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1=head1 NAME
2
3RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information
4
5=head1 SYNOPSIS
6
7 # set a new font set
8 printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho"
9
10 # change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
11 export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007"
12
13 # set window title
14 printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title"
15
16=head1 DESCRIPTION
17
18This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting
19all escape sequences, and other background information.
20
21The newest version of this document is also available on the World Wide Web at
22L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
23
24=head1 RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
25
26
27=head2 Meta, Features & Commandline Issues
28
29=head3 My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?
30
31Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>,
32channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
33interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
34
35=head3 Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?
36
37Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a
38simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
39give you tabs:
40
41 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pe tabbed
42
43 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed
44
45It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers
46or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be
47embedded into other programs, as witnessed by F<doc/rxvt-tabbed> or
48the upcoming C<Gtk2::URxvt> perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt
49(murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application.
50
51=head3 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
52
53The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
54sequence C<ESC [ 8 n> sets the window title to the version number. When
55using the @@URXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the
56daemon.
57
58=head3 Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
59
60Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
61don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
62you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
63when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
64accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
65
66Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
67scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
686 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
69kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
70use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
71rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
72
73=head3 How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?
74
75Try C<@@URXVT_NAME@@d -f -o>, which tells @@URXVT_NAME@@d to open the
76display, create the listening socket and then fork.
77
78=head3 How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically when I run @@URXVT_NAME@@c?
79
80If you want to start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically whenever you run
81@@URXVT_NAME@@c and the daemon isn't running yet, use this script:
82
83 #!/bin/sh
84 @@URXVT_NAME@@c "$@"
85 if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
86 @@URXVT_NAME@@d -q -o -f
87 @@URXVT_NAME@@c "$@"
88 fi
89
90This tries to create a new terminal, and if fails with exit status 2,
91meaning it couldn't connect to the daemon, it will start the daemon and
92re-run the command. Subsequent invocations of the script will re-use the
93existing daemon.
94
95=head3 How do I distinguish whether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
96
97The original rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM",
98so you can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED,
99slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide
100whether or not to use color.
101
102=head3 How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
103
104If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
105insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
106snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
107wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
108the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
109regular xterm.
110
111Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
112snippets:
113
114 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
115 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
116 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
117 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
118 echo -n '^[Z'
119 read term_id
120 stty icanon echo
121 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
122 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
123 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
124 fi
125 fi
126
127=head3 How do I compile the manual pages on my own?
128
129You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
130one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2xhtml> (from
131F<Pod::Xhtml>). Then go to the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
132
133=head3 Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?
134
135I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
136bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
137that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
138compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even
139with C<--disable-everything>, this comparison is a bit unfair, as many
140features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding conversion, iso14755 etc.) are
141already in use in this mode.
142
143 text data bss drs rss filename
144 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
145 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
146
147When you C<--enable-everything> (which I<is> unfair, as this involves xft
148and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
149libc), the two diverge, but not unreasonably so.
150
151 text data bss drs rss filename
152 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
153 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
154
155The very large size of the text section is explained by the east-asian
156encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but nothing else
157and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core fonts that use those
158encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k emergency buffer that my c++
159compiler allocates (but of course doesn't use unless you are out of
160memory). Also, using an xft font instead of a core font immediately adds a
161few megabytes of RSS. Xft indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when
162not used.
163
164Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of one,
165a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use more
166memory.
167
168Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), this
169still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like gnome-terminal
170(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
17143180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
172startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
173extremely well *g*.
174
175=head3 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?
176
177Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
178to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
179of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
180shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.
181
182My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but in
183the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability limits
184are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale support and unix
185domain sockets, which are all less portable than C++ itself.
186
187Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write programs
188in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to write programs in
189C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large libraries, but this is
190not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is what rxvt links against on my
191system with a minimal config:
192
193 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
194 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
195 libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
196 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
197
198And here is rxvt-unicode:
199
200 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
201 libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
202 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
203 libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
204 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
205
206No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
207except maybe libX11 :)
208
209
210=head2 Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues
211
212=head3 I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?
213
214First of all, please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
215sasha@aftercode.net and do not bug the author about it. Also, if you can't
216get it working consider it a rite of passage: ... and you failed.
217
218Here are four ways to get transparency. B<Do> read the manpage and option
219descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it!
220
2211. Use transparent mode:
222
223 Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
224 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint red -sh 40
225
226That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
227support, or you are unable to read.
228
2292. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you
230to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
231your picture with gimp or any other tool:
232
233 convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.jpg
234 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pixmap "background.jpg;:root"
235
236That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack AfterImage support, or you
237are unable to read.
238
2393. Use an ARGB visual:
240
241 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
242
243This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that
244doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't
245there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the necessary
246bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that
247doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in place.
248
2494. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job:
250
251 xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \
252 -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000
253
254Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace C<0xc0000000>
255by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and
256your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces.
257
258=head3 Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
259
260Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
261size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
262contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
263these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special
264"careful" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
265
266All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
267however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
268box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
269ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
270cases).
271
272It's not clear (to me at least), whether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
273or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
274the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
275might be forced to use a different font.
276
277All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
278box data is correct.
279
280=head3 How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
281
282First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
283(C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
284make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
285rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
286
287 URxvt.colorBD: white
288 URxvt.colorIT: green
289
290=head3 Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
291
292For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
293colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
2948 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
295these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
296
297In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
298definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will
299fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
300
301=head3 Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
302
303Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
304effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
305
306 printf '\33]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
307
308This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
309japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
310japanese fonts would only be in your way.
311
312You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
313
314=head3 Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
315
316Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
317example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
318Mono> completely fails in its italic face. A workaround might be to
319enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
320
321 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
322 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
323
324=head3 Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
325
326Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
327it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
328antialiasing (by appending C<:antialias=false>), which saves lots of
329memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
330
331=head3 Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
332
333Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
334fall back to its default font search list it will prefer X11 core
335fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
336antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
337look best that way.
338
339If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
340
341=head3 What's with this bold/blink stuff?
342
343If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
344standard foreground colour.
345
346For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make
347the text blink when compiled with C<--enable-text-blink>. Without
348C<--enable-text-blink>, the blink attribute will be ignored.
349
350On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
351foreground/background colors.
352
353color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
354
355color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
356
357=head3 I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
358
359You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
360resources (or as long-options).
361
362Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
363including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
364
365 URxvt.color0: #000000
366 URxvt.color1: #A80000
367 URxvt.color2: #00A800
368 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
369 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
370 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
371 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
372 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
373
374 URxvt.color8: #000054
375 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
376 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
377 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
378 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
379 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
380 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
381 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
382
383And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors.
384
385 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
386 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
387 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
388 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
389 URxvt.color0: #000000
390 URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
391 URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
392 URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
393 URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
394 URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
395 URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
396 URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
397 URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
398 URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
399 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
400 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
401 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
402 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
403
404They have been described (not by me) as "pretty girly".
405
406=head3 Why do some characters look so much different than others?
407
408See next entry.
409
410=head3 How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
411
412Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
413fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
414your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
415to display.
416
417B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
418font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
419bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
420resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
421intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
422the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
423
424In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
425e.g.:
426
427 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
428
429When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
430font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
431next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
432search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
433
434The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
435font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
436must be the same due to the way terminals work.
437
438=head3 Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
439
440This is because there is a difference between script and language --
441rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
442as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
443sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
444display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
445chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
446non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
447-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
448chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
449
450The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
451list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
452a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
453first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
454
455In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
456runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
457fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
458has been designed yet).
459
460Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can
461I switch the fonts at runtime?> later in this document).
462
463=head3 How can I make mplayer display video correctly?
