<p>
649</p>
650<h3><a name="what_s_with_the_strange_backspace_delete_key_behaviour">What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?</a></h3>
651<p>Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
652Backspace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
653question) there are two standard values that can be used for
654Backspace: <code>^H</code> and <code>^?</code>.</p>
655<p>Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
656policy of using <code>^?</code> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
657choice :).</p>
658<p>Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
659of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
660started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
661system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in &lt;termios.h&gt;, will
662be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).</p>
663<p>For starting a new rxvt-unicode:</p>
664<pre>
665 # use Backspace = ^H
666 $ stty erase ^H
667 $ urxvt</pre>
668<pre>
669 # use Backspace = ^?
670 $ stty erase ^?
671 $ urxvt</pre>
672<p>Toggle with <code>ESC [ 36 h</code> / <code>ESC [ 36 l</code>.</p>
673<p>For an existing rxvt-unicode:</p>
674<pre>
675 # use Backspace = ^H
676 $ stty erase ^H
677 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36h&quot;</pre>
678<pre>
679 # use Backspace = ^?
680 $ stty erase ^?
681 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36l&quot;</pre>
682<p>This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
683if you use Backspace = <code>^H</code>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
684properly reflects that.</p>
685<p>The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
686To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
687key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
688(<code>ESC [ 3 ~</code>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.</p>
689<p>Some other Backspace problems:</p>
690<p>some editors use termcap/terminfo,
691some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
692GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.</p>
693<p>Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.</p>
694<p>
695</p>
696<h3><a name="i_don_t_like_the_keybindings__how_do_i_change_them">I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?</a></h3>
697<p>There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
698you have run ``configure'' with the <a href="#item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources"><code>--disable-resources</code></a> option you can
699use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.</p>
700<p>Here's an example for a URxvt session started using <code>urxvt -name URxvt</code></p>
701<pre>
702 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
703 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
704 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033&lt;C-'&gt;
705 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033&lt;C-/&gt;
706 URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033&lt;C-;&gt;
707 URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
708 URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033&lt;C-,&gt;
709 URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033&lt;C-.&gt;
710 URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
711 URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033&lt;C-Tab&gt;
712 URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033&lt;C-Return&gt;
713 URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033&lt;S-Return&gt;
714 URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033&lt;S-Space&gt;
715 URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033&lt;M-Up&gt;
716 URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033&lt;M-Down&gt;
717 URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033&lt;M-Left&gt;
718 URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033&lt;M-Right&gt;
719 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033&lt;M-C- 0123456789 &gt;
720 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033&lt;M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz &gt;
721 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007</pre>
722<p>See some more examples in the documentation for the <strong>keysym</strong> resource.</p>
723<p>
724</p>
725<h3><a name="i_m_using_keyboard_model_xxx_that_has_extra_prior_next_insert_keys__how_do_i_make_use_of_them_for_example__the_sun_keyboard_type_4_has_the_following_map">I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the following map</a></h3>
726<pre>
727 KP_Insert == Insert
728 F22 == Print
729 F27 == Home
730 F29 == Prior
731 F33 == End
732 F35 == Next</pre>
733<p>Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
734keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
735required for your particular machine.</p>
736<p>
737</p>
738<h2><a name="terminal_configuration">Terminal Configuration</a></h2>
739<p>
740</p>
741<h3><a name="can_i_see_a_typical_configuration">Can I see a typical configuration?</a></h3>
742<p>The default configuration tries to be xterm-like, which I don't like that
743much, but it's least surprise to regular users.</p>
744<p>As a rxvt or rxvt-unicode user, you are practically supposed to invest
745time into customising your terminal. To get you started, here is the
746author's .Xdefaults entries, with comments on what they do. It's certainly
747not <em>typical</em>, but what's typical...</p>
748<pre>
749 URxvt.cutchars: &quot;()*,&lt;&gt;[]{}|'
750 URxvt.print-pipe: cat &gt;/tmp/xxx</pre>
751<p>These are just for testing stuff.</p>
752<pre>
753 URxvt.imLocale: ja_JP.UTF-8
754 URxvt.preeditType: OnTheSpot,None</pre>
755<p>This tells rxvt-unicode to use a special locale when communicating with
756the X Input Method, and also tells it to only use the OnTheSpot pre-edit
757type, which requires the <code>xim-onthespot</code> perl extension but rewards me
758with correct-looking fonts.</p>
759<pre>
760 URxvt.perl-lib: /root/lib/urxvt
761 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,selection-autotransform,selection-pastebin,xim-onthespot,remote-clipboard
762 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+)
763 URxvt.selection.pattern-1: ^(/[^:]+):\
764 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
765 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/</pre>
766<p>This is my perl configuration. The first two set the perl library
767directory and also tells urxvt to use a large number of extensions. I
768develop for myself mostly, so I actually use most of the extensions I
769write.</p>
770<p>The selection stuff mainly makes the selection perl-error-message aware
771and tells it to convert perl error messages into vi-commands to load the
772relevant file and go tot he error line number.</p>
773<pre>
774 URxvt.scrollstyle: plain
775 URxvt.secondaryScroll: true</pre>
776<p>As the documentation says: plain is the preferred scrollbar for the
777author. The <code>secondaryScroll</code> configures urxvt to scroll in full-screen
778apps, like screen, so lines scrolled out of screen end up in urxvt's
779scrollback buffer.</p>
780<pre>
781 URxvt.background: #000000
782 URxvt.foreground: gray90
783 URxvt.color7: gray90
784 URxvt.colorBD: #ffffff
785 URxvt.cursorColor: #e0e080
786 URxvt.throughColor: #8080f0
787 URxvt.highlightColor: #f0f0f0</pre>
788<p>Some colours. Not sure which ones are being used or even non-defaults, but
789these are in my .Xdefaults. Most notably, they set foreground/background
790to light gray/black, and also make sure that the colour 7 matches the
791default foreground colour.</p>
792<pre>
793 URxvt.underlineColor: yellow</pre>
794<p>Another colour, makes underline lines look different. Sometimes hurts, but
795is mostly a nice effect.</p>
796<pre>
797 URxvt.geometry: 154x36
798 URxvt.loginShell: false
799 URxvt.meta: ignore
800 URxvt.utmpInhibit: true</pre>
801<p>Uh, well, should be mostly self-explanatory. By specifying some defaults
802manually, I can quickly switch them for testing.</p>
803<pre>
804 URxvt.saveLines: 8192</pre>
805<p>A large scrollback buffer is essential. Really.</p>
806<pre>
807 URxvt.mapAlert: true</pre>
808<p>The only case I use it is for my IRC window, which I like to keep
809iconified till people msg me (which beeps).</p>
810<pre>
811 URxvt.visualBell: true</pre>
812<p>The audible bell is often annoying, especially when in a crowd.</p>
813<pre>
814 URxvt.insecure: true</pre>
815<p>Please don't hack my mutt! Ooops...</p>
816<pre>
817 URxvt.pastableTabs: false</pre>
818<p>I once thought this is a great idea.</p>
819<pre>
820 urxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
821 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
822 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
823 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic, \
824 xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:autohint=true, \
825 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
826 urxvt.boldFont: -xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso8859-15
827 urxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
828 urxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true</pre>
829<p>I wrote rxvt-unicode to be able to specify fonts exactly. So don't be
830overwhelmed. A special note: the <code>9x15bold</code> mentioned above is actually
831the version from XFree-3.3, as XFree-4 replaced it by a totally different
832font (different glyphs for <code>;</code> and many other harmless characters),
833while the second font is actually the <code>9x15bold</code> from XFree4/XOrg. The
834bold version has less chars than the medium version, so I use it for rare
835characters, too. When editing sources with vim, I use italic for comments
836and other stuff, which looks quite good with Bitstream Vera anti-aliased.</p>
837<p>Terminus is a quite bad font (many very wrong glyphs), but for most of my
838purposes, it works, and gives a different look, as my normal (Non-bold)
839font is already bold, and I want to see a difference between bold and
840normal fonts.</p>
841<p>Please note that I used the <code>urxvt</code> instance name and not the <code>URxvt</code>
842class name. Thats because I use different configs for different purposes,
843for example, my IRC window is started with <code>-name IRC</code>, and uses these
844defaults:</p>
845<pre>
846 IRC*title: IRC
847 IRC*geometry: 87x12+535+542
848 IRC*saveLines: 0
849 IRC*mapAlert: true
850 IRC*font: suxuseuro
851 IRC*boldFont: suxuseuro
852 IRC*colorBD: white
853 IRC*keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
854 IRC*keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007</pre>
855<p><code>Alt-Shift-1</code> and <code>Alt-Shift-2</code> switch between two different font
856sizes. <code>suxuseuro</code> allows me to keep an eye (and actually read)
857stuff while keeping a very small window. If somebody pastes something
858complicated (e.g. japanese), I temporarily switch to a larger font.</p>
859<p>The above is all in my <code>.Xdefaults</code> (I don't use <code>.Xresources</code> nor
860<code>xrdb</code>). I also have some resources in a separate <code>.Xdefaults-hostname</code>
861file for different hosts, for example, on ym main desktop, I use:</p>
862<pre>
863 URxvt.keysym.C-M-q: command:\033[3;5;5t
864 URxvt.keysym.C-M-y: command:\033[3;5;606t
865 URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: command:\033[3;1605;5t
866 URxvt.keysym.C-M-c: command:\033[3;1605;606t
867 URxvt.keysym.C-M-p: perl:test</pre>
868<p>The first for keysym definitions allow me to quickly bring some windows
869in the layout I like most. Ion users might start laughing but will stop
870immediately when I tell them that I use my own Fvwm2 module for much the
871same effect as Ion provides, and I only very rarely use the above key
872combinations :-&gt;</p>
873<p>
874</p>
875<h3><a name="why_doesn_t_rxvtunicode_read_my_resources">Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?</a></h3>
876<p>Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
877applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads
878resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
879ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
880<em>$HOME/.Xdefaults</em> when no resources are attached to the display.</p>
881<p>If you have or use an <em>$HOME/.Xresources</em> file, chances are that
882resources are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to
883re-login after every change (or run <em>xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources</em>).</p>
884<p>Also consider the form resources have to use:</p>
885<pre>
886 URxvt.resource: value</pre>
887<p>If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
888specifying resources), make sure you understand whether and why it
889works. If unsure, use the form above.</p>
890<p>
891</p>
892<h3><a name="when_i_login_to_another_system_it_tells_me_about_missing_terminfo_data">When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</a></h3>
106The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available 893<p>The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
107as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). 894as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).</p>
108</dd>
109<dd>
110<p>The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can 895<p>The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
111be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):</p> 896be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp and works as user and admin):</p>
112</dd>
113<dd>
114<pre> 897<pre>
115 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain 898 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
116 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE &quot;cat &gt;/tmp/ti &amp;&amp; tic /tmp/ti&quot;</pre> 899 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE &quot;mkdir -p .terminfo &amp;&amp; cat &gt;/tmp/ti &amp;&amp; tic /tmp/ti&quot;</pre>
117</dd>
118<dd>
119<p>... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,</p> 900<p>... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,</p>
120</dd> 901<p>One some systems you might need to set <code>$TERMINFO</code> to the full path of
121<dd> 902<em>$HOME/.terminfo</em> for this to work.</p>
122<p>If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set 903<p>If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
123<code>TERM=rxvt</code> or even <code>TERM=xterm</code>, and live with the small number of 904<code>TERM=rxvt</code> or even <code>TERM=xterm</code>, and live with the small number of
124problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different 905problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
125colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice 906colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
126quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.</p> 907quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.</p>
127</dd>
128<dd>
129<p>If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you 908<p>If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
130can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a 909can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
131resource to set it:</p> 910resource to set it:</p>
132</dd>
133<dd>
134<pre> 911<pre>
135 URxvt.termName: rxvt</pre> 912 URxvt.termName: rxvt</pre>
136</dd>
137<dd>
138<p>If you don't plan to use <strong>rxvt</strong> (quite common...) you could also replace 913<p>If you don't plan to use <strong>rxvt</strong> (quite common...) you could also replace
139the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.</p> 914the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use <code>TERM=rxvt</code>.</p>
140</dd> 915<p>
141<p></p> 916</p>
917<h3><a name="tic_outputs_some_error_when_compiling_the_terminfo_entry_"><code>tic</code> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.</a></h3>
918<p>Most likely it's the empty definition for <code>enacs=</code>. Just replace it by
919<code>enacs=\E[0@</code> and try again.</p>
920<p>
921</p>
142<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 /> 922<h3><a name="bash_s_readline_does_not_work_correctly_under_urxvt_"><code>bash</code>'s readline does not work correctly under urxvt.</a></h3>
143</dt> 923<p>See next entry.</p>
924<p>
925</p>
144<dt><strong><a name="item_i_need_a_termcap_file_entry_2e">I need a termcap file entry.</a></strong><br /> 926<h3><a name="i_need_a_termcap_file_entry_">I need a termcap file entry.</a></h3>
145</dt>
146<dd>
147One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating 927<p>One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
148systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap 928systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
149library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry 929library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
150for <code>rxvt-unicode</code>. 930for <code>rxvt-unicode</code>.</p>
151</dd>
152<dd>
153<p>You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases. 931<p>You could use rxvt's termcap entry with reasonable results in many cases.
154You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program 932You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
155like this:</p> 933like this:</p>
156</dd>
157<dd>
158<pre> 934<pre>
159 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode</pre> 935 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode</pre>
160</dd>
161<dd>
162<p>Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:</p> 936<p>Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:</p>
163</dd>
164<dd>
165<pre> 937<pre>
166 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\ 938 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
167 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\ 939 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
168 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\ 940 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
169 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\ 941 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
181 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\ 953 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
182 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\ 954 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
183 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\ 955 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
184 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\ 956 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
185 :vs=\E[?25h:</pre> 957 :vs=\E[?25h:</pre>
186</dd> 958<p>
187<p></p> 959</p>
188<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 /> 960<h3><a name="why_does_ls_no_longer_have_coloured_output">Why does <code>ls</code> no longer have coloured output?</a></h3>
189</dt>
190<dd>
191The <code>ls</code> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to 961<p>The <code>ls</code> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
192decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration 962decide whether a terminal has colour, but uses its own configuration
193file. Needless to say, <code>rxvt-unicode</code> is not in it's default file (among 963file. Needless to say, <code>rxvt-unicode</code> is not in its default file (among
194with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add: 964with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:</p>
195</dd>
196<dd>
197<pre> 965<pre>
198 TERM rxvt-unicode</pre> 966 TERM rxvt-unicode</pre>
199</dd>
200<dd>
201<p>to <code>/etc/DIR_COLORS</code> or simply add:</p> 967<p>to <code>/etc/DIR_COLORS</code> or simply add:</p>
202</dd>
203<dd>
204<pre> 968<pre>
205 alias ls='ls --color=auto'</pre> 969 alias ls='ls --color=auto'</pre>
206</dd>
207<dd>
208<p>to your <code>.profile</code> or <code>.bashrc</code>.</p> 970<p>to your <code>.profile</code> or <code>.bashrc</code>.</p>
209</dd> 971<p>
210<p></p> 972</p>
211<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 /> 973<h3><a name="why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc__use_the_88_colour_mode">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?</a></h3>
212</dt> 974<p>See next entry.</p>
975<p>
976</p>
213<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 /> 977<h3><a name="why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc__make_use_of_italic">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?</a></h3>
214</dt> 978<p>See next entry.</p>
979<p>
980</p>
215<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 /> 981<h3><a name="why_are_the_secondary_screenrelated_options_not_working_properly">Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?</a></h3>
216</dt>
217<dd>
218Make sure you are using <code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>. Some pre-packaged 982<p>Make sure you are using <code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>. Some pre-packaged
219distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode 983distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
220by setting <code>TERM</code> to <code>rxvt</code>, which doesn't have these extra 984by setting <code>TERM</code> to <code>rxvt</code>, which doesn't have these extra
221features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian 985features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
222GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo 986GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo
223file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question <strong>When 987file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question <strong>When
224I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</strong> on 988I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</strong> on
225how to do this). 989how to do this).</p>
226</dd> 990<p>
227<p></p> 991</p>
228<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 /> 992<h2><a name="encoding___locale___input_method_issues">Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues</a></h2>
229</dt> 993<p>
230<dd> 994</p>
231Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
232specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
233by the wrong <code>TERM</code> setting, although the details of wether and how
234this can happen are unknown, as <code>TERM=rxvt</code> should offer a compatible
235keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
236helped.
