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131 .IX Title "rxvt 7"
132 .TH rxvt 7 "2006-01-31" "7.5" "RXVT-UNICODE"
133 .SH "NAME"
134 RXVT REFERENCE \- FAQ, command sequences and other background information
135 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
136 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
137 .Vb 2
138 \& # set a new font set
139 \& printf '\e33]50;%s\e007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho"
140 .Ve
141 .PP
142 .Vb 2
143 \& # change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
144 \& export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\e33]701;$LC_CTYPE\e007"
145 .Ve
146 .PP
147 .Vb 2
148 \& # set window title
149 \& printf '\e33]2;%s\e007' "new window title"
150 .Ve
151 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
152 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
153 This document contains the \s-1FAQ\s0, the \s-1RXVT\s0 \s-1TECHNICAL\s0 \s-1REFERENCE\s0 documenting
154 all escape sequences, and other background information.
155 .PP
156 The newest version of this document is also available on the World Wide Web at
157 <http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt\-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
158 .SH "RXVT\-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
159 .IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS"
160 .Sh "Meta, Features & Commandline Issues"
161 .IX Subsection "Meta, Features & Commandline Issues"
162 \fIMy question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?\fR
163 .IX Subsection "My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?"
164 .PP
165 Before sending me mail, you could go to \s-1IRC:\s0 \f(CW\*(C`irc.freenode.net\*(C'\fR,
166 channel \f(CW\*(C`#rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
167 interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
168 .PP
169 \fIDoes it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt\-unicode?\fR
170 .IX Subsection "Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?"
171 .PP
172 Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a
173 simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
174 give you tabs:
175 .PP
176 .Vb 1
177 \& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pe tabbed
178 .Ve
179 .PP
180 .Vb 1
181 \& URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed
182 .Ve
183 .PP
184 It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers
185 or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be
186 embedded into other programs, as witnessed by \fIdoc/rxvt\-tabbed\fR or
187 the upcoming \f(CW\*(C`Gtk2::URxvt\*(C'\fR perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt
188 (murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application.
189 .PP
190 \fIHow do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?\fR
191 .IX Subsection "How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?"
192 .PP
193 The version number is displayed with the usage (\-h). Also the escape
194 sequence \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 8 n\*(C'\fR sets the window title to the version number. When
195 using the @@URXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the
196 daemon.
197 .PP
198 \fIRxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?\fR
199 .IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?"
200 .PP
201 Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
202 don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
203 you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
204 when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
205 accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
206 .PP
207 Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
208 scrollback buffers: Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR, rxvt-unicode will use
209 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
210 kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
211 use 10 Megabytes of memory. With \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-unicode3\*(C'\fR it gets worse, as
212 rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
213 .PP
214 \fIHow can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?\fR
215 .IX Subsection "How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?"
216 .PP
217 Try \f(CW\*(C`@@URXVT_NAME@@d \-f \-o\*(C'\fR, which tells @@URXVT_NAME@@d to open the
218 display, create the listening socket and then fork.
219 .PP
220 \fIHow do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.\fR
221 .IX Subsection "How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc."
222 .PP
223 The original rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable \*(L"\s-1COLORTERM\s0\*(R",
224 so you can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, \s-1JED\s0,
225 slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide
226 whether or not to use color.
227 .PP
228 \fIHow do I set the correct, full \s-1IP\s0 address for the \s-1DISPLAY\s0 variable?\fR
229 .IX Subsection "How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?"
230 .PP
231 If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with \s-1DISPLAY_IS_IP\s0 and have enabled
232 insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
233 snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
234 wasn't also compiled with \s-1ESCZ_ANSWER\s0 (as assumed in these snippets) then
235 the \s-1COLORTERM\s0 variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
236 regular xterm.
237 .PP
238 Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
239 snippets:
240 .PP
241 .Vb 12
242 \& # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
243 \& [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
244 \& if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
245 \& stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
246 \& echo -n '^[Z'
247 \& read term_id
248 \& stty icanon echo
249 \& if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
250 \& echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
251 \& read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
252 \& fi
253 \& fi
254 .Ve
255 .PP
256 \fIHow do I compile the manual pages on my own?\fR
257 .IX Subsection "How do I compile the manual pages on my own?"
258 .PP
259 You need to have a recent version of perl installed as \fI/usr/bin/perl\fR,
260 one that comes with \fIpod2man\fR, \fIpod2text\fR and \fIpod2html\fR. Then go to
261 the doc subdirectory and enter \f(CW\*(C`make alldoc\*(C'\fR.
262 .PP
263 \fIIsn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?\fR
264 .IX Subsection "Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?"
265 .PP
266 I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
267 bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
268 that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
269 compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (\s-1RSS\s0) after startup. Even
270 with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
271 features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
272 already in use in this mode.
273 .PP
274 .Vb 3
275 \& text data bss drs rss filename
276 \& 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
277 \& 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
278 .Ve
279 .PP
280 When you \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft
281 and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
282 libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.
283 .PP
284 .Vb 3
285 \& text data bss drs rss filename
286 \& 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
287 \& 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
288 .Ve
289 .PP
290 The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
291 encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
292 and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
293 encodings. The \s-1BSS\s0 size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
294 compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
295 memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
296 few megabytes of \s-1RSS\s0. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of \s-1RSS\s0 even when
297 not used.
298 .PP
299 Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
300 a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
301 memory.
302 .PP
303 Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
304 still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
305 (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
306 43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
307 startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
308 extremely well *g*.
309 .PP
310 \fIWhy \*(C+, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?\fR
311 .IX Subsection "Why , isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?"
312 .PP
313 Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
314 to write it, and \*(C+ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
315 of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
316 shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without \*(C+.
317 .PP
318 My personal stance on this is that \*(C+ is less portable than C, but in
319 the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
320 are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
321 domain sockets, which are all less portable than \*(C+ itself.
322 .PP
323 Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
324 in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
325 \&\*(C+ that don't. \*(C+ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
326 not necessarily the case with \s-1GCC\s0. Here is what rxvt links against on my
327 system with a minimal config:
328 .PP
329 .Vb 4
330 \& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
331 \& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
332 \& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
333 \& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
334 .Ve
335 .PP
336 And here is rxvt\-unicode:
337 .PP
338 .Vb 5
339 \& libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
340 \& libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
341 \& libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
342 \& libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
343 \& /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
344 .Ve
345 .PP
346 No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
347 except maybe libX11 :)
348 .Sh "Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues"
349 .IX Subsection "Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues"
350 \fII can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?\fR
351 .IX Subsection "I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?"
352 .PP
353 First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt\-unicode, so
354 you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may
355 bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a rite
356 of passage: ... and you failed.
357 .PP
358 Here are four ways to get transparency. \fBDo\fR read the manpage and option
359 descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt\-unicode. Really, do it!
360 .PP
361 1. Use inheritPixmap:
362 .PP
363 .Vb 2
364 \& Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
365 \& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -ip -tint red -sh 40
366 .Ve
367 .PP
368 That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
369 support, or you are unable to read.
370 .PP
371 2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo\-transparency. This enables you
372 to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
373 your picture with gimp or any other tool:
374 .PP
375 .Vb 2
376 \& convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm
377 \& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background
378 .Ve
379 .PP
380 That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack \s-1XPM\s0 and Perl support, or you
381 are unable to read.
382 .PP
383 3. Use an \s-1ARGB\s0 visual:
384 .PP
385 .Vb 1
386 \& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
387 .Ve
388 .PP
389 This requires \s-1XFT\s0 support, and the support of your X\-server. If that
390 doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. \s-1ARGB\s0 visuals aren't
391 there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the neccessary
392 bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that
393 doesn't mean that your \s-1WM\s0 has the required kludges in place.
394 .PP
395 4. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job:
396 .PP
397 .Vb 2
398 \& xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \e
399 \& -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000
400 .Ve
401 .PP
402 Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace \f(CW0xc0000000\fR
403 by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and
404 your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces.
405 .PP
406 \fIWhy do some chinese characters look so different than others?\fR
407 .IX Subsection "Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?"
408 .PP
409 This is because there is a difference between script and language \*(--
410 rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
411 as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
412 sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
413 display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
414 chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
415 non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
416 \&\*(-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
417 chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
418 .PP
419 The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
420 list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
421 a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
422 first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
423 .PP
424 In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
425 runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
426 fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
427 has been designed yet).
428 .PP
429 Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see \*(L"Can I switch the fonts at runtime?\*(R" later in this document).
430 .PP
431 \fIWhy does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?\fR
432 .IX Subsection "Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?"
433 .PP
434 Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
435 size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
436 contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
437 these characters. For characters that are just \*(L"a bit\*(R" too wide a special
438 \&\*(L"careful\*(R" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
439 .PP
440 All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
441 however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
442 box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
443 ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
444 cases).
445 .PP
446 It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
447 or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
448 the \f(CW\*(C`\-lsp\*(C'\fR option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
449 might be forced to use a different font.
450 .PP
451 All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
452 box data is correct.
453 .PP
454 \fIHow can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?\fR
455 .IX Subsection "How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?"
456 .PP
457 First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
458 (\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
459 make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
460 rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
461 .PP
462 .Vb 2
463 \& URxvt.colorBD: white
464 \& URxvt.colorIT: green
465 .Ve
466 .PP
467 \fISome programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?\fR
468 .IX Subsection "Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?"
469 .PP
470 For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
471 colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
472 8 colours (rxvt\-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
473 these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
474 .PP
475 In the meantime, you can either edit your \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo
476 definition to only claim 8 colour support or use \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR, which will
477 fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
478 .PP
479 \fICan I switch the fonts at runtime?\fR
480 .IX Subsection "Can I switch the fonts at runtime?"
481 .PP
482 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
483 effect as using the \f(CW\*(C`\-fn\*(C'\fR switch, and takes effect immediately:
484 .PP
485 .Vb 1
486 \& printf '\ee]50;%s\e007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
487 .Ve
488 .PP
489 This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
490 japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
491 japanese fonts would only be in your way.
492 .PP
493 You can think of this as a kind of manual \s-1ISO\-2022\s0 switching.
494 .PP
495 \fIWhy do italic characters look as if clipped?\fR
496 .IX Subsection "Why do italic characters look as if clipped?"
497 .PP
498 Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
499 example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font \f(CW\*(C`xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
500 Mono\*(C'\fR completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
501 enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
502 .PP
503 .Vb 2
504 \& URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
505 \& URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
506 .Ve
507 .PP
508 \fICan I speed up Xft rendering somehow?\fR
509 .IX Subsection "Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?"
