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16 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
16 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
17 | |
17 | |
18 | This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting |
18 | This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting |
19 | all escape sequences, and other background information. |
19 | all escape sequences, and other background information. |
20 | |
20 | |
21 | The newest version of this document is |
21 | The newest version of this document is also available on the World Wide Web at |
22 | also available on the World Wide Web at |
22 | L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.pod>. |
23 | L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>. |
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24 | The main manual page for @@RXVT_NAME@@ itself is available at |
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25 | L<http://pod.tst.eu/http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.1.pod>. |
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26 | |
25 | =head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
27 | =head1 RXVT-UNICODE/URXVT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
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27 | =over 4 |
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29 | |
29 | =item The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select |
30 | =head2 Meta, Features & Commandline Issues |
30 | single words? |
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32 | Yes. For example, if you want to select alphanumeric words, you can use |
32 | =head3 My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human? |
33 | the following resource: |
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35 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+) |
34 | Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>, |
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35 | channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be |
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36 | interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :). |
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37 | If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended |
38 | =head3 I use Gentoo, and I have a problem... |
38 | more and more. |
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40 | To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern: |
40 | There are three big problems with Gentoo Linux: first of all, most if not |
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41 | all Gentoo systems are completely broken (missing or mismatched header |
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42 | files, broken compiler etc. are just the tip of the iceberg); secondly, |
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43 | the Gentoo maintainer thinks it is a good idea to add broken patches to |
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44 | the code; and lastly, it should be called Gentoo GNU/Linux. |
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42 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+) |
46 | For these reasons, it is impossible to support rxvt-unicode on |
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47 | Gentoo. Problems appearing on Gentoo systems will usually simply be |
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48 | ignored unless they can be reproduced on non-Gentoo systems. |
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44 | Please also note that the I<LeftClick Shift-LeftClik> combination also |
50 | =head3 Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode? |
45 | selects words like the old code. |
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51 | |
47 | =item I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I |
52 | Beginning with version 7.3, there is a perl extension that implements a |
48 | change/disable it? |
53 | simple tabbed terminal. It is installed by default, so any of these should |
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54 | give you tabs: |
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50 | You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the |
56 | @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pe tabbed |
51 | B<perl-ext-common> resource to the empty string, which also keeps |
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52 | rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory. |
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54 | If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to |
58 | URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,tabbed |
55 | identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section |
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56 | B<PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS> in the @@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. For |
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57 | example, to disable the B<selection-popup> and B<option-popup>, specify |
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58 | this B<perl-ext-common> resource: |
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60 | URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup |
60 | It will also work fine with tabbing functionality of many window managers |
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61 | or similar tabbing programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be |
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62 | embedded into other programs, as witnessed by F<doc/rxvt-tabbed> or |
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63 | the upcoming C<Gtk2::URxvt> perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt |
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64 | (murxvt) terminal as an example embedding application. |
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62 | This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup |
66 | =head3 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? |
63 | extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example, |
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64 | scrollback search mode is triggered by B<M-s>. You can move it to any |
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65 | other combination either by setting the B<searchable-scrollback> resource: |
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67 | |
67 | URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s |
68 | The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape |
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69 | sequence C<ESC [ 8 n> sets the window title to the version number. When |
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70 | using the @@URXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the |
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71 | daemon. |
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73 | =head3 Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that? |
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75 | Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you |
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76 | don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that |
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77 | you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design, |
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78 | when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded |
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79 | accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters. |
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81 | Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger |
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82 | scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use |
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83 | 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a |
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84 | kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full) |
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85 | use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as |
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86 | rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell. |
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88 | =head3 How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way? |
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90 | Try C<@@URXVT_NAME@@d -f -o>, which tells @@URXVT_NAME@@d to open the |
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91 | display, create the listening socket and then fork. |
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92 | |
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93 | =head3 How can I start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically when I run @@URXVT_NAME@@c? |
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95 | If you want to start @@URXVT_NAME@@d automatically whenever you run |
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96 | @@URXVT_NAME@@c and the daemon isn't running yet, use this script: |
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97 | |
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98 | #!/bin/sh |
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99 | @@URXVT_NAME@@c "$@" |
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100 | if [ $? -eq 2 ]; then |
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101 | @@URXVT_NAME@@d -q -o -f |
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102 | @@URXVT_NAME@@c "$@" |
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103 | fi |
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104 | |
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105 | This tries to create a new terminal, and if fails with exit status 2, |
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106 | meaning it couldn't connect to the daemon, it will start the daemon and |
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107 | re-run the command. Subsequent invocations of the script will re-use the |
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108 | existing daemon. |
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109 | |
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110 | =head3 How do I distinguish whether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular |
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111 | xterm? I need this to decide about setting colours etc. |
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112 | |
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113 | The original rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", |
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114 | so you can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, |
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115 | slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide |
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116 | whether or not to use colour. |
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117 | |
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118 | =head3 How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable? |
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120 | If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled |
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121 | insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script |
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122 | snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode |
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123 | wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then |
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124 | the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a |
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125 | regular xterm. |
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127 | Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script |
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128 | snippets: |
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130 | # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells: |
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131 | [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know |
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132 | if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then |
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133 | stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not |
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134 | echo -n '^[Z' |
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135 | read term_id |
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136 | stty icanon echo |
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137 | if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then |
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138 | echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string |
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139 | read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell |
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140 | fi |
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141 | fi |
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142 | |
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143 | =head3 How do I compile the manual pages on my own? |
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145 | You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>, |
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146 | one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2xhtml> (from |
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147 | F<Pod::Xhtml>). Then go to the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>. |
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69 | =item Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? |
149 | =head3 Isn't rxvt-unicode supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? |
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71 | I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra |
151 | I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause extra |
72 | bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see |
152 | bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you can see |
73 | that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being |
153 | that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables always being |
74 | compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even |
154 | compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) after startup. Even |
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158 | |
79 | text data bss drs rss filename |
159 | text data bss drs rss filename |
80 | 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything |
160 | 98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything |
81 | 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything |
161 | 188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything |
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162 | |
83 | When you C<--enable-everything> (which _is_ unfair, as this involves xft |
163 | When you C<--enable-everything> (which I<is> unfair, as this involves xft |
84 | and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my |
164 | and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 and my |
85 | libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so. |
165 | libc), the two diverge, but not unreasonably so. |
86 | |
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87 | text data bss drs rss filename |
167 | text data bss drs rss filename |
88 | 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything |
168 | 163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything |
89 | 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything |
169 | 1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything |
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106 | (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra |
186 | (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or konsole (22200k + extra |
107 | 43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of |
187 | 43180k in daemons that stay around after exit, plus half a minute of |
108 | startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares |
188 | startup time, including the hundreds of warnings it spits out), it fares |
109 | extremely well *g*. |
189 | extremely well *g*. |
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190 | |
111 | =item Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool? |
191 | =head3 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool? |
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113 | Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had |
193 | Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: I had |
114 | to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction |
194 | to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a fraction |
115 | of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even |
195 | of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). Put even |
116 | shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++. |
196 | shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++. |
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134 | And here is rxvt-unicode: |
214 | And here is rxvt-unicode: |
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215 | |
136 | libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000) |
216 | libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000) |
137 | libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000) |
217 | libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000) |
138 | libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000) |
218 | libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000) |
139 | libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000) |
219 | libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000) |
140 | /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) |
220 | /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) |
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142 | No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically), |
222 | No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in statically), |
143 | except maybe libX11 :) |
223 | except maybe libX11 :) |
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224 | |
145 | =item Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode? |
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147 | rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with |
226 | =head2 Rendering, Font & Look and Feel Issues |
148 | tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing programs, |
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149 | and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into other programs, |
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150 | as witnessed by F<doc/rxvt-tabbed> or the upcoming C<Gtk2::URxvt> perl |
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151 | module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt) terminal as an example |
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152 | embedding application. |
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153 | |
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154 | =item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? |
228 | =head3 I can't get transparency working, what am I doing wrong? |
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156 | The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape |
230 | First of all, please address all transparency related issues to Sasha Vasko at |
157 | sequence C<ESC [ 8 n> sets the window title to the version number. When |
231 | sasha@aftercode.net and do not bug the author about it. Also, if you can't |
158 | using the @@RXVT_NAME@@c client, the version displayed is that of the |
232 | get it working consider it a rite of passage: ... and you failed. |
159 | daemon. |
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161 | =item I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem... |
234 | Here are four ways to get transparency. B<Do> read the manpage and option |
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235 | descriptions for the programs mentioned and rxvt-unicode. Really, do it! |
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163 | The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large |
237 | 1. Use transparent mode: |
164 | patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but |
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165 | unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to |
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166 | the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine |
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167 | version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce |
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168 | the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to |
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169 | Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug |
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170 | Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report the bug). |
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172 | For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and |
239 | Esetroot wallpaper.jpg |
173 | probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a |
240 | @@URXVT_NAME@@ -tr -tint red -sh 40 |
174 | bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that |
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175 | might encounter the same issue. |
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176 | |
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177 | =item I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any |
242 | That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack transparency and tinting |
178 | recommendation? |
243 | support, or you are unable to read. |
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180 | You should build one binary with the default options. F<configure> |
245 | 2. Use a simple pixmap and emulate pseudo-transparency. This enables you |
181 | now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them |
246 | to use effects other than tinting and shading: Just shade/tint/whatever |