237</dd>
238<p></p>
239<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 /> 995<h3><a name="rxvtunicode_does_not_seem_to_understand_the_selected_encoding">Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?</a></h3>
240</dt> 996<p>See next entry.</p>
997<p>
998</p>
241<dt><strong><a name="item_unicode_does_not_seem_to_work_3f">Unicode does not seem to work?</a></strong><br /> 999<h3><a name="unicode_does_not_seem_to_work">Unicode does not seem to work?</a></h3>
242</dt>
243<dd>
244If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but 1000<p>If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
245getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is 1001getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
246subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings. 1002subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.</p>
247</dd>
248<dd>
249<p>Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same <code>LC_CTYPE</code> setting as the 1003<p>Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same <code>LC_CTYPE</code> setting as the
250programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> locale, while the 1004programs running in it. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> locale,
251login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to 1005while the login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the
252something else, e.g. <code>en_GB.UTF-8</code>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.</p> 1006locale to something else, e.g. <code>en_GB.UTF-8</code>. Needless to say, this is
253</dd> 1007not going to work, and is the most common cause for problems.</p>
254<dd>
255<p>The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run 1008<p>The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
256into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.</p> 1009into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.</p>
257</dd>
258<dd>
259<pre> 1010<pre>
260 printf '\e]701;%s\007' &quot;$LC_CTYPE&quot;</pre> 1011 printf '\33]701;%s\007' &quot;$LC_CTYPE&quot; # $LANG or $LC_ALL are worth a try, too</pre>
261</dd>
262<dd>
263<p>If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a <code>LC_CTYPE</code> specification not 1012<p>If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a <code>LC_CTYPE</code> specification not
264supported on your systems. Some systems have a <code>locale</code> command which 1013supported on your systems. Some systems have a <code>locale</code> command which
265displays this (also, <code>perl -e0</code> can be used to check locale settings, as 1014displays this (also, <code>perl -e0</code> can be used to check locale settings, as
266it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something 1015it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
267like:</p> 1016like:</p>
268</dd>
269<dd>
270<pre> 1017<pre>
271 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...</pre> 1018 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...</pre>
272</dd>
273<dd>
274<p>Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.</p> 1019<p>Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.</p>
275</dd>
276<dd>
277<p>If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then 1020<p>If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
278you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't 1021you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
279support locales :(</p> 1022support locales :(</p>
1023<p>
1024</p>
1025<h3><a name="how_does_rxvtunicode_determine_the_encoding_to_use">How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?</a></h3>
1026<p>See next entry.</p>
1027<p>
1028</p>
1029<h3><a name="is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodings">Is there an option to switch encodings?</a></h3>
1030<p>Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
1031specific ``utf-8'' mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
1032UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.</p>
1033<p>The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
1034the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
1035applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
1036and code number. This mechanism is the <em>locale</em>. Applications not using
1037that info will have problems (for example, <code>xterm</code> gets the width of
1038characters wrong as it uses its own, locale-independent table under all
1039locales).</p>
1040<p>Rxvt-unicode uses the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> locale category to select encoding. All
1041programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1042interpretation of characters.</p>
1043<p>Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1044is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.</p>
1045<p>On most systems, the content of the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> environment variable
1046contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1047locale. Common names for locales are <code>en_US.UTF-8</code>, <code>de_DE.ISO-8859-15</code>,
1048<code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code>, i.e. <code>language_country.encoding</code>, but other forms
1049(i.e. <code>de</code> or <code>german</code>) are also common.</p>
1050<p>Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1051the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1052i.e. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code> and <code>ja_JP.UTF-8</code> are the normally same to
1053rxvt-unicode.</p>
1054<p>If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1055rxvt-unicode with the correct <code>LC_CTYPE</code> category.</p>
1056<p>
1057</p>
1058<h3><a name="can_i_switch_locales_at_runtime">Can I switch locales at runtime?</a></h3>
1059<p>Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
1060rxvt-unicode's idea of <code>LC_CTYPE</code>.</p>
1061<pre>
1062 printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS</pre>
1063<p>See also the previous answer.</p>
1064<p>Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
1065one locale (e.g. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code>) but some programs don't support it
1066(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start <code>xjdic</code>, which
1067first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:</p>
1068<pre>
1069 printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1070 xjdic -js
1071 printf '\33]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8</pre>
1072<p>You can also use xterm's <code>luit</code> program, which usually works fine, except
1073for some locales where character width differs between program- and
1074rxvt-unicode-locales.</p>
1075<p>
1076</p>
1077<h3><a name="i_have_problems_getting_my_input_method_working_">I have problems getting my input method working.</a></h3>
1078<p>Try a search engine, as this is slightly different for every input method server.</p>
1079<p>Here is a checklist:</p>
1080<dl>
1081<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_make_sure_your_locale_and_the_imlocale_are_sup">- Make sure your locale <em>and</em> the imLocale are supported on your OS.</a></strong>
1082
280</dd> 1083<dd>
281<p></p> 1084<p>Try <code>locale -a</code> or check the documentation for your OS.</p>
282<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 />
283</dt>
284<dt><strong><a name="item_how_does_rxvt_2dunicode_choose_fonts_3f">How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?</a></strong><br />
285</dt>
286<dd> 1085</dd>
287Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is 1086</li>
288fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of 1087<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_make_sure_your_locale_or_imlocale_matches_a_lo">- Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your XIM.</a></strong>
289your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want 1088
290to display.
291</dd> 1089<dd>
1090<p>For example, <strong>kinput2</strong> does not support UTF-8 locales, you should use
1091<code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code> or equivalent.</p>
292<dd> 1092</dd>
293<p><strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement 1093</li>
294font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks 1094<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_make_sure_your_xim_server_is_actually_running_">- Make sure your XIM server is actually running.</a></strong>
295bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't 1095
296resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial 1096<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_make_sure_the_xmodifiers_environment_variable_">- Make sure the <code>XMODIFIERS</code> environment variable is set correctly when <em>starting</em> rxvt-unicode.</a></strong>
297intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe 1097
298the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.</p>
299</dd> 1098<dd>
1099<p>When you want to use e.g. <strong>kinput2</strong>, it must be set to
1100<code>@im=kinput2</code>. For <strong>scim</strong>, use <code>@im=SCIM</code>. You can see what input
1101method servers are running with this command:</p>
300<dd> 1102</dd>
301<p>In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
302e.g.:</p>
303</dd> 1103<dd>
1104<pre>
1105 xprop -root XIM_SERVERS</pre>
304<dd> 1106</dd>
305<pre> 1107</li>
306 rxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...</pre>
307</dd>
308<dd>
309<p>When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
310font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
311next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
312search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.</p>
313</dd>
314<dd>
315<p>The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
316font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
317must be the same due to the way terminals work.</p>
318</dd>
319<p></p>
320<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 />
321</dt> 1108<dt>
322<dd>
323This is because there is a difference between script and language --
324rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
325as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
326sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
327display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
328chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
329non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
330-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
331chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
332</dd> 1109</dl>
333<dd>
334<p>The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
335list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
336a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
337first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.</p>
338</dd>
339<dd>
340<p>In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
341runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
342fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
343has been designed yet).</p>
344</dd>
345<dd>
346<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>
347</dd>
348<p></p>
349<dt><strong><a name="item_why_does_rxvt_2dunicode_sometimes_leave_pixel_drop">Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?</a></strong><br />
350</dt>
351<dd>
352Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
353size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
354contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
355these characters. For characters that are just ``a bit'' too wide a special
356``careful'' rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
357</dd>
358<dd>
359<p>All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
360however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
361box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
362ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
363cases).</p>
364</dd>
365<dd>
366<p>It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
367or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
368the <code>-lsp</code> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
369might be forced to use a different font.</p>
370</dd>
371<dd>
372<p>All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
373box data is correct.</p>
374</dd>
375<p></p>
376<dt><strong><a name="item_compose">My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.</a></strong><br />
377</dt>
378<dd>
379The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
380correctly, or you specified a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> that is not supported by
381your input method. For example, if you specified <strong>OverTheSpot</strong> and
382your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
383does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
384rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
385</dd>
386<dd>
387<p>In this case either do not specify a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> or specify more than
388one pre-edit style, such as <strong>OverTheSpot,Root,None</strong>.</p>
389</dd>
390<p></p>
391<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 />
392</dt>
393<dd>
394Either try <code>Ctrl-2</code> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
395international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
396advantage, typing &lt;Ctrl-Shift-0&gt; to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
397codes, too, such as <code>Ctrl-Shift-1-d</code> to type the default telnet escape
398character and so on.
399</dd>
400<p></p>
401<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 />
402</dt>
403<dd>
404First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
405(<code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
406make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
407rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
408</dd>
409<dd>
410<pre> 1110<p>
411 URxvt.colorBD: white 1111</p>
412 URxvt.colorIT: green</pre> 1112<h3><a name="my_input_method_wants__some_encoding__but_i_want_utf8__what_can_i_do">My input method wants &lt;some encoding&gt; but I want UTF-8, what can I do?</a></h3>
413</dd> 1113<p>You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
414<p></p> 1114terminal, using the resource <code>imlocale</code>:</p>
415<dt><strong><a name="item_colours">Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?</a></strong><br /> 1115<pre>
416</dt> 1116 URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP</pre>
417<dd> 1117<p>Now you can start your terminal with <code>LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8</code> and still
418For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird 1118use your input method. Please note, however, that, depending on your Xlib
419colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard 1119version, you may not be able to input characters outside <code>EUC-JP</code> in a
4208 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix 1120normal way then, as your input method limits you.</p>
421these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons. 1121<p>
422</dd> 1122</p>
423<dd> 1123<h3><a name="rxvtunicode_crashes_when_the_x_input_method_changes_or_exits_">Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.</a></h3>
424<p>In the meantime, you can either edit your <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo 1124<p>Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
425definition to only claim 8 colour support or use <code>TERM=rxvt</code>, which will 1125design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
426fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.</p> 1126leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
427</dd> 1127exit time. <strong>kinput2</strong> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
428<p></p> 1128while <strong>SCIM</strong> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
1129crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.</p>
1130<p>So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.</p>
1131<p>
1132</p>
1133<h2><a name="operating_systems___package_maintaining">Operating Systems / Package Maintaining</a></h2>
1134<p>
1135</p>
1136<h3><a name="i_am_using_debian_gnu_linux_and_have_a_problem___">I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...</a></h3>
1137<p>The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
1138patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
1139unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
1140the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
1141version (<a href="http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode</a>) and try to reproduce
1142the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
1143Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
1144Tracking System (use <code>reportbug</code> to report the bug).</p>
1145<p>For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
1146probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
1147bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
1148might encounter the same issue.</p>
1149<p>
1150</p>
1151<h3><a name="i_am_maintaining_rxvtunicode_for_distribution_os_xxx__any_recommendation">I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?</a></h3>
1152<p>You should build one binary with the default options. <em>configure</em>
1153now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
1154runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enabling them,
1155except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
1156be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
1157the future) depends on it.</p>
1158<p>You should not overwrite the <code>perl-ext-common</code> snd <code>perl-ext</code> resources
1159system-wide (except maybe with <code>defaults</code>). This will result in useful
1160behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
1161<code>perl-ext-common</code> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
1162perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.</p>
1163<p>If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
1164one with <code>--disable-everything</code> (very useful) and a maximal one with
1165<a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
1166encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).</p>
1167<p>
1168</p>
1169<h3><a name="i_need_to_make_it_setuid_setgid_to_support_utmp_ptys_on_my_os__is_this_safe">I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?</a></h3>
1170<p>It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
1171install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now.</p>
1172<p>When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
1173into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
1174systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
1175immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
1176privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
1177things as perl interpreters, which might be ``helpful'' to attackers).</p>
1178<p>This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early
1179and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or
1180things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
1181little risk.</p>
1182<p>
1183</p>
1184<h3><a name="on_solaris_9__many_linedrawing_characters_are_too_wide_">On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.</a></h3>
1185<p>Seems to be a known bug, read
1186<a href="http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html">http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html</a>. Some people use the
1187following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:</p>
1188<pre>
1189 #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) &gt; 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)</pre>
1190<p>
1191</p>
429<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 /> 1192<h3><a name="i_am_on_freebsd_and_rxvtunicode_does_not_seem_to_work_at_all_">I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.</a></h3>
430</dt>
431<dd>
432Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> to be defined 1193<p>Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> to be defined
433in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it, 1194in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
434wether it defines the symbol or not. <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> requires that 1195whether it defines the symbol or not. <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> requires that
435<strong>wchar_t</strong> is represented as unicode. 1196<strong>wchar_t</strong> is represented as unicode.</p>
436</dd>
437<dd>
438<p>As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor 1197<p>As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symbol nor
439does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of 1198does it support it. Instead, it uses its own internal representation of
440<strong>wchar_t</strong>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.</p> 1199<strong>wchar_t</strong>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.</p>
441</dd> 1200<p>However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in <code>POSIX</code>, <code>ISO-8859-1</code> and
442<dd> 1201<code>UTF-8</code> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as <strong>wchar_t</strong>.</p>
443<p>However, <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> is the only sane way to support 1202<p><code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> is the only sane way to support multi-language
444multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and 1203apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
445non-standardized) representation of <strong>wchar_t</strong> makes it impossible to 1204representation of <strong>wchar_t</strong> makes it impossible to convert between
446convert between <strong>wchar_t</strong> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any 1205<strong>wchar_t</strong> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
447other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and 1206without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
448every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert <strong>wchar_t</strong> into anything 1207simply are no APIs to convert <strong>wchar_t</strong> into anything except the current
449except the current locale encoding.</p> 1208locale encoding.</p>
450</dd>
451<dd>
452<p>Some applications (such as the formidable <strong>mlterm</strong>) work around this 1209<p>Some applications (such as the formidable <strong>mlterm</strong>) work around this
453by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling 1210by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
454with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple 1211with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
455conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements 1212conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
456encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).</p> 1213encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).</p>
457</dd>
458<dd>
459<p>The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the 1214<p>The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
460system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry 1215system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
461complete replacements for them :)</p> 1216complete replacements for them :)</p>
462</dd>
463<p></p>
464<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 />
465</dt>
466<dt><strong><a name="item_is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodings_3f">Is there an option to switch encodings?</a></strong><br />
467</dt>
468<dd>
469Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
470specific ``utf-8'' mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
471UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
472</dd>
473<dd>
474<p>The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
475the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
476applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
477and code number. This mechanism is the <em>locale</em>. Applications not using
478that info will have problems (for example, <code>xterm</code> gets the width of
479characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
480locales).</p>
481</dd>
482<dd>
483<p>Rxvt-unicode uses the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> locale category to select encoding. All
484programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
485interpretation of characters.</p>
486</dd>
487<dd>
488<p>Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
489is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.</p>
490</dd>
491<dd>
492<p>On most systems, the content of the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> environment variable
493contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
494locale. Common names for locales are <code>en_US.UTF-8</code>, <code>de_DE.ISO-8859-15</code>,
495<code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code>, i.e. <code>language_country.encoding</code>, but other forms
496(i.e. <code>de</code> or <code>german</code>) are also common.</p>
497</dd>
498<dd>
499<p>Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
500the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
501i.e. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code> and <code>ja_JP.UTF-8</code> are the normally same to
502rxvt-unicode.</p>
503</dd>
504<dd>
505<p>If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
506rxvt-unicode with the correct <code>LC_CTYPE</code> category.</p>
507</dd>
508<p></p>
509<dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_switch_locales_at_runtime_3f">Can I switch locales at runtime?</a></strong><br />
510</dt>
511<dd>
512Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
513rxvt-unicode's idea of <code>LC_CTYPE</code>.
514</dd>
515<dd>
516<pre> 1217<p>
517 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS</pre> 1218</p>
518</dd> 1219<h3><a name="i_use_solaris_9_and_it_doesn_t_compile_work_etc_">I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.</a></h3>
519<dd> 1220<p>Try the diff in <em>doc/solaris9.patch</em> as a base. It fixes the worst
520<p>See also the previous answer.</p> 1221problems with <code>wcwidth</code> and a compile problem.</p>
521</dd>
522<dd>
523<p>Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
524one locale (e.g. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code>) but some programs don't support it
525(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start <code>xjdic</code>, which
526first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:</p>
527</dd>
528<dd>
529<pre> 1222<p>
530 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS 1223</p>
531 xjdic -js 1224<h3><a name="how_can_i_use_rxvtunicode_under_cygwin">How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?</a></h3>
532 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8</pre> 1225<p>rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
533</dd> 1226the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
534<dd> 1227longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
535<p>You can also use xterm's <code>luit</code> program, which usually works fine, except 1228single font). I recommend starting the X-server in <code>-multiwindow</code> or
536for some locales where character width differs between program- and 1229<code>-rootless</code> mode instead, which will result in similar look&amp;feel as the
537rxvt-unicode-locales.</p> 1230old libW11 emulation.</p>
538</dd> 1231<p>At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
539<p></p> 1232encodings (you might try <code>LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8</code>), so you are likely limited
540<dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime_3f">Can I switch the fonts at runtime?</a></strong><br /> 1233to 8-bit encodings.</p>
541</dt>
542<dd>
543Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
544effect as using the <code>-fn</code> switch, and takes effect immediately:
545</dd>
546<dd>
547<pre>
548 printf '\e]50;%s\007' &quot;9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic&quot;</pre>
549</dd>
550<dd>
551<p>This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
552japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
553japanese fonts would only be in your way.</p>
554</dd>
555<dd>
556<p>You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.</p>
557</dd>
558<p></p>
559<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 />
560</dt>
561<dd>
562Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
563example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font <code>xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
564Mono</code> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
565enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
566</dd>
567<dd>
568<pre>
569 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
570 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true</pre>
571</dd>
572<p></p>
573<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 />
574</dt>
575<dd>
576You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
577terminal, using the resource <code>imlocale</code>:
578</dd>
579<dd>
580<pre>
581 URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP</pre>
582</dd>
583<dd>
584<p>Now you can start your terminal with <code>LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8</code> and still
585use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
586input characters outside <code>EUC-JP</code> in a normal way then, as your input
587method limits you.</p>
588</dd>
589<p></p>
590<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 />
591</dt>
592<dd>
593Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
594design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
595leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
596exit time. <strong>kinput2</strong> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
597while <strong>SCIM</strong> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
598crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
599</dd>
600<dd>
601<p>So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.</p>
602</dd>
603<p></p>
604<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 />
605</dt>
606<dd>
607Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
608don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
609you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
610when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
611accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
612</dd>
613<dd>
614<p>Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
615scrollback buffers: Without <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2dunicode3"><code>--enable-unicode3</code></a>, rxvt-unicode will use
6166 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
617kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
618use 10 Megabytes of memory. With <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2dunicode3"><code>--enable-unicode3</code></a> it gets worse, as
619rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.</p>
620</dd>
621<p></p>
622<dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_speed_up_xft_rendering_somehow_3f">Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?</a></strong><br />
623</dt>
624<dd>
625Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
626it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
627antialiasing (by appending <code>:antialiasing=false</code>), which saves lots of
628memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
629</dd>
630<p></p>
631<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 />
632</dt>
633<dd>
634Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
635fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
636fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
637antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
638look best that way.
