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1	NAME	1	NAME
2	RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information	2	RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information
3		3
		4	SYNOPSIS
		5	# set a new font set
		6	printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho"
		7
		8	# change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
		9	export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007"
		10
		11	# set window title
		12	printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title"
		13
		14	DESCRIPTION
		15	This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting
		16	all escape sequences, and other background information.
		17
		18	The newest version of this document is also available on the World Wide
		19	Web at
		20	<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/checkout/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>.
		21
4	FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS	22	FREQUENTLY 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 urxvtperl(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
		63	Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat?
		64	I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause
		65	extra bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you
		66	can see that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables
		67	always being compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS)
		68	after startup. Even with "--disable-everything", this comparison is
		69	a bit unfair, as many features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding
		70	conversion, iso14755 etc.) are already in use in this mode.
		71
		72	text data bss drs rss filename
		73	98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything
		74	188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything
		75
		76	When you "--enable-everything" (which _is_ unfair, as this involves
		77	xft and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11
		78	and my libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so.
		79
		80	text data bss drs rss filename
		81	163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything
		82	1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything
		83
		84	The very large size of the text section is explained by the
		85	east-asian encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but
		86	nothing else and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core
		87	fonts that use those encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k
		88	emergency buffer that my c++ compiler allocates (but of course
		89	doesn't use unless you are out of memory). Also, using an xft font
		90	instead of a core font immediately adds a few megabytes of RSS. Xft
		91	indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when not used.
		92
		93	Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of
		94	one, a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use
		95	more memory.
		96
		97	Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k),
		98	this still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like
		99	gnome-terminal (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or
		100	konsole (22200k + extra 43180k in daemons that stay around after
		101	exit, plus half a minute of startup time, including the hundreds of
		102	warnings it spits out), it fares extremely well g.
		103
		104	Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool?
		105	Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is:
		106	I had to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a
		107	fraction of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me).
		108	Put even shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++.
		109
		110	My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but
		111	in the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability
		112	limits are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale
		113	support and unix domain sockets, which are all less portable than
		114	C++ itself.
		115
		116	Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write
		117	programs in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to
		118	write programs in C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large
		119	libraries, but this is not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is
		120	what rxvt links against on my system with a minimal config:
		121
		122	libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
		123	libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000)
		124	libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000)
		125	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
		126
		127	And here is rxvt-unicode:
		128
		129	libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000)
		130	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000)
		131	libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000)
		132	libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000)
		133	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000)
		134
		135	No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in
		136	statically), except maybe libX11 :)
		137
		138	Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode?
		139	rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with
		140	tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing
		141	programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into
		142	other programs, as witnessed by doc/rxvt-tabbed or the upcoming
		143	"Gtk2::URxvt" perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt)
		144	terminal as an example embedding application.
		145
5	How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?	146	How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using?
6	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
7	sequence "ESC[8n" sets the window title to the version number.	148	sequence "ESC [ 8 n" sets the window title to the version number.
		149	When using the urxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the
		150	daemon.
		151
		152	I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem...
		153	The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large
		154	patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode.
		155	Before reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please
		156	download and install the genuine version
		157	(<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce the
		158	problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific
		159	to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the
		160	Debian Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to report the bug).
		161
		162	For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and
		163	probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's
		164	also a bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for
		165	other users that might encounter the same issue.
		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.
8		209
9	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?
10	The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely	211	The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely
11	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
12	problem often arises).	213	problem often arises).
24	problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and	225	problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and
25	different colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen	226	different colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen
26	applications. It's a nice quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases,	227	applications. It's a nice quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases,
27	though.	228	though.
28		229
29	If you always want to do this you can either recompile rxvt-unicode	230	If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences)
30	with the desired TERM value or use a resource to set it:	231	you can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or
		232	use a resource to set it:
31		233
32	URxvt.termName: rxvt	234	URxvt.termName: rxvt
33		235
34	If you don't plan to use rxvt (quite common...) you could also	236	If you don't plan to use rxvt (quite common...) you could also
35	replace the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.	237	replace the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one.
36		238
		239	"tic" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry.
		240	Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it
		241	by "enacs=\E[0@" and try again.
		242
		243	"bash"'s readline does not work correctly under urxvt.
37	I need a termcap file entry.	244	I need a termcap file entry.
		245	One reason you might want this is that some distributions or
		246	operating systems still compile some programs using the
		247	long-obsoleted termcap library (Fedora Core's bash is one example)
		248	and rely on a termcap entry for "rxvt-unicode".
		249
38	You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many	250	You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many
39	cases. You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's	251	cases. You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's
40	infocmp program like this:	252	infocmp program like this:
41		253
42	infocmp -C rxvt-unicode	254	infocmp -C rxvt-unicode
43		255
44	OR you could this termcap entry:	256	Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above:
45		257
46	rxvt-unicode\|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\	258	rxvt-unicode\|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\
47	:am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\	259	:am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
48	:co#80:it#8:li#24:\	260	:co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
49	:AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\	261	:AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
50	:K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\	262	:K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
51	:RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=^O:al=\E[L:\	263	:RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
52	:as=^N:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:\	264	:as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
53	:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:do=^J:\	265	:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
54	:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:\	266	:dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\
		267	:i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
55	:im=\E[4h:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\	268	:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\
56	:k0=\E[21~:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:\	269	:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
57	:k5=\E[15~:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:\	270	:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
58	:kD=\E[3~:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:\	271	:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
59	:ke=\E[?1l\E>:kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:\	272	:kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\
60	:ku=\EOA:le=^H:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:\	273	:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\
61	:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:\	274	:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
62	:st=\EH:ta=^I:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:\	275	:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\
63	:up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\	276	:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
64	:vs=\E[?25h:	277	:vs=\E[?25h:
65		278
66	Why does "ls" no longer have coloured output?	279	Why does "ls" no longer have coloured output?
67	The "ls" in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to	280	The "ls" in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to
68	decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration	281	decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration
…		…
87	furthermore fail to even install the "rxvt-unicode" terminfo file,	300	furthermore fail to even install the "rxvt-unicode" terminfo file,
88	so you will need to install it on your own (See the question When I	301	so you will need to install it on your own (See the question When I
89	log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? on	302	log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? on
90	how to do this).	303	how to do this).
