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1 .TH "RXVT" "1" "2004-03-28" "X Version 11" "X Tools"
2 .SH "NAME"
3 rxvt-unicode (ouR XVT, unicode) \- a VT102 emulator for the X window system
4 .PP
5 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
6 .PP
7 \fBrxvt\fP [options] [-e command [ args ]]
8 .PP
9 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
10 .PP
11 \fBrxvt-unicode\fP, version \fB2\&.5\fP, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator
12 intended as an \fIxterm\fP(1) replacement for users who do not require
13 features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style configurability\&.
14 As a result, \fBrxvt-unicode\fP uses much less swap space -- a significant
15 advantage on a machine serving many X sessions\&.
16 .PP
17 .PP
18 .SH "OPTIONS"
19 .PP
20 The \fBrxvt\fP options (mostly a subset of \fIxterm\fP\&'s) are listed below\&.
21 In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be eliminated
22 or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and defaults listed
23 may not accurately reflect the version installed on your system\&.
24 `rxvt -h\&' gives a list of major compile-time options on the \fIOptions\fP line\&.
25 Option descriptions may be prefixed with which compile option each is
26 dependent upon\&. e\&.g\&. `Compile \fIXIM\fP:\&' requires \fIXIM\fP on the \fIOptions\fP
27 line\&. Note: `rxvt -help\&' gives a list of all command-line options compiled
28 into your version\&.
29 .PP
30 Note that \fBrxvt\fP permits the resource name to be used as a long-option
31 (--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are far greater than
32 those listed\&.
33 For example: `rxvt --loginShell --color1 Orange\&'\&.
34 .PP
35 The following options are available:
36 .PP
37 .IP "\fB-help\fP, \fB--help\fP"
38 Print out a message describing available options\&.
39 .IP "\fB-display\fP \fIdisplayname\fP"
40 Attempt to open a window on the named X display (\fB-d\fP still
41 respected)\&. In the absence of this option, the display specified
42 by the \fBDISPLAY\fP environment variable is used\&.
43 .IP "\fB-geometry\fP \fIgeom\fP"
44 Window geometry (\fB-g\fP still respected);
45 resource \fBgeometry\fP\&.
46 .IP "\fB-rv\fP|\fB+rv\fP"
47 Turn on/off simulated reverse video;
48 resource \fBreverseVideo\fP\&.
49 .IP "\fB-j\fP|\fB+j\fP"
50 Turn on/off jump scrolling;
51 resource \fBjumpScroll\fP\&.
52 .IP "\fB-ip\fP|\fB+ip\fP"
53 Turn on/off inheriting parent window\&'s pixmap\&. Alternative form
54 is \fB-tr\fP;
55 resource \fBinheritPixmap\fP\&.
56 .IP "\fB-bg\fP \fIcolour\fP"
57 Window background colour;
58 resource \fBbackground\fP\&.
59 .IP "\fB-fg\fP \fIcolour\fP"
60 Window foreground colour;
61 resource \fBforeground\fP\&.
62 .IP "\fB-pixmap:\fP \fIfile[;geom]\fP"
63 Compile \fIXPM\fP: Specify XPM file for the background and also
64 optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string\&. Note you
65 may need to add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of
66 the `;\&' in the command-line;
67 resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fP\&.
68 .IP "\fB-cr\fP \fIcolour\fP"
69 The cursor colour;
70 resource \fBcursorColor\fP\&.
71 .IP "\fB-pr\fP \fIcolour\fP"
72 The mouse pointer colour;
73 resource \fBpointerColor\fP\&.
74 .IP "\fB-bd\fP \fIcolour\fP"
75 The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text;
76 resource \fBborderColor\fP\&.
77 .IP "\fB-fn\fP \fIfontname\fP"
78 Select the fonts to be used used\&. This is a comma seperated
79 list of font names that are used in turn when trying to display
80 unicode characters\&. The first font defines the cell size for characters,
81 other fonts might be smaller, but not larger\&. A reasonable default font list
82 is always appended to it\&.