464
465We are working on it, in the meantime, as a workaround, use something like:
466
467 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -b 600 -geometry 20x1 -e sh -c 'mplayer -wid $WINDOWID file...'
468
469
470=head2 Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction
471
472=head3 The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?
473
474If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
475setting:
476
477 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
478
479If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
480more and more.
481
482To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:
483
484 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)
485
486Please also note that the I<LeftClick Shift-LeftClik> combination also
487selects words like the old code.
488
489=head3 I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?
490
491You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
492B<perl-ext-common> resource to the empty string, which also keeps
493rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
494
495If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
496identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
497B<PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS> in the @@URXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. For
498example, to disable the B<selection-popup> and B<option-popup>, specify
499this B<perl-ext-common> resource:
500
501 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
502
503This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
504extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
505scrollback search mode is triggered by B<M-s>. You can move it to any
506other combination either by setting the B<searchable-scrollback> resource:
507
508 URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
509
510=head3 The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?
511
512See next entry.
513
514=head3 During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?
515
516These are caused by the C<readline> perl extension. Under normal
517circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the
518line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment,
519but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some
520cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly.
521
522You can permanently switch this feature off by disabling the C<readline>
523extension:
524
525 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline
526
527=head3 My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
528
529Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
530specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
531by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of whether and how
532this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible
533keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
534helped.
535
536=head3 My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
537
538The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
539correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
540your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and
541your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
542does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
543rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
544
545In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
546one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.
547
548=head3 I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755
549
550Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
551international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
552advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
553codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape
554character and so on.
555
556=head3 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
557
558Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
559some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
560heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
561quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
562depressed.
563
564=head3 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
565
566Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
567Backspace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
568question) there are two standard values that can be used for
569Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
570
571Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
572policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one and only correct
573choice :).
574
575Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
576of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
577started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
578system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
579be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
580
581For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
582
583 # use Backspace = ^H
584 $ stty erase ^H
585 $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
586
587 # use Backspace = ^?
588 $ stty erase ^?
589 $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
590
591Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l>.
592
593For an existing rxvt-unicode:
594
595 # use Backspace = ^H
596 $ stty erase ^H
597 $ echo -n "^[[36h"
598
599 # use Backspace = ^?
600 $ stty erase ^?
601 $ echo -n "^[[36l"
602
603This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
604if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
605properly reflects that.
606
607The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
608To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
609key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
610(C<ESC [ 3 ~>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
611
612Some other Backspace problems:
613
614some editors use termcap/terminfo,
615some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
616GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
617
618Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
619
620=head3 I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
621
622There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
623you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
624use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
625
626Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@URXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt>
627
628 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
629 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
630 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
631 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/>
632 URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;>
633 URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`>
634 URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,>
635 URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.>
636 URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`>
637 URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab>
638 URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return>
639 URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return>
640 URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space>
641 URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up>
642 URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down>
643 URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left>
644 URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right>
645 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 >
646 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
647 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
648
649See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource.
650
651=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
652
653 KP_Insert == Insert
654 F22 == Print
655 F27 == Home
656 F29 == Prior
657 F33 == End
658 F35 == Next
659
660Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
661keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
662required for your particular machine.
663
664
665=head2 Terminal Configuration
666
667=head3 Can I see a typical configuration?
668
669The default configuration tries to be xterm-like, which I don't like that
670much, but it's least surprise to regular users.
671
672As a rxvt or rxvt-unicode user, you are practically supposed to invest
673time into customising your terminal. To get you started, here is the
674author's .Xdefaults entries, with comments on what they do. It's certainly
675not I<typical>, but what's typical...
676
677 URxvt.cutchars: "()*,<>[]{}|'
678 URxvt.print-pipe: cat >/tmp/xxx
679
680These are just for testing stuff.
681
682 URxvt.imLocale: ja_JP.UTF-8
683 URxvt.preeditType: OnTheSpot,None
684
685This tells rxvt-unicode to use a special locale when communicating with
686the X Input Method, and also tells it to only use the OnTheSpot pre-edit
687type, which requires the C<xim-onthespot> perl extension but rewards me
688with correct-looking fonts.
689
690 URxvt.perl-lib: /root/lib/urxvt
691 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,selection-autotransform,selection-pastebin,xim-onthespot,remote-clipboard
692 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+)
693 URxvt.selection.pattern-1: ^(/[^:]+):\
694 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
695 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
696
697This is my perl configuration. The first two set the perl library
698directory and also tells urxvt to use a large number of extensions. I
699develop for myself mostly, so I actually use most of the extensions I
700write.
701
702The selection stuff mainly makes the selection perl-error-message aware
703and tells it to convert perl error messages into vi-commands to load the
704relevant file and go tot he error line number.
705
706 URxvt.scrollstyle: plain
707 URxvt.secondaryScroll: true
708
709As the documentation says: plain is the preferred scrollbar for the
710author. The C<secondaryScroll> configures urxvt to scroll in full-screen
711apps, like screen, so lines scrolled out of screen end up in urxvt's
712scrollback buffer.
713
714 URxvt.background: #000000
715 URxvt.foreground: gray90
716 URxvt.color7: gray90
717 URxvt.colorBD: #ffffff
718 URxvt.cursorColor: #e0e080
719 URxvt.throughColor: #8080f0
720 URxvt.highlightColor: #f0f0f0
721
722Some colours. Not sure which ones are being used or even non-defaults, but
723these are in my .Xdefaults. Most notably, they set foreground/background
724to light gray/black, and also make sure that the colour 7 matches the
725default foreground colour.
726
727 URxvt.underlineColor: yellow
728
729Another colour, makes underline lines look different. Sometimes hurts, but
730is mostly a nice effect.
731
732 URxvt.geometry: 154x36
733 URxvt.loginShell: false
734 URxvt.meta: ignore
735 URxvt.utmpInhibit: true
736
737Uh, well, should be mostly self-explanatory. By specifying some defaults
738manually, I can quickly switch them for testing.
739
740 URxvt.saveLines: 8192
741
742A large scrollback buffer is essential. Really.
743
744 URxvt.mapAlert: true
745
746The only case I use it is for my IRC window, which I like to keep
747iconified till people msg me (which beeps).
748
749 URxvt.visualBell: true
750
751The audible bell is often annoying, especially when in a crowd.
752
753 URxvt.insecure: true
754
755Please don't hack my mutt! Ooops...
756
757 URxvt.pastableTabs: false
758
759I once thought this is a great idea.
760
761 urxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
762 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
763 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
764 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic, \
765 xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:autohint=true, \
766 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
767 urxvt.boldFont: -xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso8859-15
768 urxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
769 urxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
770
771I wrote rxvt-unicode to be able to specify fonts exactly. So don't be
772overwhelmed. A special note: the C<9x15bold> mentioned above is actually
773the version from XFree-3.3, as XFree-4 replaced it by a totally different
774font (different glyphs for C<;> and many other harmless characters),
775while the second font is actually the C<9x15bold> from XFree4/XOrg. The
776bold version has less chars than the medium version, so I use it for rare
777characters, too. When editing sources with vim, I use italic for comments
778and other stuff, which looks quite good with Bitstream Vera anti-aliased.
779
780Terminus is a quite bad font (many very wrong glyphs), but for most of my
781purposes, it works, and gives a different look, as my normal (Non-bold)
782font is already bold, and I want to see a difference between bold and
783normal fonts.