510 .PP
511 Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
512 it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
513 antialiasing (by appending \f(CW\*(C`:antialias=false\*(C'\fR), which saves lots of
514 memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
515 .PP
516 \fIRxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?\fR
517 .IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?"
518 .PP
519 Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
520 fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
521 fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
522 antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
523 look best that way.
524 .PP
525 If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
526 .PP
527 \fIWhat's with this bold/blink stuff?\fR
528 .IX Subsection "What's with this bold/blink stuff?"
529 .PP
530 If no bold colour is set via \f(CW\*(C`colorBD:\*(C'\fR, bold will invert text using the
531 standard foreground colour.
532 .PP
533 For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
534 text blink when compiled with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR. with standard
535 colours. Without \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-blinking\*(C'\fR, the blink attribute will be
536 ignored.
537 .PP
538 On \s-1ANSI\s0 colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
539 foreground/background colors.
540 .PP
541 color0\-7 are the low-intensity colors.
542 .PP
543 color8\-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
544 .PP
545 \fII don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?\fR
546 .IX Subsection "I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?"
547 .PP
548 You can change the screen colors at run-time using \fI~/.Xdefaults\fR
549 resources (or as long\-options).
550 .PP
551 Here are values that are supposed to resemble a \s-1VGA\s0 screen,
552 including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
553 .PP
554 .Vb 8
555 \& URxvt.color0: #000000
556 \& URxvt.color1: #A80000
557 \& URxvt.color2: #00A800
558 \& URxvt.color3: #A8A800
559 \& URxvt.color4: #0000A8
560 \& URxvt.color5: #A800A8
561 \& URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
562 \& URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
563 .Ve
564 .PP
565 .Vb 8
566 \& URxvt.color8: #000054
567 \& URxvt.color9: #FF0054
568 \& URxvt.color10: #00FF54
569 \& URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
570 \& URxvt.color12: #0000FF
571 \& URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
572 \& URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
573 \& URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
574 .Ve
575 .PP
576 And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
577 me) as \*(L"pretty girly\*(R".
578 .PP
579 .Vb 18
580 \& URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
581 \& URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
582 \& URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
583 \& URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
584 \& URxvt.color0: #000000
585 \& URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
586 \& URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
587 \& URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
588 \& URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
589 \& URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
590 \& URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
591 \& URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
592 \& URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
593 \& URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
594 \& URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
595 \& URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
596 \& URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
597 \& URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
598 .Ve
599 .PP
600 \fIWhy do some characters look so much different than others?\fR
601 .IX Subsection "Why do some characters look so much different than others?"
602 .PP
603 See next entry.
604 .PP
605 \fIHow does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?\fR
606 .IX Subsection "How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?"
607 .PP
608 Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
609 fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
610 your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
611 to display.
612 .PP
613 \&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
614 font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
615 bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
616 resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
617 intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
618 the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
619 .PP
620 In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
621 e.g.:
622 .PP
623 .Vb 1
624 \& @@URXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
625 .Ve
626 .PP
627 When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
628 font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
629 next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
630 search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X\-server.
631 .PP
632 The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
633 font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
634 must be the same due to the way terminals work.
635 .Sh "Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction"
636 .IX Subsection "Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction"
637 \fIThe new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?\fR
638 .IX Subsection "The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?"
639 .PP
640 If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
641 setting:
642 .PP
643 .Vb 1
644 \& URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
645 .Ve
646 .PP
647 If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
648 more and more.
649 .PP
650 To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:
651 .PP
652 .Vb 1
653 \& URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\e\e\e\e]^`{|})]+)
654 .Ve
655 .PP
656 Please also note that the \fILeftClick Shift-LeftClik\fR combination also
657 selects words like the old code.
658 .PP
659 \fII don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?\fR
660 .IX Subsection "I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?"
661 .PP
662 You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
663 \&\fBperl-ext-common\fR resource to the empty string, which also keeps
664 rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
665 .PP
666 If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
667 identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
668 \&\fB\s-1PREPACKAGED\s0 \s-1EXTENSIONS\s0\fR in the @@URXVT_NAME@@\fIperl\fR\|(3) manpage. For
669 example, to disable the \fBselection-popup\fR and \fBoption-popup\fR, specify
670 this \fBperl-ext-common\fR resource:
671 .PP
672 .Vb 1
673 \& URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
674 .Ve
675 .PP
676 This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
677 extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
678 scrollback search mode is triggered by \fBM\-s\fR. You can move it to any
679 other combination either by setting the \fBsearchable-scrollback\fR resource:
680 .PP
681 .Vb 1
682 \& URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
683 .Ve
684 .PP
685 \fIThe cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?\fR
686 .IX Subsection "The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?"
687 .PP
688 See next entry.
689 .PP
690 \fIDuring rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?\fR
691 .IX Subsection "During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?"
692 .PP
693 These are caused by the \f(CW\*(C`readline\*(C'\fR perl extension. Under normal
694 circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the
695 line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment,
696 but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some
697 cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly.
698 .PP
699 You can permamently switch this feature off by disabling the \f(CW\*(C`readline\*(C'\fR
700 extension:
701 .PP
702 .Vb 1
703 \& URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline
704 .Ve
705 .PP
706 \fIMy numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?\fR
707 .IX Subsection "My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?"
708 .PP
709 Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
710 specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
711 by the wrong \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR setting, although the details of wether and how
712 this can happen are unknown, as \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR should offer a compatible
713 keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
714 helped.
715 .PP
716 \fIMy Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.\fR
717 .IX Subsection "My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working."
718 .PP
719 The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
720 correctly, or you specified a \fBpreeditStyle\fR that is not supported by
721 your input method. For example, if you specified \fBOverTheSpot\fR and
722 your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
723 does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
724 rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
725 .PP
726 In this case either do not specify a \fBpreeditStyle\fR or specify more than
727 one pre-edit style, such as \fBOverTheSpot,Root,None\fR.
728 .PP
729 \fII cannot type \f(CI\*(C`Ctrl\-Shift\-2\*(C'\fI to get an \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0 character due to \s-1ISO\s0 14755\fR
730 .IX Subsection "I cannot type Ctrl-Shift-2 to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755"
731 .PP
732 Either try \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-2\*(C'\fR alone (it often is mapped to \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0 even on
733 international keyboards) or simply use \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support to your
734 advantage, typing <Ctrl\-Shift\-0> to get a \s-1ASCII\s0 \s-1NUL\s0. This works for other
735 codes, too, such as \f(CW\*(C`Ctrl\-Shift\-1\-d\*(C'\fR to type the default telnet escape
736 character and so on.
737 .PP
738 \fIMouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.\fR
739 .IX Subsection "Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works."
740 .PP
741 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
742 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
743 heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
744 quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
745 depressed.
746 .PP
747 \fIWhat's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?\fR
748 .IX Subsection "What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?"
749 .PP
750 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
751 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
752 question) there are two standard values that can be used for
753 Backspace: \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR.
754 .PP
755 Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
756 policy of using \f(CW\*(C`^?\*(C'\fR when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
757 choice :).
758 .PP
759 Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
760 of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
761 started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
762 system value of `erase', which corresponds to \s-1CERASE\s0 in <termios.h>, will
763 be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
764 .PP
765 For starting a new rxvt\-unicode:
766 .PP
767 .Vb 3
768 \& # use Backspace = ^H
769 \& $ stty erase ^H
770 \& $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
771 .Ve
772 .PP
773 .Vb 3
774 \& # use Backspace = ^?
775 \& $ stty erase ^?
776 \& $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
777 .Ve
778 .PP
779 Toggle with \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 h\*(C'\fR / \f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 36 l\*(C'\fR.
780 .PP
781 For an existing rxvt\-unicode:
782 .PP
783 .Vb 3
784 \& # use Backspace = ^H
785 \& $ stty erase ^H
786 \& $ echo -n "^[[36h"
787 .Ve
788 .PP
789 .Vb 3
790 \& # use Backspace = ^?
791 \& $ stty erase ^?
792 \& $ echo -n "^[[36l"
793 .Ve
794 .PP
795 This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
796 if you use Backspace = \f(CW\*(C`^H\*(C'\fR, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
797 properly reflects that.
798 .PP
799 The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
800 To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
801 key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
802 (\f(CW\*(C`ESC [ 3 ~\*(C'\fR) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
803 .PP
804 Some other Backspace problems:
805 .PP
806 some editors use termcap/terminfo,
807 some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
808 \&\s-1GNU\s0 Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
809 .PP
810 Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
811 .PP
812 \fII don't like the key\-bindings. How do I change them?\fR
813 .IX Subsection "I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?"
814 .PP
815 There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
816 you have run \*(L"configure\*(R" with the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-resources\*(C'\fR option you can
817 use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
818 .PP
819 Here's an example for a URxvt session started using \f(CW\*(C`@@URXVT_NAME@@ \-name URxvt\*(C'\fR
820 .PP
821 .Vb 20
822 \& URxvt.keysym.Home: \e033[1~
823 \& URxvt.keysym.End: \e033[4~
824 \& URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \e033<C-'>
825 \& URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \e033<C-/>
826 \& URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \e033<C-;>
827 \& URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \e033<C-`>
828 \& URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \e033<C-,>
829 \& URxvt.keysym.C-period: \e033<C-.>
830 \& URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \e033<C-`>
831 \& URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \e033<C-Tab>
832 \& URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \e033<C-Return>
833 \& URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \e033<S-Return>
834 \& URxvt.keysym.S-space: \e033<S-Space>
835 \& URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \e033<M-Up>
836 \& URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \e033<M-Down>
837 \& URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \e033<M-Left>
838 \& URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \e033<M-Right>
839 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \e033<M-C- 0123456789 >
840 \& URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \e033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
841 \& URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\e033]701;zh_CN.GBK\e007
842 .Ve
843 .PP
844 See some more examples in the documentation for the \fBkeysym\fR resource.
845 .PP
846 \fII'm using keyboard model \s-1XXX\s0 that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the following map\fR
847 .IX Subsection "I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the following map"
848 .PP
849 .Vb 6
850 \& KP_Insert == Insert
851 \& F22 == Print
852 \& F27 == Home
853 \& F29 == Prior
854 \& F33 == End
855 \& F35 == Next
856 .Ve
857 .PP
858 Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
859 keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
860 required for your particular machine.
861 .Sh "Terminal Configuration"
862 .IX Subsection "Terminal Configuration"
863 \fIWhy doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?\fR
864 .IX Subsection "Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?"
865 .PP
866 Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
867 applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your \s-1OS\s0 loads
868 resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
869 ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
870 \&\fI$HOME/.Xdefaults\fR when no resources are attached to the display.
