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131.IX Title "rxvt 7" 131.IX Title "rxvt 7"
132.TH rxvt 7 "2005-08-05" "5.7" "RXVT-UNICODE" 132.TH rxvt 7 "2006-01-13" "7.0" "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
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156The newest version of this document is 156The newest version of this document is
157also 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>. 158<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
159.SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" 159.SH "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
160.IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS" 160.IX Header "FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
161.IP "The new selection selects pieces that are too big/too small, can I change this?" 4
162.IX Item "The new selection selects pieces that are too big/too small, can I change this?"
163Yes. For example, if you want to select smaller pieces (\*(L"words\*(R") you can
164use the following resource:
165.Sp
166.Vb 1
167\& URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
168.Ve
169.Sp
170If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
171more and more.
172.Sp
173To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:
174.Sp
175.Vb 1
176\& URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\e\e\e\e]^`{|})]+)
177.Ve
178.IP "I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?" 4
179.IX Item "I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?"
180You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
181\&\fBperl-ext-common\fR resource to the empty string, which also keeps
182rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
183.Sp
184If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
185identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
186\&\fB\s-1PREPACKAGED\s0 \s-1EXTENSIONS\s0\fR in the @@RXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage. For
187example, to disable the \fBselection-popup\fR and \fBoption-popup\fR, specify
188this \fBperl-ext-common\fR resource:
189.Sp
190.Vb 1
191\& URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
192.Ve
193.Sp
194This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
195extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
196scrollback search mode is triggered by \fBM\-s\fR. You can move it to any
197other combination either by setting the \fBsearchable-scrollback\fR resource:
198.Sp
199.Vb 1
200\& URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
201.Ve
202.IP "Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?" 4
203.IX Item "Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?"
204I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
205bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
206that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
207compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (\s-1RSS\s0) after startup. Even
208with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
209features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
210already in use in this mode.
211.Sp
212.Vb 3
213\& text data bss drs rss filename
214\& 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
215\& 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
216.Ve
217.Sp
218When you \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft
219and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
220libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.
221.Sp
222.Vb 3
223\& text data bss drs rss filename
224\& 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
225\& 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
226.Ve
227.Sp
228The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
229encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
230and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
231encodings. The \s-1BSS\s0 size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
232compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
233memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
234few megabytes of \s-1RSS\s0. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of \s-1RSS\s0 even when
235not used.
236.Sp
237Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
238a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
239memory.
240.Sp
241Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
242still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
243(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
24443180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
245startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
246extremely well *g*.
247.IP "Why \*(C+, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?" 4
248.IX Item "Why , isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?"
249Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
250to write it, and \*(C+ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
251of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
252shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without \*(C+.
253.Sp
254My personal stance on this is that \*(C+ is less portable than C, but in
255the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
256are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
257domain sockets, which are all less portable than \*(C+ itself.
258.Sp
259Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
260in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
261\&\*(C+ that don't. \*(C+ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
262not necessarily the case with \s-1GCC\s0. Here is what rxvt links against on my
263system with a minimal config:
264.Sp
265.Vb 4
266\& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
267\& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
268\& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
269\& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
270.Ve
271.Sp
272And here is rxvt\-unicode:
273.Sp
274.Vb 5
275\& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
276\& libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
277\& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
278\& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
279\& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
280.Ve
281.Sp
282No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
283except maybe libX11 :)
284.IP "Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt\-unicode?" 4
285.IX Item "Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?"
286rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with
287tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing programs,
288and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into other programs,
289as witnessed by \fIdoc/rxvt\-tabbed\fR or the upcoming \f(CW\*(C`Gtk2::URxvt\*(C'\fR perl
290module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt) terminal as an example
291embedding application.
161.IP "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" 4 292.IP "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" 4
162.IX Item "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?" 293.IX Item "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?"
163The version number is displayed with the usage (\-h). Also the escape 294The version number is displayed with the usage (\-h). Also the escape
164sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 8 n\*(C'\fR sets the window title to the version number. 295sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 8 n\*(C'\fR sets the window title to the version number. When
296using the @@RXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the
297daemon.
165.IP "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 4 298.IP "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 4
166.IX Item "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..." 299.IX Item "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..."
