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11<!-- INDEX BEGIN --> 14<!-- INDEX START -->
15<h3 id="TOP">Index</h3>
12 16
13<ul>
14
15 <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li> 17<ul><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="#RXVT_UNICODE_URXVT_FREQUENTLY_ASKED_">RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a>
19 <li><a href="#rxvt_technical_reference">RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE</a></li> 21<ul><li><a href="#Meta_Features_amp_Commandline_Issues">Meta, Features &amp; Commandline Issues</a>
20 <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li> 22<ul><li><a href="#My_question_isn_t_answered_here_can_">My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?</a></li>
21 <li><a href="#definitions">Definitions</a></li> 23<li><a href="#Does_it_support_tabs_can_I_have_a_ta">Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?</a></li>
22 <li><a href="#values">Values</a></li> 24<li><a href="#How_do_I_know_which_rxvt_unicode_ver">How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?</a></li>
23 <li><a href="#escape_sequences">Escape Sequences</a></li> 25<li><a href="#Rxvt_unicode_uses_gobs_of_memory_how">Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?</a></li>
24 <li><a href="#csi__command_sequence_introducer__sequences">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</a></li> 26<li><a href="#How_can_I_start_urxvtd_in_a_race_fre">How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way?</a></li>
25 <li><a href="#dec_private_modes">DEC Private Modes</a></li> 27<li><a href="#How_can_I_start_urxvtd_automatically">How can I start urxvtd automatically when I run urxvtc?</a></li>
26 <li><a href="#xterm_operating_system_commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</a></li> 28<li><a href="#How_do_I_distinguish_whether_I_m_run">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>
27 <li><a href="#menubar">menuBar</a></li> 29<li><a href="#How_do_I_set_the_correct_full_IP_add">How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?</a></li>
28 <ul> 30<li><a href="#How_do_I_compile_the_manual_pages_on">How do I compile the manual pages on my own?</a></li>
29 31<li><a href="#Isn_t_rxvt_unicode_supposed_to_be_sm">Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?</a></li>
30 <li><a href="#overview_of_menubar_operation">Overview of menuBar operation</a></li> 32<li><a href="#Why_C_isn_t_that_unportable_bloated_">Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?</a></li>
31 <li><a href="#commands">Commands</a></li>
32 <li><a href="#adding_and_accessing_menus">Adding and accessing menus</a></li>
33 <li><a href="#removing_menus">Removing menus</a></li>
34 <li><a href="#quick_arrows">Quick Arrows</a></li>
35 <li><a href="#command_summary">Command Summary</a></li>
36 </ul>
37
38 <li><a href="#xpm">XPM</a></li>
39 <li><a href="#mouse_reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></li>
40 <li><a href="#key_codes">Key Codes</a></li>
41 <li><a href="#configure_options">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</a></li>
42 <li><a href="#authors">AUTHORS</a></li>
43</ul> 33</ul>
34</li>
35<li><a href="#Rendering_Font_amp_Look_and_Feel_Iss">Rendering, Font &amp; Look and Feel Issues</a>
36<ul><li><a href="#I_can_t_get_transparency_working_wha">I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?</a></li>
37<li><a href="#Why_does_rxvt_unicode_sometimes_leav">Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?</a></li>
38<li><a href="#How_can_I_keep_rxvt_unicode_from_usi">How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?</a></li>
39<li><a href="#Some_programs_assume_totally_weird_c">Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?</a></li>
40<li><a href="#Can_I_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime">Can I switch the fonts at runtime?</a></li>
41<li><a href="#Why_do_italic_characters_look_as_if_">Why do italic characters look as if clipped?</a></li>
42<li><a href="#Can_I_speed_up_Xft_rendering_somehow">Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?</a></li>
43<li><a href="#Rxvt_unicode_doesn_t_seem_to_anti_al">Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?</a></li>
44<li><a href="#What_s_with_this_bold_blink_stuff">What's with this bold/blink stuff?</a></li>
45<li><a href="#I_don_t_like_the_screen_colors_How_d">I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?</a></li>
46<li><a href="#Why_do_some_characters_look_so_much_">Why do some characters look so much different than others?</a></li>
47<li><a href="#How_does_rxvt_unicode_choose_fonts">How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?</a></li>
48<li><a href="#Why_do_some_chinese_characters_look_">Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?</a></li>
49</ul>
50</li>
51<li><a href="#Keyboard_Mouse_amp_User_Interaction">Keyboard, Mouse &amp; User Interaction</a>
52<ul><li><a href="#The_new_selection_selects_pieces_tha">The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?</a></li>
53<li><a href="#I_don_t_like_the_new_selection_popup">I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?</a></li>
54<li><a href="#The_cursor_moves_when_selecting_text">The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?</a></li>
55<li><a href="#During_rlogin_ssh_telnet_etc_session">During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?</a></li>
56<li><a href="#My_numerical_keypad_acts_weird_and_g">My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?</a></li>
57<li><a href="#My_Compose_Multi_key_key_is_no_longe">My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.</a></li>
58<li><a href="#I_cannot_type_code_Ctrl_Shift_2_code">I cannot type <code>Ctrl-Shift-2</code> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755</a></li>
59<li><a href="#Mouse_cut_paste_suddenly_no_longer_w">Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.</a></li>
60<li><a href="#What_s_with_the_strange_Backspace_De">What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?</a></li>
61<li><a href="#I_don_t_like_the_key_bindings_How_do">I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?</a></li>
62<li><a href="#I_m_using_keyboard_model_XXX_that_ha">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>
63</ul>
64</li>
65<li><a href="#Terminal_Configuration">Terminal Configuration</a>
66<ul><li><a href="#Can_I_see_a_typical_configuration">Can I see a typical configuration?</a></li>
67<li><a href="#Why_doesn_t_rxvt_unicode_read_my_res">Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?</a></li>
68<li><a href="#When_I_log_in_to_another_system_it_t">When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</a></li>
69<li><a href="#code_tic_code_outputs_some_error_whe"><code>tic</code> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.</a></li>
70<li><a href="#code_bash_code_s_readline_does_not_w"><code>bash</code>'s readline does not work correctly under urxvt.</a></li>
71<li><a href="#I_need_a_termcap_file_entry">I need a termcap file entry.</a></li>
72<li><a href="#Why_does_code_ls_code_no_longer_have">Why does <code>ls</code> no longer have coloured output?</a></li>
73<li><a href="#Why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc_use_the_88">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?</a></li>
74<li><a href="#Why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc_make_use_o">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?</a></li>
75<li><a href="#Why_are_the_secondary_screen_related">Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?</a></li>
76</ul>
77</li>
78<li><a href="#Encoding_Locale_Input_Method_Issues">Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues</a>
79<ul><li><a href="#Rxvt_unicode_does_not_seem_to_unders">Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?</a></li>
80<li><a href="#Unicode_does_not_seem_to_work">Unicode does not seem to work?</a></li>
81<li><a href="#How_does_rxvt_unicode_determine_the_">How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?</a></li>
82<li><a href="#Is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodin">Is there an option to switch encodings?</a></li>
83<li><a href="#Can_I_switch_locales_at_runtime">Can I switch locales at runtime?</a></li>
84<li><a href="#I_have_problems_getting_my_input_met">I have problems getting my input method working.</a></li>
85<li><a href="#My_input_method_wants_lt_some_encodi">My input method wants &lt;some encoding&gt; but I want UTF-8, what can I do?</a></li>
86<li><a href="#Rxvt_unicode_crashes_when_the_X_Inpu">Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.</a></li>
87</ul>
88</li>
89<li><a href="#Operating_Systems_Package_Maintainin">Operating Systems / Package Maintaining</a>
90<ul><li><a href="#I_am_using_Debian_GNU_Linux_and_have">I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...</a></li>
91<li><a href="#I_am_maintaining_rxvt_unicode_for_di">I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?</a></li>
92<li><a href="#I_need_to_make_it_setuid_setgid_to_s">I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?</a></li>
93<li><a href="#On_Solaris_9_many_line_drawing_chara">On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.</a></li>
94<li><a href="#I_am_on_FreeBSD_and_rxvt_unicode_doe">I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.</a></li>
95<li><a href="#I_use_Solaris_9_and_it_doesn_t_compi">I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.</a></li>
96<li><a href="#How_can_I_use_rxvt_unicode_under_cyg">How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?</a></li>
97</ul>
98</li>
99</ul>
100</li>
101<li><a href="#RXVT_UNICODE_TECHNICAL_REFERENCE">RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE</a>
102<ul><li><a href="#Definitions">Definitions</a></li>
103<li><a href="#Values">Values</a></li>
104<li><a href="#Escape_Sequences">Escape Sequences</a></li>
105</ul>
106</li>
107<li><a href="#CSI">CSI</a>
108<ul><li><a href="#CSI_Command_Sequence_Introducer_Sequ">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</a></li>
109</ul>
110</li>
111<li><a href="#ESCOBPsA">ESCOBPsA</a></li>
112<li><a href="#ESCOBPsC">ESCOBPsC</a></li>
113<li><a href="#ESCOBPsG">ESCOBPsG</a></li>
114<li><a href="#PrivateModes">PrivateModes</a>
115<ul><li><a href="#DEC_Private_Modes">DEC Private Modes</a></li>
116</ul>
117</li>
118<li><a href="#Priv66">Priv66</a></li>
119<li><a href="#XTerm">XTerm</a>
120<ul><li><a href="#XTerm_Operating_System_Commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</a></li>
121</ul>
122</li>
123<li><a href="#XPM">XPM</a></li>
124<li><a href="#Mouse">Mouse</a></li>
125<li><a href="#Mouse_Reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></li>
126<li><a href="#KeyCodes">KeyCodes</a></li>
127<li><a href="#Key_Codes">Key Codes</a></li>
128<li><a href="#CONFIGURE_OPTIONS">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</a></li>
129<li><a href="#AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a>
130</li>
131</ul><hr />
44<!-- INDEX END --> 132<!-- INDEX END -->
45 133
46<hr /> 134<h1 id="NAME">NAME</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
47<p> 135<div id="NAME_CONTENT">
48</p>
49<h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
50<p>RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information</p> 136<p>RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information</p>
51<p> 137
52</p> 138</div>
53<hr /> 139<h1 id="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
54<h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> 140<div id="SYNOPSIS_CONTENT">
55<pre>
56 # set a new font set 141<pre> # set a new font set
57 printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi&quot; Mincho&quot;</pre> 142 printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi&quot; Mincho&quot;
58<pre> 143
59 # change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it 144 # change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
60 export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf &quot;\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007&quot;</pre> 145 export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf &quot;\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007&quot;
61<pre> 146
62 # set window title 147 # set window title
63 printf '\33]2;%s\007' &quot;new window title&quot;</pre> 148 printf '\33]2;%s\007' &quot;new window title&quot;
64<p> 149
65</p> 150</pre>
66<hr /> 151
67<h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> 152</div>
153<h1 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
154<div id="DESCRIPTION_CONTENT">
68<p>This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting 155<p>This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting
69all escape sequences, and other background information.</p> 156all escape sequences, and other background information.</p>
70<p>The newest version of this document is 157<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> 158<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> 159
160</div>
161<h1 id="RXVT_UNICODE_URXVT_FREQUENTLY_ASKED_">RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
162<div id="RXVT_UNICODE_URXVT_FREQUENTLY_ASKED_-2">
163
164
165
166
167
168</div>
169<h2 id="Meta_Features_amp_Commandline_Issues">Meta, Features &amp; Commandline Issues</h2>
170<div id="Meta_Features_amp_Commandline_Issues-2">
171
172</div>
173<h3 id="My_question_isn_t_answered_here_can_">My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?</h3>
174<div id="My_question_isn_t_answered_here_can_-2">
175<p>Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: <code>irc.freenode.net</code>,
176channel <code>#rxvt-unicode</code> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
177interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).</p>
178
179</div>
180<h3 id="Does_it_support_tabs_can_I_have_a_ta">Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?</h3>
181<div id="Does_it_support_tabs_can_I_have_a_ta-2">
182<p>Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a
183simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
184give you tabs:</p>
185<pre> urxvt -pe tabbed
186
187 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed
188
74</p> 189</pre>
75<hr /> 190<p>It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers
76<h1><a name="frequently_asked_questions">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a></h1> 191or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be
77<dl> 192embedded into other programs, as witnessed by <cite>doc/rxvt-tabbed</cite> or
193the upcoming <code>Gtk2::URxvt</code> perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt
194(murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application.</p>
195
196</div>
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 /> 197<h3 id="How_do_I_know_which_rxvt_unicode_ver">How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?</h3>
79</dt> 198<div id="How_do_I_know_which_rxvt_unicode_ver-2">
80<dd>
81The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape 199<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. 200sequence <code>ESC [ 8 n</code> sets the window title to the version number. When
83</dd> 201using the urxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the
84<p></p> 202daemon.</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 /> 203
86</dt> 204</div>
87<dd> 205<h3 id="Rxvt_unicode_uses_gobs_of_memory_how">Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?</h3>
88The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode contains large patches that 206<div id="Rxvt_unicode_uses_gobs_of_memory_how-2">
89considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before reporting a 207<p>Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
90bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the 208don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
91genuine version (<a href="http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode</a>) and try to 209you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
92reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are 210when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
93specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the 211accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.</p>
94Debian Bug Tracking System (use <code>reportbug</code> to report the bug). 212<p>Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
95</dd> 213scrollback buffers: Without <code>--enable-unicode3</code>, rxvt-unicode will use
96<dd> 2146 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
97<p>For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 215kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
98probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a 216use 10 Megabytes of memory. With <code>--enable-unicode3</code> it gets worse, as
99bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that 217rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.</p>
100might encounter the same issue.</p> 218
101</dd> 219</div>
102<p></p> 220<h3 id="How_can_I_start_urxvtd_in_a_race_fre">How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way?</h3>
221<div id="How_can_I_start_urxvtd_in_a_race_fre-2">
222<p>Try <code>urxvtd -f -o</code>, which tells urxvtd to open the
223display, create the listening socket and then fork.</p>
224
225</div>
226<h3 id="How_can_I_start_urxvtd_automatically">How can I start urxvtd automatically when I run urxvtc?</h3>
227<div id="How_can_I_start_urxvtd_automatically-2">
228<p>If you want to start urxvtd automatically whenever you run
229urxvtc and the daemon isn't running yet, use this script:</p>
230<pre> #!/bin/sh
231 urxvtc &quot;$@&quot;
232 if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
233 urxvtd -q -o -f
234 urxvtc &quot;$@&quot;
235 fi
236
237</pre>
238<p>This tries to create a new terminal, and if fails with exit status 2,
239meaning it couldn't connect to the daemon, it will start the daemon and
240re-run the command. Subsequent invocations of the script will re-use the
241existing daemon.</p>
242
243</div>
244<h3 id="How_do_I_distinguish_whether_I_m_run">How do I distinguish whether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.</h3>
245<div id="How_do_I_distinguish_whether_I_m_run-2">
246<p>The original rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable &quot;COLORTERM&quot;,
247so you can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED,
248slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide
249whether or not to use color.</p>
250
251</div>
252<h3 id="How_do_I_set_the_correct_full_IP_add">How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?</h3>
253<div id="How_do_I_set_the_correct_full_IP_add-2">
254<p>If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
255insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
256snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
257wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
258the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
259regular xterm.</p>
260<p>Courtesy of Chuck Blake &lt;cblake@BBN.COM&gt; with the following shell script
261snippets:</p>
262<pre> # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
263 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] &amp;&amp; TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
264 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
265 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
266 echo -n '^[Z'
267 read term_id
268 stty icanon echo
269 if [ &quot;&quot;${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
270 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
271 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
272 fi
273 fi
274
275</pre>
276
277</div>
278<h3 id="How_do_I_compile_the_manual_pages_on">How do I compile the manual pages on my own?</h3>
279<div id="How_do_I_compile_the_manual_pages_on-2">
280<p>You need to have a recent version of perl installed as <cite>/usr/bin/perl</cite>,
281one that comes with <cite>pod2man</cite>, <cite>pod2text</cite> and <cite>pod2html</cite>. Then go to
282the doc subdirectory and enter <code>make alldoc</code>.</p>
283
284</div>
285<h3 id="Isn_t_rxvt_unicode_supposed_to_be_sm">Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?</h3>
286<div id="Isn_t_rxvt_unicode_supposed_to_be_sm-2">
287<p>I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
288bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
289that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
290compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even
291with <code>--disable-everything</code>, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
292features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
293already in use in this mode.</p>
294<pre> text data bss drs rss filename
295 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
296 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
297
298</pre>
299<p>When you <code>--enable-everything</code> (which <i>is</i> unfair, as this involves xft
300and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
301libc), the two diverge, but not unreasonably so.</p>
302<pre> text data bss drs rss filename
303 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
304 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
305
306</pre>
307<p>The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
308encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
309and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
310encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
311compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
312memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
313few megabytes of RSS. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when
314not used.</p>
315<p>Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
316a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
