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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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121 161
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.
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 It should be, starting with release 7.1. You are encouraged to
192 properly install urxvt with privileges necessary for your OS now.
193
194 When rxvt-unicode detects that it runs setuid or setgid, it will
195 fork into a helper process for privileged operations (pty handling
196 on some systems, utmp/wtmp/lastlog handling on others) and drop
197 privileges immediately. This is much safer than most other terminals
198 that keep privileges while running (but is more relevant to urxvt,
199 as it contains things as perl interpreters, which might be "helpful"
200 to attackers).
201
202 This forking is done as the very first within main(), which is very
203 early and reduces possible bugs to initialisation code run before
204 main(), or things like the dynamic loader of your system, which
205 should result in very little risk.
126 206
127 When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? 207 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 208 The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely
129 available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same 209 available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same
130 problem often arises). 210 problem often arises).
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518 598
519 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do? 599 My input method wants <some encoding> but I want UTF-8, what can I do?
520 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest 600 You can specify separate locales for the input method and the rest
521 of the terminal, using the resource "imlocale": 601 of the terminal, using the resource "imlocale":
522 602
523 URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP 603 URxvt.imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP
524 604
525 Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and 605 Now you can start your terminal with "LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.UTF-8" and
526 still use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not 606 still use your input method. Please note, however, that you will not
527 be able to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then, 607 be able to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then,
528 as your input method limits you. 608 as your input method limits you.
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571 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. 651 Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works.
572 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing 652 Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing
573 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. 653 some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode.
574 I've heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise 654 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 655 specified. A quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt
576 or Shift keys are depressed. See rxvt(7) 656 or Shift keys are depressed.
577 657
578 What's with this bold/blink stuff? 658 What's with this bold/blink stuff?
579 If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using 659 If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using
580 the standard foreground colour. 660 the standard foreground colour.
581 661
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667 747
668 # use Backspace = ^? 748 # use Backspace = ^?
669 $ stty erase ^? 749 $ stty erase ^?
670 $ rxvt 750 $ rxvt
671 751
672 Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l" as documented in rxvt(7). 752 Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l".
673 753
674 For an existing rxvt-unicode: 754 For an existing rxvt-unicode:
675 755
676 # use Backspace = ^H 756 # use Backspace = ^H
677 $ stty erase ^H 757 $ stty erase ^H
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789 869
790RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE 870RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE
791DESCRIPTION 871DESCRIPTION
792 The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of 872 The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of
793 rxvt-unicode. First the description of supported command sequences, 873 rxvt-unicode. First the description of supported command sequences,
794 followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all 874 followed by pixmap support and last by a description of all features
795 features selectable at "configure" time. 875 selectable at "configure" time.
796 876
797Definitions 877Definitions
798 "c" The literal character c. 878 "c" The literal character c.
799 879
800 "C" A single (required) character. 880 "C" A single (required) character.
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1169 1249
1170 "Ps = 9" X10 XTerm 1250 "Ps = 9" X10 XTerm
1171 h Send Mouse X & Y on button press. 1251 h Send Mouse X & Y on button press.
1172 l No mouse reporting. 1252 l No mouse reporting.
1173 1253
1174 "Ps = 10" (rxvt)
1175 h menuBar visible
1176 l menuBar invisible
1177
1178 "Ps = 25" 1254 "Ps = 25"
1179 h Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis} 1255 h Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis}
1180 l Invisible cursor {civis} 1256 l Invisible cursor {civis}
1181 1257
1182 "Ps = 30" 1258 "Ps = 30"
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1266 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1342 Ps = 10 Change colour of text foreground to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1267 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future) 1343 Ps = 11 Change colour of text background to Pt (NB: may change in future)
1268 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt 1344 Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt
1269 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt 1345 Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt
1270 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt 1346 Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt
1271 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt 1347 Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt [deprecated, see 706]
1272 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt 1348 Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt [deprecated, see 707]
1273 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt 1349 Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt
1274 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt. 1350 Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt.
1275 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented 1351 Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented
1276 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt. 1352 Ps = 49 Change default background colour to Pt.
