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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<li><a href="#How_can_I_make_mplayer_display_video">How can I make mplayer display video correctly?</a></li>
50</ul>
51</li>
52<li><a href="#Keyboard_Mouse_amp_User_Interaction">Keyboard, Mouse &amp; User Interaction</a>
53<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>
54<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>
55<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>
56<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>
57<li><a href="#My_numerical_keypad_acts_weird_and_g">My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?</a></li>
58<li><a href="#My_Compose_Multi_key_key_is_no_longe">My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.</a></li>
59<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>
60<li><a href="#Mouse_cut_paste_suddenly_no_longer_w">Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.</a></li>
61<li><a href="#What_s_with_the_strange_Backspace_De">What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?</a></li>
62<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>
63<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>
64</ul>
65</li>
66<li><a href="#Terminal_Configuration">Terminal Configuration</a>
67<ul><li><a href="#Can_I_see_a_typical_configuration">Can I see a typical configuration?</a></li>
68<li><a href="#Why_doesn_t_rxvt_unicode_read_my_res">Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?</a></li>
69<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>
70<li><a href="#code_tic_code_outputs_some_error_whe"><code>tic</code> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.</a></li>
71<li><a href="#code_bash_code_s_readline_does_not_w"><code>bash</code>'s readline does not work correctly under urxvt.</a></li>
72<li><a href="#I_need_a_termcap_file_entry">I need a termcap file entry.</a></li>
73<li><a href="#Why_does_code_ls_code_no_longer_have">Why does <code>ls</code> no longer have coloured output?</a></li>
74<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>
75<li><a href="#Why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc_make_use_o">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?</a></li>
76<li><a href="#Why_are_the_secondary_screen_related">Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?</a></li>
77</ul>
78</li>
79<li><a href="#Encoding_Locale_Input_Method_Issues">Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues</a>
80<ul><li><a href="#Rxvt_unicode_does_not_seem_to_unders">Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?</a></li>
81<li><a href="#Unicode_does_not_seem_to_work">Unicode does not seem to work?</a></li>
82<li><a href="#How_does_rxvt_unicode_determine_the_">How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?</a></li>
83<li><a href="#Is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodin">Is there an option to switch encodings?</a></li>
84<li><a href="#Can_I_switch_locales_at_runtime">Can I switch locales at runtime?</a></li>
85<li><a href="#I_have_problems_getting_my_input_met">I have problems getting my input method working.</a></li>
86<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>
87<li><a href="#Rxvt_unicode_crashes_when_the_X_Inpu">Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.</a></li>
88</ul>
89</li>
90<li><a href="#Operating_Systems_Package_Maintainin">Operating Systems / Package Maintaining</a>
91<ul><li><a href="#I_am_using_Debian_GNU_Linux_and_have">I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...</a></li>
92<li><a href="#I_am_maintaining_rxvt_unicode_for_di">I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?</a></li>
93<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>
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="#How_can_I_use_rxvt_unicode_under_cyg">How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?</a></li>
96<li><a href="#Character_widths_are_not_correct">Character widths are not correct.</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="#BACKGROUND_IMAGE">BACKGROUND IMAGE</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 in sarge contains large 206<div id="Rxvt_unicode_uses_gobs_of_memory_how-2">
89patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before 207<p>Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
90reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and 208don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
91install the genuine version (<a href="http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode</a>) 209you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
92and try to reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the 210when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
93problems are specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be 211accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.</p>
94reported via the Debian Bug Tracking System (use <code>reportbug</code> to report 212<p>Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
95the bug). 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<dd> 215kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
98<p>For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 216use 10 Megabytes of memory. With <code>--enable-unicode3</code> it gets worse, as
99probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a 217rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.</p>
100bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that 218
101might encounter the same issue.</p> 219</div>
102</dd> 220<h3 id="How_can_I_start_urxvtd_in_a_race_fre">How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way?</h3>
103<p></p> 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>pod2xhtml</cite> (from
282<cite>Pod::Xhtml</cite>). Then go to the 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, please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
370sasha@aftercode.net and do not bug the author about it. Also, if you can't
371get it working consider it a rite of passage: ... and you failed.</p>
372<p>Here are four ways to get transparency. <strong>Do</strong> read the manpage and option
373descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it!</p>
374<p>1. Use transparent mode:</p>
375<pre> Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
376 urxvt -tr -tint red -sh 40
377
378</pre>
379<p>That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
380support, or you are unable to read.</p>
381<p>2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you
382to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
383your picture with gimp or any other tool:</p>
384<pre> convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.jpg
385 urxvt -pixmap &quot;background.jpg;:root&quot;
386
387</pre>
388<p>That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack AfterImage support, or you
389are unable to read.</p>
390<p>3. Use an ARGB visual:</p>
391<pre> urxvt -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
392
393</pre>
394<p>This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that
395doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't
396there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the necessary
397bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that
398doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in place.</p>
399<p>4. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job:</p>
400<pre> xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \
401 -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000
402
403</pre>
404<p>Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace <code>0xc0000000</code>
405by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and
406your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces.</p>
407
408</div>
409<h3 id="Why_does_rxvt_unicode_sometimes_leav">Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?</h3>
410<div id="Why_does_rxvt_unicode_sometimes_leav-2">
411<p>Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
412size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
413contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
414these characters. For characters that are just &quot;a bit&quot; too wide a special
415&quot;careful&quot; rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.</p>
416<p>All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
417however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
418box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
419ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
420cases).</p>
421<p>It's not clear (to me at least), whether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
422or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
423the <code>-lsp</code> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
424might be forced to use a different font.</p>
425<p>All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
426box data is correct.</p>
427
428</div>
429<h3 id="How_can_I_keep_rxvt_unicode_from_usi">How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?</h3>
430<div id="How_can_I_keep_rxvt_unicode_from_usi-2">
431<p>First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
432(<code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
433make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
434rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:</p>
435<pre> URxvt.colorBD: white
436 URxvt.colorIT: green
437
438</pre>
439
440</div>
441<h3 id="Some_programs_assume_totally_weird_c">Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?</h3>
442<div id="Some_programs_assume_totally_weird_c-2">
443<p>For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
444colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
4458 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
446these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.</p>
447<p>In the meantime, you can either edit your <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo
448definition to only claim 8 colour support or use <code>TERM=rxvt</code>, which will
449fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.</p>
450
451</div>
452<h3 id="Can_I_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime">Can I switch the fonts at runtime?</h3>
453<div id="Can_I_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime_CO">
454<p>Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
455effect as using the <code>-fn</code> switch, and takes effect immediately:</p>
456<pre> printf '\33]50;%s\007' &quot;9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic&quot;
457
458</pre>
459<p>This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
460japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
461japanese fonts would only be in your way.</p>
462<p>You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.</p>
463
464</div>
465<h3 id="Why_do_italic_characters_look_as_if_">Why do italic characters look as if clipped?</h3>
466<div id="Why_do_italic_characters_look_as_if_-2">
467<p>Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
468example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font <code>xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
469Mono</code> completely fails in its italic face. A workaround might be to
470enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:</p>
471<pre> URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
472 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
473
474</pre>
475
476</div>
477<h3 id="Can_I_speed_up_Xft_rendering_somehow">Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?</h3>
478<div id="Can_I_speed_up_Xft_rendering_somehow-2">
479<p>Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
480it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
481antialiasing (by appending <code>:antialias=false</code>), which saves lots of
482memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.</p>
483
484</div>
485<h3 id="Rxvt_unicode_doesn_t_seem_to_anti_al">Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?</h3>
486<div id="Rxvt_unicode_doesn_t_seem_to_anti_al-2">
487<p>Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
488fall back to its default font search list it will prefer X11 core
489fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
490antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
491look best that way.</p>
492<p>If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.</p>
493
494</div>
495<h3 id="What_s_with_this_bold_blink_stuff">What's with this bold/blink stuff?</h3>
496<div id="What_s_with_this_bold_blink_stuff_CO">
497<p>If no bold colour is set via <code>colorBD:</code>, bold will invert text using the
498standard foreground colour.</p>
499<p>For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
500text blink when compiled with <code>--enable-blinking</code>. with standard
501colours. Without <code>--enable-blinking</code>, the blink attribute will be
502ignored.</p>
503<p>On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
504foreground/background colors.</p>
505<p>color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.</p>
506<p>color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.</p>
507
508</div>
509<h3 id="I_don_t_like_the_screen_colors_How_d">I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?</h3>
510<div id="I_don_t_like_the_screen_colors_How_d-2">
511<p>You can change the screen colors at run-time using <cite>~/.Xdefaults</cite>
512resources (or as long-options).</p>
513<p>Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
514including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:</p>
515<pre> URxvt.color0: #000000
516 URxvt.color1: #A80000
517 URxvt.color2: #00A800
518 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
519 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
520 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
521 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
522 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
523
524 URxvt.color8: #000054
525 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
526 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
527 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
528 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
529 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
530 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
531 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
532
533</pre>
534<p>And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors.</p>
535<pre> URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
536 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
537 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
538 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
539 URxvt.color0: #000000
540 URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
541 URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
542 URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
543 URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
544 URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
545 URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
546 URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
547 URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
548 URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
549 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
550 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
551 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
552 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
553
554</pre>
555<p>They have been described (not by me) as &quot;pretty girly&quot;.</p>
556
557</div>
558<h3 id="Why_do_some_characters_look_so_much_">Why do some characters look so much different than others?</h3>
559<div id="Why_do_some_characters_look_so_much_-2">
560<p>See next entry.</p>
561
562</div>
563<h3 id="How_does_rxvt_unicode_choose_fonts">How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?</h3>
564<div id="How_does_rxvt_unicode_choose_fonts_C">
565<p>Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
566fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
567your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
568to display.</p>
569<p><strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
570font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
571bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
572resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
573intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
574the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.</p>
575<p>In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
576e.g.:</p>
577<pre> urxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...
578
579</pre>
580<p>When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
581font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
582next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
583search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.</p>
584<p>The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
585font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
586must be the same due to the way terminals work.</p>
587
588</div>
589<h3 id="Why_do_some_chinese_characters_look_">Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?</h3>
590<div id="Why_do_some_chinese_characters_look_-2">
591<p>This is because there is a difference between script and language --
592rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
593as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
594sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
595display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
596chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
597non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
598-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
599chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.</p>
600<p>The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
601list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
602a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
603first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.</p>
604<p>In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
605runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
606fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
607has been designed yet).</p>
608<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>
609
610</div>
611<h3 id="How_can_I_make_mplayer_display_video">How can I make mplayer display video correctly?</h3>
612<div id="How_can_I_make_mplayer_display_video-2">
613<p>We are working on it, in the meantime, as a workaround, use something like:</p>
614<pre> urxvt -b 600 -geometry 20x1 -e sh -c 'mplayer -wid $WINDOWID file...'
615
616
617
618
619</pre>
620
621</div>
622<h2 id="Keyboard_Mouse_amp_User_Interaction">Keyboard, Mouse &amp; User Interaction</h2>
623<div id="Keyboard_Mouse_amp_User_Interaction_">
624
625</div>
626<h3 id="The_new_selection_selects_pieces_tha">The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?</h3>
627<div id="The_new_selection_selects_pieces_tha-2">
628<p>If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
629setting:</p>
630<pre> URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
631
632</pre>
633<p>If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
634more and more.</p>
635<p>To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:</p>
636<pre> URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^&quot;&amp;'()*,;&lt;=&gt;?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)
637
638</pre>
639<p>Please also note that the <i>LeftClick Shift-LeftClik</i> combination also
640selects words like the old code.</p>
641
642</div>
643<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>
644<div id="I_don_t_like_the_new_selection_popup-2">
645<p>You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
646<strong>perl-ext-common</strong> resource to the empty string, which also keeps
647rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.</p>
648<p>If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
649identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
650<strong>PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</strong> in the urxvtperl(3) manpage. For
651example, to disable the <strong>selection-popup</strong> and <strong>option-popup</strong>, specify
652this <strong>perl-ext-common</strong> resource:</p>
653<pre> URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
654
655</pre>
656<p>This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
657extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
658scrollback search mode is triggered by <strong>M-s</strong>. You can move it to any
659other combination either by setting the <strong>searchable-scrollback</strong> resource:</p>
660<pre> URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
661
662</pre>
663
664</div>
665<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>
666<div id="The_cursor_moves_when_selecting_text-2">
667<p>See next entry.</p>
668
669</div>
670<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>
671<div id="During_rlogin_ssh_telnet_etc_session-2">
672<p>These are caused by the <code>readline</code> perl extension. Under normal
673circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the
674line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment,
675but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some
676cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly.</p>
677<p>You can permanently switch this feature off by disabling the <code>readline</code>
678extension:</p>
679<pre> URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline
680
681</pre>
682
683</div>
684<h3 id="My_numerical_keypad_acts_weird_and_g">My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?</h3>
685<div id="My_numerical_keypad_acts_weird_and_g-2">
686<p>Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
687specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
688by the wrong <code>TERM</code> setting, although the details of whether and how
689this can happen are unknown, as <code>TERM=rxvt</code> should offer a compatible
690keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
691helped.</p>
692
693</div>
694<h3 id="My_Compose_Multi_key_key_is_no_longe">My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.</h3>
695<div id="My_Compose_Multi_key_key_is_no_longe-2">
696<p>The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
697correctly, or you specified a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> that is not supported by
698your input method. For example, if you specified <strong>OverTheSpot</strong> and
699your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
700does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
701rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.</p>
702<p>In this case either do not specify a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> or specify more than
703one pre-edit style, such as <strong>OverTheSpot,Root,None</strong>.</p>
704
705</div>
706<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>
707<div id="I_cannot_type_code_Ctrl_Shift_2_code-2">
708<p>Either try <code>Ctrl-2</code> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
709international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
710advantage, typing &lt;Ctrl-Shift-0&gt; to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
711codes, too, such as <code>Ctrl-Shift-1-d</code> to type the default telnet escape
712character and so on.</p>
713
714</div>
715<h3 id="Mouse_cut_paste_suddenly_no_longer_w">Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.</h3>
716<div id="Mouse_cut_paste_suddenly_no_longer_w-2">
717<p>Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
718some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
719heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
720quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
721depressed.</p>
722
723</div>
724<h3 id="What_s_with_the_strange_Backspace_De">What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?</h3>
725<div id="What_s_with_the_strange_Backspace_De-2">
726<p>Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
727Backspace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
728question) there are two standard values that can be used for
729Backspace: <code>^H</code> and <code>^?</code>.</p>
730<p>Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
731policy of using <code>^?</code> when unsure, because it's the one and only correct
732choice :).</p>
733<p>Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
734of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
735started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
736system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in &lt;termios.h&gt;, will
737be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).</p>
738<p>For starting a new rxvt-unicode:</p>
739<pre> # use Backspace = ^H
740 $ stty erase ^H
741 $ urxvt
742
743 # use Backspace = ^?
744 $ stty erase ^?
745 $ urxvt
746
747</pre>
748<p>Toggle with <code>ESC [ 36 h</code> / <code>ESC [ 36 l</code>.</p>
749<p>For an existing rxvt-unicode:</p>
750<pre> # use Backspace = ^H
751 $ stty erase ^H
752 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36h&quot;
753
754 # use Backspace = ^?
755 $ stty erase ^?
