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1=head1 NAME 1=head1 NAME
2 2
3RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE - command sequences and background information 3RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information
4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS 5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6 6
7 # set a new font set 7 # set a new font set
8 printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho" 8 printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho"
13 # set window title 13 # set window title
14 printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title" 14 printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title"
15 15
16=head1 DESCRIPTION 16=head1 DESCRIPTION
17 17
18This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting
19all escape sequences, and other background information.
20
21The newest version of this document is also available on the World Wide Web at
22L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
23
24=head1 RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
25
26
27=head2 Meta, Features & Commandline Issues
28
29=head3 My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?
30
31Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>,
32channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
33interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
34
35=head3 Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?
36
37Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a
38simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
39give you tabs:
40
41 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pe tabbed
42
43 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed
44
45It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers
46or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be
47embedded into other programs, as witnessed by F<doc/rxvt-tabbed> or
48the upcoming C<Gtk2::URxvt> perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt
49(murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application.
50
51=head3 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
52
53The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
54sequence C<ESC [ 8 n> sets the window title to the version number. When
55using the @@URXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the
56daemon.
57
58=head3 Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
59
60Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
61don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
62you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
63when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
64accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
65
66Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
67scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
686 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
69kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
70use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
71rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
72
73=head3 How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?
74
75Try C<@@URXVT_NAME@@d -f -o>, which tells @@URXVT_NAME@@d to open the
76display, create the listening socket and then fork.
77
78=head3 How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically when I run URXVT_NAME@@c?
79
80If you want to start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically whenever you run
81@@URXVT_NAME@@c and the daemon isn't running yet, use this script:
82
83 #!/bin/sh
84 @@URXVT_NAME@@c "$@"
85 if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
86 @@URXVT_NAME@@d -q -o -f
87 @@URXVT_NAME@@c "$@"
88 fi
89
90This tries to create a new terminal, and if fails with exit status 2,
91meaning it couldn't connect to the daemon, it will start the daemon and
92re-run the command. Subsequent invocations of the script will re-use the
93existing daemon.
94
95=head3 How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
96
97The original rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM",
98so you can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED,
99slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide
100whether or not to use color.
101
102=head3 How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
103
104If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
105insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
106snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
107wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
108the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
109regular xterm.
110
111Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
112snippets:
113
114 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
115 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
116 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
117 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
118 echo -n '^[Z'
119 read term_id
120 stty icanon echo
121 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
122 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
123 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
124 fi
125 fi
126
127=head3 How do I compile the manual pages on my own?
128
129You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
130one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
131the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
132
133=head3 Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?
134
135I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
136bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
137that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
138compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even
139with C<--disable-everything>, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
140features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
141already in use in this mode.
142
143 text data bss drs rss filename
144 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
145 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
146
147When you C<--enable-everything> (which I<is> unfair, as this involves xft
148and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
149libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.
150
151 text data bss drs rss filename
152 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
153 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
154
155The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
156encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
157and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
158encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
159compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
160memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
161few megabytes of RSS. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when
162not used.
163
164Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
165a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
166memory.
167
168Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
169still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
170(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
17143180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
172startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
173extremely well *g*.
174
175=head3 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?
176
177Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
178to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
179of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
180shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.
181
182My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but in
183the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
184are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
185domain sockets, which are all less portable than C++ itself.
186
187Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
188in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
189C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
190not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is what rxvt links against on my
191system with a minimal config:
192
193 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
194 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
195 libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
196 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
197
198And here is rxvt-unicode:
199
200 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
201 libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
202 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
203 libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
204 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
205
206No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
207except maybe libX11 :)
208
209
210=head2 Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues
211
212=head3 I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?
213
214First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt-unicode, so
215you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may
216bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a rite
217of passage: ... and you failed.
218
219Here are four ways to get transparency. B<Do> read the manpage and option
220descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it!
221
2221. Use inheritPixmap:
223
224 Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
225 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -ip -tint red -sh 40
226
227That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
228support, or you are unable to read.
229
2302. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you
231to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
232your picture with gimp or any other tool:
233
234 convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm
235 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background
236
237That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, or you
238are unable to read.
239
2403. Use an ARGB visual:
241
242 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
243
244This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that
245doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't
246there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the neccessary
247bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that
248doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in place.
249
2504. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job:
251
252 xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \
253 -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000
254
255Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace C<0xc0000000>
256by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and
257your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces.
258
259=head3 Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
260
261Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
262size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
263contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
264these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special
265"careful" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
266
267All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
268however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
269box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
270ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
271cases).
272
273It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
274or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
275the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
276might be forced to use a different font.
277
278All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
279box data is correct.
280
281=head3 How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
282
283First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
284(C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
285make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
286rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
287
288 URxvt.colorBD: white
289 URxvt.colorIT: green
290
291=head3 Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
292
293For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
294colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
2958 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
296these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
297
298In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
299definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will
300fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
301
302=head3 Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
303
304Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
305effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
306
307 printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
308
309This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
310japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
311japanese fonts would only be in your way.
312
313You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
314
315=head3 Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
316
317Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
318example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
319Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
320enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
321
322 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
323 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
324
325=head3 Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
326
327Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
328it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
329antialiasing (by appending C<:antialias=false>), which saves lots of
330memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
331
332=head3 Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
333
334Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
335fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
336fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
337antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
338look best that way.
339
340If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
341
342=head3 What's with this bold/blink stuff?
343
344If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
345standard foreground colour.
346
347For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
348text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
349colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
350ignored.
351
352On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
353foreground/background colors.
354
355color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
356
357color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
358
359=head3 I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
360
361You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
362resources (or as long-options).
