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.TH "RXVT" "1" "RXVTDATE()" "X Version 11" "X Tools" |
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.SH "NAME" |
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rxvt (ouR XVT) \- a VT102 emulator for the X window system |
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.SH "SYNOPSIS" |
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\fBrxvt\fP [options] [-e command [ args ]] |
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" |
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\fBrxvt\fP, version \fBRXVTVERSION()\fP, is a colour vt102 terminal emulator |
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intended as an \fIxterm\fP(1) replacement for users who do not require |
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features such as Tektronix 4014 emulation and toolkit-style configurability\&. |
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As a result, \fBrxvt\fP uses much less swap space -- a significant |
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advantage on a machine serving many X sessions\&. |
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.SH "OPTIONS" |
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The \fBrxvt\fP options (mostly a subset of \fIxterm\fP\&'s) are listed below\&. |
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In keeping with the smaller-is-better philosophy, options may be eliminated |
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or default values chosen at compile-time, so options and defaults listed |
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may not accurately reflect the version installed on your system\&. |
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`rxvt -h\&' gives a list of major compile-time options on the \fIOptions\fP line\&. |
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Option descriptions may be prefixed with which compile option each is |
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dependent upon\&. e\&.g\&. `Compile \fIXIM\fP:\&' requires \fIXIM\fP on the \fIOptions\fP |
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line\&. Note: `rxvt -help\&' gives a list of all command-line options compiled |
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into your version\&. |
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Note that \fBrxvt\fP permits the resource name to be used as a long-option |
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(--/++ option) so the potential command-line options are far greater than |
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those listed\&. |
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For example: `rxvt --loginShell --color1 Orange\&'\&. |
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The following options are available: |
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.IP "\fB-help\fP, \fB--help\fP" |
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Print out a message describing available options\&. |
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.IP "\fB-display\fP \fIdisplayname\fP" |
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Attempt to open a window on the named X display (\fB-d\fP still |
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respected)\&. In the absence of this option, the display specified |
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by the \fBDISPLAY\fP environment variable is used\&. |
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.IP "\fB-geometry\fP \fIgeom\fP" |
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Window geometry (\fB-g\fP still respected); |
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resource \fBgeometry\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-rv\fP|\fB+rv\fP" |
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Turn on/off simulated reverse video; |
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resource \fBreverseVideo\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-j\fP|\fB+j\fP" |
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Turn on/off jump scrolling; |
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resource \fBjumpScroll\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-ip\fP|\fB+ip\fP" |
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Turn on/off inheriting parent window\&'s pixmap\&. Alternative form |
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is \fB-tr\fP; |
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resource \fBinheritPixmap\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-bg\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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Window background colour; |
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resource \fBbackground\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-fg\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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Window foreground colour; |
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resource \fBforeground\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-pixmap:\fP \fIfile[;geom]\fP" |
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Compile \fIXPM\fP: Specify XPM file for the background and also |
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optionally specify its scaling with a geometry string\&. Note you |
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may need to add quotes to avoid special shell interpretation of |
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the `;\&' in the command-line; |
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resource \fBbackgroundPixmap\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-cr\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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The cursor colour; |
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resource \fBcursorColor\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-pr\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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The mouse pointer colour; |
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resource \fBpointerColor\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-bd\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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The colour of the border between the xterm scrollbar and the text; |
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resource \fBborderColor\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-fn\fP \fIfontname\fP" |
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Select the fonts to be used used\&. This is a comma seperated |
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list of font names that are used in turn when trying to display |
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unicode characters\&. The first font defines the cell size for characters, |
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pther fonts might be smaller, but not larger\&. A reasonable default list |
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is appended\&. |