756 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36l&quot;
757
758</pre>
759<p>This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
760if you use Backspace = <code>^H</code>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
761properly reflects that.</p>
762<p>The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
763To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
764key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
765(<code>ESC [ 3 ~</code>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.</p>
766<p>Some other Backspace problems:</p>
767<p>some editors use termcap/terminfo,
768some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
769GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.</p>
770<p>Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.</p>
771
772</div>
773<h3 id="I_don_t_like_the_key_bindings_How_do">I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?</h3>
774<div id="I_don_t_like_the_key_bindings_How_do-2">
775<p>There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
776you have run &quot;configure&quot; with the <code>--disable-resources</code> option you can
777use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.</p>
778<p>Here's an example for a URxvt session started using <code>urxvt -name URxvt</code></p>
779<pre> URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
780 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
781 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033&lt;C-'&gt;
782 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033&lt;C-/&gt;
783 URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033&lt;C-;&gt;
784 URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
785 URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033&lt;C-,&gt;
786 URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033&lt;C-.&gt;
787 URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
788 URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033&lt;C-Tab&gt;
789 URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033&lt;C-Return&gt;
790 URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033&lt;S-Return&gt;
791 URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033&lt;S-Space&gt;
792 URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033&lt;M-Up&gt;
793 URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033&lt;M-Down&gt;
794 URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033&lt;M-Left&gt;
795 URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033&lt;M-Right&gt;
796 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033&lt;M-C- 0123456789 &gt;
797 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033&lt;M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz &gt;
798 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
799
800</pre>
801<p>See some more examples in the documentation for the <strong>keysym</strong> resource.</p>
802
803</div>
804<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>
805<div id="I_m_using_keyboard_model_XXX_that_ha-2">
806<pre> KP_Insert == Insert
807 F22 == Print
808 F27 == Home
809 F29 == Prior
810 F33 == End
811 F35 == Next
812
813</pre>
814<p>Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
815keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
816required for your particular machine.</p>
817
818
819
820
821
822</div>
823<h2 id="Terminal_Configuration">Terminal Configuration</h2>
824<div id="Terminal_Configuration_CONTENT">
825
826</div>
827<h3 id="Can_I_see_a_typical_configuration">Can I see a typical configuration?</h3>
828<div id="Can_I_see_a_typical_configuration_CO">
829<p>The default configuration tries to be xterm-like, which I don't like that
830much, but it's least surprise to regular users.</p>
831<p>As a rxvt or rxvt-unicode user, you are practically supposed to invest
832time into customising your terminal. To get you started, here is the
833author's .Xdefaults entries, with comments on what they do. It's certainly
834not <i>typical</i>, but what's typical...</p>
835<pre> URxvt.cutchars: &quot;()*,&lt;&gt;[]{}|'
836 URxvt.print-pipe: cat &gt;/tmp/xxx
837
838</pre>
839<p>These are just for testing stuff.</p>
840<pre> URxvt.imLocale: ja_JP.UTF-8
841 URxvt.preeditType: OnTheSpot,None
842
843</pre>
844<p>This tells rxvt-unicode to use a special locale when communicating with
845the X Input Method, and also tells it to only use the OnTheSpot pre-edit
846type, which requires the <code>xim-onthespot</code> perl extension but rewards me
847with correct-looking fonts.</p>
848<pre> URxvt.perl-lib: /root/lib/urxvt
849 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,selection-autotransform,selection-pastebin,xim-onthespot,remote-clipboard
850 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+)
851 URxvt.selection.pattern-1: ^(/[^:]+):\
852 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
853 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
854
855</pre>
856<p>This is my perl configuration. The first two set the perl library
857directory and also tells urxvt to use a large number of extensions. I
858develop for myself mostly, so I actually use most of the extensions I
859write.</p>
860<p>The selection stuff mainly makes the selection perl-error-message aware
861and tells it to convert perl error messages into vi-commands to load the
862relevant file and go tot he error line number.</p>
863<pre> URxvt.scrollstyle: plain
864 URxvt.secondaryScroll: true
865
866</pre>
867<p>As the documentation says: plain is the preferred scrollbar for the
868author. The <code>secondaryScroll</code> configures urxvt to scroll in full-screen
869apps, like screen, so lines scrolled out of screen end up in urxvt's
870scrollback buffer.</p>
871<pre> URxvt.background: #000000
872 URxvt.foreground: gray90
873 URxvt.color7: gray90
874 URxvt.colorBD: #ffffff
875 URxvt.cursorColor: #e0e080
876 URxvt.throughColor: #8080f0
877 URxvt.highlightColor: #f0f0f0
878
879</pre>
880<p>Some colours. Not sure which ones are being used or even non-defaults, but
881these are in my .Xdefaults. Most notably, they set foreground/background
882to light gray/black, and also make sure that the colour 7 matches the
883default foreground colour.</p>
884<pre> URxvt.underlineColor: yellow
885
886</pre>
887<p>Another colour, makes underline lines look different. Sometimes hurts, but
888is mostly a nice effect.</p>
889<pre> URxvt.geometry: 154x36
890 URxvt.loginShell: false
891 URxvt.meta: ignore
892 URxvt.utmpInhibit: true
893
894</pre>
895<p>Uh, well, should be mostly self-explanatory. By specifying some defaults
896manually, I can quickly switch them for testing.</p>
897<pre> URxvt.saveLines: 8192
898
899</pre>
900<p>A large scrollback buffer is essential. Really.</p>
901<pre> URxvt.mapAlert: true
902
903</pre>
904<p>The only case I use it is for my IRC window, which I like to keep
905iconified till people msg me (which beeps).</p>
906<pre> URxvt.visualBell: true
907
908</pre>
909<p>The audible bell is often annoying, especially when in a crowd.</p>
910<pre> URxvt.insecure: true
911
912</pre>
913<p>Please don't hack my mutt! Ooops...</p>
914<pre> URxvt.pastableTabs: false
915
916</pre>
917<p>I once thought this is a great idea.</p>
918<pre> urxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
919 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
920 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
921 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic, \
922 xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:autohint=true, \
923 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
924 urxvt.boldFont: -xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso8859-15
925 urxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
926 urxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
927
928</pre>
929<p>I wrote rxvt-unicode to be able to specify fonts exactly. So don't be
930overwhelmed. A special note: the <code>9x15bold</code> mentioned above is actually
931the version from XFree-3.3, as XFree-4 replaced it by a totally different
932font (different glyphs for <code>;</code> and many other harmless characters),
933while the second font is actually the <code>9x15bold</code> from XFree4/XOrg. The
934bold version has less chars than the medium version, so I use it for rare
935characters, too. When editing sources with vim, I use italic for comments
936and other stuff, which looks quite good with Bitstream Vera anti-aliased.</p>
937<p>Terminus is a quite bad font (many very wrong glyphs), but for most of my
938purposes, it works, and gives a different look, as my normal (Non-bold)
939font is already bold, and I want to see a difference between bold and
940normal fonts.</p>
941<p>Please note that I used the <code>urxvt</code> instance name and not the <code>URxvt</code>
942class name. Thats because I use different configs for different purposes,
943for example, my IRC window is started with <code>-name IRC</code>, and uses these
944defaults:</p>
945<pre> IRC*title: IRC
946 IRC*geometry: 87x12+535+542
947 IRC*saveLines: 0
948 IRC*mapAlert: true
949 IRC*font: suxuseuro
950 IRC*boldFont: suxuseuro
951 IRC*colorBD: white
952 IRC*keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
953 IRC*keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
954
955</pre>
956<p><code>Alt-Shift-1</code> and <code>Alt-Shift-2</code> switch between two different font
957sizes. <code>suxuseuro</code> allows me to keep an eye (and actually read)
958stuff while keeping a very small window. If somebody pastes something
959complicated (e.g. japanese), I temporarily switch to a larger font.</p>
960<p>The above is all in my <code>.Xdefaults</code> (I don't use <code>.Xresources</code> nor
961<code>xrdb</code>). I also have some resources in a separate <code>.Xdefaults-hostname</code>
962file for different hosts, for example, on ym main desktop, I use:</p>
963<pre> URxvt.keysym.C-M-q: command:\033[3;5;5t
964 URxvt.keysym.C-M-y: command:\033[3;5;606t
965 URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: command:\033[3;1605;5t
966 URxvt.keysym.C-M-c: command:\033[3;1605;606t
967 URxvt.keysym.C-M-p: perl:test
968
969</pre>
970<p>The first for keysym definitions allow me to quickly bring some windows
971in the layout I like most. Ion users might start laughing but will stop
972immediately when I tell them that I use my own Fvwm2 module for much the
973same effect as Ion provides, and I only very rarely use the above key
974combinations :-&gt;</p>
975
976</div>
977<h3 id="Why_doesn_t_rxvt_unicode_read_my_res">Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?</h3>
978<div id="Why_doesn_t_rxvt_unicode_read_my_res-2">
979<p>Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
980applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads
981resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
982ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
983<cite>$HOME/.Xdefaults</cite> when no resources are attached to the display.</p>
984<p>If you have or use an <cite>$HOME/.Xresources</cite> file, chances are that
985resources are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to
986re-login after every change (or run <cite>xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources</cite>).</p>
987<p>Also consider the form resources have to use:</p>
988<pre> URxvt.resource: value
989
990</pre>
991<p>If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
992specifying resources), make sure you understand whether and why it
993works. If unsure, use the form above.</p>
994
995</div>
104<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 /> 996<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>
105</dt> 997<div id="When_I_log_in_to_another_system_it_t-2">
106<dd>
107The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available 998<p>The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
108as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). 999as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).</p>
109</dd>
110<dd>
111<p>The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can 1000<p>The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
112be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):</p> 1001be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp and works as user and admin):</p>
113</dd>
114<dd>
115<pre>
116 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain 1002<pre> REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
117 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE &quot;cat &gt;/tmp/ti &amp;&amp; tic /tmp/ti&quot;</pre> 1003 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE &quot;mkdir -p .terminfo &amp;&amp; cat &gt;/tmp/ti &amp;&amp; tic /tmp/ti&quot;
118</dd> 1004
119<dd> 1005</pre>
120<p>... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,</p> 1006<p>... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,</p>
121</dd> 1007<p>One some systems you might need to set <code>$TERMINFO</code> to the full path of
122<dd> 1008<cite>$HOME/.terminfo</cite> for this to work.</p>
123<p>If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set 1009<p>If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
124<code>TERM=rxvt</code> or even <code>TERM=xterm</code>, and live with the small number of 1010<code>TERM=rxvt</code> or even <code>TERM=xterm</code>, and live with the small number of
125problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different 1011problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
126colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice 1012colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
127quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.</p> 1013quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.</p>
128</dd>
129<dd>
130<p>If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you 1014<p>If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
131can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a 1015can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
132resource to set it:</p> 1016resource to set it:</p>
133</dd> 1017<pre> URxvt.termName: rxvt
134<dd> 1018
135<pre> 1019</pre>
136 URxvt.termName: rxvt</pre>
137</dd>
138<dd>
139<p>If you don't plan to use <strong>rxvt</strong> (quite common...) you could also replace 1020<p>If you don't plan to use <strong>rxvt</strong> (quite common...) you could also replace
140the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.</p> 1021the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use <code>TERM=rxvt</code>.</p>
141</dd> 1022
142<p></p> 1023</div>
143<dt><strong><a name="item_tic_outputs_some_error_when_compiling_the_terminfo"><code>tic</code> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.</a></strong><br /> 1024<h3 id="code_tic_code_outputs_some_error_whe"><code>tic</code> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.</h3>
144</dt> 1025<div id="code_tic_code_outputs_some_error_whe-2">
145<dd>
146Most likely it's the empty definition for <code>enacs=</code>. Just replace it by 1026<p>Most likely it's the empty definition for <code>enacs=</code>. Just replace it by
147<code>enacs=\E[0@</code> and try again. 1027<code>enacs=\E[0@</code> and try again.</p>
148</dd> 1028
149<p></p> 1029</div>
150<dt><strong><a name="item_bash_27s_readline_does_not_work_correctly_under_ur"><code>bash</code>'s readline does not work correctly under urxvt.</a></strong><br /> 1030<h3 id="code_bash_code_s_readline_does_not_w"><code>bash</code>'s readline does not work correctly under urxvt.</h3>
151</dt> 1031<div id="code_bash_code_s_readline_does_not_w-2">
152<dt><strong><a name="item_i_need_a_termcap_file_entry_2e">I need a termcap file entry.</a></strong><br /> 1032<p>See next entry.</p>
153</dt> 1033
154<dd> 1034</div>
1035<h3 id="I_need_a_termcap_file_entry">I need a termcap file entry.</h3>
1036<div id="I_need_a_termcap_file_entry_CONTENT">
155One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating 1037<p>One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
156systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap 1038systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
157library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry 1039library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
158for <code>rxvt-unicode</code>. 1040for <code>rxvt-unicode</code>.</p>
159</dd>
160<dd>
161<p>You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases. 1041<p>You could use rxvt's termcap entry with reasonable results in many cases.
162You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program 1042You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
163like this:</p> 1043like this:</p>
164</dd> 1044<pre> infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
165<dd> 1045
166<pre> 1046</pre>
167 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode</pre>
168</dd>
169<dd>
170<p>Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:</p> 1047<p>Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:</p>
171</dd>
172<dd>
173<pre>
174 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\ 1048<pre> rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
175 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\ 1049 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
176 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\ 1050 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
177 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\ 1051 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
178 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\ 1052 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
179 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\ 1053 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
… …
188 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\ 1062 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
189 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\ 1063 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
190 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\ 1064 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
191 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\ 1065 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
192 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\ 1066 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
193 :vs=\E[?25h:</pre> 1067 :vs=\E[?25h:
194</dd> 1068
195<p></p> 1069</pre>
196<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 /> 1070
197</dt> 1071</div>
198<dd> 1072<h3 id="Why_does_code_ls_code_no_longer_have">Why does <code>ls</code> no longer have coloured output?</h3>
1073<div id="Why_does_code_ls_code_no_longer_have-2">
199The <code>ls</code> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to 1074<p>The <code>ls</code> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
200decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration 1075decide whether a terminal has colour, but uses its own configuration
201file. Needless to say, <code>rxvt-unicode</code> is not in it's default file (among 1076file. Needless to say, <code>rxvt-unicode</code> is not in its default file (among
202with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add: 1077with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:</p>
203</dd> 1078<pre> TERM rxvt-unicode
204<dd> 1079
205<pre> 1080</pre>
206 TERM rxvt-unicode</pre>
207</dd>
208<dd>
209<p>to <code>/etc/DIR_COLORS</code> or simply add:</p> 1081<p>to <code>/etc/DIR_COLORS</code> or simply add:</p>
210</dd> 1082<pre> alias ls='ls --color=auto'
211<dd> 1083
212<pre> 1084</pre>
213 alias ls='ls --color=auto'</pre>
214</dd>
215<dd>
216<p>to your <code>.profile</code> or <code>.bashrc</code>.</p> 1085<p>to your <code>.profile</code> or <code>.bashrc</code>.</p>
217</dd> 1086
218<p></p> 1087</div>
219<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 /> 1088<h3 id="Why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc_use_the_88">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?</h3>
220</dt> 1089<div id="Why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc_use_the_88-2">
1090<p>See next entry.</p>
1091
1092</div>
221<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 /> 1093<h3 id="Why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc_make_use_o">Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?</h3>
222</dt> 1094<div id="Why_doesn_t_vim_emacs_etc_make_use_o-2">
1095<p>See next entry.</p>
1096
1097</div>
223<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 /> 1098<h3 id="Why_are_the_secondary_screen_related">Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?</h3>
224</dt> 1099<div id="Why_are_the_secondary_screen_related-2">
225<dd>
226Make sure you are using <code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>. Some pre-packaged 1100<p>Make sure you are using <code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>. Some pre-packaged
227distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode 1101distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
228by setting <code>TERM</code> to <code>rxvt</code>, which doesn't have these extra 1102by setting <code>TERM</code> to <code>rxvt</code>, which doesn't have these extra
229features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian 1103features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
230GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo 1104GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo
231file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question <strong>When 1105file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question <strong>When
232I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</strong> on 1106I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</strong> on
233how to do this). 1107how to do this).</p>
234</dd> 1108
235<p></p> 1109
236<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 /> 1110
237</dt> 1111
238<dd> 1112
239Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no 1113</div>
240specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused 1114<h2 id="Encoding_Locale_Input_Method_Issues">Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues</h2>
241by the wrong <code>TERM</code> setting, although the details of wether and how 1115<div id="Encoding_Locale_Input_Method_Issues_">
242this can happen are unknown, as <code>TERM=rxvt</code> should offer a compatible 1116
243keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that 1117</div>
244helped.
245</dd>
246<p></p>
247<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 /> 1118<h3 id="Rxvt_unicode_does_not_seem_to_unders">Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?</h3>
248</dt> 1119<div id="Rxvt_unicode_does_not_seem_to_unders-2">
249<dt><strong><a name="item_unicode_does_not_seem_to_work_3f">Unicode does not seem to work?</a></strong><br /> 1120<p>See next entry.</p>
250</dt> 1121
251<dd> 1122</div>
1123<h3 id="Unicode_does_not_seem_to_work">Unicode does not seem to work?</h3>
1124<div id="Unicode_does_not_seem_to_work_CONTEN">
252If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but 1125<p>If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
253getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is 1126getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
254subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings. 1127subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.</p>
255</dd>
256<dd>
257<p>Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same <code>LC_CTYPE</code> setting as the 1128<p>Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same <code>LC_CTYPE</code> setting as the
258programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> locale, while the 1129programs running in it. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the <code>C</code> locale,
259login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to 1130while the login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the
260something else, e.g. <code>en_GB.UTF-8</code>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.</p> 1131locale to something else, e.g. <code>en_GB.UTF-8</code>. Needless to say, this is
261</dd> 1132not going to work, and is the most common cause for problems.</p>
262<dd>
263<p>The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run 1133<p>The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
264into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.</p> 1134into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.</p>
265</dd> 1135<pre> printf '\33]701;%s\007' &quot;$LC_CTYPE&quot; # $LANG or $LC_ALL are worth a try, too
266<dd> 1136
267<pre> 1137</pre>
268 printf '\e]701;%s\007' &quot;$LC_CTYPE&quot;</pre>
269</dd>
270<dd>
271<p>If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a <code>LC_CTYPE</code> specification not 1138<p>If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a <code>LC_CTYPE</code> specification not
272supported on your systems. Some systems have a <code>locale</code> command which 1139supported on your systems. Some systems have a <code>locale</code> command which
273displays this (also, <code>perl -e0</code> can be used to check locale settings, as 1140displays this (also, <code>perl -e0</code> can be used to check locale settings, as
274it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something 1141it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
275like:</p> 1142like:</p>
276</dd> 1143<pre> locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
277<dd> 1144
278<pre> 1145</pre>
279 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...</pre>
280</dd>
281<dd>
282<p>Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.</p> 1146<p>Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.</p>
283</dd>
284<dd>
285<p>If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then 1147<p>If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
286you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't 1148you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
287support locales :(</p> 1149support locales :(</p>
288</dd> 1150
289<p></p> 1151</div>
290<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 /> 1152<h3 id="How_does_rxvt_unicode_determine_the_">How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?</h3>
291</dt> 1153<div id="How_does_rxvt_unicode_determine_the_-2">
292<dt><strong><a name="item_how_does_rxvt_2dunicode_choose_fonts_3f">How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?</a></strong><br /> 1154<p>See next entry.</p>
293</dt> 1155
294<dd> 1156</div>
295Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is 1157<h3 id="Is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodin">Is there an option to switch encodings?</h3>
296fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of 1158<div id="Is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodin-2">
297your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want 1159<p>Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
298to display. 1160specific &quot;utf-8&quot; mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
299</dd> 1161UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.</p>
300<dd> 1162<p>The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
301<p><strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement 1163the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
302font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks 1164applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
303bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't 1165and code number. This mechanism is the <i>locale</i>. Applications not using
304resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial 1166that info will have problems (for example, <code>xterm</code> gets the width of
305intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe 1167characters wrong as it uses its own, locale-independent table under all
306the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.</p> 1168locales).</p>
307</dd> 1169<p>Rxvt-unicode uses the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> locale category to select encoding. All
308<dd> 1170programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
309<p>In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list, 1171interpretation of characters.</p>
310e.g.:</p> 1172<p>Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
311</dd> 1173is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.</p>
312<dd> 1174<p>On most systems, the content of the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> environment variable
1175contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1176locale. Common names for locales are <code>en_US.UTF-8</code>, <code>de_DE.ISO-8859-15</code>,
1177<code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code>, i.e. <code>language_country.encoding</code>, but other forms
1178(i.e. <code>de</code> or <code>german</code>) are also common.</p>
1179<p>Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1180the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1181i.e. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code> and <code>ja_JP.UTF-8</code> are the normally same to
1182rxvt-unicode.</p>
1183<p>If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1184rxvt-unicode with the correct <code>LC_CTYPE</code> category.</p>
1185
1186</div>
1187<h3 id="Can_I_switch_locales_at_runtime">Can I switch locales at runtime?</h3>
1188<div id="Can_I_switch_locales_at_runtime_CONT">
1189<p>Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
1190rxvt-unicode's idea of <code>LC_CTYPE</code>.</p>
1191<pre> printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1192
313<pre> 1193</pre>
314 urxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...</pre> 1194<p>See also the previous answer.</p>
315</dd> 1195<p>Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
316<dd> 1196one locale (e.g. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code>) but some programs don't support it
317<p>When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base 1197(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start <code>xjdic</code>, which
318font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the 1198first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:</p>
319next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this 1199<pre> printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
320search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.</p> 1200 xjdic -js
321</dd> 1201 printf '\33]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
322<dd> 1202
323<p>The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
324font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
325must be the same due to the way terminals work.</p>
326</dd>
327<p></p>
328<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 />
329</dt>
330<dd>
331This is because there is a difference between script and language --
332rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
333as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
334sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
335display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
336chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
337non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
338-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
339chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
340</dd>
341<dd>
342<p>The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
343list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
344a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
345first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.</p>
346</dd>
347<dd>
348<p>In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
349runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
350fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
351has been designed yet).</p>
352</dd>
353<dd>
354<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>
355</dd>
356<p></p>
357<dt><strong><a name="item_why_does_rxvt_2dunicode_sometimes_leave_pixel_drop">Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?</a></strong><br />
358</dt>
359<dd>
360Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
361size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
362contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
363these characters. For characters that are just ``a bit'' too wide a special
364``careful'' rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
365</dd>
366<dd>
367<p>All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
368however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
369box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
370ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
371cases).</p>
372</dd>
373<dd>
374<p>It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
375or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
376the <code>-lsp</code> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
377might be forced to use a different font.</p>
378</dd>
379<dd>
380<p>All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
381box data is correct.</p>
382</dd>
383<p></p>
384<dt><strong><a name="item_on_solaris_9_2c_many_line_2ddrawing_characters_are">On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.</a></strong><br />
385</dt>
386<dd>
387Seems to be a known bug, read
388<a href="http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html">http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html</a>. Some people use the
389following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
390</dd>
391<dd>
392<pre> 1203</pre>
393 #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) &gt; 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)</pre> 1204<p>You can also use xterm's <code>luit</code> program, which usually works fine, except
1205for some locales where character width differs between program- and
1206rxvt-unicode-locales.</p>
1207
1208</div>
1209<h3 id="I_have_problems_getting_my_input_met">I have problems getting my input method working.</h3>
1210<div id="I_have_problems_getting_my_input_met-2">
1211<p>Try a search engine, as this is slightly different for every input method server.</p>
1212<p>Here is a checklist:</p>
1213<dl>
1214 <dt>- Make sure your locale <i>and</i> the imLocale are supported on your OS.</dt>
1215 <dd>
1216 <p>Try <code>locale -a</code> or check the documentation for your OS.</p>
394</dd> 1217 </dd>
395<p></p> 1218 <dt>- Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your XIM.</dt>
396<dt><strong><a name="item_compose">My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.</a></strong><br />
397</dt>
398<dd> 1219 <dd>
399The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set 1220 <p>For example, <strong>kinput2</strong> does not support UTF-8 locales, you should use
400correctly, or you specified a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> that is not supported by 1221<code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code> or equivalent.</p>
401your input method. For example, if you specified <strong>OverTheSpot</strong> and
402your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
403does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
404rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
405</dd> 1222 </dd>
1223 <dt>- Make sure your XIM server is actually running.</dt>
1224 <dt>- Make sure the <code>XMODIFIERS</code> environment variable is set correctly when <i>starting</i> rxvt-unicode.</dt>
406<dd> 1225 <dd>
407<p>In this case either do not specify a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> or specify more than 1226 <p>When you want to use e.g. <strong>kinput2</strong>, it must be set to
408one pre-edit style, such as <strong>OverTheSpot,Root,None</strong>.</p> 1227<code>@im=kinput2</code>. For <strong>scim</strong>, use <code>@im=SCIM</code>. You can see what input
409</dd> 1228method servers are running with this command:</p>
410<p></p> 1229<pre> xprop -root XIM_SERVERS
411<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 /> 1230
412</dt>
413<dd>
414Either try <code>Ctrl-2</code> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
415international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
416advantage, typing &lt;Ctrl-Shift-0&gt; to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
417codes, too, such as <code>Ctrl-Shift-1-d</code> to type the default telnet escape
418character and so on.