182 | runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling them, |
247 | your picture with gimp or any other tool: |
183 | except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should |
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184 | be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in |
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185 | the future) depends on it. |
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186 | |
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187 | You should not overwrite the C<perl-ext-common> snd C<perl-ext> resources |
249 | convert wallpaper.jpg -blur 20x20 -modulate 30 background.jpg |
188 | system-wide (except maybe with C<defaults>). This will result in useful |
250 | @@URXVT_NAME@@ -pixmap "background.jpg;:root" |
189 | behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty |
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190 | C<perl-ext-common> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the |
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191 | perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it. |
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192 | |
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193 | If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal |
252 | That works. If you think it doesn't, you lack AfterImage support, or you |
194 | one with C<--disable-everything> (very useful) and a maximal one with |
253 | are unable to read. |
195 | C<--enable-everything> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of |
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196 | encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used). |
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197 | |
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198 | =item I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe? |
255 | 3. Use an ARGB visual: |
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200 | It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly |
257 | @@URXVT_NAME@@ -depth 32 -fg grey90 -bg rgba:0000/0000/4444/cccc |
201 | install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now. |
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202 | |
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203 | When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork |
259 | This requires XFT support, and the support of your X-server. If that |
204 | into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some |
260 | doesn't work for you, blame Xorg and Keith Packard. ARGB visuals aren't |
205 | systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges |
261 | there yet, no matter what they claim. Rxvt-Unicode contains the necessary |
206 | immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep |
262 | bugfixes and workarounds for Xft and Xlib to make it work, but that |
207 | privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains |
263 | doesn't mean that your WM has the required kludges in place. |
208 | things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful" to attackers). |
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209 | |
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210 | This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early |
265 | 4. Use xcompmgr and let it do the job: |
211 | and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or |
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212 | things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very |
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213 | little risk. |
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215 | =item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? |
267 | xprop -frame -f _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 32c \ |
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268 | -set _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY 0xc0000000 |
216 | |
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217 | The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available |
270 | Then click on a window you want to make transparent. Replace C<0xc0000000> |
218 | as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). |
271 | by other values to change the degree of opacity. If it doesn't work and |
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272 | your server crashes, you got to keep the pieces. |
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220 | The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can |
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221 | be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp): |
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223 | REMOTE=remotesystem.domain |
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224 | infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti" |
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225 | |
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226 | ... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system, |
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228 | If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set |
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229 | C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of |
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230 | problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different |
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231 | colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice |
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232 | quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though. |
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234 | If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you |
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235 | can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a |
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236 | resource to set it: |
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238 | URxvt.termName: rxvt |
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240 | If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace |
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241 | the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one. |
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242 | |
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243 | =item C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry. |
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245 | Most likely it's the empty definition for C<enacs=>. Just replace it by |
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246 | C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again. |
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247 | |
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248 | =item C<bash>'s readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@. |
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249 | |
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250 | =item I need a termcap file entry. |
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252 | One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating |
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253 | systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap |
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254 | library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry |
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255 | for C<rxvt-unicode>. |
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257 | You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases. |
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258 | You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program |
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259 | like this: |
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260 | |
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261 | infocmp -C rxvt-unicode |
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262 | |
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263 | Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above: |
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264 | |
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265 | rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\ |
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266 | :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\ |
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267 | :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\ |
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268 | :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\ |
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269 | :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\ |
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270 | :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\ |
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271 | :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\ |
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272 | :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\ |
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273 | :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\ |
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274 | :i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\ |
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275 | :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\ |
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276 | :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\ |
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277 | :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\ |
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278 | :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\ |
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279 | :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\ |
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280 | :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\ |
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281 | :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\ |
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282 | :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\ |
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283 | :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\ |
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284 | :vs=\E[?25h: |
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285 | |
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286 | =item Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output? |
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287 | |
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288 | The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to |
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289 | decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration |
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290 | file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in it's default file (among |
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291 | with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add: |
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292 | |
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293 | TERM rxvt-unicode |
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294 | |
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295 | to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add: |
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296 | |
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297 | alias ls='ls --color=auto' |
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298 | |
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299 | to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>. |
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300 | |
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301 | =item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode? |
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302 | |
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303 | =item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic? |
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304 | |
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305 | =item Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly? |
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306 | |
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307 | Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged |
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308 | distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode |
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309 | by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra |
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310 | features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian |
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311 | GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo |
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312 | file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When |
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313 | I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on |
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314 | how to do this). |
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315 | |
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316 | =item My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output? |
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317 | |
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318 | Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no |
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319 | specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused |
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320 | by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of wether and how |
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321 | this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible |
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322 | keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that |
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323 | helped. |
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324 | |
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325 | =item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding? |
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326 | |
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327 | =item Unicode does not seem to work? |
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328 | |
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329 | If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but |
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330 | getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is |
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331 | subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings. |
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332 | |
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333 | Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the |
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334 | programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the |
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335 | login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to |
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336 | something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work. |
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337 | |
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338 | The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run |
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339 | into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile. |
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340 | |
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341 | printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE" |
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342 | |
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343 | If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not |
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344 | supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which |
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345 | displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as |
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346 | it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something |
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347 | like: |
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348 | |
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349 | locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ... |
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350 | |
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351 | Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system. |
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352 | |
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353 | If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then |
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354 | you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't |
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355 | support locales :( |
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356 | |
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357 | =item Why do some characters look so much different than others? |
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358 | |
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359 | =item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts? |
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360 | |
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361 | Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is |
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362 | fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of |
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363 | your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want |
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364 | to display. |
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365 | |
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366 | B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement |
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367 | font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks |
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368 | bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't |
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369 | resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial |
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370 | intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe |
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371 | the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct. |
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372 | |
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373 | In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list, |
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374 | e.g.: |
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375 | |
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376 | @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3... |
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377 | |
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378 | When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base |
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379 | font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the |
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380 | next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this |
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381 | search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server. |
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382 | |
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383 | The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base |
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384 | font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which |
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385 | must be the same due to the way terminals work. |
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386 | |
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387 | =item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others? |
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388 | |
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389 | This is because there is a difference between script and language -- |
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390 | rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is, |
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391 | as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first |
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392 | sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for |
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393 | display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many |
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394 | chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first |
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395 | non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font |
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396 | -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for |
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397 | chinese characters that are also in the japanese font. |
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398 | |
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399 | The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font |
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400 | list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as |
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401 | a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font |
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402 | first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first. |
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403 | |
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404 | In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at |
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405 | runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different |
