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4 <title>REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information</title>
5 <link rev="made" href="mailto:perl-binary@plan9.de" />
6 </head>
7
8 <body style="background-color: white">
9
10 <p><a name="__index__"></a></p>
11 <!-- INDEX BEGIN -->
12
13 <ul>
14
15 <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li>
16 <li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
17 <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
18 <li><a href="#frequently_asked_questions">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a></li>
19 <li><a href="#rxvt_technical_reference">RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE</a></li>
20 <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
21 <li><a href="#definitions">Definitions</a></li>
22 <li><a href="#values">Values</a></li>
23 <li><a href="#escape_sequences">Escape Sequences</a></li>
24 <li><a href="#csi__command_sequence_introducer__sequences">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</a></li>
25 <li><a href="#dec_private_modes">DEC Private Modes</a></li>
26 <li><a href="#xterm_operating_system_commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</a></li>
27 <li><a href="#xpm">XPM</a></li>
28 <li><a href="#mouse_reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></li>
29 <li><a href="#key_codes">Key Codes</a></li>
30 <li><a href="#configure_options">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</a></li>
31 <li><a href="#authors">AUTHORS</a></li>
32 </ul>
33 <!-- INDEX END -->
34
35 <hr />
36 <p>
37 </p>
38 <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
39 <p>RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information</p>
40 <p>
41 </p>
42 <hr />
43 <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
44 <pre>
45 # set a new font set
46 printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi&quot; Mincho&quot;</pre>
47 <pre>
48 # change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
49 export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf &quot;\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007&quot;</pre>
50 <pre>
51 # set window title
52 printf '\33]2;%s\007' &quot;new window title&quot;</pre>
53 <p>
54 </p>
55 <hr />
56 <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
57 <p>This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting
58 all escape sequences, and other background information.</p>
59 <p>The newest version of this document is
60 also available on the World Wide Web at
61 <a href="http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html">http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html</a>.</p>
62 <p>
63 </p>
64 <hr />
65 <h1><a name="frequently_asked_questions">FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS</a></h1>
66 <dl>
67 <dt><strong><a name="item_the_new_selection_selects_pieces_that_are_too_big_">The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select
68 single words?</a></strong><br />
69 </dt>
70 <dd>
71 Yes. For example, if you want to select alphanumeric words, you can use
72 the following resource:
73 </dd>
74 <dd>
75 <pre>
76 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)</pre>
77 </dd>
78 <dd>
79 <p>If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
80 more and more.</p>
81 </dd>
82 <dd>
83 <p>To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:</p>
84 </dd>
85 <dd>
86 <pre>
87 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^&quot;&amp;'()*,;&lt;=&gt;?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)</pre>
88 </dd>
89 <dd>
90 <p>Please also note that the <em>LeftClick Shift-LeftClik</em> combination also
91 selects words like the old code.</p>
92 </dd>
93 <p></p>
94 <dt><strong><a name="item_i_don_27t_like_the_new_selection_2fpopups_2fhotkey">I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I
95 change/disable it?</a></strong><br />
96 </dt>
97 <dd>
98 You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
99 <strong>perl-ext-common</strong> resource to the empty string, which also keeps
100 rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
101 </dd>
102 <dd>
103 <p>If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
104 identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
105 <strong>PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</strong> in the <code>rxvtperl(3)</code> manpage. For
106 example, to disable the <strong>selection-popup</strong> and <strong>option-popup</strong>, specify
107 this <strong>perl-ext-common</strong> resource:</p>
108 </dd>
109 <dd>
110 <pre>
111 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup</pre>
112 </dd>
113 <dd>
114 <p>This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
115 extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
116 scrollback search mode is triggered by <strong>M-s</strong>. You can move it to any
117 other combination either by setting the <strong>searchable-scrollback</strong> resource:</p>
118 </dd>
119 <dd>
120 <pre>
121 URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s</pre>
122 </dd>
123 <p></p>
124 <dt><strong><a name="item_isn_27t_rxvt_supposed_to_be_small_3f_don_27t_all_t">Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?</a></strong><br />
125 </dt>
126 <dd>
127 I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
128 bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
129 that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
130 compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even
131 with <code>--disable-everything</code>, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
132 features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
133 already in use in this mode.
134 </dd>
135 <dd>
136 <pre>
137 text data bss drs rss filename
138 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
139 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything</pre>
140 </dd>
141 <dd>
142 <p>When you <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft
143 and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
144 libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.</p>
145 </dd>
146 <dd>
147 <pre>
148 text data bss drs rss filename
149 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
150 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything</pre>
151 </dd>
152 <dd>
153 <p>The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
154 encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
155 and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
156 encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
157 compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
158 memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
159 few megabytes of RSS. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when
160 not used.</p>
161 </dd>
162 <dd>
163 <p>Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
164 a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
165 memory.</p>
166 </dd>
167 <dd>
168 <p>Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
169 still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
170 (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
171 43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
172 startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
173 extremely well *g*.</p>
174 </dd>
175 <p></p>
176 <dt><strong><a name="item_why_c_2b_2b_2c_isn_27t_that_unportable_2fbloated_2">Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?</a></strong><br />
177 </dt>
178 <dd>
179 Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
180 to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
181 of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
182 shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.
183 </dd>
184 <dd>
185 <p>My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but in
186 the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
187 are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
188 domain sockets, which are all less portable than C++ itself.</p>
189 </dd>
190 <dd>
191 <p>Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
192 in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
193 C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
194 not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is what rxvt links against on my
195 system with a minimal config:</p>
196 </dd>
197 <dd>
198 <pre>
199 libX11.so.6 =&gt; /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
200 libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
201 libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
202 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)</pre>
203 </dd>
204 <dd>
205 <p>And here is rxvt-unicode:</p>
206 </dd>
207 <dd>
208 <pre>
209 libX11.so.6 =&gt; /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
210 libgcc_s.so.1 =&gt; /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
211 libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
212 libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
213 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)</pre>
214 </dd>
215 <dd>
216 <p>No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
217 except maybe libX11 :)</p>
218 </dd>
219 <p></p>
220 <dt><strong><a name="item_does_it_support_tabs_2c_can_i_have_a_tabbed_rxvt_2">Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?</a></strong><br />
221 </dt>
222 <dd>
223 Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a
224 simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
225 give you tabs:
226 </dd>
227 <dd>
228 <pre>
229 rxvt -pe tabbed</pre>
230 </dd>
231 <dd>
232 <pre>
233 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed</pre>
234 </dd>
235 <dd>
236 <p>It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers
237 or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be
238 embedded into other programs, as witnessed by <em>doc/rxvt-tabbed</em> or
239 the upcoming <code>Gtk2::URxvt</code> perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt
240 (murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application.</p>
241 </dd>
242 <p></p>
243 <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 />
244 </dt>
245 <dd>
246 The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
247 sequence <code>ESC [ 8 n</code> sets the window title to the version number. When
248 using the rxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the
249 daemon.
250 </dd>
251 <p></p>
252 <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 />
253 </dt>
254 <dd>
255 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
256 patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
257 unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
258 the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
259 version (<a href="http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode</a>) and try to reproduce
260 the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
261 Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
262 Tracking System (use <code>reportbug</code> to report the bug).
263 </dd>
264 <dd>
265 <p>For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
266 probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
267 bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
268 might encounter the same issue.</p>
269 </dd>
270 <p></p>
271 <dt><strong><a name="item_i_am_maintaining_rxvt_2dunicode_for_distribution_2">I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any
272 recommendation?</a></strong><br />
273 </dt>
274 <dd>
275 You should build one binary with the default options. <em>configure</em>
276 now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
277 runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,
278 except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
279 be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
280 the future) depends on it.
281 </dd>
282 <dd>
283 <p>You should not overwrite the <code>perl-ext-common</code> snd <code>perl-ext</code> resources
284 system-wide (except maybe with <code>defaults</code>). This will result in useful
285 behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
286 <code>perl-ext-common</code> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
287 perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.</p>
288 </dd>
289 <dd>
290 <p>If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
291 one with <code>--disable-everything</code> (very useful) and a maximal one with
292 <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
293 encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).</p>
294 </dd>
295 <p></p>
296 <dt><strong><a name="item_i_need_to_make_it_setuid_2fsetgid_to_support_utmp_">I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?</a></strong><br />
297 </dt>
298 <dd>
299 It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
300 install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now.
301 </dd>
302 <dd>
303 <p>When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
304 into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
305 systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
306 immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
307 privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
308 things as perl interpreters, which might be ``helpful'' to attackers).</p>
309 </dd>
310 <dd>
311 <p>This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early
312 and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or
313 things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
314 little risk.</p>
315 </dd>
316 <p></p>
317 <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 />
318 </dt>
319 <dd>
320 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
321 as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
322 </dd>
323 <dd>
324 <p>The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
325 be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):</p>
326 </dd>
327 <dd>
328 <pre>
329 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
330 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE &quot;cat &gt;/tmp/ti &amp;&amp; tic /tmp/ti&quot;</pre>
331 </dd>
332 <dd>
333 <p>... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,</p>
334 </dd>
335 <dd>
336 <p>If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
337 <code>TERM=rxvt</code> or even <code>TERM=xterm</code>, and live with the small number of
338 problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
339 colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
340 quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.</p>
341 </dd>
342 <dd>
343 <p>If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
344 can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
345 resource to set it:</p>
346 </dd>
347 <dd>
348 <pre>
349 URxvt.termName: rxvt</pre>
350 </dd>
351 <dd>
352 <p>If you don't plan to use <strong>rxvt</strong> (quite common...) you could also replace
353 the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.</p>
354 </dd>
355 <p></p>
356 <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 />
357 </dt>
358 <dd>
359 Most likely it's the empty definition for <code>enacs=</code>. Just replace it by
360 <code>enacs=\E[0@</code> and try again.
361 </dd>
362 <p></p>
363 <dt><strong><a name="item_bash_27s_readline_does_not_work_correctly_under_rx"><code>bash</code>'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt.</a></strong><br />
364 </dt>
365 <dt><strong><a name="item_i_need_a_termcap_file_entry_2e">I need a termcap file entry.</a></strong><br />
366 </dt>
367 <dd>
368 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
369 systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
370 library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
371 for <code>rxvt-unicode</code>.
