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20 <http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>. 20 <http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
21 21
22FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 22FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
23 The new selection selects pieces that are too big, how can I select
24 single words?
25 Yes. For example, if you want to select alphanumeric words, you can
26 use the following resource:
27
28 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([[:word:]]+)
29
30 If you click more than twice, the selection will be extended more
31 and more.
32
33 To get a selection that is very similar to the old code, try this
34 pattern:
35
36 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ([^"&'()*,;<=>?@[\\\\]^`{|})]+)
37
38 Please also note that the *LeftClick Shift-LeftClik* combination
39 also selects words like the old code.
40
41 I don't like the new selection/popups/hotkeys/perl, how do I
42 change/disable it?
43 You can disable the perl extension completely by setting the
44 perl-ext-common resource to the empty string, which also keeps
45 rxvt-unicode from initialising perl, saving memory.
46
47 If you only want to disable specific features, you first have to
48 identify which perl extension is responsible. For this, read the
49 section PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS in the rxvtperl(3) manpage. For
50 example, to disable the selection-popup and option-popup, specify
51 this perl-ext-common resource:
52
53 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,-selection-popup,-option-popup
54
55 This will keep the default extensions, but disable the two popup
56 extensions. Some extensions can also be configured, for example,
57 scrollback search mode is triggered by M-s. You can move it to any
58 other combination either by setting the searchable-scrollback
59 resource:
60
61 URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
62
23 Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? 63 Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?
24 I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause 64 I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause
25 extra bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you 65 extra bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you
26 can see that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables 66 can see that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables
27 always being compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) 67 always being compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS)
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56 96
57 Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), 97 Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k),
58 this still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like 98 this still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like
59 gnome-terminal (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or 99 gnome-terminal (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or
60 konsole (22200k + extra 43180k in daemons that stay around after 100 konsole (22200k + extra 43180k in daemons that stay around after
61 exit, plus half aminute of startup time, including the hundreds of 101 exit, plus half a minute of startup time, including the hundreds of
62 warnings it spits out), it fares extremely well *g*. 102 warnings it spits out), it fares extremely well *g*.
63 103
64 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool? 104 Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?
65 Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: 105 Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is:
66 I had to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a 106 I had to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a
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104 terminal as an example embedding application. 144 terminal as an example embedding application.
105 145
106 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? 146 How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
107 The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape 147 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. 148 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 149 When using the rxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the
110 daemon. 150 daemon.
111 151
112 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem... 152 I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
113 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large 153 The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
114 patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. 154 patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode.
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122 For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and 162 For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
123 probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's 163 probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's
124 also a bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for 164 also a bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for
125 other users that might encounter the same issue. 165 other users that might encounter the same issue.
126 166
167 I am maintaining rxvt-unicode for distribution/OS XXX, any
168 recommendation?
169 You should build one binary with the default options. configure now
170 enables most useful options, and the trend goes to making them
171 runtime-switchable, too, so there is usually no drawback to enbaling
172 them, except higher disk and possibly memory usage. The perl
173 interpreter should be enabled, as important functionality (menus,
174 selection, likely more in the future) depends on it.
175
176 You should not overwrite the "perl-ext-common" snd "perl-ext"
177 resources system-wide (except maybe with "defaults"). This will
178 result in useful behaviour. If your distribution aims at low memory,
179 add an empty "perl-ext-common" resource to the app-defaults file.
180 This will keep the perl interpreter disabled until the user enables
181 it.
182
183 If you can/want build more binaries, I recommend building a minimal
184 one with "--disable-everything" (very useful) and a maximal one with
185 "--enable-everything" (less useful, it will be very big due to a lot
186 of encodings built-in that increase download times and are rarely
187 used).
188
189 I need to make it setuid/setgid to support utmp/ptys on my OS, is this
190 safe?
191 Likely not. While I honestly try to make it secure, and am probably
192 not bad at it, I think it is simply unreasonable to expect all of
193 freetype + fontconfig + xft + xlib + perl + ... + rxvt-unicode
194 itself to all be secure. Also, rxvt-unicode disables some options
195 when it detects that it runs setuid or setgid, which is not nice.
196 Besides, with the embedded perl interpreter the possibility for
197 security problems easily multiplies.