363
364Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
365including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
366
367 URxvt.color0: #000000
368 URxvt.color1: #A80000
369 URxvt.color2: #00A800
370 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
371 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
372 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
373 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
374 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
375
376 URxvt.color8: #000054
377 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
378 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
379 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
380 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
381 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
382 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
383 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
384
385And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors.
386
387 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
388 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
389 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
390 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
391 URxvt.color0: #000000
392 URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
393 URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
394 URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
395 URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
396 URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
397 URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
398 URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
399 URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
400 URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
401 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
402 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
403 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
404 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
405
406They have been described (not by me) as "pretty girly".
407
408=head3 Why do some characters look so much different than others?
409
410See next entry.
411
412=head3 How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
413
414Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
415fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
416your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
417to display.
418
419B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
420font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
421bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
422resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
423intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
424the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
425
426In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
427e.g.:
428
429 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
430
431When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
432font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
433next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
434search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
435
436The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
437font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
438must be the same due to the way terminals work.
439
440=head3 Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
441
442This is because there is a difference between script and language --
443rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
444as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
445sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
446display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
447chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
448non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
449-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
450chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
451
452The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
453list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
454a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
455first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
456
457In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
458runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
459fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
460has been designed yet).
461
462Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can
463I switch the fonts at runtime?> later in this document).
464
465=head2 Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction
466
467=head3 The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?
468
469If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
470setting:
471
472 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
473
474If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
475more and more.
476
477To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:
478
479 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)
480
481Please also note that the I<LeftClick Shift-LeftClik> combination also
482selects words like the old code.
483
484=head3 I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?
485
486You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
487B<perl-ext-common> resource to the empty string, which also keeps
488rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
489
490If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
491identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
492B<PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS> in the @@URXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. For
493example, to disable the B<selection-popup> and B<option-popup>, specify
494this B<perl-ext-common> resource:
495
496 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
497
498This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
499extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
500scrollback search mode is triggered by B<M-s>. You can move it to any
501other combination either by setting the B<searchable-scrollback> resource:
502
503 URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
504
505=head3 The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?
506
507See next entry.
508
509=head3 During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?
510
511These are caused by the C<readline> perl extension. Under normal
512circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the
513line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment,
514but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some
515cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly.
516
517You can permamently switch this feature off by disabling the C<readline>
518extension:
519
520 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline
521
522=head3 My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
523
524Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
525specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
526by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of wether and how
527this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible
528keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
529helped.
530
531=head3 My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
532
533The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
534correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
535your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and
536your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
537does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
538rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
539
540In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
541one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.
542
543=head3 I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755
544
545Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
546international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
547advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
548codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape
549character and so on.
550
551=head3 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
552
553Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
554some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
555heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
556quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
557depressed.
558
559=head3 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
560
561Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
562BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
563question) there are two standard values that can be used for
564Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
565
566Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
567policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
568choice :).
569
570Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
571of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
572started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
573system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
574be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
575
576For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
577
578 # use Backspace = ^H
579 $ stty erase ^H
580 $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
581
582 # use Backspace = ^?
583 $ stty erase ^?
584 $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
585
586Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l>.
587
588For an existing rxvt-unicode:
589
590 # use Backspace = ^H
591 $ stty erase ^H
592 $ echo -n "^[[36h"
593
594 # use Backspace = ^?
595 $ stty erase ^?
596 $ echo -n "^[[36l"
597
598This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
599if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
600properly reflects that.
601
602The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
603To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
604key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
605(C<ESC [ 3 ~>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
606
607Some other Backspace problems:
608
609some editors use termcap/terminfo,
610some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
611GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
612
613Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
614
615=head3 I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
616
617There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
618you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
619use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
620
621Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@URXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt>
622
623 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
624 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
625 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
626 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/>
627 URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;>
628 URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`>
629 URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,>
630 URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.>
631 URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`>
632 URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab>
633 URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return>
634 URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return>
635 URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space>
636 URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up>
637 URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down>
638 URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left>
639 URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right>
640 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 >
641 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
642 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
643
644See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource.
645
646=head3 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
647
648 KP_Insert == Insert
649 F22 == Print
650 F27 == Home
651 F29 == Prior
652 F33 == End
653 F35 == Next
654
655Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
656keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
657required for your particular machine.
658
659
660
661=head2 Terminal Configuration
662
663=head3 Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?
664
665Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
666applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads
667resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
668ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
669F<$HOME/.Xdefaults> when no resources are attached to the display.
670
671If you have or use an F<$HOME/.Xresources> file, chances are that
672resources are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to
673re-login after every change (or run F<xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources>).
674
675Also consider the form resources have to use:
676
677 URxvt.resource: value
678
679If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
680specifying resources), make sure you understand wether and why it
681works. If unsure, use the form above.
682
683=head3 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
684
685The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
686as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
687
688The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
689be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):
690
691 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
692 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
693
694... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
695
696If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
697C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
698problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
699colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
700quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
701
702If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
703can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
704resource to set it:
705
706 URxvt.termName: rxvt
707
708If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace
709the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use C<TERM=rxvt>.
710
711=head3 C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
712
713Most likely it's the empty definition for C<enacs=>. Just replace it by
714C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again.
715
716=head3 C<bash>'s readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@.
717
718See next entry.
719
720=head3 I need a termcap file entry.
721
722One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
723systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
724library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
725for C<rxvt-unicode>.
