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131.IX Title "rxvt 7" 131.IX Title "rxvt 7"
132.TH rxvt 7 "2005-07-13" "5.7" "RXVT-UNICODE" 132.TH rxvt 7 "2006-02-02" "7.5" "RXVT-UNICODE"
133.SH "NAME" 133.SH "NAME"
134RXVT REFERENCE \- FAQ, command sequences and other background information 134RXVT 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
151.SH "DESCRIPTION" 151.SH "DESCRIPTION"
152.IX Header "DESCRIPTION" 152.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
153This document contains the \s-1FAQ\s0, the \s-1RXVT\s0 \s-1TECHNICAL\s0 \s-1REFERENCE\s0 documenting 153This document contains the \s-1FAQ\s0, the \s-1RXVT\s0 \s-1TECHNICAL\s0 \s-1REFERENCE\s0 documenting
154all escape sequences, and other background information. 154all escape sequences, and other background information.
155.PP 155.PP
156The newest version of this document is 156The newest version of this document is also available on the World Wide Web at
157also available on the World Wide Web at
158<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>. 157<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
159.SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" 158.SH "RXVT\-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
160.IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" 159.IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
160.Sh "Meta, Features & Commandline Issues"
161.IX Subsection "Meta, Features & Commandline Issues"
162\fIMy question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?\fR
163.IX Subsection "My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?"
164.PP
165Before sending me mail, you could go to \s-1IRC:\s0 \f(CW\*(C`irc.freenode.net\*(C'\fR,
166channel \f(CW\*(C`#rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
167interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
168.PP
169\fIDoes it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt\-unicode?\fR
170.IX Subsection "Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?"
171.PP
172Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a
173simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
174give you tabs:
175.PP
176.Vb 1
177\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pe tabbed
178.Ve
179.PP
180.Vb 1
181\& URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed
182.Ve
183.PP
184It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers
185or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be
186embedded into other programs, as witnessed by \fIdoc/rxvt\-tabbed\fR or
187the upcoming \f(CW\*(C`Gtk2::URxvt\*(C'\fR perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt
188(murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application.
189.PP
161.IP "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" 4 190\fIHow do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?\fR
162.IX Item "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" 191.IX Subsection "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?"
192.PP
163The version number is displayed with the usage (\-h). Also the escape 193The version number is displayed with the usage (\-h). Also the escape
164sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 8 n\*(C'\fR sets the window title to the version number. 194sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 8 n\*(C'\fR sets the window title to the version number. When
165.IP "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 4 195using the @@URXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the
166.IX Item "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 196daemon.
167The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large 197.PP
168patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt\-unicode. Before 198\fIRxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?\fR
169reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and 199.IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?"
170install the genuine version (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt\-unicode>) 200.PP
171and try to reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the 201Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
172problems are specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be 202don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
173reported via the Debian Bug Tracking System (use \f(CW\*(C`reportbug\*(C'\fR to report 203you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
174the bug). 204when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
175.Sp 205accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
176For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 206.PP
177probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a 207Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
178bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that 208scrollback buffers: Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR, rxvt-unicode will use
179might encounter the same issue. 2096 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
210kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
211use 10 Megabytes of memory. With \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR it gets worse, as
212rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
213.PP
214\fIHow can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?\fR
215.IX Subsection "How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?"
216.PP
217Try \f(CW\*(C`@@URXVT_NAME@@d \-f \-o\*(C'\fR, which tells @@URXVT_NAME@@d to open the
218display, create the listening socket and then fork.
219.PP
220\fIHow can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically when I run URXVT_NAME@@c?\fR
221.IX Subsection "How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically when I run URXVT_NAME@@c?"
222.PP
223If you want to start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically whenever you run
224@@URXVT_NAME@@c and the daemon isn't running yet, use this script:
225.PP
226.Vb 6
227\& #!/bin/sh
228\& @@URXVT_NAME@@c "$@"
229\& if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
230\& @@URXVT_NAME@@d -q -o -f
231\& @@URXVT_NAME@@c "$@"
232\& fi
233.Ve
234.PP
235This tries to create a new terminal, and if fails with exit status 2,
236meaning it couldn't connect to the daemon, it will start the daemon and
237re-run the command. Subsequent invocations of the script will re-use the
238existing daemon.
239.PP
240\fIHow do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.\fR
241.IX Subsection "How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc."
242.PP
243The original rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable \*(L"\s-1COLORTERM\s0\*(R",
244so you can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, \s-1JED\s0,
245slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide
246whether or not to use color.
247.PP
248\fIHow do I set the correct, full \s-1IP\s0 address for the \s-1DISPLAY\s0 variable?\fR
249.IX Subsection "How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?"
250.PP
251If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with \s-1DISPLAY_IS_IP\s0 and have enabled
252insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
253snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
254wasn't also compiled with \s-1ESCZ_ANSWER\s0 (as assumed in these snippets) then
255the \s-1COLORTERM\s0 variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
256regular xterm.
257.PP
258Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
259snippets:
260.PP
261.Vb 12
262\& # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
263\& [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
264\& if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
265\& stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
266\& echo -n '^[Z'
267\& read term_id
268\& stty icanon echo
269\& if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
270\& echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
271\& read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
272\& fi
273\& fi
274.Ve
275.PP
276\fIHow do I compile the manual pages on my own?\fR
277.IX Subsection "How do I compile the manual pages on my own?"
278.PP
279You need to have a recent version of perl installed as \fI/usr/bin/perl\fR,
280one that comes with \fIpod2man\fR, \fIpod2text\fR and \fIpod2html\fR. Then go to
281the doc subdirectory and enter \f(CW\*(C`make alldoc\*(C'\fR.
282.PP
283\fIIsn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?\fR
284.IX Subsection "Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?"
285.PP
286I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
287bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
288that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
289compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (\s-1RSS\s0) after startup. Even
290with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
291features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
292already in use in this mode.
293.PP
294.Vb 3
295\& text data bss drs rss filename
296\& 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
297\& 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
298.Ve
299.PP
300When you \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (which \fIis\fR unfair, as this involves xft
301and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
302libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.
303.PP
304.Vb 3
305\& text data bss drs rss filename
306\& 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
307\& 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
308.Ve
309.PP
310The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
311encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
312and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
313encodings. The \s-1BSS\s0 size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
314compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
315memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
316few megabytes of \s-1RSS\s0. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of \s-1RSS\s0 even when
317not used.
318.PP
319Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
320a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
321memory.
322.PP
323Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
324still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
325(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
32643180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
327startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
328extremely well *g*.
329.PP
330\fIWhy \*(C+, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?\fR
331.IX Subsection "Why , isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?"
332.PP
333Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
334to write it, and \*(C+ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
335of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
336shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without \*(C+.
337.PP
338My personal stance on this is that \*(C+ is less portable than C, but in
339the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
340are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
341domain sockets, which are all less portable than \*(C+ itself.
342.PP
343Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
344in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
345\&\*(C+ that don't. \*(C+ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
346not necessarily the case with \s-1GCC\s0. Here is what rxvt links against on my
347system with a minimal config:
348.PP
349.Vb 4
350\& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
351\& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
352\& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
353\& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
354.Ve
355.PP
356And here is rxvt\-unicode:
357.PP
358.Vb 5
359\& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
360\& libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
361\& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
362\& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
363\& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
364.Ve
365.PP
366No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
367except maybe libX11 :)
368.Sh "Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues"
369.IX Subsection "Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues"
370\fII can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?\fR
371.IX Subsection "I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?"
372.PP
373First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt\-unicode, so
374you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may
375bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a rite
376of passage: ... and you failed.
377.PP
378Here are four ways to get transparency. \fBDo\fR read the manpage and option
379descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt\-unicode. Really, do it!
380.PP
3811. Use inheritPixmap:
382.PP
383.Vb 2
384\& Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
385\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -ip -tint red -sh 40
386.Ve
387.PP
388That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
389support, or you are unable to read.
390.PP
3912. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo\-transparency. This enables you
392to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
393your picture with gimp or any other tool:
394.PP
395.Vb 2
396\& convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm
397\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background
398.Ve
399.PP
400That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack \s-1XPM\s0 and Perl support, or you
401are unable to read.
402.PP
4033. Use an \s-1ARGB\s0 visual:
404.PP
405.Vb 1
406\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
407.Ve
408.PP
409This requires \s-1XFT\s0 support, and the support of your X\-server. If that
410doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. \s-1ARGB\s0 visuals aren't
411there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the neccessary
412bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that
413doesn't mean that your \s-1WM\s0 has the required kludges in place.
414.PP
4154. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job:
416.PP
417.Vb 2
418\& xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \e
419\& -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000
420.Ve
421.PP
422Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace \f(CW0xc0000000\fR
423by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and
424your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces.
425.PP
426\fIWhy does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?\fR
427.IX Subsection "Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?"
428.PP
429Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
430size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
431contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
432these characters. For characters that are just \*(L"a bit\*(R" too wide a special
433\&\*(L"careful\*(R" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
434.PP
435All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
436however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
437box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
438ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
439cases).
440.PP
441It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
442or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
443the \f(CW\*(C`\-lsp\*(C'\fR option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
444might be forced to use a different font.
445.PP
446All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
447box data is correct.
448.PP
449\fIHow can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?\fR
450.IX Subsection "How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?"
451.PP
452First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
453(\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
454make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
455rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
456.PP
457.Vb 2
458\& URxvt.colorBD: white
459\& URxvt.colorIT: green
460.Ve
461.PP
462\fISome programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?\fR
463.IX Subsection "Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?"
464.PP
465For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
466colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
4678 colours (rxvt\-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
468these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
469.PP
470In the meantime, you can either edit your \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo
471definition to only claim 8 colour support or use \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR, which will
472fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
473.PP
474\fICan I switch the fonts at runtime?\fR
475.IX Subsection "Can I switch the fonts at runtime?"
476.PP
477Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
478effect as using the \f(CW\*(C`\-fn\*(C'\fR switch, and takes effect immediately:
479.PP
480.Vb 1
481\& printf '\ee]50;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
482.Ve
483.PP
484This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
485japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
486japanese fonts would only be in your way.
487.PP
488You can think of this as a kind of manual \s-1ISO\-2022\s0 switching.
489.PP
490\fIWhy do italic characters look as if clipped?\fR
491.IX Subsection "Why do italic characters look as if clipped?"
492.PP
493Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
494example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font \f(CW\*(C`xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
495Mono\*(C'\fR completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
496enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
497.PP
498.Vb 2
499\& URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
500\& URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
501.Ve
502.PP
503\fICan I speed up Xft rendering somehow?\fR
504.IX Subsection "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?"
505.PP
506Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
507it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
508antialiasing (by appending \f(CW\*(C`:antialias=false\*(C'\fR), which saves lots of
509memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
510.PP
511\fIRxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?\fR
512.IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?"
513.PP
514Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
515fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
516fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
517antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
518look best that way.
519.PP
520If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
521.PP
522\fIWhat's with this bold/blink stuff?\fR
523.IX Subsection "What's with this bold/blink stuff?"
524.PP
525If no bold colour is set via \f(CW\*(C`colorBD:\*(C'\fR, bold will invert text using the
526standard foreground colour.
527.PP
528For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
529text blink when compiled with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR. with standard
530colours. Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR, the blink attribute will be
531ignored.
532.PP
533On \s-1ANSI\s0 colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
534foreground/background colors.
535.PP
536color0\-7 are the low-intensity colors.
537.PP
538color8\-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
539.PP
540\fII don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?\fR
541.IX Subsection "I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?"
542.PP
543You can change the screen colors at run-time using \fI~/.Xdefaults\fR
544resources (or as long\-options).
545.PP
546Here are values that are supposed to resemble a \s-1VGA\s0 screen,
547including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
548.PP
549.Vb 8
550\& URxvt.color0: #000000
551\& URxvt.color1: #A80000
552\& URxvt.color2: #00A800
553\& URxvt.color3: #A8A800
554\& URxvt.color4: #0000A8
555\& URxvt.color5: #A800A8
556\& URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
557\& URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
558.Ve
559.PP
560.Vb 8
561\& URxvt.color8: #000054
562\& URxvt.color9: #FF0054
563\& URxvt.color10: #00FF54
564\& URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
565\& URxvt.color12: #0000FF
566\& URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
567\& URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
568\& URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
569.Ve
570.PP
571And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors.
