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127.\} 127.\}
128.rm #[ #] #H #V #F C 128.rm #[ #] #H #V #F C
129.\" ======================================================================== 129.\" ========================================================================
130.\" 130.\"
131.IX Title "@@RXVT_NAME@@ 7" 131.IX Title "@@RXVT_NAME@@ 7"
132.TH @@RXVT_NAME@@ 7 "2007-06-25" "8.2" "RXVT-UNICODE" 132.TH @@RXVT_NAME@@ 7 "2007-08-01" "8.3" "RXVT-UNICODE"
133.SH "NAME" 133.SH "NAME"
134RXVT REFERENCE \- FAQ, command sequences and other background information 134RXVT REFERENCE \- FAQ, command sequences and other background information
135.SH "SYNOPSIS" 135.SH "SYNOPSIS"
136.IX Header "SYNOPSIS" 136.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
137.Vb 2 137.Vb 2
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276\fIHow do I compile the manual pages on my own?\fR 276\fIHow do I compile the manual pages on my own?\fR
277.IX Subsection "How do I compile the manual pages on my own?" 277.IX Subsection "How do I compile the manual pages on my own?"
278.PP 278.PP
279You need to have a recent version of perl installed as \fI/usr/bin/perl\fR, 279You need to have a recent version of perl installed as \fI/usr/bin/perl\fR,
280one that comes with \fIpod2man\fR, \fIpod2text\fR and \fIpod2xhtml\fR (from 280one that comes with \fIpod2man\fR, \fIpod2text\fR and \fIpod2xhtml\fR (from
281\&\fIPod::XHTML\fR). Then go to the doc subdirectory and enter \f(CW\*(C`make alldoc\*(C'\fR. 281\&\fIPod::Xhtml\fR). Then go to the doc subdirectory and enter \f(CW\*(C`make alldoc\*(C'\fR.
282.PP 282.PP
283\fIIsn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?\fR 283\fIIsn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?\fR
284.IX Subsection "Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?" 284.IX Subsection "Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?"
285.PP 285.PP
286I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra 286I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
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1440This forking is done as the very first within \fImain()\fR, which is very early 1440This forking is done as the very first within \fImain()\fR, which is very early
1441and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before \fImain()\fR, or 1441and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before \fImain()\fR, or
1442things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very 1442things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
1443little risk. 1443little risk.
1444.PP 1444.PP
1445\fIOn Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.\fR
1446.IX Subsection "On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide."
1447.PP
1448Seems to be a known bug, read
1449<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
1450following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
1451.PP
1452.Vb 1
1453\& #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
1454.Ve
1455.PP
1456\fII am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.\fR 1445\fII am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.\fR
1457.IX Subsection "I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all." 1446.IX Subsection "I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all."
1458.PP 1447.PP
1459Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR to be defined 1448Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol \f(CW\*(C`_\|_STDC_ISO_10646_\|_\*(C'\fR to be defined
1460in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it, 1449in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
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1484.PP 1473.PP
1485The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the 1474The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
1486system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry 1475system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
1487complete replacements for them :) 1476complete replacements for them :)
1488.PP 1477.PP
1489\fII use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.\fR
1490.IX Subsection "I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc."
1491.PP
1492Try the diff in \fIdoc/solaris9.patch\fR as a base. It fixes the worst
1493problems with \f(CW\*(C`wcwidth\*(C'\fR and a compile problem.
1494.PP
1495\fIHow can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?\fR 1478\fIHow can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?\fR
1496.IX Subsection "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?" 1479.IX Subsection "How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?"
1497.PP 1480.PP
1498rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using 1481rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
1499the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no 1482the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
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1503old libW11 emulation. 1486old libW11 emulation.
1504.PP 1487.PP
1505At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte 1488At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
1506encodings (you might try \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=C\-UTF\-8\*(C'\fR), so you are likely limited 1489encodings (you might try \f(CW\*(C`LC_CTYPE=C\-UTF\-8\*(C'\fR), so you are likely limited
1507to 8\-bit encodings. 1490to 8\-bit encodings.
1491.PP
1492\fICharacter widths are not correct.\fR
1493.IX Subsection "Character widths are not correct."
1494.PP
1495urxvt uses the system wcwidth function to know the information about
1496the width of characters, so on systems with incorrect locale data you
1497will likely get bad results. Two notorious examples are Solaris 9,
1498where single-width characters like U+2514 are reported as double\-width,
1499and Darwin 8, where combining chars are reported having width 1.
1500.PP
1501The solution is to upgrade your system or switch to a better one. A
1502possibly working workaround is to use a wcwidth implementation like
1503.PP
1504http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/wcwidth.c
1508.SH "RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE" 1505.SH "RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE"
1509.IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE" 1506.IX Header "RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE"
1510The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of 1507The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
1511\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR. First the description of supported command sequences, 1508\&\fBrxvt-unicode\fR. First the description of supported command sequences,
1512followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features 1509followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
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2551\&\fIlastlogin\fR) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 2548\&\fIlastlogin\fR) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2552\&\-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified. 2549\&\-\-enable\-utmp to also be specified.
2553.IP "\-\-enable\-xpm\-background (default: on)" 4 2550.IP "\-\-enable\-xpm\-background (default: on)" 4
2554.IX Item "--enable-xpm-background (default: on)" 2551.IX Item "--enable-xpm-background (default: on)"
2555Add support for \s-1XPM\s0 background pixmaps. 2552Add support for \s-1XPM\s0 background pixmaps.