167The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large 300The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
168patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt\-unicode. Before 301patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt\-unicode. Before
169reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and 302reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and
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175.Sp 308.Sp
176For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 309For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
177probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a 310probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a
178bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that 311bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
179might encounter the same issue. 312might encounter the same issue.
313.IP "I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS \s-1XXX\s0, any recommendation?" 4
314.IX Item "I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?"
315You should build one binary with the default options. \fIconfigure\fR
316now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
317runtime\-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,
318except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
319be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
320the future) depends on it.
321.Sp
322You should not overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR snd \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\*(C'\fR resources
323system-wide (except maybe with \f(CW\*(C`defaults\*(C'\fR). This will result in useful
324behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
325\&\f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
326perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
327.Sp
328If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
329one with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR (very useful) and a maximal one with
330\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
331encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
332.IP "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my \s-1OS\s0, is this safe?" 4
333.IX Item "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?"
334Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably not
335bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of freetype
336+ fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode itself to all be
337secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options when it detects that it
338runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. Besides, with the embedded perl
339interpreter the possibility for security problems easily multiplies.
340.Sp
341Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on some
342systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra privileges for
343ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is planned to mvoe this into
344a forked handler process, but this is not yet done.
345.Sp
346So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on your
347typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always remember that
348its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked for security issues
349regularly.
180.IP "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 4 350.IP "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 4
181.IX Item "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?" 351.IX Item "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?"
182The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available 352The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
183as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). 353as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
184.Sp 354.Sp
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1582l l . 1752l l .
1583h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1753h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1584l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1754l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1585.TE 1755.TE
1586 1756
1757.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1021""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1758.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1021\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1759.IX Item "Ps = 1021 (rxvt)"
1760.TS
1761l l .
1762h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)
1763l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1764.TE
1765
1587.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1047""\fB\fR" 4 1766.ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1047""\fB\fR" 4
1588.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1047\fB\fR" 4 1767.el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1047\fB\fR" 4
1589.IX Item "Ps = 1047" 1768.IX Item "Ps = 1047"
1590.TS 1769.TS
1591l l . 1770l l .
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1636Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1815Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1637Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1816Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1638Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt 1817Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
1639Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt 1818Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1640Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt 1819Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1641Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt 1820Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
1642Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt 1821Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
1643Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt 1822Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt
1644Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt. 1823Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1645Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented 1824Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1646Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt. 1825Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1647Ps = 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 1826Ps = 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
1648Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt 1827Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1649Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills). 1828Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1650Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar). 1829Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar).
1651Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt 1830Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1652Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency). 1831Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
1832Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
1833Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1653Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. 1834Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1654Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1835Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1655Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1836Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1656Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1837Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1657Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 1838Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1658Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 1839Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1840Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
1659.TE 1841.TE
1660 1842
1661.PP 1843.PP
1662 1844
1663.IX Xref "menuBar" 1845.IX Xref "menuBar"
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2191.TE 2373.TE
2192 2374
2193.SH "CONFIGURE OPTIONS" 2375.SH "CONFIGURE OPTIONS"
2194.IX Header "CONFIGURE OPTIONS" 2376.IX Header "CONFIGURE OPTIONS"
2195General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 2377General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2196hasn't been tested well. Either try with \-\-enable\-everything or use the 2378hasn't been tested well. Either try with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR or use
2197\&./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself, 2379the \fI./reconf\fR script as a base for experiments. \fI./reconf\fR is used by
2198so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always 2380myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
2199report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann 2381always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
2200<rxvt@schmorp.de>. 2382Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
2383.PP
2384All
2201.IP "\-\-enable\-everything" 4 2385.IP "\-\-enable\-everything" 4
2202.IX Item "--enable-everything" 2386.IX Item "--enable-everything"
2203Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in \*(L"./configure 2387Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in \*(L"./configure
2204\&\-\-help\*(R". Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant. 2388\&\-\-help\*(R".
2389.Sp
2205You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by 2390You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2206\&\fIfollowing\fR this with the appropriate commands. 2391\&\fIfollowing\fR this with the appropriate \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-...\*(C'\fR arguments,
2207.IP "\-\-enable\-xft" 4 2392or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2208.IX Item "--enable-xft" 2393\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR and than adding just the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-...\*(C'\fR arguments
2394you want.