317memory.</p>
318<p>Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
319still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
320(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
32143180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
322startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
323extremely well *g*.</p>
324
325</div>
326<h3 id="Why_C_isn_t_that_unportable_bloated_">Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?</h3>
327<div id="Why_C_isn_t_that_unportable_bloated_-2">
328<p>Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
329to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
330of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
331shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.</p>
332<p>My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but in
333the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
334are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
335domain sockets, which are all less portable than C++ itself.</p>
336<p>Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
337in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
338C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
339not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is what rxvt links against on my
340system with a minimal config:</p>
341<pre> libX11.so.6 =&gt; /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
342 libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
343 libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
344 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
345
346</pre>
347<p>And here is rxvt-unicode:</p>
348<pre> libX11.so.6 =&gt; /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
349 libgcc_s.so.1 =&gt; /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
350 libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
351 libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
352 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
353
354</pre>
355<p>No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
356except maybe libX11 :)</p>
357
358
359
360
361
362</div>
363<h2 id="Rendering_Font_amp_Look_and_Feel_Iss">Rendering, Font &amp; Look and Feel Issues</h2>
364<div id="Rendering_Font_amp_Look_and_Feel_Iss-2">
365
366</div>
367<h3 id="I_can_t_get_transparency_working_wha">I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?</h3>
368<div id="I_can_t_get_transparency_working_wha-2">
369<p>First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt-unicode, so
370you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may
371bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a rite
372of passage: ... and you failed.</p>
373<p>Here are four ways to get transparency. <strong>Do</strong> read the manpage and option
374descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it!</p>
375<p>1. Use inheritPixmap:</p>
376<pre> Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
377 urxvt -ip -tint red -sh 40
378
379</pre>
380<p>That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
381support, or you are unable to read.</p>
382<p>2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you
383to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
384your picture with gimp or any other tool:</p>
385<pre> convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm
386 urxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background
387
388</pre>
389<p>That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, or you
390are unable to read.</p>
391<p>3. Use an ARGB visual:</p>
392<pre> urxvt -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
393
394</pre>
395<p>This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that
396doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't
397there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the necessary
398bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that
399doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in place.</p>
400<p>4. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job:</p>
401<pre> xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \
402 -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000
403
404</pre>
405<p>Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace <code>0xc0000000</code>
406by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and
407your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces.</p>
408
409</div>
410<h3 id="Why_does_rxvt_unicode_sometimes_leav">Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?</h3>
411<div id="Why_does_rxvt_unicode_sometimes_leav-2">
412<p>Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
413size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
414contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
415these characters. For characters that are just &quot;a bit&quot; too wide a special
416&quot;careful&quot; rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.</p>
417<p>All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
418however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
419box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
420ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
421cases).</p>
422<p>It's not clear (to me at least), whether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
423or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
424the <code>-lsp</code> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
425might be forced to use a different font.</p>
426<p>All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
427box data is correct.</p>
428
429</div>
430<h3 id="How_can_I_keep_rxvt_unicode_from_usi">How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?</h3>
431<div id="How_can_I_keep_rxvt_unicode_from_usi-2">
432<p>First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
433(<code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
434make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
435rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:</p>
436<pre> URxvt.colorBD: white
437 URxvt.colorIT: green
438
439</pre>
440
441</div>
442<h3 id="Some_programs_assume_totally_weird_c">Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?</h3>
443<div id="Some_programs_assume_totally_weird_c-2">
444<p>For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
445colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
4468 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
447these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.</p>
448<p>In the meantime, you can either edit your <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo
449definition to only claim 8 colour support or use <code>TERM=rxvt</code>, which will
450fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.</p>
451
452</div>
453<h3 id="Can_I_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime">Can I switch the fonts at runtime?</h3>
454<div id="Can_I_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime_CO">
455<p>Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
456effect as using the <code>-fn</code> switch, and takes effect immediately:</p>
457<pre> printf '\33]50;%s\007' &quot;9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic&quot;
458
459</pre>
460<p>This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
461japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
462japanese fonts would only be in your way.</p>
463<p>You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.</p>
464
465</div>
466<h3 id="Why_do_italic_characters_look_as_if_">Why do italic characters look as if clipped?</h3>
467<div id="Why_do_italic_characters_look_as_if_-2">
468<p>Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
469example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font <code>xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
470Mono</code> completely fails in its italic face. A workaround might be to
471enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:</p>
472<pre> URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
473 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
474
475</pre>
476
477</div>
478<h3 id="Can_I_speed_up_Xft_rendering_somehow">Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?</h3>
479<div id="Can_I_speed_up_Xft_rendering_somehow-2">
480<p>Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
481it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
482antialiasing (by appending <code>:antialias=false</code>), which saves lots of
483memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.</p>
484
485</div>
486<h3 id="Rxvt_unicode_doesn_t_seem_to_anti_al">Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?</h3>
487<div id="Rxvt_unicode_doesn_t_seem_to_anti_al-2">
488<p>Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
489fall back to its default font search list it will prefer X11 core
490fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
491antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
492look best that way.</p>
493<p>If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.</p>
494
495</div>
496<h3 id="What_s_with_this_bold_blink_stuff">What's with this bold/blink stuff?</h3>
497<div id="What_s_with_this_bold_blink_stuff_CO">
498<p>If no bold colour is set via <code>colorBD:</code>, bold will invert text using the
499standard foreground colour.</p>
500<p>For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
501text blink when compiled with <code>--enable-blinking</code>. with standard
502colours. Without <code>--enable-blinking</code>, the blink attribute will be
503ignored.</p>
504<p>On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
505foreground/background colors.</p>
506<p>color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.</p>
507<p>color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.</p>
508
509</div>
510<h3 id="I_don_t_like_the_screen_colors_How_d">I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?</h3>
511<div id="I_don_t_like_the_screen_colors_How_d-2">
512<p>You can change the screen colors at run-time using <cite>~/.Xdefaults</cite>
513resources (or as long-options).</p>
514<p>Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
515including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:</p>
516<pre> URxvt.color0: #000000
517 URxvt.color1: #A80000
518 URxvt.color2: #00A800
519 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
520 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
521 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
522 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
523 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
524
525 URxvt.color8: #000054
526 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
527 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
528 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
529 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
530 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
531 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
532 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
533
534</pre>
535<p>And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors.</p>
536<pre> URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
537 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
538 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
539 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
540 URxvt.color0: #000000
541 URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
542 URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
543 URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
544 URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
545 URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
546 URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
547 URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
548 URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
549 URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
550 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
551 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
552 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
553 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
554
555</pre>
556<p>They have been described (not by me) as &quot;pretty girly&quot;.</p>
557
558</div>
559<h3 id="Why_do_some_characters_look_so_much_">Why do some characters look so much different than others?</h3>
560<div id="Why_do_some_characters_look_so_much_-2">
561<p>See next entry.</p>
562
563</div>
564<h3 id="How_does_rxvt_unicode_choose_fonts">How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?</h3>
565<div id="How_does_rxvt_unicode_choose_fonts_C">
566<p>Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
567fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
568your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
569to display.</p>
570<p><strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
571font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
572bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
573resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
574intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
575the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.</p>
576<p>In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
577e.g.:</p>
578<pre> urxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...
579
580</pre>
581<p>When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
582font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
583next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
584search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.</p>
585<p>The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
586font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
587must be the same due to the way terminals work.</p>
588
589</div>
590<h3 id="Why_do_some_chinese_characters_look_">Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?</h3>
591<div id="Why_do_some_chinese_characters_look_-2">
592<p>This is because there is a difference between script and language --
593rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
594as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
595sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
596display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
597chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
598non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
599-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
600chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.</p>
601<p>The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
602list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
603a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
604first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.</p>
605<p>In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
606runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
607fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
608has been designed yet).</p>
609<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>
610
611</div>
612<h2 id="Keyboard_Mouse_amp_User_Interaction">Keyboard, Mouse &amp; User Interaction</h2>
613<div id="Keyboard_Mouse_amp_User_Interaction_">
614
615</div>
616<h3 id="The_new_selection_selects_pieces_tha">The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?</h3>
617<div id="The_new_selection_selects_pieces_tha-2">
618<p>If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
619setting:</p>
620<pre> URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
621
622</pre>
623<p>If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
624more and more.</p>
625<p>To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:</p>
626<pre> URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^&quot;&amp;'()*,;&lt;=&gt;?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)
627
628</pre>
629<p>Please also note that the <i>LeftClick Shift-LeftClik</i> combination also
630selects words like the old code.</p>
631
632</div>
633<h3 id="I_don_t_like_the_new_selection_popup">I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?</h3>
634<div id="I_don_t_like_the_new_selection_popup-2">
635<p>You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
636<strong>perl-ext-common</strong> resource to the empty string, which also keeps
637rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.</p>
638<p>If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
639identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
640<strong>PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</strong> in the urxvtperl(3) manpage. For
641example, to disable the <strong>selection-popup</strong> and <strong>option-popup</strong>, specify
642this <strong>perl-ext-common</strong> resource:</p>
643<pre> URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
644
645</pre>
646<p>This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
647extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
648scrollback search mode is triggered by <strong>M-s</strong>. You can move it to any
649other combination either by setting the <strong>searchable-scrollback</strong> resource:</p>
650<pre> URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
651
652</pre>
653
654</div>
655<h3 id="The_cursor_moves_when_selecting_text">The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?</h3>
656<div id="The_cursor_moves_when_selecting_text-2">
657<p>See next entry.</p>
658
659</div>
660<h3 id="During_rlogin_ssh_telnet_etc_session">During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?</h3>
661<div id="During_rlogin_ssh_telnet_etc_session-2">
662<p>These are caused by the <code>readline</code> perl extension. Under normal
663circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the
664line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment,
665but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some
666cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly.</p>
667<p>You can permanently switch this feature off by disabling the <code>readline</code>
668extension:</p>
669<pre> URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline
670
671</pre>
672
673</div>
674<h3 id="My_numerical_keypad_acts_weird_and_g">My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?</h3>
675<div id="My_numerical_keypad_acts_weird_and_g-2">
676<p>Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
677specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
678by the wrong <code>TERM</code> setting, although the details of whether and how
679this can happen are unknown, as <code>TERM=rxvt</code> should offer a compatible
680keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
681helped.</p>
682
683</div>
684<h3 id="My_Compose_Multi_key_key_is_no_longe">My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.</h3>
685<div id="My_Compose_Multi_key_key_is_no_longe-2">
686<p>The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
687correctly, or you specified a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> that is not supported by
688your input method. For example, if you specified <strong>OverTheSpot</strong> and
689your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
690does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
691rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.</p>
692<p>In this case either do not specify a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> or specify more than
693one pre-edit style, such as <strong>OverTheSpot,Root,None</strong>.</p>
694
695</div>
696<h3 id="I_cannot_type_code_Ctrl_Shift_2_code">I cannot type <code>Ctrl-Shift-2</code> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755</h3>
697<div id="I_cannot_type_code_Ctrl_Shift_2_code-2">
698<p>Either try <code>Ctrl-2</code> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
699international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
700advantage, typing &lt;Ctrl-Shift-0&gt; to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
701codes, too, such as <code>Ctrl-Shift-1-d</code> to type the default telnet escape
702character and so on.</p>
703
704</div>
705<h3 id="Mouse_cut_paste_suddenly_no_longer_w">Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.</h3>
706<div id="Mouse_cut_paste_suddenly_no_longer_w-2">
707<p>Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
708some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
709heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
710quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
711depressed.</p>
712
713</div>
714<h3 id="What_s_with_the_strange_Backspace_De">What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?</h3>
715<div id="What_s_with_the_strange_Backspace_De-2">
716<p>Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
717Backspace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
718question) there are two standard values that can be used for
719Backspace: <code>^H</code> and <code>^?</code>.</p>
720<p>Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
721policy of using <code>^?</code> when unsure, because it's the one and only correct
722choice :).</p>
723<p>Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
724of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
725started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
726system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in &lt;termios.h&gt;, will
727be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).</p>
728<p>For starting a new rxvt-unicode:</p>
729<pre> # use Backspace = ^H
730 $ stty erase ^H
731 $ urxvt
732
733 # use Backspace = ^?
734 $ stty erase ^?
735 $ urxvt
736
737</pre>
738<p>Toggle with <code>ESC [ 36 h</code> / <code>ESC [ 36 l</code>.</p>
739<p>For an existing rxvt-unicode:</p>
740<pre> # use Backspace = ^H
741 $ stty erase ^H
742 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36h&quot;
743
744 # use Backspace = ^?
745 $ stty erase ^?
