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104 terminal as an example embedding application. 104 terminal as an example embedding application.
105 105
106 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 106 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
107 The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape 107 The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape
108 sequence "ESC [ 8 n" sets the window title to the version number. 108 sequence "ESC [ 8 n" sets the window title to the version number.
109 When using the urxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the 109 When using the rxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the
110 daemon. 110 daemon.
111 111
112 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem... 112 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
113 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large 113 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
114 patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. 114 patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode.
155 155
156 "tic" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry. 156 "tic" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
157 Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it 157 Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it
158 by "enacs=\E[0@" and try again. 158 by "enacs=\E[0@" and try again.
159 159
160 "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under urxvt. 160 "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt.
161 I need a termcap file entry. 161 I need a termcap file entry.
162 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or 162 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or
163 operating systems still compile some programs using the 163 operating systems still compile some programs using the
164 long-obsoleted termcap library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) 164 long-obsoleted termcap library (Fedora Core's bash is one example)
165 and rely on a termcap entry for "rxvt-unicode". 165 and rely on a termcap entry for "rxvt-unicode".
276 indeed look correct. 276 indeed look correct.
277 277
278 In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font 278 In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font
279 list, e.g.: 279 list, e.g.:
280 280
281 urxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3... 281 rxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...
282 282
283 When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base 283 When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base
284 font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to 284 font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to
285 the next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed 285 the next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed
286 up this search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the 286 up this search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the
571 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. 571 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
572 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing 572 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
573 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. 573 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode.
574 I've heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise 574 I've heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise
575 specified. A quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt 575 specified. A quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt
576 or Shift keys are depressed. See urxvt(7) 576 or Shift keys are depressed. See rxvt(7)
577 577
578 What's with this bold/blink stuff? 578 What's with this bold/blink stuff?
579 If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using 579 If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using
580 the standard foreground colour. 580 the standard foreground colour.
581 581
636 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff 636 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
637 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff 637 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
638 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd 638 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
639 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd 639 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
640 640
641 How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way? 641 How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way?
642 Try "urxvtd -f -o", which tells urxvtd to open the display, create 642 Try "rxvtd -f -o", which tells rxvtd to open the display, create the
643 the listening socket and then fork. 643 listening socket and then fork.
644 644
645 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour? 645 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
646 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the 646 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
647 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following 647 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
648 question) there are two standard values that can be used for 648 question) there are two standard values that can be used for
661 661
662 For starting a new rxvt-unicode: 662 For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
663 663
664 # use Backspace = ^H 664 # use Backspace = ^H
665 $ stty erase ^H 665 $ stty erase ^H
666 $ urxvt 666 $ rxvt
667 667
668 # use Backspace = ^? 668 # use Backspace = ^?
669 $ stty erase ^? 669 $ stty erase ^?
670 $ urxvt 670 $ rxvt
671 671
672 Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l" as documented in urxvt(7). 672 Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l" as documented in rxvt(7).
673 673
674 For an existing rxvt-unicode: 674 For an existing rxvt-unicode:
675 675
676 # use Backspace = ^H 676 # use Backspace = ^H
677 $ stty erase ^H 677 $ stty erase ^H
703 There are some compile-time selections available via configure. 703 There are some compile-time selections available via configure.
704 Unless you have run "configure" with the "--disable-resources" 704 Unless you have run "configure" with the "--disable-resources"
705 option you can use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings 705 option you can use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings
706 associated with keysyms. 706 associated with keysyms.
707 707
708 Here's an example for a URxvt session started using "urxvt -name 708 Here's an example for a URxvt session started using "rxvt -name
709 URxvt" 709 URxvt"
710 710
711 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~ 711 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
712 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~ 712 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
713 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'> 713 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
1230 l Scroll to bottom on TTY output 1230 l Scroll to bottom on TTY output
1231 1231
1232 "Ps = 1011" (rxvt) 1232 "Ps = 1011" (rxvt)
1233 h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1233 h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1234 l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1234 l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1235
1236 "Ps = 1021" (rxvt)
1237 h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)
1238 l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1235 1239
1236 "Ps = 1047" 1240 "Ps = 1047"
1237 h Use Alternate Screen Buffer 1241 h Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1238 l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it 1242 l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1239 1243
1280 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1284 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1281 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1285 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1282 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1286 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1283 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 1287 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1284 Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 1288 Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1289 Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
1285 1290
1286 1291
1287 1292
1288menuBar 1293menuBar
1289 The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to 1294 The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to
1941 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills" 1946 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
1942 (possibly in combination with other switches) is: 1947 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
1943 1948
1944 MWM-hints 1949 MWM-hints
1945 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 1950 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
1946 seperate underline colour 1951 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
1947 settable border widths and borderless switch 1952 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
1948 settable extra linespacing 1953 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
1949 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 1954 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
1950 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence 1955 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
1951 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences 1956 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
1952 tripleclickwords 1957 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
1953 settable insecure mode 1958 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
1954 keysym remapping support 1959 keysym remapping support
1955 cursor blinking and underline cursor 1960 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
1956 -embed, -pty-fd and -hold options 1961 XEmbed support (-embed)
1962 user-pty (-pty-fd)
1963 hold on exit (-hold)
1964 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
1965 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
1957 1966
1958 --enable-iso14755 (default: on) 1967 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
1959 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see urxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt). 1968 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
1960 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while 1969 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
1961 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch. 1970 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
1962 1971
1963 --enable-keepscrolling (default: on) 1972 --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
1964 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the 1973 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
1994 corner of the screen in a fixed position. 2003 corner of the screen in a fixed position.
1995 2004
1996 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on) 2005 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
1997 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 2006 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
1998 2007
2008 --enable-perl (default: off)
2009 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
2010 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
2011 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
2012 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
2013 environment variable when running configure.
2014
1999 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt) 2015 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2000 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt", 2016 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
2001 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt". 2017 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
2002 2018
2003 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode) 2019 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)

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