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16	=head1 DESCRIPTION	16	=head1 DESCRIPTION
17		17
18	This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting	18	This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting
19	all escape sequences, and other background information.	19	all escape sequences, and other background information.
20		20
21	The newest version of this document is	21	The newest version of this document is also available on the World Wide Web at
22	also available on the World Wide Web at
23	L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.	22	L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
24		23
25	=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS	24	=head1 RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
26		25
27	=over 4
28		26
		27	=head2 Meta, Features & Commandline Issues
		28
		29	=head3 My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?
		30
		31	Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>,
		32	channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
		33	interested 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
		37	Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a
		38	simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
		39	give you tabs:
		40
		41	@@URXVT_NAME@@ -pe tabbed
		42
		43	URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed
		44
		45	It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers
		46	or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be
		47	embedded into other programs, as witnessed by F<doc/rxvt-tabbed> or
		48	the upcoming C<Gtk2::URxvt> perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt
		49	(murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application.
		50
29	=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?
30		52
31	The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape	53	The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
32	sequence C<ESC [ 8 n> sets the window title to the version number.	54	sequence C<ESC [ 8 n> sets the window title to the version number. When
		55	using the @@URXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the
		56	daemon.
33		57
34	=item I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...	58	=head3 Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
35		59
36	The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large	60	Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
37	patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before	61	don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
38	reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and	62	you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
39	install the genuine version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>)	63	when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
40	and try to reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the	64	accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
41	problems are specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be
42	reported via the Debian Bug Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report
43	the bug).
44		65
45	For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and	66	Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
46	probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a	67	scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
47	bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that	68	6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
48	might encounter the same issue.	69	kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
		70	use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
		71	rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
49		72
		73	=head3 How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?
		74
		75	Try C<@@URXVT_NAME@@d -f -o>, which tells @@URXVT_NAME@@d to open the
		76	display, 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
		80	If 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
		90	This tries to create a new terminal, and if fails with exit status 2,
		91	meaning it couldn't connect to the daemon, it will start the daemon and
		92	re-run the command. Subsequent invocations of the script will re-use the
		93	existing daemon.
		94
		95	=head3 How do I distinguish whether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
		96
		97	The original rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM",
		98	so you can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED,
		99	slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide
		100	whether or not to use color.
		101
		102	=head3 How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
		103
		104	If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
		105	insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
		106	snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
		107	wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
		108	the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
		109	regular xterm.
		110
		111	Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
		112	snippets:
		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
		129	You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
		130	one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
		131	the 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
		135	I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
		136	bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
		137	that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
		138	compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even
		139	with C<--disable-everything>, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
		140	features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
		141	already 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
		147	When you C<--enable-everything> (which I<is> unfair, as this involves xft
		148	and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
		149	libc), the two diverge, but not unreasonably 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
		155	The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
		156	encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
		157	and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
		158	encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
		159	compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
		160	memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
		161	few megabytes of RSS. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when
		162	not used.
		163
		164	Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
		165	a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
		166	memory.
		167
		168	Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
		169	still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
		170	(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
		171	43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
		172	startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
		173	extremely well *g*.
		174
		175	=head3 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?
		176
		177	Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
		178	to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
		179	of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
		180	shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.
		181
		182	My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but in
		183	the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
		184	are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
		185	domain sockets, which are all less portable than C++ itself.
		186
		187	Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
		188	in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
		189	C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
		190	not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is what rxvt links against on my
		191	system 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
		198	And 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
		206	No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
		207	except 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
		214	First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt-unicode, so
		215	you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may
		216	bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a rite
		217	of passage: ... and you failed.
		218
		219	Here are four ways to get transparency. B<Do> read the manpage and option
		220	descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it!
		221
		222	1. Use inheritPixmap:
		223
		224	Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
		225	@@URXVT_NAME@@ -ip -tint red -sh 40
		226
		227	That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
		228	support, or you are unable to read.
		229
		230	2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you
		231	to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
		232	your 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
		237	That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, or you
		238	are unable to read.
		239
		240	3. Use an ARGB visual:
		241
		242	@@URXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
		243
		244	This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that
		245	doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't
		246	there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the necessary
		247	bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that
		248	doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in place.
		249
		250	4. 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
		255	Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace C<0xc0000000>
		256	by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and
		257	your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces.
		258
		259	=head3 Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
		260
		261	Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
		262	size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
		263	contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
		264	these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special
		265	"careful" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
		266
		267	All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
		268	however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
		269	box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
		270	ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
		271	cases).
		272
		273	It's not clear (to me at least), whether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
		274	or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
		275	the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
		276	might be forced to use a different font.
		277
		278	All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
		279	box data is correct.
		280
		281	=head3 How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
		282
		283	First 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
		285	make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
		286	rxvt-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
		293	For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
		294	colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
		295	8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
		296	these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
		297
		298	In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
		299	definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will
		300	fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
		301
		302	=head3 Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
		303
		304	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
		305	effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
		306
		307	printf '\33]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
		308
		309	This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
		310	japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
		311	japanese fonts would only be in your way.
		312
		313	You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
		314
		315	=head3 Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
		316
		317	Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
		318	example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
		319	Mono> completely fails in its italic face. A workaround might be to
		320	enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
		321
		322	URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
		323	URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
		324
		325	=head3 Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
		326
		327	Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
		328	it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
		329	antialiasing (by appending C<:antialias=false>), which saves lots of
		330	memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
		331
		332	=head3 Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
		333
		334	Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
		335	fall back to its default font search list it will prefer X11 core
		336	fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
		337	antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
		338	look best that way.
		339
		340	If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
		341
		342	=head3 What's with this bold/blink stuff?
		343
		344	If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
		345	standard foreground colour.
		346
		347	For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
		348	text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
		349	colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
		350	ignored.
		351
		352	On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
		353	foreground/background colors.
		354
		355	color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
		356
		357	color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
		358
		359	=head3 I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
		360
		361	You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
		362	resources (or as long-options).
		363
		364	Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
		365	including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
		366
		367	URxvt.color0: #000000
		368	URxvt.color1: #A80000
		369	URxvt.color2: #00A800
		370	URxvt.color3: #A8A800
		371	URxvt.color4: #0000A8
		372	URxvt.color5: #A800A8
		373	URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
		374	URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
		375
		376	URxvt.color8: #000054
		377	URxvt.color9: #FF0054
		378	URxvt.color10: #00FF54
		379	URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
		380	URxvt.color12: #0000FF
		381	URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
		382	URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
		383	URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
		384
		385	And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors.
		386
		387	URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
		388	URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
		389	URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
		390	URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
		391	URxvt.color0: #000000
		392	URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
		393	URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
		394	URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
		395	URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
		396	URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
		397	URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
		398	URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
		399	URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
		400	URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
		401	URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
		402	URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
		403	URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
		404	URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
		405
		406	They have been described (not by me) as "pretty girly".
		407
		408	=head3 Why do some characters look so much different than others?
		409
		410	See next entry.
		411
		412	=head3 How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
		413
		414	Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
		415	fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
		416	your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
		417	to display.
		418
		419	B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
		420	font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
		421	bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
		422	resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
		423	intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
		424	the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
		425
		426	In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
		427	e.g.:
		428
		429	@@URXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
		430
		431	When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
		432	font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
		433	next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
		434	search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
		435
		436	The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
		437	font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
		438	must be the same due to the way terminals work.
		439
		440	=head3 Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
		441
		442	This is because there is a difference between script and language --
		443	rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
		444	as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
		445	sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
		446	display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
		447	chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
		448	non-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
		450	chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
		451
		452	The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
		453	list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
		454	a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
		455	first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
		456
		457	In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
		458	runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
		459	fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
		460	has been designed yet).
		461
		462	Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can
		463	I 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
		469	If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
		470	setting:
		471
		472	URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
		473
		474	If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
		475	more and more.
		476
		477	To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:
		478
		479	URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)
		480
		481	Please also note that the I<LeftClick Shift-LeftClik> combination also
		482	selects 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
		486	You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
		487	B<perl-ext-common> resource to the empty string, which also keeps
		488	rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
		489
		490	If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
		491	identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
		492	B<PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS> in the @@URXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. For
		493	example, to disable the B<selection-popup> and B<option-popup>, specify
		494	this B<perl-ext-common> resource:
		495
		496	URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
		497
		498	This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
		499	extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
		500	scrollback search mode is triggered by B<M-s>. You can move it to any
		501	other 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
		507	See 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
		511	These are caused by the C<readline> perl extension. Under normal
		512	circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the
		513	line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment,
		514	but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some
		515	cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly.