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resource \fBfont\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-name\fP \fIname\fP" |
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Specify the application name under which resources |
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are to be obtained, rather than the default executable file name\&. |
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Name should not contain `\&.\&' or `*\&' characters\&. |
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Also sets the icon and title name\&. |
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.IP "\fB-ls\fP|\fB+ls\fP" |
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Start as a login-shell/sub-shell; |
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resource \fBloginShell\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-ut\fP|\fB+ut\fP" |
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Compile \fIutmp\fP: Inhibit/enable writing a utmp entry; |
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resource \fButmpInhibit\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-vb\fP|\fB+vb\fP" |
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Turn on/off visual bell on receipt of a bell character; |
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resource \fBvisualBell\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-sb\fP|\fB+sb\fP" |
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Turn on/off scrollbar; |
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resource \fBscrollBar\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-si\fP|\fB+si\fP" |
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Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on TTY output inhibit; |
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resource \fBscrollTtyOutput\fP has opposite effect\&. |
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.IP "\fB-sk\fP|\fB+sk\fP" |
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Turn on/off scroll-to-bottom on keypress; |
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resource \fBscrollTtyKeypress\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-sw\fP|\fB+sw\fP" |
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Turn on/off scrolling with the scrollback buffer as new |
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lines appear\&. This only takes effect if \fB-si\fP is also given; |
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resource \fBscrollWithBuffer\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-sr\fP|\fB+sr\fP" |
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Put scrollbar on right/left; |
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resource \fBscrollBar_right\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-st\fP|\fB+st\fP" |
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Display normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar without/with a trough; |
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resource \fBscrollBar_floating\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-bc\fP|\fB+bc\fP" |
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Blink the cursor; resource \fBcursorBlink\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-iconic\fP" |
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Start iconified, if the window manager supports that option\&. |
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Alternative form is \fB-ic\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-sl\fP \fInumber\fP" |
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Save \fInumber\fP lines in the scrollback buffer\&. See resource entry |
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for limits; |
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resource \fBsaveLines\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-b\fP \fInumber\fP" |
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Compile \fIfrills\fP: Internal border of \fInumber\fP pixels\&. See |
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resource entry for limits; |
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resource \fBinternalBorder\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-w\fP \fInumber\fP" |
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Compile \fIfrills\fP: External border of \fInumber\fP pixels\&. |
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Also, \fB-bw\fP and \fB-borderwidth\fP\&. See resource entry for limits; |
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resource \fBexternalBorder\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-lsp\fP \fInumber\fP" |
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Compile \fIlinespace\fP: Lines (pixel height) to insert between each |
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row of the display; |
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resource \fBlinespace\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-tn\fP \fItermname\fP" |
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This option specifies the name of the terminal type to be set in the |
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\fBTERM\fP environment variable\&. This terminal type must exist in the |
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\fItermcap(5)\fP database and should have \fIli#\fP and \fIco#\fP entries; |
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resource \fBtermName\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-e\fP \fIcommand [arguments]\fP" |
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Run the command with its command-line arguments in the \fBrxvt\fP |
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window; also sets the window title and icon name to be the basename |
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of the program being executed if neither \fI-title\fP (\fI-T\fP) nor |
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\fI-n\fP are given on the command line\&. If this option is used, it |
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must be the last on the command-line\&. If there is no \fB-e\fP option |
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then the default is to run the program specified by the \fBSHELL\fP |
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environment variable or, failing that, \fIsh(1)\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-title\fP \fItext\fP" |
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Window title (\fB-T\fP still respected); the default title is the |
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basename of the program specified after the \fB-e\fP option, if |
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any, otherwise the application name; |
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resource \fBtitle\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-n\fP \fItext\fP" |
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Icon name; the default name is the basename of the program specified |
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after the \fB-e\fP option, if any, otherwise the application name; |
