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18This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting 18This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting
19all escape sequences, and other background information. 19all escape sequences, and other background information.
20 20
21The newest version of this document is also available on the World Wide Web at 21The newest version of this document is also available on the World Wide Web at
22L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>. 22L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod>.
23 23
24The main manual page for @@RXVT_NAME@@ itself is available at
25L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>.
26
24=head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 27=head1 RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
25 28
26=head2 The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?
27 29
28If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following 30=head2 Meta, Features & Commandline Issues
29setting:
30 31
31 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+) 32=head3 My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?
32 33
33If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended 34Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>,
34more and more. 35channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
36interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
35 37
36To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern: 38=head3 I use Gentoo, and I have a problem...
37 39
38 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+) 40There are three big problems with Gentoo Linux: first of all, most if not
41all Gentoo systems are completely broken (missing or mismatched header
42files, broken compiler etc. are just the tip of the iceberg); secondly,
43the Gentoo maintainer thinks it is a good idea to add broken patches to
44the code; and lastly, it should be called Gentoo GNU/Linux.
39 45
40Please also note that the I<LeftClick Shift-LeftClik> combination also 46For these reasons, it is impossible to support rxvt-unicode on
41selects words like the old code. 47Gentoo. Problems appearing on Gentoo systems will usually simply be
48ignored unless they can be reproduced on non-Gentoo systems.
42 49
43=head2 I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it? 50=head3 Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?
44 51
45You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the 52Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a
46B<perl-ext-common> resource to the empty string, which also keeps 53simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
47rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory. 54give you tabs:
48 55
49If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to 56 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pe tabbed
50identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
51B<PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS> in the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. For
52example, to disable the B<selection-popup> and B<option-popup>, specify
53this B<perl-ext-common> resource:
54 57
55 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
56
57This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
58extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
59scrollback search mode is triggered by B<M-s>. You can move it to any
60other combination either by setting the B<searchable-scrollback> resource:
61
62 URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
63
64=head2 The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?
65
66See next entry.
67
68=head2 During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?
69
70These are caused by the C<readline> perl extension. Under normal
71circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the
72line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment,
73but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some
74cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly.
75
76You can permamently switch this feature off by disabling the C<readline>
77extension:
78
79 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline 58 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed
80 59
81=head2 Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources? 60It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers
61or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be
62embedded into other programs, as witnessed by F<doc/rxvt-tabbed> or
63the upcoming C<Gtk2::URxvt> perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt
64(murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application.
82 65
83Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X 66=head3 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
84applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads
85resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
86ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
87F<$HOME/.Xdefaults> when no resources are attached to the display.
88 67
89If you have or use an F<$HOME/.Xresources> file, chances are that 68The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
90resources are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to 69sequence C<ESC [ 8 n> sets the window title to the version number. When
91re-login after every change (or run F<xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources>). 70using the @@URXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the
71daemon.
92 72
93Also consider the form resources have to use: 73=head3 Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
94 74
95 URxvt.resource: value 75Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
76don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
77you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
78when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
79accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
96 80
97If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of 81Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
98specifying resources), make sure you understand wether and why it 82scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
99works. If unsure, use the form above. 836 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
84kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
85use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
86rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
100 87
101=head2 I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong? 88=head3 How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?
102 89
103First of all, transparency isn't officially supported in rxvt-unicode, so 90Try C<@@URXVT_NAME@@d -f -o>, which tells @@URXVT_NAME@@d to open the
104you are mostly on your own. Do not bug the author about it (but you may 91display, create the listening socket and then fork.
105bug everybody else). Also, if you can't get it working consider it a rite
106of passage: ... and you failed.
107 92
108Here are four ways to get transparency. B<Do> read the manpage and option 93=head3 How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically when I run @@URXVT_NAME@@c?
109descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it!
110 94
1111. Use inheritPixmap: 95If you want to start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically whenever you run
96@@URXVT_NAME@@c and the daemon isn't running yet, use this script:
112 97
113 Esetroot wallpaper.jpg 98 #!/bin/sh
114 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -ip -tint red -sh 40 99 @@URXVT_NAME@@c "$@"
100 if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then
101 @@URXVT_NAME@@d -q -o -f
102 @@URXVT_NAME@@c "$@"
103 fi
115 104
116That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting 105This tries to create a new terminal, and if fails with exit status 2,
117support, or you are unable to read. 106meaning it couldn't connect to the daemon, it will start the daemon and
107re-run the command. Subsequent invocations of the script will re-use the
108existing daemon.
118 109
1192. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you 110=head3 How do I distinguish whether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
120to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
121your picture with gimp:
122 111
123 convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.xpm 112The original rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM",
124 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background 113so you can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED,
114slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide
115whether or not to use color.
125 116
126That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack XPM and Perl support, or you 117=head3 How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
127are unable to read.
128 118
1293. Use an ARGB visual: 119If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
120insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
121snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
122wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
123the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
124regular xterm.
130 125
131 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc 126Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
127snippets:
132 128
133This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that 129 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
134doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't 130 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
135there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the neccessary 131 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
136bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that 132 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
137doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in place. 133 echo -n '^[Z'
134 read term_id
135 stty icanon echo
136 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
137 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
138 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
139 fi
140 fi
138 141
1394. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job: 142=head3 How do I compile the manual pages on my own?
140 143
141 xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \ 144You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
142 -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000 145one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2xhtml> (from
146F<Pod::Xhtml>). Then go to the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
143 147
144Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace C<0xc0000000>
145by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and
146your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces.
147
148=head2 Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? 148=head3 Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?
149 149
150I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra 150I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra
151bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see 151bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see
152that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being 152that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being
153compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even 153compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even
157 157
158 text data bss drs rss filename 158 text data bss drs rss filename
159 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything 159 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
160 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything 160 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
161 161
162When you C<--enable-everything> (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft 162When you C<--enable-everything> (which I<is> unfair, as this involves xft
163and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my 163and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my
164libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so. 164libc), the two diverge, but not unreasonably so.
165 165
166 text data bss drs rss filename 166 text data bss drs rss filename
167 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything 167 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
168 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything 168 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
169 169
185(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra 185(21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra
18643180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of 18643180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of
187startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares 187startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares
188extremely well *g*. 188extremely well *g*.
189 189
190=head2 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool? 190=head3 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?
191 191
192Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had 192Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had
193to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction 193to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction
194of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even 194of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even
195shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++. 195shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.
212 212
213And here is rxvt-unicode: 213And here is rxvt-unicode:
214 214
215 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000) 215 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
216 libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000) 216 libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
217 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000) 217 libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
218 libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000) 218 libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
219 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) 219 /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
220 220
221No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically), 221No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically),
222except maybe libX11 :) 222except maybe libX11 :)
223 223
224=head2 Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?
225 224
226Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a 225=head2 Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues
227simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should
228give you tabs:
229 226
230 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -pe tabbed 227=head3 I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong?
231 228
232 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed 229First of all, please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at
230sasha@aftercode.net and do not bug the author about it. Also, if you can't
231get it working consider it a rite of passage: ... and you failed.
233 232
234It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers 233Here are four ways to get transparency. B<Do> read the manpage and option
235or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be 234descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it!
236embedded into other programs, as witnessed by F<doc/rxvt-tabbed> or
237the upcoming C<Gtk2::URxvt> perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt
238(murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application.
239 235
240=head2 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 2361. Use transparent mode:
241 237
242The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape 238 Esetroot wallpaper.jpg
243sequence C<ESC [ 8 n> sets the window title to the version number. When 239 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint red -sh 40
244using the @@RXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the
245daemon.