639</dd>
640<dd>
641<p>If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.</p>
642</dd>
643<p></p>
644<dt><strong><a name="item_mouse_cut_2fpaste_suddenly_no_longer_works_2e">Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.</a></strong><br />
645</dt>
646<dd>
647Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
648some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
649heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
650quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
651depressed. See <code>rxvt(7)</code>
652</dd>
653<p></p>
654<dt><strong><a name="item_what_27s_with_this_bold_2fblink_stuff_3f">What's with this bold/blink stuff?</a></strong><br />
655</dt>
656<dd>
657If no bold colour is set via <code>colorBD:</code>, bold will invert text using the
658standard foreground colour.
659</dd>
660<dd>
661<p>For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
662text blink when compiled with <code>--enable-blinking</code>. with standard
663colours. Without <code>--enable-blinking</code>, the blink attribute will be
664ignored.</p>
665</dd>
666<dd>
667<p>On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
668foreground/background colors.</p>
669</dd>
670<dd>
671<p>color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.</p>
672</dd>
673<dd>
674<p>color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.</p>
675</dd>
676<p></p>
677<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 />
678</dt>
679<dd>
680You can change the screen colors at run-time using <em>~/.Xdefaults</em>
681resources (or as long-options).
682</dd>
683<dd>
684<p>Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
685including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:</p>
686</dd>
687<dd>
688<pre>
689 URxvt.color0: #000000
690 URxvt.color1: #A80000
691 URxvt.color2: #00A800
692 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
693 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
694 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
695 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
696 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8</pre>
697</dd>
698<dd>
699<pre>
700 URxvt.color8: #000054
701 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
702 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
703 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
704 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
705 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
706 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
707 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF</pre>
708</dd>
709<dd>
710<p>And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
711me) as ``pretty girly''.</p>
712</dd>
713<dd>
714<pre>
715 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
716 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
717 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
718 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
719 URxvt.color0: #000000
720 URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
721 URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
722 URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
723 URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
724 URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
725 URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
726 URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
727 URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
728 URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
729 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
730 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
731 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
732 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd</pre>
733</dd>
734<p></p>
735<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 />
736</dt>
737<dd>
738Despite it's name, rxvtd is not a real daemon, but more like a
739server that answers rxvtc's requests, so it doesn't background
740itself.
741</dd>
742<dd>
743<p>To ensure rxvtd is listening on it's socket, you can use the
744following method to wait for the startup message before continuing:</p>
745</dd>
746<dd>
747<pre>
748 { rxvtd &amp; } | read</pre>
749</dd>
750<p></p>
751<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 />
752</dt>
753<dd>
754Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
755BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
756question) there are two standard values that can be used for
757Backspace: <code>^H</code> and <code>^?</code>.
758</dd>
759<dd>
760<p>Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
761policy of using <code>^?</code> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
762choice :).</p>
763</dd>
764<dd>
765<p>Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
766of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
767started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
768system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in &lt;termios.h&gt;, will
769be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).</p>
770</dd>
771<dd>
772<p>For starting a new rxvt-unicode:</p>
773</dd>
774<dd>
775<pre>
776 # use Backspace = ^H
777 $ stty erase ^H
778 $ rxvt</pre>
779</dd>
780<dd>
781<pre>
782 # use Backspace = ^?
783 $ stty erase ^?
784 $ rxvt</pre>
785</dd>
786<dd>
787<p>Toggle with <code>ESC [ 36 h</code> / <code>ESC [ 36 l</code> as documented in rxvt(7).</p>
788</dd>
789<dd>
790<p>For an existing rxvt-unicode:</p>
791</dd>
792<dd>
793<pre>
794 # use Backspace = ^H
795 $ stty erase ^H
796 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36h&quot;</pre>
797</dd>
798<dd>
799<pre>
800 # use Backspace = ^?
801 $ stty erase ^?
802 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36l&quot;</pre>
803</dd>
804<dd>
805<p>This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
806if you use Backspace = <code>^H</code>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
807properly reflects that.</p>
808</dd>
809<dd>
810<p>The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
811To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
812key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
813(<code>ESC [ 3 ~</code>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.</p>
814</dd>
815<dd>
816<p>Some other Backspace problems:</p>
817</dd>
818<dd>
819<p>some editors use termcap/terminfo,
820some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
821GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.</p>
822</dd>
823<dd>
824<p>Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.</p>
825</dd>
826<p></p>
827<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 />
828</dt>
829<dd>
830There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
831you have run ``configure'' with the <a href="#item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources"><code>--disable-resources</code></a> option you can
832use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
833</dd>
834<dd>
835<p>Here's an example for a URxvt session started using <code>rxvt -name URxvt</code></p>
836</dd>
837<dd>
838<pre>
839 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
840 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
841 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033&lt;C-'&gt;
842 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033&lt;C-/&gt;
843 URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033&lt;C-;&gt;
844 URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
845 URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033&lt;C-,&gt;
846 URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033&lt;C-.&gt;
847 URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
848 URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033&lt;C-Tab&gt;
849 URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033&lt;C-Return&gt;
850 URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033&lt;S-Return&gt;
851 URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033&lt;S-Space&gt;
852 URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033&lt;M-Up&gt;
853 URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033&lt;M-Down&gt;
854 URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033&lt;M-Left&gt;
855 URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033&lt;M-Right&gt;
856 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033&lt;M-C- 0123456789 &gt;
857 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033&lt;M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz &gt;
858 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007</pre>
859</dd>
860<dd>
861<p>See some more examples in the documentation for the <strong>keysym</strong> resource.</p>
862</dd>
863<p></p>
864<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.
865How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
866has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.</a></strong><br />
867</dt>
868<dd>
869<pre>
870 KP_Insert == Insert
871 F22 == Print
872 F27 == Home
873 F29 == Prior
874 F33 == End
875 F35 == Next</pre>
876</dd>
877<dd>
878<p>Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
879keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
880required for your particular machine.</p>
881</dd>
882<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?
883I need this to decide about setting colors etc.</a></strong><br />
884</dt>
885<dd>
886rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable ``COLORTERM'', so you can
887check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
888Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
889not to use color.
890</dd>
891<p></p>
892<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 />
893</dt>
894<dd>
895If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
896insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
897snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
898wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
899the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
900regular xterm.
901</dd>
902<dd>
903<p>Courtesy of Chuck Blake &lt;<a href="mailto:cblake@BBN.COM">cblake@BBN.COM</a>&gt; with the following shell script
904snippets:</p>
905</dd>
906<dd>
907<pre>
908 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
909 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] &amp;&amp; TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
910 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
911 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
912 echo -n '^[Z'
913 read term_id
914 stty icanon echo
915 if [ &quot;&quot;${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
916 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
917 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
918 fi
919 fi</pre>
920</dd>
921<p></p>
922<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 />
923</dt>
924<dd>
925You need to have a recent version of perl installed as <em>/usr/bin/perl</em>,
926one that comes with <em>pod2man</em>, <em>pod2text</em> and <em>pod2html</em>. Then go to
927the doc subdirectory and enter <code>make alldoc</code>.
928</dd>
929<p></p>
930<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 />
931</dt>
932<dd>
933Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: <code>irc.freenode.net</code>,
934channel <code>#rxvt-unicode</code> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
935interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
936</dd>
937<p></p></dl>
938<p> 1234<p>
939</p> 1235</p>
940<hr /> 1236<hr />
941<h1><a name="rxvt_technical_reference">RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE</a></h1> 1237<h1><a name="rxvtunicode_technical_reference">RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE</a></h1>
942<p>
943</p>
944<hr />
945<h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
946<p>The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of 1238<p>The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
947<strong>rxvt-unicode</strong>. First the description of supported command sequences, 1239<strong>rxvt-unicode</strong>. First the description of supported command sequences,
948followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all 1240followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
949features selectable at <code>configure</code> time.</p> 1241selectable at <code>configure</code> time.</p>
950<p>
951</p> 1242<p>
952<hr /> 1243</p>
953<h1><a name="definitions">Definitions</a></h1> 1244<h2><a name="definitions">Definitions</a></h2>
954<dl> 1245<dl>
955<dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1246<dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
956</dt> 1247
957<dd>
958The literal character c.
959</dd> 1248<dd>
960<p></p> 1249<p>The literal character c.</p>
1250</dd>
1251</li>
961<dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1252<dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
962</dt> 1253
963<dd> 1254<dd>
964A single (required) character. 1255<p>A single (required) character.</p>
965</dd> 1256</dd>
966<p></p> 1257</li>
967<dt><strong><a name="item_ps"><strong><code>Ps</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1258<dt><strong><a name="item_ps"><strong><code>Ps</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
968</dt> 1259
969<dd> 1260<dd>
970A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more 1261<p>A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more
971digits. 1262digits.</p>
972</dd> 1263</dd>
973<p></p> 1264</li>
974<dt><strong><a name="item_pm"><strong><code>Pm</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1265<dt><strong><a name="item_pm"><strong><code>Pm</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
975</dt> 1266
976<dd> 1267<dd>
977A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric 1268<p>A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric
978parameters, separated by <code>;</code> character(s). 1269parameters, separated by <code>;</code> character(s).</p>
979</dd> 1270</dd>
980<p></p> 1271</li>
981<dt><strong><a name="item_pt"><strong><code>Pt</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1272<dt><strong><a name="item_pt"><strong><code>Pt</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
982</dt> 1273
983<dd> 1274<dd>
984A text parameter composed of printable characters. 1275<p>A text parameter composed of printable characters.</p>
1276</dd>
1277</li>
985</dd> 1278</dl>
986<p></p></dl>
987<p>
988</p> 1279<p>
989<hr /> 1280</p>
990<h1><a name="values">Values</a></h1> 1281<h2><a name="values">Values</a></h2>
991<dl> 1282<dl>
992<dt><strong><a name="item_enq"><strong><code>ENQ</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1283<dt><strong><a name="item_enq"><strong><code>ENQ</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
993</dt> 1284
994<dd> 1285<dd>
995Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA) 1286<p>Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA)
996request attributes from terminal. See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps c</code></a> </strong>&gt;. 1287request attributes from terminal. See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps c</code></a> </strong>&gt;.</p>
997</dd> 1288</dd>
998<p></p> 1289</li>
999<dt><strong><a name="item_bel"><strong><code>BEL</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1290<dt><strong><a name="item_bel"><strong><code>BEL</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1000</dt> 1291
1001<dd>
1002Bell (Ctrl-G)
1003</dd> 1292<dd>
1004<p></p> 1293<p>Bell (Ctrl-G)</p>
1294</dd>
1295</li>
1005<dt><strong><a name="item_bs"><strong><code>BS</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1296<dt><strong><a name="item_bs"><strong><code>BS</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1006</dt> 1297
1007<dd>
1008Backspace (Ctrl-H)
1009</dd> 1298<dd>
1010<p></p> 1299<p>Backspace (Ctrl-H)</p>
1300</dd>
1301</li>
1011<dt><strong><a name="item_tab"><strong><code>TAB</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1302<dt><strong><a name="item_tab"><strong><code>TAB</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1012</dt> 1303
1013<dd>
1014Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I)
1015</dd> 1304<dd>
1016<p></p> 1305<p>Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I)</p>
1306</dd>
1307</li>
1017<dt><strong><a name="item_lf"><strong><code>LF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1308<dt><strong><a name="item_lf"><strong><code>LF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1018</dt> 1309
1019<dd> 1310<dd>
1020Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J) 1311<p>Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J)</p>
1021</dd> 1312</dd>
1022<p></p> 1313</li>
1023<dt><strong><a name="item_vt"><strong><code>VT</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1314<dt><strong><a name="item_vt"><strong><code>VT</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1024</dt> 1315
1025<dd> 1316<dd>
1026Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1317<p>Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt;</p>
1027</dd> 1318</dd>
1028<p></p> 1319</li>
1029<dt><strong><a name="item_ff"><strong><code>FF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1320<dt><strong><a name="item_ff"><strong><code>FF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1030</dt> 1321
1031<dd> 1322<dd>
1032Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1323<p>Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt;</p>
1033</dd> 1324</dd>
1034<p></p> 1325</li>
1035<dt><strong><a name="item_cr"><strong><code>CR</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1326<dt><strong><a name="item_cr"><strong><code>CR</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1036</dt> 1327
1037<dd>
1038Carriage Return (Ctrl-M)
1039</dd> 1328<dd>
1040<p></p> 1329<p>Carriage Return (Ctrl-M)</p>
1330</dd>
1331</li>
1041<dt><strong><a name="item_so"><strong><code>SO</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1332<dt><strong><a name="item_so"><strong><code>SO</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1042</dt> 1333
1043<dd> 1334<dd>
1044Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set. 1335<p>Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set.
1045Switch to Alternate Character Set 1336Switch to Alternate Character Set</p>
1046</dd> 1337</dd>
1047<p></p> 1338</li>
1048<dt><strong><a name="item_si"><strong><code>SI</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1339<dt><strong><a name="item_si"><strong><code>SI</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1049</dt> 1340
1050<dd> 1341<dd>
1051Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default). 1342<p>Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default).