83 resource \fBfont\fP\&.
84 .IP "\fB-name\fP \fIname\fP"
85 Specify the application name under which resources
86 are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name\&.
87 Name should not contain `\&.\&' or `*\&' characters\&.
88 Also sets the icon and title name\&.
89 .IP "\fB-ls\fP|\fB+ls\fP"
90 Start as a login-shell/sub-shell;
91 resource \fBloginShell\fP\&.
92 .IP "\fB-ut\fP|\fB+ut\fP"
93 Compile \fIutmp\fP: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry;
94 resource \fButmpInhibit\fP\&.
95 .IP "\fB-vb\fP|\fB+vb\fP"
96 Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character;
97 resource \fBvisualBell\fP\&.
98 .IP "\fB-sb\fP|\fB+sb\fP"
99 Turn on/off scrollbar;
100 resource \fBscrollBar\fP\&.
101 .IP "\fB-si\fP|\fB+si\fP"
102 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit;
103 resource \fBscrollTtyOutput\fP has opposite effect\&.
104 .IP "\fB-sk\fP|\fB+sk\fP"
105 Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress;
106 resource \fBscrollTtyKeypress\fP\&.
107 .IP "\fB-sw\fP|\fB+sw\fP"
108 Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new
109 lines appear\&. This only takes effect if \fB-si\fP is also given;
110 resource \fBscrollWithBuffer\fP\&.
111 .IP "\fB-sr\fP|\fB+sr\fP"
112 Put scrollbar on right/left;
113 resource \fBscrollBar_right\fP\&.
114 .IP "\fB-st\fP|\fB+st\fP"
115 Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough;
116 resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fP\&.
117 .IP "\fB-bc\fP|\fB+bc\fP"
118 Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fP\&.
119 .IP "\fB-iconic\fP"
120 Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option\&.
121 Alternative form is \fB-ic\fP\&.
122 .IP "\fB-sl\fP \fInumber\fP"
123 Save \fInumber\fP lines in the scrollback buffer\&. See resource entry
124 for limits;
125 resource \fBsaveLines\fP\&.
126 .IP "\fB-b\fP \fInumber\fP"
127 Compile \fIfrills\fP: Internal border of \fInumber\fP pixels\&. See
128 resource entry for limits;
129 resource \fBinternalBorder\fP\&.
130 .IP "\fB-w\fP \fInumber\fP"
131 Compile \fIfrills\fP: External border of \fInumber\fP pixels\&.
132 Also, \fB-bw\fP and \fB-borderwidth\fP\&. See resource entry for limits;
133 resource \fBexternalBorder\fP\&.
134 .IP "\fB-lsp\fP \fInumber\fP"
135 Compile \fIlinespace\fP: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each
136 row of the display;
137 resource \fBlinespace\fP\&.
138 .IP "\fB-tn\fP \fItermname\fP"
139 This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the
140 \fBTERM\fP environment variable\&. This terminal type must exist in the
141 \fItermcap(5)\fP database and should have \fIli#\fP and \fIco#\fP entries;
142 resource \fBtermName\fP\&.
143 .IP "\fB-e\fP \fIcommand [arguments]\fP"
144 Run the command with its command-line arguments in the \fBrxvt\fP
145 window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename
146 of the program being executed if neither \fI-title\fP (\fI-T\fP) nor
147 \fI-n\fP are given on the command line\&. If this option is used, it
148 must be the last on the command-line\&. If there is no \fB-e\fP option
149 then the default is to run the program specified by the \fBSHELL\fP
150 environment variable or, failing that, \fIsh(1)\fP\&.
151 .IP "\fB-title\fP \fItext\fP"
152 Window title (\fB-T\fP still respected); the default title is the
153 basename of the program specified after the \fB-e\fP option, if
154 any, otherwise the application name;
155 resource \fBtitle\fP\&.
