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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">
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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_why_doesn_27t_rxvt_2dunicode_read_my_resources_3f">Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?</a></strong><br />
125 </dt>
126 <dd>
127 Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
128 applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads
129 resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
130 ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
131 <em>$HOME/.Xdefaults</em> when no resources are attached to the display.
132 </dd>
133 <dd>
134 <p>If you have or use an <em>$HOME/.Xresources</em> file, chances are that
135 resources are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to
136 re-login after every change (or run <em>xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources</em>).</p>
137 </dd>
138 <dd>
139 <p>Also consider the form resources have to use:</p>
140 </dd>
141 <dd>
142 <pre>
143 URxvt.resource: value</pre>
144 </dd>
145 <dd>
146 <p>If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
147 specifying resources), make sure you understand wether and why it
148 works. If unsure, use the form above.</p>
149 </dd>
150 <p></p>
151 <dt><strong><a name="item_i_can_27t_get_transparency_working_2c_what_am_i_do">I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?</a></strong><br />
152 </dt>
153 <dd>
154 First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt-unicode, so
155 you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may
156 bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a rite
157 of passage, and you failed.
158 </dd>
159 <dd>
160 <p>Here are three ways to get transparency. <strong>Do</strong> read the manpage and option
161 descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it!</p>
162 </dd>
163 <dd>
164 <p>1. Use inheritPixmap:</p>
165 </dd>
166 <dd>
167 <pre>
168 Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
169 rxvt -ip -tint red -sh 40</pre>
170 </dd>
171 <dd>
172 <p>That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
173 support, or you are unable to read.</p>
174 </dd>
175 <dd>
176 <p>2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you
177 to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
178 your picture with gimp:</p>
179 </dd>
180 <dd>
181 <pre>
182 convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm
183 rxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background</pre>
184 </dd>
185 <dd>
186 <p>That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, or you
187 are unable to read.</p>
188 </dd>
189 <dd>
190 <p>3. Use an ARGB visual:</p>
191 </dd>
192 <dd>
193 <pre>
194 rxvt -depth 432 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/0000/c000</pre>
195 </dd>
196 <dd>
197 <p>This requires XFT support, and support form your X-server. If that doesn't
198 work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't there yet,
199 no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the neccessary bugfixes
200 and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work.</p>
201 </dd>
202 <p></p>
203 <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 />
204 </dt>
205 <dd>
206 I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
207 bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
208 that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
209 compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even
210 with <code>--disable-everything</code>, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
211 features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
212 already in use in this mode.
213 </dd>
214 <dd>
215 <pre>
216 text data bss drs rss filename
217 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
218 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything</pre>
219 </dd>
220 <dd>
221 <p>When you <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft
222 and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
223 libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.</p>
224 </dd>
225 <dd>
226 <pre>
227 text data bss drs rss filename
228 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
229 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything</pre>
230 </dd>
231 <dd>
232 <p>The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
233 encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
234 and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
235 encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
236 compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
237 memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
238 few megabytes of RSS. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when
239 not used.</p>
240 </dd>
241 <dd>
242 <p>Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
243 a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
244 memory.</p>
245 </dd>
246 <dd>
247 <p>Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
248 still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
249 (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
250 43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
251 startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
252 extremely well *g*.</p>
253 </dd>
254 <p></p>
255 <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 />
256 </dt>
257 <dd>
258 Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
259 to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
260 of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
261 shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.
262 </dd>
263 <dd>
264 <p>My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but in
265 the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
266 are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
267 domain sockets, which are all less portable than C++ itself.</p>
268 </dd>
269 <dd>
270 <p>Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
271 in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
272 C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
273 not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is what rxvt links against on my
274 system with a minimal config:</p>
275 </dd>
276 <dd>
277 <pre>
278 libX11.so.6 =&gt; /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
279 libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
280 libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
281 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)</pre>
282 </dd>
283 <dd>
284 <p>And here is rxvt-unicode:</p>
285 </dd>
286 <dd>
287 <pre>
288 libX11.so.6 =&gt; /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
289 libgcc_s.so.1 =&gt; /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
290 libc.so.6 =&gt; /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
291 libdl.so.2 =&gt; /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
292 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)</pre>
293 </dd>
294 <dd>
295 <p>No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
296 except maybe libX11 :)</p>
297 </dd>
298 <p></p>
299 <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 />
300 </dt>
301 <dd>
302 Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a
303 simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
304 give you tabs:
305 </dd>
306 <dd>
307 <pre>
308 rxvt -pe tabbed</pre>
309 </dd>
310 <dd>
311 <pre>
312 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed</pre>
313 </dd>
314 <dd>
315 <p>It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers
316 or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be
317 embedded into other programs, as witnessed by <em>doc/rxvt-tabbed</em> or
318 the upcoming <code>Gtk2::URxvt</code> perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt
319 (murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application.</p>
320 </dd>
321 <p></p>
322 <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 />
323 </dt>
324 <dd>
325 The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
326 sequence <code>ESC [ 8 n</code> sets the window title to the version number. When
327 using the rxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the
328 daemon.
329 </dd>
330 <p></p>
331 <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 />
332 </dt>
333 <dd>
334 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
335 patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
336 unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
337 the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
338 version (<a href="http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode</a>) and try to reproduce
339 the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
340 Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
341 Tracking System (use <code>reportbug</code> to report the bug).
342 </dd>
343 <dd>
344 <p>For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
345 probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
346 bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
347 might encounter the same issue.</p>
348 </dd>
349 <p></p>
350 <dt><strong><a name="item_i_am_maintaining_rxvt_2dunicode_for_distribution_2">I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any
351 recommendation?</a></strong><br />
352 </dt>
353 <dd>
354 You should build one binary with the default options. <em>configure</em>
355 now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
356 runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,
357 except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
358 be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
359 the future) depends on it.
360 </dd>
361 <dd>
362 <p>You should not overwrite the <code>perl-ext-common</code> snd <code>perl-ext</code> resources
363 system-wide (except maybe with <code>defaults</code>). This will result in useful
364 behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
365 <code>perl-ext-common</code> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
366 perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.</p>
367 </dd>
368 <dd>
369 <p>If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
370 one with <code>--disable-everything</code> (very useful) and a maximal one with
371 <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
372 encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).</p>
373 </dd>
374 <p></p>
375 <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 />
376 </dt>
377 <dd>
378 It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
379 install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now.
380 </dd>
381 <dd>
382 <p>When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
383 into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
384 systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
385 immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
386 privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
387 things as perl interpreters, which might be ``helpful'' to attackers).</p>
388 </dd>
389 <dd>
390 <p>This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early
391 and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or
392 things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
393 little risk.</p>
394 </dd>
395 <p></p>
396 <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 />
397 </dt>
398 <dd>
399 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
400 as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
401 </dd>
402 <dd>
403 <p>The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
404 be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):</p>
405 </dd>
406 <dd>
407 <pre>
408 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
409 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE &quot;cat &gt;/tmp/ti &amp;&amp; tic /tmp/ti&quot;</pre>
410 </dd>
411 <dd>
412 <p>... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,</p>
413 </dd>
414 <dd>
415 <p>If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
416 <code>TERM=rxvt</code> or even <code>TERM=xterm</code>, and live with the small number of
417 problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
418 colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
419 quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.</p>
420 </dd>
421 <dd>
422 <p>If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
423 can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
424 resource to set it:</p>
425 </dd>
426 <dd>
427 <pre>
428 URxvt.termName: rxvt</pre>
429 </dd>
430 <dd>
431 <p>If you don't plan to use <strong>rxvt</strong> (quite common...) you could also replace
432 the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.</p>
433 </dd>
434 <p></p>
435 <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 />
436 </dt>
437 <dd>
438 Most likely it's the empty definition for <code>enacs=</code>. Just replace it by
439 <code>enacs=\E[0@</code> and try again.
440 </dd>
441 <p></p>
442 <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 />
443 </dt>
444 <dt><strong><a name="item_i_need_a_termcap_file_entry_2e">I need a termcap file entry.</a></strong><br />
445 </dt>
446 <dd>
447 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
448 systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
449 library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
450 for <code>rxvt-unicode</code>.
451 </dd>
452 <dd>
453 <p>You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
454 You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
455 like this:</p>
456 </dd>
457 <dd>
458 <pre>
459 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode</pre>
460 </dd>
461 <dd>
462 <p>Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:</p>
463 </dd>
464 <dd>
465 <pre>
466 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
467 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
468 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
469 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
470 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
471 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
472 :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
473 :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
474 :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
475 :i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
476 :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
477 :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
478 :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
479 :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E&gt;:\
480 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
481 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
482 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
483 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
484 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
485 :vs=\E[?25h:</pre>
486 </dd>
487 <p></p>
488 <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 />
489 </dt>
490 <dd>
491 The <code>ls</code> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
492 decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
493 file. Needless to say, <code>rxvt-unicode</code> is not in it's default file (among
494 with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
495 </dd>
496 <dd>
497 <pre>
498 TERM rxvt-unicode</pre>
499 </dd>
500 <dd>
501 <p>to <code>/etc/DIR_COLORS</code> or simply add:</p>
502 </dd>
503 <dd>
504 <pre>
505 alias ls='ls --color=auto'</pre>
506 </dd>
507 <dd>
508 <p>to your <code>.profile</code> or <code>.bashrc</code>.</p>
509 </dd>
510 <p></p>
511 <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 />
512 </dt>
513 <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 />
514 </dt>
515 <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 />
516 </dt>
517 <dd>
518 Make sure you are using <code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>. Some pre-packaged
519 distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
520 by setting <code>TERM</code> to <code>rxvt</code>, which doesn't have these extra
521 features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
522 GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo
523 file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question <strong>When
524 I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?</strong> on
525 how to do this).
526 </dd>
527 <p></p>
528 <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 />
529 </dt>
530 <dd>
531 Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
532 specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
533 by the wrong <code>TERM</code> setting, although the details of wether and how
534 this can happen are unknown, as <code>TERM=rxvt</code> should offer a compatible
535 keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
536 helped.
