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NAME |
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RXVT REFERENCE - FAQ, command sequences and other background information |
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SYNOPSIS |
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# set a new font set |
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printf '\33]50;%s\007' 9x15,xft:Kochi" Mincho" |
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# change the locale and tell rxvt-unicode about it |
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export LC_CTYPE=ja_JP.EUC-JP; printf "\33]701;$LC_CTYPE\007" |
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# set window title |
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printf '\33]2;%s\007' "new window title" |
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DESCRIPTION |
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This document contains the FAQ, the RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE documenting |
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all escape sequences, and other background information. |
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The newest version of this document is also available on the World Wide |
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Web at |
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<http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.7.html>. |
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
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Isn't rxvt supposed to be small? Don't all those features bloat? |
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I often get asked about this, and I think, no, they didn't cause |
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extra bloat. If you compare a minimal rxvt and a minimal urxvt, you |
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can see that the urxvt binary is larger (due to some encoding tables |
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always being compiled in), but it actually uses less memory (RSS) |
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after startup. Even with "--disable-everything", this comparison is |
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a bit unfair, as many features unique to urxvt (locale, encoding |
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conversion, iso14755 etc.) are already in use in this mode. |
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text data bss drs rss filename |
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98398 1664 24 15695 1824 rxvt --disable-everything |
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188985 9048 66616 18222 1788 urxvt --disable-everything |
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When you "--enable-everything" (which _is_ unfair, as this involves |
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xft and full locale/XIM support which are quite bloaty inside libX11 |
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and my libc), the two diverge, but not unreasnobaly so. |
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text data bss drs rss filename |
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163431 2152 24 20123 2060 rxvt --enable-everything |
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1035683 49680 66648 29096 3680 urxvt --enable-everything |
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The very large size of the text section is explained by the |
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east-asian encoding tables, which, if unused, take up disk space but |
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nothing else and can be compiled out unless you rely on X11 core |
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fonts that use those encodings. The BSS size comes from the 64k |
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emergency buffer that my c++ compiler allocates (but of course |
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doesn't use unless you are out of memory). Also, using an xft font |
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instead of a core font immediately adds a few megabytes of RSS. Xft |
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indeed is responsible for a lot of RSS even when not used. |
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Of course, due to every character using two or four bytes instead of |
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one, a large scrollback buffer will ultimately make rxvt-unicode use |
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more memory. |
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Compared to e.g. Eterm (5112k), aterm (3132k) and xterm (4680k), |
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this still fares rather well. And compared to some monsters like |
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gnome-terminal (21152k + extra 4204k in separate processes) or |
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konsole (22200k + extra 43180k in daemons that stay around after |
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exit, plus half aminute of startup time, including the hundreds of |
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warnings it spits out), it fares extremely well *g*. |
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Why C++, isn't that unportable/bloated/uncool? |
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Is this a question? :) It comes up very often. The simple answer is: |
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I had to write it, and C++ allowed me to write and maintain it in a |
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fraction of the time and effort (which is a scarce resource for me). |
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Put even shorter: It simply wouldn't exist without C++. |
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My personal stance on this is that C++ is less portable than C, but |
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in the case of rxvt-unicode this hardly matters, as its portability |
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limits are defined by things like X11, pseudo terminals, locale |
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support and unix domain sockets, which are all less portable than |
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C++ itself. |
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Regarding the bloat, see the above question: It's easy to write |
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programs in C that use gobs of memory, an certainly possible to |
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write programs in C++ that don't. C++ also often comes with large |
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libraries, but this is not necessarily the case with GCC. Here is |
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what rxvt links against on my system with a minimal config: |
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libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000) |
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libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaadde000) |
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libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab01d000) |
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/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) |
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And here is rxvt-unicode: |
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libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00002aaaaabc3000) |
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libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00002aaaaada2000) |
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libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00002aaaaaeb0000) |
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libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00002aaaab0ee000) |
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/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00002aaaaaaab000) |
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No large bloated libraries (of course, none were linked in |
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statically), except maybe libX11 :) |
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Does it support tabs, can I have a tabbed rxvt-unicode? |
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rxvt-unicode does not directly support tabs. It will work fine with |
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tabbing functionality of many window managers or similar tabbing |
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programs, and its embedding-features allow it to be embedded into |
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other programs, as witnessed by doc/rxvt-tabbed or the upcoming |
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"Gtk2::URxvt" perl module, which features a tabbed urxvt (murxvt) |
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terminal as an example embedding application. |
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How do I know which rxvt-unicode version I'm using? |
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The version number is displayed with the usage (-h). Also the escape |
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sequence "ESC [ 8 n" sets the window title to the version number. |
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When using the rxvtc client, the version displayed is that of the |
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daemon. |
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I am using Debian GNU/Linux and have a problem... |
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The Debian GNU/Linux package of rxvt-unicode in sarge contains large |
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patches that considerably change the behaviour of rxvt-unicode. |
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Before reporting a bug to the original rxvt-unicode author please |
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download and install the genuine version |
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(<http://software.schmorp.de#rxvt-unicode>) and try to reproduce the |
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problem. If you cannot, chances are that the problems are specific |
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to Debian GNU/Linux, in which case it should be reported via the |
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Debian Bug Tracking System (use "reportbug" to report the bug). |
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For other problems that also affect the Debian package, you can and |