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406 | fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this |
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407 | has been designed yet). |
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408 | |
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409 | Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can |
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410 | I switch the fonts at runtime?> later in this document). |
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411 | |
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412 | =item Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings? |
274 | =head3 Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings? |
413 | |
275 | |
414 | Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character |
276 | Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character |
415 | size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might |
277 | size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might |
416 | contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid |
278 | contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid |
417 | these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special |
279 | these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special |
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421 | however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding |
283 | however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding |
422 | box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to |
284 | box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to |
423 | ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these |
285 | ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these |
424 | cases). |
286 | cases). |
425 | |
287 | |
426 | It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype, |
288 | It's not clear (to me at least), whether this is a bug in Xft, freetype, |
427 | or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using |
289 | or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using |
428 | the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you |
290 | the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you |
429 | might be forced to use a different font. |
291 | might be forced to use a different font. |
430 | |
292 | |
431 | All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding |
293 | All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding |
432 | box data is correct. |
294 | box data is correct. |
433 | |
295 | |
434 | =item On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide. |
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435 | |
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436 | Seems to be a known bug, read |
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437 | L<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the |
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438 | following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working: |
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439 | |
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440 | #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x) |
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441 | |
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442 | =item My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working. |
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443 | |
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444 | The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set |
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445 | correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by |
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446 | your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and |
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447 | your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys) |
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448 | does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then |
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449 | rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method. |
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450 | |
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451 | In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than |
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452 | one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>. |
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453 | |
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454 | =item I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755 |
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455 | |
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456 | Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on |
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457 | international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your |
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458 | advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other |
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459 | codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape |
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460 | character and so on. |
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461 | |
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462 | =item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much? |
296 | =head3 How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much? |
463 | |
297 | |
464 | First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings |
298 | First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings |
465 | (C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then |
299 | (C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then |
466 | make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise |
300 | make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise |
467 | rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect: |
301 | rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect: |
468 | |
302 | |
469 | URxvt.colorBD: white |
303 | URxvt.colorBD: white |
470 | URxvt.colorIT: green |
304 | URxvt.colorIT: green |
471 | |
305 | |
472 | =item Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that? |
306 | =head3 Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that? |
473 | |
307 | |
474 | For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird |
308 | For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird |
475 | colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard |
309 | colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard |
476 | 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix |
310 | 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix |
477 | these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons. |
311 | these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons. |
478 | |
312 | |
479 | In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo |
313 | In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo |
480 | definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will |
314 | definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will |
481 | fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features. |
315 | fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features. |
482 | |
316 | |
483 | =item I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all. |
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484 | |
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485 | Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined |
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486 | in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it, |
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487 | wether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that |
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488 | B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode. |
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489 | |
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490 | As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor |
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491 | does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of |
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492 | B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards. |
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493 | |
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494 | However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in C<POSIX>, C<ISO-8859-1> and |
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495 | C<UTF-8> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as B<wchar_t>. |
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496 | |
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497 | C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support multi-language |
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498 | apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized) |
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499 | representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to convert between |
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500 | B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding |
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501 | without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There |
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502 | simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything except the current |
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503 | locale encoding. |
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504 | |
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505 | Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this |
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506 | by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling |
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507 | with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple |
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508 | conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements |
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509 | encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator). |
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510 | |
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511 | The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the |
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512 | system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry |
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513 | complete replacements for them :) |
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514 | |
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515 | =item I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc. |
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516 | |
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517 | Try the diff in F<doc/solaris9.patch> as a base. It fixes the worst |
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518 | problems with C<wcwidth> and a compile problem. |
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519 | |
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520 | =item How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin? |
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521 | |
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522 | rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using |
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523 | the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no |
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524 | longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a |
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525 | single font). I recommend starting the X-server in C<-multiwindow> or |
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526 | C<-rootless> mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the |
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527 | old libW11 emulation. |
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528 | |
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529 | At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte |
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530 | encodings (you might try C<LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8>), so you are likely limited |
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531 | to 8-bit encodings. |
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532 | |
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533 | =item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use? |
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534 | |
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535 | =item Is there an option to switch encodings? |
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536 | |
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537 | Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no |
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538 | specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about |
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539 | UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O. |
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540 | |
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541 | The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting |
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542 | the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all |
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543 | applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width |
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544 | and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using |
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545 | that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of |
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546 | characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all |
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547 | locales). |
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548 | |
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549 | Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All |
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550 | programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the |
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551 | interpretation of characters. |
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552 | |
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553 | Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor |
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554 | is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like. |
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555 | |
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556 | On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable |
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557 | contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed |
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558 | locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>, |
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559 | C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms |
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560 | (i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common. |
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561 | |
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562 | Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for |
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563 | the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings, |
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564 | i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to |
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565 | rxvt-unicode. |
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566 | |
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567 | If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start |
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568 | rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category. |
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569 | |
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570 | =item Can I switch locales at runtime? |
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571 | |
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572 | Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets |
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573 | rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>. |
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574 | |
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575 | printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS |
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576 | |
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577 | See also the previous answer. |
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578 | |
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579 | Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in |
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580 | one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it |
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581 | (e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which |
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582 | first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later: |
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583 | |
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584 | printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS |
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585 | xjdic -js |
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586 | printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8 |
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587 | |
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588 | You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except |
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589 | for some locales where character width differs between program- and |
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590 | rxvt-unicode-locales. |
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591 | |
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592 | =item Can I switch the fonts at runtime? |
317 | =head3 Can I switch the fonts at runtime? |
593 | |
318 | |
594 | Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same |
319 | Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same |
595 | effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately: |
320 | effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately: |
596 | |
321 | |
597 | printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" |
322 | printf '\33]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" |
598 | |
323 | |
599 | This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a |
324 | This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a |
600 | japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where |
325 | japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where |
601 | japanese fonts would only be in your way. |
326 | japanese fonts would only be in your way. |
602 | |
327 | |
603 | You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching. |
328 | You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching. |
604 | |
329 | |
605 | =item Why do italic characters look as if clipped? |
330 | =head3 Why do italic characters look as if clipped? |
606 | |
331 | |
607 | Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For |
332 | Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For |
608 | example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans |
333 | example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans |
609 | Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to |
334 | Mono> completely fails in its italic face. A workaround might be to |
610 | enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this: |
335 | enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this: |
611 | |
336 | |
612 | URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true |
337 | URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true |
613 | URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true |
338 | URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true |
614 | |
339 | |
615 | =item My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do? |
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616 | |
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617 | You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the |
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618 | terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>: |
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619 | |
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620 | URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP |
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621 | |
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622 | Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still |
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623 | use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to |
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624 | input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input |
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625 | method limits you. |
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626 | |
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627 | =item Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits. |
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628 | |
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629 | Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by |
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630 | design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory |
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631 | leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at |
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632 | exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds, |
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633 | while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however, |