572.PP
573.Vb 18
574\& URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
575\& URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
576\& URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
577\& URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
578\& URxvt.color0: #000000
579\& URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
580\& URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
581\& URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
582\& URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
583\& URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
584\& URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
585\& URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
586\& URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
587\& URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
588\& URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
589\& URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
590\& URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
591\& URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
592.Ve
593.PP
594They have been described (not by me) as \*(L"pretty girly\*(R".
595.PP
596\fIWhy do some characters look so much different than others?\fR
597.IX Subsection "Why do some characters look so much different than others?"
598.PP
599See next entry.
600.PP
601\fIHow does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\fR
602.IX Subsection "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?"
603.PP
604Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
605fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
606your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
607to display.
608.PP
609\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
610font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
611bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
612resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
613intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
614the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
615.PP
616In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
617e.g.:
618.PP
619.Vb 1
620\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
621.Ve
622.PP
623When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
624font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
625next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
626search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X\-server.
627.PP
628The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
629font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
630must be the same due to the way terminals work.
631.PP
632\fIWhy do some chinese characters look so different than others?\fR
633.IX Subsection "Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?"
634.PP
635This is because there is a difference between script and language \*(--
636rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
637as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
638sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
639display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
640chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
641non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
642\&\*(-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
643chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
644.PP
645The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
646list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
647a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
648first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
649.PP
650In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
651runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
652fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
653has been designed yet).
654.PP
655Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see \*(L"Can I switch the fonts at runtime?\*(R" later in this document).
656.Sh "Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction"
657.IX Subsection "Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction"
658\fIThe new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?\fR
659.IX Subsection "The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?"
660.PP
661If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
662setting:
663.PP
664.Vb 1
665\& URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
666.Ve
667.PP
668If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
669more and more.
670.PP
671To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:
672.PP
673.Vb 1
674\& URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\e\e\e\e]^`{|})]+)
675.Ve
676.PP
677Please also note that the \fILeftClick Shift-LeftClik\fR combination also
678selects words like the old code.
679.PP
680\fII don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?\fR
681.IX Subsection "I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?"
682.PP
683You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
684\&\fBperl-ext-common\fR resource to the empty string, which also keeps
685rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
686.PP
687If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
688identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
689\&\fB\s-1PREPACKAGED\s0 \s-1EXTENSIONS\s0\fR in the @@URXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage. For
690example, to disable the \fBselection-popup\fR and \fBoption-popup\fR, specify
691this \fBperl-ext-common\fR resource:
692.PP
693.Vb 1
694\& URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
695.Ve
696.PP
697This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
698extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
699scrollback search mode is triggered by \fBM\-s\fR. You can move it to any
700other combination either by setting the \fBsearchable-scrollback\fR resource:
701.PP
702.Vb 1
703\& URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
704.Ve
705.PP
706\fIThe cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?\fR
707.IX Subsection "The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?"
708.PP
709See next entry.
710.PP
711\fIDuring rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?\fR
712.IX Subsection "During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?"
713.PP
714These are caused by the \f(CW\*(C`readline\*(C'\fR perl extension. Under normal
715circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the
716line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment,
717but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some
718cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly.
719.PP
720You can permamently switch this feature off by disabling the \f(CW\*(C`readline\*(C'\fR
721extension:
722.PP
723.Vb 1
724\& URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline
725.Ve
726.PP
727\fIMy numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?\fR
728.IX Subsection "My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?"
729.PP
730Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
731specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
732by the wrong \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR setting, although the details of wether and how
733this can happen are unknown, as \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR should offer a compatible
734keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
735helped.
736.PP
737\fIMy Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.\fR
738.IX Subsection "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working."
739.PP
740The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
741correctly, or you specified a \fBpreeditStyle\fR that is not supported by
742your input method. For example, if you specified \fBOverTheSpot\fR and
743your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
744does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
745rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
746.PP
747In this case either do not specify a \fBpreeditStyle\fR or specify more than
748one pre-edit style, such as \fBOverTheSpot,Root,None\fR.
749.PP
750\fII cannot type \f(CI\*(C`Ctrl\-Shift\-2\*(C'\fI to get an \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0 character due to \s-1ISO\s0 14755\fR
751.IX Subsection "I cannot type Ctrl-Shift-2 to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755"
752.PP
753Either try \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-2\*(C'\fR alone (it often is mapped to \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0 even on
754international keyboards) or simply use \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support to your
755advantage, typing <Ctrl\-Shift\-0> to get a \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0. This works for other
756codes, too, such as \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-Shift\-1\-d\*(C'\fR to type the default telnet escape
757character and so on.
758.PP
759\fIMouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.\fR
760.IX Subsection "Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works."
761.PP
762Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
763some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
764heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
765quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
766depressed.
767.PP
768\fIWhat's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?\fR
769.IX Subsection "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?"
770.PP
771Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
772BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
773question) there are two standard values that can be used for
774Backspace: \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR.
775.PP
776Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
777policy of using \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
778choice :).
779.PP
780Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
781of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
782started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
783system value of `erase', which corresponds to \s-1CERASE\s0 in <termios.h>, will
784be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
785.PP
786For starting a new rxvt\-unicode:
787.PP
788.Vb 3
789\& # use Backspace = ^H
790\& $ stty erase ^H
791\& $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
792.Ve
793.PP
794.Vb 3
795\& # use Backspace = ^?
796\& $ stty erase ^?
797\& $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
798.Ve
799.PP
800Toggle with \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 h\*(C'\fR / \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 l\*(C'\fR.
801.PP
802For an existing rxvt\-unicode:
803.PP
804.Vb 3
805\& # use Backspace = ^H
806\& $ stty erase ^H
807\& $ echo -n "^[[36h"
808.Ve
809.PP
810.Vb 3
811\& # use Backspace = ^?
812\& $ stty erase ^?
813\& $ echo -n "^[[36l"
814.Ve
815.PP
816This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
817if you use Backspace = \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
818properly reflects that.
819.PP
820The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
821To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
822key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
823(\f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 3 ~\*(C'\fR) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
824.PP
825Some other Backspace problems:
826.PP
827some editors use termcap/terminfo,
828some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
829\&\s-1GNU\s0 Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
830.PP
831Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
832.PP
833\fII don't like the key\-bindings. How do I change them?\fR
834.IX Subsection "I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?"
835.PP
836There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
837you have run \*(L"configure\*(R" with the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-resources\*(C'\fR option you can
838use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
839.PP
840Here's an example for a URxvt session started using \f(CW\*(C`@@URXVT_NAME@@ \-name URxvt\*(C'\fR
841.PP
842.Vb 20
843\& URxvt.keysym.Home: \e033[1~
844\& URxvt.keysym.End: \e033[4~
845\& URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \e033<C-'>
846\& URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \e033<C-/>
847\& URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \e033<C-;>
848\& URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \e033<C-`>
849\& URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \e033<C-,>
850\& URxvt.keysym.C-period: \e033<C-.>
851\& URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \e033<C-`>
852\& URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \e033<C-Tab>
853\& URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \e033<C-Return>
854\& URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \e033<S-Return>
855\& URxvt.keysym.S-space: \e033<S-Space>
856\& URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \e033<M-Up>
857\& URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \e033<M-Down>
858\& URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \e033<M-Left>
859\& URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \e033<M-Right>
860\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \e033<M-C- 0123456789 >
861\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \e033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
862\& URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
863.Ve
864.PP
865See some more examples in the documentation for the \fBkeysym\fR resource.
866.PP
867\fII'm using keyboard model \s-1XXX\s0 that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the following map\fR
868.IX Subsection "I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the following map"
869.PP
870.Vb 6
871\& KP_Insert == Insert
872\& F22 == Print
873\& F27 == Home
874\& F29 == Prior
875\& F33 == End
876\& F35 == Next
877.Ve
878.PP
879Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
880keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
881required for your particular machine.
882.Sh "Terminal Configuration"
883.IX Subsection "Terminal Configuration"
884\fIWhy doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?\fR
885.IX Subsection "Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?"
886.PP
887Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
888applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your \s-1OS\s0 loads
889resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
890ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
891\&\fI$HOME/.Xdefaults\fR when no resources are attached to the display.
892.PP
893If you have or use an \fI$HOME/.Xresources\fR file, chances are that
894resources are loaded into your X\-server. In this case, you have to
895re-login after every change (or run \fIxrdb \-merge \f(CI$HOME\fI/.Xresources\fR).
896.PP
897Also consider the form resources have to use:
898.PP
899.Vb 1
900\& URxvt.resource: value
901.Ve
902.PP
903If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
904specifying resources), make sure you understand wether and why it
905works. If unsure, use the form above.
906.PP
180.IP "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 4 907\fIWhen I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?\fR
181.IX Item "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 908.IX Subsection "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?"
909.PP
182The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available 910The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
183as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). 911as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
184.Sp 912.PP
185The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can 913The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
186be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp): 914be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):
187.Sp 915.PP
188.Vb 2 916.Vb 2
189\& REMOTE=remotesystem.domain 917\& REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
190\& infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti" 918\& infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
191.Ve 919.Ve
192.Sp 920.PP
193\&... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system, 921\&... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
194.Sp 922.PP
195If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set 923If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
196\&\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR or even \f(CW\*(C`TERM=xterm\*(C'\fR, and live with the small number of 924\&\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR or even \f(CW\*(C`TERM=xterm\*(C'\fR, and live with the small number of
197problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different 925problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
198colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice 926colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
199quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though. 927quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
200.Sp 928.PP
201If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you 929If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
202can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired \s-1TERM\s0 value or use a 930can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired \s-1TERM\s0 value or use a
203resource to set it: 931resource to set it:
204.Sp 932.PP
205.Vb 1 933.Vb 1
206\& URxvt.termName: rxvt 934\& URxvt.termName: rxvt
207.Ve 935.Ve
208.Sp 936.PP
209If you don't plan to use \fBrxvt\fR (quite common...) you could also replace 937If you don't plan to use \fBrxvt\fR (quite common...) you could also replace
210the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one. 938the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR.
211.ie n .IP """tic"" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry." 4 939.PP
212.el .IP "\f(CWtic\fR outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry." 4 940\fI\f(CI\*(C`tic\*(C'\fI outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.\fR
213.IX Item "tic outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry." 941.IX Subsection "tic outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry."
942.PP
214Most likely it's the empty definition for \f(CW\*(C`enacs=\*(C'\fR. Just replace it by 943Most likely it's the empty definition for \f(CW\*(C`enacs=\*(C'\fR. Just replace it by
215\&\f(CW\*(C`enacs=\eE[0@\*(C'\fR and try again. 944\&\f(CW\*(C`enacs=\eE[0@\*(C'\fR and try again.
216.ie n .IP """bash""'s readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 4 945.PP
217.el .IP "\f(CWbash\fR's readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 4 946\fI\f(CI\*(C`bash\*(C'\fI's readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@.\fR
218.IX Item "bash's readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 947.IX Subsection "bash's readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@."
219.PD 0 948.PP
949See next entry.
950.PP
220.IP "I need a termcap file entry." 4 951\fII need a termcap file entry.\fR
221.IX Item "I need a termcap file entry." 952.IX Subsection "I need a termcap file entry."
222.PD 953.PP
223One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating 954One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
224systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap 955systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
225library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry 956library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
226for \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR. 957for \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR.
