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