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probably should use the Debian BTS, too, because, after all, it's |
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also a bug in the Debian version and it serves as a reminder for |
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other users that might encounter the same issue. |
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When I log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? |
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The terminal description used by rxvt-unicode is not as widely |
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available as that for xterm, or even rxvt (for which the same |
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problem often arises). |
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The correct solution for this problem is to install the terminfo, |
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this can be done like this (with ncurses' infocmp): |
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REMOTE=remotesystem.domain |
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infocmp rxvt-unicode | ssh $REMOTE "cat >/tmp/ti && tic /tmp/ti" |
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... or by installing rxvt-unicode normally on the remote system, |
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If you cannot or do not want to do this, then you can simply set |
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"TERM=rxvt" or even "TERM=xterm", and live with the small number of |
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problems arising, which includes wrong keymapping, less and |
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different colours and some refresh errors in fullscreen |
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applications. It's a nice quick-and-dirty workaround for rare cases, |
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though. |
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If you always want to do this (and are fine with the consequences) |
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you can either recompile rxvt-unicode with the desired TERM value or |
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use a resource to set it: |
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URxvt.termName: rxvt |
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If you don't plan to use rxvt (quite common...) you could also |
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replace the rxvt terminfo file with the rxvt-unicode one. |
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"tic" outputs some error when compiling the terminfo entry. |
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Most likely it's the empty definition for "enacs=". Just replace it |
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by "enacs=\E[0@" and try again. |
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"bash"'s readline does not work correctly under rxvt. |
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I need a termcap file entry. |
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One reason you might want this is that some distributions or |
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operating systems still compile some programs using the |
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long-obsoleted termcap library (Fedora Core's bash is one example) |
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and rely on a termcap entry for "rxvt-unicode". |
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You could use rxvt's termcap entry with resonable results in many |
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cases. You can also create a termcap entry by using terminfo's |
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infocmp program like this: |
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infocmp -C rxvt-unicode |
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Or you could use this termcap entry, generated by the command above: |
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rxvt-unicode|rxvt-unicode terminal (X Window System):\ |
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:am:bw:eo:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\ |
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:co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\ |
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:AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\ |
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:K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\ |
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:RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\ |
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:as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\ |
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:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\ |
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:dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:\ |
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:i1=\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\ |
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:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l:\ |
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:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\ |
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:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\ |
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:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\EOB:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\ |
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:kh=\E[7~:kl=\EOD:kr=\EOC:ks=\E[?1h\E=:ku=\EOA:le=^H:\ |
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:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:\ |
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:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\ |
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:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:\ |
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:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\ |
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:vs=\E[?25h: |
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Why does "ls" no longer have coloured output? |
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The "ls" in the GNU coreutils unfortunately doesn't use terminfo to |
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decide wether a terminal has colour, but uses it's own configuration |
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file. Needless to say, "rxvt-unicode" is not in it's default file |
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(among with most other terminals supporting colour). Either add: |
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TERM rxvt-unicode |
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to "/etc/DIR_COLORS" or simply add: |
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alias ls='ls --color=auto' |
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to your ".profile" or ".bashrc". |
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Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. use the 88 colour mode? |
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Why doesn't vim/emacs etc. make use of italic? |
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Why are the secondary screen-related options not working properly? |
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Make sure you are using "TERM=rxvt-unicode". Some pre-packaged |
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distributions (most notably Debian GNU/Linux) break rxvt-unicode by |
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setting "TERM" to "rxvt", which doesn't have these extra features. |
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Unfortunately, some of these (most notably, again, Debian GNU/Linux) |
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furthermore fail to even install the "rxvt-unicode" terminfo file, |
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so you will need to install it on your own (See the question When I |
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log-in to another system it tells me about missing terminfo data? on |
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how to do this). |
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My numerical keypad acts weird and generates differing output? |
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Some Debian GNUL/Linux users seem to have this problem, although no |
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specific details were reported so far. It is possible that this is |
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caused by the wrong "TERM" setting, although the details of wether |
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and how this can happen are unknown, as "TERM=rxvt" should offer a |
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compatible keymap. See the answer to the previous question, and |
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please report if that helped. |
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Rxvt-unicode does not seem to understand the selected encoding? |
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Unicode does not seem to work? |
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If you encounter strange problems like typing an accented character |
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but getting two unrelated other characters or similar, or if program |
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output is subtly garbled, then you should check your locale |
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settings. |
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Rxvt-unicode must be started with the same "LC_CTYPE" setting as the |
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programs. Often rxvt-unicode is started in the "C" locale, while the |
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login script running within the rxvt-unicode window changes the |
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locale to something else, e.g. "en_GB.UTF-8". Needless to say, this |
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is not going to work. |
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The best thing is to fix your startup environment, as you will |
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likely run into other problems. If nothing works you can try this in |
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your .profile. |
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printf '\e]701;%s\007' "$LC_CTYPE" |
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If this doesn't work, then maybe you use a "LC_CTYPE" specification |