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634 | crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate. |
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635 | |
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636 | So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers. |
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637 | |
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638 | =item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that? |
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639 | |
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640 | Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you |
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641 | don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that |
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642 | you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design, |
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643 | when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded |
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644 | accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters. |
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645 | |
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646 | Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger |
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647 | scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use |
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648 | 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a |
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649 | kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full) |
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650 | use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as |
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651 | rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell. |
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652 | |
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653 | =item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow? |
340 | =head3 Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow? |
654 | |
341 | |
655 | Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as |
342 | Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as |
656 | it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable |
343 | it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable |
657 | antialiasing (by appending C<:antialias=false>), which saves lots of |
344 | antialiasing (by appending C<:antialias=false>), which saves lots of |
658 | memory and also speeds up rendering considerably. |
345 | memory and also speeds up rendering considerably. |
659 | |
346 | |
660 | =item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong? |
347 | =head3 Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong? |
661 | |
348 | |
662 | Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to |
349 | Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to |
663 | fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core |
350 | fall back to its default font search list it will prefer X11 core |
664 | fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has |
351 | fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has |
665 | antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they |
352 | antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they |
666 | look best that way. |
353 | look best that way. |
667 | |
354 | |
668 | If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually. |
355 | If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually. |
669 | |
356 | |
670 | =item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. |
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671 | |
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672 | Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing |
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673 | some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've |
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674 | heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A |
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675 | quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are |
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676 | depressed. |
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677 | |
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678 | =item What's with this bold/blink stuff? |
357 | =head3 What's with this bold/blink stuff? |
679 | |
358 | |
680 | If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the |
359 | If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the |
681 | standard foreground colour. |
360 | standard foreground colour. |
682 | |
361 | |
683 | For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the |
362 | For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make |
684 | text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard |
363 | the text blink when compiled with C<--enable-text-blink>. Without |
685 | colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be |
364 | C<--enable-text-blink>, the blink attribute will be ignored. |
686 | ignored. |
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687 | |
365 | |
688 | On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity |
366 | On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity |
689 | foreground/background colors. |
367 | foreground/background colours. |
690 | |
368 | |
691 | color0-7 are the low-intensity colors. |
369 | color0-7 are the low-intensity colours. |
692 | |
370 | |
693 | color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors. |
371 | color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colours. |
694 | |
372 | |
695 | =item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them? |
373 | =head3 I don't like the screen colours. How do I change them? |
696 | |
374 | |
697 | You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults> |
375 | You can change the screen colours at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults> |
698 | resources (or as long-options). |
376 | resources (or as long-options). |
699 | |
377 | |
700 | Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen, |
378 | Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen, |
701 | including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow: |
379 | including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow: |
702 | |
380 | |
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716 | URxvt.color12: #0000FF |
394 | URxvt.color12: #0000FF |
717 | URxvt.color13: #FF00FF |
395 | URxvt.color13: #FF00FF |
718 | URxvt.color14: #00FFFF |
396 | URxvt.color14: #00FFFF |
719 | URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF |
397 | URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF |
720 | |
398 | |
721 | And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by |
399 | And here is a more complete set of non-standard colours. |
722 | me) as "pretty girly". |
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723 | |
400 | |
724 | URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1 |
401 | URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1 |
725 | URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1 |
402 | URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1 |
726 | URxvt.background: #0e0e0e |
403 | URxvt.background: #0e0e0e |
727 | URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1 |
404 | URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1 |
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738 | URxvt.color6: #73f7ff |
415 | URxvt.color6: #73f7ff |
739 | URxvt.color14: #73f7ff |
416 | URxvt.color14: #73f7ff |
740 | URxvt.color7: #e1dddd |
417 | URxvt.color7: #e1dddd |
741 | URxvt.color15: #e1dddd |
418 | URxvt.color15: #e1dddd |
742 | |
419 | |
743 | =item How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way? |
420 | They have been described (not by me) as "pretty girly". |
744 | |
421 | |
745 | Try C<@@RXVT_NAME@@d -f -o>, which tells @@RXVT_NAME@@d to open the |
422 | =head3 Why do some characters look so much different than others? |
746 | display, create the listening socket and then fork. |
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747 | |
423 | |
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424 | See next entry. |
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425 | |
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426 | =head3 How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts? |
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427 | |
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428 | Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is |
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429 | fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of |
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430 | your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want |
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431 | to display. |
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432 | |
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433 | B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement |
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434 | font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks |
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435 | bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't |
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436 | resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial |
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437 | intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe |
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438 | the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct. |
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439 | |
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440 | In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list, |
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441 | e.g.: |
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442 | |
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443 | @@URXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3... |
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444 | |
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445 | When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base |
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446 | font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the |
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447 | next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this |
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448 | search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server. |
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449 | |
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450 | The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base |
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451 | font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which |
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452 | must be the same due to the way terminals work. |
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453 | |
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454 | =head3 Why do some chinese characters look so different than others? |
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455 | |
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456 | This is because there is a difference between script and language -- |
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457 | rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is, |
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458 | as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first |
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459 | sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for |
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460 | display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many |
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461 | chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first |
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462 | non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font |
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463 | -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for |
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464 | chinese characters that are also in the japanese font. |
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465 | |
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466 | The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font |
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467 | list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as |
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468 | a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font |
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469 | first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first. |
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470 | |
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471 | In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at |
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472 | runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different |
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473 | fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this |
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474 | has been designed yet). |
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475 | |
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476 | Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can |
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477 | I switch the fonts at runtime?> later in this document). |
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478 | |
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479 | =head3 How can I make mplayer display video correctly? |
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480 | |
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481 | We are working on it, in the meantime, as a workaround, use something like: |
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482 | |
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483 | @@URXVT_NAME@@ -b 600 -geometry 20x1 -e sh -c 'mplayer -wid $WINDOWID file...' |
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484 | |
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485 | |
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486 | =head2 Keyboard, Mouse & User Interaction |
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487 | |
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488 | =head3 The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select single words? |
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489 | |
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490 | If you want to select e.g. alphanumeric words, you can use the following |
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491 | setting: |
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492 | |
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493 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+) |
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494 | |
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495 | If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended |
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496 | more and more. |
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497 | |
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498 | To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this pattern: |
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499 | |
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500 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+) |
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501 | |
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502 | Please also note that the I<LeftClick Shift-LeftClick> combination also |
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503 | selects words like the old code. |
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504 | |
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505 | =head3 I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I change/disable it? |
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506 | |
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507 | You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the |
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508 | B<perl-ext-common> resource to the empty string, which also keeps |
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509 | rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory. |
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510 | |
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511 | If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to |
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512 | identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the section |
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513 | B<PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS> in the @@URXVT_NAME@@perl(3) manpage. For |
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514 | example, to disable the B<selection-popup> and B<option-popup>, specify |
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515 | this B<perl-ext-common> resource: |
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516 | |
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517 | URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup |
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518 | |
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519 | This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup |
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520 | extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example, |
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521 | scrollback search mode is triggered by B<M-s>. You can move it to any |
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522 | other combination either by setting the B<searchable-scrollback> resource: |
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523 | |
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524 | URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s |
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525 | |
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526 | =head3 The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off? |
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527 | |
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528 | See next entry. |
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529 | |
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530 | =head3 During rlogin/ssh/telnet/etc. sessions, clicking near the cursor outputs strange escape sequences, how do I fix this? |
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531 | |
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532 | These are caused by the C<readline> perl extension. Under normal |
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533 | circumstances, it will move your cursor around when you click into the |
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534 | line that contains it. It tries hard not to do this at the wrong moment, |
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535 | but when running a program that doesn't parse cursor movements or in some |
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536 | cases during rlogin sessions, it fails to detect this properly. |
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537 | |
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538 | You can permanently switch this feature off by disabling the C<readline> |
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539 | extension: |
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540 | |
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541 | URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-readline |
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542 | |
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543 | =head3 My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output? |
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544 | |
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545 | Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no |
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546 | specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused |
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547 | by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of whether and how |
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548 | this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible |
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549 | keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that |
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550 | helped. |
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551 | |
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552 | =head3 My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working. |
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553 | |
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554 | The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set |
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555 | correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by |
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556 | your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and |
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557 | your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys) |
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558 | does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then |
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559 | rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method. |
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560 | |
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561 | In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than |
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562 | one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>. |
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563 | |
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564 | If it still doesn't work, then maybe your input method doesn't support |