372 </dd>
373 <dd>
374 <p>You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
375 You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
376 like this:</p>
377 </dd>
378 <dd>
379 <pre>
380 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode</pre>
381 </dd>
382 <dd>
383 <p>Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:</p>
384 </dd>
385 <dd>
386 <pre>
387 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
388 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
389 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
390 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
391 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
392 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
393 :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
394 :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
395 :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
396 :i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
397 :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
398 :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
399 :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
400 :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E&gt;:\
401 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
402 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
403 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
404 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
405 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
406 :vs=\E[?25h:</pre>
407 </dd>
408 <p></p>
409 <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 />
410 </dt>
411 <dd>
412 The <code>ls</code> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
413 decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
414 file. Needless to say, <code>rxvt-unicode</code> is not in it's default file (among
415 with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
416 </dd>
417 <dd>
418 <pre>
419 TERM rxvt-unicode</pre>
420 </dd>
421 <dd>
422 <p>to <code>/etc/DIR_COLORS</code> or simply add:</p>
423 </dd>
424 <dd>
425 <pre>
426 alias ls='ls --color=auto'</pre>
427 </dd>
428 <dd>
429 <p>to your <code>.profile</code> or <code>.bashrc</code>.</p>
430 </dd>
431 <p></p>
432 <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 />
433 </dt>
434 <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 />
435 </dt>
436 <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 />
437 </dt>
438 <dd>
439 Make sure you are using <code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>. Some pre-packaged
440 distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
441 by setting <code>TERM</code> to <code>rxvt</code>, which doesn't have these extra
442 features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
443 GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo
444 file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question <strong>When
445 I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</strong> on
446 how to do this).
447 </dd>
448 <p></p>
449 <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 />
450 </dt>
451 <dd>
452 Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
453 specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
454 by the wrong <code>TERM</code> setting, although the details of wether and how
455 this can happen are unknown, as <code>TERM=rxvt</code> should offer a compatible
456 keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
457 helped.
458 </dd>
459 <p></p>
460 <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 />
461 </dt>
462 <dt><strong><a name="item_unicode_does_not_seem_to_work_3f">Unicode does not seem to work?</a></strong><br />
463 </dt>
464 <dd>
465 If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
466 getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
467 subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
468 </dd>
469 <dd>
470 <p>Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same <code>LC_CTYPE</code> setting as the
471 programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> locale, while the
472 login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
473 something else, e.g. <code>en_GB.UTF-8</code>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.</p>
474 </dd>
475 <dd>
476 <p>The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
477 into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.</p>
478 </dd>
479 <dd>
480 <pre>
481 printf '\e]701;%s\007' &quot;$LC_CTYPE&quot;</pre>
482 </dd>
483 <dd>
484 <p>If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a <code>LC_CTYPE</code> specification not
485 supported on your systems. Some systems have a <code>locale</code> command which
486 displays this (also, <code>perl -e0</code> can be used to check locale settings, as
487 it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
488 like:</p>
489 </dd>
490 <dd>
491 <pre>
492 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...</pre>
493 </dd>
494 <dd>
495 <p>Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.</p>
496 </dd>
497 <dd>
498 <p>If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
499 you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
500 support locales :(</p>
501 </dd>
502 <p></p>
503 <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 />
504 </dt>
505 <dt><strong><a name="item_how_does_rxvt_2dunicode_choose_fonts_3f">How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?</a></strong><br />
506 </dt>
507 <dd>
508 Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
509 fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
510 your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
511 to display.
512 </dd>
513 <dd>
514 <p><strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
515 font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
516 bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
517 resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
518 intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
519 the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.</p>
520 </dd>
521 <dd>
522 <p>In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
523 e.g.:</p>
524 </dd>
525 <dd>
526 <pre>
527 rxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...</pre>
528 </dd>
529 <dd>
530 <p>When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
531 font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
532 next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
533 search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.</p>
534 </dd>
535 <dd>
536 <p>The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
537 font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
538 must be the same due to the way terminals work.</p>
539 </dd>
540 <p></p>
541 <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 />
542 </dt>
543 <dd>
544 This is because there is a difference between script and language --
545 rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
546 as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
547 sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
548 display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
549 chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
550 non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
551 -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
552 chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
553 </dd>
554 <dd>
555 <p>The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
556 list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
557 a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
558 first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.</p>
559 </dd>
560 <dd>
561 <p>In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
562 runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
563 fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
564 has been designed yet).</p>
565 </dd>
566 <dd>
567 <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>
568 </dd>
569 <p></p>
570 <dt><strong><a name="item_why_does_rxvt_2dunicode_sometimes_leave_pixel_drop">Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?</a></strong><br />
571 </dt>
572 <dd>
573 Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
574 size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
575 contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
576 these characters. For characters that are just ``a bit'' too wide a special
577 ``careful'' rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
578 </dd>
579 <dd>
580 <p>All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
581 however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
582 box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
583 ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
584 cases).</p>
585 </dd>
586 <dd>
587 <p>It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
588 or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
589 the <code>-lsp</code> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
590 might be forced to use a different font.</p>
591 </dd>
592 <dd>
593 <p>All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
594 box data is correct.</p>
595 </dd>
596 <p></p>
597 <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 />
598 </dt>
599 <dd>
600 Seems to be a known bug, read
601 <a href="http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html">http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html</a>. Some people use the
602 following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
603 </dd>
604 <dd>
605 <pre>
606 #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) &gt; 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)</pre>
607 </dd>
608 <p></p>
609 <dt><strong><a name="item_compose">My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.</a></strong><br />
610 </dt>
611 <dd>
612 The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
613 correctly, or you specified a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> that is not supported by
614 your input method. For example, if you specified <strong>OverTheSpot</strong> and
615 your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
616 does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
617 rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
618 </dd>
619 <dd>
620 <p>In this case either do not specify a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> or specify more than
621 one pre-edit style, such as <strong>OverTheSpot,Root,None</strong>.</p>
622 </dd>
623 <p></p>
624 <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 />
625 </dt>
626 <dd>
627 Either try <code>Ctrl-2</code> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
628 international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
629 advantage, typing &lt;Ctrl-Shift-0&gt; to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
630 codes, too, such as <code>Ctrl-Shift-1-d</code> to type the default telnet escape
631 character and so on.
632 </dd>
633 <p></p>
634 <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 />
635 </dt>
636 <dd>
637 First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
638 (<code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
639 make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
640 rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
641 </dd>
642 <dd>
643 <pre>
644 URxvt.colorBD: white
645 URxvt.colorIT: green</pre>
646 </dd>
647 <p></p>
648 <dt><strong><a name="item_colours">Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?</a></strong><br />
649 </dt>
650 <dd>
651 For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
652 colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
653 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
654 these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
655 </dd>
656 <dd>
657 <p>In the meantime, you can either edit your <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo
658 definition to only claim 8 colour support or use <code>TERM=rxvt</code>, which will
659 fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.</p>
660 </dd>
661 <p></p>
662 <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 />
663 </dt>
664 <dd>
665 Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> to be defined
666 in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
667 wether it defines the symbol or not. <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> requires that
668 <strong>wchar_t</strong> is represented as unicode.
669 </dd>
670 <dd>
671 <p>As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
672 does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
673 <strong>wchar_t</strong>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.</p>
674 </dd>
675 <dd>
676 <p>However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in <code>POSIX</code>, <code>ISO-8859-1</code> and
677 <code>UTF-8</code> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as <strong>wchar_t</strong>.</p>
678 </dd>
679 <dd>
680 <p><code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> is the only sane way to support multi-language
681 apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
682 representation of <strong>wchar_t</strong> makes it impossible to convert between
683 <strong>wchar_t</strong> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
684 without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
685 simply are no APIs to convert <strong>wchar_t</strong> into anything except the current
686 locale encoding.</p>
687 </dd>
688 <dd>
689 <p>Some applications (such as the formidable <strong>mlterm</strong>) work around this
690 by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
691 with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
692 conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
693 encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).</p>
694 </dd>
695 <dd>
696 <p>The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
697 system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
698 complete replacements for them :)</p>
699 </dd>
700 <p></p>
701 <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 />
702 </dt>
703 <dd>
704 Try the diff in <em>doc/solaris9.patch</em> as a base. It fixes the worst
705 problems with <code>wcwidth</code> and a compile problem.
706 </dd>
707 <p></p>
708 <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 />
709 </dt>
710 <dd>
711 rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
712 the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
713 longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
714 single font). I recommend starting the X-server in <code>-multiwindow</code> or
715 <code>-rootless</code> mode instead, which will result in similar look&amp;feel as the
716 old libW11 emulation.
717 </dd>
718 <dd>
719 <p>At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
720 encodings (you might try <code>LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8</code>), so you are likely limited
721 to 8-bit encodings.</p>
722 </dd>
723 <p></p>
724 <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 />
725 </dt>
726 <dt><strong><a name="item_is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodings_3f">Is there an option to switch encodings?</a></strong><br />
727 </dt>
728 <dd>
729 Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
730 specific ``utf-8'' mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
731 UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
732 </dd>
733 <dd>
734 <p>The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
735 the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
736 applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
737 and code number. This mechanism is the <em>locale</em>. Applications not using
738 that info will have problems (for example, <code>xterm</code> gets the width of
739 characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
740 locales).</p>
741 </dd>
742 <dd>
743 <p>Rxvt-unicode uses the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> locale category to select encoding. All
744 programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
745 interpretation of characters.</p>
746 </dd>
747 <dd>
748 <p>Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
749 is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.</p>
750 </dd>
751 <dd>
752 <p>On most systems, the content of the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> environment variable
753 contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
754 locale. Common names for locales are <code>en_US.UTF-8</code>, <code>de_DE.ISO-8859-15</code>,
755 <code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code>, i.e. <code>language_country.encoding</code>, but other forms
756 (i.e. <code>de</code> or <code>german</code>) are also common.</p>
757 </dd>
758 <dd>
759 <p>Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
760 the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
761 i.e. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code> and <code>ja_JP.UTF-8</code> are the normally same to
762 rxvt-unicode.</p>
763 </dd>
764 <dd>
765 <p>If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
766 rxvt-unicode with the correct <code>LC_CTYPE</code> category.</p>
767 </dd>
768 <p></p>
769 <dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_switch_locales_at_runtime_3f">Can I switch locales at runtime?</a></strong><br />
770 </dt>
771 <dd>
772 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
773 rxvt-unicode's idea of <code>LC_CTYPE</code>.
