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131.IX Title "rxvt 7" 131.IX Title "@@RXVT_NAME@@ 7"
132.TH rxvt 7 "2006-01-11" "6.3" "RXVT-UNICODE" 132.TH @@RXVT_NAME@@ 7 "2006-08-07" "7.9" "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
138\& # set a new font set 138\& # set a new font set
139\& printf '\e33]50;%s\e007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho" 139\& printf '\e33]50;%s\e007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho"
140.Ve 140\&
141.PP
142.Vb 2
143\& # change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it 141\& # change the locale and tell rxvt\-unicode about it
144\& export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\e33]701;$LC_CTYPE\e007" 142\& export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC\-JP; printf "\e33]701;$LC_CTYPE\e007"
145.Ve 143\&
146.PP
147.Vb 2
148\& # set window title 144\& # set window title
149\& printf '\e33]2;%s\e007' "new window title" 145\& printf '\e33]2;%s\e007' "new window title"
150.Ve 146.Ve
151.SH "DESCRIPTION" 147.SH "DESCRIPTION"
152.IX Header "DESCRIPTION" 148.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
153This document contains the \s-1FAQ\s0, the \s-1RXVT\s0 \s-1TECHNICAL\s0 \s-1REFERENCE\s0 documenting 149This document contains the \s-1FAQ\s0, the \s-1RXVT\s0 \s-1TECHNICAL\s0 \s-1REFERENCE\s0 documenting
154all escape sequences, and other background information. 150all escape sequences, and other background information.
155.PP 151.PP
156The newest version of this document is 152The 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>. 153<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
159.SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" 154.SH "RXVT\-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
160.IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" 155.IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
156.Sh "Meta, Features & Commandline Issues"
157.IX Subsection "Meta, Features & Commandline Issues"
158\fIMy question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?\fR
159.IX Subsection "My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?"
160.PP
161Before sending me mail, you could go to \s-1IRC:\s0 \f(CW\*(C`irc.freenode.net\*(C'\fR,
162channel \f(CW\*(C`#rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
163interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
164.PP
165\fIDoes it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt\-unicode?\fR
166.IX Subsection "Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?"
167.PP
168Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a
169simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
170give you tabs:
171.PP
172.Vb 1
173\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ \-pe tabbed
174\&
175\& URxvt.perl\-ext\-common: default,tabbed
176.Ve
177.PP
178It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers
179or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be
180embedded into other programs, as witnessed by \fIdoc/rxvt\-tabbed\fR or
181the upcoming \f(CW\*(C`Gtk2::URxvt\*(C'\fR perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt
182(murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application.
183.PP
184\fIHow do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?\fR
185.IX Subsection "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?"
186.PP
187The version number is displayed with the usage (\-h). Also the escape
188sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 8 n\*(C'\fR sets the window title to the version number. When
189using the @@URXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the
190daemon.
191.PP
192\fIRxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?\fR
193.IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?"
194.PP
195Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
196don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
197you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
198when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
199accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
200.PP
201Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
202scrollback buffers: Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR, rxvt-unicode will use
2036 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
204kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
205use 10 Megabytes of memory. With \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR it gets worse, as
206rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
207.PP
208\fIHow can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?\fR
209.IX Subsection "How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?"
210.PP
211Try \f(CW\*(C`@@URXVT_NAME@@d \-f \-o\*(C'\fR, which tells @@URXVT_NAME@@d to open the
212display, create the listening socket and then fork.
213.PP
214\fIHow can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically when I run URXVT_NAME@@c?\fR
215.IX Subsection "How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically when I run URXVT_NAME@@c?"
216.PP
217If you want to start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically whenever you run
218@@URXVT_NAME@@c and the daemon isn't running yet, use this script:
219.PP
220.Vb 6
221\& #!/bin/sh
222\& @@URXVT_NAME@@c "$@"
223\& if [ $? \-eq 2 ]; then
224\& @@URXVT_NAME@@d \-q \-o \-f
225\& @@URXVT_NAME@@c "$@"
226\& fi
227.Ve
228.PP
229This tries to create a new terminal, and if fails with exit status 2,
230meaning it couldn't connect to the daemon, it will start the daemon and
231re-run the command. Subsequent invocations of the script will re-use the
232existing daemon.
233.PP
234\fIHow do I distinguish whether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.\fR
235.IX Subsection "How do I distinguish whether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc."
236.PP
237The original rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable \*(L"\s-1COLORTERM\s0\*(R",
238so you can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, \s-1JED\s0,
239slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide
240whether or not to use color.
241.PP
242\fIHow do I set the correct, full \s-1IP\s0 address for the \s-1DISPLAY\s0 variable?\fR
243.IX Subsection "How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?"
244.PP
245If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with \s-1DISPLAY_IS_IP\s0 and have enabled
246insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
247snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
248wasn't also compiled with \s-1ESCZ_ANSWER\s0 (as assumed in these snippets) then
249the \s-1COLORTERM\s0 variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
250regular xterm.
251.PP
252Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
253snippets:
254.PP
255.Vb 12
256\& # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
257\& [ ${TERM:\-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
258\& if [ ${TERM:\-foo} = xterm ]; then
259\& stty \-icanon \-echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
260\& echo \-n '^[Z'
261\& read term_id
262\& stty icanon echo
263\& if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' \-a ${DISPLAY:\-foo} = foo ]; then
264\& echo \-n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
265\& read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
266\& fi
267\& fi
268.Ve
269.PP
270\fIHow do I compile the manual pages on my own?\fR
271.IX Subsection "How do I compile the manual pages on my own?"
272.PP
273You need to have a recent version of perl installed as \fI/usr/bin/perl\fR,
274one that comes with \fIpod2man\fR, \fIpod2text\fR and \fIpod2html\fR. Then go to
275the doc subdirectory and enter \f(CW\*(C`make alldoc\*(C'\fR.
276.PP
161.IP "Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?" 4 277\fIIsn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?\fR
162.IX Item "Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?" 278.IX Subsection "Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?"
279.PP
163I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra 280I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
164bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see 281bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
165that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being 282that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
166compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (\s-1RSS\s0) after startup. Even 283compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (\s-1RSS\s0) after startup. Even
167with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many 284with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
168features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are 285features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
169already in use in this mode. 286already in use in this mode.
170.Sp 287.PP
171.Vb 3 288.Vb 3
172\& text data bss drs rss filename 289\& text data bss drs rss filename
173\& 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything 290\& 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt \-\-disable\-everything
174\& 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything 291\& 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt \-\-disable\-everything
175.Ve 292.Ve
176.Sp 293.PP
177When you \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft 294When you \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (which \fIis\fR unfair, as this involves xft
178and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my 295and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
179libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so. 296libc), the two diverge, but not unreasonably so.
180.Sp 297.PP
181.Vb 3 298.Vb 3
182\& text data bss drs rss filename 299\& text data bss drs rss filename
183\& 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything 300\& 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt \-\-enable\-everything
184\& 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything 301\& 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt \-\-enable\-everything
185.Ve 302.Ve
186.Sp 303.PP
187The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian 304The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
188encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else 305encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
189and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those 306and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
190encodings. The \s-1BSS\s0 size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++ 307encodings. The \s-1BSS\s0 size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
191compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of 308compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
192memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a 309memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
193few megabytes of \s-1RSS\s0. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of \s-1RSS\s0 even when 310few megabytes of \s-1RSS\s0. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of \s-1RSS\s0 even when
194not used. 311not used.
195.Sp 312.PP
196Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one, 313Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
197a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more 314a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
198memory. 315memory.
199.Sp 316.PP
200Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this 317Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
201still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal 318still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
202(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra 319(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
20343180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of 32043180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
204startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares 321startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
205extremely well *g*. 322extremely well *g*.
323.PP
206.IP "Why \*(C+, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?" 4 324\fIWhy \*(C+, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?\fR
207.IX Item "Why , isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?" 325.IX Subsection "Why , isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?"
326.PP
208Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had 327Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
209to write it, and \*(C+ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction 328to write it, and \*(C+ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
210of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even 329of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
211shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without \*(C+. 330shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without \*(C+.
212.Sp 331.PP
213My personal stance on this is that \*(C+ is less portable than C, but in 332My personal stance on this is that \*(C+ is less portable than C, but in
214the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits 333the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
215are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix 334are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
216domain sockets, which are all less portable than \*(C+ itself. 335domain sockets, which are all less portable than \*(C+ itself.
217.Sp 336.PP
218Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs 337Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
219in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in 338in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
220\&\*(C+ that don't. \*(C+ also often comes with large libraries, but this is 339\&\*(C+ that don't. \*(C+ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
221not necessarily the case with \s-1GCC\s0. Here is what rxvt links against on my 340not necessarily the case with \s-1GCC\s0. Here is what rxvt links against on my
222system with a minimal config: 341system with a minimal config:
223.Sp 342.PP
224.Vb 4 343.Vb 4
225\& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000) 344\& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
226\& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000) 345\& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
227\& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000) 346\& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
228\& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) 347\& /lib64/ld\-linux\-x86\-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
229.Ve 348.Ve
230.Sp 349.PP
231And here is rxvt\-unicode: 350And here is rxvt\-unicode:
232.Sp 351.PP
233.Vb 5 352.Vb 5
234\& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000) 353\& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
235\& libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000) 354\& libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
236\& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000) 355\& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
237\& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000) 356\& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
238\& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) 357\& /lib64/ld\-linux\-x86\-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
239.Ve 358.Ve
240.Sp 359.PP
241No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically), 360No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
242except maybe libX11 :) 361except maybe libX11 :)
243.IP "Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt\-unicode?" 4 362.Sh "Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues"
244.IX Item "Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?" 363.IX Subsection "Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues"
245rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with 364\fII can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?\fR
246tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing programs, 365.IX Subsection "I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?"
247and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into other programs, 366.PP
248as witnessed by \fIdoc/rxvt\-tabbed\fR or the upcoming \f(CW\*(C`Gtk2::URxvt\*(C'\fR perl 367First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt\-unicode, so
249module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt) terminal as an example 368you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may
250embedding application. 369bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a rite
251.IP "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" 4 370of passage: ... and you failed.
252.IX Item "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" 371.PP
253The version number is displayed with the usage (\-h). Also the escape 372Here are four ways to get transparency. \fBDo\fR read the manpage and option
254sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 8 n\*(C'\fR sets the window title to the version number. When 373descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt\-unicode. Really, do it!
255using the @@RXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the 374.PP
256daemon. 3751. Use inheritPixmap:
257.IP "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 4 376.PP
258.IX Item "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 377.Vb 2
259The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large 378\& Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
260patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt\-unicode. Before 379\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ \-ip \-tint red \-sh 40
261reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and 380.Ve
262install the genuine version (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt\-unicode>) 381.PP
263and try to reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the 382That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
264problems are specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be 383support, or you are unable to read.
265reported via the Debian Bug Tracking System (use \f(CW\*(C`reportbug\*(C'\fR to report 384.PP
266the bug). 3852. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo\-transparency. This enables you
267.Sp 386to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
268For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 387your picture with gimp or any other tool:
269probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a 388.PP
270bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that 389.Vb 2
271might encounter the same issue. 390\& convert wallpaper.jpg \-blur 20x20 \-modulate 30 background.xpm
272.IP "I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS \s-1XXX\s0, any recommendation?" 4 391\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ \-pixmap background.xpm \-pe automove\-background
273.IX Item "I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?" 392.Ve
274You should build one binary with the default options. \fIconfigure\fR 393.PP
275now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them 394That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack \s-1XPM\s0 and Perl support, or you
276runtime\-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them, 395are unable to read.
277except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should 396.PP
278be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in 3973. Use an \s-1ARGB\s0 visual:
279the future) depends on it. 398.PP
280.Sp 399.Vb 1
281You should not overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR snd \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\*(C'\fR resources 400\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ \-depth 32 \-fg grey90 \-bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
282system-wide (except maybe with \f(CW\*(C`defaults\*(C'\fR). This will result in useful 401.Ve
283behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty 402.PP
284\&\f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the 403This requires \s-1XFT\s0 support, and the support of your X\-server. If that
285perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it. 404doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. \s-1ARGB\s0 visuals aren't
286.Sp 405there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the necessary
287If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal 406bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that
288one with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR (very useful) and a maximal one with 407doesn't mean that your \s-1WM\s0 has the required kludges in place.
289\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of 408.PP
290encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used). 4094. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job:
291.IP "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my \s-1OS\s0, is this safe?" 4 410.PP
292.IX Item "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?" 411.Vb 2
293Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably not 412\& xprop \-frame \-f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \e
294bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of freetype 413\& \-set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000
295+ fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode itself to all be 414.Ve
296secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options when it detects that it 415.PP
297runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. Besides, with the embedded perl 416Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace \f(CW0xc0000000\fR
298interpreter the possibility for security problems easily multiplies. 417by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and
299.Sp 418your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces.
300Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on some 419.PP
301systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra privileges for 420\fIWhy does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?\fR
302ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is planned to mvoe this into 421.IX Subsection "Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?"
303a forked handler process, but this is not yet done. 422.PP
304.Sp 423Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
305So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on your 424size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
306typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always remember that 425contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
307its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked for security issues 426these characters. For characters that are just \*(L"a bit\*(R" too wide a special
308regularly. 427\&\*(L"careful\*(R" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
428.PP
429All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
430however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
431box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
432ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
433cases).
434.PP
435It's not clear (to me at least), whether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
436or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
437the \f(CW\*(C`\-lsp\*(C'\fR option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
438might be forced to use a different font.
439.PP
440All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
441box data is correct.
442.PP
443\fIHow can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?\fR
444.IX Subsection "How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?"
445.PP
446First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
447(\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
448make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
449rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
450.PP
451.Vb 2
452\& URxvt.colorBD: white
453\& URxvt.colorIT: green
454.Ve
455.PP
456\fISome programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?\fR
457.IX Subsection "Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?"
458.PP
459For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
460colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
4618 colours (rxvt\-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
462these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
463.PP
464In the meantime, you can either edit your \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo
465definition to only claim 8 colour support or use \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR, which will
466fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
467.PP
468\fICan I switch the fonts at runtime?\fR
469.IX Subsection "Can I switch the fonts at runtime?"
470.PP
471Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
472effect as using the \f(CW\*(C`\-fn\*(C'\fR switch, and takes effect immediately:
473.PP
474.Vb 1
475\& printf '\e33]50;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
476.Ve
477.PP
478This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
479japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
480japanese fonts would only be in your way.
481.PP
482You can think of this as a kind of manual \s-1ISO\-2022\s0 switching.
483.PP
484\fIWhy do italic characters look as if clipped?\fR
485.IX Subsection "Why do italic characters look as if clipped?"
486.PP
487Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
488example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font \f(CW\*(C`xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
489Mono\*(C'\fR completely fails in its italic face. A workaround might be to
490enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
491.PP
492.Vb 2
493\& URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
494\& URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
495.Ve
496.PP
497\fICan I speed up Xft rendering somehow?\fR
498.IX Subsection "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?"
499.PP
500Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
501it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
502antialiasing (by appending \f(CW\*(C`:antialias=false\*(C'\fR), which saves lots of
503memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
504.PP
505\fIRxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?\fR
506.IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?"
507.PP
508Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
509fall back to its default font search list it will prefer X11 core
510fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
511antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
512look best that way.
513.PP
514If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
515.PP
516\fIWhat's with this bold/blink stuff?\fR
517.IX Subsection "What's with this bold/blink stuff?"
518.PP
519If no bold colour is set via \f(CW\*(C`colorBD:\*(C'\fR, bold will invert text using the
520standard foreground colour.
521.PP
522For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
523text blink when compiled with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR. with standard
524colours. Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR, the blink attribute will be
525ignored.