1052Switch to Standard Character Set 1343Switch to Standard Character Set</p>
1053</dd> 1344</dd>
1054<p></p> 1345</li>
1055<dt><strong><a name="item_spc"><strong><code>SPC</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1346<dt><strong><a name="item_spc"><strong><code>SPC</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1056</dt> 1347
1057<dd>
1058Space Character
1059</dd> 1348<dd>
1060<p></p></dl> 1349<p>Space Character</p>
1061<p> 1350</dd>
1351</li>
1352</dl>
1062</p> 1353<p>
1063<hr /> 1354</p>
1064<h1><a name="escape_sequences">Escape Sequences</a></h1> 1355<h2><a name="escape_sequences">Escape Sequences</a></h2>
1065<dl> 1356<dl>
1066<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__23_8"><strong><code>ESC # 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1357<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__23_8"><strong><code>ESC # 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1067</dt> 1358
1068<dd> 1359<dd>
1069DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN) 1360<p>DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN)</p>
1070</dd> 1361</dd>
1071<p></p> 1362</li>
1072<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_7"><strong><code>ESC 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1363<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_7"><strong><code>ESC 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1073</dt> 1364
1074<dd>
1075Save Cursor (SC)
1076</dd> 1365<dd>
1077<p></p> 1366<p>Save Cursor (SC)</p>
1367</dd>
1368</li>
1078<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_8"><strong><code>ESC 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1369<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_8"><strong><code>ESC 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1079</dt> 1370
1080<dd>
1081Restore Cursor
1082</dd> 1371<dd>
1083<p></p> 1372<p>Restore Cursor</p>
1373</dd>
1374</li>
1084<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__3d"><strong><code>ESC =</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1375<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__3d"><strong><code>ESC =</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1085</dt> 1376
1086<dd> 1377<dd>
1087Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence. 1378<p>Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence.</p>
1088</dd> 1379</dd>
1089<p></p> 1380</li>
1090<dt><strong><a name="item_esc"><strong><code>ESC</code> </strong>&gt;&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1381<dt><strong><a name="item_esc"><strong><code>ESC</code> </strong>&gt;&gt;</a></strong>
1091</dt> 1382
1092<dd> 1383<dd>
1093Normal Keypad (RMKX) 1384<p>Normal Keypad (RMKX)</p>
1094</dd> 1385</dd>
1095<dd> 1386<dd>
1096<p><strong>Note:</strong> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, <strong>Num_Lock</strong> has been 1387<p><strong>Note:</strong> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, <strong>Num_Lock</strong> has been
1097pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad 1388pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad
1098(see Key Codes).</p> 1389(see Key Codes).</p>
1099</dd> 1390</dd>
1100<p></p> 1391</li>
1101<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_d"><strong><code>ESC D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1392<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_d"><strong><code>ESC D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1102</dt> 1393
1103<dd>
1104Index (IND)
1105</dd> 1394<dd>
1106<p></p> 1395<p>Index (IND)</p>
1396</dd>
1397</li>
1107<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_e"><strong><code>ESC E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1398<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_e"><strong><code>ESC E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1108</dt> 1399
1109<dd>
1110Next Line (NEL)
1111</dd> 1400<dd>
1112<p></p> 1401<p>Next Line (NEL)</p>
1402</dd>
1403</li>
1113<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_h"><strong><code>ESC H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1404<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_h"><strong><code>ESC H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1114</dt> 1405
1115<dd>
1116Tab Set (HTS)
1117</dd> 1406<dd>
1118<p></p> 1407<p>Tab Set (HTS)</p>
1408</dd>
1409</li>
1119<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_m"><strong><code>ESC M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1410<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_m"><strong><code>ESC M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1120</dt> 1411
1121<dd>
1122Reverse Index (RI)
1123</dd> 1412<dd>
1124<p></p> 1413<p>Reverse Index (RI)</p>
1414</dd>
1415</li>
1125<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC N</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1416<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC N</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1126</dt> 1417
1127<dd> 1418<dd>
1128Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character 1419<p>Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character
1129only <em>unimplemented</em> 1420only <em>unimplemented</em></p>
1130</dd> 1421</dd>
1131<p></p> 1422</li>
1132<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC O</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1423<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC O</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1133</dt> 1424
1134<dd> 1425<dd>
1135Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character 1426<p>Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
1136only <em>unimplemented</em> 1427only <em>unimplemented</em></p>
1137</dd> 1428</dd>
1138<p></p> 1429</li>
1139<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_z"><strong><code>ESC Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1430<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_z"><strong><code>ESC Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1140</dt> 1431
1141<dd> 1432<dd>
1142Obsolete form of returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C</code> </strong>&gt; <em>rxvt-unicode compile-time option</em> 1433<p>Obsolete form of returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C</code> </strong>&gt; <em>rxvt-unicode compile-time option</em></p>
1143</dd> 1434</dd>
1144<p></p> 1435</li>
1145<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_c"><strong><code>ESC c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1436<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_c"><strong><code>ESC c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1146</dt> 1437
1147<dd>
1148Full reset (RIS)
1149</dd> 1438<dd>
1150<p></p> 1439<p>Full reset (RIS)</p>
1440</dd>
1441</li>
1151<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1442<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1152</dt> 1443
1153<dd> 1444<dd>
1154Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2) 1445<p>Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2)</p>
1155</dd> 1446</dd>
1156<p></p> 1447</li>
1157<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC o</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1448<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC o</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1158</dt> 1449
1159<dd> 1450<dd>
1160Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3) 1451<p>Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)</p>
1161</dd> 1452</dd>
1162<p></p> 1453</li>
1163<dt><strong><strong><code>ESC ( C</code> </strong>&gt;</strong><br /> 1454<dt><strong><strong><code>ESC ( C</code> </strong>&gt;</strong>
1164</dt> 1455
1165<dd> 1456<dd>
1166Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>. 1457<p>Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.</p>
1167</dd> 1458</dd>
1168<p></p> 1459</li>
1169<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__29_c"><strong><code>ESC ) C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1460<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__29_c"><strong><code>ESC ) C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1170</dt> 1461
1171<dd> 1462<dd>
1172Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>. 1463<p>Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.</p>
1173</dd> 1464</dd>
1174<p></p> 1465</li>
1175<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2a_c"><strong><code>ESC * C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1466<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2a_c"><strong><code>ESC * C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1176</dt> 1467
1177<dd> 1468<dd>
1178Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>. 1469<p>Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.</p>
1179</dd> 1470</dd>
1180<p></p> 1471</li>
1181<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2b_c"><strong><code>ESC + C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1472<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2b_c"><strong><code>ESC + C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1182</dt> 1473
1183<dd> 1474<dd>
1184Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>. 1475<p>Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.</p>
1185</dd> 1476</dd>
1186<p></p> 1477</li>
1187<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__24_c"><strong><code>ESC $ C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1478<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__24_c"><strong><code>ESC $ C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1188</dt> 1479
1189<dd> 1480<dd>
1190Designate Kanji Character Set 1481<p>Designate Kanji Character Set</p>
1191</dd> 1482</dd>
1192<dd> 1483<dd>
1193<p>Where <strong><a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> </strong>&gt; is one of:</p> 1484<p>Where <strong><a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> </strong>&gt; is one of:</p>
1194</dd> 1485</dd>
1195<table> 1486<table>
1198<tr><td>C = B </td><td>United States (USASCII)</td></tr> 1489<tr><td>C = B </td><td>United States (USASCII)</td></tr>
1199<tr><td>C = <</td><td>Multinational character set unimplemented</td></tr> 1490<tr><td>C = <</td><td>Multinational character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1200<tr><td>C = 5 </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr> 1491<tr><td>C = 5 </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1201<tr><td>C = C </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr> 1492<tr><td>C = C </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1202<tr><td>C = K </td><td>German character set unimplemented</td></tr> 1493<tr><td>C = K </td><td>German character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1203</table><p></p></dl> 1494</table></li>
1495</dl>
1204<p></p> 1496<p></p>
1205<p> 1497<p>
1206</p> 1498</p>
1207<hr />
1208<h1><a name="csi__command_sequence_introducer__sequences">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</a></h1> 1499<h2><a name="csi__command_sequence_introducer__sequences">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</a></h2>
1209<dl> 1500<dl>
1210<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__40"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps @</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1501<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__40"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps @</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1211</dt> 1502
1212<dd> 1503<dd>
1213Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (Blank) <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ICH) 1504<p>Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (Blank) <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ICH)</p>
1214</dd> 1505</dd>
1215<p></p> 1506</li>
1216<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps A</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1507<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps A</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1217</dt> 1508
1218<dd> 1509<dd>
1219Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUU) 1510<p>Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUU)</p>
1220</dd> 1511</dd>
1221<p></p> 1512</li>
1222<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_b"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps B</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1513<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_b"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps B</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1223</dt> 1514
1224<dd> 1515<dd>
1225Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUD) 1516<p>Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUD)</p>
1226</dd> 1517</dd>
1227<p></p> 1518</li>
1228<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1519<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1229</dt> 1520
1230<dd> 1521<dd>
1231Cursor Forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUF) 1522<p>Cursor Forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUF)</p>
1232</dd> 1523</dd>
1233<p></p> 1524</li>
1234<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1525<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1235</dt> 1526
1236<dd> 1527<dd>
1237Cursor Backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUB) 1528<p>Cursor Backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUB)</p>
1238</dd> 1529</dd>
1239<p></p> 1530</li>
1240<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1531<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1241</dt> 1532
1242<dd> 1533<dd>
1243Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column 1534<p>Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column</p>
1244</dd> 1535</dd>
1245<p></p> 1536</li>
1246<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps F</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1537<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps F</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1247</dt> 1538
1248<dd> 1539<dd>
1249Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column 1540<p>Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column</p>
1250</dd> 1541</dd>
1251<p></p> 1542</li>
1252<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps G</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1543<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps G</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1253</dt> 1544
1254<dd> 1545<dd>
1255Cursor to Column <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (HPA) 1546<p>Cursor to Column <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (HPA)</p>
1256</dd> 1547</dd>
1257<p></p> 1548</li>
1258<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1549<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1259</dt> 1550
1260<dd> 1551<dd>
1261Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP) 1552<p>Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP)</p>
1262</dd> 1553</dd>
1263<p></p> 1554</li>
1264<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps I</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1555<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps I</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1265</dt> 1556
1266<dd> 1557<dd>
1267Move forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; tab stops [default: 1] 1558<p>Move forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; tab stops [default: 1]</p>
1268</dd> 1559</dd>
1269<p></p> 1560</li>
1270<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_j"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps J</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1561<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_j"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps J</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1271</dt> 1562
1272<dd> 1563<dd>
1273Erase in Display (ED) 1564<p>Erase in Display (ED)</p>
1274</dd> 1565</dd>
1275<table> 1566<table>
1276<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Below (default)</td></tr> 1567<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Below (default)</td></tr>
1277<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear Above</td></tr> 1568<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear Above</td></tr>
1278<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr> 1569<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr>
1279</table><p></p> 1570</table></li>
1280<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_k"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps K</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1571<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_k"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps K</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1281</dt> 1572
1282<dd> 1573<dd>
1283Erase in Line (EL) 1574<p>Erase in Line (EL)</p>
1284</dd> 1575</dd>
1285<table> 1576<table>
1286<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear to Right (default)</td></tr> 1577<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear to Right (default)</td></tr>
1287<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear to Left</td></tr> 1578<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear to Left</td></tr>
1288<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr> 1579<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr>
1289</table><p></p> 1580</table></li>
1290<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps L</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1581<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps L</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1291</dt> 1582
1292<dd> 1583<dd>
1293Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (IL) 1584<p>Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (IL)</p>
1294</dd> 1585</dd>
1295<p></p> 1586</li>
1296<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1587<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1297</dt> 1588
1298<dd> 1589<dd>
1299Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (DL) 1590<p>Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (DL)</p>
1300</dd> 1591</dd>
1301<p></p> 1592</li>
1302<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_p"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps P</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1593<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_p"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps P</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1303</dt> 1594
1304<dd> 1595<dd>
1305Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (DCH) 1596<p>Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (DCH)</p>
1306</dd> 1597</dd>
1307<p></p> 1598</li>
1308<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 /> 1599<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>
1309</dt> 1600
1310<dd> 1601<dd>
1311Initiate . <em>unimplemented</em> Parameters are 1602<p>Initiate . <em>unimplemented</em> Parameters are
1312[func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow]. 1603[func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow].</p>
1313</dd> 1604</dd>
1314<p></p> 1605</li>
1315<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_w"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps W</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1606<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_w"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps W</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1316</dt> 1607
1317<dd> 1608<dd>
1318Tabulator functions 1609<p>Tabulator functions</p>
1319</dd> 1610</dd>
1320<table> 1611<table>
1321<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Tab Set (HTS)</td></tr> 1612<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Tab Set (HTS)</td></tr>
1322<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr> 1613<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr>
1323<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All</td></tr> 1614<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All</td></tr>
1324</table><p></p> 1615</table></li>
1325<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps X</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1616<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps X</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1326</dt> 1617
1327<dd> 1618<dd>
1328Erase <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ECH) 1619<p>Erase <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ECH)</p>
1329</dd> 1620</dd>
1330<p></p> 1621</li>
1331<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_z"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1622<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_z"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1332</dt> 1623
1333<dd> 1624<dd>
1334Move backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; [default: 1] tab stops 1625<p>Move backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; [default: 1] tab stops</p>
1335</dd> 1626</dd>
1336<p></p> 1627</li>
1337<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__27"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps '</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1628<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__27"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps '</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1338</dt> 1629
1339<dd> 1630<dd>
1340See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_g"><code>ESC [ Ps G</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1631<p>See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_g"><code>ESC [ Ps G</code></a> </strong>&gt;</p>
1341</dd> 1632</dd>
1342<p></p> 1633</li>
1343<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps a</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1634<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps a</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1344</dt> 1635
1345<dd> 1636<dd>
1346See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps C</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1637<p>See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps C</code></a> </strong>&gt;</p>
1347</dd> 1638</dd>
1348<p></p> 1639</li>
1349<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1640<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1350</dt> 1641
1351<dd> 1642<dd>
1352Send Device Attributes (DA) 1643<p>Send Device Attributes (DA)
1353<strong><code>Ps = 0</code> </strong>&gt; (or omitted): request attributes from terminal 1644<strong><code>Ps = 0</code> </strong>&gt; (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
1354returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c</code> </strong>&gt; (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video 1645returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c</code> </strong>&gt; (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
1355Option'') 1646Option'')</p>
1356</dd> 1647</dd>
1357<p></p> 1648</li>
1358<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps d</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1649<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps d</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1359</dt> 1650
1360<dd> 1651<dd>
1361Cursor to Line <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (VPA) 1652<p>Cursor to Line <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (VPA)</p>
1362</dd> 1653</dd>
1363<p></p> 1654</li>
1364<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps e</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1655<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps e</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1365</dt> 1656
1366<dd> 1657<dd>
1367See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_a"><code>ESC [ Ps A</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1658<p>See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_a"><code>ESC [ Ps A</code></a> </strong>&gt;</p>
1368</dd> 1659</dd>
1369<p></p> 1660</li>
1370<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps f</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1661<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps f</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1371</dt> 1662
1372<dd> 1663<dd>
1373Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1] 1664<p>Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1]</p>
1374</dd> 1665</dd>
1375<p></p> 1666</li>
1376<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps g</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1667<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps g</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1377</dt> 1668
1378<dd> 1669<dd>
1379Tab Clear (TBC) 1670<p>Tab Clear (TBC)</p>
1380</dd> 1671</dd>
1381<table> 1672<table>
1382<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr> 1673<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr>
1383<tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>Clear All (TBC)</td></tr> 1674<tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>Clear All (TBC)</td></tr>
1384</table><p></p> 1675</table></li>
1385<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1676<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1386</dt> 1677
1387<dd> 1678<dd>
1388Set 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>. 1679<p>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>.</p>
1389</dd> 1680</dd>
1390<p></p> 1681</li>
1391<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps i</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1682<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps i</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1392</dt> 1683
1393<dd> 1684<dd>
1394Printing. See also the <code>print-pipe</code> resource. 1685<p>Printing. See also the <code>print-pipe</code> resource.</p>
1395</dd> 1686</dd>
1396<table> 1687<table>
1397<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>print screen (MC0)</td></tr> 1688<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>print screen (MC0)</td></tr>
1398<tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>disable transparent print mode (MC4)</td></tr> 1689<tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>disable transparent print mode (MC4)</td></tr>
1399<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>enable transparent print mode (MC5)</td></tr> 1690<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>enable transparent print mode (MC5)</td></tr>
1400</table><p></p> 1691</table></li>
1401<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1692<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1402</dt> 1693
1403<dd> 1694<dd>
1404Reset Mode (RM) 1695<p>Reset Mode (RM)</p>
1405</dd> 1696</dd>
1406<dl> 1697<dl>
1407<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_4"><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1698<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_4"><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1408</dt> 1699
1409<table> 1700<table>
1410<tr><td>h</td><td>Insert Mode (SMIR)</td></tr> 1701<tr><td>h</td><td>Insert Mode (SMIR)</td></tr>
1411<tr><td>l</td><td>Replace Mode (RMIR)</td></tr> 1702<tr><td>l</td><td>Replace Mode (RMIR)</td></tr>
1412</table><dt><strong><a name="item_20"><strong><code>Ps = 20</code> </strong>&gt; (partially implemented)</a></strong><br /> 1703</table><dt><strong><a name="item_20"><strong><code>Ps = 20</code> </strong>&gt; (partially implemented)</a></strong>
1413</dt> 1704
1414<table> 1705<table>
1415<tr><td>h</td><td>Automatic Newline (LNM)</td></tr> 1706<tr><td>h</td><td>Automatic Newline (LNM)</td></tr>
1416<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Linefeed (LNM)</td></tr> 1707<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Linefeed (LNM)</td></tr>
1417</table></dl> 1708</table></dl>
1418<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm m</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1709<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm m</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1419</dt> 1710
1420<dd> 1711<dd>
1421Character Attributes (SGR) 1712<p>Character Attributes (SGR)</p>
1422</dd> 1713</dd>
1423<table> 1714<table>
1424<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Normal (default)</td></tr> 1715<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Normal (default)</td></tr>
1425<tr><td>Ps = 1 / 21</td><td>On / Off Bold (bright fg)</td></tr> 1716<tr><td>Ps = 1 / 21</td><td>On / Off Bold (bright fg)</td></tr>
1426<tr><td>Ps = 3 / 23</td><td>On / Off Italic</td></tr> 1717<tr><td>Ps = 3 / 23</td><td>On / Off Italic</td></tr>
1446<tr><td>Ps = 94 / 104</td><td>fg/bg Bright Blue</td></tr> 1737<tr><td>Ps = 94 / 104</td><td>fg/bg Bright Blue</td></tr>
1447<tr><td>Ps = 95 / 105</td><td>fg/bg Bright Magenta</td></tr> 1738<tr><td>Ps = 95 / 105</td><td>fg/bg Bright Magenta</td></tr>
1448<tr><td>Ps = 96 / 106</td><td>fg/bg Bright Cyan</td></tr> 1739<tr><td>Ps = 96 / 106</td><td>fg/bg Bright Cyan</td></tr>
1449<tr><td>Ps = 97 / 107</td><td>fg/bg Bright White</td></tr> 1740<tr><td>Ps = 97 / 107</td><td>fg/bg Bright White</td></tr>
1450<tr><td>Ps = 99 / 109</td><td>fg/bg Bright Default</td></tr> 1741<tr><td>Ps = 99 / 109</td><td>fg/bg Bright Default</td></tr>
1451</table><p></p> 1742</table></li>
1452<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_n"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1743<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_n"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1453</dt> 1744
1454<dd> 1745<dd>
1455Device Status Report (DSR) 1746<p>Device Status Report (DSR)</p>
1456</dd> 1747</dd>
1457<table> 1748<table>
1458<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Status Report ESC [ 0 n (``OK'')</td></tr> 1749<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Status Report ESC [ 0 n (``OK'')</td></tr>
1459<tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as ESC [ r ; c R</td></tr> 1750<tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as ESC [ r ; c R</td></tr>
1460<tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Request Display Name</td></tr> 1751<tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Request Display Name</td></tr>
1461<tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>Request Version Number (place in window title)</td></tr> 1752<tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>Request Version Number (place in window title)</td></tr>
1462</table><p></p> 1753</table></li>
1463<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_r"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1754<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_r"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1464</dt> 1755
1465<dd> 1756<dd>