2395.IP "\-\-enable\-xft (default: enabled)" 4
2396.IX Item "--enable-xft (default: enabled)"
2209Add support for Xft (anti\-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are 2397Add support for Xft (anti\-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2210slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you 2398slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2211don't pay for them. 2399don't pay for them.
2212.IP "\-\-enable\-font\-styles" 4 2400.IP "\-\-enable\-font\-styles (default: on)" 4
2213.IX Item "--enable-font-styles" 2401.IX Item "--enable-font-styles (default: on)"
2214Add support for \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR and \fB\f(BIbold italic\fB\fR font 2402Add support for \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR and \fB\f(BIbold italic\fB\fR font
2215styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically. 2403styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2216.IP "\-\-with\-codesets=NAME,..." 4 2404.IP "\-\-with\-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)" 4
2217.IX Item "--with-codesets=NAME,..." 2405.IX Item "--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)"
2218Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (\f(CW\*(C`eu\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`vn\*(C'\fR 2406Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (\f(CW\*(C`eu\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`vn\*(C'\fR
2219are always compiled in, which includes most 8\-bit character sets). These 2407are always compiled in, which includes most 8\-bit character sets). These
2220codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required 2408codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2221for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose 2409for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2222replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your 2410replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
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2230jp common japanese encodings 2418jp common japanese encodings
2231jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 2419jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2232kr korean encodings 2420kr korean encodings
2233.TE 2421.TE
2234 2422
2235.IP "\-\-enable\-xim" 4 2423.IP "\-\-enable\-xim (default: on)" 4
2236.IX Item "--enable-xim" 2424.IX Item "--enable-xim (default: on)"
2237Add support for \s-1XIM\s0 (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 2425Add support for \s-1XIM\s0 (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2238alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly 2426alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2239set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 2427set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2240.IP "\-\-enable\-unicode3" 4 2428.IP "\-\-enable\-unicode3 (default: off)" 4
2241.IX Item "--enable-unicode3" 2429.IX Item "--enable-unicode3 (default: off)"
2242Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 2430Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
224365535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage 243165535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2244requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet 2432requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2245support these extra characters, but Xft does. 2433support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2246.Sp 2434.Sp
2247Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535 2435Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
2248even without this flag, but the number of such characters is 2436even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2249limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, 2437limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2250see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 2438see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2251(input/output and cut&paste still work, though). 2439(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2252.IP "\-\-enable\-combining" 4 2440.IP "\-\-enable\-combining (default: on)" 4
2253.IX Item "--enable-combining" 2441.IX Item "--enable-combining (default: on)"
2254Enable automatic composition of combining characters into 2442Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2255composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text 2443composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2256where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is 2444where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2257done by using precomposited characters when available or creating 2445done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2258new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 2446new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
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2266beyond plane 0 (>65535) when \-\-enable\-unicode3 was not specified. 2454beyond plane 0 (>65535) when \-\-enable\-unicode3 was not specified.
2267.Sp 2455.Sp
2268The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms, 2456The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2269but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and 2457but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2270tell me how these are to be used...). 2458tell me how these are to be used...).
2271.IP "\-\-enable\-fallback(=CLASS)" 4 2459.IP "\-\-enable\-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)" 4
2272.IX Item "--enable-fallback(=CLASS)" 2460.IX Item "--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)"
2273When reading resource settings, also read settings for class \s-1CLASS\s0 2461When reading resource settings, also read settings for class \s-1CLASS\s0. To disable resource fallback use \-\-disable\-fallback.
2274(default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use \-\-disable\-fallback.
2275.IP "\-\-with\-res\-name=NAME" 4 2462.IP "\-\-with\-res\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4
2276.IX Item "--with-res-name=NAME" 2463.IX Item "--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)"
2277Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when 2464Use the given name as default application name when
2278reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 2465reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2279.IP "\-\-with\-res\-class=CLASS" 4 2466.IP "\-\-with\-res\-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)" 4
2280.IX Item "--with-res-class=CLASS" 2467.IX Item "--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)"
2281Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class 2468Use the given class as default application class
2282when reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-class=Rxvt to replace 2469when reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-class=Rxvt to replace
2283rxvt. 2470rxvt.
