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71 "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt. 71 "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt.
72 I need a termcap file entry. 72 I need a termcap file entry.
73 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or 73 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or
74 operating systems still compile some programs using the 74 operating systems still compile some programs using the
75 long-obsoleted termcap (Fedora Core's bash is one example) and rely 75 long-obsoleted termcap library (Fedora Core's bash is one example)
76 on a termcap entry for "rxvt-unicode". 76 and rely on a termcap entry for "rxvt-unicode".
77 77
78 You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many 78 You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many
79 cases. You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's 79 cases. You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's
80 infocmp program like this: 80 infocmp program like this:
81 81
83 83
84 Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above: 84 Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
85 85
86 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\ 86 rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
87 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\ 87 :am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
88 :co#80:it#8:li#24:\ 88 :co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
89 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\ 89 :AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
90 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\ 90 :K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
91 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=^O:al=\E[L:\ 91 :RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
92 :as=^N:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:\ 92 :as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
93 :cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:do=^J:\ 93 :cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
94 :ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:\ 94 :dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
95 :i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
95 :im=\E[4h:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\ 96 :is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
96 :k0=\E[21~:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:\ 97 :k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
97 :k5=\E[15~:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:\ 98 :k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
98 :kD=\E[3~:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:\ 99 :kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
99 :ke=\E[?1l\E>:kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:\ 100 :kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
100 :ku=\EOA:le=^H:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:\ 101 :mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
101 :nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:\ 102 :sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
102 :st=\EH:ta=^I:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:\ 103 :te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
103 :up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\ 104 :us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
104 :vs=\E[?25h: 105 :vs=\E[?25h:
105 106
106 Why does "ls" no longer have coloured output? 107 Why does "ls" no longer have coloured output?
107 The "ls" in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to 108 The "ls" in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
108 decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration 109 decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
299 As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl 300 As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl
300 nor does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal 301 nor does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal
301 representation of wchar_t. This is, of course, completely fine with 302 representation of wchar_t. This is, of course, completely fine with
302 respect to standards. 303 respect to standards.
303 304
305 However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in "POSIX", "ISO-8859-1"
306 and "UTF-8" locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as wchar_t.
307
304 However, "__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support 308 "__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support multi-language
305 multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and 309 apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
306 non-standardized) representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to 310 representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to convert between
307 convert between wchar_t (as used by X11 and your applications) and 311 wchar_t (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other
308 any other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for 312 encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and
309 each and every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert wchar_t 313 every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert wchar_t into
310 into anything except the current locale encoding. 314 anything except the current locale encoding.
311 315
312 Some applications (such as the formidable mlterm) work around this 316 Some applications (such as the formidable mlterm) work around this
313 by carrying their own replacement functions for character set 317 by carrying their own replacement functions for character set
314 handling with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or 318 handling with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or
315 doing multiple conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the 319 doing multiple conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the
1155 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt 1159 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1156 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt 1160 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1157 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt 1161 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
1158 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt 1162 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1159 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt 1163 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt
1160 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option 1164 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1161 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented 1165 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1162 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option 1166 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1163 Ps = 50 Set fontset to Pt, with the following special values of Pt (rxvt) #+n change up n #-n change down n if n is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used empty change to font0 n change to font n 1167 Ps = 50 Set fontset to Pt, with the following special values of Pt (rxvt) #+n change up n #-n change down n if n is missing of 0, a value of 1 is used empty change to font0 n change to font n
1164 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt 1168 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1165 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (rxvt extension) 1169 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1166 Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt rxvt compile-time option (rxvt-unicode extension) 1170 Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar).
