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1 =head1 NAME
2
3 RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information
4
5 =head1 SYNOPSIS
6
7 # set a new font set
8 printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho"
9
10 # change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
11 export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007"
12
13 # set window title
14 printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title"
15
16 =head1 DESCRIPTION
17
18 This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting
19 all escape sequences, and other background information.
20
21 The newest version of this document is
22 also available on the World Wide Web at
23 L<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
24
25 =head1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
26
27 =over 4
28
29 =item How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
30
31 The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
32 sequence C<ESC [ 8 n> sets the window title to the version number.
33
34 =item I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
35
36 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode contains large patches that
37 considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before reporting a
38 bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download and install the
39 genuine version (L<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to
40 reproduce the problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are
41 specific to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the
42 Debian Bug Tracking System (use C<reportbug> to report the bug).
43
44 For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
45 probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's also a
46 bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for other users that
47 might encounter the same issue.
48
49 =item When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
50
51 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely available
52 as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same problem often arises).
53
54 The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, this can
55 be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp):
56
57 REMOTE=remotesystem.domain
58 infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti"
59
60 ... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system,
61
62 If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set
63 C<TERM=rxvt> or even C<TERM=xterm>, and live with the small number of
64 problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and different
65 colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen applications. It's a nice
66 quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, though.
67
68 If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) you
69 can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or use a
70 resource to set it:
71
72 URxvt.termName: rxvt
73
74 If you don't plan to use B<rxvt> (quite common...) you could also replace
75 the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
76
77 =item C<bash>'s readline does not work correctly under @@RXVT_NAME@@.
78
79 =item I need a termcap file entry.
80
81 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or operating
82 systems still compile some programs using the long-obsoleted termcap
83 (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely on a termcap entry for
84 C<rxvt-unicode>.
85
86 You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many cases.
87 You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's infocmp program
88 like this:
89
90 infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
91
92 Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
93
94 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
95 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
96 :co#80:it#8:li#24:\
97 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
98 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
99 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=^O:al=\E[L:\
100 :as=^N:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:\
101 :cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:do=^J:\
102 :ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:\
103 :im=\E[4h:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
104 :k0=\E[21~:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:\
105 :k5=\E[15~:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:\
106 :kD=\E[3~:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:\
107 :ke=\E[?1l\E>:kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:\
108 :ku=\EOA:le=^H:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:\
109 :nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:\
110 :st=\EH:ta=^I:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:\
111 :up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
112 :vs=\E[?25h:
113
114 =item Why does C<ls> no longer have coloured output?
115
116 The C<ls> in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
117 decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
118 file. Needless to say, C<rxvt-unicode> is not in it's default file (among
119 with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add:
120
121 TERM rxvt-unicode
122
123 to C</etc/DIR_COLORS> or simply add:
124
125 alias ls='ls --color=auto'
126
127 to your C<.profile> or C<.bashrc>.
128
129 =item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode?
130
131 =item Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic?
132
133 =item Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly?
134
135 Make sure you are using C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>. Some pre-packaged
136 distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode
137 by setting C<TERM> to C<rxvt>, which doesn't have these extra
138 features. Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian
139 GNU/Linux) furthermore fail to even install the C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
140 file, so you will need to install it on your own (See the question B<When
141 I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?> on
142 how to do this).
143
144 =item My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
145
146 Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
147 specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is caused
148 by the wrong C<TERM> setting, although the details of wether and how
149 this can happen are unknown, as C<TERM=rxvt> should offer a compatible
150 keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and please report if that
151 helped.
152
153 =item Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
154
155 =item Unicode does not seem to work?
156
157 If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character but
158 getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program output is
159 subtly garbled, then you should check your locale settings.
160
161 Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same C<LC_CTYPE> setting as the
162 programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the C<C> locale, while the
163 login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the locale to
164 something else, e.g. C<en_GB.UTF-8>. Needless to say, this is not going to work.
165
166 The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will likely run
167 into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in your .profile.
168
169 printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
170
171 If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a C<LC_CTYPE> specification not
172 supported on your systems. Some systems have a C<locale> command which
173 displays this (also, C<perl -e0> can be used to check locale settings, as
174 it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). If it displays something
175 like:
176
177 locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
178
179 Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
180
181 If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly then
182 you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs just don't
183 support locales :(
184
185 =item Why do some characters look so much different than others?
186
187 =item How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts?
188
189 Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is
190 fine. Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
191 your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you want
192 to display.
193
194 B<rxvt-unicode> makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement
195 font. Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
196 bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that don't
197 resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial
198 intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to believe
199 the font that the characters it claims to contain indeed look correct.
200
201 In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font list,
202 e.g.:
203
204 @@RXVT_NAME@@ -fn basefont,font2,font3...
205
206 When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
207 font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to the
208 next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed up this
209 search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the X-server.
210
211 The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the base
212 font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell size, which
213 must be the same due to the way terminals work.
214
215 =item Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
216
217 This is because there is a difference between script and language --
218 rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output is,
219 as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode first
220 sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese font for
221 display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. Now, many
222 chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the first
223 non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a chinese font
224 -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the japanese font for
225 chinese characters that are also in the japanese font.
226
227 The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your font
228 list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font list as
229 a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a japanese font
230 first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font first.
231
232 In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
233 runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using different
234 fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for this
235 has been designed yet).
236
237 Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see L<Can
238 I switch the fonts at runtime?> later in this document).
239
240 =item Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
241
242 Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that character
243 size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for terminal use might
244 contain some characters that are simply too wide. Rxvt-unicode will avoid
245 these characters. For characters that are just "a bit" too wide a special
246 "careful" rendering mode is used that redraws adjacent characters.
247
248 All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes,
249 however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed bounding
250 box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the correct way is to
251 ask for the character bounding box, which unfortunately is wrong in these
252 cases).
253
254 It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, freetype,
255 or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you might try using
256 the C<-lsp> option to give the font more height. If that doesn't work, you
257 might be forced to use a different font.
258
259 All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their bounding
260 box data is correct.
261
262 =item My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
263
264 The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not set
265 correctly, or you specified a B<preeditStyle> that is not supported by
266 your input method. For example, if you specified B<OverTheSpot> and
267 your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose keys)
268 does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), then
269 rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method.
270
271 In this case either do not specify a B<preeditStyle> or specify more than
272 one pre-edit style, such as B<OverTheSpot,Root,None>.
273
274 =item I cannot type C<Ctrl-Shift-2> to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO 14755
275
276 Either try C<Ctrl-2> alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on
277 international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your
278 advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for other
279 codes, too, such as C<Ctrl-Shift-1-d> to type the default telnet escape
280 character and so on.
281
282 =item How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
283
284 First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal settings
285 (C<TERM=rxvt-unicode>), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then
286 make sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise
287 rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:
288
289 URxvt.colorBD: white
290 URxvt.colorIT: green
291
292 =item Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how can I fix that?
293
294 For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very weird
295 colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than the standard
296 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, of course, to fix
297 these programs not to assume non-ISO colours without very good reasons.
298
299 In the meantime, you can either edit your C<rxvt-unicode> terminfo
300 definition to only claim 8 colour support or use C<TERM=rxvt>, which will
301 fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode features.
302
303 =item I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
304
305 Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> to be defined
306 in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements it,
307 wether it defines the symbol or not. C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> requires that
308 B<wchar_t> is represented as unicode.
309
310 As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl nor
311 does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal representation of
312 B<wchar_t>. This is, of course, completely fine with respect to standards.
313
314 However, C<__STDC_ISO_10646__> is the only sane way to support
315 multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and
316 non-standardized) representation of B<wchar_t> makes it impossible to
317 convert between B<wchar_t> (as used by X11 and your applications) and any
318 other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and
319 every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert B<wchar_t> into anything
320 except the current locale encoding.
321
322 Some applications (such as the formidable B<mlterm>) work around this
323 by carrying their own replacement functions for character set handling
324 with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or doing multiple
325 conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the OS implements
326 encodings slightly different than the terminal emulator).