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not supported on your systems. Some systems have a "locale" command |
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which displays this (also, "perl -e0" can be used to check locale |
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settings, as it will complain loudly if it cannot set the locale). |
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If it displays something like: |
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locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: ... |
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Then the locale you specified is not supported on your system. |
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If nothing works and you are sure that everything is set correctly |
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then you will need to remember a little known fact: Some programs |
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just don't support locales :( |
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Why do some characters look so much different than others? |
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How does rxvt-unicode choose fonts? |
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Most fonts do not contain the full range of Unicode, which is fine. |
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Chances are that the font you (or the admin/package maintainer of |
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your system/os) have specified does not cover all the characters you |
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want to display. |
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rxvt-unicode makes a best-effort try at finding a replacement font. |
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Often the result is fine, but sometimes the chosen font looks |
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bad/ugly/wrong. Some fonts have totally strange characters that |
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don't resemble the correct glyph at all, and rxvt-unicode lacks the |
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artificial intelligence to detect that a specific glyph is wrong: it |
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has to believe the font that the characters it claims to contain |
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indeed look correct. |
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In that case, select a font of your taste and add it to the font |
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list, e.g.: |
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rxvt -fn basefont,font2,font3... |
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When rxvt-unicode sees a character, it will first look at the base |
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font. If the base font does not contain the character, it will go to |
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the next font, and so on. Specifying your own fonts will also speed |
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up this search and use less resources within rxvt-unicode and the |
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X-server. |
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The only limitation is that none of the fonts may be larger than the |
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base font, as the base font defines the terminal character cell |
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size, which must be the same due to the way terminals work. |
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Why do some chinese characters look so different than others? |
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This is because there is a difference between script and language -- |
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rxvt-unicode does not know which language the text that is output |
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is, as it only knows the unicode character codes. If rxvt-unicode |
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first sees a japanese/chinese character, it might choose a japanese |
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font for display. Subsequent japanese characters will use that font. |
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Now, many chinese characters aren't represented in japanese fonts, |
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so when the first non-japanese character comes up, rxvt-unicode will |
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look for a chinese font -- unfortunately at this point, it will |
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still use the japanese font for chinese characters that are also in |
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the japanese font. |
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The workaround is easy: just tag a chinese font at the end of your |
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font list (see the previous question). The key is to view the font |
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list as a preference list: If you expect more japanese, list a |
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japanese font first. If you expect more chinese, put a chinese font |
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first. |
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In the future it might be possible to switch language preferences at |
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runtime (the internal data structure has no problem with using |
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different fonts for the same character at the same time, but no |
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interface for this has been designed yet). |
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Until then, you might get away with switching fonts at runtime (see |
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"Can I switch the fonts at runtime?" later in this document). |
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Why does rxvt-unicode sometimes leave pixel droppings? |
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Most fonts were not designed for terminal use, which means that |
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character size varies a lot. A font that is otherwise fine for |
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terminal use might contain some characters that are simply too wide. |
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Rxvt-unicode will avoid these characters. For characters that are |
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just "a bit" too wide a special "careful" rendering mode is used |
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that redraws adjacent characters. |
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All of this requires that fonts do not lie about character sizes, |
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however: Xft fonts often draw glyphs larger than their acclaimed |
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bounding box, and rxvt-unicode has no way of detecting this (the |
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correct way is to ask for the character bounding box, which |
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unfortunately is wrong in these cases). |
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It's not clear (to me at least), wether this is a bug in Xft, |
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freetype, or the respective font. If you encounter this problem you |
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might try using the "-lsp" option to give the font more height. If |
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that doesn't work, you might be forced to use a different font. |
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All of this is not a problem when using X11 core fonts, as their |
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bounding box data is correct. |
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On Solaris 9, many line-drawing characters are too wide. |
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Seems to be a known bug, read |
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<http://nixdoc.net/files/forum/about34198.html>. Some people use the |
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following ugly workaround to get non-double-wide-characters working: |
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#define wcwidth(x) wcwidth(x) > 1 ? 1 : wcwidth(x) |
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My Compose (Multi_key) key is no longer working. |
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The most common causes for this are that either your locale is not |
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set correctly, or you specified a preeditStyle that is not supported |
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by your input method. For example, if you specified OverTheSpot and |
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your input method (e.g. the default input method handling Compose |
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keys) does not support this (for instance because it is not visual), |
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then rxvt-unicode will continue without an input method. |
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In this case either do not specify a preeditStyle or specify more |
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than one pre-edit style, such as OverTheSpot,Root,None. |
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I cannot type "Ctrl-Shift-2" to get an ASCII NUL character due to ISO |
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14755 |
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Either try "Ctrl-2" alone (it often is mapped to ASCII NUL even on |
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international keyboards) or simply use ISO 14755 support to your |
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advantage, typing <Ctrl-Shift-0> to get a ASCII NUL. This works for |
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other codes, too, such as "Ctrl-Shift-1-d" to type the default |
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telnet escape character and so on. |
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How can I keep rxvt-unicode from using reverse video so much? |
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First of all, make sure you are running with the right terminal |
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settings ("TERM=rxvt-unicode"), which will get rid of most of these |
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effects. Then make sure you have specified colours for italic and |
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bold, as otherwise rxvt-unicode might use reverse video to simulate |