784
785Please note that I used the C<urxvt> instance name and not the C<URxvt>
786class name. Thats because I use different configs for different purposes,
787for example, my IRC window is started with C<-name IRC>, and uses these
788defaults:
789
790 IRC*title: IRC
791 IRC*geometry: 87x12+535+542
792 IRC*saveLines: 0
793 IRC*mapAlert: true
794 IRC*font: suxuseuro
795 IRC*boldFont: suxuseuro
796 IRC*colorBD: white
797 IRC*keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
798 IRC*keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
799
800C<Alt-Shift-1> and C<Alt-Shift-2> switch between two different font
801sizes. C<suxuseuro> allows me to keep an eye (and actually read)
802stuff while keeping a very small window. If somebody pastes something
803complicated (e.g. japanese), I temporarily switch to a larger font.
804
805The above is all in my C<.Xdefaults> (I don't use C<.Xresources> nor
806C<xrdb>). I also have some resources in a separate C<.Xdefaults-hostname>
807file for different hosts, for example, on ym main desktop, I use:
808
809 URxvt.keysym.C-M-q: command:\033[3;5;5t
810 URxvt.keysym.C-M-y: command:\033[3;5;606t
811 URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: command:\033[3;1605;5t
812 URxvt.keysym.C-M-c: command:\033[3;1605;606t
813 URxvt.keysym.C-M-p: perl:test
814
815The first for keysym definitions allow me to quickly bring some windows
816in the layout I like most. Ion users might start laughing but will stop
817immediately when I tell them that I use my own Fvwm2 module for much the
818same effect as Ion provides, and I only very rarely use the above key
819combinations :->
820
821=head3 Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?
822
823Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
824applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads
825resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
826ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
827F<$HOME/.Xdefaults> when no resources are attached to the display.
828
829If you have or use an F<$HOME/.Xresources> file, chances are that
830resources are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to
831re-login after every change (or run F<xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources>).
832
833Also consider the form resources have to use:
834
835 URxvt.resource: value
836
837If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
838specifying resources), make sure you understand whether and why it
839works. If unsure, use the form above.
840
841=head3 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
842
843The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
844as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
845
846The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
847be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp and works as user and admin):
848
849 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
850 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "mkdir -p .terminfo && cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
851
852... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
853
854One some systems you might need to set C<$TERMINFO> to the full path of
855F<$HOME/.terminfo> for this to work.
856
857If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
858C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
859problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
860colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
861quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
862
863If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
864can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
865resource to set it:
866
867 URxvt.termName: rxvt
868
869If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace
870the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use C<TERM=rxvt>.
871
872=head3 C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
873
874Most likely it's the empty definition for C<enacs=>. Just replace it by
875C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again.
876
877=head3 C<bash>'s readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@.
878
879See next entry.
880
881=head3 I need a termcap file entry.
882
883One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
884systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
885library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
886for C<rxvt-unicode>.
887
888You could use rxvt's termcap entry with reasonable results in many cases.
889You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
890like this:
891
892 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
893
894Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
895
896 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
897 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
898 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
899 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
900 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
901 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
902 :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
903 :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
904 :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
905 :i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
906 :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
907 :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
908 :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
909 :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
910 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
911 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
912 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
913 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
914 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
915 :vs=\E[?25h:
916
917=head3 Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?
918
919The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
920decide whether a terminal has colour, but uses its own configuration
921file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in its default file (among
922with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
923
924 TERM rxvt-unicode
925
926to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:
927
928 alias ls='ls --color=auto'
929
930to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.
931
932=head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?
933
934See next entry.
935
936=head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?
937
938See next entry.
939
940=head3 Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?
941
942Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged
943distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
944by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra
945features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
946GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
947file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When
948I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on
949how to do this).
950
951
952=head2 Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues
953
954=head3 Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
955
956See next entry.
957
958=head3 Unicode does not seem to work?
959
960If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
961getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
962subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
963
964Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
965programs running in it. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale,
966while the login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the
967locale to something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is
968not going to work, and is the most common cause for problems.
969
970The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
971into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
972
973 printf '\33]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE" # $LANG or $LC_ALL are worth a try, too
974
975If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
976supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which
977displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as
978it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
979like:
980
981 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
982
983Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
984
985If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
986you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
987support locales :(
988
989=head3 How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
990
991See next entry.
992
993=head3 Is there an option to switch encodings?
994
995Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
996specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
997UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
998
999The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
1000the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
1001applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
1002and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
1003that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
1004characters wrong as it uses its own, locale-independent table under all
1005locales).
1006
1007Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
1008programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1009interpretation of characters.
1010
1011Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1012is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
1013
1014On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
1015contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1016locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
1017C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
1018(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
1019
1020Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1021the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1022i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to
1023rxvt-unicode.
1024
1025If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1026rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
1027
1028=head3 Can I switch locales at runtime?
1029
1030Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
1031rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
1032
1033 printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1034
1035See also the previous answer.
1036
1037Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
1038one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it
1039(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which
1040first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
1041
1042 printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1043 xjdic -js
1044 printf '\33]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
1045
1046You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except
1047for some locales where character width differs between program- and
1048rxvt-unicode-locales.
1049
1050=head3 I have problems getting my input method working.
1051
1052Try a search engine, as this is slightly different for every input method server.
1053
1054Here is a checklist:
1055
1056=over 4
1057
1058=item - Make sure your locale I<and> the imLocale are supported on your OS.
1059
1060Try C<locale -a> or check the documentation for your OS.
1061
1062=item - Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your XIM.
1063
1064For example, B<kinput2> does not support UTF-8 locales, you should use
1065C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> or equivalent.
1066
1067=item - Make sure your XIM server is actually running.
1068
1069=item - Make sure the C<XMODIFIERS> environment variable is set correctly when I<starting> rxvt-unicode.
1070
1071When you want to use e.g. B<kinput2>, it must be set to
1072C<@im=kinput2>. For B<scim>, use C<@im=SCIM>. You can see what input
1073method servers are running with this command:
1074
1075 xprop -root XIM_SERVERS
1076
1077=item
1078
1079=back
1080
1081=head3 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
1082
1083You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
1084terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
1085
1086 URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
1087
1088Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
1089use your input method. Please note, however, that, depending on your Xlib
1090version, you may not be able to input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a
1091normal way then, as your input method limits you.
1092
1093=head3 Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
1094
1095Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
1096design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
1097leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
1098exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
1099while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
1100crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
1101
1102So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
1103
1104
1105=head2 Operating Systems / Package Maintaining
1106
1107=head3 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
1108
1109The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
1110patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
1111unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
1112the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
1113version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce
1114the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
1115Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
1116Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report the bug).
1117
1118For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
1119probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
1120bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
1121might encounter the same issue.
1122
1123=head3 I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?
1124
1125You should build one binary with the default options. F<configure>
1126now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
1127runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enabling them,
1128except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
1129be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
1130the future) depends on it.
1131
1132You should not overwrite the C<perl-ext-common> snd C<perl-ext> resources
1133system-wide (except maybe with C<defaults>). This will result in useful
1134behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
1135C<perl-ext-common> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
1136perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
1137
1138If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
1139one with C<--disable-everything> (very useful) and a maximal one with
1140C<--enable-everything> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
1141encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
1142
1143=head3 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?
1144
1145It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
1146install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now.
1147
1148When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
1149into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
1150systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
1151immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
1152privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
1153things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful" to attackers).
1154
1155This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early
1156and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or
1157things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
1158little risk.
1159
1160=head3 I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
1161
1162Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined
1163in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
1164whether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that
1165B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
1166
1167As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symbol nor
1168does it support it. Instead, it uses its own internal representation of
1169B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
1170
1171However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in C<POSIX>, C<ISO-8859-1> and
1172C<UTF-8> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as B<wchar_t>.
1173
1174C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support multi-language
1175apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
1176representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to convert between
1177B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
1178without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
1179simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything except the current
1180locale encoding.