526.PP
527On \s-1ANSI\s0 colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
528foreground/background colors.
529.PP
530color0\-7 are the low-intensity colors.
531.PP
532color8\-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
533.PP
534\fII don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?\fR
535.IX Subsection "I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?"
536.PP
537You can change the screen colors at run-time using \fI~/.Xdefaults\fR
538resources (or as long\-options).
539.PP
540Here are values that are supposed to resemble a \s-1VGA\s0 screen,
541including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
542.PP
543.Vb 8
544\& URxvt.color0: #000000
545\& URxvt.color1: #A80000
546\& URxvt.color2: #00A800
547\& URxvt.color3: #A8A800
548\& URxvt.color4: #0000A8
549\& URxvt.color5: #A800A8
550\& URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
551\& URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
552\&
553\& URxvt.color8: #000054
554\& URxvt.color9: #FF0054
555\& URxvt.color10: #00FF54
556\& URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
557\& URxvt.color12: #0000FF
558\& URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
559\& URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
560\& URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
561.Ve
562.PP
563And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors.
564.PP
565.Vb 10
566\& URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
567\& URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
568\& URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
569\& URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
570\& URxvt.color0: #000000
571\& URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
572\& URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
573\& URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
574\& URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
575\& URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
576\& URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
577\& URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
578\& URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
579\& URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
580\& URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
581\& URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
582\& URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
583\& URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
584.Ve
585.PP
586They have been described (not by me) as \*(L"pretty girly\*(R".
587.PP
588\fIWhy do some characters look so much different than others?\fR
589.IX Subsection "Why do some characters look so much different than others?"
590.PP
591See next entry.
592.PP
593\fIHow does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\fR
594.IX Subsection "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?"
595.PP
596Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
597fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
598your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
599to display.
600.PP
601\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
602font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
603bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
604resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
605intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
606the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
607.PP
608In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
609e.g.:
610.PP
611.Vb 1
612\& @@URXVT_NAME@@ \-fn basefont,font2,font3...
613.Ve
614.PP
615When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
616font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
617next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
618search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X\-server.
619.PP
620The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
621font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
622must be the same due to the way terminals work.
623.PP
624\fIWhy do some chinese characters look so different than others?\fR
625.IX Subsection "Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?"
626.PP
627This is because there is a difference between script and language \*(--
628rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
629as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
630sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
631display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
632chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
633non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
634\&\*(-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
635chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
636.PP
637The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
638list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
639a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
640first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
641.PP
642In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
643runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
644fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
645has been designed yet).
646.PP
647Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see \*(L"Can
648I switch the fonts at runtime?\*(R" later in this document).
649.Sh "Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction"
650.IX Subsection "Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction"
651\fIThe new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?\fR
652.IX Subsection "The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?"
653.PP
654If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
655setting:
656.PP
657.Vb 1
658\& URxvt.selection.pattern\-0: ([[:word:]]+)
659.Ve
660.PP
661If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
662more and more.
663.PP
664To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:
665.PP
666.Vb 1
667\& URxvt.selection.pattern\-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\e\e\e\e]^`{|})]+)
668.Ve
669.PP
670Please also note that the \fILeftClick Shift-LeftClik\fR combination also
671selects words like the old code.
672.PP
673\fII don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?\fR
674.IX Subsection "I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?"
675.PP
676You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
677\&\fBperl-ext-common\fR resource to the empty string, which also keeps
678rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
679.PP
680If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
681identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
682\&\fB\s-1PREPACKAGED\s0 \s-1EXTENSIONS\s0\fR in the @@URXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage. For
683example, to disable the \fBselection-popup\fR and \fBoption-popup\fR, specify
684this \fBperl-ext-common\fR resource:
685.PP
686.Vb 1
687\& URxvt.perl\-ext\-common: default,\-selection\-popup,\-option\-popup
688.Ve
689.PP
690This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
691extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
692scrollback search mode is triggered by \fBM\-s\fR. You can move it to any
693other combination either by setting the \fBsearchable-scrollback\fR resource:
694.PP
695.Vb 1
696\& URxvt.searchable\-scrollback: CM\-s
697.Ve
698.PP
699\fIThe cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?\fR
700.IX Subsection "The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?"
701.PP
702See next entry.
703.PP
704\fIDuring rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?\fR
705.IX Subsection "During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?"
706.PP
707These are caused by the \f(CW\*(C`readline\*(C'\fR perl extension. Under normal
708circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the
709line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment,
710but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some
711cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly.
712.PP
713You can permanently switch this feature off by disabling the \f(CW\*(C`readline\*(C'\fR
714extension:
715.PP
716.Vb 1
717\& URxvt.perl\-ext\-common: default,\-readline
718.Ve
719.PP
720\fIMy numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?\fR
721.IX Subsection "My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?"
722.PP
723Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
724specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
725by the wrong \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR setting, although the details of whether and how
726this can happen are unknown, as \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR should offer a compatible
727keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
728helped.
729.PP
730\fIMy Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.\fR
731.IX Subsection "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working."
732.PP
733The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
734correctly, or you specified a \fBpreeditStyle\fR that is not supported by
735your input method. For example, if you specified \fBOverTheSpot\fR and
736your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
737does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
738rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
739.PP
740In this case either do not specify a \fBpreeditStyle\fR or specify more than
741one pre-edit style, such as \fBOverTheSpot,Root,None\fR.
742.PP
743\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
744.IX Subsection "I cannot type Ctrl-Shift-2 to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755"
745.PP
746Either try \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-2\*(C'\fR alone (it often is mapped to \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0 even on
747international keyboards) or simply use \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support to your
748advantage, typing <Ctrl\-Shift\-0> to get a \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0. This works for other
749codes, too, such as \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-Shift\-1\-d\*(C'\fR to type the default telnet escape
750character and so on.
751.PP
752\fIMouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.\fR
753.IX Subsection "Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works."
754.PP
755Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
756some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
757heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
758quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
759depressed.
760.PP
761\fIWhat's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?\fR
762.IX Subsection "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?"
763.PP
764Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
765Backspace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
766question) there are two standard values that can be used for
767Backspace: \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR.
768.PP
769Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
770policy of using \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
771choice :).
772.PP
773Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
774of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
775started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
776system value of `erase', which corresponds to \s-1CERASE\s0 in <termios.h>, will
777be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
778.PP
779For starting a new rxvt\-unicode:
780.PP
781.Vb 3
782\& # use Backspace = ^H
783\& $ stty erase ^H
784\& $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
785\&
786\& # use Backspace = ^?
787\& $ stty erase ^?
788\& $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
789.Ve
790.PP
791Toggle with \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 h\*(C'\fR / \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 l\*(C'\fR.
792.PP
793For an existing rxvt\-unicode:
794.PP
795.Vb 3
796\& # use Backspace = ^H
797\& $ stty erase ^H
798\& $ echo \-n "^[[36h"
799\&
800\& # use Backspace = ^?
801\& $ stty erase ^?
802\& $ echo \-n "^[[36l"
803.Ve
804.PP
805This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
806if you use Backspace = \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
807properly reflects that.
808.PP
809The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
810To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
811key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
812(\f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 3 ~\*(C'\fR) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
813.PP
814Some other Backspace problems:
815.PP
816some editors use termcap/terminfo,
817some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
818\&\s-1GNU\s0 Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
819.PP
820Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
821.PP
822\fII don't like the key\-bindings. How do I change them?\fR
823.IX Subsection "I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?"
824.PP
825There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
826you have run \*(L"configure\*(R" with the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-resources\*(C'\fR option you can
827use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
828.PP
829Here's an example for a URxvt session started using \f(CW\*(C`@@URXVT_NAME@@ \-name URxvt\*(C'\fR
830.PP
831.Vb 10
832\& URxvt.keysym.Home: \e033[1~
833\& URxvt.keysym.End: \e033[4~
834\& URxvt.keysym.C\-apostrophe: \e033<C\-'>
835\& URxvt.keysym.C\-slash: \e033<C\-/>
836\& URxvt.keysym.C\-semicolon: \e033<C\-;>
837\& URxvt.keysym.C\-grave: \e033<C\-`>
838\& URxvt.keysym.C\-comma: \e033<C\-,>
839\& URxvt.keysym.C\-period: \e033<C\-.>
840\& URxvt.keysym.C\-0x60: \e033<C\-`>
841\& URxvt.keysym.C\-Tab: \e033<C\-Tab>
842\& URxvt.keysym.C\-Return: \e033<C\-Return>
843\& URxvt.keysym.S\-Return: \e033<S\-Return>
844\& URxvt.keysym.S\-space: \e033<S\-Space>
845\& URxvt.keysym.M\-Up: \e033<M\-Up>
846\& URxvt.keysym.M\-Down: \e033<M\-Down>
847\& URxvt.keysym.M\-Left: \e033<M\-Left>
848\& URxvt.keysym.M\-Right: \e033<M\-Right>
849\& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-0: list \e033<M\-C\- 0123456789 >
850\& URxvt.keysym.M\-C\-a: list \e033<M\-C\- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
851\& URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
852.Ve
853.PP
854See some more examples in the documentation for the \fBkeysym\fR resource.
855.PP
856\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
857.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"
858.PP
859.Vb 6
860\& KP_Insert == Insert
861\& F22 == Print
862\& F27 == Home
863\& F29 == Prior
864\& F33 == End
865\& F35 == Next
866.Ve
867.PP
868Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
869keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
870required for your particular machine.
871.Sh "Terminal Configuration"
872.IX Subsection "Terminal Configuration"
873\fICan I see a typical configuration?\fR
874.IX Subsection "Can I see a typical configuration?"
875.PP
876The default configuration tries to be xterm\-like, which I don't like that
877much, but it's least surprise to regular users.
878.PP
879As a rxvt or rxvt-unicode user, you are practically supposed to invest
880time into customising your terminal. To get you started, here is the
881author's .Xdefaults entries, with comments on what they do. It's certainly
882not \fItypical\fR, but what's typical...
883.PP
884.Vb 2
885\& URxvt.cutchars: "()*,<>[]{}|'
886\& URxvt.print\-pipe: cat >/tmp/xxx
887.Ve
888.PP
889These are just for testing stuff.
890.PP
891.Vb 2
892\& URxvt.imLocale: ja_JP.UTF\-8
893\& URxvt.preeditType: OnTheSpot,None
894.Ve
895.PP
896This tells rxvt-unicode to use a special locale when communicating with
897the X Input Method, and also tells it to only use the OnTheSpot pre-edit
898type, which requires the \f(CW\*(C`xim\-onthespot\*(C'\fR perl extension but rewards me
899with correct-looking fonts.
900.PP
901.Vb 6
902\& URxvt.perl\-lib: /root/lib/urxvt
903\& URxvt.perl\-ext\-common: default,selection\-autotransform,selection\-pastebin,xim\-onthespot,remote\-clipboard
904\& URxvt.selection.pattern\-0: ( at .*? line \e\ed+)
905\& URxvt.selection.pattern\-1: ^(/[^:]+):\e
906\& URxvt.selection\-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\e\ed+):?$/:e \e\eQ$1\e\eE\e\ex0d:$2\e\ex0d/
907\& URxvt.selection\-autotransform.1: s/^ at (.*?) line (\e\ed+)$/:e \e\eQ$1\e\eE\e\ex0d:$2\e\ex0d/
908.Ve
909.PP
910This is my perl configuration. The first two set the perl library
911directory and also tells urxvt to use a large number of extensions. I
912develop for myself mostly, so I actually use most of the extensions I
913write.
914.PP
915The selection stuff mainly makes the selection perl-error-message aware
916and tells it to convert perl error messages into vi-commands to load the
917relevant file and go tot he error line number.
918.PP
919.Vb 2
920\& URxvt.scrollstyle: plain
921\& URxvt.secondaryScroll: true
922.Ve
923.PP
924As the documentation says: plain is the preferred scrollbar for the
925author. The \f(CW\*(C`secondaryScroll\*(C'\fR configures urxvt to scroll in full-screen
926apps, like screen, so lines scrolled out of screen end up in urxvt's
927scrollback buffer.
928.PP
929.Vb 7
930\& URxvt.background: #000000
931\& URxvt.foreground: gray90
932\& URxvt.color7: gray90
933\& URxvt.colorBD: #ffffff
934\& URxvt.cursorColor: #e0e080
935\& URxvt.throughColor: #8080f0
936\& URxvt.highlightColor: #f0f0f0
937.Ve
938.PP
939Some colours. Not sure which ones are being used or even non\-defaults, but
940these are in my .Xdefaults. Most notably, they set foreground/background
941to light gray/black, and also make sure that the colour 7 matches the
942default foreground colour.
943.PP
944.Vb 1
945\& URxvt.underlineColor: yellow
946.Ve
947.PP
948Another colour, makes underline lines look different. Sometimes hurts, but
949is mostly a nice effect.
950.PP
951.Vb 4
952\& URxvt.geometry: 154x36
953\& URxvt.loginShell: false
954\& URxvt.meta: ignore
955\& URxvt.utmpInhibit: true
956.Ve
957.PP
958Uh, well, should be mostly self\-explanatory. By specifying some defaults
959manually, I can quickly switch them for testing.
960.PP
961.Vb 1
962\& URxvt.saveLines: 8192
963.Ve
964.PP
965A large scrollback buffer is essential. Really.
966.PP
967.Vb 1
968\& URxvt.mapAlert: true
969.Ve
970.PP
971The only case I use it is for my \s-1IRC\s0 window, which I like to keep
972iconified till people msg me (which beeps).
973.PP
974.Vb 1
975\& URxvt.visualBell: true
976.Ve
977.PP
978The audible bell is often annoying, especially when in a crowd.
979.PP
980.Vb 1
981\& URxvt.insecure: true
982.Ve
983.PP
984Please don't hack my mutt! Ooops...
985.PP
986.Vb 1
987\& URxvt.pastableTabs: false
988.Ve
989.PP
990I once thought this is a great idea.
991.PP
992.Vb 9
993\& urxvt.font: 9x15bold,\e
994\& \-misc\-fixed\-bold\-r\-normal\-\-15\-140\-75\-75\-c\-90\-iso10646\-1,\e
995\& \-misc\-fixed\-medium\-r\-normal\-\-15\-140\-75\-75\-c\-90\-iso10646\-1, \e
996\& [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic, \e
997\& xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:autohint=true, \e
998\& xft:Code2000:antialias=false
999\& urxvt.boldFont: \-xos4\-terminus\-bold\-r\-normal\-\-14\-140\-72\-72\-c\-80\-iso8859\-15
1000\& urxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
1001\& urxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
1002.Ve
1003.PP
1004I wrote rxvt-unicode to be able to specify fonts exactly. So don't be
1005overwhelmed. A special note: the \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR mentioned above is actually
1006the version from XFree\-3.3, as XFree\-4 replaced it by a totally different
1007font (different glyphs for \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR and many other harmless characters),
1008while the second font is actually the \f(CW\*(C`9x15bold\*(C'\fR from XFree4/XOrg. The
1009bold version has less chars than the medium version, so I use it for rare
1010characters, too. When editing sources with vim, I use italic for comments
1011and other stuff, which looks quite good with Bitstream Vera anti\-aliased.
1012.PP
1013Terminus is a quite bad font (many very wrong glyphs), but for most of my
1014purposes, it works, and gives a different look, as my normal (Non\-bold)
1015font is already bold, and I want to see a difference between bold and
1016normal fonts.
