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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
29	=item I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I	27	=head2 Meta, Features & Commandline Issues
30	change/disable it?
31		28
32	You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the	29	=head3 My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?
33	B<perl-ext-common> resource to the empty string, which also keeps
34	rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
35		30
36	If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to	31	Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>,
37	identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section	32	channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
38	B<PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS> in the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. For	33	interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
39	example, to disable the B<selection-popup> and B<option-popup>, specify
40	this B<perl-ext-common> resource:
41		34
42	URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup	35	=head3 Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?
43		36
44	This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup	37	Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a
45	extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,	38	simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
46	scrollback search mode is triggered by B<M-s>. You can move it to any	39	give you tabs:
47	other combination either by setting the B<searchable-scrollback> resource:
48		40
49	URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s	41	@@URXVT_NAME@@ -pe tabbed
50		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
		51	=head3 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
		52
		53	The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
		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.
		57
		58	=head3 Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
		59
		60	Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
		61	don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
		62	you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
		63	when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
		64	accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
		65
		66	Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
		67	scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
		68	6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
		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.
		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
51	=item Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?	133	=head3 Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?
52		134
53	I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra	135	I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
54	bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see	136	bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
55	that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being	137	that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
56	compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even	138	compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even
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60		142
61	text data bss drs rss filename	143	text data bss drs rss filename
62	98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything	144	98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
63	188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything	145	188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
64		146
65	When you C<--enable-everything> (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft	147	When you C<--enable-everything> (which I<is> unfair, as this involves xft
66	and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my	148	and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
67	libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.	149	libc), the two diverge, but not unreasonably so.
68		150
69	text data bss drs rss filename	151	text data bss drs rss filename
70	163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything	152	163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
71	1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything	153	1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
72		154
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88	(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra	170	(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
89	43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of	171	43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
90	startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares	172	startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
91	extremely well *g*.	173	extremely well *g*.
92		174
93	=item Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?	175	=head3 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?
94		176
95	Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had	177	Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
96	to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction	178	to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
97	of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even	179	of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
98	shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.	180	shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.
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122	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)	204	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
123		205
124	No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),	206	No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
125	except maybe libX11 :)	207	except maybe libX11 :)
126		208
127	=item Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?
128		209
129	rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with	210	=head2 Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues
130	tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing programs,
131	and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into other programs,
132	as witnessed by F<doc/rxvt-tabbed> or the upcoming C<Gtk2::URxvt> perl
133	module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt) terminal as an example
134	embedding application.
135		211
136	=item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?	212	=head3 I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?
137		213
138	The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape	214	First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt-unicode, so
139	sequence C<ESC [ 8 n> sets the window title to the version number. When	215	you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may
140	using the @@RXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the	216	bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a rite
141	daemon.	217	of passage: ... and you failed.
142		218
143	=item I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...	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!
144		221
145	The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large	222	1. Use inheritPixmap:
146	patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before
147	reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and
148	install the genuine version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>)
149	and try to reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the
150	problems are specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be
151	reported via the Debian Bug Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report
152	the bug).
153		223
154	For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and	224	Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
155	probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a	225	@@URXVT_NAME@@ -ip -tint red -sh 40
156	bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
157	might encounter the same issue.
158		226
159	=item I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?	227	That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
		228	support, or you are unable to read.
160		229
161	You should build one binary with the default options. F<configure>	230	2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you
162	now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them	231	to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
163	runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,	232	your picture with gimp or any other tool:
164	except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
165	be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
166	the future) depends on it.
167		233
168	You should not overwrite the C<perl-ext-common> snd C<perl-ext> resources	234	convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm
169	system-wide (except maybe with C<defaults>). This will result in useful	235	@@URXVT_NAME@@ -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background
170	behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
171	C<perl-ext-common> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
172	perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
173		236
174	If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal	237	That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, or you
175	one with C<--disable-everything> (very useful) and a maximal one with	238	are unable to read.
176	C<--enable-everything> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
177	encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
178		239
179	=item I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?	240	3. Use an ARGB visual:
180		241
181	Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably not	242	@@URXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
182	bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of freetype
183	+ fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode itself to all be
184	secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options when it detects that it
185	runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice. Besides, with the embedded perl
186	interpreter the possibility for security problems easily multiplies.
187		243
188	Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on some	244	This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that
189	systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra privileges for	245	doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't
190	ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is planned to mvoe this into	246	there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the necessary
191	a forked handler process, but this is not yet done.	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.
192		249
193	So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on your	250	4. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job:
194	typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always remember that
195	its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked for security issues
196	regularly.
197		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
198	=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?
199		838
200	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
201	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).
202		841
203	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
204	be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):	843	be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp and works as user and admin):
205		844
206	REMOTE=remotesystem.domain	845	REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
207	infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"	846	infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "mkdir -p .terminfo && cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
208		847
209	... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,	848	... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
		849
		850	One some systems you might need to set C<$TERMINFO> to the full path of
		851	F<$HOME/.terminfo> for this to work.
210		852
211	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
212	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
213	problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different	855	problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
214	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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219	resource to set it:	861	resource to set it:
220		862
221	URxvt.termName: rxvt	863	URxvt.termName: rxvt
222		864
223	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
224	the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.	866	the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use C<TERM=rxvt>.
225		867
226	=item C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.	868	=head3 C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
227		869
228	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
229	C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again.	871	C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again.