246 240
247=head2 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem... 241That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting
242support, or you are unable to read.
248 243
249The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large 2442. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you
250patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but 245to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever
251unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to 246your picture with gimp or any other tool:
252the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
253version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce
254the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
255Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
256Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report the bug).
257 247
258For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 248 convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.jpg
259probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a 249 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pixmap "background.jpg;:root"
260bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
261might encounter the same issue.
262 250
263=head2 I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation? 251That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack AfterImage support, or you
252are unable to read.
264 253
265You should build one binary with the default options. F<configure> 2543. Use an ARGB visual:
266now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
267runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them,
268except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
269be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
270the future) depends on it.
271 255
272You should not overwrite the C<perl-ext-common> snd C<perl-ext> resources 256 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc
273system-wide (except maybe with C<defaults>). This will result in useful
274behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
275C<perl-ext-common> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
276perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
277 257
278If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal 258This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that
279one with C<--disable-everything> (very useful) and a maximal one with 259doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't
280C<--enable-everything> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of 260there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the necessary
281encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used). 261bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that
262doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in place.
282 263
283=head2 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe? 2644. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job:
284 265
285It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly 266 xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \
286install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now. 267 -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000
287 268
288When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork 269Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace C<0xc0000000>
289into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some 270by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and
290systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges 271your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces.
291immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
292privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
293things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful" to attackers).
294 272
295This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early
296and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or
297things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
298little risk.
299
300=head2 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
301
302The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
303as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
304
305The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
306be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):
307
308 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
309 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
310
311... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
312
313If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
314C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
315problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
316colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
317quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
318
319If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
320can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
321resource to set it:
322
323 URxvt.termName: rxvt
324
325If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace
326the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
327
328=head2 C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
329
330Most likely it's the empty definition for C<enacs=>. Just replace it by
331C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again.
332
333=head2 C<bash>'s readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@.
334
335See next entry.
336
337=head2 I need a termcap file entry.
338
339One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
340systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
341library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
342for C<rxvt-unicode>.
343
344You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
345You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
346like this:
347
348 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
349
350Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
351
352 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
353 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
354 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
355 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
356 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
357 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
358 :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
359 :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
360 :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
361 :i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
362 :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
363 :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
364 :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
365 :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
366 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
367 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
368 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
369 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
370 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
371 :vs=\E[?25h:
372
373=head2 Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?
374
375The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
376decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
377file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in it's default file (among
378with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
379
380 TERM rxvt-unicode
381
382to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:
383
384 alias ls='ls --color=auto'
385
386to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.
387
388=head2 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?
389
390See next entry.
391
392=head2 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?
393
394See next entry.
395
396=head2 Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?
397
398Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged
399distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
400by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra
401features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
402GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
403file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When
404I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on
405how to do this).
406
407=head2 My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
408
409Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
410specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
411by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of wether and how
412this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible
413keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
414helped.
415
416=head2 Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
417
418See next entry.
419
420=head2 Unicode does not seem to work?
421
422If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
423getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
424subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
425
426Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
427programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
428login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
429something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
430
431The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
432into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
433
434 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
435
436If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
437supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which
438displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as
439it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
440like:
441
442 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
443
444Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
445
446If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
447you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
448support locales :(
449
450=head2 Why do some characters look so much different than others?
451
452See next entry.
453
454=head2 How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
455
456Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
457fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
458your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
459to display.
460
461B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
462font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
463bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
464resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
465intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
466the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
467
468In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
469e.g.:
470
471 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
472
473When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
474font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
475next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
476search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
477
478The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
479font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
480must be the same due to the way terminals work.
481
482=head2 Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
483
484This is because there is a difference between script and language --
485rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
486as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
487sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
488display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
489chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
490non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
491-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
492chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
493
494The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
495list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
496a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
497first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
498
499In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
500runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
501fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
502has been designed yet).
503
504Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can
505I switch the fonts at runtime?> later in this document).
506
507=head2 Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings? 273=head3 Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
508 274
509Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character 275Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
510size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might 276size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
511contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid 277contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
512these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special 278these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special
516however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding 282however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
517box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to 283box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
518ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these 284ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
519cases). 285cases).
520 286
521It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype, 287It's not clear (to me at least), whether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
522or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using 288or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
523the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you 289the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
524might be forced to use a different font. 290might be forced to use a different font.
525 291
526All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding 292All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
527box data is correct. 293box data is correct.
528 294
529=head2 On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.
530
531Seems to be a known bug, read
532L<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
533following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
534
535 #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
536
537=head2 My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
538
539The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
540correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
541your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and
542your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
543does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
544rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
545
546In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
547one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.
548
549=head2 I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755
550
551Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
552international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
553advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
554codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape
555character and so on.
556
557=head2 How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much? 295=head3 How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
558 296
559First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings 297First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
560(C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then 298(C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
561make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise 299make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
562rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect: 300rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
563 301
564 URxvt.colorBD: white 302 URxvt.colorBD: white
565 URxvt.colorIT: green 303 URxvt.colorIT: green
566 304
567=head2 Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that? 305=head3 Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
568 306
569For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird 307For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
570colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard 308colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
5718 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix 3098 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
572these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons. 310these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
573 311
574In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo 312In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
575definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will 313definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will
576fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features. 314fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
577 315
578=head2 I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
579
580Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined
581in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
582wether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that
583B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
584
585As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
586does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
587B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
588
589However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in C<POSIX>, C<ISO-8859-1> and
590C<UTF-8> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as B<wchar_t>.
591
592C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support multi-language
593apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
594representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to convert between
595B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
596without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
597simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything except the current
598locale encoding.
599
600Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this
601by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
602with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
603conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
604encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
605
606The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
607system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
608complete replacements for them :)
609
610=head2 I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.
611
612Try the diff in F<doc/solaris9.patch> as a base. It fixes the worst
613problems with C<wcwidth> and a compile problem.
614
615=head2 How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
616
617rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
618the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
619longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
620single font). I recommend starting the X-server in C<-multiwindow> or
621C<-rootless> mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the
622old libW11 emulation.
623
624At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
625encodings (you might try C<LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8>), so you are likely limited
626to 8-bit encodings.
627
628=head2 How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
629
630See next entry.
631
632=head2 Is there an option to switch encodings?
633
634Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
635specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
636UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
637
638The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
639the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
640applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
641and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
642that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
643characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
644locales).
645
646Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
647programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
648interpretation of characters.
649
650Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
651is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
652
653On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
654contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
655locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
656C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
657(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
658
659Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
660the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
661i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to
662rxvt-unicode.
663
664If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
665rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
666
667=head2 Can I switch locales at runtime?
668
669Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
670rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
671
672 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
673
674See also the previous answer.
675
676Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
677one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it
678(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which
679first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
680
681 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
682 xjdic -js
683 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
684
685You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except
686for some locales where character width differs between program- and
687rxvt-unicode-locales.
688
689=head2 Can I switch the fonts at runtime? 316=head3 Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
690 317
691Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same 318Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
692effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately: 319effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
693 320
694 printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" 321 printf '\33]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
695 322
696This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a 323This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
697japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where 324japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
698japanese fonts would only be in your way. 325japanese fonts would only be in your way.
699 326
700You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching. 327You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
701 328
702=head2 Why do italic characters look as if clipped? 329=head3 Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
703 330
704Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For 331Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
705example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans 332example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
706Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to 333Mono> completely fails in its italic face. A workaround might be to
707enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this: 334enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
708 335
709 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true 336 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
710 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true 337 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
711 338
712=head2 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
713
714You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
715terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
716
717 URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
718
719Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
720use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
721input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input
722method limits you.