1466Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom] 1757<p>Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom]
1467[default: full size of window] (CSR) 1758[default: full size of window] (CSR)</p>
1468</dd> 1759</dd>
1469<p></p> 1760</li>
1470<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_s"><strong><code>ESC [ s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1761<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_s"><strong><code>ESC [ s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1471</dt> 1762
1472<dd>
1473Save Cursor (SC)
1474</dd> 1763<dd>
1475<p></p> 1764<p>Save Cursor (SC)</p>
1765</dd>
1766</li>
1476<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bpt_t"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Pt t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1767<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bpt_t"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Pt t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1477</dt> 1768
1478<dd> 1769<dd>
1479Window Operations 1770<p>Window Operations</p>
1480</dd> 1771</dd>
1481<table> 1772<table>
1482<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Deiconify (map) window</td></tr> 1773<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Deiconify (map) window</td></tr>
1483<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Iconify window</td></tr> 1774<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Iconify window</td></tr>
1484<tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t Move window to (X|Y)</td></tr> 1775<tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t Move window to (X|Y)</td></tr>
1493<tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Report window text size (responds with Ps = 7)</td></tr> 1784<tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Report window text size (responds with Ps = 7)</td></tr>
1494<tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9</td></tr> 1785<tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9</td></tr>
1495<tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234)</td></tr> 1786<tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234)</td></tr>
1496<tr><td>Ps = 21</td><td>Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234)</td></tr> 1787<tr><td>Ps = 21</td><td>Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234)</td></tr>
1497<tr><td>Ps = 24..</td><td>Set window height to Ps rows</td></tr> 1788<tr><td>Ps = 24..</td><td>Set window height to Ps rows</td></tr>
1498</table><p></p> 1789</table></li>
1499<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_u"><strong><code>ESC [ u</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1790<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_u"><strong><code>ESC [ u</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1500</dt> 1791
1501<dd>
1502Restore Cursor
1503</dd> 1792<dd>
1793<p>Restore Cursor</p>
1794</dd>
1795</li>
1796<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps x</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1797
1798<dd>
1799<p>Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)</p>
1800</dd>
1801</li>
1802</dl>
1504<p></p> 1803<p></p>
1505<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps x</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1506</dt>
1507<dd>
1508Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
1509</dd>
1510<p></p></dl>
1511<p></p>
1512<p>
1513</p> 1804<p>
1514<hr /> 1805</p>
1515<h1><a name="dec_private_modes">DEC Private Modes</a></h1> 1806<h2><a name="dec_private_modes">DEC Private Modes</a></h2>
1516<dl> 1807<dl>
1517<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1808<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1518</dt> 1809
1519<dd> 1810<dd>
1520DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET) 1811<p>DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET)</p>
1521</dd> 1812</dd>
1522<p></p> 1813</li>
1523<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1814<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1524</dt> 1815
1525<dd> 1816<dd>
1526DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST) 1817<p>DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST)</p>
1527</dd> 1818</dd>
1528<p></p> 1819</li>
1529<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_r"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1820<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_r"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1530</dt> 1821
1531<dd> 1822<dd>
1532Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values. 1823<p>Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values.</p>
1533</dd> 1824</dd>
1534<p></p> 1825</li>
1535<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_s"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1826<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_s"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1536</dt> 1827
1537<dd> 1828<dd>
1538Save DEC Private Mode Values. 1829<p>Save DEC Private Mode Values.</p>
1539</dd> 1830</dd>
1540<p></p> 1831</li>
1541<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_t"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1832<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_t"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1542</dt> 1833
1543<dd> 1834<dd>
1544Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). <em>where</em> 1835<p>Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). <em>where</em></p>
1545</dd> 1836</dd>
1546<dl> 1837<dl>
1547<dt><strong><a name="item_1"><strong><code>Ps = 1</code> </strong>&gt; (DECCKM)</a></strong><br /> 1838<dt><strong><a name="item_1"><strong><code>Pm = 1</code> </strong>&gt; (DECCKM)</a></strong>
1548</dt> 1839
1549<table> 1840<table>
1550<tr><td>h</td><td>Application Cursor Keys</td></tr> 1841<tr><td>h</td><td>Application Cursor Keys</td></tr>
1551<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Keys</td></tr> 1842<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Keys</td></tr>
1552</table><dt><strong><a name="item_2"><strong><code>Ps = 2</code> </strong>&gt; (ANSI/VT52 mode)</a></strong><br /> 1843</table><dt><strong><a name="item_2"><strong><code>Pm = 2</code> </strong>&gt; (ANSI/VT52 mode)</a></strong>
1553</dt> 1844
1554<table> 1845<table>
1555<tr><td>h</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr> 1846<tr><td>h</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr>
1556<tr><td>l</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr> 1847<tr><td>l</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr>
1557</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_3"><strong><code>Ps = 3</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1848</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_3"><strong><code>Pm = 3</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1558</dt> 1849
1559<table> 1850<table>
1560<tr><td>h</td><td>132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr> 1851<tr><td>h</td><td>132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr>
1561<tr><td>l</td><td>80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr> 1852<tr><td>l</td><td>80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr>
1562</table><dt><strong><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</strong><br /> 1853</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_4"><strong><code>Pm = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1563</dt> 1854
1564<table> 1855<table>
1565<tr><td>h</td><td>Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr> 1856<tr><td>h</td><td>Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr>
1566<tr><td>l</td><td>Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr> 1857<tr><td>l</td><td>Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr>
1567</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_5"><strong><code>Ps = 5</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1858</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_5"><strong><code>Pm = 5</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1568</dt> 1859
1569<table> 1860<table>
1570<tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr> 1861<tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr>
1571<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr> 1862<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr>
1572</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_6"><strong><code>Ps = 6</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1863</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_6"><strong><code>Pm = 6</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1573</dt> 1864
1574<table> 1865<table>
1575<tr><td>h</td><td>Origin Mode (DECOM)</td></tr> 1866<tr><td>h</td><td>Origin Mode (DECOM)</td></tr>
1576<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)</td></tr> 1867<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)</td></tr>
1577</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_7"><strong><code>Ps = 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1868</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_7"><strong><code>Pm = 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1578</dt> 1869
1579<table> 1870<table>
1580<tr><td>h</td><td>Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr> 1871<tr><td>h</td><td>Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr>
1581<tr><td>l</td><td>No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr> 1872<tr><td>l</td><td>No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr>
1582</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_8_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 8</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br /> 1873</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_8_unimplemented"><strong><code>Pm = 8</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong>
1583</dt> 1874
1584<table> 1875<table>
1585<tr><td>h</td><td>Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr> 1876<tr><td>h</td><td>Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr>
1586<tr><td>l</td><td>No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr> 1877<tr><td>l</td><td>No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr>
1587</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_9_x10_xterm"><strong><code>Ps = 9</code> </strong>&gt; X10 XTerm</a></strong><br /> 1878</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_9_x10_xterm"><strong><code>Pm = 9</code> </strong>&gt; X10 XTerm</a></strong>
1588</dt> 1879
1589<table> 1880<table>
1590<tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press.</td></tr> 1881<tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press.</td></tr>
1591<tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr> 1882<tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1592</table><dt><strong><a name="item_10"><strong><code>Ps = 10</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1593</dt>
1594<table>
1595<tr><td>h</td><td>menuBar visible</td></tr>
1596<tr><td>l</td><td>menuBar invisible</td></tr>
1597</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_25"><strong><code>Ps = 25</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1883</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_25"><strong><code>Pm = 25</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1598</dt> 1884
1599<table> 1885<table>
1600<tr><td>h</td><td>Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}</td></tr> 1886<tr><td>h</td><td>Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}</td></tr>
1601<tr><td>l</td><td>Invisible cursor {civis}</td></tr> 1887<tr><td>l</td><td>Invisible cursor {civis}</td></tr>
1602</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_30"><strong><code>Ps = 30</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1888</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_30"><strong><code>Pm = 30</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1603</dt> 1889
1604<table> 1890<table>
1605<tr><td>h</td><td>scrollBar visisble</td></tr> 1891<tr><td>h</td><td>scrollBar visisble</td></tr>
1606<tr><td>l</td><td>scrollBar invisisble</td></tr> 1892<tr><td>l</td><td>scrollBar invisisble</td></tr>
1607</table><dt><strong><a name="item_35"><strong><code>Ps = 35</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br /> 1893</table><dt><strong><a name="item_35"><strong><code>Pm = 35</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong>
1608</dt> 1894
1609<table> 1895<table>
1610<tr><td>h</td><td>Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr> 1896<tr><td>h</td><td>Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr>
1611<tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr> 1897<tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr>
1612</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_38_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 38</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br /> 1898</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_38_unimplemented"><strong><code>Pm = 38</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong>
1613</dt> 1899
1614<dd> 1900<dd>
1615Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK) 1901<p>Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)</p>
1616</dd> 1902</dd>
1617<p></p> 1903</li>
1618<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_40"><strong><code>Ps = 40</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1904<dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_40"><strong><code>Pm = 40</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1619</dt> 1905
1620<table> 1906<table>
1621<tr><td>h</td><td>Allow 80/132 Mode</td></tr> 1907<tr><td>h</td><td>Allow 80/132 Mode</td></tr>
1622<tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow 80/132 Mode</td></tr> 1908<tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow 80/132 Mode</td></tr>
1623</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_44_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 44</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br /> 1909</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_44_unimplemented"><strong><code>Pm = 44</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong>
1624</dt> 1910
1625<table> 1911<table>
1626<tr><td>h</td><td>Turn On Margin Bell</td></tr> 1912<tr><td>h</td><td>Turn On Margin Bell</td></tr>
1627<tr><td>l</td><td>Turn Off Margin Bell</td></tr> 1913<tr><td>l</td><td>Turn Off Margin Bell</td></tr>
1628</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_45_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 45</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br /> 1914</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_45_unimplemented"><strong><code>Pm = 45</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong>
1629</dt> 1915
1630<table> 1916<table>
1631<tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr> 1917<tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr>
1632<tr><td>l</td><td>No Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr> 1918<tr><td>l</td><td>No Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr>
1633</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_46_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 46</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br /> 1919</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_46_unimplemented"><strong><code>Pm = 46</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong>
1634</dt> 1920
1635<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_47"><strong><code>Ps = 47</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1921<dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_47"><strong><code>Pm = 47</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1636</dt> 1922
1637<table> 1923<table>
1638<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr> 1924<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1639<tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr> 1925<tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1640</table><p></p> 1926</table><p></p>
1641<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_66"><strong><code>Ps = 66</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1927<dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_66"><strong><code>Pm = 66</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1642</dt> 1928
1643<table> 1929<table>
1644<tr><td>h</td><td>Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC =</td></tr> 1930<tr><td>h</td><td>Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC =</td></tr>
1645<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == ESC ></td></tr> 1931<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == ESC ></td></tr>
1646</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_67"><strong><code>Ps = 67</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1932</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_67"><strong><code>Pm = 67</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1647</dt> 1933
1648<table> 1934<table>
1649<tr><td>h</td><td>Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM)</td></tr> 1935<tr><td>h</td><td>Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM)</td></tr>
1650<tr><td>l</td><td>Backspace key sends DEL</td></tr> 1936<tr><td>l</td><td>Backspace key sends DEL</td></tr>
1651</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1000"><strong><code>Ps = 1000</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm)</a></strong><br /> 1937</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1000"><strong><code>Pm = 1000</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm)</a></strong>
1652</dt> 1938
1653<table> 1939<table>
1654<tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.</td></tr> 1940<tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.</td></tr>
1655<tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr> 1941<tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1656</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1001"><strong><code>Ps = 1001</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm) <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br /> 1942</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1001"><strong><code>Pm = 1001</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm) <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong>
1657</dt> 1943
1658<table> 1944<table>
1659<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.</td></tr> 1945<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.</td></tr>
1660<tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr> 1946<tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1661</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1010"><strong><code>Ps = 1010</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br /> 1947</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1010"><strong><code>Pm = 1010</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong>
1662</dt> 1948
1663<table> 1949<table>
1664<tr><td>h</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr> 1950<tr><td>h</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr>
1665<tr><td>l</td><td>Scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr> 1951<tr><td>l</td><td>Scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr>
1666</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1011"><strong><code>Ps = 1011</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br /> 1952</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1011"><strong><code>Pm = 1011</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong>
1667</dt> 1953
1668<table> 1954<table>
1669<tr><td>h</td><td>Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr> 1955<tr><td>h</td><td>Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr>
1670<tr><td>l</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr> 1956<tr><td>l</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr>
1957</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1021"><strong><code>Pm = 1021</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong>
1958
1959<table>
1960<tr><td>h</td><td>Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)</td></tr>
1961<tr><td>l</td><td>Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)</td></tr>
1671</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1047"><strong><code>Ps = 1047</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1962</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_1047"><strong><code>Pm = 1047</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1672</dt> 1963
1673<table> 1964<table>
1674<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr> 1965<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1675<tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it</td></tr> 1966<tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it</td></tr>
1676</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1048"><strong><code>Ps = 1048</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1967</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_1048"><strong><code>Pm = 1048</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1677</dt> 1968
1678<table> 1969<table>
1679<tr><td>h</td><td>Save cursor position</td></tr> 1970<tr><td>h</td><td>Save cursor position</td></tr>
1680<tr><td>l</td><td>Restore cursor position</td></tr> 1971<tr><td>l</td><td>Restore cursor position</td></tr>
1681</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1049"><strong><code>Ps = 1049</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1972</table><dt><strong><a name="item_pm__3d_1049"><strong><code>Pm = 1049</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1682</dt> 1973
1683<table> 1974<table>
1684<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it</td></tr> 1975<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it</td></tr>
1685<tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr> 1976<tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1686</table></dl> 1977</table></dl>
1687</dl> 1978</dl>
1688<p></p> 1979<p></p>
1689<p> 1980<p>
1690</p> 1981</p>
1691<hr />
1692<h1><a name="xterm_operating_system_commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</a></h1> 1982<h2><a name="xterm_operating_system_commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</a></h2>
1693<dl> 1983<dl>
1694<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5d_ps_3bpt_st"><strong><code>ESC ] Ps;Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1984<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5d_ps_3bpt_st"><strong><code>ESC ] Ps;Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong>
1695</dt> 1985
1696<dd> 1986<dd>
1697Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b, 1987<p>Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b,
16980x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any 19880x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any
1699<strong>octet</strong> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V). 1989<strong>octet</strong> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V).</p>
1700</dd> 1990</dd>
1701<table> 1991<table>
1702<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Change Icon Name and Window Title to Pt</td></tr> 1992<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Change Icon Name and Window Title to Pt</td></tr>
1703<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Change Icon Name to Pt</td></tr> 1993<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Change Icon Name to Pt</td></tr>
1704<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Change Window Title to Pt</td></tr> 1994<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Change Window Title to Pt</td></tr>
1707<tr><td>Ps = 10</td><td>Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr> 1997<tr><td>Ps = 10</td><td>Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr>
1708<tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr> 1998<tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr>
1709<tr><td>Ps = 12</td><td>Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt</td></tr> 1999<tr><td>Ps = 12</td><td>Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt</td></tr>
1710<tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt</td></tr> 2000<tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt</td></tr>
1711<tr><td>Ps = 17</td><td>Change colour of highlight characters to Pt</td></tr> 2001<tr><td>Ps = 17</td><td>Change colour of highlight characters to Pt</td></tr>
1712<tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Change colour of bold characters to Pt</td></tr> 2002<tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]</td></tr>
1713<tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt</td></tr> 2003<tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]</td></tr>
2004<tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM).</td></tr>
1714<tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Change default background to Pt</td></tr> 2005<tr><td>Ps = 39</td><td>Change default foreground colour to Pt.</td></tr>
1715<tr><td>Ps = 39</td><td>Change default foreground colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option</td></tr>
1716<tr><td>Ps = 46</td><td>Change Log File to Pt unimplemented</td></tr> 2006<tr><td>Ps = 46</td><td>Change Log File to Pt unimplemented</td></tr>
1717<tr><td>Ps = 49</td><td>Change default background colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option</td></tr> 2007<tr><td>Ps = 49</td><td>Change default background colour to Pt.</td></tr>
1718<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> 2008<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>
1719<tr><td>Ps = 55</td><td>Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt</td></tr> 2009<tr><td>Ps = 55</td><td>Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt</td></tr>
1720<tr><td>Ps = 701</td><td>Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (rxvt extension)</td></tr> 2010<tr><td>Ps = 701</td><td>Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).</td></tr>
1721<tr><td>Ps = 703</td><td>Menubar command Pt rxvt compile-time option (rxvt-unicode extension)</td></tr> 2011<tr><td>Ps = 702</td><td>Request version if Pt is ?, returning rxvt-unicode, the resource name, the major and minor version numbers, e.g. ESC ] 702 ; rxvt-unicode ; urxvt ; 7 ; 4 ST.</td></tr>
1722<tr><td>Ps = 704</td><td>Change colour of italic characters to Pt</td></tr> 2012<tr><td>Ps = 704</td><td>Change colour of italic characters to Pt</td></tr>
1723<tr><td>Ps = 705</td><td>Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt</td></tr> 2013<tr><td>Ps = 705</td><td>Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).</td></tr>
2014<tr><td>Ps = 706</td><td>Change colour of bold characters to Pt</td></tr>
2015<tr><td>Ps = 707</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt</td></tr>
1724<tr><td>Ps = 710</td><td>Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.</td></tr> 2016<tr><td>Ps = 710</td><td>Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.</td></tr>
1725<tr><td>Ps = 711</td><td>Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50.</td></tr> 2017<tr><td>Ps = 711</td><td>Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
1726<tr><td>Ps = 712</td><td>Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50.</td></tr> 2018<tr><td>Ps = 712</td><td>Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
1727<tr><td>Ps = 713</td><td>Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50.</td></tr> 2019<tr><td>Ps = 713</td><td>Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
1728</table><p></p></dl> 2020<tr><td>Ps = 720</td><td>Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).</td></tr>
1729<p></p> 2021<tr><td>Ps = 721</td><td>Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).</td></tr>
1730<p> 2022<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>
1731</p> 2023</table></li>
1732<hr />
1733<h1><a name="menubar">menuBar</a></h1>
1734<p><strong>The exact syntax used is <em>almost</em> solidified. </strong>&gt;
1735In the menus, <strong>DON'T</strong> try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
1736menuBar.</p>
1737<p>Note that in all of the commands, the <strong><em>/path/</em> </strong>&gt; <em>cannot</em> be
1738omitted: use <strong>./</strong> to specify a menu relative to the current menu.</p>
1739<p>
1740</p>
1741<h2><a name="overview_of_menubar_operation">Overview of menuBar operation</a></h2>
1742<p>For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence <code>ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST</code>, the syntax
1743of <a href="#item_pt"><code>Pt</code></a> can be used for a variety of tasks:</p>
1744<p>At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1745linked-list of other such menuBars.</p>
1746<p>The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1747turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.</p>
1748<p>The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1749input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.</p>
1750<p>The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1751constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
1752menuBars.</p>
1753<p>The first step is to use the tag <strong>[menu:<em>name</em>] </strong>&gt; which creates
1754the menuBar called <em>name</em> and allows access. You may now or menus,
1755subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag <strong>[done]</strong> to set the
1756menuBar access as <strong>readonly</strong> to prevent accidental corruption of the
1757menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
1758<strong>[menu]</strong>, make the alterations and then use <strong>[done]</strong></p>
1759<p></p>
1760<p>
1761</p>
1762<h2><a name="commands">Commands</a></h2>
1763<dl>
1764<dt><strong><a name="item__5bmenu_3a_2bname_5d"><strong>[menu:+<em>name</em>] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1765</dt>
1766<dd>
1767access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
1768is created, it is called <em>name</em> (max of 15 chars) and the current
1769menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1770</dd>
1771<p></p>
1772<dt><strong><a name="item__5bmenu_5d"><strong>[menu]</strong></a></strong><br />
1773</dt>
1774<dd>
1775access the current menuBar for alteration
1776</dd>
1777<p></p>
1778<dt><strong><a name="item__5btitle_3a_2bstring_5d"><strong>[title:+<em>string</em>] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1779</dt>
1780<dd>
1781set the current menuBar's title to <em>string</em>, which may contain the
1782following format specifiers:
1783</dd>
1784<dd>
1785<pre>
1786 B&lt;%n&gt; rxvt name (as per the B&lt;-name&gt; command-line option)
1787 B&lt;%v&gt; rxvt version
1788 B&lt;%%&gt; literal B&lt;%&gt; character</pre>
1789</dd>
1790<p></p>
1791<dt><strong><a name="item__5bdone_5d"><strong>[done]</strong></a></strong><br />
1792</dt>
1793<dd>
1794set menuBar access as <strong>readonly</strong>.