1277 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 1353 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
1278 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt 1354 Ps = 55 Log all scrollback buffer and all of screen to Pt
1279 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills). 1355 Ps = 701 Change current locale to Pt, or, if Pt is ?, return the current locale (Compile frills).
1280 Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar).
1281 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt 1356 Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt
1282 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency). 1357 Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency).
1358 Ps = 706 Change colour of bold characters to Pt
1359 Ps = 707 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt
1283 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50. 1360 Ps = 710 Set normal fontset to Pt. Same as Ps = 50.
1284 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1361 Ps = 711 Set bold fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1285 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1362 Ps = 712 Set italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1286 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles). 1363 Ps = 713 Set bold-italic fontset to Pt. Similar to Ps = 50 (Compile styles).
1287 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 1364 Ps = 720 Move viewing window up by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1288 Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills). 1365 Ps = 721 Move viewing window down by Pt lines, or clear scrollback buffer if Pt = 0 (Compile frills).
1366 Ps = 777 Call the perl extension with the given string, which should be of the form extension:parameters (Compile perl).
1289 1367
1290 1368
1291
1292menuBar
1293 The exact syntax used is *almost* solidified. In the menus, DON'T try to
1294 use menuBar commands that add or remove a menuBar.
1295
1296 Note that in all of the commands, the */path/* *cannot* be omitted: use
1297 ./ to specify a menu relative to the current menu.
1298
1299 Overview of menuBar operation
1300 For the menuBar XTerm escape sequence "ESC ] 703 ; Pt ST", the syntax of
1301 "Pt" can be used for a variety of tasks:
1302
1303 At the top level is the current menuBar which is a member of a circular
1304 linked-list of other such menuBars.
1305
1306 The menuBar acts as a parent for the various drop-down menus, which in
1307 turn, may have labels, separator lines, menuItems and subMenus.
1308
1309 The menuItems are the useful bits: you can use them to mimic keyboard
1310 input or even to send text or escape sequences back to rxvt.
1311
1312 The menuBar syntax is intended to provide a simple yet robust method of
1313 constructing and manipulating menus and navigating through the menuBars.
1314
1315 The first step is to use the tag [menu:*name*] which creates the menuBar
1316 called *name* and allows access. You may now or menus, subMenus, and
1317 menuItems. Finally, use the tag [done] to set the menuBar access as
1318 readonly to prevent accidental corruption of the menus. To re-access the
1319 current menuBar for alterations, use the tag [menu], make the
1320 alterations and then use [done]
1321
1322
1323
1324 Commands
1325 [menu:+*name*]
1326 access the named menuBar for creation or alteration. If a new
1327 menuBar is created, it is called *name* (max of 15 chars) and the
1328 current menuBar is pushed onto the stack
1329
1330 [menu]
1331 access the current menuBar for alteration
1332
1333 [title:+*string*]
1334 set the current menuBar's title to *string*, which may contain the
1335 following format specifiers:
1336
1337 B<%n> rxvt name (as per the B<-name> command-line option)
1338 B<%v> rxvt version
1339 B<%%> literal B<%> character
1340
1341 [done]
1342 set menuBar access as readonly. End-of-file tag for [read:+*file*]
1343 operations.
1344
1345 [read:+*file*]
1346 read menu commands directly from *file* (extension ".menu" will be
1347 appended if required.) Start reading at a line with [menu] or
1348 [menu:+*name* and continuing until [done] is encountered.
1349
1350 Blank and comment lines (starting with #) are ignored. Actually,
1351 since any invalid menu commands are also ignored, almost anything
1352 could be construed as a comment line, but this may be tightened up
1353 in the future ... so don't count on it!.
1354
1355 [read:+*file*;+*name*]
1356 The same as [read:+*file*], but start reading at a line with
1357 [menu:+*name*] and continuing until [done:+*name*] or [done] is
1358 encountered.
1359
1360 [dump]
1361 dump all menuBars to the file /tmp/rxvt-PID in a format suitable for
1362 later rereading.
