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| 128 | .rm #[ #] #H #V #F C |
128 | .rm #[ #] #H #V #F C |
| 129 | .\" ======================================================================== |
129 | .\" ======================================================================== |
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130 | .\" |
| 131 | .IX Title "rxvt 7" |
131 | .IX Title "rxvt 7" |
| 132 | .TH rxvt 7 "2005-12-22" "6.0" "RXVT-UNICODE" |
132 | .TH rxvt 7 "2006-01-04" "6.2" "RXVT-UNICODE" |
| 133 | .SH "NAME" |
133 | .SH "NAME" |
| 134 | RXVT REFERENCE \- FAQ, command sequences and other background information |
134 | RXVT REFERENCE \- FAQ, command sequences and other background information |
| 135 | .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
135 | .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| 136 | .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" |
136 | .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" |
| 137 | .Vb 2 |
137 | .Vb 2 |
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| 156 | The newest version of this document is |
156 | The newest version of this document is |
| 157 | also available on the World Wide Web at |
157 | also available on the World Wide Web at |
| 158 | <http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>. |
158 | <http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>. |
| 159 | .SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" |
159 | .SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" |
| 160 | .IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" |
160 | .IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" |
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161 | .IP "Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?" 4 |
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162 | .IX Item "Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?" |
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163 | I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra |
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164 | bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see |
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165 | that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being |
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166 | compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (\s-1RSS\s0) after startup. Even |
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167 | with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many |
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168 | features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are |
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169 | already in use in this mode. |
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170 | .Sp |
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171 | .Vb 3 |
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172 | \& text data bss drs rss filename |
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173 | \& 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything |
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174 | \& 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything |
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175 | .Ve |
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176 | .Sp |
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177 | When you \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft |
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178 | and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my |
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179 | libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so. |
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180 | .Sp |
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181 | .Vb 3 |
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182 | \& text data bss drs rss filename |
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183 | \& 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything |
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184 | \& 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything |
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185 | .Ve |
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186 | .Sp |
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187 | The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian |
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188 | encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else |
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189 | and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those |
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190 | encodings. The \s-1BSS\s0 size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++ |
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191 | compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of |
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192 | memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a |
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193 | few megabytes of \s-1RSS\s0. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of \s-1RSS\s0 even when |
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194 | not used. |
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195 | .Sp |
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196 | Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one, |
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197 | a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more |
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198 | memory. |
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199 | .Sp |
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200 | Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this |
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201 | still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal |
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202 | (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra |
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203 | 43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half aminute of |
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204 | startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares |
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205 | extremely well *g*. |
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206 | .IP "Why \*(C+, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?" 4 |
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207 | .IX Item "Why , isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?" |
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208 | Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had |
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209 | to write it, and \*(C+ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction |
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210 | of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even |
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211 | shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without \*(C+. |
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212 | .Sp |
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213 | My personal stance on this is that \*(C+ is less portable than C, but in |
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214 | the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits |
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215 | are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix |
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216 | domain sockets, which are all less portable than \*(C+ itself. |
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217 | .Sp |
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218 | Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs |
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219 | in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in |
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220 | \&\*(C+ that don't. \*(C+ also often comes with large libraries, but this is |
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221 | not necessarily the case with \s-1GCC\s0. Here is what rxvt links against on my |
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222 | system with a minimal config: |
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223 | .Sp |
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224 | .Vb 4 |
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225 | \& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000) |
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226 | \& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000) |
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227 | \& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000) |
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228 | \& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) |