726
727You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
728You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
729like this:
730
731 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
732
733Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
734
735 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
736 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
737 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
738 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
739 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
740 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
741 :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
742 :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
743 :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
744 :i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
745 :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
746 :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
747 :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
748 :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
749 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
750 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
751 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
752 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
753 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
754 :vs=\E[?25h:
755
756=head3 Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?
757
758The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
759decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
760file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in it's default file (among
761with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
762
763 TERM rxvt-unicode
764
765to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:
766
767 alias ls='ls --color=auto'
768
769to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.
770
771=head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?
772
773See next entry.
774
775=head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?
776
777See next entry.
778
779=head3 Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?
780
781Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged
782distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
783by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra
784features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
785GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
786file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When
787I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on
788how to do this).
789
790
791=head2 Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues
792
793=head3 Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
794
795See next entry.
796
797=head3 Unicode does not seem to work?
798
799If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
800getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
801subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
802
803Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
804programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
805login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
806something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
807
808The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
809into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
810
811 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
812
813If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
814supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which
815displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as
816it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
817like:
818
819 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
820
821Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
822
823If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
824you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
825support locales :(
826
827=head3 How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
828
829See next entry.
830
831=head3 Is there an option to switch encodings?
832
833Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
834specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
835UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
836
837The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
838the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
839applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
840and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
841that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
842characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
843locales).
844
845Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
846programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
847interpretation of characters.
848
849Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
850is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
851
852On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
853contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
854locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
855C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
856(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
857
858Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
859the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
860i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to
861rxvt-unicode.
862
863If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
864rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
865
866=head3 Can I switch locales at runtime?
867
868Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
869rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
870
871 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
872
873See also the previous answer.
874
875Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
876one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it
877(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which
878first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
879
880 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
881 xjdic -js
882 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
883
884You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except
885for some locales where character width differs between program- and
886rxvt-unicode-locales.
887
888=head3 I have problems getting my input method working.
889
890Try a search engine, as this is slightly different for every input method server.
891
892Here is a checklist:
893
894=over 4
895
896=item - Make sure your locale I<and> the imLocale are supported on your OS.
897
898Try C<locale -a> or check the documentation for your OS.
899
900=item - Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your XIM.
901
902For example, B<kinput2> does not support UTF-8 locales, you should use
903C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> or equivalent.
904
905=item - Make sure your XIM server is actually running.
906
907=item - Make sure the C<XMODIFIERS> environment variable is set correctly when I<starting> rxvt-unicode.
908
909When you want to use e.g. B<kinput2>, it must be set to
910C<@im=kinput2>. For B<scim>, use C<@im=SCIM>. Youc an see what input
911method servers are running with this command:
912
913 xprop -root XIM_SERVERS
914
915=item
916
917=back
918
919=head3 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
920
921You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
922terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
923
924 URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
925
926Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
927use your input method. Please note, however, that, depending on your Xlib
928version, you may not be able to input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a
929normal way then, as your input method limits you.
930
931=head3 Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
932
933Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
934design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
935leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
936exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
937while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
938crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
939
940So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
941
942
943=head2 Operating Systems / Package Maintaining
944
945=head3 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
946
947The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
948patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
949unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
950the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
951version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce
952the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
953Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
954Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report the bug).
955
956For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
957probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
958bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
959might encounter the same issue.
960
961=head3 I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?
962
963You should build one binary with the default options. F<configure>
964now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
965runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,
966except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
967be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
968the future) depends on it.
969
970You should not overwrite the C<perl-ext-common> snd C<perl-ext> resources
971system-wide (except maybe with C<defaults>). This will result in useful
972behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
973C<perl-ext-common> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
974perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
975
976If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
977one with C<--disable-everything> (very useful) and a maximal one with
978C<--enable-everything> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
979encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
980
981=head3 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?
982
983It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
984install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now.
985
986When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
987into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
988systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
989immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
990privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
991things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful" to attackers).
992
993This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early
994and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or
995things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
996little risk.
997
998=head3 On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.
999
1000Seems to be a known bug, read
1001L<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
1002following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
1003
1004 #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
1005
1006=head3 I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
1007
1008Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined
1009in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
1010wether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that
1011B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
1012
1013As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
1014does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
1015B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
1016
1017However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in C<POSIX>, C<ISO-8859-1> and
1018C<UTF-8> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as B<wchar_t>.
1019
1020C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support multi-language
1021apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
1022representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to convert between
1023B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
1024without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
1025simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything except the current
1026locale encoding.
1027
1028Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this
1029by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
1030with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
1031conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
1032encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
1033
1034The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
1035system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
1036complete replacements for them :)
1037
1038=head3 I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.
1039
1040Try the diff in F<doc/solaris9.patch> as a base. It fixes the worst
1041problems with C<wcwidth> and a compile problem.
1042
1043=head3 How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
1044
1045rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
1046the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
1047longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
1048single font). I recommend starting the X-server in C<-multiwindow> or
1049C<-rootless> mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the
1050old libW11 emulation.
1051
1052At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
1053encodings (you might try C<LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8>), so you are likely limited
1054to 8-bit encodings.
1055
1056=head1 RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE
1057
18The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of 1058The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
19B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences, 1059B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,
20followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all 1060followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
21features selectable at C<configure> time. 1061selectable at C<configure> time.
22 1062
23=head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE
24
25=head1 Definitions 1063=head2 Definitions
26 1064
27=over 4 1065=over 4
28 1066
29=item B<< C<c> >> 1067=item B<< C<c> >>
30 1068
48 1086
49A text parameter composed of printable characters. 1087A text parameter composed of printable characters.