871 .PP
872 If you have or use an \fI$HOME/.Xresources\fR file, chances are that
873 resources are loaded into your X\-server. In this case, you have to
874 re-login after every change (or run \fIxrdb \-merge \f(CI$HOME\fI/.Xresources\fR).
875 .PP
876 Also consider the form resources have to use:
877 .PP
878 .Vb 1
879 \& URxvt.resource: value
880 .Ve
881 .PP
882 If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
883 specifying resources), make sure you understand wether and why it
884 works. If unsure, use the form above.
885 .PP
886 \fIWhen I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?\fR
887 .IX Subsection "When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?"
888 .PP
889 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
890 as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
891 .PP
892 The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
893 be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):
894 .PP
895 .Vb 2
896 \& REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
897 \& infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
898 .Ve
899 .PP
900 \&... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
901 .PP
902 If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
903 \&\f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR or even \f(CW\*(C`TERM=xterm\*(C'\fR, and live with the small number of
904 problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
905 colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
906 quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
907 .PP
908 If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
909 can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired \s-1TERM\s0 value or use a
910 resource to set it:
911 .PP
912 .Vb 1
913 \& URxvt.termName: rxvt
914 .Ve
915 .PP
916 If you don't plan to use \fBrxvt\fR (quite common...) you could also replace
917 the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\*(C'\fR.
918 .PP
919 \fI\f(CI\*(C`tic\*(C'\fI outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.\fR
920 .IX Subsection "tic outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry."
921 .PP
922 Most likely it's the empty definition for \f(CW\*(C`enacs=\*(C'\fR. Just replace it by
923 \&\f(CW\*(C`enacs=\eE[0@\*(C'\fR and try again.
924 .PP
925 \fI\f(CI\*(C`bash\*(C'\fI's readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@.\fR
926 .IX Subsection "bash's readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@."
927 .PP
928 See next entry.
929 .PP
930 \fII need a termcap file entry.\fR
931 .IX Subsection "I need a termcap file entry."
932 .PP
933 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
934 systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
935 library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
936 for \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR.
937 .PP
938 You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
939 You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
940 like this:
941 .PP
942 .Vb 1
943 \& infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
944 .Ve
945 .PP
946 Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
947 .PP
948 .Vb 20
949 \& rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\e
950 \& :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\e
951 \& :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\e
952 \& :AL=\eE[%dL:DC=\eE[%dP:DL=\eE[%dM:DO=\eE[%dB:IC=\eE[%d@:\e
953 \& :K1=\eEOw:K2=\eEOu:K3=\eEOy:K4=\eEOq:K5=\eEOs:LE=\eE[%dD:\e
954 \& :RI=\eE[%dC:SF=\eE[%dS:SR=\eE[%dT:UP=\eE[%dA:ae=\eE(B:al=\eE[L:\e
955 \& :as=\eE(0:bl=^G:cd=\eE[J:ce=\eE[K:cl=\eE[H\eE[2J:\e
956 \& :cm=\eE[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\eE[%i%d;%dr:ct=\eE[3g:dc=\eE[P:\e
957 \& :dl=\eE[M:do=^J:ec=\eE[%dX:ei=\eE[4l:ho=\eE[H:\e
958 \& :i1=\eE[?47l\eE=\eE[?1l:ic=\eE[@:im=\eE[4h:\e
959 \& :is=\eE[r\eE[m\eE[2J\eE[H\eE[?7h\eE[?1;3;4;6l\eE[4l:\e
960 \& :k1=\eE[11~:k2=\eE[12~:k3=\eE[13~:k4=\eE[14~:k5=\eE[15~:\e
961 \& :k6=\eE[17~:k7=\eE[18~:k8=\eE[19~:k9=\eE[20~:kD=\eE[3~:\e
962 \& :kI=\eE[2~:kN=\eE[6~:kP=\eE[5~:kb=\e177:kd=\eEOB:ke=\eE[?1l\eE>:\e
963 \& :kh=\eE[7~:kl=\eEOD:kr=\eEOC:ks=\eE[?1h\eE=:ku=\eEOA:le=^H:\e
964 \& :mb=\eE[5m:md=\eE[1m:me=\eE[m\e017:mr=\eE[7m:nd=\eE[C:rc=\eE8:\e
965 \& :sc=\eE7:se=\eE[27m:sf=^J:so=\eE[7m:sr=\eEM:st=\eEH:ta=^I:\e
966 \& :te=\eE[r\eE[?1049l:ti=\eE[?1049h:ue=\eE[24m:up=\eE[A:\e
967 \& :us=\eE[4m:vb=\eE[?5h\eE[?5l:ve=\eE[?25h:vi=\eE[?25l:\e
968 \& :vs=\eE[?25h:
969 .Ve
970 .PP
971 \fIWhy does \f(CI\*(C`ls\*(C'\fI no longer have coloured output?\fR
972 .IX Subsection "Why does ls no longer have coloured output?"
973 .PP
974 The \f(CW\*(C`ls\*(C'\fR in the \s-1GNU\s0 coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
975 decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
976 file. Needless to say, \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR is not in it's default file (among
977 with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
978 .PP
979 .Vb 1
980 \& TERM rxvt-unicode
981 .Ve
982 .PP
983 to \f(CW\*(C`/etc/DIR_COLORS\*(C'\fR or simply add:
984 .PP
985 .Vb 1
986 \& alias ls='ls --color=auto'
987 .Ve
988 .PP
989 to your \f(CW\*(C`.profile\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`.bashrc\*(C'\fR.
990 .PP
991 \fIWhy doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?\fR
992 .IX Subsection "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?"
993 .PP
994 See next entry.
995 .PP
996 \fIWhy doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?\fR
997 .IX Subsection "Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?"
998 .PP
999 See next entry.
1000 .PP
1001 \fIWhy are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?\fR
1002 .IX Subsection "Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?"
1003 .PP
1004 Make sure you are using \f(CW\*(C`TERM=rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR. Some pre-packaged
1005 distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
1006 by setting \f(CW\*(C`TERM\*(C'\fR to \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR, which doesn't have these extra
1007 features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
1008 GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the \f(CW\*(C`rxvt\-unicode\*(C'\fR terminfo
1009 file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question \fBWhen
1010 I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?\fR on
1011 how to do this).
1012 .Sh "Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues"
1013 .IX Subsection "Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues"
1014 \fIRxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?\fR
1015 .IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?"
1016 .PP
1017 See next entry.
1018 .PP
1019 \fIUnicode does not seem to work?\fR
1020 .IX Subsection "Unicode does not seem to work?"
1021 .PP
1022 If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
1023 getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
1024 subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
1025 .PP
1026 Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR setting as the
1027 programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the \f(CW\*(C`C\*(C'\fR locale, while the
1028 login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
1029 something else, e.g. \f(CW\*(C`en_GB.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
1030 .PP
1031 The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
1032 into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
1033 .PP
1034 .Vb 1
1035 \& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' "$LC_CTYPE"
1036 .Ve
1037 .PP
1038 If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR specification not
1039 supported on your systems. Some systems have a \f(CW\*(C`locale\*(C'\fR command which
1040 displays this (also, \f(CW\*(C`perl \-e0\*(C'\fR can be used to check locale settings, as
1041 it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
1042 like:
1043 .PP
1044 .Vb 1
1045 \& locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
1046 .Ve
1047 .PP
1048 Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
1049 .PP
1050 If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
1051 you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
1052 support locales :(
1053 .PP
1054 \fIHow does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?\fR
1055 .IX Subsection "How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?"
1056 .PP
1057 See next entry.
1058 .PP
1059 \fIIs there an option to switch encodings?\fR
1060 .IX Subsection "Is there an option to switch encodings?"
1061 .PP
1062 Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
1063 specific \*(L"utf\-8\*(R" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
1064 \&\s-1UTF\-8\s0 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
1065 .PP
1066 The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
1067 the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
1068 applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
1069 and code number. This mechanism is the \fIlocale\fR. Applications not using
1070 that info will have problems (for example, \f(CW\*(C`xterm\*(C'\fR gets the width of
1071 characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
1072 locales).
1073 .PP
1074 Rxvt-unicode uses the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR locale category to select encoding. All
1075 programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1076 interpretation of characters.
1077 .PP
1078 Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1079 is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
1080 .PP
1081 On most systems, the content of the \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR environment variable
1082 contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1083 locale. Common names for locales are \f(CW\*(C`en_US.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.ISO\-8859\-15\*(C'\fR,
1084 \&\f(CW\*(C`ja_JP.EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR, i.e. \f(CW\*(C`language_country.encoding\*(C'\fR, but other forms
1085 (i.e. \f(CW\*(C`de\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`german\*(C'\fR) are also common.
1086 .PP
1087 Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1088 the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1089 i.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
1090 rxvt\-unicode.
1091 .PP
1092 If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1093 rxvt-unicode with the correct \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR category.
1094 .PP
1095 \fICan I switch locales at runtime?\fR
1096 .IX Subsection "Can I switch locales at runtime?"
1097 .PP
1098 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
1099 rxvt\-unicode's idea of \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE\*(C'\fR.
1100 .PP
1101 .Vb 1
1102 \& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
1103 .Ve
1104 .PP
1105 See also the previous answer.
1106 .PP
1107 Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
1108 one locale (e.g. \f(CW\*(C`de_DE.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR) but some programs don't support it
1109 (e.g. \s-1UTF\-8\s0). For example, I use this script to start \f(CW\*(C`xjdic\*(C'\fR, which
1110 first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
1111 .PP
1112 .Vb 3
1113 \& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' ja_JP.SJIS
1114 \& xjdic -js
1115 \& printf '\ee]701;%s\e007' de_DE.UTF-8
1116 .Ve
1117 .PP
1118 You can also use xterm's \f(CW\*(C`luit\*(C'\fR program, which usually works fine, except
1119 for some locales where character width differs between program\- and
1120 rxvt\-unicode\-locales.
1121 .PP
1122 \fIMy input method wants <some encoding> but I want \s-1UTF\-8\s0, what can I do?\fR
1123 .IX Subsection "My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?"
1124 .PP
1125 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
1126 terminal, using the resource \f(CW\*(C`imlocale\*(C'\fR:
1127 .PP
1128 .Vb 1
1129 \& URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
1130 .Ve
1131 .PP
1132 Now you can start your terminal with \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF\-8\*(C'\fR and still
1133 use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
1134 input characters outside \f(CW\*(C`EUC\-JP\*(C'\fR in a normal way then, as your input
1135 method limits you.
1136 .PP
1137 \fIRxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.\fR
1138 .IX Subsection "Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits."
