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NAME |
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RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information |
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
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How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? |
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The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape |
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sequence "ESC[8n" sets the window title to the version number. |
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When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? |
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The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely |
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available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same |
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problem often arises). |
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The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, |
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this can be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp): |
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REMOTE=remotesystem.domain |
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infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti" |
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... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system, |
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If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set |
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"TERM=rxvt" or even "TERM=xterm", and live with the small number of |
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problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and |
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different colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen |
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applications. It's a nice quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, |
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though. |
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If you always want to do this you can either recompile rxvt-unicode |
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with the desired TERM value or use a resource to set it: |
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URxvt.termName: rxvt |
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If you don't plan to use rxvt (quite common...) you could also |
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replace the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one. |
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I need a termcap file entry. |
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You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many |
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cases. You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's |
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infocmp program like this: |
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infocmp -C rxvt-unicode |
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OR you could this termcap entry: |
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rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\ |
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:am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\ |
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:co#80:it#8:li#24:\ |
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:AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\ |
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:K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\ |
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:RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=^O:al=\E[L:\ |
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:as=^N:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:\ |
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:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:do=^J:\ |
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:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:\ |
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:im=\E[4h:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\ |
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:k0=\E[21~:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:\ |
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:k5=\E[15~:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:\ |
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:kD=\E[3~:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:\ |
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:ke=\E[?1l\E>:kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:\ |
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:ku=\EOA:le=^H:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:\ |
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:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:\ |
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:st=\EH:ta=^I:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:\ |
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:up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\ |
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:vs=\E[?25h: |
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Why does "ls" no longer have coloured output? |
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The "ls" in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to |
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decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration |
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file. Needless to say, "rxvt-unicode" is not in it's default file |
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(among with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add: |
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TERM rxvt-unicode |
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to "/etc/DIR_COLORS" or simply add: |
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alias ls='ls --color=auto' |
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to your ".profile" or ".bashrc". |
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Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode? |
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Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic? |
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Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly? |
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Make sure you are using "TERM=rxvt-unicode". Some pre-packaged |
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distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode by |
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setting "TERM" to "rxvt", which doesn't have these extra features. |
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Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian GNU/Linux) |
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furthermore fail to even install the "rxvt-unicode" terminfo file, |
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so you will need to install it on your own (See the question When I |
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log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? on |
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how to do this). |
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Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding? |
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Unicode does not seem to work? |
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If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character |
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but getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program |
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output is subtly garbled, then you should check your locale |
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settings. |
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Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same "LC_CTYPE" setting as the |
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programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the "C" locale, while the |
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login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the |
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locale to sth. else, e.h. "en_GB.UTF-8". Needless to say, this is |
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not going to work. |
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The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will |
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likely run into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in |
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your .profile. |
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printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE" |
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If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a "LC_CTYPE" specification |
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not supported on your systems. Some systems have a "locale" command |
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which displays this. If it displays sth. like: |
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locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ... |
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Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system. |
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If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly |
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then you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs |
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just don't support locales :( |
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Why do some characters look so much different than others? |
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How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts? |
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Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is fine. |
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Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of |
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your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you |
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want to display. |
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rxvt-unicode makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement font. |
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Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks bad. |