723
724=head2 Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
725
726Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
727design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
728leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
729exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
730while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
731crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
732
733So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
734
735=head2 Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
736
737Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
738don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
739you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
740when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
741accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
742
743Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
744scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
7456 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
746kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
747use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
748rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
749
750=head2 Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow? 339=head3 Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
751 340
752Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as 341Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
753it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable 342it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
754antialiasing (by appending C<:antialias=false>), which saves lots of 343antialiasing (by appending C<:antialias=false>), which saves lots of
755memory and also speeds up rendering considerably. 344memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
756 345
757=head2 Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong? 346=head3 Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
758 347
759Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to 348Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
760fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core 349fall back to its default font search list it will prefer X11 core
761fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has 350fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
762antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they 351antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
763look best that way. 352look best that way.
764 353
765If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually. 354If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
766 355
767=head2 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
768
769Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
770some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
771heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
772quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
773depressed.
774
775=head2 What's with this bold/blink stuff? 356=head3 What's with this bold/blink stuff?
776 357
777If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the 358If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
778standard foreground colour. 359standard foreground colour.
779 360
780For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the 361For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make
781text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard 362the text blink when compiled with C<--enable-text-blink>. Without
782colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be 363C<--enable-text-blink>, the blink attribute will be ignored.
783ignored.
784 364
785On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity 365On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
786foreground/background colors. 366foreground/background colors.
787 367
788color0-7 are the low-intensity colors. 368color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
789 369
790color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors. 370color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
791 371
792=head2 I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them? 372=head3 I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
793 373
794You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults> 374You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
795resources (or as long-options). 375resources (or as long-options).
796 376
797Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen, 377Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
813 URxvt.color12: #0000FF 393 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
814 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF 394 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
815 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF 395 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
816 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF 396 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
817 397
818And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by 398And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors.
819me) as "pretty girly".
820 399
821 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1 400 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
822 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1 401 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
823 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e 402 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
824 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1 403 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
835 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff 414 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
836 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff 415 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
837 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd 416 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
838 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd 417 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
839 418
840=head2 How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way? 419They have been described (not by me) as "pretty girly".
841 420
842Try C<@@RXVT_NAME@@d -f -o>, which tells @@RXVT_NAME@@d to open the 421=head3 Why do some characters look so much different than others?
843display, create the listening socket and then fork.
844 422
423See next entry.
424
425=head3 How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
426
427Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
428fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
429your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
430to display.
431
432B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
433font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
434bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
435resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
436intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
437the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
438
439In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
440e.g.:
441
442 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
443
444When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
445font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
446next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
447search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
448
449The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
450font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
451must be the same due to the way terminals work.
452
453=head3 Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
454
455This is because there is a difference between script and language --
456rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
457as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
458sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
459display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
460chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
461non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
462-- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
463chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
464
465The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
466list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
467a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
468first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
469
470In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
471runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
472fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
473has been designed yet).
474
475Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can
476I switch the fonts at runtime?> later in this document).
477
478=head3 How can I make mplayer display video correctly?
479
480We are working on it, in the meantime, as a workaround, use something like:
481
482 @@URXVT_NAME@@ -b 600 -geometry 20x1 -e sh -c 'mplayer -wid $WINDOWID file...'
483
484
485=head2 Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction
486
487=head3 The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words?
488
489If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following
490setting:
491
492 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
493
494If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended
495more and more.
496
497To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern:
498
499 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)
500
501Please also note that the I<LeftClick Shift-LeftClick> combination also
502selects words like the old code.
503
504=head3 I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it?
505
506You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
507B<perl-ext-common> resource to the empty string, which also keeps
508rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
509
510If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
511identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section
512B<PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS> in the @@URXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. For
513example, to disable the B<selection-popup> and B<option-popup>, specify
514this B<perl-ext-common> resource:
515
516 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
517
518This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
519extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
520scrollback search mode is triggered by B<M-s>. You can move it to any
521other combination either by setting the B<searchable-scrollback> resource:
522
523 URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
524
525=head3 The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?
526
527See next entry.
528
529=head3 During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this?
530
531These are caused by the C<readline> perl extension. Under normal
532circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the
533line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment,
534but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some
535cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly.
536
537You can permanently switch this feature off by disabling the C<readline>
538extension:
539
540 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline
541
542=head3 My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
543
544Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
545specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
546by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of whether and how
547this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible
548keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
549helped.
550
551=head3 My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
552
553The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
554correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
555your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and
556your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
557does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
558rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
559
560In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
561one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.
562
563=head3 I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755
564
565Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
566international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
567advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
568codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape
569character and so on.
570
571=head3 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
572
573Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
574some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
575heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
576quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
577depressed.
578
845=head2 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour? 579=head3 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
846 580
847Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the 581Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
848BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following 582Backspace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
849question) there are two standard values that can be used for 583question) there are two standard values that can be used for
850Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>. 584Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
851 585
852Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian 586Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
853policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct 587policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one and only correct
854choice :). 588choice :).
855 589
856Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value 590Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
857of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't 591of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
858started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the 592started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
861 595
862For starting a new rxvt-unicode: 596For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
863 597
864 # use Backspace = ^H 598 # use Backspace = ^H
865 $ stty erase ^H 599 $ stty erase ^H
866 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@ 600 $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
867 601
868 # use Backspace = ^? 602 # use Backspace = ^?
869 $ stty erase ^? 603 $ stty erase ^?
870 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@ 604 $ @@URXVT_NAME@@
871 605
872Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l>. 606Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l>.
873 607
874For an existing rxvt-unicode: 608For an existing rxvt-unicode:
875 609
896some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H, 630some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
897GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help. 631GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
898 632
899Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner. 633Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
900 634
901=head2 I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them? 635=head3 I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
902 636
903There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless 637There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
904you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can 638you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
905use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms. 639use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
906 640
907Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt> 641Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@URXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt>
908 642
909 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~ 643 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
910 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~ 644 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
911 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'> 645 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
912 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/> 646 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/>
927 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz > 661 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
928 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 662 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
929 663
930See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource. 664See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource.
931 665
932=head2 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 mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize. 666=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
933 667
934 KP_Insert == Insert 668 KP_Insert == Insert
935 F22 == Print 669 F22 == Print
936 F27 == Home 670 F27 == Home
937 F29 == Prior 671 F29 == Prior
940 674
941Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible 675Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
942keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as 676keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
943required for your particular machine. 677required for your particular machine.
944 678
945=head2 How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
946 679
947rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can 680=head2 Terminal Configuration
948check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
949Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
950not to use color.
951 681
952=head2 How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable? 682=head3 Can I see a typical configuration?
953 683
954If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled 684The default configuration tries to be xterm-like, which I don't like that
955insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script 685much, but it's least surprise to regular users.
956snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
957wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
958the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
959regular xterm.
960 686
961Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script 687As a rxvt or rxvt-unicode user, you are practically supposed to invest
962snippets: 688time into customising your terminal. To get you started, here is the
689author's .Xdefaults entries, with comments on what they do. It's certainly
690not I<typical>, but what's typical...
963 691
964 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells: 692 URxvt.cutchars: "()*,<>[]{}|'
965 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know 693 URxvt.print-pipe: cat >/tmp/xxx
966 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
967 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
968 echo -n '^[Z'
969 read term_id
970 stty icanon echo
971 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
972 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
973 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
974 fi
975 fi
976 694
977=head2 How do I compile the manual pages for myself? 695These are just for testing stuff.