230		872
231	=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@@.
232		874
		875	See next entry.
		876
233	=item I need a termcap file entry.	877	=head3 I need a termcap file entry.
234		878
235	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
236	systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap	880	systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
237	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
238	for C<rxvt-unicode>.	882	for C<rxvt-unicode>.
239		883
240	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.
241	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
242	like this:	886	like this:
243		887
244	infocmp -C rxvt-unicode	888	infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
245		889
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264	: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:\
265	: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:\
266	: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:\
267	:vs=\E[?25h:	911	:vs=\E[?25h:
268		912
269	=item Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?	913	=head3 Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?
270		914
271	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
272	decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration	916	decide whether a terminal has colour, but uses its own configuration
273	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
274	with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:	918	with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
275		919
276	TERM rxvt-unicode	920	TERM rxvt-unicode
277		921
278	to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:	922	to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:
279		923
280	alias ls='ls --color=auto'	924	alias ls='ls --color=auto'
281		925
282	to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.	926	to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.
283		927
284	=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?
285		929
		930	See next entry.
		931
286	=item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?	932	=head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?
287		933
		934	See next entry.
		935
288	=item Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?	936	=head3 Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?
289		937
290	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
291	distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode	939	distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
292	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
293	features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian	941	features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
294	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
295	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
296	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
297	how to do this).	945	how to do this).
298		946
299	=item My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
300		947
301	Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no	948	=head2 Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues
302	specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
303	by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of wether and how
304	this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible
305	keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
306	helped.
307		949
308	=item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?	950	=head3 Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
309		951
		952	See next entry.
		953
310	=item Unicode does not seem to work?	954	=head3 Unicode does not seem to work?
311		955
312	If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but	956	If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
313	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
314	subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.	958	subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
315		959
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319	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.
320		964
321	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
322	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.
323		967
324	printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"	968	printf '\33]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
325		969
326	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
327	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
328	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
329	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
…		…
335		979
336	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
337	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
338	support locales :(	982	support locales :(
339		983
340	=item Why do some characters look so much different than others?	984	=head3 How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
341		985
342	=item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?	986	See next entry.
343		987
344	Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is	988	=head3 Is there an option to switch encodings?
345	fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
346	your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
347	to display.
348		989
349	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
350	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
351	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.
352	resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
353	intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
354	the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
355		993
356	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
357	e.g.:	995	the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
358		996	applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
359	@@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...	997	and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
360		998	that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
361	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
362	font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
363	next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
364	search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
365
366	The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
367	font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
368	must be the same due to the way terminals work.
369
370	=item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
371
372	This is because there is a difference between script and language --
373	rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
374	as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
375	sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
376	display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
377	chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
378	non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
379	-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
380	chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
381
382	The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
383	list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
384	a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
385	first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
386
387	In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
388	runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
389	fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
390	has been designed yet).
391
392	Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can
393	I switch the fonts at runtime?> later in this document).
394
395	=item Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
396
397	Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
398	size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
399	contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
400	these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special
401	"careful" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
402
403	All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
404	however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
405	box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
406	ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
407	cases).	1000	locales).
408		1001
409	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
410	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
411	the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you	1004	interpretation of characters.
412	might be forced to use a different font.
413		1005
414	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
415	box data is correct.	1007	is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
416		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
417	=item On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.	1155	=head3 On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.
418		1156
419	Seems to be a known bug, read	1157	Seems to be a known bug, read
420	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
421	following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:	1159	following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
422		1160
423	#define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)	1161	#define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
424		1162
425	=item My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
426
427	The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
428	correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
429	your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and
430	your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
431	does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
432	rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
433
434	In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
435	one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.
436
437	=item I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755
438
439	Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
440	international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
441	advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
442	codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape
443	character and so on.
444
445	=item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
446
447	First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
448	(C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
449	make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
450	rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
451
452	URxvt.colorBD: white
453	URxvt.colorIT: green
454
455	=item Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
456
457	For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
458	colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
459	8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
460	these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
461
462	In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
463	definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will
464	fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
465
466	=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.
467		1164
468	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
469	in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,	1166	in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
470	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
471	B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.	1168	B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
472		1169
473	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
474	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
475	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.
476		1173
477	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
478	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>.
479		1176
…		…
493		1190
494	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
495	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
496	complete replacements for them :)	1193	complete replacements for them :)
497		1194
498	=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.
499		1196
500	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
501	problems with C<wcwidth> and a compile problem.	1198	problems with C<wcwidth> and a compile problem.
502		1199
503	=item How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?	1200	=head3 How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
504		1201
505	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
506	the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no	1203	the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
507	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
508	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
…		…
511		1208
512	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
513	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
514	to 8-bit encodings.	1211	to 8-bit encodings.
515		1212
516	=item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
517
518	=item Is there an option to switch encodings?
519
520	Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
521	specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
522	UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
523
524	The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
525	the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
526	applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
527	and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
528	that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
529	characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
530	locales).
531
532	Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
533	programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
534	interpretation of characters.
535
536	Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
537	is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
538
539	On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
540	contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
541	locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
542	C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
543	(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
544
545	Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
546	the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
547	i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to
548	rxvt-unicode.
549
550	If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
551	rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
552
553	=item Can I switch locales at runtime?
554
555	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
556	rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
557
558	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
559
560	See also the previous answer.
561
562	Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
563	one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it
564	(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which
565	first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
566
567	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
568	xjdic -js
569	printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
570
571	You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except
572	for some locales where character width differs between program- and
573	rxvt-unicode-locales.
