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131.IX Title "rxvt 7" 131.IX Title "rxvt 7"
132.TH rxvt 7 "2005-02-14" "5.1" "RXVT-UNICODE" 132.TH rxvt 7 "2006-01-31" "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 contains large patches that 197.PP
168considerably change the behaviour of rxvt\-unicode. Before reporting a 198\fIRxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?\fR
169bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the 199.IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?"
170genuine version (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt\-unicode>) and try to 200.PP
171reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are 201Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
172specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the 202don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
173Debian Bug Tracking System (use \f(CW\*(C`reportbug\*(C'\fR to report the bug). 203you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
174.Sp 204when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
175For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 205accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
176probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a 206.PP
177bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that 207Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
178might encounter the same issue. 208scrollback buffers: Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR, rxvt-unicode will use
179.IP "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 4 2096 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
180.IX Item "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 210kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
181The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available 211use 10 Megabytes of memory. With \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR it gets worse, as
182as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). 212rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
183.Sp 213.PP
184The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can 214\fIHow can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?\fR
185be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp): 215.IX Subsection "How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?"
186.Sp 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 do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.\fR
221.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."
222.PP
223rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable \*(L"\s-1COLORTERM\s0\*(R", so you can
224check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, \s-1JED\s0, slrn,
225Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
226not to use color.
227.PP
228\fIHow do I set the correct, full \s-1IP\s0 address for the \s-1DISPLAY\s0 variable?\fR
229.IX Subsection "How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?"
230.PP
231If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with \s-1DISPLAY_IS_IP\s0 and have enabled
232insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
233snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
234wasn't also compiled with \s-1ESCZ_ANSWER\s0 (as assumed in these snippets) then
235the \s-1COLORTERM\s0 variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
236regular xterm.
237.PP
238Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
239snippets:
240.PP
241.Vb 12
242\& # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
243\& [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
244\& if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
245\& stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
246\& echo -n '^[Z'
247\& read term_id
248\& stty icanon echo
249\& if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
250\& echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
251\& read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
252\& fi
253\& fi
254.Ve
255.PP
256\fIHow do I compile the manual pages on my own?\fR
257.IX Subsection "How do I compile the manual pages on my own?"
258.PP
259You need to have a recent version of perl installed as \fI/usr/bin/perl\fR,
260one that comes with \fIpod2man\fR, \fIpod2text\fR and \fIpod2html\fR. Then go to
261the doc subdirectory and enter \f(CW\*(C`make alldoc\*(C'\fR.
262.PP
263\fIIsn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?\fR
264.IX Subsection "Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?"
265.PP
266I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
267bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
268that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
269compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (\s-1RSS\s0) after startup. Even
270with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
271features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
272already in use in this mode.
273.PP
274.Vb 3
275\& text data bss drs rss filename
276\& 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
277\& 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
278.Ve
279.PP
280When you \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft
281and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
282libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.
283.PP
284.Vb 3
285\& text data bss drs rss filename
286\& 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
287\& 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
288.Ve
289.PP
290The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
291encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
292and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
293encodings. The \s-1BSS\s0 size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
294compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
295memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
296few megabytes of \s-1RSS\s0. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of \s-1RSS\s0 even when
297not used.
298.PP
299Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
300a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
301memory.
302.PP
303Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
304still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
305(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
30643180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
307startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
308extremely well *g*.
309.PP
310\fIWhy \*(C+, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?\fR
311.IX Subsection "Why , isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?"
312.PP
313Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
314to write it, and \*(C+ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
315of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
316shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without \*(C+.
317.PP
318My personal stance on this is that \*(C+ is less portable than C, but in
319the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
320are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
321domain sockets, which are all less portable than \*(C+ itself.
322.PP
323Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
324in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
325\&\*(C+ that don't. \*(C+ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
326not necessarily the case with \s-1GCC\s0. Here is what rxvt links against on my
327system with a minimal config:
328.PP
329.Vb 4
330\& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
331\& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
332\& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
333\& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
334.Ve
335.PP
336And here is rxvt\-unicode:
337.PP
338.Vb 5
339\& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
340\& libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
341\& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
342\& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
343\& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
344.Ve
345.PP
346No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
347except maybe libX11 :)
348.Sh "Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues"
349.IX Subsection "Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues"
350\fII can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?\fR
351.IX Subsection "I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?"
352.PP
353First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt\-unicode, so
354you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may
355bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a rite
356of passage: ... and you failed.
357.PP
358Here are four ways to get transparency. \fBDo\fR read the manpage and option
359descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt\-unicode. Really, do it!
360.PP
3611. Use inheritPixmap:
362.PP
187.Vb 2 363.Vb 2
188\& REMOTE=remotesystem.domain 364\& Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
189\& infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti" 365\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -ip -tint red -sh 40
190.Ve 366.Ve
191.Sp 367.PP
192\&... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system, 368That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
193.Sp 369support, or you are unable to read.
194If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set 370.PP
195\&\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR or even \f(CW\*(C`TERM=xterm\*(C'\fR, and live with the small number of 3712. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo\-transparency. This enables you
196problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different 372to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
197colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice 373your picture with gimp or any other tool:
198quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though. 374.PP
199.Sp 375.Vb 2
200If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you 376\& convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm
201can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired \s-1TERM\s0 value or use a 377\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background
202resource to set it: 378.Ve
203.Sp 379.PP
380That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack \s-1XPM\s0 and Perl support, or you
381are unable to read.
382.PP
3833. Use an \s-1ARGB\s0 visual:
384.PP
204.Vb 1 385.Vb 1
205\& URxvt.termName: rxvt 386\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
206.Ve 387.Ve
207.Sp 388.PP
208If you don't plan to use \fBrxvt\fR (quite common...) you could also replace 389This requires \s-1XFT\s0 support, and the support of your X\-server. If that
209the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one. 390doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. \s-1ARGB\s0 visuals aren't
210.ie n .IP """bash""'s readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 4 391there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the neccessary
211.el .IP "\f(CWbash\fR's readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 4 392bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that
212.IX Item "bash's readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 393doesn't mean that your \s-1WM\s0 has the required kludges in place.
213.PD 0 394.PP
214.IP "I need a termcap file entry." 4 3954. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job:
215.IX Item "I need a termcap file entry." 396.PP
216.PD
217One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
218systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
219library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
220for \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR.
221.Sp
222You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
223You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
224like this:
225.Sp
226.Vb 1 397.Vb 2
227\& infocmp -C rxvt-unicode 398\& xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \e
399\& -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000
228.Ve 400.Ve
229.Sp 401.PP
230Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above: 402Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace \f(CW0xc0000000\fR
231.Sp 403by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and
232.Vb 19 404your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces.
233\& rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\e 405.PP
234\& :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\e
235\& :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\e
236\& :AL=\eE[%dL:DC=\eE[%dP:DL=\eE[%dM:DO=\eE[%dB:IC=\eE[%d@:\e
237\& :K1=\eEOw:K2=\eEOu:K3=\eEOy:K4=\eEOq:K5=\eEOs:LE=\eE[%dD:\e
238\& :RI=\eE[%dC:SF=\eE[%dS:SR=\eE[%dT:UP=\eE[%dA:ae=^O:al=\eE[L:\e
239\& :as=^N:bl=^G:cd=\eE[J:ce=\eE[K:cl=\eE[H\eE[2J:cm=\eE[%i%d;%dH:\e
240\& :cr=^M:cs=\eE[%i%d;%dr:ct=\eE[3g:dc=\eE[P:dl=\eE[M:do=^J:\e
241\& :ec=\eE[%dX:ei=\eE[4l:ho=\eE[H:i1=\eE[?47l\eE=\eE[?1l:ic=\eE[@:\e
242\& :im=\eE[4h:is=\eE[r\eE[m\eE[2J\eE[H\eE[?7h\eE[?1;3;4;6l\eE[4l:\e
243\& :k1=\eE[11~:k2=\eE[12~:k3=\eE[13~:k4=\eE[14~:k5=\eE[15~:\e
244\& :k6=\eE[17~:k7=\eE[18~:k8=\eE[19~:k9=\eE[20~:kD=\eE[3~:\e
245\& :kI=\eE[2~:kN=\eE[6~:kP=\eE[5~:kb=\e177:kd=\eEOB:ke=\eE[?1l\eE>:\e
246\& :kh=\eE[7~:kl=\eEOD:kr=\eEOC:ks=\eE[?1h\eE=:ku=\eEOA:le=^H:\e
247\& :mb=\eE[5m:md=\eE[1m:me=\eE[m\e017:mr=\eE[7m:nd=\eE[C:rc=\eE8:\e
248\& :sc=\eE7:se=\eE[27m:sf=^J:so=\eE[7m:sr=\eEM:st=\eEH:ta=^I:\e
249\& :te=\eE[r\eE[?1049l:ti=\eE[?1049h:ue=\eE[24m:up=\eE[A:\e
250\& :us=\eE[4m:vb=\eE[?5h\eE[?5l:ve=\eE[?25h:vi=\eE[?25l:\e
251\& :vs=\eE[?25h:
252.Ve
253.ie n .IP "Why does ""ls"" no longer have coloured output?" 4
254.el .IP "Why does \f(CWls\fR no longer have coloured output?" 4
255.IX Item "Why does ls no longer have coloured output?"
256The \f(CW\*(C`ls\*(C'\fR in the \s-1GNU\s0 coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
257decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
258file. Needless to say, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR is not in it's default file (among
259with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
260.Sp
261.Vb 1
262\& TERM rxvt-unicode
263.Ve
264.Sp
265to \f(CW\*(C`/etc/DIR_COLORS\*(C'\fR or simply add:
266.Sp
267.Vb 1
268\& alias ls='ls --color=auto'
269.Ve
270.Sp
271to your \f(CW\*(C`.profile\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`.bashrc\*(C'\fR.
272.IP "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?" 4
273.IX Item "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?"
274.PD 0
275.IP "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?" 4
276.IX Item "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?"
277.IP "Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?" 4
278.IX Item "Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?"
279.PD
280Make sure you are using \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR. Some pre-packaged
281distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
282by setting \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, which doesn't have these extra
283features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
284GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo
285file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question \fBWhen
286I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?\fR on
287how to do this).
288.IP "My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?" 4
289.IX Item "My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?"
290Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
291specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
292by the wrong \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR setting, although the details of wether and how
293this can happen are unknown, as \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR should offer a compatible
294keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
295helped.
296.IP "Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?" 4
297.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?"
298.PD 0
299.IP "Unicode does not seem to work?" 4
300.IX Item "Unicode does not seem to work?"