		516
		517	You can permanently switch this feature off by disabling the C<readline>
		518	extension:
		519
		520	URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline
		521
		522	=head3 My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
		523
		524	Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
		525	specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
		526	by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of whether and how
		527	this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible
		528	keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
		529	helped.
		530
		531	=head3 My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
		532
		533	The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
		534	correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
		535	your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and
		536	your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
		537	does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
		538	rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
		539
		540	In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
		541	one 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
		545	Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
		546	international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
		547	advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
		548	codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape
		549	character and so on.
		550
		551	=head3 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
		552
		553	Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
		554	some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
		555	heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
		556	quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
		557	depressed.
		558
		559	=head3 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
		560
		561	Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
		562	Backspace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
		563	question) there are two standard values that can be used for
		564	Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
		565
		566	Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
		567	policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
		568	choice :).
		569
		570	Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
		571	of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
		572	started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
		573	system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
		574	be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
		575
		576	For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
		577
		578	# use Backspace = ^H
		579	$ stty erase ^H
		580	$ @@URXVT_NAME@@
		581
		582	# use Backspace = ^?
		583	$ stty erase ^?
		584	$ @@URXVT_NAME@@
		585
		586	Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l>.
		587
		588	For an existing rxvt-unicode:
		589
		590	# use Backspace = ^H
		591	$ stty erase ^H
		592	$ echo -n "^[[36h"
		593
		594	# use Backspace = ^?
		595	$ stty erase ^?
		596	$ echo -n "^[[36l"
		597
		598	This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
		599	if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
		600	properly reflects that.
		601
		602	The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
		603	To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
		604	key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
		605	(C<ESC [ 3 ~>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
		606
		607	Some other Backspace problems:
		608
		609	some editors use termcap/terminfo,
		610	some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
		611	GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
		612
		613	Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
		614
		615	=head3 I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
		616
		617	There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
		618	you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
		619	use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
		620
		621	Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@URXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt>
		622
		623	URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
		624	URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
		625	URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
		626	URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/>
		627	URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;>
		628	URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`>
		629	URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,>
		630	URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.>
		631	URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`>
		632	URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab>
		633	URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return>
		634	URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return>
		635	URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space>
		636	URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up>
		637	URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down>
		638	URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left>
		639	URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right>
		640	URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 >
		641	URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
		642	URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
		643
		644	See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource.
		645
		646	=head3 I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the following map
		647
		648	KP_Insert == Insert
		649	F22 == Print
		650	F27 == Home
		651	F29 == Prior
		652	F33 == End
		653	F35 == Next
		654
		655	Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
		656	keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
		657	required for your particular machine.
		658
		659
		660
		661	=head2 Terminal Configuration
		662
		663	=head3 Can I see a typical configuration?
		664
		665	The default configuration tries to be xterm-like, which I don't like that
		666	much, but it's least surprise to regular users.
		667
		668	As a rxvt or rxvt-unicode user, you are practically supposed to invest
		669	time into customising your terminal. To get you started, here is the
		670	author's .Xdefaults entries, with comments on what they do. It's certainly
		671	not I<typical>, but what's typical...
		672
		673	URxvt.cutchars: "()*,<>[]{}|'
		674	URxvt.print-pipe: cat >/tmp/xxx
		675
		676	These are just for testing stuff.
		677
		678	URxvt.imLocale: ja_JP.UTF-8
		679	URxvt.preeditType: OnTheSpot,None
		680
		681	This tells rxvt-unicode to use a special locale when communicating with
		682	the X Input Method, and also tells it to only use the OnTheSpot pre-edit
		683	type, which requires the C<xim-onthespot> perl extension but rewards me
		684	with 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
		693	This is my perl configuration. The first two set the perl library
		694	directory and also tells urxvt to use a large number of extensions. I
		695	develop for myself mostly, so I actually use most of the extensions I
		696	write.
		697
		698	The selection stuff mainly makes the selection perl-error-message aware
		699	and tells it to convert perl error messages into vi-commands to load the
		700	relevant file and go tot he error line number.
		701
		702	URxvt.scrollstyle: plain
		703	URxvt.secondaryScroll: true
		704
		705	As the documentation says: plain is the preferred scrollbar for the
		706	author. The C<secondaryScroll> configures urxvt to scroll in full-screen
		707	apps, like screen, so lines scrolled out of screen end up in urxvt's
		708	scrollback 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
		718	Some colours. Not sure which ones are being used or even non-defaults, but
		719	these are in my .Xdefaults. Most notably, they set foreground/background
		720	to light gray/black, and also make sure that the colour 7 matches the
		721	default foreground colour.
		722
		723	URxvt.underlineColor: yellow
		724
		725	Another colour, makes underline lines look different. Sometimes hurts, but
		726	is mostly a nice effect.
		727
		728	URxvt.geometry: 154x36
		729	URxvt.loginShell: false
		730	URxvt.meta: ignore
		731	URxvt.utmpInhibit: true
		732
		733	Uh, well, should be mostly self-explanatory. By specifying some defaults
		734	manually, I can quickly switch them for testing.
		735
		736	URxvt.saveLines: 8192
		737
		738	A large scrollback buffer is essential. Really.
		739
		740	URxvt.mapAlert: true
		741
		742	The only case I use it is for my IRC window, which I like to keep
		743	iconified till people msg me (which beeps).
		744
		745	URxvt.visualBell: true
		746
		747	The audible bell is often annoying, especially when in a crowd.
		748
		749	URxvt.insecure: true
		750
		751	Please don't hack my mutt! Ooops...
		752
		753	URxvt.pastableTabs: false
		754
		755	I 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
		767	I wrote rxvt-unicode to be able to specify fonts exactly. So don't be
		768	overwhelmed. A special note: the C<9x15bold> mentioned above is actually
		769	the version from XFree-3.3, as XFree-4 replaced it by a totally different
		770	font (different glyphs for C<;> and many other harmless characters),
		771	while the second font is actually the C<9x15bold> from XFree4/XOrg. The
		772	bold version has less chars than the medium version, so I use it for rare
		773	characters, too. When editing sources with vim, I use italic for comments
		774	and other stuff, which looks quite good with Bitstream Vera anti-aliased.
		775
		776	Terminus is a quite bad font (many very wrong glyphs), but for most of my
		777	purposes, it works, and gives a different look, as my normal (Non-bold)
		778	font is already bold, and I want to see a difference between bold and
		779	normal fonts.
		780
		781	Please note that I used the C<urxvt> instance name and not the C<URxvt>
		782	class name. Thats because I use different configs for different purposes,
		783	for example, my IRC window is started with C<-name IRC>, and uses these
		784	defaults:
		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
		796	C<Alt-Shift-1> and C<Alt-Shift-2> switch between two different font
		797	sizes. C<suxuseuro> allows me to keep an eye (and actually read)
		798	stuff while keeping a very small window. If somebody pastes something
		799	complicated (e.g. japanese), I temporarily switch to a larger font.
		800
		801	The above is all in my C<.Xdefaults> (I don't use C<.Xresources> nor
		802	C<xrdb>). I also have some resources in a separate C<.Xdefaults-hostname>
		803	file 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
		811	The first for keysym definitions allow me to quickly bring some windows
		812	in the layout I like most. Ion users might start laughing but will stop
		813	immediately when I tell them that I use my own Fvwm2 module for much the
		814	same effect as Ion provides, and I only very rarely use the above key
		815	combinations :->
		816
		817	=head3 Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?
		818
		819	Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
		820	applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads
		821	resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
		822	ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
		823	F<$HOME/.Xdefaults> when no resources are attached to the display.
		824
		825	If you have or use an F<$HOME/.Xresources> file, chances are that
		826	resources are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to
		827	re-login after every change (or run F<xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources>).
		828
		829	Also consider the form resources have to use:
		830
		831	URxvt.resource: value
		832
		833	If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
		834	specifying resources), make sure you understand whether and why it
		835	works. If unsure, use the form above.