746 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36l&quot;
747
748</pre>
749<p>This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
750if you use Backspace = <code>^H</code>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
751properly reflects that.</p>
752<p>The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
753To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
754key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
755(<code>ESC [ 3 ~</code>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.</p>
756<p>Some other Backspace problems:</p>
757<p>some editors use termcap/terminfo,
758some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
759GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.</p>
760<p>Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.</p>
761
762</div>
763<h3 id="I_don_t_like_the_key_bindings_How_do">I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?</h3>
764<div id="I_don_t_like_the_key_bindings_How_do-2">
765<p>There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
766you have run &quot;configure&quot; with the <code>--disable-resources</code> option you can
767use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.</p>
768<p>Here's an example for a URxvt session started using <code>urxvt -name URxvt</code></p>
769<pre> URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
770 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
771 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033&lt;C-'&gt;
772 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033&lt;C-/&gt;
773 URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033&lt;C-;&gt;
774 URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
775 URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033&lt;C-,&gt;
776 URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033&lt;C-.&gt;
777 URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
778 URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033&lt;C-Tab&gt;
779 URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033&lt;C-Return&gt;
780 URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033&lt;S-Return&gt;
781 URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033&lt;S-Space&gt;
782 URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033&lt;M-Up&gt;
783 URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033&lt;M-Down&gt;
784 URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033&lt;M-Left&gt;
785 URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033&lt;M-Right&gt;
786 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033&lt;M-C- 0123456789 &gt;
787 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033&lt;M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz &gt;
788 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
789
790</pre>
791<p>See some more examples in the documentation for the <strong>keysym</strong> resource.</p>
792
793</div>
794<h3 id="I_m_using_keyboard_model_XXX_that_ha">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</h3>
795<div id="I_m_using_keyboard_model_XXX_that_ha-2">
796<pre> KP_Insert == Insert
797 F22 == Print
798 F27 == Home
799 F29 == Prior
800 F33 == End
801 F35 == Next
802
803</pre>
804<p>Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
805keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
806required for your particular machine.</p>
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815</div>
816<h2 id="Terminal_Configuration">Terminal Configuration</h2>
817<div id="Terminal_Configuration_CONTENT">
818
819</div>
820<h3 id="Can_I_see_a_typical_configuration">Can I see a typical configuration?</h3>
821<div id="Can_I_see_a_typical_configuration_CO">
822<p>The default configuration tries to be xterm-like, which I don't like that
823much, but it's least surprise to regular users.</p>
824<p>As a rxvt or rxvt-unicode user, you are practically supposed to invest
825time into customising your terminal. To get you started, here is the
826author's .Xdefaults entries, with comments on what they do. It's certainly
827not <i>typical</i>, but what's typical...</p>
828<pre> URxvt.cutchars: &quot;()*,&lt;&gt;[]{}|'
829 URxvt.print-pipe: cat &gt;/tmp/xxx
830
831</pre>
832<p>These are just for testing stuff.</p>
833<pre> URxvt.imLocale: ja_JP.UTF-8
834 URxvt.preeditType: OnTheSpot,None
835
836</pre>
837<p>This tells rxvt-unicode to use a special locale when communicating with
838the X Input Method, and also tells it to only use the OnTheSpot pre-edit
839type, which requires the <code>xim-onthespot</code> perl extension but rewards me
840with correct-looking fonts.</p>
841<pre> URxvt.perl-lib: /root/lib/urxvt
842 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,selection-autotransform,selection-pastebin,xim-onthespot,remote-clipboard
843 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+)
844 URxvt.selection.pattern-1: ^(/[^:]+):\
845 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
846 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
847
848</pre>
849<p>This is my perl configuration. The first two set the perl library
850directory and also tells urxvt to use a large number of extensions. I
851develop for myself mostly, so I actually use most of the extensions I
852write.</p>
853<p>The selection stuff mainly makes the selection perl-error-message aware
854and tells it to convert perl error messages into vi-commands to load the
855relevant file and go tot he error line number.</p>
856<pre> URxvt.scrollstyle: plain
857 URxvt.secondaryScroll: true
858
859</pre>
860<p>As the documentation says: plain is the preferred scrollbar for the
861author. The <code>secondaryScroll</code> configures urxvt to scroll in full-screen
862apps, like screen, so lines scrolled out of screen end up in urxvt's
863scrollback buffer.</p>
864<pre> URxvt.background: #000000
865 URxvt.foreground: gray90
866 URxvt.color7: gray90
867 URxvt.colorBD: #ffffff
868 URxvt.cursorColor: #e0e080
869 URxvt.throughColor: #8080f0
870 URxvt.highlightColor: #f0f0f0
871
872</pre>
873<p>Some colours. Not sure which ones are being used or even non-defaults, but
874these are in my .Xdefaults. Most notably, they set foreground/background
875to light gray/black, and also make sure that the colour 7 matches the
876default foreground colour.</p>
877<pre> URxvt.underlineColor: yellow
878
879</pre>
880<p>Another colour, makes underline lines look different. Sometimes hurts, but
881is mostly a nice effect.</p>
882<pre> URxvt.geometry: 154x36
883 URxvt.loginShell: false
884 URxvt.meta: ignore
885 URxvt.utmpInhibit: true
886
887</pre>
888<p>Uh, well, should be mostly self-explanatory. By specifying some defaults
889manually, I can quickly switch them for testing.</p>
890<pre> URxvt.saveLines: 8192
891
892</pre>
893<p>A large scrollback buffer is essential. Really.</p>
894<pre> URxvt.mapAlert: true
895
896</pre>
897<p>The only case I use it is for my IRC window, which I like to keep
898iconified till people msg me (which beeps).</p>
899<pre> URxvt.visualBell: true
900
901</pre>
902<p>The audible bell is often annoying, especially when in a crowd.</p>
903<pre> URxvt.insecure: true
904
905</pre>
906<p>Please don't hack my mutt! Ooops...</p>
907<pre> URxvt.pastableTabs: false
908
909</pre>
910<p>I once thought this is a great idea.</p>
911<pre> urxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
912 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
913 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
914 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic, \
915 xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:autohint=true, \
916 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
917 urxvt.boldFont: -xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso8859-15
918 urxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
919 urxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
920
921</pre>
922<p>I wrote rxvt-unicode to be able to specify fonts exactly. So don't be
923overwhelmed. A special note: the <code>9x15bold</code> mentioned above is actually
924the version from XFree-3.3, as XFree-4 replaced it by a totally different
925font (different glyphs for <code>;</code> and many other harmless characters),
926while the second font is actually the <code>9x15bold</code> from XFree4/XOrg. The
927bold version has less chars than the medium version, so I use it for rare
928characters, too. When editing sources with vim, I use italic for comments
929and other stuff, which looks quite good with Bitstream Vera anti-aliased.</p>
930<p>Terminus is a quite bad font (many very wrong glyphs), but for most of my
931purposes, it works, and gives a different look, as my normal (Non-bold)
932font is already bold, and I want to see a difference between bold and
933normal fonts.</p>
934<p>Please note that I used the <code>urxvt</code> instance name and not the <code>URxvt</code>
935class name. Thats because I use different configs for different purposes,
936for example, my IRC window is started with <code>-name IRC</code>, and uses these
937defaults:</p>
938<pre> IRC*title: IRC
939 IRC*geometry: 87x12+535+542
940 IRC*saveLines: 0
941 IRC*mapAlert: true
942 IRC*font: suxuseuro
943 IRC*boldFont: suxuseuro
944 IRC*colorBD: white
945 IRC*keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
946 IRC*keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
947
948</pre>
949<p><code>Alt-Shift-1</code> and <code>Alt-Shift-2</code> switch between two different font
950sizes. <code>suxuseuro</code> allows me to keep an eye (and actually read)
951stuff while keeping a very small window. If somebody pastes something
952complicated (e.g. japanese), I temporarily switch to a larger font.</p>
953<p>The above is all in my <code>.Xdefaults</code> (I don't use <code>.Xresources</code> nor
954<code>xrdb</code>). I also have some resources in a separate <code>.Xdefaults-hostname</code>
955file for different hosts, for example, on ym main desktop, I use:</p>
956<pre> URxvt.keysym.C-M-q: command:\033[3;5;5t
957 URxvt.keysym.C-M-y: command:\033[3;5;606t
958 URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: command:\033[3;1605;5t
959 URxvt.keysym.C-M-c: command:\033[3;1605;606t
960 URxvt.keysym.C-M-p: perl:test
961
962</pre>
963<p>The first for keysym definitions allow me to quickly bring some windows
964in the layout I like most. Ion users might start laughing but will stop
965immediately when I tell them that I use my own Fvwm2 module for much the
966same effect as Ion provides, and I only very rarely use the above key
967combinations :-&gt;</p>
968
969</div>
970<h3 id="Why_doesn_t_rxvt_unicode_read_my_res">Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?</h3>
971<div id="Why_doesn_t_rxvt_unicode_read_my_res-2">
972<p>Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
973applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads
974resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
975ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
976<cite>$HOME/.Xdefaults</cite> when no resources are attached to the display.</p>
977<p>If you have or use an <cite>$HOME/.Xresources</cite> file, chances are that
978resources are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to
979re-login after every change (or run <cite>xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources</cite>).</p>
980<p>Also consider the form resources have to use:</p>
981<pre> URxvt.resource: value
982
983</pre>
984<p>If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
985specifying resources), make sure you understand whether and why it
986works. If unsure, use the form above.</p>
987
988</div>
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 /> 989<h3 id="When_I_log_in_to_another_system_it_t">When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</h3>
104</dt> 990<div id="When_I_log_in_to_another_system_it_t-2">
105<dd>
106The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available 991<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). 992as 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 993<p>The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
111be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):</p> 994be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp and works as user and admin):</p>
112</dd>
113<dd>
114<pre>
115 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain 995<pre> REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
116 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE &quot;cat &gt;/tmp/ti &amp;&amp; tic /tmp/ti&quot;</pre> 996 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE &quot;mkdir -p .terminfo &amp;&amp; cat &gt;/tmp/ti &amp;&amp; tic /tmp/ti&quot;
117</dd> 997
118<dd> 998</pre>
119<p>... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,</p> 999<p>... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,</p>
120</dd> 1000<p>One some systems you might need to set <code>$TERMINFO</code> to the full path of
121<dd> 1001<cite>$HOME/.terminfo</cite> for this to work.</p>
122<p>If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set 1002<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 1003<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 1004problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
125colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice 1005colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
126quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.</p> 1006quick-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 1007<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 1008can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
131resource to set it:</p> 1009resource to set it:</p>
132</dd> 1010<pre> URxvt.termName: rxvt
133<dd> 1011
134<pre> 1012</pre>
135 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 1013<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> 1014the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use <code>TERM=rxvt</code>.</p>
140</dd> 1015
141<p></p> 1016</div>
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 /> 1017<h3 id="code_tic_code_outputs_some_error_whe"><code>tic</code> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.</h3>
143</dt> 1018<div id="code_tic_code_outputs_some_error_whe-2">
144<dt><strong><a name="item_i_need_a_termcap_file_entry_2e">I need a termcap file entry.</a></strong><br /> 1019<p>Most likely it's the empty definition for <code>enacs=</code>. Just replace it by
145</dt> 1020<code>enacs=\E[0@</code> and try again.</p>
146<dd> 1021
1022</div>
1023<h3 id="code_bash_code_s_readline_does_not_w"><code>bash</code>'s readline does not work correctly under urxvt.</h3>
1024<div id="code_bash_code_s_readline_does_not_w-2">
1025<p>See next entry.</p>
1026
1027</div>
1028<h3 id="I_need_a_termcap_file_entry">I need a termcap file entry.</h3>
1029<div id="I_need_a_termcap_file_entry_CONTENT">
147One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating 1030<p>One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
148systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap 1031systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
149library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry 1032library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
150for <code>rxvt-unicode</code>. 1033for <code>rxvt-unicode</code>.</p>
151</dd>
152<dd>
153<p>You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases. 1034<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 1035You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
155like this:</p> 1036like this:</p>
156</dd> 1037<pre> infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
157<dd> 1038
158<pre> 1039</pre>
159 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode</pre>
160</dd>
161<dd>
162<p>Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:</p> 1040<p>Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:</p>
163</dd>
164<dd>
165<pre>
166 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\ 1041<pre> rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
167 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\ 1042 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
168 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\ 1043 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
169 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\ 1044 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
170 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\ 1045 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
171 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\ 1046 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
… …
180 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\ 1055 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
181 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\ 1056 :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:\ 1057 :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:\ 1058 :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:\ 1059 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
185 :vs=\E[?25h:</pre> 1060 :vs=\E[?25h:
186</dd> 1061
187<p></p> 1062</pre>
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 /> 1063
189</dt> 1064</div>
190<dd> 1065<h3 id="Why_does_code_ls_code_no_longer_have">Why does <code>ls</code> no longer have coloured output?</h3>
1066<div id="Why_does_code_ls_code_no_longer_have-2">
191The <code>ls</code> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to 1067<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 1068decide 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 1069file. Needless to say, <code>rxvt-unicode</code> is not in its default file (among
194with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add: 1070with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:</p>
195</dd> 1071<pre> TERM rxvt-unicode
196<dd> 1072
197<pre> 1073</pre>
198 TERM rxvt-unicode</pre>
199</dd>
200<dd>
201<p>to <code>/etc/DIR_COLORS</code> or simply add:</p> 1074<p>to <code>/etc/DIR_COLORS</code> or simply add:</p>
202</dd> 1075<pre> alias ls='ls --color=auto'
203<dd> 1076
204<pre> 1077</pre>
205 alias ls='ls --color=auto'</pre>
206</dd>
207<dd>
208<p>to your <code>.profile</code> or <code>.bashrc</code>.</p> 1078<p>to your <code>.profile</code> or <code>.bashrc</code>.</p>
209</dd> 1079
210<p></p> 1080</div>
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 /> 1081<h3 id="Why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc_use_the_88">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?</h3>
212</dt> 1082<div id="Why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc_use_the_88-2">
1083<p>See next entry.</p>
1084
1085</div>
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 /> 1086<h3 id="Why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc_make_use_o">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?</h3>
214</dt> 1087<div id="Why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc_make_use_o-2">
1088<p>See next entry.</p>
1089
1090</div>
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 /> 1091<h3 id="Why_are_the_secondary_screen_related">Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?</h3>
216</dt> 1092<div id="Why_are_the_secondary_screen_related-2">
217<dd>
218Make sure you are using <code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>. Some pre-packaged 1093<p>Make sure you are using <code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>. Some pre-packaged
219distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode 1094distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
220by setting <code>TERM</code> to <code>rxvt</code>, which doesn't have these extra 1095by setting <code>TERM</code> to <code>rxvt</code>, which doesn't have these extra
221features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian 1096features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
222GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo 1097GNU/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 1098file, 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 1099I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</strong> on
225how to do this). 1100how to do this).</p>
226</dd> 1101
227<p></p> 1102
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 /> 1103
229</dt> 1104
230<dd> 1105
231Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no 1106</div>
232specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused 1107<h2 id="Encoding_Locale_Input_Method_Issues">Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues</h2>
233by the wrong <code>TERM</code> setting, although the details of wether and how 1108<div id="Encoding_Locale_Input_Method_Issues_">
234this can happen are unknown, as <code>TERM=rxvt</code> should offer a compatible 1109
235keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that 1110</div>
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 /> 1111<h3 id="Rxvt_unicode_does_not_seem_to_unders">Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?</h3>
240</dt> 1112<div id="Rxvt_unicode_does_not_seem_to_unders-2">
241<dt><strong><a name="item_unicode_does_not_seem_to_work_3f">Unicode does not seem to work?</a></strong><br /> 1113<p>See next entry.</p>
242</dt> 1114
243<dd> 1115</div>
1116<h3 id="Unicode_does_not_seem_to_work">Unicode does not seem to work?</h3>
1117<div id="Unicode_does_not_seem_to_work_CONTEN">
244If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but 1118<p>If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
245getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is 1119getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
246subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings. 1120subtly 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 1121<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 1122programs running in it. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the <code>C</code> locale,
251login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to 1123while 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> 1124locale to something else, e.g. <code>en_GB.UTF-8</code>. Needless to say, this is
253</dd> 1125not 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 1126<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> 1127into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.</p>
257</dd> 1128<pre> printf '\33]701;%s\007' &quot;$LC_CTYPE&quot; # $LANG or $LC_ALL are worth a try, too
258<dd> 1129
259<pre> 1130</pre>
260 printf '\e]701;%s\007' &quot;$LC_CTYPE&quot;</pre>
261</dd>
262<dd>
263<p>If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a <code>LC_CTYPE</code> specification not 1131<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 1132supported 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 1133displays 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 1134it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
267like:</p> 1135like:</p>
268</dd> 1136<pre> locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
269<dd> 1137
270<pre> 1138</pre>
271 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> 1139<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 1140<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 1141you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
279support locales :(</p> 1142support locales :(</p>
280</dd> 1143
281<p></p> 1144</div>
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 /> 1145<h3 id="How_does_rxvt_unicode_determine_the_">How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?</h3>
283</dt> 1146<div id="How_does_rxvt_unicode_determine_the_-2">
284<dt><strong><a name="item_how_does_rxvt_2dunicode_choose_fonts_3f">How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?</a></strong><br /> 1147<p>See next entry.</p>