301.PD
302If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
303getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
304subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
305.Sp
306Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR setting as the
307programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the \f(CW\*(C`C\*(C'\fR locale, while the
308login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
309something else, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`en_GB.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
310.Sp
311The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
312into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
313.Sp
314.Vb 1
315\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' "$LC_CTYPE"
316.Ve
317.Sp
318If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR specification not
319supported on your systems. Some systems have a \f(CW\*(C`locale\*(C'\fR command which
320displays this (also, \f(CW\*(C`perl \-e0\*(C'\fR can be used to check locale settings, as
321it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
322like:
323.Sp
324.Vb 1
325\& locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
326.Ve
327.Sp
328Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
329.Sp
330If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
331you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
332support locales :(
333.IP "Why do some characters look so much different than others?" 4
334.IX Item "Why do some characters look so much different than others?"
335.PD 0
336.IP "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" 4
337.IX Item "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?"
338.PD
339Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
340fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
341your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
342to display.
343.Sp
344\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
345font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
346bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
347resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
348intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
349the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
350.Sp
351In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
352e.g.:
353.Sp
354.Vb 1
355\& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
356.Ve
357.Sp
358When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
359font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
360next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
361search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X\-server.
362.Sp
363The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
364font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
365must be the same due to the way terminals work.
366.IP "Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?" 4 406\fIWhy do some chinese characters look so different than others?\fR
367.IX Item "Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?" 407.IX Subsection "Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?"
408.PP
368This is because there is a difference between script and language \*(-- 409This is because there is a difference between script and language \*(--
369rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is, 410rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
370as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first 411as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
371sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for 412sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
372display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many 413display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
373chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first 414chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
374non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font 415non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
375\&\*(-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for 416\&\*(-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
376chinese characters that are also in the japanese font. 417chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
377.Sp 418.PP
378The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font 419The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
379list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as 420list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
380a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font 421a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
381first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first. 422first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
382.Sp 423.PP
383In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at 424In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
384runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different 425runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
385fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this 426fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
386has been designed yet). 427has been designed yet).
387.Sp 428.PP
388Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see \*(L"Can I switch the fonts at runtime?\*(R" later in this document). 429Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see \*(L"Can I switch the fonts at runtime?\*(R" later in this document).
430.PP
389.IP "Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?" 4 431\fIWhy does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?\fR
390.IX Item "Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?" 432.IX Subsection "Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?"
433.PP
391Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character 434Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
392size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might 435size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
393contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid 436contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
394these characters. For characters that are just \*(L"a bit\*(R" too wide a special 437these characters. For characters that are just \*(L"a bit\*(R" too wide a special
395\&\*(L"careful\*(R" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters. 438\&\*(L"careful\*(R" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
396.Sp 439.PP
397All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes, 440All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
398however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding 441however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
399box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to 442box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
400ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these 443ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
401cases). 444cases).
402.Sp 445.PP
403It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype, 446It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
404or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using 447or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
405the \f(CW\*(C`\-lsp\*(C'\fR option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you 448the \f(CW\*(C`\-lsp\*(C'\fR option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
406might be forced to use a different font. 449might be forced to use a different font.
407.Sp 450.PP
408All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding 451All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
409box data is correct. 452box data is correct.
410.IP "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working." 4 453.PP
411.IX Item "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working."
412The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
413correctly, or you specified a \fBpreeditStyle\fR that is not supported by
414your input method. For example, if you specified \fBOverTheSpot\fR and
415your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
416does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
417rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
418.Sp
419In this case either do not specify a \fBpreeditStyle\fR or specify more than
420one pre-edit style, such as \fBOverTheSpot,Root,None\fR.
421.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
422.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
423.IX Item "I cannot type Ctrl-Shift-2 to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755"
424Either try \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-2\*(C'\fR alone (it often is mapped to \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0 even on
425international keyboards) or simply use \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support to your
426advantage, typing <Ctrl\-Shift\-0> to get a \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0. This works for other
427codes, too, such as \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-Shift\-1\-d\*(C'\fR to type the default telnet escape
428character and so on.
429.IP "How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?" 4 454\fIHow can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?\fR
430.IX Item "How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?" 455.IX Subsection "How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?"
456.PP
431First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings 457First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
432(\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then 458(\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
433make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise 459make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
434rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect: 460rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
435.Sp 461.PP
436.Vb 2 462.Vb 2
437\& URxvt.colorBD: white 463\& URxvt.colorBD: white
438\& URxvt.colorIT: green 464\& URxvt.colorIT: green
439.Ve 465.Ve
466.PP
440.IP "Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?" 4 467\fISome programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?\fR
441.IX Item "Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?" 468.IX Subsection "Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?"
469.PP
442For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird 470For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
443colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard 471colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
4448 colours (rxvt\-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix 4728 colours (rxvt\-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
445these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons. 473these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
446.Sp 474.PP
447In the meantime, you can either edit your \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo 475In the meantime, you can either edit your \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo
448definition to only claim 8 colour support or use \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR, which will 476definition to only claim 8 colour support or use \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR, which will
449fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features. 477fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
450.IP "I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all." 4 478.PP
451.IX Item "I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all."
452Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR to be defined
453in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
454wether it defines the symbol or not. \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR requires that
455\&\fBwchar_t\fR is represented as unicode.
456.Sp
457As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
458does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
459\&\fBwchar_t\fR. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
460.Sp
461However, \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR is the only sane way to support
462multi-language apps in an \s-1OS\s0, as using a locale-dependent (and
463non\-standardized) representation of \fBwchar_t\fR makes it impossible to
464convert between \fBwchar_t\fR (as used by X11 and your applications) and any
465other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and
466every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert \fBwchar_t\fR into anything
467except the current locale encoding.
468.Sp
469Some applications (such as the formidable \fBmlterm\fR) work around this
470by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
471with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
472conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the \s-1OS\s0 implements
473encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
474.Sp
475The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
476system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
477complete replacements for them :)
478.IP "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?" 4
479.IX Item "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?"
480.PD 0
481.IP "Is there an option to switch encodings?" 4
482.IX Item "Is there an option to switch encodings?"
483.PD
484Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
485specific \*(L"utf\-8\*(R" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
486\&\s-1UTF\-8\s0 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
487.Sp
488The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
489the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
490applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
491and code number. This mechanism is the \fIlocale\fR. Applications not using
492that info will have problems (for example, \f(CW\*(C`xterm\*(C'\fR gets the width of
493characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
494locales).
495.Sp
496Rxvt-unicode uses the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR locale category to select encoding. All
497programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
498interpretation of characters.
499.Sp
500Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
501is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
502.Sp
503On most systems, the content of the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR environment variable
504contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
505locale. Common names for locales are \f(CW\*(C`en_US.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.ISO\-8859\-15\*(C'\fR,
506\&\f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR, i.e. \f(CW\*(C`language_country.encoding\*(C'\fR, but other forms
507(i.e. \f(CW\*(C`de\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`german\*(C'\fR) are also common.
508.Sp
509Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
510the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
511i.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
512rxvt\-unicode.
513.Sp
514If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
515rxvt-unicode with the correct \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR category.
516.IP "Can I switch locales at runtime?" 4
517.IX Item "Can I switch locales at runtime?"
518Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
519rxvt\-unicode's idea of \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR.
520.Sp
521.Vb 1
522\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
523.Ve
524.Sp
525See also the previous answer.
526.Sp
527Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
528one locale (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR) but some programs don't support it
529(e.g. \s-1UTF\-8\s0). For example, I use this script to start \f(CW\*(C`xjdic\*(C'\fR, which
530first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
531.Sp
532.Vb 3
533\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
534\& xjdic -js
535\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' de_DE.UTF-8
536.Ve
537.Sp
538You can also use xterm's \f(CW\*(C`luit\*(C'\fR program, which usually works fine, except
539for some locales where character width differs between program\- and
540rxvt\-unicode\-locales.
541.IP "Can I switch the fonts at runtime?" 4 479\fICan I switch the fonts at runtime?\fR
542.IX Item "Can I switch the fonts at runtime?" 480.IX Subsection "Can I switch the fonts at runtime?"
481.PP
543Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same 482Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
544effect as using the \f(CW\*(C`\-fn\*(C'\fR switch, and takes effect immediately: 483effect as using the \f(CW\*(C`\-fn\*(C'\fR switch, and takes effect immediately:
545.Sp 484.PP
546.Vb 1 485.Vb 1
547\& printf '\ee]50;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" 486\& printf '\ee]50;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
548.Ve 487.Ve
549.Sp 488.PP
550This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a 489This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
551japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where 490japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
552japanese fonts would only be in your way. 491japanese fonts would only be in your way.
553.Sp 492.PP
554You can think of this as a kind of manual \s-1ISO\-2022\s0 switching. 493You can think of this as a kind of manual \s-1ISO\-2022\s0 switching.
494.PP
555.IP "Why do italic characters look as if clipped?" 4 495\fIWhy do italic characters look as if clipped?\fR
556.IX Item "Why do italic characters look as if clipped?" 496.IX Subsection "Why do italic characters look as if clipped?"
497.PP
557Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For 498Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
558example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font \f(CW\*(C`xft:Bitstream Vera Sans 499example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font \f(CW\*(C`xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
559Mono\*(C'\fR completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to 500Mono\*(C'\fR completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
560enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this: 501enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
561.Sp 502.PP
562.Vb 2 503.Vb 2
563\& URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true 504\& URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
564\& URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true 505\& URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
565.Ve 506.Ve
566.IP "My input method wants <some encoding> but I want \s-1UTF\-8\s0, what can I do?" 4 507.PP
567.IX Item "My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?"
568You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
569terminal, using the resource \f(CW\*(C`imlocale\*(C'\fR:
570.Sp
571.Vb 1
572\& URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
573.Ve
574.Sp
575Now you can start your terminal with \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR and still
576use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
577input characters outside \f(CW\*(C`EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR in a normal way then, as your input
578method limits you.
579.IP "Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits." 4
580.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits."
581Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the \s-1XIM\s0 protocol is racy by
582design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
583leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
584exit time. \fBkinput2\fR (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
585while \fB\s-1SCIM\s0\fR (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
586crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
587.Sp
588So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
589.IP "Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?" 4
590.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?"
591Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
592don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
593you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
594when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
595accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
596.Sp
597Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
598scrollback buffers: Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR, rxvt-unicode will use
5996 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
600kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
601use 10 Megabytes of memory. With \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR it gets worse, as
602rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
603.IP "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?" 4 508\fICan I speed up Xft rendering somehow?\fR
604.IX Item "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?" 509.IX Subsection "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?"
510.PP
605Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as 511Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
606it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable 512it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
607antialiasing (by appending \f(CW\*(C`:antialiasing=false\*(C'\fR), which saves lots of 513antialiasing (by appending \f(CW\*(C`:antialias=false\*(C'\fR), which saves lots of
608memory and also speeds up rendering considerably. 514memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
515.PP
609.IP "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?" 4 516\fIRxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?\fR
610.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?" 517.IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?"
