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1=head1 NAME 1=head1 NAME
2 2
3RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information 3RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information
4 4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6
7 # set a new font set
8 printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho"
9
10 # change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
11 export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007"
12
13 # set window title
14 printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title"
15
16=head1 DESCRIPTION
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
5=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 24=head1 RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
6 25
7=over 4
8 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
9=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 51=head3 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
10 52
11The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape 53The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
12sequence C<ESC[8n> sets the window title to the version number. 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.
13 57
14=item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
15
16The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
17as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
18
19The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
20be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):
21
22 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
23 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
24
25... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
26
27If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
28C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
29problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
30colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
31quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
32
33If you always want to do this you can either recompile rxvt-unicode with
34the desired TERM value or use a resource to set it:
35
36 URxvt.termName: rxvt
37
38If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace
39the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
40
41=item I need a termcap file entry.
42
43You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
44You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
45like this:
46
47 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
48
49OR you could this termcap entry:
50
51 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
52 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
53 :co#80:it#8:li#24:\
54 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
55 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
56 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=^O:al=\E[L:\
57 :as=^N:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:\
58 :cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:do=^J:\
59 :ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:\
60 :im=\E[4h:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
61 :k0=\E[21~:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:\
62 :k5=\E[15~:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:\
63 :kD=\E[3~:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:\
64 :ke=\E[?1l\E>:kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:\
65 :ku=\EOA:le=^H:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:\
66 :nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:\
67 :st=\EH:ta=^I:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:\
68 :up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
69 :vs=\E[?25h:
70
71=item How can I configure rxvt-unicode so that it looks similar to the original rxvt?
72
73Felix von Leitner says that these two lines, in your F<.Xdefaults>, will make rxvt-unicode
74behave similar to the original rxvt:
75
76 URxvt.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
77 URxvt.boldFont: -misc-fixed-bold-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
78
79=item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
80
81=item Unicode does not seem to work?
82
83If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
84getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
85subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
86
87Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
88programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
89login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
90sth. else, e.h. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
91
92The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
93into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
94
95 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
96
97If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
98supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which
99displays this. If it displays sth. like:
100
101 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
102
103Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
104
105If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
106you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
107support locales :(
108
109=item Why do some characters look so much different than others?
110
111=item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
112
113Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
114fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
115your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
116to display.
117
118B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
119font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
120bad. Many fonts have totally strange characters that don't resemble the
121correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial intelligence
122to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe the font that
123the characters it contains indeed look correct.
124
125In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
126e.g.:
127
128 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
129
130When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
131font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
132next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
133search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
134
135The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than the base
136font, as the base font defines the principal cell size, which must be the
137same due to the way terminals work.
138
139=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
140
141This is because there is a difference between script and language --
142rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output
143is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode
144first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for
145it. Subsequent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many chinese
146characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
147non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
148-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
149japanese characters that are also chinese.
150
151The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
152list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
153a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
154first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
155
156In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime (the
157internal data structure has no problem with using different fonts for
158the same character at the same time, but no interface for this has been
159designed yet).
160
161=item Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
162
163Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
164size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
165contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
166these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special
167"careful" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
168
169All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
170however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
171box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
172ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
173cases).
174
175It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype, or
176the respective font. If you encounter this problem there is no way to work
177around this except by using a different font.
178
179All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
180box data is correct.
181
182=item My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
183
184The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
185correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
186your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and
187your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
188does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
189rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
190
191In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
192one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.
193
194=item I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755
195
196Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
197international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
198advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
199codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape
200character and so on.
201
202=item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
203
204First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminfo
205(C<urxvt>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then make sure
206you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise rxvt-unicode
207might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
208
209 URxvt*colorBD: white
210 URxvt*colorIT: green
211
212=item Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
213
214For some unexplainable reason, some programs (i.e. irssi) assume a very
215weird colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the
216standard 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of
217course, to fix these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very
218good reasons.
219
220In the meantime, you can either edit your C<urxvt> terminfo definition to
221only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will fix colours
222but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
223
224=item I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
225
226Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined
227in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
228wether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that
229B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
230
231As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
232does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
233B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely legal.
234
235However, C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support
236multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and
237non-standardized) representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to
238convert between B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any
239other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and
240every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything
241except the current locale encoding.
242
243Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this
244by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
245with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
246conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
247encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
248
249The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
250system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
251complete replacements.
252
253=item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
254
255=item Is there an option to switch encodings?
256
257Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
258specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
259UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
260
261The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
262the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
263applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width and
264code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>.
265
266Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
267programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
268interpretation of characters.
269
270Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
271is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
272
273On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
274contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
275locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
276C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
277(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
278
279Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
280the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
281i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the same for rxvt-unicode.
282
283If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
284rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
285
286=item Can I switch locales at runtime?
287
288Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which sets
289rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
290
291 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
292
293See also the previous question.
294
295Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in one
296locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support UTF-8. For
297example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which first switches to a
298locale supported by xjdic and back later:
299
300 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
301 xjdic -js
302 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
303
304=item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
305
306Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which has the same
307effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
308
309 printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
310
311This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
312japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
313japanese fonts would only be in your way.
314
315You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
316
317=item Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
318
319Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
320example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
321Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround is to enable
322freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
323
324 URxvt*italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
325 URxvt*boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
326
327=item My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
328
329You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
330terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
331
332 URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
333
334Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
335use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
336input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input
337method limits you.
338
339=item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that? 58=head3 Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
340 59
341Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for sth. you 60Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
342don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that 61don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
343you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design, 62you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
344when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded 63when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
345accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters. 64accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
346 65
3496 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a 686 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
350kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full) 69kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
351use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as 70use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
352rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell. 71rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
353 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
354=item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow? 325=head3 Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
355 326
356Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as 327Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
357it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable 328it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
358antialiasing (by appending C<:antialiasing=false>), which saves lots of 329antialiasing (by appending C<:antialias=false>), which saves lots of
359memory and also speeds up rendering considerably. 330memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
360 331
361=item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong? 332=head3 Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
362 333
363Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to 334Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
364fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core 335fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
365fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has 336fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
366antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they 337antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
367look best that way. 338look best that way.
368 339
369If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually. 340If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
370 341
371=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
372
373Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
374some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
375heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
376quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
377depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
378
379=item What's with this bold/blink stuff? 342=head3 What's with this bold/blink stuff?
380 343
381If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the 344If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
382standard foreground colour. 345standard foreground colour.