327
328 The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in the
329 system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app to carry
330 complete replacements for them :)
331
332 =item How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
333
334 =item Is there an option to switch encodings?
335
336 Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, and no
337 specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't even know about
338 UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to terminal I/O.
339
340 The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for selecting
341 the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating this to all
342 applications so everybody agrees on character properties such as width
343 and code number. This mechanism is the I<locale>. Applications not using
344 that info will have problems (for example, C<xterm> gets the width of
345 characters wrong as it uses it's own, locale-independent table under all
346 locales).
347
348 Rxvt-unicode uses the C<LC_CTYPE> locale category to select encoding. All
349 programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree in the
350 interpretation of characters.
351
352 Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, nor
353 is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like.
354
355 On most systems, the content of the C<LC_CTYPE> environment variable
356 contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an already-installed
357 locale. Common names for locales are C<en_US.UTF-8>, C<de_DE.ISO-8859-15>,
358 C<ja_JP.EUC-JP>, i.e. C<language_country.encoding>, but other forms
359 (i.e. C<de> or C<german>) are also common.
360
361 Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for
362 the encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings,
363 i.e. C<de_DE.UTF-8> and C<ja_JP.UTF-8> are the normally same to
364 rxvt-unicode.
365
366 If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you start
367 rxvt-unicode with the correct C<LC_CTYPE> category.
368
369 =item Can I switch locales at runtime?
370
371 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
372 rxvt-unicode's idea of C<LC_CTYPE>.
373
374 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
375
376 See also the previous answer.
377
378 Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
379 one locale (e.g. C<de_DE.UTF-8>) but some programs don't support it
380 (e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start C<xjdic>, which
381 first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
382
383 printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
384 xjdic -js
385 printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
386
387 You can also use xterm's C<luit> program, which usually works fine, except
388 for some locales where character width differs between program- and
389 rxvt-unicode-locales.
390
391 =item Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
392
393 Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has the same
394 effect as using the C<-fn> switch, and takes effect immediately:
395
396 printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
397
398 This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer a
399 japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, where
400 japanese fonts would only be in your way.
401
402 You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
403
404 =item Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
405
406 Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
407 example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font C<xft:Bitstream Vera Sans
408 Mono> completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might be to
409 enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
410
411 URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
412 URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
413
414 =item My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
415
416 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest of the
417 terminal, using the resource C<imlocale>:
418
419 URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
420
421 Now you can start your terminal with C<LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8> and still
422 use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not be able to
423 input characters outside C<EUC-JP> in a normal way then, as your input
424 method limits you.
425
426 =item Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
427
428 Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
429 design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
430 leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering at
431 exit time. B<kinput2> (and derived input methods) generally succeeds,
432 while B<SCIM> (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, however,
433 crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides cooperate.
434
435 So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
436
437 =item Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
438
439 Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for something you
440 don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings that
441 you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by design,
442 when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be loaded
443 accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your characters.
444
445 Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
446 scrollback buffers: Without C<--enable-unicode3>, rxvt-unicode will use
447 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to almost a
448 kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will then (if full)
449 use 10 Megabytes of memory. With C<--enable-unicode3> it gets worse, as
450 rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
451
452 =item Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
453
454 Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, as
455 it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to disable
456 antialiasing (by appending C<:antialiasing=false>), which saves lots of
457 memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
458
459 =item Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
460
461 Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
462 fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
463 fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It has
464 antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author thinks they
465 look best that way.
466
467 If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually.
468
469 =item Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
470
471 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
472 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. I've
473 heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise specified. A
474 quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt or Shift keys are
475 depressed. See @@RXVT_NAME@@(7)
476
477 =item What's with this bold/blink stuff?
478
479 If no bold colour is set via C<colorBD:>, bold will invert text using the
480 standard foreground colour.
481
482 For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the
483 text blink when compiled with C<--enable-blinking>. with standard
484 colours. Without C<--enable-blinking>, the blink attribute will be
485 ignored.
486
487 On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set high-intensity
488 foreground/background colors.
489
490 color0-7 are the low-intensity colors.
491
492 color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors.
493
494 =item I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them?
495
496 You can change the screen colors at run-time using F<~/.Xdefaults>
497 resources (or as long-options).
498
499 Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
500 including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
501
502 URxvt.color0: #000000
503 URxvt.color1: #A80000
504 URxvt.color2: #00A800
505 URxvt.color3: #A8A800
506 URxvt.color4: #0000A8
507 URxvt.color5: #A800A8
508 URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
509 URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
510
511 URxvt.color8: #000054
512 URxvt.color9: #FF0054
513 URxvt.color10: #00FF54
514 URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
515 URxvt.color12: #0000FF
516 URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
517 URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
518 URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
519
520 And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described (not by
521 me) as "pretty girly".
522
523 URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
524 URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
525 URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
526 URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
527 URxvt.color0: #000000
528 URxvt.color8: #8b8f93
529 URxvt.color1: #dc74d1
530 URxvt.color9: #dc74d1
531 URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7
532 URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7
533 URxvt.color3: #dfe37e
534 URxvt.color11: #dfe37e
535 URxvt.color5: #9e88f0
536 URxvt.color13: #9e88f0
537 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
538 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
539 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
540 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
541
542 =item How can I start @@RXVT_NAME@@d in a race-free way?
543
544 Despite it's name, @@RXVT_NAME@@d is not a real daemon, but more like a
545 server that answers @@RXVT_NAME@@c's requests, so it doesn't background
546 itself.
547
548 To ensure @@RXVT_NAME@@d is listening on it's socket, you can use the
549 following method to wait for the startup message before continuing:
550
551 { @@RXVT_NAME@@d & } | read
552
553 =item What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
554
555 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
556 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
557 question) there are two standard values that can be used for
558 Backspace: C<^H> and C<^?>.
559
560 Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the debian
561 policy of using C<^?> when unsure, because it's the one only only correct
562 choice :).
563
564 Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the value
565 of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode wasn't
566 started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote shell), then the
567 system value of `erase', which corresponds to CERASE in <termios.h>, will
568 be used (which may not be the same as your stty setting).
569
570 For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
571
572 # use Backspace = ^H
573 $ stty erase ^H
574 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
575
576 # use Backspace = ^?
577 $ stty erase ^?
578 $ @@RXVT_NAME@@
579
580 Toggle with C<ESC [ 36 h> / C<ESC [ 36 l> as documented in @@RXVT_NAME@@(7).
581
582 For an existing rxvt-unicode:
583
584 # use Backspace = ^H
585 $ stty erase ^H
586 $ echo -n "^[[36h"
587
588 # use Backspace = ^?
589 $ stty erase ^?
590 $ echo -n "^[[36l"
591
592 This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, but
593 if you use Backspace = C<^H>, make sure that the termcap/terminfo value
594 properly reflects that.
595
596 The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace problem.
597 To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, the Delete
598 key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the vt100 for Execute
599 (C<ESC [ 3 ~>) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo.
600
601 Some other Backspace problems:
602
603 some editors use termcap/terminfo,
604 some editors (vim I'm told) expect Backspace = ^H,
605 GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for help.
606
607 Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner.
608
609 =item I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them?
610
611 There are some compile-time selections available via configure. Unless
612 you have run "configure" with the C<--disable-resources> option you can
613 use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings associated with keysyms.
614
615 Here's an example for a URxvt session started using C<@@RXVT_NAME@@ -name URxvt>
616
617 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
618 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
619 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
620 URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/>
621 URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;>
622 URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`>
623 URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,>
624 URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.>
625 URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`>
626 URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab>
627 URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return>
628 URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return>
629 URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space>
630 URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up>
631 URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down>
632 URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left>
633 URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right>
634 URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 >
635 URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
636 URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
637
638 See some more examples in the documentation for the B<keysym> resource.
639
640 =item I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys.