2284.IP "\-\-enable\-utmp" 4 2471.IP "\-\-enable\-utmp (default: on)" 4
2285.IX Item "--enable-utmp" 2472.IX Item "--enable-utmp (default: on)"
2286Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like \fIw\fR) at 2473Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like \fIw\fR) at
2287start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 2474start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2288.IP "\-\-enable\-wtmp" 4 2475.IP "\-\-enable\-wtmp (default: on)" 4
2289.IX Item "--enable-wtmp" 2476.IX Item "--enable-wtmp (default: on)"
2290Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like \fIlast\fR) at 2477Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like \fIlast\fR) at
2291start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 2478start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2292option requires \-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified. 2479option requires \-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified.
2293.IP "\-\-enable\-lastlog" 4 2480.IP "\-\-enable\-lastlog (default: on)" 4
2294.IX Item "--enable-lastlog" 2481.IX Item "--enable-lastlog (default: on)"
2295Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 2482Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2296\&\fIlastlogin\fR) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 2483\&\fIlastlogin\fR) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2297\&\-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified. 2484\&\-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified.
2298.IP "\-\-enable\-xpm\-background" 4 2485.IP "\-\-enable\-xpm\-background (default: on)" 4
2299.IX Item "--enable-xpm-background" 2486.IX Item "--enable-xpm-background (default: on)"
2300Add support for \s-1XPM\s0 background pixmaps. 2487Add support for \s-1XPM\s0 background pixmaps.
2301.IP "\-\-enable\-transparency" 4 2488.IP "\-\-enable\-transparency (default: on)" 4
2302.IX Item "--enable-transparency" 2489.IX Item "--enable-transparency (default: on)"
2303Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 2490Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2304transparency to the term. 2491transparency to the term.
2305.IP "\-\-enable\-fading" 4 2492.IP "\-\-enable\-fading (default: on)" 4
2306.IX Item "--enable-fading" 2493.IX Item "--enable-fading (default: on)"
2307Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. 2494Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2308.IP "\-\-enable\-tinting" 4 2495.IP "\-\-enable\-tinting (default: on)" 4
2309.IX Item "--enable-tinting" 2496.IX Item "--enable-tinting (default: on)"
2310Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds. 2497Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2311.IP "\-\-enable\-menubar" 4 2498.IP "\-\-enable\-menubar (default: off) [\s-1DEPRECATED\s0]" 4
2312.IX Item "--enable-menubar" 2499.IX Item "--enable-menubar (default: off) [DEPRECATED]"
2313Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with 2500Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with dynamic
2314dynamic locale switching currently). 2501locale switching currently). This option is \s-1DEPRECATED\s0 and will be removed
2502in the future.
2315.IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll" 4 2503.IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2316.IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll" 2504.IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)"
2317Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 2505Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2318.IP "\-\-enable\-next\-scroll" 4 2506.IP "\-\-enable\-next\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2319.IX Item "--enable-next-scroll" 2507.IX Item "--enable-next-scroll (default: on)"
2320Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. 2508Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2321.IP "\-\-enable\-xterm\-scroll" 4 2509.IP "\-\-enable\-xterm\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2322.IX Item "--enable-xterm-scroll" 2510.IX Item "--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)"
2323Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. 2511Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2324.IP "\-\-enable\-plain\-scroll" 4 2512.IP "\-\-enable\-plain\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2325.IX Item "--enable-plain-scroll" 2513.IX Item "--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)"
2326Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that 2514Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2327is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for 2515is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2328many years. 2516many years.
2329.IP "\-\-enable\-half\-shadow" 4 2517.IP "\-\-enable\-half\-shadow (default: off)" 4
2330.IX Item "--enable-half-shadow" 2518.IX Item "--enable-half-shadow (default: off)"
2331Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height. 2519Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2332only applicable to rxvt scrollbars. 2520only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2333.IP "\-\-enable\-ttygid" 4 2521.IP "\-\-enable\-ttygid (default: off)" 4
2334.IX Item "--enable-ttygid" 2522.IX Item "--enable-ttygid (default: off)"
2335Change tty device setting to group \*(L"tty\*(R" \- only use this if 2523Change tty device setting to group \*(L"tty\*(R" \- only use this if
2336your system uses this type of security. 2524your system uses this type of security.