537 </dd>
538 <p></p>
539 <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 />
540 </dt>
541 <dt><strong><a name="item_unicode_does_not_seem_to_work_3f">Unicode does not seem to work?</a></strong><br />
542 </dt>
543 <dd>
544 If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
545 getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
546 subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
547 </dd>
548 <dd>
549 <p>Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same <code>LC_CTYPE</code> setting as the
550 programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> locale, while the
551 login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
552 something else, e.g. <code>en_GB.UTF-8</code>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.</p>
553 </dd>
554 <dd>
555 <p>The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
556 into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.</p>
557 </dd>
558 <dd>
559 <pre>
560 printf '\e]701;%s\007' &quot;$LC_CTYPE&quot;</pre>
561 </dd>
562 <dd>
563 <p>If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a <code>LC_CTYPE</code> specification not
564 supported on your systems. Some systems have a <code>locale</code> command which
565 displays this (also, <code>perl -e0</code> can be used to check locale settings, as
566 it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
567 like:</p>
568 </dd>
569 <dd>
570 <pre>
571 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...</pre>
572 </dd>
573 <dd>
574 <p>Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.</p>
575 </dd>
576 <dd>
577 <p>If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
578 you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
579 support locales :(</p>
580 </dd>
581 <p></p>
582 <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 />
583 </dt>
584 <dt><strong><a name="item_how_does_rxvt_2dunicode_choose_fonts_3f">How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?</a></strong><br />
585 </dt>
586 <dd>
587 Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
588 fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
589 your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
590 to display.
591 </dd>
592 <dd>
593 <p><strong>rxvt-unicode</strong> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
594 font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
595 bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
596 resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
597 intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
598 the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.</p>
599 </dd>
600 <dd>
601 <p>In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
602 e.g.:</p>
603 </dd>
604 <dd>
605 <pre>
606 rxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...</pre>
607 </dd>
608 <dd>
609 <p>When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
610 font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
611 next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
612 search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.</p>
613 </dd>
614 <dd>
615 <p>The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
616 font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
617 must be the same due to the way terminals work.</p>
618 </dd>
619 <p></p>
620 <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 />
621 </dt>
622 <dd>
623 This is because there is a difference between script and language --
624 rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
625 as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
626 sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
627 display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
628 chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
629 non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
630 -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
631 chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
632 </dd>
633 <dd>
634 <p>The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
635 list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
636 a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
637 first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.</p>
638 </dd>
639 <dd>
640 <p>In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
641 runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
642 fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
643 has been designed yet).</p>
644 </dd>
645 <dd>
646 <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>
647 </dd>
648 <p></p>
649 <dt><strong><a name="item_why_does_rxvt_2dunicode_sometimes_leave_pixel_drop">Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?</a></strong><br />
650 </dt>
651 <dd>
652 Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
653 size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
654 contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
655 these characters. For characters that are just ``a bit'' too wide a special
656 ``careful'' rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
657 </dd>
658 <dd>
659 <p>All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
660 however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
661 box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
662 ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
663 cases).</p>
664 </dd>
665 <dd>
666 <p>It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
667 or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
668 the <code>-lsp</code> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
669 might be forced to use a different font.</p>
670 </dd>
671 <dd>
672 <p>All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
673 box data is correct.</p>
674 </dd>
675 <p></p>
676 <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 />
677 </dt>
678 <dd>
679 Seems to be a known bug, read
680 <a href="http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html">http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html</a>. Some people use the
681 following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
682 </dd>
683 <dd>
684 <pre>
685 #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) &gt; 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)</pre>
686 </dd>
687 <p></p>
688 <dt><strong><a name="item_compose">My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.</a></strong><br />
689 </dt>
690 <dd>
691 The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
692 correctly, or you specified a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> that is not supported by
693 your input method. For example, if you specified <strong>OverTheSpot</strong> and
694 your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
695 does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
696 rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
697 </dd>
698 <dd>
699 <p>In this case either do not specify a <strong>preeditStyle</strong> or specify more than
700 one pre-edit style, such as <strong>OverTheSpot,Root,None</strong>.</p>
701 </dd>
702 <p></p>
703 <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 />
704 </dt>
705 <dd>
706 Either try <code>Ctrl-2</code> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
707 international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
708 advantage, typing &lt;Ctrl-Shift-0&gt; to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
709 codes, too, such as <code>Ctrl-Shift-1-d</code> to type the default telnet escape
710 character and so on.
711 </dd>
712 <p></p>
713 <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 />
714 </dt>
715 <dd>
716 First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
717 (<code>TERM=rxvt-unicode</code>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
718 make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
719 rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
720 </dd>
721 <dd>
722 <pre>
723 URxvt.colorBD: white
724 URxvt.colorIT: green</pre>
725 </dd>
726 <p></p>
727 <dt><strong><a name="item_colours">Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?</a></strong><br />
728 </dt>
729 <dd>
730 For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
731 colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
732 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
733 these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
734 </dd>
735 <dd>
736 <p>In the meantime, you can either edit your <code>rxvt-unicode</code> terminfo
737 definition to only claim 8 colour support or use <code>TERM=rxvt</code>, which will
738 fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.</p>
739 </dd>
740 <p></p>
741 <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 />
742 </dt>
743 <dd>
744 Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> to be defined
745 in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
746 wether it defines the symbol or not. <code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> requires that
747 <strong>wchar_t</strong> is represented as unicode.
748 </dd>
749 <dd>
750 <p>As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
751 does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
752 <strong>wchar_t</strong>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.</p>
753 </dd>
754 <dd>
755 <p>However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in <code>POSIX</code>, <code>ISO-8859-1</code> and
756 <code>UTF-8</code> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as <strong>wchar_t</strong>.</p>
757 </dd>
758 <dd>
759 <p><code>__STDC_ISO_10646__</code> is the only sane way to support multi-language
760 apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
761 representation of <strong>wchar_t</strong> makes it impossible to convert between
762 <strong>wchar_t</strong> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
763 without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
764 simply are no APIs to convert <strong>wchar_t</strong> into anything except the current
765 locale encoding.</p>
766 </dd>
767 <dd>
768 <p>Some applications (such as the formidable <strong>mlterm</strong>) work around this
769 by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
770 with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
771 conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
772 encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).</p>
773 </dd>
774 <dd>
775 <p>The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
776 system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
777 complete replacements for them :)</p>
778 </dd>
779 <p></p>
780 <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 />
781 </dt>
782 <dd>
783 Try the diff in <em>doc/solaris9.patch</em> as a base. It fixes the worst
784 problems with <code>wcwidth</code> and a compile problem.
785 </dd>
786 <p></p>
787 <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 />
788 </dt>
789 <dd>
790 rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
791 the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
792 longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
793 single font). I recommend starting the X-server in <code>-multiwindow</code> or
794 <code>-rootless</code> mode instead, which will result in similar look&amp;feel as the
795 old libW11 emulation.
796 </dd>
797 <dd>
798 <p>At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
799 encodings (you might try <code>LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8</code>), so you are likely limited
800 to 8-bit encodings.</p>
801 </dd>
802 <p></p>
803 <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 />
804 </dt>
805 <dt><strong><a name="item_is_there_an_option_to_switch_encodings_3f">Is there an option to switch encodings?</a></strong><br />
806 </dt>
807 <dd>
808 Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
809 specific ``utf-8'' mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
810 UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
811 </dd>
812 <dd>
813 <p>The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
814 the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
815 applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
816 and code number. This mechanism is the <em>locale</em>. Applications not using
817 that info will have problems (for example, <code>xterm</code> gets the width of
818 characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
819 locales).</p>
820 </dd>
821 <dd>
822 <p>Rxvt-unicode uses the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> locale category to select encoding. All
823 programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
824 interpretation of characters.</p>
825 </dd>
826 <dd>
827 <p>Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
828 is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.</p>
829 </dd>
830 <dd>
831 <p>On most systems, the content of the <code>LC_CTYPE</code> environment variable
832 contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
833 locale. Common names for locales are <code>en_US.UTF-8</code>, <code>de_DE.ISO-8859-15</code>,
834 <code>ja_JP.EUC-JP</code>, i.e. <code>language_country.encoding</code>, but other forms
835 (i.e. <code>de</code> or <code>german</code>) are also common.</p>
836 </dd>
837 <dd>
838 <p>Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
839 the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
840 i.e. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code> and <code>ja_JP.UTF-8</code> are the normally same to
841 rxvt-unicode.</p>
842 </dd>
843 <dd>
844 <p>If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
845 rxvt-unicode with the correct <code>LC_CTYPE</code> category.</p>
846 </dd>
847 <p></p>
848 <dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_switch_locales_at_runtime_3f">Can I switch locales at runtime?</a></strong><br />
849 </dt>
850 <dd>
851 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
852 rxvt-unicode's idea of <code>LC_CTYPE</code>.
853 </dd>
854 <dd>
855 <pre>
856 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS</pre>
857 </dd>
858 <dd>
859 <p>See also the previous answer.</p>
860 </dd>
861 <dd>
862 <p>Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
863 one locale (e.g. <code>de_DE.UTF-8</code>) but some programs don't support it
864 (e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start <code>xjdic</code>, which
865 first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:</p>
866 </dd>
867 <dd>
868 <pre>
869 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
870 xjdic -js
871 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8</pre>
872 </dd>
873 <dd>
874 <p>You can also use xterm's <code>luit</code> program, which usually works fine, except
875 for some locales where character width differs between program- and
876 rxvt-unicode-locales.</p>
877 </dd>
878 <p></p>
879 <dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_switch_the_fonts_at_runtime_3f">Can I switch the fonts at runtime?</a></strong><br />
880 </dt>
881 <dd>
882 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
883 effect as using the <code>-fn</code> switch, and takes effect immediately:
884 </dd>
885 <dd>
886 <pre>
887 printf '\e]50;%s\007' &quot;9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic&quot;</pre>
888 </dd>
889 <dd>
890 <p>This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
891 japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
892 japanese fonts would only be in your way.</p>
893 </dd>
894 <dd>
895 <p>You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.</p>
896 </dd>
897 <p></p>
898 <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 />
899 </dt>
900 <dd>
901 Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
902 example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font <code>xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
903 Mono</code> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
904 enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
905 </dd>
906 <dd>
907 <pre>
908 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
909 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true</pre>
910 </dd>
911 <p></p>
912 <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 />
913 </dt>
914 <dd>
915 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
916 terminal, using the resource <code>imlocale</code>:
917 </dd>
918 <dd>
919 <pre>
920 URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP</pre>
921 </dd>
922 <dd>
923 <p>Now you can start your terminal with <code>LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8</code> and still
924 use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
925 input characters outside <code>EUC-JP</code> in a normal way then, as your input
926 method limits you.</p>
927 </dd>
928 <p></p>
929 <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 />
930 </dt>
931 <dd>
932 Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
933 design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
934 leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
935 exit time. <strong>kinput2</strong> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
936 while <strong>SCIM</strong> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
937 crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
938 </dd>
939 <dd>
940 <p>So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.</p>
941 </dd>
942 <p></p>
943 <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 />
944 </dt>
945 <dd>
946 Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
947 don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
948 you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
949 when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
950 accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
951 </dd>
952 <dd>
953 <p>Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
954 scrollback buffers: Without <code>--enable-unicode3</code>, rxvt-unicode will use
955 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
956 kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
957 use 10 Megabytes of memory. With <code>--enable-unicode3</code> it gets worse, as
958 rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.</p>
959 </dd>
960 <p></p>
961 <dt><strong><a name="item_can_i_speed_up_xft_rendering_somehow_3f">Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?</a></strong><br />
962 </dt>
963 <dd>
964 Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
965 it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
966 antialiasing (by appending <code>:antialias=false</code>), which saves lots of
967 memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
968 </dd>
969 <p></p>
970 <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 />
971 </dt>
972 <dd>
973 Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
974 fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
975 fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
976 antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
977 look best that way.