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229 | .Ve |
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230 | .Sp |
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231 | And here is rxvt\-unicode: |
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232 | .Sp |
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233 | .Vb 5 |
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234 | \& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000) |
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235 | \& libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000) |
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236 | \& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000) |
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237 | \& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000) |
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238 | \& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) |
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239 | .Ve |
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240 | .Sp |
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241 | No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically), |
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242 | except maybe libX11 :) |
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243 | .IP "Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt\-unicode?" 4 |
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244 | .IX Item "Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?" |
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245 | rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with |
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246 | tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing programs, |
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247 | and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into other programs, |
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248 | as witnessed by \fIdoc/rxvt\-tabbed\fR or the upcoming \f(CW\*(C`Gtk2::URxvt\*(C'\fR perl |
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249 | module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt) terminal as an example |
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250 | embedding application. |
| 161 | .IP "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" 4 |
251 | .IP "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" 4 |
| 162 | .IX Item "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" |
252 | .IX Item "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" |
| 163 | The version number is displayed with the usage (\-h). Also the escape |
253 | The version number is displayed with the usage (\-h). Also the escape |
| 164 | sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 8 n\*(C'\fR sets the window title to the version number. |
254 | sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 8 n\*(C'\fR sets the window title to the version number. When |
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255 | using the @@RXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the |
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256 | daemon. |
| 165 | .IP "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 4 |
257 | .IP "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 4 |
| 166 | .IX Item "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." |
258 | .IX Item "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." |
| 167 | The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large |
259 | The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large |
| 168 | patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt\-unicode. Before |
260 | patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt\-unicode. Before |
| 169 | reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and |
261 | reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and |
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| 1582 | l l . |
1674 | l l . |
| 1583 | h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed |
1675 | h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed |
| 1584 | l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed |
1676 | l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed |
| 1585 | .TE |
1677 | .TE |
| 1586 | |
1678 | |
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1679 | .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1021""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4 |
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1680 | .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1021\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4 |
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1681 | .IX Item "Ps = 1021 (rxvt)" |
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1682 | .TS |
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1683 | l l . |
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1684 | h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is) |
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1685 | l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles) |
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1686 | .TE |
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1687 | |
| 1587 | .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1047""\fB\fR" 4 |
1688 | .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1047""\fB\fR" 4 |
| 1588 | .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1047\fB\fR" 4 |
1689 | .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1047\fB\fR" 4 |
| 1589 | .IX Item "Ps = 1047" |
1690 | .IX Item "Ps = 1047" |
| 1590 | .TS |
1691 | .TS |
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1692 | l l . |
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| 1654 | Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). |
1755 | Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). |
| 1655 | Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). |
1756 | Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). |
| 1656 | Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). |
1757 | Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). |
| 1657 | Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). |
1758 | Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). |
| 1658 | Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). |
1759 | Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). |
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1760 | Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl). |
| 1659 | .TE |
1761 | .TE |
| 1660 | |
1762 | |
| 1661 | .PP |
1763 | .PP |
| 1662 | |
1764 | |
| 1663 | .IX Xref "menuBar" |
1765 | .IX Xref "menuBar" |
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| 2432 | keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of |
2534 | keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of |
| 2433 | the screen in a fixed position. |
2535 | the screen in a fixed position. |
| 2434 | .IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank (default: on)" 4 |
2536 | .IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank (default: on)" 4 |
| 2435 | .IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)" |
2537 | .IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)" |
| 2436 | Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. |
2538 | Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. |
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2539 | .IP "\-\-enable\-perl (default: off)" 4 |
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2540 | .IX Item "--enable-perl (default: off)" |
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2541 | Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\f(BIperl\fB\|(3)\fR |
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2542 | manpage (\fIdoc/rxvtperl.txt\fR) for more info on this feature, or the files |
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2543 | in \fIsrc/perl\-ext/\fR for the extensions that are installed by default. |
| 2437 | .IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4 |
2544 | .IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4 |
| 2438 | .IX Item "--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" |
2545 | .IX Item "--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" |
| 2439 | Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting |
2546 | Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting |
| 2440 | in \f(CW\*(C`urxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`urxvtd\*(C'\fR etc.). Specify \f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-name=rxvt\*(C'\fR to replace with |
2547 | in \f(CW\*(C`urxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`urxvtd\*(C'\fR etc.). Specify \f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-name=rxvt\*(C'\fR to replace with |
| 2441 | \&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR. |
2548 | \&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR. |