50 1088
51=back 1089=back
52 1090
53=head1 Values 1091=head2 Values
54 1092
55=over 4 1093=over 4
56 1094
57=item B<< C<ENQ> >> 1095=item B<< C<ENQ> >>
58 1096
101 1139
102Space Character 1140Space Character
103 1141
104=back 1142=back
105 1143
106=head1 Escape Sequences 1144=head2 Escape Sequences
107 1145
108=over 4 1146=over 4
109 1147
110=item B<< C<ESC # 8> >> 1148=item B<< C<ESC # 8> >>
111 1149
157Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character 1195Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
158only I<unimplemented> 1196only I<unimplemented>
159 1197
160=item B<< C<ESC Z> >> 1198=item B<< C<ESC Z> >>
161 1199
162Obsolete form of returns: B<< C<ESC[?1;2C> >> I<rxvt-unicode compile-time option> 1200Obsolete form of returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C> >> I<rxvt-unicode compile-time option>
163 1201
164=item B<< C<ESC c> >> 1202=item B<< C<ESC c> >>
165 1203
166Full reset (RIS) 1204Full reset (RIS)
167 1205
171 1209
172=item B<< C<ESC o> >> 1210=item B<< C<ESC o> >>
173 1211
174Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3) 1212Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)
175 1213
176=item B<< C<ESC> ( C> >> 1214=item B<< C<ESC ( C> >>
177 1215
178Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>. 1216Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
179 1217
180=item B<< C<ESC> ) C> >> 1218=item B<< C<ESC ) C> >>
181 1219
182Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>. 1220Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
183 1221
184=item B<< C<ESC * C> >> 1222=item B<< C<ESC * C> >>
185 1223
209 1247
210=back 1248=back
211 1249
212X<CSI> 1250X<CSI>
213 1251
214=head1 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences 1252=head2 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences
215 1253
216=over 4 1254=over 4
217 1255
218=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >> 1256=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >>
219 1257
326 1364
327=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >> 1365=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>
328 1366
329Send Device Attributes (DA) 1367Send Device Attributes (DA)
330B<< C<Ps = 0> >> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal 1368B<< C<Ps = 0> >> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
331returns: B<< C<ESC[?1;2c> >> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video 1369returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c> >> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
332Option'') 1370Option'')
333 1371
334=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps d> >> 1372=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps d> >>
335 1373
336Cursor to Line B<< C<Ps> >> (VPA) 1374Cursor to Line B<< C<Ps> >> (VPA)
452 1490
453=item B<< C<ESC [ s> >> 1491=item B<< C<ESC [ s> >>
454 1492
455Save Cursor (SC) 1493Save Cursor (SC)
456 1494
1495=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Pt t> >>
1496
1497Window Operations
1498
1499=begin table
1500
1501 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Deiconify (map) window
1502 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Iconify window
1503 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> B<< C<ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t> >> Move window to (X|Y)
1504 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> B<< C<ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t> >> Resize to WxH pixels
1505 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Raise window
1506 B<< C<Ps = 6> >> Lower window
1507 B<< C<Ps = 7> >> Refresh screen once
1508 B<< C<Ps = 8> >> B<< C<ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t> >> Resize to R rows and C columns
1509 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Report window state (responds with C<Ps = 1> or C<Ps = 2>)
1510 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Report window position (responds with C<Ps = 3>)
1511 B<< C<Ps = 14> >> Report window pixel size (responds with C<Ps = 4>)
1512 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Report window text size (responds with C<Ps = 7>)
1513 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Currently the same as C<Ps = 18>, but responds with C<Ps = 9>
1514 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Reports icon label (B<< C<ESC ] L NAME \234> >>)
1515 B<< C<Ps = 21> >> Reports window title (B<< C<ESC ] l NAME \234> >>)
1516 B<< C<Ps = 24..> >> Set window height to C<Ps> rows
1517
1518=end table
1519
1520=item B<< C<ESC [ u> >>
1521
1522Restore Cursor
1523
457=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps x> >> 1524=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps x> >>
458 1525
459Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM) 1526Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
460 1527
461=item B<< C<ESC [ u> >>
462
463Restore Cursor
464
465=back 1528=back
466 1529
467X<PrivateModes> 1530X<PrivateModes>
468 1531
469=head1 DEC Private Modes 1532=head2 DEC Private Modes
470 1533
471=over 4 1534=over 4
472 1535
473=item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >> 1536=item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >>
474 1537
571 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press. 1634 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
572 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. 1635 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
573 1636
574=end table 1637=end table
575 1638
576=item B<< C<Ps = 10> >> (B<rxvt>)
577
578=begin table
579
580 B<< C<h> >> menuBar visible
581 B<< C<l> >> menuBar invisible
582
583=end table
584
585=item B<< C<Ps = 25> >> 1639=item B<< C<Ps = 25> >>
586 1640
587=begin table 1641=begin table
588 1642
589 B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis} 1643 B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
705 B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1759 B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
706 B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1760 B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
707 1761
708=end table 1762=end table
709 1763
1764=item B<< C<Ps = 1021> >> (B<rxvt>)
1765
1766=begin table
1767
1768 B<< C<h> >> Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option B<-is>)
1769 B<< C<l> >> Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1770
1771=end table
1772
710=item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >> 1773=item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >>
711 1774
712=begin table 1775=begin table
713 1776
714 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer 1777 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
738 1801
739=back 1802=back
740 1803
741X<XTerm> 1804X<XTerm>
742 1805
743=head1 XTerm Operating System Commands 1806=head2 XTerm Operating System Commands
744 1807
745=over 4 1808=over 4
746 1809
747=item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >> 1810=item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >>
748 1811
760 B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)> 1823 B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
761 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)> 1824 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
762 B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> 1825 B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
763 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> 1826 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
764 B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 1827 B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
765 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 1828 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 706]
766 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 1829 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 707]
1830 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM).