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resource \fBiconName\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-C\fP" |
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Capture system console messages\&. |
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.IP "\fB-pt\fP \fIstyle\fP" |
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Compile \fIXIM\fP: input style for input method; |
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\fBOverTheSpot\fP, \fBOffTheSpot\fP, \fBRoot\fP; |
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resource \fBpreeditType\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-im\fP \fItext\fP" |
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Compile \fIXIM\fP: input method name\&. |
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resource \fBinputMethod\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-imlocale\fP \fIstring\fP" |
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The locale to use for opening the IM\&. You can use an LC_CTYPE |
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of e\&.g\&. de_DE\&.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP\&.EUC-JP |
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for the input extension to be able to input japanese characters |
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while staying in another locale\&. |
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.IP "\fB-mod\fP \fImodifier\fP" |
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Override detection of Meta modifier with specified key: |
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\fBalt\fP, \fBmeta\fP, \fBhyper\fP, \fBsuper\fP, \fBmod1\fP, \fBmod2\fP, \fBmod3\fP, |
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\fBmod4\fP, \fBmod5\fP; |
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resource \fImodifier\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fB-xrm\fP \fIresourcestring\fP" |
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No effect on rxvt\&. Simply passes through an argument to be made |
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available in the instance\&'s argument list\&. Appears in \fIWM_COMMAND\fP |
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in some window managers\&. |
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.SH "RESOURCES (available also as long-options)" |
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Note: `rxvt --help\&' gives a list of all resources (long options) compiled |
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into your version\&. |
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If compiled with internal Xresources support (i\&.e\&. \fBrxvt -h\fP lists |
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\fB\&.Xdefaults\fP) then \fBrxvt\fP accepts application defaults set in |
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XAPPLOADDIR/Rxvt (compile-time defined: usually |
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\fB/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt\fP) and resources set in \fB~/\&.Xdefaults\fP, |
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or \fB~/\&.Xresources\fP if \fB~/\&.Xdefaults\fP does not exist\&. Note that when |
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reading X resources, \fBrxvt\fP recognizes two class names: \fBXTerm\fP and |
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\fBRxvt\fP\&. The class name \fBXTerm\fP allows resources common to both |
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\fBrxvt\fP and \fIxterm\fP to be easily configured, while the class name |
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\fBRxvt\fP allows resources unique to \fBrxvt\fP, notably colours and |
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key-handling, to be shared between different \fBrxvt\fP configurations\&. |
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If no resources are specified, suitable defaults will be used\&. |
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Command-line arguments can be used to override resource settings\&. The |
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following resources are allowed: |
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.IP "\fBgeometry:\fP \fIgeom\fP" |
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Create the window with the specified X window geometry [default |
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80x24]; |
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option \fB-geometry\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBbackground:\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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Use the specified colour as the window\&'s background colour [default |
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White]; |
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option \fB-bg\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBforeground:\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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Use the specified colour as the window\&'s foreground colour [default |
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Black]; |
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option \fB-fg\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBcolor\fP\fIn\fP\fB:\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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Use the specified colour for the colour value \fIn\fP, where 0-7 |
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corresponds to low-intensity (normal) colours and 8-15 corresponds to |
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high-intensity (bold = bright foreground, blink = bright |
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background) colours\&. The canonical names are as follows: |
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0=black, 1=red, 2=green, 3=yellow, 4=blue, 5=magenta, 6=cyan, 7=white, |
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but the actual colour names used are listed in the |
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\fBCOLORS AND GRAPHICS\fP section\&. |
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.IP "\fBcolorBD:\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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Use the specified colour to display bold characters when the |
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foreground colour is the default\&. |
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.IP "\fBcolorUL:\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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Use the specified colour to display underlined characters when the |
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foreground colour is the default\&. |
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.IP "\fBcolorRV:\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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Use the specified colour as the background for reverse video |