156 .IP "\fB-n\fP \fItext\fP"
157 Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified
158 after the \fB-e\fP option, if any, otherwise the application name;
159 resource \fBiconName\fP\&.
160 .IP "\fB-C\fP"
161 Capture system console messages\&.
162 .IP "\fB-pt\fP \fIstyle\fP"
163 Compile \fIXIM\fP: input style for input method;
164 \fBOverTheSpot\fP, \fBOffTheSpot\fP, \fBRoot\fP;
165 resource \fBpreeditType\fP\&.
166 .IP "\fB-im\fP \fItext\fP"
167 Compile \fIXIM\fP: input method name\&.
168 resource \fBinputMethod\fP\&.
169 .IP "\fB-imlocale\fP \fIstring\fP"
170 The locale to use for opening the IM\&. You can use an LC_CTYPE
171 of e\&.g\&. de_DE\&.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP\&.EUC-JP
172 for the input extension to be able to input japanese characters
173 while staying in another locale\&.
174 .IP "\fB-insecure\fP"
175 Enable "insecure" mode, which currently enables most of the escape
176 sequences that echo strings\&. See the resource \fBinsecure\fP for
177 more info\&.
178 .IP "\fB-mod\fP \fImodifier\fP"
179 Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key:
180 \fBalt\fP, \fBmeta\fP, \fBhyper\fP, \fBsuper\fP, \fBmod1\fP, \fBmod2\fP, \fBmod3\fP,
181 \fBmod4\fP, \fBmod5\fP;
182 resource \fImodifier\fP\&.
183 .IP "\fB-xrm\fP \fIresourcestring\fP"
184 No effect on rxvt\&. Simply passes through an argument to be made
185 available in the instance\&'s argument list\&. Appears in \fIWM_COMMAND\fP
186 in some window managers\&.
187 .SH "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)"
188 .PP
189 Note: `rxvt --help\&' gives a list of all resources (long options) compiled
190 into your version\&.
191 If compiled with internal Xresources support (i\&.e\&. \fBrxvt -h\fP lists
192 \fB\&.Xdefaults\fP) then \fBrxvt\fP accepts application defaults set in
193 XAPPLOADDIR/Rxvt (compile-time defined: usually
194 \fB/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt\fP) and resources set in \fB~/\&.Xdefaults\fP,
195 or \fB~/\&.Xresources\fP if \fB~/\&.Xdefaults\fP does not exist\&. Note that when
196 reading X resources, \fBrxvt\fP recognizes two class names: \fBXTerm\fP and
197 \fBRxvt\fP\&. The class name \fBXTerm\fP allows resources common to both
198 \fBrxvt\fP and \fIxterm\fP to be easily configured, while the class name
199 \fBRxvt\fP allows resources unique to \fBrxvt\fP, notably colours and
200 key-handling, to be shared between different \fBrxvt\fP configurations\&.
201 If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used\&.
202 Command-line arguments can be used to override resource settings\&. The
203 following resources are allowed:
204 .PP
205 .IP "\fBgeometry:\fP \fIgeom\fP"
206 Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default
207 80x24];
208 option \fB-geometry\fP\&.
209 .IP "\fBbackground:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
210 Use the specified colour as the window\&'s background colour [default
211 White];
212 option \fB-bg\fP\&.
213 .IP "\fBforeground:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
214 Use the specified colour as the window\&'s foreground colour [default
215 Black];
216 option \fB-fg\fP\&.
217 .IP "\fBcolor\fP\fIn\fP\fB:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
218 Use the specified colour for the colour value \fIn\fP, where 0-7
219 corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to
220 high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright
221 background) colours\&. The canonical names are as follows:
222 0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white,
223 but the actual colour names used are listed in the
224 \fBCOLORS AND GRAPHICS\fP section\&.
225 .IP "\fBcolorBD:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
226 Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the
227 foreground colour is the default\&.
228 .IP "\fBcolorUL:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
229 Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the
230 foreground colour is the default\&.