978 </dd>
979 <dd>
980 <p>If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.</p>
981 </dd>
982 <p></p>
983 <dt><strong><a name="item_mouse_cut_2fpaste_suddenly_no_longer_works_2e">Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.</a></strong><br />
984 </dt>
985 <dd>
986 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
987 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
988 heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
989 quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
990 depressed.
991 </dd>
992 <p></p>
993 <dt><strong><a name="item_what_27s_with_this_bold_2fblink_stuff_3f">What's with this bold/blink stuff?</a></strong><br />
994 </dt>
995 <dd>
996 If no bold colour is set via <code>colorBD:</code>, bold will invert text using the
997 standard foreground colour.
998 </dd>
999 <dd>
1000 <p>For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
1001 text blink when compiled with <code>--enable-blinking</code>. with standard
1002 colours. Without <code>--enable-blinking</code>, the blink attribute will be
1003 ignored.</p>
1004 </dd>
1005 <dd>
1006 <p>On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
1007 foreground/background colors.</p>
1008 </dd>
1009 <dd>
1010 <p>color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.</p>
1011 </dd>
1012 <dd>
1013 <p>color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.</p>
1014 </dd>
1015 <p></p>
1016 <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 />
1017 </dt>
1018 <dd>
1019 You can change the screen colors at run-time using <em>~/.Xdefaults</em>
1020 resources (or as long-options).
1021 </dd>
1022 <dd>
1023 <p>Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
1024 including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:</p>
1025 </dd>
1026 <dd>
1027 <pre>
1028 URxvt.color0: #000000
1029 URxvt.color1: #A80000
1030 URxvt.color2: #00A800
1031 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
1032 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
1033 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
1034 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
1035 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8</pre>
1036 </dd>
1037 <dd>
1038 <pre>
1039 URxvt.color8: #000054
1040 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
1041 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
1042 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
1043 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
1044 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
1045 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
1046 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF</pre>
1047 </dd>
1048 <dd>
1049 <p>And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
1050 me) as ``pretty girly''.</p>
1051 </dd>
1052 <dd>
1053 <pre>
1054 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
1055 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
1056 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
1057 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
1058 URxvt.color0: #000000
1059 URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
1060 URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
1061 URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
1062 URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
1063 URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
1064 URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
1065 URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
1066 URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
1067 URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
1068 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
1069 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
1070 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
1071 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd</pre>
1072 </dd>
1073 <p></p>
1074 <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 />
1075 </dt>
1076 <dd>
1077 Try <code>rxvtd -f -o</code>, which tells rxvtd to open the
1078 display, create the listening socket and then fork.
1079 </dd>
1080 <p></p>
1081 <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 />
1082 </dt>
1083 <dd>
1084 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
1085 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
1086 question) there are two standard values that can be used for
1087 Backspace: <code>^H</code> and <code>^?</code>.
1088 </dd>
1089 <dd>
1090 <p>Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
1091 policy of using <code>^?</code> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
1092 choice :).</p>
1093 </dd>
1094 <dd>
1095 <p>Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
1096 of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
1097 started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
1098 system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in &lt;termios.h&gt;, will
1099 be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).</p>
1100 </dd>
1101 <dd>
1102 <p>For starting a new rxvt-unicode:</p>
1103 </dd>
1104 <dd>
1105 <pre>
1106 # use Backspace = ^H
1107 $ stty erase ^H
1108 $ rxvt</pre>
1109 </dd>
1110 <dd>
1111 <pre>
1112 # use Backspace = ^?
1113 $ stty erase ^?
1114 $ rxvt</pre>
1115 </dd>
1116 <dd>
1117 <p>Toggle with <code>ESC [ 36 h</code> / <code>ESC [ 36 l</code>.</p>
1118 </dd>
1119 <dd>
1120 <p>For an existing rxvt-unicode:</p>
1121 </dd>
1122 <dd>
1123 <pre>
1124 # use Backspace = ^H
1125 $ stty erase ^H
1126 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36h&quot;</pre>
1127 </dd>
1128 <dd>
1129 <pre>
1130 # use Backspace = ^?
1131 $ stty erase ^?
1132 $ echo -n &quot;^[[36l&quot;</pre>
1133 </dd>
1134 <dd>
1135 <p>This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
1136 if you use Backspace = <code>^H</code>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
1137 properly reflects that.</p>
1138 </dd>
1139 <dd>
1140 <p>The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
1141 To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
1142 key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
1143 (<code>ESC [ 3 ~</code>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.</p>
1144 </dd>
1145 <dd>
1146 <p>Some other Backspace problems:</p>
1147 </dd>
1148 <dd>
1149 <p>some editors use termcap/terminfo,
1150 some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
1151 GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.</p>
1152 </dd>
1153 <dd>
1154 <p>Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.</p>
1155 </dd>
1156 <p></p>
1157 <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 />
1158 </dt>
1159 <dd>
1160 There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
1161 you have run ``configure'' with the <a href="#item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources"><code>--disable-resources</code></a> option you can
1162 use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
1163 </dd>
1164 <dd>
1165 <p>Here's an example for a URxvt session started using <code>rxvt -name URxvt</code></p>
1166 </dd>
1167 <dd>
1168 <pre>
1169 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
1170 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
1171 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033&lt;C-'&gt;
1172 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033&lt;C-/&gt;
1173 URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033&lt;C-;&gt;
1174 URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
1175 URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033&lt;C-,&gt;
1176 URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033&lt;C-.&gt;
1177 URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033&lt;C-`&gt;
1178 URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033&lt;C-Tab&gt;
1179 URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033&lt;C-Return&gt;
1180 URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033&lt;S-Return&gt;
1181 URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033&lt;S-Space&gt;
1182 URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033&lt;M-Up&gt;
1183 URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033&lt;M-Down&gt;
1184 URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033&lt;M-Left&gt;
1185 URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033&lt;M-Right&gt;
1186 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033&lt;M-C- 0123456789 &gt;
1187 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033&lt;M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz &gt;
1188 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007</pre>
1189 </dd>
1190 <dd>
1191 <p>See some more examples in the documentation for the <strong>keysym</strong> resource.</p>
1192 </dd>
1193 <p></p>
1194 <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.
1195 How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
1196 has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.</a></strong><br />
1197 </dt>
1198 <dd>
1199 <pre>
1200 KP_Insert == Insert
1201 F22 == Print
1202 F27 == Home
1203 F29 == Prior
1204 F33 == End
1205 F35 == Next</pre>
1206 </dd>
1207 <dd>
1208 <p>Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
1209 keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
1210 required for your particular machine.</p>
1211 </dd>
1212 <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?
1213 I need this to decide about setting colors etc.</a></strong><br />
1214 </dt>
1215 <dd>
1216 rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable ``COLORTERM'', so you can
1217 check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
1218 Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
1219 not to use color.
1220 </dd>
1221 <p></p>
1222 <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 />
1223 </dt>
1224 <dd>
1225 If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
1226 insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
1227 snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
1228 wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
1229 the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
1230 regular xterm.
1231 </dd>
1232 <dd>
1233 <p>Courtesy of Chuck Blake &lt;<a href="mailto:cblake@BBN.COM">cblake@BBN.COM</a>&gt; with the following shell script
1234 snippets:</p>
1235 </dd>
1236 <dd>
1237 <pre>
1238 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
1239 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] &amp;&amp; TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
1240 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
1241 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
1242 echo -n '^[Z'
1243 read term_id
1244 stty icanon echo
1245 if [ &quot;&quot;${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
1246 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
1247 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1248 fi
1249 fi</pre>
1250 </dd>
1251 <p></p>
1252 <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 />
1253 </dt>
1254 <dd>
1255 You need to have a recent version of perl installed as <em>/usr/bin/perl</em>,
1256 one that comes with <em>pod2man</em>, <em>pod2text</em> and <em>pod2html</em>. Then go to
1257 the doc subdirectory and enter <code>make alldoc</code>.
1258 </dd>
1259 <p></p>
1260 <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 />
1261 </dt>
1262 <dd>
1263 Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: <code>irc.freenode.net</code>,
1264 channel <code>#rxvt-unicode</code> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
1265 interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
1266 </dd>
1267 <p></p></dl>
1268 <p>
1269 </p>
1270 <hr />
1271 <h1><a name="rxvt_technical_reference">RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE</a></h1>
1272 <p>
1273 </p>
1274 <hr />
1275 <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
1276 <p>The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
1277 <strong>rxvt-unicode</strong>. First the description of supported command sequences,
1278 followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
1279 selectable at <code>configure</code> time.</p>
1280 <p>
1281 </p>
1282 <hr />
1283 <h1><a name="definitions">Definitions</a></h1>
1284 <dl>
1285 <dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1286 </dt>
1287 <dd>
1288 The literal character c.
1289 </dd>
1290 <p></p>
1291 <dt><strong><a name="item_c"><strong><code>C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1292 </dt>
1293 <dd>
1294 A single (required) character.
1295 </dd>
1296 <p></p>
1297 <dt><strong><a name="item_ps"><strong><code>Ps</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1298 </dt>
1299 <dd>
1300 A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more
1301 digits.
1302 </dd>
1303 <p></p>
1304 <dt><strong><a name="item_pm"><strong><code>Pm</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1305 </dt>
1306 <dd>
1307 A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric
1308 parameters, separated by <code>;</code> character(s).
1309 </dd>
1310 <p></p>
1311 <dt><strong><a name="item_pt"><strong><code>Pt</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1312 </dt>
1313 <dd>
1314 A text parameter composed of printable characters.
1315 </dd>
1316 <p></p></dl>
1317 <p>
1318 </p>
1319 <hr />
1320 <h1><a name="values">Values</a></h1>
1321 <dl>
1322 <dt><strong><a name="item_enq"><strong><code>ENQ</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1323 </dt>
1324 <dd>
1325 Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA)
1326 request attributes from terminal. See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps c</code></a> </strong>&gt;.