574
575	=item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
576
577	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
578	effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
579
580	printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
581
582	This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
583	japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
584	japanese fonts would only be in your way.
585
586	You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
587
588	=item Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
589
590	Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
591	example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
592	Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
593	enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
594
595	URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
596	URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
597
598	=item My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
599
600	You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
601	terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
602
603	URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
604
605	Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
606	use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
607	input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input
608	method limits you.
609
610	=item Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
611
612	Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
613	design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
614	leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
615	exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
616	while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
617	crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
618
619	So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
620
621	=item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
622
623	Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
624	don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
625	you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
626	when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
627	accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
628
629	Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
630	scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
631	6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
632	kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
633	use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
634	rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
635
636	=item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
637
638	Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
639	it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
640	antialiasing (by appending C<:antialias=false>), which saves lots of
641	memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
642
643	=item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
644
645	Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
646	fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
647	fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
648	antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
649	look best that way.
650
651	If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
652
653	=item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
654
655	Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
656	some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
657	heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
658	quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
659	depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
660
661	=item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
662
663	If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
664	standard foreground colour.
665
666	For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
667	text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
668	colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
669	ignored.
670
671	On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
672	foreground/background colors.
673
674	color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
675
676	color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
677
678	=item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
679
680	You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
681	resources (or as long-options).
682
683	Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
684	including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
685
686	URxvt.color0: #000000
687	URxvt.color1: #A80000
688	URxvt.color2: #00A800
689	URxvt.color3: #A8A800
690	URxvt.color4: #0000A8
691	URxvt.color5: #A800A8
692	URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
693	URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
694
695	URxvt.color8: #000054
696	URxvt.color9: #FF0054
697	URxvt.color10: #00FF54
698	URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
699	URxvt.color12: #0000FF
700	URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
701	URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
702	URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
703
704	And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
705	me) as "pretty girly".
706
707	URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
708	URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
709	URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
710	URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
711	URxvt.color0: #000000
712	URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
713	URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
714	URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
715	URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
716	URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
717	URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
718	URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
719	URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
720	URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
721	URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
722	URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
723	URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
724	URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
725
726	=item How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?
727
728	Try C<@@RXVT_NAME@@d -f -o>, which tells @@RXVT_NAME@@d to open the
729	display, create the listening socket and then fork.
730
731	=item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
732
733	Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
734	BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
735	question) there are two standard values that can be used for
736	Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
737
738	Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
739	policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
740	choice :).
741
742	Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
743	of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
744	started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
745	system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
746	be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
747
748	For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
749
750	# use Backspace = ^H
751	$ stty erase ^H
752	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@
753
754	# use Backspace = ^?
755	$ stty erase ^?
756	$ @@RXVT_NAME@@
757
758	Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l> as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
759
760	For an existing rxvt-unicode:
761
762	# use Backspace = ^H
763	$ stty erase ^H
764	$ echo -n "^[[36h"
765
766	# use Backspace = ^?
767	$ stty erase ^?
768	$ echo -n "^[[36l"
769
770	This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
771	if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
772	properly reflects that.
773
774	The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
775	To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
776	key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
777	(C<ESC [ 3 ~>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
778
779	Some other Backspace problems:
780
781	some editors use termcap/terminfo,
782	some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
783	GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
784
785	Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
786
787	=item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
788
789	There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
790	you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
791	use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
792
793	Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt>
794
795	URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
796	URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
797	URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
798	URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/>
799	URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;>
800	URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`>
801	URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,>
802	URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.>
803	URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`>
804	URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab>
805	URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return>
806	URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return>
807	URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space>
808	URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up>
809	URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down>
810	URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left>
811	URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right>
812	URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 >
813	URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
814	URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
815
816	See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource.
817
818	=item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
819	How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
820	has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
821
822	KP_Insert == Insert
823	F22 == Print
824	F27 == Home
825	F29 == Prior
826	F33 == End
827	F35 == Next
828
829	Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
830	keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
831	required for your particular machine.
832
833	=item How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
834	I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
835
836	rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
837	check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
838	Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
839	not to use color.
840
841	=item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
842
843	If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
844	insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
845	snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
846	wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
847	the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
848	regular xterm.
849
850	Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
851	snippets:
852
853	# Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
854	[ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
855	if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
856	stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
857	echo -n '^[Z'
858	read term_id
859	stty icanon echo
860	if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
861	echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
862	read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
863	fi
864	fi
865
866	=item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
867
868	You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
869	one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
870	the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
871
872	=item My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?
873
874	Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>,
875	channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
876	interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
877
878	=back
879
880	=head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE	1213	=head1 RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE
881
882	=head1 DESCRIPTION
883		1214
884	The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of	1215	The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
885	B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,	1216	B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,
886	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
887	features selectable at C<configure> time.	1218	selectable at C<configure> time.