641 How do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4
642 has the following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
643
644 KP_Insert == Insert
645 F22 == Print
646 F27 == Home
647 F29 == Prior
648 F33 == End
649 F35 == Next
650
651 Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various possible
652 keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap the keys as
653 required for your particular machine.
654
655 =item How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
656 I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
657
658 rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you can
659 check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, slrn,
660 Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide whether or
661 not to use color.
662
663 =item How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable?
664
665 If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled
666 insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script
667 snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of rxvt-unicode
668 wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in these snippets) then
669 the COLORTERM variable can be used to distinguish rxvt-unicode from a
670 regular xterm.
671
672 Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell script
673 snippets:
674
675 # Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells:
676 [ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know
677 if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then
678 stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not
679 echo -n '^[Z'
680 read term_id
681 stty icanon echo
682 if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then
683 echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string
684 read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell
685 fi
686 fi
687
688 =item How do I compile the manual pages for myself?
689
690 You need to have a recent version of perl installed as F</usr/bin/perl>,
691 one that comes with F<pod2man>, F<pod2text> and F<pod2html>. Then go to
692 the doc subdirectory and enter C<make alldoc>.
693
694 =item My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human?
695
696 Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: C<irc.freenode.net>,
697 channel C<#rxvt-unicode> has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might be
698 interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not FAQs :).
699
700 =back
701
702 =head1 RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE
703
704 =head1 DESCRIPTION
705
706 The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
707 B<rxvt-unicode>. First the description of supported command sequences,
708 followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all
709 features selectable at C<configure> time.
710
711 =head1 Definitions
712
713 =over 4
714
715 =item B<< C<c> >>
716
717 The literal character c.
718
719 =item B<< C<C> >>
720
721 A single (required) character.
722
723 =item B<< C<Ps> >>
724
725 A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or more
726 digits.
727
728 =item B<< C<Pm> >>
729
730 A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single numeric
731 parameters, separated by C<;> character(s).
732
733 =item B<< C<Pt> >>
734
735 A text parameter composed of printable characters.
736
737 =back
738
739 =head1 Values
740
741 =over 4
742
743 =item B<< C<ENQ> >>
744
745 Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA)
746 request attributes from terminal. See B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>.
747
748 =item B<< C<BEL> >>
749
750 Bell (Ctrl-G)
751
752 =item B<< C<BS> >>
753
754 Backspace (Ctrl-H)
755
756 =item B<< C<TAB> >>
757
758 Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I)
759
760 =item B<< C<LF> >>
761
762 Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J)
763
764 =item B<< C<VT> >>
765
766 Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as B<< C<LF> >>
767
768 =item B<< C<FF> >>
769
770 Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as B<< C<LF> >>
771
772 =item B<< C<CR> >>
773
774 Carriage Return (Ctrl-M)
775
776 =item B<< C<SO> >>
777
778 Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set.
779 Switch to Alternate Character Set
780
781 =item B<< C<SI> >>
782
783 Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default).
784 Switch to Standard Character Set
785
786 =item B<< C<SPC> >>
787
788 Space Character
789
790 =back
791
792 =head1 Escape Sequences
793
794 =over 4
795
796 =item B<< C<ESC # 8> >>
797
798 DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN)
799
800 =item B<< C<ESC 7> >>
801
802 Save Cursor (SC)
803
804 =item B<< C<ESC 8> >>
805
806 Restore Cursor
807
808 =item B<< C<ESC => >>
809
810 Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence.
811
812 =item B<<< C<< ESC >> >>>
813
814 Normal Keypad (RMKX)
815
816 B<Note:> If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, B<Num_Lock> has been
817 pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric keypad
818 (see Key Codes).
819
820 =item B<< C<ESC D> >>
821
822 Index (IND)
823
824 =item B<< C<ESC E> >>
825
826 Next Line (NEL)
827
828 =item B<< C<ESC H> >>
829
830 Tab Set (HTS)
831
832 =item B<< C<ESC M> >>
833
834 Reverse Index (RI)
835
836 =item B<< C<ESC N> >>
837
838 Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next character
839 only I<unimplemented>
840
841 =item B<< C<ESC O> >>
842
843 Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next character
844 only I<unimplemented>
845
846 =item B<< C<ESC Z> >>
847
848 Obsolete form of returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C> >> I<rxvt-unicode compile-time option>
849
850 =item B<< C<ESC c> >>
851
852 Full reset (RIS)
853
854 =item B<< C<ESC n> >>
855
856 Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2)
857
858 =item B<< C<ESC o> >>
859
860 Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)
861
862 =item B<< C<ESC ( C> >>
863
864 Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
865
866 =item B<< C<ESC ) C> >>
867
868 Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
869
870 =item B<< C<ESC * C> >>
871
872 Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
873
874 =item B<< C<ESC + C> >>
875
876 Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of C<C>.
877
878 =item B<< C<ESC $ C> >>
879
880 Designate Kanji Character Set
881
882 Where B<< C<C> >> is one of:
883
884 =begin table
885
886 C = C<0> DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set
887 C = C<A> United Kingdom (UK)
888 C = C<B> United States (USASCII)
889 C = C<< < >> Multinational character set I<unimplemented>
890 C = C<5> Finnish character set I<unimplemented>
891 C = C<C> Finnish character set I<unimplemented>
892 C = C<K> German character set I<unimplemented>
893
894 =end table
895
896 =back
897
898 X<CSI>
899
900 =head1 CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences
901
902 =over 4
903
904 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps @> >>
905
906 Insert B<< C<Ps> >> (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (ICH)X<ESCOBPsA>
907
908 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps A> >>
909
910 Cursor Up B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUU)
911
912 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps B> >>
913
914 Cursor Down B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUD)X<ESCOBPsC>
915
916 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps C> >>
917
918 Cursor Forward B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUF)
919
920 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps D> >>
921
922 Cursor Backward B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] (CUB)
923
924 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps E> >>
925
926 Cursor Down B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] and to first column
927
928 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps F> >>
929
930 Cursor Up B<< C<Ps> >> Times [default: 1] and to first columnX<ESCOBPsG>
931
932 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps G> >>
933
934 Cursor to Column B<< C<Ps> >> (HPA)
935
936 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps H> >>
937
938 Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP)
939
940 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps I> >>
941
942 Move forward B<< C<Ps> >> tab stops [default: 1]
943
944 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps J> >>
945
946 Erase in Display (ED)
947
948 =begin table
949
950 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear Below (default)
951 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Clear Above
952 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Clear All
953
954 =end table
955
956 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps K> >>
957
958 Erase in Line (EL)
959
960 =begin table
961
962 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear to Right (default)
963 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Clear to Left
964 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Clear All
965
966 =end table
967
968 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps L> >>
969
970 Insert B<< C<Ps> >> Line(s) [default: 1] (IL)
971
972 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps M> >>
973
974 Delete B<< C<Ps> >> Line(s) [default: 1] (DL)
975
976 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps P> >>
977
978 Delete B<< C<Ps> >> Character(s) [default: 1] (DCH)
979
980 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps T> >>
981
982 Initiate . I<unimplemented> Parameters are
983 [func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow].