1327 </dd>
1328 <p></p>
1329 <dt><strong><a name="item_bel"><strong><code>BEL</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1330 </dt>
1331 <dd>
1332 Bell (Ctrl-G)
1333 </dd>
1334 <p></p>
1335 <dt><strong><a name="item_bs"><strong><code>BS</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1336 </dt>
1337 <dd>
1338 Backspace (Ctrl-H)
1339 </dd>
1340 <p></p>
1341 <dt><strong><a name="item_tab"><strong><code>TAB</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1342 </dt>
1343 <dd>
1344 Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I)
1345 </dd>
1346 <p></p>
1347 <dt><strong><a name="item_lf"><strong><code>LF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1348 </dt>
1349 <dd>
1350 Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J)
1351 </dd>
1352 <p></p>
1353 <dt><strong><a name="item_vt"><strong><code>VT</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1354 </dt>
1355 <dd>
1356 Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1357 </dd>
1358 <p></p>
1359 <dt><strong><a name="item_ff"><strong><code>FF</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1360 </dt>
1361 <dd>
1362 Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as <strong><a href="#item_lf"><code>LF</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1363 </dd>
1364 <p></p>
1365 <dt><strong><a name="item_cr"><strong><code>CR</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1366 </dt>
1367 <dd>
1368 Carriage Return (Ctrl-M)
1369 </dd>
1370 <p></p>
1371 <dt><strong><a name="item_so"><strong><code>SO</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1372 </dt>
1373 <dd>
1374 Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set.
1375 Switch to Alternate Character Set
1376 </dd>
1377 <p></p>
1378 <dt><strong><a name="item_si"><strong><code>SI</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1379 </dt>
1380 <dd>
1381 Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default).
1382 Switch to Standard Character Set
1383 </dd>
1384 <p></p>
1385 <dt><strong><a name="item_spc"><strong><code>SPC</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1386 </dt>
1387 <dd>
1388 Space Character
1389 </dd>
1390 <p></p></dl>
1391 <p>
1392 </p>
1393 <hr />
1394 <h1><a name="escape_sequences">Escape Sequences</a></h1>
1395 <dl>
1396 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__23_8"><strong><code>ESC # 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1397 </dt>
1398 <dd>
1399 DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN)
1400 </dd>
1401 <p></p>
1402 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_7"><strong><code>ESC 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1403 </dt>
1404 <dd>
1405 Save Cursor (SC)
1406 </dd>
1407 <p></p>
1408 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_8"><strong><code>ESC 8</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1409 </dt>
1410 <dd>
1411 Restore Cursor
1412 </dd>
1413 <p></p>
1414 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__3d"><strong><code>ESC =</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1415 </dt>
1416 <dd>
1417 Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence.
1418 </dd>
1419 <p></p>
1420 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc"><strong><code>ESC</code> </strong>&gt;&gt;</a></strong><br />
1421 </dt>
1422 <dd>
1423 Normal Keypad (RMKX)
1424 </dd>
1425 <dd>
1426 <p><strong>Note:</strong> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, <strong>Num_Lock</strong> has been
1427 pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad
1428 (see Key Codes).</p>
1429 </dd>
1430 <p></p>
1431 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_d"><strong><code>ESC D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1432 </dt>
1433 <dd>
1434 Index (IND)
1435 </dd>
1436 <p></p>
1437 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_e"><strong><code>ESC E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1438 </dt>
1439 <dd>
1440 Next Line (NEL)
1441 </dd>
1442 <p></p>
1443 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_h"><strong><code>ESC H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1444 </dt>
1445 <dd>
1446 Tab Set (HTS)
1447 </dd>
1448 <p></p>
1449 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_m"><strong><code>ESC M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1450 </dt>
1451 <dd>
1452 Reverse Index (RI)
1453 </dd>
1454 <p></p>
1455 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC N</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1456 </dt>
1457 <dd>
1458 Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character
1459 only <em>unimplemented</em>
1460 </dd>
1461 <p></p>
1462 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC O</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1463 </dt>
1464 <dd>
1465 Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
1466 only <em>unimplemented</em>
1467 </dd>
1468 <p></p>
1469 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_z"><strong><code>ESC Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1470 </dt>
1471 <dd>
1472 Obsolete form of returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C</code> </strong>&gt; <em>rxvt-unicode compile-time option</em>
1473 </dd>
1474 <p></p>
1475 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_c"><strong><code>ESC c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1476 </dt>
1477 <dd>
1478 Full reset (RIS)
1479 </dd>
1480 <p></p>
1481 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_n"><strong><code>ESC n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1482 </dt>
1483 <dd>
1484 Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2)
1485 </dd>
1486 <p></p>
1487 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc_o"><strong><code>ESC o</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1488 </dt>
1489 <dd>
1490 Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)
1491 </dd>
1492 <p></p>
1493 <dt><strong><strong><code>ESC ( C</code> </strong>&gt;</strong><br />
1494 </dt>
1495 <dd>
1496 Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.
1497 </dd>
1498 <p></p>
1499 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__29_c"><strong><code>ESC ) C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1500 </dt>
1501 <dd>
1502 Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.
1503 </dd>
1504 <p></p>
1505 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2a_c"><strong><code>ESC * C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1506 </dt>
1507 <dd>
1508 Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.
1509 </dd>
1510 <p></p>
1511 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__2b_c"><strong><code>ESC + C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1512 </dt>
1513 <dd>
1514 Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of <a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a>.
1515 </dd>
1516 <p></p>
1517 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__24_c"><strong><code>ESC $ C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1518 </dt>
1519 <dd>
1520 Designate Kanji Character Set
1521 </dd>
1522 <dd>
1523 <p>Where <strong><a href="#item_c"><code>C</code></a> </strong>&gt; is one of:</p>
1524 </dd>
1525 <table>
1526 <tr><td>C = 0 </td><td>DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set</td></tr>
1527 <tr><td>C = A </td><td>United Kingdom (UK)</td></tr>
1528 <tr><td>C = B </td><td>United States (USASCII)</td></tr>
1529 <tr><td>C = <</td><td>Multinational character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1530 <tr><td>C = 5 </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1531 <tr><td>C = C </td><td>Finnish character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1532 <tr><td>C = K </td><td>German character set unimplemented</td></tr>
1533 </table><p></p></dl>
1534 <p></p>
1535 <p>
1536 </p>
1537 <hr />
1538 <h1><a name="csi__command_sequence_introducer__sequences">CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences</a></h1>
1539 <dl>
1540 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__40"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps @</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1541 </dt>
1542 <dd>
1543 Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (Blank) <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ICH)
1544 </dd>
1545 <p></p>
1546 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps A</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1547 </dt>
1548 <dd>
1549 Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUU)
1550 </dd>
1551 <p></p>
1552 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_b"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps B</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1553 </dt>
1554 <dd>
1555 Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUD)
1556 </dd>
1557 <p></p>
1558 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps C</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1559 </dt>
1560 <dd>
1561 Cursor Forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUF)
1562 </dd>
1563 <p></p>
1564 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps D</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1565 </dt>
1566 <dd>
1567 Cursor Backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] (CUB)
1568 </dd>
1569 <p></p>
1570 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps E</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1571 </dt>
1572 <dd>
1573 Cursor Down <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column
1574 </dd>
1575 <p></p>
1576 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps F</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1577 </dt>
1578 <dd>
1579 Cursor Up <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; Times [default: 1] and to first column
1580 </dd>
1581 <p></p>
1582 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps G</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1583 </dt>
1584 <dd>
1585 Cursor to Column <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (HPA)
1586 </dd>
1587 <p></p>
1588 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps H</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1589 </dt>
1590 <dd>
1591 Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP)
1592 </dd>
1593 <p></p>
1594 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps I</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1595 </dt>
1596 <dd>
1597 Move forward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; tab stops [default: 1]
1598 </dd>
1599 <p></p>
1600 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_j"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps J</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1601 </dt>
1602 <dd>
1603 Erase in Display (ED)
1604 </dd>
1605 <table>
1606 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Below (default)</td></tr>
1607 <tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear Above</td></tr>
1608 <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr>
1609 </table><p></p>
1610 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_k"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps K</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1611 </dt>
1612 <dd>
1613 Erase in Line (EL)
1614 </dd>
1615 <table>
1616 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear to Right (default)</td></tr>
1617 <tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Clear to Left</td></tr>
1618 <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Clear All</td></tr>
1619 </table><p></p>
1620 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps L</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1621 </dt>
1622 <dd>
1623 Insert <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (IL)
1624 </dd>
1625 <p></p>
1626 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps M</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1627 </dt>
1628 <dd>
1629 Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Line(s)</code> [default: 1] (DL)
1630 </dd>
1631 <p></p>
1632 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_p"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps P</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1633 </dt>
1634 <dd>
1635 Delete <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (DCH)
1636 </dd>
1637 <p></p>
1638 <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 />
1639 </dt>
1640 <dd>
1641 Initiate . <em>unimplemented</em> Parameters are
1642 [func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow].
1643 </dd>
1644 <p></p>
1645 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_w"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps W</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1646 </dt>
1647 <dd>
1648 Tabulator functions
1649 </dd>
1650 <table>
1651 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Tab Set (HTS)</td></tr>
1652 <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr>
1653 <tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All</td></tr>
1654 </table><p></p>
1655 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps X</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1656 </dt>
1657 <dd>
1658 Erase <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; <code>Character(s)</code> [default: 1] (ECH)
1659 </dd>
1660 <p></p>
1661 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_z"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps Z</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1662 </dt>
1663 <dd>
1664 Move backward <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; [default: 1] tab stops
1665 </dd>
1666 <p></p>
1667 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps__27"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps '</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1668 </dt>
1669 <dd>
1670 See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_g"><code>ESC [ Ps G</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1671 </dd>
1672 <p></p>
1673 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_a"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps a</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1674 </dt>
1675 <dd>
1676 See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_c"><code>ESC [ Ps C</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1677 </dd>
1678 <p></p>
1679 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_c"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps c</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1680 </dt>
1681 <dd>
1682 Send Device Attributes (DA)
1683 <strong><code>Ps = 0</code> </strong>&gt; (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
1684 returns: <strong><code>ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c</code> </strong>&gt; (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
1685 Option'')
1686 </dd>
1687 <p></p>
1688 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_d"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps d</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1689 </dt>
1690 <dd>
1691 Cursor to Line <strong><a href="#item_ps"><code>Ps</code></a> </strong>&gt; (VPA)
1692 </dd>
1693 <p></p>
1694 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_e"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps e</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1695 </dt>
1696 <dd>
1697 See <strong><a href="#item_esc__5b_ps_a"><code>ESC [ Ps A</code></a> </strong>&gt;
1698 </dd>
1699 <p></p>
1700 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_f"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps f</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1701 </dt>
1702 <dd>
1703 Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1]
1704 </dd>
1705 <p></p>
1706 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_g"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps g</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1707 </dt>
1708 <dd>
1709 Tab Clear (TBC)
1710 </dd>
1711 <table>
1712 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Clear Current Column (default)</td></tr>
1713 <tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>Clear All (TBC)</td></tr>
1714 </table><p></p>
1715 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1716 </dt>
1717 <dd>
1718 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>.