978 696
979You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>, 697 URxvt.imLocale: ja_JP.UTF-8
980one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to 698 URxvt.preeditType: OnTheSpot,None
981the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
982 699
983=head2 My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human? 700This tells rxvt-unicode to use a special locale when communicating with
701the X Input Method, and also tells it to only use the OnTheSpot pre-edit
702type, which requires the C<xim-onthespot> perl extension but rewards me
703with correct-looking fonts.
984 704
985Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>, 705 URxvt.perl-lib: /root/lib/urxvt
986channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be 706 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,selection-autotransform,selection-pastebin,xim-onthespot,remote-clipboard
987interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :). 707 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+)
708 URxvt.selection.pattern-1: ^(/[^:]+):\
709 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
710 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
988 711
712This is my perl configuration. The first two set the perl library
713directory and also tells urxvt to use a large number of extensions. I
714develop for myself mostly, so I actually use most of the extensions I
715write.
716
717The selection stuff mainly makes the selection perl-error-message aware
718and tells it to convert perl error messages into vi-commands to load the
719relevant file and go tot he error line number.
720
721 URxvt.scrollstyle: plain
722 URxvt.secondaryScroll: true
723
724As the documentation says: plain is the preferred scrollbar for the
725author. The C<secondaryScroll> configures urxvt to scroll in full-screen
726apps, like screen, so lines scrolled out of screen end up in urxvt's
727scrollback buffer.
728
729 URxvt.background: #000000
730 URxvt.foreground: gray90
731 URxvt.color7: gray90
732 URxvt.colorBD: #ffffff
733 URxvt.cursorColor: #e0e080
734 URxvt.throughColor: #8080f0
735 URxvt.highlightColor: #f0f0f0
736
737Some colours. Not sure which ones are being used or even non-defaults, but
738these are in my .Xdefaults. Most notably, they set foreground/background
739to light gray/black, and also make sure that the colour 7 matches the
740default foreground colour.
741
742 URxvt.underlineColor: yellow
743
744Another colour, makes underline lines look different. Sometimes hurts, but
745is mostly a nice effect.
746
747 URxvt.geometry: 154x36
748 URxvt.loginShell: false
749 URxvt.meta: ignore
750 URxvt.utmpInhibit: true
751
752Uh, well, should be mostly self-explanatory. By specifying some defaults
753manually, I can quickly switch them for testing.
754
755 URxvt.saveLines: 8192
756
757A large scrollback buffer is essential. Really.
758
759 URxvt.mapAlert: true
760
761The only case I use it is for my IRC window, which I like to keep
762iconified till people msg me (which beeps).
763
764 URxvt.visualBell: true
765
766The audible bell is often annoying, especially when in a crowd.
767
768 URxvt.insecure: true
769
770Please don't hack my mutt! Ooops...
771
772 URxvt.pastableTabs: false
773
774I once thought this is a great idea.
775
776 urxvt.font: 9x15bold,\
777 -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\
778 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \
779 [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic, \
780 xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:autohint=true, \
781 xft:Code2000:antialias=false
782 urxvt.boldFont: -xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso8859-15
783 urxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
784 urxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
785
786I wrote rxvt-unicode to be able to specify fonts exactly. So don't be
787overwhelmed. A special note: the C<9x15bold> mentioned above is actually
788the version from XFree-3.3, as XFree-4 replaced it by a totally different
789font (different glyphs for C<;> and many other harmless characters),
790while the second font is actually the C<9x15bold> from XFree4/XOrg. The
791bold version has less chars than the medium version, so I use it for rare
792characters, too. When editing sources with vim, I use italic for comments
793and other stuff, which looks quite good with Bitstream Vera anti-aliased.
794
795Terminus is a quite bad font (many very wrong glyphs), but for most of my
796purposes, it works, and gives a different look, as my normal (Non-bold)
797font is already bold, and I want to see a difference between bold and
798normal fonts.
799
800Please note that I used the C<urxvt> instance name and not the C<URxvt>
801class name. Thats because I use different configs for different purposes,
802for example, my IRC window is started with C<-name IRC>, and uses these
803defaults:
804
805 IRC*title: IRC
806 IRC*geometry: 87x12+535+542
807 IRC*saveLines: 0
808 IRC*mapAlert: true
809 IRC*font: suxuseuro
810 IRC*boldFont: suxuseuro
811 IRC*colorBD: white
812 IRC*keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007
813 IRC*keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007
814
815C<Alt-Ctrl-1> and C<Alt-Ctrl-2> switch between two different font
816sizes. C<suxuseuro> allows me to keep an eye (and actually read)
817stuff while keeping a very small window. If somebody pastes something
818complicated (e.g. japanese), I temporarily switch to a larger font.
819
820The above is all in my C<.Xdefaults> (I don't use C<.Xresources> nor
821C<xrdb>). I also have some resources in a separate C<.Xdefaults-hostname>
822file for different hosts, for example, on ym main desktop, I use:
823
824 URxvt.keysym.C-M-q: command:\033[3;5;5t
825 URxvt.keysym.C-M-y: command:\033[3;5;606t
826 URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: command:\033[3;1605;5t
827 URxvt.keysym.C-M-c: command:\033[3;1605;606t
828 URxvt.keysym.C-M-p: perl:test
829
830The first for keysym definitions allow me to quickly bring some windows
831in the layout I like most. Ion users might start laughing but will stop
832immediately when I tell them that I use my own Fvwm2 module for much the
833same effect as Ion provides, and I only very rarely use the above key
834combinations :->
835
836=head3 Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources?
837
838Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X
839applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads
840resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will
841ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read
842F<$HOME/.Xdefaults> when no resources are attached to the display.
843
844If you have or use an F<$HOME/.Xresources> file, chances are that
845resources are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to
846re-login after every change (or run F<xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources>).
847
848Also consider the form resources have to use:
849
850 URxvt.resource: value
851
852If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of
853specifying resources), make sure you understand whether and why it
854works. If unsure, use the form above.
855
856=head3 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
857
858The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
859as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
860
861The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
862be done by simply installing rxvt-unicode on the remote system as well
863(in case you have a nice package manager ready), or you can install the
864terminfo database manually like this (with ncurses infocmp. works as
865user and root):
866
867 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
868 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "mkdir -p .terminfo && cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
869
870One some systems you might need to set C<$TERMINFO> to the full path of
871F<$HOME/.terminfo> for this to work.
872
873If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
874C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
875problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
876colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
877quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
878
879If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
880can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
881resource to set it:
882
883 URxvt.termName: rxvt
884
885If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace
886the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use C<TERM=rxvt>.
887
888=head3 nano fails with "Error opening terminal: rxvt-unicode"
889
890This exceptionally confusing and useless error message is printed by nano
891when it can't find the terminfo database. Nothing is wrong with your
892terminal, read the previous answer for a solution.
893
894=head3 C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
895
896Most likely it's the empty definition for C<enacs=>. Just replace it by
897C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again.
898
899=head3 C<bash>'s readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@.
900
901See next entry.
902
903=head3 I need a termcap file entry.
904
905One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
906systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
907library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry
908for C<rxvt-unicode>.
909
910You could use rxvt's termcap entry with reasonable results in many cases.
911You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
912like this:
913
914 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
915
916Or you could use the termcap entry in doc/etc/rxvt-unicode.termcap,
917generated by the command above.
918
919=head3 Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?
920
921The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
922decide whether a terminal has colour, but uses its own configuration
923file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in its default file (among
924with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
925
926 TERM rxvt-unicode
927
928to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:
929
930 alias ls='ls --color=auto'
931
932to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.
933
934=head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?
935
936See next entry.
937
938=head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?
939
940See next entry.
941
942=head3 Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?
943
944Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged
945distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
946by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra
947features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
948GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
949file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When
950I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on
951how to do this).
952
953
954=head2 Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues
955
956=head3 Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
957
958See next entry.