231 .IP "\fBcolorRV:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
232 Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video
233 characters\&.
234 .IP "\fBcursorColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
235 Use the specified colour for the cursor\&. The default is to use the
236 foreground colour;
237 option \fB-cr\fP\&.
238 .IP "\fBcursorColor2:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
239 Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text\&. For this
240 to take effect, \fBcursorColor\fP must also be specified\&. The default
241 is to use the background colour\&.
242 .IP "\fBreverseVideo:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
243 \fBTrue\fP: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours;
244 option \fB-rv\fP\&.
245 \fBFalse\fP: regular screen colours [default];
246 option \fB+rv\fP\&.
247 See note in \fBCOLORS AND GRAPHICS\fP section\&.
248 .IP "\fBjumpScroll:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
249 \fBTrue\fP: specify that jump scrolling should be used\&. When scrolling
250 quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default];
251 option \fB-j\fP\&.
252 \fBFalse\fP: specify that smooth scrolling should be used;
253 option \fB+j\fP\&.
254 .IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
255 \fBTrue\fP: make the background inherit the parent windows\&' pixmap,
256 giving artificial transparency\&.
257 \fBFalse\fP: do not inherit the parent windows\&' pixmap\&.
258 .IP "\fBscrollColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
259 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]\&.
260 .IP "\fBtroughColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP"
261 Use the specified colour for the scrollbar\&'s trough area [default
262 #969696]\&. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar\&.
263 .IP "\fBbackgroundPixmap:\fP \fIfile[;geom]\fP"
264 Use the specified XPM file (note the `\&.xpm\&' extension is optional)
265 for the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a
266 geometry string \fBWxH+X+Y\fP, in which \fB"W" / "H"\fP specify the
267 horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and \fB"X" / "Y"\fP locate the
268 image centre (percent)\&. A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling\&.
269 A scale of 1 displays the image without any scaling\&. A scale of 2 to
270 9 specifies an integer number of images in that direction\&. No image
271 will be magnified beyond 10 times its original size\&. The maximum
272 permitted scale is 1000\&. [default 0x0+50+50]
273 .IP "\fBmenu:\fP \fIfile[;tag]\fP"
274 Read in the specified menu file (note the `\&.menu\&' extension is
275 optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find\&. See
276 the reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar\&.
277 .IP "\fBpath:\fP \fIpath\fP"
278 Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and
279 menus), in addition to the paths specified by the \fBRXVTPATH\fP and
280 \fBPATH\fP environment variables\&.
281 .IP "\fBfont:\fP \fIfontname\fP"
282 Select the fonts to be used used\&. This is a comma seperated
283 list of font names that are used in turn when trying to display
284 unicode characters\&. The first font defines the cell size for characters,
285 other fonts might be smaller, but not larger\&. A reasonable default font list
286 is always appended to this list\&.
287 option \fB-fn\fP\&.
288 .IP "\fBselectstyle:\fP \fImode\fP"
289 Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fP which is 2\&.20, \fBoldword\fP which
290 is xterm style with 2\&.20 old word selection, or anything else which
291 gives xterm style selection\&.
292 .IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fP \fImode\fP"
293 Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fP, \fBnext\fP or \fBxterm\fP
294 .IP "\fBtitle:\fP \fIstring\fP"
295 Set window title string, the default title is the command-line
296 specified after the \fB-e\fP option, if any, otherwise the application
297 name;
298 option \fB-title\fP\&.
299 .IP "\fBiconName:\fP \fIstring\fP"
300 Set the name used to label the window\&'s icon or displayed in an icon
301 manager window, it also sets the window\&'s title unless it is
302 explicitly set;
303 option \fB-n\fP\&.
304 .IP "\fBmapAlert:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
305 \fBTrue\fP: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character\&.
306 \fBFalse\fP: no de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character
307 [default]\&.
308 .IP "\fBvisualBell:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
309 \fBTrue\fP: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character;
310 option \fB-vb\fP\&.