		836
50	=item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?	837	=head3 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
51		838
52	The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available	839	The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
53	as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).	840	as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
54		841
55	The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can	842	The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
56	be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):	843	be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp and works as user and admin):
57		844
58	REMOTE=remotesystem.domain	845	REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
59	infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"	846	infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "mkdir -p .terminfo && cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
60		847
61	... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,	848	... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
		849
		850	One some systems you might need to set C<$TERMINFO> to the full path of
		851	F<$HOME/.terminfo> for this to work.
62		852
63	If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set	853	If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
64	C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of	854	C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
65	problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different	855	problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
66	colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice	856	colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
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71	resource to set it:	861	resource to set it:
72		862
73	URxvt.termName: rxvt	863	URxvt.termName: rxvt
74		864
75	If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace	865	If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace
76	the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.	866	the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use C<TERM=rxvt>.
77		867
78	=item C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.	868	=head3 C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
79		869
80	Most likely it's the empty definition for C<enacs=>. Just replace it by	870	Most likely it's the empty definition for C<enacs=>. Just replace it by
81	C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again.	871	C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again.
82		872
83	=item C<bash>'s readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@.	873	=head3 C<bash>'s readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@.
84		874
		875	See next entry.
		876
85	=item I need a termcap file entry.	877	=head3 I need a termcap file entry.
86		878
87	One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating	879	One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
88	systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap	880	systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
89	library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry	881	library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
90	for C<rxvt-unicode>.	882	for C<rxvt-unicode>.
91		883
92	You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.	884	You could use rxvt's termcap entry with reasonable results in many cases.
93	You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program	885	You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
94	like this:	886	like this:
95		887
96	infocmp -C rxvt-unicode	888	infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
97		889
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116	:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\	908	:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
117	:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\	909	:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
118	:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\	910	:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
119	:vs=\E[?25h:	911	:vs=\E[?25h:
120		912
121	=item Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?	913	=head3 Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?
122		914
123	The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to	915	The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
124	decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration	916	decide whether a terminal has colour, but uses its own configuration
125	file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in it's default file (among	917	file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in its default file (among
126	with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:	918	with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
127		919
128	TERM rxvt-unicode	920	TERM rxvt-unicode
129		921
130	to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:	922	to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:
131		923
132	alias ls='ls --color=auto'	924	alias ls='ls --color=auto'
133		925
134	to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.	926	to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.
135		927
136	=item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?	928	=head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?
137		929
		930	See next entry.
		931
138	=item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?	932	=head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?
139		933
		934	See next entry.
		935
140	=item Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?	936	=head3 Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?
141		937
142	Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged	938	Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged
143	distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode	939	distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
144	by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra	940	by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra
145	features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian	941	features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
146	GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo	942	GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
147	file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When	943	file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When
148	I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on	944	I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on
149	how to do this).	945	how to do this).
150		946
151	=item My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
152		947
153	Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no	948	=head2 Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues
154	specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
155	by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of wether and how
156	this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible
157	keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
158	helped.
159		949
160	=item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?	950	=head3 Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
161		951
		952	See next entry.
		953
162	=item Unicode does not seem to work?	954	=head3 Unicode does not seem to work?
163		955
164	If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but	956	If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
165	getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is	957	getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
166	subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.	958	subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
167		959
…		…
171	something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.	963	something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
172		964
173	The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run	965	The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
174	into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.	966	into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
175		967
176	printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"	968	printf '\33]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
177		969
178	If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not	970	If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
179	supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which	971	supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which
180	displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as	972	displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as
181	it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something	973	it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
…		…
187		979
188	If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then	980	If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
189	you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't	981	you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
190	support locales :(	982	support locales :(
191		983
192	=item Why do some characters look so much different than others?	984	=head3 How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
193		985
194	=item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?	986	See next entry.
195		987
196	Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is	988	=head3 Is there an option to switch encodings?
197	fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
198	your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
199	to display.
200		989
201	B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement	990	Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
202	font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks	991	specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
203	bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't	992	UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
204	resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
205	intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
206	the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
207		993
208	In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,	994	The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
209	e.g.:	995	the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
210		996	applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
211	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...	997	and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
212		998	that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
213	When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base	999	characters wrong as it uses its own, locale-independent table under all
214	font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
215	next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
216	search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
217
218	The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
219	font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
220	must be the same due to the way terminals work.
221
222	=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
223
224	This is because there is a difference between script and language --
225	rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
226	as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
227	sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
228	display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
229	chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
230	non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
231	-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
232	chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
233
234	The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
235	list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
236	a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
237	first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
238
239	In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
240	runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
241	fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
242	has been designed yet).
243
244	Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can
245	I switch the fonts at runtime?> later in this document).
246
247	=item Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
248
249	Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
250	size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
251	contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
252	these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special
253	"careful" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
254
255	All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
256	however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
257	box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
258	ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
259	cases).	1000	locales).
260		1001
261	It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,	1002	Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
262	or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using	1003	programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
263	the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you	1004	interpretation of characters.
264	might be forced to use a different font.
265		1005
266	All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding	1006	Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
267	box data is correct.	1007	is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
268		1008
		1009	On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
		1010	contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
		1011	locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
		1012	C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
		1013	(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
		1014
		1015	Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
		1016	the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
		1017	i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to
		1018	rxvt-unicode.
		1019
		1020	If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
		1021	rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
		1022
		1023	=head3 Can I switch locales at runtime?
		1024
		1025	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
		1026	rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
		1027
		1028	printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
		1029
		1030	See also the previous answer.
		1031
		1032	Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
		1033	one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it
		1034	(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which
		1035	first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
		1036
		1037	printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
		1038	xjdic -js
		1039	printf '\33]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
		1040
		1041	You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except
		1042	for some locales where character width differs between program- and
		1043	rxvt-unicode-locales.
		1044
		1045	=head3 I have problems getting my input method working.
		1046
		1047	Try a search engine, as this is slightly different for every input method server.
		1048
		1049	Here is a checklist:
		1050
		1051	=over 4
		1052
		1053	=item - Make sure your locale I<and> the imLocale are supported on your OS.
		1054
		1055	Try C<locale -a> or check the documentation for your OS.
		1056
		1057	=item - Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your XIM.
		1058
		1059	For example, B<kinput2> does not support UTF-8 locales, you should use
		1060	C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> or equivalent.
		1061
		1062	=item - Make sure your XIM server is actually running.
		1063
		1064	=item - Make sure the C<XMODIFIERS> environment variable is set correctly when I<starting> rxvt-unicode.
		1065
		1066	When you want to use e.g. B<kinput2>, it must be set to
		1067	C<@im=kinput2>. For B<scim>, use C<@im=SCIM>. You can see what input
		1068	method servers are running with this command:
		1069
		1070	xprop -root XIM_SERVERS
		1071
		1072	=item
		1073
		1074	=back
		1075
		1076	=head3 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
		1077
		1078	You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
		1079	terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
		1080
		1081	URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
		1082
		1083	Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
		1084	use your input method. Please note, however, that, depending on your Xlib
		1085	version, you may not be able to input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a
		1086	normal way then, as your input method limits you.
		1087
		1088	=head3 Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
		1089
		1090	Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
		1091	design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
		1092	leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
		1093	exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
		1094	while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
		1095	crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
		1096
		1097	So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
		1098
		1099
		1100	=head2 Operating Systems / Package Maintaining
		1101
		1102	=head3 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
		1103
		1104	The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
		1105	patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
		1106	unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
		1107	the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
		1108	version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce
		1109	the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
		1110	Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
		1111	Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report the bug).
		1112
		1113	For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
		1114	probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
		1115	bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
		1116	might encounter the same issue.
		1117
		1118	=head3 I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?
		1119
		1120	You should build one binary with the default options. F<configure>
		1121	now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
		1122	runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enabling them,
		1123	except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
		1124	be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
		1125	the future) depends on it.
		1126
		1127	You should not overwrite the C<perl-ext-common> snd C<perl-ext> resources
		1128	system-wide (except maybe with C<defaults>). This will result in useful
		1129	behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
		1130	C<perl-ext-common> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
		1131	perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
		1132
		1133	If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
		1134	one with C<--disable-everything> (very useful) and a maximal one with
		1135	C<--enable-everything> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
		1136	encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
		1137
		1138	=head3 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?
		1139
		1140	It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
		1141	install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now.
		1142
		1143	When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
		1144	into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
		1145	systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
		1146	immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
		1147	privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
		1148	things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful" to attackers).
		1149
		1150	This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early
		1151	and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or
		1152	things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
		1153	little risk.
		1154
269	=item On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.	1155	=head3 On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.