1139 .PP
1140 Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the \s-1XIM\s0 protocol is racy by
1141 design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
1142 leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
1143 exit time. \fBkinput2\fR (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
1144 while \fB\s-1SCIM\s0\fR (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
1145 crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
1146 .PP
1147 So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
1148 .Sh "Operating Systems / Package Maintaining"
1149 .IX Subsection "Operating Systems / Package Maintaining"
1150 \fII am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...\fR
1151 .IX Subsection "I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem..."
1152 .PP
1153 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
1154 patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
1155 unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
1156 the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
1157 version (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt\-unicode>) and try to reproduce
1158 the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
1159 Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
1160 Tracking System (use \f(CW\*(C`reportbug\*(C'\fR to report the bug).
1161 .PP
1162 For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
1163 probably should use the Debian \s-1BTS\s0, too, because, after all, it's also a
1164 bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
1165 might encounter the same issue.
1166 .PP
1167 \fII am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS \s-1XXX\s0, any recommendation?\fR
1168 .IX Subsection "I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?"
1169 .PP
1170 You should build one binary with the default options. \fIconfigure\fR
1171 now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
1172 runtime\-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,
1173 except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
1174 be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
1175 the future) depends on it.
1176 .PP
1177 You should not overwrite the \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR snd \f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\*(C'\fR resources
1178 system-wide (except maybe with \f(CW\*(C`defaults\*(C'\fR). This will result in useful
1179 behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
1180 \&\f(CW\*(C`perl\-ext\-common\*(C'\fR resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
1181 perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
1182 .PP
1183 If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
1184 one with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR (very useful) and a maximal one with
1185 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
1186 encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
1187 .PP
1188 \fII need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my \s-1OS\s0, is this safe?\fR
1189 .IX Subsection "I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?"
1190 .PP
1191 It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
1192 install urxvt with privileges necessary for your \s-1OS\s0 now.
1193 .PP
1194 When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
1195 into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
1196 systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
1197 immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
1198 privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
1199 things as perl interpreters, which might be \*(L"helpful\*(R" to attackers).
1200 .PP
1201 This forking is done as the very first within \fImain()\fR, which is very early
1202 and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before \fImain()\fR, or
1203 things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
1204 little risk.
1205 .PP
1206 \fIOn Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.\fR
1207 .IX Subsection "On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide."
1208 .PP
1209 Seems to be a known bug, read
1210 <http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
1211 following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
1212 .PP
1213 .Vb 1
1214 \& #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
1215 .Ve
1216 .PP
1217 \fII am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.\fR
1218 .IX Subsection "I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all."
1219 .PP
1220 Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR to be defined
1221 in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
1222 wether it defines the symbol or not. \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR requires that
1223 \&\fBwchar_t\fR is represented as unicode.
1224 .PP
1225 As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
1226 does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
1227 \&\fBwchar_t\fR. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
1228 .PP
1229 However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in \f(CW\*(C`POSIX\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`ISO\-8859\-1\*(C'\fR and
1230 \&\f(CW\*(C`UTF\-8\*(C'\fR locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as \fBwchar_t\fR.
1231 .PP
1232 \&\f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR is the only sane way to support multi-language
1233 apps in an \s-1OS\s0, as using a locale-dependent (and non\-standardized)
1234 representation of \fBwchar_t\fR makes it impossible to convert between
1235 \&\fBwchar_t\fR (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
1236 without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
1237 simply are no APIs to convert \fBwchar_t\fR into anything except the current
1238 locale encoding.
1239 .PP
1240 Some applications (such as the formidable \fBmlterm\fR) work around this
1241 by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
1242 with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
1243 conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the \s-1OS\s0 implements
1244 encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
1245 .PP
1246 The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
1247 system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
1248 complete replacements for them :)
1249 .PP
1250 \fII use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.\fR
1251 .IX Subsection "I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc."
1252 .PP
1253 Try the diff in \fIdoc/solaris9.patch\fR as a base. It fixes the worst
1254 problems with \f(CW\*(C`wcwidth\*(C'\fR and a compile problem.
1255 .PP
1256 \fIHow can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?\fR
1257 .IX Subsection "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?"
1258 .PP
1259 rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
1260 the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
1261 longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
1262 single font). I recommend starting the X\-server in \f(CW\*(C`\-multiwindow\*(C'\fR or
1263 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-rootless\*(C'\fR mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the
1264 old libW11 emulation.
1265 .PP
1266 At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
1267 encodings (you might try \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=C\-UTF\-8\*(C'\fR), so you are likely limited
1268 to 8\-bit encodings.
1269 .SH "RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE"
1270 .IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE"
1271 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
1272 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
1273 The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
1274 \&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR. First the description of supported command sequences,
1275 followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
1276 selectable at \f(CW\*(C`configure\*(C'\fR time.
1277 .SH "Definitions"
1278 .IX Header "Definitions"
1279 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""c""\fB\fR" 4
1280 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBc\fB\fR" 4
1281 .IX Item "c"
1282 The literal character c.
1283 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""C""\fB\fR" 4
1284 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBC\fB\fR" 4
1285 .IX Item "C"
1286 A single (required) character.
1287 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps""\fB\fR" 4
1288 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs\fB\fR" 4
1289 .IX Item "Ps"
1290 A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more
1291 digits.
1292 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pm""\fB\fR" 4
1293 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPm\fB\fR" 4
1294 .IX Item "Pm"
1295 A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric
1296 parameters, separated by \f(CW\*(C`;\*(C'\fR character(s).
1297 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Pt""\fB\fR" 4
1298 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPt\fB\fR" 4
1299 .IX Item "Pt"
1300 A text parameter composed of printable characters.
1301 .SH "Values"
1302 .IX Header "Values"
1303 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ENQ""\fB\fR" 4
1304 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBENQ\fB\fR" 4
1305 .IX Item "ENQ"
1306 Enquiry (Ctrl\-E) = Send Device Attributes (\s-1DA\s0)
1307 request attributes from terminal. See \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC [ Ps c\*(C'\fB\fR.
1308 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""BEL""\fB\fR" 4
1309 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBBEL\fB\fR" 4
1310 .IX Item "BEL"
1311 Bell (Ctrl\-G)
1312 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""BS""\fB\fR" 4
1313 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBBS\fB\fR" 4
1314 .IX Item "BS"
1315 Backspace (Ctrl\-H)
1316 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""TAB""\fB\fR" 4
1317 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBTAB\fB\fR" 4
1318 .IX Item "TAB"
1319 Horizontal Tab (\s-1HT\s0) (Ctrl\-I)
1320 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""LF""\fB\fR" 4
1321 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBLF\fB\fR" 4
1322 .IX Item "LF"
1323 Line Feed or New Line (\s-1NL\s0) (Ctrl\-J)
1324 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""VT""\fB\fR" 4
1325 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBVT\fB\fR" 4
1326 .IX Item "VT"
1327 Vertical Tab (Ctrl\-K) same as \fB\f(CB\*(C`LF\*(C'\fB\fR
1328 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""FF""\fB\fR" 4
1329 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBFF\fB\fR" 4
1330 .IX Item "FF"
1331 Form Feed or New Page (\s-1NP\s0) (Ctrl\-L) same as \fB\f(CB\*(C`LF\*(C'\fB\fR
1332 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""CR""\fB\fR" 4
1333 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBCR\fB\fR" 4
1334 .IX Item "CR"
1335 Carriage Return (Ctrl\-M)
1336 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""SO""\fB\fR" 4
1337 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBSO\fB\fR" 4
1338 .IX Item "SO"
1339 Shift Out (Ctrl\-N), invokes the G1 character set.
1340 Switch to Alternate Character Set
1341 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""SI""\fB\fR" 4
1342 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBSI\fB\fR" 4
1343 .IX Item "SI"
1344 Shift In (Ctrl\-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default).
1345 Switch to Standard Character Set
1346 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""SPC""\fB\fR" 4
1347 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBSPC\fB\fR" 4
1348 .IX Item "SPC"
1349 Space Character
1350 .SH "Escape Sequences"
1351 .IX Header "Escape Sequences"
1352 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC # 8""\fB\fR" 4
1353 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC # 8\fB\fR" 4
1354 .IX Item "ESC # 8"
1355 \&\s-1DEC\s0 Screen Alignment Test (\s-1DECALN\s0)
1356 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC 7""\fB\fR" 4
1357 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC 7\fB\fR" 4
1358 .IX Item "ESC 7"
1359 Save Cursor (\s-1SC\s0)
1360 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC 8""\fB\fR" 4
1361 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC 8\fB\fR" 4
1362 .IX Item "ESC 8"
1363 Restore Cursor
1364 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC =""\fB\fR" 4
1365 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC =\fB\fR" 4
1366 .IX Item "ESC ="
1367 Application Keypad (\s-1SMKX\s0). See also next sequence.
1368 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC""\fB\fR" 4
1369 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC\fB\fR" 4
1370 .IX Item "ESC"
1371 Normal Keypad (\s-1RMKX\s0)
1372 .Sp
1373 \&\fBNote:\fR If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, \fBNum_Lock\fR has been
1374 pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad
1375 (see Key Codes).