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Many fonts have totally strange characters that don't resemble the |
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correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial |
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intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to |
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believe the font that the characters it contains indeed look |
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correct. |
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In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font |
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list, e.g.: |
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rxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3... |
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When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base |
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font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to |
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the next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed |
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up this search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the |
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X-server. |
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The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than |
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the base font, as the base font defines the principal cell size, |
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which must be the same due to the way terminals work. |
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Why do some chinese characters look so different than others? |
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This is because there is a difference between script and language -- |
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rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output |
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is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode |
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first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for |
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it. Subsequent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many |
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chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the |
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first non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a |
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chinese font -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the |
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japanese font for japanese characters that are also chinese. |
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The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your |
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font list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font |
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list as a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a |
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japanese font first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font |
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first. |
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In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime |
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(the internal data structure has no problem with using different |
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fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for |
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this has been designed yet). |
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Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings? |
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Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that |
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character size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for |
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terminal use might contain some characters that are simply too wide. |
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Rxvt-unicode will avoid these characters. For characters that are |
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just "a bit" too wide a special "careful" rendering mode is used |
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that redraws adjacent characters. |
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All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes, |
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however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed |
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bounding box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the |
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correct way is to ask for the character bounding box, which |
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unfortunately is wrong in these cases). |
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It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, |
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freetype, or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you |
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might try using the "-lsp" option to give the font more height. If |
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that doesn't work, you might be forced to use a different font. |
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All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their |
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bounding box data is correct. |
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My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working. |
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The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not |
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set correctly, or you specified a preeditStyle that is not supported |
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by your input method. For example, if you specified OverTheSpot and |
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your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose |
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keys) does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), |
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then rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method. |
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In this case either do not specify a preeditStyle or specify more |
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than one pre-edit style, such as OverTheSpot,Root,None. |
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I cannot type "Ctrl-Shift-2" to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO |
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14755 |
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Either try "Ctrl-2" alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on |
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international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your |
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advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for |
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other codes, too, such as "Ctrl-Shift-1-d" to type the default |
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telnet escape character and so on. |
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How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much? |
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First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminfo |
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("urxvt"), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then make |
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sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise |
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rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect: |
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URxvt*colorBD: white |
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URxvt*colorIT: green |
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Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how |
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can I fix that? |
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For some unexplainable reason, some programs (i.e. irssi) assume a |
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very weird colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more |
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than the standard 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right |
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fix is, of course, to fix these programs not to assume non-ISO |
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colours without very good reasons. |
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In the meantime, you can either edit your "urxvt" terminfo |
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definition to only claim 8 colour support or use "TERM=rxvt", which |
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will fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode |
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features. |
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I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all. |
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Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol "__STDC_ISO_10646__" to be defined |
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in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements |
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it, wether it defines the symbol or not. "__STDC_ISO_10646__" |
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requires that wchar_t is represented as unicode. |
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As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl |
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nor does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal |
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representation of wchar_t. This is, of course, completely legal. |
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However, "__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support |
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multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and |
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non-standardized) representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to |
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convert between wchar_t (as used by X11 and your applications) and |