383 346
384For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the 347For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
391 354
392color0-7 are the low-intensity colors. 355color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
393 356
394color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors. 357color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
395 358
396=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them? 359=head3 I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
397 360
398You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults> 361You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
399resources (or as long-options). 362resources (or as long-options).
400 363
401Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen, 364Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
402including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow: 365including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
403 366
404 URxvt*color0: #000000 367 URxvt.color0: #000000
405 URxvt*color1: #A80000 368 URxvt.color1: #A80000
406 URxvt*color2: #00A800 369 URxvt.color2: #00A800
407 URxvt*color3: #A8A800 370 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
408 URxvt*color4: #0000A8 371 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
409 URxvt*color5: #A800A8 372 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
410 URxvt*color6: #00A8A8 373 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
411 URxvt*color7: #A8A8A8 374 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
412 375
413 URxvt*color8: #000054 376 URxvt.color8: #000054
414 URxvt*color9: #FF0054 377 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
415 URxvt*color10: #00FF54 378 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
416 URxvt*color11: #FFFF54 379 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
417 URxvt*color12: #0000FF 380 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
418 URxvt*color13: #FF00FF 381 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
419 URxvt*color14: #00FFFF 382 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
420 URxvt*color15: #FFFFFF 383 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
421 384
422And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described as 385And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors.
423"pretty girly":
424 386
425 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1 387 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
426 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1 388 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
427 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e 389 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
428 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1 390 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
439 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff 401 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
440 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff 402 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
441 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd 403 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
442 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd 404 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
443 405
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
444=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour? 559=head3 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
445 560
446Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the 561Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
447BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following 562BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
448question) there are two standard values that can be used for 563question) there are two standard values that can be used for
449Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>. 564Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
460 575
461For starting a new rxvt-unicode: 576For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
462 577
463 # use Backspace = ^H 578 # use Backspace = ^H
464 $ stty erase ^H 579 $ stty erase ^H
465 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@ 580 $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
466 581
467 # use Backspace = ^? 582 # use Backspace = ^?
468 $ stty erase ^? 583 $ stty erase ^?
469 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@ 584 $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
470 585
471Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7). 586Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l>.
472 587
473For an existing rxvt-unicode: 588For an existing rxvt-unicode:
474 589
475 # use Backspace = ^H 590 # use Backspace = ^H
476 $ stty erase ^H 591 $ stty erase ^H
485properly reflects that. 600properly reflects that.
486 601
487The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem. 602The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
488To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete 603To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
489key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute 604key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
490(ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo. 605(C<ESC [ 3 ~>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
491 606
492Some other Backspace problems: 607Some other Backspace problems:
493 608
494some editors use termcap/terminfo, 609some editors use termcap/terminfo,
495some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H, 610some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
496GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help. 611GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
497 612
498Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner. 613Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
499 614
500=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them? 615=head3 I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
501 616
502There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless 617There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
503you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can 618you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
504use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysym 619use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
5050xFF00 - 0xFFFF (function, cursor keys, etc).
506 620
507Here's an example for a tn3270 session started using `@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name tn3270' 621Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@URXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt>
508 622
509 !# ----- special uses ------: 623 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
510 ! tn3270 login, remap function and arrow keys. 624 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
511 tn3270*font: *clean-bold-*-*--15-* 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
512 643
513 ! keysym - used by rxvt only 644See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource.
514 ! Delete - ^D
515 tn3270*keysym.0xFFFF: \004
516 645
517 ! Home - ^A 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
518 tn3270*keysym.0xFF50: \001
519 ! Left - ^B
520 tn3270*keysym.0xFF51: \002
521 ! Up - ^P
522 tn3270*keysym.0xFF52: \020
523 ! Right - ^F
524 tn3270*keysym.0xFF53: \006
525 ! Down - ^N
526 tn3270*keysym.0xFF54: \016
527 ! End - ^E
528 tn3270*keysym.0xFF57: \005
529
530 ! F1 - F12
531 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBE: \e1
532 tn3270*keysym.0xFFBF: \e2
533 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC0: \e3
534 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC1: \e4
535 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC2: \e5
536 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC3: \e6
537 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC4: \e7
538 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC5: \e8
539 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC6: \e9
540 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC7: \e0
541 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC8: \e-
542 tn3270*keysym.0xFFC9: \e=
543
544 ! map Prior/Next to F7/F8
545 tn3270*keysym.0xFF55: \e7
546 tn3270*keysym.0xFF56: \e8
547
548=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
549How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
550has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
551 647
552 KP_Insert == Insert 648 KP_Insert == Insert
553 F22 == Print 649 F22 == Print
554 F27 == Home 650 F27 == Home
555 F29 == Prior 651 F29 == Prior
556 F33 == End 652 F33 == End
557 F35 == Next 653 F35 == Next
558 654
559Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible keyboard 655Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
560mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as required for 656keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
561your particular machine. 657required for your particular machine.
562 658
563=item How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
564I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
565 659
566rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
567check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
568Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
569not to use color.
570 660
571=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable? 661=head2 Terminal Configuration
572 662
573If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled 663=head3 Can I see a typical configuration?
574insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
575snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
576wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
577the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
578regular xterm.
579 664
580Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script 665The default configuration tries to be xterm-like, which I don't like that
581snippets: 666much, but it's least surprise to regular users.
582 667
583 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells: 668As a rxvt or rxvt-unicode user, you are practically supposed to invest
584 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know 669time into customising your terminal. To get you started, here is the
585 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then 670author's .Xdefaults entries, with comments on what they do. It's certainly
586 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not 671not I<typical>, but what's typical...
587 echo -n '^[Z'
588 read term_id
589 stty icanon echo
590 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
591 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
592 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
593 fi
594 fi
595 672
596=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself? 673 URxvt.cutchars: "()*,<>[]{}|'
674 URxvt.print-pipe: cat >/tmp/xxx
597 675
598You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>, 676These are just for testing stuff.
599one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
600the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
601 677
602=item My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human? 678 URxvt.imLocale: ja_JP.UTF-8
679 URxvt.preeditType: OnTheSpot,None
603 680
604Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>, 681This tells rxvt-unicode to use a special locale when communicating with
605channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be 682the X Input Method, and also tells it to only use the OnTheSpot pre-edit
606interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :). 683type, which requires the C<xim-onthespot> perl extension but rewards me
684with correct-looking fonts.