1795End-of-file tag for <strong>[read:+<em>file</em>] </strong>&gt; operations.
1796</dd>
1797<p></p>
1798<dt><strong><a name="item__5bread_3a_2bfile_5d"><strong>[read:+<em>file</em>] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1799</dt>
1800<dd>
1801read menu commands directly from <em>file</em> (extension ``.menu'' will be
1802appended if required.) Start reading at a line with <strong>[menu]</strong> or <strong>&lt;
1803[menu:+<em>name</em> </strong>&gt; and continuing until <strong>[done]</strong> is encountered.
1804</dd>
1805<dd>
1806<p>Blank and comment lines (starting with <strong>#</strong>) are ignored. Actually,
1807since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
1808be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
1809future ... so don't count on it!.</p>
1810</dd>
1811<p></p>
1812<dt><strong><a name="item__5bread_3a_2bfile_3b_2bname_5d"><strong>[read:+<em>file</em>;+<em>name</em>] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1813</dt>
1814<dd>
1815The same as <strong>[read:+<em>file</em>] </strong>&gt;, but start reading at a line with
1816<strong>[menu:+<em>name</em>] </strong>&gt; and continuing until <strong>[done:+<em>name</em>] </strong>&gt; or
1817<strong>[done]</strong> is encountered.
1818</dd>
1819<p></p>
1820<dt><strong><a name="item__5bdump_5d"><strong>[dump]</strong></a></strong><br />
1821</dt>
1822<dd>
1823dump all menuBars to the file <strong>/tmp/rxvt-PID</strong> in a format suitable for
1824later rereading.
1825</dd>
1826<p></p>
1827<dt><strong><a name="item__5brm_3aname_5d"><strong>[rm:name]</strong></a></strong><br />
1828</dt>
1829<dd>
1830remove the named menuBar
1831</dd>
1832<p></p>
1833<dt><strong><a name="item__5brm_5d__5brm_3a_5d"><strong>[rm] [rm:]</strong></a></strong><br />
1834</dt>
1835<dd>
1836remove the current menuBar
1837</dd>
1838<p></p>
1839<dt><strong><a name="item__5brm_2a_5d__5brm_3a_2a_5d"><strong>[rm*] [rm:*]</strong></a></strong><br />
1840</dt>
1841<dd>
1842remove all menuBars
1843</dd>
1844<p></p>
1845<dt><strong><a name="item__5bswap_5d"><strong>[swap]</strong></a></strong><br />
1846</dt>
1847<dd>
1848swap the top two menuBars
1849</dd>
1850<p></p>
1851<dt><strong><a name="item__5bprev_5d"><strong>[prev]</strong></a></strong><br />
1852</dt>
1853<dd>
1854access the previous menuBar
1855</dd>
1856<p></p>
1857<dt><strong><a name="item__5bnext_5d"><strong>[next]</strong></a></strong><br />
1858</dt>
1859<dd>
1860access the next menuBar
1861</dd>
1862<p></p>
1863<dt><strong><a name="item__5bshow_5d"><strong>[show]</strong></a></strong><br />
1864</dt>
1865<dd>
1866Enable display of the menuBar
1867</dd>
1868<p></p>
1869<dt><strong><a name="item__5bhide_5d"><strong>[hide]</strong></a></strong><br />
1870</dt>
1871<dd>
1872Disable display of the menuBar
1873</dd>
1874<p></p>
1875<dt><strong><a name="item__5bpixmap_3a_2bname_5d"><strong>[pixmap:+<em>name</em>] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1876</dt>
1877<dt><strong><a name="item__5bpixmap_3a_2bname_3bscaling_5d"><strong>[pixmap:+<em>name</em>;<em>scaling</em>] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1878</dt>
1879<dd>
1880(set the background pixmap globally
1881</dd>
1882<dd>
1883<p><strong>A Future implementation <em>may</em> make this local to the menubar </strong>&gt;)</p>
1884</dd>
1885<p></p>
1886<dt><strong><a name="item__5b_3a_2bcommand_3a_5d"><strong>[:+<em>command</em>:] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1887</dt>
1888<dd>
1889ignore the menu readonly status and issue a <em>command</em> to or a menu or
1890menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
1891from a menuBar.
1892</dd>
1893<p></p></dl>
1894<p></p>
1895<p>
1896</p>
1897<h2><a name="adding_and_accessing_menus">Adding and accessing menus</a></h2>
1898<p>The following commands may also be <strong>+</strong> prefixed.</p>
1899<dl>
1900<dt><strong><a name="item__2f_2b"><strong>/+</strong></a></strong><br />
1901</dt>
1902<dd>
1903access menuBar top level
1904</dd>
1905<p></p>
1906<dt><strong><a name="item__2e_2f_2b"><strong>./+</strong></a></strong><br />
1907</dt>
1908<dd>
1909access current menu level
1910</dd>
1911<p></p>
1912<dt><strong><a name="item__2e_2e_2f_2b"><strong>../+</strong></a></strong><br />
1913</dt>
1914<dd>
1915access parent menu (1 level up)
1916</dd>
1917<p></p>
1918<dt><strong><a name="item__2e_2e_2f_2e_2e_2f"><strong>../../</strong></a></strong><br />
1919</dt>
1920<dd>
1921access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1922</dd>
1923<p></p>
1924<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2fmenu"><strong><em>/path/</em>menu </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1925</dt>
1926<dd>
1927add/access menu
1928</dd>
1929<p></p>
1930<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2fmenu_2f_2a"><strong><em>/path/</em>menu/* </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1931</dt>
1932<dd>
1933add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1934</dd>
1935<p></p>
1936<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2f_7b_2d_7d"><strong><em>/path/</em>{-} </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1937</dt>
1938<dd>
1939add separator
1940</dd>
1941<p></p>
1942<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2f_7bitem_7d"><strong><em>/path/</em>{item} </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1943</dt>
1944<dd>
1945add <strong>item</strong> as a label
1946</dd>
1947<p></p>
1948<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2f_7bitem_7d_action"><strong><em>/path/</em>{item} action </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1949</dt>
1950<dd>
1951add/alter <em>menuitem</em> with an associated <em>action</em>
1952</dd>
1953<p></p>
1954<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2f_7bitem_7d_7bright_2dtext_7d"><strong><em>/path/</em>{item}{right-text} </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1955</dt>
1956<dd>
1957add/alter <em>menuitem</em> with <strong>right-text</strong> as the right-justified text
1958and as the associated <em>action</em>
1959</dd>
1960<p></p>
1961<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2f_7bitem_7d_7brtext_7d_action"><strong><em>/path/</em>{item}{rtext} action </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1962</dt>
1963<dd>
1964add/alter <em>menuitem</em> with an associated <em>action</em> and with <strong>rtext</strong> as
1965the right-justified text.
1966</dd>
1967<p></p></dl>
1968<dl>
1969<dt><strong><a name="item_special_characters_in_action_must_be_backslash_2de">Special characters in <em>action</em> must be backslash-escaped:</a></strong><br />
1970</dt>
1971<dd>
1972<strong>\a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal</strong>
1973</dd>
1974<p></p>
1975<dt><strong><a name="item_or_in_control_2dcharacter_notation_3a">or in control-character notation:</a></strong><br />
1976</dt>
1977<dd>
1978<strong>^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?</strong>
1979</dd>
1980<p></p></dl>
1981<p>To send a string starting with a <strong>NUL</strong> (<strong>^@</strong>) character to the
1982program, start <em>action</em> with a pair of <strong>NUL</strong> characters (<strong>^@^@</strong>),
1983the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
1984program. Otherwise if <em>action</em> begins with <strong>NUL</strong> followed by
1985non-+<strong>NUL</strong> characters, the leading <strong>NUL</strong> is stripped off and the
1986balance is sent back to rxvt.</p>
1987<p>As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, <em>action</em> may start
1988with <strong>M-</strong> (eg, <strong>M-$</strong> is equivalent to <strong>\E$</strong>) and a <strong>CR</strong> will be
1989appended if missed from <strong>M-x</strong> commands.</p>
1990<p>As a convenience for issuing XTerm <strong>ESC ]</strong> sequences from a menubar (or
1991quick arrow), a <strong>BEL</strong> (<strong>^G</strong>) will be appended if needed.</p>
1992<dl>
1993<dt><strong><a name="item_for_example_2c">For example,</a></strong><br />
1994</dt>
1995<dd>
1996<strong>M-xapropos</strong> is equivalent to <strong>\Exapropos\r</strong>
1997</dd>
1998<p></p>
1999<dt><strong><a name="item_and">and</a></strong><br />
2000</dt>
2001<dd>
2002<strong>\E]703;mona;100</strong> is equivalent to <strong>\E]703;mona;100\a</strong>
2003</dd>
2004<p></p></dl>
2005<p>The option <strong>{<em>right-rtext</em>} </strong>&gt; will be right-justified. In the
2006absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the <em>action</em>
2007as well.</p>
2008<dl>
2009<dt><strong>For example,</strong><br />
2010</dt>
2011<dd>
2012<strong>/File/{Open}{^X^F}</strong> is equivalent to <strong>/File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F</strong>
2013</dd>
2014<p></p></dl>
2015<p>The left label <em>is</em> necessary, since it's used for matching, but
2016implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
2017right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
2018with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.</p>
2019<dl>
2020<dt><strong>For example,</strong><br />
2021</dt>
2022<dd>
2023<strong>/File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action</strong>
2024</dd>
2025<p></p>
2026<dt><strong><a name="item_or_hiding_it">or hiding it</a></strong><br />
2027</dt>
2028<dd>
2029<strong>/File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action</strong>
2030</dd>
2031<p></p></dl>
2032<p></p>
2033<p>
2034</p>
2035<h2><a name="removing_menus">Removing menus</a></h2>
2036<dl>
2037<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2f_2a_2b"><strong>-/*+ </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2038</dt>
2039<dd>
2040remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as <strong>[clear]</strong>
2041</dd>
2042<p></p>
2043<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2b_2fpathmenu_2b"><strong>-+<em>/path</em>menu+ </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2044</dt>
2045<dd>
2046remove menu
2047</dd>
2048<p></p>
2049<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2b_2fpath_7bitem_7d_2b"><strong>-+<em>/path</em>{item}+ </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2050</dt>
2051<dd>
2052remove item
2053</dd>
2054<p></p>
2055<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2b_2fpath_7b_2d_7d"><strong>-+<em>/path</em>{-} </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2056</dt>
2057<dd>
2058remove separator)
2059</dd>
2060<p></p>
2061<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2fpath_2fmenu_2f_2a"><strong>-/path/menu/*</strong></a></strong><br />
2062</dt>
2063<dd>
2064remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
2065</dd>
2066<p></p></dl>
2067<p></p>
2068<p>
2069</p>
2070<h2><a name="quick_arrows">Quick Arrows</a></h2>
2071<p>The menus also provide a hook for <em>quick arrows</em> to provide easier
2072user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
2073emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
2074individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
2075beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
2076with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:</p>
2077<dl>
2078<dt><strong><a name="item__3cr_3e_2bright"><strong>&lt;r</strong>+<em>Right</em> &gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
2079</dt>
2080<dt><strong><a name="item__3cl_3e_2bleft"><strong>&lt;l</strong>+<em>Left</em> &gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
2081</dt>
2082<dt><strong><a name="item__3cu_3e_2bup"><strong>&lt;u</strong>+<em>Up</em> &gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
2083</dt>
2084<dt><strong><a name="item__3cd_3e_2bdown"><strong>&lt;d</strong>+<em>Down</em> &gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
2085</dt>
2086<dd>
2087Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
2088</dd>
2089<p></p>
2090<dt><strong><a name="item__3cb_3e_2bbegin"><strong>&lt;b</strong>+<em>Begin</em> &gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
2091</dt>
2092<dt><strong><a name="item__3ce_3e_2bend"><strong>&lt;e</strong>+<em>End</em> &gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
2093</dt>
2094<dd>
2095Define common beginning/end parts for <em>quick arrows</em> which used in
2096conjunction with the above &lt;r&gt; &lt;l&gt; &lt;u&gt; &lt;d&gt; constructs
2097</dd>
2098<p></p></dl>
2099<dl>
2100<dt><strong><a name="item_for_example_2c_define_arrows_individually_2c">For example, define arrows individually,</a></strong><br />
2101</dt>
2102<dd>
2103<pre>
2104 &lt;u&gt;\E[A</pre>
2105</dd>
2106<dd>
2107<pre>
2108 &lt;d&gt;\E[B</pre>
2109</dd>
2110<dd>
2111<pre>
2112 &lt;r&gt;\E[C</pre>
2113</dd>
2114<dd>
2115<pre>
2116 &lt;l&gt;\E[D</pre>
2117</dd>
2118<dt><strong><a name="item_or_all_at_once">or all at once</a></strong><br />
2119</dt>
2120<dd>
2121<pre>
2122 &lt;u&gt;\E[AZ&lt;&gt;&lt;d&gt;\E[BZ&lt;&gt;&lt;r&gt;\E[CZ&lt;&gt;&lt;l&gt;\E[D</pre>
2123</dd>
2124<dt><strong><a name="item_compactly">or more compactly (factoring out common parts)</a></strong><br />
2125</dt>
2126<dd>
2127<pre>
2128 &lt;b&gt;\E[&lt;u&gt;AZ&lt;&gt;&lt;d&gt;BZ&lt;&gt;&lt;r&gt;CZ&lt;&gt;&lt;l&gt;D</pre>
2129</dd>
2130</dl> 2024</dl>
2131<p></p>
2132<p>
2133</p>
2134<h2><a name="command_summary">Command Summary</a></h2>
2135<p>A short summary of the most <em>common</em> commands:</p>
2136<dl>
2137<dt><strong><a name="item__5bmenu_3aname_5d">[menu:name]</a></strong><br />