419</dd>
420<p></p>
421<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 />
422</dt>
423<dd>
424First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
425(<code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
426make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
427rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
428</dd>
429<dd>
430<pre> 1231</pre>
431 URxvt.colorBD: white
432 URxvt.colorIT: green</pre>
433</dd> 1232 </dd>
434<p></p> 1233 <dt></dt>
435<dt><strong><a name="item_colours">Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?</a></strong><br />
436</dt> 1234</dl>
437<dd> 1235
438For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird 1236</div>
439colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard 1237<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>
4408 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix 1238<div id="My_input_method_wants_lt_some_encodi-2">
441these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons. 1239<p>You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
442</dd> 1240terminal, using the resource <code>imlocale</code>:</p>
443<dd> 1241<pre> URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
444<p>In the meantime, you can either edit your <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo 1242
445definition to only claim 8 colour support or use <code>TERM=rxvt</code>, which will 1243</pre>
446fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.</p> 1244<p>Now you can start your terminal with <code>LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8</code> and still
447</dd> 1245use your input method. Please note, however, that, depending on your Xlib
448<p></p> 1246version, you may not be able to input characters outside <code>EUC-JP</code> in a
1247normal way then, as your input method limits you.</p>
1248
1249</div>
1250<h3 id="Rxvt_unicode_crashes_when_the_X_Inpu">Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.</h3>
1251<div id="Rxvt_unicode_crashes_when_the_X_Inpu-2">
1252<p>Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
1253design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
1254leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
1255exit time. <strong>kinput2</strong> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
1256while <strong>SCIM</strong> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
1257crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.</p>
1258<p>So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.</p>
1259
1260
1261
1262
1263
1264</div>
1265<h2 id="Operating_Systems_Package_Maintainin">Operating Systems / Package Maintaining</h2>
1266<div id="Operating_Systems_Package_Maintainin-2">
1267
1268</div>
1269<h3 id="I_am_using_Debian_GNU_Linux_and_have">I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...</h3>
1270<div id="I_am_using_Debian_GNU_Linux_and_have-2">
1271<p>The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
1272patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
1273unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
1274the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
1275version (<a href="http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode</a>) and try to reproduce
1276the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
1277Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
1278Tracking System (use <code>reportbug</code> to report the bug).</p>
1279<p>For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
1280probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
1281bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
1282might encounter the same issue.</p>
1283
1284</div>
1285<h3 id="I_am_maintaining_rxvt_unicode_for_di">I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?</h3>
1286<div id="I_am_maintaining_rxvt_unicode_for_di-2">
1287<p>You should build one binary with the default options. <cite>configure</cite>
1288now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
1289runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enabling them,
1290except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
1291be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
1292the future) depends on it.</p>
1293<p>You should not overwrite the <code>perl-ext-common</code> snd <code>perl-ext</code> resources
1294system-wide (except maybe with <code>defaults</code>). This will result in useful
1295behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
1296<code>perl-ext-common</code> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
1297perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.</p>
1298<p>If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
1299one with <code>--disable-everything</code> (very useful) and a maximal one with
1300<code>--enable-everything</code> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
1301encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).</p>
1302
1303</div>
1304<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>
1305<div id="I_need_to_make_it_setuid_setgid_to_s-2">
1306<p>It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
1307install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now.</p>
1308<p>When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
1309into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
1310systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
1311immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
1312privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
1313things as perl interpreters, which might be &quot;helpful&quot; to attackers).</p>
1314<p>This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early
1315and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or
1316things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
1317little risk.</p>
1318
1319</div>
449<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 /> 1320<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>
450</dt> 1321<div id="I_am_on_FreeBSD_and_rxvt_unicode_doe-2">
451<dd>
452Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> to be defined 1322<p>Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> to be defined
453in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it, 1323in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
454wether it defines the symbol or not. <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> requires that 1324whether it defines the symbol or not. <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> requires that
455<strong>wchar_t</strong> is represented as unicode. 1325<strong>wchar_t</strong> is represented as unicode.</p>
456</dd>
457<dd>
458<p>As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor 1326<p>As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symbol nor
459does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of 1327does it support it. Instead, it uses its own internal representation of
460<strong>wchar_t</strong>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.</p> 1328<strong>wchar_t</strong>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.</p>
461</dd>
462<dd>
463<p>However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in <code>POSIX</code>, <code>ISO-8859-1</code> and 1329<p>However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in <code>POSIX</code>, <code>ISO-8859-1</code> and
464<code>UTF-8</code> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as <strong>wchar_t</strong>.</p> 1330<code>UTF-8</code> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as <strong>wchar_t</strong>.</p>
465</dd>
466<dd>
467<p><code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> is the only sane way to support multi-language 1331<p><code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> is the only sane way to support multi-language
468apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized) 1332apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
469representation of <strong>wchar_t</strong> makes it impossible to convert between 1333representation of <strong>wchar_t</strong> makes it impossible to convert between
470<strong>wchar_t</strong> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding 1334<strong>wchar_t</strong> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
471without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There 1335without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
472simply are no APIs to convert <strong>wchar_t</strong> into anything except the current 1336simply are no APIs to convert <strong>wchar_t</strong> into anything except the current
473locale encoding.</p> 1337locale encoding.</p>
474</dd>
475<dd>
476<p>Some applications (such as the formidable <strong>mlterm</strong>) work around this 1338<p>Some applications (such as the formidable <strong>mlterm</strong>) work around this
477by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling 1339by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
478with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple 1340with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
479conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements 1341conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
480encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).</p> 1342encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).</p>
481</dd>
482<dd>
483<p>The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the 1343<p>The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
484system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry 1344system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
485complete replacements for them :)</p> 1345complete replacements for them :)</p>
486</dd> 1346
487<p></p> 1347</div>
488<dt><strong><a name="item_i_use_solaris_9_and_it_doesn_27t_compile_2fwork_2f">I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.</a></strong><br /> 1348<h3 id="How_can_I_use_rxvt_unicode_under_cyg">How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?</h3>
489</dt> 1349<div id="How_can_I_use_rxvt_unicode_under_cyg-2">
490<dd>
491Try the diff in <em>doc/solaris9.patch</em> as a base. It fixes the worst
492problems with <code>wcwidth</code> and a compile problem.
493</dd>
494<p></p>
495<dt><strong><a name="item_how_can_i_use_rxvt_2dunicode_under_cygwin_3f">How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?</a></strong><br />
496</dt>
497<dd>
498rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using 1350<p>rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
499the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no 1351the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
500longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a 1352longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
501single font). I recommend starting the X-server in <code>-multiwindow</code> or 1353single font). I recommend starting the X-server in <code>-multiwindow</code> or
502<code>-rootless</code> mode instead, which will result in similar look&amp;feel as the 1354<code>-rootless</code> mode instead, which will result in similar look&amp;feel as the
503old libW11 emulation. 1355old libW11 emulation.</p>
504</dd>
505<dd>
506<p>At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte 1356<p>At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
507encodings (you might try <code>LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8</code>), so you are likely limited 1357encodings (you might try <code>LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8</code>), so you are likely limited
508to 8-bit encodings.</p> 1358to 8-bit encodings.</p>
509</dd> 1359
510<p></p> 1360</div>
511<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 /> 1361<h3 id="Character_widths_are_not_correct">Character widths are not correct.</h3>
512</dt> 1362<div id="Character_widths_are_not_correct_CON">
513<dt><strong><a name="item_is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodings_3f">Is there an option to switch encodings?</a></strong><br /> 1363<p>urxvt uses the system wcwidth function to know the information about
514</dt> 1364the width of characters, so on systems with incorrect locale data you
515<dd> 1365will likely get bad results. Two notorious examples are Solaris 9,
516Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no 1366where single-width characters like U+2514 are reported as double-width,
517specific ``utf-8'' mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about 1367and Darwin 8, where combining chars are reported having width 1.</p>
518UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O. 1368<p>The solution is to upgrade your system or switch to a better one. A
519</dd> 1369possibly working workaround is to use a wcwidth implementation like</p>
520<dd> 1370<p>http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/wcwidth.c</p>
521<p>The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting 1371
522the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all 1372</div>
523applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width 1373<h1 id="RXVT_UNICODE_TECHNICAL_REFERENCE">RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
524and code number. This mechanism is the <em>locale</em>. Applications not using 1374<div id="RXVT_UNICODE_TECHNICAL_REFERENCE_CON">
525that info will have problems (for example, <code>xterm</code> gets the width of
526characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
527locales).</p>
528</dd>
529<dd>
530<p>Rxvt-unicode uses the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> locale category to select encoding. All
531programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
532interpretation of characters.</p>
533</dd>
534<dd>
535<p>Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
536is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.</p>
537</dd>
538<dd>
539<p>On most systems, the content of the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> environment variable
540contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
541locale. Common names for locales are <code>en_US.UTF-8</code>, <code>de_DE.ISO-8859-15</code>,
542<code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code>, i.e. <code>language_country.encoding</code>, but other forms
543(i.e. <code>de</code> or <code>german</code>) are also common.</p>
544</dd>
545<dd>
546<p>Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
547the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
548i.e. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code> and <code>ja_JP.UTF-8</code> are the normally same to
549rxvt-unicode.</p>
550</dd>
551<dd>
552<p>If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
553rxvt-unicode with the correct <code>LC_CTYPE</code> category.</p>
554</dd>
555<p></p>
556<dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_switch_locales_at_runtime_3f">Can I switch locales at runtime?</a></strong><br />
557</dt>
558<dd>
559Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
560rxvt-unicode's idea of <code>LC_CTYPE</code>.
561</dd>
562<dd>
563<pre>
564 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS</pre>
565</dd>
566<dd>
567<p>See also the previous answer.</p>
568</dd>
569<dd>
570<p>Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
571one locale (e.g. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code>) but some programs don't support it
572(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start <code>xjdic</code>, which
573first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:</p>
574</dd>
575<dd>
576<pre>
577 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
578 xjdic -js
579 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8</pre>
580</dd>
581<dd>
582<p>You can also use xterm's <code>luit</code> program, which usually works fine, except
583for some locales where character width differs between program- and
584rxvt-unicode-locales.</p>
585</dd>
586<p></p>
587<dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime_3f">Can I switch the fonts at runtime?</a></strong><br />
588</dt>
589<dd>
590Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
591effect as using the <code>-fn</code> switch, and takes effect immediately:
592</dd>
593<dd>
594<pre>
595 printf '\e]50;%s\007' &quot;9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic&quot;</pre>
596</dd>
597<dd>
598<p>This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
599japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
600japanese fonts would only be in your way.</p>
601</dd>
602<dd>
603<p>You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.</p>
604</dd>
605<p></p>
606<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 />
607</dt>
608<dd>
609Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
610example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font <code>xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
611Mono</code> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
612enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
613</dd>
614<dd>
615<pre>
616 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
617 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true</pre>
618</dd>
619<p></p>
620<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 />
621</dt>
622<dd>
623You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
624terminal, using the resource <code>imlocale</code>:
625</dd>
626<dd>
627<pre>
628 URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP</pre>
629</dd>
630<dd>
631<p>Now you can start your terminal with <code>LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8</code> and still
632use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
633input characters outside <code>EUC-JP</code> in a normal way then, as your input
634method limits you.</p>
635</dd>
636<p></p>
637<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 />
638</dt>
639<dd>
640Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
641design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
642leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
643exit time. <strong>kinput2</strong> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
644while <strong>SCIM</strong> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
645crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
646</dd>
647<dd>
648<p>So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.</p>
649</dd>
650<p></p>
651<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 />
652</dt>
653<dd>
654Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
655don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
656you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
657when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
658accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
659</dd>
660<dd>
661<p>Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
662scrollback buffers: Without <code>--enable-unicode3</code>, rxvt-unicode will use
6636 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
664kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
665use 10 Megabytes of memory. With <code>--enable-unicode3</code> it gets worse, as
666rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.</p>
667</dd>
668<p></p>
669<dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_speed_up_xft_rendering_somehow_3f">Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?</a></strong><br />
670</dt>
671<dd>
672Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
673it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
674antialiasing (by appending <code>:antialias=false</code>), which saves lots of
675memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
676</dd>
677<p></p>
678<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 />
679</dt>
680<dd>
681Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
682fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
683fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
684antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
685look best that way.
686</dd>
687<dd>
688<p>If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.</p>
689</dd>
690<p></p>
691<dt><strong><a name="item_mouse_cut_2fpaste_suddenly_no_longer_works_2e">Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.</a></strong><br />
692</dt>
693<dd>
694Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
695some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
696heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
697quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
698depressed. See <code>urxvt(7)</code>
699</dd>
700<p></p>
701<dt><strong><a name="item_what_27s_with_this_bold_2fblink_stuff_3f">What's with this bold/blink stuff?</a></strong><br />
702</dt>
703<dd>
704If no bold colour is set via <code>colorBD:</code>, bold will invert text using the
705standard foreground colour.
706</dd>
707<dd>
708<p>For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
709text blink when compiled with <code>--enable-blinking</code>. with standard
710colours. Without <code>--enable-blinking</code>, the blink attribute will be
711ignored.</p>
712</dd>
713<dd>
714<p>On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
715foreground/background colors.</p>
716</dd>
717<dd>
718<p>color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.</p>
719</dd>
720<dd>
721<p>color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.</p>
722</dd>
723<p></p>
724<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 />
725</dt>
726<dd>
727You can change the screen colors at run-time using <em>~/.Xdefaults</em>
728resources (or as long-options).
729</dd>
730<dd>
731<p>Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
732including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:</p>
733</dd>
734<dd>
735<pre>
736 URxvt.color0: #000000
737 URxvt.color1: #A80000
738 URxvt.color2: #00A800
739 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
740 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
741 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
742 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
743 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8</pre>
744</dd>
745<dd>
746<pre>
747 URxvt.color8: #000054
748 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
749 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
750 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
751 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
752 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
753 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
754 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF</pre>
755</dd>
756<dd>
757<p>And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
758me) as ``pretty girly''.</p>
759</dd>
760<dd>
761<pre>
762 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
763 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
764 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
765 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
766 URxvt.color0: #000000
767 URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
768 URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
769 URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
770 URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
771 URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
772 URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
773 URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
774 URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
775 URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
776 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
777 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
778 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
779 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd</pre>
780</dd>
781<p></p>
782<dt><strong><a name="item_how_can_i_start_urxvtd_in_a_race_2dfree_way_3f">How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way?</a></strong><br />
783</dt>
784<dd>
785Try <code>urxvtd -f -o</code>, which tells urxvtd to open the
786display, create the listening socket and then fork.
787</dd>
788<p></p>
789<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 />
790</dt>
791<dd>
792Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
793BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
794question) there are two standard values that can be used for
795Backspace: <code>^H</code> and <code>^?</code>.
796</dd>
797<dd>
798<p>Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
799policy of using <code>^?</code> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
800choice :).</p>
801</dd>
802<dd>
803<p>Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
804of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
805started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
806system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in &lt;termios.h&gt;, will
807be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).</p>
808</dd>
809<dd>
810<p>For starting a new rxvt-unicode:</p>
811</dd>
812<dd>
813<pre>
814 # use Backspace = ^H
815 $ stty erase ^H
816 $ urxvt</pre>
817</dd>
818<dd>
819<pre>
820 # use Backspace = ^?
821 $ stty erase ^?
822 $ urxvt</pre>
823</dd>
824<dd>
825<p>Toggle with <code>ESC [ 36 h</code> / <code>ESC [ 36 l</code> as documented in urxvt(7).</p>
826</dd>
827<dd>
828<p>For an existing rxvt-unicode:</p>
829</dd>
830<dd>
831<pre>
832 # use Backspace = ^H
833 $ stty erase ^H
834 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36h&quot;</pre>
835</dd>
836<dd>
837<pre>
838 # use Backspace = ^?
839 $ stty erase ^?
840 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36l&quot;</pre>
841</dd>
842<dd>
843<p>This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
844if you use Backspace = <code>^H</code>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
845properly reflects that.</p>
846</dd>
847<dd>
848<p>The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
849To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
850key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
851(<code>ESC [ 3 ~</code>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.</p>
852</dd>
853<dd>
854<p>Some other Backspace problems:</p>
855</dd>
856<dd>
857<p>some editors use termcap/terminfo,
858some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
859GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.</p>
860</dd>
861<dd>
862<p>Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.</p>
863</dd>
864<p></p>
865<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 />
866</dt>
867<dd>
868There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
869you have run ``configure'' with the <a href="#item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources"><code>--disable-resources</code></a> option you can
870use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
871</dd>
872<dd>
873<p>Here's an example for a URxvt session started using <code>urxvt -name URxvt</code></p>
874</dd>
875<dd>
876<pre>
877 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
878 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
879 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033&lt;C-'&gt;
880 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033&lt;C-/&gt;
881 URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033&lt;C-;&gt;
882 URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
883 URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033&lt;C-,&gt;
884 URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033&lt;C-.&gt;
885 URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
886 URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033&lt;C-Tab&gt;
887 URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033&lt;C-Return&gt;
888 URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033&lt;S-Return&gt;
889 URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033&lt;S-Space&gt;
890 URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033&lt;M-Up&gt;
891 URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033&lt;M-Down&gt;
892 URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033&lt;M-Left&gt;
893 URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033&lt;M-Right&gt;
894 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033&lt;M-C- 0123456789 &gt;
895 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033&lt;M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz &gt;
896 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007</pre>
897</dd>
898<dd>
899<p>See some more examples in the documentation for the <strong>keysym</strong> resource.</p>
900</dd>
901<p></p>
902<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.
903How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
904has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.</a></strong><br />
905</dt>
906<dd>
907<pre>
908 KP_Insert == Insert
909 F22 == Print
910 F27 == Home
911 F29 == Prior
912 F33 == End
913 F35 == Next</pre>
914</dd>
915<dd>
916<p>Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
917keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
918required for your particular machine.</p>
919</dd>
920<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?
921I need this to decide about setting colors etc.</a></strong><br />
922</dt>
923<dd>
924rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable ``COLORTERM'', so you can
925check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
926Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
927not to use color.
928</dd>
929<p></p>
930<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 />
931</dt>
932<dd>
933If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
934insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
935snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
936wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
937the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
938regular xterm.
939</dd>
940<dd>
941<p>Courtesy of Chuck Blake &lt;<a href="mailto:cblake@BBN.COM">cblake@BBN.COM</a>&gt; with the following shell script
942snippets:</p>
943</dd>
944<dd>
945<pre>
946 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
947 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] &amp;&amp; TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
948 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
949 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
950 echo -n '^[Z'
951 read term_id
952 stty icanon echo
953 if [ &quot;&quot;${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
954 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
955 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
956 fi
957 fi</pre>
958</dd>
959<p></p>
960<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 />
961</dt>
962<dd>
963You need to have a recent version of perl installed as <em>/usr/bin/perl</em>,
964one that comes with <em>pod2man</em>, <em>pod2text</em> and <em>pod2html</em>. Then go to
965the doc subdirectory and enter <code>make alldoc</code>.
966</dd>
967<p></p>
968<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 />
969</dt>
970<dd>
971Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: <code>irc.freenode.net</code>,
972channel <code>#rxvt-unicode</code> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
973interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
974</dd>
975<p></p></dl>
976<p>
977</p>
978<hr />
979<h1><a name="rxvt_technical_reference">RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE</a></h1>
980<p>
981</p>
982<hr />
983<h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
984<p>The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of 1375<p>The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
985<strong>rxvt-unicode</strong>. First the description of supported command sequences, 1376<strong>rxvt-unicode</strong>. First the description of supported command sequences,
986followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all 1377followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
987features selectable at <code>configure</code> time.</p> 1378selectable at <code>configure</code> time.</p>
988<p> 1379
989</p> 1380</div>
990<hr /> 1381<h2 id="Definitions">Definitions</h2>
991<h1><a name="definitions">Definitions</a></h1> 1382<div id="Definitions_CONTENT">
992<dl> 1383<dl>
993<dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1384 <dt><strong><code>c</code></strong></dt>
994</dt>
995<dd> 1385 <dd>
996The literal character c. 1386 <p>The literal character c.</p>
997</dd> 1387 </dd>
998<p></p> 1388 <dt><strong><code>C</code></strong></dt>
999<dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1000</dt>
1001<dd> 1389 <dd>
1002A single (required) character. 1390 <p>A single (required) character.</p>
1003</dd> 1391 </dd>
1004<p></p> 1392 <dt><strong><code>Ps</code></strong></dt>
1005<dt><strong><a name="item_ps"><strong><code>Ps</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1006</dt>
1007<dd> 1393 <dd>
1008A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more 1394 <p>A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more
1009digits. 1395digits.</p>
1010</dd> 1396 </dd>
1011<p></p> 1397 <dt><strong><code>Pm</code></strong></dt>
1012<dt><strong><a name="item_pm"><strong><code>Pm</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1013</dt>
1014<dd> 1398 <dd>
1015A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric 1399 <p>A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric
1016parameters, separated by <code>;</code> character(s). 1400parameters, separated by <code>;</code> character(s).</p>
1017</dd> 1401 </dd>
1018<p></p> 1402 <dt><strong><code>Pt</code></strong></dt>
1019<dt><strong><a name="item_pt"><strong><code>Pt</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1020</dt>
1021<dd> 1403 <dd>
1022A text parameter composed of printable characters. 1404 <p>A text parameter composed of printable characters.</p>
1023</dd> 1405 </dd>
1024<p></p></dl> 1406</dl>
1025<p> 1407
1026</p> 1408</div>
1027<hr /> 1409<h2 id="Values">Values</h2>
1028<h1><a name="values">Values</a></h1> 1410<div id="Values_CONTENT">
1029<dl> 1411<dl>
1030<dt><strong><a name="item_enq"><strong><code>ENQ</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1412 <dt><strong><code>ENQ</code></strong></dt>
1031</dt>
1032<dd> 1413 <dd>
1033Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA) 1414 <p>Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA)
1034request attributes from terminal. See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps c</code></a> </strong>&gt;. 1415request attributes from terminal. See <strong><code>ESC [ Ps c</code></strong>.</p>
1035</dd> 1416 </dd>
1036<p></p> 1417 <dt><strong><code>BEL</code></strong></dt>
1037<dt><strong><a name="item_bel"><strong><code>BEL</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1038</dt>
1039<dd> 1418 <dd>
1040Bell (Ctrl-G) 1419 <p>Bell (Ctrl-G)</p>
1041</dd> 1420 </dd>
1042<p></p> 1421 <dt><strong><code>BS</code></strong></dt>
1043<dt><strong><a name="item_bs"><strong><code>BS</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1044</dt>
1045<dd> 1422 <dd>
1046Backspace (Ctrl-H) 1423 <p>Backspace (Ctrl-H)</p>
1047</dd> 1424 </dd>
1048<p></p> 1425 <dt><strong><code>TAB</code></strong></dt>
1049<dt><strong><a name="item_tab"><strong><code>TAB</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1050</dt>
1051<dd> 1426 <dd>
1052Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I) 1427 <p>Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I)</p>
1053</dd> 1428 </dd>
1054<p></p> 1429 <dt><strong><code>LF</code></strong></dt>
1055<dt><strong><a name="item_lf"><strong><code>LF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1056</dt>
1057<dd> 1430 <dd>
1058Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J) 1431 <p>Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J)</p>
1059</dd> 1432 </dd>
1060<p></p> 1433 <dt><strong><code>VT</code></strong></dt>
1061<dt><strong><a name="item_vt"><strong><code>VT</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1062</dt>
1063<dd> 1434 <dd>
1064Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1435 <p>Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as <strong><code>LF</code></strong></p>
1065</dd> 1436 </dd>
1066<p></p> 1437 <dt><strong><code>FF</code></strong></dt>
1067<dt><strong><a name="item_ff"><strong><code>FF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1068</dt>
1069<dd> 1438 <dd>
1070Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1439 <p>Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as <strong><code>LF</code></strong></p>
1071</dd> 1440 </dd>
1072<p></p> 1441 <dt><strong><code>CR</code></strong></dt>
1073<dt><strong><a name="item_cr"><strong><code>CR</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1074</dt>
1075<dd> 1442 <dd>
1076Carriage Return (Ctrl-M) 1443 <p>Carriage Return (Ctrl-M)</p>
1077</dd> 1444 </dd>
1078<p></p> 1445 <dt><strong><code>SO</code></strong></dt>
1079<dt><strong><a name="item_so"><strong><code>SO</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1080</dt>
1081<dd> 1446 <dd>
1082Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set. 1447 <p>Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set.