2337.IP "\-\-disable\-backspace\-key" 4 2525.IP "\-\-disable\-backspace\-key" 4
2338.IX Item "--disable-backspace-key" 2526.IX Item "--disable-backspace-key"
2339Disable any handling of the backspace key by us \- let the X server 2527Removes any handling of the backspace key by us \- let the X server do it.
2340do it.
2341.IP "\-\-disable\-delete\-key" 4 2528.IP "\-\-disable\-delete\-key" 4
2342.IX Item "--disable-delete-key" 2529.IX Item "--disable-delete-key"
2343Disable any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server 2530Removes any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server
2344do it. 2531do it.
2345.IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4 2532.IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4
2346.IX Item "--disable-resources" 2533.IX Item "--disable-resources"
2347Remove all resources checking. 2534Removes any support for resource checking.
2348.IP "\-\-enable\-xgetdefault" 4
2349.IX Item "--enable-xgetdefault"
2350Make resources checking via \fIXGetDefault()\fR instead of our small
2351version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2352~/.Xresources.
2353.Sp
2354Please note that nowadays, things like \s-1XIM\s0 will automatically pull in and
2355use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very
2356small, if nonexistant.
2357.IP "\-\-enable\-strings" 4 2535.IP "\-\-enable\-strings (default: off)" 4
2358.IX Item "--enable-strings" 2536.IX Item "--enable-strings (default: off)"
2359Add support for our possibly faster \fImemset()\fR function and other 2537Add support for our possibly faster \fImemset()\fR function and other
2360various routines, overriding your system's versions which may 2538various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2361have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries 2539have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2362to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many 2540to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2363GNU/Linux systems). 2541GNU/Linux systems).
2364.IP "\-\-disable\-swapscreen" 4 2542.IP "\-\-disable\-swapscreen" 4
2365.IX Item "--disable-swapscreen" 2543.IX Item "--disable-swapscreen"
2366Remove support for swap screen. 2544Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2367.IP "\-\-enable\-frills" 4 2545.IP "\-\-enable\-frills (default: on)" 4
2368.IX Item "--enable-frills" 2546.IX Item "--enable-frills (default: on)"
2369Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to 2547Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2370have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to 2548have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2371disable this. 2549disable this.
2372.Sp 2550.Sp
2373A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR (possibly 2551A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR (possibly
2374in combination with other switches) is: 2552in combination with other switches) is:
2375.Sp 2553.Sp
2376.Vb 13 2554.Vb 17
2377\& MWM-hints 2555\& MWM-hints
2378\& EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 2556\& EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2379\& seperate underline colour 2557\& seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2380\& settable border widths and borderless switch 2558\& settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2381\& settable extra linespacing 2559\& settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2382\& iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 2560\& iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2383\& backindex and forwardindex escape sequence 2561\& backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
2384\& window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences 2562\& window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2385\& tripleclickwords 2563\& tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2386\& settable insecure mode 2564\& settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2387\& keysym remapping support 2565\& keysym remapping support
2388\& cursor blinking and underline cursor 2566\& cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2389\& -embed and -pty-fd options 2567\& XEmbed support (-embed)
2568\& user-pty (-pty-fd)
2569\& hold on exit (-hold)
2570\& skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2571\& sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2390.Ve 2572.Ve
2391.IP "\-\-enable\-iso14755" 4 2573.IP "\-\-enable\-iso14755 (default: on)" 4
2392.IX Item "--enable-iso14755" 2574.IX Item "--enable-iso14755 (default: on)"
2393Enable extended \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or 2575Enable extended \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2394\&\fIdoc/rxvt.1.txt\fR). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by 2576\&\fIdoc/rxvt.1.txt\fR). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2395\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with 2577\&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2396this switch. 2578this switch.