774 </dd>
775 <dd>
776 <pre>
777 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS</pre>
778 </dd>
779 <dd>
780 <p>See also the previous answer.</p>
781 </dd>
782 <dd>
783 <p>Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
784 one locale (e.g. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code>) but some programs don't support it
785 (e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start <code>xjdic</code>, which
786 first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:</p>
787 </dd>
788 <dd>
789 <pre>
790 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
791 xjdic -js
792 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8</pre>
793 </dd>
794 <dd>
795 <p>You can also use xterm's <code>luit</code> program, which usually works fine, except
796 for some locales where character width differs between program- and
797 rxvt-unicode-locales.</p>
798 </dd>
799 <p></p>
800 <dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime_3f">Can I switch the fonts at runtime?</a></strong><br />
801 </dt>
802 <dd>
803 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
804 effect as using the <code>-fn</code> switch, and takes effect immediately:
805 </dd>
806 <dd>
807 <pre>
808 printf '\e]50;%s\007' &quot;9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic&quot;</pre>
809 </dd>
810 <dd>
811 <p>This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
812 japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
813 japanese fonts would only be in your way.</p>
814 </dd>
815 <dd>
816 <p>You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.</p>
817 </dd>
818 <p></p>
819 <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 />
820 </dt>
821 <dd>
822 Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
823 example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font <code>xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
824 Mono</code> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
825 enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
826 </dd>
827 <dd>
828 <pre>
829 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
830 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true</pre>
831 </dd>
832 <p></p>
833 <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 />
834 </dt>
835 <dd>
836 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
837 terminal, using the resource <code>imlocale</code>:
838 </dd>
839 <dd>
840 <pre>
841 URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP</pre>
842 </dd>
843 <dd>
844 <p>Now you can start your terminal with <code>LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8</code> and still
845 use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
846 input characters outside <code>EUC-JP</code> in a normal way then, as your input
847 method limits you.</p>
848 </dd>
849 <p></p>
850 <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 />
851 </dt>
852 <dd>
853 Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
854 design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
855 leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
856 exit time. <strong>kinput2</strong> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
857 while <strong>SCIM</strong> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
858 crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
859 </dd>
860 <dd>
861 <p>So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.</p>
862 </dd>
863 <p></p>
864 <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 />
865 </dt>
866 <dd>
867 Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
868 don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
869 you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
870 when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
871 accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
872 </dd>
873 <dd>
874 <p>Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
875 scrollback buffers: Without <code>--enable-unicode3</code>, rxvt-unicode will use
876 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
877 kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
878 use 10 Megabytes of memory. With <code>--enable-unicode3</code> it gets worse, as
879 rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.</p>
880 </dd>
881 <p></p>
882 <dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_speed_up_xft_rendering_somehow_3f">Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?</a></strong><br />
883 </dt>
884 <dd>
885 Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
886 it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
887 antialiasing (by appending <code>:antialias=false</code>), which saves lots of
888 memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
889 </dd>
890 <p></p>
891 <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 />
892 </dt>
893 <dd>
894 Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
895 fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
896 fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
897 antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
898 look best that way.
899 </dd>
900 <dd>
901 <p>If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.</p>
902 </dd>
903 <p></p>
904 <dt><strong><a name="item_mouse_cut_2fpaste_suddenly_no_longer_works_2e">Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.</a></strong><br />
905 </dt>
906 <dd>
907 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
908 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
909 heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
910 quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
911 depressed.
912 </dd>
913 <p></p>
914 <dt><strong><a name="item_what_27s_with_this_bold_2fblink_stuff_3f">What's with this bold/blink stuff?</a></strong><br />
915 </dt>
916 <dd>
917 If no bold colour is set via <code>colorBD:</code>, bold will invert text using the
918 standard foreground colour.
919 </dd>
920 <dd>
921 <p>For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
922 text blink when compiled with <code>--enable-blinking</code>. with standard
923 colours. Without <code>--enable-blinking</code>, the blink attribute will be
924 ignored.</p>
925 </dd>
926 <dd>
927 <p>On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
928 foreground/background colors.</p>
929 </dd>
930 <dd>
931 <p>color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.</p>
932 </dd>
933 <dd>
934 <p>color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.</p>
935 </dd>
936 <p></p>
937 <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 />
938 </dt>
939 <dd>
940 You can change the screen colors at run-time using <em>~/.Xdefaults</em>
941 resources (or as long-options).
942 </dd>
943 <dd>
944 <p>Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
945 including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:</p>
946 </dd>
947 <dd>
948 <pre>
949 URxvt.color0: #000000
950 URxvt.color1: #A80000
951 URxvt.color2: #00A800
952 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
953 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
954 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
955 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
956 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8</pre>
957 </dd>
958 <dd>
959 <pre>
960 URxvt.color8: #000054
961 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
962 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
963 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
964 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
965 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
966 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
967 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF</pre>
968 </dd>
969 <dd>
970 <p>And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
971 me) as ``pretty girly''.</p>
972 </dd>
973 <dd>
974 <pre>
975 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
976 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
977 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
978 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
979 URxvt.color0: #000000
980 URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
981 URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
982 URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
983 URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
984 URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
985 URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
986 URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
987 URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
988 URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
989 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
990 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
991 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
992 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd</pre>
993 </dd>
994 <p></p>
995 <dt><strong><a name="item_how_can_i_start_rxvtd_in_a_race_2dfree_way_3f">How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way?</a></strong><br />
996 </dt>
997 <dd>
998 Try <code>rxvtd -f -o</code>, which tells rxvtd to open the
999 display, create the listening socket and then fork.
1000 </dd>
1001 <p></p>
1002 <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 />
1003 </dt>
1004 <dd>
1005 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
1006 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
1007 question) there are two standard values that can be used for
1008 Backspace: <code>^H</code> and <code>^?</code>.
1009 </dd>
1010 <dd>
1011 <p>Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
1012 policy of using <code>^?</code> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
1013 choice :).</p>
1014 </dd>
1015 <dd>
1016 <p>Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
1017 of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
1018 started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
1019 system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in &lt;termios.h&gt;, will
1020 be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).</p>
1021 </dd>
1022 <dd>
1023 <p>For starting a new rxvt-unicode:</p>
1024 </dd>
1025 <dd>
1026 <pre>
1027 # use Backspace = ^H
1028 $ stty erase ^H
1029 $ rxvt</pre>
1030 </dd>
1031 <dd>
1032 <pre>
1033 # use Backspace = ^?
1034 $ stty erase ^?
1035 $ rxvt</pre>
1036 </dd>
1037 <dd>
1038 <p>Toggle with <code>ESC [ 36 h</code> / <code>ESC [ 36 l</code>.</p>
1039 </dd>
1040 <dd>
1041 <p>For an existing rxvt-unicode:</p>
1042 </dd>
1043 <dd>
1044 <pre>
1045 # use Backspace = ^H
1046 $ stty erase ^H
1047 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36h&quot;</pre>
1048 </dd>
1049 <dd>
1050 <pre>
1051 # use Backspace = ^?
1052 $ stty erase ^?
1053 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36l&quot;</pre>
1054 </dd>
1055 <dd>
1056 <p>This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
1057 if you use Backspace = <code>^H</code>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
1058 properly reflects that.</p>
1059 </dd>
1060 <dd>
1061 <p>The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
1062 To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
1063 key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
1064 (<code>ESC [ 3 ~</code>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.</p>
1065 </dd>
1066 <dd>
1067 <p>Some other Backspace problems:</p>
1068 </dd>
1069 <dd>
1070 <p>some editors use termcap/terminfo,
1071 some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
1072 GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.</p>
1073 </dd>
1074 <dd>
1075 <p>Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.</p>
1076 </dd>
1077 <p></p>
1078 <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 />
1079 </dt>
1080 <dd>
1081 There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
1082 you have run ``configure'' with the <a href="#item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources"><code>--disable-resources</code></a> option you can
1083 use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
1084 </dd>
1085 <dd>
1086 <p>Here's an example for a URxvt session started using <code>rxvt -name URxvt</code></p>
1087 </dd>
1088 <dd>
1089 <pre>
1090 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
1091 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
1092 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033&lt;C-'&gt;
1093 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033&lt;C-/&gt;
1094 URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033&lt;C-;&gt;
1095 URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
1096 URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033&lt;C-,&gt;
1097 URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033&lt;C-.&gt;
1098 URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
1099 URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033&lt;C-Tab&gt;
1100 URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033&lt;C-Return&gt;
1101 URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033&lt;S-Return&gt;
1102 URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033&lt;S-Space&gt;
1103 URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033&lt;M-Up&gt;
1104 URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033&lt;M-Down&gt;
1105 URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033&lt;M-Left&gt;
1106 URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033&lt;M-Right&gt;
1107 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033&lt;M-C- 0123456789 &gt;
1108 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033&lt;M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz &gt;
1109 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007</pre>
1110 </dd>
1111 <dd>
1112 <p>See some more examples in the documentation for the <strong>keysym</strong> resource.</p>
1113 </dd>
1114 <p></p>
1115 <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.
1116 How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1117 has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.</a></strong><br />
1118 </dt>
1119 <dd>
1120 <pre>
1121 KP_Insert == Insert
1122 F22 == Print
1123 F27 == Home
1124 F29 == Prior
1125 F33 == End
1126 F35 == Next</pre>
1127 </dd>
1128 <dd>
1129 <p>Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
1130 keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
1131 required for your particular machine.</p>
1132 </dd>
1133 <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?
1134 I need this to decide about setting colors etc.</a></strong><br />
1135 </dt>
1136 <dd>
1137 rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable ``COLORTERM'', so you can
1138 check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1139 Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1140 not to use color.
1141 </dd>
1142 <p></p>
1143 <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 />
1144 </dt>
1145 <dd>
1146 If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
1147 insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1148 snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1149 wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1150 the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1151 regular xterm.
1152 </dd>
1153 <dd>
1154 <p>Courtesy of Chuck Blake &lt;<a href="mailto:cblake@BBN.COM">cblake@BBN.COM</a>&gt; with the following shell script
1155 snippets:</p>
1156 </dd>
1157 <dd>
1158 <pre>
1159 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1160 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] &amp;&amp; TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1161 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1162 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1163 echo -n '^[Z'
1164 read term_id
1165 stty icanon echo
1166 if [ &quot;&quot;${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1167 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1168 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1169 fi
1170 fi</pre>
1171 </dd>
1172 <p></p>
1173 <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 />
1174 </dt>
1175 <dd>
1176 You need to have a recent version of perl installed as <em>/usr/bin/perl</em>,
1177 one that comes with <em>pod2man</em>, <em>pod2text</em> and <em>pod2html</em>. Then go to
1178 the doc subdirectory and enter <code>make alldoc</code>.