1083Switch to Alternate Character Set 1448Switch to Alternate Character Set</p>
1084</dd> 1449 </dd>
1085<p></p> 1450 <dt><strong><code>SI</code></strong></dt>
1086<dt><strong><a name="item_si"><strong><code>SI</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1087</dt>
1088<dd> 1451 <dd>
1089Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default). 1452 <p>Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default).
1090Switch to Standard Character Set 1453Switch to Standard Character Set</p>
1091</dd> 1454 </dd>
1092<p></p> 1455 <dt><strong><code>SPC</code></strong></dt>
1093<dt><strong><a name="item_spc"><strong><code>SPC</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1094</dt>
1095<dd> 1456 <dd>
1096Space Character 1457 <p>Space Character</p>
1097</dd> 1458 </dd>
1098<p></p></dl> 1459</dl>
1099<p> 1460
1100</p> 1461</div>
1101<hr />
1102<h1><a name="escape_sequences">Escape Sequences</a></h1> 1462<h2 id="Escape_Sequences">Escape Sequences</h2>
1463<div id="Escape_Sequences_CONTENT">
1103<dl> 1464<dl>
1104<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__23_8"><strong><code>ESC # 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1465 <dt><strong><code>ESC # 8</code></strong></dt>
1105</dt>
1106<dd> 1466 <dd>
1107DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN) 1467 <p>DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN)</p>
1108</dd> 1468 </dd>
1109<p></p> 1469 <dt><strong><code>ESC 7</code></strong></dt>
1110<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_7"><strong><code>ESC 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1111</dt>
1112<dd> 1470 <dd>
1113Save Cursor (SC) 1471 <p>Save Cursor (SC)</p>
1114</dd> 1472 </dd>
1115<p></p> 1473 <dt><strong><code>ESC 8</code></strong></dt>
1116<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_8"><strong><code>ESC 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1117</dt>
1118<dd> 1474 <dd>
1119Restore Cursor 1475 <p>Restore Cursor</p>
1120</dd> 1476 </dd>
1121<p></p> 1477 <dt><strong><code>ESC =</code></strong></dt>
1122<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__3d"><strong><code>ESC =</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1123</dt>
1124<dd> 1478 <dd>
1125Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence. 1479 <p>Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence.</p>
1126</dd> 1480 </dd>
1127<p></p> 1481 <dt><strong><code>ESC</code></strong></dt>
1128<dt><strong><a name="item_esc"><strong><code>ESC</code> </strong>&gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
1129</dt>
1130<dd> 1482 <dd>
1131Normal Keypad (RMKX) 1483 <p>Normal Keypad (RMKX)</p>
1132</dd>
1133<dd>
1134<p><strong>Note:</strong> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, <strong>Num_Lock</strong> has been 1484 <p><strong>Note:</strong> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, <strong>Num_Lock</strong> has been
1135pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad 1485pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad
1136(see Key Codes).</p> 1486(see Key Codes).</p>
1137</dd> 1487 </dd>
1138<p></p> 1488 <dt><strong><code>ESC D</code></strong></dt>
1139<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_d"><strong><code>ESC D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1140</dt>
1141<dd> 1489 <dd>
1142Index (IND) 1490 <p>Index (IND)</p>
1143</dd> 1491 </dd>
1144<p></p> 1492 <dt><strong><code>ESC E</code></strong></dt>
1145<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_e"><strong><code>ESC E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1146</dt>
1147<dd> 1493 <dd>
1148Next Line (NEL) 1494 <p>Next Line (NEL)</p>
1149</dd> 1495 </dd>
1150<p></p> 1496 <dt><strong><code>ESC H</code></strong></dt>
1151<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_h"><strong><code>ESC H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1152</dt>
1153<dd> 1497 <dd>
1154Tab Set (HTS) 1498 <p>Tab Set (HTS)</p>
1155</dd> 1499 </dd>
1156<p></p> 1500 <dt><strong><code>ESC M</code></strong></dt>
1157<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_m"><strong><code>ESC M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1158</dt>
1159<dd> 1501 <dd>
1160Reverse Index (RI) 1502 <p>Reverse Index (RI)</p>
1161</dd> 1503 </dd>
1162<p></p> 1504 <dt><strong><code>ESC N</code></strong></dt>
1163<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC N</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1164</dt>
1165<dd> 1505 <dd>
1166Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character 1506 <p>Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character
1167only <em>unimplemented</em> 1507only <i>unimplemented</i></p>
1168</dd> 1508 </dd>
1169<p></p> 1509 <dt><strong><code>ESC O</code></strong></dt>
1170<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC O</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1171</dt>
1172<dd> 1510 <dd>
1173Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character 1511 <p>Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
1174only <em>unimplemented</em> 1512only <i>unimplemented</i></p>
1175</dd> 1513 </dd>
1176<p></p> 1514 <dt><strong><code>ESC Z</code></strong></dt>
1177<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_z"><strong><code>ESC Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1178</dt>
1179<dd> 1515 <dd>
1180Obsolete form of returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C</code> </strong>&gt; <em>rxvt-unicode compile-time option</em> 1516 <p>Obsolete form of returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C</code></strong> <i>rxvt-unicode compile-time option</i></p>
1181</dd> 1517 </dd>
1182<p></p> 1518 <dt><strong><code>ESC c</code></strong></dt>
1183<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_c"><strong><code>ESC c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1184</dt>
1185<dd> 1519 <dd>
1186Full reset (RIS) 1520 <p>Full reset (RIS)</p>
1187</dd> 1521 </dd>
1188<p></p> 1522 <dt><strong><code>ESC n</code></strong></dt>
1189<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1190</dt>
1191<dd> 1523 <dd>
1192Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2) 1524 <p>Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2)</p>
1193</dd> 1525 </dd>
1194<p></p> 1526 <dt><strong><code>ESC o</code></strong></dt>
1195<dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC o</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1196</dt>
1197<dd> 1527 <dd>
1198Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3) 1528 <p>Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)</p>
1199</dd> 1529 </dd>
1200<p></p>
1201<dt><strong><strong><code>ESC ( C</code> </strong>&gt;</strong><br /> 1530 <dt><strong><code>ESC ( C</code></strong></dt>
1202</dt>
1203<dd> 1531 <dd>
1204Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>. 1532 <p>Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <code>C</code>.</p>
1205</dd> 1533 </dd>
1206<p></p> 1534 <dt><strong><code>ESC ) C</code></strong></dt>
1207<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__29_c"><strong><code>ESC ) C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1208</dt>
1209<dd> 1535 <dd>
1210Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>. 1536 <p>Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <code>C</code>.</p>
1211</dd> 1537 </dd>
1212<p></p> 1538 <dt><strong><code>ESC * C</code></strong></dt>
1213<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2a_c"><strong><code>ESC * C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1214</dt>
1215<dd> 1539 <dd>
1216Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>. 1540 <p>Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <code>C</code>.</p>
1217</dd> 1541 </dd>
1218<p></p> 1542 <dt><strong><code>ESC + C</code></strong></dt>
1219<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2b_c"><strong><code>ESC + C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1220</dt>
1221<dd> 1543 <dd>
1222Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>. 1544 <p>Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <code>C</code>.</p>
1223</dd> 1545 </dd>
1224<p></p> 1546 <dt><strong><code>ESC $ C</code></strong></dt>
1225<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__24_c"><strong><code>ESC $ C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1226</dt>
1227<dd> 1547 <dd>
1228Designate Kanji Character Set 1548 <p>Designate Kanji Character Set</p>
1549 <p>Where <strong><code>C</code></strong> is one of:</p>
1550<table><tr><td>C = 0 </td><td>DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set</td></tr><tr><td>C = A </td><td>United Kingdom (UK)</td></tr><tr><td>C = B </td><td>United States (USASCII)</td></tr><tr><td>C = <</td><td>Multinational character set unimplemented</td></tr><tr><td>C = 5 </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr><tr><td>C = C </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr><tr><td>C = K </td><td>German character set unimplemented</td></tr></table> </dd>
1229</dd> 1551</dl>
1230<dd> 1552<p><span id="CSI">CSI</span></p>
1231<p>Where <strong><a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> </strong>&gt; is one of:</p> 1553
1232</dd> 1554</div>
1233<table>
1234<tr><td>C = 0 </td><td>DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set</td></tr>
1235<tr><td>C = A </td><td>United Kingdom (UK)</td></tr>
1236<tr><td>C = B </td><td>United States (USASCII)</td></tr>
1237<tr><td>C = <</td><td>Multinational character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1238<tr><td>C = 5 </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1239<tr><td>C = C </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1240<tr><td>C = K </td><td>German character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1241</table><p></p></dl>
1242<p></p>
1243<p>
1244</p>
1245<hr />
1246<h1><a name="csi__command_sequence_introducer__sequences">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</a></h1> 1555<h2 id="CSI_Command_Sequence_Introducer_Sequ">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</h2>
1556<div id="CSI_Command_Sequence_Introducer_Sequ-2">
1247<dl> 1557<dl>
1248<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__40"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps @</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1558 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps @</code></strong></dt>
1249</dt>
1250<dd> 1559 <dd>
1251Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (Blank) <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ICH) 1560 <p>Insert <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (ICH)<span id="ESCOBPsA">ESCOBPsA</span></p>
1252</dd> 1561 </dd>
1253<p></p> 1562 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps A</code></strong></dt>
1254<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps A</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1255</dt>
1256<dd> 1563 <dd>
1257Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUU) 1564 <p>Cursor Up <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Times [default: 1] (CUU)</p>
1258</dd> 1565 </dd>
1259<p></p> 1566 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps B</code></strong></dt>
1260<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_b"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps B</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1261</dt>
1262<dd> 1567 <dd>
1263Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUD) 1568 <p>Cursor Down <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Times [default: 1] (CUD)<span id="ESCOBPsC">ESCOBPsC</span></p>
1264</dd> 1569 </dd>
1265<p></p> 1570 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps C</code></strong></dt>
1266<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1267</dt>
1268<dd> 1571 <dd>
1269Cursor Forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUF) 1572 <p>Cursor Forward <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Times [default: 1] (CUF)</p>
1270</dd> 1573 </dd>
1271<p></p> 1574 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps D</code></strong></dt>
1272<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1273</dt>
1274<dd> 1575 <dd>
1275Cursor Backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUB) 1576 <p>Cursor Backward <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Times [default: 1] (CUB)</p>
1276</dd> 1577 </dd>
1277<p></p> 1578 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps E</code></strong></dt>
1278<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1279</dt>
1280<dd> 1579 <dd>
1281Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column 1580 <p>Cursor Down <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Times [default: 1] and to first column</p>
1282</dd> 1581 </dd>
1283<p></p> 1582 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps F</code></strong></dt>
1284<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps F</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1285</dt>
1286<dd> 1583 <dd>
1287Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column 1584 <p>Cursor Up <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Times [default: 1] and to first column<span id="ESCOBPsG">ESCOBPsG</span></p>
1288</dd> 1585 </dd>
1289<p></p> 1586 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps G</code></strong></dt>
1290<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps G</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1291</dt>
1292<dd> 1587 <dd>
1293Cursor to Column <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (HPA) 1588 <p>Cursor to Column <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> (HPA)</p>
1294</dd> 1589 </dd>
1295<p></p> 1590 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps H</code></strong></dt>
1296<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1297</dt>
1298<dd> 1591 <dd>
1299Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP) 1592 <p>Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP)</p>
1300</dd> 1593 </dd>
1301<p></p> 1594 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps I</code></strong></dt>
1302<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps I</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1303</dt>
1304<dd> 1595 <dd>
1305Move forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; tab stops [default: 1] 1596 <p>Move forward <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> tab stops [default: 1]</p>
1306</dd> 1597 </dd>
1307<p></p> 1598 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps J</code></strong></dt>
1308<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_j"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps J</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1309</dt>
1310<dd> 1599 <dd>
1311Erase in Display (ED) 1600 <p>Erase in Display (ED)</p>
1601<table><tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Below (default)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear Above</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr></table> </dd>
1602 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps K</code></strong></dt>
1603 <dd>
1604 <p>Erase in Line (EL)</p>
1605<table><tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear to Right (default)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear to Left</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr></table> </dd>
1606 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps L</code></strong></dt>
1607 <dd>
1608 <p>Insert <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Line(s) [default: 1] (IL)</p>
1312</dd> 1609 </dd>
1313<table> 1610 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps M</code></strong></dt>
1314<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Below (default)</td></tr>
1315<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear Above</td></tr>
1316<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr>
1317</table><p></p>
1318<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_k"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps K</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1319</dt>
1320<dd> 1611 <dd>
1321Erase in Line (EL) 1612 <p>Delete <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Line(s) [default: 1] (DL)</p>
1322</dd> 1613 </dd>
1323<table> 1614 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps P</code></strong></dt>
1324<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear to Right (default)</td></tr>
1325<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear to Left</td></tr>
1326<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr>
1327</table><p></p>
1328<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps L</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1329</dt>
1330<dd> 1615 <dd>
1331Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (IL) 1616 <p>Delete <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Character(s) [default: 1] (DCH)</p>
1332</dd> 1617 </dd>
1333<p></p> 1618 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps T</code></strong></dt>
1334<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1335</dt>
1336<dd> 1619 <dd>
1337Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (DL)
1338</dd>
1339<p></p>
1340<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_p"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps P</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1341</dt>
1342<dd>
1343Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (DCH)
1344</dd>
1345<p></p>
1346<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 />
1347</dt>
1348<dd>
1349Initiate . <em>unimplemented</em> Parameters are 1620 <p>Initiate . <i>unimplemented</i> Parameters are
1350[func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow]. 1621[func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow].</p>
1351</dd> 1622 </dd>
1352<p></p> 1623 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps W</code></strong></dt>
1353<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_w"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps W</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1354</dt>
1355<dd> 1624 <dd>
1356Tabulator functions 1625 <p>Tabulator functions</p>
1626<table><tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Tab Set (HTS)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All</td></tr></table> </dd>
1627 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps X</code></strong></dt>
1628 <dd>
1629 <p>Erase <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> Character(s) [default: 1] (ECH)</p>
1357</dd> 1630 </dd>
1358<table> 1631 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps Z</code></strong></dt>
1359<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Tab Set (HTS)</td></tr>
1360<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr>
1361<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All</td></tr>
1362</table><p></p>
1363<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps X</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1364</dt>
1365<dd> 1632 <dd>
1366Erase <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ECH) 1633 <p>Move backward <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> [default: 1] tab stops</p>
1367</dd> 1634 </dd>
1368<p></p> 1635 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps '</code></strong></dt>
1369<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_z"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1370</dt>
1371<dd> 1636 <dd>
1372Move backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; [default: 1] tab stops 1637 <p>See <strong><code>ESC [ Ps G</code></strong></p>
1373</dd> 1638 </dd>
1374<p></p> 1639 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps a</code></strong></dt>
1375<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__27"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps '</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1376</dt>
1377<dd> 1640 <dd>
1378See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_g"><code>ESC [ Ps G</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1641 <p>See <strong><code>ESC [ Ps C</code></strong></p>
1379</dd> 1642 </dd>
1380<p></p> 1643 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps c</code></strong></dt>
1381<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps a</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1382</dt>
1383<dd> 1644 <dd>
1384See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps C</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1385</dd>
1386<p></p>
1387<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1388</dt>
1389<dd>
1390Send Device Attributes (DA) 1645 <p>Send Device Attributes (DA)
1391<strong><code>Ps = 0</code> </strong>&gt; (or omitted): request attributes from terminal 1646<strong><code>Ps = 0</code></strong> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
1392returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c</code> </strong>&gt; (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video 1647returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c</code></strong> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
1393Option'') 1648Option'')</p>
1394</dd> 1649 </dd>
1395<p></p> 1650 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps d</code></strong></dt>
1396<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps d</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1397</dt>
1398<dd> 1651 <dd>
1399Cursor to Line <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (VPA) 1652 <p>Cursor to Line <strong><code>Ps</code></strong> (VPA)</p>
1400</dd> 1653 </dd>
1401<p></p> 1654 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps e</code></strong></dt>
1402<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps e</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1403</dt>
1404<dd> 1655 <dd>
1405See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_a"><code>ESC [ Ps A</code></a> </strong>&gt; 1656 <p>See <strong><code>ESC [ Ps A</code></strong></p>
1406</dd> 1657 </dd>
1407<p></p> 1658 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps f</code></strong></dt>
1408<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps f</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1409</dt>
1410<dd> 1659 <dd>
1411Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1] 1660 <p>Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1]</p>
1412</dd> 1661 </dd>
1413<p></p> 1662 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps g</code></strong></dt>
1414<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps g</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1415</dt>
1416<dd> 1663 <dd>
1417Tab Clear (TBC) 1664 <p>Tab Clear (TBC)</p>
1665<table><tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>Clear All (TBC)</td></tr></table> </dd>
1666 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Pm h</code></strong></dt>
1667 <dd>
1668 <p>Set Mode (SM). See <strong><code>ESC [ Pm l</code></strong> sequence for description of <code>Pm</code>.</p>
1418</dd> 1669 </dd>
1419<table> 1670 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps i</code></strong></dt>
1420<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr>
1421<tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>Clear All (TBC)</td></tr>
1422</table><p></p>
1423<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1424</dt>
1425<dd> 1671 <dd>
1426Set 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>.