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the effect: |
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URxvt.colorBD: white |
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URxvt.colorIT: green |
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Some programs assume totally weird colours (red instead of blue), how |
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can I fix that? |
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For some unexplainable reason, some rare programs assume a very |
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weird colour palette when confronted with a terminal with more than |
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the standard 8 colours (rxvt-unicode supports 88). The right fix is, |
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of course, to fix these programs not to assume non-ISO colours |
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without very good reasons. |
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In the meantime, you can either edit your "rxvt-unicode" terminfo |
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definition to only claim 8 colour support or use "TERM=rxvt", which |
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will fix colours but keep you from using other rxvt-unicode |
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features. |
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I am on FreeBSD and rxvt-unicode does not seem to work at all. |
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Rxvt-unicode requires the symbol "__STDC_ISO_10646__" to be defined |
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in your compile environment, or an implementation that implements |
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it, wether it defines the symbol or not. "__STDC_ISO_10646__" |
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requires that wchar_t is represented as unicode. |
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As you might have guessed, FreeBSD does neither define this symobl |
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nor does it support it. Instead, it uses it's own internal |
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representation of wchar_t. This is, of course, completely fine with |
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respect to standards. |
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However, that means rxvt-unicode only works in "POSIX", "ISO-8859-1" |
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and "UTF-8" locales under FreeBSD (which all use Unicode as wchar_t. |
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"__STDC_ISO_10646__" is the only sane way to support multi-language |
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apps in an OS, as using a locale-dependent (and non-standardized) |
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representation of wchar_t makes it impossible to convert between |
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wchar_t (as used by X11 and your applications) and any other |
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encoding without implementing OS-specific-wrappers for each and |
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every locale. There simply are no APIs to convert wchar_t into |
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anything except the current locale encoding. |
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Some applications (such as the formidable mlterm) work around this |
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by carrying their own replacement functions for character set |
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handling with them, and either implementing OS-dependent hacks or |
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doing multiple conversions (which is slow and unreliable in case the |
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OS implements encodings slightly different than the terminal |
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emulator). |
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The rxvt-unicode author insists that the right way to fix this is in |
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the system libraries once and for all, instead of forcing every app |
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to carry complete replacements for them :) |
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I use Solaris 9 and it doesn't compile/work/etc. |
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Try the diff in doc/solaris9.patch as a base. It fixes the worst |
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problems with "wcwidth" and a compile problem. |
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|
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How can I use rxvt-unicode under cygwin? |
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rxvt-unicode should compile and run out of the box on cygwin, using |
429 |
the X11 libraries that come with cygwin. libW11 emulation is no |
430 |
longer supported (and makes no sense, either, as it only supported a |
431 |
single font). I recommend starting the X-server in "-multiwindow" or |
432 |
"-rootless" mode instead, which will result in similar look&feel as |
433 |
the old libW11 emulation. |
434 |
|
435 |
At the time of this writing, cygwin didn't seem to support any |
436 |
multi-byte encodings (you might try "LC_CTYPE=C-UTF-8"), so you are |
437 |
likely limited to 8-bit encodings. |
438 |
|
439 |
How does rxvt-unicode determine the encoding to use? |
440 |
Is there an option to switch encodings? |
441 |
Unlike some other terminals, rxvt-unicode has no encoding switch, |
442 |
and no specific "utf-8" mode, such as xterm. In fact, it doesn't |
443 |
even know about UTF-8 or any other encodings with respect to |
444 |
terminal I/O. |
445 |
|
446 |
The reasons is that there exists a perfectly fine mechanism for |
447 |
selecting the encoding, doing I/O and (most important) communicating |
448 |
this to all applications so everybody agrees on character properties |
449 |
such as width and code number. This mechanism is the *locale*. |
450 |
Applications not using that info will have problems (for example, |
451 |
"xterm" gets the width of characters wrong as it uses it's own, |
452 |
locale-independent table under all locales). |
453 |
|
454 |
Rxvt-unicode uses the "LC_CTYPE" locale category to select encoding. |
455 |
All programs doing the same (that is, most) will automatically agree |
456 |
in the interpretation of characters. |
457 |
|
458 |
Unfortunately, there is no system-independent way to select locales, |
459 |
nor is there a standard on how locale specifiers will look like. |
460 |
|
461 |
On most systems, the content of the "LC_CTYPE" environment variable |
462 |
contains an arbitrary string which corresponds to an |
463 |
already-installed locale. Common names for locales are |
464 |
"en_US.UTF-8", "de_DE.ISO-8859-15", "ja_JP.EUC-JP", i.e. |
465 |
"language_country.encoding", but other forms (i.e. "de" or "german") |
466 |
are also common. |
467 |
|
468 |
Rxvt-unicode ignores all other locale categories, and except for the |
469 |
encoding, ignores country or language-specific settings, i.e. |
470 |
"de_DE.UTF-8" and "ja_JP.UTF-8" are the normally same to |
471 |
rxvt-unicode. |
472 |
|
473 |
If you want to use a specific encoding you have to make sure you |
474 |
start rxvt-unicode with the correct "LC_CTYPE" category. |
475 |
|
476 |
Can I switch locales at runtime? |
477 |
Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which sets |
478 |
rxvt-unicode's idea of "LC_CTYPE". |
479 |
|
480 |
printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS |
481 |
|
482 |
See also the previous answer. |
483 |
|
484 |
Sometimes this capability is rather handy when you want to work in |
485 |
one locale (e.g. "de_DE.UTF-8") but some programs don't support it |
486 |
(e.g. UTF-8). For example, I use this script to start "xjdic", which |
487 |
first switches to a locale supported by xjdic and back later: |
488 |
|
489 |
printf '\e]701;%s\007' ja_JP.SJIS |
490 |
xjdic -js |
491 |
printf '\e]701;%s\007' de_DE.UTF-8 |
492 |
|
493 |
You can also use xterm's "luit" program, which usually works fine, |
494 |
except for some locales where character width differs between |
495 |
program- and rxvt-unicode-locales. |
496 |
|
497 |
Can I switch the fonts at runtime? |
498 |
Yes, using an escape sequence. Try something like this, which has |
499 |
the same effect as using the "-fn" switch, and takes effect |
500 |
immediately: |
501 |
|
502 |
printf '\e]50;%s\007' "9x15bold,xft:Kochi Gothic" |
503 |
|
504 |
This is useful if you e.g. work primarily with japanese (and prefer |
505 |
a japanese font), but you have to switch to chinese temporarily, |
506 |
where japanese fonts would only be in your way. |
507 |
|
508 |
You can think of this as a kind of manual ISO-2022 switching. |
509 |
|
510 |
Why do italic characters look as if clipped? |
511 |
Many fonts have difficulties with italic characters and hinting. For |
512 |
example, the otherwise very nicely hinted font "xft:Bitstream Vera |
513 |
Sans Mono" completely fails in it's italic face. A workaround might |
514 |
be to enable freetype autohinting, i.e. like this: |
515 |
|
516 |
URxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true |
517 |
URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:bold:italic:autohint=true |
518 |
|
519 |
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 |
521 |
of the terminal, using the resource "imlocale": |
522 |
|
523 |
URxvt*imlocale: ja_JP.EUC-JP |
524 |
|
525 |
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 |
527 |
be able to input characters outside "EUC-JP" in a normal way then, |
528 |
as your input method limits you. |
529 |
|
530 |
Rxvt-unicode crashes when the X Input Method changes or exits. |
531 |
Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, as the XIM protocol is racy by |
532 |
design. Applications can avoid some crashes at the expense of memory |
533 |
leaks, and Input Methods can avoid some crashes by careful ordering |
534 |
at exit time. kinput2 (and derived input methods) generally |
535 |
succeeds, while SCIM (or similar input methods) fails. In the end, |
536 |
however, crashes cannot be completely avoided even if both sides |
537 |
cooperate. |
538 |
|
539 |
So the only workaround is not to kill your Input Method Servers. |
540 |
|
541 |
Rxvt-unicode uses gobs of memory, how can I reduce that? |
542 |
Rxvt-unicode tries to obey the rule of not charging you for |
543 |
something you don't use. One thing you should try is to configure |
544 |
out all settings that you don't need, for example, Xft support is a |
545 |
resource hog by design, when used. Compiling it out ensures that no |
546 |
Xft font will be loaded accidentally when rxvt-unicode tries to find |
547 |
a font for your characters. |