959
960=head3 Unicode does not seem to work?
961
962If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
963getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
964subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
965
966Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
967programs running in it. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale,
968while the login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the
969locale to something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is
970not going to work, and is the most common cause for problems.
971
972The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
973into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
974
975 printf '\33]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE" # $LANG or $LC_ALL are worth a try, too
976
977If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
978supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which
979displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as
980it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
981like:
982
983 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
984
985Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
986
987If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
988you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
989support locales :(
990
991=head3 How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
992
993See next entry.
994
995=head3 Is there an option to switch encodings?
996
997Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
998specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
999UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
1000
1001The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
1002the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
1003applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
1004and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
1005that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
1006characters wrong as it uses its own, locale-independent table under all
1007locales).
1008
1009Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
1010programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
1011interpretation of characters.
1012
1013Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
1014is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
1015
1016On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
1017contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
1018locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
1019C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
1020(i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
1021
1022Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
1023the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
1024i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to
1025rxvt-unicode.
1026
1027If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
1028rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
1029
1030=head3 Can I switch locales at runtime?
1031
1032Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
1033rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
1034
1035 printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1036
1037See also the previous answer.
1038
1039Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
1040one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it
1041(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which
1042first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
1043
1044 printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
1045 xjdic -js
1046 printf '\33]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
1047
1048You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except
1049for some locales where character width differs between program- and
1050rxvt-unicode-locales.
1051
1052=head3 I have problems getting my input method working.
1053
1054Try a search engine, as this is slightly different for every input method server.
1055
1056Here is a checklist:
1057
1058=over 4
1059
1060=item - Make sure your locale I<and> the imLocale are supported on your OS.
1061
1062Try C<locale -a> or check the documentation for your OS.
1063
1064=item - Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your XIM.
1065
1066For example, B<kinput2> does not support UTF-8 locales, you should use
1067C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> or equivalent.
1068
1069=item - Make sure your XIM server is actually running.
1070
1071=item - Make sure the C<XMODIFIERS> environment variable is set correctly when I<starting> rxvt-unicode.
1072
1073When you want to use e.g. B<kinput2>, it must be set to
1074C<@im=kinput2>. For B<scim>, use C<@im=SCIM>. You can see what input
1075method servers are running with this command:
1076
1077 xprop -root XIM_SERVERS
1078
1079=item
1080
1081=back
1082
1083=head3 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
1084
1085You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
1086terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
1087
1088 URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
1089
1090Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
1091use your input method. Please note, however, that, depending on your Xlib
1092version, you may not be able to input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a
1093normal way then, as your input method limits you.
1094
1095=head3 Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
1096
1097Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
1098design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
1099leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
1100exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
1101while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
1102crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
1103
1104So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
1105
1106
1107=head2 Operating Systems / Package Maintaining
1108
1109=head3 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
1110
1111The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
1112patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but
1113unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to
1114the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine
1115version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce
1116the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to
1117Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug
1118Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report the bug).
1119
1120For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
1121probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
1122bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
1123might encounter the same issue.
1124
1125=head3 I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation?
1126
1127You should build one binary with the default options. F<configure>
1128now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
1129runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enabling them,
1130except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should
1131be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in
1132the future) depends on it.
1133
1134You should not overwrite the C<perl-ext-common> snd C<perl-ext> resources
1135system-wide (except maybe with C<defaults>). This will result in useful
1136behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty
1137C<perl-ext-common> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the
1138perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it.
1139
1140If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
1141one with C<--disable-everything> (very useful) and a maximal one with
1142C<--enable-everything> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of
1143encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used).
1144
1145=head3 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe?
1146
1147It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly
1148install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now.
1149
1150When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork
1151into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some
1152systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges
1153immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep
1154privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains
1155things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful" to attackers).
1156
1157This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early
1158and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or
1159things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very
1160little risk.
1161
1162=head3 I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
1163
1164Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined
1165in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
1166whether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that
1167B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
1168
1169As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symbol nor
1170does it support it. Instead, it uses its own internal representation of
1171B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
1172
1173However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in C<POSIX>, C<ISO-8859-1> and
1174C<UTF-8> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as B<wchar_t>).
1175
1176C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support multi-language
1177apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
1178representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to convert between
1179B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding
1180without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There
1181simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything except the current
1182locale encoding.
1183
1184Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this
1185by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
1186with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
1187conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
1188encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
1189
1190The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
1191system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
1192complete replacements for them :)
1193
1194=head3 How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
1195
1196rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
1197the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
1198longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
1199single font). I recommend starting the X-server in C<-multiwindow> or
1200C<-rootless> mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the
1201old libW11 emulation.
1202
1203At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte
1204encodings (you might try C<LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8>), so you are likely limited
1205to 8-bit encodings.
1206
1207=head3 Character widths are not correct.
1208
1209urxvt uses the system wcwidth function to know the information about
1210the width of characters, so on systems with incorrect locale data you
1211will likely get bad results. Two notorious examples are Solaris 9,
1212where single-width characters like U+2514 are reported as double-width,
1213and Darwin 8, where combining chars are reported having width 1.
1214
1215The solution is to upgrade your system or switch to a better one. A
1216possibly working workaround is to use a wcwidth implementation like
1217
1218http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/wcwidth.c
1219
1220=head3 I want 256 colors
1221
1222Are you sure you need 256 colors? 88 colors should be enough for most
1223purposes. If you really need more, there is an unsupported patch for
1224it in the doc directory, but please do not ask for it to be applied.
1225
989=head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE 1226=head1 RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE
990
991=head1 DESCRIPTION
992 1227
993The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of 1228The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
994B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences, 1229B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,
995followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features 1230followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
996selectable at C<configure> time. 1231selectable at C<configure> time.
997 1232
998=head1 Definitions 1233=head2 Definitions
999 1234
1000=over 4 1235=over 4
1001 1236
1002=item B<< C<c> >> 1237=item B<< C<c> >>
1003 1238
1021 1256
1022A text parameter composed of printable characters. 1257A text parameter composed of printable characters.