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any other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for |
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each and every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert wchar_t |
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into anything except the current locale encoding. |
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Some applications (such as the formidable mlterm) work around this |
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by carrying their own replacement functions for character set |
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handling with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or |
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doing multiple conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the |
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OS implements encodings slightly different than the terminal |
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emulator). |
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The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in |
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the system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app |
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to carry complete replacements. |
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How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use? |
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Is there an option to switch encodings? |
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Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, |
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and no specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't |
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even know about UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to |
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terminal I/O. |
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The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for |
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selecting the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating |
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this to all applications so everybody agrees on character properties |
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such as width and code number. This mechanism is the *locale*. |
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Rxvt-unicode uses the "LC_CTYPE" locale category to select encoding. |
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All programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree |
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in the interpretation of characters. |
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Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, |
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nor is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like. |
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On most systems, the content of the "LC_CTYPE" environment variable |
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contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an |
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already-installed locale. Common names for locales are |
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"en_US.UTF-8", "de_DE.ISO-8859-15", "ja_JP.EUC-JP", i.e. |
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"language_country.encoding", but other forms (i.e. "de" or "german") |
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are also common. |
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Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for the |
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encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings, i.e. |
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"de_DE.UTF-8" and "ja_JP.UTF-8" are the same for rxvt-unicode. |
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If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you |
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start rxvt-unicode with the correct "LC_CTYPE" category. |
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Can I switch locales at runtime? |
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Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which sets |
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rxvt-unicode's idea of "LC_CTYPE". |
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printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS |
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See also the previous question. |
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Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in |
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one locale (e.g. "de_DE.UTF-8") but some programs don't support |
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UTF-8. For example, I use this script to start "xjdic", which first |
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switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later: |
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printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS |
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xjdic -js |
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printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8 |
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Can I switch the fonts at runtime? |
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Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which has the |
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same effect as using the "-fn" switch, and takes effect immediately: |
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printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" |
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This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer |
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a japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, |
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where japanese fonts would only be in your way. |
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You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching. |
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Why do italic characters look as if clipped? |
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Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For |
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example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font "xft:Bitstream Vera |
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Sans Mono" completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround is to |
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enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this: |
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URxvt*italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true |
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URxvt*boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true |
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My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do? |
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You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest |
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of the terminal, using the resource "imlocale": |
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URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP |
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Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and |
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still use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not |
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be able to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then, |
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as your input method limits you. |
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Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that? |
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Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for sth. you |
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don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings |
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that you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by |
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design, when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be |
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loaded accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your |
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characters. |
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Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger |
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scrollback buffers: Without "--enable-unicode3", rxvt-unicode will |
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use 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to |
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almost a kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will |
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then (if full) use 10 Megabytes of memory. With "--enable-unicode3" |
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it gets worse, as rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell. |
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Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow? |
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Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, |
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as it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to |
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disable antialiasing (by appending ":antialiasing=false"), which |
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saves lots of memory and also speeds up rendering considerably. |
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Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong? |
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Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to |
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fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core |
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fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It |
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has antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author |
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thinks they look best that way. |
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If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually. |
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Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. |
