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