984
985 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps W> >>
986
987 Tabulator functions
988
989 =begin table
990
991 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Tab Set (HTS)
992 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default)
993 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All
994
995 =end table
996
997 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps X> >>
998
999 Erase B<< C<Ps> >> Character(s) [default: 1] (ECH)
1000
1001 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps Z> >>
1002
1003 Move backward B<< C<Ps> >> [default: 1] tab stops
1004
1005 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps '> >>
1006
1007 See B<< C<ESC [ Ps G> >>
1008
1009 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps a> >>
1010
1011 See B<< C<ESC [ Ps C> >>
1012
1013 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps c> >>
1014
1015 Send Device Attributes (DA)
1016 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> (or omitted): request attributes from terminal
1017 returns: B<< C<ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c> >> (``I am a VT100 with Advanced Video
1018 Option'')
1019
1020 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps d> >>
1021
1022 Cursor to Line B<< C<Ps> >> (VPA)
1023
1024 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps e> >>
1025
1026 See B<< C<ESC [ Ps A> >>
1027
1028 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps f> >>
1029
1030 Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1]
1031
1032 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps g> >>
1033
1034 Tab Clear (TBC)
1035
1036 =begin table
1037
1038 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Clear Current Column (default)
1039 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> Clear All (TBC)
1040
1041 =end table
1042
1043 =item B<< C<ESC [ Pm h> >>
1044
1045 Set Mode (SM). See B<< C<ESC [ Pm l> >> sequence for description of C<Pm>.
1046
1047 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps i> >>
1048
1049 Printing. See also the C<print-pipe> resource.
1050
1051 =begin table
1052
1053 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> print screen (MC0)
1054 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> disable transparent print mode (MC4)
1055 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> enable transparent print mode (MC5)
1056
1057 =end table
1058
1059 =item B<< C<ESC [ Pm l> >>
1060
1061 Reset Mode (RM)
1062
1063 =over 4
1064
1065 =item B<< C<Ps = 4> >>
1066
1067 =begin table
1068
1069 B<< C<h> >> Insert Mode (SMIR)
1070 B<< C<l> >> Replace Mode (RMIR)
1071
1072 =end table
1073
1074 =item B<< C<Ps = 20> >> (partially implemented)
1075
1076 =begin table
1077
1078 B<< C<h> >> Automatic Newline (LNM)
1079 B<< C<l> >> Normal Linefeed (LNM)
1080
1081 =end table
1082
1083 =back
1084
1085 =item B<< C<ESC [ Pm m> >>
1086
1087 Character Attributes (SGR)
1088
1089 =begin table
1090
1091 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Normal (default)
1092 B<< C<Ps = 1 / 21> >> On / Off Bold (bright fg)
1093 B<< C<Ps = 3 / 23> >> On / Off Italic
1094 B<< C<Ps = 4 / 24> >> On / Off Underline
1095 B<< C<Ps = 5 / 25> >> On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg)
1096 B<< C<Ps = 6 / 26> >> On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg)
1097 B<< C<Ps = 7 / 27> >> On / Off Inverse
1098 B<< C<Ps = 8 / 27> >> On / Off Invisible (NYI)
1099 B<< C<Ps = 30 / 40> >> fg/bg Black
1100 B<< C<Ps = 31 / 41> >> fg/bg Red
1101 B<< C<Ps = 32 / 42> >> fg/bg Green
1102 B<< C<Ps = 33 / 43> >> fg/bg Yellow
1103 B<< C<Ps = 34 / 44> >> fg/bg Blue
1104 B<< C<Ps = 35 / 45> >> fg/bg Magenta
1105 B<< C<Ps = 36 / 46> >> fg/bg Cyan
1106 B<< C<Ps = 38;5 / 48;5> >> set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6)
1107 B<< C<Ps = 37 / 47> >> fg/bg White
1108 B<< C<Ps = 39 / 49> >> fg/bg Default
1109 B<< C<Ps = 90 / 100> >> fg/bg Bright Black
1110 B<< C<Ps = 91 / 101> >> fg/bg Bright Red
1111 B<< C<Ps = 92 / 102> >> fg/bg Bright Green
1112 B<< C<Ps = 93 / 103> >> fg/bg Bright Yellow
1113 B<< C<Ps = 94 / 104> >> fg/bg Bright Blue
1114 B<< C<Ps = 95 / 105> >> fg/bg Bright Magenta
1115 B<< C<Ps = 96 / 106> >> fg/bg Bright Cyan
1116 B<< C<Ps = 97 / 107> >> fg/bg Bright White
1117 B<< C<Ps = 99 / 109> >> fg/bg Bright Default
1118
1119 =end table
1120
1121 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps n> >>
1122
1123 Device Status Report (DSR)
1124
1125 =begin table
1126
1127 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Status Report B<< C<ESC [ 0 n> >> (``OK'')
1128 B<< C<Ps = 6> >> Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as B<< C<ESC [ r ; c R> >>
1129 B<< C<Ps = 7> >> Request Display Name
1130 B<< C<Ps = 8> >> Request Version Number (place in window title)
1131
1132 =end table
1133
1134 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Ps r> >>
1135
1136 Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom]
1137 [default: full size of window] (CSR)
1138
1139 =item B<< C<ESC [ s> >>
1140
1141 Save Cursor (SC)
1142
1143 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps;Pt t> >>
1144
1145 Window Operations
1146
1147 =begin table
1148
1149 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Deiconify (map) window
1150 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Iconify window
1151 B<< C<Ps = 3> >> B<< C<ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t> >> Move window to (X|Y)
1152 B<< C<Ps = 4> >> B<< C<ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t> >> Resize to WxH pixels
1153 B<< C<Ps = 5> >> Raise window
1154 B<< C<Ps = 6> >> Lower window
1155 B<< C<Ps = 7> >> Refresh screen once
1156 B<< C<Ps = 8> >> B<< C<ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t> >> Resize to R rows and C columns
1157 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Report window state (responds with C<Ps = 1> or C<Ps = 2>)
1158 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Report window position (responds with C<Ps = 3>)
1159 B<< C<Ps = 14> >> Report window pixel size (responds with C<Ps = 4>)
1160 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Report window text size (responds with C<Ps = 7>)
1161 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Currently the same as C<Ps = 18>, but responds with C<Ps = 9>
1162 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Reports icon label (B<< C<ESC ] L NAME \234> >>)
1163 B<< C<Ps = 21> >> Reports window title (B<< C<ESC ] l NAME \234> >>)
1164 B<< C<Ps = 24..> >> Set window height to C<Ps> rows
1165
1166 =end table
1167
1168 =item B<< C<ESC [ u> >>
1169
1170 Restore Cursor
1171
1172 =item B<< C<ESC [ Ps x> >>
1173
1174 Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
1175
1176 =back
1177
1178 X<PrivateModes>
1179
1180 =head1 DEC Private Modes
1181
1182 =over 4
1183
1184 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm h> >>
1185
1186 DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET)
1187
1188 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm l> >>
1189
1190 DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST)
1191
1192 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm r> >>
1193
1194 Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values.