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Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing |
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some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. |
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I've heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise |
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specified. A quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt |
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or Shift keys are depressed. See rxvt(7) |
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What's with this bold/blink stuff? |
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If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using |
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the standard foreground colour. |
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For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the |
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text blink when compiled with "--enable-blinking". with standard |
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colours. Without "--enable-blinking", the blink attribute will be |
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ignored. |
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On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set |
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high-intensity foreground/background colors. |
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color0-7 are the low-intensity colors. |
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color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors. |
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I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them? |
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You can change the screen colors at run-time using ~/.Xdefaults |
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resources (or as long-options). |
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Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen, |
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including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow: |
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URxvt*color0: #000000 |
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URxvt*color1: #A80000 |
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URxvt*color2: #00A800 |
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URxvt*color3: #A8A800 |
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URxvt*color4: #0000A8 |
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URxvt*color5: #A800A8 |
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URxvt*color6: #00A8A8 |
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URxvt*color7: #A8A8A8 |
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URxvt*color8: #000054 |
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URxvt*color9: #FF0054 |
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URxvt*color10: #00FF54 |
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URxvt*color11: #FFFF54 |
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URxvt*color12: #0000FF |
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URxvt*color13: #FF00FF |
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URxvt*color14: #00FFFF |
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URxvt*color15: #FFFFFF |
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And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described as |
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"pretty girly": |
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URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1 |
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URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1 |
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URxvt.background: #0e0e0e |
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URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1 |
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URxvt.color0: #000000 |
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URxvt.color8: #8b8f93 |
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URxvt.color1: #dc74d1 |
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URxvt.color9: #dc74d1 |
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URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7 |
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URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7 |
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URxvt.color3: #dfe37e |
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URxvt.color11: #dfe37e |
442 |
URxvt.color5: #9e88f0 |
443 |
URxvt.color13: #9e88f0 |
444 |
URxvt.color6: #73f7ff |
445 |
URxvt.color14: #73f7ff |
446 |
URxvt.color7: #e1dddd |
447 |
URxvt.color15: #e1dddd |
448 |
|
449 |
What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour? |
450 |
Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the |
451 |
BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following |
452 |
question) there are two standard values that can be used for |
453 |
Backspace: "^H" and "^?". |
454 |
|
455 |
Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the |
456 |
debian policy of using "^?" when unsure, because it's the one only |
457 |
only correct choice :). |
458 |
|
459 |
Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the |
460 |
value of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode |
461 |
wasn't started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote |
462 |
shell), then the system value of `erase', which corresponds to |
463 |
CERASE in <termios.h>, will be used (which may not be the same as |
464 |
your stty setting). |
465 |
|
466 |
For starting a new rxvt-unicode: |
467 |
|
468 |
# use Backspace = ^H |
469 |
$ stty erase ^H |
470 |
$ rxvt |
471 |
|
472 |
# use Backspace = ^? |
473 |
$ stty erase ^? |
474 |
$ rxvt |
475 |
|
476 |
Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in rxvt(7). |
477 |
|
478 |
For an existing rxvt-unicode: |
479 |
|
480 |
# use Backspace = ^H |
481 |
$ stty erase ^H |
482 |
$ echo -n "^[[36h" |
483 |
|
484 |
# use Backspace = ^? |
485 |
$ stty erase ^? |
486 |
$ echo -n "^[[36l" |
487 |
|
488 |
This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, |
489 |
but if you use Backspace = "^H", make sure that the termcap/terminfo |
490 |
value properly reflects that. |
491 |
|
492 |
The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace |
493 |
problem. To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, |
494 |
the Delete key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the |
495 |
vt100 for Execute (ESC[3~) and is in the supplied termcap/terminfo. |
496 |
|
497 |
Some other Backspace problems: |
498 |
|
499 |
some editors use termcap/terminfo, some editors (vim I'm told) |
500 |
expect Backspace = ^H, GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for |
501 |
help. |
502 |
|
503 |
Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner. |
504 |
|
505 |
I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them? |
506 |
There are some compile-time selections available via configure. |
507 |
Unless you have run "configure" with the "--disable-resources" |
508 |
option you can use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings |
509 |
associated with keysyms. |
510 |
|
511 |
Here's an example for a URxvt session started using `rxvt -name |
512 |
URxvt' |
513 |
|
514 |
URxvt.keysym.Home: \e[1~ |
515 |
URxvt.keysym.End: \e[4~ |
516 |
URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \e<C-'> |
517 |
URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \e<C-/> |
518 |
URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \e<C-;> |
519 |
URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \e<C-`> |
520 |
URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \e<C-,> |
521 |
URxvt.keysym.C-period: \e<C-.> |
522 |
URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \e<C-`> |
523 |
URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \e<C-Tab> |
524 |
URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \e<C-Return> |
525 |
URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \e<S-Return> |
526 |
URxvt.keysym.S-space: \e<S-Space> |
527 |
URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \e<M-Up> |
528 |
URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \e<M-Down> |
529 |
URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \e<M-Left> |
530 |
URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \e<M-Right> |
531 |
URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \e<M-C- 0123456789 > |
532 |
URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz > |
533 |
URxvt.keysym.F12: proto:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 |
534 |
|
535 |
See some more examples in the documentation for the keysym resource. |
536 |
|
537 |
I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How |
538 |
do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the |
539 |
following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize. |
540 |
KP_Insert == Insert |
541 |
F22 == Print |
542 |
F27 == Home |
543 |
F29 == Prior |
544 |
F33 == End |
545 |
F35 == Next |
546 |
|
547 |
Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various |
548 |
possible keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap |
549 |
the keys as required for your particular machine. |
550 |
|
551 |
How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I |
552 |
need this to decide about setting colors etc. |
553 |
rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you |
554 |
can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, |
555 |
slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide |
556 |
whether or not to use color. |
557 |
|
558 |
How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable? |
559 |
If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled |
560 |
insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script |
561 |
snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of |
562 |
rxvt-unicode wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in |
563 |
these snippets) then the COLORTERM variable can be used to |
564 |
distinguish rxvt-unicode from a regular xterm. |
565 |
|
566 |
Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell |
567 |
script snippets: |
568 |
|
569 |
# Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells: |
570 |
[ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know |
571 |
if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then |
572 |
stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not |
573 |
echo -n '^[Z' |
574 |
read term_id |
575 |
stty icanon echo |
576 |
if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then |
577 |
echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string |
578 |
read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell |
579 |
fi |
580 |
fi |
581 |
|
582 |
How do I compile the manual pages for myself? |
583 |
You need to have a recent version of perl installed as |