91		304
		305	My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output?
		306	Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no
		307	specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is
		308	caused by the wrong "TERM" setting, although the details of wether
		309	and how this can happen are unknown, as "TERM=rxvt" should offer a
		310	compatible keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and
		311	please report if that helped.
		312
92	Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?	313	Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding?
93	Unicode does not seem to work?	314	Unicode does not seem to work?
94	If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character	315	If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character
95	but getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program	316	but getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program
96	output is subtly garbled, then you should check your locale	317	output is subtly garbled, then you should check your locale
97	settings.	318	settings.
98		319
99	Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same "LC_CTYPE" setting as the	320	Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same "LC_CTYPE" setting as the
100	programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the "C" locale, while the	321	programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the "C" locale, while the
101	login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the	322	login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the
102	locale to sth. else, e.h. "en_GB.UTF-8". Needless to say, this is	323	locale to something else, e.g. "en_GB.UTF-8". Needless to say, this
103	not going to work.	324	is not going to work.
104		325
105	The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will	326	The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will
106	likely run into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in	327	likely run into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in
107	your .profile.	328	your .profile.
108		329
109	printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"	330	printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE"
110		331
111	If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a "LC_CTYPE" specification	332	If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a "LC_CTYPE" specification
112	not supported on your systems. Some systems have a "locale" command	333	not supported on your systems. Some systems have a "locale" command
113	which displays this. If it displays sth. like:	334	which displays this (also, "perl -e0" can be used to check locale
		335	settings, as it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale).
		336	If it displays something like:
114		337
115	locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...	338	locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ...
116		339
117	Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.	340	Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system.
118		341
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126	Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of	349	Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of
127	your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you	350	your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you
128	want to display.	351	want to display.
129		352
130	rxvt-unicode makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement font.	353	rxvt-unicode makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement font.
131	Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks bad.	354	Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks
132	Many fonts have totally strange characters that don't resemble the	355	bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that
133	correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the artificial	356	don't resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the
134	intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it has to	357	artificial intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it
135	believe the font that the characters it contains indeed look	358	has to believe the font that the characters it claims to contain
136	correct.	359	indeed look correct.
137		360
138	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
139	list, e.g.:	362	list, e.g.:
140		363
141	rxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...	364	urxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3...
142		365
143	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
144	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
145	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
146	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
147	X-server.	370	X-server.
148		371
149	The only limitation is that all the fonts must not be larger than	372	The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the
150	the base font, as the base font defines the principal cell size,	373	base font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell
151	which must be the same due to the way terminals work.	374	size, which must be the same due to the way terminals work.
152		375
153	Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?	376	Why do some chinese characters look so different than others?
154	This is because there is a difference between script and language --	377	This is because there is a difference between script and language --
155	rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output	378	rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output
156	is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode	379	is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode
157	first sees a japanese character, it might choose a japanese font for	380	first sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese
158	it. Subsequent japanese characters will take that font. Now, many	381	font for display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font.
159	chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, so when the	382	Now, many chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts,
160	first non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will look for a	383	so when the first non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will
161	chinese font -- unfortunately at this point, it will still use the	384	look for a chinese font -- unfortunately at this point, it will
162	japanese font for japanese characters that are also chinese.	385	still use the japanese font for chinese characters that are also in
		386	the japanese font.
163		387
164	The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your	388	The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your
165	font list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font	389	font list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font
166	list as a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a	390	list as a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a
167	japanese font first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font	391	japanese font first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font
168	first.	392	first.
169		393
170	In the future it might be possible to switch preferences at runtime	394	In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at
171	(the internal data structure has no problem with using different	395	runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using
172	fonts for the same character at the same time, but no interface for	396	different fonts for the same character at the same time, but no
173	this has been designed yet).	397	interface for this has been designed yet).
		398
		399	Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see
		400	"Can I switch the fonts at runtime?" later in this document).
174		401
175	Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?	402	Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings?
176	Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that	403	Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that
177	character size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for	404	character size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for
178	terminal use might contain some characters that are simply too wide.	405	terminal use might contain some characters that are simply too wide.
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192	that doesn't work, you might be forced to use a different font.	419	that doesn't work, you might be forced to use a different font.
193		420
194	All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their	421	All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their
195	bounding box data is correct.	422	bounding box data is correct.
196		423
		424	On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide.
		425	Seems to be a known bug, read
		426	<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the
		427	following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working:
		428
		429	#define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x)
		430
197	My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.	431	My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working.
198	The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not	432	The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not
199	set correctly, or you specified a preeditStyle that is not supported	433	set correctly, or you specified a preeditStyle that is not supported
200	by your input method. For example, if you specified OverTheSpot and	434	by your input method. For example, if you specified OverTheSpot and
201	your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose	435	your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose
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212	advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for	446	advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for
213	other codes, too, such as "Ctrl-Shift-1-d" to type the default	447	other codes, too, such as "Ctrl-Shift-1-d" to type the default
214	telnet escape character and so on.	448	telnet escape character and so on.
215		449
216	How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?	450	How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much?