1195
1196 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm s> >>
1197
1198 Save DEC Private Mode Values.
1199
1200 =item B<< C<ESC [ ? Pm t> >>
1201
1202 Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). I<where>
1203
1204 =over 4
1205
1206 =item B<< C<Ps = 1> >> (DECCKM)
1207
1208 =begin table
1209
1210 B<< C<h> >> Application Cursor Keys
1211 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Keys
1212
1213 =end table
1214
1215 =item B<< C<Ps = 2> >> (ANSI/VT52 mode)
1216
1217 =begin table
1218
1219 B<< C<h> >> Enter VT52 mode
1220 B<< C<l> >> Enter VT52 mode
1221
1222 =end table
1223
1224 =item B<< C<Ps = 3> >>
1225
1226 =begin table
1227
1228 B<< C<h> >> 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1229 B<< C<l> >> 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM)
1230
1231 =end table
1232
1233 =item B<< C<Ps = 4> >>
1234
1235 =begin table
1236
1237 B<< C<h> >> Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1238 B<< C<l> >> Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM)
1239
1240 =end table
1241
1242 =item B<< C<Ps = 5> >>
1243
1244 =begin table
1245
1246 B<< C<h> >> Reverse Video (DECSCNM)
1247 B<< C<l> >> Normal Video (DECSCNM)
1248
1249 =end table
1250
1251 =item B<< C<Ps = 6> >>
1252
1253 =begin table
1254
1255 B<< C<h> >> Origin Mode (DECOM)
1256 B<< C<l> >> Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM)
1257
1258 =end table
1259
1260 =item B<< C<Ps = 7> >>
1261
1262 =begin table
1263
1264 B<< C<h> >> Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1265 B<< C<l> >> No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM)
1266
1267 =end table
1268
1269 =item B<< C<Ps = 8> >> I<unimplemented>
1270
1271 =begin table
1272
1273 B<< C<h> >> Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1274 B<< C<l> >> No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM)
1275
1276 =end table
1277
1278 =item B<< C<Ps = 9> >> X10 XTerm
1279
1280 =begin table
1281
1282 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1283 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1284
1285 =end table
1286
1287 =item B<< C<Ps = 10> >> (B<rxvt>)
1288
1289 =begin table
1290
1291 B<< C<h> >> menuBar visible
1292 B<< C<l> >> menuBar invisible
1293
1294 =end table
1295
1296 =item B<< C<Ps = 25> >>
1297
1298 =begin table
1299
1300 B<< C<h> >> Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1301 B<< C<l> >> Invisible cursor {civis}
1302
1303 =end table
1304
1305 =item B<< C<Ps = 30> >>
1306
1307 =begin table
1308
1309 B<< C<h> >> scrollBar visisble
1310 B<< C<l> >> scrollBar invisisble
1311
1312 =end table
1313
1314 =item B<< C<Ps = 35> >> (B<rxvt>)
1315
1316 =begin table
1317
1318 B<< C<h> >> Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1319 B<< C<l> >> Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences
1320
1321 =end table
1322
1323 =item B<< C<Ps = 38> >> I<unimplemented>
1324
1325 Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK)
1326
1327 =item B<< C<Ps = 40> >>
1328
1329 =begin table
1330
1331 B<< C<h> >> Allow 80/132 Mode
1332 B<< C<l> >> Disallow 80/132 Mode
1333
1334 =end table
1335
1336 =item B<< C<Ps = 44> >> I<unimplemented>
1337
1338 =begin table
1339
1340 B<< C<h> >> Turn On Margin Bell
1341 B<< C<l> >> Turn Off Margin Bell
1342
1343 =end table
1344
1345 =item B<< C<Ps = 45> >> I<unimplemented>
1346
1347 =begin table
1348
1349 B<< C<h> >> Reverse-wraparound Mode
1350 B<< C<l> >> No Reverse-wraparound Mode
1351
1352 =end table
1353
1354 =item B<< C<Ps = 46> >> I<unimplemented>
1355
1356 =item B<< C<Ps = 47> >>
1357
1358 =begin table
1359
1360 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1361 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1362
1363 =end table
1364
1365 X<Priv66>
1366
1367 =item B<< C<Ps = 66> >>
1368
1369 =begin table
1370
1371 B<< C<h> >> Application Keypad (DECPAM) == C<ESC =>
1372 B<< C<l> >> Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == C<< ESC > >>
1373
1374 =end table
1375
1376 =item B<< C<Ps = 67> >>
1377
1378 =begin table
1379
1380 B<< C<h> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<BS> (DECBKM) >>
1381 B<< C<l> >> Backspace key sends B<< C<DEL> >>
1382
1383 =end table
1384
1385 =item B<< C<Ps = 1000> >> (X11 XTerm)
1386
1387 =begin table
1388
1389 B<< C<h> >> Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release.
1390 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1391
1392 =end table
1393
1394 =item B<< C<Ps = 1001> >> (X11 XTerm) I<unimplemented>
1395
1396 =begin table
1397
1398 B<< C<h> >> Use Hilite Mouse Tracking.
1399 B<< C<l> >> No mouse reporting.
1400
1401 =end table
1402
1403 =item B<< C<Ps = 1010> >> (B<rxvt>)
1404
1405 =begin table
1406
1407 B<< C<h> >> Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output
1408 B<< C<l> >> Scroll to bottom on TTY output
1409
1410 =end table
1411
1412 =item B<< C<Ps = 1011> >> (B<rxvt>)
1413
1414 =begin table
1415
1416 B<< C<h> >> Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1417 B<< C<l> >> Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1418
1419 =end table
1420
1421 =item B<< C<Ps = 1047> >>
1422
1423 =begin table
1424
1425 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1426 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1427
1428 =end table
1429
1430 =item B<< C<Ps = 1048> >>
1431
1432 =begin table
1433
1434 B<< C<h> >> Save cursor position
1435 B<< C<l> >> Restore cursor position
1436
1437 =end table
1438
1439 =item B<< C<Ps = 1049> >>
1440
1441 =begin table
1442
1443 B<< C<h> >> Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it
1444 B<< C<l> >> Use Normal Screen Buffer
1445
1446 =end table
1447
1448 =back
1449
1450 =back
1451
1452 X<XTerm>
1453
1454 =head1 XTerm Operating System Commands
1455
1456 =over 4
1457
1458 =item B<< C<ESC ] Ps;Pt ST> >>
1459
1460 Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ (0x1b,
1461 0x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also accepted. any
1462 B<octet> can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, ^V).
1463
1464 =begin table
1465
1466 B<< C<Ps = 0> >> Change Icon Name and Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >>
1467 B<< C<Ps = 1> >> Change Icon Name to B<< C<Pt> >>
1468 B<< C<Ps = 2> >> Change Window Title to B<< C<Pt> >>
1469 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.
1470 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
1471 B<< C<Ps = 10> >> Change colour of text foreground to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1472 B<< C<Ps = 11> >> Change colour of text background to B<< C<Pt> >> B<(NB: may change in future)>
1473 B<< C<Ps = 12> >> Change colour of text cursor foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1474 B<< C<Ps = 13> >> Change colour of mouse foreground to B<< C<Pt> >>
1475 B<< C<Ps = 17> >> Change colour of highlight characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1476 B<< C<Ps = 18> >> Change colour of bold characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1477 B<< C<Ps = 19> >> Change colour of underlined characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1478 B<< C<Ps = 20> >> Change default background to B<< C<Pt> >>
1479 B<< C<Ps = 39> >> Change default foreground colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>
1480 B<< C<Ps = 46> >> Change Log File to B<< C<Pt> >> I<unimplemented>
1481 B<< C<Ps = 49> >> Change default background colour to B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option>
1482 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> >>
1483 B<< C<Ps = 55> >> Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to B<< C<Pt> >>
1484 B<< C<Ps = 701> >> Change current locale to B<< C<Pt> >>, or, if B<< C<Pt> >> is B<< C<?> >>, return the current locale (@@RXVT_NAME@@ extension)
1485 B<< C<Ps = 703> >> Menubar command B<< C<Pt> >> I<rxvt compile-time option> (rxvt-unicode extension)
1486 B<< C<Ps = 704> >> Change colour of italic characters to B<< C<Pt> >>
1487 B<< C<Ps = 705> >> Change background pixmap tint colour to B<< C<Pt> >>
1488 B<< C<Ps = 710> >> Set normal fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Same as C<Ps = 50>.
1489 B<< C<Ps = 711> >> Set bold fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.
1490 B<< C<Ps = 712> >> Set italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.
1491 B<< C<Ps = 713> >> Set bold-italic fontset to B<< C<Pt> >>. Similar to C<Ps = 50>.
1492
1493 =end table
1494
1495 =back
1496
1497 X<menuBar>
1498
1499 =head1 menuBar
1500
1501 B<< The exact syntax used is I<almost> solidified. >>
1502 In the menus, B<DON'T> try to use menuBar commands that add or remove a
1503 menuBar.
1504
1505 Note that in all of the commands, the B<< I</path/> >> I<cannot> be
1506 omitted: use B<./> to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1507
1508 =head2 Overview of menuBar operation
1509
1510 For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence C<ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST>, the syntax
1511 of C<Pt> can be used for a variety of tasks:
1512
1513 At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1514 linked-list of other such menuBars.
1515
1516 The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1517 turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1518
1519 The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1520 input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1521
1522 The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1523 constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the
1524 menuBars.