1179 </dd>
1180 <p></p>
1181 <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 />
1182 </dt>
1183 <dd>
1184 Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: <code>irc.freenode.net</code>,
1185 channel <code>#rxvt-unicode</code> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
1186 interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
1187 </dd>
1188 <p></p></dl>
1189 <p>
1190 </p>
1191 <hr />
1192 <h1><a name="rxvt_technical_reference">RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE</a></h1>
1193 <p>
1194 </p>
1195 <hr />
1196 <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
1197 <p>The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
1198 <strong>rxvt-unicode</strong>. First the description of supported command sequences,
1199 followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
1200 selectable at <code>configure</code> time.</p>
1201 <p>
1202 </p>
1203 <hr />
1204 <h1><a name="definitions">Definitions</a></h1>
1205 <dl>
1206 <dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1207 </dt>
1208 <dd>
1209 The literal character c.
1210 </dd>
1211 <p></p>
1212 <dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1213 </dt>
1214 <dd>
1215 A single (required) character.
1216 </dd>
1217 <p></p>
1218 <dt><strong><a name="item_ps"><strong><code>Ps</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1219 </dt>
1220 <dd>
1221 A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more
1222 digits.
1223 </dd>
1224 <p></p>
1225 <dt><strong><a name="item_pm"><strong><code>Pm</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1226 </dt>
1227 <dd>
1228 A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric
1229 parameters, separated by <code>;</code> character(s).
1230 </dd>
1231 <p></p>
1232 <dt><strong><a name="item_pt"><strong><code>Pt</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1233 </dt>
1234 <dd>
1235 A text parameter composed of printable characters.
1236 </dd>
1237 <p></p></dl>
1238 <p>
1239 </p>
1240 <hr />
1241 <h1><a name="values">Values</a></h1>
1242 <dl>
1243 <dt><strong><a name="item_enq"><strong><code>ENQ</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1244 </dt>
1245 <dd>
1246 Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA)
1247 request attributes from terminal. See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps c</code></a> </strong>&gt;.
1248 </dd>
1249 <p></p>
1250 <dt><strong><a name="item_bel"><strong><code>BEL</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1251 </dt>
1252 <dd>
1253 Bell (Ctrl-G)
1254 </dd>
1255 <p></p>
1256 <dt><strong><a name="item_bs"><strong><code>BS</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1257 </dt>
1258 <dd>
1259 Backspace (Ctrl-H)
1260 </dd>
1261 <p></p>
1262 <dt><strong><a name="item_tab"><strong><code>TAB</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1263 </dt>
1264 <dd>
1265 Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I)
1266 </dd>
1267 <p></p>
1268 <dt><strong><a name="item_lf"><strong><code>LF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1269 </dt>
1270 <dd>
1271 Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J)
1272 </dd>
1273 <p></p>
1274 <dt><strong><a name="item_vt"><strong><code>VT</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1275 </dt>
1276 <dd>
1277 Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1278 </dd>
1279 <p></p>
1280 <dt><strong><a name="item_ff"><strong><code>FF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1281 </dt>
1282 <dd>
1283 Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1284 </dd>
1285 <p></p>
1286 <dt><strong><a name="item_cr"><strong><code>CR</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1287 </dt>
1288 <dd>
1289 Carriage Return (Ctrl-M)
1290 </dd>
1291 <p></p>
1292 <dt><strong><a name="item_so"><strong><code>SO</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1293 </dt>
1294 <dd>
1295 Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set.
1296 Switch to Alternate Character Set
1297 </dd>
1298 <p></p>
1299 <dt><strong><a name="item_si"><strong><code>SI</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1300 </dt>
1301 <dd>
1302 Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default).
1303 Switch to Standard Character Set
1304 </dd>
1305 <p></p>
1306 <dt><strong><a name="item_spc"><strong><code>SPC</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1307 </dt>
1308 <dd>
1309 Space Character
1310 </dd>
1311 <p></p></dl>
1312 <p>
1313 </p>
1314 <hr />
1315 <h1><a name="escape_sequences">Escape Sequences</a></h1>
1316 <dl>
1317 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__23_8"><strong><code>ESC # 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1318 </dt>
1319 <dd>
1320 DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN)
1321 </dd>
1322 <p></p>
1323 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_7"><strong><code>ESC 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1324 </dt>
1325 <dd>
1326 Save Cursor (SC)
1327 </dd>
1328 <p></p>
1329 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_8"><strong><code>ESC 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1330 </dt>
1331 <dd>
1332 Restore Cursor
1333 </dd>
1334 <p></p>
1335 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__3d"><strong><code>ESC =</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1336 </dt>
1337 <dd>
1338 Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence.
1339 </dd>
1340 <p></p>
1341 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc"><strong><code>ESC</code> </strong>&gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
1342 </dt>
1343 <dd>
1344 Normal Keypad (RMKX)
1345 </dd>
1346 <dd>
1347 <p><strong>Note:</strong> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, <strong>Num_Lock</strong> has been
1348 pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad
1349 (see Key Codes).</p>
1350 </dd>
1351 <p></p>
1352 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_d"><strong><code>ESC D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1353 </dt>
1354 <dd>
1355 Index (IND)
1356 </dd>
1357 <p></p>
1358 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_e"><strong><code>ESC E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1359 </dt>
1360 <dd>
1361 Next Line (NEL)
1362 </dd>
1363 <p></p>
1364 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_h"><strong><code>ESC H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1365 </dt>
1366 <dd>
1367 Tab Set (HTS)
1368 </dd>
1369 <p></p>
1370 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_m"><strong><code>ESC M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1371 </dt>
1372 <dd>
1373 Reverse Index (RI)
1374 </dd>
1375 <p></p>
1376 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC N</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1377 </dt>
1378 <dd>
1379 Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character
1380 only <em>unimplemented</em>
1381 </dd>
1382 <p></p>
1383 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC O</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1384 </dt>
1385 <dd>
1386 Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
1387 only <em>unimplemented</em>
1388 </dd>
1389 <p></p>
1390 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_z"><strong><code>ESC Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1391 </dt>
1392 <dd>
1393 Obsolete form of returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C</code> </strong>&gt; <em>rxvt-unicode compile-time option</em>
1394 </dd>
1395 <p></p>
1396 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_c"><strong><code>ESC c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1397 </dt>
1398 <dd>
1399 Full reset (RIS)
1400 </dd>
1401 <p></p>
1402 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1403 </dt>
1404 <dd>
1405 Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2)
1406 </dd>
1407 <p></p>
1408 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC o</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1409 </dt>
1410 <dd>
1411 Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)
1412 </dd>
1413 <p></p>
1414 <dt><strong><strong><code>ESC ( C</code> </strong>&gt;</strong><br />
1415 </dt>
1416 <dd>
1417 Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.
1418 </dd>
1419 <p></p>
1420 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__29_c"><strong><code>ESC ) C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1421 </dt>
1422 <dd>
1423 Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.
1424 </dd>
1425 <p></p>
1426 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2a_c"><strong><code>ESC * C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1427 </dt>
1428 <dd>
1429 Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.
1430 </dd>
1431 <p></p>
1432 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2b_c"><strong><code>ESC + C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1433 </dt>
1434 <dd>
1435 Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.
1436 </dd>
1437 <p></p>
1438 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__24_c"><strong><code>ESC $ C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1439 </dt>
1440 <dd>
1441 Designate Kanji Character Set
1442 </dd>
1443 <dd>
1444 <p>Where <strong><a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> </strong>&gt; is one of:</p>
1445 </dd>
1446 <table>
1447 <tr><td>C = 0 </td><td>DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set</td></tr>
1448 <tr><td>C = A </td><td>United Kingdom (UK)</td></tr>
1449 <tr><td>C = B </td><td>United States (USASCII)</td></tr>
1450 <tr><td>C = <</td><td>Multinational character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1451 <tr><td>C = 5 </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1452 <tr><td>C = C </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1453 <tr><td>C = K </td><td>German character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1454 </table><p></p></dl>
1455 <p></p>
1456 <p>
1457 </p>
1458 <hr />
1459 <h1><a name="csi__command_sequence_introducer__sequences">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</a></h1>
1460 <dl>
1461 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__40"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps @</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1462 </dt>
1463 <dd>
1464 Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (Blank) <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ICH)
1465 </dd>
1466 <p></p>
1467 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps A</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1468 </dt>
1469 <dd>
1470 Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUU)
1471 </dd>
1472 <p></p>
1473 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_b"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps B</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1474 </dt>
1475 <dd>
1476 Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUD)
1477 </dd>
1478 <p></p>
1479 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1480 </dt>
1481 <dd>
1482 Cursor Forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUF)
1483 </dd>
1484 <p></p>
1485 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1486 </dt>
1487 <dd>
1488 Cursor Backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUB)
1489 </dd>
1490 <p></p>
1491 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1492 </dt>
1493 <dd>
1494 Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column
1495 </dd>
1496 <p></p>
1497 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps F</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1498 </dt>
1499 <dd>
1500 Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column
1501 </dd>
1502 <p></p>
1503 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps G</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1504 </dt>
1505 <dd>
1506 Cursor to Column <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (HPA)
1507 </dd>
1508 <p></p>
1509 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1510 </dt>
1511 <dd>
1512 Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP)
1513 </dd>
1514 <p></p>
1515 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps I</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1516 </dt>
1517 <dd>
1518 Move forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; tab stops [default: 1]
1519 </dd>
1520 <p></p>
1521 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_j"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps J</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1522 </dt>
1523 <dd>
1524 Erase in Display (ED)
1525 </dd>
1526 <table>
1527 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Below (default)</td></tr>
1528 <tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear Above</td></tr>
1529 <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr>
1530 </table><p></p>
1531 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_k"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps K</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1532 </dt>
1533 <dd>
1534 Erase in Line (EL)
1535 </dd>
1536 <table>
1537 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear to Right (default)</td></tr>
1538 <tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear to Left</td></tr>
1539 <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr>
1540 </table><p></p>
1541 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps L</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1542 </dt>
1543 <dd>
1544 Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (IL)
1545 </dd>
1546 <p></p>
1547 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1548 </dt>
1549 <dd>
1550 Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (DL)
1551 </dd>
1552 <p></p>
1553 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_p"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps P</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1554 </dt>
1555 <dd>
1556 Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (DCH)
1557 </dd>
1558 <p></p>
1559 <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 />
1560 </dt>
1561 <dd>
1562 Initiate . <em>unimplemented</em> Parameters are
1563 [func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow].