217	First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminfo	451	First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal
218	("urxvt"), which will get rid of most of these effects. Then make	452	settings ("TERM=rxvt-unicode"), which will get rid of most of these
219	sure you have specified colours for italic and bold, as otherwise	453	effects. Then make sure you have specified colours for italic and
220	rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate the effect:	454	bold, as otherwise rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate
		455	the effect:
221		456
222	URxvt*colorBD: white	457	URxvt.colorBD: white
223	URxvt*colorIT: green	458	URxvt.colorIT: green
224		459
225	Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how	460	Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how
226	can I fix that?	461	can I fix that?
227	For some unexplainable reason, some programs (i.e. irssi) assume a	462	For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very
228	very weird colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more	463	weird colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than
229	than the standard 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right	464	the standard 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is,
230	fix is, of course, to fix these programs not to assume non-ISO	465	of course, to fix these programs not to assume non-ISO colours
231	colours without very good reasons.	466	without very good reasons.
232		467
233	In the meantime, you can either edit your "urxvt" terminfo	468	In the meantime, you can either edit your "rxvt-unicode" terminfo
234	definition to only claim 8 colour support or use "TERM=rxvt", which	469	definition to only claim 8 colour support or use "TERM=rxvt", which
235	will fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode	470	will fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode
236	features.	471	features.
237		472
238	I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.	473	I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all.
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241	it, wether it defines the symbol or not. "__STDC_ISO_10646__"	476	it, wether it defines the symbol or not. "__STDC_ISO_10646__"
242	requires that wchar_t is represented as unicode.	477	requires that wchar_t is represented as unicode.
243		478
244	As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl	479	As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl
245	nor does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal	480	nor does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal
246	representation of wchar_t. This is, of course, completely legal.	481	representation of wchar_t. This is, of course, completely fine with
		482	respect to standards.
247		483
		484	However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in "POSIX", "ISO-8859-1"
		485	and "UTF-8" locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as wchar_t.
		486
248	However, "__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support	487	"__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support multi-language
249	multi-language apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and	488	apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized)
250	non-standardized) representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to	489	representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to convert between
251	convert between wchar_t (as used by X11 and your applications) and	490	wchar_t (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other
252	any other encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for	491	encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and
253	each and every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert wchar_t	492	every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert wchar_t into
254	into anything except the current locale encoding.	493	anything except the current locale encoding.
255		494
256	Some applications (such as the formidable mlterm) work around this	495	Some applications (such as the formidable mlterm) work around this
257	by carrying their own replacement functions for character set	496	by carrying their own replacement functions for character set
258	handling with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or	497	handling with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or
259	doing multiple conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the	498	doing multiple conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the
260	OS implements encodings slightly different than the terminal	499	OS implements encodings slightly different than the terminal
261	emulator).	500	emulator).
262		501
263	The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in	502	The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in
264	the system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app	503	the system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app
265	to carry complete replacements.	504	to carry complete replacements for them :)
		505
		506	I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc.
		507	Try the diff in doc/solaris9.patch as a base. It fixes the worst
		508	problems with "wcwidth" and a compile problem.
		509
		510	How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin?
		511	rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using
		512	the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no
		513	longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a
		514	single font). I recommend starting the X-server in "-multiwindow" or
		515	"-rootless" mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as
		516	the old libW11 emulation.
		517
		518	At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any
		519	multi-byte encodings (you might try "LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8"), so you are
		520	likely limited to 8-bit encodings.
266		521
267	How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?	522	How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use?
268	Is there an option to switch encodings?	523	Is there an option to switch encodings?
269	Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch,	524	Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch,
270	and no specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't	525	and no specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't
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273		528
274	The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for	529	The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for
275	selecting the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating	530	selecting the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating
276	this to all applications so everybody agrees on character properties	531	this to all applications so everybody agrees on character properties
277	such as width and code number. This mechanism is the locale.	532	such as width and code number. This mechanism is the locale.
		533	Applications not using that info will have problems (for example,
		534	"xterm" gets the width of characters wrong as it uses it's own,
		535	locale-independent table under all locales).
278		536
279	Rxvt-unicode uses the "LC_CTYPE" locale category to select encoding.	537	Rxvt-unicode uses the "LC_CTYPE" locale category to select encoding.
280	All programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree	538	All programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree
281	in the interpretation of characters.	539	in the interpretation of characters.
282		540
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290	"language_country.encoding", but other forms (i.e. "de" or "german")	548	"language_country.encoding", but other forms (i.e. "de" or "german")
291	are also common.	549	are also common.
292		550
293	Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for the	551	Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for the
294	encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings, i.e.	552	encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings, i.e.
295	"de_DE.UTF-8" and "ja_JP.UTF-8" are the same for rxvt-unicode.	553	"de_DE.UTF-8" and "ja_JP.UTF-8" are the normally same to
		554	rxvt-unicode.
296		555
297	If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you	556	If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you
298	start rxvt-unicode with the correct "LC_CTYPE" category.	557	start rxvt-unicode with the correct "LC_CTYPE" category.
299		558
300	Can I switch locales at runtime?	559	Can I switch locales at runtime?
301	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which sets	560	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets
302	rxvt-unicode's idea of "LC_CTYPE".	561	rxvt-unicode's idea of "LC_CTYPE".
303		562
304	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS	563	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
305		564
306	See also the previous question.	565	See also the previous answer.
307		566
308	Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in	567	Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in
309	one locale (e.g. "de_DE.UTF-8") but some programs don't support	568	one locale (e.g. "de_DE.UTF-8") but some programs don't support it
310	UTF-8. For example, I use this script to start "xjdic", which first	569	(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start "xjdic", which
311	switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:	570	first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later:
312		571
313	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS	572	printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS
314	xjdic -js	573	xjdic -js
315	printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8	574	printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8
316		575
		576	You can also use xterm's "luit" program, which usually works fine,
		577	except for some locales where character width differs between
		578	program- and rxvt-unicode-locales.