227.Sp 958.PP
228You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases. 959You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
229You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program 960You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
230like this: 961like this:
231.Sp 962.PP
232.Vb 1 963.Vb 1
233\& infocmp -C rxvt-unicode 964\& infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
234.Ve 965.Ve
235.Sp 966.PP
236Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above: 967Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
237.Sp 968.PP
238.Vb 20 969.Vb 20
239\& rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\e 970\& rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\e
240\& :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\e 971\& :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\e
241\& :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\e 972\& :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\e
242\& :AL=\eE[%dL:DC=\eE[%dP:DL=\eE[%dM:DO=\eE[%dB:IC=\eE[%d@:\e 973\& :AL=\eE[%dL:DC=\eE[%dP:DL=\eE[%dM:DO=\eE[%dB:IC=\eE[%d@:\e
255\& :sc=\eE7:se=\eE[27m:sf=^J:so=\eE[7m:sr=\eEM:st=\eEH:ta=^I:\e 986\& :sc=\eE7:se=\eE[27m:sf=^J:so=\eE[7m:sr=\eEM:st=\eEH:ta=^I:\e
256\& :te=\eE[r\eE[?1049l:ti=\eE[?1049h:ue=\eE[24m:up=\eE[A:\e 987\& :te=\eE[r\eE[?1049l:ti=\eE[?1049h:ue=\eE[24m:up=\eE[A:\e
257\& :us=\eE[4m:vb=\eE[?5h\eE[?5l:ve=\eE[?25h:vi=\eE[?25l:\e 988\& :us=\eE[4m:vb=\eE[?5h\eE[?5l:ve=\eE[?25h:vi=\eE[?25l:\e
258\& :vs=\eE[?25h: 989\& :vs=\eE[?25h:
259.Ve 990.Ve
260.ie n .IP "Why does ""ls"" no longer have coloured output?" 4 991.PP
261.el .IP "Why does \f(CWls\fR no longer have coloured output?" 4 992\fIWhy does \f(CI\*(C`ls\*(C'\fI no longer have coloured output?\fR
262.IX Item "Why does ls no longer have coloured output?" 993.IX Subsection "Why does ls no longer have coloured output?"
994.PP
263The \f(CW\*(C`ls\*(C'\fR in the \s-1GNU\s0 coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to 995The \f(CW\*(C`ls\*(C'\fR in the \s-1GNU\s0 coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
264decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration 996decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
265file. Needless to say, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR is not in it's default file (among 997file. Needless to say, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR is not in it's default file (among
266with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add: 998with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
267.Sp 999.PP
268.Vb 1 1000.Vb 1
269\& TERM rxvt-unicode 1001\& TERM rxvt-unicode
270.Ve 1002.Ve
271.Sp 1003.PP
272to \f(CW\*(C`/etc/DIR_COLORS\*(C'\fR or simply add: 1004to \f(CW\*(C`/etc/DIR_COLORS\*(C'\fR or simply add:
273.Sp 1005.PP
274.Vb 1 1006.Vb 1
275\& alias ls='ls --color=auto' 1007\& alias ls='ls --color=auto'
276.Ve 1008.Ve
277.Sp 1009.PP
278to your \f(CW\*(C`.profile\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`.bashrc\*(C'\fR. 1010to your \f(CW\*(C`.profile\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`.bashrc\*(C'\fR.
1011.PP
279.IP "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?" 4 1012\fIWhy doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?\fR
280.IX Item "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?" 1013.IX Subsection "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?"
281.PD 0 1014.PP
1015See next entry.
1016.PP
282.IP "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?" 4 1017\fIWhy doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?\fR
283.IX Item "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?" 1018.IX Subsection "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?"
1019.PP
1020See next entry.
1021.PP
284.IP "Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?" 4 1022\fIWhy are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?\fR
285.IX Item "Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?" 1023.IX Subsection "Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?"
286.PD 1024.PP
287Make sure you are using \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR. Some pre-packaged 1025Make sure you are using \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR. Some pre-packaged
288distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode 1026distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
289by setting \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, which doesn't have these extra 1027by setting \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, which doesn't have these extra
290features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian 1028features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
291GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo 1029GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo
292file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question \fBWhen 1030file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question \fBWhen
293I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?\fR on 1031I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?\fR on
294how to do this). 1032how to do this).
295.IP "My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?" 4 1033.Sh "Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues"
296.IX Item "My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?" 1034.IX Subsection "Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues"
297Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
298specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
299by the wrong \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR setting, although the details of wether and how
300this can happen are unknown, as \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR should offer a compatible
301keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
302helped.
303.IP "Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?" 4 1035\fIRxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?\fR
304.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?" 1036.IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?"
305.PD 0 1037.PP
1038See next entry.
1039.PP
306.IP "Unicode does not seem to work?" 4 1040\fIUnicode does not seem to work?\fR
307.IX Item "Unicode does not seem to work?" 1041.IX Subsection "Unicode does not seem to work?"
308.PD 1042.PP
309If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but 1043If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
310getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is 1044getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
311subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings. 1045subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
312.Sp 1046.PP
313Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR setting as the 1047Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR setting as the
314programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the \f(CW\*(C`C\*(C'\fR locale, while the 1048programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the \f(CW\*(C`C\*(C'\fR locale, while the
315login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to 1049login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
316something else, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`en_GB.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR. Needless to say, this is not going to work. 1050something else, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`en_GB.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
317.Sp 1051.PP
318The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run 1052The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
319into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile. 1053into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
320.Sp 1054.PP
321.Vb 1 1055.Vb 1
322\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' "$LC_CTYPE" 1056\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' "$LC_CTYPE"
323.Ve 1057.Ve
324.Sp 1058.PP
325If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR specification not 1059If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR specification not
326supported on your systems. Some systems have a \f(CW\*(C`locale\*(C'\fR command which 1060supported on your systems. Some systems have a \f(CW\*(C`locale\*(C'\fR command which
327displays this (also, \f(CW\*(C`perl \-e0\*(C'\fR can be used to check locale settings, as 1061displays this (also, \f(CW\*(C`perl \-e0\*(C'\fR can be used to check locale settings, as
328it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something 1062it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
329like: 1063like:
330.Sp 1064.PP
331.Vb 1 1065.Vb 1
332\& locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ... 1066\& locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
333.Ve 1067.Ve
334.Sp 1068.PP
335Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system. 1069Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
336.Sp 1070.PP
337If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then 1071If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
338you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't 1072you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
339support locales :( 1073support locales :(
340.IP "Why do some characters look so much different than others?" 4 1074.PP
341.IX Item "Why do some characters look so much different than others?" 1075\fIHow does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?\fR
1076.IX Subsection "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?"
1077.PP
1078See next entry.
1079.PP
1080\fIIs there an option to switch encodings?\fR
1081.IX Subsection "Is there an option to switch encodings?"
1082.PP
1083Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
1084specific \*(L"utf\-8\*(R" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
1085\&\s-1UTF\-8\s0 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
1086.PP
1087The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
1088the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
1089applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
1090and code number. This mechanism is the \fIlocale\fR. Applications not using
1091that info will have problems (for example, \f(CW\*(C`xterm\*(C'\fR gets the width of
1092characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
1093locales).
1094.PP
1095Rxvt-unicode uses the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR locale category to select encoding. All
1096programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1097interpretation of characters.
1098.PP
1099Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1100is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
1101.PP
1102On most systems, the content of the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR environment variable
1103contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1104locale. Common names for locales are \f(CW\*(C`en_US.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.ISO\-8859\-15\*(C'\fR,
1105\&\f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR, i.e. \f(CW\*(C`language_country.encoding\*(C'\fR, but other forms
1106(i.e. \f(CW\*(C`de\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`german\*(C'\fR) are also common.
1107.PP
1108Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1109the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1110i.e. \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR are the normally same to
1111rxvt\-unicode.
1112.PP
1113If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1114rxvt-unicode with the correct \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR category.
1115.PP
1116\fICan I switch locales at runtime?\fR
1117.IX Subsection "Can I switch locales at runtime?"
1118.PP
1119Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
1120rxvt\-unicode's idea of \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR.
1121.PP
1122.Vb 1
1123\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
1124.Ve
1125.PP
1126See also the previous answer.
1127.PP
1128Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
1129one locale (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR) but some programs don't support it
1130(e.g. \s-1UTF\-8\s0). For example, I use this script to start \f(CW\*(C`xjdic\*(C'\fR, which
1131first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
1132.PP
1133.Vb 3
1134\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
1135\& xjdic -js
1136\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' de_DE.UTF-8
1137.Ve
1138.PP
1139You can also use xterm's \f(CW\*(C`luit\*(C'\fR program, which usually works fine, except
1140for some locales where character width differs between program\- and
1141rxvt\-unicode\-locales.
1142.PP
1143\fII have problems getting my input method working.\fR
1144.IX Subsection "I have problems getting my input method working."
1145.PP
1146Try a search engine, as this is slightly different for every input method server.
1147.PP
1148Here is a checklist:
1149.IP "\- Make sure your locale \fIand\fR the imLocale are supported on your \s-1OS\s0." 4
1150.IX Item "- Make sure your locale and the imLocale are supported on your OS."
1151Try \f(CW\*(C`locale \-a\*(C'\fR or check the documentation for your \s-1OS\s0.
1152.IP "\- Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your \s-1XIM\s0." 4
1153.IX Item "- Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your XIM."
1154For example, \fBkinput2\fR does not support \s-1UTF\-8\s0 locales, you should use
1155\&\f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR or equivalent.
1156.IP "\- Make sure your \s-1XIM\s0 server is actually running." 4
1157.IX Item "- Make sure your XIM server is actually running."
342.PD 0 1158.PD 0
343.IP "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" 4 1159.ie n .IP "\- Make sure the ""XMODIFIERS""\fR environment variable is set correctly when \fIstarting rxvt\-unicode." 4
344.IX Item "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" 1160.el .IP "\- Make sure the \f(CWXMODIFIERS\fR environment variable is set correctly when \fIstarting\fR rxvt\-unicode." 4
1161.IX Item "- Make sure the XMODIFIERS environment variable is set correctly when starting rxvt-unicode."
345.PD 1162.PD
346Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is 1163When you want to use e.g. \fBkinput2\fR, it must be set to
347fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of 1164\&\f(CW\*(C`@im=kinput2\*(C'\fR. For \fBscim\fR, use \f(CW\*(C`@im=SCIM\*(C'\fR. Youc an see what input
348your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want 1165method servers are running with this command:
349to display.
350.Sp
351\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
352font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
353bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
354resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
355intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
356the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
357.Sp
358In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
359e.g.:
360.Sp 1166.Sp
361.Vb 1 1167.Vb 1
362\& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3... 1168\& xprop -root XIM_SERVERS
363.Ve 1169.Ve
364.Sp 1170.IP "*" 4
365When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base 1171.PP
366font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the 1172\fIMy input method wants <some encoding> but I want \s-1UTF\-8\s0, what can I do?\fR
367next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this 1173.IX Subsection "My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?"
368search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X\-server. 1174.PP
369.Sp 1175You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
370The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base 1176terminal, using the resource \f(CW\*(C`imlocale\*(C'\fR:
371font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which 1177.PP
372must be the same due to the way terminals work. 1178.Vb 1
373.IP "Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?" 4 1179\& URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
374.IX Item "Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?" 1180.Ve
375This is because there is a difference between script and language \*(-- 1181.PP
376rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is, 1182Now you can start your terminal with \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR and still
377as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first 1183use your input method. Please note, however, that, depending on your Xlib
378sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for 1184version, you may not be able to input characters outside \f(CW\*(C`EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR in a
379display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many 1185normal way then, as your input method limits you.
380chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first 1186.PP
381non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font 1187\fIRxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.\fR
382\&\*(-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for 1188.IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits."
383chinese characters that are also in the japanese font. 1189.PP
384.Sp 1190Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the \s-1XIM\s0 protocol is racy by
385The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font 1191design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
386list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as 1192leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
387a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font 1193exit time. \fBkinput2\fR (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
388first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first. 1194while \fB\s-1SCIM\s0\fR (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
389.Sp 1195crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
390In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at 1196.PP
391runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different 1197So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
392fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this 1198.Sh "Operating Systems / Package Maintaining"
393has been designed yet). 1199.IX Subsection "Operating Systems / Package Maintaining"
394.Sp 1200\fII am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...\fR
395Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see \*(L"Can I switch the fonts at runtime?\*(R" later in this document). 1201.IX Subsection "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..."