311 \fBFalse\fP: no visual bell [default];
312 option \fB+vb\fP\&.
313 .IP "\fBloginShell:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
314 \fBTrue\fP: start as a login shell by prepending a `-\&' to \fBargv[0]\fP
315 of the shell;
316 option \fB-ls\fP\&.
317 \fBFalse\fP: start as a normal sub-shell [default];
318 option \fB+ls\fP\&.
319 .IP "\fButmpInhibit:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
320 \fBTrue\fP: inhibit writing record into the system log file \fButmp\fP;
321 option \fB-ut\fP\&.
322 \fBFalse\fP: write record into the system log file \fButmp\fP [default];
323 option \fB+ut\fP\&.
324 .IP "\fBprint-pipe:\fP \fIstring\fP"
325 Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default \fIlpr(1)\fP]\&. Use
326 \fBPrint\fP to initiate a screen dump to the printer and \fBCtrl-Print\fP
327 or \fBShift-Print\fP to include the scrollback as well\&.
328 .IP "\fBscrollBar:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
329 \fBTrue\fP: enable the scrollbar [default];
330 option \fB-sb\fP\&.
331 \fBFalse\fP: disable the scrollbar;
332 option \fB+sb\fP\&.
333 .IP "\fBscrollBar_right:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
334 \fBTrue\fP: place the scrollbar on the right of the window;
335 option \fB-sr\fP\&.
336 \fBFalse\fP: place the scrollbar on the left of the window;
337 option \fB+sr\fP\&.
338 .IP "\fBscrollBar_floating:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
339 \fBTrue\fP: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough;
340 option \fB-st\fP\&.
341 \fBFalse\fP: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough;
342 option \fB+st\fP\&.
343 .IP "\fBscrollBar_align:\fP \fImode\fP"
344 Align the \fBtop\fP, \fBbottom\fP or \fBcentre\fP [default] of
345 the scrollbar thumb with the pointer on middle button
346 press/drag\&.
347 .IP "\fBscrollTtyOutput:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
348 \fBTrue\fP: scroll to bottom when tty receives output;
349 option(+si)\&.
350 \fBFalse\fP: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output;
351 option(-si)\&.
352 .IP "\fBscrollWithBuffer:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
353 \fBTrue\fP: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves
354 new lines (and \fBscrollTtyOutput\fP is False);
355 option(+sw)\&.
356 \fBFalse\fP: do not scroll with scrollback buffer when tty
357 recieves new lines;
358 option(-sw)\&.
359 .IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
360 \fBTrue\fP: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed\&.
361 Special keys are those which are intercepted by rxvt for special
362 handling and are not passed onto the shell;
363 option(-sk)\&.
364 \fBFalse\fP: do not scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed;
365 option(+sk)\&.
366 .IP "\fBsmallfont_key:\fP \fIkeysym\fP"
367 If enabled, use \fBAlt-\fP\fIkeysym\fP to toggle to a smaller font
368 [default \fBAlt-<\fP]
369 .IP "\fBbigfont_key:\fP \fIkeysym\fP"
370 If enabled, use \fBAlt-\fP\fIkeysym\fP to toggle to a bigger font
371 [default \fBAlt->\fP]
372 .IP "\fBsaveLines:\fP \fInumber\fP"
373 Save \fInumber\fP lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]\&. This
374 resource is limited on most machines to 65535;
375 option \fB-sl\fP\&.
376 .IP "\fBinternalBorder:\fP \fInumber\fP"
377 Internal border of \fInumber\fP pixels\&. This resource is limited to 100;
378 option \fB-b\fP\&.
379 .IP "\fBexternalBorder:\fP \fInumber\fP"
380 External border of \fInumber\fP pixels\&. This resource is limited to 100;
381 option \fB-w\fP, \fB-bw\fP, \fB-borderwidth\fP\&.
382 .IP "\fBtermName:\fP \fItermname\fP"
383 Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the \fBTERM\fP
384 environment variable;
385 option \fB-tn\fP\&.