767 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change default background to B<< C<Pt> >> 1831 B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.
768 B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>
769 B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented> 1832 B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>
770 B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option> 1833 B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.
771 B<< C<Ps = 50> >> Set fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>, with the following special values of B<< C<Pt> >> (B<rxvt>) B<< C<#+n> >> change up B<< C<n> >> B<< C<#-n> >> change down B<< C<n> >> if B<< C<n> >> is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used I<empty> change to font0 B<< C<n> >> change to font B<< C<n> >> 1834 B<< C<Ps = 50> >> Set fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>, with the following special values of B<< C<Pt> >> (B<rxvt>) B<< C<#+n> >> change up B<< C<n> >> B<< C<#-n> >> change down B<< C<n> >> if B<< C<n> >> is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used I<empty> change to font0 B<< C<n> >> change to font B<< C<n> >>
772 B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >> 1835 B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >>
773 B<< C<Ps = 701> >> Change current locale to B<< C<Pt> >>, or, if B<< C<Pt> >> is B<< C<?> >>, return the current locale (@@RXVT_NAME@@ extension) 1836 B<< C<Ps = 701> >> Change current locale to B<< C<Pt> >>, or, if B<< C<Pt> >> is B<< C<?> >>, return the current locale (Compile frills).
774 B<< C<Ps = 703> >> Menubar command B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option> (rxvt-unicode extension) 1837 B<< C<Ps = 702> >> Request version if B<< C<Pt> >> is B<< C<?> >>, returning C<rxvt-unicode>, the resource name, the major and minor version numbers, e.g. C<ESC ] 702 ; rxvt-unicode ; urxvt ; 7 ; 4 ST>.
775 B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 1838 B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
776 B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >> 1839 B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >> (Compile transparency).
1840 B<< C<Ps = 706> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1841 B<< C<Ps = 707> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
777 B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>. 1842 B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>.
778 B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>. 1843 B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
779 B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>. 1844 B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
780 B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>. 1845 B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
1846 B<< C<Ps = 720> >> Move viewing window up by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).
1847 B<< C<Ps = 721> >> Move viewing window down by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).
1848 B<< C<Ps = 777> >> Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form C<extension:parameters> (Compile perl).
781 1849
782=end table 1850=end table
783 1851
784=back 1852=back
785
786X<menuBar>
787
788=head1 menuBar
789
790B<< The exact syntax used is I<almost> solidified. >>
791In the menus, B<DON'T> try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
792menuBar.
793
794Note that in all of the commands, the B<< I</path/> >> I<cannot> be
795omitted: use B<./> to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
796
797=head2 Overview of menuBar operation
798
799For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence C<ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST>, the syntax
800of C<Pt> can be used for a variety of tasks:
801
802At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
803linked-list of other such menuBars.
804
805The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
806turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
807
808The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
809input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
810
811The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
812constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
813menuBars.
814
815The first step is to use the tag B<< [menu:I<name>] >> which creates
816the menuBar called I<name> and allows access. You may now or menus,
817subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag B<[done]> to set the
818menuBar access as B<readonly> to prevent accidental corruption of the
819menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
820B<[menu]>, make the alterations and then use B<[done]>
821
822X<menuBarCommands>
823
824=head2 Commands
825
826=over 4
827
828=item B<< [menu:+I<name>] >>
829
830access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
831is created, it is called I<name> (max of 15 chars) and the current
832menuBar is pushed onto the stack
833
834=item B<[menu]>
835
836access the current menuBar for alteration
837
838=item B<< [title:+I<string>] >>
839
840set the current menuBar's title to I<string>, which may contain the
841following format specifiers:
842B<%%> : literal B<%> character
843B<%n> : rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
844B<%v> : rxvt version
845
846=item B<[done]>
847
848set menuBar access as B<readonly>.
849End-of-file tag for B<< [read:+I<file>] >> operations.
850
851=item B<< [read:+I<file>] >>
852
853read menu commands directly from I<file> (extension ".menu" will be
854appended if required.) Start reading at a line with B<[menu]> or B<<
855[menu:+I<name> >> and continuing until B<[done]> is encountered.
856
857Blank and comment lines (starting with B<#>) are ignored. Actually,
858since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
859be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
860future ... so don't count on it!.
861
862=item B<< [read:+I<file>;+I<name>] >>
863
864The same as B<< [read:+I<file>] >>, but start reading at a line with
865B<< [menu:+I<name>] >> and continuing until B<< [done:+I<name>] >> or
866B<[done]> is encountered.
867
868=item B<[dump]>
869
870dump all menuBars to the file B</tmp/rxvt-PID> in a format suitable for
871later rereading.
872
873=item B<[rm:name]>
874
875remove the named menuBar
876
877=item B<[rm] [rm:]>
878
879remove the current menuBar
880
881=item B<[rm*] [rm:*]>
882
883remove all menuBars
884
885=item B<[swap]>
886
887swap the top two menuBars
888
889=item B<[prev]>
890
891access the previous menuBar
892
893=item B<[next]>
894
895access the next menuBar
896
897=item B<[show]>
898
899Enable display of the menuBar
900
901=item B<[hide]>
902
903Disable display of the menuBar
904
905=item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>] >>
906
907=item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>;I<scaling>] >>
908
909(set the background pixmap globally
910
911B<< A Future implementation I<may> make this local to the menubar >>)
912
913=item B<< [:+I<command>:] >>
914
915ignore the menu readonly status and issue a I<command> to or a menu or
916menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
917from a menuBar.