1376 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC D""\fB\fR" 4
1377 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC D\fB\fR" 4
1378 .IX Item "ESC D"
1379 Index (\s-1IND\s0)
1380 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC E""\fB\fR" 4
1381 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC E\fB\fR" 4
1382 .IX Item "ESC E"
1383 Next Line (\s-1NEL\s0)
1384 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC H""\fB\fR" 4
1385 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC H\fB\fR" 4
1386 .IX Item "ESC H"
1387 Tab Set (\s-1HTS\s0)
1388 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC M""\fB\fR" 4
1389 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC M\fB\fR" 4
1390 .IX Item "ESC M"
1391 Reverse Index (\s-1RI\s0)
1392 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC N""\fB\fR" 4
1393 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC N\fB\fR" 4
1394 .IX Item "ESC N"
1395 Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (\s-1SS2\s0): affects next character
1396 only \fIunimplemented\fR
1397 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC O""\fB\fR" 4
1398 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC O\fB\fR" 4
1399 .IX Item "ESC O"
1400 Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (\s-1SS3\s0): affects next character
1401 only \fIunimplemented\fR
1402 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC Z""\fB\fR" 4
1403 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC Z\fB\fR" 4
1404 .IX Item "ESC Z"
1405 Obsolete form of returns: \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C\*(C'\fB\fR \fIrxvt-unicode compile-time option\fR
1406 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC c""\fB\fR" 4
1407 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC c\fB\fR" 4
1408 .IX Item "ESC c"
1409 Full reset (\s-1RIS\s0)
1410 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC n""\fB\fR" 4
1411 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC n\fB\fR" 4
1412 .IX Item "ESC n"
1413 Invoke the G2 Character Set (\s-1LS2\s0)
1414 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC o""\fB\fR" 4
1415 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC o\fB\fR" 4
1416 .IX Item "ESC o"
1417 Invoke the G3 Character Set (\s-1LS3\s0)
1418 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC ( C""\fB\fR" 4
1419 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC ( C\fB\fR" 4
1420 .IX Item "ESC ( C"
1421 Designate G0 Character Set (\s-1ISO\s0 2022), see below for values of \f(CW\*(C`C\*(C'\fR.
1422 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC ) C""\fB\fR" 4
1423 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC ) C\fB\fR" 4
1424 .IX Item "ESC ) C"
1425 Designate G1 Character Set (\s-1ISO\s0 2022), see below for values of \f(CW\*(C`C\*(C'\fR.
1426 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC * C""\fB\fR" 4
1427 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC * C\fB\fR" 4
1428 .IX Item "ESC * C"
1429 Designate G2 Character Set (\s-1ISO\s0 2022), see below for values of \f(CW\*(C`C\*(C'\fR.
1430 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC + C""\fB\fR" 4
1431 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC + C\fB\fR" 4
1432 .IX Item "ESC + C"
1433 Designate G3 Character Set (\s-1ISO\s0 2022), see below for values of \f(CW\*(C`C\*(C'\fR.
1434 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC $ C""\fB\fR" 4
1435 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC $ C\fB\fR" 4
1436 .IX Item "ESC $ C"
1437 Designate Kanji Character Set
1438 .Sp
1439 Where \fB\f(CB\*(C`C\*(C'\fB\fR is one of:
1440 .TS
1441 l l .
1442 C = 0 DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set
1443 C = A United Kingdom (UK)
1444 C = B United States (USASCII)
1445 C = < Multinational character set unimplemented
1446 C = 5 Finnish character set unimplemented
1447 C = C Finnish character set unimplemented
1448 C = K German character set unimplemented
1449 .TE
1450
1451 .PP
1452
1453 .IX Xref "CSI"
1454 .SH "CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences"
1455 .IX Header "CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences"
1456 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps @""\fB\fR" 4
1457 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps @\fB\fR" 4
1458 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps @"
1459 Insert \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (\s-1ICH\s0)
1460 .IX Xref "ESCOBPsA"
1461 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps A""\fB\fR" 4
1462 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps A\fB\fR" 4
1463 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps A"
1464 Cursor Up \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Times [default: 1] (\s-1CUU\s0)
1465 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps B""\fB\fR" 4
1466 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps B\fB\fR" 4
1467 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps B"
1468 Cursor Down \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Times [default: 1] (\s-1CUD\s0)
1469 .IX Xref "ESCOBPsC"
1470 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps C""\fB\fR" 4
1471 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps C\fB\fR" 4
1472 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps C"
1473 Cursor Forward \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Times [default: 1] (\s-1CUF\s0)
1474 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps D""\fB\fR" 4
1475 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps D\fB\fR" 4
1476 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps D"
1477 Cursor Backward \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Times [default: 1] (\s-1CUB\s0)
1478 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps E""\fB\fR" 4
1479 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps E\fB\fR" 4
1480 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps E"
1481 Cursor Down \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Times [default: 1] and to first column
1482 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps F""\fB\fR" 4
1483 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps F\fB\fR" 4
1484 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps F"
1485 Cursor Up \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Times [default: 1] and to first column
1486 .IX Xref "ESCOBPsG"
1487 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps G""\fB\fR" 4
1488 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps G\fB\fR" 4
1489 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps G"
1490 Cursor to Column \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR (\s-1HPA\s0)
1491 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps;Ps H""\fB\fR" 4
1492 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps;Ps H\fB\fR" 4
1493 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps;Ps H"
1494 Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (\s-1CUP\s0)
1495 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps I""\fB\fR" 4
1496 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps I\fB\fR" 4
1497 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps I"
1498 Move forward \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR tab stops [default: 1]
1499 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps J""\fB\fR" 4
1500 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps J\fB\fR" 4
1501 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps J"
1502 Erase in Display (\s-1ED\s0)
1503 .TS
1504 l l .
1505 Ps = 0 Clear Below (default)
1506 Ps = 1 Clear Above
1507 Ps = 2 Clear All
1508 .TE
1509
1510 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps K""\fB\fR" 4
1511 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps K\fB\fR" 4
1512 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps K"
1513 Erase in Line (\s-1EL\s0)
1514 .TS
1515 l l .
1516 Ps = 0 Clear to Right (default)
1517 Ps = 1 Clear to Left
1518 Ps = 2 Clear All
1519 .TE
1520
1521 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps L""\fB\fR" 4
1522 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps L\fB\fR" 4
1523 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps L"
1524 Insert \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Line(s) [default: 1] (\s-1IL\s0)
1525 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps M""\fB\fR" 4
1526 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps M\fB\fR" 4
1527 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps M"
1528 Delete \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Line(s) [default: 1] (\s-1DL\s0)
1529 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps P""\fB\fR" 4
1530 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps P\fB\fR" 4
1531 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps P"
1532 Delete \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Character(s) [default: 1] (\s-1DCH\s0)
1533 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps T""\fB\fR" 4
1534 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps T\fB\fR" 4
1535 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps T"
1536 Initiate . \fIunimplemented\fR Parameters are
1537 [func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow].
1538 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps W""\fB\fR" 4
1539 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps W\fB\fR" 4
1540 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps W"
1541 Tabulator functions
1542 .TS
1543 l l .
1544 Ps = 0 Tab Set (HTS)
1545 Ps = 2 Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)
1546 Ps = 5 Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All
1547 .TE
1548
1549 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps X""\fB\fR" 4
1550 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps X\fB\fR" 4
1551 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps X"
1552 Erase \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR Character(s) [default: 1] (\s-1ECH\s0)
1553 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps Z""\fB\fR" 4
1554 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps Z\fB\fR" 4
1555 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps Z"
1556 Move backward \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR [default: 1] tab stops
1557 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps '""\fB\fR" 4
1558 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps '\fB\fR" 4
1559 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps '"
1560 See \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC [ Ps G\*(C'\fB\fR
1561 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps a""\fB\fR" 4
1562 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps a\fB\fR" 4
1563 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps a"
1564 See \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC [ Ps C\*(C'\fB\fR
1565 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps c""\fB\fR" 4
1566 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps c\fB\fR" 4
1567 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps c"
1568 Send Device Attributes (\s-1DA\s0)
1569 \&\fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps = 0\*(C'\fB\fR (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
1570 returns: \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c\*(C'\fB\fR (``I am a \s-1VT100\s0 with Advanced Video
1571 Option'')
1572 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps d""\fB\fR" 4
1573 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps d\fB\fR" 4
1574 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps d"
1575 Cursor to Line \fB\f(CB\*(C`Ps\*(C'\fB\fR (\s-1VPA\s0)
1576 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps e""\fB\fR" 4
1577 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps e\fB\fR" 4
1578 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps e"
1579 See \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC [ Ps A\*(C'\fB\fR
1580 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps;Ps f""\fB\fR" 4
1581 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps;Ps f\fB\fR" 4
1582 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps;Ps f"
1583 Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (\s-1HVP\s0) [default: 1;1]
1584 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps g""\fB\fR" 4
1585 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps g\fB\fR" 4
1586 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps g"
1587 Tab Clear (\s-1TBC\s0)
1588 .TS
1589 l l .
1590 Ps = 0 Clear Current Column (default)
1591 Ps = 3 Clear All (TBC)
1592 .TE
1593
1594 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Pm h""\fB\fR" 4
1595 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Pm h\fB\fR" 4
1596 .IX Item "ESC [ Pm h"
1597 Set 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.
1598 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps i""\fB\fR" 4
1599 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps i\fB\fR" 4
1600 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps i"
1601 Printing. See also the \f(CW\*(C`print\-pipe\*(C'\fR resource.
1602 .TS
1603 l l .
1604 Ps = 0 print screen (MC0)
1605 Ps = 4 disable transparent print mode (MC4)
1606 Ps = 5 enable transparent print mode (MC5)
1607 .TE
1608
1609 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Pm l""\fB\fR" 4
1610 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Pm l\fB\fR" 4
1611 .IX Item "ESC [ Pm l"
1612 Reset Mode (\s-1RM\s0)
1613 .RS 4
1614 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 4""\fB\fR" 4
1615 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 4\fB\fR" 4
1616 .IX Item "Ps = 4"
1617 .TS
1618 l l .
1619 h Insert Mode (SMIR)
1620 l Replace Mode (RMIR)
1621 .TE
1622
1623 .PD 0
1624 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 20""\fB\fR (partially implemented)" 4
1625 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 20\fB\fR (partially implemented)" 4
1626 .IX Item "Ps = 20 (partially implemented)"
1627 .TS
1628 l l .
1629 h Automatic Newline (LNM)
1630 l Normal Linefeed (LNM)
1631 .TE
1632
1633 .RE
1634 .RS 4
1635 .RE
1636 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Pm m""\fB\fR" 4
1637 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Pm m\fB\fR" 4
1638 .IX Item "ESC [ Pm m"
1639 .PD
1640 Character Attributes (\s-1SGR\s0)
1641 .TS
1642 l l .
1643 Ps = 0 Normal (default)
1644 Ps = 1 / 21 On / Off Bold (bright fg)
1645 Ps = 3 / 23 On / Off Italic
1646 Ps = 4 / 24 On / Off Underline
1647 Ps = 5 / 25 On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg)
1648 Ps = 6 / 26 On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg)
1649 Ps = 7 / 27 On / Off Inverse
1650 Ps = 8 / 27 On / Off Invisible (NYI)
1651 Ps = 30 / 40 fg/bg Black
1652 Ps = 31 / 41 fg/bg Red
1653 Ps = 32 / 42 fg/bg Green
1654 Ps = 33 / 43 fg/bg Yellow
1655 Ps = 34 / 44 fg/bg Blue
1656 Ps = 35 / 45 fg/bg Magenta
1657 Ps = 36 / 46 fg/bg Cyan
1658 Ps = 38;5 / 48;5 set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6)
1659 Ps = 37 / 47 fg/bg White
1660 Ps = 39 / 49 fg/bg Default
1661 Ps = 90 / 100 fg/bg Bright Black
1662 Ps = 91 / 101 fg/bg Bright Red
1663 Ps = 92 / 102 fg/bg Bright Green
1664 Ps = 93 / 103 fg/bg Bright Yellow
1665 Ps = 94 / 104 fg/bg Bright Blue
1666 Ps = 95 / 105 fg/bg Bright Magenta
1667 Ps = 96 / 106 fg/bg Bright Cyan
1668 Ps = 97 / 107 fg/bg Bright White
1669 Ps = 99 / 109 fg/bg Bright Default
1670 .TE
1671
1672 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps n""\fB\fR" 4
1673 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps n\fB\fR" 4
1674 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps n"
1675 Device Status Report (\s-1DSR\s0)
1676 .TS
1677 l l .