1427</dd>
1428<p></p>
1429<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps i</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1430</dt>
1431<dd>
1432Printing. See also the <code>print-pipe</code> resource. 1672 <p>Printing. See also the <code>print-pipe</code> resource.</p>
1673<table><tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>print screen (MC0)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>disable transparent print mode (MC4)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>enable transparent print mode (MC5)</td></tr></table> </dd>
1674 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Pm l</code></strong></dt>
1675 <dd>
1676 <p>Reset Mode (RM)</p>
1677 <p>
1678 <dl>
1679 <dt><strong><code>Ps = 4</code></strong></dt>
1680<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Insert Mode (SMIR)</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Replace Mode (RMIR)</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Ps = 20</code></strong> (partially implemented)</dt>
1681<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Automatic Newline (LNM)</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Linefeed (LNM)</td></tr></table> </dl>
1682 </p>
1433</dd> 1683 </dd>
1434<table> 1684 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Pm m</code></strong></dt>
1435<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>print screen (MC0)</td></tr>
1436<tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>disable transparent print mode (MC4)</td></tr>
1437<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>enable transparent print mode (MC5)</td></tr>
1438</table><p></p>
1439<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1440</dt>
1441<dd> 1685 <dd>
1442Reset Mode (RM) 1686 <p>Character Attributes (SGR)</p>
1687<table><tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Normal (default)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 1 / 21</td><td>On / Off Bold (bright fg)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 3 / 23</td><td>On / Off Italic</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 4 / 24</td><td>On / Off Underline</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 5 / 25</td><td>On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 6 / 26</td><td>On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 7 / 27</td><td>On / Off Inverse</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 8 / 27</td><td>On / Off Invisible (NYI)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 30 / 40</td><td>fg/bg Black</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 31 / 41</td><td>fg/bg Red</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 32 / 42</td><td>fg/bg Green</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 33 / 43</td><td>fg/bg Yellow</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 34 / 44</td><td>fg/bg Blue</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 35 / 45</td><td>fg/bg Magenta</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 36 / 46</td><td>fg/bg Cyan</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 38;5 / 48;5</td><td>set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 37 / 47</td><td>fg/bg White</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 39 / 49</td><td>fg/bg Default</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 90 / 100</td><td>fg/bg Bright Black</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 91 / 101</td><td>fg/bg Bright Red</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 92 / 102</td><td>fg/bg Bright Green</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 93 / 103</td><td>fg/bg Bright Yellow</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 94 / 104</td><td>fg/bg Bright Blue</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 95 / 105</td><td>fg/bg Bright Magenta</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 96 / 106</td><td>fg/bg Bright Cyan</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 97 / 107</td><td>fg/bg Bright White</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 99 / 109</td><td>fg/bg Bright Default</td></tr></table> </dd>
1688 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps n</code></strong></dt>
1689 <dd>
1690 <p>Device Status Report (DSR)</p>
1691<table><tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Status Report ESC [ 0 n (``OK'')</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as ESC [ r ; c R</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Request Display Name</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>Request Version Number (place in window title)</td></tr></table> </dd>
1692 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps r</code></strong></dt>
1693 <dd>
1694 <p>Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom]
1695[default: full size of window] (CSR)</p>
1443</dd> 1696 </dd>
1697 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ s</code></strong></dt>
1698 <dd>
1699 <p>Save Cursor (SC)</p>
1700 </dd>
1701 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Pt t</code></strong></dt>
1702 <dd>
1703 <p>Window Operations</p>
1704<table><tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Deiconify (map) window</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Iconify window</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t Move window to (X|Y)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t Resize to WxH pixels</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Raise window</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Lower window</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Refresh screen once</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t Resize to R rows and C columns</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Report window state (responds with Ps = 1 or Ps = 2)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Report window position (responds with Ps = 3)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 14</td><td>Report window pixel size (responds with Ps = 4)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Report window text size (responds with Ps = 7)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 21</td><td>Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 24..</td><td>Set window height to Ps rows</td></tr></table> </dd>
1705 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ u</code></strong></dt>
1706 <dd>
1707 <p>Restore Cursor</p>
1708 </dd>
1709 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ Ps x</code></strong></dt>
1710 <dd>
1711 <p>Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)</p>
1712 </dd>
1713</dl>
1714<p><span id="PrivateModes">PrivateModes</span></p>
1715
1716</div>
1717<h2 id="DEC_Private_Modes">DEC Private Modes</h2>
1718<div id="DEC_Private_Modes_CONTENT">
1444<dl> 1719<dl>
1445<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_4"><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1720 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm h</code></strong></dt>
1446</dt>
1447<table>
1448<tr><td>h</td><td>Insert Mode (SMIR)</td></tr>
1449<tr><td>l</td><td>Replace Mode (RMIR)</td></tr>
1450</table><dt><strong><a name="item_20"><strong><code>Ps = 20</code> </strong>&gt; (partially implemented)</a></strong><br />
1451</dt>
1452<table>
1453<tr><td>h</td><td>Automatic Newline (LNM)</td></tr>
1454<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Linefeed (LNM)</td></tr>
1455</table></dl>
1456<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm m</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1457</dt>
1458<dd> 1721 <dd>
1459Character Attributes (SGR) 1722 <p>DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET)</p>
1460</dd> 1723 </dd>
1461<table> 1724 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm l</code></strong></dt>
1462<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Normal (default)</td></tr>
1463<tr><td>Ps = 1 / 21</td><td>On / Off Bold (bright fg)</td></tr>
1464<tr><td>Ps = 3 / 23</td><td>On / Off Italic</td></tr>
1465<tr><td>Ps = 4 / 24</td><td>On / Off Underline</td></tr>
1466<tr><td>Ps = 5 / 25</td><td>On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg)</td></tr>
1467<tr><td>Ps = 6 / 26</td><td>On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg)</td></tr>
1468<tr><td>Ps = 7 / 27</td><td>On / Off Inverse</td></tr>
1469<tr><td>Ps = 8 / 27</td><td>On / Off Invisible (NYI)</td></tr>
1470<tr><td>Ps = 30 / 40</td><td>fg/bg Black</td></tr>
1471<tr><td>Ps = 31 / 41</td><td>fg/bg Red</td></tr>
1472<tr><td>Ps = 32 / 42</td><td>fg/bg Green</td></tr>
1473<tr><td>Ps = 33 / 43</td><td>fg/bg Yellow</td></tr>
1474<tr><td>Ps = 34 / 44</td><td>fg/bg Blue</td></tr>
1475<tr><td>Ps = 35 / 45</td><td>fg/bg Magenta</td></tr>
1476<tr><td>Ps = 36 / 46</td><td>fg/bg Cyan</td></tr>
1477<tr><td>Ps = 38;5 / 48;5</td><td>set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6)</td></tr>
1478<tr><td>Ps = 37 / 47</td><td>fg/bg White</td></tr>
1479<tr><td>Ps = 39 / 49</td><td>fg/bg Default</td></tr>
1480<tr><td>Ps = 90 / 100</td><td>fg/bg Bright Black</td></tr>
1481<tr><td>Ps = 91 / 101</td><td>fg/bg Bright Red</td></tr>
1482<tr><td>Ps = 92 / 102</td><td>fg/bg Bright Green</td></tr>
1483<tr><td>Ps = 93 / 103</td><td>fg/bg Bright Yellow</td></tr>
1484<tr><td>Ps = 94 / 104</td><td>fg/bg Bright Blue</td></tr>
1485<tr><td>Ps = 95 / 105</td><td>fg/bg Bright Magenta</td></tr>
1486<tr><td>Ps = 96 / 106</td><td>fg/bg Bright Cyan</td></tr>
1487<tr><td>Ps = 97 / 107</td><td>fg/bg Bright White</td></tr>
1488<tr><td>Ps = 99 / 109</td><td>fg/bg Bright Default</td></tr>
1489</table><p></p>
1490<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_n"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1491</dt>
1492<dd> 1725 <dd>
1493Device Status Report (DSR) 1726 <p>DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST)</p>
1494</dd> 1727 </dd>
1495<table> 1728 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm r</code></strong></dt>
1496<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Status Report ESC [ 0 n (``OK'')</td></tr>
1497<tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as ESC [ r ; c R</td></tr>
1498<tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Request Display Name</td></tr>
1499<tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>Request Version Number (place in window title)</td></tr>
1500</table><p></p>
1501<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_r"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1502</dt>
1503<dd> 1729 <dd>
1504Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom] 1730 <p>Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values.</p>
1505[default: full size of window] (CSR)
1506</dd> 1731 </dd>
1507<p></p> 1732 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm s</code></strong></dt>
1508<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_s"><strong><code>ESC [ s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1509</dt>
1510<dd> 1733 <dd>
1511Save Cursor (SC) 1734 <p>Save DEC Private Mode Values.</p>
1512</dd> 1735 </dd>
1513<p></p> 1736 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm t</code></strong></dt>
1514<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bpt_t"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Pt t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1515</dt>
1516<dd> 1737 <dd>
1517Window Operations 1738 <p>Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). <i>where</i></p>
1739 <p>
1740 <dl>
1741 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1</code></strong> (DECCKM)</dt>
1742<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Application Cursor Keys</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Keys</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 2</code></strong> (ANSI/VT52 mode)</dt>
1743<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 3</code></strong></dt>
1744<table><tr><td>h</td><td>132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 4</code></strong></dt>
1745<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 5</code></strong></dt>
1746<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 6</code></strong></dt>
1747<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Origin Mode (DECOM)</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 7</code></strong></dt>
1748<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 8</code></strong> <i>unimplemented</i></dt>
1749<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 9</code></strong> X10 XTerm</dt>
1750<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press.</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 25</code></strong></dt>
1751<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Invisible cursor {civis}</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 30</code></strong></dt>
1752<table><tr><td>h</td><td>scrollBar visisble</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>scrollBar invisisble</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 35</code></strong> (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</dt>
1753<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 38</code></strong> <i>unimplemented</i></dt>
1754 <dd>
1755 <p>Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)</p>
1756 </dd>
1757 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 40</code></strong></dt>
1758<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Allow 80/132 Mode</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow 80/132 Mode</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 44</code></strong> <i>unimplemented</i></dt>
1759<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Turn On Margin Bell</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Turn Off Margin Bell</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 45</code></strong> <i>unimplemented</i></dt>
1760<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>No Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 46</code></strong> <i>unimplemented</i></dt>
1761 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 47</code></strong></dt>
1762<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr></table> <dd>
1763 <p><span id="Priv66">Priv66</span></p>
1764 </dd>
1765 <dt><strong><code>Pm = 66</code></strong></dt>
1766<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC =</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == ESC ></td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 67</code></strong></dt>
1767<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM)</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Backspace key sends DEL</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1000</code></strong> (X11 XTerm)</dt>
1768<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1001</code></strong> (X11 XTerm) <i>unimplemented</i></dt>
1769<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1002</code></strong> (X11 XTerm)</dt>
1770<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release, and motion with a button pressed.</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1003</code></strong> (X11 XTerm)</dt>
1771<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release, and motion.</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1010</code></strong> (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</dt>
1772<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1011</code></strong> (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</dt>
1773<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1021</code></strong> (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</dt>
1774<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1047</code></strong></dt>
1775<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1048</code></strong></dt>
1776<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Save cursor position</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Restore cursor position</td></tr></table> <dt><strong><code>Pm = 1049</code></strong></dt>
1777<table><tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it</td></tr><tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr></table> </dl>
1778 </p>
1518</dd> 1779 </dd>
1519<table>
1520<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Deiconify (map) window</td></tr>
1521<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Iconify window</td></tr>
1522<tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t Move window to (X|Y)</td></tr>
1523<tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t Resize to WxH pixels</td></tr>
1524<tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Raise window</td></tr>
1525<tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Lower window</td></tr>
1526<tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Refresh screen once</td></tr>
1527<tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t Resize to R rows and C columns</td></tr>
1528<tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Report window state (responds with Ps = 1 or Ps = 2)</td></tr>
1529<tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Report window position (responds with Ps = 3)</td></tr>
1530<tr><td>Ps = 14</td><td>Report window pixel size (responds with Ps = 4)</td></tr>
1531<tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Report window text size (responds with Ps = 7)</td></tr>
1532<tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9</td></tr>
1533<tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234)</td></tr>
1534<tr><td>Ps = 21</td><td>Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234)</td></tr>
1535<tr><td>Ps = 24..</td><td>Set window height to Ps rows</td></tr>
1536</table><p></p>
1537<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_u"><strong><code>ESC [ u</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1538</dt> 1780</dl>
1539<dd> 1781<p><span id="XTerm">XTerm</span></p>
1540Restore Cursor 1782
1541</dd> 1783</div>
1542<p></p> 1784<h2 id="XTerm_Operating_System_Commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</h2>
1543<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps x</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1785<div id="XTerm_Operating_System_Commands_CONT">
1544</dt>
1545<dd>
1546Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
1547</dd>
1548<p></p></dl>
1549<p></p>
1550<p>
1551</p>
1552<hr />
1553<h1><a name="dec_private_modes">DEC Private Modes</a></h1>
1554<dl> 1786<dl>
1555<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1787 <dt><strong><code>ESC ] Ps;Pt ST</code></strong></dt>
1556</dt>
1557<dd> 1788 <dd>
1558DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET) 1789 <p>Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b,
1559</dd> 17900x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any
1560<p></p> 1791<strong>octet</strong> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V).</p>
1561<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br /> 1792<table><tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Change Icon Name and Window Title to Pt</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Change Icon Name to Pt</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Change Window Title to Pt</td></tr><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><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><tr><td>Ps = 10</td><td>Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 12</td><td>Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 17</td><td>Change colour of highlight characters to Pt</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Change background pixmap parameters (see section BACKGROUND IMAGE) (Compile AfterImage).</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 39</td><td>Change default foreground colour to Pt.</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 46</td><td>Change Log File to Pt unimplemented</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 49</td><td>Change default background colour to Pt.</td></tr><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><tr><td>Ps = 55</td><td>Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 701</td><td>Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 702</td><td>Request version if Pt is ?, returning rxvt-unicode, the resource name, the major and minor version numbers, e.g. ESC ] 702 ; rxvt-unicode ; urxvt ; 7 ; 4 ST.</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 704</td><td>Change colour of italic characters to Pt</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 705</td><td>Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 706</td><td>Change colour of bold characters to Pt</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 707</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 710</td><td>Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 711</td><td>Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 712</td><td>Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 713</td><td>Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 720</td><td>Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 721</td><td>Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).</td></tr><tr><td>Ps = 777</td><td>Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).</td></tr></table> </dd>
1562</dt>
1563<dd>
1564DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST)
1565</dd>
1566<p></p>
1567<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_r"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1568</dt>
1569<dd>
1570Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values.
1571</dd>
1572<p></p>
1573<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_s"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1574</dt>
1575<dd>
1576Save DEC Private Mode Values.
1577</dd>
1578<p></p>
1579<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_t"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1580</dt>
1581<dd>
1582Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). <em>where</em>
1583</dd>
1584<dl>
1585<dt><strong><a name="item_1"><strong><code>Ps = 1</code> </strong>&gt; (DECCKM)</a></strong><br />
1586</dt>
1587<table>
1588<tr><td>h</td><td>Application Cursor Keys</td></tr>
1589<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Keys</td></tr>
1590</table><dt><strong><a name="item_2"><strong><code>Ps = 2</code> </strong>&gt; (ANSI/VT52 mode)</a></strong><br />
1591</dt>
1592<table>
1593<tr><td>h</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr>
1594<tr><td>l</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr>
1595</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_3"><strong><code>Ps = 3</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1596</dt>
1597<table>
1598<tr><td>h</td><td>132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr>
1599<tr><td>l</td><td>80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr>
1600</table><dt><strong><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</strong><br />
1601</dt>
1602<table>
1603<tr><td>h</td><td>Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr>
1604<tr><td>l</td><td>Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr>
1605</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_5"><strong><code>Ps = 5</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1606</dt>
1607<table>
1608<tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr>
1609<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr>
1610</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_6"><strong><code>Ps = 6</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1611</dt>
1612<table>
1613<tr><td>h</td><td>Origin Mode (DECOM)</td></tr>
1614<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)</td></tr>
1615</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_7"><strong><code>Ps = 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1616</dt>
1617<table>
1618<tr><td>h</td><td>Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr>
1619<tr><td>l</td><td>No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr>
1620</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_8_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 8</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1621</dt>
1622<table>
1623<tr><td>h</td><td>Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr>
1624<tr><td>l</td><td>No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr>
1625</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_9_x10_xterm"><strong><code>Ps = 9</code> </strong>&gt; X10 XTerm</a></strong><br />
1626</dt>
1627<table>
1628<tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press.</td></tr>
1629<tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1630</table><dt><strong><a name="item_10"><strong><code>Ps = 10</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1631</dt>
1632<table>
1633<tr><td>h</td><td>menuBar visible</td></tr>
1634<tr><td>l</td><td>menuBar invisible</td></tr>
1635</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_25"><strong><code>Ps = 25</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1636</dt>
1637<table>
1638<tr><td>h</td><td>Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}</td></tr>
1639<tr><td>l</td><td>Invisible cursor {civis}</td></tr>
1640</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_30"><strong><code>Ps = 30</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1641</dt>
1642<table>
1643<tr><td>h</td><td>scrollBar visisble</td></tr>
1644<tr><td>l</td><td>scrollBar invisisble</td></tr>
1645</table><dt><strong><a name="item_35"><strong><code>Ps = 35</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1646</dt>
1647<table>
1648<tr><td>h</td><td>Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr>
1649<tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr>
1650</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_38_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 38</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1651</dt>
1652<dd>
1653Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
1654</dd>
1655<p></p>
1656<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_40"><strong><code>Ps = 40</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1657</dt>
1658<table>
1659<tr><td>h</td><td>Allow 80/132 Mode</td></tr>
1660<tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow 80/132 Mode</td></tr>
1661</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_44_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 44</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1662</dt>
1663<table>
1664<tr><td>h</td><td>Turn On Margin Bell</td></tr>
1665<tr><td>l</td><td>Turn Off Margin Bell</td></tr>
1666</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_45_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 45</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1667</dt>
1668<table>
1669<tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr>
1670<tr><td>l</td><td>No Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr>
1671</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_46_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 46</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1672</dt>
1673<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_47"><strong><code>Ps = 47</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1674</dt>
1675<table>
1676<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1677<tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1678</table><p></p>
1679<dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_66"><strong><code>Ps = 66</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1680</dt>
1681<table>
1682<tr><td>h</td><td>Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC =</td></tr>
1683<tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == ESC ></td></tr>
1684</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_67"><strong><code>Ps = 67</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1685</dt>
1686<table>
1687<tr><td>h</td><td>Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM)</td></tr>
1688<tr><td>l</td><td>Backspace key sends DEL</td></tr>
1689</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1000"><strong><code>Ps = 1000</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm)</a></strong><br />
1690</dt>
1691<table>
1692<tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.</td></tr>
1693<tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1694</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1001"><strong><code>Ps = 1001</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm) <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1695</dt>
1696<table>
1697<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.</td></tr>
1698<tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1699</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1010"><strong><code>Ps = 1010</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1700</dt>
1701<table>
1702<tr><td>h</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr>
1703<tr><td>l</td><td>Scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr>
1704</table><dt><strong><a name="item_1011"><strong><code>Ps = 1011</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1705</dt>
1706<table>
1707<tr><td>h</td><td>Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr>
1708<tr><td>l</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr>
1709</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1047"><strong><code>Ps = 1047</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1710</dt>
1711<table>
1712<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1713<tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it</td></tr>
1714</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1048"><strong><code>Ps = 1048</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1715</dt>
1716<table>
1717<tr><td>h</td><td>Save cursor position</td></tr>
1718<tr><td>l</td><td>Restore cursor position</td></tr>
1719</table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1049"><strong><code>Ps = 1049</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1720</dt>
1721<table>
1722<tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it</td></tr>
1723<tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1724</table></dl>
1725</dl> 1793</dl>
1726<p></p> 1794
1727<p> 1795</div>
1728</p> 1796<h1 id="BACKGROUND_IMAGE">BACKGROUND IMAGE</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
1729<hr /> 1797<div id="BACKGROUND_IMAGE_CONTENT">
1730<h1><a name="xterm_operating_system_commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</a></h1>
1731<dl>
1732<dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5d_ps_3bpt_st"><strong><code>ESC ] Ps;Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1733</dt>
1734<dd>
1735Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b,
17360x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any
1737<strong>octet</strong> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V).
1738</dd>
1739<table>
1740<tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Change Icon Name and Window Title to Pt</td></tr>
1741<tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Change Icon Name to Pt</td></tr>
1742<tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Change Window Title to Pt</td></tr>
1743<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>
1744<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>
1745<tr><td>Ps = 10</td><td>Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr>
1746<tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr>
1747<tr><td>Ps = 12</td><td>Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt</td></tr>
1748<tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt</td></tr>
1749<tr><td>Ps = 17</td><td>Change colour of highlight characters to Pt</td></tr>
1750<tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Change colour of bold characters to Pt</td></tr>
1751<tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt</td></tr>
1752<tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Change default background to Pt</td></tr>
1753<tr><td>Ps = 39</td><td>Change default foreground colour to Pt.</td></tr>
1754<tr><td>Ps = 46</td><td>Change Log File to Pt unimplemented</td></tr>
1755<tr><td>Ps = 49</td><td>Change default background colour to Pt.</td></tr>
1756<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>
1757<tr><td>Ps = 55</td><td>Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt</td></tr>
1758<tr><td>Ps = 701</td><td>Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).</td></tr>
1759<tr><td>Ps = 703</td><td>Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar).</td></tr>
1760<tr><td>Ps = 704</td><td>Change colour of italic characters to Pt</td></tr>
1761<tr><td>Ps = 705</td><td>Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).</td></tr>
1762<tr><td>Ps = 710</td><td>Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.</td></tr>
1763<tr><td>Ps = 711</td><td>Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
1764<tr><td>Ps = 712</td><td>Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
1765<tr><td>Ps = 713</td><td>Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
1766<tr><td>Ps = 720</td><td>Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).</td></tr>
1767<tr><td>Ps = 721</td><td>Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).</td></tr>
1768</table><p></p></dl>
1769<p></p>
1770<p>
1771</p>
1772<hr />
1773<h1><a name="menubar">menuBar</a></h1>
1774<p><strong>The exact syntax used is <em>almost</em> solidified. </strong>&gt;
1775In the menus, <strong>DON'T</strong> try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
1776menuBar.</p>
1777<p>Note that in all of the commands, the <strong><em>/path/</em> </strong>&gt; <em>cannot</em> be
1778omitted: use <strong>./</strong> to specify a menu relative to the current menu.</p>
1779<p>
1780</p>
1781<h2><a name="overview_of_menubar_operation">Overview of menuBar operation</a></h2>
1782<p>For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence <code>ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST</code>, the syntax
1783of <a href="#item_pt"><code>Pt</code></a> can be used for a variety of tasks:</p>
1784<p>At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1785linked-list of other such menuBars.</p>
1786<p>The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1787turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.</p>
1788<p>The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1789input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.</p>
1790<p>The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1791constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
1792menuBars.</p>
1793<p>The first step is to use the tag <strong>[menu:<em>name</em>] </strong>&gt; which creates
1794the menuBar called <em>name</em> and allows access. You may now or menus,
1795subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag <strong>[done]</strong> to set the
1796menuBar access as <strong>readonly</strong> to prevent accidental corruption of the
1797menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
1798<strong>[menu]</strong>, make the alterations and then use <strong>[done]</strong></p>
1799<p></p>
1800<p>
1801</p>
1802<h2><a name="commands">Commands</a></h2>
1803<dl>
1804<dt><strong><a name="item__5bmenu_3a_2bname_5d"><strong>[menu:+<em>name</em>] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1805</dt>
1806<dd>
1807access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
1808is created, it is called <em>name</em> (max of 15 chars) and the current
1809menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1810</dd>
1811<p></p>
1812<dt><strong><a name="item__5bmenu_5d"><strong>[menu]</strong></a></strong><br />
1813</dt>
1814<dd>
1815access the current menuBar for alteration
1816</dd>
1817<p></p>
1818<dt><strong><a name="item__5btitle_3a_2bstring_5d"><strong>[title:+<em>string</em>] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1819</dt>
1820<dd>
1821set the current menuBar's title to <em>string</em>, which may contain the
1822following format specifiers:
1823</dd>
1824<dd>
1825<pre>
1826 B&lt;%n&gt; rxvt name (as per the B&lt;-name&gt; command-line option)
1827 B&lt;%v&gt; rxvt version
1828 B&lt;%%&gt; literal B&lt;%&gt; character</pre>
1829</dd>
1830<p></p>
1831<dt><strong><a name="item__5bdone_5d"><strong>[done]</strong></a></strong><br />
1832</dt>
1833<dd>
1834set menuBar access as <strong>readonly</strong>.