685
686 URxvt.perl-lib: /root/lib/urxvt
687 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,selection-autotransform,selection-pastebin,xim-onthespot,remote-clipboard
688 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+)
689 URxvt.selection.pattern-1: ^(/[^:]+):\
690 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
691 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
692
693This is my perl configuration. The first two set the perl library
694directory and also tells urxvt to use a large number of extensions. I
695develop for myself mostly, so I actually use most of the extensions I
696write.
697
698The selection stuff mainly makes the selection perl-error-message aware
699and tells it to convert pelr error mssages into vi-commands to load the
700relevant file and go tot he error line number.
701
702 URxvt.scrollstyle: plain
703 URxvt.secondaryScroll: true
704
705As the documentation says: plain is the preferred scrollbar for the
706author. The C<secondaryScroll> confgiures urxvt to scroll in full-screen
707apps, like screen, so lines scorlled out of screen end up in urxvt's
708scrollback buffer.
709
710 URxvt.background: #000000
711 URxvt.foreground: gray90
712 URxvt.color7: gray90
713 URxvt.colorBD: #ffffff
714 URxvt.cursorColor: #e0e080
715 URxvt.throughColor: #8080f0
716 URxvt.highlightColor: #f0f0f0
717
718Some colours. Not sure which ones are being used or even non-defaults, but
719these are in my .Xdefaults. Most notably, they set foreground/background
720to light gray/black, and also make sure that the colour 7 matches the
721default foreground colour.
722
723 URxvt.underlineColor: yellow
724
725Another colour, makes underline lines look different. Sometimes hurts, but
726is mostly a nice effect.
727
728 URxvt.geometry: 154x36
729 URxvt.loginShell: false
730 URxvt.meta: ignore
731 URxvt.utmpInhibit: true
732
733Uh, well, should be mostly self-explanatory. By specifying some defaults
734manually, I can quickly switch them for testing.
735
736 URxvt.saveLines: 8192
737
738A large scrollback buffer is essential. Really.
739
740 URxvt.mapAlert: true
741
742The only case I use it is for my IRC window, which I like to keep
743iconified till people msg me (which beeps).
744
745 URxvt.visualBell: true
746
747The audible bell is often annoying, especially when in a crowd.
748
749 URxvt.insecure: true
750
751Please don't hack my mutt! Ooops...
752
753 URxvt.pastableTabs: false
754
755I once thought this is a great idea.
756
757 urxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
758 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
759 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
760 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic, \
761 xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:autohint=true, \
762 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
763 urxvt.boldFont: -xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso8859-15
764 urxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
765 urxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
766
767I wrote rxvt-unicode to be able to specify fonts exactly. So don't be
768overwhelmed. A special note: the C<9x15bold> mentioend above is actually
769the version from XFree-3.3, as XFree-4 replaced it by a totally different
770font (different glyphs for C<;> and many other harmless characters),
771while the second font is actually the C<9x15bold> from XFree4/XOrg. The
772bold version has less chars than the medium version, so I use it for rare
773characters, too. Whene ditign sources with vim, I use italic for comments
774and other stuff, which looks quite good with Bitstream Vera anti-aliased.
775
776Terminus is a quite bad font (many very wrong glyphs), but for most of my
777purposes, it works, and gives a different look, as my normal (Non-bold)
778font is already bold, and I want to see a difference between bold and
779normal fonts.
780
781Please note that I used the C<urxvt> instance name and not the C<URxvt>
782class name. Thats because I use different configs for different purposes,
783for example, my IRC window is started with C<-name IRC>, and uses these
784defaults:
785
786 IRC*title: IRC
787 IRC*geometry: 87x12+535+542
788 IRC*saveLines: 0
789 IRC*mapAlert: true
790 IRC*font: suxuseuro
791 IRC*boldFont: suxuseuro
792 IRC*colorBD: white
793 IRC*keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
794 IRC*keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
795
796C<Alt-Shift-1> and C<Alt-Shift-2> switch between two different font
797sizes. C<suxuseuro> allows me to keep an eye (and actually read)
798stuff while keeping a very small window. If somebody pastes something
799complicated (e.g. japanese), I temporarily switch to a larger font.
800
801The above is all in my C<.Xdefaults> (I don't use C<.Xresources> nor
802C<xrdb>). I also have some resources in a separate C<.Xdefaults-hostname>
803file for different hosts, for example, on ym main desktop, I use:
804
805 URxvt.keysym.C-M-q: command:\033[3;5;5t
806 URxvt.keysym.C-M-y: command:\033[3;5;606t
807 URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: command:\033[3;1605;5t
808 URxvt.keysym.C-M-c: command:\033[3;1605;606t
809 URxvt.keysym.C-M-p: perl:test
810
811The first for keysym definitions allow me to quickly bring some windows
812in the layout I like most. Ion users might start laughing but will stop
813immediately when I tell them that I use my own Fvwm2 module for much the
814same effect as Ion provides, and I only very rarely use the above key
815combinations :->
816
817=head3 Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?
818
819Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
820applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads
821resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
822ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
823F<$HOME/.Xdefaults> when no resources are attached to the display.
824
825If you have or use an F<$HOME/.Xresources> file, chances are that
826resources are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to
827re-login after every change (or run F<xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources>).
828
829Also consider the form resources have to use:
830
831 URxvt.resource: value
832
833If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
834specifying resources), make sure you understand wether and why it
835works. If unsure, use the form above.
836
837=head3 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
838
839The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
840as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
841
842The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
843be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):
844
845 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
846 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
847
848... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
849
850If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
851C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
852problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
853colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
854quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
855
856If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
857can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
858resource to set it:
859
860 URxvt.termName: rxvt
861
862If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace
863the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use C<TERM=rxvt>.
864
865=head3 C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
866
867Most likely it's the empty definition for C<enacs=>. Just replace it by
868C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again.
869
870=head3 C<bash>'s readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@.
871
872See next entry.
873
874=head3 I need a termcap file entry.
875
876One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
877systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
878library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
879for C<rxvt-unicode>.
880
881You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
882You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
883like this:
884
885 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
886
887Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
888
889 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
890 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
891 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
892 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
893 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
894 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
895 :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
896 :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
897 :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
898 :i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
899 :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
900 :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
901 :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
902 :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
903 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
904 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
905 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
906 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
907 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
908 :vs=\E[?25h:
909
910=head3 Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?
911
912The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
913decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
914file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in it's default file (among
915with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
916
917 TERM rxvt-unicode
918
919to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:
920
921 alias ls='ls --color=auto'
922
923to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.
924
925=head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?
926
927See next entry.
928
929=head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?
930
931See next entry.
932
933=head3 Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?
934
935Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged
936distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
937by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra
938features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
939GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
940file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When
941I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on
942how to do this).