518.PP
611Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to 519Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
612fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core 520fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
613fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has 521fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
614antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they 522antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
615look best that way. 523look best that way.
616.Sp 524.PP
617If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually. 525If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
618.IP "Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works." 4 526.PP
619.IX Item "Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works."
620Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
621some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
622heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
623quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
624depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
625.IP "What's with this bold/blink stuff?" 4 527\fIWhat's with this bold/blink stuff?\fR
626.IX Item "What's with this bold/blink stuff?" 528.IX Subsection "What's with this bold/blink stuff?"
529.PP
627If no bold colour is set via \f(CW\*(C`colorBD:\*(C'\fR, bold will invert text using the 530If no bold colour is set via \f(CW\*(C`colorBD:\*(C'\fR, bold will invert text using the
628standard foreground colour. 531standard foreground colour.
629.Sp 532.PP
630For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the 533For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
631text blink when compiled with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR. with standard 534text blink when compiled with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR. with standard
632colours. Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR, the blink attribute will be 535colours. Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR, the blink attribute will be
633ignored. 536ignored.
634.Sp 537.PP
635On \s-1ANSI\s0 colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity 538On \s-1ANSI\s0 colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
636foreground/background colors. 539foreground/background colors.
637.Sp 540.PP
638color0\-7 are the low-intensity colors. 541color0\-7 are the low-intensity colors.
639.Sp 542.PP
640color8\-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors. 543color8\-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
544.PP
641.IP "I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?" 4 545\fII don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?\fR
642.IX Item "I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?" 546.IX Subsection "I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?"
547.PP
643You can change the screen colors at run-time using \fI~/.Xdefaults\fR 548You can change the screen colors at run-time using \fI~/.Xdefaults\fR
644resources (or as long\-options). 549resources (or as long\-options).
645.Sp 550.PP
646Here are values that are supposed to resemble a \s-1VGA\s0 screen, 551Here are values that are supposed to resemble a \s-1VGA\s0 screen,
647including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow: 552including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
648.Sp 553.PP
649.Vb 8 554.Vb 8
650\& URxvt.color0: #000000 555\& URxvt.color0: #000000
651\& URxvt.color1: #A80000 556\& URxvt.color1: #A80000
652\& URxvt.color2: #00A800 557\& URxvt.color2: #00A800
653\& URxvt.color3: #A8A800 558\& URxvt.color3: #A8A800
654\& URxvt.color4: #0000A8 559\& URxvt.color4: #0000A8
655\& URxvt.color5: #A800A8 560\& URxvt.color5: #A800A8
656\& URxvt.color6: #00A8A8 561\& URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
657\& URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8 562\& URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
658.Ve 563.Ve
659.Sp 564.PP
660.Vb 8 565.Vb 8
661\& URxvt.color8: #000054 566\& URxvt.color8: #000054
662\& URxvt.color9: #FF0054 567\& URxvt.color9: #FF0054
663\& URxvt.color10: #00FF54 568\& URxvt.color10: #00FF54
664\& URxvt.color11: #FFFF54 569\& URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
665\& URxvt.color12: #0000FF 570\& URxvt.color12: #0000FF
666\& URxvt.color13: #FF00FF 571\& URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
667\& URxvt.color14: #00FFFF 572\& URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
668\& URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF 573\& URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
669.Ve 574.Ve
670.Sp 575.PP
671And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by 576And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
672me) as \*(L"pretty girly\*(R". 577me) as \*(L"pretty girly\*(R".
673.Sp 578.PP
674.Vb 18 579.Vb 18
675\& URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1 580\& URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
676\& URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1 581\& URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
677\& URxvt.background: #0e0e0e 582\& URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
678\& URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1 583\& URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
689\& URxvt.color6: #73f7ff 594\& URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
690\& URxvt.color14: #73f7ff 595\& URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
691\& URxvt.color7: #e1dddd 596\& URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
692\& URxvt.color15: #e1dddd 597\& URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
693.Ve 598.Ve
694.IP "How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?" 4 599.PP
695.IX Item "How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?" 600\fIWhy do some characters look so much different than others?\fR
696Despite it's name, @@RXVT_NAME@@d is not a real daemon, but more like a 601.IX Subsection "Why do some characters look so much different than others?"
697server that answers @@RXVT_NAME@@c's requests, so it doesn't background 602.PP
698itself. 603See next entry.
699.Sp 604.PP
700To ensure @@RXVT_NAME@@d is listening on it's socket, you can use the 605\fIHow does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\fR
701following method to wait for the startup message before continuing: 606.IX Subsection "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?"
702.Sp 607.PP
608Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
609fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
610your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
611to display.
612.PP
613\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
614font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
615bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
616resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
617intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
618the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
619.PP
620In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
621e.g.:
622.PP
703.Vb 1 623.Vb 1
704\& { @@RXVT_NAME@@d & } | read 624\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
705.Ve 625.Ve
626.PP
627When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
628font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
629next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
630search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X\-server.
631.PP
632The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
633font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
634must be the same due to the way terminals work.
635.Sh "Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction"
636.IX Subsection "Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction"
637\fIThe new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?\fR
638.IX Subsection "The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?"
639.PP
640If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
641setting:
642.PP
643.Vb 1
644\& URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
645.Ve
646.PP
647If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
648more and more.
649.PP
650To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:
651.PP
652.Vb 1
653\& URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\e\e\e\e]^`{|})]+)
654.Ve
655.PP
656Please also note that the \fILeftClick Shift-LeftClik\fR combination also
657selects words like the old code.
658.PP
659\fII don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?\fR
660.IX Subsection "I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?"
661.PP
662You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
663\&\fBperl-ext-common\fR resource to the empty string, which also keeps
664rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
665.PP
666If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
667identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
668\&\fB\s-1PREPACKAGED\s0 \s-1EXTENSIONS\s0\fR in the @@URXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage. For
669example, to disable the \fBselection-popup\fR and \fBoption-popup\fR, specify
670this \fBperl-ext-common\fR resource:
671.PP
672.Vb 1
673\& URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
674.Ve
675.PP
676This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
677extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
678scrollback search mode is triggered by \fBM\-s\fR. You can move it to any
679other combination either by setting the \fBsearchable-scrollback\fR resource:
680.PP
681.Vb 1
682\& URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
683.Ve
684.PP
685\fIThe cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?\fR
686.IX Subsection "The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?"
687.PP
688See next entry.
689.PP
690\fIDuring rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?\fR
691.IX Subsection "During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?"
692.PP
693These are caused by the \f(CW\*(C`readline\*(C'\fR perl extension. Under normal
694circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the
695line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment,
696but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some
697cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly.
698.PP
699You can permamently switch this feature off by disabling the \f(CW\*(C`readline\*(C'\fR
700extension:
701.PP
702.Vb 1
703\& URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline
704.Ve
705.PP
706\fIMy numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?\fR
707.IX Subsection "My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?"
708.PP
709Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
710specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
711by the wrong \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR setting, although the details of wether and how
712this can happen are unknown, as \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR should offer a compatible
713keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
714helped.
715.PP
716\fIMy Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.\fR
717.IX Subsection "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working."
718.PP
719The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
720correctly, or you specified a \fBpreeditStyle\fR that is not supported by
721your input method. For example, if you specified \fBOverTheSpot\fR and
722your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
723does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
724rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
725.PP
726In this case either do not specify a \fBpreeditStyle\fR or specify more than
727one pre-edit style, such as \fBOverTheSpot,Root,None\fR.
728.PP
729\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
730.IX Subsection "I cannot type Ctrl-Shift-2 to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755"
731.PP
732Either try \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-2\*(C'\fR alone (it often is mapped to \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0 even on
733international keyboards) or simply use \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support to your
734advantage, typing <Ctrl\-Shift\-0> to get a \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0. This works for other
735codes, too, such as \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-Shift\-1\-d\*(C'\fR to type the default telnet escape
736character and so on.
737.PP
738\fIMouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.\fR
739.IX Subsection "Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works."
740.PP
741Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
742some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
743heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
744quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
745depressed.
746.PP
706.IP "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?" 4 747\fIWhat's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?\fR
707.IX Item "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?" 748.IX Subsection "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?"
749.PP
708Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the 750Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
709BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following 751BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
710question) there are two standard values that can be used for 752question) there are two standard values that can be used for
711Backspace: \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR. 753Backspace: \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR.
712.Sp 754.PP
713Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian 755Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
714policy of using \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR when unsure, because it's the one only only correct 756policy of using \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
715choice :). 757choice :).
716.Sp 758.PP
717Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value 759Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
718of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't 760of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
719started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the 761started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
720system value of `erase', which corresponds to \s-1CERASE\s0 in <termios.h>, will 762system value of `erase', which corresponds to \s-1CERASE\s0 in <termios.h>, will
721be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting). 763be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
722.Sp 764.PP
723For starting a new rxvt\-unicode: 765For starting a new rxvt\-unicode:
724.Sp 766.PP
725.Vb 3 767.Vb 3
726\& # use Backspace = ^H 768\& # use Backspace = ^H
727\& $ stty erase ^H 769\& $ stty erase ^H
728\& $ @@RXVT_NAME@@ 770\& $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
729.Ve 771.Ve
730.Sp 772.PP
731.Vb 3 773.Vb 3
732\& # use Backspace = ^? 774\& # use Backspace = ^?
733\& $ stty erase ^? 775\& $ stty erase ^?
734\& $ @@RXVT_NAME@@ 776\& $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
735.Ve 777.Ve
736.Sp 778.PP
737Toggle with \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 h\*(C'\fR / \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 l\*(C'\fR as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7). 779Toggle with \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 h\*(C'\fR / \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 l\*(C'\fR.
738.Sp 780.PP
739For an existing rxvt\-unicode: 781For an existing rxvt\-unicode:
740.Sp 782.PP
741.Vb 3 783.Vb 3
742\& # use Backspace = ^H 784\& # use Backspace = ^H
743\& $ stty erase ^H 785\& $ stty erase ^H
744\& $ echo -n "^[[36h" 786\& $ echo -n "^[[36h"
745.Ve 787.Ve
746.Sp 788.PP
747.Vb 3 789.Vb 3
748\& # use Backspace = ^? 790\& # use Backspace = ^?
749\& $ stty erase ^? 791\& $ stty erase ^?
750\& $ echo -n "^[[36l" 792\& $ echo -n "^[[36l"
751.Ve 793.Ve
752.Sp 794.PP
753This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but 795This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
754if you use Backspace = \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value 796if you use Backspace = \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
755properly reflects that. 797properly reflects that.