1835End-of-file tag for <strong>[read:+<em>file</em>] </strong>&gt; operations.
1836</dd>
1837<p></p>
1838<dt><strong><a name="item__5bread_3a_2bfile_5d"><strong>[read:+<em>file</em>] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1839</dt>
1840<dd>
1841read menu commands directly from <em>file</em> (extension ``.menu'' will be
1842appended if required.) Start reading at a line with <strong>[menu]</strong> or <strong>&lt;
1843[menu:+<em>name</em> </strong>&gt; and continuing until <strong>[done]</strong> is encountered.
1844</dd>
1845<dd>
1846<p>Blank and comment lines (starting with <strong>#</strong>) are ignored. Actually,
1847since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
1848be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
1849future ... so don't count on it!.</p>
1850</dd>
1851<p></p>
1852<dt><strong><a name="item__5bread_3a_2bfile_3b_2bname_5d"><strong>[read:+<em>file</em>;+<em>name</em>] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1853</dt>
1854<dd>
1855The same as <strong>[read:+<em>file</em>] </strong>&gt;, but start reading at a line with
1856<strong>[menu:+<em>name</em>] </strong>&gt; and continuing until <strong>[done:+<em>name</em>] </strong>&gt; or
1857<strong>[done]</strong> is encountered.
1858</dd>
1859<p></p>
1860<dt><strong><a name="item__5bdump_5d"><strong>[dump]</strong></a></strong><br />
1861</dt>
1862<dd>
1863dump all menuBars to the file <strong>/tmp/rxvt-PID</strong> in a format suitable for
1864later rereading.
1865</dd>
1866<p></p>
1867<dt><strong><a name="item__5brm_3aname_5d"><strong>[rm:name]</strong></a></strong><br />
1868</dt>
1869<dd>
1870remove the named menuBar
1871</dd>
1872<p></p>
1873<dt><strong><a name="item__5brm_5d__5brm_3a_5d"><strong>[rm] [rm:]</strong></a></strong><br />
1874</dt>
1875<dd>
1876remove the current menuBar
1877</dd>
1878<p></p>
1879<dt><strong><a name="item__5brm_2a_5d__5brm_3a_2a_5d"><strong>[rm*] [rm:*]</strong></a></strong><br />
1880</dt>
1881<dd>
1882remove all menuBars
1883</dd>
1884<p></p>
1885<dt><strong><a name="item__5bswap_5d"><strong>[swap]</strong></a></strong><br />
1886</dt>
1887<dd>
1888swap the top two menuBars
1889</dd>
1890<p></p>
1891<dt><strong><a name="item__5bprev_5d"><strong>[prev]</strong></a></strong><br />
1892</dt>
1893<dd>
1894access the previous menuBar
1895</dd>
1896<p></p>
1897<dt><strong><a name="item__5bnext_5d"><strong>[next]</strong></a></strong><br />
1898</dt>
1899<dd>
1900access the next menuBar
1901</dd>
1902<p></p>
1903<dt><strong><a name="item__5bshow_5d"><strong>[show]</strong></a></strong><br />
1904</dt>
1905<dd>
1906Enable display of the menuBar
1907</dd>
1908<p></p>
1909<dt><strong><a name="item__5bhide_5d"><strong>[hide]</strong></a></strong><br />
1910</dt>
1911<dd>
1912Disable display of the menuBar
1913</dd>
1914<p></p>
1915<dt><strong><a name="item__5bpixmap_3a_2bname_5d"><strong>[pixmap:+<em>name</em>] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1916</dt>
1917<dt><strong><a name="item__5bpixmap_3a_2bname_3bscaling_5d"><strong>[pixmap:+<em>name</em>;<em>scaling</em>] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1918</dt>
1919<dd>
1920(set the background pixmap globally
1921</dd>
1922<dd>
1923<p><strong>A Future implementation <em>may</em> make this local to the menubar </strong>&gt;)</p>
1924</dd>
1925<p></p>
1926<dt><strong><a name="item__5b_3a_2bcommand_3a_5d"><strong>[:+<em>command</em>:] </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1927</dt>
1928<dd>
1929ignore the menu readonly status and issue a <em>command</em> to or a menu or
1930menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
1931from a menuBar.
1932</dd>
1933<p></p></dl>
1934<p></p>
1935<p>
1936</p>
1937<h2><a name="adding_and_accessing_menus">Adding and accessing menus</a></h2>
1938<p>The following commands may also be <strong>+</strong> prefixed.</p>
1939<dl>
1940<dt><strong><a name="item__2f_2b"><strong>/+</strong></a></strong><br />
1941</dt>
1942<dd>
1943access menuBar top level
1944</dd>
1945<p></p>
1946<dt><strong><a name="item__2e_2f_2b"><strong>./+</strong></a></strong><br />
1947</dt>
1948<dd>
1949access current menu level
1950</dd>
1951<p></p>
1952<dt><strong><a name="item__2e_2e_2f_2b"><strong>../+</strong></a></strong><br />
1953</dt>
1954<dd>
1955access parent menu (1 level up)
1956</dd>
1957<p></p>
1958<dt><strong><a name="item__2e_2e_2f_2e_2e_2f"><strong>../../</strong></a></strong><br />
1959</dt>
1960<dd>
1961access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1962</dd>
1963<p></p>
1964<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2fmenu"><strong><em>/path/</em>menu </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1965</dt>
1966<dd>
1967add/access menu
1968</dd>
1969<p></p>
1970<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2fmenu_2f_2a"><strong><em>/path/</em>menu/* </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1971</dt>
1972<dd>
1973add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1974</dd>
1975<p></p>
1976<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2f_7b_2d_7d"><strong><em>/path/</em>{-} </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1977</dt>
1978<dd>
1979add separator
1980</dd>
1981<p></p>
1982<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2f_7bitem_7d"><strong><em>/path/</em>{item} </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1983</dt>
1984<dd>
1985add <strong>item</strong> as a label
1986</dd>
1987<p></p>
1988<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2f_7bitem_7d_action"><strong><em>/path/</em>{item} action </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1989</dt>
1990<dd>
1991add/alter <em>menuitem</em> with an associated <em>action</em>
1992</dd>
1993<p></p>
1994<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2f_7bitem_7d_7bright_2dtext_7d"><strong><em>/path/</em>{item}{right-text} </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1995</dt>
1996<dd>
1997add/alter <em>menuitem</em> with <strong>right-text</strong> as the right-justified text
1998and as the associated <em>action</em>
1999</dd>
2000<p></p>
2001<dt><strong><a name="item__2fpath_2f_7bitem_7d_7brtext_7d_action"><strong><em>/path/</em>{item}{rtext} action </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2002</dt>
2003<dd>
2004add/alter <em>menuitem</em> with an associated <em>action</em> and with <strong>rtext</strong> as
2005the right-justified text.
2006</dd>
2007<p></p></dl>
2008<dl>
2009<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 />
2010</dt>
2011<dd>
2012<strong>\a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal</strong>
2013</dd>
2014<p></p>
2015<dt><strong><a name="item_or_in_control_2dcharacter_notation_3a">or in control-character notation:</a></strong><br />
2016</dt>
2017<dd>
2018<strong>^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?</strong>
2019</dd>
2020<p></p></dl>
2021<p>To send a string starting with a <strong>NUL</strong> (<strong>^@</strong>) character to the
2022program, start <em>action</em> with a pair of <strong>NUL</strong> characters (<strong>^@^@</strong>),
2023the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
2024program. Otherwise if <em>action</em> begins with <strong>NUL</strong> followed by
2025non-+<strong>NUL</strong> characters, the leading <strong>NUL</strong> is stripped off and the
2026balance is sent back to rxvt.</p>
2027<p>As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, <em>action</em> may start
2028with <strong>M-</strong> (eg, <strong>M-$</strong> is equivalent to <strong>\E$</strong>) and a <strong>CR</strong> will be
2029appended if missed from <strong>M-x</strong> commands.</p>
2030<p>As a convenience for issuing XTerm <strong>ESC ]</strong> sequences from a menubar (or
2031quick arrow), a <strong>BEL</strong> (<strong>^G</strong>) will be appended if needed.</p>
2032<dl>
2033<dt><strong><a name="item_for_example_2c">For example,</a></strong><br />
2034</dt>
2035<dd>
2036<strong>M-xapropos</strong> is equivalent to <strong>\Exapropos\r</strong>
2037</dd>
2038<p></p>
2039<dt><strong><a name="item_and">and</a></strong><br />
2040</dt>
2041<dd>
2042<strong>\E]703;mona;100</strong> is equivalent to <strong>\E]703;mona;100\a</strong>
2043</dd>
2044<p></p></dl>
2045<p>The option <strong>{<em>right-rtext</em>} </strong>&gt; will be right-justified. In the
2046absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the <em>action</em>
2047as well.</p>
2048<dl>
2049<dt><strong>For example,</strong><br />
2050</dt>
2051<dd>
2052<strong>/File/{Open}{^X^F}</strong> is equivalent to <strong>/File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F</strong>
2053</dd>
2054<p></p></dl>
2055<p>The left label <em>is</em> necessary, since it's used for matching, but
2056implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
2057right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
2058with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.</p>
2059<dl>
2060<dt><strong>For example,</strong><br />
2061</dt>
2062<dd>
2063<strong>/File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action</strong>
2064</dd>
2065<p></p>
2066<dt><strong><a name="item_or_hiding_it">or hiding it</a></strong><br />
2067</dt>
2068<dd>
2069<strong>/File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action</strong>
2070</dd>
2071<p></p></dl>
2072<p></p>
2073<p>
2074</p>
2075<h2><a name="removing_menus">Removing menus</a></h2>
2076<dl>
2077<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2f_2a_2b"><strong>-/*+ </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2078</dt>
2079<dd>
2080remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as <strong>[clear]</strong>
2081</dd>
2082<p></p>
2083<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2b_2fpathmenu_2b"><strong>-+<em>/path</em>menu+ </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2084</dt>
2085<dd>
2086remove menu
2087</dd>
2088<p></p>
2089<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2b_2fpath_7bitem_7d_2b"><strong>-+<em>/path</em>{item}+ </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2090</dt>
2091<dd>
2092remove item
2093</dd>
2094<p></p>
2095<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2b_2fpath_7b_2d_7d"><strong>-+<em>/path</em>{-} </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2096</dt>
2097<dd>
2098remove separator)
2099</dd>
2100<p></p>
2101<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2fpath_2fmenu_2f_2a"><strong>-/path/menu/*</strong></a></strong><br />
2102</dt>
2103<dd>
2104remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
2105</dd>
2106<p></p></dl>
2107<p></p>
2108<p>
2109</p>
2110<h2><a name="quick_arrows">Quick Arrows</a></h2>
2111<p>The menus also provide a hook for <em>quick arrows</em> to provide easier
2112user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
2113emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
2114individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
2115beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
2116with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:</p>
2117<dl>
2118<dt><strong><a name="item__3cr_3e_2bright"><strong>&lt;r</strong>+<em>Right</em> &gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
2119</dt>
2120<dt><strong><a name="item__3cl_3e_2bleft"><strong>&lt;l</strong>+<em>Left</em> &gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
2121</dt>
2122<dt><strong><a name="item__3cu_3e_2bup"><strong>&lt;u</strong>+<em>Up</em> &gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
2123</dt>
2124<dt><strong><a name="item__3cd_3e_2bdown"><strong>&lt;d</strong>+<em>Down</em> &gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
2125</dt>
2126<dd>
2127Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
2128</dd>
2129<p></p>
2130<dt><strong><a name="item__3cb_3e_2bbegin"><strong>&lt;b</strong>+<em>Begin</em> &gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
2131</dt>
2132<dt><strong><a name="item__3ce_3e_2bend"><strong>&lt;e</strong>+<em>End</em> &gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
2133</dt>
2134<dd>
2135Define common beginning/end parts for <em>quick arrows</em> which used in
2136conjunction with the above &lt;r&gt; &lt;l&gt; &lt;u&gt; &lt;d&gt; constructs
2137</dd>
2138<p></p></dl>
2139<dl>
2140<dt><strong><a name="item_for_example_2c_define_arrows_individually_2c">For example, define arrows individually,</a></strong><br />
2141</dt>
2142<dd>
2143<pre>
2144 &lt;u&gt;\E[A</pre>
2145</dd>
2146<dd>
2147<pre>
2148 &lt;d&gt;\E[B</pre>
2149</dd>
2150<dd>
2151<pre>
2152 &lt;r&gt;\E[C</pre>
2153</dd>
2154<dd>
2155<pre>
2156 &lt;l&gt;\E[D</pre>
2157</dd>
2158<dt><strong><a name="item_or_all_at_once">or all at once</a></strong><br />
2159</dt>
2160<dd>
2161<pre>
2162 &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>
2163</dd>
2164<dt><strong><a name="item_compactly">or more compactly (factoring out common parts)</a></strong><br />
2165</dt>
2166<dd>
2167<pre>
2168 &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>
2169</dd>
2170</dl>
2171<p></p>
2172<p>
2173</p>
2174<h2><a name="command_summary">Command Summary</a></h2>
2175<p>A short summary of the most <em>common</em> commands:</p>
2176<dl>
2177<dt><strong><a name="item__5bmenu_3aname_5d">[menu:name]</a></strong><br />
2178</dt>
2179<dd>
2180use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
2181</dd>
2182<p></p>
2183<dt><strong>[menu]</strong><br />
2184</dt>
2185<dd>
2186use the current menuBar
2187</dd>
2188<p></p>
2189<dt><strong><a name="item__5btitle_3astring_5d">[title:string]</a></strong><br />
2190</dt>
2191<dd>
2192set menuBar title
2193</dd>
2194<p></p>
2195<dt><strong>[done]</strong><br />
2196</dt>
2197<dd>
2198set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
2199</dd>
2200<p></p>
2201<dt><strong><a name="item__5bdone_3aname_5d">[done:name]</a></strong><br />
2202</dt>
2203<dd>
2204if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
2205</dd>
2206<p></p>
2207<dt><strong>[rm:name]</strong><br />
2208</dt>
2209<dd>
2210remove named <code>menuBar(s)</code>
2211</dd>
2212<p></p>
2213<dt><strong>[rm] [rm:]</strong><br />
2214</dt>
2215<dd>
2216remove current menuBar
2217</dd>
2218<p></p>
2219<dt><strong>[rm*] [rm:*]</strong><br />
2220</dt>
2221<dd>
2222remove all <code>menuBar(s)</code>
2223</dd>
2224<p></p>
2225<dt><strong>[swap]</strong><br />
2226</dt>
2227<dd>
2228swap top two menuBars
2229</dd>
2230<p></p>
2231<dt><strong>[prev]</strong><br />
2232</dt>
2233<dd>
2234access the previous menuBar
2235</dd>
2236<p></p>
2237<dt><strong>[next]</strong><br />
2238</dt>
2239<dd>
2240access the next menuBar
2241</dd>
2242<p></p>
2243<dt><strong>[show]</strong><br />
2244</dt>
2245<dd>
2246map menuBar
2247</dd>
2248<p></p>
2249<dt><strong>[hide]</strong><br />
2250</dt>
2251<dd>
2252unmap menuBar
2253</dd>
2254<p></p>
2255<dt><strong><a name="item__5bpixmap_3bfile_5d">[pixmap;file]</a></strong><br />
2256</dt>
2257<dt><strong><a name="item__5bpixmap_3bfile_3bscaling_5d">[pixmap;file;scaling]</a></strong><br />
2258</dt>
2259<dd>
2260set a background pixmap
2261</dd>
2262<p></p>
2263<dt><strong><a name="item__5bread_3afile_5d">[read:file]</a></strong><br />
2264</dt>
2265<dt><strong><a name="item__5bread_3afile_3bname_5d">[read:file;name]</a></strong><br />
2266</dt>
2267<dd>
2268read in a menu from a file
2269</dd>
2270<p></p>
2271<dt><strong>[dump]</strong><br />
2272</dt>
2273<dd>
2274dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
2275</dd>
2276<p></p>
2277<dt><strong><a name="item__2f">/</a></strong><br />
2278</dt>
2279<dd>
2280access menuBar top level
2281</dd>
2282<p></p>
2283<dt><strong><a name="item__2e_2f">./</a></strong><br />
2284</dt>
2285<dt><strong><a name="item__2e_2e_2f">../</a></strong><br />
2286</dt>
2287<dt><strong>../../</strong><br />
2288</dt>
2289<dd>
2290access current or parent menu level
2291</dd>
2292<p></p>
2293<dt><strong>/path/menu</strong><br />
2294</dt>
2295<dd>
2296add/access menu
2297</dd>
2298<p></p>
2299<dt><strong>/path/{-}</strong><br />
2300</dt>
2301<dd>
2302add separator
2303</dd>
2304<p></p>
2305<dt><strong>/path/{item}{rtext} action</strong><br />
2306</dt>
2307<dd>
2308add/alter menu item
2309</dd>
2310<p></p>
2311<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2f_2a">-/*</a></strong><br />
2312</dt>
2313<dd>
2314remove all menus from the menuBar
2315</dd>
2316<p></p>
2317<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2fpath_2fmenu">-/path/menu</a></strong><br />
2318</dt>
2319<dd>
2320remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
2321</dd>
2322<p></p>
2323<dt><strong>-/path/menu</strong><br />
2324</dt>
2325<dd>
2326remove menu
2327</dd>
2328<p></p>
2329<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2fpath_2f_7bitem_7d">-/path/{item}</a></strong><br />
2330</dt>
2331<dd>
2332remove item
2333</dd>
2334<p></p>
2335<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2fpath_2f_7b_2d_7d">-/path/{-}</a></strong><br />
2336</dt>
2337<dd>
2338remove separator
2339</dd>
2340<p></p>
2341<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 />
2342</dt>
2343<dd>
2344menu quick arrows
2345</dd>
2346<p></p></dl>
2347<p>
2348</p>
2349<hr />
2350<h1><a name="xpm">XPM</a></h1>
2351<p>For the XPM XTerm escape sequence <strong><code>ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt; then value 1798<p>For the BACGROUND IMAGE XTerm escape sequence <strong><code>ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST</code></strong> then value
2352of <strong><a href="#item_pt"><code>Pt</code></a> </strong>&gt; can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a 1799of <strong><code>Pt</code></strong> can be the name of the background image file followed by a
2353sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The 1800sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
2354scaling/positioning commands are as follows:</p> 1801scaling/positioning commands are as follows:</p>
2355<dl> 1802<dl>
2356<dt><strong><a name="item_query_scale_2fposition">query scale/position</a></strong><br /> 1803 <dt>query scale/position</dt>
2357</dt>
2358<dd> 1804 <dd>
2359<strong>?</strong> 1805 <p><strong>?</strong></p>
2360</dd> 1806 </dd>
2361<p></p> 1807 <dt>change scale and position</dt>
2362<dt><strong><a name="item_change_scale_and_position">change scale and position</a></strong><br />
2363</dt>
2364<dd> 1808 <dd>
2365<strong>WxH+X+Y</strong> 1809 <p><strong>WxH+X+Y</strong></p>
2366</dd>
2367<dd>
2368<p><strong>WxH+X</strong> (== <strong>WxH+X+X</strong>)</p> 1810 <p><strong>WxH+X</strong> (== <strong>WxH+X+X</strong>)</p>
2369</dd>
2370<dd>
2371<p><strong>WxH</strong> (same as <strong>WxH+50+50</strong>)</p> 1811 <p><strong>WxH</strong> (same as <strong>WxH+50+50</strong>)</p>
2372</dd>
2373<dd>
2374<p><strong>W+X+Y</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+Y</strong>)</p> 1812 <p><strong>W+X+Y</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2375</dd>
2376<dd>
2377<p><strong>W+X</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+X</strong>)</p> 1813 <p><strong>W+X</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+X</strong>)</p>
2378</dd>
2379<dd>
2380<p><strong>W</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+50+50</strong>)</p> 1814 <p><strong>W</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+50+50</strong>)</p>
2381</dd> 1815 </dd>
2382<p></p> 1816 <dt>change position (absolute)</dt>
2383<dt><strong><a name="item_position">change position (absolute)</a></strong><br />
2384</dt>
2385<dd> 1817 <dd>
2386<strong>=+X+Y</strong> 1818 <p><strong>=+X+Y</strong></p>
2387</dd>
2388<dd>
2389<p><strong>=+X</strong> (same as <strong>=+X+Y</strong>)</p> 1819 <p><strong>=+X</strong> (same as <strong>=+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2390</dd> 1820 </dd>
2391<p></p>
2392<dt><strong>change position (relative)</strong><br /> 1821 <dt>change position (relative)</dt>
2393</dt>
2394<dd> 1822 <dd>
2395<strong>+X+Y</strong> 1823 <p><strong>+X+Y</strong></p>
2396</dd>
2397<dd>
2398<p><strong>+X</strong> (same as <strong>+X+Y</strong>)</p> 1824 <p><strong>+X</strong> (same as <strong>+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2399</dd> 1825 </dd>
2400<p></p> 1826 <dt>rescale (relative)</dt>
2401<dt><strong><a name="item_rescale">rescale (relative)</a></strong><br />
2402</dt>
2403<dd> 1827 <dd>
2404<strong>Wx0</strong> -&gt; <strong>W *= (W/100)</strong> 1828 <p><strong>Wx0</strong> -&gt; <strong>W *= (W/100)</strong></p>
2405</dd>
2406<dd>
2407<p><strong>0xH</strong> -&gt; <strong>H *= (H/100)</strong></p> 1829 <p><strong>0xH</strong> -&gt; <strong>H *= (H/100)</strong></p>
2408</dd> 1830 </dd>
2409<p></p></dl> 1831</dl>
2410<p>For example:</p> 1832<p>For example:</p>
2411<dl> 1833<dl>
2412<dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bfunky_5ca"><strong>\E]20;funky\a</strong></a></strong><br /> 1834 <dt><strong>\E]20;funky.jpg\a</strong></dt>
2413</dt>
2414<dd> 1835 <dd>
2415load <strong>funky.xpm</strong> as a tiled image 1836 <p>load <strong>funky.jpg</strong> as a tiled image</p>
2416</dd> 1837 </dd>
2417<p></p> 1838 <dt><strong>\E]20;mona.jpg;100\a</strong></dt>
2418<dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bmona_3b100_5ca"><strong>\E]20;mona;100\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2419</dt>
2420<dd> 1839 <dd>
2421load <strong>mona.xpm</strong> with a scaling of 100% 1840 <p>load <strong>mona.jpg</strong> with a scaling of 100%</p>
2422</dd> 1841 </dd>
2423<p></p> 1842 <dt><strong>\E]20;;200;?\a</strong></dt>
2424<dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3b_3b200_3b_3f_5ca"><strong>\E]20;;200;?\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2425</dt>
2426<dd> 1843 <dd>
2427rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in 1844 <p>rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
2428the title 1845the title</p>
2429</dd> 1846 </dd>
2430<p></p></dl> 1847</dl>
2431<p> 1848
2432</p> 1849</div>
2433<hr /> 1850<h1 id="Mouse_Reporting">Mouse Reporting</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
2434<h1><a name="mouse_reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></h1> 1851<div id="Mouse_Reporting_CONTENT">
2435<dl> 1852<dl>
2436<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 /> 1853 <dt><strong><code>ESC [ M &lt;b&gt; &lt;x&gt; &lt;y&gt;</code></strong></dt>
2437</dt>
2438<dd> 1854 <dd>
2439report mouse position 1855 <p>report mouse position</p>
2440</dd> 1856 </dd>
2441<p></p></dl> 1857</dl>
2442<p>The lower 2 bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the button:</p> 1858<p>The lower 2 bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code></strong> indicate the button:</p>
2443<dl> 1859<dl>