1363
1364 [rm:name]
1365 remove the named menuBar
1366
1367 [rm] [rm:]
1368 remove the current menuBar
1369
1370 [rm*] [rm:*]
1371 remove all menuBars
1372
1373 [swap]
1374 swap the top two menuBars
1375
1376 [prev]
1377 access the previous menuBar
1378
1379 [next]
1380 access the next menuBar
1381
1382 [show]
1383 Enable display of the menuBar
1384
1385 [hide]
1386 Disable display of the menuBar
1387
1388 [pixmap:+*name*]
1389 [pixmap:+*name*;*scaling*]
1390 (set the background pixmap globally
1391
1392 A Future implementation *may* make this local to the menubar)
1393
1394 [:+*command*:]
1395 ignore the menu readonly status and issue a *command* to or a menu
1396 or menuitem or change the ; a useful shortcut for setting the quick
1397 arrows from a menuBar.
1398
1399
1400
1401 Adding and accessing menus
1402 The following commands may also be + prefixed.
1403
1404 /+ access menuBar top level
1405
1406 ./+ access current menu level
1407
1408 ../+
1409 access parent menu (1 level up)
1410
1411 ../../
1412 access parent menu (multiple levels up)
1413
1414 */path/*menu
1415 add/access menu
1416
1417 */path/*menu/*
1418 add/access menu and clear it if it exists
1419
1420 */path/*{-}
1421 add separator
1422
1423 */path/*{item}
1424 add item as a label
1425
1426 */path/*{item} action
1427 add/alter *menuitem* with an associated *action*
1428
1429 */path/*{item}{right-text}
1430 add/alter *menuitem* with right-text as the right-justified text and
1431 as the associated *action*
1432
1433 */path/*{item}{rtext} action
1434 add/alter *menuitem* with an associated *action* and with rtext as
1435 the right-justified text.
1436
1437 Special characters in *action* must be backslash-escaped:
1438 \a \b \E \e \n \r \t \octal
1439
1440 or in control-character notation:
1441 ^@, ^A .. ^Z .. ^_, ^?
1442
1443 To send a string starting with a NUL (^@) character to the program,
1444 start *action* with a pair of NUL characters (^@^@), the first of which
1445 will be stripped off and the balance directed to the program. Otherwise
1446 if *action* begins with NUL followed by non-+NUL characters, the leading
1447 NUL is stripped off and the balance is sent back to rxvt.
1448
1449 As a convenience for the many Emacs-type editors, *action* may start
1450 with M- (eg, M-$ is equivalent to \E$) and a CR will be appended if
1451 missed from M-x commands.
1452
1453 As a convenience for issuing XTerm ESC ] sequences from a menubar (or
1454 quick arrow), a BEL (^G) will be appended if needed.
1455
1456 For example,
1457 M-xapropos is equivalent to \Exapropos\r
1458
1459 and \E]703;mona;100 is equivalent to \E]703;mona;100\a
1460
1461 The option {*right-rtext*} will be right-justified. In the absence of a
1462 specified action, this text will be used as the *action* as well.
1463
1464 For example,
1465 /File/{Open}{^X^F} is equivalent to /File/{Open}{^X^F} ^X^F
1466
1467 The left label *is* necessary, since it's used for matching, but
1468 implicitly hiding the left label (by using same name for both left and
1469 right labels), or explicitly hiding the left label (by preceeding it
1470 with a dot), makes it possible to have right-justified text only.