943
944
945=head2 Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues
946
947=head3 Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
948
949See next entry.
950
951=head3 Unicode does not seem to work?
952
953If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
954getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
955subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
956
957Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
958programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
959login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
960something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
961
962The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
963into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
964
965 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
966
967If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
968supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which
969displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as
970it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
971like:
972
973 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
974
975Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
976
977If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
978you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
979support locales :(
980
981=head3 How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
982
983See next entry.
984
985=head3 Is there an option to switch encodings?
986
987Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
988specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
989UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
990
991The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
992the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
993applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
994and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
995that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
996characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
997locales).
998
999Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
1000programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1001interpretation of characters.
1002
1003Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1004is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
1005
1006On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
1007contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1008locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
1009C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
1010(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
1011
1012Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1013the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1014i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to
1015rxvt-unicode.
1016
1017If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1018rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
1019
1020=head3 Can I switch locales at runtime?
1021
1022Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
1023rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
1024
1025 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1026
1027See also the previous answer.
1028
1029Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
1030one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it
1031(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which
1032first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
1033
1034 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1035 xjdic -js
1036 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
1037
1038You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except
1039for some locales where character width differs between program- and
1040rxvt-unicode-locales.
1041
1042=head3 I have problems getting my input method working.
1043
1044Try a search engine, as this is slightly different for every input method server.
1045
1046Here is a checklist:
1047
1048=over 4
1049
1050=item - Make sure your locale I<and> the imLocale are supported on your OS.
1051
1052Try C<locale -a> or check the documentation for your OS.
1053
1054=item - Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your XIM.
1055
1056For example, B<kinput2> does not support UTF-8 locales, you should use
1057C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> or equivalent.
1058
1059=item - Make sure your XIM server is actually running.
1060
1061=item - Make sure the C<XMODIFIERS> environment variable is set correctly when I<starting> rxvt-unicode.
1062
1063When you want to use e.g. B<kinput2>, it must be set to
1064C<@im=kinput2>. For B<scim>, use C<@im=SCIM>. Youc an see what input
1065method servers are running with this command:
1066
1067 xprop -root XIM_SERVERS
1068
1069=item
607 1070
608=back 1071=back
609 1072
610=head1 SYNOPSIS 1073=head3 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
611 1074
612 # set a new font set 1075You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
613 printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho" 1076terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
614 1077
615 # change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it 1078 URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
616 export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007"
617 1079
618 # set window title 1080Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
619 printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title" 1081use your input method. Please note, however, that, depending on your Xlib
1082version, you may not be able to input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a
1083normal way then, as your input method limits you.
620 1084
621=head1 DESCRIPTION 1085=head3 Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
1086
1087Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
1088design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
1089leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
1090exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
1091while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
1092crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
1093
1094So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
1095
1096
1097=head2 Operating Systems / Package Maintaining
1098
1099=head3 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
1100
1101The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
1102patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
1103unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
1104the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
1105version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce
1106the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
1107Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
1108Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report the bug).
1109
1110For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
1111probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
1112bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
1113might encounter the same issue.
1114
1115=head3 I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?
1116
1117You should build one binary with the default options. F<configure>
1118now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
1119runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,
1120except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
1121be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
1122the future) depends on it.
1123
1124You should not overwrite the C<perl-ext-common> snd C<perl-ext> resources
1125system-wide (except maybe with C<defaults>). This will result in useful
1126behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
1127C<perl-ext-common> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
1128perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
1129
1130If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
1131one with C<--disable-everything> (very useful) and a maximal one with
1132C<--enable-everything> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
1133encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
1134
1135=head3 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?
1136
1137It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
1138install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now.
1139
1140When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
1141into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
1142systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
1143immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
1144privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
1145things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful" to attackers).
1146
1147This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early
1148and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or
1149things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
1150little risk.
1151
1152=head3 On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.
1153
1154Seems to be a known bug, read
1155L<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
1156following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
1157
1158 #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
1159
1160=head3 I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
1161
1162Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined
1163in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
1164wether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that
1165B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
1166
1167As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
1168does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
1169B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
1170
1171However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in C<POSIX>, C<ISO-8859-1> and
1172C<UTF-8> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as B<wchar_t>.
1173
1174C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support multi-language
1175apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
1176representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to convert between
1177B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
1178without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
1179simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything except the current
1180locale encoding.
1181
1182Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this
1183by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
1184with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
1185conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
1186encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
1187
1188The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
1189system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
1190complete replacements for them :)
1191
1192=head3 I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.
1193
1194Try the diff in F<doc/solaris9.patch> as a base. It fixes the worst
1195problems with C<wcwidth> and a compile problem.
1196
1197=head3 How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
1198
1199rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
1200the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
1201longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
1202single font). I recommend starting the X-server in C<-multiwindow> or
1203C<-rootless> mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the
1204old libW11 emulation.
1205
1206At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
1207encodings (you might try C<LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8>), so you are likely limited
1208to 8-bit encodings.
1209
1210=head1 RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE
622 1211
623The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of 1212The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
624B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences, 1213B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,
625followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all 1214followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
626features selectable at C<configure> time. 1215selectable at C<configure> time.
627 1216
628=head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE
629
630=head1 Definitions 1217=head2 Definitions
631 1218
632=over 4 1219=over 4
633 1220
634=item B<< C<c> >> 1221=item B<< C<c> >>
635 1222
653 1240
654A text parameter composed of printable characters. 1241A text parameter composed of printable characters.
