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     How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
         The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
         sequence "ESC [ 8 n" sets the window title to the version number.
     I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
-        The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode contains large patches
+        The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
-        that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. Before
+        patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode.
-        reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please download
+        Before reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please
-        and install the genuine version
+        download and install the genuine version
         (<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce the
         problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific
         to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the
         Debian Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to report the bug).
            URxvt.termName: rxvt
         If you don't plan to use rxvt (quite common...) you could also
         replace the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
+    "tic" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
+        Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it
+        by "enacs=\E[0@" and try again.
     "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt.
     I need a termcap file entry.
         One reason you might want this is that some distributions or
         operating systems still compile some programs using the
         that doesn't work, you might be forced to use a different font.
         All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their
         bounding box data is correct.
+    On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.
+        Seems to be a known bug, read
+        <http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
+        following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
+           #define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
     My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
         The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not
         set correctly, or you specified a preeditStyle that is not supported
         by your input method. For example, if you specified OverTheSpot and
         your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose
         As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl
         nor does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal
         representation of wchar_t. This is, of course, completely fine with
         respect to standards.
+        However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in "POSIX", "ISO-8859-1"
+        and "UTF-8" locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as wchar_t.
-        However, "__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support
+        "__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support multi-language
-        multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and
+        apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
-        non-standardized) representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to
+        representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to convert between
-        convert between wchar_t (as used by X11 and your applications) and
+        wchar_t (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other
-        any other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for
+        encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and
-        each and every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert wchar_t
+        every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert wchar_t into
-        into anything except the current locale encoding.
+        anything except the current locale encoding.
         Some applications (such as the formidable mlterm) work around this
         by carrying their own replacement functions for character set
         handling with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or
         doing multiple conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the
         emulator).
         The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in
         the system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app
         to carry complete replacements for them :)
+    I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.
+        Try the diff in doc/solaris9.patch as a base. It fixes the worst
+        problems with "wcwidth" and a compile problem.
+    How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
+        rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
+        the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
+        longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
+        single font). I recommend starting the X-server in "-multiwindow" or
+        "-rootless" mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as
+        the old libW11 emulation.
+        At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any
+        multi-byte encodings (you might try "LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8"), so you are
+        likely limited to 8-bit encodings.
     How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
     Is there an option to switch encodings?
         Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch,
         and no specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't
            URxvt.color14:      #73f7ff
            URxvt.color7:       #e1dddd
            URxvt.color15:      #e1dddd
     How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way?
-        Despite it's name, rxvtd is not a real daemon, but more like a
+        Try "rxvtd -f -o", which tells rxvtd to open the display, create the
-        server that answers rxvtc's requests, so it doesn't background
+        listening socket and then fork.
-        itself.
-        To ensure rxvtd is listening on it's socket, you can use the
-        following method to wait for the startup message before continuing:
-          { rxvtd & } | read
     What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
         Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
         BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
         question) there are two standard values that can be used for
            Ps = 13         Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
            Ps = 17         Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
            Ps = 18         Change colour of bold characters to Pt
            Ps = 19         Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
            Ps = 20         Change default background to Pt
-           Ps = 39         Change default foreground colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option
+           Ps = 39         Change default foreground colour to Pt.
            Ps = 46         Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
-           Ps = 49         Change default background colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option
+           Ps = 49         Change default background colour to Pt.
            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
            Ps = 55         Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
-           Ps = 701        Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (rxvt extension)
+           Ps = 701        Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
-           Ps = 703        Menubar command Pt rxvt compile-time option (rxvt-unicode extension)
+           Ps = 703        Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar).
            Ps = 704        Change colour of italic characters to Pt
-           Ps = 705        Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt
+           Ps = 705        Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
            Ps = 710        Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
-           Ps = 711        Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50.
+           Ps = 711        Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
-           Ps = 712        Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50.
+           Ps = 712        Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
-           Ps = 713        Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50.
+           Ps = 713        Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
+           Ps = 720        Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
+           Ps = 721        Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
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     The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to
     --enable-font-styles
         Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The
         fonts can be set manually or automatically.
     --with-codesets=NAME,...
-        Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn
+        Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
-        are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets).
+        "vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
-        These codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core
+        sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
-        fonts, they are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will
+        they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
-        make your binary bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't
+        in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
-        increase memory usage unless you use an X11 font requiring one of
+        Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost
-        these encodings.
+        about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a
+        font requiring one of these encodings.
            all             all available codeset groups
            zh              common chinese encodings
            zh_ext          rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
            jp              common japanese encodings
         A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
         (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
           MWM-hints
+          EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
           seperate underline colour
           settable border widths and borderless switch
           settable extra linespacing
-          extra window properties (e.g. UTF-8 window names and PID)
           iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
           backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
-          window op and locale change escape sequences
+          window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
           tripleclickwords
           settable insecure mode
           keysym remapping support
+          cursor blinking and underline cursor
+          -embed and -pty-fd options
     --enable-iso14755
         Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
         Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
         support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
     --enable-smart-resize
         Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from
         hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which
         is closest to a corner of the screen.
-    --enable-cursor-blink
-        Add support for a blinking cursor.
     --enable-pointer-blank
         Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
     --with-name=NAME
         Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: "urxvt",

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