918
919=back
920
921X<menuBarAdd>
922
923=head2 Adding and accessing menus
924
925The following commands may also be B<+> prefixed.
926
927=over 4
928
929=item B</+>
930
931access menuBar top level
932
933=item B<./+>
934
935access current menu level
936
937=item B<../+>
938
939access parent menu (1 level up)
940
941=item B<../../>
942
943access parent menu (multiple levels up)
944
945=item B<< I</path/>menu >>
946
947add/access menu
948
949=item B<< I</path/>menu/* >>
950
951add/access menu and clear it if it exists
952
953=item B<< I</path/>{-} >>
954
955add separator
956
957=item B<< I</path/>{item} >>
958
959add B<item> as a label
960
961=item B<< I</path/>{item} action >>
962
963add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action>
964
965=item B<< I</path/>{item}{right-text} >>
966
967add/alter I<menuitem> with B<right-text> as the right-justified text
968and as the associated I<action>
969
970=item B<< I</path/>{item}{rtext} action >>
971
972add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action> and with B<rtext> as
973the right-justified text.
974
975=back
976
977=over 4
978
979=item Special characters in I<action> must be backslash-escaped:
980
981B<\a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal>
982
983=item or in control-character notation:
984
985B<^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?>
986
987=back
988
989To send a string starting with a B<NUL> (B<^@>) character to the
990program, start I<action> with a pair of B<NUL> characters (B<^@^@>),
991the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
992program. Otherwise if I<action> begins with B<NUL> followed by
993non-+B<NUL> characters, the leading B<NUL> is stripped off and the
994balance is sent back to rxvt.
995
996As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, I<action> may start
997with B<M-> (eg, B<M-$> is equivalent to B<\E$>) and a B<CR> will be
998appended if missed from B<M-x> commands.
999
1000As a convenience for issuing XTerm B<ESC]> sequences from a menubar (or
1001quick arrow), a B<BEL> (B<^G>) will be appended if needed.
1002
1003=over 4
1004
1005=item For example,
1006
1007B<M-xapropos> is equivalent to B<\Exapropos\r>
1008
1009=item and
1010
1011B<\E]703;mona;100> is equivalent to B<\E]703;mona;100\a>
1012
1013=back
1014
1015The option B<< {I<right-rtext>} >> will be right-justified. In the
1016absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the I<action>
1017as well.
1018
1019=over 4
1020
1021=item For example,
1022
1023B</File/{Open}{^X^F}> is equivalent to B</File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F>
1024
1025=back
1026
1027The left label I<is> necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1028implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1029right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1030with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1031
1032=over 4
1033
1034=item For example,
1035
1036B</File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1037
1038=item or hiding it
1039
1040B</File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1041
1042=back
1043
1044X<menuBarRemove>
1045
1046=head2 Removing menus
1047
1048=over 4
1049
1050=item B<< -/*+ >>
1051
1052remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as B<[clear]>
1053
1054=item B<< -+I</path>menu+ >>
1055
1056remove menu
1057
1058=item B<< -+I</path>{item}+ >>
1059
1060remove item
1061
1062=item B<< -+I</path>{-} >>
1063
1064remove separator)
1065
1066=item B<-/path/menu/*>
1067
1068remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1069
1070=back
1071
1072X<menuBarArrows>
1073
1074=head2 Quick Arrows
1075
1076The menus also provide a hook for I<quick arrows> to provide easier
1077user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
1078emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1079individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1080beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1081with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1082
1083=over 4
1084
1085=item B<< <r>+I<Right> >>
1086
1087=item B<< <l>+I<Left> >>
1088
1089=item B<< <u>+I<Up> >>
1090
1091=item B<< <d>+I<Down> >>
1092
1093Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1094
1095=item B<< <b>+I<Begin> >>
1096
1097=item B<< <e>+I<End> >>
1098
1099Define common beginning/end parts for I<quick arrows> which used in
1100conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1101
1102=back
1103
1104=over 4
1105
1106=item For example, define arrows individually,
1107
1108 <u>\E[A
1109
1110 <d>\E[B
1111
1112 <r>\E[C
1113
1114 <l>\E[D
1115
1116=item or all at once
1117
1118 <u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D
1119
1120=item or more compactly (factoring out common parts)
1121
1122 <b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1123
1124=back
1125
1126X<menuBarSummary>
1127
1128=head2 Command Summary
1129
1130A short summary of the most I<common> commands:
1131
1132=over 4
1133
1134=item [menu:name]
1135
1136use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1137
1138=item [menu]
1139
1140use the current menuBar
1141
1142=item [title:string]
1143
1144set menuBar title
1145
1146=item [done]
1147
1148set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
1149
1150=item [done:name]
1151
1152if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
1153
1154=item [rm:name]
1155
1156remove named menuBar(s)
1157
1158=item [rm] [rm:]
1159
1160remove current menuBar
1161
1162=item [rm*] [rm:*]
1163
1164remove all menuBar(s)
1165
1166=item [swap]
1167
1168swap top two menuBars
1169
1170=item [prev]
1171
1172access the previous menuBar
1173
1174=item [next]
1175
1176access the next menuBar
1177
1178=item [show]
1179
1180map menuBar
1181
1182=item [hide]
1183
1184unmap menuBar
1185
1186=item [pixmap;file]
1187
1188=item [pixmap;file;scaling]
1189
1190set a background pixmap
1191
1192=item [read:file]
1193
1194=item [read:file;name]
1195
1196read in a menu from a file
1197
1198=item [dump]
1199
1200dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
1201
1202=item /
1203
1204access menuBar top level
1205
1206=item ./
1207
1208=item ../
1209
1210=item ../../
1211
1212access current or parent menu level
1213
1214=item /path/menu
1215
1216add/access menu
1217
1218=item /path/{-}
1219
1220add separator
1221
1222=item /path/{item}{rtext} action
1223
1224add/alter menu item
1225
1226=item -/*
1227
1228remove all menus from the menuBar
1229
1230=item -/path/menu
1231
1232remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
1233
1234=item -/path/menu
1235
1236remove menu
1237
1238=item -/path/{item}
1239
1240remove item
1241
1242=item -/path/{-}
1243
1244remove separator
1245
1246=item <b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End
1247
1248menu quick arrows
1249
1250=back
1251X<XPM>
1252 1853
1253=head1 XPM 1854=head1 XPM
1254 1855
1255For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value 1856For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value
1256of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a 1857of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
1354=begin table 1955=begin table
1355 1956
1356 4 Shift 1957 4 Shift
1357 8 Meta 1958 8 Meta
1358 16 Control 1959 16 Control
1359 32 Double Click I<(Rxvt extension)> 1960 32 Double Click I<(rxvt extension)>
1360 1961
1361=end table 1962=end table
1362 1963
1363Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >> 1964Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >>
1364 1965
1441=end table 2042=end table
1442 2043
1443=head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS 2044=head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
1444 2045
1445General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 2046General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
1446hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the 2047hasn't been tested well. Either try with C<--enable-everything> or use
1447./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself, 2048the F<./reconf> script as a base for experiments. F<./reconf> is used by
1448so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always 2049myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
1449report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann 2050always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
1450<rxvt@schmorp.de>. 2051Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
2052
2053All
1451 2054
1452=over 4 2055=over 4
1453 2056