1017.PP
1018Please note that I used the \f(CW\*(C`urxvt\*(C'\fR instance name and not the \f(CW\*(C`URxvt\*(C'\fR
1019class name. Thats because I use different configs for different purposes,
1020for example, my \s-1IRC\s0 window is started with \f(CW\*(C`\-name IRC\*(C'\fR, and uses these
1021defaults:
1022.PP
1023.Vb 9
1024\& IRC*title: IRC
1025\& IRC*geometry: 87x12+535+542
1026\& IRC*saveLines: 0
1027\& IRC*mapAlert: true
1028\& IRC*font: suxuseuro
1029\& IRC*boldFont: suxuseuro
1030\& IRC*colorBD: white
1031\& IRC*keysym.M\-C\-1: command:\e033]710;suxuseuro\e007\e033]711;suxuseuro\e007
1032\& IRC*keysym.M\-C\-2: command:\e033]710;9x15bold\e007\e033]711;9x15bold\e007
1033.Ve
1034.PP
1035\&\f(CW\*(C`Alt\-Shift\-1\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`Alt\-Shift\-2\*(C'\fR switch between two different font
1036sizes. \f(CW\*(C`suxuseuro\*(C'\fR allows me to keep an eye (and actually read)
1037stuff while keeping a very small window. If somebody pastes something
1038complicated (e.g. japanese), I temporarily switch to a larger font.
1039.PP
1040The above is all in my \f(CW\*(C`.Xdefaults\*(C'\fR (I don't use \f(CW\*(C`.Xresources\*(C'\fR nor
1041\&\f(CW\*(C`xrdb\*(C'\fR). I also have some resources in a separate \f(CW\*(C`.Xdefaults\-hostname\*(C'\fR
1042file for different hosts, for example, on ym main desktop, I use:
1043.PP
1044.Vb 5
1045\& URxvt.keysym.C\-M\-q: command:\e033[3;5;5t
1046\& URxvt.keysym.C\-M\-y: command:\e033[3;5;606t
1047\& URxvt.keysym.C\-M\-e: command:\e033[3;1605;5t
1048\& URxvt.keysym.C\-M\-c: command:\e033[3;1605;606t
1049\& URxvt.keysym.C\-M\-p: perl:test
1050.Ve
1051.PP
1052The first for keysym definitions allow me to quickly bring some windows
1053in the layout I like most. Ion users might start laughing but will stop
1054immediately when I tell them that I use my own Fvwm2 module for much the
1055same effect as Ion provides, and I only very rarely use the above key
1056combinations :\->
1057.PP
1058\fIWhy doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?\fR
1059.IX Subsection "Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?"
1060.PP
1061Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
1062applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your \s-1OS\s0 loads
1063resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
1064ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
1065\&\fI\f(CI$HOME\fI/.Xdefaults\fR when no resources are attached to the display.
1066.PP
1067If you have or use an \fI\f(CI$HOME\fI/.Xresources\fR file, chances are that
1068resources are loaded into your X\-server. In this case, you have to
1069re-login after every change (or run \fIxrdb \-merge \f(CI$HOME\fI/.Xresources\fR).
1070.PP
1071Also consider the form resources have to use:
1072.PP
1073.Vb 1
1074\& URxvt.resource: value
1075.Ve
1076.PP
1077If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
1078specifying resources), make sure you understand whether and why it
1079works. If unsure, use the form above.
1080.PP
309.IP "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 4 1081\fIWhen I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?\fR
310.IX Item "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 1082.IX Subsection "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?"
1083.PP
311The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available 1084The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
312as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). 1085as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
313.Sp 1086.PP
314The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can 1087The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
315be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp): 1088be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):
316.Sp 1089.PP
317.Vb 2 1090.Vb 2
318\& REMOTE=remotesystem.domain 1091\& REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
319\& infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti" 1092\& infocmp rxvt\-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
320.Ve 1093.Ve
321.Sp 1094.PP
322\&... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system, 1095\&... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
323.Sp 1096.PP
324If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set 1097If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
325\&\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR or even \f(CW\*(C`TERM=xterm\*(C'\fR, and live with the small number of 1098\&\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR or even \f(CW\*(C`TERM=xterm\*(C'\fR, and live with the small number of
326problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different 1099problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
327colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice 1100colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
328quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though. 1101quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
329.Sp 1102.PP
330If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you 1103If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
331can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired \s-1TERM\s0 value or use a 1104can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired \s-1TERM\s0 value or use a
332resource to set it: 1105resource to set it:
333.Sp 1106.PP
334.Vb 1 1107.Vb 1
335\& URxvt.termName: rxvt 1108\& URxvt.termName: rxvt
336.Ve 1109.Ve
337.Sp 1110.PP
338If you don't plan to use \fBrxvt\fR (quite common...) you could also replace 1111If you don't plan to use \fBrxvt\fR (quite common...) you could also replace
339the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one. 1112the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR.
340.ie n .IP """tic"" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry." 4 1113.PP
341.el .IP "\f(CWtic\fR outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry." 4 1114\fI\f(CI\*(C`tic\*(C'\fI outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.\fR
342.IX Item "tic outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry." 1115.IX Subsection "tic outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry."
1116.PP
343Most likely it's the empty definition for \f(CW\*(C`enacs=\*(C'\fR. Just replace it by 1117Most likely it's the empty definition for \f(CW\*(C`enacs=\*(C'\fR. Just replace it by
344\&\f(CW\*(C`enacs=\eE[0@\*(C'\fR and try again. 1118\&\f(CW\*(C`enacs=\eE[0@\*(C'\fR and try again.
345.ie n .IP """bash""'s readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 4 1119.PP
346.el .IP "\f(CWbash\fR's readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 4 1120\fI\f(CI\*(C`bash\*(C'\fI's readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@.\fR
347.IX Item "bash's readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@." 1121.IX Subsection "bash's readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@."
348.PD 0 1122.PP
1123See next entry.
1124.PP
349.IP "I need a termcap file entry." 4 1125\fII need a termcap file entry.\fR
350.IX Item "I need a termcap file entry." 1126.IX Subsection "I need a termcap file entry."
351.PD 1127.PP
352One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating 1128One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
353systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap 1129systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
354library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry 1130library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
355for \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR. 1131for \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR.
356.Sp 1132.PP
357You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases. 1133You could use rxvt's termcap entry with reasonable results in many cases.
358You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program 1134You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
359like this: 1135like this:
360.Sp 1136.PP
361.Vb 1 1137.Vb 1
362\& infocmp -C rxvt-unicode 1138\& infocmp \-C rxvt\-unicode
363.Ve 1139.Ve
364.Sp 1140.PP
365Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above: 1141Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
366.Sp 1142.PP
367.Vb 20 1143.Vb 10
368\& rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\e 1144\& rxvt\-unicode|rxvt\-unicode terminal (X Window System):\e
369\& :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\e 1145\& :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\e
370\& :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\e 1146\& :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\e
371\& :AL=\eE[%dL:DC=\eE[%dP:DL=\eE[%dM:DO=\eE[%dB:IC=\eE[%d@:\e 1147\& :AL=\eE[%dL:DC=\eE[%dP:DL=\eE[%dM:DO=\eE[%dB:IC=\eE[%d@:\e
372\& :K1=\eEOw:K2=\eEOu:K3=\eEOy:K4=\eEOq:K5=\eEOs:LE=\eE[%dD:\e 1148\& :K1=\eEOw:K2=\eEOu:K3=\eEOy:K4=\eEOq:K5=\eEOs:LE=\eE[%dD:\e
373\& :RI=\eE[%dC:SF=\eE[%dS:SR=\eE[%dT:UP=\eE[%dA:ae=\eE(B:al=\eE[L:\e 1149\& :RI=\eE[%dC:SF=\eE[%dS:SR=\eE[%dT:UP=\eE[%dA:ae=\eE(B:al=\eE[L:\e
384\& :sc=\eE7:se=\eE[27m:sf=^J:so=\eE[7m:sr=\eEM:st=\eEH:ta=^I:\e 1160\& :sc=\eE7:se=\eE[27m:sf=^J:so=\eE[7m:sr=\eEM:st=\eEH:ta=^I:\e
385\& :te=\eE[r\eE[?1049l:ti=\eE[?1049h:ue=\eE[24m:up=\eE[A:\e 1161\& :te=\eE[r\eE[?1049l:ti=\eE[?1049h:ue=\eE[24m:up=\eE[A:\e
386\& :us=\eE[4m:vb=\eE[?5h\eE[?5l:ve=\eE[?25h:vi=\eE[?25l:\e 1162\& :us=\eE[4m:vb=\eE[?5h\eE[?5l:ve=\eE[?25h:vi=\eE[?25l:\e
387\& :vs=\eE[?25h: 1163\& :vs=\eE[?25h:
388.Ve 1164.Ve
389.ie n .IP "Why does ""ls"" no longer have coloured output?" 4 1165.PP
390.el .IP "Why does \f(CWls\fR no longer have coloured output?" 4 1166\fIWhy does \f(CI\*(C`ls\*(C'\fI no longer have coloured output?\fR
391.IX Item "Why does ls no longer have coloured output?" 1167.IX Subsection "Why does ls no longer have coloured output?"
1168.PP
392The \f(CW\*(C`ls\*(C'\fR in the \s-1GNU\s0 coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to 1169The \f(CW\*(C`ls\*(C'\fR in the \s-1GNU\s0 coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
393decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration 1170decide whether a terminal has colour, but uses its own configuration
394file. Needless to say, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR is not in it's default file (among 1171file. Needless to say, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR is not in its default file (among
395with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add: 1172with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
396.Sp 1173.PP
397.Vb 1 1174.Vb 1
398\& TERM rxvt-unicode 1175\& TERM rxvt\-unicode
399.Ve 1176.Ve
400.Sp 1177.PP
401to \f(CW\*(C`/etc/DIR_COLORS\*(C'\fR or simply add: 1178to \f(CW\*(C`/etc/DIR_COLORS\*(C'\fR or simply add:
402.Sp 1179.PP
403.Vb 1 1180.Vb 1
404\& alias ls='ls --color=auto' 1181\& alias ls='ls \-\-color=auto'
405.Ve 1182.Ve
406.Sp 1183.PP
407to your \f(CW\*(C`.profile\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`.bashrc\*(C'\fR. 1184to your \f(CW\*(C`.profile\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`.bashrc\*(C'\fR.
1185.PP
408.IP "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?" 4 1186\fIWhy doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?\fR
409.IX Item "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?" 1187.IX Subsection "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?"
410.PD 0 1188.PP
1189See next entry.
1190.PP
411.IP "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?" 4 1191\fIWhy doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?\fR
412.IX Item "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?" 1192.IX Subsection "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?"
1193.PP
1194See next entry.
1195.PP
413.IP "Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?" 4 1196\fIWhy are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?\fR
414.IX Item "Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?" 1197.IX Subsection "Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?"
415.PD 1198.PP
416Make sure you are using \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR. Some pre-packaged 1199Make sure you are using \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR. Some pre-packaged
417distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode 1200distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
418by setting \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, which doesn't have these extra 1201by setting \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, which doesn't have these extra
419features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian 1202features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
420GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo 1203GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo
421file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question \fBWhen 1204file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question \fBWhen
422I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?\fR on 1205I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?\fR on
423how to do this). 1206how to do this).
424.IP "My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?" 4 1207.Sh "Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues"
425.IX Item "My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?" 1208.IX Subsection "Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues"
426Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
427specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
428by the wrong \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR setting, although the details of wether and how
429this can happen are unknown, as \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR should offer a compatible
430keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
431helped.
432.IP "Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?" 4 1209\fIRxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?\fR
433.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?" 1210.IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?"
434.PD 0 1211.PP
1212See next entry.
1213.PP
435.IP "Unicode does not seem to work?" 4 1214\fIUnicode does not seem to work?\fR
436.IX Item "Unicode does not seem to work?" 1215.IX Subsection "Unicode does not seem to work?"
437.PD 1216.PP
438If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but 1217If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
439getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is 1218getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
440subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings. 1219subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
441.Sp 1220.PP
442Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR setting as the 1221Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR setting as the
443programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the \f(CW\*(C`C\*(C'\fR locale, while the 1222programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the \f(CW\*(C`C\*(C'\fR locale, while the
444login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to 1223login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
445something else, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`en_GB.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR. Needless to say, this is not going to work. 1224something else, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`en_GB.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
446.Sp 1225.PP
447The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run 1226The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
448into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile. 1227into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
449.Sp 1228.PP
450.Vb 1 1229.Vb 1
451\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' "$LC_CTYPE" 1230\& printf '\e33]701;%s\e007' "$LC_CTYPE"
452.Ve 1231.Ve
453.Sp 1232.PP
454If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR specification not 1233If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR specification not
455supported on your systems. Some systems have a \f(CW\*(C`locale\*(C'\fR command which 1234supported on your systems. Some systems have a \f(CW\*(C`locale\*(C'\fR command which
456displays this (also, \f(CW\*(C`perl \-e0\*(C'\fR can be used to check locale settings, as 1235displays this (also, \f(CW\*(C`perl \-e0\*(C'\fR can be used to check locale settings, as
457it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something 1236it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
458like: 1237like:
459.Sp 1238.PP
460.Vb 1 1239.Vb 1
461\& locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ... 1240\& locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
462.Ve 1241.Ve
463.Sp 1242.PP
464Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system. 1243Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
465.Sp 1244.PP
466If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then 1245If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
467you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't 1246you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
468support locales :( 1247support locales :(
469.IP "Why do some characters look so much different than others?" 4 1248.PP
470.IX Item "Why do some characters look so much different than others?" 1249\fIHow does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?\fR
1250.IX Subsection "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?"
1251.PP
1252See next entry.
1253.PP
1254\fIIs there an option to switch encodings?\fR
1255.IX Subsection "Is there an option to switch encodings?"
1256.PP
1257Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
1258specific \*(L"utf\-8\*(R" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
1259\&\s-1UTF\-8\s0 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
1260.PP
1261The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
1262the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
1263applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
1264and code number. This mechanism is the \fIlocale\fR. Applications not using
1265that info will have problems (for example, \f(CW\*(C`xterm\*(C'\fR gets the width of
1266characters wrong as it uses its own, locale-independent table under all
1267locales).
1268.PP
1269Rxvt-unicode uses the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR locale category to select encoding. All
1270programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1271interpretation of characters.
1272.PP
1273Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1274is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
1275.PP
1276On most systems, the content of the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR environment variable
1277contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1278locale. Common names for locales are \f(CW\*(C`en_US.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.ISO\-8859\-15\*(C'\fR,
1279\&\f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR, i.e. \f(CW\*(C`language_country.encoding\*(C'\fR, but other forms
1280(i.e. \f(CW\*(C`de\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`german\*(C'\fR) are also common.
1281.PP
1282Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1283the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1284i.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
1285rxvt\-unicode.
1286.PP
1287If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1288rxvt-unicode with the correct \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR category.
1289.PP
1290\fICan I switch locales at runtime?\fR
1291.IX Subsection "Can I switch locales at runtime?"
1292.PP
1293Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
1294rxvt\-unicode's idea of \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR.
1295.PP
1296.Vb 1
1297\& printf '\e33]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
1298.Ve
1299.PP
1300See also the previous answer.
1301.PP
1302Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
1303one locale (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR) but some programs don't support it
1304(e.g. \s-1UTF\-8\s0). For example, I use this script to start \f(CW\*(C`xjdic\*(C'\fR, which
1305first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
1306.PP
1307.Vb 3
1308\& printf '\e33]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
1309\& xjdic \-js
1310\& printf '\e33]701;%s\e007' de_DE.UTF\-8
1311.Ve
1312.PP
1313You can also use xterm's \f(CW\*(C`luit\*(C'\fR program, which usually works fine, except
1314for some locales where character width differs between program\- and
1315rxvt\-unicode\-locales.
1316.PP
1317\fII have problems getting my input method working.\fR
1318.IX Subsection "I have problems getting my input method working."
1319.PP
1320Try a search engine, as this is slightly different for every input method server.
1321.PP
1322Here is a checklist:
1323.IP "\- Make sure your locale \fIand\fR the imLocale are supported on your \s-1OS\s0." 4
1324.IX Item "- Make sure your locale and the imLocale are supported on your OS."