2397.IP "\-\-enable\-keepscrolling" 4 2579.IP "\-\-enable\-keepscrolling (default: on)" 4
2398.IX Item "--enable-keepscrolling" 2580.IX Item "--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)"
2399Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 2581Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2400the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2582the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2401.IP "\-\-enable\-mousewheel" 4 2583.IP "\-\-enable\-mousewheel (default: on)" 4
2402.IX Item "--enable-mousewheel" 2584.IX Item "--enable-mousewheel (default: on)"
2403Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. 2585Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2404.IP "\-\-enable\-slipwheeling" 4 2586.IP "\-\-enable\-slipwheeling (default: on)" 4
2405.IX Item "--enable-slipwheeling" 2587.IX Item "--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)"
2406Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2588Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2407accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2589accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2408requires \-\-enable\-mousewheel to also be specified. 2590requires \-\-enable\-mousewheel to also be specified.
2409.IP "\-\-disable\-new\-selection" 4 2591.IP "\-\-disable\-new\-selection" 4
2410.IX Item "--disable-new-selection" 2592.IX Item "--disable-new-selection"
2411Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 2593Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2412.IP "\-\-enable\-dmalloc" 4 2594.IP "\-\-enable\-dmalloc (default: off)" 4
2413.IX Item "--enable-dmalloc" 2595.IX Item "--enable-dmalloc (default: off)"
2414Use Gray Watson's malloc \- which is good for debugging See 2596Use Gray Watson's malloc \- which is good for debugging See
2415http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the 2597http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the
2416next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point 2598next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2417\&\s-1DINCLUDE\s0 and \s-1DLIB\s0 to the right places. 2599\&\s-1DINCLUDE\s0 and \s-1DLIB\s0 to the right places.
2418.Sp 2600.Sp
2419You can only use either this option and the following (should 2601You can only use either this option and the following (should
2420you use either) . 2602you use either) .
2421.IP "\-\-enable\-dlmalloc" 4 2603.IP "\-\-enable\-dlmalloc (default: off)" 4
2422.IX Item "--enable-dlmalloc" 2604.IX Item "--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)"
2423Use Doug Lea's malloc \- which is good for a production version 2605Use Doug Lea's malloc \- which is good for a production version
2424See <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details. 2606See <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2425.IP "\-\-enable\-smart\-resize" 4 2607.IP "\-\-enable\-smart\-resize (default: on)" 4
2426.IX Item "--enable-smart-resize" 2608.IX Item "--enable-smart-resize (default: on)"
2427Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot 2609Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2428keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is 2610keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2429closest to a corner of the screen. 2611the screen in a fixed position.
2430.IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank" 4 2612.IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank (default: on)" 4
2431.IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank" 2613.IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)"
2432Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2614Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2615.IP "\-\-enable\-perl (default: off)" 4
2616.IX Item "--enable-perl (default: off)"
2617Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\f(BIperl\fB\|(3)\fR
2618manpage (\fIdoc/rxvtperl.txt\fR) for more info on this feature, or the files
2619in \fIsrc/perl\-ext/\fR for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2620perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the \f(CW\*(C`PERL\*(C'\fR environment
2621variable when running configure.
2433.IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME" 4 2622.IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4
2434.IX Item "--with-name=NAME" 2623.IX Item "--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)"
2435Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: \f(CW\*(C`urxvt\*(C'\fR, resulting 2624Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2436in \f(CW\*(C`urxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`urxvtd\*(C'\fR etc.). Specify \f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-name=rxvt\*(C'\fR to replace with 2625in \f(CW\*(C`urxvt\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`urxvtd\*(C'\fR etc.). Specify \f(CW\*(C`\-\-with\-name=rxvt\*(C'\fR to replace with
2437\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR. 2626\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR.
2438.IP "\-\-with\-term=NAME" 4 2627.IP "\-\-with\-term=NAME (default: rxvt\-unicode)" 4
2439.IX Item "--with-term=NAME" 2628.IX Item "--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)"
2440Change the environmental variable for the terminal to \s-1NAME\s0 (default 2629Change the environmental variable for the terminal to \s-1NAME\s0.
2441\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR)
2442.IP "\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH" 4 2630.IP "\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH" 4
2443.IX Item "--with-terminfo=PATH" 2631.IX Item "--with-terminfo=PATH"
2444Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to 2632Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2445\&\s-1PATH\s0. 2633\&\s-1PATH\s0.
2446.IP "\-\-with\-x" 4 2634.IP "\-\-with\-x" 4

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