1454=item --enable-everything 2057=item --enable-everything
1455 2058
1456Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure 2059Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
1457--help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant. 2060--help".
2061
1458You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by 2062You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
1459I<following> this with the appropriate commands. 2063I<following> this with the appropriate C<--disable-...> arguments,
2064or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2065C<--disable-everything> and than adding just the C<--enable-...> arguments
2066you want.
1460 2067
1461=item --enable-xft 2068=item --enable-xft (default: enabled)
1462 2069
1463Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are 2070Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
1464slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you 2071slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
1465don't pay for them. 2072don't pay for them.
1466 2073
1467=item --enable-font-styles 2074=item --enable-font-styles (default: on)
1468 2075
1469Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font 2076Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font
1470styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically. 2077styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
1471 2078
1472=item --with-codesets=NAME,... 2079=item --with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
1473 2080
1474Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn are 2081Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (C<eu>, C<vn>
1475always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These 2082are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
1476codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core fonts, they 2083codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
1477are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will make your binary 2084for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
1478bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless 2085replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
2086binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
1479you use an X11 font requiring one of these encodings. 2087memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.
1480 2088
1481=begin table 2089=begin table
1482 2090
1483 all all available codeset groups 2091 all all available codeset groups
1484 cn common chinese encodings 2092 zh common chinese encodings
1485 cn_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 2093 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
1486 jp common japanese encodings 2094 jp common japanese encodings
1487 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 2095 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
1488 kr korean encodings 2096 kr korean encodings
1489 2097
1490=end table 2098=end table
1491 2099
1492=item --enable-xim 2100=item --enable-xim (default: on)
1493 2101
1494Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 2102Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
1495alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly 2103alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
1496set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 2104set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
1497 2105
1498=item --enable-unicode3 2106=item --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
2107
2108Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
1499 2109
1500Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 2110Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
150165535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage 211165535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
1502requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet 2112requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
1503support these extra characters, but Xft does. 2113support these extra characters, but Xft does.
1506even without this flag, but the number of such characters is 2116even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
1507limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, 2117limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
1508see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 2118see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
1509(input/output and cut&paste still work, though). 2119(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
1510 2120
1511=item --enable-combining 2121=item --enable-combining (default: on)
1512 2122
1513Enable automatic composition of combining characters into 2123Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
1514composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text 2124composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
1515where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is 2125where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
1516done by using precomposited characters when available or creating 2126done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
1517new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 2127new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
1518 2128
1519Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed 2129Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
1520characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use the 2130characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be
1521private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With 2131(ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
1522--enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This will also enable 2132
1523storage of characters >65535. 2133This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2134beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
1524 2135
1525The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms, 2136The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
1526but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used. 2137but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2138tell me how these are to be used...).
1527 2139
1528=item --enable-fallback(=CLASS) 2140=item --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
1529 2141
1530When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS 2142When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To
1531(default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback. 2143disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
1532 2144
1533=item --with-res-name=NAME 2145=item --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
1534 2146
1535Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when 2147Use the given name as default application name when
1536reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 2148reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
1537 2149
1538=item --with-res-class=CLASS 2150=item --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
1539 2151
1540Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class 2152Use the given class as default application class
1541when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace 2153when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
1542rxvt. 2154rxvt.
1543 2155
1544=item --enable-utmp 2156=item --enable-utmp (default: on)
1545 2157
1546Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at 2158Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at
1547start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 2159start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
1548 2160
1549=item --enable-wtmp 2161=item --enable-wtmp (default: on)
1550 2162
1551Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at 2163Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at
1552start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 2164start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
1553option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 2165option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
1554 2166
1555=item --enable-lastlog 2167=item --enable-lastlog (default: on)
1556 2168
1557Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 2169Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
1558F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 2170F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
1559--enable-utmp to also be specified. 2171--enable-utmp to also be specified.