655 1242
656=back 1243=back
657 1244
658=head1 Values 1245=head2 Values
659 1246
660=over 4 1247=over 4
661 1248
662=item B<< C<ENQ> >> 1249=item B<< C<ENQ> >>
663 1250
706 1293
707Space Character 1294Space Character
708 1295
709=back 1296=back
710 1297
711=head1 Escape Sequences 1298=head2 Escape Sequences
712 1299
713=over 4 1300=over 4
714 1301
715=item B<< C<ESC # 8> >> 1302=item B<< C<ESC # 8> >>
716 1303
762Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character 1349Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
763only I<unimplemented> 1350only I<unimplemented>
764 1351
765=item B<< C<ESC Z> >> 1352=item B<< C<ESC Z> >>
766 1353
767Obsolete form of returns: B<< C<ESC[?1;2C> >> I<rxvt-unicode compile-time option> 1354Obsolete form of returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C> >> I<rxvt-unicode compile-time option>
768 1355
769=item B<< C<ESC c> >> 1356=item B<< C<ESC c> >>
770 1357
771Full reset (RIS) 1358Full reset (RIS)
772 1359
776 1363
777=item B<< C<ESC o> >> 1364=item B<< C<ESC o> >>
778 1365
779Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3) 1366Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)
780 1367
781=item B<< C<ESC> ( C> >> 1368=item B<< C<ESC ( C> >>
782 1369
783Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>. 1370Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
784 1371
785=item B<< C<ESC> ) C> >> 1372=item B<< C<ESC ) C> >>
786 1373
787Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>. 1374Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
788 1375
789=item B<< C<ESC * C> >> 1376=item B<< C<ESC * C> >>
790 1377
814 1401
815=back 1402=back
816 1403
817X<CSI> 1404X<CSI>
818 1405
819=head1 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences 1406=head2 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences
820 1407
821=over 4 1408=over 4
822 1409
823=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >> 1410=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >>
824 1411
931 1518
932=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >> 1519=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>
933 1520
934Send Device Attributes (DA) 1521Send Device Attributes (DA)
935B<< C<Ps = 0> >> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal 1522B<< C<Ps = 0> >> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
936returns: B<< C<ESC[?1;2c> >> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video 1523returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c> >> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
937Option'') 1524Option'')
938 1525
939=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps d> >> 1526=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps d> >>
940 1527
941Cursor to Line B<< C<Ps> >> (VPA) 1528Cursor to Line B<< C<Ps> >> (VPA)
1057 1644
1058=item B<< C<ESC [ s> >> 1645=item B<< C<ESC [ s> >>
1059 1646
1060Save Cursor (SC) 1647Save Cursor (SC)
1061 1648
1649=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Pt t> >>
1650
1651Window Operations
1652
1653=begin table
1654
1655 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Deiconify (map) window
1656 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Iconify window
1657 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> B<< C<ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t> >> Move window to (X|Y)
1658 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> B<< C<ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t> >> Resize to WxH pixels
1659 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Raise window
1660 B<< C<Ps = 6> >> Lower window
1661 B<< C<Ps = 7> >> Refresh screen once
1662 B<< C<Ps = 8> >> B<< C<ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t> >> Resize to R rows and C columns
1663 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Report window state (responds with C<Ps = 1> or C<Ps = 2>)
1664 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Report window position (responds with C<Ps = 3>)
1665 B<< C<Ps = 14> >> Report window pixel size (responds with C<Ps = 4>)
1666 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Report window text size (responds with C<Ps = 7>)
1667 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Currently the same as C<Ps = 18>, but responds with C<Ps = 9>
1668 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Reports icon label (B<< C<ESC ] L NAME \234> >>)
1669 B<< C<Ps = 21> >> Reports window title (B<< C<ESC ] l NAME \234> >>)
1670 B<< C<Ps = 24..> >> Set window height to C<Ps> rows
1671
1672=end table
1673
1674=item B<< C<ESC [ u> >>
1675
1676Restore Cursor
1677
1062=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps x> >> 1678=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps x> >>
1063 1679
1064Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM) 1680Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
1065 1681
1066=item B<< C<ESC [ u> >>
1067
1068Restore Cursor
1069
1070=back 1682=back
1071 1683
1072X<PrivateModes> 1684X<PrivateModes>
1073 1685
1074=head1 DEC Private Modes 1686=head2 DEC Private Modes
1075 1687
1076=over 4 1688=over 4
1077 1689
1078=item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >> 1690=item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >>
1079 1691
1176 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press. 1788 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1177 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. 1789 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1178 1790
1179=end table 1791=end table
1180 1792
1181=item B<< C<Ps = 10> >> (B<rxvt>)
1182
1183=begin table
1184
1185 B<< C<h> >> menuBar visible
1186 B<< C<l> >> menuBar invisible
1187
1188=end table
1189
1190=item B<< C<Ps = 25> >> 1793=item B<< C<Ps = 25> >>
1191 1794
1192=begin table 1795=begin table
1193 1796
1194 B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis} 1797 B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1310 B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1913 B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1311 B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1914 B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1312 1915
1313=end table 1916=end table
1314 1917
1918=item B<< C<Ps = 1021> >> (B<rxvt>)
1919
1920=begin table
1921
1922 B<< C<h> >> Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option B<-is>)
1923 B<< C<l> >> Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1924
1925=end table
1926
1315=item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >> 1927=item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >>
1316 1928
1317=begin table 1929=begin table
1318 1930
1319 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer 1931 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1343 1955
1344=back 1956=back
1345 1957
1346X<XTerm> 1958X<XTerm>
1347 1959
1348=head1 XTerm Operating System Commands 1960=head2 XTerm Operating System Commands
1349 1961
1350=over 4 1962=over 4
1351 1963
1352=item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >> 1964=item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >>
1353 1965
1365 B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)> 1977 B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1366 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)> 1978 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1367 B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> 1979 B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1368 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> 1980 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1369 B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 1981 B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1370 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 1982 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 706]
1371 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 1983 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 707]
1984 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM).
1372 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change default background to B<< C<Pt> >> 1985 B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.
1373 B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>
1374 B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented> 1986 B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>
1375 B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option> 1987 B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.
1376 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> >> 1988 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> >>
1377 B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >> 1989 B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >>
1378 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) 1990 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).
1379 B<< C<Ps = 703> >> Menubar command B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option> (rxvt-unicode extension) 1991 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>.
1380 B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 1992 B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1381 B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >> 1993 B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >> (Compile transparency).
1994 B<< C<Ps = 706> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1995 B<< C<Ps = 707> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1382 B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>. 1996 B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>.
1383 B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>. 1997 B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
1384 B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>. 1998 B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
1385 B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>. 1999 B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
2000 B<< C<Ps = 720> >> Move viewing window up by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).
2001 B<< C<Ps = 721> >> Move viewing window down by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).
2002 B<< C<Ps = 777> >> Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form C<extension:parameters> (Compile perl).
1386 2003
1387=end table 2004=end table
1388 2005
1389=back 2006=back
1390
1391X<menuBar>
1392
1393=head1 menuBar
1394
1395B<< The exact syntax used is I<almost> solidified. >>
1396In the menus, B<DON'T> try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
1397menuBar.
1398
1399Note that in all of the commands, the B<< I</path/> >> I<cannot> be
1400omitted: use B<./> to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1401
1402=head2 Overview of menuBar operation
1403
1404For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence C<ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST>, the syntax
1405of C<Pt> can be used for a variety of tasks:
1406
1407At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1408linked-list of other such menuBars.