1325Try \f(CW\*(C`locale \-a\*(C'\fR or check the documentation for your \s-1OS\s0.
1326.IP "\- Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your \s-1XIM\s0." 4
1327.IX Item "- Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your XIM."
1328For example, \fBkinput2\fR does not support \s-1UTF\-8\s0 locales, you should use
1329\&\f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR or equivalent.
1330.IP "\- Make sure your \s-1XIM\s0 server is actually running." 4
1331.IX Item "- Make sure your XIM server is actually running."
471.PD 0 1332.PD 0
472.IP "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" 4 1333.ie n .IP "\- Make sure the ""XMODIFIERS""\fR environment variable is set correctly when \fIstarting rxvt\-unicode." 4
473.IX Item "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?" 1334.el .IP "\- Make sure the \f(CWXMODIFIERS\fR environment variable is set correctly when \fIstarting\fR rxvt\-unicode." 4
1335.IX Item "- Make sure the XMODIFIERS environment variable is set correctly when starting rxvt-unicode."
474.PD 1336.PD
475Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is 1337When you want to use e.g. \fBkinput2\fR, it must be set to
476fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of 1338\&\f(CW\*(C`@im=kinput2\*(C'\fR. For \fBscim\fR, use \f(CW\*(C`@im=SCIM\*(C'\fR. You can see what input
477your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want 1339method servers are running with this command:
478to display.
479.Sp
480\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
481font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
482bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
483resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
484intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
485the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
486.Sp
487In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
488e.g.:
489.Sp 1340.Sp
490.Vb 1 1341.Vb 1
491\& @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3... 1342\& xprop \-root XIM_SERVERS
492.Ve 1343.Ve
493.Sp 1344.IP "" 4
494When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base 1345.PP
495font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the 1346\fIMy input method wants <some encoding> but I want \s-1UTF\-8\s0, what can I do?\fR
496next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this 1347.IX Subsection "My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?"
497search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X\-server. 1348.PP
498.Sp 1349You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
499The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base 1350terminal, using the resource \f(CW\*(C`imlocale\*(C'\fR:
500font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which 1351.PP
501must be the same due to the way terminals work. 1352.Vb 1
502.IP "Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?" 4 1353\& URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC\-JP
503.IX Item "Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?" 1354.Ve
504This is because there is a difference between script and language \*(-- 1355.PP
505rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is, 1356Now you can start your terminal with \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR and still
506as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first 1357use your input method. Please note, however, that, depending on your Xlib
507sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for 1358version, you may not be able to input characters outside \f(CW\*(C`EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR in a
508display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many 1359normal way then, as your input method limits you.
509chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first 1360.PP
510non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font 1361\fIRxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.\fR
511\&\*(-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for 1362.IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits."
512chinese characters that are also in the japanese font. 1363.PP
513.Sp 1364Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the \s-1XIM\s0 protocol is racy by
514The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font 1365design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
515list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as 1366leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
516a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font 1367exit time. \fBkinput2\fR (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
517first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first. 1368while \fB\s-1SCIM\s0\fR (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
518.Sp 1369crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
519In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at 1370.PP
520runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different 1371So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
521fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this 1372.Sh "Operating Systems / Package Maintaining"
522has been designed yet). 1373.IX Subsection "Operating Systems / Package Maintaining"
523.Sp 1374\fII am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...\fR
524Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see \*(L"Can I switch the fonts at runtime?\*(R" later in this document). 1375.IX Subsection "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..."
525.IP "Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?" 4 1376.PP
526.IX Item "Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?" 1377The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
527Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character 1378patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
528size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might 1379unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
529contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid 1380the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
530these characters. For characters that are just \*(L"a bit\*(R" too wide a special 1381version (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt\-unicode>) and try to reproduce
531\&\*(L"careful\*(R" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters. 1382the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
532.Sp 1383Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
533All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes, 1384Tracking System (use \f(CW\*(C`reportbug\*(C'\fR to report the bug).
534however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding 1385.PP
535box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to 1386For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
536ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these 1387probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a
537cases). 1388bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
538.Sp 1389might encounter the same issue.
539It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype, 1390.PP
540or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using 1391\fII am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS \s-1XXX\s0, any recommendation?\fR
541the \f(CW\*(C`\-lsp\*(C'\fR option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you 1392.IX Subsection "I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?"
542might be forced to use a different font. 1393.PP
543.Sp 1394You should build one binary with the default options. \fIconfigure\fR
544All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding 1395now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
545box data is correct. 1396runtime\-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enabling them,
1397except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
1398be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
1399the future) depends on it.
1400.PP
1401You should not overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR snd \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\*(C'\fR resources
1402system-wide (except maybe with \f(CW\*(C`defaults\*(C'\fR). This will result in useful
1403behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
1404\&\f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
1405perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
1406.PP
1407If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
1408one with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR (very useful) and a maximal one with
1409\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
1410encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
1411.PP
1412\fII need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my \s-1OS\s0, is this safe?\fR
1413.IX Subsection "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?"
1414.PP
1415It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
1416install urxvt with privileges necessary for your \s-1OS\s0 now.
1417.PP
1418When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
1419into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
1420systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
1421immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
1422privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
1423things as perl interpreters, which might be \*(L"helpful\*(R" to attackers).
1424.PP
1425This forking is done as the very first within \fImain()\fR, which is very early
1426and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before \fImain()\fR, or
1427things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
1428little risk.
1429.PP
546.IP "On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide." 4 1430\fIOn Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.\fR
547.IX Item "On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide." 1431.IX Subsection "On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide."
1432.PP
548Seems to be a known bug, read 1433Seems to be a known bug, read
549<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the 1434<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
550following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working: 1435following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
551.Sp 1436.PP
552.Vb 1 1437.Vb 1
553\& #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x) 1438\& #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
554.Ve 1439.Ve
555.IP "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working." 4 1440.PP
556.IX Item "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working."
557The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
558correctly, or you specified a \fBpreeditStyle\fR that is not supported by
559your input method. For example, if you specified \fBOverTheSpot\fR and
560your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
561does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
562rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
563.Sp
564In this case either do not specify a \fBpreeditStyle\fR or specify more than
565one pre-edit style, such as \fBOverTheSpot,Root,None\fR.
566.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
567.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
568.IX Item "I cannot type Ctrl-Shift-2 to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755"
569Either try \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-2\*(C'\fR alone (it often is mapped to \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0 even on
570international keyboards) or simply use \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support to your
571advantage, typing <Ctrl\-Shift\-0> to get a \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0. This works for other
572codes, too, such as \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-Shift\-1\-d\*(C'\fR to type the default telnet escape
573character and so on.
574.IP "How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?" 4
575.IX Item "How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?"
576First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
577(\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
578make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
579rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
580.Sp
581.Vb 2
582\& URxvt.colorBD: white
583\& URxvt.colorIT: green
584.Ve
585.IP "Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?" 4
586.IX Item "Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?"
587For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
588colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
5898 colours (rxvt\-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
590these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
591.Sp
592In the meantime, you can either edit your \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo
593definition to only claim 8 colour support or use \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR, which will
594fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
595.IP "I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all." 4 1441\fII am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.\fR
596.IX Item "I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all." 1442.IX Subsection "I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all."
1443.PP
597Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR to be defined 1444Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR to be defined
598in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it, 1445in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
599wether it defines the symbol or not. \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR requires that 1446whether it defines the symbol or not. \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR requires that
600\&\fBwchar_t\fR is represented as unicode. 1447\&\fBwchar_t\fR is represented as unicode.
601.Sp 1448.PP
602As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor 1449As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symbol nor
603does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of 1450does it support it. Instead, it uses its own internal representation of
604\&\fBwchar_t\fR. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards. 1451\&\fBwchar_t\fR. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
605.Sp 1452.PP
606However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in \f(CW\*(C`POSIX\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`ISO\-8859\-1\*(C'\fR and 1453However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in \f(CW\*(C`POSIX\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`ISO\-8859\-1\*(C'\fR and
607\&\f(CW\*(C`UTF\-8\*(C'\fR locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as \fBwchar_t\fR. 1454\&\f(CW\*(C`UTF\-8\*(C'\fR locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as \fBwchar_t\fR.
608.Sp 1455.PP
609\&\f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR is the only sane way to support multi-language 1456\&\f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR is the only sane way to support multi-language
610apps in an \s-1OS\s0, as using a locale-dependent (and non\-standardized) 1457apps in an \s-1OS\s0, as using a locale-dependent (and non\-standardized)
611representation of \fBwchar_t\fR makes it impossible to convert between 1458representation of \fBwchar_t\fR makes it impossible to convert between
612\&\fBwchar_t\fR (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding 1459\&\fBwchar_t\fR (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
613without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There 1460without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
614simply are no APIs to convert \fBwchar_t\fR into anything except the current 1461simply are no APIs to convert \fBwchar_t\fR into anything except the current
615locale encoding. 1462locale encoding.
616.Sp 1463.PP
617Some applications (such as the formidable \fBmlterm\fR) work around this 1464Some applications (such as the formidable \fBmlterm\fR) work around this
618by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling 1465by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
619with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple 1466with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
620conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the \s-1OS\s0 implements 1467conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the \s-1OS\s0 implements
621encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator). 1468encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
622.Sp 1469.PP
623The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the 1470The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
624system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry 1471system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
625complete replacements for them :) 1472complete replacements for them :)
1473.PP
626.IP "I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc." 4 1474\fII use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.\fR
627.IX Item "I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc." 1475.IX Subsection "I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc."
1476.PP
628Try the diff in \fIdoc/solaris9.patch\fR as a base. It fixes the worst 1477Try the diff in \fIdoc/solaris9.patch\fR as a base. It fixes the worst
629problems with \f(CW\*(C`wcwidth\*(C'\fR and a compile problem. 1478problems with \f(CW\*(C`wcwidth\*(C'\fR and a compile problem.
1479.PP
630.IP "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?" 4 1480\fIHow can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?\fR
631.IX Item "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?" 1481.IX Subsection "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?"
1482.PP
632rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using 1483rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
633the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no 1484the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
634longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a 1485longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
635single font). I recommend starting the X\-server in \f(CW\*(C`\-multiwindow\*(C'\fR or 1486single font). I recommend starting the X\-server in \f(CW\*(C`\-multiwindow\*(C'\fR or
636\&\f(CW\*(C`\-rootless\*(C'\fR mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the 1487\&\f(CW\*(C`\-rootless\*(C'\fR mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the
637old libW11 emulation. 1488old libW11 emulation.
638.Sp 1489.PP
639At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte 1490At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
640encodings (you might try \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=C\-UTF\-8\*(C'\fR), so you are likely limited 1491encodings (you might try \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=C\-UTF\-8\*(C'\fR), so you are likely limited
641to 8\-bit encodings. 1492to 8\-bit encodings.
642.IP "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?" 4
643.IX Item "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?"
644.PD 0
645.IP "Is there an option to switch encodings?" 4
646.IX Item "Is there an option to switch encodings?"
647.PD
648Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
649specific \*(L"utf\-8\*(R" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
650\&\s-1UTF\-8\s0 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
651.Sp
652The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
653the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
654applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
655and code number. This mechanism is the \fIlocale\fR. Applications not using
656that info will have problems (for example, \f(CW\*(C`xterm\*(C'\fR gets the width of
657characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
658locales).
659.Sp
660Rxvt-unicode uses the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR locale category to select encoding. All
661programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
662interpretation of characters.
663.Sp
664Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
665is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
666.Sp
667On most systems, the content of the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR environment variable
668contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
669locale. Common names for locales are \f(CW\*(C`en_US.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.ISO\-8859\-15\*(C'\fR,
670\&\f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR, i.e. \f(CW\*(C`language_country.encoding\*(C'\fR, but other forms
671(i.e. \f(CW\*(C`de\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`german\*(C'\fR) are also common.
672.Sp
673Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
674the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
675i.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
676rxvt\-unicode.
677.Sp
678If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
679rxvt-unicode with the correct \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR category.
680.IP "Can I switch locales at runtime?" 4
681.IX Item "Can I switch locales at runtime?"
682Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
683rxvt\-unicode's idea of \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR.
684.Sp
685.Vb 1
686\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
687.Ve
688.Sp
689See also the previous answer.
690.Sp
691Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
692one locale (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR) but some programs don't support it
693(e.g. \s-1UTF\-8\s0). For example, I use this script to start \f(CW\*(C`xjdic\*(C'\fR, which
694first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
695.Sp
696.Vb 3
697\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
698\& xjdic -js
699\& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' de_DE.UTF-8
700.Ve
701.Sp
702You can also use xterm's \f(CW\*(C`luit\*(C'\fR program, which usually works fine, except
703for some locales where character width differs between program\- and
704rxvt\-unicode\-locales.
705.IP "Can I switch the fonts at runtime?" 4
706.IX Item "Can I switch the fonts at runtime?"
707Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
708effect as using the \f(CW\*(C`\-fn\*(C'\fR switch, and takes effect immediately:
709.Sp
710.Vb 1
711\& printf '\ee]50;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
712.Ve
713.Sp
714This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
715japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
716japanese fonts would only be in your way.
717.Sp
718You can think of this as a kind of manual \s-1ISO\-2022\s0 switching.
719.IP "Why do italic characters look as if clipped?" 4
720.IX Item "Why do italic characters look as if clipped?"
721Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
722example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font \f(CW\*(C`xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
723Mono\*(C'\fR completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
724enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
725.Sp
726.Vb 2
727\& URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
728\& URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
729.Ve
730.IP "My input method wants <some encoding> but I want \s-1UTF\-8\s0, what can I do?" 4
731.IX Item "My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?"
732You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
733terminal, using the resource \f(CW\*(C`imlocale\*(C'\fR:
734.Sp
735.Vb 1
736\& URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
737.Ve
738.Sp
739Now you can start your terminal with \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR and still
740use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
741input characters outside \f(CW\*(C`EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR in a normal way then, as your input
742method limits you.
743.IP "Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits." 4
744.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits."
745Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the \s-1XIM\s0 protocol is racy by
746design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
747leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
748exit time. \fBkinput2\fR (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
749while \fB\s-1SCIM\s0\fR (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
750crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
751.Sp
752So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
753.IP "Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?" 4
754.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?"
755Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
756don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
757you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
758when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
759accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
760.Sp
761Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
762scrollback buffers: Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR, rxvt-unicode will use
7636 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
764kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
765use 10 Megabytes of memory. With \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR it gets worse, as
766rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
767.IP "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?" 4
768.IX Item "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?"
769Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
770it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
771antialiasing (by appending \f(CW\*(C`:antialias=false\*(C'\fR), which saves lots of
772memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
773.IP "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?" 4
774.IX Item "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?"
775Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
776fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
777fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
778antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
779look best that way.
780.Sp
781If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
782.IP "Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works." 4
783.IX Item "Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works."
784Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
785some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
786heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
787quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
788depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
789.IP "What's with this bold/blink stuff?" 4
790.IX Item "What's with this bold/blink stuff?"
791If no bold colour is set via \f(CW\*(C`colorBD:\*(C'\fR, bold will invert text using the
792standard foreground colour.
793.Sp
794For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
795text blink when compiled with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR. with standard
796colours. Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR, the blink attribute will be
797ignored.
798.Sp
799On \s-1ANSI\s0 colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
800foreground/background colors.
801.Sp
802color0\-7 are the low-intensity colors.
803.Sp
804color8\-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
805.IP "I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?" 4
806.IX Item "I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?"
807You can change the screen colors at run-time using \fI~/.Xdefaults\fR
808resources (or as long\-options).