1167 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt 1171 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1168 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt 1172 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
1169 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. 1173 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1170 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. 1174 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1171 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. 1175 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1172 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. 1176 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1177 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1178 Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1173 1179
1174 1180
1175 1181
1176menuBar 1182menuBar
1177 The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to 1183 The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to
1214 [menu] 1220 [menu]
1215 access the current menuBar for alteration 1221 access the current menuBar for alteration
1216 1222
1217 [title:+*string*] 1223 [title:+*string*]
1218 set the current menuBar's title to *string*, which may contain the 1224 set the current menuBar's title to *string*, which may contain the
1219 following format specifiers: %% : literal % character %n : rxvt name 1225 following format specifiers:
1220 (as per the -name command-line option) %v : rxvt version 1226
1227 B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1228 B<%v> rxvt version
1229 B<%%> literal B<%> character
1221 1230
1222 [done] 1231 [done]
1223 set menuBar access as readonly. End-of-file tag for [read:+*file*] 1232 set menuBar access as readonly. End-of-file tag for [read:+*file*]
1224 operations. 1233 operations.
1225 1234
1661 --enable-font-styles 1670 --enable-font-styles
1662 Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The 1671 Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The
1663 fonts can be set manually or automatically. 1672 fonts can be set manually or automatically.
1664 1673
1665 --with-codesets=NAME,... 1674 --with-codesets=NAME,...
1666 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn 1675 Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
1667 are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). 1676 "vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
1668 These codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core 1677 sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
1669 fonts, they are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will 1678 they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
1670 make your binary bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't 1679 in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
1671 increase memory usage unless you use an X11 font requiring one of 1680 Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost
1672 these encodings. 1681 about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a
1682 font requiring one of these encodings.
1673 1683
1674 all all available codeset groups 1684 all all available codeset groups
1675 zh common chinese encodings 1685 zh common chinese encodings
1676 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs 1686 zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
1677 jp common japanese encodings 1687 jp common japanese encodings
1701 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by 1711 accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
1702 using precomposited characters when available or creating new 1712 using precomposited characters when available or creating new
1703 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. 1713 pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
1704 1714
1705 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed 1715 Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
1706 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use 1716 characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode
1707 the private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). 1717 will use the private use area, extending the number of combinations
1708 With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This will also 1718 to 8448). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
1709 enable storage of characters >65535. 1719
1720 This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
1721 beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
1710 1722
1711 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation 1723 The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
1712 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to 1724 forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
1713 be used. 1725 be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).
1714 1726
1715 --enable-fallback(=CLASS) 1727 --enable-fallback(=CLASS)
1716 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS 1728 When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS
1717 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use 1729 (default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use
1718 --disable-fallback. 1730 --disable-fallback.
1816 1828
1817 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills" 1829 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
1818 (possibly in combination with other switches) is: 1830 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
1819 1831
1820 MWM-hints 1832 MWM-hints
1833 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
1821 seperate underline colour 1834 seperate underline colour
1822 settable border widths and borderless switch 1835 settable border widths and borderless switch
1823 settable extra linespacing 1836 settable extra linespacing
1824 extra window properties (e.g. UTF-8 window names and PID)
1825 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 1837 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
1826 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence 1838 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
1827 window op and locale change escape sequences 1839 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
1828 tripleclickwords 1840 tripleclickwords
1829 settable insecure mode 1841 settable insecure mode
1830 keysym remapping support 1842 keysym remapping support
1843 cursor blinking and underline cursor
1844 -embed and -pty-fd options
1831 1845
1832 --enable-iso14755 1846 --enable-iso14755
1833 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt). 1847 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
1834 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while 1848 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
1835 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch. 1849 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
1865 --enable-smart-resize 1879 --enable-smart-resize
1866 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from 1880 Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from
1867 hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which 1881 hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which
1868 is closest to a corner of the screen. 1882 is closest to a corner of the screen.
1869 1883
1870 --enable-cursor-blink
1871 Add support for a blinking cursor.
1872
1873 --enable-pointer-blank 1884 --enable-pointer-blank
1874 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 1885 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
1875 1886
1876 --with-name=NAME 1887 --with-name=NAME
1877 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: "urxvt", 1888 Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: "urxvt",

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