1719 </dd>
1720 <p></p>
1721 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_i"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps i</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1722 </dt>
1723 <dd>
1724 Printing. See also the <code>print-pipe</code> resource.
1725 </dd>
1726 <table>
1727 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>print screen (MC0)</td></tr>
1728 <tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>disable transparent print mode (MC4)</td></tr>
1729 <tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>enable transparent print mode (MC5)</td></tr>
1730 </table><p></p>
1731 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1732 </dt>
1733 <dd>
1734 Reset Mode (RM)
1735 </dd>
1736 <dl>
1737 <dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_4"><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1738 </dt>
1739 <table>
1740 <tr><td>h</td><td>Insert Mode (SMIR)</td></tr>
1741 <tr><td>l</td><td>Replace Mode (RMIR)</td></tr>
1742 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_20"><strong><code>Ps = 20</code> </strong>&gt; (partially implemented)</a></strong><br />
1743 </dt>
1744 <table>
1745 <tr><td>h</td><td>Automatic Newline (LNM)</td></tr>
1746 <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Linefeed (LNM)</td></tr>
1747 </table></dl>
1748 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_pm_m"><strong><code>ESC [ Pm m</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1749 </dt>
1750 <dd>
1751 Character Attributes (SGR)
1752 </dd>
1753 <table>
1754 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Normal (default)</td></tr>
1755 <tr><td>Ps = 1 / 21</td><td>On / Off Bold (bright fg)</td></tr>
1756 <tr><td>Ps = 3 / 23</td><td>On / Off Italic</td></tr>
1757 <tr><td>Ps = 4 / 24</td><td>On / Off Underline</td></tr>
1758 <tr><td>Ps = 5 / 25</td><td>On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg)</td></tr>
1759 <tr><td>Ps = 6 / 26</td><td>On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg)</td></tr>
1760 <tr><td>Ps = 7 / 27</td><td>On / Off Inverse</td></tr>
1761 <tr><td>Ps = 8 / 27</td><td>On / Off Invisible (NYI)</td></tr>
1762 <tr><td>Ps = 30 / 40</td><td>fg/bg Black</td></tr>
1763 <tr><td>Ps = 31 / 41</td><td>fg/bg Red</td></tr>
1764 <tr><td>Ps = 32 / 42</td><td>fg/bg Green</td></tr>
1765 <tr><td>Ps = 33 / 43</td><td>fg/bg Yellow</td></tr>
1766 <tr><td>Ps = 34 / 44</td><td>fg/bg Blue</td></tr>
1767 <tr><td>Ps = 35 / 45</td><td>fg/bg Magenta</td></tr>
1768 <tr><td>Ps = 36 / 46</td><td>fg/bg Cyan</td></tr>
1769 <tr><td>Ps = 38;5 / 48;5</td><td>set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6)</td></tr>
1770 <tr><td>Ps = 37 / 47</td><td>fg/bg White</td></tr>
1771 <tr><td>Ps = 39 / 49</td><td>fg/bg Default</td></tr>
1772 <tr><td>Ps = 90 / 100</td><td>fg/bg Bright Black</td></tr>
1773 <tr><td>Ps = 91 / 101</td><td>fg/bg Bright Red</td></tr>
1774 <tr><td>Ps = 92 / 102</td><td>fg/bg Bright Green</td></tr>
1775 <tr><td>Ps = 93 / 103</td><td>fg/bg Bright Yellow</td></tr>
1776 <tr><td>Ps = 94 / 104</td><td>fg/bg Bright Blue</td></tr>
1777 <tr><td>Ps = 95 / 105</td><td>fg/bg Bright Magenta</td></tr>
1778 <tr><td>Ps = 96 / 106</td><td>fg/bg Bright Cyan</td></tr>
1779 <tr><td>Ps = 97 / 107</td><td>fg/bg Bright White</td></tr>
1780 <tr><td>Ps = 99 / 109</td><td>fg/bg Bright Default</td></tr>
1781 </table><p></p>
1782 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_n"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps n</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1783 </dt>
1784 <dd>
1785 Device Status Report (DSR)
1786 </dd>
1787 <table>
1788 <tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Status Report ESC [ 0 n (``OK'')</td></tr>
1789 <tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as ESC [ r ; c R</td></tr>
1790 <tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Request Display Name</td></tr>
1791 <tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>Request Version Number (place in window title)</td></tr>
1792 </table><p></p>
1793 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bps_r"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Ps r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1794 </dt>
1795 <dd>
1796 Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom]
1797 [default: full size of window] (CSR)
1798 </dd>
1799 <p></p>
1800 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_s"><strong><code>ESC [ s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1801 </dt>
1802 <dd>
1803 Save Cursor (SC)
1804 </dd>
1805 <p></p>
1806 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_3bpt_t"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps;Pt t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1807 </dt>
1808 <dd>
1809 Window Operations
1810 </dd>
1811 <table>
1812 <tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Deiconify (map) window</td></tr>
1813 <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Iconify window</td></tr>
1814 <tr><td>Ps = 3</td><td>ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t Move window to (X|Y)</td></tr>
1815 <tr><td>Ps = 4</td><td>ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t Resize to WxH pixels</td></tr>
1816 <tr><td>Ps = 5</td><td>Raise window</td></tr>
1817 <tr><td>Ps = 6</td><td>Lower window</td></tr>
1818 <tr><td>Ps = 7</td><td>Refresh screen once</td></tr>
1819 <tr><td>Ps = 8</td><td>ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t Resize to R rows and C columns</td></tr>
1820 <tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Report window state (responds with Ps = 1 or Ps = 2)</td></tr>
1821 <tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Report window position (responds with Ps = 3)</td></tr>
1822 <tr><td>Ps = 14</td><td>Report window pixel size (responds with Ps = 4)</td></tr>
1823 <tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Report window text size (responds with Ps = 7)</td></tr>
1824 <tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9</td></tr>
1825 <tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234)</td></tr>
1826 <tr><td>Ps = 21</td><td>Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234)</td></tr>
1827 <tr><td>Ps = 24..</td><td>Set window height to Ps rows</td></tr>
1828 </table><p></p>
1829 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_u"><strong><code>ESC [ u</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1830 </dt>
1831 <dd>
1832 Restore Cursor
1833 </dd>
1834 <p></p>
1835 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b_ps_x"><strong><code>ESC [ Ps x</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1836 </dt>
1837 <dd>
1838 Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
1839 </dd>
1840 <p></p></dl>
1841 <p></p>
1842 <p>
1843 </p>
1844 <hr />
1845 <h1><a name="dec_private_modes">DEC Private Modes</a></h1>
1846 <dl>
1847 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_h"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm h</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1848 </dt>
1849 <dd>
1850 DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET)
1851 </dd>
1852 <p></p>
1853 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_l"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm l</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1854 </dt>
1855 <dd>
1856 DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST)
1857 </dd>
1858 <p></p>
1859 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_r"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm r</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1860 </dt>
1861 <dd>
1862 Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values.
1863 </dd>
1864 <p></p>
1865 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_s"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm s</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1866 </dt>