270		1156
271	Seems to be a known bug, read	1157	Seems to be a known bug, read
272	L<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the	1158	L<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
273	following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:	1159	following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
274		1160
275	#define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)	1161	#define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
276		1162
277	=item My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
278
279	The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
280	correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
281	your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and
282	your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
283	does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
284	rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
285
286	In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
287	one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.
288
289	=item I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755
290
291	Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
292	international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
293	advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
294	codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape
295	character and so on.
296
297	=item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
298
299	First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
300	(C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
301	make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
302	rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
303
304	URxvt.colorBD: white
305	URxvt.colorIT: green
306
307	=item Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
308
309	For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
310	colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
311	8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
312	these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
313
314	In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
315	definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will
316	fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
317
318	=item I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.	1163	=head3 I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
319		1164
320	Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined	1165	Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined
321	in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,	1166	in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
322	wether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that	1167	whether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that
323	B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.	1168	B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
324		1169
325	As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor	1170	As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symbol nor
326	does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of	1171	does it support it. Instead, it uses its own internal representation of
327	B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.	1172	B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
328		1173
329	However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in C<POSIX>, C<ISO-8859-1> and	1174	However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in C<POSIX>, C<ISO-8859-1> and
330	C<UTF-8> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as B<wchar_t>.	1175	C<UTF-8> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as B<wchar_t>.
331		1176
…		…
345		1190
346	The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the	1191	The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
347	system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry	1192	system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
348	complete replacements for them :)	1193	complete replacements for them :)
349		1194
350	=item I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.	1195	=head3 I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.
351		1196
352	Try the diff in F<doc/solaris9.patch> as a base. It fixes the worst	1197	Try the diff in F<doc/solaris9.patch> as a base. It fixes the worst
353	problems with C<wcwidth> and a compile problem.	1198	problems with C<wcwidth> and a compile problem.
354		1199
355	=item How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?	1200	=head3 How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
356		1201
357	rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using	1202	rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
358	the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no	1203	the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
359	longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a	1204	longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
360	single font). I recommend starting the X-server in C<-multiwindow> or	1205	single font). I recommend starting the X-server in C<-multiwindow> or
…		…
363		1208
364	At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte	1209	At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
365	encodings (you might try C<LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8>), so you are likely limited	1210	encodings (you might try C<LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8>), so you are likely limited
366	to 8-bit encodings.	1211	to 8-bit encodings.
367		1212
368	=item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
369
370	=item Is there an option to switch encodings?
371
372	Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
373	specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
374	UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
375
376	The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
377	the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
378	applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
379	and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
380	that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
381	characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
382	locales).
383
384	Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
385	programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
386	interpretation of characters.
387
388	Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
389	is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
390
391	On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
392	contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
393	locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
394	C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
395	(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
396
397	Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
398	the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
399	i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to
400	rxvt-unicode.
401
402	If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
403	rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
404
405	=item Can I switch locales at runtime?
406
407	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
408	rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
409
410	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
411
412	See also the previous answer.
413
414	Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
415	one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it
416	(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which
417	first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
418
419	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
420	xjdic -js
421	printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
422
423	You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except
424	for some locales where character width differs between program- and
425	rxvt-unicode-locales.
426
427	=item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
428
429	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
430	effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
431
432	printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
433
434	This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
435	japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
436	japanese fonts would only be in your way.
437
438	You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
439
440	=item Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
441
442	Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
443	example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
444	Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
445	enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
446
447	URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
448	URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
449
450	=item My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
451
452	You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
453	terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
454
455	URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
456
457	Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
458	use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
459	input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input
460	method limits you.
461
462	=item Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
463
464	Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
465	design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
466	leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
467	exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
468	while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
469	crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
470
471	So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
472
473	=item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
474
475	Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
476	don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
477	you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
478	when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
479	accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
480
481	Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
482	scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
483	6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
484	kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
485	use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
486	rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
487
488	=item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
489
490	Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
491	it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
492	antialiasing (by appending C<:antialiasing=false>), which saves lots of
493	memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
494
495	=item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
496
497	Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
498	fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
499	fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
500	antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
501	look best that way.
502
503	If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
504
505	=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
506
507	Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
508	some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
509	heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
510	quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
511	depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
512
513	=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
514
515	If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
516	standard foreground colour.
517
518	For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
519	text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
520	colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
521	ignored.
522
523	On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
524	foreground/background colors.
525
526	color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
527
528	color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
529
530	=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
531
532	You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
533	resources (or as long-options).
534
535	Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
536	including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
537
538	URxvt.color0: #000000
539	URxvt.color1: #A80000
540	URxvt.color2: #00A800
541	URxvt.color3: #A8A800
542	URxvt.color4: #0000A8
543	URxvt.color5: #A800A8
544	URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
545	URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
546
547	URxvt.color8: #000054
548	URxvt.color9: #FF0054
549	URxvt.color10: #00FF54
550	URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
551	URxvt.color12: #0000FF
552	URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
553	URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
554	URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
555
556	And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
557	me) as "pretty girly".
558
559	URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
560	URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
561	URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
562	URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
563	URxvt.color0: #000000
564	URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
565	URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
566	URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
567	URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
568	URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
569	URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
570	URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
571	URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
572	URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
573	URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
574	URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
575	URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
576	URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
577
578	=item How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?
579
580	Despite it's name, @@RXVT_NAME@@d is not a real daemon, but more like a
581	server that answers @@RXVT_NAME@@c's requests, so it doesn't background
582	itself.
583
584	To ensure @@RXVT_NAME@@d is listening on it's socket, you can use the
585	following method to wait for the startup message before continuing:
586
587	{ @@RXVT_NAME@@d & } | read
588
589	=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
590
591	Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
592	BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
593	question) there are two standard values that can be used for
594	Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
595
596	Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
597	policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
598	choice :).
599
600	Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
601	of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
602	started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
603	system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
604	be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
605
606	For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
607
608	# use Backspace = ^H
609	$ stty erase ^H
610	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@
611
612	# use Backspace = ^?
613	$ stty erase ^?
614	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@
615
616	Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l> as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
617
618	For an existing rxvt-unicode:
619
620	# use Backspace = ^H
621	$ stty erase ^H
622	$ echo -n "^[[36h"
623
624	# use Backspace = ^?
625	$ stty erase ^?
626	$ echo -n "^[[36l"
627
628	This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
629	if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
630	properly reflects that.
631
632	The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
633	To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
634	key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
635	(C<ESC [ 3 ~>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
636
637	Some other Backspace problems:
638
639	some editors use termcap/terminfo,
640	some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
641	GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
642
643	Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
644
645	=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
646
647	There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
648	you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
649	use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
650
651	Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt>
652
653	URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
654	URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
655	URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
656	URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/>
657	URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;>
658	URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`>
659	URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,>
660	URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.>
661	URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`>
662	URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab>
663	URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return>
664	URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return>
665	URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space>
666	URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up>
667	URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down>
668	URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left>
669	URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right>
670	URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 >
671	URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
672	URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
673
674	See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource.
675
676	=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
677	How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
678	has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
679
680	KP_Insert == Insert
681	F22 == Print
682	F27 == Home
683	F29 == Prior
684	F33 == End
685	F35 == Next
686
687	Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
688	keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
689	required for your particular machine.
690
691	=item How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
692	I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
693
694	rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
695	check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
696	Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
697	not to use color.
698
699	=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
700
701	If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
702	insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
703	snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
704	wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
705	the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
706	regular xterm.
707
708	Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
709	snippets:
710
711	# Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
712	[ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
713	if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
714	stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
715	echo -n '^[Z'
716	read term_id
717	stty icanon echo
718	if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
719	echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
720	read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
721	fi
722	fi
723
724	=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
725
726	You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
727	one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
728	the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
729
730	=item My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?
731
732	Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>,
733	channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
734	interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
735
736	=back
737
738	=head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE	1213	=head1 RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE
739
740	=head1 DESCRIPTION
741		1214
742	The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of	1215	The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
743	B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,	1216	B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,
744	followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all	1217	followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
745	features selectable at C<configure> time.	1218	selectable at C<configure> time.