548 |
|
549 |
Also, many people (me included) like large windows and even larger |
550 |
scrollback buffers: Without "--enable-unicode3", rxvt-unicode will |
551 |
use 6 bytes per screen cell. For a 160x?? window this amounts to |
552 |
almost a kilobyte per line. A scrollback buffer of 10000 lines will |
553 |
then (if full) use 10 Megabytes of memory. With "--enable-unicode3" |
554 |
it gets worse, as rxvt-unicode then uses 8 bytes per screen cell. |
555 |
|
556 |
Can I speed up Xft rendering somehow? |
557 |
Yes, the most obvious way to speed it up is to avoid Xft entirely, |
558 |
as it is simply slow. If you still want Xft fonts you might try to |
559 |
disable antialiasing (by appending ":antialias=false"), which saves |
560 |
lots of memory and also speeds up rendering considerably. |
561 |
|
562 |
Rxvt-unicode doesn't seem to anti-alias its fonts, what is wrong? |
563 |
Rxvt-unicode will use whatever you specify as a font. If it needs to |
564 |
fall back to it's default font search list it will prefer X11 core |
565 |
fonts, because they are small and fast, and then use Xft fonts. It |
566 |
has antialiasing disabled for most of them, because the author |
567 |
thinks they look best that way. |
568 |
|
569 |
If you want antialiasing, you have to specify the fonts manually. |
570 |
|
571 |
Mouse cut/paste suddenly no longer works. |
572 |
Make sure that mouse reporting is actually turned off since killing |
573 |
some editors prematurely may leave the mouse in mouse report mode. |
574 |
I've heard that tcsh may use mouse reporting unless it otherwise |
575 |
specified. A quick check is to see if cut/paste works when the Alt |
576 |
or Shift keys are depressed. See rxvt(7) |
577 |
|
578 |
What's with this bold/blink stuff? |
579 |
If no bold colour is set via "colorBD:", bold will invert text using |
580 |
the standard foreground colour. |
581 |
|
582 |
For the standard background colour, blinking will actually make the |
583 |
text blink when compiled with "--enable-blinking". with standard |
584 |
colours. Without "--enable-blinking", the blink attribute will be |
585 |
ignored. |
586 |
|
587 |
On ANSI colours, bold/blink attributes are used to set |
588 |
high-intensity foreground/background colors. |
589 |
|
590 |
color0-7 are the low-intensity colors. |
591 |
|
592 |
color8-15 are the corresponding high-intensity colors. |
593 |
|
594 |
I don't like the screen colors. How do I change them? |
595 |
You can change the screen colors at run-time using ~/.Xdefaults |
596 |
resources (or as long-options). |
597 |
|
598 |
Here are values that are supposed to resemble a VGA screen, |
599 |
including the murky brown that passes for low-intensity yellow: |
600 |
|
601 |
URxvt.color0: #000000 |
602 |
URxvt.color1: #A80000 |
603 |
URxvt.color2: #00A800 |
604 |
URxvt.color3: #A8A800 |
605 |
URxvt.color4: #0000A8 |
606 |
URxvt.color5: #A800A8 |
607 |
URxvt.color6: #00A8A8 |
608 |
URxvt.color7: #A8A8A8 |
609 |
|
610 |
URxvt.color8: #000054 |
611 |
URxvt.color9: #FF0054 |
612 |
URxvt.color10: #00FF54 |
613 |
URxvt.color11: #FFFF54 |
614 |
URxvt.color12: #0000FF |
615 |
URxvt.color13: #FF00FF |
616 |
URxvt.color14: #00FFFF |
617 |
URxvt.color15: #FFFFFF |
618 |
|
619 |
And here is a more complete set of non-standard colors described |
620 |
(not by me) as "pretty girly". |
621 |
|
622 |
URxvt.cursorColor: #dc74d1 |
623 |
URxvt.pointerColor: #dc74d1 |
624 |
URxvt.background: #0e0e0e |
625 |
URxvt.foreground: #4ad5e1 |
626 |
URxvt.color0: #000000 |
627 |
URxvt.color8: #8b8f93 |
628 |
URxvt.color1: #dc74d1 |
629 |
URxvt.color9: #dc74d1 |
630 |
URxvt.color2: #0eb8c7 |
631 |
URxvt.color10: #0eb8c7 |
632 |
URxvt.color3: #dfe37e |
633 |
URxvt.color11: #dfe37e |
634 |
URxvt.color5: #9e88f0 |
635 |
URxvt.color13: #9e88f0 |
636 |
URxvt.color6: #73f7ff |
637 |
URxvt.color14: #73f7ff |
638 |
URxvt.color7: #e1dddd |
639 |
URxvt.color15: #e1dddd |
640 |
|
641 |
How can I start rxvtd in a race-free way? |
642 |
Try "rxvtd -f -o", which tells rxvtd to open the display, create the |
643 |
listening socket and then fork. |
644 |
|
645 |
What's with the strange Backspace/Delete key behaviour? |
646 |
Assuming that the physical Backspace key corresponds to the |
647 |
BackSpace keysym (not likely for Linux ... see the following |
648 |
question) there are two standard values that can be used for |
649 |
Backspace: "^H" and "^?". |
650 |
|
651 |
Historically, either value is correct, but rxvt-unicode adopts the |
652 |
debian policy of using "^?" when unsure, because it's the one only |
653 |
only correct choice :). |
654 |
|
655 |
Rxvt-unicode tries to inherit the current stty settings and uses the |
656 |
value of `erase' to guess the value for backspace. If rxvt-unicode |
657 |
wasn't started from a terminal (say, from a menu or by remote |
658 |
shell), then the system value of `erase', which corresponds to |
659 |
CERASE in <termios.h>, will be used (which may not be the same as |
660 |
your stty setting). |
661 |
|
662 |
For starting a new rxvt-unicode: |
663 |
|
664 |
# use Backspace = ^H |
665 |
$ stty erase ^H |
666 |
$ rxvt |
667 |
|
668 |
# use Backspace = ^? |
669 |
$ stty erase ^? |
670 |
$ rxvt |
671 |
|
672 |
Toggle with "ESC [ 36 h" / "ESC [ 36 l" as documented in rxvt(7). |
673 |
|
674 |
For an existing rxvt-unicode: |
675 |
|
676 |
# use Backspace = ^H |
677 |
$ stty erase ^H |
678 |
$ echo -n "^[[36h" |
679 |
|
680 |
# use Backspace = ^? |
681 |
$ stty erase ^? |
682 |
$ echo -n "^[[36l" |
683 |
|
684 |
This helps satisfy some of the Backspace discrepancies that occur, |
685 |
but if you use Backspace = "^H", make sure that the termcap/terminfo |
686 |
value properly reflects that. |
687 |
|
688 |
The Delete key is a another casualty of the ill-defined Backspace |
689 |
problem. To avoid confusion between the Backspace and Delete keys, |
690 |
the Delete key has been assigned an escape sequence to match the |
691 |
vt100 for Execute ("ESC [ 3 ~") and is in the supplied |
692 |
termcap/terminfo. |
693 |
|
694 |
Some other Backspace problems: |
695 |
|
696 |
some editors use termcap/terminfo, some editors (vim I'm told) |
697 |
expect Backspace = ^H, GNU Emacs (and Emacs-like editors) use ^H for |
698 |
help. |
699 |
|
700 |
Perhaps someday this will all be resolved in a consistent manner. |
701 |
|
702 |
I don't like the key-bindings. How do I change them? |
703 |
There are some compile-time selections available via configure. |
704 |
Unless you have run "configure" with the "--disable-resources" |
705 |
option you can use the `keysym' resource to alter the keystrings |
706 |
associated with keysyms. |
707 |
|
708 |
Here's an example for a URxvt session started using "rxvt -name |
709 |
URxvt" |
710 |
|
711 |
URxvt.keysym.Home: \033[1~ |
712 |
URxvt.keysym.End: \033[4~ |
713 |
URxvt.keysym.C-apostrophe: \033<C-'> |
714 |
URxvt.keysym.C-slash: \033<C-/> |
715 |
URxvt.keysym.C-semicolon: \033<C-;> |
716 |
URxvt.keysym.C-grave: \033<C-`> |
717 |
URxvt.keysym.C-comma: \033<C-,> |
718 |
URxvt.keysym.C-period: \033<C-.> |
719 |
URxvt.keysym.C-0x60: \033<C-`> |
720 |
URxvt.keysym.C-Tab: \033<C-Tab> |
721 |
URxvt.keysym.C-Return: \033<C-Return> |
722 |
URxvt.keysym.S-Return: \033<S-Return> |
723 |
URxvt.keysym.S-space: \033<S-Space> |
724 |
URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033<M-Up> |
725 |
URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033<M-Down> |
726 |
URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033<M-Left> |
727 |
URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033<M-Right> |
728 |
URxvt.keysym.M-C-0: list \033<M-C- 0123456789 > |
729 |
URxvt.keysym.M-C-a: list \033<M-C- abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz > |
730 |
URxvt.keysym.F12: command:\033]701;zh_CN.GBK\007 |
731 |
|
732 |
See some more examples in the documentation for the keysym resource. |
733 |
|
734 |
I'm using keyboard model XXX that has extra Prior/Next/Insert keys. How |
735 |
do I make use of them? For example, the Sun Keyboard type 4 has the |
736 |
following mappings that rxvt-unicode doesn't recognize. |
737 |
KP_Insert == Insert |
738 |
F22 == Print |
739 |
F27 == Home |
740 |
F29 == Prior |
741 |
F33 == End |
742 |
F35 == Next |
743 |
|
744 |
Rather than have rxvt-unicode try to accommodate all the various |
745 |
possible keyboard mappings, it is better to use `xmodmap' to remap |
746 |
the keys as required for your particular machine. |
747 |
|
748 |
How do I distinguish wether I'm running rxvt-unicode or a regular xterm? |
749 |
I need this to decide about setting colors etc. |
750 |
rxvt and rxvt-unicode always export the variable "COLORTERM", so you |
751 |
can check and see if that is set. Note that several programs, JED, |
752 |
slrn, Midnight Commander automatically check this variable to decide |
753 |
whether or not to use color. |
754 |
|
755 |
How do I set the correct, full IP address for the DISPLAY variable? |
756 |
If you've compiled rxvt-unicode with DISPLAY_IS_IP and have enabled |
757 |
insecure mode then it is possible to use the following shell script |
758 |
snippets to correctly set the display. If your version of |
759 |
rxvt-unicode wasn't also compiled with ESCZ_ANSWER (as assumed in |
760 |
these snippets) then the COLORTERM variable can be used to |
761 |
distinguish rxvt-unicode from a regular xterm. |
762 |
|
763 |
Courtesy of Chuck Blake <cblake@BBN.COM> with the following shell |
764 |
script snippets: |
765 |
|
766 |
# Bourne/Korn/POSIX family of shells: |
767 |
[ ${TERM:-foo} = foo ] && TERM=xterm # assume an xterm if we don't know |
768 |
if [ ${TERM:-foo} = xterm ]; then |
769 |
stty -icanon -echo min 0 time 15 # see if enhanced rxvt or not |
770 |
echo -n '^[Z' |
771 |
read term_id |
772 |
stty icanon echo |
773 |
if [ ""${term_id} = '^[[?1;2C' -a ${DISPLAY:-foo} = foo ]; then |
774 |
echo -n '^[[7n' # query the rxvt we are in for the DISPLAY string |
775 |
read DISPLAY # set it in our local shell |
776 |
fi |
777 |
fi |
778 |
|
779 |
How do I compile the manual pages for myself? |
780 |
You need to have a recent version of perl installed as |
781 |
/usr/bin/perl, one that comes with pod2man, pod2text and pod2html. |
782 |
Then go to the doc subdirectory and enter "make alldoc". |
783 |
|
784 |
My question isn't answered here, can I ask a human? |
785 |
Before sending me mail, you could go to IRC: "irc.freenode.net", |
786 |
channel "#rxvt-unicode" has some rxvt-unicode enthusiasts that might |
787 |
be interested in learning about new and exciting problems (but not |
788 |
FAQs :). |
789 |
|
790 |
RXVT TECHNICAL REFERENCE |
791 |
DESCRIPTION |
792 |
The rest of this document describes various technical aspects of |
793 |
rxvt-unicode. First the description of supported command sequences, |
794 |
followed by menu and pixmap support and last by a description of all |
795 |
features selectable at "configure" time. |
796 |
|
797 |
Definitions |
798 |
"c" The literal character c. |
799 |
|
800 |
"C" A single (required) character. |
801 |
|
802 |
"Ps" |
803 |
A single (usually optional) numeric parameter, composed of one or |
804 |
more digits. |
805 |