386 .IP "\fBlinespace:\fP \fInumber\fP"
387 Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row
388 of the display [default 0];
389 option \fB-lsp\fP\&.
390 .IP "\fBmeta8:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
391 \fBTrue\fP: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit\&.
392 \fBFalse\fP: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default]\&.
393 .IP "\fBmouseWheelScrollPage:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
394 \fBTrue\fP: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full\&.
395 \fBFalse\fP: the mouse wheel scrolls five lines [default]\&.
396 .IP "\fBcursorBlink:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
397 \fBTrue\fP: blink the cursor\&.
398 \fBFalse\fP: do not blink the cursor [default];
399 option \fB-bc\fP\&.
400 .IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fP \fIboolean\fP"
401 \fBTrue\fP: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number
402 of seconds of inactivity\&.
403 \fBFalse\fP: the pointer is always visible [default]\&.
404 .IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fP \fInumber\fP"
405 Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]\&.
406 .IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fP \fIstring\fP"
407 The string to send when the backspace key is pressed\&. If set to
408 \fBDEC\fP or unset it will send \fBDelete\fP (code 127) or, if shifted,
409 \fBBackspace\fP (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate
410 DEC private mode escape sequence\&.
411 .IP "\fBdeletekey:\fP \fIstring\fP"
412 The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is
413 pressed\&. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated
414 with the \fBExecute\fP key\&.
415 .IP "\fBcutchars:\fP \fIstring\fP"
416 The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection\&.
417 The built-in default:
418 .br
419 \fBBACKSLASH `"\&'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}\fP
420 .IP "\fBpreeditType:\fP \fIstyle\fP"
421 \fBOverTheSpot\fP, \fBOffTheSpot\fP, \fBRoot\fP;
422 option \fB-pt\fP\&.
423 .IP "\fBinputMethod:\fP \fIname\fP"
424 \fIname\fP of inputMethod to use;
425 option \fB-im\fP\&.
426 .IP "\fBimLocale:\fP \fIname\fP"
427 The locale to use for opening the IM\&. You can use an LC_CTYPE
428 of e\&.g\&. de_DE\&.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP\&.EUC-JP
429 for the input extension to be able to input japanese characters
430 while staying in another locale\&.
431 option \fB-imlocale\fP\&.
432 .IP "\fBinsecure\fP"
433 Enables "insecure" mode\&. Rxvt-unicode offers some escape sequences
434 that echo arbitrary strings like the icon name or the locale\&. This
435 could be abused if somebody gets 8-bit-clean access to your display,
436 wether throuh a mail client displaying mail bodies unfiltered or
437 though write(1)\&. Therefore, these sequences are disabled by default\&.
438 You can enable them by setting this boolean resource or specifying
439 \fB-insecure\fP as an option\&. At the moment, this enabled display-answer,
440 locale, findfont, icon label and window title requests as well as
441 dynamic menubar dispatch\&.
442 .IP "\fBmodifier:\fP \fImodifier\fP"
443 Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to:
444 \fBalt\fP, \fBmeta\fP, \fBhyper\fP, \fBsuper\fP, \fBmod1\fP, \fBmod2\fP, \fBmod3\fP,
445 \fBmod4\fP, \fBmod5\fP;
446 option \fB-mod\fP\&.
447 .IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fP \fIstring\fP"
448 Specify the reply rxvt sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E)
449 character is passed through\&. It may contain escape values as
450 described in the entry on \fBkeysym\fP following\&.
451 .IP "\fBkeysym\&.\fP\fIsym\fP: \fIstring\fP"
452 Associate \fIstring\fP with keysym \fIsym\fP (\fB0xFF00 - 0xFFFF\fP)\&. It
453 may contain escape values (\ea: bell, \eb: backspace, \ee, \eE: escape,
454 \en: newline, \er: return, \et: tab, \e000: octal number) or control
455 characters (^?: delete, ^@: null, ^A \&.\&.\&.) and may enclosed with
456 double quotes so that it can start or end with whitespace\&. The
457 intervening resource name \fBkeysym\&.\fP cannot be omitted\&. This
458 resource is only available when compiled with KEYSYM_RESOURCE\&.