198
199 Elevated privileges are only required for utmp and pty operations on
200 some systems (for example, GNU/Linux doesn't need any extra
201 privileges for ptys, but some need it for utmp support). It is
202 planned to mvoe this into a forked handler process, but this is not
203 yet done.
204
205 So, while setuid/setgid operation is supported and not a problem on
206 your typical single-user-no-other-logins unix desktop, always
207 remember that its an awful lot of code, most of which isn't checked
208 for security issues regularly.
209
127 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? 210 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data?
128 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely 211 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely
129 available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same 212 available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same
130 problem often arises). 213 problem often arises).
131 214
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155 238
156 "tic" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry. 239 "tic" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
157 Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it 240 Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it
158 by "enacs=\E[0@" and try again. 241 by "enacs=\E[0@" and try again.
159 242
160 "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under urxvt. 243 "bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt.
161 I need a termcap file entry. 244 I need a termcap file entry.
162 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or 245 One reason you might want this is that some distributions or
163 operating systems still compile some programs using the 246 operating systems still compile some programs using the
164 long-obsoleted termcap library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) 247 long-obsoleted termcap library (Fedora Core's bash is one example)
165 and rely on a termcap entry for "rxvt-unicode". 248 and rely on a termcap entry for "rxvt-unicode".
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276 indeed look correct. 359 indeed look correct.
277 360
278 In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font 361 In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font
279 list, e.g.: 362 list, e.g.:
280 363
281 urxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3... 364 rxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...
282 365
283 When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base 366 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 367 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 368 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 369 up this search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the
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571 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. 654 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
572 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing 655 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
573 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. 656 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode.
574 I've heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise 657 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 658 specified. A quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt
576 or Shift keys are depressed. See urxvt(7) 659 or Shift keys are depressed.
577 660
578 What's with this bold/blink stuff? 661 What's with this bold/blink stuff?
579 If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using 662 If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using
580 the standard foreground colour. 663 the standard foreground colour.
581 664
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636 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff 719 URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
637 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff 720 URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
638 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd 721 URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
639 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd 722 URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
640 723
641 How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way? 724 How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way?
642 Try "urxvtd -f -o", which tells urxvtd to open the display, create 725 Try "rxvtd -f -o", which tells rxvtd to open the display, create the
643 the listening socket and then fork. 726 listening socket and then fork.
644 727
645 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour? 728 What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
646 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the 729 Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
647 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following 730 BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
648 question) there are two standard values that can be used for 731 question) there are two standard values that can be used for
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661 744
662 For starting a new rxvt-unicode: 745 For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
663 746
664 # use Backspace = ^H 747 # use Backspace = ^H
665 $ stty erase ^H 748 $ stty erase ^H
666 $ urxvt 749 $ rxvt
667 750
668 # use Backspace = ^? 751 # use Backspace = ^?
669 $ stty erase ^? 752 $ stty erase ^?
670 $ urxvt 753 $ rxvt
671 754
672 Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l" as documented in urxvt(7). 755 Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l".
673 756
674 For an existing rxvt-unicode: 757 For an existing rxvt-unicode:
675 758
676 # use Backspace = ^H 759 # use Backspace = ^H
677 $ stty erase ^H 760 $ stty erase ^H
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703 There are some compile-time selections available via configure. 786 There are some compile-time selections available via configure.
704 Unless you have run "configure" with the "--disable-resources" 787 Unless you have run "configure" with the "--disable-resources"
705 option you can use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings 788 option you can use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings
706 associated with keysyms. 789 associated with keysyms.
707 790
708 Here's an example for a URxvt session started using "urxvt -name 791 Here's an example for a URxvt session started using "rxvt -name
709 URxvt" 792 URxvt"
710 793
711 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~ 794 URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
712 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~ 795 URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
713 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'> 796 URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
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1169 1252
1170 "Ps = 9" X10 XTerm 1253 "Ps = 9" X10 XTerm
1171 h Send Mouse X & Y on button press. 1254 h Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1172 l No mouse reporting. 1255 l No mouse reporting.