584 |
/usr/bin/perl, one that comes with pod2man, pod2text and pod2html. |
585 |
Then go to the doc subdirectory and enter "make alldoc". |
586 |
|
587 |
My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human? |
588 |
Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: "irc.freenode.net", |
589 |
channel "#rxvt-unicode" has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might |
590 |
be interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not |
591 |
FAQs :). |
592 |
|
593 |
SYNOPSIS |
594 |
# set a new font set |
595 |
printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho" |
596 |
|
597 |
# change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it |
598 |
export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007" |
599 |
|
600 |
# set window title |
601 |
printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title" |
602 |
|
603 |
DESCRIPTION |
604 |
The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of |
605 |
rxvt-unicode. First the description of supported command sequences, |
606 |
followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all |
607 |
features selectable at "configure" time. |
608 |
|
609 |
RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE |
610 |
Definitions |
611 |
"c" The literal character c. |
612 |
|
613 |
"C" A single (required) character. |
614 |
|
615 |
"Ps" |
616 |
A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or |
617 |
more digits. |
618 |
|
619 |
"Pm" |
620 |
A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single |
621 |
numeric parameters, separated by ";" character(s). |
622 |
|
623 |
"Pt" |
624 |
A text parameter composed of printable characters. |
625 |
|
626 |
Values |
627 |
"ENQ" |
628 |
Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA) request attributes |
629 |
from terminal. See "ESC [ Ps c". |
630 |
|
631 |
"BEL" |
632 |
Bell (Ctrl-G) |
633 |
|
634 |
"BS" |
635 |
Backspace (Ctrl-H) |
636 |
|
637 |
"TAB" |
638 |
Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I) |
639 |
|
640 |
"LF" |
641 |
Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J) |
642 |
|
643 |
"VT" |
644 |
Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as "LF" |
645 |
|
646 |
"FF" |
647 |
Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as "LF" |
648 |
|
649 |
"CR" |
650 |
Carriage Return (Ctrl-M) |
651 |
|
652 |
"SO" |
653 |
Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set. Switch to |
654 |
Alternate Character Set |
655 |
|
656 |
"SI" |
657 |
Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default). |
658 |
Switch to Standard Character Set |
659 |
|
660 |
"SPC" |
661 |
Space Character |
662 |
|
663 |
Escape Sequences |
664 |
"ESC # 8" |
665 |
DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN) |
666 |
|
667 |
"ESC 7" |
668 |
Save Cursor (SC) |
669 |
|
670 |
"ESC 8" |
671 |
Restore Cursor |
672 |
|
673 |
"ESC =" |
674 |
Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence. |
675 |
|
676 |
"ESC" |
677 |
Normal Keypad (RMKX) |
678 |
|
679 |
Note: If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, Num_Lock has been |
680 |
pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric |
681 |
keypad (see Key Codes). |
682 |
|
683 |
"ESC D" |
684 |
Index (IND) |
685 |
|
686 |
"ESC E" |
687 |
Next Line (NEL) |
688 |
|
689 |
"ESC H" |
690 |
Tab Set (HTS) |
691 |
|
692 |
"ESC M" |
693 |
Reverse Index (RI) |
694 |
|
695 |
"ESC N" |
696 |
Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next |
697 |
character only *unimplemented* |
698 |
|
699 |
"ESC O" |
700 |
Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next |
701 |
character only *unimplemented* |
702 |
|
703 |
"ESC Z" |
704 |
Obsolete form of returns: "ESC[?1;2C" *rxvt-unicode compile-time |
705 |
option* |
706 |
|
707 |
"ESC c" |
708 |
Full reset (RIS) |
709 |
|
710 |
"ESC n" |
711 |
Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2) |
712 |
|
713 |
"ESC o" |
714 |
Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3) |
715 |
|
716 |
"ESC" ( C> |
717 |
Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C". |
718 |
|
719 |
"ESC" ) C> |
720 |
Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C". |
721 |
|
722 |
"ESC * C" |
723 |
Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C". |
724 |
|
725 |
"ESC + C" |
726 |
Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C". |
727 |
|
728 |
"ESC $ C" |
729 |
Designate Kanji Character Set |
730 |
|
731 |
Where "C" is one of: |
732 |
|
733 |
C = 0 DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set |
734 |
C = A United Kingdom (UK) |
735 |
C = B United States (USASCII) |
736 |
C = < Multinational character set unimplemented |
737 |
C = 5 Finnish character set unimplemented |
738 |
C = C Finnish character set unimplemented |
739 |
C = K German character set unimplemented |
740 |
|
741 |
|
742 |
|
743 |
CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences |
744 |
"ESC [ Ps @" |
745 |
Insert "Ps" (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (ICH) |
746 |
|
747 |
"ESC [ Ps A" |
748 |
Cursor Up "Ps" Times [default: 1] (CUU) |
749 |
|
750 |
"ESC [ Ps B" |
751 |
Cursor Down "Ps" Times [default: 1] (CUD) |
752 |
|
753 |
"ESC [ Ps C" |
754 |
Cursor Forward "Ps" Times [default: 1] (CUF) |
755 |
|
756 |
"ESC [ Ps D" |
757 |
Cursor Backward "Ps" Times [default: 1] (CUB) |
758 |
|
759 |
"ESC [ Ps E" |
760 |
Cursor Down "Ps" Times [default: 1] and to first column |
761 |
|
762 |
"ESC [ Ps F" |
763 |
Cursor Up "Ps" Times [default: 1] and to first column |
764 |
|
765 |
"ESC [ Ps G" |
766 |
Cursor to Column "Ps" (HPA) |
767 |
|
768 |
"ESC [ Ps;Ps H" |
769 |
Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP) |
770 |
|
771 |
"ESC [ Ps I" |
772 |
Move forward "Ps" tab stops [default: 1] |
773 |
|
774 |
"ESC [ Ps J" |
775 |
Erase in Display (ED) |
776 |
|
777 |
Ps = 0 Clear Below (default) |
778 |
Ps = 1 Clear Above |
779 |
Ps = 2 Clear All |
780 |
|
781 |
"ESC [ Ps K" |
782 |
Erase in Line (EL) |
783 |
|
784 |
Ps = 0 Clear to Right (default) |
785 |
Ps = 1 Clear to Left |
786 |
Ps = 2 Clear All |
787 |
|
788 |
"ESC [ Ps L" |
789 |
Insert "Ps" Line(s) [default: 1] (IL) |
790 |
|
791 |
"ESC [ Ps M" |
792 |
Delete "Ps" Line(s) [default: 1] (DL) |
793 |
|
794 |
"ESC [ Ps P" |
795 |
Delete "Ps" Character(s) [default: 1] (DCH) |
796 |
|
797 |
"ESC [ Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps T" |
798 |
Initiate . *unimplemented* Parameters are |
799 |
[func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow]. |
800 |
|
801 |
"ESC [ Ps W" |
802 |
Tabulator functions |
803 |
|
804 |
Ps = 0 Tab Set (HTS) |
805 |
Ps = 2 Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default) |
806 |
Ps = 5 Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All |
807 |
|
808 |
"ESC [ Ps X" |
809 |
Erase "Ps" Character(s) [default: 1] (ECH) |
810 |
|
811 |
"ESC [ Ps Z" |
812 |
Move backward "Ps" [default: 1] tab stops |
813 |
|
814 |
"ESC [ Ps '" |
815 |
See "ESC [ Ps G" |
816 |
|
817 |
"ESC [ Ps a" |
818 |
See "ESC [ Ps C" |
819 |
|
820 |
"ESC [ Ps c" |
821 |
Send Device Attributes (DA) "Ps = 0" (or omitted): request |
822 |
attributes from terminal returns: "ESC[?1;2c" (``I am a VT100 with |
823 |
Advanced Video Option'') |
824 |
|
825 |
"ESC [ Ps d" |
826 |
Cursor to Line "Ps" (VPA) |
827 |
|
828 |
"ESC [ Ps e" |
829 |
See "ESC [ Ps A" |
830 |
|
831 |
"ESC [ Ps;Ps f" |
832 |
Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1] |
833 |
|
834 |
"ESC [ Ps g" |
835 |
Tab Clear (TBC) |
836 |
|
837 |
Ps = 0 Clear Current Column (default) |
838 |
Ps = 3 Clear All (TBC) |
839 |
|
840 |
"ESC [ Pm h" |
841 |
Set Mode (SM). See "ESC [ Pm l" sequence for description of "Pm". |
842 |
|
843 |
"ESC [ Ps i" |
844 |
Printing. See also the "print-pipe" resource. |
845 |
|
846 |
Ps = 0 print screen (MC0) |
847 |
Ps = 4 disable transparent print mode (MC4) |
848 |
Ps = 5 enable transparent print mode (MC5) |
849 |
|
850 |
"ESC [ Pm l" |
851 |
Reset Mode (RM) |
852 |
|
853 |
"Ps = 4" |
854 |
h Insert Mode (SMIR) |
855 |
l Replace Mode (RMIR) |
856 |
|
857 |
"Ps = 20" (partially implemented) |
858 |
h Automatic Newline (LNM) |
859 |
l Normal Linefeed (LNM) |
860 |
|
861 |
"ESC [ Pm m" |
862 |
Character Attributes (SGR) |
863 |
|
864 |
Ps = 0 Normal (default) |
865 |
Ps = 1 / 21 On / Off Bold (bright fg) |
866 |
Ps = 3 / 23 On / Off Italic |
867 |
Ps = 4 / 24 On / Off Underline |
868 |
Ps = 5 / 25 On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg) |
869 |
Ps = 6 / 26 On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg) |
870 |
Ps = 7 / 27 On / Off Inverse |
871 |
Ps = 8 / 27 On / Off Invisible (NYI) |
872 |
Ps = 30 / 40 fg/bg Black |
873 |
Ps = 31 / 41 fg/bg Red |
874 |
Ps = 32 / 42 fg/bg Green |
875 |
Ps = 33 / 43 fg/bg Yellow |
876 |
Ps = 34 / 44 fg/bg Blue |
877 |
Ps = 35 / 45 fg/bg Magenta |
878 |
Ps = 36 / 46 fg/bg Cyan |
879 |
Ps = 38;5 / 48;5 set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6) |
880 |
Ps = 37 / 47 fg/bg White |
881 |
Ps = 39 / 49 fg/bg Default |
882 |
Ps = 90 / 100 fg/bg Bright Black |
883 |
Ps = 91 / 101 fg/bg Bright Red |
884 |
Ps = 92 / 102 fg/bg Bright Green |
885 |
Ps = 93 / 103 fg/bg Bright Yellow |
886 |
Ps = 94 / 104 fg/bg Bright Blue |
887 |
Ps = 95 / 105 fg/bg Bright Magenta |
888 |
Ps = 96 / 106 fg/bg Bright Cyan |
889 |
Ps = 97 / 107 fg/bg Bright White |
890 |
Ps = 99 / 109 fg/bg Bright Default |
891 |
|
892 |
"ESC [ Ps n" |
893 |
Device Status Report (DSR) |
894 |
|
895 |
Ps = 5 Status Report ESC [ 0 n (``OK'') |
896 |
Ps = 6 Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as ESC [ r ; c R |
897 |
Ps = 7 Request Display Name |
898 |
Ps = 8 Request Version Number (place in window title) |
899 |
|
900 |
"ESC [ Ps;Ps r" |
901 |
Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom] [default: full size of window] |
902 |
(CSR) |
903 |
|
904 |
"ESC [ s" |
905 |
Save Cursor (SC) |
906 |
|
907 |
"ESC [ Ps;Pt t" |
908 |
Window Operations |
909 |
|
910 |
Ps = 1 Deiconify (map) window |
911 |
Ps = 2 Iconify window |
912 |
Ps = 3 ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t Move window to (X|Y) |
913 |
Ps = 4 ESC [ 4 ; W ; H t Resize to WxH pixels |
914 |
Ps = 5 Raise window |
915 |
Ps = 6 Lower window |
916 |
Ps = 7 Refresh screen once |
917 |
Ps = 8 ESC [ 4 ; C ; R t Resize to C columns and R rows |
918 |
Ps = 11 Report window state (responds with Ps = 1 or Ps = 2 |
919 |
Ps = 13 Report window position (responds with Ps = 3) |
920 |
Ps = 14 Report window pixel size (responds with Ps = 4) |
921 |
Ps = 18 Report window text size (responds with Ps = 7) |
922 |
Ps = 19 Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9 |
923 |
Ps = 20 Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234) |
924 |
Ps = 21 Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234) |
925 |
Ps = 24.. Set window height to Ps rows |
926 |
|
927 |
"ESC [ u" |
928 |
Restore Cursor |
929 |
|
930 |
"ESC [ Ps x" |
931 |
Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM) |
932 |
|
933 |
|
934 |
|
935 |
DEC Private Modes |
936 |
"ESC [ ? Pm h" |
937 |
DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET) |
938 |
|
939 |
"ESC [ ? Pm l" |
940 |
DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST) |