809.Sp
810Here are values that are supposed to resemble a \s-1VGA\s0 screen,
811including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
812.Sp
813.Vb 8
814\& URxvt.color0: #000000
815\& URxvt.color1: #A80000
816\& URxvt.color2: #00A800
817\& URxvt.color3: #A8A800
818\& URxvt.color4: #0000A8
819\& URxvt.color5: #A800A8
820\& URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
821\& URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
822.Ve
823.Sp
824.Vb 8
825\& URxvt.color8: #000054
826\& URxvt.color9: #FF0054
827\& URxvt.color10: #00FF54
828\& URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
829\& URxvt.color12: #0000FF
830\& URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
831\& URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
832\& URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
833.Ve
834.Sp
835And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
836me) as \*(L"pretty girly\*(R".
837.Sp
838.Vb 18
839\& URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
840\& URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
841\& URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
842\& URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
843\& URxvt.color0: #000000
844\& URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
845\& URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
846\& URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
847\& URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
848\& URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
849\& URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
850\& URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
851\& URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
852\& URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
853\& URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
854\& URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
855\& URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
856\& URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
857.Ve
858.IP "How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?" 4
859.IX Item "How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?"
860Try \f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@d \-f \-o\*(C'\fR, which tells @@RXVT_NAME@@d to open the
861display, create the listening socket and then fork.
862.IP "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?" 4
863.IX Item "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?"
864Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
865BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
866question) there are two standard values that can be used for
867Backspace: \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR.
868.Sp
869Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
870policy of using \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
871choice :).
872.Sp
873Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
874of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
875started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
876system value of `erase', which corresponds to \s-1CERASE\s0 in <termios.h>, will
877be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
878.Sp
879For starting a new rxvt\-unicode:
880.Sp
881.Vb 3
882\& # use Backspace = ^H
883\& $ stty erase ^H
884\& $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
885.Ve
886.Sp
887.Vb 3
888\& # use Backspace = ^?
889\& $ stty erase ^?
890\& $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
891.Ve
892.Sp
893Toggle with \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 h\*(C'\fR / \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 l\*(C'\fR as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
894.Sp
895For an existing rxvt\-unicode:
896.Sp
897.Vb 3
898\& # use Backspace = ^H
899\& $ stty erase ^H
900\& $ echo -n "^[[36h"
901.Ve
902.Sp
903.Vb 3
904\& # use Backspace = ^?
905\& $ stty erase ^?
906\& $ echo -n "^[[36l"
907.Ve
908.Sp
909This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
910if you use Backspace = \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
911properly reflects that.
912.Sp
913The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
914To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
915key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
916(\f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 3 ~\*(C'\fR) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
917.Sp
918Some other Backspace problems:
919.Sp
920some editors use termcap/terminfo,
921some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
922\&\s-1GNU\s0 Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
923.Sp
924Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
925.IP "I don't like the key\-bindings. How do I change them?" 4
926.IX Item "I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?"
927There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
928you have run \*(L"configure\*(R" with the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-resources\*(C'\fR option you can
929use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
930.Sp
931Here's an example for a URxvt session started using \f(CW\*(C`@@RXVT_NAME@@ \-name URxvt\*(C'\fR
932.Sp
933.Vb 20
934\& URxvt.keysym.Home: \e033[1~
935\& URxvt.keysym.End: \e033[4~
936\& URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \e033<C-'>
937\& URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \e033<C-/>
938\& URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \e033<C-;>
939\& URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \e033<C-`>
940\& URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \e033<C-,>
941\& URxvt.keysym.C-period: \e033<C-.>
942\& URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \e033<C-`>
943\& URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \e033<C-Tab>
944\& URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \e033<C-Return>
945\& URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \e033<S-Return>
946\& URxvt.keysym.S-space: \e033<S-Space>
947\& URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \e033<M-Up>
948\& URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \e033<M-Down>
949\& URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \e033<M-Left>
950\& URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \e033<M-Right>
951\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \e033<M-C- 0123456789 >
952\& URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \e033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
953\& URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
954.Ve
955.Sp
956See some more examples in the documentation for the \fBkeysym\fR resource.
957.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
958.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."
959.Vb 6
960\& KP_Insert == Insert
961\& F22 == Print
962\& F27 == Home
963\& F29 == Prior
964\& F33 == End
965\& F35 == Next
966.Ve
967.Sp
968Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
969keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
970required for your particular machine.
971.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
972.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."
973rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable \*(L"\s-1COLORTERM\s0\*(R", so you can
974check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, \s-1JED\s0, slrn,
975Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
976not to use color.
977.IP "How do I set the correct, full \s-1IP\s0 address for the \s-1DISPLAY\s0 variable?" 4
978.IX Item "How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?"
979If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with \s-1DISPLAY_IS_IP\s0 and have enabled
980insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
981snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
982wasn't also compiled with \s-1ESCZ_ANSWER\s0 (as assumed in these snippets) then
983the \s-1COLORTERM\s0 variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
984regular xterm.
985.Sp
986Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
987snippets:
988.Sp
989.Vb 12
990\& # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
991\& [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
992\& if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
993\& stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
994\& echo -n '^[Z'
995\& read term_id
996\& stty icanon echo
997\& if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
998\& echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
999\& read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
1000\& fi
1001\& fi
1002.Ve
1003.IP "How do I compile the manual pages for myself?" 4
1004.IX Item "How do I compile the manual pages for myself?"
1005You need to have a recent version of perl installed as \fI/usr/bin/perl\fR,
1006one that comes with \fIpod2man\fR, \fIpod2text\fR and \fIpod2html\fR. Then go to
1007the doc subdirectory and enter \f(CW\*(C`make alldoc\*(C'\fR.
1008.IP "My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?" 4
1009.IX Item "My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?"
1010Before sending me mail, you could go to \s-1IRC:\s0 \f(CW\*(C`irc.freenode.net\*(C'\fR,
1011channel \f(CW\*(C`#rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
1012interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
1013.SH "RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE" 1493.SH "RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE"
1014.IX Header "RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE" 1494.IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE"
1015.SH "DESCRIPTION"
1016.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
1017The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of 1495The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
1018\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR. First the description of supported command sequences, 1496\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR. First the description of supported command sequences,
1019followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all 1497followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
1020features selectable at \f(CW\*(C`configure\*(C'\fR time. 1498selectable at \f(CW\*(C`configure\*(C'\fR time.
1021.SH "Definitions" 1499.Sh "Definitions"
1022.IX Header "Definitions" 1500.IX Subsection "Definitions"
1023.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""c""\fB\fR" 4 1501.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""c""\fB\fR" 4
1024.el .IP "\fB\f(CBc\fB\fR" 4 1502.el .IP "\fB\f(CBc\fB\fR" 4
1025.IX Item "c" 1503.IX Item "c"
1026The literal character c. 1504The literal character c.
1027.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""C""\fB\fR" 4 1505.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""C""\fB\fR" 4
1040parameters, separated by \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR character(s). 1518parameters, separated by \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR character(s).
1041.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pt""\fB\fR" 4 1519.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pt""\fB\fR" 4
1042.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPt\fB\fR" 4 1520.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPt\fB\fR" 4
1043.IX Item "Pt" 1521.IX Item "Pt"
1044A text parameter composed of printable characters. 1522A text parameter composed of printable characters.
1045.SH "Values" 1523.Sh "Values"
1046.IX Header "Values" 1524.IX Subsection "Values"
1047.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ENQ""\fB\fR" 4 1525.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ENQ""\fB\fR" 4
1048.el .IP "\fB\f(CBENQ\fB\fR" 4 1526.el .IP "\fB\f(CBENQ\fB\fR" 4
1049.IX Item "ENQ" 1527.IX Item "ENQ"
1050Enquiry (Ctrl\-E) = Send Device Attributes (\s-1DA\s0) 1528Enquiry (Ctrl\-E) = Send Device Attributes (\s-1DA\s0)
1051request attributes from terminal. See \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC [ Ps c\*(C'\fB\fR. 1529request attributes from terminal. See \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC [ Ps c\*(C'\fB\fR.
1089Switch to Standard Character Set 1567Switch to Standard Character Set
1090.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""SPC""\fB\fR" 4 1568.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""SPC""\fB\fR" 4
1091.el .IP "\fB\f(CBSPC\fB\fR" 4 1569.el .IP "\fB\f(CBSPC\fB\fR" 4
1092.IX Item "SPC" 1570.IX Item "SPC"
1093Space Character 1571Space Character
1094.SH "Escape Sequences" 1572.Sh "Escape Sequences"
1095.IX Header "Escape Sequences" 1573.IX Subsection "Escape Sequences"
1096.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC # 8""\fB\fR" 4 1574.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC # 8""\fB\fR" 4
1097.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC # 8\fB\fR" 4 1575.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC # 8\fB\fR" 4
1098.IX Item "ESC # 8" 1576.IX Item "ESC # 8"
1099\&\s-1DEC\s0 Screen Alignment Test (\s-1DECALN\s0) 1577\&\s-1DEC\s0 Screen Alignment Test (\s-1DECALN\s0)
1100.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC 7""\fB\fR" 4 1578.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC 7""\fB\fR" 4
1189C = < Multinational character set unimplemented 1667C = < Multinational character set unimplemented
1190C = 5 Finnish character set unimplemented 1668C = 5 Finnish character set unimplemented
1191C = C Finnish character set unimplemented 1669C = C Finnish character set unimplemented
1192C = K German character set unimplemented 1670C = K German character set unimplemented
1193.TE 1671.TE
1194
1195.PP 1672.PP
1196 1673
1197.IX Xref "CSI" 1674.IX Xref "CSI"
1198.SH "CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences" 1675.Sh "\s-1CSI\s0 (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences"
1199.IX Header "CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences" 1676.IX Subsection "CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences"
1200.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps @""\fB\fR" 4 1677.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps @""\fB\fR" 4
1201.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps @\fB\fR" 4 1678.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps @\fB\fR" 4
1202.IX Item "ESC [ Ps @" 1679.IX Item "ESC [ Ps @"
1203Insert \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (\s-1ICH\s0) 1680Insert \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (\s-1ICH\s0)
1204.IX Xref "ESCOBPsA" 1681.IX Xref "ESCOBPsA"
1248l l . 1725l l .
1249Ps = 0 Clear Below (default) 1726Ps = 0 Clear Below (default)
1250Ps = 1 Clear Above 1727Ps = 1 Clear Above
1251Ps = 2 Clear All 1728Ps = 2 Clear All
1252.TE 1729.TE
1253
1254.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps K""\fB\fR" 4 1730.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps K""\fB\fR" 4
1255.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps K\fB\fR" 4 1731.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps K\fB\fR" 4
1256.IX Item "ESC [ Ps K" 1732.IX Item "ESC [ Ps K"
1257Erase in Line (\s-1EL\s0) 1733Erase in Line (\s-1EL\s0)
1258.TS 1734.TS
1259l l . 1735l l .
1260Ps = 0 Clear to Right (default) 1736Ps = 0 Clear to Right (default)
1261Ps = 1 Clear to Left 1737Ps = 1 Clear to Left
1262Ps = 2 Clear All 1738Ps = 2 Clear All
1263.TE 1739.TE
1264
1265.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps L""\fB\fR" 4 1740.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps L""\fB\fR" 4
1266.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps L\fB\fR" 4 1741.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps L\fB\fR" 4
1267.IX Item "ESC [ Ps L" 1742.IX Item "ESC [ Ps L"
1268Insert \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Line(s) [default: 1] (\s-1IL\s0) 1743Insert \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Line(s) [default: 1] (\s-1IL\s0)
1269.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps M""\fB\fR" 4 1744.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps M""\fB\fR" 4
1287l l . 1762l l .
1288Ps = 0 Tab Set (HTS) 1763Ps = 0 Tab Set (HTS)
1289Ps = 2 Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default) 1764Ps = 2 Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)
1290Ps = 5 Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All 1765Ps = 5 Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All
1291.TE 1766.TE
1292
1293.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps X""\fB\fR" 4 1767.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps X""\fB\fR" 4
1294.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps X\fB\fR" 4 1768.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps X\fB\fR" 4
1295.IX Item "ESC [ Ps X" 1769.IX Item "ESC [ Ps X"
1296Erase \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Character(s) [default: 1] (\s-1ECH\s0) 1770Erase \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Character(s) [default: 1] (\s-1ECH\s0)
1297.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps Z""\fB\fR" 4 1771.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps Z""\fB\fR" 4
1332.TS 1806.TS
1333l l . 1807l l .
1334Ps = 0 Clear Current Column (default) 1808Ps = 0 Clear Current Column (default)
1335Ps = 3 Clear All (TBC) 1809Ps = 3 Clear All (TBC)
1336.TE 1810.TE
1337
1338.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Pm h""\fB\fR" 4 1811.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Pm h""\fB\fR" 4
1339.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Pm h\fB\fR" 4 1812.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Pm h\fB\fR" 4
1340.IX Item "ESC [ Pm h" 1813.IX Item "ESC [ Pm h"
1341Set Mode (\s-1SM\s0). See \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC [ Pm l\*(C'\fB\fR sequence for description of \f(CW\*(C`Pm\*(C'\fR. 1814Set Mode (\s-1SM\s0). See \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC [ Pm l\*(C'\fB\fR sequence for description of \f(CW\*(C`Pm\*(C'\fR.
1342.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps i""\fB\fR" 4 1815.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps i""\fB\fR" 4
1347l l . 1820l l .
1348Ps = 0 print screen (MC0) 1821Ps = 0 print screen (MC0)
1349Ps = 4 disable transparent print mode (MC4) 1822Ps = 4 disable transparent print mode (MC4)
1350Ps = 5 enable transparent print mode (MC5) 1823Ps = 5 enable transparent print mode (MC5)
1351.TE 1824.TE
1352
1353.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Pm l""\fB\fR" 4 1825.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Pm l""\fB\fR" 4
1354.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Pm l\fB\fR" 4 1826.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Pm l\fB\fR" 4
1355.IX Item "ESC [ Pm l" 1827.IX Item "ESC [ Pm l"
1356Reset Mode (\s-1RM\s0) 1828Reset Mode (\s-1RM\s0)
1357.RS 4 1829.RS 4
1361.TS 1833.TS
1362l l . 1834l l .
1363h Insert Mode (SMIR) 1835h Insert Mode (SMIR)
1364l Replace Mode (RMIR) 1836l Replace Mode (RMIR)
1365.TE 1837.TE
1366
1367.PD 0 1838.PD 0
1368.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 20""\fB\fR (partially implemented)" 4 1839.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 20""\fB\fR (partially implemented)" 4
1369.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 20\fB\fR (partially implemented)" 4 1840.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 20\fB\fR (partially implemented)" 4
1370.IX Item "Ps = 20 (partially implemented)" 1841.IX Item "Ps = 20 (partially implemented)"
1371.TS 1842.TS
1372l l . 1843l l .