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characters\&. |
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.IP "\fBcursorColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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Use the specified colour for the cursor\&. The default is to use the |
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foreground colour; |
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option \fB-cr\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBcursorColor2:\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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Use the specified colour for the colour of the cursor text\&. For this |
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to take effect, \fBcursorColor\fP must also be specified\&. The default |
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is to use the background colour\&. |
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.IP "\fBreverseVideo:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: simulate reverse video by foreground and background colours; |
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option \fB-rv\fP\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: regular screen colours [default]; |
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option \fB+rv\fP\&. |
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See note in \fBCOLORS AND GRAPHICS\fP section\&. |
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.IP "\fBjumpScroll:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: specify that jump scrolling should be used\&. When scrolling |
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quickly, fewer screen updates are performed [default]; |
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option \fB-j\fP\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: specify that smooth scrolling should be used; |
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option \fB+j\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBinheritPixmap:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: make the background inherit the parent windows\&' pixmap, |
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giving artificial transparency\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: do not inherit the parent windows\&' pixmap\&. |
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.IP "\fBscrollColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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Use the specified colour for the scrollbar [default #B2B2B2]\&. |
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.IP "\fBtroughColor:\fP \fIcolour\fP" |
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Use the specified colour for the scrollbar\&'s trough area [default |
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#969696]\&. Only relevant for normal (non XTerm/NeXT) scrollbar\&. |
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.IP "\fBbackgroundPixmap:\fP \fIfile[;geom]\fP" |
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Use the specified XPM file (note the `\&.xpm\&' extension is optional) |
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for the background and also optionally specify its scaling with a |
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geometry string \fBWxH+X+Y\fP, in which \fB"W" / "H"\fP specify the |
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horizontal/vertical scale (percent) and \fB"X" / "Y"\fP locate the |
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image centre (percent)\&. A scale of 0 displays the image with tiling\&. |
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A scale of 1 displays the image without any scaling\&. A scale of 2 to |
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9 specifies an integer number of images in that direction\&. No image |
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will be magnified beyond 10 times its original size\&. The maximum |
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permitted scale is 1000\&. [default 0x0+50+50] |
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.IP "\fBmenu:\fP \fIfile[;tag]\fP" |
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Read in the specified menu file (note the `\&.menu\&' extension is |
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optional) and also optionally specify a starting tag to find\&. See |
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the reference documentation for details on the syntax for the menuBar\&. |
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.IP "\fBpath:\fP \fIpath\fP" |
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Specify the colon-delimited search path for finding files (XPM and |
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menus), in addition to the paths specified by the \fBRXVTPATH\fP and |
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\fBPATH\fP environment variables\&. |
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.IP "\fBfont:\fP \fIfontname\fP" |
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Select the fonts to be used used\&. This is a comma seperated |
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list of font names that are used in turn when trying to display |
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unicode characters\&. The first font defines the cell size for characters, |
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pther fonts might be smaller, but not larger\&. A reasonable default list |
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is appended\&. |
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option \fB-fn\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBselectstyle:\fP \fImode\fP" |
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Set mouse selection style to \fBold\fP which is 2\&.20, \fBoldword\fP which |
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is xterm style with 2\&.20 old word selection, or anything else which |
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gives xterm style selection\&. |
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.IP "\fBscrollstyle:\fP \fImode\fP" |
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Set scrollbar style to \fBrxvt\fP, \fBnext\fP or \fBxterm\fP |
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.IP "\fBtitle:\fP \fIstring\fP" |
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Set window title string, the default title is the command-line |
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specified after the \fB-e\fP option, if any, otherwise the application |
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name; |
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option \fB-title\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBiconName:\fP \fIstring\fP" |
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Set the name used to label the window\&'s icon or displayed in an icon |
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manager window, it also sets the window\&'s title unless it is |