1181
1182Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this
1183by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
1184with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
1185conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
1186encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
1187
1188The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
1189system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
1190complete replacements for them :)
1191
1192=head3 How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
1193
1194rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
1195the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
1196longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
1197single font). I recommend starting the X-server in C<-multiwindow> or
1198C<-rootless> mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the
1199old libW11 emulation.
1200
1201At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
1202encodings (you might try C<LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8>), so you are likely limited
1203to 8-bit encodings.
1204
1205=head3 Character widths are not correct.
1206
1207urxvt uses the system wcwidth function to know the information about
1208the width of characters, so on systems with incorrect locale data you
1209will likely get bad results. Two notorious examples are Solaris 9,
1210where single-width characters like U+2514 are reported as double-width,
1211and Darwin 8, where combining chars are reported having width 1.
1212
1213The solution is to upgrade your system or switch to a better one. A
1214possibly working workaround is to use a wcwidth implementation like
1215
1216http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/wcwidth.c
1217
1=head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE 1218=head1 RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE
2 1219
1220The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
1221B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,
1222followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
1223selectable at C<configure> time.
1224
3=head1 Definitions 1225=head2 Definitions
4 1226
5=over 4 1227=over 4
6 1228
7=item B<< C<c> >> 1229=item B<< C<c> >>
8 1230
26 1248
27A text parameter composed of printable characters. 1249A text parameter composed of printable characters.
28 1250
29=back 1251=back
30 1252
31=head1 Values 1253=head2 Values
32 1254
33=over 4 1255=over 4
34 1256
35=item B<< C<ENQ> >> 1257=item B<< C<ENQ> >>
36 1258
79 1301
80Space Character 1302Space Character
81 1303
82=back 1304=back
83 1305
84=head1 Escape Sequences 1306=head2 Escape Sequences
85 1307
86=over 4 1308=over 4
87 1309
88=item B<< C<ESC # 8> >> 1310=item B<< C<ESC # 8> >>
89 1311
135Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character 1357Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
136only I<unimplemented> 1358only I<unimplemented>
137 1359
138=item B<< C<ESC Z> >> 1360=item B<< C<ESC Z> >>
139 1361
140Obsolete form of returns: B<< C<ESC[?1;2C> >> I<rxvt-unicode compile-time option> 1362Obsolete form of returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C> >> I<rxvt-unicode compile-time option>
141 1363
142=item B<< C<ESC c> >> 1364=item B<< C<ESC c> >>
143 1365
144Full reset (RIS) 1366Full reset (RIS)
145 1367
149 1371
150=item B<< C<ESC o> >> 1372=item B<< C<ESC o> >>
151 1373
152Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3) 1374Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)
153 1375
154=item B<< C<ESC>(C<C> >> 1376=item B<< C<ESC ( C> >>
155 1377
156Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>. 1378Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
157 1379
158=item B<< C<ESC>)C<C> >> 1380=item B<< C<ESC ) C> >>
159 1381
160Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>. 1382Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
161 1383
162=item B<< C<ESC * C> >> 1384=item B<< C<ESC * C> >>
163 1385
187 1409
188=back 1410=back
189 1411
190X<CSI> 1412X<CSI>
191 1413
192=head1 CSI (Code Sequence Introducer) Sequences 1414=head2 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences
193 1415
194=over 4 1416=over 4
195 1417
196=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >> 1418=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >>
197 1419
304 1526
305=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >> 1527=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>
306 1528
307Send Device Attributes (DA) 1529Send Device Attributes (DA)
308B<< C<Ps = 0> >> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal 1530B<< C<Ps = 0> >> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
309returns: B<< C<ESC[?1;2c> >> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video 1531returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c> >> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
310Option'') 1532Option'')
311 1533
312=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps d> >> 1534=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps d> >>
313 1535
314Cursor to Line B<< C<Ps> >> (VPA) 1536Cursor to Line B<< C<Ps> >> (VPA)
330 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear Current Column (default) 1552 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear Current Column (default)
331 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> Clear All (TBC) 1553 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> Clear All (TBC)
332 1554
333=end table 1555=end table
334 1556
1557=item B<< C<ESC [ Pm h> >>
1558
1559Set Mode (SM). See B<< C<ESC [ Pm l> >> sequence for description of C<Pm>.
1560
335=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps i> >> 1561=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps i> >>
336 1562
337Printing 1563Printing. See also the C<print-pipe> resource.
338 1564
339=begin table 1565=begin table
340 1566
1567 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> print screen (MC0)
341 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> disable transparent print mode (MC4) 1568 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> disable transparent print mode (MC4)
342 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> enable transparent print mode (MC5) I<unimplemented> 1569 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> enable transparent print mode (MC5)
343 1570
344=end table 1571=end table
345
346=item B<< C<ESC [ Pm h> >>
347
348Set Mode (SM). See next sequence for description of C<Pm>.
349 1572
350=item B<< C<ESC [ Pm l> >> 1573=item B<< C<ESC [ Pm l> >>
351 1574
352Reset Mode (RM) 1575Reset Mode (RM)
353 1576
360 B<< C<h> >> Insert Mode (SMIR) 1583 B<< C<h> >> Insert Mode (SMIR)
361 B<< C<l> >> Replace Mode (RMIR) 1584 B<< C<l> >> Replace Mode (RMIR)
362 1585
363=end table 1586=end table
364 1587
365=item B<< C<Ps = 20> >> I<unimplemented> 1588=item B<< C<Ps = 20> >> (partially implemented)
366 1589
367=begin table 1590=begin table
368 1591
369 B<< C<h> >> Automatic Newline (LNM) 1592 B<< C<h> >> Automatic Newline (LNM)
370 B<< C<h> >> Normal Linefeed (LNM) 1593 B<< C<l> >> Normal Linefeed (LNM)
371 1594
372=end table 1595=end table
373 1596
374=back 1597=back
375 1598
378Character Attributes (SGR) 1601Character Attributes (SGR)
379 1602
380=begin table 1603=begin table
381 1604
382 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Normal (default) 1605 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Normal (default)
383 B<< C<Ps = 1 / 22> >> On / Off Bold (bright fg) 1606 B<< C<Ps = 1 / 21> >> On / Off Bold (bright fg)
1607 B<< C<Ps = 3 / 23> >> On / Off Italic
384 B<< C<Ps = 4 / 24> >> On / Off Underline 1608 B<< C<Ps = 4 / 24> >> On / Off Underline
385 B<< C<Ps = 5 / 25> >> On / Off Blink (bright bg) 1609 B<< C<Ps = 5 / 25> >> On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg)
1610 B<< C<Ps = 6 / 26> >> On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg)
386 B<< C<Ps = 7 / 27> >> On / Off Inverse 1611 B<< C<Ps = 7 / 27> >> On / Off Inverse
1612 B<< C<Ps = 8 / 27> >> On / Off Invisible (NYI)
387 B<< C<Ps = 30 / 40> >> fg/bg Black 1613 B<< C<Ps = 30 / 40> >> fg/bg Black
388 B<< C<Ps = 31 / 41> >> fg/bg Red 1614 B<< C<Ps = 31 / 41> >> fg/bg Red
389 B<< C<Ps = 32 / 42> >> fg/bg Green 1615 B<< C<Ps = 32 / 42> >> fg/bg Green
390 B<< C<Ps = 33 / 43> >> fg/bg Yellow 1616 B<< C<Ps = 33 / 43> >> fg/bg Yellow
391 B<< C<Ps = 34 / 44> >> fg/bg Blue 1617 B<< C<Ps = 34 / 44> >> fg/bg Blue
392 B<< C<Ps = 35 / 45> >> fg/bg Magenta 1618 B<< C<Ps = 35 / 45> >> fg/bg Magenta
393 B<< C<Ps = 36 / 46> >> fg/bg Cyan 1619 B<< C<Ps = 36 / 46> >> fg/bg Cyan
1620 B<< C<Ps = 38;5 / 48;5> >> set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6)
394 B<< C<Ps = 37 / 47> >> fg/bg White 1621 B<< C<Ps = 37 / 47> >> fg/bg White
395 B<< C<Ps = 39 / 49> >> fg/bg Default 1622 B<< C<Ps = 39 / 49> >> fg/bg Default
1623 B<< C<Ps = 90 / 100> >> fg/bg Bright Black
1624 B<< C<Ps = 91 / 101> >> fg/bg Bright Red
1625 B<< C<Ps = 92 / 102> >> fg/bg Bright Green
1626 B<< C<Ps = 93 / 103> >> fg/bg Bright Yellow
1627 B<< C<Ps = 94 / 104> >> fg/bg Bright Blue
1628 B<< C<Ps = 95 / 105> >> fg/bg Bright Magenta
1629 B<< C<Ps = 96 / 106> >> fg/bg Bright Cyan
1630 B<< C<Ps = 97 / 107> >> fg/bg Bright White
1631 B<< C<Ps = 99 / 109> >> fg/bg Bright Default
396 1632
397=end table 1633=end table
398 1634
399=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps n> >> 1635=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps n> >>
400 1636
416 1652
417=item B<< C<ESC [ s> >> 1653=item B<< C<ESC [ s> >>
418 1654
419Save Cursor (SC) 1655Save Cursor (SC)
420 1656
1657=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Pt t> >>
1658
1659Window Operations
1660
1661=begin table
1662
1663 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Deiconify (map) window
1664 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Iconify window
1665 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> B<< C<ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t> >> Move window to (X|Y)
1666 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> B<< C<ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t> >> Resize to WxH pixels