		579
317	Can I switch the fonts at runtime?	580	Can I switch the fonts at runtime?
318	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try sth. like this, which has the	581	Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has
319	same effect as using the "-fn" switch, and takes effect immediately:	582	the same effect as using the "-fn" switch, and takes effect
		583	immediately:
320		584
321	printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"	585	printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic"
322		586
323	This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer	587	This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer
324	a japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily,	588	a japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily,
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327	You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.	591	You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching.
328		592
329	Why do italic characters look as if clipped?	593	Why do italic characters look as if clipped?
330	Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For	594	Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For
331	example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font "xft:Bitstream Vera	595	example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font "xft:Bitstream Vera
332	Sans Mono" completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround is to	596	Sans Mono" completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might
333	enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:	597	be to enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this:
334		598
335	URxvt*italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true	599	URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
336	URxvt*boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true	600	URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true
337		601
338	My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?	602	My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
339	You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest	603	You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest
340	of the terminal, using the resource "imlocale":	604	of the terminal, using the resource "imlocale":
341		605
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344	Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and	608	Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and
345	still use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not	609	still use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not
346	be able to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then,	610	be able to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then,
347	as your input method limits you.	611	as your input method limits you.
348		612
		613	Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits.
		614	Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by
		615	design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory
		616	leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering
		617	at exit time. kinput2 (and derived input methods) generally
		618	succeeds, while SCIM (or similar input methods) fails. In the end,
		619	however, crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides
		620	cooperate.
		621
		622	So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers.
		623
349	Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?	624	Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that?
350	Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for sth. you	625	Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for
351	don't use. One thing you should try is to configure out all settings	626	something you don't use. One thing you should try is to configure
352	that you don't need, for example, Xft support is a resource hog by	627	out all settings that you don't need, for example, Xft support is a
353	design, when used. Compiling it out ensures that no Xft font will be	628	resource hog by design, when used. Compiling it out ensures that no
354	loaded accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find a font for your	629	Xft font will be loaded accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find
355	characters.	630	a font for your characters.
356		631
357	Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger	632	Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger
358	scrollback buffers: Without "--enable-unicode3", rxvt-unicode will	633	scrollback buffers: Without "--enable-unicode3", rxvt-unicode will
359	use 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to	634	use 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to
360	almost a kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will	635	almost a kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will
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362	it gets worse, as rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.	637	it gets worse, as rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell.
363		638
364	Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?	639	Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow?
365	Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely,	640	Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely,
366	as it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to	641	as it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to
367	disable antialiasing (by appending ":antialiasing=false"), which	642	disable antialiasing (by appending ":antialias=false"), which saves
368	saves lots of memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.	643	lots of memory and also speeds up rendering considerably.
369		644
370	Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?	645	Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong?
371	Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to	646	Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to
372	fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core	647	fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core
373	fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It	648	fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It
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379	Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.	654	Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
380	Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing	655	Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
381	some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode.	656	some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode.
382	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
383	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
384	or Shift keys are depressed. See rxvt(7)	659	or Shift keys are depressed.
385		660
386	What's with this bold/blink stuff?	661	What's with this bold/blink stuff?
387	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
388	the standard foreground colour.	663	the standard foreground colour.
389		664
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404	resources (or as long-options).	679	resources (or as long-options).
405		680
406	Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,	681	Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen,
407	including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:	682	including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow:
408		683
409	URxvt*color0: #000000	684	URxvt.color0: #000000
410	URxvt*color1: #A80000	685	URxvt.color1: #A80000
411	URxvt*color2: #00A800	686	URxvt.color2: #00A800
412	URxvt*color3: #A8A800	687	URxvt.color3: #A8A800
413	URxvt*color4: #0000A8	688	URxvt.color4: #0000A8
414	URxvt*color5: #A800A8	689	URxvt.color5: #A800A8
415	URxvt*color6: #00A8A8	690	URxvt.color6: #00A8A8
416	URxvt*color7: #A8A8A8	691	URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8
417		692
418	URxvt*color8: #000054	693	URxvt.color8: #000054
419	URxvt*color9: #FF0054	694	URxvt.color9: #FF0054
420	URxvt*color10: #00FF54	695	URxvt.color10: #00FF54
421	URxvt*color11: #FFFF54	696	URxvt.color11: #FFFF54
422	URxvt*color12: #0000FF	697	URxvt.color12: #0000FF
423	URxvt*color13: #FF00FF	698	URxvt.color13: #FF00FF
424	URxvt*color14: #00FFFF	699	URxvt.color14: #00FFFF
425	URxvt*color15: #FFFFFF	700	URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF
426		701
427	And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described as	702	And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described
428	"pretty girly":	703	(not by me) as "pretty girly".
429		704
430	URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1	705	URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1
431	URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1	706	URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1
432	URxvt.background: #0e0e0e	707	URxvt.background: #0e0e0e
433	URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1	708	URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1
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444	URxvt.color6: #73f7ff	719	URxvt.color6: #73f7ff
445	URxvt.color14: #73f7ff	720	URxvt.color14: #73f7ff
446	URxvt.color7: #e1dddd	721	URxvt.color7: #e1dddd
447	URxvt.color15: #e1dddd	722	URxvt.color15: #e1dddd
448		723
		724	How can I start urxvtd in a race-free way?
		725	Try "urxvtd -f -o", which tells urxvtd to open the display, create
		726	the listening socket and then fork.
		727
449	What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?	728	What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour?
450	Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the	729	Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the
451	BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following	730	BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following
452	question) there are two standard values that can be used for	731	question) there are two standard values that can be used for
453	Backspace: "^H" and "^?".	732	Backspace: "^H" and "^?".
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465		744
466	For starting a new rxvt-unicode:	745	For starting a new rxvt-unicode:
467		746
468	# use Backspace = ^H	747	# use Backspace = ^H
469	$ stty erase ^H	748	$ stty erase ^H
470	$ rxvt	749	$ urxvt
471		750
472	# use Backspace = ^?	751	# use Backspace = ^?