2138</dt>
2139<dd>
2140use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
2141</dd>
2142<p></p>
2143<dt><strong>[menu]</strong><br />
2144</dt>
2145<dd>
2146use the current menuBar
2147</dd>
2148<p></p>
2149<dt><strong><a name="item__5btitle_3astring_5d">[title:string]</a></strong><br />
2150</dt>
2151<dd>
2152set menuBar title
2153</dd>
2154<p></p>
2155<dt><strong>[done]</strong><br />
2156</dt>
2157<dd>
2158set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
2159</dd>
2160<p></p>
2161<dt><strong><a name="item__5bdone_3aname_5d">[done:name]</a></strong><br />
2162</dt>
2163<dd>
2164if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
2165</dd>
2166<p></p>
2167<dt><strong>[rm:name]</strong><br />
2168</dt>
2169<dd>
2170remove named <code>menuBar(s)</code>
2171</dd>
2172<p></p>
2173<dt><strong>[rm] [rm:]</strong><br />
2174</dt>
2175<dd>
2176remove current menuBar
2177</dd>
2178<p></p>
2179<dt><strong>[rm*] [rm:*]</strong><br />
2180</dt>
2181<dd>
2182remove all <code>menuBar(s)</code>
2183</dd>
2184<p></p>
2185<dt><strong>[swap]</strong><br />
2186</dt>
2187<dd>
2188swap top two menuBars
2189</dd>
2190<p></p>
2191<dt><strong>[prev]</strong><br />
2192</dt>
2193<dd>
2194access the previous menuBar
2195</dd>
2196<p></p>
2197<dt><strong>[next]</strong><br />
2198</dt>
2199<dd>
2200access the next menuBar
2201</dd>
2202<p></p>
2203<dt><strong>[show]</strong><br />
2204</dt>
2205<dd>
2206map menuBar
2207</dd>
2208<p></p>
2209<dt><strong>[hide]</strong><br />
2210</dt>
2211<dd>
2212unmap menuBar
2213</dd>
2214<p></p>
2215<dt><strong><a name="item__5bpixmap_3bfile_5d">[pixmap;file]</a></strong><br />
2216</dt>
2217<dt><strong><a name="item__5bpixmap_3bfile_3bscaling_5d">[pixmap;file;scaling]</a></strong><br />
2218</dt>
2219<dd>
2220set a background pixmap
2221</dd>
2222<p></p>
2223<dt><strong><a name="item__5bread_3afile_5d">[read:file]</a></strong><br />
2224</dt>
2225<dt><strong><a name="item__5bread_3afile_3bname_5d">[read:file;name]</a></strong><br />
2226</dt>
2227<dd>
2228read in a menu from a file
2229</dd>
2230<p></p>
2231<dt><strong>[dump]</strong><br />
2232</dt>
2233<dd>
2234dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
2235</dd>
2236<p></p>
2237<dt><strong><a name="item__2f">/</a></strong><br />
2238</dt>
2239<dd>
2240access menuBar top level
2241</dd>
2242<p></p>
2243<dt><strong><a name="item__2e_2f">./</a></strong><br />
2244</dt>
2245<dt><strong><a name="item__2e_2e_2f">../</a></strong><br />
2246</dt>
2247<dt><strong>../../</strong><br />
2248</dt>
2249<dd>
2250access current or parent menu level
2251</dd>
2252<p></p>
2253<dt><strong>/path/menu</strong><br />
2254</dt>
2255<dd>
2256add/access menu
2257</dd>
2258<p></p>
2259<dt><strong>/path/{-}</strong><br />
2260</dt>
2261<dd>
2262add separator
2263</dd>
2264<p></p>
2265<dt><strong>/path/{item}{rtext} action</strong><br />
2266</dt>
2267<dd>
2268add/alter menu item
2269</dd>
2270<p></p>
2271<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2f_2a">-/*</a></strong><br />
2272</dt>
2273<dd>
2274remove all menus from the menuBar
2275</dd>
2276<p></p>
2277<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2fpath_2fmenu">-/path/menu</a></strong><br />
2278</dt>
2279<dd>
2280remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
2281</dd>
2282<p></p>
2283<dt><strong>-/path/menu</strong><br />
2284</dt>
2285<dd>
2286remove menu
2287</dd>
2288<p></p>
2289<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2fpath_2f_7bitem_7d">-/path/{item}</a></strong><br />
2290</dt>
2291<dd>
2292remove item
2293</dd>
2294<p></p>
2295<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2fpath_2f_7b_2d_7d">-/path/{-}</a></strong><br />
2296</dt>
2297<dd>
2298remove separator
2299</dd>
2300<p></p>
2301<dt><strong><a name="item__3cb_3ebegin_3cr_3eright_3cl_3eleft_3cu_3eup_3cd_3">&lt;b&gt;Begin&lt;r&gt;Right&lt;l&gt;Left&lt;u&gt;Up&lt;d&gt;Down&lt;e&gt;End</a></strong><br />
2302</dt>
2303<dd>
2304menu quick arrows
2305</dd>
2306<p></p></dl>
2307<p> 2025<p>
2308</p> 2026</p>
2309<hr /> 2027<hr />
2310<h1><a name="xpm">XPM</a></h1> 2028<h1><a name="xpm">XPM</a></h1>
2311<p>For the XPM XTerm escape sequence <strong><code>ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt; then value 2029<p>For the XPM XTerm escape sequence <strong><code>ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt; then value
2312of <strong><a href="#item_pt"><code>Pt</code></a> </strong>&gt; can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a 2030of <strong><a href="#item_pt"><code>Pt</code></a> </strong>&gt; can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
2313sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The 2031sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
2314scaling/positioning commands are as follows:</p> 2032scaling/positioning commands are as follows:</p>
2315<dl> 2033<dl>
2316<dt><strong><a name="item_query_scale_2fposition">query scale/position</a></strong><br /> 2034<dt><strong><a name="item_query_scale_2fposition">query scale/position</a></strong>
2317</dt> 2035
2318<dd>
2319<strong>?</strong>
2320</dd> 2036<dd>
2321<p></p> 2037<p><strong>?</strong></p>
2038</dd>
2039</li>
2322<dt><strong><a name="item_change_scale_and_position">change scale and position</a></strong><br /> 2040<dt><strong><a name="item_change_scale_and_position">change scale and position</a></strong>
2323</dt> 2041
2324<dd> 2042<dd>
2325<strong>WxH+X+Y</strong> 2043<p><strong>WxH+X+Y</strong></p>
2326</dd> 2044</dd>
2327<dd> 2045<dd>
2328<p><strong>WxH+X</strong> (== <strong>WxH+X+X</strong>)</p> 2046<p><strong>WxH+X</strong> (== <strong>WxH+X+X</strong>)</p>
2329</dd> 2047</dd>
2330<dd> 2048<dd>
2337<p><strong>W+X</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+X</strong>)</p> 2055<p><strong>W+X</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+X</strong>)</p>
2338</dd> 2056</dd>
2339<dd> 2057<dd>
2340<p><strong>W</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+50+50</strong>)</p> 2058<p><strong>W</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+50+50</strong>)</p>
2341</dd> 2059</dd>
2342<p></p> 2060</li>
2343<dt><strong><a name="item_position">change position (absolute)</a></strong><br /> 2061<dt><strong><a name="item_position">change position (absolute)</a></strong>
2344</dt> 2062
2345<dd> 2063<dd>
2346<strong>=+X+Y</strong> 2064<p><strong>=+X+Y</strong></p>
2347</dd> 2065</dd>
2348<dd> 2066<dd>
2349<p><strong>=+X</strong> (same as <strong>=+X+Y</strong>)</p> 2067<p><strong>=+X</strong> (same as <strong>=+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2350</dd> 2068</dd>
2351<p></p> 2069</li>
2352<dt><strong>change position (relative)</strong><br /> 2070<dt><strong>change position (relative)</strong>
2353</dt> 2071
2354<dd> 2072<dd>
2355<strong>+X+Y</strong> 2073<p><strong>+X+Y</strong></p>
2356</dd> 2074</dd>
2357<dd> 2075<dd>
2358<p><strong>+X</strong> (same as <strong>+X+Y</strong>)</p> 2076<p><strong>+X</strong> (same as <strong>+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2359</dd> 2077</dd>
2360<p></p> 2078</li>
2361<dt><strong><a name="item_rescale">rescale (relative)</a></strong><br /> 2079<dt><strong><a name="item_rescale">rescale (relative)</a></strong>
2362</dt> 2080
2363<dd> 2081<dd>
2364<strong>Wx0</strong> -&gt; <strong>W *= (W/100)</strong> 2082<p><strong>Wx0</strong> -&gt; <strong>W *= (W/100)</strong></p>
2365</dd> 2083</dd>
2366<dd> 2084<dd>
2367<p><strong>0xH</strong> -&gt; <strong>H *= (H/100)</strong></p> 2085<p><strong>0xH</strong> -&gt; <strong>H *= (H/100)</strong></p>
2368</dd> 2086</dd>
2369<p></p></dl> 2087</li>
2088</dl>
2370<p>For example:</p> 2089<p>For example:</p>
2371<dl> 2090<dl>
2372<dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bfunky_5ca"><strong>\E]20;funky\a</strong></a></strong><br /> 2091<dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bfunky_5ca"><strong>\E]20;funky\a</strong></a></strong>
2373</dt> 2092
2374<dd> 2093<dd>
2375load <strong>funky.xpm</strong> as a tiled image 2094<p>load <strong>funky.xpm</strong> as a tiled image</p>
2376</dd> 2095</dd>
2377<p></p> 2096</li>
2378<dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bmona_3b100_5ca"><strong>\E]20;mona;100\a</strong></a></strong><br /> 2097<dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bmona_3b100_5ca"><strong>\E]20;mona;100\a</strong></a></strong>
2379</dt> 2098
2380<dd> 2099<dd>
2381load <strong>mona.xpm</strong> with a scaling of 100% 2100<p>load <strong>mona.xpm</strong> with a scaling of 100%</p>
2382</dd> 2101</dd>
2383<p></p> 2102</li>
2384<dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3b_3b200_3b_3f_5ca"><strong>\E]20;;200;?\a</strong></a></strong><br /> 2103<dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3b_3b200_3b_3f_5ca"><strong>\E]20;;200;?\a</strong></a></strong>
2385</dt> 2104
2386<dd> 2105<dd>
2387rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in 2106<p>rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
2388the title 2107the title</p>
2108</dd>
2109</li>
2389</dd> 2110</dl>
2390<p></p></dl>
2391<p> 2111<p>
2392</p> 2112</p>
2393<hr /> 2113<hr />
2394<h1><a name="mouse_reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></h1> 2114<h1><a name="mouse_reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></h1>
2395<dl> 2115<dl>
2396<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 /> 2116<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>
2397</dt> 2117
2398<dd>
2399report mouse position
2400</dd> 2118<dd>
2401<p></p></dl> 2119<p>report mouse position</p>
2120</dd>
2121</li>
2122</dl>
2402<p>The lower 2 bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the button:</p> 2123<p>The lower 2 bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the button:</p>
2403<dl> 2124<dl>
2404<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 /> 2125<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>
2405</dt> 2126
2406<table> 2127<table>
2407<tr><td>0</td><td>Button1 pressed</td></tr> 2128<tr><td>0</td><td>Button1 pressed</td></tr>
2408<tr><td>1</td><td>Button2 pressed</td></tr> 2129<tr><td>1</td><td>Button2 pressed</td></tr>
2409<tr><td>2</td><td>Button3 pressed</td></tr> 2130<tr><td>2</td><td>Button3 pressed</td></tr>
2410<tr><td>3</td><td>button released (X11 mouse report)</td></tr> 2131<tr><td>3</td><td>button released (X11 mouse report)</td></tr>
2411</table></dl> 2132</table></dl>
2412<p>The upper bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the modifiers when the 2133<p>The upper bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the modifiers when the
2413button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):</p> 2134button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):</p>
2414<dl> 2135<dl>
2415<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 /> 2136<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>
2416</dt> 2137
2417<table> 2138<table>
2418<tr><td>4</td><td>Shift</td></tr> 2139<tr><td>4</td><td>Shift</td></tr>
2419<tr><td>8</td><td>Meta</td></tr> 2140<tr><td>8</td><td>Meta</td></tr>
2420<tr><td>16</td><td>Control</td></tr> 2141<tr><td>16</td><td>Control</td></tr>
2421<tr><td>32</td><td>Double Click (Rxvt extension)</td></tr> 2142<tr><td>32</td><td>Double Click (rxvt extension)</td></tr>
2422</table><p>Col = <strong><code>&lt;x&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p> 2143</table><p>Col = <strong><code>&lt;x&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p>
2423<p>Row = <strong><code>&lt;y&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p> 2144<p>Row = <strong><code>&lt;y&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p>
2424</dl> 2145</dl>
2425<p> 2146<p>
2426</p> 2147</p>
2494</table><p> 2215</table><p>
2495</p> 2216</p>
2496<hr /> 2217<hr />
2497<h1><a name="configure_options">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</a></h1> 2218<h1><a name="configure_options">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</a></h1>
2498<p>General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 2219<p>General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2499hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the 2220hasn't been tested well. Either try with <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> or use
2500./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself, 2221the <em>./reconf</em> script as a base for experiments. <em>./reconf</em> is used by
2501so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always 2222myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
2502report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann 2223always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
2503&lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt;.</p> 2224Lehmann &lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt;.</p>
2225<p>All</p>
2504<dl> 2226<dl>
2505<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2deverything">--enable-everything</a></strong><br /> 2227<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2deverything">--enable-everything</a></strong>
2506</dt> 2228
2507<dd> 2229<dd>
2508Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in ``./configure 2230<p>Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in ``./configure
2509--help''. Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant. 2231--help''.</p>
2510You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by
2511<em>following</em> this with the appropriate commands.