|
806 |
"Pm" |
807 |
A multiple numeric parameter composed of any number of single |
808 |
numeric parameters, separated by ";" character(s). |
809 |
|
810 |
"Pt" |
811 |
A text parameter composed of printable characters. |
812 |
|
813 |
Values |
814 |
"ENQ" |
815 |
Enquiry (Ctrl-E) = Send Device Attributes (DA) request attributes |
816 |
from terminal. See "ESC [ Ps c". |
817 |
|
818 |
"BEL" |
819 |
Bell (Ctrl-G) |
820 |
|
821 |
"BS" |
822 |
Backspace (Ctrl-H) |
823 |
|
824 |
"TAB" |
825 |
Horizontal Tab (HT) (Ctrl-I) |
826 |
|
827 |
"LF" |
828 |
Line Feed or New Line (NL) (Ctrl-J) |
829 |
|
830 |
"VT" |
831 |
Vertical Tab (Ctrl-K) same as "LF" |
832 |
|
833 |
"FF" |
834 |
Form Feed or New Page (NP) (Ctrl-L) same as "LF" |
835 |
|
836 |
"CR" |
837 |
Carriage Return (Ctrl-M) |
838 |
|
839 |
"SO" |
840 |
Shift Out (Ctrl-N), invokes the G1 character set. Switch to |
841 |
Alternate Character Set |
842 |
|
843 |
"SI" |
844 |
Shift In (Ctrl-O), invokes the G0 character set (the default). |
845 |
Switch to Standard Character Set |
846 |
|
847 |
"SPC" |
848 |
Space Character |
849 |
|
850 |
Escape Sequences |
851 |
"ESC # 8" |
852 |
DEC Screen Alignment Test (DECALN) |
853 |
|
854 |
"ESC 7" |
855 |
Save Cursor (SC) |
856 |
|
857 |
"ESC 8" |
858 |
Restore Cursor |
859 |
|
860 |
"ESC =" |
861 |
Application Keypad (SMKX). See also next sequence. |
862 |
|
863 |
"ESC" |
864 |
Normal Keypad (RMKX) |
865 |
|
866 |
Note: If the numeric keypad is activated, eg, Num_Lock has been |
867 |
pressed, numbers or control functions are generated by the numeric |
868 |
keypad (see Key Codes). |
869 |
|
870 |
"ESC D" |
871 |
Index (IND) |
872 |
|
873 |
"ESC E" |
874 |
Next Line (NEL) |
875 |
|
876 |
"ESC H" |
877 |
Tab Set (HTS) |
878 |
|
879 |
"ESC M" |
880 |
Reverse Index (RI) |
881 |
|
882 |
"ESC N" |
883 |
Single Shift Select of G2 Character Set (SS2): affects next |
884 |
character only *unimplemented* |
885 |
|
886 |
"ESC O" |
887 |
Single Shift Select of G3 Character Set (SS3): affects next |
888 |
character only *unimplemented* |
889 |
|
890 |
"ESC Z" |
891 |
Obsolete form of returns: "ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 C" *rxvt-unicode |
892 |
compile-time option* |
893 |
|
894 |
"ESC c" |
895 |
Full reset (RIS) |
896 |
|
897 |
"ESC n" |
898 |
Invoke the G2 Character Set (LS2) |
899 |
|
900 |
"ESC o" |
901 |
Invoke the G3 Character Set (LS3) |
902 |
|
903 |
"ESC ( C" |
904 |
Designate G0 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C". |
905 |
|
906 |
"ESC ) C" |
907 |
Designate G1 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C". |
908 |
|
909 |
"ESC * C" |
910 |
Designate G2 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C". |
911 |
|
912 |
"ESC + C" |
913 |
Designate G3 Character Set (ISO 2022), see below for values of "C". |
914 |
|
915 |
"ESC $ C" |
916 |
Designate Kanji Character Set |
917 |
|
918 |
Where "C" is one of: |
919 |
|
920 |
C = 0 DEC Special Character and Line Drawing Set |
921 |
C = A United Kingdom (UK) |
922 |
C = B United States (USASCII) |
923 |
C = < Multinational character set unimplemented |
924 |
C = 5 Finnish character set unimplemented |
925 |
C = C Finnish character set unimplemented |
926 |
C = K German character set unimplemented |
927 |
|
928 |
|
929 |
|
930 |
CSI (Command Sequence Introducer) Sequences |
931 |
"ESC [ Ps @" |
932 |
Insert "Ps" (Blank) Character(s) [default: 1] (ICH) |
933 |
|
934 |
"ESC [ Ps A" |
935 |
Cursor Up "Ps" Times [default: 1] (CUU) |
936 |
|
937 |
"ESC [ Ps B" |
938 |
Cursor Down "Ps" Times [default: 1] (CUD) |
939 |
|
940 |
"ESC [ Ps C" |
941 |
Cursor Forward "Ps" Times [default: 1] (CUF) |
942 |
|
943 |
"ESC [ Ps D" |
944 |
Cursor Backward "Ps" Times [default: 1] (CUB) |
945 |
|
946 |
"ESC [ Ps E" |
947 |
Cursor Down "Ps" Times [default: 1] and to first column |
948 |
|
949 |
"ESC [ Ps F" |
950 |
Cursor Up "Ps" Times [default: 1] and to first column |
951 |
|
952 |
"ESC [ Ps G" |
953 |
Cursor to Column "Ps" (HPA) |
954 |
|
955 |
"ESC [ Ps;Ps H" |
956 |
Cursor Position [row;column] [default: 1;1] (CUP) |
957 |
|
958 |
"ESC [ Ps I" |
959 |
Move forward "Ps" tab stops [default: 1] |
960 |
|
961 |
"ESC [ Ps J" |
962 |
Erase in Display (ED) |
963 |
|
964 |
Ps = 0 Clear Below (default) |
965 |
Ps = 1 Clear Above |
966 |
Ps = 2 Clear All |
967 |
|
968 |
"ESC [ Ps K" |
969 |
Erase in Line (EL) |
970 |
|
971 |
Ps = 0 Clear to Right (default) |
972 |
Ps = 1 Clear to Left |
973 |
Ps = 2 Clear All |
974 |
|
975 |
"ESC [ Ps L" |
976 |
Insert "Ps" Line(s) [default: 1] (IL) |
977 |
|
978 |
"ESC [ Ps M" |
979 |
Delete "Ps" Line(s) [default: 1] (DL) |
980 |
|
981 |
"ESC [ Ps P" |
982 |
Delete "Ps" Character(s) [default: 1] (DCH) |
983 |
|
984 |
"ESC [ Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps;Ps T" |
985 |
Initiate . *unimplemented* Parameters are |
986 |
[func;startx;starty;firstrow;lastrow]. |
987 |
|
988 |
"ESC [ Ps W" |
989 |
Tabulator functions |
990 |
|
991 |
Ps = 0 Tab Set (HTS) |
992 |
Ps = 2 Tab Clear (TBC), Clear Current Column (default) |
993 |
Ps = 5 Tab Clear (TBC), Clear All |
994 |
|
995 |
"ESC [ Ps X" |
996 |
Erase "Ps" Character(s) [default: 1] (ECH) |
997 |
|
998 |
"ESC [ Ps Z" |
999 |
Move backward "Ps" [default: 1] tab stops |
1000 |
|
1001 |
"ESC [ Ps '" |
1002 |
See "ESC [ Ps G" |
1003 |
|
1004 |
"ESC [ Ps a" |
1005 |
See "ESC [ Ps C" |
1006 |
|
1007 |
"ESC [ Ps c" |
1008 |
Send Device Attributes (DA) "Ps = 0" (or omitted): request |
1009 |
attributes from terminal returns: "ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c" (``I am a VT100 |
1010 |
with Advanced Video Option'') |
1011 |
|
1012 |
"ESC [ Ps d" |
1013 |
Cursor to Line "Ps" (VPA) |
1014 |
|
1015 |
"ESC [ Ps e" |
1016 |
See "ESC [ Ps A" |
1017 |
|
1018 |
"ESC [ Ps;Ps f" |
1019 |
Horizontal and Vertical Position [row;column] (HVP) [default: 1;1] |
1020 |
|
1021 |
"ESC [ Ps g" |
1022 |
Tab Clear (TBC) |
1023 |
|
1024 |
Ps = 0 Clear Current Column (default) |
1025 |
Ps = 3 Clear All (TBC) |
1026 |
|
1027 |
"ESC [ Pm h" |
1028 |
Set Mode (SM). See "ESC [ Pm l" sequence for description of "Pm". |
1029 |
|
1030 |
"ESC [ Ps i" |
1031 |
Printing. See also the "print-pipe" resource. |
1032 |
|
1033 |
Ps = 0 print screen (MC0) |
1034 |
Ps = 4 disable transparent print mode (MC4) |
1035 |
Ps = 5 enable transparent print mode (MC5) |
1036 |
|
1037 |
"ESC [ Pm l" |
1038 |
Reset Mode (RM) |
1039 |
|
1040 |
"Ps = 4" |
1041 |
h Insert Mode (SMIR) |
1042 |
l Replace Mode (RMIR) |
1043 |
|
1044 |
"Ps = 20" (partially implemented) |
1045 |
h Automatic Newline (LNM) |
1046 |
l Normal Linefeed (LNM) |
1047 |
|
1048 |
"ESC [ Pm m" |
1049 |
Character Attributes (SGR) |
1050 |
|
1051 |
Ps = 0 Normal (default) |
1052 |
Ps = 1 / 21 On / Off Bold (bright fg) |
1053 |
Ps = 3 / 23 On / Off Italic |
1054 |
Ps = 4 / 24 On / Off Underline |
1055 |
Ps = 5 / 25 On / Off Slow Blink (bright bg) |
1056 |
Ps = 6 / 26 On / Off Rapid Blink (bright bg) |
1057 |
Ps = 7 / 27 On / Off Inverse |
1058 |
Ps = 8 / 27 On / Off Invisible (NYI) |
1059 |
Ps = 30 / 40 fg/bg Black |
1060 |
Ps = 31 / 41 fg/bg Red |
1061 |
Ps = 32 / 42 fg/bg Green |
1062 |
Ps = 33 / 43 fg/bg Yellow |
1063 |
Ps = 34 / 44 fg/bg Blue |
1064 |
Ps = 35 / 45 fg/bg Magenta |
1065 |
Ps = 36 / 46 fg/bg Cyan |
1066 |
Ps = 38;5 / 48;5 set fg/bg to color #m (ISO 8613-6) |
1067 |
Ps = 37 / 47 fg/bg White |
1068 |
Ps = 39 / 49 fg/bg Default |
1069 |
Ps = 90 / 100 fg/bg Bright Black |
1070 |
Ps = 91 / 101 fg/bg Bright Red |
1071 |
Ps = 92 / 102 fg/bg Bright Green |
1072 |
Ps = 93 / 103 fg/bg Bright Yellow |
1073 |
Ps = 94 / 104 fg/bg Bright Blue |
1074 |
Ps = 95 / 105 fg/bg Bright Magenta |
1075 |
Ps = 96 / 106 fg/bg Bright Cyan |
1076 |
Ps = 97 / 107 fg/bg Bright White |
1077 |
Ps = 99 / 109 fg/bg Bright Default |
1078 |
|
1079 |
"ESC [ Ps n" |
1080 |
Device Status Report (DSR) |
1081 |
|
1082 |
Ps = 5 Status Report ESC [ 0 n (``OK'') |
1083 |
Ps = 6 Report Cursor Position (CPR) [row;column] as ESC [ r ; c R |
1084 |
Ps = 7 Request Display Name |
1085 |
Ps = 8 Request Version Number (place in window title) |
1086 |
|
1087 |
"ESC [ Ps;Ps r" |
1088 |
Set Scrolling Region [top;bottom] [default: full size of window] |
1089 |
(CSR) |
1090 |
|
1091 |
"ESC [ s" |
1092 |
Save Cursor (SC) |
1093 |
|
1094 |
"ESC [ Ps;Pt t" |
1095 |
Window Operations |
1096 |
|
1097 |
Ps = 1 Deiconify (map) window |
1098 |
Ps = 2 Iconify window |
1099 |
Ps = 3 ESC [ 3 ; X ; Y t Move window to (X|Y) |
1100 |
Ps = 4 ESC [ 4 ; H ; W t Resize to WxH pixels |
1101 |
Ps = 5 Raise window |
1102 |
Ps = 6 Lower window |
1103 |
Ps = 7 Refresh screen once |
1104 |
Ps = 8 ESC [ 8 ; R ; C t Resize to R rows and C columns |
1105 |
Ps = 11 Report window state (responds with Ps = 1 or Ps = 2) |
1106 |
Ps = 13 Report window position (responds with Ps = 3) |
1107 |
Ps = 14 Report window pixel size (responds with Ps = 4) |
1108 |
Ps = 18 Report window text size (responds with Ps = 7) |
1109 |
Ps = 19 Currently the same as Ps = 18, but responds with Ps = 9 |
1110 |
Ps = 20 Reports icon label (ESC ] L NAME \234) |
1111 |
Ps = 21 Reports window title (ESC ] l NAME \234) |
1112 |
Ps = 24.. Set window height to Ps rows |
1113 |
|
1114 |
"ESC [ u" |
1115 |
Restore Cursor |
1116 |
|
1117 |
"ESC [ Ps x" |
1118 |
Request Terminal Parameters (DECREQTPARM) |
1119 |
|
1120 |
|
1121 |
|
1122 |
DEC Private Modes |
1123 |
"ESC [ ? Pm h" |
1124 |
DEC Private Mode Set (DECSET) |
1125 |
|
1126 |
"ESC [ ? Pm l" |
1127 |
DEC Private Mode Reset (DECRST) |
1128 |
|
1129 |
"ESC [ ? Pm r" |
1130 |
Restore previously saved DEC Private Mode Values. |
1131 |
|
1132 |
"ESC [ ? Pm s" |
1133 |
Save DEC Private Mode Values. |
1134 |
|
1135 |
"ESC [ ? Pm t" |
1136 |
Toggle DEC Private Mode Values (rxvt extension). *where* |
1137 |
|
1138 |
"Ps = 1" (DECCKM) |
1139 |
h Application Cursor Keys |
1140 |
l Normal Cursor Keys |
1141 |
|
1142 |
"Ps = 2" (ANSI/VT52 mode) |
1143 |
h Enter VT52 mode |
1144 |
l Enter VT52 mode |
1145 |
|
1146 |
"Ps = 3" |
1147 |
h 132 Column Mode (DECCOLM) |
1148 |
l 80 Column Mode (DECCOLM) |
1149 |
|
1150 |
"Ps = 4" |
1151 |
h Smooth (Slow) Scroll (DECSCLM) |
1152 |
l Jump (Fast) Scroll (DECSCLM) |
1153 |
|
1154 |
"Ps = 5" |
1155 |
h Reverse Video (DECSCNM) |
1156 |
l Normal Video (DECSCNM) |
1157 |
|
1158 |
"Ps = 6" |
1159 |
h Origin Mode (DECOM) |
1160 |
l Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM) |
1161 |
|
1162 |
"Ps = 7" |
1163 |
h Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) |
1164 |
l No Wraparound Mode (DECAWM) |
1165 |
|
1166 |
"Ps = 8" *unimplemented* |
1167 |
h Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) |
1168 |
l No Auto-repeat Keys (DECARM) |
1169 |
|
1170 |
"Ps = 9" X10 XTerm |
1171 |
h Send Mouse X & Y on button press. |
1172 |
l No mouse reporting. |
1173 |
|
1174 |
"Ps = 10" (rxvt) |
1175 |
h menuBar visible |
1176 |
l menuBar invisible |
1177 |
|
1178 |
"Ps = 25" |
1179 |
h Visible cursor {cnorm/cvvis} |
1180 |
l Invisible cursor {civis} |
1181 |
|
1182 |
"Ps = 30" |
1183 |
h scrollBar visisble |
1184 |
l scrollBar invisisble |
1185 |
|
1186 |
"Ps = 35" (rxvt) |
1187 |
h Allow XTerm Shift+key sequences |
1188 |