473	$ stty erase ^?	752	$ stty erase ^?
474	$ rxvt	753	$ urxvt
475		754
476	Toggle with "ESC[36h" / "ESC[36l" as documented in rxvt(7).	755	Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l".
477		756
478	For an existing rxvt-unicode:	757	For an existing rxvt-unicode:
479		758
480	# use Backspace = ^H	759	# use Backspace = ^H
481	$ stty erase ^H	760	$ stty erase ^H
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490	value properly reflects that.	769	value properly reflects that.
491		770
492	The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace	771	The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace
493	problem. To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys,	772	problem. To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys,
494	the Delete key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the	773	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.	774	vt100 for Execute ("ESC [ 3 ~") and is in the supplied
		775	termcap/terminfo.
496		776
497	Some other Backspace problems:	777	Some other Backspace problems:
498		778
499	some editors use termcap/terminfo, some editors (vim I'm told)	779	some editors use termcap/terminfo, some editors (vim I'm told)
500	expect Backspace = ^H, GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for	780	expect Backspace = ^H, GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for
…		…
506	There are some compile-time selections available via configure.	786	There are some compile-time selections available via configure.
507	Unless you have run "configure" with the "--disable-resources"	787	Unless you have run "configure" with the "--disable-resources"
508	option you can use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings	788	option you can use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings
509	associated with keysyms.	789	associated with keysyms.
510		790
511	Here's an example for a URxvt session started using `rxvt -name	791	Here's an example for a URxvt session started using "urxvt -name
512	URxvt'	792	URxvt"
513		793
514	URxvt*keysym.Home: \e[1~	794	URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~
515	URxvt*keysym.End: \e[4~	795	URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~
516	URxvt*keysym.C-apostrophe: \e<C-'>	796	URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'>
517	URxvt*keysym.C-slash: \e<C-/>	797	URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/>
518	URxvt*keysym.C-semicolon: \e<C-;>	798	URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;>
519	URxvt*keysym.C-grave: \e<C-`>	799	URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`>
520	URxvt*keysym.C-comma: \e<C-,>	800	URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,>
521	URxvt*keysym.C-period: \e<C-.>	801	URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.>
522	URxvt*keysym.C-0x60: \e<C-`>	802	URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`>
523	URxvt*keysym.C-Tab: \e<C-Tab>	803	URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab>
524	URxvt*keysym.C-Return: \e<C-Return>	804	URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return>
525	URxvt*keysym.S-Return: \e<S-Return>	805	URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return>
526	URxvt*keysym.S-space: \e<S-Space>	806	URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space>
527	URxvt*keysym.M-Up: \e<M-Up>	807	URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up>
528	URxvt*keysym.M-Down: \e<M-Down>	808	URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down>
529	URxvt*keysym.M-Left: \e<M-Left>	809	URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left>
530	URxvt*keysym.M-Right: \e<M-Right>	810	URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right>
531	URxvt*keysym.M-C-0: list.0123456789.\e<M-C-.>	811	URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 >
532	URxvt*keysym.M-C-a: list.abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.\033<M-C-.>	812	URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz >
533	URxvt*keysym.F12: proto:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007	813	URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007
		814
		815	See some more examples in the documentation for the keysym resource.
534		816
535	I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How	817	I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How
536	do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the	818	do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the
537	following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.	819	following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize.
538	KP_Insert == Insert	820	KP_Insert == Insert
…		…
544		826
545	Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various	827	Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various
546	possible keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap	828	possible keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap
547	the keys as required for your particular machine.	829	the keys as required for your particular machine.
548		830
549	How do I distinguish if I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? I	831	How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm?
550	need this to decide about setting colors etc.	832	I need this to decide about setting colors etc.
551	rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you	833	rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you
552	can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED,	834	can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED,
553	slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide	835	slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide
554	whether or not to use color.	836	whether or not to use color.
555		837
…		…
586	Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: "irc.freenode.net",	868	Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: "irc.freenode.net",
587	channel "#rxvt-unicode" has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might	869	channel "#rxvt-unicode" has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might
588	be interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not	870	be interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not
589	FAQs :).	871	FAQs :).
590		872
591	SYNOPSIS	873	RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE
592	# set a new font set
593	printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho"
594
595	# change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it
596	export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007"
597
598	# set window title
599	printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title"
600
601	DESCRIPTION	874	DESCRIPTION
602	The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of	875	The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
603	rxvt-unicode. First the description of supported command sequences,	876	rxvt-unicode. First the description of supported command sequences,
604	followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all	877	followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all
605	features selectable at "configure" time.	878	features selectable at "configure" time.
606		879
607	RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE
608	Definitions	880	Definitions
609	"c" The literal character c.	881	"c" The literal character c.
610		882
611	"C" A single (required) character.	883	"C" A single (required) character.
612		884
…		…
697	"ESC O"	969	"ESC O"
698	Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next	970	Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next
699	character only unimplemented	971	character only unimplemented
700		972
701	"ESC Z"	973	"ESC Z"
702	Obsolete form of returns: "ESC[?1;2C" *rxvt-unicode compile-time	974	Obsolete form of returns: "ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C" *rxvt-unicode
703	option*	975	compile-time option*
704		976
705	"ESC c"	977	"ESC c"
706	Full reset (RIS)	978	Full reset (RIS)
707		979
708	"ESC n"	980	"ESC n"
709	Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2)	981	Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2)
710		982
711	"ESC o"	983	"ESC o"
712	Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)	984	Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3)
713		985
714	"ESC" ( C>	986	"ESC ( C"
715	Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C".	987	Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C".