285</dt> 1148
286<dd> 1149</div>
287Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is 1150<h3 id="Is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodin">Is there an option to switch encodings?</h3>
288fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of 1151<div id="Is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodin-2">
289your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want 1152<p>Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
290to display. 1153specific &quot;utf-8&quot; mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
291</dd> 1154UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.</p>
292<dd> 1155<p>The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
293<p><strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement 1156the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
294font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks 1157applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
295bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't 1158and code number. This mechanism is the <i>locale</i>. Applications not using
296resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial 1159that info will have problems (for example, <code>xterm</code> gets the width of
297intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe 1160characters wrong as it uses its own, locale-independent table under all
298the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.</p> 1161locales).</p>
299</dd> 1162<p>Rxvt-unicode uses the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> locale category to select encoding. All
300<dd> 1163programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
301<p>In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list, 1164interpretation of characters.</p>
302e.g.:</p> 1165<p>Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
303</dd> 1166is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.</p>
304<dd> 1167<p>On most systems, the content of the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> environment variable
1168contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1169locale. Common names for locales are <code>en_US.UTF-8</code>, <code>de_DE.ISO-8859-15</code>,
1170<code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code>, i.e. <code>language_country.encoding</code>, but other forms
1171(i.e. <code>de</code> or <code>german</code>) are also common.</p>
1172<p>Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1173the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1174i.e. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code> and <code>ja_JP.UTF-8</code> are the normally same to
1175rxvt-unicode.</p>
1176<p>If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1177rxvt-unicode with the correct <code>LC_CTYPE</code> category.</p>
1178
1179</div>
1180<h3 id="Can_I_switch_locales_at_runtime">Can I switch locales at runtime?</h3>
1181<div id="Can_I_switch_locales_at_runtime_CONT">
1182<p>Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
1183rxvt-unicode's idea of <code>LC_CTYPE</code>.</p>
1184<pre> printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1185
305<pre> 1186</pre>
306 rxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...</pre> 1187<p>See also the previous answer.</p>
307</dd> 1188<p>Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
308<dd> 1189one locale (e.g. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code>) but some programs don't support it
309<p>When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base 1190(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start <code>xjdic</code>, which
310font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the 1191first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:</p>
311next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this 1192<pre> printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
312search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.</p> 1193 xjdic -js
313</dd> 1194 printf '\33]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
314<dd> 1195
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>
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>
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> 1196</pre>
411 URxvt.colorBD: white 1197<p>You can also use xterm's <code>luit</code> program, which usually works fine, except
412 URxvt.colorIT: green</pre> 1198for some locales where character width differs between program- and
1199rxvt-unicode-locales.</p>
1200
1201</div>
1202<h3 id="I_have_problems_getting_my_input_met">I have problems getting my input method working.</h3>
1203<div id="I_have_problems_getting_my_input_met-2">
1204<p>Try a search engine, as this is slightly different for every input method server.</p>
1205<p>Here is a checklist:</p>
1206<dl>
1207 <dt>- Make sure your locale <i>and</i> the imLocale are supported on your OS.</dt>
1208 <dd>
1209 <p>Try <code>locale -a</code> or check the documentation for your OS.</p>
413</dd> 1210 </dd>
414<p></p> 1211 <dt>- Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your XIM.</dt>
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 />
416</dt>
417<dd> 1212 <dd>
418For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird 1213 <p>For example, <strong>kinput2</strong> does not support UTF-8 locales, you should use
419colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard 1214<code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code> or equivalent.</p>
4208 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
421these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
422</dd> 1215 </dd>
1216 <dt>- Make sure your XIM server is actually running.</dt>
1217 <dt>- Make sure the <code>XMODIFIERS</code> environment variable is set correctly when <i>starting</i> rxvt-unicode.</dt>
423<dd> 1218 <dd>
424<p>In the meantime, you can either edit your <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo 1219 <p>When you want to use e.g. <strong>kinput2</strong>, it must be set to
425definition to only claim 8 colour support or use <code>TERM=rxvt</code>, which will 1220<code>@im=kinput2</code>. For <strong>scim</strong>, use <code>@im=SCIM</code>. You can see what input
426fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.</p> 1221method servers are running with this command:</p>
1222<pre> xprop -root XIM_SERVERS
1223
1224</pre>
427</dd> 1225 </dd>
428<p></p> 1226 <dt></dt>
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 />
430</dt> 1227</dl>
431<dd> 1228
1229</div>
1230<h3 id="My_input_method_wants_lt_some_encodi">My input method wants &lt;some encoding&gt; but I want UTF-8, what can I do?</h3>
1231<div id="My_input_method_wants_lt_some_encodi-2">
1232<p>You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
1233terminal, using the resource <code>imlocale</code>:</p>
1234<pre> URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
1235
1236</pre>
1237<p>Now you can start your terminal with <code>LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8</code> and still
1238use your input method. Please note, however, that, depending on your Xlib
1239version, you may not be able to input characters outside <code>EUC-JP</code> in a
1240normal way then, as your input method limits you.</p>
1241
1242</div>
1243<h3 id="Rxvt_unicode_crashes_when_the_X_Inpu">Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.</h3>
1244<div id="Rxvt_unicode_crashes_when_the_X_Inpu-2">
1245<p>Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
1246design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
1247leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
1248exit time. <strong>kinput2</strong> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
1249while <strong>SCIM</strong> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
1250crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.</p>
1251<p>So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.</p>
1252
1253
1254
1255
1256
1257</div>
1258<h2 id="Operating_Systems_Package_Maintainin">Operating Systems / Package Maintaining</h2>
1259<div id="Operating_Systems_Package_Maintainin-2">
1260
1261</div>
1262<h3 id="I_am_using_Debian_GNU_Linux_and_have">I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...</h3>
1263<div id="I_am_using_Debian_GNU_Linux_and_have-2">
1264<p>The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
1265patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
1266unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
1267the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
1268version (<a href="http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode</a>) and try to reproduce
1269the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
1270Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
1271Tracking System (use <code>reportbug</code> to report the bug).</p>
1272<p>For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
1273probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
1274bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
1275might encounter the same issue.</p>
1276
1277</div>
1278<h3 id="I_am_maintaining_rxvt_unicode_for_di">I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?</h3>
1279<div id="I_am_maintaining_rxvt_unicode_for_di-2">
1280<p>You should build one binary with the default options. <cite>configure</cite>
1281now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
1282runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enabling them,
1283except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
1284be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
1285the future) depends on it.</p>
1286<p>You should not overwrite the <code>perl-ext-common</code> snd <code>perl-ext</code> resources
1287system-wide (except maybe with <code>defaults</code>). This will result in useful
1288behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
1289<code>perl-ext-common</code> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
1290perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.</p>
1291<p>If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
1292one with <code>--disable-everything</code> (very useful) and a maximal one with
1293<code>--enable-everything</code> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
1294encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).</p>
1295
1296</div>
1297<h3 id="I_need_to_make_it_setuid_setgid_to_s">I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?</h3>
1298<div id="I_need_to_make_it_setuid_setgid_to_s-2">
1299<p>It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
1300install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now.</p>
1301<p>When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
1302into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
1303systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
1304immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
1305privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
1306things as perl interpreters, which might be &quot;helpful&quot; to attackers).</p>
1307<p>This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early
1308and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or
1309things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
1310little risk.</p>
1311
1312</div>
1313<h3 id="On_Solaris_9_many_line_drawing_chara">On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.</h3>
1314<div id="On_Solaris_9_many_line_drawing_chara-2">
1315<p>Seems to be a known bug, read
1316<a href="http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html">http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html</a>. Some people use the
1317following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:</p>
1318<pre> #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) &gt; 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
1319
1320</pre>
1321
1322</div>
1323<h3 id="I_am_on_FreeBSD_and_rxvt_unicode_doe">I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.</h3>
1324<div id="I_am_on_FreeBSD_and_rxvt_unicode_doe-2">
432Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> to be defined 1325<p>Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> to be defined
433in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it, 1326in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
434wether it defines the symbol or not. <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> requires that 1327whether it defines the symbol or not. <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> requires that
435<strong>wchar_t</strong> is represented as unicode. 1328<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 1329<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 1330does 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> 1331<strong>wchar_t</strong>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.</p>
441</dd> 1332<p>However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in <code>POSIX</code>, <code>ISO-8859-1</code> and
442<dd> 1333<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 1334<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 1335apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
445non-standardized) representation of <strong>wchar_t</strong> makes it impossible to 1336representation 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 1337<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 1338without 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 1339simply are no APIs to convert <strong>wchar_t</strong> into anything except the current
449except the current locale encoding.</p> 1340locale encoding.</p>
450</dd>
451<dd>
452<p>Some applications (such as the formidable <strong>mlterm</strong>) work around this 1341<p>Some applications (such as the formidable <strong>mlterm</strong>) work around this
453by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling 1342by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
454with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple 1343with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
455conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements 1344conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
456encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).</p> 1345encodings 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 1346<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 1347system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
461complete replacements for them :)</p> 1348complete replacements for them :)</p>
462</dd> 1349
463<p></p> 1350</div>
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 /> 1351<h3 id="I_use_Solaris_9_and_it_doesn_t_compi">I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.</h3>
465</dt> 1352<div id="I_use_Solaris_9_and_it_doesn_t_compi-2">
466<dt><strong><a name="item_is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodings_3f">Is there an option to switch encodings?</a></strong><br /> 1353<p>Try the diff in <cite>doc/solaris9.patch</cite> as a base. It fixes the worst
467</dt> 1354problems with <code>wcwidth</code> and a compile problem.</p>
468<dd> 1355
469Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no 1356</div>
470specific ``utf-8'' mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about 1357<h3 id="How_can_I_use_rxvt_unicode_under_cyg">How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?</h3>
471UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O. 1358<div id="How_can_I_use_rxvt_unicode_under_cyg-2">
472</dd> 1359<p>rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
473<dd> 1360the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
474<p>The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting 1361longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
475the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all 1362single font). I recommend starting the X-server in <code>-multiwindow</code> or
476applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width 1363<code>-rootless</code> mode instead, which will result in similar look&amp;feel as the
477and code number. This mechanism is the <em>locale</em>. Applications not using 1364old libW11 emulation.</p>
478that info will have problems (for example, <code>xterm</code> gets the width of 1365<p>At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
479characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all 1366encodings (you might try <code>LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8</code>), so you are likely limited
480locales).</p> 1367to 8-bit encodings.</p>
481</dd> 1368
482<dd> 1369</div>
483<p>Rxvt-unicode uses the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> locale category to select encoding. All 1370<h1 id="RXVT_UNICODE_TECHNICAL_REFERENCE">RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
484programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the 1371<div id="RXVT_UNICODE_TECHNICAL_REFERENCE_CON">
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>
517 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS</pre>
518</dd>
519<dd>
520<p>See also the previous answer.</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>
530 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
531 xjdic -js
532 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8</pre>
533</dd>
534<dd>
535<p>You can also use xterm's <code>luit</code> program, which usually works fine, except
536for some locales where character width differs between program- and
537rxvt-unicode-locales.</p>
538</dd>
539<p></p>
540<dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime_3f">Can I switch the fonts at runtime?</a></strong><br />
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>
939</p>
940<hr />
941<h1><a name="rxvt_technical_reference">RXVT 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 1372<p>The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
947<strong>rxvt-unicode</strong>. First the description of supported command sequences, 1373<strong>rxvt-unicode</strong>. First the description of supported command sequences,
948followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all 1374followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
949features selectable at <code>configure</code> time.</p> 1375selectable at <code>configure</code> time.</p>
950<p> 1376
951</p> 1377</div>
952<hr /> 1378<h2 id="Definitions">Definitions</h2>
953<h1><a name="definitions">Definitions</a></h1> 1379<div id="Definitions_CONTENT">
954<dl> 1380<dl>
955<dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1381 <dt><strong><code>c</code></strong></dt>
956</dt>
957<dd> 1382 <dd>
958The literal character c. 1383 <p>The literal character c.</p>
959</dd> 1384 </dd>
960<p></p> 1385 <dt><strong><code>C</code></strong></dt>
961<dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
962</dt>
963<dd> 1386 <dd>
964A single (required) character. 1387 <p>A single (required) character.</p>
965</dd> 1388 </dd>
966<p></p> 1389 <dt><strong><code>Ps</code></strong></dt>
967<dt><strong><a name="item_ps"><strong><code>Ps</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
968</dt>
969<dd> 1390 <dd>
970A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more 1391 <p>A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more
971digits. 1392digits.</p>
972</dd> 1393 </dd>
973<p></p> 1394 <dt><strong><code>Pm</code></strong></dt>
974<dt><strong><a name="item_pm"><strong><code>Pm</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
975</dt>
976<dd> 1395 <dd>
977A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric 1396 <p>A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric
978parameters, separated by <code>;</code> character(s). 1397parameters, separated by <code>;</code> character(s).</p>
979</dd> 1398 </dd>
980<p></p> 1399 <dt><strong><code>Pt</code></strong></dt>
981<dt><strong><a name="item_pt"><strong><code>Pt</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
982</dt>
983<dd> 1400 <dd>
984A text parameter composed of printable characters. 1401 <p>A text parameter composed of printable characters.</p>
985</dd> 1402 </dd>
986<p></p></dl> 1403</dl>
987<p> 1404
988</p> 1405</div>
989<hr /> 1406<h2 id="Values">Values</h2>
990<h1><a name="values">Values</a></h1> 1407<div id="Values_CONTENT">
991<dl> 1408<dl>
992<dt><strong><a name="item_enq"><strong><code>ENQ</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1409 <dt><strong><code>ENQ</code></strong></dt>
993</dt>
994<dd> 1410 <dd>
995Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA) 1411 <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;. 1412request attributes from terminal. See <strong><code>ESC [ Ps c</code></strong>.</p>
997</dd> 1413 </dd>
998<p></p> 1414 <dt><strong><code>BEL</code></strong></dt>
999<dt><strong><a name="item_bel"><strong><code>BEL</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1000</dt>
1001<dd> 1415 <dd>
1002Bell (Ctrl-G) 1416 <p>Bell (Ctrl-G)</p>
1003</dd> 1417 </dd>
1004<p></p> 1418 <dt><strong><code>BS</code></strong></dt>
1005<dt><strong><a name="item_bs"><strong><code>BS</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1006</dt>
1007<dd> 1419 <dd>
1008Backspace (Ctrl-H) 1420 <p>Backspace (Ctrl-H)</p>
1009</dd> 1421 </dd>
1010<p></p> 1422 <dt><strong><code>TAB</code></strong></dt>
1011<dt><strong><a name="item_tab"><strong><code>TAB</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1012</dt>
1013<dd> 1423 <dd>
1014Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I) 1424 <p>Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I)</p>
1015</dd> 1425 </dd>
1016<p></p> 1426 <dt><strong><code>LF</code></strong></dt>
1017<dt><strong><a name="item_lf"><strong><code>LF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1018</dt>
1019<dd> 1427 <dd>
1020Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J) 1428 <p>Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J)</p>
1021</dd> 1429 </dd>
1022<p></p> 1430 <dt><strong><code>VT</code></strong></dt>
1023<dt><strong><a name="item_vt"><strong><code>VT</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1024</dt>
1025<dd> 1431 <dd>
1026Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1432 <p>Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as <strong><code>LF</code></strong></p>
1027</dd> 1433 </dd>
1028<p></p> 1434 <dt><strong><code>FF</code></strong></dt>
1029<dt><strong><a name="item_ff"><strong><code>FF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1030</dt>
1031<dd> 1435 <dd>
1032Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1436 <p>Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as <strong><code>LF</code></strong></p>
1033</dd> 1437 </dd>
1034<p></p> 1438 <dt><strong><code>CR</code></strong></dt>
1035<dt><strong><a name="item_cr"><strong><code>CR</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1036</dt>
1037<dd> 1439 <dd>
1038Carriage Return (Ctrl-M) 1440 <p>Carriage Return (Ctrl-M)</p>
1039</dd> 1441 </dd>
1040<p></p> 1442 <dt><strong><code>SO</code></strong></dt>
1041<dt><strong><a name="item_so"><strong><code>SO</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1042</dt>
1043<dd> 1443 <dd>
1044Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set. 1444 <p>Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set.
1045Switch to Alternate Character Set 1445Switch to Alternate Character Set</p>
1046</dd> 1446 </dd>
1047<p></p> 1447 <dt><strong><code>SI</code></strong></dt>
1048<dt><strong><a name="item_si"><strong><code>SI</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1049</dt>
1050<dd> 1448 <dd>
1051Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default). 1449 <p>Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default).