1525
1526 The first step is to use the tag B<< [menu:I<name>] >> which creates
1527 the menuBar called I<name> and allows access. You may now or menus,
1528 subMenus, and menuItems. Finally, use the tag B<[done]> to set the
1529 menuBar access as B<readonly> to prevent accidental corruption of the
1530 menus. To re-access the current menuBar for alterations, use the tag
1531 B<[menu]>, make the alterations and then use B<[done]>
1532
1533 X<menuBarCommands>
1534
1535 =head2 Commands
1536
1537 =over 4
1538
1539 =item B<< [menu:+I<name>] >>
1540
1541 access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new menuBar
1542 is created, it is called I<name> (max of 15 chars) and the current
1543 menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1544
1545 =item B<[menu]>
1546
1547 access the current menuBar for alteration
1548
1549 =item B<< [title:+I<string>] >>
1550
1551 set the current menuBar's title to I<string>, which may contain the
1552 following format specifiers:
1553 B<%%> : literal B<%> character
1554 B<%n> : rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1555 B<%v> : rxvt version
1556
1557 =item B<[done]>
1558
1559 set menuBar access as B<readonly>.
1560 End-of-file tag for B<< [read:+I<file>] >> operations.
1561
1562 =item B<< [read:+I<file>] >>
1563
1564 read menu commands directly from I<file> (extension ".menu" will be
1565 appended if required.) Start reading at a line with B<[menu]> or B<<
1566 [menu:+I<name> >> and continuing until B<[done]> is encountered.
1567
1568 Blank and comment lines (starting with B<#>) are ignored. Actually,
1569 since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything could
1570 be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up in the
1571 future ... so don't count on it!.
1572
1573 =item B<< [read:+I<file>;+I<name>] >>
1574
1575 The same as B<< [read:+I<file>] >>, but start reading at a line with
1576 B<< [menu:+I<name>] >> and continuing until B<< [done:+I<name>] >> or
1577 B<[done]> is encountered.
1578
1579 =item B<[dump]>
1580
1581 dump all menuBars to the file B</tmp/rxvt-PID> in a format suitable for
1582 later rereading.
1583
1584 =item B<[rm:name]>
1585
1586 remove the named menuBar
1587
1588 =item B<[rm] [rm:]>
1589
1590 remove the current menuBar
1591
1592 =item B<[rm*] [rm:*]>
1593
1594 remove all menuBars
1595
1596 =item B<[swap]>
1597
1598 swap the top two menuBars
1599
1600 =item B<[prev]>
1601
1602 access the previous menuBar
1603
1604 =item B<[next]>
1605
1606 access the next menuBar
1607
1608 =item B<[show]>
1609
1610 Enable display of the menuBar
1611
1612 =item B<[hide]>
1613
1614 Disable display of the menuBar
1615
1616 =item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>] >>
1617
1618 =item B<< [pixmap:+I<name>;I<scaling>] >>
1619
1620 (set the background pixmap globally
1621
1622 B<< A Future implementation I<may> make this local to the menubar >>)
1623
1624 =item B<< [:+I<command>:] >>
1625
1626 ignore the menu readonly status and issue a I<command> to or a menu or
1627 menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick arrows
1628 from a menuBar.
1629
1630 =back
1631
1632 X<menuBarAdd>
1633
1634 =head2 Adding and accessing menus
1635
1636 The following commands may also be B<+> prefixed.
1637
1638 =over 4
1639
1640 =item B</+>
1641
1642 access menuBar top level
1643
1644 =item B<./+>
1645
1646 access current menu level
1647
1648 =item B<../+>
1649
1650 access parent menu (1 level up)
1651
1652 =item B<../../>
1653
1654 access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1655
1656 =item B<< I</path/>menu >>
1657
1658 add/access menu
1659
1660 =item B<< I</path/>menu/* >>
1661
1662 add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1663
1664 =item B<< I</path/>{-} >>
1665
1666 add separator
1667
1668 =item B<< I</path/>{item} >>
1669
1670 add B<item> as a label
1671
1672 =item B<< I</path/>{item} action >>
1673
1674 add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action>
1675
1676 =item B<< I</path/>{item}{right-text} >>
1677
1678 add/alter I<menuitem> with B<right-text> as the right-justified text
1679 and as the associated I<action>
1680
1681 =item B<< I</path/>{item}{rtext} action >>
1682
1683 add/alter I<menuitem> with an associated I<action> and with B<rtext> as
1684 the right-justified text.
1685
1686 =back
1687
1688 =over 4
1689
1690 =item Special characters in I<action> must be backslash-escaped:
1691
1692 B<\a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal>
1693
1694 =item or in control-character notation:
1695
1696 B<^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?>
1697
1698 =back
1699
1700 To send a string starting with a B<NUL> (B<^@>) character to the
1701 program, start I<action> with a pair of B<NUL> characters (B<^@^@>),
1702 the first of which will be stripped off and the balance directed to the
1703 program. Otherwise if I<action> begins with B<NUL> followed by
1704 non-+B<NUL> characters, the leading B<NUL> is stripped off and the
1705 balance is sent back to rxvt.
1706
1707 As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, I<action> may start
1708 with B<M-> (eg, B<M-$> is equivalent to B<\E$>) and a B<CR> will be
1709 appended if missed from B<M-x> commands.
1710
1711 As a convenience for issuing XTerm B<ESC ]> sequences from a menubar (or
1712 quick arrow), a B<BEL> (B<^G>) will be appended if needed.
1713
1714 =over 4
1715
1716 =item For example,
1717
1718 B<M-xapropos> is equivalent to B<\Exapropos\r>
1719
1720 =item and
1721
1722 B<\E]703;mona;100> is equivalent to B<\E]703;mona;100\a>
1723
1724 =back
1725
1726 The option B<< {I<right-rtext>} >> will be right-justified. In the
1727 absence of a specified action, this text will be used as the I<action>
1728 as well.
1729
1730 =over 4
1731
1732 =item For example,
1733
1734 B</File/{Open}{^X^F}> is equivalent to B</File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F>
1735
1736 =back
1737
1738 The left label I<is> necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1739 implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1740 right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1741 with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1742
1743 =over 4
1744
1745 =item For example,
1746
1747 B</File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1748
1749 =item or hiding it
1750
1751 B</File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action>
1752
1753 =back
1754
1755 X<menuBarRemove>
1756
1757 =head2 Removing menus
1758
1759 =over 4
1760
1761 =item B<< -/*+ >>
1762
1763 remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as B<[clear]>
1764
1765 =item B<< -+I</path>menu+ >>
1766
1767 remove menu
1768
1769 =item B<< -+I</path>{item}+ >>
1770
1771 remove item
1772
1773 =item B<< -+I</path>{-} >>
1774
1775 remove separator)
1776
1777 =item B<-/path/menu/*>
1778
1779 remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1780
1781 =back
1782
1783 X<menuBarArrows>
1784
1785 =head2 Quick Arrows
1786
1787 The menus also provide a hook for I<quick arrows> to provide easier
1788 user access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to
1789 emulate the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1790 individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1791 beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1792 with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1793
1794 =over 4
1795
1796 =item B<< <r>+I<Right> >>
1797
1798 =item B<< <l>+I<Left> >>
1799
1800 =item B<< <u>+I<Up> >>
1801
1802 =item B<< <d>+I<Down> >>
1803
1804 Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1805
1806 =item B<< <b>+I<Begin> >>
1807
1808 =item B<< <e>+I<End> >>
1809
1810 Define common beginning/end parts for I<quick arrows> which used in
1811 conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1812
1813 =back
1814
1815 =over 4
1816
1817 =item For example, define arrows individually,
1818
1819 <u>\E[A
1820
1821 <d>\E[B
1822
1823 <r>\E[C
1824
1825 <l>\E[D
1826
1827 =item or all at once
1828
1829 <u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D
1830
1831 =item or more compactly (factoring out common parts)
1832
1833 <b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1834
1835 =back
1836
1837 X<menuBarSummary>
1838
1839 =head2 Command Summary
1840
1841 A short summary of the most I<common> commands:
1842
1843 =over 4
1844
1845 =item [menu:name]
1846
1847 use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1848