716		988
717	"ESC" ) C>	989	"ESC ) C"
718	Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C".	990	Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C".
719		991
720	"ESC * C"	992	"ESC * C"
721	Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C".	993	Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C".
722		994
…		…
815	"ESC [ Ps a"	1087	"ESC [ Ps a"
816	See "ESC [ Ps C"	1088	See "ESC [ Ps C"
817		1089
818	"ESC [ Ps c"	1090	"ESC [ Ps c"
819	Send Device Attributes (DA) "Ps = 0" (or omitted): request	1091	Send Device Attributes (DA) "Ps = 0" (or omitted): request
820	attributes from terminal returns: "ESC[?1;2c" (``I am a VT100 with	1092	attributes from terminal returns: "ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c" (``I am a VT100
821	Advanced Video Option'')	1093	with Advanced Video Option'')
822		1094
823	"ESC [ Ps d"	1095	"ESC [ Ps d"
824	Cursor to Line "Ps" (VPA)	1096	Cursor to Line "Ps" (VPA)
825		1097
826	"ESC [ Ps e"	1098	"ESC [ Ps e"
…		…
900	(CSR)	1172	(CSR)
901		1173
902	"ESC [ s"	1174	"ESC [ s"
903	Save Cursor (SC)	1175	Save Cursor (SC)
904		1176
		1177	"ESC [ Ps;Pt t"
		1178	Window Operations
		1179
		1180	Ps = 1 Deiconify (map) window
		1181	Ps = 2 Iconify window
		1182	Ps = 3 ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t Move window to (X\|Y)
		1183	Ps = 4 ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t Resize to WxH pixels
		1184	Ps = 5 Raise window
		1185	Ps = 6 Lower window
		1186	Ps = 7 Refresh screen once
		1187	Ps = 8 ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t Resize to R rows and C columns
		1188	Ps = 11 Report window state (responds with Ps = 1 or Ps = 2)
		1189	Ps = 13 Report window position (responds with Ps = 3)
		1190	Ps = 14 Report window pixel size (responds with Ps = 4)
		1191	Ps = 18 Report window text size (responds with Ps = 7)
		1192	Ps = 19 Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9
		1193	Ps = 20 Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234)
		1194	Ps = 21 Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234)
		1195	Ps = 24.. Set window height to Ps rows
		1196
		1197	"ESC [ u"
		1198	Restore Cursor
		1199
905	"ESC [ Ps x"	1200	"ESC [ Ps x"
906	Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)	1201	Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM)
907
908	"ESC [ u"
909	Restore Cursor
910		1202
911		1203
912		1204
913	DEC Private Modes	1205	DEC Private Modes
914	"ESC [ ? Pm h"	1206	"ESC [ ? Pm h"
…		…
1021	l Scroll to bottom on TTY output	1313	l Scroll to bottom on TTY output
1022		1314
1023	"Ps = 1011" (rxvt)	1315	"Ps = 1011" (rxvt)
1024	h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed	1316	h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
1025	l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed	1317	l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed
		1318
		1319	"Ps = 1021" (rxvt)
		1320	h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is)
		1321	l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles)
1026		1322
1027	"Ps = 1047"	1323	"Ps = 1047"
1028	h Use Alternate Screen Buffer	1324	h Use Alternate Screen Buffer
1029	l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it	1325	l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it
1030		1326
…		…
1053	Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)	1349	Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1054	Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)	1350	Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1055	Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt	1351	Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
1056	Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt	1352	Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1057	Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt	1353	Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1058	Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt	1354	Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
1059	Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt	1355	Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
1060	Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt	1356	Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt
1061	Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option	1357	Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1062	Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented	1358	Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1063	Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt rxvt compile-time option	1359	Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1064	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	1360	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
1065	Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt	1361	Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1066	Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (rxvt extension)	1362	Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1067	Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt rxvt compile-time option (rxvt-unicode extension)	1363	Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar).
1068	Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt	1364	Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1069	Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt	1365	Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
		1366	Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
		1367	Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1070	Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.	1368	Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1071	Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50.	1369	Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1072	Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50.	1370	Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1073	Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50.	1371	Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
		1372	Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
		1373	Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
		1374	Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
1074		1375
1075		1376
1076		1377
1077	menuBar	1378	menuBar
1078	The exact syntax used is almost solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to	1379	The exact syntax used is almost solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to
…		…
1115	[menu]	1416	[menu]
1116	access the current menuBar for alteration	1417	access the current menuBar for alteration
1117		1418
1118	[title:+string]	1419	[title:+string]
1119	set the current menuBar's title to string, which may contain the	1420	set the current menuBar's title to string, which may contain the
1120	following format specifiers: %% : literal % character %n : rxvt name	1421	following format specifiers:
1121	(as per the -name command-line option) %v : rxvt version	1422
		1423	B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
		1424	B<%v> rxvt version
		1425	B<%%> literal B<%> character
1122		1426
1123	[done]	1427	[done]
1124	set menuBar access as readonly. End-of-file tag for [read:+file]	1428	set menuBar access as readonly. End-of-file tag for [read:+file]
1125	operations.	1429	operations.
1126		1430
…		…
1230		1534
1231	As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, action may start	1535	As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, action may start
1232	with M- (eg, M-$ is equivalent to \E$) and a CR will be appended if	1536	with M- (eg, M-$ is equivalent to \E$) and a CR will be appended if
1233	missed from M-x commands.	1537	missed from M-x commands.
1234		1538
1235	As a convenience for issuing XTerm ESC] sequences from a menubar (or	1539	As a convenience for issuing XTerm ESC ] sequences from a menubar (or
1236	quick arrow), a BEL (^G) will be appended if needed.	1540	quick arrow), a BEL (^G) will be appended if needed.