1471
1472 For example,
1473 /File/{Open}{Open} Open-File-Action
1474
1475 or hiding it
1476 /File/{.anylabel}{Open} Open-File-Action
1477
1478
1479
1480 Removing menus
1481 -/*+
1482 remove all menus from the menuBar, the same as [clear]
1483
1484 -+*/path*menu+
1485 remove menu
1486
1487 -+*/path*{item}+
1488 remove item
1489
1490 -+*/path*{-}
1491 remove separator)
1492
1493 -/path/menu/*
1494 remove all items, separators and submenus from menu
1495
1496
1497
1498 Quick Arrows
1499 The menus also provide a hook for *quick arrows* to provide easier user
1500 access. If nothing has been explicitly set, the default is to emulate
1501 the curror keys. The syntax permits each arrow to be altered
1502 individually or all four at once without re-entering their common
1503 beginning/end text. For example, to explicitly associate cursor actions
1504 with the arrows, any of the following forms could be used:
1505
1506 <r>+*Right*
1507 <l>+*Left*
1508 <u>+*Up*
1509 <d>+*Down*
1510 Define actions for the respective arrow buttons
1511
1512 <b>+*Begin*
1513 <e>+*End*
1514 Define common beginning/end parts for *quick arrows* which used in
1515 conjunction with the above <r> <l> <u> <d> constructs
1516
1517 For example, define arrows individually,
1518 <u>\E[A
1519
1520 <d>\E[B
1521
1522 <r>\E[C
1523
1524 <l>\E[D
1525
1526 or all at once
1527 <u>\E[AZ<><d>\E[BZ<><r>\E[CZ<><l>\E[D
1528
1529 or more compactly (factoring out common parts)
1530 <b>\E[<u>AZ<><d>BZ<><r>CZ<><l>D
1531
1532
1533
1534 Command Summary
1535 A short summary of the most *common* commands:
1536
1537 [menu:name]
1538 use an existing named menuBar or start a new one
1539
1540 [menu]
1541 use the current menuBar
1542
1543 [title:string]
1544 set menuBar title
1545
1546 [done]
1547 set menu access to readonly and, if reading from a file, signal EOF
1548
1549 [done:name]
1550 if reading from a file using [read:file;name] signal EOF
1551
1552 [rm:name]
1553 remove named menuBar(s)
1554
1555 [rm] [rm:]
1556 remove current menuBar
1557
1558 [rm*] [rm:*]
1559 remove all menuBar(s)
1560
1561 [swap]
1562 swap top two menuBars
1563
1564 [prev]
1565 access the previous menuBar
1566
1567 [next]
1568 access the next menuBar
1569
1570 [show]
1571 map menuBar
1572
1573 [hide]
1574 unmap menuBar
1575
1576 [pixmap;file]
1577 [pixmap;file;scaling]
1578 set a background pixmap
1579
1580 [read:file]
1581 [read:file;name]
1582 read in a menu from a file
1583
1584 [dump]
1585 dump out all menuBars to /tmp/rxvt-PID
1586
1587 / access menuBar top level
1588
1589 ./
1590 ../
1591 ../../
1592 access current or parent menu level
1593
1594 /path/menu
1595 add/access menu
1596
1597 /path/{-}
1598 add separator
1599
1600 /path/{item}{rtext} action
1601 add/alter menu item
1602
1603 -/* remove all menus from the menuBar
1604
1605 -/path/menu
1606 remove menu items, separators and submenus from menu
1607
1608 -/path/menu
1609 remove menu
1610
1611 -/path/{item}
1612 remove item
1613
1614 -/path/{-}
1615 remove separator
1616
1617 <b>Begin<r>Right<l>Left<u>Up<d>Down<e>End
1618 menu quick arrows
1619 1369
1620XPM 1370XPM
1621 For the XPM XTerm escape sequence "ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST" then value of "Pt" 1371 For the XPM XTerm escape sequence "ESC ] 20 ; Pt ST" then value of "Pt"
1622 can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a sequence of 1372 can be the name of the background pixmap followed by a sequence of
1623 scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The 1373 scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The
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1864 --enable-lastlog (default: on) 1614 --enable-lastlog (default: on)
1865 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin) 1615 Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin)
1866 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to 1616 at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to
1867 also be specified. 1617 also be specified.
1868 1618
1869 --enable-xpm-background (default: off) 1619 --enable-xpm-background (default: on)
1870 Add support for XPM background pixmaps. 1620 Add support for XPM background pixmaps.
1871 1621
1872 --enable-transparency (default: off) 1622 --enable-transparency (default: on)
1873 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake 1623 Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake
1874 transparency to the term. 1624 transparency to the term.
1875 1625
1876 --enable-fading (default: on) 1626 --enable-fading (default: on)
1877 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires 1627 Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires
1878 "--enable-transparency"). 1628 "--enable-transparency").
1879 1629
1880 --enable-tinting (default: on) 1630 --enable-tinting (default: on)
1881 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires 1631 Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires
1882 "--enable-transparency"). 1632 "--enable-transparency").