746		1219
747	=head1 Definitions	1220	=head2 Definitions
748		1221
749	=over 4	1222	=over 4
750		1223
751	=item B<< C<c> >>	1224	=item B<< C<c> >>
752		1225
…		…
770		1243
771	A text parameter composed of printable characters.	1244	A text parameter composed of printable characters.
772		1245
773	=back	1246	=back
774		1247
775	=head1 Values	1248	=head2 Values
776		1249
777	=over 4	1250	=over 4
778		1251
779	=item B<< C<ENQ> >>	1252	=item B<< C<ENQ> >>
780		1253
…		…
823		1296
824	Space Character	1297	Space Character
825		1298
826	=back	1299	=back
827		1300
828	=head1 Escape Sequences	1301	=head2 Escape Sequences
829		1302
830	=over 4	1303	=over 4
831		1304
832	=item B<< C<ESC # 8> >>	1305	=item B<< C<ESC # 8> >>
833		1306
…		…
931		1404
932	=back	1405	=back
933		1406
934	X<CSI>	1407	X<CSI>
935		1408
936	=head1 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences	1409	=head2 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences
937		1410
938	=over 4	1411	=over 4
939		1412
940	=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >>	1413	=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >>
941		1414
…		…
1211		1684
1212	=back	1685	=back
1213		1686
1214	X<PrivateModes>	1687	X<PrivateModes>
1215		1688
1216	=head1 DEC Private Modes	1689	=head2 DEC Private Modes
1217		1690
1218	=over 4	1691	=over 4
1219		1692
1220	=item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >>	1693	=item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >>
1221		1694
…		…
1237		1710
1238	Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where>	1711	Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where>
1239		1712
1240	=over 4	1713	=over 4
1241		1714
1242	=item B<< C<Ps = 1> >> (DECCKM)	1715	=item B<< C<Pm = 1> >> (DECCKM)
1243		1716
1244	=begin table	1717	=begin table
1245		1718
1246	B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys	1719	B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys
1247	B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys	1720	B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys
1248		1721
1249	=end table	1722	=end table
1250		1723
1251	=item B<< C<Ps = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode)	1724	=item B<< C<Pm = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode)
1252		1725
1253	=begin table	1726	=begin table
1254		1727
1255	B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode	1728	B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode
1256	B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode	1729	B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode
1257		1730
1258	=end table	1731	=end table
1259		1732
1260	=item B<< C<Ps = 3> >>	1733	=item B<< C<Pm = 3> >>
1261		1734
1262	=begin table	1735	=begin table
1263		1736
1264	B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)	1737	B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1265	B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)	1738	B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1266		1739
1267	=end table	1740	=end table
1268		1741
1269	=item B<< C<Ps = 4> >>	1742	=item B<< C<Pm = 4> >>
1270		1743
1271	=begin table	1744	=begin table
1272		1745
1273	B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)	1746	B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1274	B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)	1747	B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1275		1748
1276	=end table	1749	=end table
1277		1750
1278	=item B<< C<Ps = 5> >>	1751	=item B<< C<Pm = 5> >>
1279		1752
1280	=begin table	1753	=begin table
1281		1754
1282	B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM)	1755	B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM)
1283	B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM)	1756	B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM)
1284		1757
1285	=end table	1758	=end table
1286		1759
1287	=item B<< C<Ps = 6> >>	1760	=item B<< C<Pm = 6> >>
1288		1761
1289	=begin table	1762	=begin table
1290		1763
1291	B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM)	1764	B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM)
1292	B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)	1765	B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)
1293		1766
1294	=end table	1767	=end table
1295		1768
1296	=item B<< C<Ps = 7> >>	1769	=item B<< C<Pm = 7> >>
1297		1770
1298	=begin table	1771	=begin table
1299		1772
1300	B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)	1773	B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1301	B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)	1774	B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1302		1775
1303	=end table	1776	=end table
1304		1777
1305	=item B<< C<Ps = 8> >> I<unimplemented>	1778	=item B<< C<Pm = 8> >> I<unimplemented>
1306		1779
1307	=begin table	1780	=begin table
1308		1781
1309	B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)	1782	B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1310	B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)	1783	B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1311		1784
1312	=end table	1785	=end table
1313		1786
1314	=item B<< C<Ps = 9> >> X10 XTerm	1787	=item B<< C<Pm = 9> >> X10 XTerm
1315		1788
1316	=begin table	1789	=begin table
1317		1790
1318	B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press.	1791	B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1319	B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.	1792	B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1320		1793
1321	=end table	1794	=end table
1322		1795
1323	=item B<< C<Ps = 10> >> (B<rxvt>)
1324
1325	=begin table
1326
1327	B<< C<h> >> menuBar visible
1328	B<< C<l> >> menuBar invisible
1329
1330	=end table
1331
1332	=item B<< C<Ps = 25> >>	1796	=item B<< C<Pm = 25> >>
1333		1797
1334	=begin table	1798	=begin table
1335		1799
1336	B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}	1800	B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1337	B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis}	1801	B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis}
1338		1802
1339	=end table	1803	=end table
1340		1804
1341	=item B<< C<Ps = 30> >>	1805	=item B<< C<Pm = 30> >>
1342		1806
1343	=begin table	1807	=begin table
1344		1808
1345	B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visisble	1809	B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visisble
1346	B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisisble	1810	B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisisble
1347		1811
1348	=end table	1812	=end table
1349		1813
1350	=item B<< C<Ps = 35> >> (B<rxvt>)	1814	=item B<< C<Pm = 35> >> (B<rxvt>)
1351		1815
1352	=begin table	1816	=begin table
1353		1817
1354	B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences	1818	B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1355	B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences	1819	B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1356		1820
1357	=end table	1821	=end table
1358		1822
1359	=item B<< C<Ps = 38> >> I<unimplemented>	1823	=item B<< C<Pm = 38> >> I<unimplemented>
1360		1824
1361	Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)	1825	Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
1362		1826
1363	=item B<< C<Ps = 40> >>	1827	=item B<< C<Pm = 40> >>
1364		1828
1365	=begin table	1829	=begin table
1366		1830
1367	B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode	1831	B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode
1368	B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode	1832	B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode
1369		1833
1370	=end table	1834	=end table
1371		1835
1372	=item B<< C<Ps = 44> >> I<unimplemented>	1836	=item B<< C<Pm = 44> >> I<unimplemented>
1373		1837
1374	=begin table	1838	=begin table
1375		1839
1376	B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell	1840	B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell
1377	B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell	1841	B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell
1378		1842
1379	=end table	1843	=end table
1380		1844
1381	=item B<< C<Ps = 45> >> I<unimplemented>	1845	=item B<< C<Pm = 45> >> I<unimplemented>
1382		1846
1383	=begin table	1847	=begin table
1384		1848
1385	B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode	1849	B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode
1386	B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode	1850	B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode
1387		1851
1388	=end table	1852	=end table
1389		1853
1390	=item B<< C<Ps = 46> >> I<unimplemented>	1854	=item B<< C<Pm = 46> >> I<unimplemented>
1391		1855
1392	=item B<< C<Ps = 47> >>	1856	=item B<< C<Pm = 47> >>
1393		1857
1394	=begin table	1858	=begin table
1395		1859
1396	B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer	1860	B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1397	B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer	1861	B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1398		1862
1399	=end table	1863	=end table
1400		1864
1401	X<Priv66>	1865	X<Priv66>
1402		1866
1403	=item B<< C<Ps = 66> >>	1867	=item B<< C<Pm = 66> >>
1404		1868
1405	=begin table	1869	=begin table
1406		1870
1407	B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC =>	1871	B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC =>
1408	B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >>	1872	B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >>
1409		1873
1410	=end table	1874	=end table
1411		1875
1412	=item B<< C<Ps = 67> >>	1876	=item B<< C<Pm = 67> >>
1413		1877
1414	=begin table	1878	=begin table
1415		1879
1416	B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >>	1880	B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >>
1417	B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >>	1881	B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >>
1418		1882
1419	=end table	1883	=end table
1420		1884
1421	=item B<< C<Ps = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm)	1885	=item B<< C<Pm = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm)
1422		1886
1423	=begin table	1887	=begin table
1424		1888
1425	B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.	1889	B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.
1426	B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.	1890	B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1427		1891
1428	=end table	1892	=end table
1429		1893
1430	=item B<< C<Ps = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented>	1894	=item B<< C<Pm = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented>
1431		1895
1432	=begin table	1896	=begin table
1433		1897
1434	B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.	1898	B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.