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explicitly set; |
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option \fB-n\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBmapAlert:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: no de-iconify (map) on receipt of a bell character |
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[default]\&. |
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.IP "\fBvisualBell:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: use visual bell on receipt of a bell character; |
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option \fB-vb\fP\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: no visual bell [default]; |
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option \fB+vb\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBloginShell:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: start as a login shell by prepending a `-\&' to \fBargv[0]\fP |
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of the shell; |
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option \fB-ls\fP\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: start as a normal sub-shell [default]; |
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option \fB+ls\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fButmpInhibit:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: inhibit writing record into the system log file \fButmp\fP; |
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option \fB-ut\fP\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: write record into the system log file \fButmp\fP [default]; |
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option \fB+ut\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBprint-pipe:\fP \fIstring\fP" |
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Specify a command pipe for vt100 printer [default \fIlpr(1)\fP]\&. Use |
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\fBPrint\fP to initiate a screen dump to the printer and \fBCtrl-Print\fP |
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or \fBShift-Print\fP to include the scrollback as well\&. |
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.IP "\fBscrollBar:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: enable the scrollbar [default]; |
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option \fB-sb\fP\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: disable the scrollbar; |
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option \fB+sb\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBscrollBar_right:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: place the scrollbar on the right of the window; |
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option \fB-sr\fP\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: place the scrollbar on the left of the window; |
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option \fB+sr\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBscrollBar_floating:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: display an rxvt scrollbar without a trough; |
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option \fB-st\fP\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: display an rxvt scrollbar with a trough; |
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option \fB+st\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBscrollBar_align:\fP \fImode\fP" |
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Align the \fBtop\fP, \fBbottom\fP or \fBcentre\fP [default] of |
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the scrollbar thumb with the pointer on middle button |
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press/drag\&. |
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.IP "\fBscrollTtyOutput:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: scroll to bottom when tty receives output; |
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option(+si)\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: do not scroll to bottom when tty receives output; |
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option(-si)\&. |
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.IP "\fBscrollWithBuffer:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: scroll with scrollback buffer when tty recieves |
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new lines (and \fBscrollTtyOutput\fP is False); |
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option(+sw)\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: do not scroll with scrollback buffer when tty |
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recieves new lines; |
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option(-sw)\&. |
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.IP "\fBscrollTtyKeypress:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed\&. |
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Special keys are those which are intercepted by rxvt for special |
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handling and are not passed onto the shell; |
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option(-sk)\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: do not scroll to bottom when a non-special key is pressed; |
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option(+sk)\&. |
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.IP "\fBsmallfont_key:\fP \fIkeysym\fP" |
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If enabled, use \fBAlt-\fP\fIkeysym\fP to toggle to a smaller font |
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[default \fBAlt-<\fP] |
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.IP "\fBbigfont_key:\fP \fIkeysym\fP" |
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If enabled, use \fBAlt-\fP\fIkeysym\fP to toggle to a bigger font |
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[default \fBAlt->\fP] |
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.IP "\fBsaveLines:\fP \fInumber\fP" |
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Save \fInumber\fP lines in the scrollback buffer [default 64]\&. This |
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resource is limited on most machines to 65535; |
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option \fB-sl\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBinternalBorder:\fP \fInumber\fP" |
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Internal border of \fInumber\fP pixels\&. This resource is limited to 100; |
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option \fB-b\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBexternalBorder:\fP \fInumber\fP" |
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External border of \fInumber\fP pixels\&. This resource is limited to 100; |
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option \fB-w\fP, \fB-bw\fP, \fB-borderwidth\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBtermName:\fP \fItermname\fP" |
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Specifies the terminal type name to be set in the \fBTERM\fP |
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environment variable; |