1883
1884 --enable-menubar (default: off)
1885 Add support for our menu bar system (this interacts badly with
1886 dynamic locale switching currently).
1887 1633
1888 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on) 1634 --enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on)
1889 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. 1635 Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar.
1890 1636
1891 --enable-next-scroll (default: on) 1637 --enable-next-scroll (default: on)
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1897 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on) 1643 --enable-plain-scroll (default: on)
1898 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is 1644 Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is
1899 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many 1645 the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many
1900 years. 1646 years.
1901 1647
1902 --enable-half-shadow (default: off)
1903 Make shadows on the scrollbar only half the normal width & height.
1904 only applicable to rxvt scrollbars.
1905
1906 --enable-ttygid (default: off) 1648 --enable-ttygid (default: off)
1907 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your 1649 Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your
1908 system uses this type of security. 1650 system uses this type of security.
1909 1651
1910 --disable-backspace-key 1652 --disable-backspace-key
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1915 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do 1657 Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do
1916 it. 1658 it.
1917 1659
1918 --disable-resources 1660 --disable-resources
1919 Removes any support for resource checking. 1661 Removes any support for resource checking.
1920
1921 --enable-xgetdefault
1922 Make resources checking via XGetDefault() instead of our small
1923 version which only checks ~/.Xdefaults, or if that doesn't exist
1924 then ~/.Xresources.
1925
1926 Please note that nowadays, things like XIM will automatically pull
1927 in and use the full X resource manager, so the overhead of using it
1928 might be very small, if nonexistant.
1929
1930 --enable-strings (default: off)
1931 Add support for our possibly faster memset() function and other
1932 various routines, overriding your system's versions which may have
1933 been hand-crafted in assembly or may require extra libraries to link
1934 in. (this breaks ANSI-C rules and has problems on many GNU/Linux
1935 systems).
1936 1662
1937 --disable-swapscreen 1663 --disable-swapscreen
1938 Remove support for secondary/swap screen. 1664 Remove support for secondary/swap screen.
1939 1665
1940 --enable-frills (default: on) 1666 --enable-frills (default: on)
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1945 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills" 1671 A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills"
1946 (possibly in combination with other switches) is: 1672 (possibly in combination with other switches) is:
1947 1673
1948 MWM-hints 1674 MWM-hints
1949 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) 1675 EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping)
1950 seperate underline colour 1676 seperate underline colour (-underlineColor)
1951 settable border widths and borderless switch 1677 settable border widths and borderless switch (-w, -b, -bl)
1952 settable extra linespacing 1678 settable extra linespacing /-lsp)
1953 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback 1679 iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback
1954 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence 1680 backindex and forwardindex escape sequence
1955 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences 1681 window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences
1956 tripleclickwords 1682 tripleclickwords (-tcw)
1957 settable insecure mode 1683 settable insecure mode (-insecure)
1958 keysym remapping support 1684 keysym remapping support
1959 cursor blinking and underline cursor 1685 cursor blinking and underline cursor (-cb, -uc)
1960 -embed, -pty-fd and -hold options 1686 XEmbed support (-embed)
1687 user-pty (-pty-fd)
1688 hold on exit (-hold)
1689 skip builtin block graphics (-sbg)
1690 sgr modes 90..97 and 100..107
1961 1691
1962 --enable-iso14755 (default: on) 1692 --enable-iso14755 (default: on)
1963 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt). 1693 Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt).
1964 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while 1694 Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while
1965 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch. 1695 support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch.
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1998 corner of the screen in a fixed position. 1728 corner of the screen in a fixed position.
1999 1729
2000 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on) 1730 --enable-pointer-blank (default: on)
2001 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. 1731 Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive.
2002 1732
1733 --enable-perl (default: off)
1734 Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage
1735 (doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in
1736 src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. The
1737 perl interpreter that is used can be specified via the "PERL"
1738 environment variable when running configure.
1739
2003 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt) 1740 --with-name=NAME (default: urxvt)
2004 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt", 1741 Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt",
2005 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt". 1742 "urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt".
2006 1743
2007 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode) 1744 --with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode)

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