2553.IP "\-\-enable\-afterimage (default: on)" 4
2554.IX Item "--enable-afterimage (default: on)"
2555Add support for libAfterImage to be used for transparency and background
2556images. It adds support for many file formats including \s-1JPG\s0, \s-1PNG\s0,
2557\&\s-1SVG\s0, \s-1TIFF\s0, \s-1GIF\s0, \s-1XPM\s0, \s-1BMP\s0, \s-1ICO\s0, \s-1XCF\s0, \s-1TGA\s0 and AfterStep image \s-1XML\s0
2558(<http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php?show=asimagexml>).
2559.Sp
2560This option also adds such eye candy as blending an image over the root
2561background, as well as dynamic scaling and bluring of background images.
2562.Sp
2563Note that with this option enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@'s memory footprint might
2564increase by a few megabytes even if no extra features are used (mostly due
2565to third-party libraries used by libAI). Memory footprint may somewhat be
2566lowered if libAfterImage is configured without support for \s-1SVG\s0.
2556.IP "\-\-enable\-transparency (default: on)" 4 2567.IP "\-\-enable\-transparency (default: on)" 4
2557.IX Item "--enable-transparency (default: on)" 2568.IX Item "--enable-transparency (default: on)"
2558Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 2569Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2559transparency to the term. 2570transparency to the term.
2560.IP "\-\-enable\-fading (default: on)" 4 2571.IP "\-\-enable\-fading (default: on)" 4
2561.IX Item "--enable-fading (default: on)" 2572.IX Item "--enable-fading (default: on)"
2562Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR). 2573Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
2563.IP "\-\-enable\-tinting (default: on)" 4 2574.IP "\-\-enable\-tinting (default: on)" 4
2564.IX Item "--enable-tinting (default: on)" 2575.IX Item "--enable-tinting (default: on)"
2565Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR). 2576Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires \f(CW\*(C`\-\-enable\-transparency\*(C'\fR).
2566.IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll (default: on)" 4 2577.IP "\-\-enable\-rxvt\-scroll (default: on)" 4
2567.IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)" 2578.IX Item "--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)"
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2646this switch. 2657this switch.
2647.IP "\-\-enable\-keepscrolling (default: on)" 4 2658.IP "\-\-enable\-keepscrolling (default: on)" 4
2648.IX Item "--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)" 2659.IX Item "--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)"
2649Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 2660Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2650the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2661the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2662.IP "\-\-enable\-selectionscrolling (default: on)" 4
2663.IX Item "--enable-selectionscrolling (default: on)"
2664Add support for scrolling when the selection moves to the top or
2665bottom of the screen.
2651.IP "\-\-enable\-mousewheel (default: on)" 4 2666.IP "\-\-enable\-mousewheel (default: on)" 4
2652.IX Item "--enable-mousewheel (default: on)" 2667.IX Item "--enable-mousewheel (default: on)"
2653Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. 2668Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2654.IP "\-\-enable\-slipwheeling (default: on)" 4 2669.IP "\-\-enable\-slipwheeling (default: on)" 4
2655.IX Item "--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)" 2670.IX Item "--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)"
2656Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2671Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2657accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2672accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2658requires \-\-enable\-mousewheel to also be specified. 2673requires \-\-enable\-mousewheel to also be specified.
2659.IP "\-\-disable\-new\-selection" 4
2660.IX Item "--disable-new-selection"
2661Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2662.IP "\-\-enable\-dmalloc (default: off)" 4
2663.IX Item "--enable-dmalloc (default: off)"
2664Use Gray Watson's malloc \- which is good for debugging See
2665<http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/> for details If you use either this or the
2666next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2667\&\s-1DINCLUDE\s0 and \s-1DLIB\s0 to the right places.
2668.Sp
2669You can only use either this option and the following (should
2670you use either) .
2671.IP "\-\-enable\-dlmalloc (default: off)" 4
2672.IX Item "--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)"
2673Use Doug Lea's malloc \- which is good for a production version
2674See <http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2675.IP "\-\-enable\-smart\-resize (default: on)" 4 2674.IP "\-\-enable\-smart\-resize (default: off)" 4
2676.IX Item "--enable-smart-resize (default: on)" 2675.IX Item "--enable-smart-resize (default: off)"
2677Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot 2676Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when resizing.
2678keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of 2677This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2679the screen in a fixed position. 2678the screen in a fixed position.
2680.IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank (default: on)" 4 2679.IP "\-\-enable\-pointer\-blank (default: on)" 4
2681.IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)" 2680.IX Item "--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)"
2682Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2681Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2683.IP "\-\-enable\-perl (default: on)" 4 2682.IP "\-\-enable\-perl (default: on)" 4
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2688default. The perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the 2687default. The perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the
2689\&\f(CW\*(C`PERL\*(C'\fR environment variable when running configure. Even when compiled 2688\&\f(CW\*(C`PERL\*(C'\fR environment variable when running configure. Even when compiled
2690in, perl will \fInot\fR be initialised when all extensions have been disabled 2689in, perl will \fInot\fR be initialised when all extensions have been disabled
2691\&\f(CW\*(C`\-pe "" \-\-perl\-ext\-common ""\*(C'\fR, so it should be safe to enable from a 2690\&\f(CW\*(C`\-pe "" \-\-perl\-ext\-common ""\*(C'\fR, so it should be safe to enable from a
2692resource standpoint. 2691resource standpoint.
2692.IP "\-\-with\-afterimage\-config=DIR" 4
2693.IX Item "--with-afterimage-config=DIR"
2694Look for the libAfterImage config script in \s-1DIR\s0.
2693.IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4 2695.IP "\-\-with\-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 4
2694.IX Item "--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)" 2696.IX Item "--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)"
2695Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting 2697Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2696in \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 2698in \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
2697\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR. 2699\&\f(CW\*(C`rxvt\*(C'\fR.

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