1373h Automatic Newline (LNM) 1844h Automatic Newline (LNM)
1374l Normal Linefeed (LNM) 1845l Normal Linefeed (LNM)
1375.TE 1846.TE
1376
1377.RE 1847.RE
1378.RS 4 1848.RS 4
1379.RE 1849.RE
1380.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Pm m""\fB\fR" 4 1850.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Pm m""\fB\fR" 4
1381.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Pm m\fB\fR" 4 1851.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Pm m\fB\fR" 4
1410Ps = 95 / 105 fg/bg Bright Magenta 1880Ps = 95 / 105 fg/bg Bright Magenta
1411Ps = 96 / 106 fg/bg Bright Cyan 1881Ps = 96 / 106 fg/bg Bright Cyan
1412Ps = 97 / 107 fg/bg Bright White 1882Ps = 97 / 107 fg/bg Bright White
1413Ps = 99 / 109 fg/bg Bright Default 1883Ps = 99 / 109 fg/bg Bright Default
1414.TE 1884.TE
1415
1416.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps n""\fB\fR" 4 1885.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps n""\fB\fR" 4
1417.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps n\fB\fR" 4 1886.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps n\fB\fR" 4
1418.IX Item "ESC [ Ps n" 1887.IX Item "ESC [ Ps n"
1419Device Status Report (\s-1DSR\s0) 1888Device Status Report (\s-1DSR\s0)
1420.TS 1889.TS
1422Ps = 5 Status Report ESC [ 0 n (``OK'') 1891Ps = 5 Status Report ESC [ 0 n (``OK'')
1423Ps = 6 Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as ESC [ r ; c R 1892Ps = 6 Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as ESC [ r ; c R
1424Ps = 7 Request Display Name 1893Ps = 7 Request Display Name
1425Ps = 8 Request Version Number (place in window title) 1894Ps = 8 Request Version Number (place in window title)
1426.TE 1895.TE
1427
1428.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps;Ps r""\fB\fR" 4 1896.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps;Ps r""\fB\fR" 4
1429.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps;Ps r\fB\fR" 4 1897.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps;Ps r\fB\fR" 4
1430.IX Item "ESC [ Ps;Ps r" 1898.IX Item "ESC [ Ps;Ps r"
1431Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom] 1899Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom]
1432[default: full size of window] (\s-1CSR\s0) 1900[default: full size of window] (\s-1CSR\s0)
1455Ps = 19 Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9 1923Ps = 19 Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9
1456Ps = 20 Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234) 1924Ps = 20 Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234)
1457Ps = 21 Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234) 1925Ps = 21 Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234)
1458Ps = 24.. Set window height to Ps rows 1926Ps = 24.. Set window height to Ps rows
1459.TE 1927.TE
1460
1461.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ u""\fB\fR" 4 1928.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ u""\fB\fR" 4
1462.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ u\fB\fR" 4 1929.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ u\fB\fR" 4
1463.IX Item "ESC [ u" 1930.IX Item "ESC [ u"
1464Restore Cursor 1931Restore Cursor
1465.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps x""\fB\fR" 4 1932.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps x""\fB\fR" 4
1467.IX Item "ESC [ Ps x" 1934.IX Item "ESC [ Ps x"
1468Request Terminal Parameters (\s-1DECREQTPARM\s0) 1935Request Terminal Parameters (\s-1DECREQTPARM\s0)
1469.PP 1936.PP
1470 1937
1471.IX Xref "PrivateModes" 1938.IX Xref "PrivateModes"
1472.SH "DEC Private Modes" 1939.Sh "\s-1DEC\s0 Private Modes"
1473.IX Header "DEC Private Modes" 1940.IX Subsection "DEC Private Modes"
1474.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm h""\fB\fR" 4 1941.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm h""\fB\fR" 4
1475.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ ? Pm h\fB\fR" 4 1942.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ ? Pm h\fB\fR" 4
1476.IX Item "ESC [ ? Pm h" 1943.IX Item "ESC [ ? Pm h"
1477\&\s-1DEC\s0 Private Mode Set (\s-1DECSET\s0) 1944\&\s-1DEC\s0 Private Mode Set (\s-1DECSET\s0)
1478.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm l""\fB\fR" 4 1945.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm l""\fB\fR" 4
1490.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm t""\fB\fR" 4 1957.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm t""\fB\fR" 4
1491.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ ? Pm t\fB\fR" 4 1958.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ ? Pm t\fB\fR" 4
1492.IX Item "ESC [ ? Pm t" 1959.IX Item "ESC [ ? Pm t"
1493Toggle \s-1DEC\s0 Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). \fIwhere\fR 1960Toggle \s-1DEC\s0 Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). \fIwhere\fR
1494.RS 4 1961.RS 4
1495.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1""\fB\fR (\s-1DECCKM\s0)" 4 1962.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 1""\fB\fR (\s-1DECCKM\s0)" 4
1496.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1\fB\fR (\s-1DECCKM\s0)" 4 1963.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 1\fB\fR (\s-1DECCKM\s0)" 4
1497.IX Item "Ps = 1 (DECCKM)" 1964.IX Item "Pm = 1 (DECCKM)"
1498.TS 1965.TS
1499l l . 1966l l .
1500h Application Cursor Keys 1967h Application Cursor Keys
1501l Normal Cursor Keys 1968l Normal Cursor Keys
1502.TE 1969.TE
1503
1504.PD 0 1970.PD 0
1505.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 2""\fB\fR (\s-1ANSI/VT52\s0 mode)" 4 1971.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 2""\fB\fR (\s-1ANSI/VT52\s0 mode)" 4
1506.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 2\fB\fR (\s-1ANSI/VT52\s0 mode)" 4 1972.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 2\fB\fR (\s-1ANSI/VT52\s0 mode)" 4
1507.IX Item "Ps = 2 (ANSI/VT52 mode)" 1973.IX Item "Pm = 2 (ANSI/VT52 mode)"
1508.TS 1974.TS
1509l l . 1975l l .
1510h Enter VT52 mode 1976h Enter VT52 mode
1511l Enter VT52 mode 1977l Enter VT52 mode
1512.TE 1978.TE
1513
1514.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 3""\fB\fR" 4 1979.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 3""\fB\fR" 4
1515.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 3\fB\fR" 4 1980.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 3\fB\fR" 4
1516.IX Item "Ps = 3" 1981.IX Item "Pm = 3"
1517.TS 1982.TS
1518l l . 1983l l .
1519h 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM) 1984h 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1520l 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM) 1985l 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1521.TE 1986.TE
1522
1523.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 4""\fB\fR" 4 1987.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 4""\fB\fR" 4
1524.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 4\fB\fR" 4 1988.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 4\fB\fR" 4
1525.IX Item "Ps = 4" 1989.IX Item "Pm = 4"
1526.TS 1990.TS
1527l l . 1991l l .
1528h Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM) 1992h Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1529l Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM) 1993l Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1530.TE 1994.TE
1531
1532.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 5""\fB\fR" 4 1995.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 5""\fB\fR" 4
1533.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 5\fB\fR" 4 1996.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 5\fB\fR" 4
1534.IX Item "Ps = 5" 1997.IX Item "Pm = 5"
1535.TS 1998.TS
1536l l . 1999l l .
1537h Reverse Video (DECSCNM) 2000h Reverse Video (DECSCNM)
1538l Normal Video (DECSCNM) 2001l Normal Video (DECSCNM)
1539.TE 2002.TE
1540
1541.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 6""\fB\fR" 4 2003.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 6""\fB\fR" 4
1542.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 6\fB\fR" 4 2004.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 6\fB\fR" 4
1543.IX Item "Ps = 6" 2005.IX Item "Pm = 6"
1544.TS 2006.TS
1545l l . 2007l l .
1546h Origin Mode (DECOM) 2008h Origin Mode (DECOM)
1547l Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM) 2009l Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)
1548.TE 2010.TE
1549
1550.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 7""\fB\fR" 4 2011.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 7""\fB\fR" 4
1551.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 7\fB\fR" 4 2012.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 7\fB\fR" 4
1552.IX Item "Ps = 7" 2013.IX Item "Pm = 7"
1553.TS 2014.TS
1554l l . 2015l l .
1555h Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) 2016h Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1556l No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) 2017l No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1557.TE 2018.TE
1558
1559.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 8""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4 2019.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 8""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1560.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 8\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4 2020.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 8\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1561.IX Item "Ps = 8 unimplemented" 2021.IX Item "Pm = 8 unimplemented"
1562.TS 2022.TS
1563l l . 2023l l .
1564h Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) 2024h Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1565l No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) 2025l No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1566.TE 2026.TE
1567
1568.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 9""\fB\fR X10 XTerm" 4 2027.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 9""\fB\fR X10 XTerm" 4
1569.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 9\fB\fR X10 XTerm" 4 2028.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 9\fB\fR X10 XTerm" 4
1570.IX Item "Ps = 9 X10 XTerm" 2029.IX Item "Pm = 9 X10 XTerm"
1571.TS 2030.TS
1572l l . 2031l l .
1573h Send Mouse X & Y on button press. 2032h Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1574l No mouse reporting. 2033l No mouse reporting.
1575.TE 2034.TE
1576
1577.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 10""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1578.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 10\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1579.IX Item "Ps = 10 (rxvt)"
1580.TS
1581l l .
1582h menuBar visible
1583l menuBar invisible
1584.TE
1585
1586.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 25""\fB\fR" 4 2035.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 25""\fB\fR" 4
1587.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 25\fB\fR" 4 2036.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 25\fB\fR" 4
1588.IX Item "Ps = 25" 2037.IX Item "Pm = 25"
1589.TS 2038.TS
1590l l . 2039l l .
1591h Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis} 2040h Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1592l Invisible cursor {civis} 2041l Invisible cursor {civis}
1593.TE 2042.TE
1594
1595.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 30""\fB\fR" 4 2043.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 30""\fB\fR" 4
1596.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 30\fB\fR" 4 2044.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 30\fB\fR" 4
1597.IX Item "Ps = 30" 2045.IX Item "Pm = 30"
1598.TS 2046.TS
1599l l . 2047l l .
1600h scrollBar visisble 2048h scrollBar visisble
1601l scrollBar invisisble 2049l scrollBar invisisble
1602.TE 2050.TE
1603
1604.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 35""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4 2051.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 35""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1605.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 35\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4 2052.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 35\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1606.IX Item "Ps = 35 (rxvt)" 2053.IX Item "Pm = 35 (rxvt)"
1607.TS 2054.TS
1608l l . 2055l l .
1609h Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences 2056h Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1610l Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences 2057l Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1611.TE 2058.TE
1612
1613.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 38""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4 2059.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 38""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1614.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 38\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4 2060.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 38\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1615.IX Item "Ps = 38 unimplemented" 2061.IX Item "Pm = 38 unimplemented"
1616.PD 2062.PD
1617Enter Tektronix Mode (\s-1DECTEK\s0) 2063Enter Tektronix Mode (\s-1DECTEK\s0)
1618.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 40""\fB\fR" 4 2064.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 40""\fB\fR" 4
1619.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 40\fB\fR" 4 2065.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 40\fB\fR" 4
1620.IX Item "Ps = 40" 2066.IX Item "Pm = 40"
1621.TS 2067.TS
1622l l . 2068l l .
1623h Allow 80/132 Mode 2069h Allow 80/132 Mode
1624l Disallow 80/132 Mode 2070l Disallow 80/132 Mode
1625.TE 2071.TE
1626
1627.PD 0 2072.PD 0
1628.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 44""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4 2073.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 44""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1629.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 44\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4 2074.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 44\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1630.IX Item "Ps = 44 unimplemented" 2075.IX Item "Pm = 44 unimplemented"
1631.TS 2076.TS
1632l l . 2077l l .
1633h Turn On Margin Bell 2078h Turn On Margin Bell
1634l Turn Off Margin Bell 2079l Turn Off Margin Bell
1635.TE 2080.TE
1636
1637.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 45""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4 2081.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 45""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1638.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 45\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4 2082.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 45\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1639.IX Item "Ps = 45 unimplemented" 2083.IX Item "Pm = 45 unimplemented"
1640.TS 2084.TS
1641l l . 2085l l .
1642h Reverse-wraparound Mode 2086h Reverse-wraparound Mode
1643l No Reverse-wraparound Mode 2087l No Reverse-wraparound Mode
1644.TE 2088.TE
1645
1646.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 46""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4 2089.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 46""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1647.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 46\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4 2090.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 46\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1648.IX Item "Ps = 46 unimplemented" 2091.IX Item "Pm = 46 unimplemented"
1649.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 47""\fB\fR" 4 2092.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 47""\fB\fR" 4
1650.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 47\fB\fR" 4 2093.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 47\fB\fR" 4
1651.IX Item "Ps = 47" 2094.IX Item "Pm = 47"
1652.TS 2095.TS
1653l l . 2096l l .
1654h Use Alternate Screen Buffer 2097h Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1655l Use Normal Screen Buffer 2098l Use Normal Screen Buffer
1656.TE 2099.TE
1657
1658.PD 2100.PD
1659 2101
1660.IX Xref "Priv66" 2102.IX Xref "Priv66"
1661.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 66""\fB\fR" 4 2103.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 66""\fB\fR" 4
1662.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 66\fB\fR" 4 2104.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 66\fB\fR" 4
1663.IX Item "Ps = 66" 2105.IX Item "Pm = 66"
1664.TS 2106.TS
1665l l . 2107l l .
1666h Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC = 2108h Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC =
1667l Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == ESC > 2109l Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == ESC >
1668.TE 2110.TE
1669
1670.PD 0 2111.PD 0
1671.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 67""\fB\fR" 4 2112.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 67""\fB\fR" 4
1672.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 67\fB\fR" 4 2113.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 67\fB\fR" 4
1673.IX Item "Ps = 67" 2114.IX Item "Pm = 67"
1674.TS 2115.TS
1675l l . 2116l l .
1676h Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM) 2117h Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM)
1677l Backspace key sends DEL 2118l Backspace key sends DEL
1678.TE 2119.TE
1679
1680.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1000""\fB\fR (X11 XTerm)" 4 2120.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 1000""\fB\fR (X11 XTerm)" 4
1681.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1000\fB\fR (X11 XTerm)" 4 2121.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 1000\fB\fR (X11 XTerm)" 4
1682.IX Item "Ps = 1000 (X11 XTerm)" 2122.IX Item "Pm = 1000 (X11 XTerm)"
1683.TS 2123.TS
1684l l . 2124l l .
1685h Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release. 2125h Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.
1686l No mouse reporting. 2126l No mouse reporting.
1687.TE 2127.TE
1688
1689.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1001""\fB\fR (X11 XTerm) \fIunimplemented\fR" 4 2128.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 1001""\fB\fR (X11 XTerm) \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1690.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1001\fB\fR (X11 XTerm) \fIunimplemented\fR" 4 2129.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 1001\fB\fR (X11 XTerm) \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1691.IX Item "Ps = 1001 (X11 XTerm) unimplemented" 2130.IX Item "Pm = 1001 (X11 XTerm) unimplemented"
1692.TS 2131.TS
1693l l . 2132l l .
1694h Use Hilite Mouse Tracking. 2133h Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.
1695l No mouse reporting. 2134l No mouse reporting.
1696.TE 2135.TE
1697
1698.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1010""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4 2136.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 1010""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1699.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1010\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4 2137.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 1010\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1700.IX Item "Ps = 1010 (rxvt)" 2138.IX Item "Pm = 1010 (rxvt)"
1701.TS 2139.TS
1702l l . 2140l l .
1703h Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output 2141h Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output
1704l Scroll to bottom on TTY output 2142l Scroll to bottom on TTY output
1705.TE 2143.TE
1706
1707.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1011""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4 2144.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 1011""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1708.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1011\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4 2145.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 1011\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1709.IX Item "Ps = 1011 (rxvt)" 2146.IX Item "Pm = 1011 (rxvt)"
1710.TS 2147.TS
1711l l . 2148l l .
1712h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 2149h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1713l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 2150l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1714.TE 2151.TE
1715
1716.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1021""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4 2152.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 1021""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1717.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1021\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4 2153.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 1021\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1718.IX Item "Ps = 1021 (rxvt)" 2154.IX Item "Pm = 1021 (rxvt)"
1719.TS 2155.TS
1720l l . 2156l l .
1721h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is) 2157h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)
1722l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles) 2158l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1723.TE 2159.TE
1724
1725.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1047""\fB\fR" 4 2160.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 1047""\fB\fR" 4
1726.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1047\fB\fR" 4 2161.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 1047\fB\fR" 4
1727.IX Item "Ps = 1047" 2162.IX Item "Pm = 1047"
1728.TS 2163.TS
1729l l . 2164l l .