1409
1410The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1411turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1412
1413The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1414input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1415
1416The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1417constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
1418menuBars.
1419
1420The first step is to use the tag B<< [menu:I<name>] >> which creates
1421the menuBar called I<name> and allows access. You may now or menus,
1422subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag B<[done]> to set the
1423menuBar access as B<readonly> to prevent accidental corruption of the
1424menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
1425B<[menu]>, make the alterations and then use B<[done]>
1426
1427X<menuBarCommands>
1428
1429=head2 Commands
1430
1431=over 4
1432
1433=item B<< [menu:+I<name>] >>
1434
1435access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
1436is created, it is called I<name> (max of 15 chars) and the current
1437menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1438
1439=item B<[menu]>
1440
1441access the current menuBar for alteration
1442
1443=item B<< [title:+I<string>] >>
1444
1445set the current menuBar's title to I<string>, which may contain the
1446following format specifiers:
1447B<%%> : literal B<%> character
1448B<%n> : rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1449B<%v> : rxvt version
1450
1451=item B<[done]>
1452
1453set menuBar access as B<readonly>.
1454End-of-file tag for B<< [read:+I<file>] >> operations.
1455
1456=item B<< [read:+I<file>] >>
1457
1458read menu commands directly from I<file> (extension ".menu" will be
1459appended if required.) Start reading at a line with B<[menu]> or B<<
1460[menu:+I<name> >> and continuing until B<[done]> is encountered.
1461
1462Blank and comment lines (starting with B<#>) are ignored. Actually,
1463since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
1464be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
1465future ... so don't count on it!.
1466
1467=item B<< [read:+I<file>;+I<name>] >>
1468
1469The same as B<< [read:+I<file>] >>, but start reading at a line with
1470B<< [menu:+I<name>] >> and continuing until B<< [done:+I<name>] >> or
1471B<[done]> is encountered.
1472
1473=item B<[dump]>
1474
1475dump all menuBars to the file B</tmp/rxvt-PID> in a format suitable for
1476later rereading.
1477
1478=item B<[rm:name]>
1479
1480remove the named menuBar
1481
1482=item B<[rm] [rm:]>
1483
1484remove the current menuBar
1485
1486=item B<[rm*] [rm:*]>
1487
1488remove all menuBars
1489
1490=item B<[swap]>
1491
1492swap the top two menuBars
1493
1494=item B<[prev]>
1495
1496access the previous menuBar
1497
1498=item B<[next]>
1499
1500access the next menuBar
1501
1502=item B<[show]>
1503
1504Enable display of the menuBar
1505
1506=item B<[hide]>
1507
1508Disable display of the menuBar
1509
1510=item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>] >>
1511
1512=item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>;I<scaling>] >>
1513
1514(set the background pixmap globally
1515
1516B<< A Future implementation I<may> make this local to the menubar >>)
1517
1518=item B<< [:+I<command>:] >>
1519
1520ignore the menu readonly status and issue a I<command> to or a menu or
1521menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
1522from a menuBar.
1523
1524=back
1525
1526X<menuBarAdd>
1527
1528=head2 Adding and accessing menus
1529
1530The following commands may also be B<+> prefixed.
1531
1532=over 4
1533
1534=item B</+>
1535
1536access menuBar top level
1537
1538=item B<./+>
1539
1540access current menu level
1541
1542=item B<../+>
1543
1544access parent menu (1 level up)
1545
1546=item B<../../>
1547
1548access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1549
1550=item B<< I</path/>menu >>
1551
1552add/access menu
1553
1554=item B<< I</path/>menu/* >>
1555
1556add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1557
1558=item B<< I</path/>{-} >>
1559
1560add separator
1561
1562=item B<< I</path/>{item} >>
1563
1564add B<item> as a label
1565
1566=item B<< I</path/>{item} action >>
1567
1568add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action>
1569
1570=item B<< I</path/>{item}{right-text} >>
1571
1572add/alter I<menuitem> with B<right-text> as the right-justified text
1573and as the associated I<action>
1574
1575=item B<< I</path/>{item}{rtext} action >>
1576
1577add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action> and with B<rtext> as
1578the right-justified text.
1579
1580=back
1581
1582=over 4
1583
1584=item Special characters in I<action> must be backslash-escaped:
1585
1586B<\a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal>
1587
1588=item or in control-character notation:
1589
1590B<^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?>
1591
1592=back
1593
1594To send a string starting with a B<NUL> (B<^@>) character to the
1595program, start I<action> with a pair of B<NUL> characters (B<^@^@>),
1596the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
1597program. Otherwise if I<action> begins with B<NUL> followed by
1598non-+B<NUL> characters, the leading B<NUL> is stripped off and the
1599balance is sent back to rxvt.
1600
1601As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, I<action> may start
1602with B<M-> (eg, B<M-$> is equivalent to B<\E$>) and a B<CR> will be
1603appended if missed from B<M-x> commands.
1604
1605As a convenience for issuing XTerm B<ESC]> sequences from a menubar (or
1606quick arrow), a B<BEL> (B<^G>) will be appended if needed.
1607
1608=over 4
1609
1610=item For example,
1611
1612B<M-xapropos> is equivalent to B<\Exapropos\r>
1613
1614=item and
1615
1616B<\E]703;mona;100> is equivalent to B<\E]703;mona;100\a>
1617
1618=back
1619
1620The option B<< {I<right-rtext>} >> will be right-justified. In the
1621absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the I<action>
1622as well.