1435	B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.	1899	B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1436		1900
1437	=end table	1901	=end table
1438		1902
1439	=item B<< C<Ps = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>)	1903	=item B<< C<Pm = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>)
1440		1904
1441	=begin table	1905	=begin table
1442		1906
1443	B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output	1907	B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output
1444	B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output	1908	B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output
1445		1909
1446	=end table	1910	=end table
1447		1911
1448	=item B<< C<Ps = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>)	1912	=item B<< C<Pm = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>)
1449		1913
1450	=begin table	1914	=begin table
1451		1915
1452	B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed	1916	B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1453	B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed	1917	B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1454		1918
1455	=end table	1919	=end table
1456		1920
		1921	=item B<< C<Pm = 1021> >> (B<rxvt>)
		1922
		1923	=begin table
		1924
		1925	B<< C<h> >> Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option B<-is>)
		1926	B<< C<l> >> Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
		1927
		1928	=end table
		1929
1457	=item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >>	1930	=item B<< C<Pm = 1047> >>
1458		1931
1459	=begin table	1932	=begin table
1460		1933
1461	B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer	1934	B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1462	B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it	1935	B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1463		1936
1464	=end table	1937	=end table
1465		1938
1466	=item B<< C<Ps = 1048> >>	1939	=item B<< C<Pm = 1048> >>
1467		1940
1468	=begin table	1941	=begin table
1469		1942
1470	B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position	1943	B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position
1471	B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position	1944	B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position
1472		1945
1473	=end table	1946	=end table
1474		1947
1475	=item B<< C<Ps = 1049> >>	1948	=item B<< C<Pm = 1049> >>
1476		1949
1477	=begin table	1950	=begin table
1478		1951
1479	B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it	1952	B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it
1480	B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer	1953	B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
…		…
1485		1958
1486	=back	1959	=back
1487		1960
1488	X<XTerm>	1961	X<XTerm>
1489		1962
1490	=head1 XTerm Operating System Commands	1963	=head2 XTerm Operating System Commands
1491		1964
1492	=over 4	1965	=over 4
1493		1966
1494	=item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >>	1967	=item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >>
1495		1968
…		…
1507	B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>	1980	B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1508	B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>	1981	B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1509	B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>	1982	B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1510	B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>	1983	B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1511	B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>	1984	B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1512	B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>	1985	B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 706]
1513	B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>	1986	B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 707]
1514	B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change default background to B<< C<Pt> >>	1987	B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM).
1515	B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.	1988	B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.
1516	B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>	1989	B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>
1517	B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.	1990	B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.
1518	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> >>	1991	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> >>
1519	B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >>	1992	B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >>
1520	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).	1993	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).
1521	B<< C<Ps = 703> >> Menubar command B<< C<Pt> >> (Compile menubar).	1994	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>.
1522	B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >>	1995	B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1523	B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >> (Compile transparency).	1996	B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >> (Compile transparency).
		1997	B<< C<Ps = 706> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
		1998	B<< C<Ps = 707> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1524	B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>.	1999	B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>.
1525	B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).	2000	B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
1526	B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).	2001	B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
1527	B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).	2002	B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
1528	B<< C<Ps = 720> >> Move viewing window up by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).	2003	B<< C<Ps = 720> >> Move viewing window up by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).
1529	B<< C<Ps = 721> >> Move viewing window down by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).	2004	B<< C<Ps = 721> >> Move viewing window down by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).
		2005	B<< C<Ps = 777> >> Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form C<extension:parameters> (Compile perl).
1530		2006
1531	=end table	2007	=end table
1532		2008
1533	=back	2009	=back
1534
1535	X<menuBar>
1536
1537	=head1 menuBar
1538
1539	B<< The exact syntax used is I<almost> solidified. >>
1540	In the menus, B<DON'T> try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
1541	menuBar.
1542
1543	Note that in all of the commands, the B<< I</path/> >> I<cannot> be
1544	omitted: use B<./> to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1545
1546	=head2 Overview of menuBar operation
1547
1548	For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence C<ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST>, the syntax
1549	of C<Pt> can be used for a variety of tasks:
1550
1551	At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1552	linked-list of other such menuBars.
1553
1554	The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1555	turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1556
1557	The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1558	input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1559
1560	The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1561	constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
1562	menuBars.
1563
1564	The first step is to use the tag B<< [menu:I<name>] >> which creates
1565	the menuBar called I<name> and allows access. You may now or menus,
1566	subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag B<[done]> to set the
1567	menuBar access as B<readonly> to prevent accidental corruption of the
1568	menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
1569	B<[menu]>, make the alterations and then use B<[done]>
1570
1571	X<menuBarCommands>
1572
1573	=head2 Commands
1574
1575	=over 4
1576
1577	=item B<< [menu:+I<name>] >>
1578
1579	access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
1580	is created, it is called I<name> (max of 15 chars) and the current
1581	menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1582
1583	=item B<[menu]>
1584
1585	access the current menuBar for alteration
1586
1587	=item B<< [title:+I<string>] >>
1588
1589	set the current menuBar's title to I<string>, which may contain the
1590	following format specifiers:
1591
1592	B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1593	B<%v> rxvt version
1594	B<%%> literal B<%> character
1595
1596	=item B<[done]>
1597
1598	set menuBar access as B<readonly>.
1599	End-of-file tag for B<< [read:+I<file>] >> operations.
1600
1601	=item B<< [read:+I<file>] >>
1602
1603	read menu commands directly from I<file> (extension ".menu" will be
1604	appended if required.) Start reading at a line with B<[menu]> or B<<
1605	[menu:+I<name> >> and continuing until B<[done]> is encountered.
1606
1607	Blank and comment lines (starting with B<#>) are ignored. Actually,
1608	since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
1609	be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
1610	future ... so don't count on it!.
1611
1612	=item B<< [read:+I<file>;+I<name>] >>
1613
1614	The same as B<< [read:+I<file>] >>, but start reading at a line with
1615	B<< [menu:+I<name>] >> and continuing until B<< [done:+I<name>] >> or
1616	B<[done]> is encountered.
1617
1618	=item B<[dump]>
1619
1620	dump all menuBars to the file B</tmp/rxvt-PID> in a format suitable for
1621	later rereading.
1622
1623	=item B<[rm:name]>
1624
1625	remove the named menuBar
1626
1627	=item B<[rm] [rm:]>
1628
1629	remove the current menuBar
1630
1631	=item B<[rm*] [rm:*]>
1632
1633	remove all menuBars
1634
1635	=item B<[swap]>
1636
1637	swap the top two menuBars
1638
1639	=item B<[prev]>
1640
1641	access the previous menuBar
1642
1643	=item B<[next]>
1644
1645	access the next menuBar
1646
1647	=item B<[show]>
1648
1649	Enable display of the menuBar
1650
1651	=item B<[hide]>
1652
1653	Disable display of the menuBar
1654
1655	=item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>] >>
1656
1657	=item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>;I<scaling>] >>
1658
1659	(set the background pixmap globally
1660
1661	B<< A Future implementation I<may> make this local to the menubar >>)
1662
1663	=item B<< [:+I<command>:] >>
1664
1665	ignore the menu readonly status and issue a I<command> to or a menu or
1666	menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
1667	from a menuBar.
1668
1669	=back
1670
1671	X<menuBarAdd>
1672
1673	=head2 Adding and accessing menus
1674
1675	The following commands may also be B<+> prefixed.
1676
1677	=over 4
1678
1679	=item B</+>
1680
1681	access menuBar top level
1682
1683	=item B<./+>
1684
1685	access current menu level
1686
1687	=item B<../+>
1688
1689	access parent menu (1 level up)
1690
1691	=item B<../../>
1692
1693	access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1694
1695	=item B<< I</path/>menu >>
1696
1697	add/access menu
1698
1699	=item B<< I</path/>menu/* >>
1700
1701	add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1702
1703	=item B<< I</path/>{-} >>
1704
1705	add separator
1706
1707	=item B<< I</path/>{item} >>
1708
1709	add B<item> as a label
1710
1711	=item B<< I</path/>{item} action >>
1712
1713	add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action>
1714
1715	=item B<< I</path/>{item}{right-text} >>
1716
1717	add/alter I<menuitem> with B<right-text> as the right-justified text
1718	and as the associated I<action>
1719
1720	=item B<< I</path/>{item}{rtext} action >>
1721
1722	add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action> and with B<rtext> as
1723	the right-justified text.