l Disallow XTerm Shift+key sequences |
1189 |
|
1190 |
"Ps = 38" *unimplemented* |
1191 |
Enter Tektronix Mode (DECTEK) |
1192 |
|
1193 |
"Ps = 40" |
1194 |
h Allow 80/132 Mode |
1195 |
l Disallow 80/132 Mode |
1196 |
|
1197 |
"Ps = 44" *unimplemented* |
1198 |
h Turn On Margin Bell |
1199 |
l Turn Off Margin Bell |
1200 |
|
1201 |
"Ps = 45" *unimplemented* |
1202 |
h Reverse-wraparound Mode |
1203 |
l No Reverse-wraparound Mode |
1204 |
|
1205 |
"Ps = 46" *unimplemented* |
1206 |
"Ps = 47" |
1207 |
h Use Alternate Screen Buffer |
1208 |
l Use Normal Screen Buffer |
1209 |
|
1210 |
|
1211 |
|
1212 |
"Ps = 66" |
1213 |
h Application Keypad (DECPAM) == ESC = |
1214 |
l Normal Keypad (DECPNM) == ESC > |
1215 |
|
1216 |
"Ps = 67" |
1217 |
h Backspace key sends BS (DECBKM) |
1218 |
l Backspace key sends DEL |
1219 |
|
1220 |
"Ps = 1000" (X11 XTerm) |
1221 |
h Send Mouse X & Y on button press and release. |
1222 |
l No mouse reporting. |
1223 |
|
1224 |
"Ps = 1001" (X11 XTerm) *unimplemented* |
1225 |
h Use Hilite Mouse Tracking. |
1226 |
l No mouse reporting. |
1227 |
|
1228 |
"Ps = 1010" (rxvt) |
1229 |
h Don't scroll to bottom on TTY output |
1230 |
l Scroll to bottom on TTY output |
1231 |
|
1232 |
"Ps = 1011" (rxvt) |
1233 |
h Scroll to bottom when a key is pressed |
1234 |
l Don't scroll to bottom when a key is pressed |
1235 |
|
1236 |
"Ps = 1021" (rxvt) |
1237 |
h Bold/italic implies high intensity (see option -is) |
1238 |
l Font styles have no effect on intensity (Compile styles) |
1239 |
|
1240 |
"Ps = 1047" |
1241 |
h Use Alternate Screen Buffer |
1242 |
l Use Normal Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if returning from it |
1243 |
|
1244 |
"Ps = 1048" |
1245 |
h Save cursor position |
1246 |
l Restore cursor position |
1247 |
|
1248 |
"Ps = 1049" |
1249 |
h Use Alternate Screen Buffer - clear Alternate Screen Buffer if switching to it |
1250 |
l Use Normal Screen Buffer |
1251 |
|
1252 |
|
1253 |
|
1254 |
XTerm Operating System Commands |
1255 |
"ESC ] Ps;Pt ST" |
1256 |
Set XTerm Parameters. 8-bit ST: 0x9c, 7-bit ST sequence: ESC \ |
1257 |
(0x1b, 0x5c), backwards compatible terminator BEL (0x07) is also |
1258 |
accepted. any octet can be escaped by prefixing it with SYN (0x16, |
1259 |
^V). |
1260 |
|
1261 |
Ps = 0 Change Icon Name and Window Title to Pt |
1262 |
Ps = 1 Change Icon Name to Pt |
1263 |
Ps = 2 Change Window Title to Pt |
1264 |
Ps = 3 If Pt starts with a ?, query the (STRING) property of the window and return it. If Pt contains a =, set the named property to the given value, else delete the specified property. |
1265 |
Ps = 4 Pt is a semi-colon separated sequence of one or more semi-colon separated number/name pairs, where number is an index to a colour and name is the name of a colour. Each pair causes the numbered colour to be changed to name. Numbers 0-7 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to high-intensity colours. 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white |
1266 |
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) |
1268 |
Ps = 12 Change colour of text cursor foreground to Pt |
1269 |
Ps = 13 Change colour of mouse foreground to Pt |
1270 |
Ps = 17 Change colour of highlight characters to Pt |
1271 |
Ps = 18 Change colour of bold characters to Pt |
1272 |
Ps = 19 Change colour of underlined characters to Pt |
1273 |
Ps = 20 Change default background to Pt |
1274 |
Ps = 39 Change default foreground colour to Pt. |
1275 |
Ps = 46 Change Log File to Pt unimplemented |
1276 |
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 |
1278 |
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). |
1280 |
Ps = 703 Menubar command Pt (Compile menubar). |
1281 |
Ps = 704 Change colour of italic characters to Pt |
1282 |
Ps = 705 Change background pixmap tint colour to Pt (Compile transparency). |
1283 |
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). |
1285 |
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). |
1287 |
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). |
1289 |
|
1290 |
|
1291 |
|
1292 |
menuBar |
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 |
|
1620 |
XPM |
1621 |
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 |
1623 |
scaling/positioning commands separated by semi-colons. The |
1624 |
scaling/positioning commands are as follows: |
1625 |
|
1626 |
query scale/position |
1627 |
? |
1628 |
|
1629 |
change scale and position |
1630 |
WxH+X+Y |
1631 |
|
1632 |
WxH+X (== WxH+X+X) |
1633 |
|
1634 |
WxH (same as WxH+50+50) |
1635 |
|
1636 |
W+X+Y (same as WxW+X+Y) |
1637 |
|
1638 |
W+X (same as WxW+X+X) |
1639 |
|
1640 |
W (same as WxW+50+50) |
1641 |
|
1642 |
change position (absolute) |
1643 |
=+X+Y |
1644 |
|
1645 |
=+X (same as =+X+Y) |
1646 |
|
1647 |
change position (relative) |
1648 |
+X+Y |
1649 |
|
1650 |
+X (same as +X+Y) |
1651 |
|
1652 |
rescale (relative) |
1653 |
Wx0 -> W *= (W/100) |
1654 |
|
1655 |
0xH -> H *= (H/100) |
1656 |
|
1657 |
For example: |
1658 |
|
1659 |
\E]20;funky\a |
1660 |
load funky.xpm as a tiled image |
1661 |
|
1662 |
\E]20;mona;100\a |
1663 |
load mona.xpm with a scaling of 100% |
1664 |
|
1665 |
\E]20;;200;?\a |
1666 |
rescale the current pixmap to 200% and display the image geometry in |
1667 |
the title |
1668 |
|
1669 |
Mouse Reporting |
1670 |
"ESC [ M <b> <x> <y>" |
1671 |
report mouse position |
1672 |
|
1673 |
The lower 2 bits of "<b>" indicate the button: |
1674 |
|
1675 |
Button = "(<b> - SPACE) & 3" |
1676 |
0 Button1 pressed |
1677 |
1 Button2 pressed |
1678 |
2 Button3 pressed |
1679 |
3 button released (X11 mouse report) |
1680 |
|
1681 |
The upper bits of "<b>" indicate the modifiers when the button was |
1682 |
pressed and are added together (X11 mouse report only): |
1683 |
|
1684 |
State = "(<b> - SPACE) & 60" |
1685 |
4 Shift |
1686 |
8 Meta |
1687 |
16 Control |
1688 |
32 Double Click (Rxvt extension) |
1689 |
|
1690 |
Col = "<x> - SPACE" |
1691 |
|
1692 |
Row = "<y> - SPACE" |
1693 |
|
1694 |
Key Codes |
1695 |
Note: Shift + F1-F10 generates F11-F20 |
1696 |
|
1697 |
For the keypad, use Shift to temporarily override Application-Keypad |
1698 |
setting use Num_Lock to toggle Application-Keypad setting if Num_Lock is |
1699 |
off, toggle Application-Keypad setting. Also note that values of Home, |
1700 |
End, Delete may have been compiled differently on your system. |
1701 |
|
1702 |
Normal Shift Control Ctrl+Shift |
1703 |
Tab ^I ESC [ Z ^I ESC [ Z |
1704 |
BackSpace ^H ^? ^? ^? |
1705 |
Find ESC [ 1 ~ ESC [ 1 $ ESC [ 1 ^ ESC [ 1 @ |
1706 |
Insert ESC [ 2 ~ paste ESC [ 2 ^ ESC [ 2 @ |
1707 |
Execute ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @ |
1708 |
Select ESC [ 4 ~ ESC [ 4 $ ESC [ 4 ^ ESC [ 4 @ |
1709 |
Prior ESC [ 5 ~ scroll-up ESC [ 5 ^ ESC [ 5 @ |
1710 |
Next ESC [ 6 ~ scroll-down ESC [ 6 ^ ESC [ 6 @ |
1711 |
Home ESC [ 7 ~ ESC [ 7 $ ESC [ 7 ^ ESC [ 7 @ |
1712 |
End ESC [ 8 ~ ESC [ 8 $ ESC [ 8 ^ ESC [ 8 @ |
1713 |
Delete ESC [ 3 ~ ESC [ 3 $ ESC [ 3 ^ ESC [ 3 @ |
1714 |
F1 ESC [ 11 ~ ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 11 ^ ESC [ 23 ^ |
1715 |
F2 ESC [ 12 ~ ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 12 ^ ESC [ 24 ^ |
1716 |
F3 ESC [ 13 ~ ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 13 ^ ESC [ 25 ^ |
1717 |
F4 ESC [ 14 ~ ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 14 ^ ESC [ 26 ^ |
1718 |
F5 ESC [ 15 ~ ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 15 ^ ESC [ 28 ^ |
1719 |
F6 ESC [ 17 ~ ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 17 ^ ESC [ 29 ^ |
1720 |
F7 ESC [ 18 ~ ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 18 ^ ESC [ 31 ^ |
1721 |
F8 ESC [ 19 ~ ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 19 ^ ESC [ 32 ^ |
1722 |
F9 ESC [ 20 ~ ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 20 ^ ESC [ 33 ^ |
1723 |
F10 ESC [ 21 ~ ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 21 ^ ESC [ 34 ^ |
1724 |
F11 ESC [ 23 ~ ESC [ 23 $ ESC [ 23 ^ ESC [ 23 @ |
1725 |
F12 ESC [ 24 ~ ESC [ 24 $ ESC [ 24 ^ ESC [ 24 @ |
1726 |
F13 ESC [ 25 ~ ESC [ 25 $ ESC [ 25 ^ ESC [ 25 @ |
1727 |
F14 ESC [ 26 ~ ESC [ 26 $ ESC [ 26 ^ ESC [ 26 @ |
1728 |
F15 (Help) ESC [ 28 ~ ESC [ 28 $ ESC [ 28 ^ ESC [ 28 @ |
1729 |
F16 (Menu) ESC [ 29 ~ ESC [ 29 $ ESC [ 29 ^ ESC [ 29 @ |
1730 |
F17 ESC [ 31 ~ ESC [ 31 $ ESC [ 31 ^ ESC [ 31 @ |
1731 |
F18 ESC [ 32 ~ ESC [ 32 $ ESC [ 32 ^ ESC [ 32 @ |
1732 |
F19 ESC [ 33 ~ ESC [ 33 $ ESC [ 33 ^ ESC [ 33 @ |
1733 |
F20 ESC [ 34 ~ ESC [ 34 $ ESC [ 34 ^ ESC [ 34 @ |
1734 |
Application |
1735 |
Up ESC [ A ESC [ a ESC O a ESC O A |
1736 |
Down ESC [ B ESC [ b ESC O b ESC O B |
1737 |
Right ESC [ C ESC [ c ESC O c ESC O C |
1738 |
Left ESC [ D ESC [ d ESC O d ESC O D |
1739 |
KP_Enter ^M ESC O M |
1740 |
KP_F1 ESC O P ESC O P |
1741 |
KP_F2 ESC O Q ESC O Q |
1742 |
KP_F3 ESC O R ESC O R |
1743 |
KP_F4 ESC O S ESC O S |
1744 |
XK_KP_Multiply * ESC O j |
1745 |
XK_KP_Add + ESC O k |
1746 |
XK_KP_Separator , ESC O l |
1747 |
XK_KP_Subtract - ESC O m |
1748 |
XK_KP_Decimal . ESC O n |
1749 |
XK_KP_Divide / ESC O o |
1750 |
XK_KP_0 0 ESC O p |
1751 |
XK_KP_1 1 ESC O q |
1752 |
XK_KP_2 2 ESC O r |
1753 |
XK_KP_3 3 ESC O s |
1754 |
XK_KP_4 4 ESC O t |
1755 |
XK_KP_5 5 ESC O u |
1756 |
XK_KP_6 6 ESC O v |
1757 |
XK_KP_7 7 ESC O w |
1758 |
XK_KP_8 8 ESC O x |
1759 |
XK_KP_9 9 ESC O y |
1760 |
|
1761 |
CONFIGURE OPTIONS |
1762 |
General hint: if you get compile errors, then likely your configuration |
1763 |
hasn't been tested well. Either try with "--enable-everything" or use |
1764 |
the ./reconf script as a base for experiments. ./reconf is used by |
1765 |
myself, so it should generally be a working config. Of course, you |
1766 |
should always report when a combination doesn't work, so it can be |
1767 |
fixed. Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de>. |
1768 |
|
1769 |
All |
1770 |
|
1771 |
--enable-everything |
1772 |
Add (or remove) support for all non-multichoice options listed in |
1773 |
"./configure --help". |
1774 |
|
1775 |
You can specify this and then disable options you do not like by |
1776 |
*following* this with the appropriate "--disable-..." arguments, or |
1777 |
you can start with a minimal configuration by specifying |
1778 |
"--disable-everything" and than adding just the "--enable-..." |
1779 |
arguments you want. |
1780 |
|
1781 |
--enable-xft (default: enabled) |
1782 |
Add support for Xft (anti-aliases, among others) fonts. Xft fonts |
1783 |
are slower and require lots of memory, but as long as you don't use |
1784 |
them, you don't pay for them. |
1785 |
|
1786 |
--enable-font-styles (default: on) |
1787 |
Add support for bold, *italic* and *bold italic* font styles. The |
1788 |
fonts can be set manually or automatically. |
1789 |
|
1790 |
--with-codesets=NAME,... (default: all) |
1791 |
Compile in support for additional codeset (encoding) groups ("eu", |
1792 |
"vn" are always compiled in, which includes most 8-bit character |
1793 |
sets). These codeset tables are used for driving X11 core fonts, |
1794 |
they are not required for Xft fonts, although having them compiled |
1795 |
in lets rxvt-unicode choose replacement fonts more intelligently. |