1052Switch to Standard Character Set 1450Switch to Standard Character Set</p>
1053</dd> 1451 </dd>
1054<p></p> 1452 <dt><strong><code>SPC</code></strong></dt>
1055<dt><strong><a name="item_spc"><strong><code>SPC</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1056</dt>
1057<dd> 1453 <dd>
1058Space Character 1454 <p>Space Character</p>
1059</dd> 1455 </dd>
1060<p></p></dl> 1456</dl>
1061<p> 1457
1062</p> 1458</div>
1063<hr />
1064<h1><a name="escape_sequences">Escape Sequences</a></h1> 1459<h2 id="Escape_Sequences">Escape Sequences</h2>
1460<div id="Escape_Sequences_CONTENT">
1065<dl> 1461<dl>
1066<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__23_8"><strong><code>ESC # 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1462 <dt><strong><code>ESC # 8</code></strong></dt>
1067</dt>
1068<dd> 1463 <dd>
1069DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN) 1464 <p>DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN)</p>
1070</dd> 1465 </dd>
1071<p></p> 1466 <dt><strong><code>ESC 7</code></strong></dt>
1072<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_7"><strong><code>ESC 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1073</dt>
1074<dd> 1467 <dd>
1075Save Cursor (SC) 1468 <p>Save Cursor (SC)</p>
1076</dd> 1469 </dd>
1077<p></p> 1470 <dt><strong><code>ESC 8</code></strong></dt>
1078<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_8"><strong><code>ESC 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1079</dt>
1080<dd> 1471 <dd>
1081Restore Cursor 1472 <p>Restore Cursor</p>
1082</dd> 1473 </dd>
1083<p></p> 1474 <dt><strong><code>ESC =</code></strong></dt>
1084<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__3d"><strong><code>ESC =</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1085</dt>
1086<dd> 1475 <dd>
1087Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence. 1476 <p>Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence.</p>
1088</dd> 1477 </dd>
1089<p></p> 1478 <dt><strong><code>ESC</code></strong></dt>
1090<dt><strong><a name="item_esc"><strong><code>ESC</code> </strong>&gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
1091</dt>
1092<dd> 1479 <dd>
1093Normal Keypad (RMKX) 1480 <p>Normal Keypad (RMKX)</p>
1094</dd>
1095<dd>
1096<p><strong>Note:</strong> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, <strong>Num_Lock</strong> has been 1481 <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 1482pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad
1098(see Key Codes).</p> 1483(see Key Codes).</p>
1099</dd> 1484 </dd>
1100<p></p> 1485 <dt><strong><code>ESC D</code></strong></dt>
1101<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_d"><strong><code>ESC D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1102</dt>
1103<dd> 1486 <dd>
1104Index (IND) 1487 <p>Index (IND)</p>
1105</dd> 1488 </dd>
1106<p></p> 1489 <dt><strong><code>ESC E</code></strong></dt>
1107<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_e"><strong><code>ESC E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1108</dt>
1109<dd> 1490 <dd>
1110Next Line (NEL) 1491 <p>Next Line (NEL)</p>
1111</dd> 1492 </dd>
1112<p></p> 1493 <dt><strong><code>ESC H</code></strong></dt>
1113<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_h"><strong><code>ESC H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1114</dt>
1115<dd> 1494 <dd>
1116Tab Set (HTS) 1495 <p>Tab Set (HTS)</p>
1117</dd> 1496 </dd>
1118<p></p> 1497 <dt><strong><code>ESC M</code></strong></dt>
1119<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_m"><strong><code>ESC M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1120</dt>
1121<dd> 1498 <dd>
1122Reverse Index (RI) 1499 <p>Reverse Index (RI)</p>
1123</dd> 1500 </dd>
1124<p></p> 1501 <dt><strong><code>ESC N</code></strong></dt>
1125<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC N</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1126</dt>
1127<dd> 1502 <dd>
1128Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character 1503 <p>Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character
1129only <em>unimplemented</em> 1504only <i>unimplemented</i></p>
1130</dd> 1505 </dd>
1131<p></p> 1506 <dt><strong><code>ESC O</code></strong></dt>
1132<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC O</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1133</dt>
1134<dd> 1507 <dd>
1135Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character 1508 <p>Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
1136only <em>unimplemented</em> 1509only <i>unimplemented</i></p>
1137</dd> 1510 </dd>
1138<p></p> 1511 <dt><strong><code>ESC Z</code></strong></dt>
1139<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_z"><strong><code>ESC Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1140</dt>
1141<dd> 1512 <dd>
1142Obsolete form of returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C</code> </strong>&gt; <em>rxvt-unicode compile-time option</em> 1513 <p>Obsolete form of returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C</code></strong> <i>rxvt-unicode compile-time option</i></p>
1143</dd> 1514 </dd>
1144<p></p> 1515 <dt><strong><code>ESC c</code></strong></dt>
1145<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_c"><strong><code>ESC c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1146</dt>
1147<dd> 1516 <dd>
1148Full reset (RIS) 1517 <p>Full reset (RIS)</p>
1149</dd> 1518 </dd>
1150<p></p> 1519 <dt><strong><code>ESC n</code></strong></dt>
1151<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1152</dt>
1153<dd> 1520 <dd>
1154Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2) 1521 <p>Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2)</p>
1155</dd> 1522 </dd>
1156<p></p> 1523 <dt><strong><code>ESC o</code></strong></dt>
1157<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC o</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1158</dt>
1159<dd> 1524 <dd>
1160Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3) 1525 <p>Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)</p>
1161</dd> 1526 </dd>
1162<p></p>
1163<dt><strong><strong><code>ESC ( C</code> </strong>&gt;</strong><br /> 1527 <dt><strong><code>ESC ( C</code></strong></dt>
1164</dt>
1165<dd> 1528 <dd>
1166Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>. 1529 <p>Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <code>C</code>.</p>
1167</dd> 1530 </dd>
1168<p></p> 1531 <dt><strong><code>ESC ) C</code></strong></dt>
1169<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__29_c"><strong><code>ESC ) C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1170</dt>
1171<dd> 1532 <dd>
1172Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>. 1533 <p>Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <code>C</code>.</p>
1173</dd> 1534 </dd>
1174<p></p> 1535 <dt><strong><code>ESC * C</code></strong></dt>
1175<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2a_c"><strong><code>ESC * C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1176</dt>
1177<dd> 1536 <dd>
1178Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>. 1537 <p>Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <code>C</code>.</p>
1179</dd> 1538 </dd>
1180<p></p> 1539 <dt><strong><code>ESC + C</code></strong></dt>
1181<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2b_c"><strong><code>ESC + C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1182</dt>
1183<dd> 1540 <dd>
1184Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>. 1541 <p>Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <code>C</code>.</p>
1185</dd> 1542 </dd>
1186<p></p> 1543 <dt><strong><code>ESC $ C</code></strong></dt>
1187<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__24_c"><strong><code>ESC $ C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1188</dt>
1189<dd> 1544 <dd>
1190Designate Kanji Character Set 1545 <p>Designate Kanji Character Set</p>
1546 <p>Where <strong><code>C</code></strong> is one of:</p>
1191</dd> 1547 </dd>
1192<dd>
1193<p>Where <strong><a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> </strong>&gt; is one of:</p>
1194</dd> 1548</dl>
1195<table> 1549<p><span id="CSI">CSI</span></p>
1196<tr><td>C = 0 </td><td>DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set</td></tr> 1550
1197<tr><td>C = A </td><td>United Kingdom (UK)</td></tr> 1551</div>
1198<tr><td>C = B </td><td>United States (USASCII)</td></tr>
1199<tr><td>C = <</td><td>Multinational character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1200<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>
1202<tr><td>C = K </td><td>German character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1203</table><p></p></dl>
1204<p></p>
1205<p>
1206</p>
1207<hr />
1208<h1><a name="csi__command_sequence_introducer__sequences">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</a></h1> 1552<h2 id="CSI_Command_Sequence_Introducer_Sequ">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</h2>
1553<div id="CSI_Command_Sequence_Introducer_Sequ-2">
1209<dl> 1554<dl>
1210<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__40"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps @</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1555 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps @</code></strong></dt>
1211</dt>
1212<dd> 1556 <dd>
1213Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (Blank) <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ICH) 1557 <p>Insert <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (ICH)<span id="ESCOBPsA">ESCOBPsA</span></p>
1214</dd> 1558 </dd>
1215<p></p> 1559 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps A</code></strong></dt>
1216<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps A</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1217</dt>
1218<dd> 1560 <dd>
1219Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUU) 1561 <p>Cursor Up <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Times [default: 1] (CUU)</p>
1220</dd> 1562 </dd>
1221<p></p> 1563 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps B</code></strong></dt>
1222<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_b"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps B</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1223</dt>
1224<dd> 1564 <dd>
1225Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUD) 1565 <p>Cursor Down <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Times [default: 1] (CUD)<span id="ESCOBPsC">ESCOBPsC</span></p>
1226</dd> 1566 </dd>
1227<p></p> 1567 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps C</code></strong></dt>
1228<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1229</dt>
1230<dd> 1568 <dd>
1231Cursor Forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUF) 1569 <p>Cursor Forward <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Times [default: 1] (CUF)</p>
1232</dd> 1570 </dd>
1233<p></p> 1571 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps D</code></strong></dt>
1234<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1235</dt>
1236<dd> 1572 <dd>
1237Cursor Backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUB) 1573 <p>Cursor Backward <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Times [default: 1] (CUB)</p>
1238</dd> 1574 </dd>
1239<p></p> 1575 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps E</code></strong></dt>
1240<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1241</dt>
1242<dd> 1576 <dd>
1243Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column 1577 <p>Cursor Down <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Times [default: 1] and to first column</p>
1244</dd> 1578 </dd>
1245<p></p> 1579 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps F</code></strong></dt>
1246<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps F</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1247</dt>
1248<dd> 1580 <dd>
1249Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column 1581 <p>Cursor Up <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Times [default: 1] and to first column<span id="ESCOBPsG">ESCOBPsG</span></p>
1250</dd> 1582 </dd>
1251<p></p> 1583 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps G</code></strong></dt>
1252<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps G</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1253</dt>
1254<dd> 1584 <dd>
1255Cursor to Column <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (HPA) 1585 <p>Cursor to Column <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> (HPA)</p>
1256</dd> 1586 </dd>
1257<p></p> 1587 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps H</code></strong></dt>
1258<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1259</dt>
1260<dd> 1588 <dd>
1261Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP) 1589 <p>Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP)</p>
1262</dd> 1590 </dd>
1263<p></p> 1591 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps I</code></strong></dt>
1264<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps I</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1265</dt>
1266<dd> 1592 <dd>
1267Move forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; tab stops [default: 1] 1593 <p>Move forward <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> tab stops [default: 1]</p>
1268</dd> 1594 </dd>
1269<p></p> 1595 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps J</code></strong></dt>
1270<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_j"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps J</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1271</dt>
1272<dd> 1596 <dd>
1273Erase in Display (ED) 1597 <p>Erase in Display (ED)</p>
1274</dd> 1598 </dd>
1275<table> 1599 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps K</code></strong></dt>
1276<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Below (default)</td></tr>
1277<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear Above</td></tr>
1278<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr>
1279</table><p></p>
1280<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_k"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps K</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1281</dt>
1282<dd> 1600 <dd>
1283Erase in Line (EL) 1601 <p>Erase in Line (EL)</p>
1284</dd> 1602 </dd>
1285<table> 1603 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps L</code></strong></dt>
1286<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear to Right (default)</td></tr>
1287<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear to Left</td></tr>
1288<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr>
1289</table><p></p>
1290<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps L</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1291</dt>
1292<dd> 1604 <dd>
1293Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (IL) 1605 <p>Insert <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Line(s) [default: 1] (IL)</p>
1294</dd> 1606 </dd>
1295<p></p> 1607 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps M</code></strong></dt>
1296<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1297</dt>
1298<dd> 1608 <dd>
1299Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (DL) 1609 <p>Delete <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Line(s) [default: 1] (DL)</p>
1300</dd> 1610 </dd>
1301<p></p> 1611 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps P</code></strong></dt>
1302<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_p"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps P</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1303</dt>
1304<dd> 1612 <dd>
1305Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (DCH) 1613 <p>Delete <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Character(s) [default: 1] (DCH)</p>
1306</dd> 1614 </dd>
1307<p></p> 1615 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps T</code></strong></dt>
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 />
1309</dt>
1310<dd> 1616 <dd>
1311Initiate . <em>unimplemented</em> Parameters are 1617 <p>Initiate . <i>unimplemented</i> Parameters are
1312[func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow]. 1618[func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow].</p>
1313</dd> 1619 </dd>
1314<p></p> 1620 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps W</code></strong></dt>
1315<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_w"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps W</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1316</dt>
1317<dd> 1621 <dd>
1318Tabulator functions 1622 <p>Tabulator functions</p>
1319</dd> 1623 </dd>
1320<table> 1624 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps X</code></strong></dt>
1321<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>
1323<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All</td></tr>
1324</table><p></p>
1325<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps X</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1326</dt>
1327<dd> 1625 <dd>
1328Erase <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ECH) 1626 <p>Erase <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Character(s) [default: 1] (ECH)</p>
1329</dd> 1627 </dd>
1330<p></p> 1628 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps Z</code></strong></dt>
1331<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_z"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1332</dt>
1333<dd> 1629 <dd>
1334Move backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; [default: 1] tab stops 1630 <p>Move backward <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> [default: 1] tab stops</p>
1335</dd> 1631 </dd>
1336<p></p> 1632 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps '</code></strong></dt>
1337<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__27"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps '</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1338</dt>
1339<dd> 1633 <dd>
1340See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_g"><code>ESC [ Ps G</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1634 <p>See <strong><code>ESC [ Ps G</code></strong></p>
1341</dd> 1635 </dd>
1342<p></p> 1636 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps a</code></strong></dt>
1343<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps a</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1344</dt>
1345<dd> 1637 <dd>
1346See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps C</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1638 <p>See <strong><code>ESC [ Ps C</code></strong></p>
1347</dd> 1639 </dd>
1348<p></p> 1640 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps c</code></strong></dt>
1349<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1350</dt>
1351<dd> 1641 <dd>
1352Send Device Attributes (DA) 1642 <p>Send Device Attributes (DA)
1353<strong><code>Ps = 0</code> </strong>&gt; (or omitted): request attributes from terminal 1643<strong><code>Ps = 0</code></strong> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
1354returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c</code> </strong>&gt; (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video 1644returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c</code></strong> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
1355Option'') 1645Option'')</p>
1356</dd> 1646 </dd>
1357<p></p> 1647 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps d</code></strong></dt>
1358<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps d</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1359</dt>
1360<dd> 1648 <dd>
1361Cursor to Line <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (VPA) 1649 <p>Cursor to Line <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> (VPA)</p>