1724
1725	=back
1726
1727	=over 4
1728
1729	=item Special characters in I<action> must be backslash-escaped:
1730
1731	B<\a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal>
1732
1733	=item or in control-character notation:
1734
1735	B<^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?>
1736
1737	=back
1738
1739	To send a string starting with a B<NUL> (B<^@>) character to the
1740	program, start I<action> with a pair of B<NUL> characters (B<^@^@>),
1741	the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
1742	program. Otherwise if I<action> begins with B<NUL> followed by
1743	non-+B<NUL> characters, the leading B<NUL> is stripped off and the
1744	balance is sent back to rxvt.
1745
1746	As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, I<action> may start
1747	with B<M-> (eg, B<M-$> is equivalent to B<\E$>) and a B<CR> will be
1748	appended if missed from B<M-x> commands.
1749
1750	As a convenience for issuing XTerm B<ESC ]> sequences from a menubar (or
1751	quick arrow), a B<BEL> (B<^G>) will be appended if needed.
1752
1753	=over 4
1754
1755	=item For example,
1756
1757	B<M-xapropos> is equivalent to B<\Exapropos\r>
1758
1759	=item and
1760
1761	B<\E]703;mona;100> is equivalent to B<\E]703;mona;100\a>
1762
1763	=back
1764
1765	The option B<< {I<right-rtext>} >> will be right-justified. In the
1766	absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the I<action>
1767	as well.
1768
1769	=over 4
1770
1771	=item For example,
1772
1773	B</File/{Open}{^X^F}> is equivalent to B</File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F>
1774
1775	=back
1776
1777	The left label I<is> necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1778	implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1779	right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1780	with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1781
1782	=over 4
1783
1784	=item For example,
1785
1786	B</File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1787
1788	=item or hiding it
1789
1790	B</File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1791
1792	=back
1793
1794	X<menuBarRemove>
1795
1796	=head2 Removing menus
1797
1798	=over 4
1799
1800	=item B<< -/*+ >>
1801
1802	remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as B<[clear]>
1803
1804	=item B<< -+I</path>menu+ >>
1805
1806	remove menu
1807
1808	=item B<< -+I</path>{item}+ >>
1809
1810	remove item
1811
1812	=item B<< -+I</path>{-} >>
1813
1814	remove separator)
1815
1816	=item B<-/path/menu/*>
1817
1818	remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1819
1820	=back
1821
1822	X<menuBarArrows>
1823
1824	=head2 Quick Arrows
1825
1826	The menus also provide a hook for I<quick arrows> to provide easier
1827	user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
1828	emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1829	individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1830	beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1831	with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1832
1833	=over 4
1834
1835	=item B<< <r>+I<Right> >>
1836
1837	=item B<< <l>+I<Left> >>
1838
1839	=item B<< <u>+I<Up> >>
1840
1841	=item B<< <d>+I<Down> >>
1842
1843	Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1844
1845	=item B<< <b>+I<Begin> >>
1846
1847	=item B<< <e>+I<End> >>
1848
1849	Define common beginning/end parts for I<quick arrows> which used in
1850	conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1851
1852	=back
1853
1854	=over 4
1855
1856	=item For example, define arrows individually,
1857
1858	<u>\E[A
1859
1860	<d>\E[B
1861
1862	<r>\E[C
1863
1864	<l>\E[D
1865
1866	=item or all at once
1867
1868	<u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D
1869
1870	=item or more compactly (factoring out common parts)
1871
1872	<b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1873
1874	=back
1875
1876	X<menuBarSummary>
1877
1878	=head2 Command Summary
1879
1880	A short summary of the most I<common> commands:
1881
1882	=over 4
1883
1884	=item [menu:name]
1885
1886	use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1887
1888	=item [menu]
1889
1890	use the current menuBar
1891
1892	=item [title:string]
1893
1894	set menuBar title
1895
1896	=item [done]
1897
1898	set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
1899
1900	=item [done:name]
1901
1902	if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
1903
1904	=item [rm:name]
1905
1906	remove named menuBar(s)
1907
1908	=item [rm] [rm:]
1909
1910	remove current menuBar
1911
1912	=item [rm*] [rm:*]
1913
1914	remove all menuBar(s)
1915
1916	=item [swap]
1917
1918	swap top two menuBars
1919
1920	=item [prev]
1921
1922	access the previous menuBar
1923
1924	=item [next]
1925
1926	access the next menuBar
1927
1928	=item [show]
1929
1930	map menuBar
1931
1932	=item [hide]
1933
1934	unmap menuBar
1935
1936	=item [pixmap;file]
1937
1938	=item [pixmap;file;scaling]
1939
1940	set a background pixmap
1941
1942	=item [read:file]
1943
1944	=item [read:file;name]
1945
1946	read in a menu from a file
1947
1948	=item [dump]
1949
1950	dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
1951
1952	=item /
1953
1954	access menuBar top level
1955
1956	=item ./
1957
1958	=item ../
1959
1960	=item ../../
1961
1962	access current or parent menu level
1963
1964	=item /path/menu
1965
1966	add/access menu
1967
1968	=item /path/{-}
1969
1970	add separator
1971
1972	=item /path/{item}{rtext} action
1973
1974	add/alter menu item
1975
1976	=item -/*
1977
1978	remove all menus from the menuBar
1979
1980	=item -/path/menu
1981
1982	remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
1983
1984	=item -/path/menu
1985
1986	remove menu
1987
1988	=item -/path/{item}
1989
1990	remove item
1991
1992	=item -/path/{-}
1993
1994	remove separator
1995
1996	=item <b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End
1997
1998	menu quick arrows
1999
2000	=back
2001	X<XPM>
2002		2010
2003	=head1 XPM	2011	=head1 XPM
2004		2012
2005	For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value	2013	For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value
2006	of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a	2014	of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
…		…
2104	=begin table	2112	=begin table
2105		2113
2106	4 Shift	2114	4 Shift
2107	8 Meta	2115	8 Meta
2108	16 Control	2116	16 Control
2109	32 Double Click I<(Rxvt extension)>	2117	32 Double Click I<(rxvt extension)>
2110		2118
2111	=end table	2119	=end table
2112		2120
2113	Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >>	2121	Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >>
2114		2122
…		…
2191	=end table	2199	=end table
2192		2200
2193	=head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS	2201	=head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
2194		2202
2195	General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration	2203	General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2196	hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the	2204	hasn't been tested well. Either try with C<--enable-everything> or use
2197	./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself,	2205	the F<./reconf> script as a base for experiments. F<./reconf> is used by
2198	so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always	2206	myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should
2199	report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann	2207	always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc
2200	<rxvt@schmorp.de>.	2208	Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
		2209
		2210	All
2201		2211
2202	=over 4	2212	=over 4
2203		2213
2204	=item --enable-everything	2214	=item --enable-everything
2205		2215
2206	Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure	2216	Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
2207	--help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant.	2217	--help".
		2218
2208	You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by	2219	You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2209	I<following> this with the appropriate commands.	2220	I<following> this with the appropriate C<--disable-...> arguments,
		2221	or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
		2222	C<--disable-everything> and than adding just the C<--enable-...> arguments
		2223	you want.
2210		2224
2211	=item --enable-xft	2225	=item --enable-xft (default: enabled)
2212		2226
2213	Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are	2227	Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2214	slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you	2228	slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2215	don't pay for them.	2229	don't pay for them.
2216		2230
2217	=item --enable-font-styles	2231	=item --enable-font-styles (default: on)
2218		2232
2219	Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font	2233	Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font
2220	styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.	2234	styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2221		2235
2222	=item --with-codesets=NAME,...	2236	=item --with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
2223		2237
2224	Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (C<eu>, C<vn>	2238	Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (C<eu>, C<vn>
2225	are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These	2239	are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2226	codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required	2240	codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2227	for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose	2241	for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
…		…
2238	jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings	2252	jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2239	kr korean encodings	2253	kr korean encodings
2240		2254
2241	=end table	2255	=end table
2242		2256
2243	=item --enable-xim	2257	=item --enable-xim (default: on)
2244		2258
2245	Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using	2259	Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2246	alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly	2260	alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2247	set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.	2261	set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2248		2262
2249	=item --enable-unicode3	2263	=item --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
		2264
		2265	Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
2250		2266
2251	Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above	2267	Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
2252	65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage	2268	65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2253	requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet	2269	requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2254	support these extra characters, but Xft does.	2270	support these extra characters, but Xft does.