1023 1258
1024=back 1259=back
1025 1260
1026=head1 Values 1261=head2 Values
1027 1262
1028=over 4 1263=over 4
1029 1264
1030=item B<< C<ENQ> >> 1265=item B<< C<ENQ> >>
1031 1266
1074 1309
1075Space Character 1310Space Character
1076 1311
1077=back 1312=back
1078 1313
1079=head1 Escape Sequences 1314=head2 Escape Sequences
1080 1315
1081=over 4 1316=over 4
1082 1317
1083=item B<< C<ESC # 8> >> 1318=item B<< C<ESC # 8> >>
1084 1319
1182 1417
1183=back 1418=back
1184 1419
1185X<CSI> 1420X<CSI>
1186 1421
1187=head1 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences 1422=head2 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences
1188 1423
1189=over 4 1424=over 4
1190 1425
1191=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >> 1426=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >>
1192 1427
1247=begin table 1482=begin table
1248 1483
1249 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear to Right (default) 1484 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear to Right (default)
1250 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Clear to Left 1485 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Clear to Left
1251 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Clear All 1486 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Clear All
1487 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> Like Ps = 0, but is ignored when wrapped
1488 (@@RXVT_NAME@@ extension)
1252 1489
1253=end table 1490=end table
1254 1491
1255=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps L> >> 1492=item B<< C<ESC [ Ps L> >>
1256 1493
1462 1699
1463=back 1700=back
1464 1701
1465X<PrivateModes> 1702X<PrivateModes>
1466 1703
1467=head1 DEC Private Modes 1704=head2 DEC Private Modes
1468 1705
1469=over 4 1706=over 4
1470 1707
1471=item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >> 1708=item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >>
1472 1709
1488 1725
1489Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where> 1726Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where>
1490 1727
1491=over 4 1728=over 4
1492 1729
1493=item B<< C<Ps = 1> >> (DECCKM) 1730=item B<< C<Pm = 1> >> (DECCKM)
1494 1731
1495=begin table 1732=begin table
1496 1733
1497 B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys 1734 B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys
1498 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys 1735 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys
1499 1736
1500=end table 1737=end table
1501 1738
1502=item B<< C<Ps = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode) 1739=item B<< C<Pm = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode)
1503 1740
1504=begin table 1741=begin table
1505 1742
1506 B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode 1743 B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode
1507 B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode 1744 B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode
1508 1745
1509=end table 1746=end table
1510 1747
1511=item B<< C<Ps = 3> >> 1748=item B<< C<Pm = 3> >>
1512 1749
1513=begin table 1750=begin table
1514 1751
1515 B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM) 1752 B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1516 B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM) 1753 B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1517 1754
1518=end table 1755=end table
1519 1756
1520=item B<< C<Ps = 4> >> 1757=item B<< C<Pm = 4> >>
1521 1758
1522=begin table 1759=begin table
1523 1760
1524 B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM) 1761 B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1525 B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM) 1762 B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1526 1763
1527=end table 1764=end table
1528 1765
1529=item B<< C<Ps = 5> >> 1766=item B<< C<Pm = 5> >>
1530 1767
1531=begin table 1768=begin table
1532 1769
1533 B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM) 1770 B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM)
1534 B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM) 1771 B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM)
1535 1772
1536=end table 1773=end table
1537 1774
1538=item B<< C<Ps = 6> >> 1775=item B<< C<Pm = 6> >>
1539 1776
1540=begin table 1777=begin table
1541 1778
1542 B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM) 1779 B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM)
1543 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM) 1780 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)
1544 1781
1545=end table 1782=end table
1546 1783
1547=item B<< C<Ps = 7> >> 1784=item B<< C<Pm = 7> >>
1548 1785
1549=begin table 1786=begin table
1550 1787
1551 B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) 1788 B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1552 B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) 1789 B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1553 1790
1554=end table 1791=end table
1555 1792
1556=item B<< C<Ps = 8> >> I<unimplemented> 1793=item B<< C<Pm = 8> >> I<unimplemented>
1557 1794
1558=begin table 1795=begin table
1559 1796
1560 B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) 1797 B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1561 B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) 1798 B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1562 1799
1563=end table 1800=end table
1564 1801
1565=item B<< C<Ps = 9> >> X10 XTerm 1802=item B<< C<Pm = 9> >> X10 XTerm
1566 1803
1567=begin table 1804=begin table
1568 1805
1569 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press. 1806 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1570 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. 1807 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1571 1808
1572=end table 1809=end table
1573 1810
1574=item B<< C<Ps = 25> >> 1811=item B<< C<Pm = 25> >>
1575 1812
1576=begin table 1813=begin table
1577 1814
1578 B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis} 1815 B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1579 B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis} 1816 B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis}
1580 1817
1581=end table 1818=end table
1582 1819
1583=item B<< C<Ps = 30> >> 1820=item B<< C<Pm = 30> >>
1584 1821
1585=begin table 1822=begin table
1586 1823
1587 B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visisble 1824 B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visible
1588 B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisisble 1825 B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisible
1589 1826
1590=end table 1827=end table
1591 1828
1592=item B<< C<Ps = 35> >> (B<rxvt>) 1829=item B<< C<Pm = 35> >> (B<rxvt>)
1593 1830
1594=begin table 1831=begin table
1595 1832
1596 B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences 1833 B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1597 B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences 1834 B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1598 1835
1599=end table 1836=end table
1600 1837
1601=item B<< C<Ps = 38> >> I<unimplemented> 1838=item B<< C<Pm = 38> >> I<unimplemented>
1602 1839
1603Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK) 1840Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
1604 1841
1605=item B<< C<Ps = 40> >> 1842=item B<< C<Pm = 40> >>
1606 1843
1607=begin table 1844=begin table
1608 1845
1609 B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode 1846 B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode
1610 B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode 1847 B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode
1611 1848
1612=end table 1849=end table
1613 1850
1614=item B<< C<Ps = 44> >> I<unimplemented> 1851=item B<< C<Pm = 44> >> I<unimplemented>
1615 1852
1616=begin table 1853=begin table
1617 1854
1618 B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell 1855 B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell
1619 B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell 1856 B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell
1620 1857
1621=end table 1858=end table
1622 1859
1623=item B<< C<Ps = 45> >> I<unimplemented> 1860=item B<< C<Pm = 45> >> I<unimplemented>
1624 1861
1625=begin table 1862=begin table
1626 1863
1627 B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode 1864 B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode
1628 B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode 1865 B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode
1629 1866
1630=end table 1867=end table
1631 1868
1632=item B<< C<Ps = 46> >> I<unimplemented> 1869=item B<< C<Pm = 46> >> I<unimplemented>
1633 1870
1634=item B<< C<Ps = 47> >> 1871=item B<< C<Pm = 47> >>
1635 1872
1636=begin table 1873=begin table
1637 1874
1638 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer 1875 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1639 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer 1876 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1640 1877
1641=end table 1878=end table
1642 1879
1643X<Priv66> 1880X<Priv66>
1644 1881
1645=item B<< C<Ps = 66> >> 1882=item B<< C<Pm = 66> >>
1646 1883
1647=begin table 1884=begin table
1648 1885
1649 B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC => 1886 B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC =>
1650 B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >> 1887 B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >>
1651 1888
1652=end table 1889=end table
1653 1890
1654=item B<< C<Ps = 67> >> 1891=item B<< C<Pm = 67> >>
1655 1892
1656=begin table 1893=begin table
1657 1894
1658 B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >> 1895 B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >>
1659 B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >> 1896 B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >>
1660 1897
1661=end table 1898=end table
1662 1899
1663=item B<< C<Ps = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm) 1900=item B<< C<Pm = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm)
1664 1901
1665=begin table 1902=begin table
1666 1903
1667 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release. 1904 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.
1668 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. 1905 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1669 1906
1670=end table 1907=end table
1671 1908
1672=item B<< C<Ps = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented> 1909=item B<< C<Pm = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented>
1673 1910
1674=begin table 1911=begin table
1675 1912
1676 B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking. 1913 B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.
1677 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. 1914 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1678 1915
1679=end table 1916=end table
1680 1917
1918=item B<< C<Pm = 1002> >> (X11 XTerm)
1919
1920=begin table
1921
1922 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release, and motion with a button pressed.
1923 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1924
1925=end table
1926
1927=item B<< C<Pm = 1003> >> (X11 XTerm)
1928
1929=begin table
1930
1931 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release, and motion.