1667 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Raise window
1668 B<< C<Ps = 6> >> Lower window
1669 B<< C<Ps = 7> >> Refresh screen once
1670 B<< C<Ps = 8> >> B<< C<ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t> >> Resize to R rows and C columns
1671 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Report window state (responds with C<Ps = 1> or C<Ps = 2>)
1672 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Report window position (responds with C<Ps = 3>)
1673 B<< C<Ps = 14> >> Report window pixel size (responds with C<Ps = 4>)
1674 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Report window text size (responds with C<Ps = 7>)
1675 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Currently the same as C<Ps = 18>, but responds with C<Ps = 9>
1676 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Reports icon label (B<< C<ESC ] L NAME \234> >>)
1677 B<< C<Ps = 21> >> Reports window title (B<< C<ESC ] l NAME \234> >>)
1678 B<< C<Ps = 24..> >> Set window height to C<Ps> rows
1679
1680=end table
1681
1682=item B<< C<ESC [ u> >>
1683
1684Restore Cursor
1685
421=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps x> >> 1686=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps x> >>
422 1687
423Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM) 1688Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
424 1689
425=item B<< C<ESC [ u> >>
426
427Restore Cursor
428
429=back 1690=back
430 1691
431X<PrivateModes> 1692X<PrivateModes>
432 1693
433=head1 DEC Private Modes 1694=head2 DEC Private Modes
434 1695
435=over 4 1696=over 4
436 1697
437=item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >> 1698=item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >>
438 1699
454 1715
455Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where> 1716Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where>
456 1717
457=over 4 1718=over 4
458 1719
459=item B<< C<Ps = 1> >> (DECCKM) 1720=item B<< C<Pm = 1> >> (DECCKM)
460 1721
461=begin table 1722=begin table
462 1723
463 B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys 1724 B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys
464 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys 1725 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys
465 1726
466=end table 1727=end table
467 1728
468=item B<< C<Ps = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode) 1729=item B<< C<Pm = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode)
469 1730
470=begin table 1731=begin table
471 1732
472 B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode 1733 B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode
473 B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode 1734 B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode
474 1735
475=end table 1736=end table
476 1737
477=item B<< C<Ps = 3> >> 1738=item B<< C<Pm = 3> >>
478 1739
479=begin table 1740=begin table
480 1741
481 B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM) 1742 B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
482 B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM) 1743 B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
483 1744
484=end table 1745=end table
485 1746
486=item B<< C<Ps = 4> >> 1747=item B<< C<Pm = 4> >>
487 1748
488=begin table 1749=begin table
489 1750
490 B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM) 1751 B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)
491 B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM) 1752 B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)
492 1753
493=end table 1754=end table
494 1755
495=item B<< C<Ps = 5> >> 1756=item B<< C<Pm = 5> >>
496 1757
497=begin table 1758=begin table
498 1759
499 B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM) 1760 B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM)
500 B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM) 1761 B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM)
501 1762
502=end table 1763=end table
503 1764
504=item B<< C<Ps = 6> >> 1765=item B<< C<Pm = 6> >>
505 1766
506=begin table 1767=begin table
507 1768
508 B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM) 1769 B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM)
509 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM) 1770 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)
510 1771
511=end table 1772=end table
512 1773
513=item B<< C<Ps = 7> >> 1774=item B<< C<Pm = 7> >>
514 1775
515=begin table 1776=begin table
516 1777
517 B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) 1778 B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
518 B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) 1779 B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
519 1780
520=end table 1781=end table
521 1782
522=item B<< C<Ps = 8> >> I<unimplemented> 1783=item B<< C<Pm = 8> >> I<unimplemented>
523 1784
524=begin table 1785=begin table
525 1786
526 B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) 1787 B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
527 B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) 1788 B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
528 1789
529=end table 1790=end table
530 1791
531=item B<< C<Ps = 9> >> X10 XTerm 1792=item B<< C<Pm = 9> >> X10 XTerm
532 1793
533=begin table 1794=begin table
534 1795
535 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press. 1796 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
536 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. 1797 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
537 1798
538=end table 1799=end table
539 1800
540X<Priv10>
541
542=item B<< C<Ps = 10> >> (B<rxvt>)
543
544=begin table
545
546 B<< C<h> >> visible
547 B<< C<l> >> invisible
548
549=end table
550
551=item B<< C<Ps = 25> >> 1801=item B<< C<Pm = 25> >>
552 1802
553=begin table 1803=begin table
554 1804
555 B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis} 1805 B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
556 B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis} 1806 B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis}
557 1807
558=end table 1808=end table
559 1809
560=item B<< C<Ps = 30> >> 1810=item B<< C<Pm = 30> >>
561 1811
562=begin table 1812=begin table
563 1813
564 B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visisble 1814 B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visisble
565 B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisisble 1815 B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisisble
566 1816
567=end table 1817=end table
568 1818
569=item B<< C<Ps = 35> >> (B<rxvt>) 1819=item B<< C<Pm = 35> >> (B<rxvt>)
570 1820
571=begin table 1821=begin table
572 1822
573 B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences 1823 B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences
574 B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences 1824 B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences
575 1825
576=end table 1826=end table
577 1827
578=item B<< C<Ps = 38> >> I<unimplemented> 1828=item B<< C<Pm = 38> >> I<unimplemented>
579 1829
580Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK) 1830Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
581 1831
582=item B<< C<Ps = 40> >> 1832=item B<< C<Pm = 40> >>
583 1833
584=begin table 1834=begin table
585 1835
586 B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode 1836 B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode
587 B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode 1837 B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode
588 1838
589=end table 1839=end table
590 1840
591=item B<< C<Ps = 44> >> I<unimplemented> 1841=item B<< C<Pm = 44> >> I<unimplemented>
592 1842
593=begin table 1843=begin table
594 1844
595 B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell 1845 B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell
596 B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell 1846 B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell
597 1847
598=end table 1848=end table
599 1849
600=item B<< C<Ps = 45> >> I<unimplemented> 1850=item B<< C<Pm = 45> >> I<unimplemented>
601 1851
602=begin table 1852=begin table
603 1853
604 B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode 1854 B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode
605 B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode 1855 B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode
606 1856
607=end table 1857=end table
608 1858
609=item B<< C<Ps = 46> >> I<unimplemented> 1859=item B<< C<Pm = 46> >> I<unimplemented>
610 1860
611=item B<< C<Ps = 47> >> 1861=item B<< C<Pm = 47> >>
612 1862
613=begin table 1863=begin table
614 1864
615 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer 1865 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
616 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer 1866 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
617 1867
618=end table 1868=end table
619 1869
620X<Priv66> 1870X<Priv66>
621 1871
622=item B<< C<Ps = 66> >> 1872=item B<< C<Pm = 66> >>
623 1873
624=begin table 1874=begin table
625 1875
626 B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC => 1876 B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC =>
627 B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >> 1877 B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >>
628 1878
629=end table 1879=end table
630 1880
631=item B<< C<Ps = 67> >> 1881=item B<< C<Pm = 67> >>
632 1882
633=begin table 1883=begin table
634 1884
635 B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >> 1885 B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >>
636 B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >> 1886 B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >>
637 1887
638=end table 1888=end table
639 1889
640=item B<< C<Ps = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm) 1890=item B<< C<Pm = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm)
641 1891
642=begin table 1892=begin table
643 1893
644 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release. 1894 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.