1564 </dd>
1565 <p></p>
1566 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_w"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps W</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1567 </dt>
1568 <dd>
1569 Tabulator functions
1570 </dd>
1571 <table>
1572 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Tab Set (HTS)</td></tr>
1573 <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr>
1574 <tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All</td></tr>
1575 </table><p></p>
1576 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps X</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1577 </dt>
1578 <dd>
1579 Erase <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ECH)
1580 </dd>
1581 <p></p>
1582 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_z"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1583 </dt>
1584 <dd>
1585 Move backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; [default: 1] tab stops
1586 </dd>
1587 <p></p>
1588 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__27"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps '</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1589 </dt>
1590 <dd>
1591 See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_g"><code>ESC [ Ps G</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1592 </dd>
1593 <p></p>
1594 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps a</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1595 </dt>
1596 <dd>
1597 See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps C</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1598 </dd>
1599 <p></p>
1600 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1601 </dt>
1602 <dd>
1603 Send Device Attributes (DA)
1604 <strong><code>Ps = 0</code> </strong>&gt; (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
1605 returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c</code> </strong>&gt; (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
1606 Option'')
1607 </dd>
1608 <p></p>
1609 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps d</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1610 </dt>
1611 <dd>
1612 Cursor to Line <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (VPA)
1613 </dd>
1614 <p></p>
1615 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps e</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1616 </dt>
1617 <dd>
1618 See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_a"><code>ESC [ Ps A</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1619 </dd>
1620 <p></p>
1621 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps f</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1622 </dt>
1623 <dd>
1624 Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1]
1625 </dd>
1626 <p></p>
1627 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps g</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1628 </dt>
1629 <dd>
1630 Tab Clear (TBC)
1631 </dd>
1632 <table>
1633 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr>
1634 <tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>Clear All (TBC)</td></tr>
1635 </table><p></p>
1636 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1637 </dt>
1638 <dd>
1639 Set Mode (SM). See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_pm_l"><code>ESC [ Pm l</code></a> </strong>&gt; sequence for description of <a href="#item_pm"><code>Pm</code></a>.
1640 </dd>
1641 <p></p>
1642 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps i</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1643 </dt>
1644 <dd>
1645 Printing. See also the <code>print-pipe</code> resource.
1646 </dd>
1647 <table>
1648 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>print screen (MC0)</td></tr>
1649 <tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>disable transparent print mode (MC4)</td></tr>
1650 <tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>enable transparent print mode (MC5)</td></tr>
1651 </table><p></p>
1652 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1653 </dt>
1654 <dd>
1655 Reset Mode (RM)
1656 </dd>
1657 <dl>
1658 <dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_4"><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1659 </dt>
1660 <table>
1661 <tr><td>h</td><td>Insert Mode (SMIR)</td></tr>
1662 <tr><td>l</td><td>Replace Mode (RMIR)</td></tr>
1663 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_20"><strong><code>Ps = 20</code> </strong>&gt; (partially implemented)</a></strong><br />
1664 </dt>
1665 <table>
1666 <tr><td>h</td><td>Automatic Newline (LNM)</td></tr>
1667 <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Linefeed (LNM)</td></tr>
1668 </table></dl>
1669 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm m</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1670 </dt>
1671 <dd>
1672 Character Attributes (SGR)
1673 </dd>
1674 <table>
1675 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Normal (default)</td></tr>
1676 <tr><td>Ps = 1 / 21</td><td>On / Off Bold (bright fg)</td></tr>
1677 <tr><td>Ps = 3 / 23</td><td>On / Off Italic</td></tr>
1678 <tr><td>Ps = 4 / 24</td><td>On / Off Underline</td></tr>
1679 <tr><td>Ps = 5 / 25</td><td>On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg)</td></tr>
1680 <tr><td>Ps = 6 / 26</td><td>On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg)</td></tr>
1681 <tr><td>Ps = 7 / 27</td><td>On / Off Inverse</td></tr>
1682 <tr><td>Ps = 8 / 27</td><td>On / Off Invisible (NYI)</td></tr>
1683 <tr><td>Ps = 30 / 40</td><td>fg/bg Black</td></tr>
1684 <tr><td>Ps = 31 / 41</td><td>fg/bg Red</td></tr>
1685 <tr><td>Ps = 32 / 42</td><td>fg/bg Green</td></tr>
1686 <tr><td>Ps = 33 / 43</td><td>fg/bg Yellow</td></tr>
1687 <tr><td>Ps = 34 / 44</td><td>fg/bg Blue</td></tr>
1688 <tr><td>Ps = 35 / 45</td><td>fg/bg Magenta</td></tr>
1689 <tr><td>Ps = 36 / 46</td><td>fg/bg Cyan</td></tr>
1690 <tr><td>Ps = 38;5 / 48;5</td><td>set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6)</td></tr>
1691 <tr><td>Ps = 37 / 47</td><td>fg/bg White</td></tr>
1692 <tr><td>Ps = 39 / 49</td><td>fg/bg Default</td></tr>
1693 <tr><td>Ps = 90 / 100</td><td>fg/bg Bright Black</td></tr>
1694 <tr><td>Ps = 91 / 101</td><td>fg/bg Bright Red</td></tr>
1695 <tr><td>Ps = 92 / 102</td><td>fg/bg Bright Green</td></tr>
1696 <tr><td>Ps = 93 / 103</td><td>fg/bg Bright Yellow</td></tr>
1697 <tr><td>Ps = 94 / 104</td><td>fg/bg Bright Blue</td></tr>
1698 <tr><td>Ps = 95 / 105</td><td>fg/bg Bright Magenta</td></tr>
1699 <tr><td>Ps = 96 / 106</td><td>fg/bg Bright Cyan</td></tr>
1700 <tr><td>Ps = 97 / 107</td><td>fg/bg Bright White</td></tr>
1701 <tr><td>Ps = 99 / 109</td><td>fg/bg Bright Default</td></tr>
1702 </table><p></p>
1703 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_n"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1704 </dt>
1705 <dd>
1706 Device Status Report (DSR)
1707 </dd>
1708 <table>
1709 <tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Status Report ESC [ 0 n (``OK'')</td></tr>
1710 <tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as ESC [ r ; c R</td></tr>
1711 <tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Request Display Name</td></tr>
1712 <tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>Request Version Number (place in window title)</td></tr>
1713 </table><p></p>
1714 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_r"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1715 </dt>
1716 <dd>
1717 Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom]
1718 [default: full size of window] (CSR)
1719 </dd>
1720 <p></p>
1721 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_s"><strong><code>ESC [ s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1722 </dt>
1723 <dd>
1724 Save Cursor (SC)
1725 </dd>
1726 <p></p>
1727 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bpt_t"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Pt t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1728 </dt>
1729 <dd>
1730 Window Operations
1731 </dd>
1732 <table>
1733 <tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Deiconify (map) window</td></tr>
1734 <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Iconify window</td></tr>
1735 <tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t Move window to (X|Y)</td></tr>
1736 <tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t Resize to WxH pixels</td></tr>
1737 <tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Raise window</td></tr>
1738 <tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Lower window</td></tr>
1739 <tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Refresh screen once</td></tr>
1740 <tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t Resize to R rows and C columns</td></tr>
1741 <tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Report window state (responds with Ps = 1 or Ps = 2)</td></tr>
1742 <tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Report window position (responds with Ps = 3)</td></tr>
1743 <tr><td>Ps = 14</td><td>Report window pixel size (responds with Ps = 4)</td></tr>
1744 <tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Report window text size (responds with Ps = 7)</td></tr>
1745 <tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9</td></tr>
1746 <tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234)</td></tr>
1747 <tr><td>Ps = 21</td><td>Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234)</td></tr>
1748 <tr><td>Ps = 24..</td><td>Set window height to Ps rows</td></tr>
1749 </table><p></p>
1750 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_u"><strong><code>ESC [ u</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1751 </dt>
1752 <dd>
1753 Restore Cursor
1754 </dd>
1755 <p></p>
1756 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps x</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1757 </dt>
1758 <dd>
1759 Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
1760 </dd>
1761 <p></p></dl>
1762 <p></p>
1763 <p>
1764 </p>
1765 <hr />
1766 <h1><a name="dec_private_modes">DEC Private Modes</a></h1>
1767 <dl>
1768 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1769 </dt>
1770 <dd>
1771 DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET)
1772 </dd>
1773 <p></p>
1774 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1775 </dt>
1776 <dd>
1777 DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST)
1778 </dd>
1779 <p></p>
1780 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_r"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1781 </dt>
1782 <dd>
1783 Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values.