1362</dd> 1650 </dd>
1363<p></p> 1651 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps e</code></strong></dt>
1364<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps e</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1365</dt>
1366<dd> 1652 <dd>
1367See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_a"><code>ESC [ Ps A</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1653 <p>See <strong><code>ESC [ Ps A</code></strong></p>
1368</dd> 1654 </dd>
1369<p></p> 1655 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps f</code></strong></dt>
1370<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps f</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1371</dt>
1372<dd> 1656 <dd>
1373Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1] 1657 <p>Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1]</p>
1374</dd> 1658 </dd>
1375<p></p> 1659 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps g</code></strong></dt>
1376<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps g</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1377</dt>
1378<dd> 1660 <dd>
1379Tab Clear (TBC) 1661 <p>Tab Clear (TBC)</p>
1380</dd> 1662 </dd>
1381<table> 1663 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Pm h</code></strong></dt>
1382<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr>
1383<tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>Clear All (TBC)</td></tr>
1384</table><p></p>
1385<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1386</dt>
1387<dd> 1664 <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>. 1665 <p>Set Mode (SM). See <strong><code>ESC [ Pm l</code></strong> sequence for description of <code>Pm</code>.</p>
1389</dd> 1666 </dd>
1390<p></p> 1667 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps i</code></strong></dt>
1391<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps i</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1392</dt>
1393<dd> 1668 <dd>
1394Printing. See also the <code>print-pipe</code> resource. 1669 <p>Printing. See also the <code>print-pipe</code> resource.</p>
1395</dd> 1670 </dd>
1396<table> 1671 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Pm l</code></strong></dt>
1397<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>
1399<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>enable transparent print mode (MC5)</td></tr>
1400</table><p></p>
1401<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1402</dt>
1403<dd> 1672 <dd>
1404Reset Mode (RM) 1673 <p>Reset Mode (RM)</p>
1674 <p>
1675 <dl>
1676 <dt><strong><code>Ps = 4</code></strong></dt>
1677 <dt><strong><code>Ps = 20</code></strong> (partially implemented)</dt>
1678 </dl>
1679 </p>
1405</dd> 1680 </dd>
1681 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Pm m</code></strong></dt>
1682 <dd>
1683 <p>Character Attributes (SGR)</p>
1684 </dd>
1685 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps n</code></strong></dt>
1686 <dd>
1687 <p>Device Status Report (DSR)</p>
1688 </dd>
1689 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps r</code></strong></dt>
1690 <dd>
1691 <p>Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom]
1692[default: full size of window] (CSR)</p>
1693 </dd>
1694 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ s</code></strong></dt>
1695 <dd>
1696 <p>Save Cursor (SC)</p>
1697 </dd>
1698 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Pt t</code></strong></dt>
1699 <dd>
1700 <p>Window Operations</p>
1701 </dd>
1702 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ u</code></strong></dt>
1703 <dd>
1704 <p>Restore Cursor</p>
1705 </dd>
1706 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps x</code></strong></dt>
1707 <dd>
1708 <p>Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)</p>
1709 </dd>
1710</dl>
1711<p><span id="PrivateModes">PrivateModes</span></p>
1712
1713</div>
1714<h2 id="DEC_Private_Modes">DEC Private Modes</h2>
1715<div id="DEC_Private_Modes_CONTENT">
1406<dl> 1716<dl>
1407<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_4"><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1717 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm h</code></strong></dt>
1408</dt>
1409<table>
1410<tr><td>h</td><td>Insert Mode (SMIR)</td></tr>
1411<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 />
1413</dt>
1414<table>
1415<tr><td>h</td><td>Automatic Newline (LNM)</td></tr>
1416<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Linefeed (LNM)</td></tr>
1417</table></dl>
1418<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm m</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1419</dt>
1420<dd> 1718 <dd>
1421Character Attributes (SGR) 1719 <p>DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET)</p>
1422</dd> 1720 </dd>
1423<table> 1721 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm l</code></strong></dt>
1424<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>
1426<tr><td>Ps = 3 / 23</td><td>On / Off Italic</td></tr>
1427<tr><td>Ps = 4 / 24</td><td>On / Off Underline</td></tr>
1428<tr><td>Ps = 5 / 25</td><td>On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg)</td></tr>
1429<tr><td>Ps = 6 / 26</td><td>On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg)</td></tr>
1430<tr><td>Ps = 7 / 27</td><td>On / Off Inverse</td></tr>
1431<tr><td>Ps = 8 / 27</td><td>On / Off Invisible (NYI)</td></tr>
1432<tr><td>Ps = 30 / 40</td><td>fg/bg Black</td></tr>
1433<tr><td>Ps = 31 / 41</td><td>fg/bg Red</td></tr>
1434<tr><td>Ps = 32 / 42</td><td>fg/bg Green</td></tr>
1435<tr><td>Ps = 33 / 43</td><td>fg/bg Yellow</td></tr>
1436<tr><td>Ps = 34 / 44</td><td>fg/bg Blue</td></tr>
1437<tr><td>Ps = 35 / 45</td><td>fg/bg Magenta</td></tr>
1438<tr><td>Ps = 36 / 46</td><td>fg/bg Cyan</td></tr>
1439<tr><td>Ps = 38;5 / 48;5</td><td>set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6)</td></tr>
1440<tr><td>Ps = 37 / 47</td><td>fg/bg White</td></tr>
1441<tr><td>Ps = 39 / 49</td><td>fg/bg Default</td></tr>
1442<tr><td>Ps = 90 / 100</td><td>fg/bg Bright Black</td></tr>
1443<tr><td>Ps = 91 / 101</td><td>fg/bg Bright Red</td></tr>
1444<tr><td>Ps = 92 / 102</td><td>fg/bg Bright Green</td></tr>
1445<tr><td>Ps = 93 / 103</td><td>fg/bg Bright Yellow</td></tr>
1446<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>
1448<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>
1450<tr><td>Ps = 99 / 109</td><td>fg/bg Bright Default</td></tr>
1451</table><p></p>
1452<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_n"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1453</dt>
1454<dd> 1722 <dd>
1455Device Status Report (DSR) 1723 <p>DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST)</p>
1456</dd> 1724 </dd>
1457<table> 1725 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm r</code></strong></dt>
1458<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>
1460<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>
1462</table><p></p>
1463<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_r"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1464</dt>
1465<dd> 1726 <dd>
1466Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom] 1727 <p>Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values.</p>
1467[default: full size of window] (CSR)
1468</dd> 1728 </dd>
1469<p></p> 1729 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm s</code></strong></dt>
1470<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_s"><strong><code>ESC [ s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1471</dt>
1472<dd> 1730 <dd>
1473Save Cursor (SC) 1731 <p>Save DEC Private Mode Values.</p>
1474</dd> 1732 </dd>
1475<p></p> 1733 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm t</code></strong></dt>
1476<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bpt_t"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Pt t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1477</dt>
1478<dd> 1734 <dd>
1479Window Operations 1735 <p>Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). <i>where</i></p>
1736 <p>
1737 <dl>
1738 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1</code></strong> (DECCKM)</dt>
1739 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 2</code></strong> (ANSI/VT52 mode)</dt>
1740 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 3</code></strong></dt>
1741 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 4</code></strong></dt>
1742 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 5</code></strong></dt>
1743 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 6</code></strong></dt>
1744 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 7</code></strong></dt>
1745 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 8</code></strong> <i>unimplemented</i></dt>
1746 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 9</code></strong> X10 XTerm</dt>
1747 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 25</code></strong></dt>
1748 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 30</code></strong></dt>
1749 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 35</code></strong> (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</dt>
1750 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 38</code></strong> <i>unimplemented</i></dt>
1751 <dd>
1752 <p>Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)</p>
1753 </dd>
1754 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 40</code></strong></dt>
1755 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 44</code></strong> <i>unimplemented</i></dt>
1756 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 45</code></strong> <i>unimplemented</i></dt>
1757 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 46</code></strong> <i>unimplemented</i></dt>
1758 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 47</code></strong></dt>
1759 <dd>
1760 <p><span id="Priv66">Priv66</span></p>
1761 </dd>
1762 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 66</code></strong></dt>
1763 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 67</code></strong></dt>
1764 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1000</code></strong> (X11 XTerm)</dt>
1765 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1001</code></strong> (X11 XTerm) <i>unimplemented</i></dt>
1766 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1010</code></strong> (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</dt>
1767 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1011</code></strong> (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</dt>
1768 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1021</code></strong> (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</dt>
1769 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1047</code></strong></dt>
1770 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1048</code></strong></dt>
1771 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1049</code></strong></dt>
1772 </dl>
1773 </p>
1480</dd> 1774 </dd>
1481<table>
1482<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Deiconify (map) window</td></tr>
1483<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>
1485<tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t Resize to WxH pixels</td></tr>
1486<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Raise window</td></tr>
1487<tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Lower window</td></tr>
1488<tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Refresh screen once</td></tr>
1489<tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t Resize to R rows and C columns</td></tr>
1490<tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Report window state (responds with Ps = 1 or Ps = 2)</td></tr>
1491<tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Report window position (responds with Ps = 3)</td></tr>
1492<tr><td>Ps = 14</td><td>Report window pixel size (responds with Ps = 4)</td></tr>
1493<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>
1495<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>
1497<tr><td>Ps = 24..</td><td>Set window height to Ps rows</td></tr>
1498</table><p></p>
1499<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_u"><strong><code>ESC [ u</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1500</dt> 1775</dl>
1501<dd> 1776<p><span id="XTerm">XTerm</span></p>
1502Restore Cursor 1777
1503</dd> 1778</div>
1504<p></p> 1779<h2 id="XTerm_Operating_System_Commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</h2>
1505<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps x</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1780<div id="XTerm_Operating_System_Commands_CONT">
1506</dt>
1507<dd>
1508Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
1509</dd>
1510<p></p></dl>
1511<p></p>
1512<p>
1513</p>
1514<hr />
1515<h1><a name="dec_private_modes">DEC Private Modes</a></h1>
1516<dl> 1781<dl>
1517<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1782 <dt><strong><code>ESC ] Ps;Pt ST</code></strong></dt>
1518</dt>
1519<dd> 1783 <dd>
1520DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET) 1784 <p>Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b,
17850x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any
1786<strong>octet</strong> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V).</p>
1521</dd> 1787 </dd>
1522<p></p>
1523<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1524</dt>
1525<dd>
1526DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST)
1527</dd>
1528<p></p>
1529<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_r"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1530</dt>
1531<dd>
1532Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values.
1533</dd>
1534<p></p>
1535<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_s"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1536</dt>
1537<dd>
1538Save DEC Private Mode Values.
1539</dd>
1540<p></p>
1541<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_t"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1542</dt>
1543<dd>
1544Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). <em>where</em>
1545</dd>
1546<dl>
1547<dt><strong><a name="item_1"><strong><code>Ps = 1</code> </strong>&gt; (DECCKM)</a></strong><br />
1548</dt>
1549<table>
1550<tr><td>h</td><td>Application Cursor Keys</td></tr>
1551<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 />
1553</dt>
1554<table>
1555<tr><td>h</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr>
1556<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 />
1558</dt>
1559<table>
1560<tr><td>h</td><td>132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr>
1561<tr><td>l</td><td>80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr>
1562</table><dt><strong><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</strong><br />
1563</dt>
1564<table>
1565<tr><td>h</td><td>Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr>
1566<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 />
1568</dt>
1569<table>
1570<tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr>
1571<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 />
1573</dt>
1574<table>
1575<tr><td>h</td><td>Origin Mode (DECOM)</td></tr>
1576<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 />
1578</dt>
1579<table>
1580<tr><td>h</td><td>Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr>
1581<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 />
1583</dt>
1584<table>
1585<tr><td>h</td><td>Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr>
1586<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 />
1588</dt>
1589<table>
1590<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>
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 />
1598</dt>
1599<table>
1600<tr><td>h</td><td>Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}</td></tr>
1601<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 />
1603</dt>
1604<table>
1605<tr><td>h</td><td>scrollBar visisble</td></tr>
1606<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 />
1608</dt>
1609<table>
1610<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>
1612</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_38_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 38</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1613</dt>
1614<dd>
1615Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
1616</dd>
1617<p></p>
1618<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_40"><strong><code>Ps = 40</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1619</dt>
1620<table>
1621<tr><td>h</td><td>Allow 80/132 Mode</td></tr>
1622<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 />
1624</dt>
1625<table>
1626<tr><td>h</td><td>Turn On Margin Bell</td></tr>
1627<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 />
1629</dt>
1630<table>
1631<tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr>
1632<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 />
1634</dt>
1635<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_47"><strong><code>Ps = 47</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1636</dt>
1637<table>
1638<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1639<tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1640</table><p></p>
1641<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_66"><strong><code>Ps = 66</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1642</dt>
1643<table>
1644<tr><td>h</td><td>Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC =</td></tr>
1645<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 />
1647</dt>
1648<table>
1649<tr><td>h</td><td>Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM)</td></tr>
1650<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 />
1652</dt>
1653<table>
1654<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>
1656</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1001"><strong><code>Ps = 1001</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm) <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1657</dt>
1658<table>
1659<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.</td></tr>
1660<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 />
1662</dt>
1663<table>
1664<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>
1666</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1011"><strong><code>Ps = 1011</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1667</dt>
1668<table>
1669<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>
1671</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1047"><strong><code>Ps = 1047</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1672</dt>
1673<table>
1674<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>
1676</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1048"><strong><code>Ps = 1048</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1677</dt>
1678<table>
1679<tr><td>h</td><td>Save cursor position</td></tr>
1680<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 />
1682</dt>
1683<table>
1684<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>
1686</table></dl>
1687</dl> 1788</dl>
1688<p></p> 1789
1689<p> 1790</div>
1690</p> 1791<h1 id="XPM">XPM</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
1691<hr /> 1792<div id="XPM_CONTENT">
1692<h1><a name="xterm_operating_system_commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</a></h1>
1693<dl>
1694<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5d_ps_3bpt_st"><strong><code>ESC ] Ps;Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1695</dt>
1696<dd>
1697Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b,
16980x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any
1699<strong>octet</strong> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V).