645 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. 1895 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
646 1896
647=end table 1897=end table
648 1898
649=item B<< C<Ps = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented> 1899=item B<< C<Pm = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented>
650 1900
651=begin table 1901=begin table
652 1902
653 B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking. 1903 B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.
654 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. 1904 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
655 1905
656=end table 1906=end table
657 1907
1908=item B<< C<Pm = 1002> >> (X11 XTerm)
1909
1910=begin table
1911
1912 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release, and motion with a button pressed.
1913 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1914
1915=end table
1916
1917=item B<< C<Pm = 1003> >> (X11 XTerm)
1918
1919=begin table
1920
1921 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release, and motion.
1922 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1923
1924=end table
1925
658=item B<< C<Ps = 1010> >> 1926=item B<< C<Pm = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>)
659 1927
660=begin table 1928=begin table
661 1929
662 B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output 1930 B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output
663 B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output 1931 B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output
664 1932
665=end table 1933=end table
666 1934
667=item B<< C<Ps = 1011> >> 1935=item B<< C<Pm = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>)
668 1936
669=begin table 1937=begin table
670 1938
671 B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1939 B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
672 B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1940 B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
673 1941
674=end table 1942=end table
675 1943
1944=item B<< C<Pm = 1021> >> (B<rxvt>)
1945
1946=begin table
1947
1948 B<< C<h> >> Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option B<-is>)
1949 B<< C<l> >> Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1950
1951=end table
1952
676=item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >> 1953=item B<< C<Pm = 1047> >>
677 1954
678=begin table 1955=begin table
679 1956
680 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer 1957 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
681 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it 1958 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
682 1959
683=end table 1960=end table
684 1961
685=item B<< C<Ps = 1048> >> 1962=item B<< C<Pm = 1048> >>
686 1963
687=begin table 1964=begin table
688 1965
689 B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position 1966 B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position
690 B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position 1967 B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position
691 1968
692=end table 1969=end table
693 1970
1971=item B<< C<Pm = 1049> >>
1972
1973=begin table
1974
1975 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it
1976 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1977
1978=end table
1979
694=back 1980=back
695 1981
696=back 1982=back
697 1983
698X<XTerm> 1984X<XTerm>
699 1985
700=head1 XTerm Operating System Commands 1986=head2 XTerm Operating System Commands
701 1987
702=over 4 1988=over 4
703 1989
704=item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >> 1990=item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >>
705 1991
717 B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)> 2003 B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
718 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)> 2004 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
719 B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> 2005 B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
720 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> 2006 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
721 B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 2007 B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
722 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 2008 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 706]
723 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 2009 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 707]
2010 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change background pixmap parameters (see section BACKGROUND IMAGE) (Compile AfterImage).
724 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change default background to B<< C<Pt> >> 2011 B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.
725 B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>
726 B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented> 2012 B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>
727 B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option> 2013 B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >>.
728 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> >> 2014 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> >>
729 B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >> 2015 B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >>
730 B<< C<Ps = 701> >> Change current locale to B<< C<Pt> >>, or, if B<< C<Pt> >> is B<< C<?> >>, return the current locale (@@RXVT_NAME@@ extension) 2016 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).
731 B<< C<Ps = 702> >> find font for character, used for debugging (@@RXVT_NAME@@ extension) 2017 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>.
732 B<< C<Ps = 703> >> command B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option> (@@RXVT_NAME@@ extension) 2018 B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
2019 B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >> (Compile transparency).
2020 B<< C<Ps = 706> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
2021 B<< C<Ps = 707> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
2022 B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>.
2023 B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
2024 B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
2025 B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
2026 B<< C<Ps = 720> >> Move viewing window up by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).
2027 B<< C<Ps = 721> >> Move viewing window down by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).
2028 B<< C<Ps = 777> >> Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form C<extension:parameters> (Compile perl).
733 2029
734=end table 2030=end table
735 2031
736=back 2032=back
737 2033
738X<menuBar> 2034=head1 BACKGROUND IMAGE
739 2035
740=head1 menuBar
741
742B<< The exact syntax used is I<almost> solidified. >>
743In the menus, B<DON'T> try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
744menuBar.
745
746Note that in all of the commands, the B<< I</path/> >> I<cannot> be
747omitted: use B<./> to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
748
749=head2 Overview of menuBar operation
750
751For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence C<ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST>, the syntax
752of C<Pt> can be used for a variety of tasks:
753
754At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
755linked-list of other such menuBars.
756
757The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
758turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
759
760The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
761input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
762
763The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
764constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
765menuBars.
766
767The first step is to use the tag B<< [menu:I<name>] >> which creates
768the menuBar called I<name> and allows access. You may now or menus,
769subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag B<[done]> to set the
770menuBar access as B<readonly> to prevent accidental corruption of the
771menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
772B<[menu]>, make the alterations and then use B<[done]>
773
774X<menuBarCommands>
775
776=head2 Commands
777
778=over 4
779
780=item B<< [menu:+I<name>] >>
781
782access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
783is created, it is called I<name> (max of 15 chars) and the current
784menuBar is pushed onto the stack
785
786=item B<[menu]>
787
788access the current menuBar for alteration
789
790=item B<< [title:+I<string>] >>
791
792set the current menuBar's title to I<string>, which may contain the
793following format specifiers:
794B<%%> : literal B<%> character
795B<%n> : rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
796B<%v> : rxvt version
797
798=item B<[done]>
799
800set menuBar access as B<readonly>.
801End-of-file tag for B<< [read:+I<file>] >> operations.
802
803=item B<< [read:+I<file>] >>
804
805read menu commands directly from I<file> (extension ".menu" will be
806appended if required.) Start reading at a line with B<[menu]> or B<<
807[menu:+I<name> >> and continuing until B<[done]> is encountered.
808
809Blank and comment lines (starting with B<#>) are ignored. Actually,
810since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
811be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
812future ... so don't count on it!.