1173 1256
1174 "Ps = 10" (rxvt)
1175 h menuBar visible
1176 l menuBar invisible
1177
1178 "Ps = 25" 1257 "Ps = 25"
1179 h Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis} 1258 h Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1180 l Invisible cursor {civis} 1259 l Invisible cursor {civis}
1181 1260
1182 "Ps = 30" 1261 "Ps = 30"
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1230 l Scroll to bottom on TTY output 1309 l Scroll to bottom on TTY output
1231 1310
1232 "Ps = 1011" (rxvt) 1311 "Ps = 1011" (rxvt)
1233 h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1312 h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1234 l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed 1313 l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1314
1315 "Ps = 1021" (rxvt)
1316 h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)
1317 l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1235 1318
1236 "Ps = 1047" 1319 "Ps = 1047"
1237 h Use Alternate Screen Buffer 1320 h Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1238 l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it 1321 l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1239 1322
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1262 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1345 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1263 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1346 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1264 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt 1347 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
1265 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt 1348 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1266 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt 1349 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1267 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt 1350 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
1268 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt 1351 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
1269 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt 1352 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt
1270 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt. 1353 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1271 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented 1354 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1272 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt. 1355 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1273 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 1356 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
1274 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt 1357 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1275 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills). 1358 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1276 Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar).
1277 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt 1359 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1278 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency). 1360 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
1361 Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
1362 Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1279 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. 1363 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1280 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1364 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). 1365 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). 1366 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). 1367 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). 1368 Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1369 Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
1285 1370
1286 1371
1287
1288menuBar
1289 The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to
1290 use menuBar commands that add or remove a menuBar.
1291
1292 Note that in all of the commands, the */path/* *cannot* be omitted: use
1293 ./ to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1294
1295 Overview of menuBar operation
1296 For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence "ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST", the syntax of
1297 "Pt" can be used for a variety of tasks:
1298
1299 At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1300 linked-list of other such menuBars.
1301
1302 The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1303 turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1304
1305 The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1306 input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1307
1308 The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1309 constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the menuBars.
1310
1311 The first step is to use the tag [menu:*name*] which creates the menuBar
1312 called *name* and allows access. You may now or menus, subMenus, and
1313 menuItems. Finally, use the tag [done] to set the menuBar access as
1314 readonly to prevent accidental corruption of the menus. To re-access the
1315 current menuBar for alterations, use the tag [menu], make the
1316 alterations and then use [done]
1317
1318
1319
1320 Commands
1321 [menu:+*name*]
1322 access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new
1323 menuBar is created, it is called *name* (max of 15 chars) and the
1324 current menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1325
1326 [menu]
1327 access the current menuBar for alteration
1328
1329 [title:+*string*]
1330 set the current menuBar's title to *string*, which may contain the
1331 following format specifiers:
1332
1333 B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1334 B<%v> rxvt version
1335 B<%%> literal B<%> character
1336
1337 [done]
1338 set menuBar access as readonly. End-of-file tag for [read:+*file*]
1339 operations.
1340
1341 [read:+*file*]
1342 read menu commands directly from *file* (extension ".menu" will be
1343 appended if required.) Start reading at a line with [menu] or
1344 [menu:+*name* and continuing until [done] is encountered.
1345
1346 Blank and comment lines (starting with #) are ignored. Actually,
1347 since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything
1348 could be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up
1349 in the future ... so don't count on it!.
1350
1351 [read:+*file*;+*name*]
1352 The same as [read:+*file*], but start reading at a line with
1353 [menu:+*name*] and continuing until [done:+*name*] or [done] is
1354 encountered.
1355
1356 [dump]
1357 dump all menuBars to the file /tmp/rxvt-PID in a format suitable for
1358 later rereading.
1359
1360 [rm:name]
1361 remove the named menuBar
1362
1363 [rm] [rm:]
1364 remove the current menuBar
1365
1366 [rm*] [rm:*]
1367 remove all menuBars
1368
1369 [swap]
1370 swap the top two menuBars
1371
1372 [prev]
1373 access the previous menuBar
1374
1375 [next]
1376 access the next menuBar
1377
1378 [show]
1379 Enable display of the menuBar
1380
1381 [hide]
1382 Disable display of the menuBar
1383
1384 [pixmap:+*name*]
1385 [pixmap:+*name*;*scaling*]
1386 (set the background pixmap globally
1387
1388 A Future implementation *may* make this local to the menubar)
1389
1390 [:+*command*:]
1391 ignore the menu readonly status and issue a *command* to or a menu
1392 or menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick
1393 arrows from a menuBar.