1932 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1933
1934=end table
1935
1681=item B<< C<Ps = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>) 1936=item B<< C<Pm = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>)
1682 1937
1683=begin table 1938=begin table
1684 1939
1685 B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output 1940 B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output
1686 B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output 1941 B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output
1687 1942
1688=end table 1943=end table
1689 1944
1690=item B<< C<Ps = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>) 1945=item B<< C<Pm = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>)
1691 1946
1692=begin table 1947=begin table
1693 1948
1694 B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1949 B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1695 B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1950 B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1696 1951
1697=end table 1952=end table
1698 1953
1699=item B<< C<Ps = 1021> >> (B<rxvt>) 1954=item B<< C<Pm = 1021> >> (B<rxvt>)
1700 1955
1701=begin table 1956=begin table
1702 1957
1703 B<< C<h> >> Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option B<-is>) 1958 B<< C<h> >> Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option B<-is>)
1704 B<< C<l> >> Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles) 1959 B<< C<l> >> Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1705 1960
1706=end table 1961=end table
1707 1962
1708=item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >> 1963=item B<< C<Pm = 1047> >>
1709 1964
1710=begin table 1965=begin table
1711 1966
1712 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer 1967 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1713 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it 1968 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1714 1969
1715=end table 1970=end table
1716 1971
1717=item B<< C<Ps = 1048> >> 1972=item B<< C<Pm = 1048> >>
1718 1973
1719=begin table 1974=begin table
1720 1975
1721 B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position 1976 B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position
1722 B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position 1977 B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position
1723 1978
1724=end table 1979=end table
1725 1980
1726=item B<< C<Ps = 1049> >> 1981=item B<< C<Pm = 1049> >>
1727 1982
1728=begin table 1983=begin table
1729 1984
1730 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it 1985 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it
1731 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer 1986 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1732 1987
1733=end table 1988=end table
1734 1989
1990=item B<< C<Pm = 2004> >>
1991
1992=begin table
1993
1994 B<< C<h> >> Enable bracketed paste mode - prepend / append to the pasted text the control sequences C<ESC [ 200 ~> / C<ESC [ 201 ~>
1995 B<< C<l> >> Disable bracketed paste mode
1996
1997=end table
1998
1735=back 1999=back
1736 2000
1737=back 2001=back
1738 2002
1739X<XTerm> 2003X<XTerm>
1740 2004
1741=head1 XTerm Operating System Commands 2005=head2 XTerm Operating System Commands
1742 2006
1743=over 4 2007=over 4
1744 2008
1745=item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >> 2009=item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >>
1746 2010
1753 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Change Icon Name and Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >> 2017 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Change Icon Name and Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >>
1754 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Change Icon Name to B<< C<Pt> >> 2018 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Change Icon Name to B<< C<Pt> >>
1755 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Change Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >> 2019 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Change Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >>
1756 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> If B<< C<Pt> >> starts with a B<< C<?> >>, query the (STRING) property of the window and return it. If B<< C<Pt> >> contains a B<< C<=> >>, set the named property to the given value, else delete the specified property. 2020 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> If B<< C<Pt> >> starts with a B<< C<?> >>, query the (STRING) property of the window and return it. If B<< C<Pt> >> contains a B<< C<=> >>, set the named property to the given value, else delete the specified property.
1757 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> B<< C<Pt> >> is a semi-colon separated sequence of one or more semi-colon separated B<number>/B<name> pairs, where B<number> is an index to a colour and B<name> is the name of a colour. Each pair causes the B<number>ed colour to be changed to B<name>. Numbers 0-7 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to high-intensity colours. 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white 2021 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> B<< C<Pt> >> is a semi-colon separated sequence of one or more semi-colon separated B<number>/B<name> pairs, where B<number> is an index to a colour and B<name> is the name of a colour. Each pair causes the B<number>ed colour to be changed to B<name>. Numbers 0-7 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to high-intensity colours. 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white
1758 B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)> 2022 B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1759 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)> 2023 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >>
1760 B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> 2024 B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1761 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> 2025 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1762 B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 2026 B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1763 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 706] 2027 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 706]
1764 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 707] 2028 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 707]
1765 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM). 2029 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change background pixmap parameters (see section BACKGROUND IMAGE) (Compile AfterImage).
1766 B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >>. 2030 B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >>. [deprecated, use 10]
1767 B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented> 2031 B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>
1768 B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >>. 2032 B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >>. [deprecated, use 11]
1769 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> >> 2033 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> >>
1770 B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >> 2034 B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >> [disabled]
1771 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). 2035 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).
1772 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>. 2036 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>.
1773 B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 2037 B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1774 B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >> (Compile transparency). 2038 B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >> (Compile transparency).
1775 B<< C<Ps = 706> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 2039 B<< C<Ps = 706> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1776 B<< C<Ps = 707> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> 2040 B<< C<Ps = 707> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
2041 B<< C<Ps = 708> >> Change colour of the border to B<< C<Pt> >>
1777 B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>. 2042 B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>.
1778 B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles). 2043 B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
1779 B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles). 2044 B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
1780 B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles). 2045 B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles).
1781 B<< C<Ps = 720> >> Move viewing window up by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills). 2046 B<< C<Ps = 720> >> Move viewing window up by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills).
1784 2049
1785=end table 2050=end table
1786 2051
1787=back 2052=back
1788 2053
1789X<XPM> 2054=head1 BACKGROUND IMAGE
1790 2055
1791=head1 XPM
1792
1793For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value 2056For the BACKGROUND IMAGE XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> the value
1794of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a 2057of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background image file followed by a
1795sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The 2058sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
1796scaling/positioning commands are as follows: 2059scaling/positioning commands are as follows:
1797 2060
1798=over 4 2061=over 4
1799 2062
1837 2100
1838For example: 2101For example:
1839 2102
1840=over 4 2103=over 4
1841 2104
1842=item B<\E]20;funky\a> 2105=item B<\E]20;funky.jpg\a>
1843 2106
1844load B<funky.xpm> as a tiled image 2107load B<funky.jpg> as a tiled image
1845 2108
1846=item B<\E]20;mona;100\a> 2109=item B<\E]20;mona.jpg;100\a>
1847 2110
1848load B<mona.xpm> with a scaling of 100% 2111load B<mona.jpg> with a scaling of 100%
1849 2112
1850=item B<\E]20;;200;?\a> 2113=item B<\E]20;;200;?\a>
1851 2114
1852rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in 2115rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
1853the title 2116the title
1854 2117
1855=back 2118=back
2119
1856X<Mouse> 2120X<Mouse>
1857 2121
1858=head1 Mouse Reporting 2122=head1 Mouse Reporting
1859 2123
1860=over 4 2124=over 4
1892=begin table 2156=begin table
1893 2157
1894 4 Shift 2158 4 Shift
1895 8 Meta 2159 8 Meta
1896 16 Control 2160 16 Control
1897 32 Double Click I<(Rxvt extension)> 2161 32 Double Click I<(rxvt extension)>
1898 2162
1899=end table 2163=end table
1900 2164
1901Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >> 2165Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >>
1902 2166
1903Row = B<< C<< <y> - SPACE >> >> 2167Row = B<< C<< <y> - SPACE >> >>
1904 2168
1905=back 2169=back
2170
2171=head1 Key Codes
2172
1906X<KeyCodes> 2173X<KeyCodes>
1907
1908=head1 Key Codes
1909 2174
1910Note: B<Shift> + B<F1>-B<F10> generates B<F11>-B<F20> 2175Note: B<Shift> + B<F1>-B<F10> generates B<F11>-B<F20>
1911 2176
1912For the keypad, use B<Shift> to temporarily override Application-Keypad 2177For the keypad, use B<Shift> to temporarily override Application-Keypad
1913setting use B<Num_Lock> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if 2178setting use B<Num_Lock> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if
1980 2245
1981=head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS 2246=head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
1982 2247
1983General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration 2248General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
1984hasn't been tested well. Either try with C<--enable-everything> or use 2249hasn't been tested well. Either try with C<--enable-everything> or use
1985the F<./reconf> script as a base for experiments. F<./reconf> is used by 2250the default configuration (i.e. no C<--enable-xxx> or C<--disable-xxx>
1986myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should 2251switches). Of course, you should always report when a combination doesn't
1987always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc 2252work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
1988Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
1989 2253
1990All 2254All
1991 2255
1992=over 4 2256=over 4
1993 2257
2025 2289
2026=begin table 2290=begin table
2027 2291
2028 all all available codeset groups 2292 all all available codeset groups
2029 zh common chinese encodings 2293 zh common chinese encodings
2030 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 2294 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodings
2031 jp common japanese encodings 2295 jp common japanese encodings
2032 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings 2296 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2033 kr korean encodings 2297 kr korean encodings
2034 2298
2035=end table 2299=end table
2049requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet 2313requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2050support these extra characters, but Xft does. 2314support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2051 2315
2052Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535 2316Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
2053even without this flag, but the number of such characters is 2317even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2054limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, 2318limited to a few thousand (shared with combining characters,
2055see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them 2319see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2056(input/output and cut&paste still work, though). 2320(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2057 2321
2058=item --enable-combining (default: on) 2322=item --enable-combining (default: on)
2059 2323
2082=item --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt) 2346=item --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2083 2347
2084Use the given name as default application name when 2348Use the given name as default application name when
2085reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. 2349reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2086 2350
2087=item --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt) 2351=item --with-res-class=CLASS (default: URxvt)
2088 2352
2089Use the given class as default application class 2353Use the given class as default application class
2090when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace 2354when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2091rxvt. 2355rxvt.