756.Sp 798.PP
757The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem. 799The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
758To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete 800To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
759key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute 801key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
760(\f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 3 ~\*(C'\fR) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo. 802(\f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 3 ~\*(C'\fR) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
761.Sp 803.PP
762Some other Backspace problems: 804Some other Backspace problems:
763.Sp 805.PP
764some editors use termcap/terminfo, 806some editors use termcap/terminfo,
765some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H, 807some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
766\&\s-1GNU\s0 Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help. 808\&\s-1GNU\s0 Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
767.Sp 809.PP
768Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner. 810Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
811.PP
769.IP "I don't like the key\-bindings. How do I change them?" 4 812\fII don't like the key\-bindings. How do I change them?\fR
770.IX Item "I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?" 813.IX Subsection "I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?"
814.PP
771There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless 815There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
772you have run \*(L"configure\*(R" with the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-resources\*(C'\fR option you can 816you have run \*(L"configure\*(R" with the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-resources\*(C'\fR option you can
773use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms. 817use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
774.Sp 818.PP
775Here's an example for a URxvt session started using \f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-name URxvt\*(C'\fR 819Here's an example for a URxvt session started using \f(CW\*(C`@@URXVT_NAME@@ \-name URxvt\*(C'\fR
776.Sp 820.PP
777.Vb 20 821.Vb 20
778\& URxvt.keysym.Home: \e033[1~ 822\& URxvt.keysym.Home: \e033[1~
779\& URxvt.keysym.End: \e033[4~ 823\& URxvt.keysym.End: \e033[4~
780\& URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \e033<C-'> 824\& URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \e033<C-'>
781\& URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \e033<C-/> 825\& URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \e033<C-/>
794\& URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \e033<M-Right> 838\& URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \e033<M-Right>
795\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \e033<M-C- 0123456789 > 839\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \e033<M-C- 0123456789 >
796\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \e033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz > 840\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \e033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
797\& URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007 841\& URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
798.Ve 842.Ve
799.Sp 843.PP
800See some more examples in the documentation for the \fBkeysym\fR resource. 844See some more examples in the documentation for the \fBkeysym\fR resource.
845.PP
801.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." 4 846\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
802.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." 847.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"
848.PP
803.Vb 6 849.Vb 6
804\& KP_Insert == Insert 850\& KP_Insert == Insert
805\& F22 == Print 851\& F22 == Print
806\& F27 == Home 852\& F27 == Home
807\& F29 == Prior 853\& F29 == Prior
808\& F33 == End 854\& F33 == End
809\& F35 == Next 855\& F35 == Next
810.Ve 856.Ve
811.Sp 857.PP
812Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible 858Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
813keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as 859keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
814required for your particular machine. 860required for your particular machine.
815.IP "How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc." 4 861.Sh "Terminal Configuration"
816.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." 862.IX Subsection "Terminal Configuration"
817rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable \*(L"\s-1COLORTERM\s0\*(R", so you can 863\fIWhy doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?\fR
818check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, \s-1JED\s0, slrn, 864.IX Subsection "Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?"
819Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or 865.PP
820not to use color. 866Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
821.IP "How do I set the correct, full \s-1IP\s0 address for the \s-1DISPLAY\s0 variable?" 4 867applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your \s-1OS\s0 loads
822.IX Item "How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?" 868resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
823If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with \s-1DISPLAY_IS_IP\s0 and have enabled 869ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
824insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script 870\&\fI$HOME/.Xdefaults\fR when no resources are attached to the display.
825snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode 871.PP
826wasn't also compiled with \s-1ESCZ_ANSWER\s0 (as assumed in these snippets) then 872If you have or use an \fI$HOME/.Xresources\fR file, chances are that
827the \s-1COLORTERM\s0 variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a 873resources are loaded into your X\-server. In this case, you have to
828regular xterm. 874re-login after every change (or run \fIxrdb \-merge \f(CI$HOME\fI/.Xresources\fR).
829.Sp 875.PP
830Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script 876Also consider the form resources have to use:
831snippets: 877.PP
832.Sp
833.Vb 12 878.Vb 1
834\& # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells: 879\& URxvt.resource: value
835\& [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
836\& if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
837\& stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
838\& echo -n '^[Z'
839\& read term_id
840\& stty icanon echo
841\& if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
842\& echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
843\& read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
844\& fi
845\& fi
846.Ve 880.Ve
847.IP "How do I compile the manual pages for myself?" 4 881.PP
848.IX Item "How do I compile the manual pages for myself?" 882If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
849You need to have a recent version of perl installed as \fI/usr/bin/perl\fR, 883specifying resources), make sure you understand wether and why it
850one that comes with \fIpod2man\fR, \fIpod2text\fR and \fIpod2html\fR. Then go to 884works. If unsure, use the form above.
851the doc subdirectory and enter \f(CW\*(C`make alldoc\*(C'\fR. 885.PP
852.IP "My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?" 4 886\fIWhen I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?\fR
853.IX Item "My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?" 887.IX Subsection "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?"
854Before sending me mail, you could go to \s-1IRC:\s0 \f(CW\*(C`irc.freenode.net\*(C'\fR, 888.PP
855channel \f(CW\*(C`#rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be 889The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
856interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :). 890as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
891.PP
892The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
893be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):
894.PP
895.Vb 2
896\& REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
897\& infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
898.Ve
899.PP
900\&... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
901.PP
902If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
903\&\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR or even \f(CW\*(C`TERM=xterm\*(C'\fR, and live with the small number of
904problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
905colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
906quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
907.PP
908If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
909can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired \s-1TERM\s0 value or use a
910resource to set it:
911.PP
912.Vb 1
913\& URxvt.termName: rxvt
914.Ve
915.PP
916If you don't plan to use \fBrxvt\fR (quite common...) you could also replace
917the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
918.PP
919\fI\f(CI\*(C`tic\*(C'\fI outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.\fR
920.IX Subsection "tic outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry."
921.PP
922Most likely it's the empty definition for \f(CW\*(C`enacs=\*(C'\fR. Just replace it by
923\&\f(CW\*(C`enacs=\eE[0@\*(C'\fR and try again.
924.PP
925\fI\f(CI\*(C`bash\*(C'\fI's readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@.\fR
926.IX Subsection "bash's readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@."
927.PP
928See next entry.
929.PP
930\fII need a termcap file entry.\fR
931.IX Subsection "I need a termcap file entry."
932.PP
933One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
934systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
935library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
936for \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR.
937.PP
938You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
939You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
940like this:
941.PP
942.Vb 1
943\& infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
944.Ve
945.PP
946Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
947.PP
948.Vb 20
949\& rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\e
950\& :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\e
951\& :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\e
952\& :AL=\eE[%dL:DC=\eE[%dP:DL=\eE[%dM:DO=\eE[%dB:IC=\eE[%d@:\e
953\& :K1=\eEOw:K2=\eEOu:K3=\eEOy:K4=\eEOq:K5=\eEOs:LE=\eE[%dD:\e
954\& :RI=\eE[%dC:SF=\eE[%dS:SR=\eE[%dT:UP=\eE[%dA:ae=\eE(B:al=\eE[L:\e
955\& :as=\eE(0:bl=^G:cd=\eE[J:ce=\eE[K:cl=\eE[H\eE[2J:\e
956\& :cm=\eE[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\eE[%i%d;%dr:ct=\eE[3g:dc=\eE[P:\e
957\& :dl=\eE[M:do=^J:ec=\eE[%dX:ei=\eE[4l:ho=\eE[H:\e
958\& :i1=\eE[?47l\eE=\eE[?1l:ic=\eE[@:im=\eE[4h:\e
959\& :is=\eE[r\eE[m\eE[2J\eE[H\eE[?7h\eE[?1;3;4;6l\eE[4l:\e
960\& :k1=\eE[11~:k2=\eE[12~:k3=\eE[13~:k4=\eE[14~:k5=\eE[15~:\e
961\& :k6=\eE[17~:k7=\eE[18~:k8=\eE[19~:k9=\eE[20~:kD=\eE[3~:\e
962\& :kI=\eE[2~:kN=\eE[6~:kP=\eE[5~:kb=\e177:kd=\eEOB:ke=\eE[?1l\eE>:\e
963\& :kh=\eE[7~:kl=\eEOD:kr=\eEOC:ks=\eE[?1h\eE=:ku=\eEOA:le=^H:\e
964\& :mb=\eE[5m:md=\eE[1m:me=\eE[m\e017:mr=\eE[7m:nd=\eE[C:rc=\eE8:\e
965\& :sc=\eE7:se=\eE[27m:sf=^J:so=\eE[7m:sr=\eEM:st=\eEH:ta=^I:\e
966\& :te=\eE[r\eE[?1049l:ti=\eE[?1049h:ue=\eE[24m:up=\eE[A:\e
967\& :us=\eE[4m:vb=\eE[?5h\eE[?5l:ve=\eE[?25h:vi=\eE[?25l:\e
968\& :vs=\eE[?25h:
969.Ve
970.PP
971\fIWhy does \f(CI\*(C`ls\*(C'\fI no longer have coloured output?\fR
972.IX Subsection "Why does ls no longer have coloured output?"
973.PP
974The \f(CW\*(C`ls\*(C'\fR in the \s-1GNU\s0 coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
975decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
976file. Needless to say, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR is not in it's default file (among
977with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
978.PP
979.Vb 1
980\& TERM rxvt-unicode
981.Ve
982.PP
983to \f(CW\*(C`/etc/DIR_COLORS\*(C'\fR or simply add:
984.PP
985.Vb 1
986\& alias ls='ls --color=auto'
987.Ve
988.PP
989to your \f(CW\*(C`.profile\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`.bashrc\*(C'\fR.
990.PP
991\fIWhy doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?\fR
992.IX Subsection "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?"
993.PP
994See next entry.
995.PP
996\fIWhy doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?\fR
997.IX Subsection "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?"
998.PP
999See next entry.
1000.PP
1001\fIWhy are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?\fR
1002.IX Subsection "Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?"
1003.PP
1004Make sure you are using \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR. Some pre-packaged
1005distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
1006by setting \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, which doesn't have these extra
1007features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
1008GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo
1009file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question \fBWhen
1010I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?\fR on
1011how to do this).
1012.Sh "Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues"
1013.IX Subsection "Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues"
1014\fIRxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?\fR
1015.IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?"
1016.PP
1017See next entry.
1018.PP
1019\fIUnicode does not seem to work?\fR
1020.IX Subsection "Unicode does not seem to work?"