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565 | compose sequences - to fall back to the built-in one, make sure you don't |
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566 | specify an input method via C<-im> or C<XMODIFIERS>. |
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567 | |
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568 | =head3 I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755 |
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569 | |
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570 | Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on |
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571 | international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your |
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572 | advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other |
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573 | codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape |
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574 | character and so on. |
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575 | |
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576 | =head3 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. |
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577 | |
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578 | Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing |
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579 | some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've |
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580 | heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A |
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581 | quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are |
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582 | depressed. |
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583 | |
748 | =item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour? |
584 | =head3 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour? |
749 | |
585 | |
750 | Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the |
586 | Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the |
751 | BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following |
587 | Backspace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following |
752 | question) there are two standard values that can be used for |
588 | question) there are two standard values that can be used for |
753 | Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>. |
589 | Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>. |
754 | |
590 | |
755 | Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian |
591 | Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian |
756 | policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct |
592 | policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one and only correct |
757 | choice :). |
593 | choice :). |
758 | |
594 | |
759 | Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value |
595 | Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value |
760 | of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't |
596 | of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't |
761 | started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the |
597 | started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the |
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764 | |
600 | |
765 | For starting a new rxvt-unicode: |
601 | For starting a new rxvt-unicode: |
766 | |
602 | |
767 | # use Backspace = ^H |
603 | # use Backspace = ^H |
768 | $ stty erase ^H |
604 | $ stty erase ^H |
769 | $ @@RXVT_NAME@@ |
605 | $ @@URXVT_NAME@@ |
770 | |
606 | |
771 | # use Backspace = ^? |
607 | # use Backspace = ^? |
772 | $ stty erase ^? |
608 | $ stty erase ^? |
773 | $ @@RXVT_NAME@@ |
609 | $ @@URXVT_NAME@@ |
774 | |
610 | |
775 | Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l>. |
611 | Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l>. |
776 | |
612 | |
777 | For an existing rxvt-unicode: |
613 | For an existing rxvt-unicode: |
778 | |
614 | |
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799 | some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H, |
635 | some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H, |
800 | GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help. |
636 | GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help. |
801 | |
637 | |
802 | Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner. |
638 | Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner. |
803 | |
639 | |
804 | =item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them? |
640 | =head3 I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them? |
805 | |
641 | |
806 | There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless |
642 | There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless |
807 | you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can |
643 | you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can |
808 | use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms. |
644 | use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms. |
809 | |
645 | |
810 | Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt> |
646 | Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@URXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt> |
811 | |
647 | |
812 | URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~ |
648 | URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~ |
813 | URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~ |
649 | URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~ |
814 | URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'> |
650 | URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'> |
815 | URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/> |
651 | URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/> |
… | |
… | |
830 | URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz > |
666 | URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz > |
831 | URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 |
667 | URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 |
832 | |
668 | |
833 | See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource. |
669 | See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource. |
834 | |
670 | |
835 | =item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. |
671 | =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 |
836 | How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 |
|
|
837 | has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize. |
|
|
838 | |
672 | |
839 | KP_Insert == Insert |
673 | KP_Insert == Insert |
840 | F22 == Print |
674 | F22 == Print |
841 | F27 == Home |
675 | F27 == Home |
842 | F29 == Prior |
676 | F29 == Prior |
… | |
… | |
845 | |
679 | |
846 | Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible |
680 | Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible |
847 | keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as |
681 | keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as |
848 | required for your particular machine. |
682 | required for your particular machine. |
849 | |
683 | |
850 | =item How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? |
|
|
851 | I need this to decide about setting colors etc. |
|
|
852 | |
684 | |
853 | rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can |
685 | =head2 Terminal Configuration |
854 | check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn, |
|
|
855 | Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or |
|
|
856 | not to use color. |
|
|
857 | |
686 | |
858 | =item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable? |
687 | =head3 Can I see a typical configuration? |
859 | |
688 | |
860 | If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled |
689 | The default configuration tries to be xterm-like, which I don't like that |
861 | insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script |
690 | much, but it's least surprise to regular users. |
862 | snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode |
|
|
863 | wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then |
|
|
864 | the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a |
|
|
865 | regular xterm. |
|
|
866 | |
691 | |
867 | Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script |
692 | As a rxvt or rxvt-unicode user, you are practically supposed to invest |
868 | snippets: |
693 | time into customising your terminal. To get you started, here is the |
|
|
694 | author's .Xdefaults entries, with comments on what they do. It's certainly |
|
|
695 | not I<typical>, but what's typical... |
869 | |
696 | |
870 | # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells: |
697 | URxvt.cutchars: "()*,<>[]{}|' |
871 | [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know |
698 | URxvt.print-pipe: cat >/tmp/xxx |
872 | if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then |
|
|
873 | stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not |
|
|
874 | echo -n '^[Z' |
|
|
875 | read term_id |
|
|
876 | stty icanon echo |
|
|
877 | if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then |
|
|
878 | echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string |
|
|
879 | read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell |
|
|
880 | fi |
|
|
881 | fi |
|
|
882 | |
699 | |
883 | =item How do I compile the manual pages for myself? |
700 | These are just for testing stuff. |
884 | |
701 | |
885 | You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>, |
702 | URxvt.imLocale: ja_JP.UTF-8 |
886 | one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to |
703 | URxvt.preeditType: OnTheSpot,None |
887 | the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>. |
|
|
888 | |
704 | |
889 | =item My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human? |
705 | This tells rxvt-unicode to use a special locale when communicating with |
|
|
706 | the X Input Method, and also tells it to only use the OnTheSpot pre-edit |
|
|
707 | type, which requires the C<xim-onthespot> perl extension but rewards me |
|
|
708 | with correct-looking fonts. |
890 | |
709 | |
891 | Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>, |
710 | URxvt.perl-lib: /root/lib/urxvt |
892 | channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be |
711 | URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,selection-autotransform,selection-pastebin,xim-onthespot,remote-clipboard |
893 | interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :). |
712 | URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+) |
|
|
713 | URxvt.selection.pattern-1: ^(/[^:]+):\ |
|
|
714 | URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/ |
|
|
715 | URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/ |
|
|
716 | |
|
|
717 | This is my perl configuration. The first two set the perl library |
|
|
718 | directory and also tells urxvt to use a large number of extensions. I |
|
|
719 | develop for myself mostly, so I actually use most of the extensions I |
|
|
720 | write. |
|
|
721 | |
|
|
722 | The selection stuff mainly makes the selection perl-error-message aware |
|
|
723 | and tells it to convert perl error messages into vi-commands to load the |
|
|
724 | relevant file and go to the error line number. |
|
|
725 | |
|
|
726 | URxvt.scrollstyle: plain |
|
|
727 | URxvt.secondaryScroll: true |
|
|
728 | |
|
|
729 | As the documentation says: plain is the preferred scrollbar for the |
|
|
730 | author. The C<secondaryScroll> configures urxvt to scroll in full-screen |
|
|
731 | apps, like screen, so lines scrolled out of screen end up in urxvt's |
|
|
732 | scrollback buffer. |
|
|
733 | |
|
|
734 | URxvt.background: #000000 |
|
|
735 | URxvt.foreground: gray90 |
|
|
736 | URxvt.color7: gray90 |
|
|
737 | URxvt.colorBD: #ffffff |
|
|
738 | URxvt.cursorColor: #e0e080 |
|
|
739 | URxvt.throughColor: #8080f0 |
|
|
740 | URxvt.highlightColor: #f0f0f0 |
|
|
741 | |
|
|
742 | Some colours. Not sure which ones are being used or even non-defaults, but |
|
|
743 | these are in my .Xdefaults. Most notably, they set foreground/background |
|
|
744 | to light gray/black, and also make sure that the colour 7 matches the |
|
|
745 | default foreground colour. |
|
|
746 | |
|
|
747 | URxvt.underlineColor: yellow |
|
|
748 | |
|
|
749 | Another colour, makes underline lines look different. Sometimes hurts, but |
|
|
750 | is mostly a nice effect. |
|
|
751 | |
|
|
752 | URxvt.geometry: 154x36 |
|
|
753 | URxvt.loginShell: false |
|
|
754 | URxvt.meta: ignore |
|
|
755 | URxvt.utmpInhibit: true |
|
|
756 | |
|
|
757 | Uh, well, should be mostly self-explanatory. By specifying some defaults |
|
|
758 | manually, I can quickly switch them for testing. |
|
|
759 | |
|
|
760 | URxvt.saveLines: 8192 |
|
|
761 | |
|
|
762 | A large scrollback buffer is essential. Really. |
|
|
763 | |
|
|
764 | URxvt.mapAlert: true |
|
|
765 | |
|
|
766 | The only case I use it is for my IRC window, which I like to keep |
|
|
767 | iconified till people msg me (which beeps). |
|
|
768 | |
|
|
769 | URxvt.visualBell: true |
|
|
770 | |
|
|
771 | The audible bell is often annoying, especially when in a crowd. |
|
|
772 | |
|
|
773 | URxvt.insecure: true |
|
|
774 | |
|
|
775 | Please don't hack my mutt! Ooops... |
|
|
776 | |
|
|
777 | URxvt.pastableTabs: false |
|
|
778 | |
|
|
779 | I once thought this is a great idea. |
|
|
780 | |
|
|
781 | urxvt.font: 9x15bold,\ |
|
|
782 | -misc-fixed-bold-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1,\ |
|
|
783 | -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--15-140-75-75-c-90-iso10646-1, \ |
|
|
784 | [codeset=JISX0208]xft:Kochi Gothic, \ |
|
|
785 | xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:autohint=true, \ |
|
|
786 | xft:Code2000:antialias=false |
|
|
787 | urxvt.boldFont: -xos4-terminus-bold-r-normal--14-140-72-72-c-80-iso8859-15 |
|
|
788 | urxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true |
|
|
789 | urxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true |
|
|
790 | |
|
|
791 | I wrote rxvt-unicode to be able to specify fonts exactly. So don't be |
|
|
792 | overwhelmed. A special note: the C<9x15bold> mentioned above is actually |
|
|
793 | the version from XFree-3.3, as XFree-4 replaced it by a totally different |
|
|
794 | font (different glyphs for C<;> and many other harmless characters), |
|
|
795 | while the second font is actually the C<9x15bold> from XFree4/XOrg. The |
|
|
796 | bold version has less chars than the medium version, so I use it for rare |
|
|
797 | characters, too. When editing sources with vim, I use italic for comments |
|
|
798 | and other stuff, which looks quite good with Bitstream Vera anti-aliased. |
|
|
799 | |
|
|
800 | Terminus is a quite bad font (many very wrong glyphs), but for most of my |
|
|
801 | purposes, it works, and gives a different look, as my normal (Non-bold) |
|
|
802 | font is already bold, and I want to see a difference between bold and |
|
|
803 | normal fonts. |
|
|
804 | |
|
|
805 | Please note that I used the C<urxvt> instance name and not the C<URxvt> |
|
|
806 | class name. That is because I use different configs for different purposes, |
|
|
807 | for example, my IRC window is started with C<-name IRC>, and uses these |
|
|
808 | defaults: |
|
|
809 | |
|
|
810 | IRC*title: IRC |
|
|
811 | IRC*geometry: 87x12+535+542 |
|
|
812 | IRC*saveLines: 0 |
|
|
813 | IRC*mapAlert: true |
|
|
814 | IRC*font: suxuseuro |
|
|
815 | IRC*boldFont: suxuseuro |
|
|
816 | IRC*colorBD: white |
|
|
817 | IRC*keysym.M-C-1: command:\033]710;suxuseuro\007\033]711;suxuseuro\007 |
|
|
818 | IRC*keysym.M-C-2: command:\033]710;9x15bold\007\033]711;9x15bold\007 |
|
|
819 | |
|
|
820 | C<Alt-Ctrl-1> and C<Alt-Ctrl-2> switch between two different font |
|
|
821 | sizes. C<suxuseuro> allows me to keep an eye (and actually read) |
|
|
822 | stuff while keeping a very small window. If somebody pastes something |
|
|
823 | complicated (e.g. japanese), I temporarily switch to a larger font. |
|
|
824 | |
|
|
825 | The above is all in my C<.Xdefaults> (I don't use C<.Xresources> nor |
|
|
826 | C<xrdb>). I also have some resources in a separate C<.Xdefaults-hostname> |
|
|
827 | file for different hosts, for example, on ym main desktop, I use: |
|
|
828 | |
|
|
829 | URxvt.keysym.C-M-q: command:\033[3;5;5t |
|
|
830 | URxvt.keysym.C-M-y: command:\033[3;5;606t |
|
|
831 | URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: command:\033[3;1605;5t |
|
|
832 | URxvt.keysym.C-M-c: command:\033[3;1605;606t |
|
|
833 | URxvt.keysym.C-M-p: perl:test |
|
|
834 | |
|
|
835 | The first for keysym definitions allow me to quickly bring some windows |
|
|
836 | in the layout I like most. Ion users might start laughing but will stop |
|
|
837 | immediately when I tell them that I use my own Fvwm2 module for much the |
|
|
838 | same effect as Ion provides, and I only very rarely use the above key |
|
|
839 | combinations :-> |
|
|
840 | |
|
|
841 | =head3 Why doesn't rxvt-unicode read my resources? |
|
|
842 | |
|
|
843 | Well, why, indeed? It does, in a way very similar to other X |
|
|
844 | applications. Most importantly, this means that if you or your OS loads |
|
|
845 | resources into the X display (the right way to do it), rxvt-unicode will |
|
|
846 | ignore any resource files in your home directory. It will only read |
|
|
847 | F<$HOME/.Xdefaults> when no resources are attached to the display. |
|
|
848 | |
|
|
849 | If you have or use an F<$HOME/.Xresources> file, chances are that |
|
|
850 | resources are loaded into your X-server. In this case, you have to |
|
|
851 | re-login after every change (or run F<xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources>). |
|
|
852 | |
|
|
853 | Also consider the form resources have to use: |
|
|
854 | |
|
|
855 | URxvt.resource: value |
|
|
856 | |
|
|
857 | If you want to use another form (there are lots of different ways of |
|
|
858 | specifying resources), make sure you understand whether and why it |
|
|
859 | works. If unsure, use the form above. |
|
|
860 | |
|
|
861 | =head3 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? |
|
|
862 | |
|
|
863 | The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available |
|
|
864 | as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises). |
|
|
865 | |
|
|
866 | The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can |
|
|
867 | be done by simply installing rxvt-unicode on the remote system as well |
|
|
868 | (in case you have a nice package manager ready), or you can install the |
|
|
869 | terminfo database manually like this (with ncurses infocmp. works as |
|
|
870 | user and root): |
|
|
871 | |
|
|
872 | REMOTE=remotesystem.domain |
|
|
873 | infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "mkdir -p .terminfo && cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti" |
|
|
874 | |
|
|
875 | One some systems you might need to set C<$TERMINFO> to the full path of |
|
|
876 | F<$HOME/.terminfo> for this to work. |
|
|
877 | |
|
|
878 | If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set |
|
|
879 | C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of |
|
|
880 | problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different |
|
|
881 | colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice |
|
|
882 | quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though. |
|
|
883 | |
|
|
884 | If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you |
|
|
885 | can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a |
|
|
886 | resource to set it: |
|
|
887 | |
|
|
888 | URxvt.termName: rxvt |
|
|
889 | |
|
|
890 | If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace |
|
|
891 | the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one and use C<TERM=rxvt>. |
|
|
892 | |
|
|
893 | =head3 nano fails with "Error opening terminal: rxvt-unicode" |
|
|
894 | |
|
|
895 | This exceptionally confusing and useless error message is printed by nano |
|
|
896 | when it can't find the terminfo database. Nothing is wrong with your |
|
|
897 | terminal, read the previous answer for a solution. |
|
|
898 | |
|
|
899 | =head3 C<tic> outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry. |
|
|
900 | |
|
|
901 | Most likely it's the empty definition for C<enacs=>. Just replace it by |
|
|
902 | C<enacs=\E[0@> and try again. |
|
|
903 | |
|
|
904 | =head3 C<bash>'s readline does not work correctly under @@URXVT_NAME@@. |
|
|
905 | |
|
|
906 | See next entry. |
|
|
907 | |
|
|
908 | =head3 I need a termcap file entry. |
|
|
909 | |
|
|
910 | One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating |
|
|
911 | systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap |
|
|
912 | library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry |
|
|
913 | for C<rxvt-unicode>. |
|
|
914 | |
|
|
915 | You could use rxvt's termcap entry with reasonable results in many cases. |
|
|
916 | You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program |
|
|
917 | like this: |
|
|
918 | |
|
|
919 | infocmp -C rxvt-unicode |
|
|
920 | |
|
|
921 | Or you could use the termcap entry in doc/etc/rxvt-unicode.termcap, |
|
|
922 | generated by the command above. |
|
|
923 | |
|
|
924 | =head3 Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output? |
|
|
925 | |
|
|
926 | The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to |
|
|
927 | decide whether a terminal has colour, but uses its own configuration |
|
|
928 | file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in its default file (among |
|
|
929 | with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add: |
|
|
930 | |
|
|
931 | TERM rxvt-unicode |
|
|
932 | |
|
|
933 | to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add: |
|
|
934 | |
|
|
935 | alias ls='ls --color=auto' |
|
|
936 | |
|
|
937 | to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>. |
|
|
938 | |
|
|
939 | =head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode? |
|
|
940 | |
|
|
941 | See next entry. |
|
|
942 | |
|
|
943 | =head3 Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic? |
|
|
944 | |
|
|
945 | See next entry. |
|
|
946 | |
|
|
947 | =head3 Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly? |
|
|
948 | |
|
|
949 | Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged |
|
|
950 | distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode |
|
|
951 | by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra |
|
|
952 | features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian |
|
|
953 | GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo |
|
|
954 | file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When |
|
|