1394
1395
1396
1397 Adding and accessing menus
1398 The following commands may also be + prefixed.
1399
1400 /+ access menuBar top level
1401
1402 ./+ access current menu level
1403
1404 ../+
1405 access parent menu (1 level up)
1406
1407 ../../
1408 access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1409
1410 */path/*menu
1411 add/access menu
1412
1413 */path/*menu/*
1414 add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1415
1416 */path/*{-}
1417 add separator
1418
1419 */path/*{item}
1420 add item as a label
1421
1422 */path/*{item} action
1423 add/alter *menuitem* with an associated *action*
1424
1425 */path/*{item}{right-text}
1426 add/alter *menuitem* with right-text as the right-justified text and
1427 as the associated *action*
1428
1429 */path/*{item}{rtext} action
1430 add/alter *menuitem* with an associated *action* and with rtext as
1431 the right-justified text.
1432
1433 Special characters in *action* must be backslash-escaped:
1434 \a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal
1435
1436 or in control-character notation:
1437 ^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?
1438
1439 To send a string starting with a NUL (^@) character to the program,
1440 start *action* with a pair of NUL characters (^@^@), the first of which
1441 will be stripped off and the balance directed to the program. Otherwise
1442 if *action* begins with NUL followed by non-+NUL characters, the leading
1443 NUL is stripped off and the balance is sent back to rxvt.
1444
1445 As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, *action* may start
1446 with M- (eg, M-$ is equivalent to \E$) and a CR will be appended if
1447 missed from M-x commands.
1448
1449 As a convenience for issuing XTerm ESC ] sequences from a menubar (or
1450 quick arrow), a BEL (^G) will be appended if needed.
1451
1452 For example,
1453 M-xapropos is equivalent to \Exapropos\r
1454
1455 and \E]703;mona;100 is equivalent to \E]703;mona;100\a
1456
1457 The option {*right-rtext*} will be right-justified. In the absence of a
1458 specified action, this text will be used as the *action* as well.
1459
1460 For example,
1461 /File/{Open}{^X^F} is equivalent to /File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F
1462
1463 The left label *is* necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1464 implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1465 right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1466 with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1467
1468 For example,
1469 /File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action
1470
1471 or hiding it
1472 /File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action
1473
1474
1475
1476 Removing menus
1477 -/*+
1478 remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as [clear]
1479
1480 -+*/path*menu+
1481 remove menu
1482
1483 -+*/path*{item}+
1484 remove item
1485
1486 -+*/path*{-}
1487 remove separator)
1488
1489 -/path/menu/*
1490 remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1491
1492
1493
1494 Quick Arrows
1495 The menus also provide a hook for *quick arrows* to provide easier user
1496 access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to emulate
1497 the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1498 individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1499 beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1500 with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1501
1502 <r>+*Right*
1503 <l>+*Left*
1504 <u>+*Up*
1505 <d>+*Down*
1506 Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1507
1508 <b>+*Begin*
1509 <e>+*End*
1510 Define common beginning/end parts for *quick arrows* which used in
1511 conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1512
1513 For example, define arrows individually,
1514 <u>\E[A
1515
1516 <d>\E[B
1517
1518 <r>\E[C
1519
1520 <l>\E[D
1521
1522 or all at once
1523 <u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D
1524
1525 or more compactly (factoring out common parts)
1526 <b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1527
1528
1529
1530 Command Summary
1531 A short summary of the most *common* commands:
1532
1533 [menu:name]
1534 use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1535
1536 [menu]
1537 use the current menuBar
1538
1539 [title:string]
1540 set menuBar title
1541
1542 [done]
1543 set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
1544
1545 [done:name]
1546 if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
1547
1548 [rm:name]
1549 remove named menuBar(s)
1550
1551 [rm] [rm:]
1552 remove current menuBar
1553
1554 [rm*] [rm:*]
1555 remove all menuBar(s)
1556
1557 [swap]
1558 swap top two menuBars
1559
1560 [prev]
1561 access the previous menuBar
1562
1563 [next]
1564 access the next menuBar
1565
1566 [show]
1567 map menuBar
1568
1569 [hide]
1570 unmap menuBar
1571
1572 [pixmap;file]
1573 [pixmap;file;scaling]
1574 set a background pixmap
1575
1576 [read:file]
1577 [read:file;name]
1578 read in a menu from a file
1579
1580 [dump]
1581 dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
1582
1583 / access menuBar top level
1584
1585 ./
1586 ../
1587 ../../
1588 access current or parent menu level
1589
1590 /path/menu
1591 add/access menu
1592
1593 /path/{-}
1594 add separator
1595
1596 /path/{item}{rtext} action
1597 add/alter menu item
1598
1599 -/* remove all menus from the menuBar
1600
1601 -/path/menu
1602 remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
1603
1604 -/path/menu
1605 remove menu
1606
1607 -/path/{item}
1608 remove item
1609
1610 -/path/{-}
1611 remove separator
1612
1613 <b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End
1614 menu quick arrows
1615 1372
1616XPM 1373XPM
1617 For the XPM XTerm escape sequence "ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST" then value of "Pt" 1374 For the XPM XTerm escape sequence "ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST" then value of "Pt"
1618 can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a sequence of 1375 can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a sequence of
1619 scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The 1376 scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
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1860 --enable-lastlog (default: on) 1617 --enable-lastlog (default: on)
1861 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin) 1618 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
1862 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to 1619 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
1863 also be specified. 1620 also be specified.