1730h Use Alternate Screen Buffer 2165h Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1731l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it 2166l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1732.TE 2167.TE
1733
1734.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1048""\fB\fR" 4 2168.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 1048""\fB\fR" 4
1735.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1048\fB\fR" 4 2169.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 1048\fB\fR" 4
1736.IX Item "Ps = 1048" 2170.IX Item "Pm = 1048"
1737.TS 2171.TS
1738l l . 2172l l .
1739h Save cursor position 2173h Save cursor position
1740l Restore cursor position 2174l Restore cursor position
1741.TE 2175.TE
1742
1743.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1049""\fB\fR" 4 2176.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm = 1049""\fB\fR" 4
1744.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1049\fB\fR" 4 2177.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm = 1049\fB\fR" 4
1745.IX Item "Ps = 1049" 2178.IX Item "Pm = 1049"
1746.TS 2179.TS
1747l l . 2180l l .
1748h Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it 2181h Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it
1749l Use Normal Screen Buffer 2182l Use Normal Screen Buffer
1750.TE 2183.TE
1751
1752.RE 2184.RE
1753.RS 4 2185.RS 4
1754.RE 2186.RE
1755.PD 2187.PD
1756.PP 2188.PP
1757 2189
1758.IX Xref "XTerm" 2190.IX Xref "XTerm"
1759.SH "XTerm Operating System Commands" 2191.Sh "XTerm Operating System Commands"
1760.IX Header "XTerm Operating System Commands" 2192.IX Subsection "XTerm Operating System Commands"
1761.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC ] Ps;Pt ST""\fB\fR" 4 2193.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC ] Ps;Pt ST""\fB\fR" 4
1762.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC ] Ps;Pt ST\fB\fR" 4 2194.el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC ] Ps;Pt ST\fB\fR" 4
1763.IX Item "ESC ] Ps;Pt ST" 2195.IX Item "ESC ] Ps;Pt ST"
1764Set XTerm Parameters. 8\-bit \s-1ST:\s0 0x9c, 7\-bit \s-1ST\s0 sequence: \s-1ESC\s0 \e (0x1b, 2196Set XTerm Parameters. 8\-bit \s-1ST:\s0 0x9c, 7\-bit \s-1ST\s0 sequence: \s-1ESC\s0 \e (0x1b,
17650x5c), backwards compatible terminator \s-1BEL\s0 (0x07) is also accepted. any 21970x5c), backwards compatible terminator \s-1BEL\s0 (0x07) is also accepted. any
1776Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt 2208Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
1777Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt 2209Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1778Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt 2210Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1779Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706] 2211Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
1780Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707] 2212Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
1781Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt 2213Ps = 20 Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM).
1782Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt. 2214Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1783Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented 2215Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1784Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt. 2216Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1785Ps = 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 2217Ps = 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
1786Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt 2218Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1787Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills). 2219Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1788Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar). 2220Ps = 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.
1789Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt 2221Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1790Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency). 2222Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
1791Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt 2223Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
1792Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt 2224Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1793Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. 2225Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1796Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 2228Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1797Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 2229Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1798Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 2230Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1799Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl). 2231Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
1800.TE 2232.TE
1801
1802.PP
1803
1804.IX Xref "menuBar"
1805.SH "menuBar"
1806.IX Header "menuBar"
1807\&\fBThe exact syntax used is \f(BIalmost\fB solidified.\fR
1808In the menus, \fB\s-1DON\s0'T\fR try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
1809menuBar.
1810.PP
1811Note that in all of the commands, the \fB\f(BI/path/\fB\fR \fIcannot\fR be
1812omitted: use \fB./\fR to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1813.Sh "Overview of menuBar operation"
1814.IX Subsection "Overview of menuBar operation"
1815For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST\*(C'\fR, the syntax
1816of \f(CW\*(C`Pt\*(C'\fR can be used for a variety of tasks:
1817.PP
1818At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1819linked-list of other such menuBars.
1820.PP
1821The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1822turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1823.PP
1824The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1825input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1826.PP
1827The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1828constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
1829menuBars.
1830.PP
1831The first step is to use the tag \fB[menu:\f(BIname\fB]\fR which creates
1832the menuBar called \fIname\fR and allows access. You may now or menus,
1833subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag \fB[done]\fR to set the
1834menuBar access as \fBreadonly\fR to prevent accidental corruption of the
1835menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
1836\&\fB[menu]\fR, make the alterations and then use \fB[done]\fR
1837.PP
1838
1839.IX Xref "menuBarCommands"
1840.Sh "Commands"
1841.IX Subsection "Commands"
1842.IP "\fB[menu:+\f(BIname\fB]\fR" 4
1843.IX Item "[menu:+name]"
1844access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
1845is created, it is called \fIname\fR (max of 15 chars) and the current
1846menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1847.IP "\fB[menu]\fR" 4
1848.IX Item "[menu]"
1849access the current menuBar for alteration
1850.IP "\fB[title:+\f(BIstring\fB]\fR" 4
1851.IX Item "[title:+string]"
1852set the current menuBar's title to \fIstring\fR, which may contain the
1853following format specifiers:
1854.Sp
1855.Vb 3
1856\& B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1857\& B<%v> rxvt version
1858\& B<%%> literal B<%> character
1859.Ve
1860.IP "\fB[done]\fR" 4
1861.IX Item "[done]"
1862set menuBar access as \fBreadonly\fR.
1863End-of-file tag for \fB[read:+\f(BIfile\fB]\fR operations.
1864.IP "\fB[read:+\f(BIfile\fB]\fR" 4
1865.IX Item "[read:+file]"
1866read menu commands directly from \fIfile\fR (extension \*(L".menu\*(R" will be
1867appended 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.
1868.Sp
1869Blank and comment lines (starting with \fB#\fR) are ignored. Actually,
1870since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
1871be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
1872future ... so don't count on it!.
1873.IP "\fB[read:+\f(BIfile\fB;+\f(BIname\fB]\fR" 4
1874.IX Item "[read:+file;+name]"
1875The same as \fB[read:+\f(BIfile\fB]\fR, but start reading at a line with
1876\&\fB[menu:+\f(BIname\fB]\fR and continuing until \fB[done:+\f(BIname\fB]\fR or
1877\&\fB[done]\fR is encountered.
1878.IP "\fB[dump]\fR" 4
1879.IX Item "[dump]"
1880dump all menuBars to the file \fB/tmp/rxvt\-PID\fR in a format suitable for
1881later rereading.
1882.IP "\fB[rm:name]\fR" 4
1883.IX Item "[rm:name]"
1884remove the named menuBar
1885.IP "\fB[rm] [rm:]\fR" 4
1886.IX Item "[rm] [rm:]"
1887remove the current menuBar
1888.IP "\fB[rm*] [rm:*]\fR" 4
1889.IX Item "[rm*] [rm:*]"
1890remove all menuBars
1891.IP "\fB[swap]\fR" 4
1892.IX Item "[swap]"
1893swap the top two menuBars
1894.IP "\fB[prev]\fR" 4
1895.IX Item "[prev]"
1896access the previous menuBar
1897.IP "\fB[next]\fR" 4
1898.IX Item "[next]"
1899access the next menuBar
1900.IP "\fB[show]\fR" 4
1901.IX Item "[show]"
1902Enable display of the menuBar
1903.IP "\fB[hide]\fR" 4
1904.IX Item "[hide]"
1905Disable display of the menuBar
1906.IP "\fB[pixmap:+\f(BIname\fB]\fR" 4
1907.IX Item "[pixmap:+name]"
1908.PD 0
1909.IP "\fB[pixmap:+\f(BIname\fB;\f(BIscaling\fB]\fR" 4
1910.IX Item "[pixmap:+name;scaling]"
1911.PD
1912(set the background pixmap globally
1913.Sp
1914\&\fBA Future implementation \f(BImay\fB make this local to the menubar\fR)
1915.IP "\fB[:+\f(BIcommand\fB:]\fR" 4
1916.IX Item "[:+command:]"
1917ignore the menu readonly status and issue a \fIcommand\fR to or a menu or
1918menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
1919from a menuBar.
1920.PP
1921
1922.IX Xref "menuBarAdd"
1923.Sh "Adding and accessing menus"
1924.IX Subsection "Adding and accessing menus"
1925The following commands may also be \fB+\fR prefixed.
1926.IP "\fB/+\fR" 4
1927.IX Item "/+"
1928access menuBar top level
1929.IP "\fB./+\fR" 4
1930.IX Item "./+"
1931access current menu level
1932.IP "\fB../+\fR" 4
1933.IX Item "../+"
1934access parent menu (1 level up)
1935.IP "\fB../../\fR" 4
1936.IX Item "../../"
1937access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1938.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fBmenu\fR" 4
1939.IX Item "/path/menu"
1940add/access menu
1941.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fBmenu/*\fR" 4
1942.IX Item "/path/menu/*"
1943add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1944.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{\-}\fR" 4
1945.IX Item "/path/{-}"
1946add separator
1947.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{item}\fR" 4
1948.IX Item "/path/{item}"
1949add \fBitem\fR as a label
1950.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{item} action\fR" 4
1951.IX Item "/path/{item} action"
1952add/alter \fImenuitem\fR with an associated \fIaction\fR
1953.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{item}{right\-text}\fR" 4
1954.IX Item "/path/{item}{right-text}"
1955add/alter \fImenuitem\fR with \fBright-text\fR as the right-justified text
1956and as the associated \fIaction\fR
1957.IP "\fB\f(BI/path/\fB{item}{rtext} action\fR" 4
1958.IX Item "/path/{item}{rtext} action"
1959add/alter \fImenuitem\fR with an associated \fIaction\fR and with \fBrtext\fR as
1960the right-justified text.
1961.IP "Special characters in \fIaction\fR must be backslash\-escaped:" 4
1962.IX Item "Special characters in action must be backslash-escaped:"
1963\&\fB\ea \eb \eE \ee \en \er \et \eoctal\fR
1964.IP "or in control-character notation:" 4
1965.IX Item "or in control-character notation:"
1966\&\fB^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?\fR
1967.PP
1968To send a string starting with a \fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR (\fB^@\fR) character to the
1969program, start \fIaction\fR with a pair of \fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR characters (\fB^@^@\fR),
1970the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
1971program. Otherwise if \fIaction\fR begins with \fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR followed by
1972non\-+\fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR characters, the leading \fB\s-1NUL\s0\fR is stripped off and the
1973balance is sent back to rxvt.
1974.PP
1975As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, \fIaction\fR may start
1976with \fBM\-\fR (eg, \fBM\-$\fR is equivalent to \fB\eE$\fR) and a \fB\s-1CR\s0\fR will be
1977appended if missed from \fBM\-x\fR commands.
1978.PP
1979As a convenience for issuing XTerm \fB\s-1ESC\s0 ]\fR sequences from a menubar (or
1980quick arrow), a \fB\s-1BEL\s0\fR (\fB^G\fR) will be appended if needed.
1981.IP "For example," 4
1982.IX Item "For example,"
1983\&\fBM\-xapropos\fR is equivalent to \fB\eExapropos\er\fR
1984.IP "and" 4
1985.IX Item "and"
1986\&\fB\eE]703;mona;100\fR is equivalent to \fB\eE]703;mona;100\ea\fR
1987.PP
1988The option \fB{\f(BIright-rtext\fB}\fR will be right\-justified. In the
1989absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the \fIaction\fR
1990as well.
1991.IP "For example," 4
1992.IX Item "For example,"
1993\&\fB/File/{Open}{^X^F}\fR is equivalent to \fB/File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F\fR
1994.PP
1995The left label \fIis\fR necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1996implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1997right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1998with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1999.IP "For example," 4
2000.IX Item "For example,"
2001\&\fB/File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action\fR
2002.IP "or hiding it" 4
2003.IX Item "or hiding it"
2004\&\fB/File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action\fR
2005.PP
2006
2007.IX Xref "menuBarRemove"
2008.Sh "Removing menus"
2009.IX Subsection "Removing menus"
2010.IP "\fB\-/*+\fR" 4
2011.IX Item "-/*+"
2012remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as \fB[clear]\fR
2013.IP "\fB\-+\f(BI/path\fBmenu+\fR" 4
2014.IX Item "-+/pathmenu+"
2015remove menu
2016.IP "\fB\-+\f(BI/path\fB{item}+\fR" 4
2017.IX Item "-+/path{item}+"
2018remove item
2019.IP "\fB\-+\f(BI/path\fB{\-}\fR" 4
2020.IX Item "-+/path{-}"
2021remove separator)
2022.IP "\fB\-/path/menu/*\fR" 4
2023.IX Item "-/path/menu/*"
2024remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
2025.PP
2026
2027.IX Xref "menuBarArrows"
2028.Sh "Quick Arrows"
2029.IX Subsection "Quick Arrows"
2030The menus also provide a hook for \fIquick arrows\fR to provide easier
2031user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
2032emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
2033individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
2034beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
2035with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
2036.IP "\fB<r>+\f(BIRight\fB\fR" 4
2037.IX Item "<r>+Right"
2038.PD 0
2039.IP "\fB<l>+\f(BILeft\fB\fR" 4
2040.IX Item "<l>+Left"
2041.IP "\fB<u>+\f(BIUp\fB\fR" 4
2042.IX Item "<u>+Up"
2043.IP "\fB<d>+\f(BIDown\fB\fR" 4
2044.IX Item "<d>+Down"
2045.PD
2046Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
2047.IP "\fB<b>+\f(BIBegin\fB\fR" 4
2048.IX Item "<b>+Begin"
2049.PD 0
2050.IP "\fB<e>+\f(BIEnd\fB\fR" 4
2051.IX Item "<e>+End"
2052.PD
2053Define common beginning/end parts for \fIquick arrows\fR which used in
2054conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
2055.IP "For example, define arrows individually," 4
2056.IX Item "For example, define arrows individually,"
2057.Vb 1
2058\& <u>\eE[A
2059.Ve
2060.Sp
2061.Vb 1
2062\& <d>\eE[B
2063.Ve
2064.Sp
2065.Vb 1
2066\& <r>\eE[C
2067.Ve
2068.Sp
2069.Vb 1
2070\& <l>\eE[D
2071.Ve
2072.IP "or all at once" 4
2073.IX Item "or all at once"
2074.Vb 1
2075\& <u>\eE[AZ<><d>\eE[BZ<><r>\eE[CZ<><l>\eE[D
2076.Ve
2077.IP "or more compactly (factoring out common parts)" 4
2078.IX Item "or more compactly (factoring out common parts)"
2079.Vb 1
2080\& <b>\eE[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
2081.Ve
2082.PP
2083
2084.IX Xref "menuBarSummary"
2085.Sh "Command Summary"
2086.IX Subsection "Command Summary"
2087A short summary of the most \fIcommon\fR commands:
2088.IP "[menu:name]" 4
2089.IX Item "[menu:name]"
2090use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
2091.IP "[menu]" 4
2092.IX Item "[menu]"
2093use the current menuBar
2094.IP "[title:string]" 4
2095.IX Item "[title:string]"
2096set menuBar title
2097.IP "[done]" 4
2098.IX Item "[done]"
2099set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal \s-1EOF\s0
2100.IP "[done:name]" 4
2101.IX Item "[done:name]"
2102if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal \s-1EOF\s0
2103.IP "[rm:name]" 4
2104.IX Item "[rm:name]"
2105remove named menuBar(s)
2106.IP "[rm] [rm:]" 4
2107.IX Item "[rm] [rm:]"
2108remove current menuBar
2109.IP "[rm*] [rm:*]" 4
2110.IX Item "[rm*] [rm:*]"
2111remove all menuBar(s)
2112.IP "[swap]" 4
2113.IX Item "[swap]"
2114swap top two menuBars
2115.IP "[prev]" 4
2116.IX Item "[prev]"
2117access the previous menuBar
2118.IP "[next]" 4
2119.IX Item "[next]"
2120access the next menuBar
2121.IP "[show]" 4
2122.IX Item "[show]"
2123map menuBar
2124.IP "[hide]" 4
2125.IX Item "[hide]"
2126unmap menuBar
2127.IP "[pixmap;file]" 4
2128.IX Item "[pixmap;file]"
2129.PD 0
2130.IP "[pixmap;file;scaling]" 4
2131.IX Item "[pixmap;file;scaling]"
2132.PD
2133set a background pixmap
2134.IP "[read:file]" 4
2135.IX Item "[read:file]"
2136.PD 0
2137.IP "[read:file;name]" 4
2138.IX Item "[read:file;name]"
2139.PD
2140read in a menu from a file
2141.IP "[dump]" 4
2142.IX Item "[dump]"
2143dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt\-PID
2144.IP "/" 4
2145access menuBar top level
2146.IP "./" 4
2147.PD 0
2148.IP "../" 4
2149.IP "../../" 4
2150.PD
2151access current or parent menu level
2152.IP "/path/menu" 4
2153.IX Item "/path/menu"
2154add/access menu
2155.IP "/path/{\-}" 4
2156.IX Item "/path/{-}"
2157add separator
2158.IP "/path/{item}{rtext} action" 4
2159.IX Item "/path/{item}{rtext} action"
2160add/alter menu item
2161.IP "\-/*" 4
2162remove all menus from the menuBar
2163.IP "\-/path/menu" 4
2164.IX Item "-/path/menu"
2165remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
2166.IP "\-/path/menu" 4
2167.IX Item "-/path/menu"
2168remove menu
2169.IP "\-/path/{item}" 4
2170.IX Item "-/path/{item}"
2171remove item
2172.IP "\-/path/{\-}" 4
2173.IX Item "-/path/{-}"
2174remove separator
2175.IP "<b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End" 4
2176.IX Item "<b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End"
2177menu quick arrows
2178.SH "XPM" 2233.SH "XPM"
2179.IX Header "XPM" 2234.IX Header "XPM"
2180For the \s-1XPM\s0 XTerm escape sequence \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST\*(C'\fB\fR then value 2235For the \s-1XPM\s0 XTerm escape sequence \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST\*(C'\fB\fR then value
2181of \fB\f(CB\*(C`Pt\*(C'\fB\fR can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a 2236of \fB\f(CB\*(C`Pt\*(C'\fB\fR can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
2182sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi\-colons. The 2237sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi\-colons. The
22400 Button1 pressed 22950 Button1 pressed
22411 Button2 pressed 22961 Button2 pressed
22422 Button3 pressed 22972 Button3 pressed
22433 button released (X11 mouse report) 22983 button released (X11 mouse report)
2244.TE 2299.TE
2245
2246.PP 2300.PP
2247The upper bits of \fB\f(CB\*(C`<b>\*(C'\fB\fR indicate the modifiers when the 2301The upper bits of \fB\f(CB\*(C`<b>\*(C'\fB\fR indicate the modifiers when the
2248button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only): 2302button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):
2249.ie n .IP "State = \fB\fB""(<b> \- SPACE) & 60""\fB\fR" 4 2303.ie n .IP "State = \fB\fB""(<b> \- SPACE) & 60""\fB\fR" 4
2250.el .IP "State = \fB\f(CB(<b> \- SPACE) & 60\fB\fR" 4 2304.el .IP "State = \fB\f(CB(<b> \- SPACE) & 60\fB\fR" 4
2252.TS 2306.TS
2253l l . 2307l l .