2512</dd>
2513<p></p>
2514<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dxft">--enable-xft</a></strong><br />
2515</dt>
2516<dd> 2232</dd>
2233<dd>
2234<p>You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2235<em>following</em> this with the appropriate <code>--disable-...</code> arguments,
2236or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2237<code>--disable-everything</code> and than adding just the <code>--enable-...</code> arguments
2238you want.</p>
2239</dd>
2240</li>
2241<dt><strong><a name="item_xft">--enable-xft (default: enabled)</a></strong>
2242
2243<dd>
2517Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are 2244<p>Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2518slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you 2245slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2519don't pay for them. 2246don't pay for them.</p>
2520</dd>
2521<p></p>
2522<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dfont_2dstyles">--enable-font-styles</a></strong><br />
2523</dt>
2524<dd> 2247</dd>
2248</li>
2249<dt><strong><a name="item_styles">--enable-font-styles (default: on)</a></strong>
2250
2251<dd>
2525Add support for <strong>bold</strong>, <em>italic</em> and <strong><em>bold italic</em> </strong>&gt; font 2252<p>Add support for <strong>bold</strong>, <em>italic</em> and <strong><em>bold italic</em> </strong>&gt; font
2526styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically. 2253styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.</p>
2527</dd>
2528<p></p>
2529<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dcodesets_3dname_2c_2e_2e_2e">--with-codesets=NAME,...</a></strong><br />
2530</dt>
2531<dd> 2254</dd>
2255</li>
2256<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dcodesets_3dname_2c_2e_2e_2e__28defaul">--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)</a></strong>
2257
2258<dd>
2532Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn are 2259<p>Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (<code>eu</code>, <code>vn</code>
2533always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These 2260are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2534codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core fonts, they 2261codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2535are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will make your binary 2262for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2536bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless 2263replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
2264binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
2537you use an X11 font requiring one of these encodings. 2265memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.</p>
2538</dd> 2266</dd>
2539<table> 2267<table>
2540<tr><td>all</td><td>all available codeset groups</td></tr> 2268<tr><td>all</td><td>all available codeset groups</td></tr>
2541<tr><td>zh</td><td>common chinese encodings</td></tr> 2269<tr><td>zh</td><td>common chinese encodings</td></tr>
2542<tr><td>zh_ext</td><td>rarely used but very big chinese encodigs</td></tr> 2270<tr><td>zh_ext</td><td>rarely used but very big chinese encodings</td></tr>
2543<tr><td>jp</td><td>common japanese encodings</td></tr> 2271<tr><td>jp</td><td>common japanese encodings</td></tr>
2544<tr><td>jp_ext</td><td>rarely used but big japanese encodings</td></tr> 2272<tr><td>jp_ext</td><td>rarely used but big japanese encodings</td></tr>
2545<tr><td>kr</td><td>korean encodings</td></tr> 2273<tr><td>kr</td><td>korean encodings</td></tr>
2546</table><p></p> 2274</table></li>
2547<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dxim">--enable-xim</a></strong><br /> 2275<dt><strong><a name="item_xim">--enable-xim (default: on)</a></strong>
2548</dt> 2276
2549<dd> 2277<dd>
2550Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 2278<p>Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2551alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly 2279alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2552set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 2280set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.</p>
2553</dd>
2554<p></p>
2555<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dunicode3">--enable-unicode3</a></strong><br />
2556</dt>
2557<dd> 2281</dd>
2282</li>
2283<dt><strong><a name="item_unicode3">--enable-unicode3 (default: off)</a></strong>
2284
2285<dd>
2286<p>Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.</p>
2287</dd>
2288<dd>
2558Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 2289<p>Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
255965535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage 229065535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2560requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet 2291requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2561support these extra characters, but Xft does. 2292support these extra characters, but Xft does.</p>
2562</dd> 2293</dd>
2563<dd> 2294<dd>
2564<p>Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points &gt;65535 2295<p>Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points &gt;65535
2565even without this flag, but the number of such characters is 2296even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2566limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, 2297limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2567see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 2298see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2568(input/output and cut&amp;paste still work, though).</p> 2299(input/output and cut&amp;paste still work, though).</p>
2569</dd> 2300</dd>
2570<p></p> 2301</li>
2571<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dcombining">--enable-combining</a></strong><br /> 2302<dt><strong><a name="item_combining">--enable-combining (default: on)</a></strong>
2572</dt> 2303
2573<dd> 2304<dd>
2574Enable automatic composition of combining characters into 2305<p>Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2575composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text 2306composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2576where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is 2307where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2577done by using precomposited characters when available or creating 2308done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2578new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 2309new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.</p>
2579</dd>
2580<dd> 2310</dd>
2311<dd>
2581<p>Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters 2312<p>Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2582is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode will use the 2313characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be
2583private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2584--enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.</p> 2314(ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.</p>
2585</dd> 2315</dd>
2586<dd> 2316<dd>
2587<p>This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters 2317<p>This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2588beyond plane 0 (&gt;65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.</p> 2318beyond plane 0 (&gt;65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.</p>
2589</dd> 2319</dd>
2590<dd> 2320<dd>
2591<p>The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms, 2321<p>The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2592but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and 2322but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2593tell me how these are to be used...).</p> 2323tell me how these are to be used...).</p>
2594</dd> 2324</dd>
2595<p></p> 2325</li>
2596<dt><strong><a name="item_fallback">--enable-fallback(=CLASS)</a></strong><br /> 2326<dt><strong><a name="item_fallback">--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)</a></strong>
2597</dt> 2327
2598<dd> 2328<dd>
2599When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS 2329<p>When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To
2600(default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback. 2330disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.</p>
2601</dd>
2602<p></p>
2603<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dres_2dname_3dname">--with-res-name=NAME</a></strong><br />
2604</dt>
2605<dd> 2331</dd>
2332</li>
2333<dt><strong><a name="item_name">--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</a></strong>
2334
2335<dd>
2606Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when 2336<p>Use the given name as default application name when
2607reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 2337reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.</p>
2608</dd>
2609<p></p>
2610<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dres_2dclass_3dclass">--with-res-class=CLASS</a></strong><br />
2611</dt>
2612<dd> 2338</dd>
2339</li>
2340<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dres_2dclass_3dclass__2fdefault_3a_urx">--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)</a></strong>
2341
2342<dd>
2613Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class 2343<p>Use the given class as default application class
2614when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace 2344when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2615rxvt. 2345rxvt.</p>
2616</dd>
2617<p></p>
2618<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dutmp">--enable-utmp</a></strong><br />
2619</dt>
2620<dd> 2346</dd>
2347</li>
2348<dt><strong><a name="item_utmp">--enable-utmp (default: on)</a></strong>
2349
2350<dd>
2621Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like <em>w</em>) at 2351<p>Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like <em>w</em>) at
2622start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 2352start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.</p>
2623</dd>
2624<p></p>
2625<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dwtmp">--enable-wtmp</a></strong><br />
2626</dt>
2627<dd> 2353</dd>
2354</li>
2355<dt><strong><a name="item_wtmp">--enable-wtmp (default: on)</a></strong>
2356
2357<dd>
2628Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like <em>last</em>) at 2358<p>Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like <em>last</em>) at
2629start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 2359start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2630option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 2360option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.</p>
2631</dd>
2632<p></p>
2633<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dlastlog">--enable-lastlog</a></strong><br />
2634</dt>
2635<dd> 2361</dd>
2362</li>
2363<dt><strong><a name="item_lastlog">--enable-lastlog (default: on)</a></strong>
2364
2365<dd>
2636Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 2366<p>Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2637<em>lastlogin</em>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 2367<em>lastlogin</em>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2638--enable-utmp to also be specified. 2368--enable-utmp to also be specified.</p>
2639</dd>
2640<p></p>
2641<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dxpm_2dbackground">--enable-xpm-background</a></strong><br />
2642</dt>
2643<dd> 2369</dd>
2370</li>
2371<dt><strong><a name="item_background">--enable-xpm-background (default: on)</a></strong>
2372
2373<dd>
2644Add support for XPM background pixmaps. 2374<p>Add support for XPM background pixmaps.</p>
2645</dd>
2646<p></p>
2647<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dtransparency">--enable-transparency</a></strong><br />
2648</dt>
2649<dd> 2375</dd>
2376</li>
2377<dt><strong><a name="item_transparency">--enable-transparency (default: on)</a></strong>
2378
2379<dd>
2650Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 2380<p>Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2651transparency to the term. 2381transparency to the term.</p>
2652</dd>
2653<p></p>
2654<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dfading">--enable-fading</a></strong><br />
2655</dt>
2656<dd> 2382</dd>
2657Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. 2383</li>
2384<dt><strong><a name="item_fading">--enable-fading (default: on)</a></strong>
2385
2658</dd> 2386<dd>
2659<p></p> 2387<p>Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires <code>--enable-transparency</code>).</p>
2660<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dtinting">--enable-tinting</a></strong><br />
2661</dt>
2662<dd> 2388</dd>
2663Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds. 2389</li>
2390<dt><strong><a name="item_tinting">--enable-tinting (default: on)</a></strong>
2391
2664</dd> 2392<dd>
2665<p></p> 2393<p>Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires <code>--enable-transparency</code>).</p>
2666<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dmenubar">--enable-menubar</a></strong><br />
2667</dt>
2668<dd> 2394</dd>
2669Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with 2395</li>
2670dynamic locale switching currently). 2396<dt><strong><a name="item_scroll">--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)</a></strong>
2397
2671</dd> 2398<dd>
2672<p></p>
2673<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2drxvt_2dscroll">--enable-rxvt-scroll</a></strong><br />
2674</dt>
2675<dd>
2676Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 2399<p>Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.</p>
2677</dd>
2678<p></p>
2679<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dnext_2dscroll">--enable-next-scroll</a></strong><br />
2680</dt>
2681<dd> 2400</dd>
2401</li>
2402<dt><strong>--enable-next-scroll (default: on)</strong>
2403
2404<dd>
2682Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. 2405<p>Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.</p>
2683</dd>
2684<p></p>
2685<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dxterm_2dscroll">--enable-xterm-scroll</a></strong><br />
2686</dt>
2687<dd> 2406</dd>
2407</li>
2408<dt><strong>--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)</strong>
2409
2410<dd>
2688Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. 2411<p>Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.</p>
2689</dd>
2690<p></p>
2691<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dplain_2dscroll">--enable-plain-scroll</a></strong><br />
2692</dt>
2693<dd> 2412</dd>
2413</li>
2414<dt><strong>--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)</strong>
2415
2416<dd>
2694Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that 2417<p>Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2695is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for 2418is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2696many years. 2419many years.</p>
2697</dd>
2698<p></p>
2699<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dhalf_2dshadow">--enable-half-shadow</a></strong><br />
2700</dt>
2701<dd> 2420</dd>
2702Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width &amp; height. 2421</li>
2703only applicable to rxvt scrollbars. 2422<dt><strong><a name="item_ttygid">--enable-ttygid (default: off)</a></strong>
2423
2704</dd> 2424<dd>
2705<p></p>
2706<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dttygid">--enable-ttygid</a></strong><br />
2707</dt>
2708<dd>
2709Change tty device setting to group ``tty'' - only use this if 2425<p>Change tty device setting to group ``tty'' - only use this if
2710your system uses this type of security. 2426your system uses this type of security.</p>
2711</dd> 2427</dd>
2712<p></p> 2428</li>
2713<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dbackspace_2dkey">--disable-backspace-key</a></strong><br /> 2429<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dbackspace_2dkey">--disable-backspace-key</a></strong>
2714</dt> 2430
2715<dd>
2716Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
2717do it.
2718</dd> 2431<dd>
2719<p></p> 2432<p>Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it.</p>
2433</dd>
2434</li>
2720<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2ddelete_2dkey">--disable-delete-key</a></strong><br /> 2435<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2ddelete_2dkey">--disable-delete-key</a></strong>
2721</dt> 2436
2722<dd>
2723Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2724do it.
2725</dd> 2437<dd>
2726<p></p> 2438<p>Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2439do it.</p>
2440</dd>
2441</li>
2727<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources">--disable-resources</a></strong><br /> 2442<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources">--disable-resources</a></strong>
2728</dt> 2443
2729<dd>
2730Remove all resources checking.
2731</dd> 2444<dd>
2732<p></p> 2445<p>Removes any support for resource checking.</p>
2733<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dxgetdefault">--enable-xgetdefault</a></strong><br />
2734</dt>
2735<dd> 2446</dd>
2736Make resources checking via <code>XGetDefault()</code> instead of our small 2447</li>
2737version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2738~/.Xresources.
2739</dd>
2740<dd>
2741<p>Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull in and
2742use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very
2743small, if nonexistant.</p>
2744</dd>
2745<p></p>
2746<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dstrings">--enable-strings</a></strong><br />
2747</dt>
2748<dd>
2749Add support for our possibly faster <code>memset()</code> function and other
2750various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2751have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2752to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2753GNU/Linux systems).
2754</dd>
2755<p></p>
2756<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dswapscreen">--disable-swapscreen</a></strong><br /> 2448<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dswapscreen">--disable-swapscreen</a></strong>
2757</dt> 2449
2758<dd>
2759Remove support for swap screen.
2760</dd> 2450<dd>
2761<p></p> 2451<p>Remove support for secondary/swap screen.</p>
2762<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dfrills">--enable-frills</a></strong><br />
2763</dt>
2764<dd> 2452</dd>
2453</li>
2454<dt><strong><a name="item_frills">--enable-frills (default: on)</a></strong>
2455
2456<dd>
2765Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to 2457<p>Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2766have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to 2458have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2767disable this. 2459disable this.</p>
2768</dd>
2769<dd> 2460</dd>
2461<dd>
2770<p>A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2dfrills"><code>--enable-frills</code></a> (possibly 2462<p>A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by <code>--enable-frills</code> (possibly
2771in combination with other switches) is:</p> 2463in combination with other switches) is:</p>
2772</dd> 2464</dd>
2773<dd> 2465<dd>
2774<pre> 2466<pre>
2775 MWM-hints 2467 MWM-hints
2776 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 2468 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2777 seperate underline colour 2469 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2778 settable border widths and borderless switch 2470 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2471 visual depth selection (-depth)
2779 settable extra linespacing 2472 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2780 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 2473 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2781 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
2782 window op and locale change escape sequences
2783 tripleclickwords 2474 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2784 settable insecure mode 2475 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2785 keysym remapping support 2476 keysym remapping support
2786 -embed and -pty-fd options</pre> 2477 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2787</dd> 2478 XEmbed support (-embed)
2788<p></p> 2479 user-pty (-pty-fd)
2789<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2diso14755">--enable-iso14755</a></strong><br /> 2480 hold on exit (-hold)
2790</dt> 2481 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2482 separate highlightcolor support (-hc)</pre>
2791<dd> 2483</dd>
2484<dd>
2485<p>It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:</p>
2486</dd>
2487<dd>
2488<pre>
2489 some round-trip time optimisations
2490 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
2491 UTF8_STRING support for selection
2492 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2493 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
2494 view change/zero scrollback escape sequences
2495 locale switching escape sequence
2496 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2497 rectangular selections
2498 trailing space removal for selections
2499 verbose X error handling</pre>
2500</dd>
2501</li>
2502<dt><strong><a name="item_iso14755">--enable-iso14755 (default: on)</a></strong>
2503
2504<dd>
2792Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or 2505<p>Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or
2793<em>doc/rxvt.1.txt</em>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by 2506<em>doc/rxvt.1.txt</em>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2794<a href="#item__2d_2denable_2dfrills"><code>--enable-frills</code></a>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with 2507<code>--enable-frills</code>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2795this switch. 2508this switch.</p>
2796</dd>
2797<p></p>
2798<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dkeepscrolling">--enable-keepscrolling</a></strong><br />
2799</dt>
2800<dd> 2509</dd>
2510</li>
2511<dt><strong><a name="item_keepscrolling">--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)</a></strong>
2512
2513<dd>
2801Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 2514<p>Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2802the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2515the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.</p>
2803</dd>
2804<p></p>
2805<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dmousewheel">--enable-mousewheel</a></strong><br />
2806</dt>
2807<dd> 2516</dd>
2517</li>
2518<dt><strong><a name="item_mousewheel">--enable-mousewheel (default: on)</a></strong>
2519
2520<dd>
2808Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 &amp; 5. 2521<p>Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 &amp; 5.</p>
2809</dd>
2810<p></p>
2811<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dslipwheeling">--enable-slipwheeling</a></strong><br />
2812</dt>
2813<dd> 2522</dd>
2523</li>
2524<dt><strong><a name="item_slipwheeling">--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)</a></strong>
2525
2526<dd>
2814Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2527<p>Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2815accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2528accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2816requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 2529requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.</p>
2817</dd> 2530</dd>
2818<p></p> 2531</li>
2819<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dnew_2dselection">--disable-new-selection</a></strong><br /> 2532<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dnew_2dselection">--disable-new-selection</a></strong>
2820</dt> 2533
2821<dd> 2534<dd>
2822Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 2535<p>Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.</p>
2823</dd>
2824<p></p>
2825<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2ddmalloc">--enable-dmalloc</a></strong><br />
2826</dt>
2827<dd> 2536</dd>
2537</li>
2538<dt><strong><a name="item_dmalloc">--enable-dmalloc (default: off)</a></strong>
2539
2540<dd>
2828Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See 2541<p>Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2829<a href="http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/">http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/</a> for details If you use either this or the 2542<a href="http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/">http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/</a> for details If you use either this or the
2830next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point 2543next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2831DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places. 2544DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.</p>
2832</dd> 2545</dd>
2833<dd> 2546<dd>
2834<p>You can only use either this option and the following (should 2547<p>You can only use either this option and the following (should
2835you use either) .</p> 2548you use either) .</p>
2836</dd> 2549</dd>
2837<p></p> 2550</li>
2838<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2ddlmalloc">--enable-dlmalloc</a></strong><br /> 2551<dt><strong><a name="item_dlmalloc">--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)</a></strong>
2839</dt> 2552
2840<dd> 2553<dd>
2841Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version 2554<p>Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2842See <a href="http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html">http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html</a> for details. 2555See <a href="http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html">http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html</a> for details.</p>
2843</dd>
2844<p></p>
2845<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dsmart_2dresize">--enable-smart-resize</a></strong><br />
2846</dt>
2847<dd> 2556</dd>
2557</li>
2558<dt><strong><a name="item_resize">--enable-smart-resize (default: on)</a></strong>
2559
2560<dd>
2848Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot 2561<p>Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2849keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is 2562keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2850closest to a corner of the screen. 2563the screen in a fixed position.</p>
2851</dd>
2852<p></p>
2853<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dcursor_2dblink">--enable-cursor-blink</a></strong><br />
2854</dt>
2855<dd> 2564</dd>
2856Add support for a blinking cursor. 2565</li>
2566<dt><strong><a name="item_blank">--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)</a></strong>
2567
2857</dd> 2568<dd>
2858<p></p>
2859<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dpointer_2dblank">--enable-pointer-blank</a></strong><br />
2860</dt>
2861<dd>
2862Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2569<p>Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.</p>
2863</dd>
2864<p></p>
2865<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dname_3dname">--with-name=NAME</a></strong><br />
2866</dt>
2867<dd> 2570</dd>
2571</li>
2572<dt><strong><a name="item_perl">--enable-perl (default: on)</a></strong>
2573
2574<dd>
2575<p>Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the <strong>rxvtperl(3)</strong>
2576manpage (<em>doc/rxvtperl.txt</em>) for more info on this feature, or the files
2577in <em>src/perl-ext/</em> for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2578perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the <code>PERL</code> environment
2579variable when running configure.</p>
2580</dd>
2581</li>
2582<dt><strong>--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</strong>
2583
2584<dd>
2868Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: <code>urxvt</code>, resulting 2585<p>Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2869in <code>urxvt</code>, <code>urxvtd</code> etc.). Specify <code>--with-name=rxvt</code> to replace with 2586in <code>urxvt</code>, <code>urxvtd</code> etc.). Specify <code>--with-name=rxvt</code> to replace with
2870<code>rxvt</code>. 2587<code>rxvt</code>.</p>
2871</dd>
2872<p></p>
2873<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dterm_3dname">--with-term=NAME</a></strong><br />
2874</dt>
2875<dd> 2588</dd>
2876Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default 2589</li>
2877<code>rxvt-unicode</code>) 2590<dt><strong>--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)</strong>
2591
2878</dd> 2592<dd>
2879<p></p> 2593<p>Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.</p>
2594</dd>
2595</li>
2880<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dterminfo_3dpath">--with-terminfo=PATH</a></strong><br /> 2596<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dterminfo_3dpath">--with-terminfo=PATH</a></strong>
2881</dt> 2597
2882<dd> 2598<dd>
2883Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to 2599<p>Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2884PATH. 2600PATH.</p>
2885</dd> 2601</dd>
2886<p></p> 2602</li>
2887<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dx">--with-x</a></strong><br /> 2603<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dx">--with-x</a></strong>
2888</dt> 2604
2889<dd> 2605<dd>
2890Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?). 2606<p>Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).</p>
2891</dd> 2607</dd>
2892<p></p> 2608</li>
2893<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dincludes_3ddir">--with-xpm-includes=DIR</a></strong><br /> 2609<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dincludes_3ddir">--with-xpm-includes=DIR</a></strong>
2894</dt> 2610
2895<dd> 2611<dd>
2896Look for the XPM includes in DIR. 2612<p>Look for the XPM includes in DIR.</p>
2897</dd> 2613</dd>
2898<p></p> 2614</li>
2899<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dlibrary_3ddir">--with-xpm-library=DIR</a></strong><br /> 2615<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dlibrary_3ddir">--with-xpm-library=DIR</a></strong>
2900</dt> 2616
2901<dd> 2617<dd>
2902Look for the XPM library in DIR. 2618<p>Look for the XPM library in DIR.</p>
2903</dd> 2619</dd>
2904<p></p> 2620</li>
2905<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm">--with-xpm</a></strong><br /> 2621<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm">--with-xpm</a></strong>
2906</dt> 2622
2907<dd> 2623<dd>
2908Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background. 2624<p>Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.</p>
2625</dd>
2626</li>
2909</dd> 2627</dl>
2910<p></p></dl>
2911<p> 2628<p>
2912</p> 2629</p>
2913<hr /> 2630<hr />
2914<h1><a name="authors">AUTHORS</a></h1> 2631<h1><a name="authors">AUTHORS</a></h1>
2915<p>Marc Lehmann &lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt; converted this document to pod and 2632<p>Marc Lehmann &lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt; converted this document to pod and

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