1700</dd>
1701<table>
1702<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>
1704<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Change Window Title to Pt</td></tr>
1705<tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>If Pt starts with a ?, query the (STRING) property of the window and return it. If Pt contains a =, set the named property to the given value, else delete the specified property.</td></tr>
1706<tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>Pt is a semi-colon separated sequence of one or more semi-colon separated number/name pairs, where number is an index to a colour and name is the name of a colour. Each pair causes the numbered colour to be changed to name. Numbers 0-7 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to high-intensity colours. 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white</td></tr>
1707<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>
1709<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>
1711<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>
1713<tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt</td></tr>
1714<tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Change default background 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>
1717<tr><td>Ps = 49</td><td>Change default background colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option</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>
1719<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>
1721<tr><td>Ps = 703</td><td>Menubar command Pt rxvt compile-time option (rxvt-unicode extension)</td></tr>
1722<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>
1724<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>
1726<tr><td>Ps = 712</td><td>Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50.</td></tr>
1727<tr><td>Ps = 713</td><td>Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50.</td></tr>
1728</table><p></p></dl>
1729<p></p>
1730<p>
1731</p>
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>
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>
2308</p>
2309<hr />
2310<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 1793<p>For the XPM XTerm escape sequence <strong><code>ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST</code></strong> 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 1794of <strong><code>Pt</code></strong> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
2313sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The 1795sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
2314scaling/positioning commands are as follows:</p> 1796scaling/positioning commands are as follows:</p>
2315<dl> 1797<dl>
2316<dt><strong><a name="item_query_scale_2fposition">query scale/position</a></strong><br /> 1798 <dt>query scale/position</dt>
2317</dt>
2318<dd> 1799 <dd>
2319<strong>?</strong> 1800 <p><strong>?</strong></p>
2320</dd> 1801 </dd>
2321<p></p> 1802 <dt>change scale and position</dt>
2322<dt><strong><a name="item_change_scale_and_position">change scale and position</a></strong><br />
2323</dt>
2324<dd> 1803 <dd>
2325<strong>WxH+X+Y</strong> 1804 <p><strong>WxH+X+Y</strong></p>
2326</dd>
2327<dd>
2328<p><strong>WxH+X</strong> (== <strong>WxH+X+X</strong>)</p> 1805 <p><strong>WxH+X</strong> (== <strong>WxH+X+X</strong>)</p>
2329</dd>
2330<dd>
2331<p><strong>WxH</strong> (same as <strong>WxH+50+50</strong>)</p> 1806 <p><strong>WxH</strong> (same as <strong>WxH+50+50</strong>)</p>
2332</dd>
2333<dd>
2334<p><strong>W+X+Y</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+Y</strong>)</p> 1807 <p><strong>W+X+Y</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2335</dd>
2336<dd>
2337<p><strong>W+X</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+X</strong>)</p> 1808 <p><strong>W+X</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+X</strong>)</p>
2338</dd>
2339<dd>
2340<p><strong>W</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+50+50</strong>)</p> 1809 <p><strong>W</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+50+50</strong>)</p>
2341</dd> 1810 </dd>
2342<p></p> 1811 <dt>change position (absolute)</dt>
2343<dt><strong><a name="item_position">change position (absolute)</a></strong><br />
2344</dt>
2345<dd> 1812 <dd>
2346<strong>=+X+Y</strong> 1813 <p><strong>=+X+Y</strong></p>
2347</dd>
2348<dd>
2349<p><strong>=+X</strong> (same as <strong>=+X+Y</strong>)</p> 1814 <p><strong>=+X</strong> (same as <strong>=+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2350</dd> 1815 </dd>
2351<p></p>
2352<dt><strong>change position (relative)</strong><br /> 1816 <dt>change position (relative)</dt>
2353</dt>
2354<dd> 1817 <dd>
2355<strong>+X+Y</strong> 1818 <p><strong>+X+Y</strong></p>
2356</dd>
2357<dd>
2358<p><strong>+X</strong> (same as <strong>+X+Y</strong>)</p> 1819 <p><strong>+X</strong> (same as <strong>+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2359</dd> 1820 </dd>
2360<p></p> 1821 <dt>rescale (relative)</dt>
2361<dt><strong><a name="item_rescale">rescale (relative)</a></strong><br />
2362</dt>
2363<dd> 1822 <dd>
2364<strong>Wx0</strong> -&gt; <strong>W *= (W/100)</strong> 1823 <p><strong>Wx0</strong> -&gt; <strong>W *= (W/100)</strong></p>
2365</dd>
2366<dd>
2367<p><strong>0xH</strong> -&gt; <strong>H *= (H/100)</strong></p> 1824 <p><strong>0xH</strong> -&gt; <strong>H *= (H/100)</strong></p>
2368</dd> 1825 </dd>
2369<p></p></dl> 1826</dl>
2370<p>For example:</p> 1827<p>For example:</p>
2371<dl> 1828<dl>
2372<dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bfunky_5ca"><strong>\E]20;funky\a</strong></a></strong><br /> 1829 <dt><strong>\E]20;funky\a</strong></dt>
2373</dt>
2374<dd> 1830 <dd>
2375load <strong>funky.xpm</strong> as a tiled image 1831 <p>load <strong>funky.xpm</strong> as a tiled image</p>
2376</dd> 1832 </dd>
2377<p></p> 1833 <dt><strong>\E]20;mona;100\a</strong></dt>
2378<dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bmona_3b100_5ca"><strong>\E]20;mona;100\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2379</dt>
2380<dd> 1834 <dd>
2381load <strong>mona.xpm</strong> with a scaling of 100% 1835 <p>load <strong>mona.xpm</strong> with a scaling of 100%</p>
2382</dd> 1836 </dd>
2383<p></p> 1837 <dt><strong>\E]20;;200;?\a</strong></dt>
2384<dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3b_3b200_3b_3f_5ca"><strong>\E]20;;200;?\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2385</dt>
2386<dd> 1838 <dd>
2387rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in 1839 <p>rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
2388the title 1840the title</p>
2389</dd> 1841 </dd>
2390<p></p></dl> 1842</dl>
2391<p> 1843
2392</p> 1844</div>
2393<hr /> 1845<h1 id="Mouse_Reporting">Mouse Reporting</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
2394<h1><a name="mouse_reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></h1> 1846<div id="Mouse_Reporting_CONTENT">
2395<dl> 1847<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 /> 1848 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ M &lt;b&gt; &lt;x&gt; &lt;y&gt;</code></strong></dt>
2397</dt>
2398<dd> 1849 <dd>
2399report mouse position 1850 <p>report mouse position</p>
2400</dd> 1851 </dd>
2401<p></p></dl> 1852</dl>
2402<p>The lower 2 bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the button:</p> 1853<p>The lower 2 bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code></strong> indicate the button:</p>
2403<dl> 1854<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 /> 1855 <dt>Button = <strong><code>(&lt;b&gt; - SPACE) &amp; 3</code></strong></dt>
2405</dt> 1856</dl>
2406<table>
2407<tr><td>0</td><td>Button1 pressed</td></tr>
2408<tr><td>1</td><td>Button2 pressed</td></tr>
2409<tr><td>2</td><td>Button3 pressed</td></tr>
2410<tr><td>3</td><td>button released (X11 mouse report)</td></tr>
2411</table></dl>
2412<p>The upper bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the modifiers when the 1857<p>The upper bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code></strong> indicate the modifiers when the
2413button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):</p> 1858button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):</p>
2414<dl> 1859<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 /> 1860 <dt>State = <strong><code>(&lt;b&gt; - SPACE) &amp; 60</code></strong></dt>
2416</dt> 1861 <dd>
2417<table>
2418<tr><td>4</td><td>Shift</td></tr>
2419<tr><td>8</td><td>Meta</td></tr>
2420<tr><td>16</td><td>Control</td></tr>
2421<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> 1862 <p>Col = <strong><code>&lt;x&gt; - SPACE</code></strong></p>
2423<p>Row = <strong><code>&lt;y&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p> 1863 <p>Row = <strong><code>&lt;y&gt; - SPACE</code></strong></p>
1864 </dd>
2424</dl> 1865</dl>
2425<p> 1866
2426</p> 1867</div>
2427<hr /> 1868<h1 id="Key_Codes">Key Codes</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
2428<h1><a name="key_codes">Key Codes</a></h1> 1869<div id="Key_Codes_CONTENT">
2429<p>Note: <strong>Shift</strong> + <strong>F1</strong>-<strong>F10</strong> generates <strong>F11</strong>-<strong>F20</strong></p> 1870<p>Note: <strong>Shift</strong> + <strong>F1</strong>-<strong>F10</strong> generates <strong>F11</strong>-<strong>F20</strong></p>
2430<p>For the keypad, use <strong>Shift</strong> to temporarily override Application-Keypad 1871<p>For the keypad, use <strong>Shift</strong> to temporarily override Application-Keypad
2431setting use <strong>Num_Lock</strong> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if 1872setting use <strong>Num_Lock</strong> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if
2432<strong>Num_Lock</strong> is off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that 1873<strong>Num_Lock</strong> is off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that
2433values of <strong>Home</strong>, <strong>End</strong>, <strong>Delete</strong> may have been compiled differently on 1874values of <strong>Home</strong>, <strong>End</strong>, <strong>Delete</strong> may have been compiled differently on
2434your system.</p> 1875your system.</p>
2435<table> 1876
2436<tr><td></td><td>Normal</td><td>Shift</td><td>Control</td><td>Ctrl+Shift</td></tr> 1877</div>
2437<tr><td>Tab</td><td>^I</td><td>ESC [ Z</td><td>^I</td><td>ESC [ Z</td></tr> 1878<h1 id="CONFIGURE_OPTIONS">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
2438<tr><td>BackSpace</td><td>^H</td><td>^?</td><td>^?</td><td>^?</td></tr> 1879<div id="CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_CONTENT">
2439<tr><td>Find</td><td>ESC [ 1 ~</td><td>ESC [ 1 $</td><td>ESC [ 1 ^</td><td>ESC [ 1 @</td></tr>
2440<tr><td>Insert</td><td>ESC [ 2 ~</td><td>paste</td><td>ESC [ 2 ^</td><td>ESC [ 2 @</td></tr>
2441<tr><td>Execute</td><td>ESC [ 3 ~</td><td>ESC [ 3 $</td><td>ESC [ 3 ^</td><td>ESC [ 3 @</td></tr>
2442<tr><td>Select</td><td>ESC [ 4 ~</td><td>ESC [ 4 $</td><td>ESC [ 4 ^</td><td>ESC [ 4 @</td></tr>
2443<tr><td>Prior</td><td>ESC [ 5 ~</td><td>scroll-up</td><td>ESC [ 5 ^</td><td>ESC [ 5 @</td></tr>
2444<tr><td>Next</td><td>ESC [ 6 ~</td><td>scroll-down</td><td>ESC [ 6 ^</td><td>ESC [ 6 @</td></tr>
2445<tr><td>Home</td><td>ESC [ 7 ~</td><td>ESC [ 7 $</td><td>ESC [ 7 ^</td><td>ESC [ 7 @</td></tr>
2446<tr><td>End</td><td>ESC [ 8 ~</td><td>ESC [ 8 $</td><td>ESC [ 8 ^</td><td>ESC [ 8 @</td></tr>
2447<tr><td>Delete</td><td>ESC [ 3 ~</td><td>ESC [ 3 $</td><td>ESC [ 3 ^</td><td>ESC [ 3 @</td></tr>
2448<tr><td>F1</td><td>ESC [ 11 ~</td><td>ESC [ 23 ~</td><td>ESC [ 11 ^</td><td>ESC [ 23 ^</td></tr>
2449<tr><td>F2</td><td>ESC [ 12 ~</td><td>ESC [ 24 ~</td><td>ESC [ 12 ^</td><td>ESC [ 24 ^</td></tr>
2450<tr><td>F3</td><td>ESC [ 13 ~</td><td>ESC [ 25 ~</td><td>ESC [ 13 ^</td><td>ESC [ 25 ^</td></tr>
2451<tr><td>F4</td><td>ESC [ 14 ~</td><td>ESC [ 26 ~</td><td>ESC [ 14 ^</td><td>ESC [ 26 ^</td></tr>
2452<tr><td>F5</td><td>ESC [ 15 ~</td><td>ESC [ 28 ~</td><td>ESC [ 15 ^</td><td>ESC [ 28 ^</td></tr>
2453<tr><td>F6</td><td>ESC [ 17 ~</td><td>ESC [ 29 ~</td><td>ESC [ 17 ^</td><td>ESC [ 29 ^</td></tr>
2454<tr><td>F7</td><td>ESC [ 18 ~</td><td>ESC [ 31 ~</td><td>ESC [ 18 ^</td><td>ESC [ 31 ^</td></tr>
2455<tr><td>F8</td><td>ESC [ 19 ~</td><td>ESC [ 32 ~</td><td>ESC [ 19 ^</td><td>ESC [ 32 ^</td></tr>
2456<tr><td>F9</td><td>ESC [ 20 ~</td><td>ESC [ 33 ~</td><td>ESC [ 20 ^</td><td>ESC [ 33 ^</td></tr>
2457<tr><td>F10</td><td>ESC [ 21 ~</td><td>ESC [ 34 ~</td><td>ESC [ 21 ^</td><td>ESC [ 34 ^</td></tr>
2458<tr><td>F11</td><td>ESC [ 23 ~</td><td>ESC [ 23 $</td><td>ESC [ 23 ^</td><td>ESC [ 23 @</td></tr>
2459<tr><td>F12</td><td>ESC [ 24 ~</td><td>ESC [ 24 $</td><td>ESC [ 24 ^</td><td>ESC [ 24 @</td></tr>
2460<tr><td>F13</td><td>ESC [ 25 ~</td><td>ESC [ 25 $</td><td>ESC [ 25 ^</td><td>ESC [ 25 @</td></tr>
2461<tr><td>F14</td><td>ESC [ 26 ~</td><td>ESC [ 26 $</td><td>ESC [ 26 ^</td><td>ESC [ 26 @</td></tr>
2462<tr><td>F15 (Help)</td><td>ESC [ 28 ~</td><td>ESC [ 28 $</td><td>ESC [ 28 ^</td><td>ESC [ 28 @</td></tr>
2463<tr><td>F16 (Menu)</td><td>ESC [ 29 ~</td><td>ESC [ 29 $</td><td>ESC [ 29 ^</td><td>ESC [ 29 @</td></tr>
2464<tr><td>F17</td><td>ESC [ 31 ~</td><td>ESC [ 31 $</td><td>ESC [ 31 ^</td><td>ESC [ 31 @</td></tr>
2465<tr><td>F18</td><td>ESC [ 32 ~</td><td>ESC [ 32 $</td><td>ESC [ 32 ^</td><td>ESC [ 32 @</td></tr>
2466<tr><td>F19</td><td>ESC [ 33 ~</td><td>ESC [ 33 $</td><td>ESC [ 33 ^</td><td>ESC [ 33 @</td></tr>
2467<tr><td>F20</td><td>ESC [ 34 ~</td><td>ESC [ 34 $</td><td>ESC [ 34 ^</td><td>ESC [ 34 @</td></tr>
2468<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Application</td></tr>
2469<tr><td>Up</td><td>ESC [ A</td><td>ESC [ a</td><td>ESC O a</td><td>ESC O A</td></tr>
2470<tr><td>Down</td><td>ESC [ B</td><td>ESC [ b</td><td>ESC O b</td><td>ESC O B</td></tr>
2471<tr><td>Right</td><td>ESC [ C</td><td>ESC [ c</td><td>ESC O c</td><td>ESC O C</td></tr>
2472<tr><td>Left</td><td>ESC [ D</td><td>ESC [ d</td><td>ESC O d</td><td>ESC O D</td></tr>
2473<tr><td>KP_Enter</td><td>^M</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O M</td></tr>
2474<tr><td>KP_F1</td><td>ESC O P</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O P</td></tr>
2475<tr><td>KP_F2</td><td>ESC O Q</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O Q</td></tr>
2476<tr><td>KP_F3</td><td>ESC O R</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O R</td></tr>
2477<tr><td>KP_F4</td><td>ESC O S</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O S</td></tr>
2478<tr><td>XK_KP_Multiply</td><td>*</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O j</td></tr>
2479<tr><td>XK_KP_Add</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O k</td></tr>
2480<tr><td>XK_KP_Separator</td><td>,</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O l</td></tr>
2481<tr><td>XK_KP_Subtract</td><td>-</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O m</td></tr>
2482<tr><td>XK_KP_Decimal</td><td>.</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O n</td></tr>
2483<tr><td>XK_KP_Divide</td><td>/</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O o</td></tr>
2484<tr><td>XK_KP_0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O p</td></tr>
2485<tr><td>XK_KP_1</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O q</td></tr>
2486<tr><td>XK_KP_2</td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O r</td></tr>
2487<tr><td>XK_KP_3</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O s</td></tr>
2488<tr><td>XK_KP_4</td><td>4</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O t</td></tr>
2489<tr><td>XK_KP_5</td><td>5</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O u</td></tr>
2490<tr><td>XK_KP_6</td><td>6</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O v</td></tr>
2491<tr><td>XK_KP_7</td><td>7</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O w</td></tr>
2492<tr><td>XK_KP_8</td><td>8</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O x</td></tr>
2493<tr><td>XK_KP_9</td><td>9</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O y</td></tr>
2494</table><p>
2495</p>
2496<hr />
2497<h1><a name="configure_options">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</a></h1>
2498<p>General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 1880<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 1881hasn't been tested well. Either try with <code>--enable-everything</code> or use
2500./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself, 1882the default configuration (i.e. <code>--enable-xxx</code> or <code>--disable-xxx</code>). Of
2501so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always 1883course, you should always report when a combination doesn't work, so it
2502report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann 1884can be fixed. Marc Lehmann &lt;rxvt@schmorp.de&gt;.</p>
2503&lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt;.</p> 1885<p>All</p>
2504<dl> 1886<dl>
2505<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2deverything">--enable-everything</a></strong><br /> 1887 <dt>--enable-everything</dt>
2506</dt>
2507<dd> 1888 <dd>
2508Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in ``./configure 1889 <p>Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in &quot;./configure
2509--help''. Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant. 1890--help&quot;.</p>
2510You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by 1891 <p>You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2511<em>following</em> this with the appropriate commands. 1892<i>following</i> this with the appropriate <code>--disable-...</code> arguments,
1893or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
1894<code>--disable-everything</code> and than adding just the <code>--enable-...</code> arguments
1895you want.</p>
2512</dd> 1896 </dd>
2513<p></p> 1897 <dt>--enable-xft (default: enabled)</dt>
2514<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dxft">--enable-xft</a></strong><br />
2515</dt>
2516<dd> 1898 <dd>
2517Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are 1899 <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 1900slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2519don't pay for them. 1901don't pay for them.</p>
2520</dd> 1902 </dd>
2521<p></p> 1903 <dt>--enable-font-styles (default: on)</dt>
2522<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dfont_2dstyles">--enable-font-styles</a></strong><br />
2523</dt>
2524<dd> 1904 <dd>
2525Add support for <strong>bold</strong>, <em>italic</em> and <strong><em>bold italic</em> </strong>&gt; font 1905 <p>Add support for <strong>bold</strong>, <i>italic</i> and <strong><i>bold italic</i></strong> font
2526styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically. 1906styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.</p>
2527</dd> 1907 </dd>
2528<p></p> 1908 <dt>--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)</dt>
2529<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dcodesets_3dname_2c_2e_2e_2e">--with-codesets=NAME,...</a></strong><br />
2530</dt>
2531<dd> 1909 <dd>
2532Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn are 1910 <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 1911are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2534codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core fonts, they 1912codeset 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 1913for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2536bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless 1914replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
1915binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
2537you use an X11 font requiring one of these encodings. 1916memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.</p>
2538</dd> 1917 </dd>
2539<table> 1918 <dt>--enable-xim (default: on)</dt>
2540<tr><td>all</td><td>all available codeset groups</td></tr>
2541<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>
2543<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>
2545<tr><td>kr</td><td>korean encodings</td></tr>
2546</table><p></p>
2547<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dxim">--enable-xim</a></strong><br />
2548</dt>
2549<dd> 1919 <dd>
2550Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 1920 <p>Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2551alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly 1921alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2552set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 1922set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.</p>
2553</dd> 1923 </dd>
2554<p></p> 1924 <dt>--enable-unicode3 (default: off)</dt>
2555<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dunicode3">--enable-unicode3</a></strong><br />
2556</dt>
2557<dd> 1925 <dd>
1926 <p>Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.</p>
2558Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 1927 <p>Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
255965535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage 192865535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2560requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet 1929requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2561support these extra characters, but Xft does. 1930support these extra characters, but Xft does.</p>
2562</dd>
2563<dd>
2564<p>Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points &gt;65535 1931 <p>Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points &gt;65535
2565even without this flag, but the number of such characters is 1932even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2566limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, 1933limited to a few thousand (shared with combining characters,
2567see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 1934see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2568(input/output and cut&amp;paste still work, though).</p> 1935(input/output and cut&amp;paste still work, though).</p>