459 .SH "THE SCROLLBAR"
460 .PP
461 Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fBrxvt\fP window (resource:
462 \fBsaveLines\fP) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar or by keystrokes\&.
463 The normal \fBrxvt\fP scrollbar has arrows and its behaviour is fairly
464 intuitive\&. The \fBxterm-scrollbar\fP is without arrows and its behaviour
465 mimics that of \fIxterm\fP
466 .PP
467 Scroll down with \fBButton1\fP (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fP) or \fBShift-Next\fP\&.
468 Scroll up with \fBButton3\fP (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fP) or \fBShift-Prior\fP\&.
469 Continuous scroll with \fBButton2\fP\&.
470 .SH "MOUSE REPORTING"
471 .PP
472 To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or the
473 normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta (Alt) key
474 while performing the desired mouse action\&.
475 .PP
476 If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are disabled
477 -- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen application\&.
478 Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends
479 \fBESC[6~\fP (Next) and \fBESC[5~\fP (Prior), respectively\&.
480 Similarly, clicking on the up and down arrows sends \fBESC[A\fP (Up) and
481 \fBESC[B\fP (Down), respectively\&.
482 .SH "TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION"
483 .PP
484 The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to
485 \fIxterm\fP(1)\&.
486 .PP
487 .IP "\fBSelection\fP:"
488 Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the
489 region and release; Right click to extend the marked region;
490 Left double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select
491 the entire line\&.
492 .IP "\fBInsertion\fP:"
493 Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or \fBShift-Insert\fP)
494 in an \fBrxvt\fP window causes the current text selection to be inserted
495 as if it had been typed on the keyboard\&.
496 .SH "CHANGING FONTS"
497 .PP
498 You can change fonts on-the-fly, which is to say cycle through the default
499 font and others of various sizes, by using \fBShift-KP_Add\fP and
500 \fBShift-KP_Subtract\fP\&. Or, alternatively (if enabled) with
501 \fBAlt->\fP and \fBAlt-<\fP, where the actual key
502 can be selected using resources \fBsmallfont_key\fP/\fBbigfont_key\fP\&.
503 .SH "LOGIN STAMP"
504 .PP
505 \fBrxvt\fP tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fP(5) file so that it can be
506 seen via the \fIwho(1)\fP command, and can accept messages\&. To allow this
507 feature, \fBrxvt\fP must be installed setuid root on some systems\&.
508 .SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS"
509 .PP
510 In addition to the default foreground and background colours, \fBrxvt\fP
511 can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus high-intensity bold/blink
512 versions of the same)\&.
513 Here is a list of the colours with their \fBrgb\&.txt\fP names\&.
514 .PP
515 .TS
516 tab(`);
517 l l l .
518 \fBcolor0\fP `\ (black) `\ = Black
519 \fBcolor1\fP `\ (red) `\ = Red3
520 \fBcolor2\fP `\ (green) `\ = Green3
521 \fBcolor3\fP `\ (yellow) `\ = Yellow3
522 \fBcolor4\fP `\ (blue) `\ = Blue3
523 \fBcolor5\fP `\ (magenta) `\ = Magenta3
524 \fBcolor6\fP `\ (cyan) `\ = Cyan3
525 \fBcolor7\fP `\ (white) `\ = AntiqueWhite
526 \fBcolor8\fP `\ (bright black) `\ = Grey25
527 \fBcolor9\fP `\ (bright red) `\ = Red
528 \fBcolor10\fP `\ (bright green) `\ = Green
529 \fBcolor11\fP `\ (bright yellow) `\ = Yellow
530 \fBcolor12\fP `\ (bright blue) `\ = Blue
531 \fBcolor13\fP `\ (bright magenta) `\ = Magenta
532 \fBcolor14\fP `\ (bright cyan) `\ = Cyan
533 \fBcolor15\fP `\ (bright white) `\ = White
534 \fBforeground\fP `\ `\ = Black
535 \fBbackground\fP `\ `\ = White
536 .TE
537 .PP
538 It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fP,
539 \fBbackground\fP, \fBcursorColor\fP, \fBcursorColor2\fP, \fBcolorBD\fP, \fBcolorUL\fP
540 as a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of
541 color0-color15\&.