888		1219
889	=head1 Definitions	1220	=head2 Definitions
890		1221
891	=over 4	1222	=over 4
892		1223
893	=item B<< C<c> >>	1224	=item B<< C<c> >>
894		1225
…		…
912		1243
913	A text parameter composed of printable characters.	1244	A text parameter composed of printable characters.
914		1245
915	=back	1246	=back
916		1247
917	=head1 Values	1248	=head2 Values
918		1249
919	=over 4	1250	=over 4
920		1251
921	=item B<< C<ENQ> >>	1252	=item B<< C<ENQ> >>
922		1253
…		…
965		1296
966	Space Character	1297	Space Character
967		1298
968	=back	1299	=back
969		1300
970	=head1 Escape Sequences	1301	=head2 Escape Sequences
971		1302
972	=over 4	1303	=over 4
973		1304
974	=item B<< C<ESC # 8> >>	1305	=item B<< C<ESC # 8> >>
975		1306
…		…
1073		1404
1074	=back	1405	=back
1075		1406
1076	X<CSI>	1407	X<CSI>
1077		1408
1078	=head1 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences	1409	=head2 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences
1079		1410
1080	=over 4	1411	=over 4
1081		1412
1082	=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >>	1413	=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >>
1083		1414
…		…
1353		1684
1354	=back	1685	=back
1355		1686
1356	X<PrivateModes>	1687	X<PrivateModes>
1357		1688
1358	=head1 DEC Private Modes	1689	=head2 DEC Private Modes
1359		1690
1360	=over 4	1691	=over 4
1361		1692
1362	=item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >>	1693	=item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >>
1363		1694
…		…
1379		1710
1380	Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where>	1711	Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where>
1381		1712
1382	=over 4	1713	=over 4
1383		1714
1384	=item B<< C<Ps = 1> >> (DECCKM)	1715	=item B<< C<Pm = 1> >> (DECCKM)
1385		1716
1386	=begin table	1717	=begin table
1387		1718
1388	B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys	1719	B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys
1389	B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys	1720	B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys
1390		1721
1391	=end table	1722	=end table
1392		1723
1393	=item B<< C<Ps = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode)	1724	=item B<< C<Pm = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode)
1394		1725
1395	=begin table	1726	=begin table
1396		1727
1397	B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode	1728	B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode
1398	B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode	1729	B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode
1399		1730
1400	=end table	1731	=end table
1401		1732
1402	=item B<< C<Ps = 3> >>	1733	=item B<< C<Pm = 3> >>
1403		1734
1404	=begin table	1735	=begin table
1405		1736
1406	B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)	1737	B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1407	B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)	1738	B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1408		1739
1409	=end table	1740	=end table
1410		1741
1411	=item B<< C<Ps = 4> >>	1742	=item B<< C<Pm = 4> >>
1412		1743
1413	=begin table	1744	=begin table
1414		1745
1415	B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)	1746	B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1416	B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)	1747	B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1417		1748
1418	=end table	1749	=end table
1419		1750
1420	=item B<< C<Ps = 5> >>	1751	=item B<< C<Pm = 5> >>
1421		1752
1422	=begin table	1753	=begin table
1423		1754
1424	B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM)	1755	B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM)
1425	B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM)	1756	B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM)
1426		1757
1427	=end table	1758	=end table
1428		1759
1429	=item B<< C<Ps = 6> >>	1760	=item B<< C<Pm = 6> >>
1430		1761
1431	=begin table	1762	=begin table
1432		1763
1433	B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM)	1764	B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM)
1434	B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)	1765	B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)
1435		1766
1436	=end table	1767	=end table
1437		1768
1438	=item B<< C<Ps = 7> >>	1769	=item B<< C<Pm = 7> >>
1439		1770
1440	=begin table	1771	=begin table
1441		1772
1442	B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)	1773	B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1443	B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)	1774	B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1444		1775
1445	=end table	1776	=end table
1446		1777
1447	=item B<< C<Ps = 8> >> I<unimplemented>	1778	=item B<< C<Pm = 8> >> I<unimplemented>
1448		1779
1449	=begin table	1780	=begin table
1450		1781
1451	B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)	1782	B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1452	B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)	1783	B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1453		1784
1454	=end table	1785	=end table
1455		1786
1456	=item B<< C<Ps = 9> >> X10 XTerm	1787	=item B<< C<Pm = 9> >> X10 XTerm
1457		1788
1458	=begin table	1789	=begin table
1459		1790
1460	B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press.	1791	B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1461	B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.	1792	B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1462		1793
1463	=end table	1794	=end table
1464		1795
1465	=item B<< C<Ps = 10> >> (B<rxvt>)
1466
1467	=begin table
1468
1469	B<< C<h> >> menuBar visible
1470	B<< C<l> >> menuBar invisible
1471
1472	=end table
1473
1474	=item B<< C<Ps = 25> >>	1796	=item B<< C<Pm = 25> >>
1475		1797
1476	=begin table	1798	=begin table
1477		1799
1478	B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}	1800	B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1479	B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis}	1801	B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis}
1480		1802
1481	=end table	1803	=end table
1482		1804
1483	=item B<< C<Ps = 30> >>	1805	=item B<< C<Pm = 30> >>
1484		1806
1485	=begin table	1807	=begin table
1486		1808
1487	B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visisble	1809	B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visisble
1488	B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisisble	1810	B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisisble
1489		1811
1490	=end table	1812	=end table
1491		1813
1492	=item B<< C<Ps = 35> >> (B<rxvt>)	1814	=item B<< C<Pm = 35> >> (B<rxvt>)
1493		1815
1494	=begin table	1816	=begin table
1495		1817
1496	B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences	1818	B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1497	B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences	1819	B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1498		1820
1499	=end table	1821	=end table
1500		1822
1501	=item B<< C<Ps = 38> >> I<unimplemented>	1823	=item B<< C<Pm = 38> >> I<unimplemented>
1502		1824
1503	Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)	1825	Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
1504		1826
1505	=item B<< C<Ps = 40> >>	1827	=item B<< C<Pm = 40> >>
1506		1828
1507	=begin table	1829	=begin table
1508		1830
1509	B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode	1831	B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode
1510	B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode	1832	B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode
1511		1833
1512	=end table	1834	=end table
1513		1835
1514	=item B<< C<Ps = 44> >> I<unimplemented>	1836	=item B<< C<Pm = 44> >> I<unimplemented>
1515		1837
1516	=begin table	1838	=begin table
1517		1839
1518	B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell	1840	B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell
1519	B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell	1841	B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell
1520		1842
1521	=end table	1843	=end table
1522		1844
1523	=item B<< C<Ps = 45> >> I<unimplemented>	1845	=item B<< C<Pm = 45> >> I<unimplemented>
1524		1846
1525	=begin table	1847	=begin table
1526		1848
1527	B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode	1849	B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode
1528	B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode	1850	B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode
1529		1851
1530	=end table	1852	=end table
1531		1853
1532	=item B<< C<Ps = 46> >> I<unimplemented>	1854	=item B<< C<Pm = 46> >> I<unimplemented>
1533		1855
1534	=item B<< C<Ps = 47> >>	1856	=item B<< C<Pm = 47> >>
1535		1857
1536	=begin table	1858	=begin table
1537		1859
1538	B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer	1860	B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1539	B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer	1861	B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1540		1862
1541	=end table	1863	=end table
1542		1864
1543	X<Priv66>	1865	X<Priv66>
1544		1866
1545	=item B<< C<Ps = 66> >>	1867	=item B<< C<Pm = 66> >>
1546		1868
1547	=begin table	1869	=begin table
1548		1870
1549	B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC =>	1871	B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC =>
1550	B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >>	1872	B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >>
1551		1873
1552	=end table	1874	=end table
1553		1875
1554	=item B<< C<Ps = 67> >>	1876	=item B<< C<Pm = 67> >>
1555		1877
1556	=begin table	1878	=begin table
1557		1879
1558	B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >>	1880	B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >>
1559	B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >>	1881	B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >>
1560		1882
1561	=end table	1883	=end table
1562		1884
1563	=item B<< C<Ps = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm)	1885	=item B<< C<Pm = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm)
1564		1886
1565	=begin table	1887	=begin table
1566		1888
1567	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.
1568	B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.	1890	B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1569		1891
1570	=end table	1892	=end table
1571		1893
1572	=item B<< C<Ps = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented>	1894	=item B<< C<Pm = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented>
1573		1895
1574	=begin table	1896	=begin table
1575		1897
1576	B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.	1898	B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.
1577	B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.	1899	B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1578		1900
1579	=end table	1901	=end table
1580		1902
1581	=item B<< C<Ps = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>)	1903	=item B<< C<Pm = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>)
1582		1904
1583	=begin table	1905	=begin table
1584		1906
1585	B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output	1907	B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output
1586	B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output	1908	B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output
1587		1909
1588	=end table	1910	=end table
1589		1911
1590	=item B<< C<Ps = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>)	1912	=item B<< C<Pm = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>)
1591		1913
1592	=begin table	1914	=begin table
1593		1915
1594	B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed	1916	B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1595	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
1596		1918
1597	=end table	1919	=end table
1598		1920
1599	=item B<< C<Ps = 1021> >> (B<rxvt>)	1921	=item B<< C<Pm = 1021> >> (B<rxvt>)
1600		1922
1601	=begin table	1923	=begin table
1602		1924
1603	B<< C<h> >> Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option B<-is>)	1925	B<< C<h> >> Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option B<-is>)
1604	B<< C<l> >> Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)	1926	B<< C<l> >> Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1605		1927
1606	=end table	1928	=end table
1607		1929
1608	=item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >>	1930	=item B<< C<Pm = 1047> >>
1609		1931
1610	=begin table	1932	=begin table
1611		1933
1612	B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer	1934	B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1613	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
1614		1936
1615	=end table	1937	=end table
1616		1938
1617	=item B<< C<Ps = 1048> >>	1939	=item B<< C<Pm = 1048> >>
1618		1940
1619	=begin table	1941	=begin table
1620		1942
1621	B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position	1943	B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position
1622	B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position	1944	B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position
1623		1945
1624	=end table	1946	=end table
1625		1947
1626	=item B<< C<Ps = 1049> >>	1948	=item B<< C<Pm = 1049> >>
1627		1949
1628	=begin table	1950	=begin table
1629		1951
1630	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
1631	B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer	1953	B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
…		…
1636		1958
1637	=back	1959	=back
1638		1960
1639	X<XTerm>	1961	X<XTerm>
1640		1962
1641	=head1 XTerm Operating System Commands	1963	=head2 XTerm Operating System Commands
1642		1964
1643	=over 4	1965	=over 4
1644		1966
1645	=item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >>	1967	=item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >>
1646		1968
…		…
1660	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> >>
1661	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> >>
1662	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> >>
1663	B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 706]	1985	B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 706]
1664	B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 707]	1986	B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 707]
1665	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).
1666	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> >>.
1667	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>
1668	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> >>.
1669	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> >>
1670	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> >>
1671	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).
1672	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>.