1021.PP
1022If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
1023getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
1024subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
1025.PP
1026Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR setting as the
1027programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the \f(CW\*(C`C\*(C'\fR locale, while the
1028login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
1029something else, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`en_GB.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
1030.PP
1031The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
1032into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
1033.PP
1034.Vb 1
1035\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' "$LC_CTYPE"
1036.Ve
1037.PP
1038If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR specification not
1039supported on your systems. Some systems have a \f(CW\*(C`locale\*(C'\fR command which
1040displays this (also, \f(CW\*(C`perl \-e0\*(C'\fR can be used to check locale settings, as
1041it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
1042like:
1043.PP
1044.Vb 1
1045\& locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
1046.Ve
1047.PP
1048Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
1049.PP
1050If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
1051you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
1052support locales :(
1053.PP
1054\fIHow does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?\fR
1055.IX Subsection "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?"
1056.PP
1057See next entry.
1058.PP
1059\fIIs there an option to switch encodings?\fR
1060.IX Subsection "Is there an option to switch encodings?"
1061.PP
1062Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
1063specific \*(L"utf\-8\*(R" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
1064\&\s-1UTF\-8\s0 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
1065.PP
1066The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
1067the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
1068applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
1069and code number. This mechanism is the \fIlocale\fR. Applications not using
1070that info will have problems (for example, \f(CW\*(C`xterm\*(C'\fR gets the width of
1071characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
1072locales).
1073.PP
1074Rxvt-unicode uses the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR locale category to select encoding. All
1075programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1076interpretation of characters.
1077.PP
1078Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1079is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
1080.PP
1081On most systems, the content of the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR environment variable
1082contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1083locale. Common names for locales are \f(CW\*(C`en_US.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.ISO\-8859\-15\*(C'\fR,
1084\&\f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR, i.e. \f(CW\*(C`language_country.encoding\*(C'\fR, but other forms
1085(i.e. \f(CW\*(C`de\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`german\*(C'\fR) are also common.
1086.PP
1087Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1088the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1089i.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
1090rxvt\-unicode.
1091.PP
1092If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1093rxvt-unicode with the correct \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR category.
1094.PP
1095\fICan I switch locales at runtime?\fR
1096.IX Subsection "Can I switch locales at runtime?"
1097.PP
1098Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
1099rxvt\-unicode's idea of \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR.
1100.PP
1101.Vb 1
1102\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
1103.Ve
1104.PP
1105See also the previous answer.
1106.PP
1107Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
1108one locale (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR) but some programs don't support it
1109(e.g. \s-1UTF\-8\s0). For example, I use this script to start \f(CW\*(C`xjdic\*(C'\fR, which
1110first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
1111.PP
1112.Vb 3
1113\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
1114\& xjdic -js
1115\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' de_DE.UTF-8
1116.Ve
1117.PP
1118You can also use xterm's \f(CW\*(C`luit\*(C'\fR program, which usually works fine, except
1119for some locales where character width differs between program\- and
1120rxvt\-unicode\-locales.
1121.PP
1122\fIMy input method wants <some encoding> but I want \s-1UTF\-8\s0, what can I do?\fR
1123.IX Subsection "My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?"
1124.PP
1125You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
1126terminal, using the resource \f(CW\*(C`imlocale\*(C'\fR:
1127.PP
1128.Vb 1
1129\& URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
1130.Ve
1131.PP
1132Now you can start your terminal with \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR and still
1133use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
1134input characters outside \f(CW\*(C`EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR in a normal way then, as your input
1135method limits you.
1136.PP
1137\fIRxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.\fR
1138.IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits."
1139.PP
1140Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the \s-1XIM\s0 protocol is racy by
1141design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
1142leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
1143exit time. \fBkinput2\fR (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
1144while \fB\s-1SCIM\s0\fR (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
1145crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
1146.PP
1147So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
1148.Sh "Operating Systems / Package Maintaining"
1149.IX Subsection "Operating Systems / Package Maintaining"
1150\fII am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...\fR
1151.IX Subsection "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..."
1152.PP
1153The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
1154patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
1155unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
1156the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
1157version (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt\-unicode>) and try to reproduce
1158the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
1159Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
1160Tracking System (use \f(CW\*(C`reportbug\*(C'\fR to report the bug).
1161.PP
1162For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
1163probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a
1164bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
1165might encounter the same issue.
1166.PP
1167\fII am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS \s-1XXX\s0, any recommendation?\fR
1168.IX Subsection "I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?"
1169.PP
1170You should build one binary with the default options. \fIconfigure\fR
1171now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
1172runtime\-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,
1173except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
1174be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
1175the future) depends on it.
1176.PP
1177You should not overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR snd \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\*(C'\fR resources
1178system-wide (except maybe with \f(CW\*(C`defaults\*(C'\fR). This will result in useful
1179behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
1180\&\f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
1181perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
1182.PP
1183If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
1184one with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR (very useful) and a maximal one with
1185\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
1186encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
1187.PP
1188\fII need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my \s-1OS\s0, is this safe?\fR
1189.IX Subsection "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?"
1190.PP
1191It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
1192install urxvt with privileges necessary for your \s-1OS\s0 now.
1193.PP
1194When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
1195into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
1196systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
1197immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
1198privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
1199things as perl interpreters, which might be \*(L"helpful\*(R" to attackers).
1200.PP
1201This forking is done as the very first within \fImain()\fR, which is very early
1202and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before \fImain()\fR, or
1203things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
1204little risk.
1205.PP
1206\fIOn Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.\fR
1207.IX Subsection "On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide."
1208.PP
1209Seems to be a known bug, read
1210<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
1211following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
1212.PP
1213.Vb 1
1214\& #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
1215.Ve
1216.PP
1217\fII am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.\fR
1218.IX Subsection "I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all."
1219.PP
1220Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR to be defined
1221in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
1222wether it defines the symbol or not. \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR requires that
1223\&\fBwchar_t\fR is represented as unicode.
1224.PP
1225As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
1226does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
1227\&\fBwchar_t\fR. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
1228.PP
1229However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in \f(CW\*(C`POSIX\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`ISO\-8859\-1\*(C'\fR and
1230\&\f(CW\*(C`UTF\-8\*(C'\fR locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as \fBwchar_t\fR.
1231.PP
1232\&\f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR is the only sane way to support multi-language
1233apps in an \s-1OS\s0, as using a locale-dependent (and non\-standardized)
1234representation of \fBwchar_t\fR makes it impossible to convert between
1235\&\fBwchar_t\fR (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
1236without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
1237simply are no APIs to convert \fBwchar_t\fR into anything except the current
1238locale encoding.
1239.PP
1240Some applications (such as the formidable \fBmlterm\fR) work around this
1241by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
1242with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
1243conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the \s-1OS\s0 implements
1244encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
1245.PP
1246The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
1247system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
1248complete replacements for them :)
1249.PP
1250\fII use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.\fR
1251.IX Subsection "I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc."
1252.PP
1253Try the diff in \fIdoc/solaris9.patch\fR as a base. It fixes the worst
1254problems with \f(CW\*(C`wcwidth\*(C'\fR and a compile problem.
1255.PP
1256\fIHow can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?\fR
1257.IX Subsection "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?"
1258.PP
1259rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
1260the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
1261longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
1262single font). I recommend starting the X\-server in \f(CW\*(C`\-multiwindow\*(C'\fR or
1263\&\f(CW\*(C`\-rootless\*(C'\fR mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the
1264old libW11 emulation.
1265.PP
1266At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
1267encodings (you might try \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=C\-UTF\-8\*(C'\fR), so you are likely limited
1268to 8\-bit encodings.
857.SH "RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE" 1269.SH "RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE"
858.IX Header "RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE" 1270.IX Header "RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE"
859.SH "DESCRIPTION" 1271.SH "DESCRIPTION"
860.IX Header "DESCRIPTION" 1272.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
861The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of 1273The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
862\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR. First the description of supported command sequences, 1274\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR. First the description of supported command sequences,
863followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all 1275followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
864features selectable at \f(CW\*(C`configure\*(C'\fR time. 1276selectable at \f(CW\*(C`configure\*(C'\fR time.
865.SH "Definitions" 1277.SH "Definitions"
866.IX Header "Definitions" 1278.IX Header "Definitions"
867.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""c""\fB\fR" 4 1279.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""c""\fB\fR" 4
868.el .IP "\fB\f(CBc\fB\fR" 4 1280.el .IP "\fB\f(CBc\fB\fR" 4
869.IX Item "c" 1281.IX Item "c"
1416l l . 1828l l .
1417h Send Mouse X & Y on button press. 1829h Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1418l No mouse reporting. 1830l No mouse reporting.
1419.TE 1831.TE
1420 1832
1421.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 10""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1422.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 10\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1423.IX Item "Ps = 10 (rxvt)"
1424.TS
1425l l .
1426h menuBar visible
1427l menuBar invisible
1428.TE
1429
1430.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 25""\fB\fR" 4 1833.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 25""\fB\fR" 4
1431.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 25\fB\fR" 4 1834.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 25\fB\fR" 4
1432.IX Item "Ps = 25" 1835.IX Item "Ps = 25"
1433.TS 1836.TS
1434l l . 1837l l .
1553.IX Item "Ps = 1011 (rxvt)" 1956.IX Item "Ps = 1011 (rxvt)"
1554.TS 1957.TS
1555l l . 1958l l .
1556h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1959h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1557l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1960l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1961.TE
1962
1963.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1021""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1964.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1021\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1965.IX Item "Ps = 1021 (rxvt)"
1966.TS
1967l l .
1968h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)
1969l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1558.TE 1970.TE
1559 1971
1560.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1047""\fB\fR" 4 1972.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1047""\fB\fR" 4
1561.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1047\fB\fR" 4 1973.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1047\fB\fR" 4
1562.IX Item "Ps = 1047" 1974.IX Item "Ps = 1047"
1609Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future) 2021Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1610Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future) 2022Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1611Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt 2023Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
1612Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt 2024Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1613Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt 2025Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1614Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt 2026Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
1615Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt 2027Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
1616Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt 2028Ps = 20 Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM).
1617Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option 2029Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1618Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented 2030Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1619Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option 2031Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1620Ps = 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 2032Ps = 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
1621Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt 2033Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1622Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (@@RXVT_NAME@@ extension) 2034Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1623Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt rxvt compile-time option (rxvt-unicode extension) 2035Ps = 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.
1624Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt 2036Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1625Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt 2037Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
2038Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
2039Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1626Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. 2040Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1627Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. 2041Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1628Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. 2042Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1629Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. 2043Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
2044Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
2045Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
2046Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
1630.TE 2047.TE
1631 2048
1632.PP 2049.PP
1633 2050
1634.IX Xref "menuBar" 2051.IX Xref "XPM"
1635.SH "menuBar"
1636.IX Header "menuBar"
1637\&\fBThe exact syntax used is \f(BIalmost\fB solidified.\fR
1638In the menus, \fB\s-1DON\s0'T\fR try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
1639menuBar.
1640.PP
1641Note that in all of the commands, the \fB\f(BI/path/\fB\fR \fIcannot\fR be
1642omitted: use \fB./\fR to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1643.Sh "Overview of menuBar operation"
1644.IX Subsection "Overview of menuBar operation"
1645For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST\*(C'\fR, the syntax
1646of \f(CW\*(C`Pt\*(C'\fR can be used for a variety of tasks:
1647.PP
1648At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1649linked-list of other such menuBars.