813
814=item B<< [read:+I<file>;+I<name>] >>
815
816The same as B<< [read:+I<file>] >>, but start reading at a line with
817B<< [menu:+I<name>] >> and continuing until B<< [done:+I<name>] >> or
818B<[done]> is encountered.
819
820=item B<[dump]>
821
822dump all menuBars to the file B</tmp/rxvt-PID> in a format suitable for
823later rereading.
824
825=item B<[rm:name]>
826
827remove the named menuBar
828
829=item B<[rm] [rm:]>
830
831remove the current menuBar
832
833=item B<[rm*] [rm:*]>
834
835remove all menuBars
836
837=item B<[swap]>
838
839swap the top two menuBars
840
841=item B<[prev]>
842
843access the previous menuBar
844
845=item B<[next]>
846
847access the next menuBar
848
849=item B<[show]>
850
851Enable display of the menuBar
852
853=item B<[hide]>
854
855Disable display of the menuBar
856
857=item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>] >>
858
859=item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>;I<scaling>] >>
860
861(set the background pixmap globally
862
863B<< A Future implementation I<may> make this local to the menubar >>)
864
865=item B<< [:+I<command>:] >>
866
867ignore the menu readonly status and issue a I<command> to or a menu or
868menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
869from a menuBar.
870
871=back
872
873X<menuBarAdd>
874
875=head2 Adding and accessing menus
876
877The following commands may also be B<+> prefixed.
878
879=over 4
880
881=item B</+>
882
883access menuBar top level
884
885=item B<./+>
886
887access current menu level
888
889=item B<../+>
890
891access parent menu (1 level up)
892
893=item B<../../>
894
895access parent menu (multiple levels up)
896
897=item B<< I</path/>menu >>
898
899add/access menu
900
901=item B<< I</path/>menu/* >>
902
903add/access menu and clear it if it exists
904
905=item B<< I</path/>{-} >>
906
907add separator
908
909=item B<< I</path/>{item} >>
910
911add B<item> as a label
912
913=item B<< I</path/>{item} action >>
914
915add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action>
916
917=item B<< I</path/>{item}{right-text} >>
918
919add/alter I<menuitem> with B<right-text> as the right-justified text
920and as the associated I<action>
921
922=item B<< I</path/>{item}{rtext} action >>
923
924add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action> and with B<rtext> as
925the right-justified text.
926
927=back
928
929=over 4
930
931=item Special characters in I<action> must be backslash-escaped:
932
933B<\a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal>
934
935=item or in control-character notation:
936
937B<^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?>
938
939=back
940
941To send a string starting with a B<NUL> (B<^@>) character to the
942program, start I<action> with a pair of B<NUL> characters (B<^@^@>),
943the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
944program. Otherwise if I<action> begins with B<NUL> followed by
945non-+B<NUL> characters, the leading B<NUL> is stripped off and the
946balance is sent back to rxvt.
947
948As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, I<action> may start
949with B<M-> (eg, B<M-$> is equivalent to B<\E$>) and a B<CR> will be
950appended if missed from B<M-x> commands.
951
952As a convenience for issuing XTerm B<ESC]> sequences from a menubar (or
953quick arrow), a B<BEL> (B<^G>) will be appended if needed.
954
955=over 4
956
957=item For example,
958
959B<M-xapropos> is equivalent to B<\Exapropos\r>
960
961=item and
962
963B<\E]703;mona;100> is equivalent to B<\E]703;mona;100\a>
964
965=back
966
967The option B<< {I<right-rtext>} >> will be right-justified. In the
968absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the I<action>
969as well.
970
971=over 4
972
973=item For example,
974
975B</File/{Open}{^X^F}> is equivalent to B</File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F>
976
977=back
978
979The left label I<is> necessary, since it's used for matching, but
980implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
981right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
982with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
983
984=over 4
985
986=item For example,
987
988B</File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action>
989
990=item or hiding it
991
992B</File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action>
993
994=back
995
996X<menuBarRemove>
997
998=head2 Removing menus
999
1000=over 4
1001
1002=item B<< -/*+ >>
1003
1004remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as B<[clear]>
1005
1006=item B<< -+I</path>menu+ >>
1007
1008remove menu
1009
1010=item B<< -+I</path>{item}+ >>
1011
1012remove item
1013
1014=item B<< -+I</path>{-} >>
1015
1016remove separator)
1017
1018=item B<-/path/menu/*>
1019
1020remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1021
1022=back
1023
1024X<menuBarArrows>
1025
1026=head2 Quick Arrows
1027
1028The menus also provide a hook for I<quick arrows> to provide easier
1029user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
1030emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1031individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1032beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1033with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1034
1035=over 4
1036
1037=item B<< <r>+I<Right> >>
1038
1039=item B<< <l>+I<Left> >>
1040
1041=item B<< <u>+I<Up> >>
1042
1043=item B<< <d>+I<Down> >>
1044
1045Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1046
1047=item B<< <b>+I<Begin> >>
1048
1049=item B<< <e>+I<End> >>
1050
1051Define common beginning/end parts for I<quick arrows> which used in
1052conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1053
1054=back
1055
1056=over 4
1057
1058=item For example, define arrows individually,
1059
1060 <u>\E[A
1061
1062 <d>\E[B
1063
1064 <r>\E[C
1065
1066 <l>\E[D
1067
1068=item or all at once
1069
1070 <u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D
1071
1072=item or more compactly (factoring out common parts)
1073
1074 <b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1075
1076=back
1077
1078X<menuBarSummary>
1079
1080=head2 Command Summary
1081
1082A short summary of the most I<common> commands:
1083
1084=over 4
1085
1086=item [menu:name]
1087
1088use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1089
1090=item [menu]
1091
1092use the current menuBar
1093
1094=item [title:string]
1095
1096set menuBar title
1097
1098=item [done]
1099
1100set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
1101
1102=item [done:name]
1103
1104if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
1105
1106=item [rm:name]
1107
1108remove named menuBar(s)
1109
1110=item [rm] [rm:]
1111
1112remove current menuBar
1113
1114=item [rm*] [rm:*]
1115
1116remove all menuBar(s)
1117
1118=item [swap]
1119
1120swap top two menuBars
1121
1122=item [prev]
1123
1124access the previous menuBar
1125
1126=item [next]
1127
1128access the next menuBar
1129
1130=item [show]
1131
1132map menuBar
1133
1134=item [hide]
1135
1136unmap menuBar
1137
1138=item [pixmap;file]
1139
1140=item [pixmap;file;scaling]
1141
1142set a background pixmap
1143
1144=item [read:file]
1145
1146=item [read:file;name]
1147
1148read in a menu from a file
1149
1150=item [dump]
1151
1152dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
1153
1154=item /
1155
1156access menuBar top level
1157
1158=item ./
1159
1160=item ../
1161
1162=item ../../
1163
1164access current or parent menu level
1165
1166=item /path/menu
1167
1168add/access menu
1169
1170=item /path/{-}
1171
1172add separator
1173
1174=item /path/{item}{rtext} action
1175
1176add/alter menu item
1177
1178=item -/*
1179
1180remove all menus from the menuBar
1181
1182=item -/path/menu
1183
1184remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
1185
1186=item -/path/menu
1187
1188remove menu
1189
1190=item -/path/{item}
1191
1192remove item
1193
1194=item -/path/{-}
1195
1196remove separator
1197
1198=item <b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End
1199
1200menu quick arrows
1201
1202=back
1203X<XPM>
1204
1205=head1 XPM
1206
1207For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value 2036For the BACGROUND IMAGE XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value
1208of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a 2037of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background image file followed by a
1209sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The 2038sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
1210scaling/positioning commands are as follows: 2039scaling/positioning commands are as follows:
1211 2040
1212=over 4 2041=over 4
1213 2042
1251 2080
1252For example: 2081For example:
1253 2082
1254=over 4 2083=over 4
1255 2084
1256=item B<\E]20;funky\a> 2085=item B<\E]20;funky.jpg\a>
1257 2086
1258load B<funky.xpm> as a tiled image 2087load B<funky.jpg> as a tiled image
1259 2088
1260=item B<\E]20;mona;100\a> 2089=item B<\E]20;mona.jpg;100\a>
1261 2090
1262load B<mona.xpm> with a scaling of 100% 2091load B<mona.jpg> with a scaling of 100%
1263 2092
1264=item B<\E]20;;200;?\a> 2093=item B<\E]20;;200;?\a>
1265 2094
1266rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in 2095rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
1267the title 2096the title
1306=begin table 2135=begin table
1307 2136
1308 4 Shift 2137 4 Shift
1309 8 Meta 2138 8 Meta
1310 16 Control 2139 16 Control
1311 32 Double Click I<(Rxvt extension)> 2140 32 Double Click I<(rxvt extension)>
1312 2141
1313=end table 2142=end table
1314 2143
1315Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >> 2144Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >>
1316 2145
1390 XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x 2219 XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x
1391 XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y 2220 XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y
1392 2221
1393=end table 2222=end table
1394 2223
2224=head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
2225
2226General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2227hasn't been tested well. Either try with C<--enable-everything> or use
2228the default configuration (i.e. no C<--enable-xxx> or C<--disable-xxx>
2229switches). Of course, you should always report when a combination doesn't
2230work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
2231
2232All
2233
2234=over 4
2235
2236=item --enable-everything
2237
2238Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
2239--help".