1673	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> >>
1674	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).
1675	B<< C<Ps = 706> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>	1997	B<< C<Ps = 706> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1676	B<< C<Ps = 707> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>	1998	B<< C<Ps = 707> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1677	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>.
…		…
1684		2006
1685	=end table	2007	=end table
1686		2008
1687	=back	2009	=back
1688		2010
1689	X<menuBar>
1690
1691	=head1 menuBar
1692
1693	B<< The exact syntax used is I<almost> solidified. >>
1694	In the menus, B<DON'T> try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
1695	menuBar.
1696
1697	Note that in all of the commands, the B<< I</path/> >> I<cannot> be
1698	omitted: use B<./> to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1699
1700	=head2 Overview of menuBar operation
1701
1702	For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence C<ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST>, the syntax
1703	of C<Pt> can be used for a variety of tasks:
1704
1705	At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1706	linked-list of other such menuBars.
1707
1708	The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1709	turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1710
1711	The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1712	input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1713
1714	The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1715	constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
1716	menuBars.
1717
1718	The first step is to use the tag B<< [menu:I<name>] >> which creates
1719	the menuBar called I<name> and allows access. You may now or menus,
1720	subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag B<[done]> to set the
1721	menuBar access as B<readonly> to prevent accidental corruption of the
1722	menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
1723	B<[menu]>, make the alterations and then use B<[done]>
1724
1725	X<menuBarCommands>
1726
1727	=head2 Commands
1728
1729	=over 4
1730
1731	=item B<< [menu:+I<name>] >>
1732
1733	access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
1734	is created, it is called I<name> (max of 15 chars) and the current
1735	menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1736
1737	=item B<[menu]>
1738
1739	access the current menuBar for alteration
1740
1741	=item B<< [title:+I<string>] >>
1742
1743	set the current menuBar's title to I<string>, which may contain the
1744	following format specifiers:
1745
1746	B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1747	B<%v> rxvt version
1748	B<%%> literal B<%> character
1749
1750	=item B<[done]>
1751
1752	set menuBar access as B<readonly>.
1753	End-of-file tag for B<< [read:+I<file>] >> operations.
1754
1755	=item B<< [read:+I<file>] >>
1756
1757	read menu commands directly from I<file> (extension ".menu" will be
1758	appended if required.) Start reading at a line with B<[menu]> or B<<
1759	[menu:+I<name> >> and continuing until B<[done]> is encountered.
1760
1761	Blank and comment lines (starting with B<#>) are ignored. Actually,
1762	since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
1763	be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
1764	future ... so don't count on it!.
1765
1766	=item B<< [read:+I<file>;+I<name>] >>
1767
1768	The same as B<< [read:+I<file>] >>, but start reading at a line with
1769	B<< [menu:+I<name>] >> and continuing until B<< [done:+I<name>] >> or
1770	B<[done]> is encountered.
1771
1772	=item B<[dump]>
1773
1774	dump all menuBars to the file B</tmp/rxvt-PID> in a format suitable for
1775	later rereading.
1776
1777	=item B<[rm:name]>
1778
1779	remove the named menuBar
1780
1781	=item B<[rm] [rm:]>
1782
1783	remove the current menuBar
1784
1785	=item B<[rm*] [rm:*]>
1786
1787	remove all menuBars
1788
1789	=item B<[swap]>
1790
1791	swap the top two menuBars
1792
1793	=item B<[prev]>
1794
1795	access the previous menuBar
1796
1797	=item B<[next]>
1798
1799	access the next menuBar
1800
1801	=item B<[show]>
1802
1803	Enable display of the menuBar
1804
1805	=item B<[hide]>
1806
1807	Disable display of the menuBar
1808
1809	=item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>] >>
1810
1811	=item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>;I<scaling>] >>
1812
1813	(set the background pixmap globally
1814
1815	B<< A Future implementation I<may> make this local to the menubar >>)
1816
1817	=item B<< [:+I<command>:] >>
1818
1819	ignore the menu readonly status and issue a I<command> to or a menu or
1820	menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
1821	from a menuBar.
1822
1823	=back
1824
1825	X<menuBarAdd>
1826
1827	=head2 Adding and accessing menus
1828
1829	The following commands may also be B<+> prefixed.
1830
1831	=over 4
1832
1833	=item B</+>
1834
1835	access menuBar top level
1836
1837	=item B<./+>
1838
1839	access current menu level
1840
1841	=item B<../+>
1842
1843	access parent menu (1 level up)
1844
1845	=item B<../../>
1846
1847	access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1848
1849	=item B<< I</path/>menu >>
1850
1851	add/access menu
1852
1853	=item B<< I</path/>menu/* >>
1854
1855	add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1856
1857	=item B<< I</path/>{-} >>
1858
1859	add separator
1860
1861	=item B<< I</path/>{item} >>
1862
1863	add B<item> as a label
1864
1865	=item B<< I</path/>{item} action >>
1866
1867	add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action>
1868
1869	=item B<< I</path/>{item}{right-text} >>
1870
1871	add/alter I<menuitem> with B<right-text> as the right-justified text
1872	and as the associated I<action>
1873
1874	=item B<< I</path/>{item}{rtext} action >>
1875
1876	add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action> and with B<rtext> as
1877	the right-justified text.