1867 <dd>
1868 Save DEC Private Mode Values.
1869 </dd>
1870 <p></p>
1871 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5b__3f_pm_t"><strong><code>ESC [ ? Pm t</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1872 </dt>
1873 <dd>
1874 Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). <em>where</em>
1875 </dd>
1876 <dl>
1877 <dt><strong><a name="item_1"><strong><code>Ps = 1</code> </strong>&gt; (DECCKM)</a></strong><br />
1878 </dt>
1879 <table>
1880 <tr><td>h</td><td>Application Cursor Keys</td></tr>
1881 <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Keys</td></tr>
1882 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_2"><strong><code>Ps = 2</code> </strong>&gt; (ANSI/VT52 mode)</a></strong><br />
1883 </dt>
1884 <table>
1885 <tr><td>h</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr>
1886 <tr><td>l</td><td>Enter VT52 mode</td></tr>
1887 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_3"><strong><code>Ps = 3</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1888 </dt>
1889 <table>
1890 <tr><td>h</td><td>132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr>
1891 <tr><td>l</td><td>80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)</td></tr>
1892 </table><dt><strong><strong><code>Ps = 4</code> </strong>&gt;</strong><br />
1893 </dt>
1894 <table>
1895 <tr><td>h</td><td>Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr>
1896 <tr><td>l</td><td>Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)</td></tr>
1897 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_5"><strong><code>Ps = 5</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1898 </dt>
1899 <table>
1900 <tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr>
1901 <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Video (DECSCNM)</td></tr>
1902 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_6"><strong><code>Ps = 6</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1903 </dt>
1904 <table>
1905 <tr><td>h</td><td>Origin Mode (DECOM)</td></tr>
1906 <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)</td></tr>
1907 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_7"><strong><code>Ps = 7</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1908 </dt>
1909 <table>
1910 <tr><td>h</td><td>Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr>
1911 <tr><td>l</td><td>No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)</td></tr>
1912 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_8_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 8</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1913 </dt>
1914 <table>
1915 <tr><td>h</td><td>Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr>
1916 <tr><td>l</td><td>No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)</td></tr>
1917 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_9_x10_xterm"><strong><code>Ps = 9</code> </strong>&gt; X10 XTerm</a></strong><br />
1918 </dt>
1919 <table>
1920 <tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press.</td></tr>
1921 <tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1922 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_25"><strong><code>Ps = 25</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1923 </dt>
1924 <table>
1925 <tr><td>h</td><td>Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}</td></tr>
1926 <tr><td>l</td><td>Invisible cursor {civis}</td></tr>
1927 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_30"><strong><code>Ps = 30</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1928 </dt>
1929 <table>
1930 <tr><td>h</td><td>scrollBar visisble</td></tr>
1931 <tr><td>l</td><td>scrollBar invisisble</td></tr>
1932 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_35"><strong><code>Ps = 35</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1933 </dt>
1934 <table>
1935 <tr><td>h</td><td>Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr>
1936 <tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences</td></tr>
1937 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_38_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 38</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1938 </dt>
1939 <dd>
1940 Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
1941 </dd>
1942 <p></p>
1943 <dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_40"><strong><code>Ps = 40</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1944 </dt>
1945 <table>
1946 <tr><td>h</td><td>Allow 80/132 Mode</td></tr>
1947 <tr><td>l</td><td>Disallow 80/132 Mode</td></tr>
1948 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_44_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 44</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1949 </dt>
1950 <table>
1951 <tr><td>h</td><td>Turn On Margin Bell</td></tr>
1952 <tr><td>l</td><td>Turn Off Margin Bell</td></tr>
1953 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_45_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 45</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1954 </dt>
1955 <table>
1956 <tr><td>h</td><td>Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr>
1957 <tr><td>l</td><td>No Reverse-wraparound Mode</td></tr>
1958 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_46_unimplemented"><strong><code>Ps = 46</code> </strong>&gt; <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1959 </dt>
1960 <dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_47"><strong><code>Ps = 47</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1961 </dt>
1962 <table>
1963 <tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1964 <tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr>
1965 </table><p></p>
1966 <dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_66"><strong><code>Ps = 66</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1967 </dt>
1968 <table>
1969 <tr><td>h</td><td>Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC =</td></tr>
1970 <tr><td>l</td><td>Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == ESC ></td></tr>
1971 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_67"><strong><code>Ps = 67</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
1972 </dt>
1973 <table>
1974 <tr><td>h</td><td>Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM)</td></tr>
1975 <tr><td>l</td><td>Backspace key sends DEL</td></tr>
1976 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1000"><strong><code>Ps = 1000</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm)</a></strong><br />
1977 </dt>
1978 <table>
1979 <tr><td>h</td><td>Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.</td></tr>
1980 <tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1981 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1001"><strong><code>Ps = 1001</code> </strong>&gt; (X11 XTerm) <em>unimplemented</em></a></strong><br />
1982 </dt>
1983 <table>
1984 <tr><td>h</td><td>Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.</td></tr>
1985 <tr><td>l</td><td>No mouse reporting.</td></tr>
1986 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1010"><strong><code>Ps = 1010</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1987 </dt>
1988 <table>
1989 <tr><td>h</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr>
1990 <tr><td>l</td><td>Scroll to bottom on TTY output</td></tr>
1991 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1011"><strong><code>Ps = 1011</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1992 </dt>
1993 <table>
1994 <tr><td>h</td><td>Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr>
1995 <tr><td>l</td><td>Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed</td></tr>
1996 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_1021"><strong><code>Ps = 1021</code> </strong>&gt; (<strong>rxvt</strong>)</a></strong><br />
1997 </dt>
1998 <table>
1999 <tr><td>h</td><td>Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)</td></tr>
2000 <tr><td>l</td><td>Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)</td></tr>
2001 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1047"><strong><code>Ps = 1047</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2002 </dt>
2003 <table>
2004 <tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer</td></tr>
2005 <tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it</td></tr>
2006 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1048"><strong><code>Ps = 1048</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2007 </dt>
2008 <table>
2009 <tr><td>h</td><td>Save cursor position</td></tr>
2010 <tr><td>l</td><td>Restore cursor position</td></tr>
2011 </table><dt><strong><a name="item_ps__3d_1049"><strong><code>Ps = 1049</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2012 </dt>
2013 <table>
2014 <tr><td>h</td><td>Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it</td></tr>
2015 <tr><td>l</td><td>Use Normal Screen Buffer</td></tr>
2016 </table></dl>
2017 </dl>
2018 <p></p>
2019 <p>
2020 </p>
2021 <hr />
2022 <h1><a name="xterm_operating_system_commands">XTerm Operating System Commands</a></h1>
2023 <dl>
2024 <dt><strong><a name="item_esc__5d_ps_3bpt_st"><strong><code>ESC ] Ps;Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt;</a></strong><br />
2025 </dt>
2026 <dd>
2027 Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b,
2028 0x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any
2029 <strong>octet</strong> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V).
2030 </dd>
2031 <table>
2032 <tr><td>Ps = 0</td><td>Change Icon Name and Window Title to Pt</td></tr>
2033 <tr><td>Ps = 1</td><td>Change Icon Name to Pt</td></tr>
2034 <tr><td>Ps = 2</td><td>Change Window Title to Pt</td></tr>
2035 <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>
2036 <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>
2037 <tr><td>Ps = 10</td><td>Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr>
2038 <tr><td>Ps = 11</td><td>Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)</td></tr>
2039 <tr><td>Ps = 12</td><td>Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt</td></tr>
2040 <tr><td>Ps = 13</td><td>Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt</td></tr>
2041 <tr><td>Ps = 17</td><td>Change colour of highlight characters to Pt</td></tr>
2042 <tr><td>Ps = 18</td><td>Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]</td></tr>
2043 <tr><td>Ps = 19</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]</td></tr>
2044 <tr><td>Ps = 20</td><td>Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM).</td></tr>
2045 <tr><td>Ps = 39</td><td>Change default foreground colour to Pt.</td></tr>
2046 <tr><td>Ps = 46</td><td>Change Log File to Pt unimplemented</td></tr>
2047 <tr><td>Ps = 49</td><td>Change default background colour to Pt.</td></tr>
2048 <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>
2049 <tr><td>Ps = 55</td><td>Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt</td></tr>
2050 <tr><td>Ps = 701</td><td>Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).</td></tr>
2051 <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>
2052 <tr><td>Ps = 704</td><td>Change colour of italic characters to Pt</td></tr>
2053 <tr><td>Ps = 705</td><td>Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).</td></tr>
2054 <tr><td>Ps = 706</td><td>Change colour of bold characters to Pt</td></tr>
2055 <tr><td>Ps = 707</td><td>Change colour of underlined characters to Pt</td></tr>
2056 <tr><td>Ps = 710</td><td>Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.</td></tr>
2057 <tr><td>Ps = 711</td><td>Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
2058 <tr><td>Ps = 712</td><td>Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
2059 <tr><td>Ps = 713</td><td>Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).</td></tr>
2060 <tr><td>Ps = 720</td><td>Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).</td></tr>
2061 <tr><td>Ps = 721</td><td>Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).</td></tr>
2062 <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>
2063 </table><p></p></dl>
2064 <p></p>
2065 <p>
2066 </p>
2067 <hr />
2068 <h1><a name="xpm">XPM</a></h1>
2069 <p>For the XPM XTerm escape sequence <strong><code>ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST</code> </strong>&gt; then value
2070 of <strong><a href="#item_pt"><code>Pt</code></a> </strong>&gt; can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
2071 sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
2072 scaling/positioning commands are as follows:</p>
2073 <dl>
2074 <dt><strong><a name="item_query_scale_2fposition">query scale/position</a></strong><br />