1650.PP
1651The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1652turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1653.PP
1654The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1655input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1656.PP
1657The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1658constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
1659menuBars.
1660.PP
1661The first step is to use the tag \fB[menu:\f(BIname\fB]\fR which creates
1662the menuBar called \fIname\fR and allows access. You may now or menus,
1663subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag \fB[done]\fR to set the
1664menuBar access as \fBreadonly\fR to prevent accidental corruption of the
1665menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
1666\&\fB[menu]\fR, make the alterations and then use \fB[done]\fR
1667.PP
1668
1669.IX Xref "menuBarCommands"
1670.Sh "Commands"
1671.IX Subsection "Commands"
1672.IP "\fB[menu:+\f(BIname\fB]\fR" 4
1673.IX Item "[menu:+name]"
1674access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
1675is created, it is called \fIname\fR (max of 15 chars) and the current
1676menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1677.IP "\fB[menu]\fR" 4
1678.IX Item "[menu]"
1679access the current menuBar for alteration
1680.IP "\fB[title:+\f(BIstring\fB]\fR" 4
1681.IX Item "[title:+string]"
1682set the current menuBar's title to \fIstring\fR, which may contain the
1683following format specifiers:
1684.Sp
1685.Vb 3
1686\& B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1687\& B<%v> rxvt version
1688\& B<%%> literal B<%> character
1689.Ve
1690.IP "\fB[done]\fR" 4
1691.IX Item "[done]"
1692set menuBar access as \fBreadonly\fR.
1693End-of-file tag for \fB[read:+\f(BIfile\fB]\fR operations.
1694.IP "\fB[read:+\f(BIfile\fB]\fR" 4
1695.IX Item "[read:+file]"
1696read menu commands directly from \fIfile\fR (extension \*(L".menu\*(R" will be
1697appended 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.
1698.Sp
1699Blank and comment lines (starting with \fB#\fR) are ignored. Actually,
1700since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
1701be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
1702future ... so don't count on it!.
1703.IP "\fB[read:+\f(BIfile\fB;+\f(BIname\fB]\fR" 4
1704.IX Item "[read:+file;+name]"
1705The same as \fB[read:+\f(BIfile\fB]\fR, but start reading at a line with
1706\&\fB[menu:+\f(BIname\fB]\fR and continuing until \fB[done:+\f(BIname\fB]\fR or
1707\&\fB[done]\fR is encountered.
1708.IP "\fB[dump]\fR" 4
1709.IX Item "[dump]"
1710dump all menuBars to the file \fB/tmp/rxvt\-PID\fR in a format suitable for
1711later rereading.
1712.IP "\fB[rm:name]\fR" 4
1713.IX Item "[rm:name]"
1714remove the named menuBar
1715.IP "\fB[rm] [rm:]\fR" 4
1716.IX Item "[rm] [rm:]"
1717remove the current menuBar
1718.IP "\fB[rm*] [rm:*]\fR" 4
1719.IX Item "[rm*] [rm:*]"
1720remove all menuBars
1721.IP "\fB[swap]\fR" 4
1722.IX Item "[swap]"
1723swap the top two menuBars
1724.IP "\fB[prev]\fR" 4
1725.IX Item "[prev]"
1726access the previous menuBar
1727.IP "\fB[next]\fR" 4
1728.IX Item "[next]"
1729access the next menuBar
1730.IP "\fB[show]\fR" 4
1731.IX Item "[show]"
1732Enable display of the menuBar
1733.IP "\fB[hide]\fR" 4
1734.IX Item "[hide]"
1735Disable display of the menuBar
1736.IP "\fB[pixmap:+\f(BIname\fB]\fR" 4
1737.IX Item "[pixmap:+name]"
1738.PD 0
1739.IP "\fB[pixmap:+\f(BIname\fB;\f(BIscaling\fB]\fR" 4
1740.IX Item "[pixmap:+name;scaling]"
1741.PD
1742(set the background pixmap globally
1743.Sp
1744\&\fBA Future implementation \f(BImay\fB make this local to the menubar\fR)
1745.IP "\fB[:+\f(BIcommand\fB:]\fR" 4
1746.IX Item "[:+command:]"
1747ignore the menu readonly status and issue a \fIcommand\fR to or a menu or
1748menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
1749from a menuBar.
1750.PP
1751
1752.IX Xref "menuBarAdd"
1753.Sh "Adding and accessing menus"
1754.IX Subsection "Adding and accessing menus"
1755The following commands may also be \fB+\fR prefixed.
1756.IP "\fB/+\fR" 4
1757.IX Item "/+"
1758access menuBar top level
1759.IP "\fB./+\fR" 4
1760.IX Item "./+"
1761access current menu level
1762.IP "\fB../+\fR" 4
1763.IX Item "../+"
1764access parent menu (1 level up)
1765.IP "\fB../../\fR" 4
1766.IX Item "../../"
1767access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1768.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fBmenu\fR" 4
1769.IX Item "/path/menu"
1770add/access menu
1771.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fBmenu/*\fR" 4
1772.IX Item "/path/menu/*"
1773add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1774.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{\-}\fR" 4
1775.IX Item "/path/{-}"
1776add separator
1777.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{item}\fR" 4
1778.IX Item "/path/{item}"
1779add \fBitem\fR as a label
1780.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{item} action\fR" 4
1781.IX Item "/path/{item} action"
1782add/alter \fImenuitem\fR with an associated \fIaction\fR
1783.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{item}{right\-text}\fR" 4
1784.IX Item "/path/{item}{right-text}"
1785add/alter \fImenuitem\fR with \fBright-text\fR as the right-justified text
1786and as the associated \fIaction\fR
1787.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{item}{rtext} action\fR" 4
1788.IX Item "/path/{item}{rtext} action"
1789add/alter \fImenuitem\fR with an associated \fIaction\fR and with \fBrtext\fR as
1790the right-justified text.
1791.IP "Special characters in \fIaction\fR must be backslash\-escaped:" 4
1792.IX Item "Special characters in action must be backslash-escaped:"
1793\&\fB\ea \eb \eE \ee \en \er \et \eoctal\fR
1794.IP "or in control-character notation:" 4
1795.IX Item "or in control-character notation:"
1796\&\fB^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?\fR
1797.PP
1798To send a string starting with a \fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR (\fB^@\fR) character to the
1799program, start \fIaction\fR with a pair of \fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR characters (\fB^@^@\fR),
1800the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
1801program. Otherwise if \fIaction\fR begins with \fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR followed by
1802non\-+\fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR characters, the leading \fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR is stripped off and the
1803balance is sent back to rxvt.
1804.PP
1805As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, \fIaction\fR may start
1806with \fBM\-\fR (eg, \fBM\-$\fR is equivalent to \fB\eE$\fR) and a \fB\s-1CR\s0\fR will be
1807appended if missed from \fBM\-x\fR commands.
1808.PP
1809As a convenience for issuing XTerm \fB\s-1ESC\s0 ]\fR sequences from a menubar (or
1810quick arrow), a \fB\s-1BEL\s0\fR (\fB^G\fR) will be appended if needed.
1811.IP "For example," 4
1812.IX Item "For example,"
1813\&\fBM\-xapropos\fR is equivalent to \fB\eExapropos\er\fR
1814.IP "and" 4
1815.IX Item "and"
1816\&\fB\eE]703;mona;100\fR is equivalent to \fB\eE]703;mona;100\ea\fR
1817.PP
1818The option \fB{\f(BIright-rtext\fB}\fR will be right\-justified. In the
1819absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the \fIaction\fR
1820as well.