396.IP "Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?" 4 1202.PP
397.IX Item "Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?" 1203The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
398Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character 1204patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
399size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might 1205unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
400contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid 1206the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
401these characters. For characters that are just \*(L"a bit\*(R" too wide a special 1207version (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt\-unicode>) and try to reproduce
402\&\*(L"careful\*(R" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters. 1208the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
403.Sp 1209Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
404All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes, 1210Tracking System (use \f(CW\*(C`reportbug\*(C'\fR to report the bug).
405however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding 1211.PP
406box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to 1212For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
407ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these 1213probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a
408cases). 1214bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
409.Sp 1215might encounter the same issue.
410It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype, 1216.PP
411or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using 1217\fII am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS \s-1XXX\s0, any recommendation?\fR
412the \f(CW\*(C`\-lsp\*(C'\fR option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you 1218.IX Subsection "I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?"
413might be forced to use a different font. 1219.PP
414.Sp 1220You should build one binary with the default options. \fIconfigure\fR
415All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding 1221now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
416box data is correct. 1222runtime\-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,
1223except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
1224be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
1225the future) depends on it.
1226.PP
1227You should not overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR snd \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\*(C'\fR resources
1228system-wide (except maybe with \f(CW\*(C`defaults\*(C'\fR). This will result in useful
1229behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
1230\&\f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
1231perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
1232.PP
1233If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
1234one with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR (very useful) and a maximal one with
1235\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
1236encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
1237.PP
1238\fII need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my \s-1OS\s0, is this safe?\fR
1239.IX Subsection "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?"
1240.PP
1241It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
1242install urxvt with privileges necessary for your \s-1OS\s0 now.
1243.PP
1244When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
1245into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
1246systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
1247immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
1248privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
1249things as perl interpreters, which might be \*(L"helpful\*(R" to attackers).
1250.PP
1251This forking is done as the very first within \fImain()\fR, which is very early
1252and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before \fImain()\fR, or
1253things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
1254little risk.
1255.PP
417.IP "On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide." 4 1256\fIOn Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.\fR
418.IX Item "On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide." 1257.IX Subsection "On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide."
1258.PP
419Seems to be a known bug, read 1259Seems to be a known bug, read
420<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the 1260<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
421following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working: 1261following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
422.Sp 1262.PP
423.Vb 1 1263.Vb 1
424\& #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x) 1264\& #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
425.Ve 1265.Ve
426.IP "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working." 4 1266.PP
427.IX Item "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working."
428The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
429correctly, or you specified a \fBpreeditStyle\fR that is not supported by
430your input method. For example, if you specified \fBOverTheSpot\fR and
431your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
432does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
433rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
434.Sp
435In this case either do not specify a \fBpreeditStyle\fR or specify more than
436one pre-edit style, such as \fBOverTheSpot,Root,None\fR.
437.ie n .IP "I cannot type ""Ctrl\-Shift\-2"" to get an \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0 character due to \s-1ISO\s0 14755" 4
438.el .IP "I cannot type \f(CWCtrl\-Shift\-2\fR to get an \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0 character due to \s-1ISO\s0 14755" 4
439.IX Item "I cannot type Ctrl-Shift-2 to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755"
440Either try \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-2\*(C'\fR alone (it often is mapped to \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0 even on
441international keyboards) or simply use \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support to your
442advantage, typing <Ctrl\-Shift\-0> to get a \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0. This works for other
443codes, too, such as \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-Shift\-1\-d\*(C'\fR to type the default telnet escape
444character and so on.
445.IP "How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?" 4
446.IX Item "How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?"
447First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
448(\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
449make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
450rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
451.Sp
452.Vb 2
453\& URxvt.colorBD: white
454\& URxvt.colorIT: green
455.Ve
456.IP "Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?" 4
457.IX Item "Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?"
458For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
459colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
4608 colours (rxvt\-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
461these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
462.Sp
463In the meantime, you can either edit your \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo
464definition to only claim 8 colour support or use \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR, which will
465fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
466.IP "I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all." 4 1267\fII am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.\fR
467.IX Item "I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all." 1268.IX Subsection "I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all."
1269.PP
468Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR to be defined 1270Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR to be defined
469in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it, 1271in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
470wether it defines the symbol or not. \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR requires that 1272wether it defines the symbol or not. \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR requires that
471\&\fBwchar_t\fR is represented as unicode. 1273\&\fBwchar_t\fR is represented as unicode.
472.Sp 1274.PP
473As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor 1275As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
474does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of 1276does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
475\&\fBwchar_t\fR. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards. 1277\&\fBwchar_t\fR. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
476.Sp 1278.PP
477However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in \f(CW\*(C`POSIX\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`ISO\-8859\-1\*(C'\fR and 1279However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in \f(CW\*(C`POSIX\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`ISO\-8859\-1\*(C'\fR and
478\&\f(CW\*(C`UTF\-8\*(C'\fR locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as \fBwchar_t\fR. 1280\&\f(CW\*(C`UTF\-8\*(C'\fR locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as \fBwchar_t\fR.
479.Sp 1281.PP
480\&\f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR is the only sane way to support multi-language 1282\&\f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR is the only sane way to support multi-language
481apps in an \s-1OS\s0, as using a locale-dependent (and non\-standardized) 1283apps in an \s-1OS\s0, as using a locale-dependent (and non\-standardized)
482representation of \fBwchar_t\fR makes it impossible to convert between 1284representation of \fBwchar_t\fR makes it impossible to convert between
483\&\fBwchar_t\fR (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding 1285\&\fBwchar_t\fR (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
484without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There 1286without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
485simply are no APIs to convert \fBwchar_t\fR into anything except the current 1287simply are no APIs to convert \fBwchar_t\fR into anything except the current
486locale encoding. 1288locale encoding.
487.Sp 1289.PP
488Some applications (such as the formidable \fBmlterm\fR) work around this 1290Some applications (such as the formidable \fBmlterm\fR) work around this
489by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling 1291by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
490with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple 1292with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
491conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the \s-1OS\s0 implements 1293conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the \s-1OS\s0 implements
492encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator). 1294encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
493.Sp 1295.PP
494The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the 1296The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
495system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry 1297system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
496complete replacements for them :) 1298complete replacements for them :)
1299.PP
497.IP "I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc." 4 1300\fII use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.\fR
498.IX Item "I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc." 1301.IX Subsection "I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc."
1302.PP
499Try the diff in \fIdoc/solaris9.patch\fR as a base. It fixes the worst 1303Try the diff in \fIdoc/solaris9.patch\fR as a base. It fixes the worst
500problems with \f(CW\*(C`wcwidth\*(C'\fR and a compile problem. 1304problems with \f(CW\*(C`wcwidth\*(C'\fR and a compile problem.
1305.PP
501.IP "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?" 4 1306\fIHow can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?\fR
502.IX Item "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?" 1307.IX Subsection "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?"
1308.PP
503rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using 1309rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
504the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no 1310the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
505longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a 1311longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
506single font). I recommend starting the X\-server in \f(CW\*(C`\-multiwindow\*(C'\fR or 1312single font). I recommend starting the X\-server in \f(CW\*(C`\-multiwindow\*(C'\fR or
507\&\f(CW\*(C`\-rootless\*(C'\fR mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the 1313\&\f(CW\*(C`\-rootless\*(C'\fR mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the
508old libW11 emulation. 1314old libW11 emulation.
509.Sp 1315.PP
510At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte 1316At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
511encodings (you might try \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=C\-UTF\-8\*(C'\fR), so you are likely limited 1317encodings (you might try \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=C\-UTF\-8\*(C'\fR), so you are likely limited
512to 8\-bit encodings. 1318to 8\-bit encodings.
513.IP "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?" 4
514.IX Item "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?"
515.PD 0
516.IP "Is there an option to switch encodings?" 4
517.IX Item "Is there an option to switch encodings?"
518.PD
519Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
520specific \*(L"utf\-8\*(R" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
521\&\s-1UTF\-8\s0 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
522.Sp
523The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
524the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
525applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
526and code number. This mechanism is the \fIlocale\fR. Applications not using
527that info will have problems (for example, \f(CW\*(C`xterm\*(C'\fR gets the width of
528characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
529locales).
530.Sp
531Rxvt-unicode uses the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR locale category to select encoding. All
532programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
533interpretation of characters.
534.Sp
535Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
536is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
537.Sp
538On most systems, the content of the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR environment variable
539contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
540locale. Common names for locales are \f(CW\*(C`en_US.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.ISO\-8859\-15\*(C'\fR,
541\&\f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR, i.e. \f(CW\*(C`language_country.encoding\*(C'\fR, but other forms
542(i.e. \f(CW\*(C`de\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`german\*(C'\fR) are also common.
543.Sp
544Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
545the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
546i.e. \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR are the normally same to
547rxvt\-unicode.
548.Sp
549If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
550rxvt-unicode with the correct \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR category.
551.IP "Can I switch locales at runtime?" 4
552.IX Item "Can I switch locales at runtime?"
553Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
554rxvt\-unicode's idea of \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR.
555.Sp
556.Vb 1
557\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
558.Ve
559.Sp
560See also the previous answer.
561.Sp
562Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
563one locale (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR) but some programs don't support it
564(e.g. \s-1UTF\-8\s0). For example, I use this script to start \f(CW\*(C`xjdic\*(C'\fR, which
565first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
566.Sp
567.Vb 3
568\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
569\& xjdic -js
570\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' de_DE.UTF-8
571.Ve
572.Sp
573You can also use xterm's \f(CW\*(C`luit\*(C'\fR program, which usually works fine, except
574for some locales where character width differs between program\- and
575rxvt\-unicode\-locales.
576.IP "Can I switch the fonts at runtime?" 4
577.IX Item "Can I switch the fonts at runtime?"
578Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
579effect as using the \f(CW\*(C`\-fn\*(C'\fR switch, and takes effect immediately:
580.Sp
581.Vb 1
582\& printf '\ee]50;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
583.Ve
584.Sp
585This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
586japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
587japanese fonts would only be in your way.
588.Sp
589You can think of this as a kind of manual \s-1ISO\-2022\s0 switching.
590.IP "Why do italic characters look as if clipped?" 4
591.IX Item "Why do italic characters look as if clipped?"
592Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
593example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font \f(CW\*(C`xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
594Mono\*(C'\fR completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
595enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
596.Sp
597.Vb 2
598\& URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
599\& URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
600.Ve
601.IP "My input method wants <some encoding> but I want \s-1UTF\-8\s0, what can I do?" 4
602.IX Item "My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?"
603You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
604terminal, using the resource \f(CW\*(C`imlocale\*(C'\fR:
605.Sp
606.Vb 1
607\& URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
608.Ve
609.Sp
610Now you can start your terminal with \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR and still
611use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
612input characters outside \f(CW\*(C`EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR in a normal way then, as your input
613method limits you.
614.IP "Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits." 4
615.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits."
616Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the \s-1XIM\s0 protocol is racy by
617design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
618leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
619exit time. \fBkinput2\fR (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
620while \fB\s-1SCIM\s0\fR (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
621crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
622.Sp
623So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
624.IP "Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?" 4
625.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?"
626Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
627don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
628you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
629when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
630accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
631.Sp
632Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
633scrollback buffers: Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR, rxvt-unicode will use
6346 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
635kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
636use 10 Megabytes of memory. With \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR it gets worse, as
637rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
638.IP "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?" 4
639.IX Item "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?"
640Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
641it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
642antialiasing (by appending \f(CW\*(C`:antialiasing=false\*(C'\fR), which saves lots of
643memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
644.IP "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?" 4
645.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?"
646Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
647fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
648fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
649antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
650look best that way.
651.Sp
652If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
653.IP "Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works." 4
654.IX Item "Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works."
655Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
656some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
657heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
658quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
659depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
660.IP "What's with this bold/blink stuff?" 4
661.IX Item "What's with this bold/blink stuff?"
662If no bold colour is set via \f(CW\*(C`colorBD:\*(C'\fR, bold will invert text using the
663standard foreground colour.