1849 =item [menu]
1850
1851 use the current menuBar
1852
1853 =item [title:string]
1854
1855 set menuBar title
1856
1857 =item [done]
1858
1859 set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
1860
1861 =item [done:name]
1862
1863 if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
1864
1865 =item [rm:name]
1866
1867 remove named menuBar(s)
1868
1869 =item [rm] [rm:]
1870
1871 remove current menuBar
1872
1873 =item [rm*] [rm:*]
1874
1875 remove all menuBar(s)
1876
1877 =item [swap]
1878
1879 swap top two menuBars
1880
1881 =item [prev]
1882
1883 access the previous menuBar
1884
1885 =item [next]
1886
1887 access the next menuBar
1888
1889 =item [show]
1890
1891 map menuBar
1892
1893 =item [hide]
1894
1895 unmap menuBar
1896
1897 =item [pixmap;file]
1898
1899 =item [pixmap;file;scaling]
1900
1901 set a background pixmap
1902
1903 =item [read:file]
1904
1905 =item [read:file;name]
1906
1907 read in a menu from a file
1908
1909 =item [dump]
1910
1911 dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
1912
1913 =item /
1914
1915 access menuBar top level
1916
1917 =item ./
1918
1919 =item ../
1920
1921 =item ../../
1922
1923 access current or parent menu level
1924
1925 =item /path/menu
1926
1927 add/access menu
1928
1929 =item /path/{-}
1930
1931 add separator
1932
1933 =item /path/{item}{rtext} action
1934
1935 add/alter menu item
1936
1937 =item -/*
1938
1939 remove all menus from the menuBar
1940
1941 =item -/path/menu
1942
1943 remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
1944
1945 =item -/path/menu
1946
1947 remove menu
1948
1949 =item -/path/{item}
1950
1951 remove item
1952
1953 =item -/path/{-}
1954
1955 remove separator
1956
1957 =item <b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End
1958
1959 menu quick arrows
1960
1961 =back
1962 X<XPM>
1963
1964 =head1 XPM
1965
1966 For the XPM XTerm escape sequence B<< C<ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST> >> then value
1967 of B<< C<Pt> >> can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a
1968 sequence of scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
1969 scaling/positioning commands are as follows:
1970
1971 =over 4
1972
1973 =item query scale/position
1974
1975 B<?>
1976
1977 =item change scale and position
1978
1979 B<WxH+X+Y>
1980
1981 B<WxH+X> (== B<WxH+X+X>)
1982
1983 B<WxH> (same as B<WxH+50+50>)
1984
1985 B<W+X+Y> (same as B<WxW+X+Y>)
1986
1987 B<W+X> (same as B<WxW+X+X>)
1988
1989 B<W> (same as B<WxW+50+50>)
1990
1991 =item change position (absolute)
1992
1993 B<=+X+Y>
1994
1995 B<=+X> (same as B<=+X+Y>)
1996
1997 =item change position (relative)
1998
1999 B<+X+Y>
2000
2001 B<+X> (same as B<+X+Y>)
2002
2003 =item rescale (relative)
2004
2005 B<Wx0> -> B<W *= (W/100)>
2006
2007 B<0xH> -> B<H *= (H/100)>
2008
2009 =back
2010
2011 For example:
2012
2013 =over 4
2014
2015 =item B<\E]20;funky\a>
2016
2017 load B<funky.xpm> as a tiled image
2018
2019 =item B<\E]20;mona;100\a>
2020
2021 load B<mona.xpm> with a scaling of 100%
2022
2023 =item B<\E]20;;200;?\a>
2024
2025 rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in
2026 the title
2027
2028 =back
2029 X<Mouse>
2030
2031 =head1 Mouse Reporting
2032
2033 =over 4
2034
2035 =item B<< C<< ESC [ M <b> <x> <y> >> >>
2036
2037 report mouse position
2038
2039 =back
2040
2041 The lower 2 bits of B<< C<< <b> >> >> indicate the button:
2042
2043 =over 4
2044
2045 =item Button = B<< C<< (<b> - SPACE) & 3 >> >>
2046
2047 =begin table
2048
2049 0 Button1 pressed
2050 1 Button2 pressed
2051 2 Button3 pressed
2052 3 button released (X11 mouse report)
2053
2054 =end table
2055
2056 =back
2057
2058 The upper bits of B<< C<< <b> >> >> indicate the modifiers when the
2059 button was pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only):
2060
2061 =over 4
2062
2063 =item State = B<< C<< (<b> - SPACE) & 60 >> >>
2064
2065 =begin table
2066
2067 4 Shift
2068 8 Meta
2069 16 Control
2070 32 Double Click I<(Rxvt extension)>
2071
2072 =end table
2073
2074 Col = B<< C<< <x> - SPACE >> >>
2075
2076 Row = B<< C<< <y> - SPACE >> >>
2077
2078 =back
2079 X<KeyCodes>
2080
2081 =head1 Key Codes
2082
2083 Note: B<Shift> + B<F1>-B<F10> generates B<F11>-B<F20>
2084
2085 For the keypad, use B<Shift> to temporarily override Application-Keypad
2086 setting use B<Num_Lock> to toggle Application-Keypad setting if
2087 B<Num_Lock> is off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that
2088 values of B<Home>, B<End>, B<Delete> may have been compiled differently on
2089 your system.
2090
2091 =begin table
2092
2093 B<Normal> B<Shift> B<Control> B<Ctrl+Shift>
2094 Tab ^I ESC [ Z ^I ESC [ Z
2095 BackSpace ^H ^? ^? ^?
2096 Find ESC [ 1 ~ ESC [ 1 $ ESC [ 1 ^ ESC [ 1 @
2097 Insert ESC [ 2 ~ I<paste> ESC [ 2 ^ ESC [ 2 @
2098 Execute ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @
2099 Select ESC [ 4 ~ ESC [ 4 $ ESC [ 4 ^ ESC [ 4 @
2100 Prior ESC [ 5 ~ I<scroll-up> ESC [ 5 ^ ESC [ 5 @
2101 Next ESC [ 6 ~ I<scroll-down> ESC [ 6 ^ ESC [ 6 @
2102 Home ESC [ 7 ~ ESC [ 7 $ ESC [ 7 ^ ESC [ 7 @
2103 End ESC [ 8 ~ ESC [ 8 $ ESC [ 8 ^ ESC [ 8 @
2104 Delete ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @
2105 F1 ESC [ 11 ~ ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 11 ^ ESC [ 23 ^
2106 F2 ESC [ 12 ~ ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 12 ^ ESC [ 24 ^
2107 F3 ESC [ 13 ~ ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 13 ^ ESC [ 25 ^
2108 F4 ESC [ 14 ~ ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 14 ^ ESC [ 26 ^
2109 F5 ESC [ 15 ~ ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 15 ^ ESC [ 28 ^
2110 F6 ESC [ 17 ~ ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 17 ^ ESC [ 29 ^
2111 F7 ESC [ 18 ~ ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 18 ^ ESC [ 31 ^
2112 F8 ESC [ 19 ~ ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 19 ^ ESC [ 32 ^
2113 F9 ESC [ 20 ~ ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 20 ^ ESC [ 33 ^
2114 F10 ESC [ 21 ~ ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 21 ^ ESC [ 34 ^
2115 F11 ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 23 $ ESC [ 23 ^ ESC [ 23 @
2116 F12 ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 24 $ ESC [ 24 ^ ESC [ 24 @
2117 F13 ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 25 $ ESC [ 25 ^ ESC [ 25 @
2118 F14 ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 26 $ ESC [ 26 ^ ESC [ 26 @
2119 F15 (Help) ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 28 $ ESC [ 28 ^ ESC [ 28 @
2120 F16 (Menu) ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 29 $ ESC [ 29 ^ ESC [ 29 @
2121 F17 ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 31 $ ESC [ 31 ^ ESC [ 31 @
2122 F18 ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 32 $ ESC [ 32 ^ ESC [ 32 @
2123 F19 ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 33 $ ESC [ 33 ^ ESC [ 33 @
2124 F20 ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 34 $ ESC [ 34 ^ ESC [ 34 @
2125 B<Application>
2126 Up ESC [ A ESC [ a ESC O a ESC O A
2127 Down ESC [ B ESC [ b ESC O b ESC O B
2128 Right ESC [ C ESC [ c ESC O c ESC O C
2129 Left ESC [ D ESC [ d ESC O d ESC O D
2130 KP_Enter ^M ESC O M
2131 KP_F1 ESC O P ESC O P
2132 KP_F2 ESC O Q ESC O Q
2133 KP_F3 ESC O R ESC O R
2134 KP_F4 ESC O S ESC O S
2135 XK_KP_Multiply * ESC O j
2136 XK_KP_Add + ESC O k
2137 XK_KP_Separator , ESC O l
2138 XK_KP_Subtract - ESC O m
2139 XK_KP_Decimal . ESC O n
2140 XK_KP_Divide / ESC O o
2141 XK_KP_0 0 ESC O p
2142 XK_KP_1 1 ESC O q
2143 XK_KP_2 2 ESC O r
2144 XK_KP_3 3 ESC O s
2145 XK_KP_4 4 ESC O t
2146 XK_KP_5 5 ESC O u
2147 XK_KP_6 6 ESC O v
2148 XK_KP_7 7 ESC O w
2149 XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x
2150 XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y
2151
2152 =end table
2153
2154 =head1 CONFIGURE OPTIONS
2155
2156 General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
2157 hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the
2158 ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself,
2159 so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always
2160 report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann
2161 <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
2162
2163 =over 4
2164
2165 =item --enable-everything
2166
2167 Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure
2168 --help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order dependant.