1821.IP "For example," 4
1822.IX Item "For example,"
1823\&\fB/File/{Open}{^X^F}\fR is equivalent to \fB/File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F\fR
1824.PP
1825The left label \fIis\fR necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1826implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1827right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1828with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1829.IP "For example," 4
1830.IX Item "For example,"
1831\&\fB/File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action\fR
1832.IP "or hiding it" 4
1833.IX Item "or hiding it"
1834\&\fB/File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action\fR
1835.PP
1836
1837.IX Xref "menuBarRemove"
1838.Sh "Removing menus"
1839.IX Subsection "Removing menus"
1840.IP "\fB\-/*+\fR" 4
1841.IX Item "-/*+"
1842remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as \fB[clear]\fR
1843.IP "\fB\-+\f(BI/path\fBmenu+\fR" 4
1844.IX Item "-+/pathmenu+"
1845remove menu
1846.IP "\fB\-+\f(BI/path\fB{item}+\fR" 4
1847.IX Item "-+/path{item}+"
1848remove item
1849.IP "\fB\-+\f(BI/path\fB{\-}\fR" 4
1850.IX Item "-+/path{-}"
1851remove separator)
1852.IP "\fB\-/path/menu/*\fR" 4
1853.IX Item "-/path/menu/*"
1854remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1855.PP
1856
1857.IX Xref "menuBarArrows"
1858.Sh "Quick Arrows"
1859.IX Subsection "Quick Arrows"
1860The menus also provide a hook for \fIquick arrows\fR to provide easier
1861user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
1862emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1863individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1864beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1865with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1866.IP "\fB<r>+\f(BIRight\fB\fR" 4
1867.IX Item "<r>+Right"
1868.PD 0
1869.IP "\fB<l>+\f(BILeft\fB\fR" 4
1870.IX Item "<l>+Left"
1871.IP "\fB<u>+\f(BIUp\fB\fR" 4
1872.IX Item "<u>+Up"
1873.IP "\fB<d>+\f(BIDown\fB\fR" 4
1874.IX Item "<d>+Down"
1875.PD
1876Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1877.IP "\fB<b>+\f(BIBegin\fB\fR" 4
1878.IX Item "<b>+Begin"
1879.PD 0
1880.IP "\fB<e>+\f(BIEnd\fB\fR" 4
1881.IX Item "<e>+End"
1882.PD
1883Define common beginning/end parts for \fIquick arrows\fR which used in
1884conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1885.IP "For example, define arrows individually," 4
1886.IX Item "For example, define arrows individually,"
1887.Vb 1
1888\& <u>\eE[A
1889.Ve
1890.Sp
1891.Vb 1
1892\& <d>\eE[B
1893.Ve
1894.Sp
1895.Vb 1
1896\& <r>\eE[C
1897.Ve
1898.Sp
1899.Vb 1
1900\& <l>\eE[D
1901.Ve
1902.IP "or all at once" 4
1903.IX Item "or all at once"
1904.Vb 1
1905\& <u>\eE[AZ<><d>\eE[BZ<><r>\eE[CZ<><l>\eE[D
1906.Ve
1907.IP "or more compactly (factoring out common parts)" 4
1908.IX Item "or more compactly (factoring out common parts)"
1909.Vb 1
1910\& <b>\eE[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1911.Ve
1912.PP
1913
1914.IX Xref "menuBarSummary"
1915.Sh "Command Summary"
1916.IX Subsection "Command Summary"
1917A short summary of the most \fIcommon\fR commands:
1918.IP "[menu:name]" 4
1919.IX Item "[menu:name]"
1920use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1921.IP "[menu]" 4
1922.IX Item "[menu]"
1923use the current menuBar
1924.IP "[title:string]" 4
1925.IX Item "[title:string]"
1926set menuBar title
1927.IP "[done]" 4
1928.IX Item "[done]"
1929set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal \s-1EOF\s0
1930.IP "[done:name]" 4
1931.IX Item "[done:name]"
1932if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal \s-1EOF\s0
1933.IP "[rm:name]" 4
1934.IX Item "[rm:name]"
1935remove named menuBar(s)
1936.IP "[rm] [rm:]" 4
1937.IX Item "[rm] [rm:]"
1938remove current menuBar
1939.IP "[rm*] [rm:*]" 4
1940.IX Item "[rm*] [rm:*]"
1941remove all menuBar(s)
1942.IP "[swap]" 4
1943.IX Item "[swap]"
1944swap top two menuBars
1945.IP "[prev]" 4
1946.IX Item "[prev]"
1947access the previous menuBar
1948.IP "[next]" 4
1949.IX Item "[next]"
1950access the next menuBar
1951.IP "[show]" 4
1952.IX Item "[show]"
1953map menuBar
1954.IP "[hide]" 4
1955.IX Item "[hide]"
1956unmap menuBar
1957.IP "[pixmap;file]" 4
1958.IX Item "[pixmap;file]"
1959.PD 0
1960.IP "[pixmap;file;scaling]" 4
1961.IX Item "[pixmap;file;scaling]"
1962.PD
1963set a background pixmap
1964.IP "[read:file]" 4
1965.IX Item "[read:file]"
1966.PD 0
1967.IP "[read:file;name]" 4
1968.IX Item "[read:file;name]"
1969.PD
1970read in a menu from a file
1971.IP "[dump]" 4
1972.IX Item "[dump]"
1973dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt\-PID
1974.IP "/" 4
1975access menuBar top level
1976.IP "./" 4
1977.PD 0
1978.IP "../" 4
1979.IP "../../" 4
1980.PD
1981access current or parent menu level
1982.IP "/path/menu" 4
1983.IX Item "/path/menu"
1984add/access menu
1985.IP "/path/{\-}" 4
1986.IX Item "/path/{-}"
1987add separator
1988.IP "/path/{item}{rtext} action" 4
1989.IX Item "/path/{item}{rtext} action"
1990add/alter menu item
1991.IP "\-/*" 4
1992remove all menus from the menuBar
1993.IP "\-/path/menu" 4
1994.IX Item "-/path/menu"
1995remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
1996.IP "\-/path/menu" 4
1997.IX Item "-/path/menu"
1998remove menu
1999.IP "\-/path/{item}" 4
2000.IX Item "-/path/{item}"
2001remove item
2002.IP "\-/path/{\-}" 4
2003.IX Item "-/path/{-}"
2004remove separator
2005.IP "<b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End" 4
2006.IX Item "<b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End"
2007menu quick arrows
2008.SH "XPM" 2052.SH "XPM"
2009.IX Header "XPM" 2053.IX Header "XPM"
2010For the \s-1XPM\s0 XTerm escape sequence \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST\*(C'\fB\fR then value 2054For the \s-1XPM\s0 XTerm escape sequence \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST\*(C'\fB\fR then value
2011of \fB\f(CB\*(C`Pt\*(C'\fB\fR can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a 2055of \fB\f(CB\*(C`Pt\*(C'\fB\fR can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
2012sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi\-colons. The 2056sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi\-colons. The
2162.TE 2206.TE
2163 2207
2164.SH "CONFIGURE OPTIONS" 2208.SH "CONFIGURE OPTIONS"
2165.IX Header "CONFIGURE OPTIONS" 2209.IX Header "CONFIGURE OPTIONS"
2166General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 2210General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2167hasn't been tested well. Either try with \-\-enable\-everything or use the 2211hasn't been tested well. Either try with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR or use
2168\&./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself, 2212the \fI./reconf\fR script as a base for experiments. \fI./reconf\fR is used by
2169so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always 2213myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
2170report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann 2214always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
2171<rxvt@schmorp.de>. 2215Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
2216.PP
2217All
2172.IP "\-\-enable\-everything" 4 2218.IP "\-\-enable\-everything" 4
2173.IX Item "--enable-everything" 2219.IX Item "--enable-everything"
2174Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in \*(L"./configure 2220Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in \*(L"./configure
2175\&\-\-help\*(R". Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant. 2221\&\-\-help\*(R".
2222.Sp
2176You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by 2223You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2177\&\fIfollowing\fR this with the appropriate commands. 2224\&\fIfollowing\fR this with the appropriate \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-...\*(C'\fR arguments,
2178.IP "\-\-enable\-xft" 4 2225or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2179.IX Item "--enable-xft" 2226\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR and than adding just the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-...\*(C'\fR arguments
2227you want.
2228.IP "\-\-enable\-xft (default: enabled)" 4
2229.IX Item "--enable-xft (default: enabled)"
2180Add support for Xft (anti\-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are 2230Add support for Xft (anti\-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2181slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you 2231slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2182don't pay for them. 2232don't pay for them.
2183.IP "\-\-enable\-font\-styles" 4 2233.IP "\-\-enable\-font\-styles (default: on)" 4
2184.IX Item "--enable-font-styles" 2234.IX Item "--enable-font-styles (default: on)"
2185Add support for \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR and \fB\f(BIbold italic\fB\fR font 2235Add support for \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR and \fB\f(BIbold italic\fB\fR font
2186styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically. 2236styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2187.IP "\-\-with\-codesets=NAME,..." 4 2237.IP "\-\-with\-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)" 4
2188.IX Item "--with-codesets=NAME,..." 2238.IX Item "--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)"
2189Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn are 2239Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (\f(CW\*(C`eu\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`vn\*(C'\fR
2190always compiled in, which includes most 8\-bit character sets). These 2240are always compiled in, which includes most 8\-bit character sets). These
2191codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core fonts, they 2241codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2192are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will make your binary 2242for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2193bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless 2243replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
2244binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
2194you use an X11 font requiring one of these encodings. 2245memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.
2195.TS 2246.TS
2196l l . 2247l l .
2197all all available codeset groups 2248all all available codeset groups
2198zh common chinese encodings 2249zh common chinese encodings
2199zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 2250zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
2200jp common japanese encodings 2251jp common japanese encodings
2201jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 2252jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2202kr korean encodings 2253kr korean encodings
2203.TE 2254.TE
2204 2255
2205.IP "\-\-enable\-xim" 4 2256.IP "\-\-enable\-xim (default: on)" 4
2206.IX Item "--enable-xim" 2257.IX Item "--enable-xim (default: on)"
2207Add support for \s-1XIM\s0 (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 2258Add support for \s-1XIM\s0 (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2208alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly 2259alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2209set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 2260set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2210.IP "\-\-enable\-unicode3" 4 2261.IP "\-\-enable\-unicode3 (default: off)" 4
2211.IX Item "--enable-unicode3" 2262.IX Item "--enable-unicode3 (default: off)"
2263Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
2264.Sp
2212Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 2265Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
221365535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage 226665535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2214requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet 2267requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2215support these extra characters, but Xft does. 2268support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2216.Sp 2269.Sp
2217Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535 2270Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
2218even without this flag, but the number of such characters is 2271even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2219limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, 2272limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2220see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 2273see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2221(input/output and cut&paste still work, though). 2274(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2222.IP "\-\-enable\-combining" 4 2275.IP "\-\-enable\-combining (default: on)" 4
2223.IX Item "--enable-combining" 2276.IX Item "--enable-combining (default: on)"
2224Enable automatic composition of combining characters into 2277Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2225composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text 2278composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2226where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is 2279where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2227done by using precomposited characters when available or creating 2280done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2228new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 2281new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2229.Sp 2282.Sp
2230Without \-\-enable\-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters 2283Without \-\-enable\-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2231is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode will use the 2284characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be
2232private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2233\&\-\-enable\-unicode3, no practical limit exists. 2285(ab\-)used). With \-\-enable\-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
2234.Sp 2286.Sp
2235This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters 2287This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2236beyond plane 0 (>65535) when \-\-enable\-unicode3 was not specified. 2288beyond plane 0 (>65535) when \-\-enable\-unicode3 was not specified.
2237.Sp 2289.Sp
2238The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms, 2290The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2239but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and 2291but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2240tell me how these are to be used...). 2292tell me how these are to be used...).
2241.IP "\-\-enable\-fallback(=CLASS)" 4 2293.IP "\-\-enable\-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)" 4
2242.IX Item "--enable-fallback(=CLASS)" 2294.IX Item "--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)"
2243When reading resource settings, also read settings for class \s-1CLASS\s0 2295When reading resource settings, also read settings for class \s-1CLASS\s0. To
2244(default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use \-\-disable\-fallback. 2296disable resource fallback use \-\-disable\-fallback.
2245.IP "\-\-with\-res\-name=NAME" 4 2297.IP "\-\-with\-res\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4
2246.IX Item "--with-res-name=NAME" 2298.IX Item "--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)"
2247Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when 2299Use the given name as default application name when
2248reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 2300reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2249.IP "\-\-with\-res\-class=CLASS" 4 2301.IP "\-\-with\-res\-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)" 4
2250.IX Item "--with-res-class=CLASS" 2302.IX Item "--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)"
2251Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class 2303Use the given class as default application class
2252when reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-class=Rxvt to replace 2304when reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-class=Rxvt to replace
2253rxvt. 2305rxvt.
2254.IP "\-\-enable\-utmp" 4 2306.IP "\-\-enable\-utmp (default: on)" 4
2255.IX Item "--enable-utmp" 2307.IX Item "--enable-utmp (default: on)"
2256Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like \fIw\fR) at 2308Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like \fIw\fR) at
2257start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 2309start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2258.IP "\-\-enable\-wtmp" 4 2310.IP "\-\-enable\-wtmp (default: on)" 4
2259.IX Item "--enable-wtmp" 2311.IX Item "--enable-wtmp (default: on)"
2260Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like \fIlast\fR) at 2312Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like \fIlast\fR) at
2261start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 2313start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2262option requires \-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified. 2314option requires \-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified.
2263.IP "\-\-enable\-lastlog" 4 2315.IP "\-\-enable\-lastlog (default: on)" 4
2264.IX Item "--enable-lastlog" 2316.IX Item "--enable-lastlog (default: on)"
2265Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 2317Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2266\&\fIlastlogin\fR) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 2318\&\fIlastlogin\fR) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2267\&\-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified. 2319\&\-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified.