664.Sp
665For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
666text blink when compiled with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR. with standard
667colours. Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR, the blink attribute will be
668ignored.
669.Sp
670On \s-1ANSI\s0 colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
671foreground/background colors.
672.Sp
673color0\-7 are the low-intensity colors.
674.Sp
675color8\-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
676.IP "I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?" 4
677.IX Item "I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?"
678You can change the screen colors at run-time using \fI~/.Xdefaults\fR
679resources (or as long\-options).
680.Sp
681Here are values that are supposed to resemble a \s-1VGA\s0 screen,
682including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
683.Sp
684.Vb 8
685\& URxvt.color0: #000000
686\& URxvt.color1: #A80000
687\& URxvt.color2: #00A800
688\& URxvt.color3: #A8A800
689\& URxvt.color4: #0000A8
690\& URxvt.color5: #A800A8
691\& URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
692\& URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
693.Ve
694.Sp
695.Vb 8
696\& URxvt.color8: #000054
697\& URxvt.color9: #FF0054
698\& URxvt.color10: #00FF54
699\& URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
700\& URxvt.color12: #0000FF
701\& URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
702\& URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
703\& URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
704.Ve
705.Sp
706And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
707me) as \*(L"pretty girly\*(R".
708.Sp
709.Vb 18
710\& URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
711\& URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
712\& URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
713\& URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
714\& URxvt.color0: #000000
715\& URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
716\& URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
717\& URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
718\& URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
719\& URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
720\& URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
721\& URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
722\& URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
723\& URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
724\& URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
725\& URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
726\& URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
727\& URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
728.Ve
729.IP "How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?" 4
730.IX Item "How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?"
731Despite it's name, @@RXVT_NAME@@d is not a real daemon, but more like a
732server that answers @@RXVT_NAME@@c's requests, so it doesn't background
733itself.
734.Sp
735To ensure @@RXVT_NAME@@d is listening on it's socket, you can use the
736following method to wait for the startup message before continuing:
737.Sp
738.Vb 1
739\& { @@RXVT_NAME@@d & } | read
740.Ve
741.IP "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?" 4
742.IX Item "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?"
743Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
744BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
745question) there are two standard values that can be used for
746Backspace: \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR.
747.Sp
748Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
749policy of using \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
750choice :).
751.Sp
752Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
753of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
754started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
755system value of `erase', which corresponds to \s-1CERASE\s0 in <termios.h>, will
756be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
757.Sp
758For starting a new rxvt\-unicode:
759.Sp
760.Vb 3
761\& # use Backspace = ^H
762\& $ stty erase ^H
763\& $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
764.Ve
765.Sp
766.Vb 3
767\& # use Backspace = ^?
768\& $ stty erase ^?
769\& $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
770.Ve
771.Sp
772Toggle with \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 h\*(C'\fR / \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 l\*(C'\fR as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
773.Sp
774For an existing rxvt\-unicode:
775.Sp
776.Vb 3
777\& # use Backspace = ^H
778\& $ stty erase ^H
779\& $ echo -n "^[[36h"
780.Ve
781.Sp
782.Vb 3
783\& # use Backspace = ^?
784\& $ stty erase ^?
785\& $ echo -n "^[[36l"
786.Ve
787.Sp
788This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
789if you use Backspace = \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
790properly reflects that.
791.Sp
792The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
793To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
794key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
795(\f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 3 ~\*(C'\fR) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
796.Sp
797Some other Backspace problems:
798.Sp
799some editors use termcap/terminfo,
800some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
801\&\s-1GNU\s0 Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
802.Sp
803Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
804.IP "I don't like the key\-bindings. How do I change them?" 4
805.IX Item "I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?"
806There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
807you have run \*(L"configure\*(R" with the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-resources\*(C'\fR option you can
808use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
809.Sp
810Here's an example for a URxvt session started using \f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-name URxvt\*(C'\fR
811.Sp
812.Vb 20
813\& URxvt.keysym.Home: \e033[1~
814\& URxvt.keysym.End: \e033[4~
815\& URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \e033<C-'>
816\& URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \e033<C-/>
817\& URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \e033<C-;>
818\& URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \e033<C-`>
819\& URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \e033<C-,>
820\& URxvt.keysym.C-period: \e033<C-.>
821\& URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \e033<C-`>
822\& URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \e033<C-Tab>
823\& URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \e033<C-Return>
824\& URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \e033<S-Return>
825\& URxvt.keysym.S-space: \e033<S-Space>
826\& URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \e033<M-Up>
827\& URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \e033<M-Down>
828\& URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \e033<M-Left>
829\& URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \e033<M-Right>
830\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \e033<M-C- 0123456789 >
831\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \e033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
832\& URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
833.Ve
834.Sp
835See some more examples in the documentation for the \fBkeysym\fR resource.
836.IP "I'm using keyboard model \s-1XXX\s0 that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize." 4
837.IX Item "I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize."
838.Vb 6
839\& KP_Insert == Insert
840\& F22 == Print
841\& F27 == Home
842\& F29 == Prior
843\& F33 == End
844\& F35 == Next
845.Ve
846.Sp
847Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
848keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
849required for your particular machine.
850.IP "How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc." 4
851.IX Item "How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc."
852rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable \*(L"\s-1COLORTERM\s0\*(R", so you can
853check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, \s-1JED\s0, slrn,
854Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
855not to use color.
856.IP "How do I set the correct, full \s-1IP\s0 address for the \s-1DISPLAY\s0 variable?" 4
857.IX Item "How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?"
858If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with \s-1DISPLAY_IS_IP\s0 and have enabled
859insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
860snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
861wasn't also compiled with \s-1ESCZ_ANSWER\s0 (as assumed in these snippets) then
862the \s-1COLORTERM\s0 variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
863regular xterm.
864.Sp
865Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
866snippets:
867.Sp
868.Vb 12
869\& # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
870\& [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
871\& if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
872\& stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
873\& echo -n '^[Z'
874\& read term_id
875\& stty icanon echo
876\& if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
877\& echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
878\& read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
879\& fi
880\& fi
881.Ve
882.IP "How do I compile the manual pages for myself?" 4
883.IX Item "How do I compile the manual pages for myself?"
884You need to have a recent version of perl installed as \fI/usr/bin/perl\fR,
885one that comes with \fIpod2man\fR, \fIpod2text\fR and \fIpod2html\fR. Then go to
886the doc subdirectory and enter \f(CW\*(C`make alldoc\*(C'\fR.
887.IP "My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?" 4
888.IX Item "My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?"
889Before sending me mail, you could go to \s-1IRC:\s0 \f(CW\*(C`irc.freenode.net\*(C'\fR,
890channel \f(CW\*(C`#rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
891interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
892.SH "RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE" 1319.SH "RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE"
893.IX Header "RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE" 1320.IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE"
894.SH "DESCRIPTION"
895.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
896The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of 1321The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
897\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR. First the description of supported command sequences, 1322\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR. First the description of supported command sequences,
898followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all 1323followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
899features selectable at \f(CW\*(C`configure\*(C'\fR time. 1324selectable at \f(CW\*(C`configure\*(C'\fR time.
900.SH "Definitions" 1325.Sh "Definitions"
901.IX Header "Definitions" 1326.IX Subsection "Definitions"
902.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""c""\fB\fR" 4 1327.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""c""\fB\fR" 4
903.el .IP "\fB\f(CBc\fB\fR" 4 1328.el .IP "\fB\f(CBc\fB\fR" 4
904.IX Item "c" 1329.IX Item "c"
905The literal character c. 1330The literal character c.
906.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""C""\fB\fR" 4 1331.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""C""\fB\fR" 4
919parameters, separated by \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR character(s). 1344parameters, separated by \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR character(s).
920.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pt""\fB\fR" 4 1345.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pt""\fB\fR" 4
921.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPt\fB\fR" 4 1346.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPt\fB\fR" 4
922.IX Item "Pt" 1347.IX Item "Pt"
923A text parameter composed of printable characters. 1348A text parameter composed of printable characters.
924.SH "Values" 1349.Sh "Values"
925.IX Header "Values" 1350.IX Subsection "Values"
926.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ENQ""\fB\fR" 4 1351.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ENQ""\fB\fR" 4
927.el .IP "\fB\f(CBENQ\fB\fR" 4 1352.el .IP "\fB\f(CBENQ\fB\fR" 4
928.IX Item "ENQ" 1353.IX Item "ENQ"
929Enquiry (Ctrl\-E) = Send Device Attributes (\s-1DA\s0) 1354Enquiry (Ctrl\-E) = Send Device Attributes (\s-1DA\s0)
930request attributes from terminal. See \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC [ Ps c\*(C'\fB\fR. 1355request attributes from terminal. See \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC [ Ps c\*(C'\fB\fR.
968Switch to Standard Character Set 1393Switch to Standard Character Set
969.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""SPC""\fB\fR" 4 1394.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""SPC""\fB\fR" 4
970.el .IP "\fB\f(CBSPC\fB\fR" 4 1395.el .IP "\fB\f(CBSPC\fB\fR" 4
971.IX Item "SPC" 1396.IX Item "SPC"
972Space Character 1397Space Character
973.SH "Escape Sequences" 1398.Sh "Escape Sequences"
974.IX Header "Escape Sequences" 1399.IX Subsection "Escape Sequences"
975.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC # 8""\fB\fR" 4 1400.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC # 8""\fB\fR" 4
976.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC # 8\fB\fR" 4 1401.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC # 8\fB\fR" 4
977.IX Item "ESC # 8" 1402.IX Item "ESC # 8"
978\&\s-1DEC\s0 Screen Alignment Test (\s-1DECALN\s0) 1403\&\s-1DEC\s0 Screen Alignment Test (\s-1DECALN\s0)
979.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC 7""\fB\fR" 4 1404.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC 7""\fB\fR" 4
1072.TE 1497.TE
1073 1498
1074.PP 1499.PP
1075 1500
1076.IX Xref "CSI" 1501.IX Xref "CSI"
1077.SH "CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences" 1502.Sh "\s-1CSI\s0 (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences"
1078.IX Header "CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences" 1503.IX Subsection "CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences"
1079.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps @""\fB\fR" 4 1504.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps @""\fB\fR" 4
1080.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps @\fB\fR" 4 1505.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps @\fB\fR" 4
1081.IX Item "ESC [ Ps @" 1506.IX Item "ESC [ Ps @"
1082Insert \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (\s-1ICH\s0) 1507Insert \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (\s-1ICH\s0)
1083.IX Xref "ESCOBPsA" 1508.IX Xref "ESCOBPsA"
1346.IX Item "ESC [ Ps x" 1771.IX Item "ESC [ Ps x"
1347Request Terminal Parameters (\s-1DECREQTPARM\s0) 1772Request Terminal Parameters (\s-1DECREQTPARM\s0)
1348.PP 1773.PP
1349 1774
1350.IX Xref "PrivateModes" 1775.IX Xref "PrivateModes"
1351.SH "DEC Private Modes" 1776.Sh "\s-1DEC\s0 Private Modes"
1352.IX Header "DEC Private Modes" 1777.IX Subsection "DEC Private Modes"
1353.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm h""\fB\fR" 4 1778.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm h""\fB\fR" 4
1354.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ ? Pm h\fB\fR" 4 1779.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ ? Pm h\fB\fR" 4
1355.IX Item "ESC [ ? Pm h" 1780.IX Item "ESC [ ? Pm h"
1356\&\s-1DEC\s0 Private Mode Set (\s-1DECSET\s0) 1781\&\s-1DEC\s0 Private Mode Set (\s-1DECSET\s0)
1357.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm l""\fB\fR" 4 1782.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm l""\fB\fR" 4
1451l l . 1876l l .
1452h Send Mouse X & Y on button press. 1877h Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1453l No mouse reporting. 1878l No mouse reporting.
1454.TE 1879.TE
1455 1880
1456.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 10""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1457.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 10\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1458.IX Item "Ps = 10 (rxvt)"
1459.TS
1460l l .