1784 </dd>
1785 <p></p>
1786 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_s"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1787 </dt>
1788 <dd>
1789 Save DEC Private Mode Values.
1790 </dd>
1791 <p></p>
1792 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_t"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1793 </dt>
1794 <dd>
1795 Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). <em>where</em>
1796 </dd>
1797 <dl>
1798 <dt><strong><a name="item_1"><strong><code>Ps = 1</code> </strong>&gt; (DECCKM)</a></strong><br />
1799 </dt>
1800 <table>
1801 <tr><td>h</td><td>Application Cursor Keys</td></tr>
1802 <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Keys</td></tr>
1803 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_2"><strong><code>Ps = 2</code> </strong>&gt; (ANSI/VT52 mode)</a></strong><br />
1804 </dt>
1805 <table>
1806 <tr><td>h</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr>
1807 <tr><td>l</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr>
1808 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_3"><strong><code>Ps = 3</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1809 </dt>
1810 <table>
1811 <tr><td>h</td><td>132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr>
1812 <tr><td>l</td><td>80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr>
1813 </table><dt><strong><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</strong><br />
1814 </dt>
1815 <table>
1816 <tr><td>h</td><td>Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr>
1817 <tr><td>l</td><td>Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr>
1818 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_5"><strong><code>Ps = 5</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1819 </dt>
1820 <table>
1821 <tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr>
1822 <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr>
1823 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_6"><strong><code>Ps = 6</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1824 </dt>
1825 <table>
1826 <tr><td>h</td><td>Origin Mode (DECOM)</td></tr>
1827 <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)</td></tr>
1828 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_7"><strong><code>Ps = 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1829 </dt>
1830 <table>
1831 <tr><td>h</td><td>Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr>
1832 <tr><td>l</td><td>No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr>
1833 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_8_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 8</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1834 </dt>
1835 <table>
1836 <tr><td>h</td><td>Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr>
1837 <tr><td>l</td><td>No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr>
1838 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_9_x10_xterm"><strong><code>Ps = 9</code> </strong>&gt; X10 XTerm</a></strong><br />
1839 </dt>
1840 <table>
1841 <tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press.</td></tr>
1842 <tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1843 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_25"><strong><code>Ps = 25</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1844 </dt>
1845 <table>
1846 <tr><td>h</td><td>Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}</td></tr>
1847 <tr><td>l</td><td>Invisible cursor {civis}</td></tr>
1848 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_30"><strong><code>Ps = 30</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1849 </dt>
1850 <table>
1851 <tr><td>h</td><td>scrollBar visisble</td></tr>
1852 <tr><td>l</td><td>scrollBar invisisble</td></tr>
1853 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_35"><strong><code>Ps = 35</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1854 </dt>
1855 <table>
1856 <tr><td>h</td><td>Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr>
1857 <tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr>
1858 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_38_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 38</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1859 </dt>
1860 <dd>
1861 Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
1862 </dd>
1863 <p></p>
1864 <dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_40"><strong><code>Ps = 40</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1865 </dt>
1866 <table>
1867 <tr><td>h</td><td>Allow 80/132 Mode</td></tr>
1868 <tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow 80/132 Mode</td></tr>
1869 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_44_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 44</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1870 </dt>
1871 <table>
1872 <tr><td>h</td><td>Turn On Margin Bell</td></tr>
1873 <tr><td>l</td><td>Turn Off Margin Bell</td></tr>
1874 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_45_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 45</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1875 </dt>
1876 <table>
1877 <tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr>
1878 <tr><td>l</td><td>No Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr>
1879 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_46_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 46</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1880 </dt>
1881 <dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_47"><strong><code>Ps = 47</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1882 </dt>
1883 <table>
1884 <tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1885 <tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1886 </table><p></p>
1887 <dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_66"><strong><code>Ps = 66</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1888 </dt>
1889 <table>
1890 <tr><td>h</td><td>Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC =</td></tr>
1891 <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == ESC ></td></tr>
1892 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_67"><strong><code>Ps = 67</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1893 </dt>
1894 <table>
1895 <tr><td>h</td><td>Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM)</td></tr>
1896 <tr><td>l</td><td>Backspace key sends DEL</td></tr>
1897 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1000"><strong><code>Ps = 1000</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm)</a></strong><br />
1898 </dt>
1899 <table>
1900 <tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.</td></tr>
1901 <tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1902 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1001"><strong><code>Ps = 1001</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm) <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1903 </dt>
1904 <table>
1905 <tr><td>h</td><td>Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.</td></tr>
1906 <tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1907 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1010"><strong><code>Ps = 1010</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1908 </dt>
1909 <table>
1910 <tr><td>h</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr>
1911 <tr><td>l</td><td>Scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr>
1912 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1011"><strong><code>Ps = 1011</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1913 </dt>
1914 <table>
1915 <tr><td>h</td><td>Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr>
1916 <tr><td>l</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr>
1917 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1021"><strong><code>Ps = 1021</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1918 </dt>
1919 <table>
1920 <tr><td>h</td><td>Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)</td></tr>
1921 <tr><td>l</td><td>Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)</td></tr>
1922 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1047"><strong><code>Ps = 1047</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1923 </dt>
1924 <table>
1925 <tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1926 <tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it</td></tr>
1927 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1048"><strong><code>Ps = 1048</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1928 </dt>
1929 <table>
1930 <tr><td>h</td><td>Save cursor position</td></tr>
1931 <tr><td>l</td><td>Restore cursor position</td></tr>
1932 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1049"><strong><code>Ps = 1049</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1933 </dt>
1934 <table>
1935 <tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it</td></tr>
1936 <tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1937 </table></dl>
1938 </dl>
1939 <p></p>
1940 <p>
1941 </p>
1942 <hr />
1943 <h1><a name="xterm_operating_system_commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</a></h1>
1944 <dl>
1945 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5d_ps_3bpt_st"><strong><code>ESC ] Ps;Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1946 </dt>
1947 <dd>
1948 Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b,
1949 0x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any
1950 <strong>octet</strong> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V).
1951 </dd>
1952 <table>
1953 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Change Icon Name and Window Title to Pt</td></tr>
1954 <tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Change Icon Name to Pt</td></tr>
1955 <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Change Window Title to Pt</td></tr>
1956 <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>
1957 <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>
1958 <tr><td>Ps = 10</td><td>Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr>
1959 <tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr>
1960 <tr><td>Ps = 12</td><td>Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt</td></tr>
1961 <tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt</td></tr>
1962 <tr><td>Ps = 17</td><td>Change colour of highlight characters to Pt</td></tr>
1963 <tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]</td></tr>
1964 <tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]</td></tr>
1965 <tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM).</td></tr>
1966 <tr><td>Ps = 39</td><td>Change default foreground colour to Pt.</td></tr>
1967 <tr><td>Ps = 46</td><td>Change Log File to Pt unimplemented</td></tr>
1968 <tr><td>Ps = 49</td><td>Change default background colour to Pt.</td></tr>
1969 <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>
1970 <tr><td>Ps = 55</td><td>Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt</td></tr>
1971 <tr><td>Ps = 701</td><td>Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).</td></tr>
1972 <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>
1973 <tr><td>Ps = 704</td><td>Change colour of italic characters to Pt</td></tr>
1974 <tr><td>Ps = 705</td><td>Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).</td></tr>
1975 <tr><td>Ps = 706</td><td>Change colour of bold characters to Pt</td></tr>
1976 <tr><td>Ps = 707</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt</td></tr>
1977 <tr><td>Ps = 710</td><td>Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.</td></tr>
1978 <tr><td>Ps = 711</td><td>Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
1979 <tr><td>Ps = 712</td><td>Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
1980 <tr><td>Ps = 713</td><td>Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
1981 <tr><td>Ps = 720</td><td>Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).</td></tr>
1982 <tr><td>Ps = 721</td><td>Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).</td></tr>
1983 <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>
1984 </table><p></p></dl>
1985 <p></p>
1986 <p>
1987 </p>