1623
1624=over 4
1625
1626=item For example,
1627
1628B</File/{Open}{^X^F}> is equivalent to B</File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F>
1629
1630=back
1631
1632The left label I<is> necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1633implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1634right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1635with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1636
1637=over 4
1638
1639=item For example,
1640
1641B</File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1642
1643=item or hiding it
1644
1645B</File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1646
1647=back
1648
1649X<menuBarRemove>
1650
1651=head2 Removing menus
1652
1653=over 4
1654
1655=item B<< -/*+ >>
1656
1657remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as B<[clear]>
1658
1659=item B<< -+I</path>menu+ >>
1660
1661remove menu
1662
1663=item B<< -+I</path>{item}+ >>
1664
1665remove item
1666
1667=item B<< -+I</path>{-} >>
1668
1669remove separator)
1670
1671=item B<-/path/menu/*>
1672
1673remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1674
1675=back
1676
1677X<menuBarArrows>
1678
1679=head2 Quick Arrows
1680
1681The menus also provide a hook for I<quick arrows> to provide easier
1682user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
1683emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1684individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1685beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1686with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1687
1688=over 4
1689
1690=item B<< <r>+I<Right> >>
1691
1692=item B<< <l>+I<Left> >>
1693
1694=item B<< <u>+I<Up> >>
1695
1696=item B<< <d>+I<Down> >>
1697
1698Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1699
1700=item B<< <b>+I<Begin> >>
1701
1702=item B<< <e>+I<End> >>
1703
1704Define common beginning/end parts for I<quick arrows> which used in
1705conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1706
1707=back
1708
1709=over 4
1710
1711=item For example, define arrows individually,
1712
1713 <u>\E[A
1714
1715 <d>\E[B
1716
1717 <r>\E[C
1718
1719 <l>\E[D
1720
1721=item or all at once
1722
1723 <u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D
1724
1725=item or more compactly (factoring out common parts)
1726
1727 <b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1728
1729=back
1730
1731X<menuBarSummary>
1732
1733=head2 Command Summary
1734
1735A short summary of the most I<common> commands:
1736
1737=over 4
1738
1739=item [menu:name]
1740
1741use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1742
1743=item [menu]
1744
1745use the current menuBar
1746
1747=item [title:string]
1748
1749set menuBar title
1750
1751=item [done]
1752
1753set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
1754
1755=item [done:name]
1756
1757if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
1758
1759=item [rm:name]
1760
1761remove named menuBar(s)
1762
1763=item [rm] [rm:]
1764
1765remove current menuBar
1766
1767=item [rm*] [rm:*]
1768
1769remove all menuBar(s)
1770
1771=item [swap]
1772
1773swap top two menuBars
1774
1775=item [prev]
1776
1777access the previous menuBar
1778
1779=item [next]
1780
1781access the next menuBar
1782
1783=item [show]
1784
1785map menuBar
1786
1787=item [hide]
1788
1789unmap menuBar
1790
1791=item [pixmap;file]
1792
1793=item [pixmap;file;scaling]
1794
1795set a background pixmap
1796
1797=item [read:file]
1798
1799=item [read:file;name]
1800
1801read in a menu from a file
1802
1803=item [dump]
1804
1805dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
1806
1807=item /
1808
1809access menuBar top level
1810
1811=item ./
1812
1813=item ../
1814
1815=item ../../
1816
1817access current or parent menu level
1818
1819=item /path/menu
1820
1821add/access menu
1822
1823=item /path/{-}
1824
1825add separator
1826
1827=item /path/{item}{rtext} action
1828
1829add/alter menu item
1830
1831=item -/*
1832
1833remove all menus from the menuBar
1834
1835=item -/path/menu
1836
1837remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
1838
1839=item -/path/menu
1840
1841remove menu
1842
1843=item -/path/{item}
1844
1845remove item
1846
1847=item -/path/{-}
1848
1849remove separator
1850
1851=item <b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End
1852
1853menu quick arrows
1854
1855=back
1856X<XPM>
1857 2007
1858=head1 XPM 2008=head1 XPM
1859 2009
1860For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value 2010For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value
1861of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a 2011of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
1959=begin table 2109=begin table
1960 2110
1961 4 Shift 2111 4 Shift
1962 8 Meta 2112 8 Meta
1963 16 Control 2113 16 Control
1964 32 Double Click I<(Rxvt extension)> 2114 32 Double Click I<(rxvt extension)>
1965 2115
1966=end table 2116=end table
1967 2117
1968Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >> 2118Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >>
1969 2119
2046=end table 2196=end table
2047 2197
2048=head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS 2198=head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
2049 2199
2050General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 2200General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2051hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the 2201hasn't been tested well. Either try with C<--enable-everything> or use
2052./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself, 2202the F<./reconf> script as a base for experiments. F<./reconf> is used by
2053so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always 2203myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
2054report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann 2204always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
2055<rxvt@schmorp.de>. 2205Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
2206
2207All
2056 2208
2057=over 4 2209=over 4
2058 2210
2059=item --enable-everything 2211=item --enable-everything
2060 2212
2061Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure 2213Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
2062--help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant. 2214--help".
2215
2063You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by 2216You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2064I<following> this with the appropriate commands. 2217I<following> this with the appropriate C<--disable-...> arguments,
2218or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2219C<--disable-everything> and than adding just the C<--enable-...> arguments
2220you want.
2065 2221
2066=item --enable-xft 2222=item --enable-xft (default: enabled)
2067 2223
2068Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are 2224Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2069slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you 2225slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2070don't pay for them. 2226don't pay for them.
2071 2227
2072=item --enable-font-styles 2228=item --enable-font-styles (default: on)
2073 2229
2074Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font 2230Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font
2075styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically. 2231styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2076 2232
2077=item --with-codesets=NAME,... 2233=item --with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
2078 2234
2079Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn are 2235Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (C<eu>, C<vn>
2080always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These 2236are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2081codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core fonts, they 2237codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2082are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will make your binary 2238for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2083bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless 2239replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
2240binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
2084you use an X11 font requiring one of these encodings. 2241memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.
2085 2242
2086=begin table 2243=begin table
2087 2244
2088 all all available codeset groups 2245 all all available codeset groups
2089 zh common chinese encodings 2246 zh common chinese encodings
2092 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 2249 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2093 kr korean encodings 2250 kr korean encodings
2094 2251
2095=end table 2252=end table
2096 2253
2097=item --enable-xim 2254=item --enable-xim (default: on)
2098 2255
2099Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using 2256Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2100alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly 2257alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2101set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. 2258set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2102 2259
2103=item --enable-unicode3 2260=item --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
2261
2262Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
2104 2263
2105Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 2264Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
210665535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage 226565535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2107requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet 2266requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2108support these extra characters, but Xft does. 2267support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2111even without this flag, but the number of such characters is 2270even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2112limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, 2271limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2113see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 2272see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2114(input/output and cut&paste still work, though). 2273(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2115 2274
2116=item --enable-combining 2275=item --enable-combining (default: on)
2117 2276
2118Enable automatic composition of combining characters into 2277Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2119composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text 2278composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2120where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is 2279where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2121done by using precomposited characters when available or creating 2280done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2122new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 2281new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2123 2282
2124Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed 2283Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2125characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use the 2284characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be
2126private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With 2285(ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
2127--enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This will also enable 2286
2128storage of characters >65535. 2287This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2288beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
2129 2289
2130The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms, 2290The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2131but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used. 2291but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2292tell me how these are to be used...).