2169 You can specify this and then disable options which this enables by
2170 I<following> this with the appropriate commands.
2171
2172 =item --enable-xft
2173
2174 Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts are
2175 slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use them, you
2176 don't pay for them.
2177
2178 =item --enable-font-styles
2179
2180 Add support for B<bold>, I<italic> and B<< I<bold italic> >> font
2181 styles. The fonts can be set manually or automatically.
2182
2183 =item --with-codesets=NAME,...
2184
2185 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn are
2186 always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). These
2187 codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core fonts, they
2188 are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will make your binary
2189 bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless
2190 you use an X11 font requiring one of these encodings.
2191
2192 =begin table
2193
2194 all all available codeset groups
2195 zh common chinese encodings
2196 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
2197 jp common japanese encodings
2198 jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
2199 kr korean encodings
2200
2201 =end table
2202
2203 =item --enable-xim
2204
2205 Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
2206 alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly
2207 set up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
2208
2209 =item --enable-unicode3
2210
2211 Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above
2212 65535 (the basic multilingual page). This increases storage
2213 requirements per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet
2214 support these extra characters, but Xft does.
2215
2216 Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535
2217 even without this flag, but the number of such characters is
2218 limited to a view thousand (shared with combining characters,
2219 see next switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
2220 (input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
2221
2222 =item --enable-combining
2223
2224 Enable automatic composition of combining characters into
2225 composite characters. This is required for proper viewing of text
2226 where accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is
2227 done by using precomposited characters when available or creating
2228 new pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
2229
2230 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
2231 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use the
2232 private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). With
2233 --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This will also enable
2234 storage of characters >65535.
2235
2236 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation forms,
2237 but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to be used.
2238
2239 =item --enable-fallback(=CLASS)
2240
2241 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS
2242 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
2243
2244 =item --with-res-name=NAME
2245
2246 Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when
2247 reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
2248
2249 =item --with-res-class=CLASS
2250
2251 Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class
2252 when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace
2253 rxvt.
2254
2255 =item --enable-utmp
2256
2257 Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like F<w>) at
2258 start of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
2259
2260 =item --enable-wtmp
2261
2262 Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like F<last>) at
2263 start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
2264 option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2265
2266 =item --enable-lastlog
2267
2268 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like
2269 F<lastlogin>) at start of rxvt execution. This option requires
2270 --enable-utmp to also be specified.
2271
2272 =item --enable-xpm-background
2273
2274 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
2275
2276 =item --enable-transparency
2277
2278 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
2279 transparency to the term.
2280
2281 =item --enable-fading
2282
2283 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.
2284
2285 =item --enable-tinting
2286
2287 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds.
2288
2289 =item --enable-menubar
2290
2291 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
2292 dynamic locale switching currently).
2293
2294 =item --enable-rxvt-scroll
2295
2296 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
2297
2298 =item --enable-next-scroll
2299
2300 Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
2301
2302 =item --enable-xterm-scroll
2303
2304 Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
2305
2306 =item --enable-plain-scroll
2307
2308 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that
2309 is the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for
2310 many years.
2311
2312 =item --enable-half-shadow
2313
2314 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
2315 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
2316
2317 =item --enable-ttygid
2318
2319 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if
2320 your system uses this type of security.
2321
2322 =item --disable-backspace-key
2323
2324 Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
2325 do it.
2326
2327 =item --disable-delete-key
2328
2329 Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server
2330 do it.
2331
2332 =item --disable-resources
2333
2334 Remove all resources checking.
2335
2336 =item --enable-xgetdefault
2337
2338 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
2339 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist then
2340 ~/.Xresources.
2341
2342 Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull in and
2343 use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it might be very
2344 small, if nonexistant.
2345
2346 =item --enable-strings
2347
2348 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
2349 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may
2350 have been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries
2351 to link in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many
2352 GNU/Linux systems).
2353
2354 =item --disable-swapscreen
2355
2356 Remove support for swap screen.
2357
2358 =item --enable-frills
2359
2360 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice to
2361 have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may want to
2362 disable this.
2363
2364 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by C<--enable-frills> (possibly
2365 in combination with other switches) is:
2366
2367 MWM-hints
2368 seperate underline colour
2369 settable border widths and borderless switch
2370 settable extra linespacing
2371 extra window properties (e.g. UTF-8 window names and PID)
2372 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
2373 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
2374 window op and locale change escape sequences
2375 tripleclickwords
2376 settable insecure mode
2377 keysym remapping support
2378
2379 =item --enable-iso14755
2380
2381 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see @@RXVT_NAME@@(1), or
2382 F<doc/rxvt.1.txt>). Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by
2383 C<--enable-frills>, while support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with
2384 this switch.
2385
2386 =item --enable-keepscrolling
2387
2388 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold
2389 the mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
2390
2391 =item --enable-mousewheel
2392
2393 Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
2394
2395 =item --enable-slipwheeling
2396
2397 Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
2398 accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
2399 requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
2400
2401 =item --disable-new-selection
2402
2403 Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
2404
2405 =item --enable-dmalloc
2406
2407 Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
2408 http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this or the
2409 next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after compiling to point
2410 DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
2411
2412 You can only use either this option and the following (should
2413 you use either) .
2414
2415 =item --enable-dlmalloc
2416
2417 Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version
2418 See L<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
2419
2420 =item --enable-smart-resize
2421
2422 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from hot
2423 keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which is
2424 closest to a corner of the screen.
2425
2426 =item --enable-cursor-blink
2427
2428 Add support for a blinking cursor.
2429
2430 =item --enable-pointer-blank
2431
2432 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2433
2434 =item --with-name=NAME
2435
2436 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: C<urxvt>, resulting
2437 in C<urxvt>, C<urxvtd> etc.). Specify C<--with-name=rxvt> to replace with
2438 C<rxvt>.
2439
2440 =item --with-term=NAME
2441
2442 Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default
2443 C<rxvt-unicode>)
2444
2445 =item --with-terminfo=PATH
2446
2447 Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree to
2448 PATH.
2449
2450 =item --with-x
2451
2452 Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?).
2453
2454 =item --with-xpm-includes=DIR
2455
2456 Look for the XPM includes in DIR.
2457
2458 =item --with-xpm-library=DIR
2459
2460 Look for the XPM library in DIR.
2461
2462 =item --with-xpm
2463
2464 Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background.
2465
2466 =back
2467
2468 =head1 AUTHORS
2469
2470 Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> converted this document to pod and
2471 reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by Geoff
2472 Wing <gcw@pobox.com>, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and other
2473 sources.
2474