22544 Shift 23084 Shift
22558 Meta 23098 Meta
225616 Control 231016 Control
225732 Double Click (Rxvt extension) 231132 Double Click (rxvt extension)
2258.TE 2312.TE
2259
2260Col = \fB\f(CB\*(C`<x> \- SPACE\*(C'\fB\fR 2313Col = \fB\f(CB\*(C`<x> \- SPACE\*(C'\fB\fR
2261.Sp 2314.Sp
2262Row = \fB\f(CB\*(C`<y> \- SPACE\*(C'\fB\fR 2315Row = \fB\f(CB\*(C`<y> \- SPACE\*(C'\fB\fR
2263.SH "Key Codes" 2316.SH "Key Codes"
2264.IX Header "Key Codes" 2317.IX Header "Key Codes"
2328XK_KP_6 6 ESC O v 2381XK_KP_6 6 ESC O v
2329XK_KP_7 7 ESC O w 2382XK_KP_7 7 ESC O w
2330XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x 2383XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x
2331XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y 2384XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y
2332.TE 2385.TE
2333
2334.SH "CONFIGURE OPTIONS" 2386.SH "CONFIGURE OPTIONS"
2335.IX Header "CONFIGURE OPTIONS" 2387.IX Header "CONFIGURE OPTIONS"
2336General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 2388General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2337hasn't been tested well. Either try with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR or use 2389hasn't been tested well. Either try with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR or use
2338the \fI./reconf\fR script as a base for experiments. \fI./reconf\fR is used by 2390the \fI./reconf\fR script as a base for experiments. \fI./reconf\fR is used by
2376zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 2428zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
2377jp common japanese encodings 2429jp common japanese encodings
2378jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 2430jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2379kr korean encodings 2431kr korean encodings
2380.TE 2432.TE
2381
2382.IP "\-\-enable\-xim (default: on)" 4 2433.IP "\-\-enable\-xim (default: on)" 4
2383.IX Item "--enable-xim (default: on)" 2434.IX Item "--enable-xim (default: on)"
2384Add support for \s-1XIM\s0 (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 2435Add support for \s-1XIM\s0 (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2385alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly 2436alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2386set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 2437set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2387.IP "\-\-enable\-unicode3 (default: off)" 4 2438.IP "\-\-enable\-unicode3 (default: off)" 4
2388.IX Item "--enable-unicode3 (default: off)" 2439.IX Item "--enable-unicode3 (default: off)"
2440Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
2441.Sp
2389Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 2442Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
239065535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage 244365535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2391requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet 2444requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2392support these extra characters, but Xft does. 2445support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2393.Sp 2446.Sp
2402composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text 2455composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2403where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is 2456where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2404done by using precomposited characters when available or creating 2457done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2405new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 2458new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2406.Sp 2459.Sp
2407Without \-\-enable\-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters 2460Without \-\-enable\-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2408is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode will use the 2461characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be
2409private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2410\&\-\-enable\-unicode3, no practical limit exists. 2462(ab\-)used). With \-\-enable\-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
2411.Sp 2463.Sp
2412This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters 2464This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2413beyond plane 0 (>65535) when \-\-enable\-unicode3 was not specified. 2465beyond plane 0 (>65535) when \-\-enable\-unicode3 was not specified.
2414.Sp 2466.Sp
2415The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms, 2467The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2416but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and 2468but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2417tell me how these are to be used...). 2469tell me how these are to be used...).
2418.IP "\-\-enable\-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)" 4 2470.IP "\-\-enable\-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)" 4
2419.IX Item "--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)" 2471.IX Item "--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)"
2420When reading resource settings, also read settings for class \s-1CLASS\s0. To disable resource fallback use \-\-disable\-fallback. 2472When reading resource settings, also read settings for class \s-1CLASS\s0. To
2473disable resource fallback use \-\-disable\-fallback.
2421.IP "\-\-with\-res\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4 2474.IP "\-\-with\-res\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4
2422.IX Item "--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 2475.IX Item "--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)"
2423Use the given name as default application name when 2476Use the given name as default application name when
2424reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 2477reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2425.IP "\-\-with\-res\-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)" 4 2478.IP "\-\-with\-res\-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)" 4
2452.IX Item "--enable-fading (default: on)" 2505.IX Item "--enable-fading (default: on)"
2453Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR). 2506Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2454.IP "\-\-enable\-tinting (default: on)" 4 2507.IP "\-\-enable\-tinting (default: on)" 4
2455.IX Item "--enable-tinting (default: on)" 2508.IX Item "--enable-tinting (default: on)"
2456Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR). 2509Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2457.IP "\-\-enable\-menubar (default: off) [\s-1DEPRECATED\s0]" 4
2458.IX Item "--enable-menubar (default: off) [DEPRECATED]"
2459Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with dynamic
2460locale switching currently). This option is \s-1DEPRECATED\s0 and will be removed
2461in the future.
2462.IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll (default: on)" 4 2510.IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2463.IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)" 2511.IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)"
2464Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 2512Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2465.IP "\-\-enable\-next\-scroll (default: on)" 4 2513.IP "\-\-enable\-next\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2466.IX Item "--enable-next-scroll (default: on)" 2514.IX Item "--enable-next-scroll (default: on)"
2471.IP "\-\-enable\-plain\-scroll (default: on)" 4 2519.IP "\-\-enable\-plain\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2472.IX Item "--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)" 2520.IX Item "--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)"
2473Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that 2521Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2474is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for 2522is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2475many years. 2523many years.
2476.IP "\-\-enable\-half\-shadow (default: off)" 4
2477.IX Item "--enable-half-shadow (default: off)"
2478Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2479only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2480.IP "\-\-enable\-ttygid (default: off)" 4 2524.IP "\-\-enable\-ttygid (default: off)" 4
2481.IX Item "--enable-ttygid (default: off)" 2525.IX Item "--enable-ttygid (default: off)"
2482Change tty device setting to group \*(L"tty\*(R" \- only use this if 2526Change tty device setting to group \*(L"tty\*(R" \- only use this if
2483your system uses this type of security. 2527your system uses this type of security.
2484.IP "\-\-disable\-backspace\-key" 4 2528.IP "\-\-disable\-backspace\-key" 4
2489Removes any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server 2533Removes any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server
2490do it. 2534do it.
2491.IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4 2535.IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4
2492.IX Item "--disable-resources" 2536.IX Item "--disable-resources"
2493Removes any support for resource checking. 2537Removes any support for resource checking.
2494.IP "\-\-enable\-xgetdefault" 4
2495.IX Item "--enable-xgetdefault"
2496Make resources checking via \fIXGetDefault()\fR instead of our small
2497version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2498~/.Xresources.
2499.Sp
2500Please note that nowadays, things like \s-1XIM\s0 will automatically pull in and
2501use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very
2502small, if nonexistant.
2503.IP "\-\-enable\-strings (default: off)" 4
2504.IX Item "--enable-strings (default: off)"
2505Add support for our possibly faster \fImemset()\fR function and other
2506various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2507have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2508to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2509GNU/Linux systems).
2510.IP "\-\-disable\-swapscreen" 4 2538.IP "\-\-disable\-swapscreen" 4
2511.IX Item "--disable-swapscreen" 2539.IX Item "--disable-swapscreen"
2512Remove support for secondary/swap screen. 2540Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2513.IP "\-\-enable\-frills (default: on)" 4 2541.IP "\-\-enable\-frills (default: on)" 4
2514.IX Item "--enable-frills (default: on)" 2542.IX Item "--enable-frills (default: on)"
2517disable this. 2545disable this.
2518.Sp 2546.Sp
2519A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR (possibly 2547A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR (possibly
2520in combination with other switches) is: 2548in combination with other switches) is:
2521.Sp 2549.Sp
2522.Vb 17 2550.Vb 10
2523\& MWM-hints 2551\& MWM\-hints
2524\& EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 2552\& EWMH\-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2525\& seperate underline colour (-underlineColor) 2553\& seperate underline colour (\-underlineColor)
2526\& settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl) 2554\& settable border widths and borderless switch (\-w, \-b, \-bl)
2555\& visual depth selection (\-depth)
2527\& settable extra linespacing /-lsp) 2556\& settable extra linespacing /\-lsp)
2528\& iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 2557\& iso\-14755\-2 and \-3, and visual feedback
2558\& tripleclickwords (\-tcw)
2559\& settable insecure mode (\-insecure)
2560\& keysym remapping support
2561\& cursor blinking and underline cursor (\-cb, \-uc)
2562\& XEmbed support (\-embed)
2563\& user\-pty (\-pty\-fd)
2564\& hold on exit (\-hold)
2565\& skip builtin block graphics (\-sbg)
2566\& separate highlightcolor support (\-hc)
2567.Ve
2568.Sp
2569It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:
2570.Sp
2571.Vb 11
2572\& some round\-trip time optimisations
2573\& nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
2574\& UTF8_STRING supporr for selection
2575\& sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2529\& backindex and forwardindex escape sequence 2576\& backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
2577\& view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences
2578\& locale switching escape sequence
2530\& window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences 2579\& window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2531\& tripleclickwords (-tcw) 2580\& rectangular selections
2532\& settable insecure mode (-insecure) 2581\& trailing space removal for selections
2533\& keysym remapping support 2582\& verbose X error handling
2534\& cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2535\& XEmbed support (-embed)
2536\& user-pty (-pty-fd)
2537\& hold on exit (-hold)
2538\& skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2539\& sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2540.Ve 2583.Ve
2541.IP "\-\-enable\-iso14755 (default: on)" 4 2584.IP "\-\-enable\-iso14755 (default: on)" 4
2542.IX Item "--enable-iso14755 (default: on)" 2585.IX Item "--enable-iso14755 (default: on)"
2543Enable extended \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or 2586Enable extended \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2544\&\fIdoc/rxvt.1.txt\fR). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by 2587\&\fIdoc/rxvt.1.txt\fR). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2560.IX Item "--disable-new-selection" 2603.IX Item "--disable-new-selection"
2561Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 2604Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2562.IP "\-\-enable\-dmalloc (default: off)" 4 2605.IP "\-\-enable\-dmalloc (default: off)" 4
2563.IX Item "--enable-dmalloc (default: off)" 2606.IX Item "--enable-dmalloc (default: off)"
2564Use Gray Watson's malloc \- which is good for debugging See 2607Use Gray Watson's malloc \- which is good for debugging See
2565http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the 2608<http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/> for details If you use either this or the
2566next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point 2609next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2567\&\s-1DINCLUDE\s0 and \s-1DLIB\s0 to the right places. 2610\&\s-1DINCLUDE\s0 and \s-1DLIB\s0 to the right places.
2568.Sp 2611.Sp
2569You can only use either this option and the following (should 2612You can only use either this option and the following (should
2570you use either) . 2613you use either) .
2578keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of 2621keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2579the screen in a fixed position. 2622the screen in a fixed position.
2580.IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank (default: on)" 4 2623.IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank (default: on)" 4
2581.IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)" 2624.IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)"
2582Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2625Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2583.IP "\-\-enable\-perl (default: off)" 4 2626.IP "\-\-enable\-perl (default: on)" 4
2584.IX Item "--enable-perl (default: off)" 2627.IX Item "--enable-perl (default: on)"
2585Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\f(BIperl\fB\|(3)\fR 2628Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\f(BIperl\fB\|(3)\fR
2586manpage (\fIdoc/rxvtperl.txt\fR) for more info on this feature, or the files 2629manpage (\fIdoc/rxvtperl.txt\fR) for more info on this feature, or the files
2587in \fIsrc/perl\-ext/\fR for the extensions that are installed by default. The 2630in \fIsrc/perl\-ext/\fR for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2588perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the \f(CW\*(C`PERL\*(C'\fR environment 2631perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the \f(CW\*(C`PERL\*(C'\fR environment
2589variable when running configure. 2632variable when running configure.
2615.IX Header "AUTHORS" 2658.IX Header "AUTHORS"
2616Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> converted this document to pod and 2659Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> converted this document to pod and
2617reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff 2660reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff
2618Wing <gcw@pobox.com>, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other 2661Wing <gcw@pobox.com>, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other
2619sources. 2662sources.
2663.SH "POD ERRORS"
2664.IX Header "POD ERRORS"
2665Hey! \fBThe above document had some coding errors, which are explained below:\fR
2666.IP "Around line 2952:" 4
2667.IX Item "Around line 2952:"
2668=back doesn't take any parameters, but you said =back X<Mouse>
2669.IP "Around line 3048:" 4
2670.IX Item "Around line 3048:"
2671=back doesn't take any parameters, but you said =back X<KeyCodes>

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