1878
1879	=back
1880
1881	=over 4
1882
1883	=item Special characters in I<action> must be backslash-escaped:
1884
1885	B<\a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal>
1886
1887	=item or in control-character notation:
1888
1889	B<^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?>
1890
1891	=back
1892
1893	To send a string starting with a B<NUL> (B<^@>) character to the
1894	program, start I<action> with a pair of B<NUL> characters (B<^@^@>),
1895	the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
1896	program. Otherwise if I<action> begins with B<NUL> followed by
1897	non-+B<NUL> characters, the leading B<NUL> is stripped off and the
1898	balance is sent back to rxvt.
1899
1900	As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, I<action> may start
1901	with B<M-> (eg, B<M-$> is equivalent to B<\E$>) and a B<CR> will be
1902	appended if missed from B<M-x> commands.
1903
1904	As a convenience for issuing XTerm B<ESC ]> sequences from a menubar (or
1905	quick arrow), a B<BEL> (B<^G>) will be appended if needed.
1906
1907	=over 4
1908
1909	=item For example,
1910
1911	B<M-xapropos> is equivalent to B<\Exapropos\r>
1912
1913	=item and
1914
1915	B<\E]703;mona;100> is equivalent to B<\E]703;mona;100\a>
1916
1917	=back
1918
1919	The option B<< {I<right-rtext>} >> will be right-justified. In the
1920	absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the I<action>
1921	as well.
1922
1923	=over 4
1924
1925	=item For example,
1926
1927	B</File/{Open}{^X^F}> is equivalent to B</File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F>
1928
1929	=back
1930
1931	The left label I<is> necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1932	implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1933	right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1934	with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1935
1936	=over 4
1937
1938	=item For example,
1939
1940	B</File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1941
1942	=item or hiding it
1943
1944	B</File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1945
1946	=back
1947
1948	X<menuBarRemove>
1949
1950	=head2 Removing menus
1951
1952	=over 4
1953
1954	=item B<< -/*+ >>
1955
1956	remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as B<[clear]>
1957
1958	=item B<< -+I</path>menu+ >>
1959
1960	remove menu
1961
1962	=item B<< -+I</path>{item}+ >>
1963
1964	remove item
1965
1966	=item B<< -+I</path>{-} >>
1967
1968	remove separator)
1969
1970	=item B<-/path/menu/*>
1971
1972	remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1973
1974	=back
1975
1976	X<menuBarArrows>
1977
1978	=head2 Quick Arrows
1979
1980	The menus also provide a hook for I<quick arrows> to provide easier
1981	user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
1982	emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1983	individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1984	beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1985	with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1986
1987	=over 4
1988
1989	=item B<< <r>+I<Right> >>
1990
1991	=item B<< <l>+I<Left> >>
1992
1993	=item B<< <u>+I<Up> >>
1994
1995	=item B<< <d>+I<Down> >>
1996
1997	Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1998
1999	=item B<< <b>+I<Begin> >>
2000
2001	=item B<< <e>+I<End> >>
2002
2003	Define common beginning/end parts for I<quick arrows> which used in
2004	conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
2005
2006	=back
2007
2008	=over 4
2009
2010	=item For example, define arrows individually,
2011
2012	<u>\E[A
2013
2014	<d>\E[B
2015
2016	<r>\E[C
2017
2018	<l>\E[D
2019
2020	=item or all at once
2021
2022	<u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D
2023
2024	=item or more compactly (factoring out common parts)
2025
2026	<b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
2027
2028	=back
2029
2030	X<menuBarSummary>
2031
2032	=head2 Command Summary
2033
2034	A short summary of the most I<common> commands:
2035
2036	=over 4
2037
2038	=item [menu:name]
2039
2040	use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
2041
2042	=item [menu]
2043
2044	use the current menuBar
2045
2046	=item [title:string]
2047
2048	set menuBar title
2049
2050	=item [done]
2051
2052	set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
2053
2054	=item [done:name]
2055
2056	if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
2057
2058	=item [rm:name]
2059
2060	remove named menuBar(s)
2061
2062	=item [rm] [rm:]
2063
2064	remove current menuBar
2065
2066	=item [rm*] [rm:*]
2067
2068	remove all menuBar(s)
2069
2070	=item [swap]
2071
2072	swap top two menuBars
2073
2074	=item [prev]
2075
2076	access the previous menuBar
2077
2078	=item [next]
2079
2080	access the next menuBar
2081
2082	=item [show]
2083
2084	map menuBar
2085
2086	=item [hide]
2087
2088	unmap menuBar
2089
2090	=item [pixmap;file]
2091
2092	=item [pixmap;file;scaling]
2093
2094	set a background pixmap
2095
2096	=item [read:file]
2097
2098	=item [read:file;name]
2099
2100	read in a menu from a file
2101
2102	=item [dump]
2103
2104	dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
2105
2106	=item /
2107
2108	access menuBar top level
2109
2110	=item ./
2111
2112	=item ../
2113
2114	=item ../../
2115
2116	access current or parent menu level
2117
2118	=item /path/menu
2119
2120	add/access menu
2121
2122	=item /path/{-}
2123
2124	add separator
2125
2126	=item /path/{item}{rtext} action
2127
2128	add/alter menu item
2129
2130	=item -/*
2131
2132	remove all menus from the menuBar
2133
2134	=item -/path/menu
2135
2136	remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
2137
2138	=item -/path/menu
2139
2140	remove menu
2141
2142	=item -/path/{item}
2143
2144	remove item
2145
2146	=item -/path/{-}
2147
2148	remove separator
2149
2150	=item <b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End
2151
2152	menu quick arrows
2153
2154	=back
2155	X<XPM>
2156
2157	=head1 XPM	2011	=head1 XPM
2158		2012
2159	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
2160	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
2161	sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The	2015	sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
…		…
2258	=begin table	2112	=begin table
2259		2113
2260	4 Shift	2114	4 Shift
2261	8 Meta	2115	8 Meta
2262	16 Control	2116	16 Control
2263	32 Double Click I<(Rxvt extension)>	2117	32 Double Click I<(rxvt extension)>
2264		2118
2265	=end table	2119	=end table
2266		2120
2267	Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >>	2121	Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >>
2268		2122
…		…
2406	alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly	2260	alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2407	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.