542 .PP
543 Note that \fB-rv\fP (\fB"reverseVideo: True"\fP) simulates reverse video by
544 always swapping the foreground/background colours\&. This is in contrast to
545 \fIxterm\fP(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise been
546 specified\&.
547 For example,
548 .PP
549 .IP "\fBrxvt -fg Black -bg White -rv\fP"
550 would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fP(1) it would yield
551 Black on White\&.
552 .SH "ENVIRONMENT"
553 .PP
554 \fBrxvt\fP sets the environment variables \fBTERM\fP, \fBCOLORTERM\fP and
555 \fBCOLORFGBG\fP\&. The environment variable \fBWINDOWID\fP is set to the X window
556 id number of the \fBrxvt\fP window and it also uses and sets the environment
557 variable \fBDISPLAY\fP to specify which display terminal to use\&. \fBrxvt\fP uses
558 the environment variables \fBRXVTPATH\fP and \fBPATH\fP to find XPM files\&.
559 .SH "FILES"
560 .PP
561 .IP "\fB/etc/utmp\fP"
562 System file for login records\&.
563 .IP "\fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb\&.txt\fP"
564 Color names\&.
565 .PP
566 .SH "SEE ALSO"
567 .PP
568 \fIxterm\fP(1), \fIsh\fP(1), \fIresize\fP(1), \fIX\fP(1), \fIpty\fP(4), \fItty\fP(4),
569 \fIutmp\fP(5)
570 .PP
571 See rxvtRef\&.html rxvtRef\&.txt for detailed information on recognized escape
572 sequences and menuBar syntax, etc\&.
573 .PP
574 .SH "BUGS"
575 .PP
576 Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list\&.
577 .PP
578 Cursor change support is not yet implemented\&.
579 .PP
580 Click-and-drag doesn\&'t work with X11 mouse report overriding\&.
581 .PP
582 .SH "FTP LOCATION"
583 .PP
584 rxvt-2\&.5\&.tar\&.gz can be found at the following ftp sites
585 ftp://ftp\&.rxvt\&.org/pub/rxvt
586 .PP
587 .SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR"
588 .PP
589 .IP "Project Coordinator"
590 Marc A\&. Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp\&.de>
591 .br
592 .IP "Web page maintainter"
593 Marc A\&. Lehmann <rxvt@schmorp\&.de>
594 .br
595 <http://www\&.sourceforge\&.net/projects/rxvt-unicode/>
596 .br
597 .PP
598 .SH "AUTHORS"
599 .PP
600 .IP "John Bovey"
601 University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt\&.
602 .IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket\&.sanders\&.lockheed\&.com>"
603 very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt
604 .IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc\&.ic\&.ac\&.uk>"
605 wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code)
606 .IP "mj olesen <olesen@me\&.QueensU\&.CA>"
607 Wrote the menu system\&.
608 .br
609 Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.11 to 2\&.21)
610 .IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math\&.fu-berlin\&.de>"
611 Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.21a to 2\&.4\&.5)
612 .IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox\&.com>"
613 Rewrote screen display and text selection routines\&.
614 Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.4\&.6 - rxvt-unicode)
615 .IP "Marc Alexander Lehman <rxvt@schmorp\&.de>"
616 Rewrote most of the display code and internal character handling
617 to store text in unicode\&. Numerous other fixes and extensions\&.
618 .br
619 Project Coordinator (Changes 1\&.0 - )
620 .PP