941 |
|
942 |
"ESC [ ? Pm r" |
943 |
Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values. |
944 |
|
945 |
"ESC [ ? Pm s" |
946 |
Save DEC Private Mode Values. |
947 |
|
948 |
"ESC [ ? Pm t" |
949 |
Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). *where* |
950 |
|
951 |
"Ps = 1" (DECCKM) |
952 |
h Application Cursor Keys |
953 |
l Normal Cursor Keys |
954 |
|
955 |
"Ps = 2" (ANSI/VT52 mode) |
956 |
h Enter VT52 mode |
957 |
l Enter VT52 mode |
958 |
|
959 |
"Ps = 3" |
960 |
h 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM) |
961 |
l 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM) |
962 |
|
963 |
"Ps = 4" |
964 |
h Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM) |
965 |
l Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM) |
966 |
|
967 |
"Ps = 5" |
968 |
h Reverse Video (DECSCNM) |
969 |
l Normal Video (DECSCNM) |
970 |
|
971 |
"Ps = 6" |
972 |
h Origin Mode (DECOM) |
973 |
l Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM) |
974 |
|
975 |
"Ps = 7" |
976 |
h Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) |
977 |
l No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) |
978 |
|
979 |
"Ps = 8" *unimplemented* |
980 |
h Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) |
981 |
l No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) |
982 |
|
983 |
"Ps = 9" X10 XTerm |
984 |
h Send Mouse X & Y on button press. |
985 |
l No mouse reporting. |
986 |
|
987 |
"Ps = 10" (rxvt) |
988 |
h menuBar visible |
989 |
l menuBar invisible |
990 |
|
991 |
"Ps = 25" |
992 |
h Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis} |
993 |
l Invisible cursor {civis} |
994 |
|
995 |
"Ps = 30" |
996 |
h scrollBar visisble |
997 |
l scrollBar invisisble |
998 |
|
999 |
"Ps = 35" (rxvt) |
1000 |
h Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences |
1001 |
l Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences |
1002 |
|
1003 |
"Ps = 38" *unimplemented* |
1004 |
Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK) |
1005 |
|
1006 |
"Ps = 40" |
1007 |
h Allow 80/132 Mode |
1008 |
l Disallow 80/132 Mode |
1009 |
|
1010 |
"Ps = 44" *unimplemented* |
1011 |
h Turn On Margin Bell |
1012 |
l Turn Off Margin Bell |
1013 |
|
1014 |
"Ps = 45" *unimplemented* |
1015 |
h Reverse-wraparound Mode |
1016 |
l No Reverse-wraparound Mode |
1017 |
|
1018 |
"Ps = 46" *unimplemented* |
1019 |
"Ps = 47" |
1020 |
h Use Alternate Screen Buffer |
1021 |
l Use Normal Screen Buffer |
1022 |
|
1023 |
|
1024 |
|
1025 |
"Ps = 66" |
1026 |
h Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC = |
1027 |
l Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == ESC > |
1028 |
|
1029 |
"Ps = 67" |
1030 |
h Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM) |
1031 |
l Backspace key sends DEL |
1032 |
|
1033 |
"Ps = 1000" (X11 XTerm) |
1034 |
h Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release. |
1035 |
l No mouse reporting. |
1036 |
|
1037 |
"Ps = 1001" (X11 XTerm) *unimplemented* |
1038 |
h Use Hilite Mouse Tracking. |
1039 |
l No mouse reporting. |
1040 |
|
1041 |
"Ps = 1010" (rxvt) |
1042 |
h Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output |
1043 |
l Scroll to bottom on TTY output |
1044 |
|
1045 |
"Ps = 1011" (rxvt) |
1046 |
h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed |
1047 |
l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed |
1048 |
|
1049 |
"Ps = 1047" |
1050 |
h Use Alternate Screen Buffer |
1051 |
l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it |
1052 |
|
1053 |
"Ps = 1048" |
1054 |
h Save cursor position |
1055 |
l Restore cursor position |
1056 |
|
1057 |
"Ps = 1049" |
1058 |
h Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it |
1059 |
l Use Normal Screen Buffer |
1060 |
|
1061 |
|
1062 |
|
1063 |
XTerm Operating System Commands |
1064 |
"ESC ] Ps;Pt ST" |
1065 |
Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ |
1066 |
(0x1b, 0x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also |
1067 |
accepted. any octet can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, |
1068 |
^V). |
1069 |
|
1070 |
Ps = 0 Change Icon Name and Window Title to Pt |
1071 |
Ps = 1 Change Icon Name to Pt |
1072 |
Ps = 2 Change Window Title to Pt |
1073 |
Ps = 3 If Pt starts with a ?, query the (STRING) property of the window and return it. If Pt contains a =, set the named property to the given value, else delete the specified property. |
1074 |
Ps = 4 Pt is a semi-colon separated sequence of one or more semi-colon separated number/name pairs, where number is an index to a colour and name is the name of a colour. Each pair causes the numbered colour to be changed to 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 |
1075 |
Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future) |
1076 |
Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future) |
1077 |
Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt |
1078 |
Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt |
1079 |
Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt |
1080 |
Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt |
1081 |
Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt |
1082 |
Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt |
1083 |
Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option |
1084 |
Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented |
1085 |
Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option |
1086 |
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 |
1087 |
Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt |
1088 |
Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (rxvt extension) |
1089 |
Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt rxvt compile-time option (rxvt-unicode extension) |
1090 |
Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt |
1091 |
Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt |
1092 |
Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. |
1093 |
Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. |
1094 |
Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. |
1095 |
Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50. |
1096 |
|
1097 |
|
1098 |
|
1099 |
menuBar |
1100 |
The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to |
1101 |
use menuBar commands that add or remove a menuBar. |
1102 |
|
1103 |
Note that in all of the commands, the */path/* *cannot* be omitted: use |
1104 |
./ to specify a menu relative to the current menu. |
1105 |
|
1106 |
Overview of menuBar operation |
1107 |
For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence "ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST", the syntax of |
1108 |
"Pt" can be used for a variety of tasks: |
1109 |
|
1110 |
At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular |
1111 |
linked-list of other such menuBars. |
1112 |
|
1113 |
The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in |
1114 |
turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus. |
1115 |
|
1116 |
The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard |
1117 |
input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt. |
1118 |
|
1119 |
The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of |
1120 |
constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the menuBars. |
1121 |
|
1122 |
The first step is to use the tag [menu:*name*] which creates the menuBar |
1123 |
called *name* and allows access. You may now or menus, subMenus, and |
1124 |
menuItems. Finally, use the tag [done] to set the menuBar access as |
1125 |
readonly to prevent accidental corruption of the menus. To re-access the |
1126 |
current menuBar for alterations, use the tag [menu], make the |
1127 |
alterations and then use [done] |
1128 |
|
1129 |
|
1130 |
|
1131 |
Commands |
1132 |
[menu:+*name*] |
1133 |
access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new |
1134 |
menuBar is created, it is called *name* (max of 15 chars) and the |
1135 |
current menuBar is pushed onto the stack |
1136 |
|
1137 |
[menu] |
1138 |
access the current menuBar for alteration |
1139 |
|
1140 |
[title:+*string*] |
1141 |
set the current menuBar's title to *string*, which may contain the |
1142 |
following format specifiers: %% : literal % character %n : rxvt name |
1143 |
(as per the -name command-line option) %v : rxvt version |
1144 |
|
1145 |
[done] |
1146 |
set menuBar access as readonly. End-of-file tag for [read:+*file*] |
1147 |
operations. |
1148 |
|
1149 |
[read:+*file*] |
1150 |
read menu commands directly from *file* (extension ".menu" will be |
1151 |
appended if required.) Start reading at a line with [menu] or |
1152 |
[menu:+*name* and continuing until [done] is encountered. |
1153 |
|
1154 |
Blank and comment lines (starting with #) are ignored. Actually, |
1155 |
since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything |
1156 |
could be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up |
1157 |
in the future ... so don't count on it!. |
1158 |
|
1159 |
[read:+*file*;+*name*] |
1160 |
The same as [read:+*file*], but start reading at a line with |
1161 |
[menu:+*name*] and continuing until [done:+*name*] or [done] is |
1162 |
encountered. |
1163 |
|
1164 |
[dump] |
1165 |
dump all menuBars to the file /tmp/rxvt-PID in a format suitable for |
1166 |
later rereading. |
1167 |
|
1168 |
[rm:name] |
1169 |
remove the named menuBar |
1170 |
|
1171 |
[rm] [rm:] |
1172 |
remove the current menuBar |
1173 |
|
1174 |
[rm*] [rm:*] |
1175 |
remove all menuBars |
1176 |
|
1177 |
[swap] |
1178 |
swap the top two menuBars |
1179 |
|
1180 |
[prev] |
1181 |
access the previous menuBar |
1182 |
|
1183 |
[next] |
1184 |
access the next menuBar |
1185 |
|
1186 |
[show] |
1187 |
Enable display of the menuBar |
1188 |
|
1189 |
[hide] |
1190 |
Disable display of the menuBar |
1191 |
|
1192 |
[pixmap:+*name*] |
1193 |
[pixmap:+*name*;*scaling*] |
1194 |
(set the background pixmap globally |
1195 |
|
1196 |
A Future implementation *may* make this local to the menubar) |
1197 |
|
1198 |
[:+*command*:] |
1199 |
ignore the menu readonly status and issue a *command* to or a menu |
1200 |
or menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick |
1201 |
arrows from a menuBar. |
1202 |
|
1203 |
|
1204 |
|
1205 |
Adding and accessing menus |
1206 |
The following commands may also be + prefixed. |
1207 |
|
1208 |
/+ access menuBar top level |
1209 |
|
1210 |
./+ access current menu level |
1211 |
|
1212 |
../+ |
1213 |
access parent menu (1 level up) |
1214 |
|
1215 |
../../ |
1216 |
access parent menu (multiple levels up) |
1217 |
|
1218 |
*/path/*menu |
1219 |
add/access menu |
1220 |
|
1221 |
*/path/*menu/* |
1222 |
add/access menu and clear it if it exists |
1223 |
|
1224 |
*/path/*{-} |
1225 |
add separator |
1226 |
|
1227 |
*/path/*{item} |
1228 |
add item as a label |
1229 |
|
1230 |
*/path/*{item} action |
1231 |
add/alter *menuitem* with an associated *action* |
1232 |
|
1233 |
*/path/*{item}{right-text} |
1234 |
add/alter *menuitem* with right-text as the right-justified text and |
1235 |
as the associated *action* |
1236 |
|
1237 |
*/path/*{item}{rtext} action |
1238 |
add/alter *menuitem* with an associated *action* and with rtext as |
1239 |