1988 <hr />
1989 <h1><a name="xpm">XPM</a></h1>
1990 <p>For the XPM XTerm escape sequence <strong><code>ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt; then value
1991 of <strong><a href="#item_pt"><code>Pt</code></a> </strong>&gt; can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
1992 sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
1993 scaling/positioning commands are as follows:</p>
1994 <dl>
1995 <dt><strong><a name="item_query_scale_2fposition">query scale/position</a></strong><br />
1996 </dt>
1997 <dd>
1998 <strong>?</strong>
1999 </dd>
2000 <p></p>
2001 <dt><strong><a name="item_change_scale_and_position">change scale and position</a></strong><br />
2002 </dt>
2003 <dd>
2004 <strong>WxH+X+Y</strong>
2005 </dd>
2006 <dd>
2007 <p><strong>WxH+X</strong> (== <strong>WxH+X+X</strong>)</p>
2008 </dd>
2009 <dd>
2010 <p><strong>WxH</strong> (same as <strong>WxH+50+50</strong>)</p>
2011 </dd>
2012 <dd>
2013 <p><strong>W+X+Y</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2014 </dd>
2015 <dd>
2016 <p><strong>W+X</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+X</strong>)</p>
2017 </dd>
2018 <dd>
2019 <p><strong>W</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+50+50</strong>)</p>
2020 </dd>
2021 <p></p>
2022 <dt><strong><a name="item_position">change position (absolute)</a></strong><br />
2023 </dt>
2024 <dd>
2025 <strong>=+X+Y</strong>
2026 </dd>
2027 <dd>
2028 <p><strong>=+X</strong> (same as <strong>=+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2029 </dd>
2030 <p></p>
2031 <dt><strong>change position (relative)</strong><br />
2032 </dt>
2033 <dd>
2034 <strong>+X+Y</strong>
2035 </dd>
2036 <dd>
2037 <p><strong>+X</strong> (same as <strong>+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2038 </dd>
2039 <p></p>
2040 <dt><strong><a name="item_rescale">rescale (relative)</a></strong><br />
2041 </dt>
2042 <dd>
2043 <strong>Wx0</strong> -&gt; <strong>W *= (W/100)</strong>
2044 </dd>
2045 <dd>
2046 <p><strong>0xH</strong> -&gt; <strong>H *= (H/100)</strong></p>
2047 </dd>
2048 <p></p></dl>
2049 <p>For example:</p>
2050 <dl>
2051 <dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bfunky_5ca"><strong>\E]20;funky\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2052 </dt>
2053 <dd>
2054 load <strong>funky.xpm</strong> as a tiled image
2055 </dd>
2056 <p></p>
2057 <dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bmona_3b100_5ca"><strong>\E]20;mona;100\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2058 </dt>
2059 <dd>
2060 load <strong>mona.xpm</strong> with a scaling of 100%
2061 </dd>
2062 <p></p>
2063 <dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3b_3b200_3b_3f_5ca"><strong>\E]20;;200;?\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2064 </dt>
2065 <dd>
2066 rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
2067 the title
2068 </dd>
2069 <p></p></dl>
2070 <p>
2071 </p>
2072 <hr />
2073 <h1><a name="mouse_reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></h1>
2074 <dl>
2075 <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 />
2076 </dt>
2077 <dd>
2078 report mouse position
2079 </dd>
2080 <p></p></dl>
2081 <p>The lower 2 bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the button:</p>
2082 <dl>
2083 <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 />
2084 </dt>
2085 <table>
2086 <tr><td>0</td><td>Button1 pressed</td></tr>
2087 <tr><td>1</td><td>Button2 pressed</td></tr>
2088 <tr><td>2</td><td>Button3 pressed</td></tr>
2089 <tr><td>3</td><td>button released (X11 mouse report)</td></tr>
2090 </table></dl>
2091 <p>The upper bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the modifiers when the
2092 button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):</p>
2093 <dl>
2094 <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 />
2095 </dt>
2096 <table>
2097 <tr><td>4</td><td>Shift</td></tr>
2098 <tr><td>8</td><td>Meta</td></tr>
2099 <tr><td>16</td><td>Control</td></tr>
2100 <tr><td>32</td><td>Double Click (Rxvt extension)</td></tr>
2101 </table><p>Col = <strong><code>&lt;x&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p>
2102 <p>Row = <strong><code>&lt;y&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p>
2103 </dl>
2104 <p>
2105 </p>
2106 <hr />
2107 <h1><a name="key_codes">Key Codes</a></h1>
2108 <p>Note: <strong>Shift</strong> + <strong>F1</strong>-<strong>F10</strong> generates <strong>F11</strong>-<strong>F20</strong></p>
2109 <p>For the keypad, use <strong>Shift</strong> to temporarily override Application-Keypad
2110 setting use <strong>Num_Lock</strong> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if
2111 <strong>Num_Lock</strong> is off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that
2112 values of <strong>Home</strong>, <strong>End</strong>, <strong>Delete</strong> may have been compiled differently on
2113 your system.</p>
2114 <table>
2115 <tr><td></td><td>Normal</td><td>Shift</td><td>Control</td><td>Ctrl+Shift</td></tr>
2116 <tr><td>Tab</td><td>^I</td><td>ESC [ Z</td><td>^I</td><td>ESC [ Z</td></tr>
2117 <tr><td>BackSpace</td><td>^H</td><td>^?</td><td>^?</td><td>^?</td></tr>
2118 <tr><td>Find</td><td>ESC [ 1 ~</td><td>ESC [ 1 $</td><td>ESC [ 1 ^</td><td>ESC [ 1 @</td></tr>
2119 <tr><td>Insert</td><td>ESC [ 2 ~</td><td>paste</td><td>ESC [ 2 ^</td><td>ESC [ 2 @</td></tr>
2120 <tr><td>Execute</td><td>ESC [ 3 ~</td><td>ESC [ 3 $</td><td>ESC [ 3 ^</td><td>ESC [ 3 @</td></tr>
2121 <tr><td>Select</td><td>ESC [ 4 ~</td><td>ESC [ 4 $</td><td>ESC [ 4 ^</td><td>ESC [ 4 @</td></tr>
2122 <tr><td>Prior</td><td>ESC [ 5 ~</td><td>scroll-up</td><td>ESC [ 5 ^</td><td>ESC [ 5 @</td></tr>
2123 <tr><td>Next</td><td>ESC [ 6 ~</td><td>scroll-down</td><td>ESC [ 6 ^</td><td>ESC [ 6 @</td></tr>
2124 <tr><td>Home</td><td>ESC [ 7 ~</td><td>ESC [ 7 $</td><td>ESC [ 7 ^</td><td>ESC [ 7 @</td></tr>
2125 <tr><td>End</td><td>ESC [ 8 ~</td><td>ESC [ 8 $</td><td>ESC [ 8 ^</td><td>ESC [ 8 @</td></tr>
2126 <tr><td>Delete</td><td>ESC [ 3 ~</td><td>ESC [ 3 $</td><td>ESC [ 3 ^</td><td>ESC [ 3 @</td></tr>
2127 <tr><td>F1</td><td>ESC [ 11 ~</td><td>ESC [ 23 ~</td><td>ESC [ 11 ^</td><td>ESC [ 23 ^</td></tr>
2128 <tr><td>F2</td><td>ESC [ 12 ~</td><td>ESC [ 24 ~</td><td>ESC [ 12 ^</td><td>ESC [ 24 ^</td></tr>
2129 <tr><td>F3</td><td>ESC [ 13 ~</td><td>ESC [ 25 ~</td><td>ESC [ 13 ^</td><td>ESC [ 25 ^</td></tr>
2130 <tr><td>F4</td><td>ESC [ 14 ~</td><td>ESC [ 26 ~</td><td>ESC [ 14 ^</td><td>ESC [ 26 ^</td></tr>
2131 <tr><td>F5</td><td>ESC [ 15 ~</td><td>ESC [ 28 ~</td><td>ESC [ 15 ^</td><td>ESC [ 28 ^</td></tr>
2132 <tr><td>F6</td><td>ESC [ 17 ~</td><td>ESC [ 29 ~</td><td>ESC [ 17 ^</td><td>ESC [ 29 ^</td></tr>
2133 <tr><td>F7</td><td>ESC [ 18 ~</td><td>ESC [ 31 ~</td><td>ESC [ 18 ^</td><td>ESC [ 31 ^</td></tr>
2134 <tr><td>F8</td><td>ESC [ 19 ~</td><td>ESC [ 32 ~</td><td>ESC [ 19 ^</td><td>ESC [ 32 ^</td></tr>
2135 <tr><td>F9</td><td>ESC [ 20 ~</td><td>ESC [ 33 ~</td><td>ESC [ 20 ^</td><td>ESC [ 33 ^</td></tr>
2136 <tr><td>F10</td><td>ESC [ 21 ~</td><td>ESC [ 34 ~</td><td>ESC [ 21 ^</td><td>ESC [ 34 ^</td></tr>
2137 <tr><td>F11</td><td>ESC [ 23 ~</td><td>ESC [ 23 $</td><td>ESC [ 23 ^</td><td>ESC [ 23 @</td></tr>
2138 <tr><td>F12</td><td>ESC [ 24 ~</td><td>ESC [ 24 $</td><td>ESC [ 24 ^</td><td>ESC [ 24 @</td></tr>
2139 <tr><td>F13</td><td>ESC [ 25 ~</td><td>ESC [ 25 $</td><td>ESC [ 25 ^</td><td>ESC [ 25 @</td></tr>
2140 <tr><td>F14</td><td>ESC [ 26 ~</td><td>ESC [ 26 $</td><td>ESC [ 26 ^</td><td>ESC [ 26 @</td></tr>
2141 <tr><td>F15 (Help)</td><td>ESC [ 28 ~</td><td>ESC [ 28 $</td><td>ESC [ 28 ^</td><td>ESC [ 28 @</td></tr>
2142 <tr><td>F16 (Menu)</td><td>ESC [ 29 ~</td><td>ESC [ 29 $</td><td>ESC [ 29 ^</td><td>ESC [ 29 @</td></tr>
2143 <tr><td>F17</td><td>ESC [ 31 ~</td><td>ESC [ 31 $</td><td>ESC [ 31 ^</td><td>ESC [ 31 @</td></tr>
2144 <tr><td>F18</td><td>ESC [ 32 ~</td><td>ESC [ 32 $</td><td>ESC [ 32 ^</td><td>ESC [ 32 @</td></tr>
2145 <tr><td>F19</td><td>ESC [ 33 ~</td><td>ESC [ 33 $</td><td>ESC [ 33 ^</td><td>ESC [ 33 @</td></tr>
2146 <tr><td>F20</td><td>ESC [ 34 ~</td><td>ESC [ 34 $</td><td>ESC [ 34 ^</td><td>ESC [ 34 @</td></tr>
2147 <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Application</td></tr>
2148 <tr><td>Up</td><td>ESC [ A</td><td>ESC [ a</td><td>ESC O a</td><td>ESC O A</td></tr>
2149 <tr><td>Down</td><td>ESC [ B</td><td>ESC [ b</td><td>ESC O b</td><td>ESC O B</td></tr>
2150 <tr><td>Right</td><td>ESC [ C</td><td>ESC [ c</td><td>ESC O c</td><td>ESC O C</td></tr>
2151 <tr><td>Left</td><td>ESC [ D</td><td>ESC [ d</td><td>ESC O d</td><td>ESC O D</td></tr>
2152 <tr><td>KP_Enter</td><td>^M</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O M</td></tr>
2153 <tr><td>KP_F1</td><td>ESC O P</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O P</td></tr>
2154 <tr><td>KP_F2</td><td>ESC O Q</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O Q</td></tr>
2155 <tr><td>KP_F3</td><td>ESC O R</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O R</td></tr>
2156 <tr><td>KP_F4</td><td>ESC O S</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O S</td></tr>
2157 <tr><td>XK_KP_Multiply</td><td>*</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O j</td></tr>
2158 <tr><td>XK_KP_Add</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O k</td></tr>
2159 <tr><td>XK_KP_Separator</td><td>,</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O l</td></tr>
2160 <tr><td>XK_KP_Subtract</td><td>-</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O m</td></tr>
2161 <tr><td>XK_KP_Decimal</td><td>.</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O n</td></tr>
2162 <tr><td>XK_KP_Divide</td><td>/</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O o</td></tr>
2163 <tr><td>XK_KP_0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O p</td></tr>
2164 <tr><td>XK_KP_1</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O q</td></tr>
2165 <tr><td>XK_KP_2</td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O r</td></tr>
2166 <tr><td>XK_KP_3</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O s</td></tr>
2167 <tr><td>XK_KP_4</td><td>4</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O t</td></tr>
2168 <tr><td>XK_KP_5</td><td>5</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O u</td></tr>
2169 <tr><td>XK_KP_6</td><td>6</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O v</td></tr>
2170 <tr><td>XK_KP_7</td><td>7</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O w</td></tr>
2171 <tr><td>XK_KP_8</td><td>8</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O x</td></tr>
2172 <tr><td>XK_KP_9</td><td>9</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O y</td></tr>
2173 </table><p>
2174 </p>
2175 <hr />
2176 <h1><a name="configure_options">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</a></h1>
2177 <p>General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2178 hasn't been tested well. Either try with <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> or use
2179 the <em>./reconf</em> script as a base for experiments. <em>./reconf</em> is used by
2180 myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
2181 always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
2182 Lehmann &lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt;.</p>
2183 <p>All</p>
2184 <dl>
2185 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2deverything">--enable-everything</a></strong><br />
2186 </dt>
2187 <dd>
2188 Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in ``./configure
2189 --help''.
2190 </dd>
2191 <dd>
2192 <p>You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2193 <em>following</em> this with the appropriate <code>--disable-...</code> arguments,
2194 or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2195 <code>--disable-everything</code> and than adding just the <code>--enable-...</code> arguments
2196 you want.</p>
2197 </dd>
2198 <p></p>
2199 <dt><strong><a name="item_xft">--enable-xft (default: enabled)</a></strong><br />
2200 </dt>
2201 <dd>
2202 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2203 slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2204 don't pay for them.