2569</dd> 1936 </dd>
2570<p></p> 1937 <dt>--enable-combining (default: on)</dt>
2571<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dcombining">--enable-combining</a></strong><br />
2572</dt>
2573<dd> 1938 <dd>
2574Enable automatic composition of combining characters into 1939 <p>Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2575composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text 1940composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2576where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is 1941where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2577done by using precomposited characters when available or creating 1942done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2578new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 1943new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.</p>
2579</dd>
2580<dd>
2581<p>Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters 1944 <p>Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2582is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode will use the 1945characters 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> 1946(ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.</p>
2585</dd>
2586<dd>
2587<p>This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters 1947 <p>This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2588beyond plane 0 (&gt;65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.</p> 1948beyond plane 0 (&gt;65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.</p>
2589</dd>
2590<dd>
2591<p>The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms, 1949 <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 1950but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2593tell me how these are to be used...).</p> 1951tell me how these are to be used...).</p>
2594</dd> 1952 </dd>
2595<p></p> 1953 <dt>--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)</dt>
2596<dt><strong><a name="item_fallback">--enable-fallback(=CLASS)</a></strong><br />
2597</dt>
2598<dd> 1954 <dd>
2599When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS 1955 <p>When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To
2600(default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback. 1956disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.</p>
2601</dd> 1957 </dd>
2602<p></p> 1958 <dt>--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</dt>
2603<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dres_2dname_3dname">--with-res-name=NAME</a></strong><br />
2604</dt>
2605<dd> 1959 <dd>
2606Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when 1960 <p>Use the given name as default application name when
2607reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 1961reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.</p>
2608</dd> 1962 </dd>
2609<p></p> 1963 <dt>--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)</dt>
2610<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dres_2dclass_3dclass">--with-res-class=CLASS</a></strong><br />
2611</dt>
2612<dd> 1964 <dd>
2613Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class 1965 <p>Use the given class as default application class
2614when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace 1966when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2615rxvt. 1967rxvt.</p>
2616</dd> 1968 </dd>
2617<p></p> 1969 <dt>--enable-utmp (default: on)</dt>
2618<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dutmp">--enable-utmp</a></strong><br />
2619</dt>
2620<dd> 1970 <dd>
2621Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like <em>w</em>) at 1971 <p>Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like <cite>w</cite>) at
2622start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 1972start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.</p>
2623</dd> 1973 </dd>
2624<p></p> 1974 <dt>--enable-wtmp (default: on)</dt>
2625<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dwtmp">--enable-wtmp</a></strong><br />
2626</dt>
2627<dd> 1975 <dd>
2628Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like <em>last</em>) at 1976 <p>Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like <cite>last</cite>) at
2629start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 1977start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2630option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 1978option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.</p>
2631</dd> 1979 </dd>
2632<p></p> 1980 <dt>--enable-lastlog (default: on)</dt>
2633<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dlastlog">--enable-lastlog</a></strong><br />
2634</dt>
2635<dd> 1981 <dd>
2636Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 1982 <p>Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2637<em>lastlogin</em>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 1983<cite>lastlogin</cite>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2638--enable-utmp to also be specified. 1984--enable-utmp to also be specified.</p>
2639</dd> 1985 </dd>
2640<p></p> 1986 <dt>--enable-xpm-background (default: on)</dt>
2641<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dxpm_2dbackground">--enable-xpm-background</a></strong><br />
2642</dt>
2643<dd> 1987 <dd>
2644Add support for XPM background pixmaps. 1988 <p>Add support for XPM background pixmaps.</p>
2645</dd> 1989 </dd>
2646<p></p> 1990 <dt>--enable-transparency (default: on)</dt>
2647<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dtransparency">--enable-transparency</a></strong><br />
2648</dt>
2649<dd> 1991 <dd>
2650Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 1992 <p>Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2651transparency to the term. 1993transparency to the term.</p>
2652</dd> 1994 </dd>
2653<p></p> 1995 <dt>--enable-fading (default: on)</dt>
2654<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dfading">--enable-fading</a></strong><br />
2655</dt>
2656<dd> 1996 <dd>
2657Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. 1997 <p>Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires <code>--enable-transparency</code>).</p>
2658</dd> 1998 </dd>
2659<p></p> 1999 <dt>--enable-tinting (default: on)</dt>
2660<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dtinting">--enable-tinting</a></strong><br />
2661</dt>
2662<dd> 2000 <dd>
2663Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds. 2001 <p>Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires <code>--enable-transparency</code>).</p>
2664</dd> 2002 </dd>
2665<p></p> 2003 <dt>--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)</dt>
2666<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dmenubar">--enable-menubar</a></strong><br />
2667</dt>
2668<dd> 2004 <dd>
2669Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with 2005 <p>Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.</p>
2670dynamic locale switching currently).
2671</dd> 2006 </dd>
2672<p></p> 2007 <dt>--enable-next-scroll (default: on)</dt>
2673<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2drxvt_2dscroll">--enable-rxvt-scroll</a></strong><br />
2674</dt>
2675<dd> 2008 <dd>
2676Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 2009 <p>Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.</p>
2677</dd> 2010 </dd>
2678<p></p> 2011 <dt>--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)</dt>
2679<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dnext_2dscroll">--enable-next-scroll</a></strong><br />
2680</dt>
2681<dd> 2012 <dd>
2682Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. 2013 <p>Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.</p>
2683</dd> 2014 </dd>
2684<p></p> 2015 <dt>--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)</dt>
2685<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dxterm_2dscroll">--enable-xterm-scroll</a></strong><br />
2686</dt>
2687<dd> 2016 <dd>
2688Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
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>
2694Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that 2017 <p>Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2695is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for 2018is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2696many years. 2019many years.</p>
2697</dd> 2020 </dd>
2698<p></p> 2021 <dt>--enable-ttygid (default: off)</dt>
2699<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dhalf_2dshadow">--enable-half-shadow</a></strong><br />
2700</dt>
2701<dd> 2022 <dd>
2702Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width &amp; height.
2703only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2704</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 2023 <p>Change tty device setting to group &quot;tty&quot; - only use this if
2710your system uses this type of security. 2024your system uses this type of security.</p>
2711</dd> 2025 </dd>
2712<p></p> 2026 <dt>--disable-backspace-key</dt>
2713<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dbackspace_2dkey">--disable-backspace-key</a></strong><br />
2714</dt>
2715<dd> 2027 <dd>
2716Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server 2028 <p>Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it.</p>
2717do it.
2718</dd> 2029 </dd>
2719<p></p> 2030 <dt>--disable-delete-key</dt>
2720<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2ddelete_2dkey">--disable-delete-key</a></strong><br />
2721</dt>
2722<dd> 2031 <dd>
2723Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server 2032 <p>Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2724do it. 2033do it.</p>
2725</dd> 2034 </dd>
2726<p></p> 2035 <dt>--disable-resources</dt>
2727<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources">--disable-resources</a></strong><br />
2728</dt>
2729<dd> 2036 <dd>
2730Remove all resources checking. 2037 <p>Removes any support for resource checking.</p>
2731</dd> 2038 </dd>
2732<p></p> 2039 <dt>--disable-swapscreen</dt>
2733<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dxgetdefault">--enable-xgetdefault</a></strong><br />
2734</dt>
2735<dd> 2040 <dd>
2736Make resources checking via <code>XGetDefault()</code> instead of our small 2041 <p>Remove support for secondary/swap screen.</p>
2737version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2738~/.Xresources.
2739</dd> 2042 </dd>
2043 <dt>--enable-frills (default: on)</dt>
2740<dd> 2044 <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 />
2757</dt>
2758<dd>
2759Remove support for swap screen.
2760</dd>
2761<p></p>
2762<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dfrills">--enable-frills</a></strong><br />
2763</dt>
2764<dd>
2765Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to 2045 <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 2046have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2767disable this. 2047disable this.</p>
2768</dd>
2769<dd>
2770<p>A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2dfrills"><code>--enable-frills</code></a> (possibly 2048 <p>A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by <code>--enable-frills</code> (possibly
2771in combination with other switches) is:</p> 2049in combination with other switches) is:</p>
2772</dd>
2773<dd>
2774<pre>
2775 MWM-hints 2050<pre> MWM-hints
2776 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 2051 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2052 urgency hint
2777 seperate underline colour 2053 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2778 settable border widths and borderless switch 2054 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2055 visual depth selection (-depth)
2779 settable extra linespacing 2056 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2780 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 2057 iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support
2781 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
2782 window op and locale change escape sequences
2783 tripleclickwords 2058 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2784 settable insecure mode 2059 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2785 keysym remapping support 2060 keysym remapping support
2786 -embed and -pty-fd options</pre> 2061 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2062 XEmbed support (-embed)
2063 user-pty (-pty-fd)
2064 hold on exit (-hold)
2065 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2066 separate highlightcolor support (-hc)
2067
2068</pre>
2069 <p>It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:</p>
2070<pre> some round-trip time optimisations
2071 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
2072 UTF8_STRING support for selection
2073 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2074 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
2075 view change/zero scrollback escape sequences
2076 locale switching escape sequence
2077 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2078 rectangular selections
2079 trailing space removal for selections
2080 verbose X error handling
2081
2082</pre>
2787</dd> 2083 </dd>
2788<p></p> 2084 <dt>--enable-iso14755 (default: on)</dt>
2789<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2diso14755">--enable-iso14755</a></strong><br />
2790</dt>
2791<dd> 2085 <dd>
2792Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or 2086 <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 2087<cite>doc/rxvt.1.txt</cite>). 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 2088<code>--enable-frills</code>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2795this switch. 2089this switch.</p>
2796</dd> 2090 </dd>
2797<p></p> 2091 <dt>--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)</dt>
2798<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dkeepscrolling">--enable-keepscrolling</a></strong><br />
2799</dt>
2800<dd> 2092 <dd>
2801Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 2093 <p>Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2802the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2094the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.</p>
2803</dd> 2095 </dd>
2804<p></p> 2096 <dt>--enable-mousewheel (default: on)</dt>
2805<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dmousewheel">--enable-mousewheel</a></strong><br />
2806</dt>
2807<dd> 2097 <dd>
2808Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 &amp; 5. 2098 <p>Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 &amp; 5.</p>
2809</dd> 2099 </dd>
2810<p></p> 2100 <dt>--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)</dt>
2811<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dslipwheeling">--enable-slipwheeling</a></strong><br />
2812</dt>
2813<dd> 2101 <dd>
2814Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2102 <p>Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2815accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2103accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2816requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 2104requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.</p>
2817</dd> 2105 </dd>
2818<p></p> 2106 <dt>--disable-new-selection</dt>
2819<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dnew_2dselection">--disable-new-selection</a></strong><br />
2820</dt>
2821<dd> 2107 <dd>
2822Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 2108 <p>Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.</p>
2823</dd> 2109 </dd>
2824<p></p> 2110 <dt>--enable-dmalloc (default: off)</dt>
2825<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2ddmalloc">--enable-dmalloc</a></strong><br />
2826</dt>
2827<dd> 2111 <dd>
2828Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See 2112 <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 2113<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 2114next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2831DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places. 2115DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.</p>
2832</dd>
2833<dd>
2834<p>You can only use either this option and the following (should 2116 <p>You can only use either this option and the following (should
2835you use either) .</p> 2117you use either) .</p>
2836</dd> 2118 </dd>
2837<p></p> 2119 <dt>--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)</dt>
2838<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2ddlmalloc">--enable-dlmalloc</a></strong><br />
2839</dt>
2840<dd> 2120 <dd>
2841Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version 2121 <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. 2122See <a href="http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html">http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html</a> for details.</p>
2843</dd> 2123 </dd>
2844<p></p> 2124 <dt>--enable-smart-resize (default: on)</dt>
2845<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dsmart_2dresize">--enable-smart-resize</a></strong><br />
2846</dt>
2847<dd> 2125 <dd>
2848Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot 2126 <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 2127keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2850closest to a corner of the screen. 2128the screen in a fixed position.</p>
2851</dd> 2129 </dd>
2852<p></p> 2130 <dt>--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)</dt>
2853<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dcursor_2dblink">--enable-cursor-blink</a></strong><br />
2854</dt>
2855<dd> 2131 <dd>
2856Add support for a blinking cursor.
2857</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. 2132 <p>Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.</p>
2863</dd> 2133 </dd>
2864<p></p> 2134 <dt>--enable-perl (default: on)</dt>
2865<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dname_3dname">--with-name=NAME</a></strong><br />
2866</dt>
2867<dd> 2135 <dd>
2136 <p>Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the <strong>rxvtperl(3)</strong>
2137manpage (<cite>doc/rxvtperl.txt</cite>) for more info on this feature, or the
2138files in <cite>src/perl-ext/</cite> for the extensions that are installed by
2139default. The perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the
2140<code>PERL</code> environment variable when running configure. Even when compiled
2141in, perl will <i>not</i> be initialised when all extensions have been disabled
2142<code>-pe &quot;&quot; --perl-ext-common &quot;&quot;</code>, so it should be safe to enable from a
2143resource standpoint.</p>
2144 </dd>
2145 <dt>--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</dt>
2146 <dd>
2868Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: <code>urxvt</code>, resulting 2147 <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 2148in <code>urxvt</code>, <code>urxvtd</code> etc.). Specify <code>--with-name=rxvt</code> to replace with
2870<code>rxvt</code>. 2149<code>rxvt</code>.</p>
2871</dd> 2150 </dd>
2872<p></p> 2151 <dt>--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)</dt>
2873<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dterm_3dname">--with-term=NAME</a></strong><br />
2874</dt>
2875<dd> 2152 <dd>
2876Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default 2153 <p>Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.</p>
2877<code>rxvt-unicode</code>)
2878</dd> 2154 </dd>
2879<p></p> 2155 <dt>--with-terminfo=PATH</dt>
2880<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dterminfo_3dpath">--with-terminfo=PATH</a></strong><br />
2881</dt>
2882<dd> 2156 <dd>
2883Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to 2157 <p>Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2884PATH. 2158PATH.</p>
2885</dd> 2159 </dd>
2886<p></p> 2160 <dt>--with-x</dt>
2887<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dx">--with-x</a></strong><br />
2888</dt>
2889<dd> 2161 <dd>
2890Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?). 2162 <p>Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).</p>
2891</dd> 2163 </dd>
2892<p></p> 2164 <dt>--with-xpm-includes=DIR</dt>
2893<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dincludes_3ddir">--with-xpm-includes=DIR</a></strong><br />
2894</dt>
2895<dd> 2165 <dd>
2896Look for the XPM includes in DIR. 2166 <p>Look for the XPM includes in DIR.</p>
2897</dd> 2167 </dd>
2898<p></p> 2168 <dt>--with-xpm-library=DIR</dt>
2899<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dlibrary_3ddir">--with-xpm-library=DIR</a></strong><br />
2900</dt>
2901<dd> 2169 <dd>
2902Look for the XPM library in DIR. 2170 <p>Look for the XPM library in DIR.</p>
2903</dd> 2171 </dd>
2904<p></p> 2172 <dt>--with-xpm</dt>
2905<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm">--with-xpm</a></strong><br />
2906</dt>
2907<dd> 2173 <dd>
2908Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background. 2174 <p>Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.</p>
2909</dd> 2175 </dd>
2910<p></p></dl> 2176</dl>
2911<p> 2177
2912</p> 2178</div>
2913<hr /> 2179<h1 id="AUTHORS">AUTHORS</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
2914<h1><a name="authors">AUTHORS</a></h1> 2180<div id="AUTHORS_CONTENT">
2915<p>Marc Lehmann &lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt; converted this document to pod and 2181<p>Marc Lehmann &lt;rxvt@schmorp.de&gt; converted this document to pod and
2916reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff 2182reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff
2917Wing &lt;<a href="mailto:gcw@pobox.com">gcw@pobox.com</a>&gt;, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other 2183Wing &lt;gcw@pobox.com&gt;, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other
2918sources.</p> 2184sources.</p>
2919 2185
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