1461h menuBar visible
1462l menuBar invisible
1463.TE
1464
1465.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 25""\fB\fR" 4 1881.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 25""\fB\fR" 4
1466.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 25\fB\fR" 4 1882.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 25\fB\fR" 4
1467.IX Item "Ps = 25" 1883.IX Item "Ps = 25"
1468.TS 1884.TS
1469l l . 1885l l .
1590l l . 2006l l .
1591h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 2007h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1592l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 2008l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1593.TE 2009.TE
1594 2010
2011.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1021""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
2012.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1021\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
2013.IX Item "Ps = 1021 (rxvt)"
2014.TS
2015l l .
2016h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)
2017l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
2018.TE
2019
1595.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1047""\fB\fR" 4 2020.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1047""\fB\fR" 4
1596.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1047\fB\fR" 4 2021.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1047\fB\fR" 4
1597.IX Item "Ps = 1047" 2022.IX Item "Ps = 1047"
1598.TS 2023.TS
1599l l . 2024l l .
1624.RE 2049.RE
1625.PD 2050.PD
1626.PP 2051.PP
1627 2052
1628.IX Xref "XTerm" 2053.IX Xref "XTerm"
1629.SH "XTerm Operating System Commands" 2054.Sh "XTerm Operating System Commands"
1630.IX Header "XTerm Operating System Commands" 2055.IX Subsection "XTerm Operating System Commands"
1631.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC ] Ps;Pt ST""\fB\fR" 4 2056.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC ] Ps;Pt ST""\fB\fR" 4
1632.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC ] Ps;Pt ST\fB\fR" 4 2057.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC ] Ps;Pt ST\fB\fR" 4
1633.IX Item "ESC ] Ps;Pt ST" 2058.IX Item "ESC ] Ps;Pt ST"
1634Set XTerm Parameters. 8\-bit \s-1ST:\s0 0x9c, 7\-bit \s-1ST\s0 sequence: \s-1ESC\s0 \e (0x1b, 2059Set XTerm Parameters. 8\-bit \s-1ST:\s0 0x9c, 7\-bit \s-1ST\s0 sequence: \s-1ESC\s0 \e (0x1b,
16350x5c), backwards compatible terminator \s-1BEL\s0 (0x07) is also accepted. any 20600x5c), backwards compatible terminator \s-1BEL\s0 (0x07) is also accepted. any
1644Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future) 2069Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1645Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future) 2070Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1646Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt 2071Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
1647Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt 2072Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1648Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt 2073Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1649Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt 2074Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
1650Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt 2075Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
1651Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt 2076Ps = 20 Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM).
1652Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt. 2077Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1653Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented 2078Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1654Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt. 2079Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1655Ps = 50 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 2080Ps = 50 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
1656Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt 2081Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1657Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills). 2082Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1658Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar). 2083Ps = 702 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.
1659Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt 2084Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1660Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency). 2085Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
2086Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
2087Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1661Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. 2088Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1662Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 2089Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1663Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 2090Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1664Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 2091Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1665Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 2092Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1666Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 2093Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
2094Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
1667.TE 2095.TE
1668 2096
1669.PP
1670
1671.IX Xref "menuBar"
1672.SH "menuBar"
1673.IX Header "menuBar"
1674\&\fBThe exact syntax used is \f(BIalmost\fB solidified.\fR
1675In the menus, \fB\s-1DON\s0'T\fR try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
1676menuBar.
1677.PP
1678Note that in all of the commands, the \fB\f(BI/path/\fB\fR \fIcannot\fR be
1679omitted: use \fB./\fR to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1680.Sh "Overview of menuBar operation"
1681.IX Subsection "Overview of menuBar operation"
1682For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST\*(C'\fR, the syntax
1683of \f(CW\*(C`Pt\*(C'\fR can be used for a variety of tasks:
1684.PP
1685At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1686linked-list of other such menuBars.
1687.PP
1688The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1689turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1690.PP
1691The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1692input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1693.PP
1694The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1695constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
1696menuBars.
1697.PP
1698The first step is to use the tag \fB[menu:\f(BIname\fB]\fR which creates
1699the menuBar called \fIname\fR and allows access. You may now or menus,
1700subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag \fB[done]\fR to set the
1701menuBar access as \fBreadonly\fR to prevent accidental corruption of the
1702menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
1703\&\fB[menu]\fR, make the alterations and then use \fB[done]\fR
1704.PP
1705
1706.IX Xref "menuBarCommands"
1707.Sh "Commands"
1708.IX Subsection "Commands"
1709.IP "\fB[menu:+\f(BIname\fB]\fR" 4
1710.IX Item "[menu:+name]"
1711access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
1712is created, it is called \fIname\fR (max of 15 chars) and the current
1713menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1714.IP "\fB[menu]\fR" 4
1715.IX Item "[menu]"
1716access the current menuBar for alteration
1717.IP "\fB[title:+\f(BIstring\fB]\fR" 4
1718.IX Item "[title:+string]"
1719set the current menuBar's title to \fIstring\fR, which may contain the
1720following format specifiers:
1721.Sp
1722.Vb 3
1723\& B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1724\& B<%v> rxvt version
1725\& B<%%> literal B<%> character
1726.Ve
1727.IP "\fB[done]\fR" 4
1728.IX Item "[done]"
1729set menuBar access as \fBreadonly\fR.
1730End-of-file tag for \fB[read:+\f(BIfile\fB]\fR operations.
1731.IP "\fB[read:+\f(BIfile\fB]\fR" 4
1732.IX Item "[read:+file]"
1733read menu commands directly from \fIfile\fR (extension \*(L".menu\*(R" will be
1734appended if required.) Start reading at a line with \fB[menu]\fR or \fB[menu:+\f(BIname\fB\fR and continuing until \fB[done]\fR is encountered.
1735.Sp
1736Blank and comment lines (starting with \fB#\fR) are ignored. Actually,
1737since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
1738be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
1739future ... so don't count on it!.
1740.IP "\fB[read:+\f(BIfile\fB;+\f(BIname\fB]\fR" 4
1741.IX Item "[read:+file;+name]"
1742The same as \fB[read:+\f(BIfile\fB]\fR, but start reading at a line with
1743\&\fB[menu:+\f(BIname\fB]\fR and continuing until \fB[done:+\f(BIname\fB]\fR or
1744\&\fB[done]\fR is encountered.
1745.IP "\fB[dump]\fR" 4
1746.IX Item "[dump]"
1747dump all menuBars to the file \fB/tmp/rxvt\-PID\fR in a format suitable for
1748later rereading.
1749.IP "\fB[rm:name]\fR" 4
1750.IX Item "[rm:name]"
1751remove the named menuBar
1752.IP "\fB[rm] [rm:]\fR" 4
1753.IX Item "[rm] [rm:]"
1754remove the current menuBar
1755.IP "\fB[rm*] [rm:*]\fR" 4
1756.IX Item "[rm*] [rm:*]"
1757remove all menuBars
1758.IP "\fB[swap]\fR" 4
1759.IX Item "[swap]"
1760swap the top two menuBars
1761.IP "\fB[prev]\fR" 4
1762.IX Item "[prev]"
1763access the previous menuBar
1764.IP "\fB[next]\fR" 4
1765.IX Item "[next]"
1766access the next menuBar
1767.IP "\fB[show]\fR" 4
1768.IX Item "[show]"
1769Enable display of the menuBar
1770.IP "\fB[hide]\fR" 4
1771.IX Item "[hide]"
1772Disable display of the menuBar
1773.IP "\fB[pixmap:+\f(BIname\fB]\fR" 4
1774.IX Item "[pixmap:+name]"
1775.PD 0
1776.IP "\fB[pixmap:+\f(BIname\fB;\f(BIscaling\fB]\fR" 4
1777.IX Item "[pixmap:+name;scaling]"
1778.PD
1779(set the background pixmap globally
1780.Sp
1781\&\fBA Future implementation \f(BImay\fB make this local to the menubar\fR)
1782.IP "\fB[:+\f(BIcommand\fB:]\fR" 4
1783.IX Item "[:+command:]"
1784ignore the menu readonly status and issue a \fIcommand\fR to or a menu or
1785menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
1786from a menuBar.
1787.PP
1788
1789.IX Xref "menuBarAdd"
1790.Sh "Adding and accessing menus"
1791.IX Subsection "Adding and accessing menus"
1792The following commands may also be \fB+\fR prefixed.
1793.IP "\fB/+\fR" 4
1794.IX Item "/+"
1795access menuBar top level
1796.IP "\fB./+\fR" 4
1797.IX Item "./+"
1798access current menu level
1799.IP "\fB../+\fR" 4
1800.IX Item "../+"
1801access parent menu (1 level up)
1802.IP "\fB../../\fR" 4
1803.IX Item "../../"
1804access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1805.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fBmenu\fR" 4
1806.IX Item "/path/menu"
1807add/access menu
1808.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fBmenu/*\fR" 4
1809.IX Item "/path/menu/*"
1810add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1811.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{\-}\fR" 4
1812.IX Item "/path/{-}"
1813add separator
1814.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{item}\fR" 4
1815.IX Item "/path/{item}"
1816add \fBitem\fR as a label
1817.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{item} action\fR" 4
1818.IX Item "/path/{item} action"
1819add/alter \fImenuitem\fR with an associated \fIaction\fR
1820.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{item}{right\-text}\fR" 4
1821.IX Item "/path/{item}{right-text}"
1822add/alter \fImenuitem\fR with \fBright-text\fR as the right-justified text
1823and as the associated \fIaction\fR
1824.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{item}{rtext} action\fR" 4
1825.IX Item "/path/{item}{rtext} action"
1826add/alter \fImenuitem\fR with an associated \fIaction\fR and with \fBrtext\fR as
1827the right-justified text.
1828.IP "Special characters in \fIaction\fR must be backslash\-escaped:" 4
1829.IX Item "Special characters in action must be backslash-escaped:"
1830\&\fB\ea \eb \eE \ee \en \er \et \eoctal\fR
1831.IP "or in control-character notation:" 4
1832.IX Item "or in control-character notation:"
1833\&\fB^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?\fR
1834.PP
1835To send a string starting with a \fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR (\fB^@\fR) character to the
1836program, start \fIaction\fR with a pair of \fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR characters (\fB^@^@\fR),
1837the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
1838program. Otherwise if \fIaction\fR begins with \fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR followed by
1839non\-+\fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR characters, the leading \fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR is stripped off and the
1840balance is sent back to rxvt.
1841.PP
1842As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, \fIaction\fR may start
1843with \fBM\-\fR (eg, \fBM\-$\fR is equivalent to \fB\eE$\fR) and a \fB\s-1CR\s0\fR will be
1844appended if missed from \fBM\-x\fR commands.
1845.PP
1846As a convenience for issuing XTerm \fB\s-1ESC\s0 ]\fR sequences from a menubar (or
1847quick arrow), a \fB\s-1BEL\s0\fR (\fB^G\fR) will be appended if needed.
1848.IP "For example," 4
1849.IX Item "For example,"
1850\&\fBM\-xapropos\fR is equivalent to \fB\eExapropos\er\fR
1851.IP "and" 4
1852.IX Item "and"
1853\&\fB\eE]703;mona;100\fR is equivalent to \fB\eE]703;mona;100\ea\fR
1854.PP
1855The option \fB{\f(BIright-rtext\fB}\fR will be right\-justified. In the
1856absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the \fIaction\fR
1857as well.