1560 2172
1561=item --enable-xpm-background 2173=item --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
1562 2174
1563Add support for XPM background pixmaps. 2175Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
1564 2176
1565=item --enable-transparency 2177=item --enable-transparency (default: on)
1566 2178
1567Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 2179Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
1568transparency to the term. 2180transparency to the term.
1569 2181
1570=item --enable-fading 2182=item --enable-fading (default: on)
1571 2183
1572Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. 2184Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires C<--enable-transparency>).
1573 2185
1574=item --enable-tinting 2186=item --enable-tinting (default: on)
1575 2187
1576Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds. 2188Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires C<--enable-transparency>).
1577 2189
1578=item --enable-menubar
1579
1580Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
1581dynamic locale switching currently).
1582
1583=item --enable-rxvt-scroll 2190=item --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
1584 2191
1585Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 2192Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
1586 2193
1587=item --enable-next-scroll 2194=item --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
1588 2195
1589Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. 2196Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
1590 2197
1591=item --enable-xterm-scroll 2198=item --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
1592 2199
1593Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. 2200Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
1594 2201
1595=item --enable-plain-scroll 2202=item --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
1596 2203
1597Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that 2204Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
1598is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for 2205is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
1599many years. 2206many years.
1600 2207
1601=item --enable-half-shadow 2208=item --enable-ttygid (default: off)
1602
1603Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
1604only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
1605
1606=item --enable-ttygid
1607 2209
1608Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if 2210Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if
1609your system uses this type of security. 2211your system uses this type of security.
1610 2212
1611=item --disable-backspace-key 2213=item --disable-backspace-key
1612 2214
1613Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server 2215Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it.
2216
2217=item --disable-delete-key
2218
2219Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
1614do it. 2220do it.
1615 2221
1616=item --disable-delete-key
1617
1618Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
1619do it.
1620
1621=item --disable-resources 2222=item --disable-resources
1622 2223
1623Remove all resources checking. 2224Removes any support for resource checking.
1624
1625=item --enable-xgetdefault
1626
1627Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
1628version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
1629then ~/.Xresources.
1630
1631=item --enable-strings
1632
1633Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
1634various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
1635have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
1636to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
1637GNU/Linux systems).
1638 2225
1639=item --disable-swapscreen 2226=item --disable-swapscreen
1640 2227
1641Remove support for swap screen. 2228Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
1642 2229
1643=item --enable-frills 2230=item --enable-frills (default: on)
1644 2231
1645Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to 2232Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
1646have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to 2233have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
1647disable this. 2234disable this.
1648 2235
2236A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly
2237in combination with other switches) is:
2238
2239 MWM-hints
2240 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2241 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2242 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2243 visual depth selection (-depth)
2244 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2245 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2246 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2247 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2248 keysym remapping support
2249 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2250 XEmbed support (-embed)
2251 user-pty (-pty-fd)
2252 hold on exit (-hold)
2253 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2254
2255It also enabled some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:
2256
2257 some round-trip time optimisations
2258 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
2259 UTF8_STRING supporr for selection
2260 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2261 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
2262 view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences
2263 locale switching escape sequence
2264 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2265 rectangular selections
2266 trailing space removal for selections
2267 verbose X error handling
2268
1649=item --enable-iso14755 2269=item --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
1650 2270
1651Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or 2271Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
1652F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by 2272F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
1653C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with 2273C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
1654this switch. 2274this switch.
1655 2275
1656=item --enable-linespace
1657
1658Add support to provide user specified line spacing between text rows.
1659
1660=item --enable-keepscrolling 2276=item --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
1661 2277
1662Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 2278Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
1663the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2279the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
1664 2280
1665=item --enable-mousewheel 2281=item --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
1666 2282
1667Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. 2283Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
1668 2284
1669=item --enable-slipwheeling 2285=item --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
1670 2286
1671Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2287Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
1672accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2288accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
1673requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 2289requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
1674 2290
1675=item --disable-new-selection 2291=item --disable-new-selection
1676 2292
1677Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 2293Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
1678 2294
1679=item --enable-dmalloc 2295=item --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
1680 2296
1681Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See 2297Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
1682http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the 2298L<http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/> for details If you use either this or the
1683next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point 2299next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
1684DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places. 2300DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
1685 2301
1686You can only use either this option and the following (should 2302You can only use either this option and the following (should
1687you use either) . 2303you use either) .
1688 2304
1689=item --enable-dlmalloc 2305=item --enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
1690 2306
1691Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version 2307Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
1692See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details. 2308See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
1693 2309
1694=item --enable-smart-resize 2310=item --enable-smart-resize (default: on)
1695 2311
1696Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot 2312Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
1697keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is 2313keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
1698closest to a corner of the screen. 2314the screen in a fixed position.
1699 2315
1700=item --enable-cursor-blink
1701
1702Add support for a blinking cursor.
1703
1704=item --enable-pointer-blank 2316=item --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
1705 2317
1706Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2318Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
1707 2319
1708=item --with-name=NAME 2320=item --enable-perl (default: on)
1709 2321
2322Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)>
2323manpage (F<doc/rxvtperl.txt>) for more info on this feature, or the files
2324in F<src/perl-ext/> for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2325perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the C<PERL> environment
2326variable when running configure.
2327
2328=item --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2329
1710Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: urxvt, resulting in 2330Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
1711urxvt, urxvtd etc.). Specify --with-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 2331in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with
2332C<rxvt>.
1712 2333
1713=item --with-term=NAME 2334=item --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
1714 2335
1715Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default 2336Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
1716"rxvt")
1717 2337
1718=item --with-terminfo=PATH 2338=item --with-terminfo=PATH
1719 2339
1720Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to 2340Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
1721PATH. 2341PATH.

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