1237		1541
1238	For example,	1542	For example,
1239	M-xapropos is equivalent to \Exapropos\r	1543	M-xapropos is equivalent to \Exapropos\r
1240		1544
…		…
1540	XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x	1844	XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x
1541	XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y	1845	XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y
1542		1846
1543	CONFIGURE OPTIONS	1847	CONFIGURE OPTIONS
1544	General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration	1848	General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration
1545	hasn't been tested well. Either try with --enable-everything or use the	1849	hasn't been tested well. Either try with "--enable-everything" or use
1546	./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by myself,	1850	the ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by
1547	so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you should always	1851	myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you
1548	report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be fixed. Marc Lehmann	1852	should always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be
1549	<rxvt@schmorp.de>.	1853	fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>.
		1854
		1855	All
1550		1856
1551	--enable-everything	1857	--enable-everything
1552	Add support for all non-multichoice options listed in "./configure	1858	Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in
1553	--help". Note that unlike other enable options this is order	1859	"./configure --help".
1554	dependant. You can specify this and then disable options which this
1555	enables by following this with the appropriate commands.
1556		1860
1557	--enable-xft	1861	You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by
		1862	following this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or
		1863	you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying
		1864	"--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..."
		1865	arguments you want.
		1866
		1867	--enable-xft (default: enabled)
1558	Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts	1868	Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts
1559	are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use	1869	are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use
1560	them, you don't pay for them.	1870	them, you don't pay for them.
1561		1871
1562	--enable-font-styles	1872	--enable-font-styles (default: on)
1563	Add support for bold, italic and bold italic font styles. The	1873	Add support for bold, italic and bold italic font styles. The
1564	fonts can be set manually or automatically.	1874	fonts can be set manually or automatically.
1565		1875
1566	--with-codesets=NAME,...	1876	--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all)
1567	Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups (eu, vn	1877	Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu",
1568	are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character sets).	1878	"vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character
1569	These codeset tables are currently only used for driving X11 core	1879	sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts,
1570	fonts, they are not required for Xft fonts. Compiling them in will	1880	they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled
1571	make your binary bigger (together about 700kB), but it doesn't	1881	in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently.
1572	increase memory usage unless you use an X11 font requiring one of	1882	Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost
1573	these encodings.	1883	about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a
		1884	font requiring one of these encodings.
1574		1885
1575	all all available codeset groups	1886	all all available codeset groups
1576	zh common chinese encodings	1887	zh common chinese encodings
1577	zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs	1888	zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs
1578	jp common japanese encodings	1889	jp common japanese encodings
1579	jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings	1890	jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings
1580	kr korean encodings	1891	kr korean encodings
1581		1892
1582	--enable-xim	1893	--enable-xim (default: on)
1583	Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using	1894	Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using
1584	alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set	1895	alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set
1585	up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.	1896	up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys.
1586		1897
1587	--enable-unicode3	1898	--enable-unicode3 (default: off)
1588	Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535	1899	Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535
1589	(the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements	1900	(the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements
1590	per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these	1901	per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these
1591	extra characters, but Xft does.	1902	extra characters, but Xft does.
1592		1903
…		…
1594	even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited	1905	even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited
1595	to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next	1906	to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next
1596	switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them	1907	switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them
1597	(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).	1908	(input/output and cut&paste still work, though).
1598		1909
1599	--enable-combining	1910	--enable-combining (default: on)
1600	Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite	1911	Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite
1601	characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where	1912	characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where
1602	accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by	1913	accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by
1603	using precomposited characters when available or creating new	1914	using precomposited characters when available or creating new
1604	pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.	1915	pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists.
1605		1916
1606	Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed	1917	Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed
1607	characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt will use	1918	characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode
1608	the private use area, extending the number of combinations to 8448).	1919	will use the private use area, extending the number of combinations
1609	With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. This will also	1920	to 8448). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists.
1610	enable storage of characters >65535.	1921
		1922	This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters
		1923	beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified.
1611		1924
1612	The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation	1925	The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation
1613	forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to	1926	forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to
1614	be used.	1927	be used (and tell me how these are to be used...).
1615		1928
1616	--enable-fallback(=CLASS)	1929	--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt)
1617	When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS	1930	When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS.
1618	(default: Rxvt). To disable resource fallback use	1931	To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback.
1619	--disable-fallback.
1620		1932
1621	--with-res-name=NAME	1933	--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
1622	Use the given name (default: urxvt) as default application name when	1934	Use the given name as default application name when reading
1623	reading resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.	1935	resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt.
1624		1936
1625	--with-res-class=CLASS	1937	--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt)
1626	Use the given class (default: URxvt) as default application class	1938	Use the given class as default application class when reading
1627	when reading resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace	1939	resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace rxvt.
1628	rxvt.
1629		1940
1630	--enable-utmp	1941	--enable-utmp (default: on)
1631	Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start	1942	Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start
1632	of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.	1943	of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits.
1633		1944
1634	--enable-wtmp	1945	--enable-wtmp (default: on)
1635	Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at	1946	Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at
1636	start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This	1947	start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This
1637	option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.	1948	option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified.
1638		1949
1639	--enable-lastlog	1950	--enable-lastlog (default: on)
1640	Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)	1951	Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
1641	at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to	1952	at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
1642	also be specified.	1953	also be specified.
1643		1954
1644	--enable-xpm-background	1955	--enable-xpm-background (default: on)
1645	Add support for XPM background pixmaps.	1956	Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
1646		1957
1647	--enable-transparency	1958	--enable-transparency (default: on)
1648	Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake	1959	Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
1649	transparency to the term.	1960	transparency to the term.
1650		1961
1651	--enable-fading	1962	--enable-fading (default: on)
1652	Add support for fading the text when focus is lost.	1963	Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires
		1964	"--enable-transparency").