2444<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 /> 1860 <dt>Button = <strong><code>(&lt;b&gt; - SPACE) &amp; 3</code></strong></dt>
2445</dt> 1861<table><tr><td>0</td><td>Button1 pressed</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Button2 pressed</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Button3 pressed</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>button released (X11 mouse report)</td></tr></table></dl>
2446<table>
2447<tr><td>0</td><td>Button1 pressed</td></tr>
2448<tr><td>1</td><td>Button2 pressed</td></tr>
2449<tr><td>2</td><td>Button3 pressed</td></tr>
2450<tr><td>3</td><td>button released (X11 mouse report)</td></tr>
2451</table></dl>
2452<p>The upper bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the modifiers when the 1862<p>The upper bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code></strong> indicate the modifiers when the
2453button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):</p> 1863button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):</p>
2454<dl> 1864<dl>
2455<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 /> 1865 <dt>State = <strong><code>(&lt;b&gt; - SPACE) &amp; 60</code></strong></dt>
2456</dt> 1866<table><tr><td>4</td><td>Shift</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Meta</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Control</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td>Double Click (rxvt extension)</td></tr></table> <dd>
2457<table>
2458<tr><td>4</td><td>Shift</td></tr>
2459<tr><td>8</td><td>Meta</td></tr>
2460<tr><td>16</td><td>Control</td></tr>
2461<tr><td>32</td><td>Double Click (Rxvt extension)</td></tr>
2462</table><p>Col = <strong><code>&lt;x&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p> 1867 <p>Col = <strong><code>&lt;x&gt; - SPACE</code></strong></p>
2463<p>Row = <strong><code>&lt;y&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p> 1868 <p>Row = <strong><code>&lt;y&gt; - SPACE</code></strong></p>
1869 </dd>
2464</dl> 1870</dl>
2465<p> 1871
2466</p> 1872</div>
2467<hr /> 1873<h1 id="Key_Codes">Key Codes</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
2468<h1><a name="key_codes">Key Codes</a></h1> 1874<div id="Key_Codes_CONTENT">
2469<p>Note: <strong>Shift</strong> + <strong>F1</strong>-<strong>F10</strong> generates <strong>F11</strong>-<strong>F20</strong></p> 1875<p>Note: <strong>Shift</strong> + <strong>F1</strong>-<strong>F10</strong> generates <strong>F11</strong>-<strong>F20</strong></p>
2470<p>For the keypad, use <strong>Shift</strong> to temporarily override Application-Keypad 1876<p>For the keypad, use <strong>Shift</strong> to temporarily override Application-Keypad
2471setting use <strong>Num_Lock</strong> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if 1877setting use <strong>Num_Lock</strong> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if
2472<strong>Num_Lock</strong> is off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that 1878<strong>Num_Lock</strong> is off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that
2473values of <strong>Home</strong>, <strong>End</strong>, <strong>Delete</strong> may have been compiled differently on 1879values of <strong>Home</strong>, <strong>End</strong>, <strong>Delete</strong> may have been compiled differently on
2474your system.</p> 1880your system.</p>
2475<table> 1881<table><tr><td></td><td>Normal</td><td>Shift</td><td>Control</td><td>Ctrl+Shift</td></tr><tr><td>Tab</td><td>^I</td><td>ESC [ Z</td><td>^I</td><td>ESC [ Z</td></tr><tr><td>BackSpace</td><td>^H</td><td>^?</td><td>^?</td><td>^?</td></tr><tr><td>Find</td><td>ESC [ 1 ~</td><td>ESC [ 1 $</td><td>ESC [ 1 ^</td><td>ESC [ 1 @</td></tr><tr><td>Insert</td><td>ESC [ 2 ~</td><td>paste</td><td>ESC [ 2 ^</td><td>ESC [ 2 @</td></tr><tr><td>Execute</td><td>ESC [ 3 ~</td><td>ESC [ 3 $</td><td>ESC [ 3 ^</td><td>ESC [ 3 @</td></tr><tr><td>Select</td><td>ESC [ 4 ~</td><td>ESC [ 4 $</td><td>ESC [ 4 ^</td><td>ESC [ 4 @</td></tr><tr><td>Prior</td><td>ESC [ 5 ~</td><td>scroll-up</td><td>ESC [ 5 ^</td><td>ESC [ 5 @</td></tr><tr><td>Next</td><td>ESC [ 6 ~</td><td>scroll-down</td><td>ESC [ 6 ^</td><td>ESC [ 6 @</td></tr><tr><td>Home</td><td>ESC [ 7 ~</td><td>ESC [ 7 $</td><td>ESC [ 7 ^</td><td>ESC [ 7 @</td></tr><tr><td>End</td><td>ESC [ 8 ~</td><td>ESC [ 8 $</td><td>ESC [ 8 ^</td><td>ESC [ 8 @</td></tr><tr><td>Delete</td><td>ESC [ 3 ~</td><td>ESC [ 3 $</td><td>ESC [ 3 ^</td><td>ESC [ 3 @</td></tr><tr><td>F1</td><td>ESC [ 11 ~</td><td>ESC [ 23 ~</td><td>ESC [ 11 ^</td><td>ESC [ 23 ^</td></tr><tr><td>F2</td><td>ESC [ 12 ~</td><td>ESC [ 24 ~</td><td>ESC [ 12 ^</td><td>ESC [ 24 ^</td></tr><tr><td>F3</td><td>ESC [ 13 ~</td><td>ESC [ 25 ~</td><td>ESC [ 13 ^</td><td>ESC [ 25 ^</td></tr><tr><td>F4</td><td>ESC [ 14 ~</td><td>ESC [ 26 ~</td><td>ESC [ 14 ^</td><td>ESC [ 26 ^</td></tr><tr><td>F5</td><td>ESC [ 15 ~</td><td>ESC [ 28 ~</td><td>ESC [ 15 ^</td><td>ESC [ 28 ^</td></tr><tr><td>F6</td><td>ESC [ 17 ~</td><td>ESC [ 29 ~</td><td>ESC [ 17 ^</td><td>ESC [ 29 ^</td></tr><tr><td>F7</td><td>ESC [ 18 ~</td><td>ESC [ 31 ~</td><td>ESC [ 18 ^</td><td>ESC [ 31 ^</td></tr><tr><td>F8</td><td>ESC [ 19 ~</td><td>ESC [ 32 ~</td><td>ESC [ 19 ^</td><td>ESC [ 32 ^</td></tr><tr><td>F9</td><td>ESC [ 20 ~</td><td>ESC [ 33 ~</td><td>ESC [ 20 ^</td><td>ESC [ 33 ^</td></tr><tr><td>F10</td><td>ESC [ 21 ~</td><td>ESC [ 34 ~</td><td>ESC [ 21 ^</td><td>ESC [ 34 ^</td></tr><tr><td>F11</td><td>ESC [ 23 ~</td><td>ESC [ 23 $</td><td>ESC [ 23 ^</td><td>ESC [ 23 @</td></tr><tr><td>F12</td><td>ESC [ 24 ~</td><td>ESC [ 24 $</td><td>ESC [ 24 ^</td><td>ESC [ 24 @</td></tr><tr><td>F13</td><td>ESC [ 25 ~</td><td>ESC [ 25 $</td><td>ESC [ 25 ^</td><td>ESC [ 25 @</td></tr><tr><td>F14</td><td>ESC [ 26 ~</td><td>ESC [ 26 $</td><td>ESC [ 26 ^</td><td>ESC [ 26 @</td></tr><tr><td>F15 (Help)</td><td>ESC [ 28 ~</td><td>ESC [ 28 $</td><td>ESC [ 28 ^</td><td>ESC [ 28 @</td></tr><tr><td>F16 (Menu)</td><td>ESC [ 29 ~</td><td>ESC [ 29 $</td><td>ESC [ 29 ^</td><td>ESC [ 29 @</td></tr><tr><td>F17</td><td>ESC [ 31 ~</td><td>ESC [ 31 $</td><td>ESC [ 31 ^</td><td>ESC [ 31 @</td></tr><tr><td>F18</td><td>ESC [ 32 ~</td><td>ESC [ 32 $</td><td>ESC [ 32 ^</td><td>ESC [ 32 @</td></tr><tr><td>F19</td><td>ESC [ 33 ~</td><td>ESC [ 33 $</td><td>ESC [ 33 ^</td><td>ESC [ 33 @</td></tr><tr><td>F20</td><td>ESC [ 34 ~</td><td>ESC [ 34 $</td><td>ESC [ 34 ^</td><td>ESC [ 34 @</td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Application</td></tr><tr><td>Up</td><td>ESC [ A</td><td>ESC [ a</td><td>ESC O a</td><td>ESC O A</td></tr><tr><td>Down</td><td>ESC [ B</td><td>ESC [ b</td><td>ESC O b</td><td>ESC O B</td></tr><tr><td>Right</td><td>ESC [ C</td><td>ESC [ c</td><td>ESC O c</td><td>ESC O C</td></tr><tr><td>Left</td><td>ESC [ D</td><td>ESC [ d</td><td>ESC O d</td><td>ESC O D</td></tr><tr><td>KP_Enter</td><td>^M</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O M</td></tr><tr><td>KP_F1</td><td>ESC O P</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O P</td></tr><tr><td>KP_F2</td><td>ESC O Q</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O Q</td></tr><tr><td>KP_F3</td><td>ESC O R</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O R</td></tr><tr><td>KP_F4</td><td>ESC O S</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O S</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_Multiply</td><td>*</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O j</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_Add</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O k</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_Separator</td><td>,</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O l</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_Subtract</td><td>-</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O m</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_Decimal</td><td>.</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O n</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_Divide</td><td>/</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O o</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O p</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_1</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O q</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_2</td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O r</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_3</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O s</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_4</td><td>4</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O t</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_5</td><td>5</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O u</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_6</td><td>6</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O v</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_7</td><td>7</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O w</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_8</td><td>8</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O x</td></tr><tr><td>XK_KP_9</td><td>9</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O y</td></tr></table>
2476<tr><td></td><td>Normal</td><td>Shift</td><td>Control</td><td>Ctrl+Shift</td></tr> 1882</div>
2477<tr><td>Tab</td><td>^I</td><td>ESC [ Z</td><td>^I</td><td>ESC [ Z</td></tr> 1883<h1 id="CONFIGURE_OPTIONS">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
2478<tr><td>BackSpace</td><td>^H</td><td>^?</td><td>^?</td><td>^?</td></tr> 1884<div id="CONFIGURE_OPTIONS_CONTENT">
2479<tr><td>Find</td><td>ESC [ 1 ~</td><td>ESC [ 1 $</td><td>ESC [ 1 ^</td><td>ESC [ 1 @</td></tr>
2480<tr><td>Insert</td><td>ESC [ 2 ~</td><td>paste</td><td>ESC [ 2 ^</td><td>ESC [ 2 @</td></tr>
2481<tr><td>Execute</td><td>ESC [ 3 ~</td><td>ESC [ 3 $</td><td>ESC [ 3 ^</td><td>ESC [ 3 @</td></tr>
2482<tr><td>Select</td><td>ESC [ 4 ~</td><td>ESC [ 4 $</td><td>ESC [ 4 ^</td><td>ESC [ 4 @</td></tr>
2483<tr><td>Prior</td><td>ESC [ 5 ~</td><td>scroll-up</td><td>ESC [ 5 ^</td><td>ESC [ 5 @</td></tr>
2484<tr><td>Next</td><td>ESC [ 6 ~</td><td>scroll-down</td><td>ESC [ 6 ^</td><td>ESC [ 6 @</td></tr>
2485<tr><td>Home</td><td>ESC [ 7 ~</td><td>ESC [ 7 $</td><td>ESC [ 7 ^</td><td>ESC [ 7 @</td></tr>
2486<tr><td>End</td><td>ESC [ 8 ~</td><td>ESC [ 8 $</td><td>ESC [ 8 ^</td><td>ESC [ 8 @</td></tr>
2487<tr><td>Delete</td><td>ESC [ 3 ~</td><td>ESC [ 3 $</td><td>ESC [ 3 ^</td><td>ESC [ 3 @</td></tr>
2488<tr><td>F1</td><td>ESC [ 11 ~</td><td>ESC [ 23 ~</td><td>ESC [ 11 ^</td><td>ESC [ 23 ^</td></tr>
2489<tr><td>F2</td><td>ESC [ 12 ~</td><td>ESC [ 24 ~</td><td>ESC [ 12 ^</td><td>ESC [ 24 ^</td></tr>
2490<tr><td>F3</td><td>ESC [ 13 ~</td><td>ESC [ 25 ~</td><td>ESC [ 13 ^</td><td>ESC [ 25 ^</td></tr>
2491<tr><td>F4</td><td>ESC [ 14 ~</td><td>ESC [ 26 ~</td><td>ESC [ 14 ^</td><td>ESC [ 26 ^</td></tr>
2492<tr><td>F5</td><td>ESC [ 15 ~</td><td>ESC [ 28 ~</td><td>ESC [ 15 ^</td><td>ESC [ 28 ^</td></tr>
2493<tr><td>F6</td><td>ESC [ 17 ~</td><td>ESC [ 29 ~</td><td>ESC [ 17 ^</td><td>ESC [ 29 ^</td></tr>
2494<tr><td>F7</td><td>ESC [ 18 ~</td><td>ESC [ 31 ~</td><td>ESC [ 18 ^</td><td>ESC [ 31 ^</td></tr>
2495<tr><td>F8</td><td>ESC [ 19 ~</td><td>ESC [ 32 ~</td><td>ESC [ 19 ^</td><td>ESC [ 32 ^</td></tr>
2496<tr><td>F9</td><td>ESC [ 20 ~</td><td>ESC [ 33 ~</td><td>ESC [ 20 ^</td><td>ESC [ 33 ^</td></tr>
2497<tr><td>F10</td><td>ESC [ 21 ~</td><td>ESC [ 34 ~</td><td>ESC [ 21 ^</td><td>ESC [ 34 ^</td></tr>
2498<tr><td>F11</td><td>ESC [ 23 ~</td><td>ESC [ 23 $</td><td>ESC [ 23 ^</td><td>ESC [ 23 @</td></tr>
2499<tr><td>F12</td><td>ESC [ 24 ~</td><td>ESC [ 24 $</td><td>ESC [ 24 ^</td><td>ESC [ 24 @</td></tr>
2500<tr><td>F13</td><td>ESC [ 25 ~</td><td>ESC [ 25 $</td><td>ESC [ 25 ^</td><td>ESC [ 25 @</td></tr>
2501<tr><td>F14</td><td>ESC [ 26 ~</td><td>ESC [ 26 $</td><td>ESC [ 26 ^</td><td>ESC [ 26 @</td></tr>
2502<tr><td>F15 (Help)</td><td>ESC [ 28 ~</td><td>ESC [ 28 $</td><td>ESC [ 28 ^</td><td>ESC [ 28 @</td></tr>
2503<tr><td>F16 (Menu)</td><td>ESC [ 29 ~</td><td>ESC [ 29 $</td><td>ESC [ 29 ^</td><td>ESC [ 29 @</td></tr>
2504<tr><td>F17</td><td>ESC [ 31 ~</td><td>ESC [ 31 $</td><td>ESC [ 31 ^</td><td>ESC [ 31 @</td></tr>
2505<tr><td>F18</td><td>ESC [ 32 ~</td><td>ESC [ 32 $</td><td>ESC [ 32 ^</td><td>ESC [ 32 @</td></tr>
2506<tr><td>F19</td><td>ESC [ 33 ~</td><td>ESC [ 33 $</td><td>ESC [ 33 ^</td><td>ESC [ 33 @</td></tr>
2507<tr><td>F20</td><td>ESC [ 34 ~</td><td>ESC [ 34 $</td><td>ESC [ 34 ^</td><td>ESC [ 34 @</td></tr>
2508<tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Application</td></tr>
2509<tr><td>Up</td><td>ESC [ A</td><td>ESC [ a</td><td>ESC O a</td><td>ESC O A</td></tr>
2510<tr><td>Down</td><td>ESC [ B</td><td>ESC [ b</td><td>ESC O b</td><td>ESC O B</td></tr>
2511<tr><td>Right</td><td>ESC [ C</td><td>ESC [ c</td><td>ESC O c</td><td>ESC O C</td></tr>
2512<tr><td>Left</td><td>ESC [ D</td><td>ESC [ d</td><td>ESC O d</td><td>ESC O D</td></tr>
2513<tr><td>KP_Enter</td><td>^M</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O M</td></tr>
2514<tr><td>KP_F1</td><td>ESC O P</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O P</td></tr>
2515<tr><td>KP_F2</td><td>ESC O Q</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O Q</td></tr>
2516<tr><td>KP_F3</td><td>ESC O R</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O R</td></tr>
2517<tr><td>KP_F4</td><td>ESC O S</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O S</td></tr>
2518<tr><td>XK_KP_Multiply</td><td>*</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O j</td></tr>
2519<tr><td>XK_KP_Add</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O k</td></tr>
2520<tr><td>XK_KP_Separator</td><td>,</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O l</td></tr>
2521<tr><td>XK_KP_Subtract</td><td>-</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O m</td></tr>
2522<tr><td>XK_KP_Decimal</td><td>.</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O n</td></tr>
2523<tr><td>XK_KP_Divide</td><td>/</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O o</td></tr>
2524<tr><td>XK_KP_0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O p</td></tr>
2525<tr><td>XK_KP_1</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O q</td></tr>
2526<tr><td>XK_KP_2</td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O r</td></tr>
2527<tr><td>XK_KP_3</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O s</td></tr>
2528<tr><td>XK_KP_4</td><td>4</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O t</td></tr>
2529<tr><td>XK_KP_5</td><td>5</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O u</td></tr>
2530<tr><td>XK_KP_6</td><td>6</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O v</td></tr>
2531<tr><td>XK_KP_7</td><td>7</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O w</td></tr>
2532<tr><td>XK_KP_8</td><td>8</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O x</td></tr>
2533<tr><td>XK_KP_9</td><td>9</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O y</td></tr>
2534</table><p>
2535</p>
2536<hr />
2537<h1><a name="configure_options">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</a></h1>
2538<p>General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 1885<p>General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2539hasn't been tested well. Either try with <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> or use 1886hasn't been tested well. Either try with <code>--enable-everything</code> or use
2540the <em>./reconf</em> script as a base for experiments. <em>./reconf</em> is used by 1887the default configuration (i.e. no <code>--enable-xxx</code> or <code>--disable-xxx</code>
2541myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should 1888switches). Of course, you should always report when a combination doesn't
2542always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc 1889work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann &lt;rxvt@schmorp.de&gt;.</p>
2543Lehmann &lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt;.</p>
2544<p>All</p> 1890<p>All</p>
2545<dl> 1891<dl>
2546<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2deverything">--enable-everything</a></strong><br /> 1892 <dt>--enable-everything</dt>
2547</dt>
2548<dd> 1893 <dd>
2549Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in ``./configure 1894 <p>Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in &quot;./configure
2550--help''. 1895--help&quot;.</p>
2551</dd>
2552<dd>
2553<p>You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by 1896 <p>You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2554<em>following</em> this with the appropriate <code>--disable-...</code> arguments, 1897<i>following</i> this with the appropriate <code>--disable-...</code> arguments,
2555or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying 1898or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2556<code>--disable-everything</code> and than adding just the <code>--enable-...</code> arguments 1899<code>--disable-everything</code> and than adding just the <code>--enable-...</code> arguments
2557you want.</p> 1900you want.</p>
2558</dd> 1901 </dd>
2559<p></p> 1902 <dt>--enable-xft (default: enabled)</dt>
2560<dt><strong><a name="item_xft">--enable-xft (default: enabled)</a></strong><br />
2561</dt>
2562<dd> 1903 <dd>
2563Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are 1904 <p>Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2564slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you 1905slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2565don't pay for them. 1906don't pay for them.</p>
2566</dd> 1907 </dd>
2567<p></p> 1908 <dt>--enable-font-styles (default: on)</dt>
2568<dt><strong><a name="item_styles">--enable-font-styles (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2569</dt>
2570<dd> 1909 <dd>
2571Add support for <strong>bold</strong>, <em>italic</em> and <strong><em>bold italic</em> </strong>&gt; font 1910 <p>Add support for <strong>bold</strong>, <i>italic</i> and <strong><i>bold italic</i></strong> font
2572styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically. 1911styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.</p>
2573</dd> 1912 </dd>
2574<p></p> 1913 <dt>--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)</dt>
2575<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dcodesets_3dname_2c_2e_2e_2e__28defaul">--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)</a></strong><br />
2576</dt>
2577<dd> 1914 <dd>
2578Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (<code>eu</code>, <code>vn</code> 1915 <p>Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (<code>eu</code>, <code>vn</code>
2579are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These 1916are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2580codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required 1917codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2581for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose 1918for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2582replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your 1919replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
2583binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase 1920binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
2584memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings. 1921memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.</p>
2585</dd> 1922<table><tr><td>all</td><td>all available codeset groups</td></tr><tr><td>zh</td><td>common chinese encodings</td></tr><tr><td>zh_ext</td><td>rarely used but very big chinese encodings</td></tr><tr><td>jp</td><td>common japanese encodings</td></tr><tr><td>jp_ext</td><td>rarely used but big japanese encodings</td></tr><tr><td>kr</td><td>korean encodings</td></tr></table> </dd>
2586<table> 1923 <dt>--enable-xim (default: on)</dt>
2587<tr><td>all</td><td>all available codeset groups</td></tr>
2588<tr><td>zh</td><td>common chinese encodings</td></tr>
2589<tr><td>zh_ext</td><td>rarely used but very big chinese encodigs</td></tr>
2590<tr><td>jp</td><td>common japanese encodings</td></tr>
2591<tr><td>jp_ext</td><td>rarely used but big japanese encodings</td></tr>
2592<tr><td>kr</td><td>korean encodings</td></tr>
2593</table><p></p>
2594<dt><strong><a name="item_xim">--enable-xim (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2595</dt>
2596<dd> 1924 <dd>
2597Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 1925 <p>Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2598alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly 1926alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2599set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 1927set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.</p>
2600</dd> 1928 </dd>
2601<p></p> 1929 <dt>--enable-unicode3 (default: off)</dt>
2602<dt><strong><a name="item_unicode3">--enable-unicode3 (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2603</dt>
2604<dd> 1930 <dd>
1931 <p>Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.</p>
2605Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 1932 <p>Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
260665535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage 193365535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2607requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet 1934requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2608support these extra characters, but Xft does. 1935support these extra characters, but Xft does.</p>
2609</dd>
2610<dd>
2611<p>Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points &gt;65535 1936 <p>Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points &gt;65535
2612even without this flag, but the number of such characters is 1937even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2613limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, 1938limited to a few thousand (shared with combining characters,
2614see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 1939see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2615(input/output and cut&amp;paste still work, though).</p> 1940(input/output and cut&amp;paste still work, though).</p>
2616</dd> 1941 </dd>
2617<p></p> 1942 <dt>--enable-combining (default: on)</dt>
2618<dt><strong><a name="item_combining">--enable-combining (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2619</dt>
2620<dd> 1943 <dd>