the right-justified text. |
1240 |
|
1241 |
Special characters in *action* must be backslash-escaped: |
1242 |
\a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal |
1243 |
|
1244 |
or in control-character notation: |
1245 |
^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^? |
1246 |
|
1247 |
To send a string starting with a NUL (^@) character to the program, |
1248 |
start *action* with a pair of NUL characters (^@^@), the first of which |
1249 |
will be stripped off and the balance directed to the program. Otherwise |
1250 |
if *action* begins with NUL followed by non-+NUL characters, the leading |
1251 |
NUL is stripped off and the balance is sent back to rxvt. |
1252 |
|
1253 |
As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, *action* may start |
1254 |
with M- (eg, M-$ is equivalent to \E$) and a CR will be appended if |
1255 |
missed from M-x commands. |
1256 |
|
1257 |
As a convenience for issuing XTerm ESC] sequences from a menubar (or |
1258 |
quick arrow), a BEL (^G) will be appended if needed. |
1259 |
|
1260 |
For example, |
1261 |
M-xapropos is equivalent to \Exapropos\r |
1262 |
|
1263 |
and \E]703;mona;100 is equivalent to \E]703;mona;100\a |
1264 |
|
1265 |
The option {*right-rtext*} will be right-justified. In the absence of a |
1266 |
specified action, this text will be used as the *action* as well. |
1267 |
|
1268 |
For example, |
1269 |
/File/{Open}{^X^F} is equivalent to /File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F |
1270 |
|
1271 |
The left label *is* necessary, since it's used for matching, but |
1272 |
implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and |
1273 |
right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it |
1274 |
with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only. |
1275 |
|
1276 |
For example, |
1277 |
/File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action |
1278 |
|
1279 |
or hiding it |
1280 |
/File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action |
1281 |
|
1282 |
|
1283 |
|
1284 |
Removing menus |
1285 |
-/*+ |
1286 |
remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as [clear] |
1287 |
|
1288 |
-+*/path*menu+ |
1289 |
remove menu |
1290 |
|
1291 |
-+*/path*{item}+ |
1292 |
remove item |
1293 |
|
1294 |
-+*/path*{-} |
1295 |
remove separator) |
1296 |
|
1297 |
-/path/menu/* |
1298 |
remove all items, separators and submenus from menu |
1299 |
|
1300 |
|
1301 |
|
1302 |
Quick Arrows |
1303 |
The menus also provide a hook for *quick arrows* to provide easier user |
1304 |
access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to emulate |
1305 |
the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered |
1306 |
individually or all four at once without re-entering their common |
1307 |
beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions |
1308 |
with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used: |
1309 |
|
1310 |
<r>+*Right* |
1311 |
<l>+*Left* |
1312 |
<u>+*Up* |
1313 |
<d>+*Down* |
1314 |
Define actions for the respective arrow buttons |
1315 |
|
1316 |
<b>+*Begin* |
1317 |
<e>+*End* |
1318 |
Define common beginning/end parts for *quick arrows* which used in |
1319 |
conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs |
1320 |
|
1321 |
For example, define arrows individually, |
1322 |
<u>\E[A |
1323 |
|
1324 |
<d>\E[B |
1325 |
|
1326 |
<r>\E[C |
1327 |
|
1328 |
<l>\E[D |
1329 |
|
1330 |
or all at once |
1331 |
<u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D |
1332 |
|
1333 |
or more compactly (factoring out common parts) |
1334 |
<b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D |
1335 |
|
1336 |
|
1337 |
|
1338 |
Command Summary |
1339 |
A short summary of the most *common* commands: |
1340 |
|
1341 |
[menu:name] |
1342 |
use an existing named menuBar or start a new one |
1343 |
|
1344 |
[menu] |
1345 |
use the current menuBar |
1346 |
|
1347 |
[title:string] |
1348 |
set menuBar title |
1349 |
|
1350 |
[done] |
1351 |
set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF |
1352 |
|
1353 |
[done:name] |
1354 |
if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF |
1355 |
|
1356 |
[rm:name] |
1357 |
remove named menuBar(s) |
1358 |
|
1359 |
[rm] [rm:] |
1360 |
remove current menuBar |
1361 |
|
1362 |
[rm*] [rm:*] |
1363 |
remove all menuBar(s) |
1364 |
|
1365 |
[swap] |
1366 |
swap top two menuBars |
1367 |
|
1368 |
[prev] |
1369 |
access the previous menuBar |
1370 |
|
1371 |
[next] |
1372 |
access the next menuBar |
1373 |
|
1374 |
[show] |
1375 |
map menuBar |
1376 |
|
1377 |
[hide] |
1378 |
unmap menuBar |
1379 |
|
1380 |
[pixmap;file] |
1381 |
[pixmap;file;scaling] |
1382 |
set a background pixmap |
1383 |
|
1384 |
[read:file] |
1385 |
[read:file;name] |
1386 |
read in a menu from a file |
1387 |
|
1388 |
[dump] |
1389 |
dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID |
1390 |
|
1391 |
/ access menuBar top level |
1392 |
|
1393 |
./ |
1394 |
../ |
1395 |
../../ |
1396 |
access current or parent menu level |
1397 |
|
1398 |
/path/menu |
1399 |
add/access menu |
1400 |
|
1401 |
/path/{-} |
1402 |
add separator |
1403 |
|
1404 |
/path/{item}{rtext} action |
1405 |
add/alter menu item |
1406 |
|
1407 |
-/* remove all menus from the menuBar |
1408 |
|
1409 |
-/path/menu |
1410 |
remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu |
1411 |
|
1412 |
-/path/menu |
1413 |
remove menu |
1414 |
|
1415 |
-/path/{item} |
1416 |
remove item |
1417 |
|
1418 |
-/path/{-} |
1419 |
remove separator |
1420 |
|
1421 |
<b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End |
1422 |
menu quick arrows |
1423 |
|
1424 |
XPM |
1425 |
For the XPM XTerm escape sequence "ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST" then value of "Pt" |
1426 |
can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a sequence of |
1427 |
scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The |
1428 |
scaling/positioning commands are as follows: |
1429 |
|
1430 |
query scale/position |
1431 |
? |
1432 |
|
1433 |
change scale and position |
1434 |
WxH+X+Y |
1435 |
|
1436 |
WxH+X (== WxH+X+X) |
1437 |
|
1438 |
WxH (same as WxH+50+50) |
1439 |
|
1440 |
W+X+Y (same as WxW+X+Y) |
1441 |
|
1442 |
W+X (same as WxW+X+X) |
1443 |
|
1444 |
W (same as WxW+50+50) |
1445 |
|
1446 |
change position (absolute) |
1447 |
=+X+Y |
1448 |
|
1449 |
=+X (same as =+X+Y) |
1450 |
|
1451 |
change position (relative) |
1452 |
+X+Y |
1453 |
|
1454 |
+X (same as +X+Y) |
1455 |
|
1456 |
rescale (relative) |
1457 |
Wx0 -> W *= (W/100) |
1458 |
|
1459 |
0xH -> H *= (H/100) |
1460 |
|
1461 |
For example: |
1462 |
|
1463 |
\E]20;funky\a |
1464 |
load funky.xpm as a tiled image |
1465 |
|
1466 |
\E]20;mona;100\a |
1467 |
load mona.xpm with a scaling of 100% |
1468 |
|
1469 |
\E]20;;200;?\a |
1470 |
rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in |
1471 |
the title |
1472 |
|
1473 |
Mouse Reporting |
1474 |
"ESC [ M <b> <x> <y>" |
1475 |
report mouse position |
1476 |
|
1477 |
The lower 2 bits of "<b>" indicate the button: |
1478 |
|
1479 |
Button = "(<b> - SPACE) & 3" |
1480 |
0 Button1 pressed |
1481 |
1 Button2 pressed |
1482 |
2 Button3 pressed |
1483 |
3 button released (X11 mouse report) |
1484 |
|
1485 |
The upper bits of "<b>" indicate the modifiers when the button was |
1486 |
pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only): |
1487 |
|
1488 |
State = "(<b> - SPACE) & 60" |
1489 |
4 Shift |
1490 |
8 Meta |
1491 |
16 Control |
1492 |
32 Double Click (Rxvt extension) |
1493 |
|
1494 |
Col = "<x> - SPACE" |
1495 |
|
1496 |
Row = "<y> - SPACE" |
1497 |
|
1498 |
Key Codes |
1499 |
Note: Shift + F1-F10 generates F11-F20 |
1500 |
|
1501 |
For the keypad, use Shift to temporarily override Application-Keypad |
1502 |
setting use Num_Lock to toggle Application-Keypad setting if Num_Lock is |
1503 |
off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that values of Home, |
1504 |
End, Delete may have been compiled differently on your system. |
1505 |
|
1506 |
Normal Shift Control Ctrl+Shift |
1507 |
Tab ^I ESC [ Z ^I ESC [ Z |
1508 |
BackSpace ^H ^? ^? ^? |
1509 |
Find ESC [ 1 ~ ESC [ 1 $ ESC [ 1 ^ ESC [ 1 @ |
1510 |
Insert ESC [ 2 ~ paste ESC [ 2 ^ ESC [ 2 @ |
1511 |
Execute ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @ |
1512 |
Select ESC [ 4 ~ ESC [ 4 $ ESC [ 4 ^ ESC [ 4 @ |
1513 |
Prior ESC [ 5 ~ scroll-up ESC [ 5 ^ ESC [ 5 @ |
1514 |
Next ESC [ 6 ~ scroll-down ESC [ 6 ^ ESC [ 6 @ |
1515 |
Home ESC [ 7 ~ ESC [ 7 $ ESC [ 7 ^ ESC [ 7 @ |
1516 |
End ESC [ 8 ~ ESC [ 8 $ ESC [ 8 ^ ESC [ 8 @ |
1517 |
Delete ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @ |
1518 |
F1 ESC [ 11 ~ ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 11 ^ ESC [ 23 ^ |
1519 |
F2 ESC [ 12 ~ ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 12 ^ ESC [ 24 ^ |
1520 |
F3 ESC [ 13 ~ ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 13 ^ ESC [ 25 ^ |
1521 |
F4 ESC [ 14 ~ ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 14 ^ ESC [ 26 ^ |
1522 |
F5 ESC [ 15 ~ ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 15 ^ ESC [ 28 ^ |
1523 |
F6 ESC [ 17 ~ ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 17 ^ ESC [ 29 ^ |
1524 |
F7 ESC [ 18 ~ ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 18 ^ ESC [ 31 ^ |
1525 |
F8 ESC [ 19 ~ ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 19 ^ ESC [ 32 ^ |
1526 |
F9 ESC [ 20 ~ ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 20 ^ ESC [ 33 ^ |
1527 |
F10 ESC [ 21 ~ ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 21 ^ ESC [ 34 ^ |
1528 |
F11 ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 23 $ ESC [ 23 ^ ESC [ 23 @ |
1529 |
F12 ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 24 $ ESC [ 24 ^ ESC [ 24 @ |
1530 |
F13 ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 25 $ ESC [ 25 ^ ESC [ 25 @ |
1531 |
F14 ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 26 $ ESC [ 26 ^ ESC [ 26 @ |
1532 |
F15 (Help) ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 28 $ ESC [ 28 ^ ESC [ 28 @ |
1533 |
F16 (Menu) ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 29 $ ESC [ 29 ^ ESC [ 29 @ |
1534 |
F17 ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 31 $ ESC [ 31 ^ ESC [ 31 @ |
1535 |
F18 ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 32 $ ESC [ 32 ^ ESC [ 32 @ |
1536 |
F19 ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 33 $ ESC [ 33 ^ ESC [ 33 @ |
1537 |
F20 ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 34 $ ESC [ 34 ^ ESC [ 34 @ |
1538 |
Application |
1539 |
Up ESC [ A ESC [ a ESC O a ESC O A |
1540 |
Down ESC [ B ESC [ b ESC O b ESC O B |
1541 |
Right ESC [ C ESC [ c ESC O c ESC O C |
1542 |
Left ESC [ D ESC [ d ESC O d ESC O D |
1543 |
KP_Enter ^M ESC O M |
1544 |
KP_F1 ESC O P ESC O P |
1545 |
KP_F2 ESC O Q ESC O Q |
1546 |
KP_F3 ESC O R ESC O R |
1547 |
KP_F4 ESC O S ESC O S |
1548 |
XK_KP_Multiply * ESC O j |
1549 |
XK_KP_Add + ESC O k |
1550 |
XK_KP_Separator , ESC O l |
1551 |
XK_KP_Subtract - ESC O m |
1552 |
XK_KP_Decimal . ESC O n |
1553 |
XK_KP_Divide / ESC O o |
1554 |
XK_KP_0 0 ESC O p |
1555 |
XK_KP_1 1 ESC O q |
1556 |
XK_KP_2 2 ESC O r |
1557 |
XK_KP_3 3 ESC O s |
1558 |
XK_KP_4 4 ESC O t |
1559 |