…		…
2257	even without this flag, but the number of such characters is	2273	even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2258	limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,	2274	limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2259	see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them	2275	see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2260	(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).	2276	(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2261		2277
2262	=item --enable-combining	2278	=item --enable-combining (default: on)
2263		2279
2264	Enable automatic composition of combining characters into	2280	Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2265	composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text	2281	composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2266	where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is	2282	where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2267	done by using precomposited characters when available or creating	2283	done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2268	new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.	2284	new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2269		2285
2270	Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters	2286	Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2271	is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode will use the	2287	characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be
2272	private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2273	--enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.	2288	(ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
2274		2289
2275	This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters	2290	This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2276	beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.	2291	beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
2277		2292
2278	The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,	2293	The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2279	but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and	2294	but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2280	tell me how these are to be used...).	2295	tell me how these are to be used...).
2281		2296
2282	=item --enable-fallback(=CLASS)	2297	=item --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
2283		2298
2284	When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS	2299	When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To
2285	(default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.	2300	disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2286		2301
2287	=item --with-res-name=NAME	2302	=item --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2288		2303
2289	Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when	2304	Use the given name as default application name when
2290	reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.	2305	reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2291		2306
2292	=item --with-res-class=CLASS	2307	=item --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
2293		2308
2294	Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class	2309	Use the given class as default application class
2295	when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace	2310	when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2296	rxvt.	2311	rxvt.
2297		2312
2298	=item --enable-utmp	2313	=item --enable-utmp (default: on)
2299		2314
2300	Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at	2315	Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at
2301	start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.	2316	start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2302		2317
2303	=item --enable-wtmp	2318	=item --enable-wtmp (default: on)
2304		2319
2305	Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at	2320	Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at
2306	start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This	2321	start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2307	option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.	2322	option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2308		2323
2309	=item --enable-lastlog	2324	=item --enable-lastlog (default: on)
2310		2325
2311	Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like	2326	Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2312	F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires	2327	F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2313	--enable-utmp to also be specified.	2328	--enable-utmp to also be specified.
2314		2329
2315	=item --enable-xpm-background	2330	=item --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
2316		2331
2317	Add support for XPM background pixmaps.	2332	Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
2318		2333
2319	=item --enable-transparency	2334	=item --enable-transparency (default: on)
2320		2335
2321	Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake	2336	Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2322	transparency to the term.	2337	transparency to the term.
2323		2338
2324	=item --enable-fading	2339	=item --enable-fading (default: on)
2325		2340
2326	Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.	2341	Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires C<--enable-transparency>).
2327		2342
2328	=item --enable-tinting	2343	=item --enable-tinting (default: on)
2329		2344
2330	Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds.	2345	Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires C<--enable-transparency>).
2331		2346
2332	=item --enable-menubar
2333
2334	Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
2335	dynamic locale switching currently).
2336
2337	=item --enable-rxvt-scroll	2347	=item --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
2338		2348
2339	Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.	2349	Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2340		2350
2341	=item --enable-next-scroll	2351	=item --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
2342		2352
2343	Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.	2353	Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2344		2354
2345	=item --enable-xterm-scroll	2355	=item --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
2346		2356
2347	Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.	2357	Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2348		2358
2349	=item --enable-plain-scroll	2359	=item --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
2350		2360
2351	Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that	2361	Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2352	is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for	2362	is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2353	many years.	2363	many years.
2354		2364
2355	=item --enable-half-shadow	2365	=item --enable-ttygid (default: off)
2356
2357	Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2358	only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2359
2360	=item --enable-ttygid
2361		2366
2362	Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if	2367	Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if
2363	your system uses this type of security.	2368	your system uses this type of security.
2364		2369
2365	=item --disable-backspace-key	2370	=item --disable-backspace-key
2366		2371
2367	Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server	2372	Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it.
		2373
		2374	=item --disable-delete-key
		2375
		2376	Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2368	do it.	2377	do it.
2369		2378
2370	=item --disable-delete-key
2371
2372	Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2373	do it.
2374
2375	=item --disable-resources	2379	=item --disable-resources
2376		2380
2377	Remove all resources checking.	2381	Removes any support for resource checking.
2378
2379	=item --enable-xgetdefault
2380
2381	Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
2382	version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2383	~/.Xresources.
2384
2385	Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull in and
2386	use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very
2387	small, if nonexistant.
2388
2389	=item --enable-strings
2390
2391	Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
2392	various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2393	have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2394	to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2395	GNU/Linux systems).
2396		2382
2397	=item --disable-swapscreen	2383	=item --disable-swapscreen
2398		2384
2399	Remove support for swap screen.	2385	Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2400		2386
2401	=item --enable-frills	2387	=item --enable-frills (default: on)
2402		2388
2403	Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to	2389	Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2404	have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to	2390	have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2405	disable this.	2391	disable this.
2406		2392
2407	A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly	2393	A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly
2408	in combination with other switches) is:	2394	in combination with other switches) is:
2409		2395
2410	MWM-hints	2396	MWM-hints
2411	EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)	2397	EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2412	seperate underline colour	2398	seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2413	settable border widths and borderless switch	2399	settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
		2400	visual depth selection (-depth)
2414	settable extra linespacing	2401	settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2415	iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback	2402	iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
		2403	tripleclickwords (-tcw)
		2404	settable insecure mode (-insecure)
		2405	keysym remapping support
		2406	cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
		2407	XEmbed support (-embed)
		2408	user-pty (-pty-fd)
		2409	hold on exit (-hold)
		2410	skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
		2411	separate highlightcolor support (-hc)
		2412
		2413	It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:
		2414
		2415	some round-trip time optimisations
		2416	nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
		2417	UTF8_STRING supporr for selection
		2418	sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2416	backindex and forwardindex escape sequence	2419	backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
		2420	view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences
		2421	locale switching escape sequence
2417	window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences	2422	window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2418	tripleclickwords	2423	rectangular selections
2419	settable insecure mode	2424	trailing space removal for selections
2420	keysym remapping support	2425	verbose X error handling
2421	cursor blinking and underline cursor
2422	-embed and -pty-fd options
2423		2426
2424	=item --enable-iso14755	2427	=item --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
2425		2428
2426	Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or	2429	Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2427	F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by	2430	F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2428	C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with	2431	C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2429	this switch.	2432	this switch.
2430		2433
2431	=item --enable-keepscrolling	2434	=item --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
2432		2435
2433	Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold	2436	Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2434	the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.	2437	the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2435		2438
2436	=item --enable-mousewheel	2439	=item --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
2437		2440
2438	Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.	2441	Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2439		2442
2440	=item --enable-slipwheeling	2443	=item --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
2441		2444
2442	Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an	2445	Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2443	accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option	2446	accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2444	requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.	2447	requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2445		2448
2446	=item --disable-new-selection	2449	=item --disable-new-selection
2447		2450
2448	Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.	2451	Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2449		2452
2450	=item --enable-dmalloc	2453	=item --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
2451		2454
2452	Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See	2455	Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2453	http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the	2456	L<http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/> for details If you use either this or the
2454	next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point	2457	next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2455	DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.	2458	DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2456		2459
2457	You can only use either this option and the following (should	2460	You can only use either this option and the following (should
2458	you use either) .	2461	you use either) .
2459		2462
2460	=item --enable-dlmalloc	2463	=item --enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
2461		2464
2462	Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version	2465	Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2463	See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.	2466	See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2464		2467
2465	=item --enable-smart-resize	2468	=item --enable-smart-resize (default: on)
2466		2469
2467	Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot	2470	Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
2468	keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is	2471	keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2469	closest to a corner of the screen.	2472	the screen in a fixed position.
2470		2473
2471	=item --enable-pointer-blank	2474	=item --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
2472		2475
2473	Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.	2476	Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2474		2477
2475	=item --with-name=NAME	2478	=item --enable-perl (default: on)
2476		2479
		2480	Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)>
		2481	manpage (F<doc/rxvtperl.txt>) for more info on this feature, or the files
		2482	in F<src/perl-ext/> for the extensions that are installed by default. The
		2483	perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the C<PERL> environment
		2484	variable when running configure.
		2485
		2486	=item --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
		2487
2477	Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: C<urxvt>, resulting	2488	Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2478	in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with	2489	in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with
2479	C<rxvt>.	2490	C<rxvt>.
2480		2491
2481	=item --with-term=NAME	2492	=item --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
2482		2493
2483	Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default	2494	Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
2484	C<rxvt-unicode>)
2485		2495
2486	=item --with-terminfo=PATH	2496	=item --with-terminfo=PATH
2487		2497
2488	Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to	2498	Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2489	PATH.	2499	PATH.

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