2092 2356
2105 2369
2106Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like 2370Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2107F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires 2371F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2108--enable-utmp to also be specified. 2372--enable-utmp to also be specified.
2109 2373
2110=item --enable-xpm-background (default: on) 2374=item --enable-afterimage (default: on)
2111 2375
2112Add support for XPM background pixmaps. 2376Add support for libAfterImage to be used for transparency and background
2377images. It adds support for many file formats including JPG, PNG,
2378SVG, TIFF, GIF, XPM, BMP, ICO, XCF, TGA and AfterStep image XML
2379(L<http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php?show=asimagexml>).
2380
2381This option also adds such eye candy as blending an image over the root
2382background, as well as dynamic scaling and bluring of background images.
2383
2384Note that with this option enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@'s memory footprint might
2385increase by a few megabytes even if no extra features are used (mostly due
2386to third-party libraries used by libAI). Memory footprint may somewhat be
2387lowered if libAfterImage is configured without support for SVG.
2113 2388
2114=item --enable-transparency (default: on) 2389=item --enable-transparency (default: on)
2115 2390
2116Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 2391Add support for backgrounds, creating illusion of transparency in the term.
2117transparency to the term.
2118 2392
2119=item --enable-fading (default: on) 2393=item --enable-fading (default: on)
2120 2394
2121Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires C<--enable-transparency>). 2395Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
2122
2123=item --enable-tinting (default: on)
2124
2125Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires C<--enable-transparency>).
2126 2396
2127=item --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on) 2397=item --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
2128 2398
2129Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 2399Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2130 2400
2133Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. 2403Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2134 2404
2135=item --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on) 2405=item --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
2136 2406
2137Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. 2407Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2138
2139=item --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
2140
2141Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2142is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2143many years.
2144
2145=item --enable-ttygid (default: off)
2146
2147Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if
2148your system uses this type of security.
2149 2408
2150=item --disable-backspace-key 2409=item --disable-backspace-key
2151 2410
2152Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it. 2411Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it.
2153 2412
2173A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly 2432A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly
2174in combination with other switches) is: 2433in combination with other switches) is:
2175 2434
2176 MWM-hints 2435 MWM-hints
2177 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 2436 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
2437 urgency hint
2178 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor) 2438 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
2179 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl) 2439 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
2180 visual depth selection (-depth) 2440 visual depth selection (-depth)
2181 settable extra linespacing /-lsp) 2441 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
2182 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 2442 iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support
2183 tripleclickwords (-tcw) 2443 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
2184 settable insecure mode (-insecure) 2444 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
2185 keysym remapping support 2445 keysym remapping support
2186 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc) 2446 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-bc, -uc)
2187 XEmbed support (-embed) 2447 XEmbed support (-embed)
2188 user-pty (-pty-fd) 2448 user-pty (-pty-fd)
2189 hold on exit (-hold) 2449 hold on exit (-hold)
2450 compile in built-in block graphics
2190 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg) 2451 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
2452 separate highlightcolor support (-hc)
2191 2453
2192It also enabled some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as: 2454It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as:
2193 2455
2194 some round-trip time optimisations 2456 some round-trip time optimisations
2195 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens 2457 nearest color allocation on pseudocolor screens
2196 UTF8_STRING supporr for selection 2458 UTF8_STRING support for selection
2197 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107 2459 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
2198 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences 2460 backindex and forwardindex escape sequences
2199 view change/zero scorllback esacpe sequences 2461 view change/zero scrollback escape sequences
2200 locale switching escape sequence 2462 locale switching escape sequence
2201 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences 2463 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
2202 rectangular selections 2464 rectangular selections
2203 trailing space removal for selections 2465 trailing space removal for selections
2204 verbose X error handling 2466 verbose X error handling
2205 2467
2206=item --enable-iso14755 (default: on) 2468=item --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
2207 2469
2208Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or 2470Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1)).
2209F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by 2471Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by C<--enable-frills>, while
2210C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with 2472support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
2211this switch.
2212 2473
2213=item --enable-keepscrolling (default: on) 2474=item --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
2214 2475
2215Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold 2476Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2216the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. 2477the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2478
2479=item --enable-selectionscrolling (default: on)
2480
2481Add support for scrolling when the selection moves to the top or
2482bottom of the screen.
2217 2483
2218=item --enable-mousewheel (default: on) 2484=item --enable-mousewheel (default: on)
2219 2485
2220Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. 2486Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2221 2487
2223 2489
2224Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an 2490Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2225accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option 2491accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2226requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. 2492requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2227 2493
2228=item --disable-new-selection
2229
2230Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2231
2232=item --enable-dmalloc (default: off)
2233
2234Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2235http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the
2236next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2237DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2238
2239You can only use either this option and the following (should
2240you use either) .
2241
2242=item --enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
2243
2244Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2245See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2246
2247=item --enable-smart-resize (default: on) 2494=item --enable-smart-resize (default: off)
2248 2495
2249Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot 2496Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when resizing.
2250keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of 2497This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of
2251the screen in a fixed position. 2498the screen in a fixed position.
2252 2499
2500=item --enable-text-blink (default: on)
2501
2502Add support for blinking text.
2503
2253=item --enable-pointer-blank (default: on) 2504=item --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
2254 2505
2255Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2506Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2256 2507
2257=item --enable-perl (default: on) 2508=item --enable-perl (default: on)
2258 2509
2259Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)> 2510Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)>
2260manpage (F<doc/rxvtperl.txt>) for more info on this feature, or the files 2511manpage for more info on this feature, or the files in F<src/perl/>
2261in F<src/perl-ext/> for the extensions that are installed by default. The 2512for the extensions that are installed by default.
2262perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the C<PERL> environment 2513The perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the C<PERL>
2263variable when running configure. 2514environment variable when running configure. Even when compiled in,
2515perl will I<not> be initialised when all extensions have been disabled
2516C<-pe "" --perl-ext-common "">, so it should be safe to enable from a
2517resource standpoint.
2518
2519=item --with-afterimage-config=DIR
2520
2521Look for the libAfterImage config script in DIR.
2264 2522
2265=item --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt) 2523=item --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2266 2524
2267Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting 2525Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting
2268in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with 2526in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with
2278PATH. 2536PATH.
2279 2537
2280=item --with-x 2538=item --with-x
2281 2539
2282Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?). 2540Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
2283
2284=item --with-xpm-includes=DIR
2285
2286Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
2287
2288=item --with-xpm-library=DIR
2289
2290Look for the XPM library in DIR.
2291
2292=item --with-xpm
2293
2294Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
2295 2541
2296=back 2542=back
2297 2543
2298=head1 AUTHORS 2544=head1 AUTHORS
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