1864 1621
1865 --enable-xpm-background (default: off) 1622 --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
1866 Add support for XPM background pixmaps. 1623 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
1867 1624
1868 --enable-transparency (default: off) 1625 --enable-transparency (default: on)
1869 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 1626 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
1870 transparency to the term. 1627 transparency to the term.
1871 1628
1872 --enable-fading (default: on) 1629 --enable-fading (default: on)
1873 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires 1630 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires
1874 "--enable-transparency"). 1631 "--enable-transparency").
1875 1632
1876 --enable-tinting (default: on) 1633 --enable-tinting (default: on)
1877 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires 1634 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
1878 "--enable-transparency"). 1635 "--enable-transparency").
1879
1880 --enable-menubar (default: off)
1881 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
1882 dynamic locale switching currently).
1883 1636
1884 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on) 1637 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
1885 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 1638 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
1886 1639
1887 --enable-next-scroll (default: on) 1640 --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
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1912 it. 1665 it.
1913 1666
1914 --disable-resources 1667 --disable-resources
1915 Removes any support for resource checking. 1668 Removes any support for resource checking.
1916 1669
1917 --enable-xgetdefault
1918 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
1919 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
1920 then ~/.Xresources.
1921
1922 Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull
1923 in and use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it
1924 might be very small, if nonexistant.
1925
1926 --enable-strings (default: off)
1927 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
1928 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
1929 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
1930 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
1931 systems).
1932
1933 --disable-swapscreen 1670 --disable-swapscreen
1934 Remove support for secondary/swap screen. 1671 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
1935 1672
1936 --enable-frills (default: on) 1673 --enable-frills (default: on)
1937 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice 1674 Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
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1941 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills" 1678 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
1942 (possibly in combination with other switches) is: 1679 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
1943 1680
1944 MWM-hints 1681 MWM-hints
1945 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 1682 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
1946 seperate underline colour 1683 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
1947 settable border widths and borderless switch 1684 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
1948 settable extra linespacing 1685 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
1949 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 1686 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
1950 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence 1687 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
1951 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences 1688 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
1952 tripleclickwords 1689 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
1953 settable insecure mode 1690 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
1954 keysym remapping support 1691 keysym remapping support
1955 cursor blinking and underline cursor 1692 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
1956 -embed, -pty-fd and -hold options 1693 XEmbed support (-embed)
1694 user-pty (-pty-fd)
1695 hold on exit (-hold)
1696 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
1697 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
1957 1698
1958 --enable-iso14755 (default: on) 1699 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
1959 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see urxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt). 1700 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 1701 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. 1702 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
1962 1703
1963 --enable-keepscrolling (default: on) 1704 --enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
1964 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the 1705 Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
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1994 corner of the screen in a fixed position. 1735 corner of the screen in a fixed position.
1995 1736
1996 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on) 1737 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
1997 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 1738 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
1998 1739
1740 --enable-perl (default: off)
1741 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
1742 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
1743 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
1744 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
1745 environment variable when running configure.
1746
1999 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt) 1747 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2000 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt", 1748 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
2001 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt". 1749 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
2002 1750
2003 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode) 1751 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)

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