1858.IP "For example," 4
1859.IX Item "For example,"
1860\&\fB/File/{Open}{^X^F}\fR is equivalent to \fB/File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F\fR
1861.PP
1862The left label \fIis\fR necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1863implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1864right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1865with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1866.IP "For example," 4
1867.IX Item "For example,"
1868\&\fB/File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action\fR
1869.IP "or hiding it" 4
1870.IX Item "or hiding it"
1871\&\fB/File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action\fR
1872.PP
1873
1874.IX Xref "menuBarRemove"
1875.Sh "Removing menus"
1876.IX Subsection "Removing menus"
1877.IP "\fB\-/*+\fR" 4
1878.IX Item "-/*+"
1879remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as \fB[clear]\fR
1880.IP "\fB\-+\f(BI/path\fBmenu+\fR" 4
1881.IX Item "-+/pathmenu+"
1882remove menu
1883.IP "\fB\-+\f(BI/path\fB{item}+\fR" 4
1884.IX Item "-+/path{item}+"
1885remove item
1886.IP "\fB\-+\f(BI/path\fB{\-}\fR" 4
1887.IX Item "-+/path{-}"
1888remove separator)
1889.IP "\fB\-/path/menu/*\fR" 4
1890.IX Item "-/path/menu/*"
1891remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1892.PP
1893
1894.IX Xref "menuBarArrows"
1895.Sh "Quick Arrows"
1896.IX Subsection "Quick Arrows"
1897The menus also provide a hook for \fIquick arrows\fR to provide easier
1898user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
1899emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1900individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1901beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1902with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1903.IP "\fB<r>+\f(BIRight\fB\fR" 4
1904.IX Item "<r>+Right"
1905.PD 0
1906.IP "\fB<l>+\f(BILeft\fB\fR" 4
1907.IX Item "<l>+Left"
1908.IP "\fB<u>+\f(BIUp\fB\fR" 4
1909.IX Item "<u>+Up"
1910.IP "\fB<d>+\f(BIDown\fB\fR" 4
1911.IX Item "<d>+Down"
1912.PD
1913Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1914.IP "\fB<b>+\f(BIBegin\fB\fR" 4
1915.IX Item "<b>+Begin"
1916.PD 0
1917.IP "\fB<e>+\f(BIEnd\fB\fR" 4
1918.IX Item "<e>+End"
1919.PD
1920Define common beginning/end parts for \fIquick arrows\fR which used in
1921conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1922.IP "For example, define arrows individually," 4
1923.IX Item "For example, define arrows individually,"
1924.Vb 1
1925\& <u>\eE[A
1926.Ve
1927.Sp
1928.Vb 1
1929\& <d>\eE[B
1930.Ve
1931.Sp
1932.Vb 1
1933\& <r>\eE[C
1934.Ve
1935.Sp
1936.Vb 1
1937\& <l>\eE[D
1938.Ve
1939.IP "or all at once" 4
1940.IX Item "or all at once"
1941.Vb 1
1942\& <u>\eE[AZ<><d>\eE[BZ<><r>\eE[CZ<><l>\eE[D
1943.Ve
1944.IP "or more compactly (factoring out common parts)" 4
1945.IX Item "or more compactly (factoring out common parts)"
1946.Vb 1
1947\& <b>\eE[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1948.Ve
1949.PP
1950
1951.IX Xref "menuBarSummary"
1952.Sh "Command Summary"
1953.IX Subsection "Command Summary"
1954A short summary of the most \fIcommon\fR commands:
1955.IP "[menu:name]" 4
1956.IX Item "[menu:name]"
1957use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1958.IP "[menu]" 4
1959.IX Item "[menu]"
1960use the current menuBar
1961.IP "[title:string]" 4
1962.IX Item "[title:string]"
1963set menuBar title
1964.IP "[done]" 4
1965.IX Item "[done]"
1966set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal \s-1EOF\s0
1967.IP "[done:name]" 4
1968.IX Item "[done:name]"
1969if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal \s-1EOF\s0
1970.IP "[rm:name]" 4
1971.IX Item "[rm:name]"
1972remove named menuBar(s)
1973.IP "[rm] [rm:]" 4
1974.IX Item "[rm] [rm:]"
1975remove current menuBar
1976.IP "[rm*] [rm:*]" 4
1977.IX Item "[rm*] [rm:*]"
1978remove all menuBar(s)
1979.IP "[swap]" 4
1980.IX Item "[swap]"
1981swap top two menuBars
1982.IP "[prev]" 4
1983.IX Item "[prev]"
1984access the previous menuBar
1985.IP "[next]" 4
1986.IX Item "[next]"
1987access the next menuBar
1988.IP "[show]" 4
1989.IX Item "[show]"
1990map menuBar
1991.IP "[hide]" 4
1992.IX Item "[hide]"
1993unmap menuBar
1994.IP "[pixmap;file]" 4
1995.IX Item "[pixmap;file]"
1996.PD 0
1997.IP "[pixmap;file;scaling]" 4
1998.IX Item "[pixmap;file;scaling]"
1999.PD
2000set a background pixmap
2001.IP "[read:file]" 4
2002.IX Item "[read:file]"
2003.PD 0
2004.IP "[read:file;name]" 4
2005.IX Item "[read:file;name]"
2006.PD
2007read in a menu from a file
2008.IP "[dump]" 4
2009.IX Item "[dump]"
2010dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt\-PID
2011.IP "/" 4
2012access menuBar top level
2013.IP "./" 4
2014.PD 0
2015.IP "../" 4
2016.IP "../../" 4
2017.PD
2018access current or parent menu level
2019.IP "/path/menu" 4
2020.IX Item "/path/menu"
2021add/access menu
2022.IP "/path/{\-}" 4
2023.IX Item "/path/{-}"
2024add separator
2025.IP "/path/{item}{rtext} action" 4
2026.IX Item "/path/{item}{rtext} action"
2027add/alter menu item
2028.IP "\-/*" 4
2029remove all menus from the menuBar
2030.IP "\-/path/menu" 4
2031.IX Item "-/path/menu"
2032remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
2033.IP "\-/path/menu" 4
2034.IX Item "-/path/menu"
2035remove menu
2036.IP "\-/path/{item}" 4
2037.IX Item "-/path/{item}"
2038remove item
2039.IP "\-/path/{\-}" 4
2040.IX Item "-/path/{-}"
2041remove separator
2042.IP "<b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End" 4
2043.IX Item "<b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End"
2044menu quick arrows
2045.SH "XPM" 2097.SH "XPM"
2046.IX Header "XPM" 2098.IX Header "XPM"
2047For the \s-1XPM\s0 XTerm escape sequence \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST\*(C'\fB\fR then value 2099For the \s-1XPM\s0 XTerm escape sequence \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST\*(C'\fB\fR then value
2048of \fB\f(CB\*(C`Pt\*(C'\fB\fR can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a 2100of \fB\f(CB\*(C`Pt\*(C'\fB\fR can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
2049sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi\-colons. The 2101sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi\-colons. The
2119.TS 2171.TS
2120l l . 2172l l .
21214 Shift 21734 Shift
21228 Meta 21748 Meta
212316 Control 217516 Control
212432 Double Click (Rxvt extension) 217632 Double Click (rxvt extension)
2125.TE 2177.TE
2126 2178
2127Col = \fB\f(CB\*(C`<x> \- SPACE\*(C'\fB\fR 2179Col = \fB\f(CB\*(C`<x> \- SPACE\*(C'\fB\fR
2128.Sp 2180.Sp
2129Row = \fB\f(CB\*(C`<y> \- SPACE\*(C'\fB\fR 2181Row = \fB\f(CB\*(C`<y> \- SPACE\*(C'\fB\fR
2199.TE 2251.TE
2200 2252
2201.SH "CONFIGURE OPTIONS" 2253.SH "CONFIGURE OPTIONS"
2202.IX Header "CONFIGURE OPTIONS" 2254.IX Header "CONFIGURE OPTIONS"
2203General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 2255General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2204hasn't been tested well. Either try with \-\-enable\-everything or use the 2256hasn't been tested well. Either try with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR or use
2205\&./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself, 2257the \fI./reconf\fR script as a base for experiments. \fI./reconf\fR is used by
2206so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always 2258myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
2207report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann 2259always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
2208<rxvt@schmorp.de>. 2260Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
2261.PP
2262All
2209.IP "\-\-enable\-everything" 4 2263.IP "\-\-enable\-everything" 4
2210.IX Item "--enable-everything" 2264.IX Item "--enable-everything"
2211Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in \*(L"./configure 2265Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in \*(L"./configure
2212\&\-\-help\*(R". Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant. 2266\&\-\-help\*(R".
2267.Sp
2213You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by 2268You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2214\&\fIfollowing\fR this with the appropriate commands. 2269\&\fIfollowing\fR this with the appropriate \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-...\*(C'\fR arguments,
2215.IP "\-\-enable\-xft" 4 2270or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2216.IX Item "--enable-xft" 2271\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR and than adding just the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-...\*(C'\fR arguments
2272you want.
2273.IP "\-\-enable\-xft (default: enabled)" 4
2274.IX Item "--enable-xft (default: enabled)"
2217Add support for Xft (anti\-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are 2275Add support for Xft (anti\-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2218slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you 2276slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2219don't pay for them. 2277don't pay for them.
2220.IP "\-\-enable\-font\-styles" 4 2278.IP "\-\-enable\-font\-styles (default: on)" 4
2221.IX Item "--enable-font-styles" 2279.IX Item "--enable-font-styles (default: on)"
2222Add support for \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR and \fB\f(BIbold italic\fB\fR font 2280Add support for \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR and \fB\f(BIbold italic\fB\fR font
2223styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically. 2281styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2224.IP "\-\-with\-codesets=NAME,..." 4 2282.IP "\-\-with\-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)" 4
2225.IX Item "--with-codesets=NAME,..." 2283.IX Item "--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)"
2226Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (\f(CW\*(C`eu\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`vn\*(C'\fR 2284Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (\f(CW\*(C`eu\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`vn\*(C'\fR
2227are always compiled in, which includes most 8\-bit character sets). These 2285are always compiled in, which includes most 8\-bit character sets). These
2228codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required 2286codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2229for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose 2287for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2230replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your 2288replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
2238jp common japanese encodings 2296jp common japanese encodings
2239jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 2297jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2240kr korean encodings 2298kr korean encodings
2241.TE 2299.TE
2242 2300
2243.IP "\-\-enable\-xim" 4 2301.IP "\-\-enable\-xim (default: on)" 4
2244.IX Item "--enable-xim" 2302.IX Item "--enable-xim (default: on)"
2245Add support for \s-1XIM\s0 (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 2303Add support for \s-1XIM\s0 (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2246alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly 2304alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2247set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 2305set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2248.IP "\-\-enable\-unicode3" 4 2306.IP "\-\-enable\-unicode3 (default: off)" 4
2249.IX Item "--enable-unicode3" 2307.IX Item "--enable-unicode3 (default: off)"
2308Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
2309.Sp
2250Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 2310Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
225165535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage 231165535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2252requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet 2312requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2253support these extra characters, but Xft does. 2313support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2254.Sp 2314.Sp
2255Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535 2315Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
2256even without this flag, but the number of such characters is 2316even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2257limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, 2317limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2258see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 2318see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2259(input/output and cut&paste still work, though). 2319(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2260.IP "\-\-enable\-combining" 4 2320.IP "\-\-enable\-combining (default: on)" 4
2261.IX Item "--enable-combining" 2321.IX Item "--enable-combining (default: on)"
2262Enable automatic composition of combining characters into 2322Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2263composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text 2323composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2264where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is 2324where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2265done by using precomposited characters when available or creating 2325done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2266new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 2326new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2267.Sp 2327.Sp
2268Without \-\-enable\-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters 2328Without \-\-enable\-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2269is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode will use the 2329characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be
2270private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2271\&\-\-enable\-unicode3, no practical limit exists. 2330(ab\-)used). With \-\-enable\-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
2272.Sp 2331.Sp
2273This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters 2332This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2274beyond plane 0 (>65535) when \-\-enable\-unicode3 was not specified. 2333beyond plane 0 (>65535) when \-\-enable\-unicode3 was not specified.
2275.Sp 2334.Sp
2276The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms, 2335The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2277but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and 2336but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2278tell me how these are to be used...). 2337tell me how these are to be used...).
2279.IP "\-\-enable\-fallback(=CLASS)" 4 2338.IP "\-\-enable\-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)" 4
2280.IX Item "--enable-fallback(=CLASS)" 2339.IX Item "--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)"
2281When reading resource settings, also read settings for class \s-1CLASS\s0 2340When reading resource settings, also read settings for class \s-1CLASS\s0. To
2282(default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use \-\-disable\-fallback. 2341disable resource fallback use \-\-disable\-fallback.