XK_KP_5 5 ESC O u |
1560 |
XK_KP_6 6 ESC O v |
1561 |
XK_KP_7 7 ESC O w |
1562 |
XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x |
1563 |
XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y |
1564 |
|
1565 |
CONFIGURE OPTIONS |
1566 |
General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration |
1567 |
hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the |
1568 |
./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself, |
1569 |
so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always |
1570 |
report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann |
1571 |
<rxvt@schmorp.de>. |
1572 |
|
1573 |
--enable-everything |
1574 |
Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure |
1575 |
--help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order |
1576 |
dependant. You can specify this and then disable options which this |
1577 |
enables by *following* this with the appropriate commands. |
1578 |
|
1579 |
--enable-xft |
1580 |
Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts |
1581 |
are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use |
1582 |
them, you don't pay for them. |
1583 |
|
1584 |
--enable-font-styles |
1585 |
Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The |
1586 |
fonts can be set manually or automatically. |
1587 |
|
1588 |
--with-codesets=NAME,... |
1589 |
Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn |
1590 |
are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets). |
1591 |
These codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core |
1592 |
fonts, they are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will |
1593 |
make your binary bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't |
1594 |
increase memory usage unless you use an X11 font requiring one of |
1595 |
these encodings. |
1596 |
|
1597 |
all all available codeset groups |
1598 |
zh common chinese encodings |
1599 |
zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs |
1600 |
jp common japanese encodings |
1601 |
jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings |
1602 |
kr korean encodings |
1603 |
|
1604 |
--enable-xim |
1605 |
Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using |
1606 |
alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set |
1607 |
up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. |
1608 |
|
1609 |
--enable-unicode3 |
1610 |
Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535 |
1611 |
(the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements |
1612 |
per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these |
1613 |
extra characters, but Xft does. |
1614 |
|
1615 |
Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535 |
1616 |
even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited |
1617 |
to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next |
1618 |
switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them |
1619 |
(input/output and cut&paste still work, though). |
1620 |
|
1621 |
--enable-combining |
1622 |
Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite |
1623 |
characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where |
1624 |
accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by |
1625 |
using precomposited characters when available or creating new |
1626 |
pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. |
1627 |
|
1628 |
Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed |
1629 |
characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use |
1630 |
the private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448). |
1631 |
With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This will also |
1632 |
enable storage of characters >65535. |
1633 |
|
1634 |
The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation |
1635 |
forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to |
1636 |
be used. |
1637 |
|
1638 |
--enable-fallback(=CLASS) |
1639 |
When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS |
1640 |
(default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use |
1641 |
--disable-fallback. |
1642 |
|
1643 |
--with-res-name=NAME |
1644 |
Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when |
1645 |
reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. |
1646 |
|
1647 |
--with-res-class=CLASS |
1648 |
Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class |
1649 |
when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace |
1650 |
rxvt. |
1651 |
|
1652 |
--enable-utmp |
1653 |
Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start |
1654 |
of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. |
1655 |
|
1656 |
--enable-wtmp |
1657 |
Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at |
1658 |
start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This |
1659 |
option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. |
1660 |
|
1661 |
--enable-lastlog |
1662 |
Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin) |
1663 |
at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to |
1664 |
also be specified. |
1665 |
|
1666 |
--enable-xpm-background |
1667 |
Add support for XPM background pixmaps. |
1668 |
|
1669 |
--enable-transparency |
1670 |
Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake |
1671 |
transparency to the term. |
1672 |
|
1673 |
--enable-fading |
1674 |
Add support for fading the text when focus is lost. |
1675 |
|
1676 |
--enable-tinting |
1677 |
Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds. |
1678 |
|
1679 |
--enable-menubar |
1680 |
Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with |
1681 |
dynamic locale switching currently). |
1682 |
|
1683 |
--enable-rxvt-scroll |
1684 |
Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. |
1685 |
|
1686 |
--enable-next-scroll |
1687 |
Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. |
1688 |
|
1689 |
--enable-xterm-scroll |
1690 |
Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. |
1691 |
|
1692 |
--enable-plain-scroll |
1693 |
Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is |
1694 |
the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many |
1695 |
years. |
1696 |
|
1697 |
--enable-half-shadow |
1698 |
Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height. |
1699 |
only applicable to rxvt scrollbars. |
1700 |
|
1701 |
--enable-ttygid |
1702 |
Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your |
1703 |
system uses this type of security. |
1704 |
|
1705 |
--disable-backspace-key |
1706 |
Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server |
1707 |
do it. |
1708 |
|
1709 |
--disable-delete-key |
1710 |
Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do |
1711 |
it. |
1712 |
|
1713 |
--disable-resources |
1714 |
Remove all resources checking. |
1715 |
|
1716 |
--enable-xgetdefault |
1717 |
Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small |
1718 |
version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist |
1719 |
then ~/.Xresources. |
1720 |
|
1721 |
--enable-strings |
1722 |
Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other |
1723 |
various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have |
1724 |
been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link |
1725 |
in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux |
1726 |
systems). |
1727 |
|
1728 |
--disable-swapscreen |
1729 |
Remove support for swap screen. |
1730 |
|
1731 |
--enable-frills |
1732 |
Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice |
1733 |
to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may |
1734 |
want to disable this. |
1735 |
|
1736 |
A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills" |
1737 |
(possibly in combination with other switches) is: |
1738 |
|
1739 |
MWM-hints |
1740 |
seperate underline colour |
1741 |
settable border widths and borderless switch |
1742 |
settable extra linespacing |
1743 |
extra window properties (e.g. UTF-8 window names and PID) |
1744 |
iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback |
1745 |
backindex and forwardindex escape sequence |
1746 |
window op and locale change escape sequences |
1747 |
tripleclickwords |
1748 |
settable insecure mode |
1749 |
|
1750 |
--enable-iso14755 |
1751 |
Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt). |
1752 |
Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while |
1753 |
support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch. |
1754 |
|
1755 |
--enable-keepscrolling |
1756 |
Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the |
1757 |
mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. |
1758 |
|
1759 |
--enable-mousewheel |
1760 |
Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. |
1761 |
|
1762 |
--enable-slipwheeling |
1763 |
Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an |
1764 |
accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option |
1765 |
requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. |
1766 |
|
1767 |
--disable-new-selection |
1768 |
Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. |
1769 |
|
1770 |
--enable-dmalloc |
1771 |
Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See |
1772 |
http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this |
1773 |
or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after |
1774 |
compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places. |
1775 |
|
1776 |
You can only use either this option and the following (should you |
1777 |
use either) . |
1778 |
|
1779 |
--enable-dlmalloc |
1780 |
Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See |
1781 |
<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details. |
1782 |
|
1783 |
--enable-smart-resize |
1784 |
Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from |
1785 |
hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which |
1786 |
is closest to a corner of the screen. |
1787 |
|
1788 |
--enable-cursor-blink |
1789 |
Add support for a blinking cursor. |
1790 |
|
1791 |
--enable-pointer-blank |
1792 |
Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. |
1793 |
|
1794 |
--with-name=NAME |
1795 |
Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: "urxvt", |
1796 |
resulting in "urxvt", "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to |
1797 |
replace with "rxvt". |
1798 |
|
1799 |
--with-term=NAME |
1800 |
Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default |
1801 |
"rxvt-unicode") |
1802 |
|
1803 |
--with-terminfo=PATH |
1804 |
Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree |
1805 |
to PATH. |
1806 |
|
1807 |
--with-x |
1808 |
Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?). |
1809 |
|
1810 |
--with-xpm-includes=DIR |
1811 |
Look for the XPM includes in DIR. |
1812 |
|
1813 |
--with-xpm-library=DIR |
1814 |
Look for the XPM library in DIR. |
1815 |
|
1816 |
--with-xpm |
1817 |
Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background. |
1818 |
|
1819 |
AUTHORS |
1820 |
Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> converted this document to pod and |
1821 |
reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by |
1822 |
Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and |
1823 |
other sources. |
1824 |
|