--- rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.man.in 2005/06/30 14:00:49 1.21 +++ rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.man.in 2005/07/13 03:08:57 1.23 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man v1.37, Pod::Parser v1.3 +.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man v1.37, Pod::Parser v1.14 .\" .\" Standard preamble: .\" ======================================================================== @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "rxvt 7" -.TH rxvt 7 "2005-06-26" "5.6" "RXVT-UNICODE" +.TH rxvt 7 "2005-07-13" "5.7" "RXVT-UNICODE" .SH "NAME" RXVT REFERENCE \- FAQ, command sequences and other background information .SH "SYNOPSIS" @@ -164,13 +164,14 @@ sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 8 n\*(C'\fR sets the window title to the version number. .IP "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 4 .IX Item "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." -The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode contains large patches that -considerably change the behaviour of rxvt\-unicode. Before reporting a -bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the -genuine version () and try to -reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are -specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the -Debian Bug Tracking System (use \f(CW\*(C`reportbug\*(C'\fR to report the bug). +The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large +patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt\-unicode. Before +reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and +install the genuine version () +and try to reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the +problems are specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be +reported via the Debian Bug Tracking System (use \f(CW\*(C`reportbug\*(C'\fR to report +the bug). .Sp For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a @@ -207,6 +208,11 @@ .Sp If you don't plan to use \fBrxvt\fR (quite common...) you could also replace the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one. +.ie n .IP """tic"" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry." 4 +.el .IP "\f(CWtic\fR outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry." 4 +.IX Item "tic outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry." +Most likely it's the empty definition for \f(CW\*(C`enacs=\*(C'\fR. Just replace it by +\&\f(CW\*(C`enacs=\eE[0@\*(C'\fR and try again. .ie n .IP """bash""'s readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 4 .el .IP "\f(CWbash\fR's readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 4 .IX Item "bash's readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." @@ -492,6 +498,18 @@ .IX Item "I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc." Try the diff in \fIdoc/solaris9.patch\fR as a base. It fixes the worst problems with \f(CW\*(C`wcwidth\*(C'\fR and a compile problem. +.IP "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?" 4 +.IX Item "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?" +rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using +the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no +longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a +single font). I recommend starting the X\-server in \f(CW\*(C`\-multiwindow\*(C'\fR or +\&\f(CW\*(C`\-rootless\*(C'\fR mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the +old libW11 emulation. +.Sp +At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte +encodings (you might try \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=C\-UTF\-8\*(C'\fR), so you are likely limited +to 8\-bit encodings. .IP "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?" 4 .IX Item "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?" .PD 0 @@ -710,16 +728,8 @@ .Ve .IP "How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?" 4 .IX Item "How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?" -Despite it's name, @@RXVT_NAME@@d is not a real daemon, but more like a -server that answers @@RXVT_NAME@@c's requests, so it doesn't background -itself. -.Sp -To ensure @@RXVT_NAME@@d is listening on it's socket, you can use the -following method to wait for the startup message before continuing: -.Sp -.Vb 1 -\& { @@RXVT_NAME@@d & } | read -.Ve +Try \f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@d \-f \-o\*(C'\fR, which tells @@RXVT_NAME@@d to open the +display, create the listening socket and then fork. .IP "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?" 4 .IX Item "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?" Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the