1653		1965
1654	--enable-tinting	1966	--enable-tinting (default: on)
1655	Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds.	1967	Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
		1968	"--enable-transparency").
1656		1969
1657	--enable-menubar	1970	--enable-menubar (default: off) [DEPRECATED]
1658	Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with	1971	Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
1659	dynamic locale switching currently).	1972	dynamic locale switching currently). This option is DEPRECATED and
		1973	will be removed in the future.
1660		1974
1661	--enable-rxvt-scroll	1975	--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
1662	Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.	1976	Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
1663		1977
1664	--enable-next-scroll	1978	--enable-next-scroll (default: on)
1665	Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.	1979	Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar.
1666		1980
1667	--enable-xterm-scroll	1981	--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on)
1668	Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.	1982	Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar.
1669		1983
1670	--enable-plain-scroll	1984	--enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
1671	Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is	1985	Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
1672	the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many	1986	the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
1673	years.	1987	years.
1674		1988
1675	--enable-half-shadow	1989	--enable-half-shadow (default: off)
1676	Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.	1990	Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
1677	only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.	1991	only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
1678		1992
1679	--enable-ttygid	1993	--enable-ttygid (default: off)
1680	Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your	1994	Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
1681	system uses this type of security.	1995	system uses this type of security.
1682		1996
1683	--disable-backspace-key	1997	--disable-backspace-key
1684	Disable any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server	1998	Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server
1685	do it.	1999	do it.
1686		2000
1687	--disable-delete-key	2001	--disable-delete-key
1688	Disable any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do	2002	Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
1689	it.	2003	it.
1690		2004
1691	--disable-resources	2005	--disable-resources
1692	Remove all resources checking.	2006	Removes any support for resource checking.
1693		2007
1694	--enable-xgetdefault	2008	--enable-strings (default: off)
1695	Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
1696	version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
1697	then ~/.Xresources.
1698
1699	--enable-strings
1700	Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other	2009	Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
1701	various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have	2010	various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
1702	been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link	2011	been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
1703	in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux	2012	in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
1704	systems).	2013	systems).
1705		2014
1706	--disable-swapscreen	2015	--disable-swapscreen
1707	Remove support for swap screen.	2016	Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
1708		2017
1709	--enable-frills	2018	--enable-frills (default: on)
1710	Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice	2019	Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice
1711	to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may	2020	to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may
1712	want to disable this.	2021	want to disable this.
1713		2022
1714	A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"	2023	A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
1715	(possibly in combination with other switches) is:	2024	(possibly in combination with other switches) is:
1716		2025
1717	MWM-hints	2026	MWM-hints
		2027	EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
1718	seperate underline colour	2028	seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
1719	settable border widths and borderless switch	2029	settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
1720	settable extra linespacing	2030	settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
1721	extra window properties (e.g. UTF-8 window names and PID)
1722	iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback	2031	iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
1723	backindex and forwardindex escape sequence	2032	backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
1724	window op and locale change escape sequences	2033	window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
1725	tripleclickwords	2034	tripleclickwords (-tcw)
1726	settable insecure mode	2035	settable insecure mode (-insecure)
		2036	keysym remapping support
		2037	cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
		2038	XEmbed support (-embed)
		2039	user-pty (-pty-fd)
		2040	hold on exit (-hold)
		2041	skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
		2042	sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
1727		2043
1728	--enable-iso14755	2044	--enable-iso14755 (default: on)
1729	Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).	2045	Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see urxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
1730	Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while	2046	Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
1731	support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.	2047	support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
1732		2048
1733	--enable-keepscrolling	2049	--enable-keepscrolling (default: on)
1734	Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the	2050	Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the
1735	mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.	2051	mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow.
1736		2052
1737	--enable-mousewheel	2053	--enable-mousewheel (default: on)
1738	Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.	2054	Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5.
1739		2055
1740	--enable-slipwheeling	2056	--enable-slipwheeling (default: on)
1741	Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an	2057	Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an
1742	accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option	2058	accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option
1743	requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.	2059	requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified.
1744		2060
1745	--disable-new-selection	2061	--disable-new-selection
1746	Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.	2062	Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm.
1747		2063
1748	--enable-dmalloc	2064	--enable-dmalloc (default: off)
1749	Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See	2065	Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See
1750	http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this	2066	http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this
1751	or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after	2067	or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after
1752	compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.	2068	compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places.
1753		2069
1754	You can only use either this option and the following (should you	2070	You can only use either this option and the following (should you
1755	use either) .	2071	use either) .
1756		2072
1757	--enable-dlmalloc	2073	--enable-dlmalloc (default: off)
1758	Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See	2074	Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See
1759	<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.	2075	<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details.
1760		2076
1761	--enable-smart-resize	2077	--enable-smart-resize (default: on)
1762	Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via from	2078	Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot
1763	hot keys. This should keep in a fixed position the rxvt corner which	2079	keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a
1764	is closest to a corner of the screen.	2080	corner of the screen in a fixed position.
1765		2081
1766	--enable-cursor-blink
1767	Add support for a blinking cursor.
1768
1769	--enable-pointer-blank	2082	--enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
1770	Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.	2083	Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
1771		2084
1772	--with-name=NAME	2085	--enable-perl (default: off)
		2086	Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the urxvtperl(3) manpage
		2087	(doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
		2088	src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
		2089	perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
		2090	environment variable when running configure.
		2091
		2092	--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
1773	Set the basename for the installed binaries (default: urxvt,	2093	Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
1774	resulting in urxvt, urxvtd etc.). Specify --with-name=rxvt to	2094	"urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
1775	replace rxvt.
1776		2095
1777	--with-term=NAME	2096	--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)
1778	Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME (default	2097	Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME.
1779	"rxvt")
1780		2098
1781	--with-terminfo=PATH	2099	--with-terminfo=PATH
1782	Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree	2100	Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree
1783	to PATH.	2101	to PATH.
1784		2102

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