2132 2293
2133=item --enable-fallback(=CLASS) 2294=item --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
2134 2295
2135When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS 2296When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To
2136(default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback. 2297disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2137 2298
2138=item --with-res-name=NAME 2299=item --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2139 2300
2140Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when 2301Use the given name as default application name when
2141reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 2302reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2142 2303
2143=item --with-res-class=CLASS 2304=item --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
2144 2305
2145Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class 2306Use the given class as default application class
2146when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace 2307when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2147rxvt. 2308rxvt.
2148 2309
2149=item --enable-utmp 2310=item --enable-utmp (default: on)
2150 2311
2151Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at 2312Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at
2152start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. 2313start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2153 2314
2154=item --enable-wtmp 2315=item --enable-wtmp (default: on)
2155 2316
2156Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at 2317Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at
2157start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This 2318start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2158option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. 2319option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2159 2320
2160=item --enable-lastlog 2321=item --enable-lastlog (default: on)
2161 2322
2162Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 2323Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2163F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 2324F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2164--enable-utmp to also be specified. 2325--enable-utmp to also be specified.
2165 2326
2166=item --enable-xpm-background 2327=item --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
2167 2328
2168Add support for XPM background pixmaps. 2329Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
2169 2330
2170=item --enable-transparency 2331=item --enable-transparency (default: on)
2171 2332
2172Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 2333Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2173transparency to the term. 2334transparency to the term.
2174 2335
2175=item --enable-fading 2336=item --enable-fading (default: on)
2176 2337
2177Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. 2338Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires C<--enable-transparency>).
2178 2339
2179=item --enable-tinting 2340=item --enable-tinting (default: on)
2180 2341
2181Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds. 2342Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires C<--enable-transparency>).
2182 2343
2183=item --enable-menubar
2184
2185Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
2186dynamic locale switching currently).
2187
2188=item --enable-rxvt-scroll 2344=item --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
2189 2345
2190Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 2346Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2191 2347
2192=item --enable-next-scroll 2348=item --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
2193 2349
2194Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. 2350Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2195 2351
2196=item --enable-xterm-scroll 2352=item --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
2197 2353
2198Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. 2354Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2199 2355
2200=item --enable-plain-scroll 2356=item --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
2201 2357
2202Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that 2358Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2203is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for 2359is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2204many years. 2360many years.
2205 2361
2206=item --enable-half-shadow 2362=item --enable-ttygid (default: off)
2207
2208Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2209only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2210
2211=item --enable-ttygid
2212 2363
2213Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if 2364Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if
2214your system uses this type of security. 2365your system uses this type of security.
2215 2366
2216=item --disable-backspace-key 2367=item --disable-backspace-key
2217 2368
2218Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server 2369Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it.
2370
2371=item --disable-delete-key
2372
2373Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2219do it. 2374do it.
2220 2375
2221=item --disable-delete-key
2222
2223Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2224do it.
2225
2226=item --disable-resources 2376=item --disable-resources
2227 2377
2228Remove all resources checking. 2378Removes any support for resource checking.
2229
2230=item --enable-xgetdefault
2231
2232Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
2233version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
2234then ~/.Xresources.
2235
2236=item --enable-strings
2237
2238Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
2239various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2240have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2241to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2242GNU/Linux systems).
2243 2379
2244=item --disable-swapscreen 2380=item --disable-swapscreen
2245 2381
2246Remove support for swap screen. 2382Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2247 2383
2248=item --enable-frills 2384=item --enable-frills (default: on)
2249 2385
2250Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to 2386Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2251have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to 2387have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2252disable this. 2388disable this.
2253 2389
2390A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly
2391in combination with other switches) is:
2392
2393 MWM-hints
2394 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2395 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2396 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2397 visual depth selection (-depth)
2398 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2399 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2400 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2401 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2402 keysym remapping support
2403 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2404 XEmbed support (-embed)
2405 user-pty (-pty-fd)
2406 hold on exit (-hold)
2407 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2408
2409It also enabled some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:
2410
2411 some round-trip time optimisations
2412 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
2413 UTF8_STRING supporr for selection
2414 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2415 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
2416 view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences
2417 locale switching escape sequence
2418 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2419 rectangular selections
2420 trailing space removal for selections
2421 verbose X error handling
2422
2254=item --enable-iso14755 2423=item --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
2255 2424
2256Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or 2425Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2257F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by 2426F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2258C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with 2427C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2259this switch. 2428this switch.
2260 2429
2261=item --enable-linespace
2262
2263Add support to provide user specified line spacing between text rows.
2264
2265=item --enable-keepscrolling 2430=item --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
2266 2431
2267Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 2432Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2268the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2433the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2269 2434
2270=item --enable-mousewheel 2435=item --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
2271 2436
2272Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. 2437Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2273 2438
2274=item --enable-slipwheeling 2439=item --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
2275 2440
2276Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2441Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2277accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2442accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2278requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 2443requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2279 2444
2280=item --disable-new-selection 2445=item --disable-new-selection
2281 2446
2282Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. 2447Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2283 2448
2284=item --enable-dmalloc 2449=item --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
2285 2450
2286Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See 2451Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2287http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the 2452L<http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/> for details If you use either this or the
2288next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point 2453next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2289DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places. 2454DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2290 2455
2291You can only use either this option and the following (should 2456You can only use either this option and the following (should
2292you use either) . 2457you use either) .
2293 2458
2294=item --enable-dlmalloc 2459=item --enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
2295 2460
2296Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version 2461Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2297See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details. 2462See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2298 2463
2299=item --enable-smart-resize 2464=item --enable-smart-resize (default: on)
2300 2465
2301Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot 2466Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2302keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is 2467keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2303closest to a corner of the screen. 2468the screen in a fixed position.
2304 2469
2305=item --enable-cursor-blink
2306
2307Add support for a blinking cursor.
2308
2309=item --enable-pointer-blank 2470=item --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
2310 2471
2311Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2472Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2312 2473
2313=item --with-name=NAME 2474=item --enable-perl (default: on)
2314 2475
2476Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)>
2477manpage (F<doc/rxvtperl.txt>) for more info on this feature, or the files
2478in F<src/perl-ext/> for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2479perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the C<PERL> environment
2480variable when running configure.
2481
2482=item --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2483
2315Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: urxvt, resulting in 2484Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2316urxvt, urxvtd etc.). Specify --with-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 2485in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with
2486C<rxvt>.
2317 2487
2318=item --with-term=NAME 2488=item --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
2319 2489
2320Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default 2490Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
2321"rxvt")
2322 2491
2323=item --with-terminfo=PATH 2492=item --with-terminfo=PATH
2324 2493
2325Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to 2494Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2326PATH. 2495PATH.

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