2621Enable automatic composition of combining characters into 1944 <p>Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2622composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text 1945composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2623where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is 1946where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2624done by using precomposited characters when available or creating 1947done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2625new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 1948new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.</p>
2626</dd>
2627<dd>
2628<p>Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters 1949 <p>Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2629is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode will use the 1950characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be
2630private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2631--enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.</p> 1951(ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.</p>
2632</dd>
2633<dd>
2634<p>This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters 1952 <p>This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2635beyond plane 0 (&gt;65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.</p> 1953beyond plane 0 (&gt;65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.</p>
2636</dd>
2637<dd>
2638<p>The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms, 1954 <p>The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2639but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and 1955but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2640tell me how these are to be used...).</p> 1956tell me how these are to be used...).</p>
2641</dd> 1957 </dd>
2642<p></p> 1958 <dt>--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)</dt>
2643<dt><strong><a name="item_fallback">--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)</a></strong><br />
2644</dt>
2645<dd> 1959 <dd>
2646When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback. 1960 <p>When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To
1961disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.</p>
2647</dd> 1962 </dd>
2648<p></p> 1963 <dt>--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</dt>
2649<dt><strong><a name="item_name">--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</a></strong><br />
2650</dt>
2651<dd> 1964 <dd>
2652Use the given name as default application name when 1965 <p>Use the given name as default application name when
2653reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 1966reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.</p>
2654</dd> 1967 </dd>
2655<p></p> 1968 <dt>--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)</dt>
2656<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dres_2dclass_3dclass__2fdefault_3a_urx">--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)</a></strong><br />
2657</dt>
2658<dd> 1969 <dd>
2659Use the given class as default application class 1970 <p>Use the given class as default application class
2660when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace 1971when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2661rxvt. 1972rxvt.</p>
2662</dd> 1973 </dd>
2663<p></p> 1974 <dt>--enable-utmp (default: on)</dt>
2664<dt><strong><a name="item_utmp">--enable-utmp (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2665</dt>
2666<dd> 1975 <dd>
2667Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like <em>w</em>) at 1976 <p>Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like <cite>w</cite>) at
2668start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 1977start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.</p>
2669</dd> 1978 </dd>
2670<p></p> 1979 <dt>--enable-wtmp (default: on)</dt>
2671<dt><strong><a name="item_wtmp">--enable-wtmp (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2672</dt>
2673<dd> 1980 <dd>
2674Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like <em>last</em>) at 1981 <p>Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like <cite>last</cite>) at
2675start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 1982start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2676option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 1983option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.</p>
2677</dd> 1984 </dd>
2678<p></p> 1985 <dt>--enable-lastlog (default: on)</dt>
2679<dt><strong><a name="item_lastlog">--enable-lastlog (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2680</dt>
2681<dd> 1986 <dd>
2682Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 1987 <p>Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2683<em>lastlogin</em>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 1988<cite>lastlogin</cite>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2684--enable-utmp to also be specified. 1989--enable-utmp to also be specified.</p>
2685</dd> 1990 </dd>
2686<p></p> 1991 <dt>--enable-afterimage (default: on)</dt>
2687<dt><strong><a name="item_background">--enable-xpm-background (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2688</dt>
2689<dd> 1992 <dd>
2690Add support for XPM background pixmaps. 1993 <p>Add support for libAfterImage to be used for transparency and background
1994images. It adds support for many file formats including JPG, PNG,
1995SVG, TIFF, GIF, XPM, BMP, ICO, XCF, TGA and AfterStep image XML
1996(<a href="http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php?show=asimagexml">http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php?show=asimagexml</a>).</p>
1997 <p>This option also adds such eye candy as blending an image over the root
1998background, as well as dynamic scaling and bluring of background images.</p>
1999 <p>Note that with this option enabled, rxvt's memory footprint might
2000increase by a few megabytes even if no extra features are used (mostly due
2001to third-party libraries used by libAI). Memory footprint may somewhat be
2002lowered if libAfterImage is configured without support for SVG.</p>
2691</dd> 2003 </dd>
2692<p></p> 2004 <dt>--enable-transparency (default: on)</dt>
2693<dt><strong><a name="item_transparency">--enable-transparency (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2694</dt>
2695<dd> 2005 <dd>
2696Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 2006 <p>Add support for backgrounds, creating illusion of transparency in the term.</p>
2697transparency to the term.
2698</dd> 2007 </dd>
2699<p></p> 2008 <dt>--enable-fading (default: on)</dt>
2700<dt><strong><a name="item_fading">--enable-fading (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2701</dt>
2702<dd> 2009 <dd>
2703Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires <code>--enable-transparency</code>). 2010 <p>Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.</p>
2704</dd> 2011 </dd>
2705<p></p> 2012 <dt>--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)</dt>
2706<dt><strong><a name="item_tinting">--enable-tinting (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2707</dt>
2708<dd> 2013 <dd>
2709Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires <code>--enable-transparency</code>). 2014 <p>Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.</p>
2710</dd> 2015 </dd>
2711<p></p> 2016 <dt>--enable-next-scroll (default: on)</dt>
2712<dt><strong><a name="item_menubar">--enable-menubar (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2713</dt>
2714<dd> 2017 <dd>
2715Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with 2018 <p>Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.</p>
2716dynamic locale switching currently).
2717</dd> 2019 </dd>
2718<p></p> 2020 <dt>--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)</dt>
2719<dt><strong><a name="item_scroll">--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2720</dt>
2721<dd> 2021 <dd>
2722Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 2022 <p>Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.</p>
2723</dd> 2023 </dd>
2724<p></p> 2024 <dt>--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)</dt>
2725<dt><strong>--enable-next-scroll (default: on)</strong><br />
2726</dt>
2727<dd> 2025 <dd>
2728Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2729</dd>
2730<p></p>
2731<dt><strong>--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)</strong><br />
2732</dt>
2733<dd>
2734Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2735</dd>
2736<p></p>
2737<dt><strong>--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)</strong><br />
2738</dt>
2739<dd>
2740Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that 2026 <p>Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2741is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for 2027is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2742many years. 2028many years.</p>
2743</dd> 2029 </dd>
2744<p></p> 2030 <dt>--enable-ttygid (default: off)</dt>
2745<dt><strong><a name="item_shadow">--enable-half-shadow (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2746</dt>
2747<dd> 2031 <dd>
2748Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width &amp; height.
2749only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2750</dd>
2751<p></p>
2752<dt><strong><a name="item_ttygid">--enable-ttygid (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2753</dt>
2754<dd>
2755Change tty device setting to group ``tty'' - only use this if 2032 <p>Change tty device setting to group &quot;tty&quot; - only use this if
2756your system uses this type of security. 2033your system uses this type of security.</p>
2757</dd> 2034 </dd>
2758<p></p> 2035 <dt>--disable-backspace-key</dt>
2759<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dbackspace_2dkey">--disable-backspace-key</a></strong><br />
2760</dt>
2761<dd> 2036 <dd>
2762Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it. 2037 <p>Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it.</p>
2763</dd> 2038 </dd>
2764<p></p> 2039 <dt>--disable-delete-key</dt>
2765<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2ddelete_2dkey">--disable-delete-key</a></strong><br />
2766</dt>
2767<dd> 2040 <dd>
2768Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server 2041 <p>Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2769do it. 2042do it.</p>
2770</dd> 2043 </dd>
2771<p></p> 2044 <dt>--disable-resources</dt>
2772<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources">--disable-resources</a></strong><br />
2773</dt>
2774<dd> 2045 <dd>
2775Removes any support for resource checking. 2046 <p>Removes any support for resource checking.</p>
2776</dd> 2047 </dd>
2777<p></p> 2048 <dt>--disable-swapscreen</dt>
2778<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2dxgetdefault">--enable-xgetdefault</a></strong><br />
2779</dt>
2780<dd> 2049 <dd>
2781Make resources checking via <code>XGetDefault()</code> instead of our small 2050 <p>Remove support for secondary/swap screen.</p>
2782version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2783~/.Xresources.
2784</dd> 2051 </dd>
2052 <dt>--enable-frills (default: on)</dt>
2785<dd> 2053 <dd>
2786<p>Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull in and
2787use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very
2788small, if nonexistant.</p>
2789</dd>
2790<p></p>
2791<dt><strong><a name="item_strings">--enable-strings (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2792</dt>
2793<dd>
2794Add support for our possibly faster <code>memset()</code> function and other
2795various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2796have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2797to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2798GNU/Linux systems).
2799</dd>
2800<p></p>
2801<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dswapscreen">--disable-swapscreen</a></strong><br />
2802</dt>
2803<dd>
2804Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2805</dd>
2806<p></p>
2807<dt><strong><a name="item_frills">--enable-frills (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2808</dt>
2809<dd>
2810Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to 2054 <p>Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2811have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to 2055have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2812disable this. 2056disable this.</p>
2813</dd>
2814<dd>
2815<p>A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by <code>--enable-frills</code> (possibly 2057 <p>A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by <code>--enable-frills</code> (possibly
2816in combination with other switches) is:</p> 2058in combination with other switches) is:</p>
2817</dd>
2818<dd>
2819<pre>
2820 MWM-hints 2059<pre> MWM-hints
2821 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 2060 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2061 urgency hint
2822 seperate underline colour 2062 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2823 settable border widths and borderless switch 2063 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2064 visual depth selection (-depth)
2824 settable extra linespacing 2065 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2825 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 2066 iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support
2067 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2068 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2069 keysym remapping support
2070 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2071 XEmbed support (-embed)
2072 user-pty (-pty-fd)
2073 hold on exit (-hold)
2074 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2075 separate highlightcolor support (-hc)
2076
2077</pre>
2078 <p>It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:</p>
2079<pre> some round-trip time optimisations
2080 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
2081 UTF8_STRING support for selection
2082 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2826 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence 2083 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
2084 view change/zero scrollback escape sequences
2085 locale switching escape sequence
2827 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences 2086 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2828 tripleclickwords 2087 rectangular selections
2829 settable insecure mode 2088 trailing space removal for selections
2830 keysym remapping support 2089 verbose X error handling
2831 cursor blinking and underline cursor 2090
2832 -embed and -pty-fd options</pre> 2091</pre>
2833</dd> 2092 </dd>
2834<p></p> 2093 <dt>--enable-iso14755 (default: on)</dt>
2835<dt><strong><a name="item_iso14755">--enable-iso14755 (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2836</dt>
2837<dd> 2094 <dd>
2838Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see urxvt(1), or 2095 <p>Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or
2839<em>doc/rxvt.1.txt</em>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by 2096<cite>doc/rxvt.1.txt</cite>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2840<code>--enable-frills</code>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with 2097<code>--enable-frills</code>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2841this switch. 2098this switch.</p>
2842</dd> 2099 </dd>
2843<p></p> 2100 <dt>--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)</dt>
2844<dt><strong><a name="item_keepscrolling">--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2845</dt>
2846<dd> 2101 <dd>
2847Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 2102 <p>Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2848the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2103the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.</p>
2849</dd> 2104 </dd>
2850<p></p> 2105 <dt>--enable-selectionscrolling (default: on)</dt>
2851<dt><strong><a name="item_mousewheel">--enable-mousewheel (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2852</dt>
2853<dd> 2106 <dd>
2107 <p>Add support for scrolling when the selection moves to the top or
2108bottom of the screen.</p>
2109 </dd>
2110 <dt>--enable-mousewheel (default: on)</dt>
2111 <dd>
2854Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 &amp; 5. 2112 <p>Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 &amp; 5.</p>
2855</dd> 2113 </dd>
2856<p></p> 2114 <dt>--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)</dt>
2857<dt><strong><a name="item_slipwheeling">--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2858</dt>
2859<dd> 2115 <dd>
2860Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2116 <p>Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2861accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2117accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2862requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 2118requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.</p>
2863</dd> 2119 </dd>
2864<p></p> 2120 <dt>--enable-smart-resize (default: off)</dt>
2865<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dnew_2dselection">--disable-new-selection</a></strong><br />
2866</dt>
2867<dd> 2121 <dd>
2868Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 2122 <p>Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when resizing.
2123This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2124the screen in a fixed position.</p>
2869</dd> 2125 </dd>
2870<p></p> 2126 <dt>--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)</dt>
2871<dt><strong><a name="item_dmalloc">--enable-dmalloc (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2872</dt>
2873<dd> 2127 <dd>
2874Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2875<a href="http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/">http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/</a> for details If you use either this or the
2876next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2877DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2878</dd>
2879<dd>
2880<p>You can only use either this option and the following (should
2881you use either) .</p>
2882</dd>
2883<p></p>
2884<dt><strong><a name="item_dlmalloc">--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2885</dt>
2886<dd>
2887Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2888See <a href="http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html">http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html</a> for details.
2889</dd>
2890<p></p>
2891<dt><strong><a name="item_resize">--enable-smart-resize (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2892</dt>
2893<dd>
2894Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2895keys. This should keep in a fixed position the urxvt corner which is
2896closest to a corner of the screen.
2897</dd>
2898<p></p>
2899<dt><strong><a name="item_blank">--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2900</dt>
2901<dd>
2902Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2128 <p>Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.</p>
2903</dd> 2129 </dd>
2904<p></p> 2130 <dt>--enable-perl (default: on)</dt>
2905<dt><strong>--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</strong><br />
2906</dt>
2907<dd> 2131 <dd>
2132 <p>Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the <strong>rxvtperl(3)</strong>
2133manpage (<cite>doc/rxvtperl.txt</cite>) for more info on this feature, or the
2134files in <cite>src/perl-ext/</cite> for the extensions that are installed by
2135default. The perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the
2136<code>PERL</code> environment variable when running configure. Even when compiled
2137in, perl will <i>not</i> be initialised when all extensions have been disabled
2138<code>-pe &quot;&quot; --perl-ext-common &quot;&quot;</code>, so it should be safe to enable from a
2139resource standpoint.</p>
2140 </dd>
2141 <dt>--with-afterimage-config=DIR</dt>
2142 <dd>
2143 <p>Look for the libAfterImage config script in DIR.</p>
2144 </dd>
2145 <dt>--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</dt>
2146 <dd>
2908Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting 2147 <p>Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2909in <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
2910<code>rxvt</code>. 2149<code>rxvt</code>.</p>
2911</dd> 2150 </dd>
2912<p></p>
2913<dt><strong>--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)</strong><br /> 2151 <dt>--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)</dt>
2914</dt>
2915<dd> 2152 <dd>
2916Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME. 2153 <p>Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.</p>
2917</dd> 2154 </dd>
2918<p></p> 2155 <dt>--with-terminfo=PATH</dt>
2919<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dterminfo_3dpath">--with-terminfo=PATH</a></strong><br />
2920</dt>
2921<dd> 2156 <dd>
2922Change 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
2923PATH. 2158PATH.</p>
2924</dd> 2159 </dd>
2925<p></p> 2160 <dt>--with-x</dt>
2926<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dx">--with-x</a></strong><br />
2927</dt>
2928<dd> 2161 <dd>
2929Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?). 2162 <p>Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).</p>
2930</dd> 2163 </dd>
2931<p></p>
2932<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dincludes_3ddir">--with-xpm-includes=DIR</a></strong><br />
2933</dt> 2164</dl>
2934<dd> 2165
2935Look for the XPM includes in DIR. 2166</div>
2936</dd> 2167<h1 id="AUTHORS">AUTHORS</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
2937<p></p> 2168<div id="AUTHORS_CONTENT">
2938<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dlibrary_3ddir">--with-xpm-library=DIR</a></strong><br />
2939</dt>
2940<dd>
2941Look for the XPM library in DIR.
2942</dd>
2943<p></p>
2944<dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm">--with-xpm</a></strong><br />
2945</dt>
2946<dd>
2947Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
2948</dd>
2949<p></p></dl>
2950<p>
2951</p>
2952<hr />
2953<h1><a name="authors">AUTHORS</a></h1>
2954<p>Marc Lehmann &lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt; converted this document to pod and 2169<p>Marc Lehmann &lt;rxvt@schmorp.de&gt; converted this document to pod and
2955reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff 2170reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff
2956Wing &lt;<a href="mailto:gcw@pobox.com">gcw@pobox.com</a>&gt;, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other 2171Wing &lt;gcw@pobox.com&gt;, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other
2957sources.</p> 2172sources.</p>
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