2205 </dd>
2206 <p></p>
2207 <dt><strong><a name="item_styles">--enable-font-styles (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2208 </dt>
2209 <dd>
2210 Add support for <strong>bold</strong>, <em>italic</em> and <strong><em>bold italic</em> </strong>&gt; font
2211 styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2212 </dd>
2213 <p></p>
2214 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dcodesets_3dname_2c_2e_2e_2e__28defaul">--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)</a></strong><br />
2215 </dt>
2216 <dd>
2217 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (<code>eu</code>, <code>vn</code>
2218 are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2219 codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2220 for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2221 replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
2222 binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
2223 memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.
2224 </dd>
2225 <table>
2226 <tr><td>all</td><td>all available codeset groups</td></tr>
2227 <tr><td>zh</td><td>common chinese encodings</td></tr>
2228 <tr><td>zh_ext</td><td>rarely used but very big chinese encodigs</td></tr>
2229 <tr><td>jp</td><td>common japanese encodings</td></tr>
2230 <tr><td>jp_ext</td><td>rarely used but big japanese encodings</td></tr>
2231 <tr><td>kr</td><td>korean encodings</td></tr>
2232 </table><p></p>
2233 <dt><strong><a name="item_xim">--enable-xim (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2234 </dt>
2235 <dd>
2236 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2237 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2238 set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2239 </dd>
2240 <p></p>
2241 <dt><strong><a name="item_unicode3">--enable-unicode3 (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2242 </dt>
2243 <dd>
2244 Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
2245 </dd>
2246 <dd>
2247 <p>Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
2248 65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2249 requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2250 support these extra characters, but Xft does.</p>
2251 </dd>
2252 <dd>
2253 <p>Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points &gt;65535
2254 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2255 limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2256 see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2257 (input/output and cut&amp;paste still work, though).</p>
2258 </dd>
2259 <p></p>
2260 <dt><strong><a name="item_combining">--enable-combining (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2261 </dt>
2262 <dd>
2263 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2264 composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2265 where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2266 done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2267 new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2268 </dd>
2269 <dd>
2270 <p>Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2271 characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be
2272 (ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.</p>
2273 </dd>
2274 <dd>
2275 <p>This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2276 beyond plane 0 (&gt;65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.</p>
2277 </dd>
2278 <dd>
2279 <p>The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2280 but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2281 tell me how these are to be used...).</p>
2282 </dd>
2283 <p></p>
2284 <dt><strong><a name="item_fallback">--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)</a></strong><br />
2285 </dt>
2286 <dd>
2287 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To
2288 disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2289 </dd>
2290 <p></p>
2291 <dt><strong><a name="item_name">--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</a></strong><br />
2292 </dt>
2293 <dd>
2294 Use the given name as default application name when
2295 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2296 </dd>
2297 <p></p>
2298 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dres_2dclass_3dclass__2fdefault_3a_urx">--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)</a></strong><br />
2299 </dt>
2300 <dd>
2301 Use the given class as default application class
2302 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2303 rxvt.
2304 </dd>
2305 <p></p>
2306 <dt><strong><a name="item_utmp">--enable-utmp (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2307 </dt>
2308 <dd>
2309 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like <em>w</em>) at
2310 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2311 </dd>
2312 <p></p>
2313 <dt><strong><a name="item_wtmp">--enable-wtmp (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2314 </dt>
2315 <dd>
2316 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like <em>last</em>) at
2317 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2318 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2319 </dd>
2320 <p></p>
2321 <dt><strong><a name="item_lastlog">--enable-lastlog (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2322 </dt>
2323 <dd>
2324 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2325 <em>lastlogin</em>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2326 --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2327 </dd>
2328 <p></p>
2329 <dt><strong><a name="item_background">--enable-xpm-background (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2330 </dt>
2331 <dd>
2332 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
2333 </dd>
2334 <p></p>
2335 <dt><strong><a name="item_transparency">--enable-transparency (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2336 </dt>
2337 <dd>
2338 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2339 transparency to the term.
2340 </dd>
2341 <p></p>
2342 <dt><strong><a name="item_fading">--enable-fading (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2343 </dt>
2344 <dd>
2345 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires <code>--enable-transparency</code>).
2346 </dd>
2347 <p></p>
2348 <dt><strong><a name="item_tinting">--enable-tinting (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2349 </dt>
2350 <dd>
2351 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires <code>--enable-transparency</code>).
2352 </dd>
2353 <p></p>
2354 <dt><strong><a name="item_scroll">--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2355 </dt>
2356 <dd>
2357 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2358 </dd>
2359 <p></p>
2360 <dt><strong>--enable-next-scroll (default: on)</strong><br />
2361 </dt>
2362 <dd>
2363 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2364 </dd>
2365 <p></p>
2366 <dt><strong>--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)</strong><br />
2367 </dt>
2368 <dd>
2369 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2370 </dd>
2371 <p></p>
2372 <dt><strong>--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)</strong><br />
2373 </dt>
2374 <dd>
2375 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2376 is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2377 many years.
2378 </dd>
2379 <p></p>
2380 <dt><strong><a name="item_ttygid">--enable-ttygid (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2381 </dt>
2382 <dd>
2383 Change tty device setting to group ``tty'' - only use this if
2384 your system uses this type of security.
2385 </dd>
2386 <p></p>
2387 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dbackspace_2dkey">--disable-backspace-key</a></strong><br />
2388 </dt>
2389 <dd>
2390 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it.
2391 </dd>
2392 <p></p>
2393 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2ddelete_2dkey">--disable-delete-key</a></strong><br />
2394 </dt>
2395 <dd>
2396 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2397 do it.
2398 </dd>
2399 <p></p>
2400 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources">--disable-resources</a></strong><br />
2401 </dt>
2402 <dd>
2403 Removes any support for resource checking.
2404 </dd>
2405 <p></p>
2406 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dswapscreen">--disable-swapscreen</a></strong><br />
2407 </dt>
2408 <dd>
2409 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2410 </dd>
2411 <p></p>
2412 <dt><strong><a name="item_frills">--enable-frills (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2413 </dt>
2414 <dd>
2415 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2416 have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2417 disable this.
2418 </dd>
2419 <dd>
2420 <p>A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by <code>--enable-frills</code> (possibly
2421 in combination with other switches) is:</p>
2422 </dd>
2423 <dd>
2424 <pre>
2425 MWM-hints
2426 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2427 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2428 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2429 visual selection (-depth)
2430 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2431 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2432 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
2433 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2434 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2435 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2436 keysym remapping support
2437 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2438 XEmbed support (-embed)
2439 user-pty (-pty-fd)
2440 hold on exit (-hold)
2441 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2442 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107</pre>
2443 </dd>
2444 <p></p>
2445 <dt><strong><a name="item_iso14755">--enable-iso14755 (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2446 </dt>
2447 <dd>
2448 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or
2449 <em>doc/rxvt.1.txt</em>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2450 <code>--enable-frills</code>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2451 this switch.
2452 </dd>
2453 <p></p>
2454 <dt><strong><a name="item_keepscrolling">--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2455 </dt>
2456 <dd>
2457 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2458 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2459 </dd>
2460 <p></p>
2461 <dt><strong><a name="item_mousewheel">--enable-mousewheel (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2462 </dt>
2463 <dd>
2464 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 &amp; 5.
2465 </dd>
2466 <p></p>
2467 <dt><strong><a name="item_slipwheeling">--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2468 </dt>
2469 <dd>
2470 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2471 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2472 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2473 </dd>
2474 <p></p>
2475 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dnew_2dselection">--disable-new-selection</a></strong><br />
2476 </dt>
2477 <dd>
2478 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2479 </dd>
2480 <p></p>
2481 <dt><strong><a name="item_dmalloc">--enable-dmalloc (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2482 </dt>
2483 <dd>
2484 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2485 <a href="http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/">http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/</a> for details If you use either this or the
2486 next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2487 DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2488 </dd>
2489 <dd>
2490 <p>You can only use either this option and the following (should
2491 you use either) .</p>
2492 </dd>
2493 <p></p>
2494 <dt><strong><a name="item_dlmalloc">--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2495 </dt>
2496 <dd>
2497 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2498 See <a href="http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html">http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html</a> for details.
2499 </dd>
2500 <p></p>
2501 <dt><strong><a name="item_resize">--enable-smart-resize (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2502 </dt>
2503 <dd>
2504 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2505 keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2506 the screen in a fixed position.
2507 </dd>
2508 <p></p>
2509 <dt><strong><a name="item_blank">--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2510 </dt>
2511 <dd>
2512 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2513 </dd>
2514 <p></p>
2515 <dt><strong><a name="item_perl">--enable-perl (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2516 </dt>
2517 <dd>
2518 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the <strong>rxvtperl(3)</strong>
2519 manpage (<em>doc/rxvtperl.txt</em>) for more info on this feature, or the files
2520 in <em>src/perl-ext/</em> for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2521 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the <code>PERL</code> environment
2522 variable when running configure.
2523 </dd>
2524 <p></p>
2525 <dt><strong>--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</strong><br />
2526 </dt>
2527 <dd>
2528 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2529 in <code>urxvt</code>, <code>urxvtd</code> etc.). Specify <code>--with-name=rxvt</code> to replace with
2530 <code>rxvt</code>.
2531 </dd>
2532 <p></p>
2533 <dt><strong>--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)</strong><br />
2534 </dt>
2535 <dd>
2536 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
2537 </dd>
2538 <p></p>
2539 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dterminfo_3dpath">--with-terminfo=PATH</a></strong><br />
2540 </dt>
2541 <dd>
2542 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2543 PATH.
2544 </dd>
2545 <p></p>
2546 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dx">--with-x</a></strong><br />
2547 </dt>
2548 <dd>
2549 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
2550 </dd>
2551 <p></p>
2552 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dincludes_3ddir">--with-xpm-includes=DIR</a></strong><br />
2553 </dt>
2554 <dd>
2555 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
2556 </dd>
2557 <p></p>
2558 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dlibrary_3ddir">--with-xpm-library=DIR</a></strong><br />
2559 </dt>
2560 <dd>
2561 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
2562 </dd>
2563 <p></p>
2564 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm">--with-xpm</a></strong><br />
2565 </dt>
2566 <dd>
2567 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
2568 </dd>
2569 <p></p></dl>
2570 <p>
2571 </p>
2572 <hr />
2573 <h1><a name="authors">AUTHORS</a></h1>
2574 <p>Marc Lehmann &lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt; converted this document to pod and
2575 reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff
2576 Wing &lt;<a href="mailto:gcw@pobox.com">gcw@pobox.com</a>&gt;, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other
2577 sources.</p>
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