2240
2241You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
2242I<following> this with the appropriate C<--disable-...> arguments,
2243or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
2244C<--disable-everything> and than adding just the C<--enable-...> arguments
2245you want.
2246
2247=item --enable-xft (default: enabled)
2248
2249Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2250slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2251don't pay for them.
2252
2253=item --enable-font-styles (default: on)
2254
2255Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font
2256styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2257
2258=item --with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
2259
2260Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (C<eu>, C<vn>
2261are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2262codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, they are not required
2263for Xft fonts, although having them compiled in lets rxvt-unicode choose
2264replacement fonts more intelligently. Compiling them in will make your
2265binary bigger (all of together cost about 700kB), but it doesn't increase
2266memory usage unless you use a font requiring one of these encodings.
2267
2268=begin table
2269
2270 all all available codeset groups
2271 zh common chinese encodings
2272 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodings
2273 jp common japanese encodings
2274 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2275 kr korean encodings
2276
2277=end table
2278
2279=item --enable-xim (default: on)
2280
2281Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2282alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2283set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2284
2285=item --enable-unicode3 (default: off)
2286
2287Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters.
2288
2289Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
229065535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2291requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2292support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2293
2294Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
2295even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2296limited to a few thousand (shared with combining characters,
2297see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2298(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2299
2300=item --enable-combining (default: on)
2301
2302Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2303composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2304where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2305done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2306new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2307
2308Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2309characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be
2310(ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
2311
2312This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
2313beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
2314
2315The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2316but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and
2317tell me how these are to be used...).
2318
2319=item --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
2320
2321When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To
2322disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2323
2324=item --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2325
2326Use the given name as default application name when
2327reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2328
2329=item --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
2330
2331Use the given class as default application class
2332when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2333rxvt.
2334
2335=item --enable-utmp (default: on)
2336
2337Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at
2338start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2339
2340=item --enable-wtmp (default: on)
2341
2342Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at
2343start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2344option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2345
2346=item --enable-lastlog (default: on)
2347
2348Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2349F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2350--enable-utmp to also be specified.
2351
2352=item --enable-afterimage (default: on)
2353
2354Add support for libAfterImage to be used for transparency and background
2355images. It adds support for many file formats including JPG, PNG,
2356SVG, TIFF, GIF, XPM, BMP, ICO, XCF, TGA and AfterStep image XML
2357(L<http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php?show=asimagexml>).
2358
2359This option also adds such eye candy as blending an image over the root
2360background, as well as dynamic scaling and bluring of background images.
2361
2362Note that with this option enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@'s memory footprint might
2363increase by a few megabytes even if no extra features are used (mostly due
2364to third-party libraries used by libAI). Memory footprint may somewhat be
2365lowered if libAfterImage is configured without support for SVG.
2366
2367=item --enable-transparency (default: on)
2368
2369Add support for backgrounds, creating illusion of transparency in the term.
2370
2371=item --enable-fading (default: on)
2372
2373Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
2374
2375=item --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
2376
2377Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2378
2379=item --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
2380
2381Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2382
2383=item --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
2384
2385Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2386
2387=item --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
2388
2389Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2390is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2391many years.
2392
2393=item --enable-ttygid (default: off)
2394
2395Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if
2396your system uses this type of security.
2397
2398=item --disable-backspace-key
2399
2400Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it.
2401
2402=item --disable-delete-key
2403
2404Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2405do it.
2406
2407=item --disable-resources
2408
2409Removes any support for resource checking.
2410
2411=item --disable-swapscreen
2412
2413Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
2414
2415=item --enable-frills (default: on)
2416
2417Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2418have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2419disable this.
2420
2421A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly
2422in combination with other switches) is:
2423
2424 MWM-hints
2425 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2426 urgency hint
2427 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2428 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2429 visual depth selection (-depth)
2430 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2431 iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support
2432 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2433 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2434 keysym remapping support
2435 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
2436 XEmbed support (-embed)
2437 user-pty (-pty-fd)
2438 hold on exit (-hold)
2439 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2440 separate highlightcolor support (-hc)
2441
2442It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:
2443
2444 some round-trip time optimisations
2445 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
2446 UTF8_STRING support for selection
2447 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2448 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
2449 view change/zero scrollback escape sequences
2450 locale switching escape sequence
2451 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2452 rectangular selections
2453 trailing space removal for selections
2454 verbose X error handling
2455
2456=item --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
2457
2458Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2459F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2460C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2461this switch.
2462
2463=item --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
2464
2465Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2466the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2467
2468=item --enable-selectionscrolling (default: on)
2469
2470Add support for scrolling when the selection moves to the top or
2471bottom of the screen.
2472
2473=item --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
2474
2475Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2476
2477=item --enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
2478
2479Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2480accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2481requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2482
2483=item --enable-smart-resize (default: off)
2484
2485Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when resizing.
2486This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2487the screen in a fixed position.
2488
2489=item --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
2490
2491Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2492
2493=item --enable-perl (default: on)
2494
2495Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)>
2496manpage (F<doc/rxvtperl.txt>) for more info on this feature, or the
2497files in F<src/perl-ext/> for the extensions that are installed by
2498default. The perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the
2499C<PERL> environment variable when running configure. Even when compiled
2500in, perl will I<not> be initialised when all extensions have been disabled
2501C<-pe "" --perl-ext-common "">, so it should be safe to enable from a
2502resource standpoint.
2503
2504=item --with-afterimage-config=DIR
2505
2506Look for the libAfterImage config script in DIR.
2507
2508=item --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2509
2510Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2511in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with
2512C<rxvt>.
2513
2514=item --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
2515
2516Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
2517
2518=item --with-terminfo=PATH
2519
2520Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2521PATH.
2522
2523=item --with-x
2524
2525Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
2526
2527=back
2528
1395=head1 AUTHORS 2529=head1 AUTHORS
1396 2530
1397Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> converted this document to pod and 2531Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> converted this document to pod and
1398reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff 2532reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff
1399Wing <gcw@pobox.com>, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other 2533Wing <gcw@pobox.com>, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other

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