2283.IP "\-\-with\-res\-name=NAME" 4 2342.IP "\-\-with\-res\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4
2284.IX Item "--with-res-name=NAME" 2343.IX Item "--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)"
2285Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when 2344Use the given name as default application name when
2286reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 2345reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2287.IP "\-\-with\-res\-class=CLASS" 4 2346.IP "\-\-with\-res\-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)" 4
2288.IX Item "--with-res-class=CLASS" 2347.IX Item "--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)"
2289Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class 2348Use the given class as default application class
2290when reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-class=Rxvt to replace 2349when reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-class=Rxvt to replace
2291rxvt. 2350rxvt.
2292.IP "\-\-enable\-utmp" 4 2351.IP "\-\-enable\-utmp (default: on)" 4
2293.IX Item "--enable-utmp" 2352.IX Item "--enable-utmp (default: on)"
2294Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like \fIw\fR) at 2353Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like \fIw\fR) at
2295start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 2354start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2296.IP "\-\-enable\-wtmp" 4 2355.IP "\-\-enable\-wtmp (default: on)" 4
2297.IX Item "--enable-wtmp" 2356.IX Item "--enable-wtmp (default: on)"
2298Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like \fIlast\fR) at 2357Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like \fIlast\fR) at
2299start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 2358start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2300option requires \-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified. 2359option requires \-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified.
2301.IP "\-\-enable\-lastlog" 4 2360.IP "\-\-enable\-lastlog (default: on)" 4
2302.IX Item "--enable-lastlog" 2361.IX Item "--enable-lastlog (default: on)"
2303Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 2362Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2304\&\fIlastlogin\fR) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 2363\&\fIlastlogin\fR) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2305\&\-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified. 2364\&\-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified.
2306.IP "\-\-enable\-xpm\-background" 4 2365.IP "\-\-enable\-xpm\-background (default: on)" 4
2307.IX Item "--enable-xpm-background" 2366.IX Item "--enable-xpm-background (default: on)"
2308Add support for \s-1XPM\s0 background pixmaps. 2367Add support for \s-1XPM\s0 background pixmaps.
2309.IP "\-\-enable\-transparency" 4 2368.IP "\-\-enable\-transparency (default: on)" 4
2310.IX Item "--enable-transparency" 2369.IX Item "--enable-transparency (default: on)"
2311Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 2370Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2312transparency to the term. 2371transparency to the term.
2313.IP "\-\-enable\-fading" 4 2372.IP "\-\-enable\-fading (default: on)" 4
2314.IX Item "--enable-fading" 2373.IX Item "--enable-fading (default: on)"
2315Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. 2374Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2316.IP "\-\-enable\-tinting" 4 2375.IP "\-\-enable\-tinting (default: on)" 4
2317.IX Item "--enable-tinting" 2376.IX Item "--enable-tinting (default: on)"
2318Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds. 2377Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2319.IP "\-\-enable\-menubar" 4
2320.IX Item "--enable-menubar"
2321Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
2322dynamic locale switching currently).
2323.IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll" 4 2378.IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2324.IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll" 2379.IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)"
2325Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 2380Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2326.IP "\-\-enable\-next\-scroll" 4 2381.IP "\-\-enable\-next\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2327.IX Item "--enable-next-scroll" 2382.IX Item "--enable-next-scroll (default: on)"
2328Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. 2383Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2329.IP "\-\-enable\-xterm\-scroll" 4 2384.IP "\-\-enable\-xterm\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2330.IX Item "--enable-xterm-scroll" 2385.IX Item "--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)"
2331Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. 2386Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2332.IP "\-\-enable\-plain\-scroll" 4 2387.IP "\-\-enable\-plain\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2333.IX Item "--enable-plain-scroll" 2388.IX Item "--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)"
2334Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that 2389Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2335is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for 2390is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2336many years. 2391many years.
2337.IP "\-\-enable\-half\-shadow" 4
2338.IX Item "--enable-half-shadow"
2339Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2340only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2341.IP "\-\-enable\-ttygid" 4 2392.IP "\-\-enable\-ttygid (default: off)" 4
2342.IX Item "--enable-ttygid" 2393.IX Item "--enable-ttygid (default: off)"
2343Change tty device setting to group \*(L"tty\*(R" \- only use this if 2394Change tty device setting to group \*(L"tty\*(R" \- only use this if
2344your system uses this type of security. 2395your system uses this type of security.
2345.IP "\-\-disable\-backspace\-key" 4 2396.IP "\-\-disable\-backspace\-key" 4
2346.IX Item "--disable-backspace-key" 2397.IX Item "--disable-backspace-key"
2347Disable any handling of the backspace key by us \- let the X server 2398Removes any handling of the backspace key by us \- let the X server do it.
2348do it.
2349.IP "\-\-disable\-delete\-key" 4 2399.IP "\-\-disable\-delete\-key" 4
2350.IX Item "--disable-delete-key" 2400.IX Item "--disable-delete-key"
2351Disable any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server 2401Removes any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server
2352do it. 2402do it.
2353.IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4 2403.IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4
2354.IX Item "--disable-resources" 2404.IX Item "--disable-resources"
2355Remove all resources checking. 2405Removes any support for resource checking.
2356.IP "\-\-enable\-xgetdefault" 4
2357.IX Item "--enable-xgetdefault"
2358Make resources checking via \fIXGetDefault()\fR instead of our small
2359version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2360~/.Xresources.
2361.Sp
2362Please note that nowadays, things like \s-1XIM\s0 will automatically pull in and
2363use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very
2364small, if nonexistant.
2365.IP "\-\-enable\-strings" 4
2366.IX Item "--enable-strings"
2367Add support for our possibly faster \fImemset()\fR function and other
2368various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2369have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2370to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2371GNU/Linux systems).
2372.IP "\-\-disable\-swapscreen" 4 2406.IP "\-\-disable\-swapscreen" 4
2373.IX Item "--disable-swapscreen" 2407.IX Item "--disable-swapscreen"
2374Remove support for swap screen. 2408Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2375.IP "\-\-enable\-frills" 4 2409.IP "\-\-enable\-frills (default: on)" 4
2376.IX Item "--enable-frills" 2410.IX Item "--enable-frills (default: on)"
2377Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to 2411Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2378have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to 2412have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2379disable this. 2413disable this.
2380.Sp 2414.Sp
2381A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR (possibly 2415A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR (possibly
2382in combination with other switches) is: 2416in combination with other switches) is:
2383.Sp 2417.Sp
2384.Vb 13 2418.Vb 15
2385\& MWM-hints 2419\& MWM-hints
2386\& EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 2420\& EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2387\& seperate underline colour 2421\& seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2388\& settable border widths and borderless switch 2422\& settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2423\& visual depth selection (-depth)
2389\& settable extra linespacing 2424\& settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2390\& iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 2425\& iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2426\& tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2427\& settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2428\& keysym remapping support
2429\& cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2430\& XEmbed support (-embed)
2431\& user-pty (-pty-fd)
2432\& hold on exit (-hold)
2433\& skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2434.Ve
2435.Sp
2436It also enabled some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:
2437.Sp
2438.Vb 11
2439\& some round-trip time optimisations
2440\& nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
2441\& UTF8_STRING supporr for selection
2442\& sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2391\& backindex and forwardindex escape sequence 2443\& backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
2444\& view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences
2445\& locale switching escape sequence
2392\& window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences 2446\& window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2393\& tripleclickwords 2447\& rectangular selections
2394\& settable insecure mode 2448\& trailing space removal for selections
2395\& keysym remapping support 2449\& verbose X error handling
2396\& cursor blinking and underline cursor
2397\& -embed and -pty-fd options
2398.Ve 2450.Ve
2399.IP "\-\-enable\-iso14755" 4 2451.IP "\-\-enable\-iso14755 (default: on)" 4
2400.IX Item "--enable-iso14755" 2452.IX Item "--enable-iso14755 (default: on)"
2401Enable extended \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or 2453Enable extended \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2402\&\fIdoc/rxvt.1.txt\fR). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by 2454\&\fIdoc/rxvt.1.txt\fR). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2403\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with 2455\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2404this switch. 2456this switch.
2405.IP "\-\-enable\-keepscrolling" 4 2457.IP "\-\-enable\-keepscrolling (default: on)" 4
2406.IX Item "--enable-keepscrolling" 2458.IX Item "--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)"
2407Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 2459Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2408the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2460the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2409.IP "\-\-enable\-mousewheel" 4 2461.IP "\-\-enable\-mousewheel (default: on)" 4
2410.IX Item "--enable-mousewheel" 2462.IX Item "--enable-mousewheel (default: on)"
2411Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. 2463Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2412.IP "\-\-enable\-slipwheeling" 4 2464.IP "\-\-enable\-slipwheeling (default: on)" 4
2413.IX Item "--enable-slipwheeling" 2465.IX Item "--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)"
2414Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2466Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2415accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2467accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2416requires \-\-enable\-mousewheel to also be specified. 2468requires \-\-enable\-mousewheel to also be specified.
2417.IP "\-\-disable\-new\-selection" 4 2469.IP "\-\-disable\-new\-selection" 4
2418.IX Item "--disable-new-selection" 2470.IX Item "--disable-new-selection"
2419Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 2471Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2420.IP "\-\-enable\-dmalloc" 4 2472.IP "\-\-enable\-dmalloc (default: off)" 4
2421.IX Item "--enable-dmalloc" 2473.IX Item "--enable-dmalloc (default: off)"
2422Use Gray Watson's malloc \- which is good for debugging See 2474Use Gray Watson's malloc \- which is good for debugging See
2423http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the 2475<http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/> for details If you use either this or the
2424next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point 2476next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2425\&\s-1DINCLUDE\s0 and \s-1DLIB\s0 to the right places. 2477\&\s-1DINCLUDE\s0 and \s-1DLIB\s0 to the right places.
2426.Sp 2478.Sp
2427You can only use either this option and the following (should 2479You can only use either this option and the following (should
2428you use either) . 2480you use either) .
2429.IP "\-\-enable\-dlmalloc" 4 2481.IP "\-\-enable\-dlmalloc (default: off)" 4
2430.IX Item "--enable-dlmalloc" 2482.IX Item "--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)"
2431Use Doug Lea's malloc \- which is good for a production version 2483Use Doug Lea's malloc \- which is good for a production version
2432See <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details. 2484See <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2433.IP "\-\-enable\-smart\-resize" 4 2485.IP "\-\-enable\-smart\-resize (default: on)" 4
2434.IX Item "--enable-smart-resize" 2486.IX Item "--enable-smart-resize (default: on)"
2435Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot 2487Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2436keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is 2488keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2437closest to a corner of the screen. 2489the screen in a fixed position.
2438.IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank" 4 2490.IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank (default: on)" 4
2439.IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank" 2491.IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)"
2440Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2492Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2493.IP "\-\-enable\-perl (default: on)" 4
2494.IX Item "--enable-perl (default: on)"
2495Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\f(BIperl\fB\|(3)\fR
2496manpage (\fIdoc/rxvtperl.txt\fR) for more info on this feature, or the files
2497in \fIsrc/perl\-ext/\fR for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2498perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the \f(CW\*(C`PERL\*(C'\fR environment
2499variable when running configure.
2441.IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME" 4 2500.IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4
2442.IX Item "--with-name=NAME" 2501.IX Item "--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)"
2443Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: \f(CW\*(C`urxvt\*(C'\fR, resulting 2502Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2444in \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 2503in \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
2445\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR. 2504\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR.
2446.IP "\-\-with\-term=NAME" 4 2505.IP "\-\-with\-term=NAME (default: rxvt\-unicode)" 4
2447.IX Item "--with-term=NAME" 2506.IX Item "--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)"
2448Change the environmental variable for the terminal to \s-1NAME\s0 (default 2507Change the environmental variable for the terminal to \s-1NAME\s0.
2449\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR)
2450.IP "\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH" 4 2508.IP "\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH" 4
2451.IX Item "--with-terminfo=PATH" 2509.IX Item "--with-terminfo=PATH"
2452Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to 2510Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2453\&\s-1PATH\s0. 2511\&\s-1PATH\s0.
2454.IP "\-\-with\-x" 4 2512.IP "\-\-with\-x" 4

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