955 | I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on |
|
|
956 | how to do this). |
|
|
957 | |
|
|
958 | |
|
|
959 | =head2 Encoding / Locale / Input Method Issues |
|
|
960 | |
|
|
961 | =head3 Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding? |
|
|
962 | |
|
|
963 | See next entry. |
|
|
964 | |
|
|
965 | =head3 Unicode does not seem to work? |
|
|
966 | |
|
|
967 | If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but |
|
|
968 | getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is |
|
|
969 | subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings. |
|
|
970 | |
|
|
971 | Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the |
|
|
972 | programs running in it. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, |
|
|
973 | while the login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the |
|
|
974 | locale to something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is |
|
|
975 | not going to work, and is the most common cause for problems. |
|
|
976 | |
|
|
977 | The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run |
|
|
978 | into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile. |
|
|
979 | |
|
|
980 | printf '\33]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE" # $LANG or $LC_ALL are worth a try, too |
|
|
981 | |
|
|
982 | If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not |
|
|
983 | supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which |
|
|
984 | displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as |
|
|
985 | it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something |
|
|
986 | like: |
|
|
987 | |
|
|
988 | locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ... |
|
|
989 | |
|
|
990 | Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system. |
|
|
991 | |
|
|
992 | If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then |
|
|
993 | you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't |
|
|
994 | support locales :( |
|
|
995 | |
|
|
996 | =head3 How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use? |
|
|
997 | |
|
|
998 | See next entry. |
|
|
999 | |
|
|
1000 | =head3 Is there an option to switch encodings? |
|
|
1001 | |
|
|
1002 | Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no |
|
|
1003 | specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about |
|
|
1004 | UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O. |
|
|
1005 | |
|
|
1006 | The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting |
|
|
1007 | the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all |
|
|
1008 | applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width |
|
|
1009 | and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using |
|
|
1010 | that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of |
|
|
1011 | characters wrong as it uses its own, locale-independent table under all |
|
|
1012 | locales). |
|
|
1013 | |
|
|
1014 | Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All |
|
|
1015 | programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the |
|
|
1016 | interpretation of characters. |
|
|
1017 | |
|
|
1018 | Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor |
|
|
1019 | is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like. |
|
|
1020 | |
|
|
1021 | On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable |
|
|
1022 | contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed |
|
|
1023 | locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>, |
|
|
1024 | C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms |
|
|
1025 | (i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common. |
|
|
1026 | |
|
|
1027 | Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for |
|
|
1028 | the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings, |
|
|
1029 | i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to |
|
|
1030 | rxvt-unicode. |
|
|
1031 | |
|
|
1032 | If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start |
|
|
1033 | rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category. |
|
|
1034 | |
|
|
1035 | =head3 Can I switch locales at runtime? |
|
|
1036 | |
|
|
1037 | Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets |
|
|
1038 | rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>. |
|
|
1039 | |
|
|
1040 | printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS |
|
|
1041 | |
|
|
1042 | See also the previous answer. |
|
|
1043 | |
|
|
1044 | Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in |
|
|
1045 | one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it |
|
|
1046 | (e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which |
|
|
1047 | first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later: |
|
|
1048 | |
|
|
1049 | printf '\33]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS |
|
|
1050 | xjdic -js |
|
|
1051 | printf '\33]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8 |
|
|
1052 | |
|
|
1053 | You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except |
|
|
1054 | for some locales where character width differs between program- and |
|
|
1055 | rxvt-unicode-locales. |
|
|
1056 | |
|
|
1057 | =head3 I have problems getting my input method working. |
|
|
1058 | |
|
|
1059 | Try a search engine, as this is slightly different for every input method server. |
|
|
1060 | |
|
|
1061 | Here is a checklist: |
|
|
1062 | |
|
|
1063 | =over 4 |
|
|
1064 | |
|
|
1065 | =item - Make sure your locale I<and> the imLocale are supported on your OS. |
|
|
1066 | |
|
|
1067 | Try C<locale -a> or check the documentation for your OS. |
|
|
1068 | |
|
|
1069 | =item - Make sure your locale or imLocale matches a locale supported by your XIM. |
|
|
1070 | |
|
|
1071 | For example, B<kinput2> does not support UTF-8 locales, you should use |
|
|
1072 | C<ja_JP.EUC-JP> or equivalent. |
|
|
1073 | |
|
|
1074 | =item - Make sure your XIM server is actually running. |
|
|
1075 | |
|
|
1076 | =item - Make sure the C<XMODIFIERS> environment variable is set correctly when I<starting> rxvt-unicode. |
|
|
1077 | |
|
|
1078 | When you want to use e.g. B<kinput2>, it must be set to |
|
|
1079 | C<@im=kinput2>. For B<scim>, use C<@im=SCIM>. You can see what input |
|
|
1080 | method servers are running with this command: |
|
|
1081 | |
|
|
1082 | xprop -root XIM_SERVERS |
|
|
1083 | |
|
|
1084 | =item |
894 | |
1085 | |
895 | =back |
1086 | =back |
896 | |
1087 | |
|
|
1088 | =head3 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do? |
|
|
1089 | |
|
|
1090 | You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the |
|
|
1091 | terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>: |
|
|
1092 | |
|
|
1093 | URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP |
|
|
1094 | |
|
|
1095 | Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still |
|
|
1096 | use your input method. Please note, however, that, depending on your Xlib |
|
|
1097 | version, you may not be able to input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a |
|
|
1098 | normal way then, as your input method limits you. |
|
|
1099 | |
|
|
1100 | =head3 Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits. |
|
|
1101 | |
|
|
1102 | Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by |
|
|
1103 | design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory |
|
|
1104 | leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at |
|
|
1105 | exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds, |
|
|
1106 | while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however, |
|
|
1107 | crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate. |
|
|
1108 | |
|
|
1109 | So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers. |
|
|
1110 | |
|
|
1111 | |
|
|
1112 | =head2 Operating Systems / Package Maintaining |
|
|
1113 | |
|
|
1114 | =head3 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem... |
|
|
1115 | |
|
|
1116 | The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large |
|
|
1117 | patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode (but |
|
|
1118 | unfortunately this notice has been removed). Before reporting a bug to |
|
|
1119 | the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the genuine |
|
|
1120 | version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce |
|
|
1121 | the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific to |
|
|
1122 | Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the Debian Bug |
|
|
1123 | Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report the bug). |
|
|
1124 | |
|
|
1125 | For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and |
|
|
1126 | probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a |
|
|
1127 | bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that |
|
|
1128 | might encounter the same issue. |
|
|
1129 | |
|
|
1130 | =head3 I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any recommendation? |
|
|
1131 | |
|
|
1132 | You should build one binary with the default options. F<configure> |
|
|
1133 | now enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them |
|
|
1134 | runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enabling them, |
|
|
1135 | except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl interpreter should |
|
|
1136 | be enabled, as important functionality (menus, selection, likely more in |
|
|
1137 | the future) depends on it. |
|
|
1138 | |
|
|
1139 | You should not overwrite the C<perl-ext-common> and C<perl-ext> resources |
|
|
1140 | system-wide (except maybe with C<defaults>). This will result in useful |
|
|
1141 | behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory, add an empty |
|
|
1142 | C<perl-ext-common> resource to the app-defaults file. This will keep the |
|
|
1143 | perl interpreter disabled until the user enables it. |
|
|
1144 | |
|
|
1145 | If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal |
|
|
1146 | one with C<--disable-everything> (very useful) and a maximal one with |
|
|
1147 | C<--enable-everything> (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot of |
|
|
1148 | encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely used). |
|
|
1149 | |
|
|
1150 | =head3 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this safe? |
|
|
1151 | |
|
|
1152 | It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to properly |
|
|
1153 | install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now. |
|
|
1154 | |
|
|
1155 | When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will fork |
|
|
1156 | into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling on some |
|
|
1157 | systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop privileges |
|
|
1158 | immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals that keep |
|
|
1159 | privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt, as it contains |
|
|
1160 | things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful" to attackers). |
|
|
1161 | |
|
|
1162 | This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very early |
|
|
1163 | and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before main(), or |
|
|
1164 | things like the dynamic loader of your system, which should result in very |
|
|
1165 | little risk. |
|
|
1166 | |
|
|
1167 | =head3 I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all. |
|
|
1168 | |
|
|
1169 | Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined |
|
|
1170 | in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it, |
|
|
1171 | whether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that |
|
|
1172 | B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode. |
|
|
1173 | |
|
|
1174 | As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symbol nor |
|
|
1175 | does it support it. Instead, it uses its own internal representation of |
|
|
1176 | B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards. |
|
|
1177 | |
|
|
1178 | However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in C<POSIX>, C<ISO-8859-1> and |
|
|
1179 | C<UTF-8> locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as B<wchar_t>). |
|
|
1180 | |
|
|
1181 | C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support multi-language |
|
|
1182 | apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized) |
|
|
1183 | representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to convert between |
|
|
1184 | B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other encoding |
|
|
1185 | without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and every locale. There |
|
|
1186 | simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything except the current |
|
|
1187 | locale encoding. |
|
|
1188 | |
|
|
1189 | Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this |
|
|
1190 | by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling |
|
|
1191 | with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple |
|
|
1192 | conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements |
|
|
1193 | encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator). |
|
|
1194 | |
|
|
1195 | The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the |
|
|
1196 | system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry |
|
|
1197 | complete replacements for them :) |
|
|
1198 | |
|
|
1199 | =head3 How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin? |
|
|
1200 | |
|
|
1201 | rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using |
|
|
1202 | the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no |
|
|
1203 | longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a |
|
|
1204 | single font). I recommend starting the X-server in C<-multiwindow> or |
|
|
1205 | C<-rootless> mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as the |
|
|
1206 | old libW11 emulation. |
|
|
1207 | |
|
|
1208 | At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any multi-byte |
|
|
1209 | encodings (you might try C<LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8>), so you are likely limited |
|
|
1210 | to 8-bit encodings. |
|
|
1211 | |
|
|
1212 | =head3 Character widths are not correct. |
|
|
1213 | |
|
|
1214 | urxvt uses the system wcwidth function to know the information about |
|
|
1215 | the width of characters, so on systems with incorrect locale data you |
|
|
1216 | will likely get bad results. Two notorious examples are Solaris 9, |
|
|
1217 | where single-width characters like U+2514 are reported as double-width, |
|
|
1218 | and Darwin 8, where combining chars are reported having width 1. |
|
|
1219 | |
|
|
1220 | The solution is to upgrade your system or switch to a better one. A |
|
|
1221 | possibly working workaround is to use a wcwidth implementation like |
|
|
1222 | |
|
|
1223 | http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/wcwidth.c |
|
|
1224 | |
897 | =head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE |
1225 | =head1 RXVT-UNICODE TECHNICAL REFERENCE |
898 | |
|
|
899 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
|
|
900 | |
1226 | |
901 | The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of |
1227 | The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of |
902 | B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences, |
1228 | B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences, |
903 | followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features |
1229 | followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features |
904 | selectable at C<configure> time. |
1230 | selectable at C<configure> time. |
905 | |
1231 | |
906 | =head1 Definitions |
1232 | =head2 Definitions |
907 | |
1233 | |
908 | =over 4 |
1234 | =over 4 |
909 | |
1235 | |
910 | =item B<< C<c> >> |
1236 | =item B<< C<c> >> |
911 | |
1237 | |
… | |
… | |
929 | |
1255 | |
930 | A text parameter composed of printable characters. |
1256 | A text parameter composed of printable characters. |
931 | |
1257 | |
932 | =back |
1258 | =back |
933 | |
1259 | |
934 | =head1 Values |
1260 | =head2 Values |
935 | |
1261 | |
936 | =over 4 |
1262 | =over 4 |
937 | |
1263 | |
938 | =item B<< C<ENQ> >> |
1264 | =item B<< C<ENQ> >> |
939 | |
1265 | |
… | |
… | |
982 | |
1308 | |
983 | Space Character |
1309 | Space Character |
984 | |
1310 | |
985 | =back |
1311 | =back |
986 | |
1312 | |
987 | =head1 Escape Sequences |
1313 | =head2 Escape Sequences |
988 | |
1314 | |
989 | =over 4 |
1315 | =over 4 |
990 | |
1316 | |
991 | =item B<< C<ESC # 8> >> |
1317 | =item B<< C<ESC # 8> >> |
992 | |
1318 | |
… | |
… | |
1002 | |
1328 | |
1003 | =item B<< C<ESC => >> |
1329 | =item B<< C<ESC => >> |
1004 | |
1330 | |
1005 | Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence. |
1331 | Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence. |
1006 | |
1332 | |
1007 | =item B<<< C<< ESC >> >>> |
1333 | =item B<<< C<< ESC > >> >>> |
1008 | |
1334 | |
1009 | Normal Keypad (RMKX) |
1335 | Normal Keypad (RMKX) |
1010 | |
1336 | |
1011 | B<Note:> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, B<Num_Lock> has been |
1337 | B<Note:> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, B<Num_Lock> has been |
1012 | pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad |
1338 | pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad |
… | |
… | |
1090 | |
1416 | |
1091 | =back |
1417 | =back |
1092 | |
1418 | |
1093 | X<CSI> |
1419 | X<CSI> |
1094 | |
1420 | |
1095 | =head1 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences |
1421 | =head2 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences |
1096 | |
1422 | |
1097 | =over 4 |
1423 | =over 4 |
1098 | |
1424 | |
1099 | =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >> |
1425 | =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >> |
1100 | |
1426 | |
… | |
… | |
1155 | =begin table |
1481 | =begin table |
1156 | |
1482 | |
1157 | B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear to Right (default) |
1483 | B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear to Right (default) |
1158 | B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Clear to Left |
1484 | B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Clear to Left |
1159 | B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Clear All |
1485 | B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Clear All |
|
|
1486 | B<< C<Ps = 3> >> Like Ps = 0, but is ignored when wrapped |
|
|
1487 | (@@RXVT_NAME@@ extension) |
1160 | |
1488 | |
1161 | =end table |
1489 | =end table |
1162 | |
1490 | |
1163 | =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps L> >> |
1491 | =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps L> >> |
1164 | |
1492 | |
… | |
… | |
1296 | B<< C<Ps = 32 / 42> >> fg/bg Green |
1624 | B<< C<Ps = 32 / 42> >> fg/bg Green |
1297 | B<< C<Ps = 33 / 43> >> fg/bg Yellow |
1625 | B<< C<Ps = 33 / 43> >> fg/bg Yellow |
1298 | B<< C<Ps = 34 / 44> >> fg/bg Blue |
1626 | B<< C<Ps = 34 / 44> >> fg/bg Blue |
1299 | B<< C<Ps = 35 / 45> >> fg/bg Magenta |
1627 | B<< C<Ps = 35 / 45> >> fg/bg Magenta |
1300 | B<< C<Ps = 36 / 46> >> fg/bg Cyan |
1628 | B<< C<Ps = 36 / 46> >> fg/bg Cyan |
1301 | B<< C<Ps = 38;5 / 48;5> >> set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6) |
1629 | B<< C<Ps = 38;5 / 48;5> >> set fg/bg to colour #m (ISO 8613-6) |
1302 | B<< C<Ps = 37 / 47> >> fg/bg White |
1630 | B<< C<Ps = 37 / 47> >> fg/bg White |
1303 | B<< C<Ps = 39 / 49> >> fg/bg Default |
1631 | B<< C<Ps = 39 / 49> >> fg/bg Default |
1304 | B<< C<Ps = 90 / 100> >> fg/bg Bright Black |
1632 | B<< C<Ps = 90 / 100> >> fg/bg Bright Black |
1305 | B<< C<Ps = 91 / 101> >> fg/bg Bright Red |
1633 | B<< C<Ps = 91 / 101> >> fg/bg Bright Red |
1306 | B<< C<Ps = 92 / 102> >> fg/bg Bright Green |
1634 | B<< C<Ps = 92 / 102> >> fg/bg Bright Green |
… | |
… | |
1370 | |
1698 | |
1371 | =back |
1699 | =back |
1372 | |
1700 | |
1373 | X<PrivateModes> |
1701 | X<PrivateModes> |
1374 | |
1702 | |
1375 | =head1 DEC Private Modes |
1703 | =head2 DEC Private Modes |
1376 | |
1704 | |
1377 | =over 4 |
1705 | =over 4 |
1378 | |
1706 | |
1379 | =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >> |
1707 | =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >> |
1380 | |
1708 | |
… | |
… | |
1396 | |
1724 | |
1397 | Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where> |
1725 | Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where> |
1398 | |
1726 | |
1399 | =over 4 |
1727 | =over 4 |
1400 | |
1728 | |
1401 | =item B<< C<Ps = 1> >> (DECCKM) |
1729 | =item B<< C<Pm = 1> >> (DECCKM) |
1402 | |
1730 | |
1403 | =begin table |
1731 | =begin table |
1404 | |
1732 | |
1405 | B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys |
1733 | B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys |
1406 | B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys |
1734 | B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys |
1407 | |
1735 | |
1408 | =end table |
1736 | =end table |
1409 | |
1737 | |
1410 | =item B<< C<Ps = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode) |
1738 | =item B<< C<Pm = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode) |
1411 | |
1739 | |
1412 | =begin table |
1740 | =begin table |
1413 | |
1741 | |
1414 | B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode |
1742 | B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode |
1415 | B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode |
1743 | B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode |
1416 | |
1744 | |
1417 | =end table |
1745 | =end table |
1418 | |
1746 | |
1419 | =item B<< C<Ps = 3> >> |
1747 | =item B<< C<Pm = 3> >> |
1420 | |
1748 | |
1421 | =begin table |
1749 | =begin table |
1422 | |
1750 | |
1423 | B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM) |
1751 | B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM) |
1424 | B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM) |
1752 | B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM) |
1425 | |
1753 | |
1426 | =end table |
1754 | =end table |
1427 | |
1755 | |
1428 | =item B<< C<Ps = 4> >> |
1756 | =item B<< C<Pm = 4> >> |
1429 | |
1757 | |
1430 | =begin table |
1758 | =begin table |
1431 | |
1759 | |
1432 | B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM) |
1760 | B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM) |
1433 | B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM) |
1761 | B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM) |
1434 | |
1762 | |
1435 | =end table |
1763 | =end table |
1436 | |
1764 | |
1437 | =item B<< C<Ps = 5> >> |
1765 | =item B<< C<Pm = 5> >> |
1438 | |
1766 | |
1439 | =begin table |
1767 | =begin table |
1440 | |
1768 | |
1441 | B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM) |
1769 | B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM) |
1442 | B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM) |
1770 | B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM) |