1796 |
Compiling them in will make your binary bigger (all of together cost |
1797 |
about 700kB), but it doesn't increase memory usage unless you use a |
1798 |
font requiring one of these encodings. |
1799 |
|
1800 |
all all available codeset groups |
1801 |
zh common chinese encodings |
1802 |
zh_ext rarely used but very big chinese encodigs |
1803 |
jp common japanese encodings |
1804 |
jp_ext rarely used but big japanese encodings |
1805 |
kr korean encodings |
1806 |
|
1807 |
--enable-xim (default: on) |
1808 |
Add support for XIM (X Input Method) protocol. This allows using |
1809 |
alternative input methods (e.g. kinput2) and will also correctly set |
1810 |
up the input for people using dead keys or compose keys. |
1811 |
|
1812 |
--enable-unicode3 (default: off) |
1813 |
Enable direct support for displaying unicode codepoints above 65535 |
1814 |
(the basic multilingual page). This increases storage requirements |
1815 |
per character from 2 to 4 bytes. X11 fonts do not yet support these |
1816 |
extra characters, but Xft does. |
1817 |
|
1818 |
Please note that rxvt-unicode can store unicode code points >65535 |
1819 |
even without this flag, but the number of such characters is limited |
1820 |
to a view thousand (shared with combining characters, see next |
1821 |
switch), and right now rxvt-unicode cannot display them |
1822 |
(input/output and cut&paste still work, though). |
1823 |
|
1824 |
--enable-combining (default: on) |
1825 |
Enable automatic composition of combining characters into composite |
1826 |
characters. This is required for proper viewing of text where |
1827 |
accents are encoded as seperate unicode characters. This is done by |
1828 |
using precomposited characters when available or creating new |
1829 |
pseudo-characters when no precomposed form exists. |
1830 |
|
1831 |
Without --enable-unicode3, the number of additional precomposed |
1832 |
characters is rather limited (2048, if this is full, rxvt-unicode |
1833 |
will use the private use area, extending the number of combinations |
1834 |
to 8448). With --enable-unicode3, no practical limit exists. |
1835 |
|
1836 |
This option will also enable storage (but not display) of characters |
1837 |
beyond plane 0 (>65535) when --enable-unicode3 was not specified. |
1838 |
|
1839 |
The combining table also contains entries for arabic presentation |
1840 |
forms, but these are not currently used. Bug me if you want these to |
1841 |
be used (and tell me how these are to be used...). |
1842 |
|
1843 |
--enable-fallback(=CLASS) (default: Rxvt) |
1844 |
When reading resource settings, also read settings for class CLASS. |
1845 |
To disable resource fallback use --disable-fallback. |
1846 |
|
1847 |
--with-res-name=NAME (default: urxvt) |
1848 |
Use the given name as default application name when reading |
1849 |
resources. Specify --with-res-name=rxvt to replace rxvt. |
1850 |
|
1851 |
--with-res-class=CLASS /default: URxvt) |
1852 |
Use the given class as default application class when reading |
1853 |
resources. Specify --with-res-class=Rxvt to replace rxvt. |
1854 |
|
1855 |
--enable-utmp (default: on) |
1856 |
Write user and tty to utmp file (used by programs like w) at start |
1857 |
of rxvt execution and delete information when rxvt exits. |
1858 |
|
1859 |
--enable-wtmp (default: on) |
1860 |
Write user and tty to wtmp file (used by programs like last) at |
1861 |
start of rxvt execution and write logout when rxvt exits. This |
1862 |
option requires --enable-utmp to also be specified. |
1863 |
|
1864 |
--enable-lastlog (default: on) |
1865 |
Write user and tty to lastlog file (used by programs like lastlogin) |
1866 |
at start of rxvt execution. This option requires --enable-utmp to |
1867 |
also be specified. |
1868 |
|
1869 |
--enable-xpm-background (default: off) |
1870 |
Add support for XPM background pixmaps. |
1871 |
|
1872 |
--enable-transparency (default: off) |
1873 |
Add support for inheriting parent backgrounds thus giving a fake |
1874 |
transparency to the term. |
1875 |
|
1876 |
--enable-fading (default: on) |
1877 |
Add support for fading the text when focus is lost (requires |
1878 |
"--enable-transparency"). |
1879 |
|
1880 |
--enable-tinting (default: on) |
1881 |
Add support for tinting of transparent backgrounds (requires |
1882 |
"--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 |
|
1888 |
--enable-rxvt-scroll (default: on) |
1889 |
Add support for the original rxvt scrollbar. |
1890 |
|
1891 |
--enable-next-scroll (default: on) |
1892 |
Add support for a NeXT-like scrollbar. |
1893 |
|
1894 |
--enable-xterm-scroll (default: on) |
1895 |
Add support for an Xterm-like scrollbar. |
1896 |
|
1897 |
--enable-plain-scroll (default: on) |
1898 |
Add support for a very unobtrusive, plain-looking scrollbar that is |
1899 |
the favourite of the rxvt-unicode author, having used it for many |
1900 |
years. |
1901 |
|
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) |
1907 |
Change tty device setting to group "tty" - only use this if your |
1908 |
system uses this type of security. |
1909 |
|
1910 |
--disable-backspace-key |
1911 |
Removes any handling of the backspace key by us - let the X server |
1912 |
do it. |
1913 |
|
1914 |
--disable-delete-key |
1915 |
Removes any handling of the delete key by us - let the X server do |
1916 |
it. |
1917 |
|
1918 |
--disable-resources |
1919 |
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 |
|
1937 |
--disable-swapscreen |
1938 |
Remove support for secondary/swap screen. |
1939 |
|
1940 |
--enable-frills (default: on) |
1941 |
Add support for many small features that are not essential but nice |
1942 |
to have. Normally you want this, but for very small binaries you may |
1943 |
want to disable this. |
1944 |
|
1945 |
A non-exhaustive list of features enabled by "--enable-frills" |
1946 |
(possibly in combination with other switches) is: |
1947 |
|
1948 |
MWM-hints |
1949 |
EWMH-hints (pid, utf8 names) and protocols (ping) |
1950 |
seperate underline colour |
1951 |
settable border widths and borderless switch |
1952 |
settable extra linespacing |
1953 |
iso-14755-2 and -3, and visual feedback |
1954 |
backindex and forwardindex escape sequence |
1955 |
window op and some xterm/OSC escape sequences |
1956 |
tripleclickwords |
1957 |
settable insecure mode |
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keysym remapping support |
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cursor blinking and underline cursor |
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-embed, -pty-fd and -hold options |
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--enable-iso14755 (default: on) |
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Enable extended ISO 14755 support (see rxvt(1), or doc/rxvt.1.txt). |
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Basic support (section 5.1) is enabled by "--enable-frills", while |
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support for 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 is enabled with this switch. |
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|
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--enable-keepscrolling (default: on) |
1968 |
Add support for continual scrolling of the display when you hold the |
1969 |
mouse button down on a scrollbar arrow. |
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|
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--enable-mousewheel (default: on) |
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Add support for scrolling via mouse wheel or buttons 4 & 5. |
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|
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--enable-slipwheeling (default: on) |
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Add support for continual scrolling (using the mouse wheel as an |
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accelerator) while the control key is held down. This option |
1977 |
requires --enable-mousewheel to also be specified. |
1978 |
|
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--disable-new-selection |
1980 |
Remove support for mouse selection style like that of xterm. |
1981 |
|
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--enable-dmalloc (default: off) |
1983 |
Use Gray Watson's malloc - which is good for debugging See |
1984 |
http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/ for details If you use either this |
1985 |
or the next option, you may need to edit src/Makefile after |
1986 |
compiling to point DINCLUDE and DLIB to the right places. |
1987 |
|
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You can only use either this option and the following (should you |
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use either) . |
1990 |
|
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--enable-dlmalloc (default: off) |
1992 |
Use Doug Lea's malloc - which is good for a production version See |
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<http://g.oswego.edu/dl/html/malloc.html> for details. |
1994 |
|
1995 |
--enable-smart-resize (default: on) |
1996 |
Add smart growth/shrink behaviour when changing font size via hot |
1997 |
keys. This should keep the window corner which is closest to a |
1998 |
corner of the screen in a fixed position. |
1999 |
|
2000 |
--enable-pointer-blank (default: on) |
2001 |
Add support to have the pointer disappear when typing or inactive. |
2002 |
|
2003 |
--enable-perl (default: off) |
2004 |
Enable an embedded perl interpreter. See the rxvtperl(3) manpage |
2005 |
(doc/rxvtperl.txt) for more info on this feature, or the files in |
2006 |
src/perl-ext/ for the extensions that are installed by default. |
2007 |
|
2008 |
--with-name=NAME (default: urxvt) |
2009 |
Set the basename for the installed binaries, resulting in "urxvt", |
2010 |
"urxvtd" etc.). Specify "--with-name=rxvt" to replace with "rxvt". |
2011 |
|
2012 |
--with-term=NAME (default: rxvt-unicode) |
2013 |
Change the environmental variable for the terminal to NAME. |
2014 |
|
2015 |
--with-terminfo=PATH |
2016 |
Change the environmental variable for the path to the terminfo tree |
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to PATH. |
2018 |
|
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--with-x |
2020 |
Use the X Window System (pretty much default, eh?). |
2021 |
|
2022 |
--with-xpm-includes=DIR |
2023 |
Look for the XPM includes in DIR. |
2024 |
|
2025 |
--with-xpm-library=DIR |
2026 |
Look for the XPM library in DIR. |
2027 |
|
2028 |
--with-xpm |
2029 |
Not needed - define via --enable-xpm-background. |
2030 |
|
2031 |
AUTHORS |
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Marc Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp.de> converted this document to pod and |
2033 |
reworked it from the original Rxvt documentation, which was done by |
2034 |
Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox.com>, who in turn used the XTerm documentation and |
2035 |
other sources. |
2036 |
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