2075 </dt>
2076 <dd>
2077 <strong>?</strong>
2078 </dd>
2079 <p></p>
2080 <dt><strong><a name="item_change_scale_and_position">change scale and position</a></strong><br />
2081 </dt>
2082 <dd>
2083 <strong>WxH+X+Y</strong>
2084 </dd>
2085 <dd>
2086 <p><strong>WxH+X</strong> (== <strong>WxH+X+X</strong>)</p>
2087 </dd>
2088 <dd>
2089 <p><strong>WxH</strong> (same as <strong>WxH+50+50</strong>)</p>
2090 </dd>
2091 <dd>
2092 <p><strong>W+X+Y</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2093 </dd>
2094 <dd>
2095 <p><strong>W+X</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+X+X</strong>)</p>
2096 </dd>
2097 <dd>
2098 <p><strong>W</strong> (same as <strong>WxW+50+50</strong>)</p>
2099 </dd>
2100 <p></p>
2101 <dt><strong><a name="item_position">change position (absolute)</a></strong><br />
2102 </dt>
2103 <dd>
2104 <strong>=+X+Y</strong>
2105 </dd>
2106 <dd>
2107 <p><strong>=+X</strong> (same as <strong>=+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2108 </dd>
2109 <p></p>
2110 <dt><strong>change position (relative)</strong><br />
2111 </dt>
2112 <dd>
2113 <strong>+X+Y</strong>
2114 </dd>
2115 <dd>
2116 <p><strong>+X</strong> (same as <strong>+X+Y</strong>)</p>
2117 </dd>
2118 <p></p>
2119 <dt><strong><a name="item_rescale">rescale (relative)</a></strong><br />
2120 </dt>
2121 <dd>
2122 <strong>Wx0</strong> -&gt; <strong>W *= (W/100)</strong>
2123 </dd>
2124 <dd>
2125 <p><strong>0xH</strong> -&gt; <strong>H *= (H/100)</strong></p>
2126 </dd>
2127 <p></p></dl>
2128 <p>For example:</p>
2129 <dl>
2130 <dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bfunky_5ca"><strong>\E]20;funky\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2131 </dt>
2132 <dd>
2133 load <strong>funky.xpm</strong> as a tiled image
2134 </dd>
2135 <p></p>
2136 <dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3bmona_3b100_5ca"><strong>\E]20;mona;100\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2137 </dt>
2138 <dd>
2139 load <strong>mona.xpm</strong> with a scaling of 100%
2140 </dd>
2141 <p></p>
2142 <dt><strong><a name="item__5ce_5d20_3b_3b200_3b_3f_5ca"><strong>\E]20;;200;?\a</strong></a></strong><br />
2143 </dt>
2144 <dd>
2145 rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
2146 the title
2147 </dd>
2148 <p></p></dl>
2149 <p>
2150 </p>
2151 <hr />
2152 <h1><a name="mouse_reporting">Mouse Reporting</a></h1>
2153 <dl>
2154 <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 />
2155 </dt>
2156 <dd>
2157 report mouse position
2158 </dd>
2159 <p></p></dl>
2160 <p>The lower 2 bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the button:</p>
2161 <dl>
2162 <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 />
2163 </dt>
2164 <table>
2165 <tr><td>0</td><td>Button1 pressed</td></tr>
2166 <tr><td>1</td><td>Button2 pressed</td></tr>
2167 <tr><td>2</td><td>Button3 pressed</td></tr>
2168 <tr><td>3</td><td>button released (X11 mouse report)</td></tr>
2169 </table></dl>
2170 <p>The upper bits of <strong><code>&lt;b&gt;</code> </strong>&gt; indicate the modifiers when the
2171 button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):</p>
2172 <dl>
2173 <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 />
2174 </dt>
2175 <table>
2176 <tr><td>4</td><td>Shift</td></tr>
2177 <tr><td>8</td><td>Meta</td></tr>
2178 <tr><td>16</td><td>Control</td></tr>
2179 <tr><td>32</td><td>Double Click (Rxvt extension)</td></tr>
2180 </table><p>Col = <strong><code>&lt;x&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p>
2181 <p>Row = <strong><code>&lt;y&gt; - SPACE</code> </strong>&gt;</p>
2182 </dl>
2183 <p>
2184 </p>
2185 <hr />
2186 <h1><a name="key_codes">Key Codes</a></h1>
2187 <p>Note: <strong>Shift</strong> + <strong>F1</strong>-<strong>F10</strong> generates <strong>F11</strong>-<strong>F20</strong></p>
2188 <p>For the keypad, use <strong>Shift</strong> to temporarily override Application-Keypad
2189 setting use <strong>Num_Lock</strong> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if
2190 <strong>Num_Lock</strong> is off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that
2191 values of <strong>Home</strong>, <strong>End</strong>, <strong>Delete</strong> may have been compiled differently on
2192 your system.</p>
2193 <table>
2194 <tr><td></td><td>Normal</td><td>Shift</td><td>Control</td><td>Ctrl+Shift</td></tr>
2195 <tr><td>Tab</td><td>^I</td><td>ESC [ Z</td><td>^I</td><td>ESC [ Z</td></tr>
2196 <tr><td>BackSpace</td><td>^H</td><td>^?</td><td>^?</td><td>^?</td></tr>
2197 <tr><td>Find</td><td>ESC [ 1 ~</td><td>ESC [ 1 $</td><td>ESC [ 1 ^</td><td>ESC [ 1 @</td></tr>
2198 <tr><td>Insert</td><td>ESC [ 2 ~</td><td>paste</td><td>ESC [ 2 ^</td><td>ESC [ 2 @</td></tr>
2199 <tr><td>Execute</td><td>ESC [ 3 ~</td><td>ESC [ 3 $</td><td>ESC [ 3 ^</td><td>ESC [ 3 @</td></tr>
2200 <tr><td>Select</td><td>ESC [ 4 ~</td><td>ESC [ 4 $</td><td>ESC [ 4 ^</td><td>ESC [ 4 @</td></tr>
2201 <tr><td>Prior</td><td>ESC [ 5 ~</td><td>scroll-up</td><td>ESC [ 5 ^</td><td>ESC [ 5 @</td></tr>
2202 <tr><td>Next</td><td>ESC [ 6 ~</td><td>scroll-down</td><td>ESC [ 6 ^</td><td>ESC [ 6 @</td></tr>
2203 <tr><td>Home</td><td>ESC [ 7 ~</td><td>ESC [ 7 $</td><td>ESC [ 7 ^</td><td>ESC [ 7 @</td></tr>
2204 <tr><td>End</td><td>ESC [ 8 ~</td><td>ESC [ 8 $</td><td>ESC [ 8 ^</td><td>ESC [ 8 @</td></tr>
2205 <tr><td>Delete</td><td>ESC [ 3 ~</td><td>ESC [ 3 $</td><td>ESC [ 3 ^</td><td>ESC [ 3 @</td></tr>
2206 <tr><td>F1</td><td>ESC [ 11 ~</td><td>ESC [ 23 ~</td><td>ESC [ 11 ^</td><td>ESC [ 23 ^</td></tr>
2207 <tr><td>F2</td><td>ESC [ 12 ~</td><td>ESC [ 24 ~</td><td>ESC [ 12 ^</td><td>ESC [ 24 ^</td></tr>
2208 <tr><td>F3</td><td>ESC [ 13 ~</td><td>ESC [ 25 ~</td><td>ESC [ 13 ^</td><td>ESC [ 25 ^</td></tr>
2209 <tr><td>F4</td><td>ESC [ 14 ~</td><td>ESC [ 26 ~</td><td>ESC [ 14 ^</td><td>ESC [ 26 ^</td></tr>
2210 <tr><td>F5</td><td>ESC [ 15 ~</td><td>ESC [ 28 ~</td><td>ESC [ 15 ^</td><td>ESC [ 28 ^</td></tr>
2211 <tr><td>F6</td><td>ESC [ 17 ~</td><td>ESC [ 29 ~</td><td>ESC [ 17 ^</td><td>ESC [ 29 ^</td></tr>
2212 <tr><td>F7</td><td>ESC [ 18 ~</td><td>ESC [ 31 ~</td><td>ESC [ 18 ^</td><td>ESC [ 31 ^</td></tr>
2213 <tr><td>F8</td><td>ESC [ 19 ~</td><td>ESC [ 32 ~</td><td>ESC [ 19 ^</td><td>ESC [ 32 ^</td></tr>
2214 <tr><td>F9</td><td>ESC [ 20 ~</td><td>ESC [ 33 ~</td><td>ESC [ 20 ^</td><td>ESC [ 33 ^</td></tr>
2215 <tr><td>F10</td><td>ESC [ 21 ~</td><td>ESC [ 34 ~</td><td>ESC [ 21 ^</td><td>ESC [ 34 ^</td></tr>
2216 <tr><td>F11</td><td>ESC [ 23 ~</td><td>ESC [ 23 $</td><td>ESC [ 23 ^</td><td>ESC [ 23 @</td></tr>
2217 <tr><td>F12</td><td>ESC [ 24 ~</td><td>ESC [ 24 $</td><td>ESC [ 24 ^</td><td>ESC [ 24 @</td></tr>
2218 <tr><td>F13</td><td>ESC [ 25 ~</td><td>ESC [ 25 $</td><td>ESC [ 25 ^</td><td>ESC [ 25 @</td></tr>
2219 <tr><td>F14</td><td>ESC [ 26 ~</td><td>ESC [ 26 $</td><td>ESC [ 26 ^</td><td>ESC [ 26 @</td></tr>
2220 <tr><td>F15 (Help)</td><td>ESC [ 28 ~</td><td>ESC [ 28 $</td><td>ESC [ 28 ^</td><td>ESC [ 28 @</td></tr>
2221 <tr><td>F16 (Menu)</td><td>ESC [ 29 ~</td><td>ESC [ 29 $</td><td>ESC [ 29 ^</td><td>ESC [ 29 @</td></tr>
2222 <tr><td>F17</td><td>ESC [ 31 ~</td><td>ESC [ 31 $</td><td>ESC [ 31 ^</td><td>ESC [ 31 @</td></tr>
2223 <tr><td>F18</td><td>ESC [ 32 ~</td><td>ESC [ 32 $</td><td>ESC [ 32 ^</td><td>ESC [ 32 @</td></tr>
2224 <tr><td>F19</td><td>ESC [ 33 ~</td><td>ESC [ 33 $</td><td>ESC [ 33 ^</td><td>ESC [ 33 @</td></tr>
2225 <tr><td>F20</td><td>ESC [ 34 ~</td><td>ESC [ 34 $</td><td>ESC [ 34 ^</td><td>ESC [ 34 @</td></tr>
2226 <tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Application</td></tr>
2227 <tr><td>Up</td><td>ESC [ A</td><td>ESC [ a</td><td>ESC O a</td><td>ESC O A</td></tr>
2228 <tr><td>Down</td><td>ESC [ B</td><td>ESC [ b</td><td>ESC O b</td><td>ESC O B</td></tr>
2229 <tr><td>Right</td><td>ESC [ C</td><td>ESC [ c</td><td>ESC O c</td><td>ESC O C</td></tr>
2230 <tr><td>Left</td><td>ESC [ D</td><td>ESC [ d</td><td>ESC O d</td><td>ESC O D</td></tr>
2231 <tr><td>KP_Enter</td><td>^M</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O M</td></tr>
2232 <tr><td>KP_F1</td><td>ESC O P</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O P</td></tr>
2233 <tr><td>KP_F2</td><td>ESC O Q</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O Q</td></tr>
2234 <tr><td>KP_F3</td><td>ESC O R</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O R</td></tr>
2235 <tr><td>KP_F4</td><td>ESC O S</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O S</td></tr>
2236 <tr><td>XK_KP_Multiply</td><td>*</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O j</td></tr>
2237 <tr><td>XK_KP_Add</td><td>+</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O k</td></tr>
2238 <tr><td>XK_KP_Separator</td><td>,</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O l</td></tr>
2239 <tr><td>XK_KP_Subtract</td><td>-</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O m</td></tr>
2240 <tr><td>XK_KP_Decimal</td><td>.</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O n</td></tr>
2241 <tr><td>XK_KP_Divide</td><td>/</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O o</td></tr>
2242 <tr><td>XK_KP_0</td><td>0</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O p</td></tr>
2243 <tr><td>XK_KP_1</td><td>1</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O q</td></tr>
2244 <tr><td>XK_KP_2</td><td>2</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O r</td></tr>
2245 <tr><td>XK_KP_3</td><td>3</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O s</td></tr>
2246 <tr><td>XK_KP_4</td><td>4</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O t</td></tr>
2247 <tr><td>XK_KP_5</td><td>5</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O u</td></tr>
2248 <tr><td>XK_KP_6</td><td>6</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O v</td></tr>
2249 <tr><td>XK_KP_7</td><td>7</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O w</td></tr>
2250 <tr><td>XK_KP_8</td><td>8</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O x</td></tr>
2251 <tr><td>XK_KP_9</td><td>9</td><td></td><td></td><td>ESC O y</td></tr>
2252 </table><p>
2253 </p>
2254 <hr />
2255 <h1><a name="configure_options">CONFIGURE OPTIONS</a></h1>
2256 <p>General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2257 hasn't been tested well. Either try with <a href="#item__2d_2denable_2deverything"><code>--enable-everything</code></a> or use
2258 the <em>./reconf</em> script as a base for experiments. <em>./reconf</em> is used by
2259 myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
2260 always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
2261 Lehmann &lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt;.</p>
2262 <p>All</p>
2263 <dl>
2264 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2denable_2deverything">--enable-everything</a></strong><br />
2265 </dt>
2266 <dd>
2267 Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in ``./configure
2268 --help''.
2269 </dd>
2270 <dd>
2271 <p>You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2272 <em>following</em> this with the appropriate <code>--disable-...</code> arguments,
2273 or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2274 <code>--disable-everything</code> and than adding just the <code>--enable-...</code> arguments
2275 you want.</p>
2276 </dd>
2277 <p></p>
2278 <dt><strong><a name="item_xft">--enable-xft (default: enabled)</a></strong><br />
2279 </dt>
2280 <dd>
2281 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2282 slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2283 don't pay for them.
2284 </dd>
2285 <p></p>
2286 <dt><strong><a name="item_styles">--enable-font-styles (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2287 </dt>
2288 <dd>
2289 Add support for <strong>bold</strong>, <em>italic</em> and <strong><em>bold italic</em> </strong>&gt; font
2290 styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2291 </dd>
2292 <p></p>
2293 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dcodesets_3dname_2c_2e_2e_2e__28defaul">--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)</a></strong><br />
2294 </dt>
2295 <dd>
2296 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (<code>eu</code>, <code>vn</code>
2297 are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2298 codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2299 for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2300 replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
2301 binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
2302 memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.