2268.IP "\-\-enable\-xpm\-background" 4 2320.IP "\-\-enable\-xpm\-background (default: on)" 4
2269.IX Item "--enable-xpm-background" 2321.IX Item "--enable-xpm-background (default: on)"
2270Add support for \s-1XPM\s0 background pixmaps. 2322Add support for \s-1XPM\s0 background pixmaps.
2271.IP "\-\-enable\-transparency" 4 2323.IP "\-\-enable\-transparency (default: on)" 4
2272.IX Item "--enable-transparency" 2324.IX Item "--enable-transparency (default: on)"
2273Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 2325Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2274transparency to the term. 2326transparency to the term.
2275.IP "\-\-enable\-fading" 4 2327.IP "\-\-enable\-fading (default: on)" 4
2276.IX Item "--enable-fading" 2328.IX Item "--enable-fading (default: on)"
2277Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. 2329Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2278.IP "\-\-enable\-tinting" 4 2330.IP "\-\-enable\-tinting (default: on)" 4
2279.IX Item "--enable-tinting" 2331.IX Item "--enable-tinting (default: on)"
2280Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds. 2332Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2281.IP "\-\-enable\-menubar" 4
2282.IX Item "--enable-menubar"
2283Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
2284dynamic locale switching currently).
2285.IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll" 4 2333.IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2286.IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll" 2334.IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)"
2287Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 2335Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2288.IP "\-\-enable\-next\-scroll" 4 2336.IP "\-\-enable\-next\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2289.IX Item "--enable-next-scroll" 2337.IX Item "--enable-next-scroll (default: on)"
2290Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. 2338Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2291.IP "\-\-enable\-xterm\-scroll" 4 2339.IP "\-\-enable\-xterm\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2292.IX Item "--enable-xterm-scroll" 2340.IX Item "--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)"
2293Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. 2341Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2294.IP "\-\-enable\-plain\-scroll" 4 2342.IP "\-\-enable\-plain\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2295.IX Item "--enable-plain-scroll" 2343.IX Item "--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)"
2296Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that 2344Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2297is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for 2345is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2298many years. 2346many years.
2299.IP "\-\-enable\-half\-shadow" 4
2300.IX Item "--enable-half-shadow"
2301Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2302only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2303.IP "\-\-enable\-ttygid" 4 2347.IP "\-\-enable\-ttygid (default: off)" 4
2304.IX Item "--enable-ttygid" 2348.IX Item "--enable-ttygid (default: off)"
2305Change tty device setting to group \*(L"tty\*(R" \- only use this if 2349Change tty device setting to group \*(L"tty\*(R" \- only use this if
2306your system uses this type of security. 2350your system uses this type of security.
2307.IP "\-\-disable\-backspace\-key" 4 2351.IP "\-\-disable\-backspace\-key" 4
2308.IX Item "--disable-backspace-key" 2352.IX Item "--disable-backspace-key"
2309Disable any handling of the backspace key by us \- let the X server 2353Removes any handling of the backspace key by us \- let the X server do it.
2310do it.
2311.IP "\-\-disable\-delete\-key" 4 2354.IP "\-\-disable\-delete\-key" 4
2312.IX Item "--disable-delete-key" 2355.IX Item "--disable-delete-key"
2313Disable any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server 2356Removes any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server
2314do it. 2357do it.
2315.IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4 2358.IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4
2316.IX Item "--disable-resources" 2359.IX Item "--disable-resources"
2317Remove all resources checking. 2360Removes any support for resource checking.
2318.IP "\-\-enable\-xgetdefault" 4
2319.IX Item "--enable-xgetdefault"
2320Make resources checking via \fIXGetDefault()\fR instead of our small
2321version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2322~/.Xresources.
2323.Sp
2324Please note that nowadays, things like \s-1XIM\s0 will automatically pull in and
2325use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very
2326small, if nonexistant.
2327.IP "\-\-enable\-strings" 4
2328.IX Item "--enable-strings"
2329Add support for our possibly faster \fImemset()\fR function and other
2330various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2331have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2332to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2333GNU/Linux systems).
2334.IP "\-\-disable\-swapscreen" 4 2361.IP "\-\-disable\-swapscreen" 4
2335.IX Item "--disable-swapscreen" 2362.IX Item "--disable-swapscreen"
2336Remove support for swap screen. 2363Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2337.IP "\-\-enable\-frills" 4 2364.IP "\-\-enable\-frills (default: on)" 4
2338.IX Item "--enable-frills" 2365.IX Item "--enable-frills (default: on)"
2339Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to 2366Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2340have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to 2367have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2341disable this. 2368disable this.
2342.Sp 2369.Sp
2343A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR (possibly 2370A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR (possibly
2344in combination with other switches) is: 2371in combination with other switches) is:
2345.Sp 2372.Sp
2373.Vb 15
2374\& MWM-hints
2375\& EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2376\& seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2377\& settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2378\& visual depth selection (-depth)
2379\& settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2380\& iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2381\& tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2382\& settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2383\& keysym remapping support
2384\& cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2385\& XEmbed support (-embed)
2386\& user-pty (-pty-fd)
2387\& hold on exit (-hold)
2388\& skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2389.Ve
2390.Sp
2391It also enabled some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:
2392.Sp
2346.Vb 11 2393.Vb 11
2347\& MWM-hints 2394\& some round-trip time optimisations
2348\& seperate underline colour 2395\& nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
2349\& settable border widths and borderless switch 2396\& UTF8_STRING supporr for selection
2350\& settable extra linespacing 2397\& sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2351\& extra window properties (e.g. UTF-8 window names and PID)
2352\& iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2353\& backindex and forwardindex escape sequence 2398\& backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
2399\& view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences
2400\& locale switching escape sequence
2354\& window op and locale change escape sequences 2401\& window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2355\& tripleclickwords 2402\& rectangular selections
2356\& settable insecure mode 2403\& trailing space removal for selections
2357\& keysym remapping support 2404\& verbose X error handling
2358.Ve 2405.Ve
2359.IP "\-\-enable\-iso14755" 4 2406.IP "\-\-enable\-iso14755 (default: on)" 4
2360.IX Item "--enable-iso14755" 2407.IX Item "--enable-iso14755 (default: on)"
2361Enable extended \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or 2408Enable extended \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2362\&\fIdoc/rxvt.1.txt\fR). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by 2409\&\fIdoc/rxvt.1.txt\fR). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2363\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with 2410\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2364this switch. 2411this switch.
2365.IP "\-\-enable\-keepscrolling" 4 2412.IP "\-\-enable\-keepscrolling (default: on)" 4
2366.IX Item "--enable-keepscrolling" 2413.IX Item "--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)"
2367Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 2414Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2368the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2415the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2369.IP "\-\-enable\-mousewheel" 4 2416.IP "\-\-enable\-mousewheel (default: on)" 4
2370.IX Item "--enable-mousewheel" 2417.IX Item "--enable-mousewheel (default: on)"
2371Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. 2418Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2372.IP "\-\-enable\-slipwheeling" 4 2419.IP "\-\-enable\-slipwheeling (default: on)" 4
2373.IX Item "--enable-slipwheeling" 2420.IX Item "--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)"
2374Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2421Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2375accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2422accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2376requires \-\-enable\-mousewheel to also be specified. 2423requires \-\-enable\-mousewheel to also be specified.
2377.IP "\-\-disable\-new\-selection" 4 2424.IP "\-\-disable\-new\-selection" 4
2378.IX Item "--disable-new-selection" 2425.IX Item "--disable-new-selection"
2379Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 2426Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2380.IP "\-\-enable\-dmalloc" 4 2427.IP "\-\-enable\-dmalloc (default: off)" 4
2381.IX Item "--enable-dmalloc" 2428.IX Item "--enable-dmalloc (default: off)"
2382Use Gray Watson's malloc \- which is good for debugging See 2429Use Gray Watson's malloc \- which is good for debugging See
2383http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the 2430http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the
2384next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point 2431next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2385\&\s-1DINCLUDE\s0 and \s-1DLIB\s0 to the right places. 2432\&\s-1DINCLUDE\s0 and \s-1DLIB\s0 to the right places.
2386.Sp 2433.Sp
2387You can only use either this option and the following (should 2434You can only use either this option and the following (should
2388you use either) . 2435you use either) .
2389.IP "\-\-enable\-dlmalloc" 4 2436.IP "\-\-enable\-dlmalloc (default: off)" 4
2390.IX Item "--enable-dlmalloc" 2437.IX Item "--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)"
2391Use Doug Lea's malloc \- which is good for a production version 2438Use Doug Lea's malloc \- which is good for a production version
2392See <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details. 2439See <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2393.IP "\-\-enable\-smart\-resize" 4 2440.IP "\-\-enable\-smart\-resize (default: on)" 4
2394.IX Item "--enable-smart-resize" 2441.IX Item "--enable-smart-resize (default: on)"
2395Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot 2442Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2396keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is 2443keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2397closest to a corner of the screen. 2444the screen in a fixed position.
2398.IP "\-\-enable\-cursor\-blink" 4
2399.IX Item "--enable-cursor-blink"
2400Add support for a blinking cursor.
2401.IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank" 4 2445.IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank (default: on)" 4
2402.IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank" 2446.IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)"
2403Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2447Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2448.IP "\-\-enable\-perl (default: on)" 4
2449.IX Item "--enable-perl (default: on)"
2450Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\f(BIperl\fB\|(3)\fR
2451manpage (\fIdoc/rxvtperl.txt\fR) for more info on this feature, or the files
2452in \fIsrc/perl\-ext/\fR for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2453perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the \f(CW\*(C`PERL\*(C'\fR environment
2454variable when running configure.
2404.IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME" 4 2455.IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4
2405.IX Item "--with-name=NAME" 2456.IX Item "--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)"
2406Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: \f(CW\*(C`urxvt\*(C'\fR, resulting 2457Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2407in \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 2458in \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
2408\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR. 2459\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR.
2409.IP "\-\-with\-term=NAME" 4 2460.IP "\-\-with\-term=NAME (default: rxvt\-unicode)" 4
2410.IX Item "--with-term=NAME" 2461.IX Item "--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)"
2411Change the environmental variable for the terminal to \s-1NAME\s0 (default 2462Change the environmental variable for the terminal to \s-1NAME\s0.
2412\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR)
2413.IP "\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH" 4 2463.IP "\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH" 4
2414.IX Item "--with-terminfo=PATH" 2464.IX Item "--with-terminfo=PATH"
2415Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to 2465Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2416\&\s-1PATH\s0. 2466\&\s-1PATH\s0.
2417.IP "\-\-with\-x" 4 2467.IP "\-\-with\-x" 4

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