2408		2262
2409	=item --enable-unicode3 (default: off)	2263	=item --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
2410		2264
		2265	Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
		2266
2411	Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above	2267	Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
2412	65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage	2268	65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2413	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
2414	support these extra characters, but Xft does.	2270	support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2415		2271
…		…
2425	composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text	2281	composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2426	where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is	2282	where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2427	done by using precomposited characters when available or creating	2283	done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2428	new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.	2284	new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2429		2285
2430	Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters	2286	Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2431	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
2432	private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2433	--enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.	2288	(ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
2434		2289
2435	This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters	2290	This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2436	beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.	2291	beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
2437		2292
2438	The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,	2293	The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2439	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
2440	tell me how these are to be used...).	2295	tell me how these are to be used...).
2441		2296
2442	=item --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)	2297	=item --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
2443		2298
2444	When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.	2299	When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To
		2300	disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2445		2301
2446	=item --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)	2302	=item --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2447		2303
2448	Use the given name as default application name when	2304	Use the given name as default application name when
2449	reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.	2305	reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
…		…
2486		2342
2487	=item --enable-tinting (default: on)	2343	=item --enable-tinting (default: on)
2488		2344
2489	Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires C<--enable-transparency>).	2345	Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires C<--enable-transparency>).
2490		2346
2491	=item --enable-menubar (default: off) [DEPRECATED]
2492
2493	Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with dynamic
2494	locale switching currently). This option is DEPRECATED and will be removed
2495	in the future.
2496
2497	=item --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)	2347	=item --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
2498		2348
2499	Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.	2349	Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2500		2350
2501	=item --enable-next-scroll (default: on)	2351	=item --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
…		…
2510		2360
2511	Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that	2361	Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2512	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
2513	many years.	2363	many years.
2514		2364
2515	=item --enable-half-shadow (default: off)
2516
2517	Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2518	only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2519
2520	=item --enable-ttygid (default: off)	2365	=item --enable-ttygid (default: off)
2521		2366
2522	Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if	2367	Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if
2523	your system uses this type of security.	2368	your system uses this type of security.
2524		2369
…		…
2532	do it.	2377	do it.
2533		2378
2534	=item --disable-resources	2379	=item --disable-resources
2535		2380
2536	Removes any support for resource checking.	2381	Removes any support for resource checking.
2537
2538	=item --enable-strings (default: off)
2539
2540	Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
2541	various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2542	have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2543	to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2544	GNU/Linux systems).
2545		2382
2546	=item --disable-swapscreen	2383	=item --disable-swapscreen
2547		2384
2548	Remove support for secondary/swap screen.	2385	Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2549		2386
…		…
2558		2395
2559	MWM-hints	2396	MWM-hints
2560	EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)	2397	EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2561	seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)	2398	seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2562	settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)	2399	settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
		2400	visual depth selection (-depth)
2563	settable extra linespacing /-lsp)	2401	settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2564	iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback	2402	iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2565	backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
2566	window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2567	tripleclickwords (-tcw)	2403	tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2568	settable insecure mode (-insecure)	2404	settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2569	keysym remapping support	2405	keysym remapping support
2570	cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)	2406	cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2571	XEmbed support (-embed)	2407	XEmbed support (-embed)
2572	user-pty (-pty-fd)	2408	user-pty (-pty-fd)
2573	hold on exit (-hold)	2409	hold on exit (-hold)
2574	skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)	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
2575	sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107	2418	sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
		2419	backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
		2420	view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences
		2421	locale switching escape sequence
		2422	window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
		2423	rectangular selections
		2424	trailing space removal for selections
		2425	verbose X error handling
2576		2426
2577	=item --enable-iso14755 (default: on)	2427	=item --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
2578		2428
2579	Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or	2429	Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2580	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
…		…
2601	Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.	2451	Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2602		2452
2603	=item --enable-dmalloc (default: off)	2453	=item --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
2604		2454
2605	Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See	2455	Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2606	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
2607	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
2608	DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.	2458	DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2609		2459
2610	You can only use either this option and the following (should	2460	You can only use either this option and the following (should
2611	you use either) .	2461	you use either) .
…		…
2623		2473
2624	=item --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)	2474	=item --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
2625		2475
2626	Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.	2476	Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2627		2477
2628	=item --enable-perl (default: off)	2478	=item --enable-perl (default: on)
2629		2479
2630	Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)>	2480	Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)>
2631	manpage (F<doc/rxvtperl.txt>) for more info on this feature, or the files	2481	manpage (F<doc/rxvtperl.txt>) for more info on this feature, or the files
2632	in F<src/perl-ext/> for the extensions that are installed by default. The	2482	in F<src/perl-ext/> for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2633	perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the C<PERL> environment	2483	perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the C<PERL> environment

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