1678 Ps = 5 Status Report ESC [ 0 n (``OK'')
1679 Ps = 6 Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as ESC [ r ; c R
1680 Ps = 7 Request Display Name
1681 Ps = 8 Request Version Number (place in window title)
1682 .TE
1683
1684 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps;Ps r""\fB\fR" 4
1685 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps;Ps r\fB\fR" 4
1686 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps;Ps r"
1687 Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom]
1688 [default: full size of window] (\s-1CSR\s0)
1689 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ s""\fB\fR" 4
1690 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ s\fB\fR" 4
1691 .IX Item "ESC [ s"
1692 Save Cursor (\s-1SC\s0)
1693 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps;Pt t""\fB\fR" 4
1694 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps;Pt t\fB\fR" 4
1695 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps;Pt t"
1696 Window Operations
1697 .TS
1698 l l .
1699 Ps = 1 Deiconify (map) window
1700 Ps = 2 Iconify window
1701 Ps = 3 ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t Move window to (X|Y)
1702 Ps = 4 ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t Resize to WxH pixels
1703 Ps = 5 Raise window
1704 Ps = 6 Lower window
1705 Ps = 7 Refresh screen once
1706 Ps = 8 ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t Resize to R rows and C columns
1707 Ps = 11 Report window state (responds with Ps = 1 or Ps = 2)
1708 Ps = 13 Report window position (responds with Ps = 3)
1709 Ps = 14 Report window pixel size (responds with Ps = 4)
1710 Ps = 18 Report window text size (responds with Ps = 7)
1711 Ps = 19 Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9
1712 Ps = 20 Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234)
1713 Ps = 21 Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234)
1714 Ps = 24.. Set window height to Ps rows
1715 .TE
1716
1717 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ u""\fB\fR" 4
1718 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ u\fB\fR" 4
1719 .IX Item "ESC [ u"
1720 Restore Cursor
1721 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ Ps x""\fB\fR" 4
1722 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ Ps x\fB\fR" 4
1723 .IX Item "ESC [ Ps x"
1724 Request Terminal Parameters (\s-1DECREQTPARM\s0)
1725 .PP
1726
1727 .IX Xref "PrivateModes"
1728 .SH "DEC Private Modes"
1729 .IX Header "DEC Private Modes"
1730 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm h""\fB\fR" 4
1731 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ ? Pm h\fB\fR" 4
1732 .IX Item "ESC [ ? Pm h"
1733 \&\s-1DEC\s0 Private Mode Set (\s-1DECSET\s0)
1734 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm l""\fB\fR" 4
1735 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ ? Pm l\fB\fR" 4
1736 .IX Item "ESC [ ? Pm l"
1737 \&\s-1DEC\s0 Private Mode Reset (\s-1DECRST\s0)
1738 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm r""\fB\fR" 4
1739 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ ? Pm r\fB\fR" 4
1740 .IX Item "ESC [ ? Pm r"
1741 Restore previously saved \s-1DEC\s0 Private Mode Values.
1742 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm s""\fB\fR" 4
1743 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ ? Pm s\fB\fR" 4
1744 .IX Item "ESC [ ? Pm s"
1745 Save \s-1DEC\s0 Private Mode Values.
1746 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ ? Pm t""\fB\fR" 4
1747 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ ? Pm t\fB\fR" 4
1748 .IX Item "ESC [ ? Pm t"
1749 Toggle \s-1DEC\s0 Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). \fIwhere\fR
1750 .RS 4
1751 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1""\fB\fR (\s-1DECCKM\s0)" 4
1752 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1\fB\fR (\s-1DECCKM\s0)" 4
1753 .IX Item "Ps = 1 (DECCKM)"
1754 .TS
1755 l l .
1756 h Application Cursor Keys
1757 l Normal Cursor Keys
1758 .TE
1759
1760 .PD 0
1761 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 2""\fB\fR (\s-1ANSI/VT52\s0 mode)" 4
1762 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 2\fB\fR (\s-1ANSI/VT52\s0 mode)" 4
1763 .IX Item "Ps = 2 (ANSI/VT52 mode)"
1764 .TS
1765 l l .
1766 h Enter VT52 mode
1767 l Enter VT52 mode
1768 .TE
1769
1770 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 3""\fB\fR" 4
1771 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 3\fB\fR" 4
1772 .IX Item "Ps = 3"
1773 .TS
1774 l l .
1775 h 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1776 l 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1777 .TE
1778
1779 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 4""\fB\fR" 4
1780 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 4\fB\fR" 4
1781 .IX Item "Ps = 4"
1782 .TS
1783 l l .
1784 h Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1785 l Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1786 .TE
1787
1788 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 5""\fB\fR" 4
1789 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 5\fB\fR" 4
1790 .IX Item "Ps = 5"
1791 .TS
1792 l l .
1793 h Reverse Video (DECSCNM)
1794 l Normal Video (DECSCNM)
1795 .TE
1796
1797 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 6""\fB\fR" 4
1798 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 6\fB\fR" 4
1799 .IX Item "Ps = 6"
1800 .TS
1801 l l .
1802 h Origin Mode (DECOM)
1803 l Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)
1804 .TE
1805
1806 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 7""\fB\fR" 4
1807 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 7\fB\fR" 4
1808 .IX Item "Ps = 7"
1809 .TS
1810 l l .
1811 h Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1812 l No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1813 .TE
1814
1815 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 8""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1816 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 8\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1817 .IX Item "Ps = 8 unimplemented"
1818 .TS
1819 l l .
1820 h Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1821 l No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1822 .TE
1823
1824 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 9""\fB\fR X10 XTerm" 4
1825 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 9\fB\fR X10 XTerm" 4
1826 .IX Item "Ps = 9 X10 XTerm"
1827 .TS
1828 l l .
1829 h Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1830 l No mouse reporting.
1831 .TE
1832
1833 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 25""\fB\fR" 4
1834 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 25\fB\fR" 4
1835 .IX Item "Ps = 25"
1836 .TS
1837 l l .
1838 h Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1839 l Invisible cursor {civis}
1840 .TE
1841
1842 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 30""\fB\fR" 4
1843 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 30\fB\fR" 4
1844 .IX Item "Ps = 30"
1845 .TS
1846 l l .
1847 h scrollBar visisble
1848 l scrollBar invisisble
1849 .TE
1850
1851 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 35""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1852 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 35\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1853 .IX Item "Ps = 35 (rxvt)"
1854 .TS
1855 l l .
1856 h Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1857 l Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1858 .TE
1859
1860 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 38""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1861 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 38\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1862 .IX Item "Ps = 38 unimplemented"
1863 .PD
1864 Enter Tektronix Mode (\s-1DECTEK\s0)
1865 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 40""\fB\fR" 4
1866 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 40\fB\fR" 4
1867 .IX Item "Ps = 40"
1868 .TS
1869 l l .
1870 h Allow 80/132 Mode
1871 l Disallow 80/132 Mode
1872 .TE
1873
1874 .PD 0
1875 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 44""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1876 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 44\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1877 .IX Item "Ps = 44 unimplemented"
1878 .TS
1879 l l .
1880 h Turn On Margin Bell
1881 l Turn Off Margin Bell
1882 .TE
1883
1884 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 45""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1885 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 45\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1886 .IX Item "Ps = 45 unimplemented"
1887 .TS
1888 l l .
1889 h Reverse-wraparound Mode
1890 l No Reverse-wraparound Mode
1891 .TE
1892
1893 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 46""\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1894 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 46\fB\fR \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1895 .IX Item "Ps = 46 unimplemented"
1896 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 47""\fB\fR" 4
1897 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 47\fB\fR" 4
1898 .IX Item "Ps = 47"
1899 .TS
1900 l l .
1901 h Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1902 l Use Normal Screen Buffer
1903 .TE
1904
1905 .PD
1906
1907 .IX Xref "Priv66"
1908 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 66""\fB\fR" 4
1909 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 66\fB\fR" 4
1910 .IX Item "Ps = 66"
1911 .TS
1912 l l .
1913 h Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC =
1914 l Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == ESC >
1915 .TE
1916
1917 .PD 0
1918 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 67""\fB\fR" 4
1919 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 67\fB\fR" 4
1920 .IX Item "Ps = 67"
1921 .TS
1922 l l .
1923 h Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM)
1924 l Backspace key sends DEL
1925 .TE
1926
1927 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1000""\fB\fR (X11 XTerm)" 4
1928 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1000\fB\fR (X11 XTerm)" 4
1929 .IX Item "Ps = 1000 (X11 XTerm)"
1930 .TS
1931 l l .
1932 h Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.
1933 l No mouse reporting.
1934 .TE
1935
1936 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1001""\fB\fR (X11 XTerm) \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1937 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1001\fB\fR (X11 XTerm) \fIunimplemented\fR" 4
1938 .IX Item "Ps = 1001 (X11 XTerm) unimplemented"
1939 .TS
1940 l l .
1941 h Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.
1942 l No mouse reporting.
1943 .TE
1944
1945 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1010""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1946 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1010\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1947 .IX Item "Ps = 1010 (rxvt)"
1948 .TS
1949 l l .
1950 h Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output
1951 l Scroll to bottom on TTY output
1952 .TE
1953
1954 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1011""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1955 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1011\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1956 .IX Item "Ps = 1011 (rxvt)"
1957 .TS
1958 l l .
1959 h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1960 l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1961 .TE
1962
1963 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1021""\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1964 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1021\fB\fR (\fBrxvt\fR)" 4
1965 .IX Item "Ps = 1021 (rxvt)"
1966 .TS
1967 l l .
1968 h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)
1969 l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1970 .TE
1971
1972 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1047""\fB\fR" 4
1973 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1047\fB\fR" 4
1974 .IX Item "Ps = 1047"
1975 .TS
1976 l l .
1977 h Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1978 l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1979 .TE
1980
1981 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1048""\fB\fR" 4
1982 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1048\fB\fR" 4
1983 .IX Item "Ps = 1048"
1984 .TS
1985 l l .