2303 </dd>
2304 <table>
2305 <tr><td>all</td><td>all available codeset groups</td></tr>
2306 <tr><td>zh</td><td>common chinese encodings</td></tr>
2307 <tr><td>zh_ext</td><td>rarely used but very big chinese encodigs</td></tr>
2308 <tr><td>jp</td><td>common japanese encodings</td></tr>
2309 <tr><td>jp_ext</td><td>rarely used but big japanese encodings</td></tr>
2310 <tr><td>kr</td><td>korean encodings</td></tr>
2311 </table><p></p>
2312 <dt><strong><a name="item_xim">--enable-xim (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2313 </dt>
2314 <dd>
2315 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2316 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2317 set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2318 </dd>
2319 <p></p>
2320 <dt><strong><a name="item_unicode3">--enable-unicode3 (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2321 </dt>
2322 <dd>
2323 Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
2324 </dd>
2325 <dd>
2326 <p>Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
2327 65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2328 requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2329 support these extra characters, but Xft does.</p>
2330 </dd>
2331 <dd>
2332 <p>Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points &gt;65535
2333 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2334 limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2335 see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2336 (input/output and cut&amp;paste still work, though).</p>
2337 </dd>
2338 <p></p>
2339 <dt><strong><a name="item_combining">--enable-combining (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2340 </dt>
2341 <dd>
2342 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2343 composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2344 where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2345 done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2346 new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2347 </dd>
2348 <dd>
2349 <p>Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2350 characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be
2351 (ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.</p>
2352 </dd>
2353 <dd>
2354 <p>This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2355 beyond plane 0 (&gt;65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.</p>
2356 </dd>
2357 <dd>
2358 <p>The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2359 but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2360 tell me how these are to be used...).</p>
2361 </dd>
2362 <p></p>
2363 <dt><strong><a name="item_fallback">--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)</a></strong><br />
2364 </dt>
2365 <dd>
2366 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To
2367 disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2368 </dd>
2369 <p></p>
2370 <dt><strong><a name="item_name">--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</a></strong><br />
2371 </dt>
2372 <dd>
2373 Use the given name as default application name when
2374 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2375 </dd>
2376 <p></p>
2377 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dres_2dclass_3dclass__2fdefault_3a_urx">--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)</a></strong><br />
2378 </dt>
2379 <dd>
2380 Use the given class as default application class
2381 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2382 rxvt.
2383 </dd>
2384 <p></p>
2385 <dt><strong><a name="item_utmp">--enable-utmp (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2386 </dt>
2387 <dd>
2388 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like <em>w</em>) at
2389 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2390 </dd>
2391 <p></p>
2392 <dt><strong><a name="item_wtmp">--enable-wtmp (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2393 </dt>
2394 <dd>
2395 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like <em>last</em>) at
2396 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2397 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2398 </dd>
2399 <p></p>
2400 <dt><strong><a name="item_lastlog">--enable-lastlog (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2401 </dt>
2402 <dd>
2403 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2404 <em>lastlogin</em>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2405 --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2406 </dd>
2407 <p></p>
2408 <dt><strong><a name="item_background">--enable-xpm-background (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2409 </dt>
2410 <dd>
2411 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
2412 </dd>
2413 <p></p>
2414 <dt><strong><a name="item_transparency">--enable-transparency (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2415 </dt>
2416 <dd>
2417 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2418 transparency to the term.
2419 </dd>
2420 <p></p>
2421 <dt><strong><a name="item_fading">--enable-fading (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2422 </dt>
2423 <dd>
2424 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires <code>--enable-transparency</code>).
2425 </dd>
2426 <p></p>
2427 <dt><strong><a name="item_tinting">--enable-tinting (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2428 </dt>
2429 <dd>
2430 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires <code>--enable-transparency</code>).
2431 </dd>
2432 <p></p>
2433 <dt><strong><a name="item_scroll">--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2434 </dt>
2435 <dd>
2436 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2437 </dd>
2438 <p></p>
2439 <dt><strong>--enable-next-scroll (default: on)</strong><br />
2440 </dt>
2441 <dd>
2442 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2443 </dd>
2444 <p></p>
2445 <dt><strong>--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)</strong><br />
2446 </dt>
2447 <dd>
2448 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2449 </dd>
2450 <p></p>
2451 <dt><strong>--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)</strong><br />
2452 </dt>
2453 <dd>
2454 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2455 is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2456 many years.
2457 </dd>
2458 <p></p>
2459 <dt><strong><a name="item_ttygid">--enable-ttygid (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2460 </dt>
2461 <dd>
2462 Change tty device setting to group ``tty'' - only use this if
2463 your system uses this type of security.
2464 </dd>
2465 <p></p>
2466 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dbackspace_2dkey">--disable-backspace-key</a></strong><br />
2467 </dt>
2468 <dd>
2469 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it.
2470 </dd>
2471 <p></p>
2472 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2ddelete_2dkey">--disable-delete-key</a></strong><br />
2473 </dt>
2474 <dd>
2475 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2476 do it.
2477 </dd>
2478 <p></p>
2479 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dresources">--disable-resources</a></strong><br />
2480 </dt>
2481 <dd>
2482 Removes any support for resource checking.
2483 </dd>
2484 <p></p>
2485 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dswapscreen">--disable-swapscreen</a></strong><br />
2486 </dt>
2487 <dd>
2488 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2489 </dd>
2490 <p></p>
2491 <dt><strong><a name="item_frills">--enable-frills (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2492 </dt>
2493 <dd>
2494 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2495 have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2496 disable this.
2497 </dd>
2498 <dd>
2499 <p>A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by <code>--enable-frills</code> (possibly
2500 in combination with other switches) is:</p>
2501 </dd>
2502 <dd>
2503 <pre>
2504 MWM-hints
2505 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2506 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2507 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2508 visual depth selection (-depth)
2509 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2510 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2511 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2512 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2513 keysym remapping support
2514 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2515 XEmbed support (-embed)
2516 user-pty (-pty-fd)
2517 hold on exit (-hold)
2518 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)</pre>
2519 </dd>
2520 <dd>
2521 <p>It also enabled some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:</p>
2522 </dd>
2523 <dd>
2524 <pre>
2525 some round-trip time optimisations
2526 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
2527 UTF8_STRING supporr for selection
2528 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2529 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
2530 view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences
2531 locale switching escape sequence
2532 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2533 rectangular selections
2534 trailing space removal for selections
2535 verbose X error handling</pre>
2536 </dd>
2537 <p></p>
2538 <dt><strong><a name="item_iso14755">--enable-iso14755 (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2539 </dt>
2540 <dd>
2541 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or
2542 <em>doc/rxvt.1.txt</em>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2543 <code>--enable-frills</code>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2544 this switch.
2545 </dd>
2546 <p></p>
2547 <dt><strong><a name="item_keepscrolling">--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2548 </dt>
2549 <dd>
2550 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2551 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2552 </dd>
2553 <p></p>
2554 <dt><strong><a name="item_mousewheel">--enable-mousewheel (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2555 </dt>
2556 <dd>
2557 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 &amp; 5.
2558 </dd>
2559 <p></p>
2560 <dt><strong><a name="item_slipwheeling">--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2561 </dt>
2562 <dd>
2563 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2564 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2565 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2566 </dd>
2567 <p></p>
2568 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2ddisable_2dnew_2dselection">--disable-new-selection</a></strong><br />
2569 </dt>
2570 <dd>
2571 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2572 </dd>
2573 <p></p>
2574 <dt><strong><a name="item_dmalloc">--enable-dmalloc (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2575 </dt>
2576 <dd>
2577 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2578 <a href="http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/">http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/</a> for details If you use either this or the
2579 next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2580 DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2581 </dd>
2582 <dd>
2583 <p>You can only use either this option and the following (should
2584 you use either) .</p>
2585 </dd>
2586 <p></p>
2587 <dt><strong><a name="item_dlmalloc">--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)</a></strong><br />
2588 </dt>
2589 <dd>
2590 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2591 See <a href="http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html">http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html</a> for details.
2592 </dd>
2593 <p></p>
2594 <dt><strong><a name="item_resize">--enable-smart-resize (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2595 </dt>
2596 <dd>
2597 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2598 keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2599 the screen in a fixed position.
2600 </dd>
2601 <p></p>
2602 <dt><strong><a name="item_blank">--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2603 </dt>
2604 <dd>
2605 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2606 </dd>
2607 <p></p>
2608 <dt><strong><a name="item_perl">--enable-perl (default: on)</a></strong><br />
2609 </dt>
2610 <dd>
2611 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the <strong>rxvtperl(3)</strong>
2612 manpage (<em>doc/rxvtperl.txt</em>) for more info on this feature, or the files
2613 in <em>src/perl-ext/</em> for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2614 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the <code>PERL</code> environment
2615 variable when running configure.
2616 </dd>
2617 <p></p>
2618 <dt><strong>--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)</strong><br />
2619 </dt>
2620 <dd>
2621 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2622 in <code>urxvt</code>, <code>urxvtd</code> etc.). Specify <code>--with-name=rxvt</code> to replace with
2623 <code>rxvt</code>.
2624 </dd>
2625 <p></p>
2626 <dt><strong>--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)</strong><br />
2627 </dt>
2628 <dd>
2629 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
2630 </dd>
2631 <p></p>
2632 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dterminfo_3dpath">--with-terminfo=PATH</a></strong><br />
2633 </dt>
2634 <dd>
2635 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2636 PATH.
2637 </dd>
2638 <p></p>
2639 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dx">--with-x</a></strong><br />
2640 </dt>
2641 <dd>
2642 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
2643 </dd>
2644 <p></p>
2645 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dincludes_3ddir">--with-xpm-includes=DIR</a></strong><br />
2646 </dt>
2647 <dd>
2648 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
2649 </dd>
2650 <p></p>
2651 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm_2dlibrary_3ddir">--with-xpm-library=DIR</a></strong><br />
2652 </dt>
2653 <dd>
2654 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
2655 </dd>
2656 <p></p>
2657 <dt><strong><a name="item__2d_2dwith_2dxpm">--with-xpm</a></strong><br />
2658 </dt>
2659 <dd>
2660 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
2661 </dd>
2662 <p></p></dl>
2663 <p>
2664 </p>
2665 <hr />
2666 <h1><a name="authors">AUTHORS</a></h1>
2667 <p>Marc Lehmann &lt;<a href="mailto:rxvt@schmorp.de">rxvt@schmorp.de</a>&gt; converted this document to pod and
2668 reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff
2669 Wing &lt;<a href="mailto:gcw@pobox.com">gcw@pobox.com</a>&gt;, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other
2670 sources.</p>
2671
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