1443 | |
1771 | |
1444 | =end table |
1772 | =end table |
1445 | |
1773 | |
1446 | =item B<< C<Ps = 6> >> |
1774 | =item B<< C<Pm = 6> >> |
1447 | |
1775 | |
1448 | =begin table |
1776 | =begin table |
1449 | |
1777 | |
1450 | B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM) |
1778 | B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM) |
1451 | B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM) |
1779 | B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM) |
1452 | |
1780 | |
1453 | =end table |
1781 | =end table |
1454 | |
1782 | |
1455 | =item B<< C<Ps = 7> >> |
1783 | =item B<< C<Pm = 7> >> |
1456 | |
1784 | |
1457 | =begin table |
1785 | =begin table |
1458 | |
1786 | |
1459 | B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) |
1787 | B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) |
1460 | B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) |
1788 | B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) |
1461 | |
1789 | |
1462 | =end table |
1790 | =end table |
1463 | |
1791 | |
1464 | =item B<< C<Ps = 8> >> I<unimplemented> |
1792 | =item B<< C<Pm = 8> >> I<unimplemented> |
1465 | |
1793 | |
1466 | =begin table |
1794 | =begin table |
1467 | |
1795 | |
1468 | B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) |
1796 | B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) |
1469 | B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) |
1797 | B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) |
1470 | |
1798 | |
1471 | =end table |
1799 | =end table |
1472 | |
1800 | |
1473 | =item B<< C<Ps = 9> >> X10 XTerm |
1801 | =item B<< C<Pm = 9> >> X10 XTerm |
1474 | |
1802 | |
1475 | =begin table |
1803 | =begin table |
1476 | |
1804 | |
1477 | B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press. |
1805 | B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press. |
1478 | B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. |
1806 | B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. |
1479 | |
1807 | |
1480 | =end table |
1808 | =end table |
1481 | |
1809 | |
1482 | =item B<< C<Ps = 25> >> |
1810 | =item B<< C<Pm = 25> >> |
1483 | |
1811 | |
1484 | =begin table |
1812 | =begin table |
1485 | |
1813 | |
1486 | B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis} |
1814 | B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis} |
1487 | B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis} |
1815 | B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis} |
1488 | |
1816 | |
1489 | =end table |
1817 | =end table |
1490 | |
1818 | |
1491 | =item B<< C<Ps = 30> >> |
1819 | =item B<< C<Pm = 30> >> |
1492 | |
1820 | |
1493 | =begin table |
1821 | =begin table |
1494 | |
1822 | |
1495 | B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visisble |
1823 | B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visible |
1496 | B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisisble |
1824 | B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisible |
1497 | |
1825 | |
1498 | =end table |
1826 | =end table |
1499 | |
1827 | |
1500 | =item B<< C<Ps = 35> >> (B<rxvt>) |
1828 | =item B<< C<Pm = 35> >> (B<rxvt>) |
1501 | |
1829 | |
1502 | =begin table |
1830 | =begin table |
1503 | |
1831 | |
1504 | B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences |
1832 | B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences |
1505 | B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences |
1833 | B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences |
1506 | |
1834 | |
1507 | =end table |
1835 | =end table |
1508 | |
1836 | |
1509 | =item B<< C<Ps = 38> >> I<unimplemented> |
1837 | =item B<< C<Pm = 38> >> I<unimplemented> |
1510 | |
1838 | |
1511 | Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK) |
1839 | Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK) |
1512 | |
1840 | |
1513 | =item B<< C<Ps = 40> >> |
1841 | =item B<< C<Pm = 40> >> |
1514 | |
1842 | |
1515 | =begin table |
1843 | =begin table |
1516 | |
1844 | |
1517 | B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode |
1845 | B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode |
1518 | B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode |
1846 | B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode |
1519 | |
1847 | |
1520 | =end table |
1848 | =end table |
1521 | |
1849 | |
1522 | =item B<< C<Ps = 44> >> I<unimplemented> |
1850 | =item B<< C<Pm = 44> >> I<unimplemented> |
1523 | |
1851 | |
1524 | =begin table |
1852 | =begin table |
1525 | |
1853 | |
1526 | B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell |
1854 | B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell |
1527 | B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell |
1855 | B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell |
1528 | |
1856 | |
1529 | =end table |
1857 | =end table |
1530 | |
1858 | |
1531 | =item B<< C<Ps = 45> >> I<unimplemented> |
1859 | =item B<< C<Pm = 45> >> I<unimplemented> |
1532 | |
1860 | |
1533 | =begin table |
1861 | =begin table |
1534 | |
1862 | |
1535 | B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode |
1863 | B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode |
1536 | B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode |
1864 | B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode |
1537 | |
1865 | |
1538 | =end table |
1866 | =end table |
1539 | |
1867 | |
1540 | =item B<< C<Ps = 46> >> I<unimplemented> |
1868 | =item B<< C<Pm = 46> >> I<unimplemented> |
1541 | |
1869 | |
1542 | =item B<< C<Ps = 47> >> |
1870 | =item B<< C<Pm = 47> >> |
1543 | |
1871 | |
1544 | =begin table |
1872 | =begin table |
1545 | |
1873 | |
1546 | B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer |
1874 | B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer |
1547 | B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer |
1875 | B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer |
1548 | |
1876 | |
1549 | =end table |
1877 | =end table |
1550 | |
1878 | |
1551 | X<Priv66> |
1879 | X<Priv66> |
1552 | |
1880 | |
1553 | =item B<< C<Ps = 66> >> |
1881 | =item B<< C<Pm = 66> >> |
1554 | |
1882 | |
1555 | =begin table |
1883 | =begin table |
1556 | |
1884 | |
1557 | B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC => |
1885 | B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECKPAM/DECPAM) == C<ESC => |
1558 | B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >> |
1886 | B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECKPNM/DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >> |
1559 | |
1887 | |
1560 | =end table |
1888 | =end table |
1561 | |
1889 | |
1562 | =item B<< C<Ps = 67> >> |
1890 | =item B<< C<Pm = 67> >> |
1563 | |
1891 | |
1564 | =begin table |
1892 | =begin table |
1565 | |
1893 | |
1566 | B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >> |
1894 | B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >> |
1567 | B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >> |
1895 | B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >> |
1568 | |
1896 | |
1569 | =end table |
1897 | =end table |
1570 | |
1898 | |
1571 | =item B<< C<Ps = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm) |
1899 | =item B<< C<Pm = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm) |
1572 | |
1900 | |
1573 | =begin table |
1901 | =begin table |
1574 | |
1902 | |
1575 | B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release. |
1903 | B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release. |
1576 | B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. |
1904 | B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. |
1577 | |
1905 | |
1578 | =end table |
1906 | =end table |
1579 | |
1907 | |
1580 | =item B<< C<Ps = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented> |
1908 | =item B<< C<Pm = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented> |
1581 | |
1909 | |
1582 | =begin table |
1910 | =begin table |
1583 | |
1911 | |
1584 | B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking. |
1912 | B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking. |
1585 | B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. |
1913 | B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. |
1586 | |
1914 | |
1587 | =end table |
1915 | =end table |
1588 | |
1916 | |
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1917 | =item B<< C<Pm = 1002> >> (X11 XTerm) |
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1918 | |
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1919 | =begin table |
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1920 | |
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1921 | B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release, and motion with a button pressed. |
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1922 | B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. |
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1923 | |
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|
1924 | =end table |
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1925 | |
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1926 | =item B<< C<Pm = 1003> >> (X11 XTerm) |
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1927 | |
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|
1928 | =begin table |
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1929 | |
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1930 | B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release, and motion. |
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1931 | B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting. |
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1932 | |
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1933 | =end table |
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1934 | |
1589 | =item B<< C<Ps = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>) |
1935 | =item B<< C<Pm = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>) |
1590 | |
1936 | |
1591 | =begin table |
1937 | =begin table |
1592 | |
1938 | |
1593 | B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output |
1939 | B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output |
1594 | B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output |
1940 | B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output |
1595 | |
1941 | |
1596 | =end table |
1942 | =end table |
1597 | |
1943 | |
1598 | =item B<< C<Ps = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>) |
1944 | =item B<< C<Pm = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>) |
1599 | |
1945 | |
1600 | =begin table |
1946 | =begin table |
1601 | |
1947 | |
1602 | B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed |
1948 | B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed |
1603 | B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed |
1949 | B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed |
1604 | |
1950 | |
1605 | =end table |
1951 | =end table |
1606 | |
1952 | |
1607 | =item B<< C<Ps = 1021> >> (B<rxvt>) |
1953 | =item B<< C<Pm = 1021> >> (B<rxvt>) |
1608 | |
1954 | |
1609 | =begin table |
1955 | =begin table |
1610 | |
1956 | |
1611 | B<< C<h> >> Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option B<-is>) |
1957 | B<< C<h> >> Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option B<-is>) |
1612 | B<< C<l> >> Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles) |
1958 | B<< C<l> >> Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles) |
1613 | |
1959 | |
1614 | =end table |
1960 | =end table |
1615 | |
1961 | |
1616 | =item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >> |
1962 | =item B<< C<Pm = 1047> >> |
1617 | |
1963 | |
1618 | =begin table |
1964 | =begin table |
1619 | |
1965 | |
1620 | B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer |
1966 | B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer |
1621 | B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it |
1967 | B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it |
1622 | |
1968 | |
1623 | =end table |
1969 | =end table |
1624 | |
1970 | |
1625 | =item B<< C<Ps = 1048> >> |
1971 | =item B<< C<Pm = 1048> >> |
1626 | |
1972 | |
1627 | =begin table |
1973 | =begin table |
1628 | |
1974 | |
1629 | B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position |
1975 | B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position |
1630 | B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position |
1976 | B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position |
1631 | |
1977 | |
1632 | =end table |
1978 | =end table |
1633 | |
1979 | |
1634 | =item B<< C<Ps = 1049> >> |
1980 | =item B<< C<Pm = 1049> >> |
1635 | |
1981 | |
1636 | =begin table |
1982 | =begin table |
1637 | |
1983 | |
1638 | B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it |
1984 | B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it |
1639 | B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer |
1985 | B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer |
1640 | |
1986 | |
1641 | =end table |
1987 | =end table |
1642 | |
1988 | |
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1989 | =item B<< C<Pm = 2004> >> |
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1990 | |
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1991 | =begin table |
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1992 | |
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1993 | B<< C<h> >> Enable bracketed paste mode - prepend / append to the pasted text the control sequences C<ESC [ 200 ~> / C<ESC [ 201 ~> |
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1994 | B<< C<l> >> Disable bracketed paste mode |
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1995 | |
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1996 | =end table |
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1997 | |
1643 | =back |
1998 | =back |
1644 | |
1999 | |
1645 | =back |
2000 | =back |
1646 | |
2001 | |
1647 | X<XTerm> |
2002 | X<XTerm> |
1648 | |
2003 | |
1649 | =head1 XTerm Operating System Commands |
2004 | =head2 XTerm Operating System Commands |
1650 | |
2005 | |
1651 | =over 4 |
2006 | =over 4 |
1652 | |
2007 | |
1653 | =item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >> |
2008 | =item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >> |
1654 | |
2009 | |
… | |
… | |
1661 | B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Change Icon Name and Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >> |
2016 | B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Change Icon Name and Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >> |
1662 | B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Change Icon Name to B<< C<Pt> >> |
2017 | B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Change Icon Name to B<< C<Pt> >> |
1663 | B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Change Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >> |
2018 | B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Change Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >> |
1664 | 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. |
2019 | 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. |
1665 | 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 |
2020 | 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 |
1666 | B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)> |
2021 | B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> |
1667 | B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)> |
2022 | B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> |
1668 | B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> |
2023 | B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> |
1669 | B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> |
2024 | B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> |
1670 | B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >> |
2025 | B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change background colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >> |
1671 | B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 706] |
2026 | B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change foreground colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >> |
1672 | B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> [deprecated, see 707] |
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1673 | B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change background pixmap parameters (see section XPM) (Compile XPM). |
2027 | B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change background pixmap parameters (see section BACKGROUND IMAGE) (Compile AfterImage). |
1674 | B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >>. |
2028 | B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >>. [deprecated, use 10] |
1675 | B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented> |
2029 | B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented> |
1676 | B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >>. |
2030 | B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >>. [deprecated, use 11] |
1677 | 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> >> |
2031 | 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> >> |
1678 | B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >> |
2032 | B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >> [disabled] |
1679 | 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). |
2033 | 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). |
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2034 | 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>. |
1680 | B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >> |
2035 | B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >> |
1681 | B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >> (Compile transparency). |
2036 | B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >> (Compile transparency). |
1682 | B<< C<Ps = 706> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> |
2037 | B<< C<Ps = 706> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >> |
1683 | B<< C<Ps = 707> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> |
2038 | B<< C<Ps = 707> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >> |
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2039 | B<< C<Ps = 708> >> Change colour of the border to B<< C<Pt> >> |
1684 | B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>. |
2040 | B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>. |
1685 | B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles). |
2041 | B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles). |
1686 | B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles). |
2042 | B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles). |
1687 | B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles). |
2043 | B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50> (Compile styles). |
1688 | B<< C<Ps = 720> >> Move viewing window up by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills). |
2044 | B<< C<Ps = 720> >> Move viewing window up by B<< C<Pt> >> lines, or clear scrollback buffer if C<Pt = 0> (Compile frills). |
… | |
… | |
1691 | |
2047 | |
1692 | =end table |
2048 | =end table |
1693 | |
2049 | |
1694 | =back |
2050 | =back |
1695 | |
2051 | |
1696 | X<XPM> |
2052 | =head1 BACKGROUND IMAGE |
1697 | |
2053 | |
1698 | =head1 XPM |
|
|
1699 | |
|
|
1700 | For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value |
2054 | For the BACKGROUND IMAGE XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> the value |
1701 | of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a |
2055 | of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background image file followed by a |
1702 | sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The |
2056 | sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The |
1703 | scaling/positioning commands are as follows: |
2057 | scaling/positioning commands are as follows: |
1704 | |
2058 | |
1705 | =over 4 |
2059 | =over 4 |
1706 | |
2060 | |
… | |
… | |
1744 | |
2098 | |
1745 | For example: |
2099 | For example: |
1746 | |
2100 | |
1747 | =over 4 |
2101 | =over 4 |
1748 | |
2102 | |
1749 | =item B<\E]20;funky\a> |
2103 | =item B<\E]20;funky.jpg\a> |
1750 | |
2104 | |
1751 | load B<funky.xpm> as a tiled image |
2105 | load B<funky.jpg> as a tiled image |
1752 | |
2106 | |
1753 | =item B<\E]20;mona;100\a> |
2107 | =item B<\E]20;mona.jpg;100\a> |
1754 | |
2108 | |
1755 | load B<mona.xpm> with a scaling of 100% |
2109 | load B<mona.jpg> with a scaling of 100% |
1756 | |
2110 | |
1757 | =item B<\E]20;;200;?\a> |
2111 | =item B<\E]20;;200;?\a> |
1758 | |
2112 | |
1759 | rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in |
2113 | rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in |
1760 | the title |
2114 | the title |
1761 | |
2115 | |
1762 | =back |
2116 | =back |
|
|
2117 | |
1763 | X<Mouse> |
2118 | X<Mouse> |
1764 | |
2119 | |
1765 | =head1 Mouse Reporting |
2120 | =head1 Mouse Reporting |
1766 | |
2121 | |
1767 | =over 4 |
2122 | =over 4 |
… | |
… | |
1799 | =begin table |
2154 | =begin table |
1800 | |
2155 | |
1801 | 4 Shift |
2156 | 4 Shift |
1802 | 8 Meta |
2157 | 8 Meta |
1803 | 16 Control |
2158 | 16 Control |
1804 | 32 Double Click I<(Rxvt extension)> |
2159 | 32 Double Click I<(rxvt extension)> |
1805 | |
2160 | |
1806 | =end table |
2161 | =end table |
1807 | |
2162 | |
1808 | Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >> |
2163 | Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >> |
1809 | |
2164 | |
1810 | Row = B<< C<< <y> - SPACE >> >> |
2165 | Row = B<< C<< <y> - SPACE >> >> |
1811 | |
2166 | |
1812 | =back |
2167 | =back |
|
|
2168 | |
|
|
2169 | =head1 Key Codes |
|
|
2170 | |
1813 | X<KeyCodes> |
2171 | X<KeyCodes> |
1814 | |
|
|
1815 | =head1 Key Codes |
|
|
1816 | |
2172 | |
1817 | Note: B<Shift> + B<F1>-B<F10> generates B<F11>-B<F20> |
2173 | Note: B<Shift> + B<F1>-B<F10> generates B<F11>-B<F20> |
1818 | |
2174 | |
1819 | For the keypad, use B<Shift> to temporarily override Application-Keypad |
2175 | For the keypad, use B<Shift> to temporarily override Application-Keypad |
1820 | setting use B<Num_Lock> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if |
2176 | setting use B<Num_Lock> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if |
… | |
… | |
1887 | |
2243 | |
1888 | =head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS |
2244 | =head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS |
1889 | |
2245 | |
1890 | General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration |
2246 | General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration |
1891 | hasn't been tested well. Either try with C<--enable-everything> or use |
2247 | hasn't been tested well. Either try with C<--enable-everything> or use |
1892 | the F<./reconf> script as a base for experiments. F<./reconf> is used by |
2248 | the default configuration (i.e. no C<--enable-xxx> or C<--disable-xxx> |
1893 | myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should |
2249 | switches). Of course, you should always report when a combination doesn't |
1894 | always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc |
2250 | work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>. |
1895 | Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>. |
|
|
1896 | |
2251 | |
1897 | All |
2252 | All |
1898 | |
2253 | |
1899 | =over 4 |
2254 | =over 4 |
1900 | |
2255 | |
1901 | =item --enable-everything |
2256 | =item --enable-everything |
1902 | |
2257 | |
1903 | Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure |
2258 | Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed |
1904 | --help". |
2259 | in C<./configure --help>, except for C<--enable-assert> and |
|
|
2260 | C<--enable-256-color>. |
1905 | |
2261 | |
1906 | You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by |
2262 | You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by |
1907 | I<following> this with the appropriate C<--disable-...> arguments, |
2263 | I<following> this with the appropriate C<--disable-...> arguments, |
1908 | or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying |
2264 | or you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying |
1909 | C<--disable-everything> and than adding just the C<--enable-...> arguments |
2265 | C<--disable-everything> and than adding just the C<--enable-...> arguments |
… | |
… | |
1932 | |
2288 | |
1933 | =begin table |
2289 | =begin table |
1934 | |
2290 | |
1935 | all all available codeset groups |
2291 | all all available codeset groups |
1936 | zh common chinese encodings |
2292 | zh common chinese encodings |
1937 | zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs |
2293 | zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodings |
1938 | jp common japanese encodings |
2294 | jp common japanese encodings |
1939 | jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings |
2295 | jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings |
1940 | kr korean encodings |
2296 | kr korean encodings |
1941 | |
2297 | |
1942 | =end table |
2298 | =end table |
… | |
… | |
1946 | Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using |
2302 | Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using |
1947 | alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly |
2303 | alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly |
1948 | set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. |
2304 | set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. |
1949 | |
2305 | |
1950 | =item --enable-unicode3 (default: off) |
2306 | =item --enable-unicode3 (default: off) |
|
|
2307 | |
|
|
2308 | Recommended to stay off unless you really need non-BMP characters. |
1951 | |
2309 | |
1952 | Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above |
2310 | Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above |
1953 | 65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage |
2311 | 65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage |
1954 | requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet |
2312 | requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet |
1955 | support these extra characters, but Xft does. |
2313 | support these extra characters, but Xft does. |
1956 | |
2314 | |
1957 | Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535 |
2315 | Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535 |
1958 | even without this flag, but the number of such characters is |
2316 | even without this flag, but the number of such characters is |
1959 | limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, |
2317 | limited to a few thousand (shared with combining characters, |
1960 | see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them |
2318 | see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them |
1961 | (input/output and cut&paste still work, though). |
2319 | (input/output and cut&paste still work, though). |
1962 | |
2320 | |
1963 | =item --enable-combining (default: on) |
2321 | =item --enable-combining (default: on) |
1964 | |
2322 | |
1965 | Enable automatic composition of combining characters into |
2323 | Enable automatic composition of combining characters into |
1966 | composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text |
2324 | composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text |
1967 | where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is |
2325 | where accents are encoded as separate unicode characters. This is |
1968 | done by using precomposited characters when available or creating |
2326 | done by using precomposited characters when available or creating |
1969 | new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. |
2327 | new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. |
1970 | |
2328 | |
1971 | Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed characters |
2329 | Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed |
1972 | is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode will use the |
2330 | characters is somewhat limited (the 6400 private use characters will be |
1973 | private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With |
|
|
1974 | --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. |
2331 | (ab-)used). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. |
1975 | |
2332 | |
1976 | This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters |
2333 | This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters |
1977 | beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified. |
2334 | beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified. |
1978 | |
2335 | |
1979 | The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms, |
2336 | The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms, |
1980 | but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and |
2337 | but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used (and |
1981 | tell me how these are to be used...). |
2338 | tell me how these are to be used...). |
1982 | |
2339 | |
1983 | =item --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt) |
2340 | =item --enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt) |
1984 | |
2341 | |
1985 | When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback. |
2342 | When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. To |
|
|
2343 | disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback. |
1986 | |
2344 | |
1987 | =item --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt) |
2345 | =item --with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt) |
1988 | |
2346 | |
1989 | Use the given name as default application name when |
2347 | Use the given name as default application name when |
1990 | reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. |
2348 | reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. |
1991 | |
2349 | |
1992 | =item --with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt) |
2350 | =item --with-res-class=CLASS (default: URxvt) |
1993 | |
2351 | |
1994 | Use the given class as default application class |
2352 | Use the given class as default application class |
1995 | when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace |
2353 | when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace |
1996 | rxvt. |
2354 | rxvt. |
1997 | |
2355 | |
… | |
… | |
2010 | |
2368 | |
2011 | Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like |
2369 | Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like |
2012 | F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires |
2370 | F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires |
2013 | --enable-utmp to also be specified. |
2371 | --enable-utmp to also be specified. |
2014 | |
2372 | |
2015 | =item --enable-xpm-background (default: on) |
2373 | =item --enable-afterimage (default: on) |
2016 | |
2374 | |
2017 | Add support for XPM background pixmaps. |
2375 | Add support for libAfterImage to be used for transparency and background |
|
|
2376 | images. It adds support for many file formats including JPG, PNG, |
|
|
2377 | SVG, TIFF, GIF, XPM, BMP, ICO, XCF, TGA and AfterStep image XML |
|
|
2378 | (L<http://www.afterstep.org/visualdoc.php?show=asimagexml>). |
|
|
2379 | |
|
|
2380 | This option also adds such eye candy as blending an image over the root |
|
|
2381 | background, as well as dynamic scaling and bluring of background images. |
|
|
2382 | |
|
|
2383 | Note that with this option enabled, @@RXVT_NAME@@'s memory footprint might |
|
|
2384 | increase by a few megabytes even if no extra features are used (mostly due |
|
|
2385 | to third-party libraries used by libAI). Memory footprint may somewhat be |
|
|
2386 | lowered if libAfterImage is configured without support for SVG. |
2018 | |
2387 | |
2019 | =item --enable-transparency (default: on) |
2388 | =item --enable-transparency (default: on) |
2020 | |
2389 | |
2021 | Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake |
2390 | Add support for backgrounds, creating illusion of transparency in the term. |
2022 | transparency to the term. |
|
|
2023 | |
2391 | |
2024 | =item --enable-fading (default: on) |
2392 | =item --enable-fading (default: on) |
2025 | |
2393 | |
2026 | Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires C<--enable-transparency>). |
2394 | Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. |
2027 | |
|
|
2028 | =item --enable-tinting (default: on) |
|
|
2029 | |
|
|
2030 | Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires C<--enable-transparency>). |
|
|
2031 | |
2395 | |
2032 | =item --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on) |
2396 | =item --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on) |
2033 | |
2397 | |
2034 | Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. |
2398 | Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. |
2035 | |
2399 | |
… | |
… | |
2038 | Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. |
2402 | Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. |
2039 | |
2403 | |
2040 | =item --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on) |
2404 | =item --enable-xterm-scroll (default: on) |
2041 | |
2405 | |
2042 | Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. |
2406 | Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. |
2043 | |
|
|
2044 | =item --enable-plain-scroll (default: on) |
|
|
2045 | |
|
|
2046 | Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that |
|
|
2047 | is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for |
|
|
2048 | many years. |
|
|
2049 | |
|
|
2050 | =item --enable-ttygid (default: off) |
|
|
2051 | |
|
|
2052 | Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if |
|
|
2053 | your system uses this type of security. |
|
|
2054 | |
2407 | |
2055 | =item --disable-backspace-key |
2408 | =item --disable-backspace-key |
2056 | |
2409 | |
2057 | Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it. |
2410 | Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server do it. |
2058 | |
2411 | |
… | |
… | |
2078 | A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly |
2431 | A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly |
2079 | in combination with other switches) is: |
2432 | in combination with other switches) is: |
2080 | |
2433 | |
2081 | MWM-hints |
2434 | MWM-hints |
2082 | EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) |
2435 | EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) |
|
|
2436 | urgency hint |
2083 | seperate underline colour (-underlineColor) |
2437 | separate underline colour (-underlineColor) |
2084 | settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl) |
2438 | settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl) |
|
|
2439 | visual depth selection (-depth) |
2085 | settable extra linespacing /-lsp) |
2440 | settable extra linespacing (-lsp) |
2086 | iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback |
2441 | iso-14755 5.1 (basic) support |
2087 | backindex and forwardindex escape sequence |
|
|
2088 | window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences |
|
|
2089 | tripleclickwords (-tcw) |
2442 | tripleclickwords (-tcw) |
2090 | settable insecure mode (-insecure) |
2443 | settable insecure mode (-insecure) |
2091 | keysym remapping support |
2444 | keysym remapping support |
2092 | cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc) |
2445 | cursor blinking and underline cursor (-bc, -uc) |
2093 | XEmbed support (-embed) |
2446 | XEmbed support (-embed) |
2094 | user-pty (-pty-fd) |
2447 | user-pty (-pty-fd) |
2095 | hold on exit (-hold) |
2448 | hold on exit (-hold) |
|
|
2449 | compile in built-in block graphics |
2096 | skip builtin block graphics (-sbg) |
2450 | skip builtin block graphics (-sbg) |
|
|
2451 | separate highlight colour (-highlightColor, -highlightTextColor) |
|
|
2452 | |
|
|
2453 | It also enables some non-essential features otherwise disabled, such as: |
|
|
2454 | |
|
|
2455 | some round-trip time optimisations |
|
|
2456 | nearest colour allocation on pseudocolor screens |
|
|
2457 | UTF8_STRING support for selection |
2097 | sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107 |
2458 | sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107 |
|
|
2459 | backindex and forwardindex escape sequences |
|
|
2460 | view change/zero scrollback escape sequences |
|
|
2461 | locale switching escape sequence |
|
|
2462 | window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences |
|
|
2463 | rectangular selections |
|
|
2464 | trailing space removal for selections |
|
|
2465 | verbose X error handling |
2098 | |
2466 | |
2099 | =item --enable-iso14755 (default: on) |
2467 | =item --enable-iso14755 (default: on) |
2100 | |
2468 | |
2101 | Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or |
2469 | Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1)). |
2102 | F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by |
2470 | Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by C<--enable-frills>, while |
2103 | C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with |
2471 | support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch. |
2104 | this switch. |
|
|
2105 | |
2472 | |
2106 | =item --enable-keepscrolling (default: on) |
2473 | =item --enable-keepscrolling (default: on) |
2107 | |
2474 | |
2108 | Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold |
2475 | Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold |
2109 | the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. |
2476 | the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. |
|
|
2477 | |
|
|
2478 | =item --enable-selectionscrolling (default: on) |
|
|
2479 | |
|
|
2480 | Add support for scrolling when the selection moves to the top or |
|
|
2481 | bottom of the screen. |
2110 | |
2482 | |
2111 | =item --enable-mousewheel (default: on) |
2483 | =item --enable-mousewheel (default: on) |
2112 | |
2484 | |
2113 | Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. |
2485 | Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. |
2114 | |
2486 | |
… | |
… | |
2116 | |
2488 | |
2117 | Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an |
2489 | Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an |
2118 | accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option |
2490 | accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option |
2119 | requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. |
2491 | requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. |
2120 | |
2492 | |
2121 | =item --disable-new-selection |
|
|
2122 | |
|
|
2123 | Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. |
|
|
2124 | |
|
|
2125 | =item --enable-dmalloc (default: off) |
|
|
2126 | |
|
|
2127 | Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See |
|
|
2128 | http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the |
|
|
2129 | next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point |
|
|
2130 | DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places. |
|
|
2131 | |
|
|
2132 | You can only use either this option and the following (should |
|
|
2133 | you use either) . |
|
|
2134 | |
|
|
2135 | =item --enable-dlmalloc (default: off) |
|
|
2136 | |
|
|
2137 | Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version |
|
|
2138 | See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details. |
|
|
2139 | |
|
|
2140 | =item --enable-smart-resize (default: on) |
2493 | =item --enable-smart-resize (default: off) |
2141 | |
2494 | |
2142 | Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot |
2495 | Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when resizing. |
2143 | keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of |
2496 | This should keep the window corner which is closest to a corner of |
2144 | the screen in a fixed position. |
2497 | the screen in a fixed position. |
2145 | |
2498 | |
|
|
2499 | =item --enable-text-blink (default: on) |
|
|
2500 | |
|
|
2501 | Add support for blinking text. |
|
|
2502 | |
2146 | =item --enable-pointer-blank (default: on) |
2503 | =item --enable-pointer-blank (default: on) |
2147 | |
2504 | |
2148 | Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. |
2505 | Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. |
2149 | |
2506 | |
2150 | =item --enable-perl (default: off) |
2507 | =item --enable-perl (default: on) |
2151 | |
2508 | |
2152 | Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)> |
2509 | Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the B<@@RXVT_NAME@@perl(3)> |
2153 | manpage (F<doc/rxvtperl.txt>) for more info on this feature, or the files |
2510 | manpage for more info on this feature, or the files in F<src/perl/> |
2154 | in F<src/perl-ext/> for the extensions that are installed by default. The |
2511 | for the extensions that are installed by default. |
2155 | perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the C<PERL> environment |
2512 | The perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the C<PERL> |
2156 | variable when running configure. |
2513 | environment variable when running configure. Even when compiled in, |
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2514 | perl will I<not> be initialised when all extensions have been disabled |
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2515 | C<-pe "" --perl-ext-common "">, so it should be safe to enable from a |
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2516 | resource standpoint. |
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2517 | |
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2518 | =item --enable-assert (default: off) |
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2519 | |
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2520 | Enables the assertions in the code, normally disabled. This switch is only |
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2521 | useful when developing rxvt-unicode. |
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2522 | |
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2523 | =item --enable-256-color (default: off) |
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2524 | |
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2525 | Force use of so-called 256 colour mode, to work around buggy applications |
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2526 | that do not support termcap/terminfo, or simply improve support for |
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2527 | applications hardcoding the xterm 256 colour table. |
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2528 | |
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2529 | This switch breaks termcap/terminfo compatibility to C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>, |
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2530 | and consequently sets C<TERM> to C<rxvt-unicode-256color> by default |
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2531 | (F<doc/etc/> contains termcap/terminfo definitions for both). |
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2532 | |
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2533 | It also results in higher memory usage and can slow down @@RXVT_NAME@@ |
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2534 | dramatically when more than six fonts are in use by a terminal instance. |
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2535 | |
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2536 | =item --with-afterimage-config=DIR |
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2537 | |
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2538 | Look for the libAfterImage config script in DIR. |
2157 | |
2539 | |
2158 | =item --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt) |
2540 | =item --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt) |
2159 | |
2541 | |
2160 | Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting |
2542 | Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting |
2161 | in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with |
2543 | in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with |
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2171 | PATH. |
2553 | PATH. |
2172 | |
2554 | |
2173 | =item --with-x |
2555 | =item --with-x |
2174 | |
2556 | |
2175 | Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?). |
2557 | Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?). |
2176 | |
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2177 | =item --with-xpm-includes=DIR |
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2178 | |
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2179 | Look for the XPM includes in DIR. |
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2180 | |
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2181 | =item --with-xpm-library=DIR |
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2182 | |
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2183 | Look for the XPM library in DIR. |
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2184 | |
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2185 | =item --with-xpm |
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2186 | |
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2187 | Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background. |
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2188 | |
2558 | |
2189 | =back |
2559 | =back |
2190 | |
2560 | |
2191 | =head1 AUTHORS |
2561 | =head1 AUTHORS |
2192 | |
2562 | |