1986 h Save cursor position
1987 l Restore cursor position
1988 .TE
1989
1990 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""Ps = 1049""\fB\fR" 4
1991 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBPs = 1049\fB\fR" 4
1992 .IX Item "Ps = 1049"
1993 .TS
1994 l l .
1995 h Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it
1996 l Use Normal Screen Buffer
1997 .TE
1998
1999 .RE
2000 .RS 4
2001 .RE
2002 .PD
2003 .PP
2004
2005 .IX Xref "XTerm"
2006 .SH "XTerm Operating System Commands"
2007 .IX Header "XTerm Operating System Commands"
2008 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC ] Ps;Pt ST""\fB\fR" 4
2009 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC ] Ps;Pt ST\fB\fR" 4
2010 .IX Item "ESC ] Ps;Pt ST"
2011 Set XTerm Parameters. 8\-bit \s-1ST:\s0 0x9c, 7\-bit \s-1ST\s0 sequence: \s-1ESC\s0 \e (0x1b,
2012 0x5c), backwards compatible terminator \s-1BEL\s0 (0x07) is also accepted. any
2013 \&\fBoctet\fR can be escaped by prefixing it with \s-1SYN\s0 (0x16, ^V).
2014 .TS
2015 l l .
2016 Ps = 0 Change Icon Name and Window Title to Pt
2017 Ps = 1 Change Icon Name to Pt
2018 Ps = 2 Change Window Title to Pt
2019 Ps = 3 If Pt starts with a ?, query the (STRING) property of the window and return it. If Pt contains a =, set the named property to the given value, else delete the specified property.
2020 Ps = 4 Pt is a semi-colon separated sequence of one or more semi-colon separated number/name pairs, where number is an index to a colour and name is the name of a colour. Each pair causes the numbered colour to be changed to name. Numbers 0-7 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to high-intensity colours. 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white
2021 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)
2022 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)
2023 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
2024 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
2025 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
2026 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
2027 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
2028 Ps = 20 Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM).
2029 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
2030 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
2031 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
2032 Ps = 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
2033 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
2034 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
2035 Ps = 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.
2036 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
2037 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
2038 Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
2039 Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
2040 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
2041 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
2042 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
2043 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
2044 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
2045 Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
2046 Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
2047 .TE
2048
2049 .PP
2050
2051 .IX Xref "XPM"
2052 .SH "XPM"
2053 .IX Header "XPM"
2054 For the \s-1XPM\s0 XTerm escape sequence \fB\f(CB\*(C`ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST\*(C'\fB\fR then value
2055 of \fB\f(CB\*(C`Pt\*(C'\fB\fR can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
2056 sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi\-colons. The
2057 scaling/positioning commands are as follows:
2058 .IP "query scale/position" 4
2059 .IX Item "query scale/position"
2060 \&\fB?\fR
2061 .IP "change scale and position" 4
2062 .IX Item "change scale and position"
2063 \&\fBWxH+X+Y\fR
2064 .Sp
2065 \&\fBWxH+X\fR (== \fBWxH+X+X\fR)
2066 .Sp
2067 \&\fBWxH\fR (same as \fBWxH+50+50\fR)
2068 .Sp
2069 \&\fBW+X+Y\fR (same as \fBWxW+X+Y\fR)
2070 .Sp
2071 \&\fBW+X\fR (same as \fBWxW+X+X\fR)
2072 .Sp
2073 \&\fBW\fR (same as \fBWxW+50+50\fR)
2074 .IP "change position (absolute)" 4
2075 .IX Item "change position (absolute)"
2076 \&\fB=+X+Y\fR
2077 .Sp
2078 \&\fB=+X\fR (same as \fB=+X+Y\fR)
2079 .IP "change position (relative)" 4
2080 .IX Item "change position (relative)"
2081 \&\fB+X+Y\fR
2082 .Sp
2083 \&\fB+X\fR (same as \fB+X+Y\fR)
2084 .IP "rescale (relative)" 4
2085 .IX Item "rescale (relative)"
2086 \&\fBWx0\fR \-> \fBW *= (W/100)\fR
2087 .Sp
2088 \&\fB0xH\fR \-> \fBH *= (H/100)\fR
2089 .PP
2090 For example:
2091 .IP "\fB\eE]20;funky\ea\fR" 4
2092 .IX Item "E]20;funkya"
2093 load \fBfunky.xpm\fR as a tiled image
2094 .IP "\fB\eE]20;mona;100\ea\fR" 4
2095 .IX Item "E]20;mona;100a"
2096 load \fBmona.xpm\fR with a scaling of 100%
2097 .IP "\fB\eE]20;;200;?\ea\fR" 4
2098 .IX Item "E]20;;200;?a"
2099 rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
2100 the title
2101 .SH "Mouse Reporting"
2102 .IX Header "Mouse Reporting"
2103 .ie n .IP "\fB\fB""ESC [ M <b> <x> <y>""\fB\fR" 4
2104 .el .IP "\fB\f(CBESC [ M <b> <x> <y>\fB\fR" 4
2105 .IX Item "ESC [ M <b> <x> <y>"
2106 report mouse position
2107 .PP
2108 The lower 2 bits of \fB\f(CB\*(C`<b>\*(C'\fB\fR indicate the button:
2109 .ie n .IP "Button = \fB\fB""(<b> \- SPACE) & 3""\fB\fR" 4
2110 .el .IP "Button = \fB\f(CB(<b> \- SPACE) & 3\fB\fR" 4
2111 .IX Item "Button = (<b> - SPACE) & 3"
2112 .TS
2113 l l .
2114 0 Button1 pressed
2115 1 Button2 pressed
2116 2 Button3 pressed
2117 3 button released (X11 mouse report)
2118 .TE
2119
2120 .PP
2121 The upper bits of \fB\f(CB\*(C`<b>\*(C'\fB\fR indicate the modifiers when the
2122 button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):
2123 .ie n .IP "State = \fB\fB""(<b> \- SPACE) & 60""\fB\fR" 4
2124 .el .IP "State = \fB\f(CB(<b> \- SPACE) & 60\fB\fR" 4
2125 .IX Item "State = (<b> - SPACE) & 60"
2126 .TS
2127 l l .
2128 4 Shift
2129 8 Meta
2130 16 Control
2131 32 Double Click (rxvt extension)
2132 .TE
2133
2134 Col = \fB\f(CB\*(C`<x> \- SPACE\*(C'\fB\fR
2135 .Sp
2136 Row = \fB\f(CB\*(C`<y> \- SPACE\*(C'\fB\fR
2137 .SH "Key Codes"
2138 .IX Header "Key Codes"
2139 Note: \fBShift\fR + \fBF1\fR\-\fBF10\fR generates \fBF11\fR\-\fBF20\fR
2140 .PP
2141 For the keypad, use \fBShift\fR to temporarily override Application-Keypad
2142 setting use \fBNum_Lock\fR to toggle Application-Keypad setting if
2143 \&\fBNum_Lock\fR is off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that
2144 values of \fBHome\fR, \fBEnd\fR, \fBDelete\fR may have been compiled differently on
2145 your system.
2146 .TS
2147 l l l l l .
2148 Normal Shift Control Ctrl+Shift
2149 Tab ^I ESC [ Z ^I ESC [ Z
2150 BackSpace ^H ^? ^? ^?
2151 Find ESC [ 1 ~ ESC [ 1 $ ESC [ 1 ^ ESC [ 1 @
2152 Insert ESC [ 2 ~ paste ESC [ 2 ^ ESC [ 2 @
2153 Execute ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @
2154 Select ESC [ 4 ~ ESC [ 4 $ ESC [ 4 ^ ESC [ 4 @
2155 Prior ESC [ 5 ~ scroll-up ESC [ 5 ^ ESC [ 5 @
2156 Next ESC [ 6 ~ scroll-down ESC [ 6 ^ ESC [ 6 @
2157 Home ESC [ 7 ~ ESC [ 7 $ ESC [ 7 ^ ESC [ 7 @
2158 End ESC [ 8 ~ ESC [ 8 $ ESC [ 8 ^ ESC [ 8 @
2159 Delete ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @
2160 F1 ESC [ 11 ~ ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 11 ^ ESC [ 23 ^
2161 F2 ESC [ 12 ~ ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 12 ^ ESC [ 24 ^
2162 F3 ESC [ 13 ~ ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 13 ^ ESC [ 25 ^
2163 F4 ESC [ 14 ~ ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 14 ^ ESC [ 26 ^
2164 F5 ESC [ 15 ~ ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 15 ^ ESC [ 28 ^
2165 F6 ESC [ 17 ~ ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 17 ^ ESC [ 29 ^
2166 F7 ESC [ 18 ~ ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 18 ^ ESC [ 31 ^
2167 F8 ESC [ 19 ~ ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 19 ^ ESC [ 32 ^
2168 F9 ESC [ 20 ~ ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 20 ^ ESC [ 33 ^
2169 F10 ESC [ 21 ~ ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 21 ^ ESC [ 34 ^
2170 F11 ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 23 $ ESC [ 23 ^ ESC [ 23 @
2171 F12 ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 24 $ ESC [ 24 ^ ESC [ 24 @
2172 F13 ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 25 $ ESC [ 25 ^ ESC [ 25 @
2173 F14 ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 26 $ ESC [ 26 ^ ESC [ 26 @
2174 F15 (Help) ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 28 $ ESC [ 28 ^ ESC [ 28 @
2175 F16 (Menu) ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 29 $ ESC [ 29 ^ ESC [ 29 @
2176 F17 ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 31 $ ESC [ 31 ^ ESC [ 31 @
2177 F18 ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 32 $ ESC [ 32 ^ ESC [ 32 @
2178 F19 ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 33 $ ESC [ 33 ^ ESC [ 33 @
2179 F20 ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 34 $ ESC [ 34 ^ ESC [ 34 @
2180 Application
2181 Up ESC [ A ESC [ a ESC O a ESC O A
2182 Down ESC [ B ESC [ b ESC O b ESC O B
2183 Right ESC [ C ESC [ c ESC O c ESC O C
2184 Left ESC [ D ESC [ d ESC O d ESC O D
2185 KP_Enter ^M ESC O M
2186 KP_F1 ESC O P ESC O P
2187 KP_F2 ESC O Q ESC O Q
2188 KP_F3 ESC O R ESC O R
2189 KP_F4 ESC O S ESC O S
2190 XK_KP_Multiply * ESC O j
2191 XK_KP_Add + ESC O k
2192 XK_KP_Separator , ESC O l
2193 XK_KP_Subtract - ESC O m
2194 XK_KP_Decimal . ESC O n
2195 XK_KP_Divide / ESC O o
2196 XK_KP_0 0 ESC O p
2197 XK_KP_1 1 ESC O q
2198 XK_KP_2 2 ESC O r
2199 XK_KP_3 3 ESC O s
2200 XK_KP_4 4 ESC O t
2201 XK_KP_5 5 ESC O u
2202 XK_KP_6 6 ESC O v
2203 XK_KP_7 7 ESC O w
2204 XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x
2205 XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y
2206 .TE
2207
2208 .SH "CONFIGURE OPTIONS"
2209 .IX Header "CONFIGURE OPTIONS"
2210 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2211 hasn't been tested well. Either try with \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-everything\*(C'\fR or use
2212 the \fI./reconf\fR script as a base for experiments. \fI./reconf\fR is used by
2213 myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
2214 always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
2215 Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
2216 .PP
2217 All
2218 .IP "\-\-enable\-everything" 4
2219 .IX Item "--enable-everything"
2220 Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in \*(L"./configure
2221 \&\-\-help\*(R".
2222 .Sp
2223 You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2224 \&\fIfollowing\fR this with the appropriate \f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-...\*(C'\fR arguments,
2225 or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2226 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-disable\-everything\*(C'\fR and than adding just the \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-...\*(C'\fR arguments
2227 you want.
2228 .IP "\-\-enable\-xft (default: enabled)" 4
2229 .IX Item "--enable-xft (default: enabled)"
2230 Add support for Xft (anti\-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2231 slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2232 don't pay for them.
2233 .IP "\-\-enable\-font\-styles (default: on)" 4
2234 .IX Item "--enable-font-styles (default: on)"
2235 Add support for \fBbold\fR, \fIitalic\fR and \fB\f(BIbold italic\fB\fR font
2236 styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2237 .IP "\-\-with\-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)" 4
2238 .IX Item "--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)"
2239 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (\f(CW\*(C`eu\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`vn\*(C'\fR
2240 are always compiled in, which includes most 8\-bit character sets). These
2241 codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2242 for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2243 replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
2244 binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
2245 memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.
2246 .TS
2247 l l .
2248 all all available codeset groups
2249 zh common chinese encodings
2250 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
2251 jp common japanese encodings
2252 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2253 kr korean encodings
2254 .TE
2255
2256 .IP "\-\-enable\-xim (default: on)" 4
2257 .IX Item "--enable-xim (default: on)"
2258 Add support for \s-1XIM\s0 (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2259 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2260 set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2261 .IP "\-\-enable\-unicode3 (default: off)" 4
2262 .IX Item "--enable-unicode3 (default: off)"
2263 Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
2264 .Sp
2265 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
2266 65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2267 requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2268 support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2269 .Sp
2270 Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
2271 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2272 limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2273 see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2274 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2275 .IP "\-\-enable\-combining (default: on)" 4
2276 .IX Item "--enable-combining (default: on)"
2277 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2278 composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2279 where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2280 done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2281 new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2282 .Sp
2283 Without \-\-enable\-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2284 characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be
2285 (ab\-)used). With \-\-enable\-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
2286 .Sp
2287 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2288 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when \-\-enable\-unicode3 was not specified.
2289 .Sp
2290 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2291 but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2292 tell me how these are to be used...).
2293 .IP "\-\-enable\-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)" 4
2294 .IX Item "--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)"
2295 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class \s-1CLASS\s0. To
2296 disable resource fallback use \-\-disable\-fallback.
2297 .IP "\-\-with\-res\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4
2298 .IX Item "--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)"
2299 Use the given name as default application name when
2300 reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2301 .IP "\-\-with\-res\-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)" 4
2302 .IX Item "--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)"
2303 Use the given class as default application class
2304 when reading resources. Specify \-\-with\-res\-class=Rxvt to replace
2305 rxvt.
2306 .IP "\-\-enable\-utmp (default: on)" 4
2307 .IX Item "--enable-utmp (default: on)"
2308 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like \fIw\fR) at
2309 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2310 .IP "\-\-enable\-wtmp (default: on)" 4
2311 .IX Item "--enable-wtmp (default: on)"
2312 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like \fIlast\fR) at
2313 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2314 option requires \-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified.
2315 .IP "\-\-enable\-lastlog (default: on)" 4
2316 .IX Item "--enable-lastlog (default: on)"
2317 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2318 \&\fIlastlogin\fR) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2319 \&\-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified.
2320 .IP "\-\-enable\-xpm\-background (default: on)" 4
2321 .IX Item "--enable-xpm-background (default: on)"
2322 Add support for \s-1XPM\s0 background pixmaps.
2323 .IP "\-\-enable\-transparency (default: on)" 4
2324 .IX Item "--enable-transparency (default: on)"
2325 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2326 transparency to the term.
2327 .IP "\-\-enable\-fading (default: on)" 4
2328 .IX Item "--enable-fading (default: on)"
2329 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2330 .IP "\-\-enable\-tinting (default: on)" 4
2331 .IX Item "--enable-tinting (default: on)"
2332 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2333 .IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2334 .IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)"
2335 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2336 .IP "\-\-enable\-next\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2337 .IX Item "--enable-next-scroll (default: on)"
2338 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2339 .IP "\-\-enable\-xterm\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2340 .IX Item "--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)"
2341 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2342 .IP "\-\-enable\-plain\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2343 .IX Item "--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)"
2344 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2345 is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2346 many years.
2347 .IP "\-\-enable\-ttygid (default: off)" 4
2348 .IX Item "--enable-ttygid (default: off)"
2349 Change tty device setting to group \*(L"tty\*(R" \- only use this if
2350 your system uses this type of security.
2351 .IP "\-\-disable\-backspace\-key" 4
2352 .IX Item "--disable-backspace-key"
2353 Removes any handling of the backspace key by us \- let the X server do it.
2354 .IP "\-\-disable\-delete\-key" 4
2355 .IX Item "--disable-delete-key"
2356 Removes any handling of the delete key by us \- let the X server
2357 do it.
2358 .IP "\-\-disable\-resources" 4
2359 .IX Item "--disable-resources"
2360 Removes any support for resource checking.
2361 .IP "\-\-disable\-swapscreen" 4
2362 .IX Item "--disable-swapscreen"
2363 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2364 .IP "\-\-enable\-frills (default: on)" 4
2365 .IX Item "--enable-frills (default: on)"
2366 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2367 have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2368 disable this.
2369 .Sp
2370 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR (possibly
2371 in combination with other switches) is:
2372 .Sp
2373 .Vb 15
2374 \& MWM-hints
2375 \& EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2376 \& seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2377 \& settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2378 \& visual depth selection (-depth)
2379 \& settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2380 \& iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2381 \& tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2382 \& settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2383 \& keysym remapping support
2384 \& cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2385 \& XEmbed support (-embed)
2386 \& user-pty (-pty-fd)
2387 \& hold on exit (-hold)
2388 \& skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2389 .Ve
2390 .Sp
2391 It also enabled some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:
2392 .Sp
2393 .Vb 11
2394 \& some round-trip time optimisations
2395 \& nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
2396 \& UTF8_STRING supporr for selection
2397 \& sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2398 \& backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
2399 \& view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences
2400 \& locale switching escape sequence
2401 \& window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2402 \& rectangular selections
2403 \& trailing space removal for selections
2404 \& verbose X error handling
2405 .Ve
2406 .IP "\-\-enable\-iso14755 (default: on)" 4
2407 .IX Item "--enable-iso14755 (default: on)"
2408 Enable extended \s-1ISO\s0 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2409 \&\fIdoc/rxvt.1.txt\fR). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2410 \&\f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-frills\*(C'\fR, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2411 this switch.
2412 .IP "\-\-enable\-keepscrolling (default: on)" 4
2413 .IX Item "--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)"
2414 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2415 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2416 .IP "\-\-enable\-mousewheel (default: on)" 4
2417 .IX Item "--enable-mousewheel (default: on)"
2418 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2419 .IP "\-\-enable\-slipwheeling (default: on)" 4
2420 .IX Item "--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)"
2421 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2422 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2423 requires \-\-enable\-mousewheel to also be specified.
2424 .IP "\-\-disable\-new\-selection" 4
2425 .IX Item "--disable-new-selection"
2426 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2427 .IP "\-\-enable\-dmalloc (default: off)" 4
2428 .IX Item "--enable-dmalloc (default: off)"
2429 Use Gray Watson's malloc \- which is good for debugging See
2430 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the
2431 next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2432 \&\s-1DINCLUDE\s0 and \s-1DLIB\s0 to the right places.
2433 .Sp
2434 You can only use either this option and the following (should
2435 you use either) .
2436 .IP "\-\-enable\-dlmalloc (default: off)" 4
2437 .IX Item "--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)"
2438 Use Doug Lea's malloc \- which is good for a production version
2439 See <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2440 .IP "\-\-enable\-smart\-resize (default: on)" 4
2441 .IX Item "--enable-smart-resize (default: on)"
2442 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2443 keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2444 the screen in a fixed position.
2445 .IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank (default: on)" 4
2446 .IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)"
2447 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2448 .IP "\-\-enable\-perl (default: on)" 4
2449 .IX Item "--enable-perl (default: on)"
2450 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the \fB@@RXVT_NAME@@\f(BIperl\fB\|(3)\fR
2451 manpage (\fIdoc/rxvtperl.txt\fR) for more info on this feature, or the files
2452 in \fIsrc/perl\-ext/\fR for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2453 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the \f(CW\*(C`PERL\*(C'\fR environment
2454 variable when running configure.
2455 .IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4
2456 .IX Item "--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)"
2457 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2458 in \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
2459 \&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR.
2460 .IP "\-\-with\-term=NAME (default: rxvt\-unicode)" 4
2461 .IX Item "--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)"
2462 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to \s-1NAME\s0.
2463 .IP "\-\-with\-terminfo=PATH" 4
2464 .IX Item "--with-terminfo=PATH"
2465 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2466 \&\s-1PATH\s0.
2467 .IP "\-\-with\-x" 4
2468 .IX Item "--with-x"
2469 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
2470 .IP "\-\-with\-xpm\-includes=DIR" 4
2471 .IX Item "--with-xpm-includes=DIR"
2472 Look for the \s-1XPM\s0 includes in \s-1DIR\s0.
2473 .IP "\-\-with\-xpm\-library=DIR" 4
2474 .IX Item "--with-xpm-library=DIR"
2475 Look for the \s-1XPM\s0 library in \s-1DIR\s0.
2476 .IP "\-\-with\-xpm" 4
2477 .IX Item "--with-xpm"
2478 Not needed \- define via \-\-enable\-xpm\-background.
2479 .SH "AUTHORS"
2480 .IX Header "AUTHORS"
2481 Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> converted this document to pod and
2482 reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff
2483 Wing <gcw@pobox.com>, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other
2484 sources.