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option \fB-tn\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBlinespace:\fP \fInumber\fP" |
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Specifies number of lines (pixel height) to insert between each row |
384 |
of the display [default 0]; |
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option \fB-lsp\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBmeta8:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress to set the 8th bit\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: handle Meta (Alt) + keypress as an escape prefix [default]\&. |
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.IP "\fBmouseWheelScrollPage:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: the mouse wheel scrolls a page full\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: the mouse wheel scrolls five lines [default]\&. |
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.IP "\fBcursorBlink:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: blink the cursor\&. |
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\fBFalse\fP: do not blink the cursor [default]; |
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option \fB-bc\fP\&. |
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.IP "\fBpointerBlank:\fP \fIboolean\fP" |
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\fBTrue\fP: blank the pointer when a key is pressed or after a set number |
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of seconds of inactivity\&. |
399 |
\fBFalse\fP: the pointer is always visible [default]\&. |
400 |
.IP "\fBpointerBlankDelay:\fP \fInumber\fP" |
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Specifies number of seconds before blanking the pointer [default 2]\&. |
402 |
.IP "\fBbackspacekey:\fP \fIstring\fP" |
403 |
The string to send when the backspace key is pressed\&. If set to |
404 |
\fBDEC\fP or unset it will send \fBDelete\fP (code 127) or, if shifted, |
405 |
\fBBackspace\fP (code 8) - which can be reversed with the appropriate |
406 |
DEC private mode escape sequence\&. |
407 |
.IP "\fBdeletekey:\fP \fIstring\fP" |
408 |
The string to send when the delete key (not the keypad delete key) is |
409 |
pressed\&. If unset it will send the sequence traditionally associated |
410 |
with the \fBExecute\fP key\&. |
411 |
.IP "\fBcutchars:\fP \fIstring\fP" |
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The characters used as delimiters for double-click word selection\&. |
413 |
The built-in default: |
414 |
.br |
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\fBBACKSLASH `"\&'&()*,;<=>?@[]{|}\fP |
416 |
.IP "\fBpreeditType:\fP \fIstyle\fP" |
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\fBOverTheSpot\fP, \fBOffTheSpot\fP, \fBRoot\fP; |
418 |
option \fB-pt\fP\&. |
419 |
.IP "\fBinputMethod:\fP \fIname\fP" |
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\fIname\fP of inputMethod to use; |
421 |
option \fB-im\fP\&. |
422 |
.IP "\fBimLocale:\fP \fIname\fP" |
423 |
The locale to use for opening the IM\&. You can use an LC_CTYPE |
424 |
of e\&.g\&. de_DE\&.UTF-8 for normal text processing but ja_JP\&.EUC-JP |
425 |
for the input extension to be able to input japanese characters |
426 |
while staying in another locale\&. |
427 |
option \fB-imlocale\fP\&. |
428 |
.IP "\fBmodifier:\fP \fImodifier\fP" |
429 |
Set the key to be interpreted as the Meta key to: |
430 |
\fBalt\fP, \fBmeta\fP, \fBhyper\fP, \fBsuper\fP, \fBmod1\fP, \fBmod2\fP, \fBmod3\fP, |
431 |
\fBmod4\fP, \fBmod5\fP; |
432 |
option \fB-mod\fP\&. |
433 |
.IP "\fBanswerbackString:\fP \fIstring\fP" |
434 |
Specify the reply rxvt sends to the shell when an ENQ (control-E) |
435 |
character is passed through\&. It may contain escape values as |
436 |
described in the entry on \fBkeysym\fP following\&. |
437 |
.IP "\fBkeysym\&.\fP\fIsym\fP: \fIstring\fP" |
438 |
Associate \fIstring\fP with keysym \fIsym\fP (\fB0xFF00 - 0xFFFF\fP)\&. It |
439 |
may contain escape values (\ea: bell, \eb: backspace, \ee, \eE: escape, |
440 |
\en: newline, \er: return, \et: tab, \e000: octal number) or control |
441 |
characters (^?: delete, ^@: null, ^A \&.\&.\&.) and may enclosed with |
442 |
double quotes so that it can start or end with whitespace\&. The |
443 |
intervening resource name \fBkeysym\&.\fP cannot be omitted\&. This |
444 |
resource is only available when compiled with KEYSYM_RESOURCE\&. |
445 |
.SH "THE SCROLLBAR" |
446 |
.PP |
447 |
Lines of text that scroll off the top of the \fBrxvt\fP window (resource: |
448 |
\fBsaveLines\fP) and can be scrolled back using the scrollbar or by keystrokes\&. |
449 |
The normal \fBrxvt\fP scrollbar has arrows and its behaviour is fairly |
450 |
intuitive\&. The \fBxterm-scrollbar\fP is without arrows and its behaviour |
451 |
mimics that of \fIxterm\fP |
452 |
.PP |
453 |
Scroll down with \fBButton1\fP (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fP) or \fBShift-Next\fP\&. |
454 |
Scroll up with \fBButton3\fP (\fBxterm-scrollbar\fP) or \fBShift-Prior\fP\&. |
455 |
Continuous scroll with \fBButton2\fP\&. |
456 |
.SH "MOUSE REPORTING" |
457 |
.PP |
458 |
To temporarily override mouse reporting, for either the scrollbar or the |
459 |
normal text selection/insertion, hold either the Shift or the Meta (Alt) key |
460 |
while performing the desired mouse action\&. |
461 |
.PP |
462 |
If mouse reporting mode is active, the normal scrollbar actions are disabled |
463 |
-- on the assumption that we are using a fullscreen application\&. |
464 |
Instead, pressing Button1 and Button3 sends |
465 |
\fBESC[6~\fP (Next) and \fBESC[5~\fP (Prior), respectively\&. |
466 |
Similarly, clicking on the up and down arrows sends \fBESC[A\fP (Up) and |
467 |
\fBESC[B\fP (Down), respectively\&. |
468 |
.SH "TEXT SELECTION AND INSERTION" |
469 |
.PP |
470 |
The behaviour of text selection and insertion mechanism is similar to |
471 |
\fIxterm\fP(1)\&. |
472 |
.PP |
473 |
.IP "\fBSelection\fP:" |
474 |
Left click at the beginning of the region, drag to the end of the |
475 |
region and release; Right click to extend the marked region; |
476 |
Left double-click to select a word; Left triple-click to select |
477 |
the entire line\&. |
478 |
.IP "\fBInsertion\fP:" |
479 |
Pressing and releasing the Middle mouse button (or \fBShift-Insert\fP) |
480 |
in an \fBrxvt\fP window causes the current text selection to be inserted |
481 |
as if it had been typed on the keyboard\&. |
482 |
.SH "CHANGING FONTS" |
483 |
.PP |
484 |
You can change fonts on-the-fly, which is to say cycle through the default |
485 |
font and others of various sizes, by using \fBShift-KP_Add\fP and |
486 |
\fBShift-KP_Subtract\fP\&. Or, alternatively (if enabled) with |
487 |
\fBAlt->\fP and \fBAlt-<\fP, where the actual key |
488 |
can be selected using resources \fBsmallfont_key\fP/\fBbigfont_key\fP\&. |
489 |
.SH "LOGIN STAMP" |
490 |
.PP |
491 |
\fBrxvt\fP tries to write an entry into the \fIutmp\fP(5) file so that it can be |
492 |
seen via the \fIwho(1)\fP command, and can accept messages\&. To allow this |
493 |
feature, \fBrxvt\fP must be installed setuid root on some systems\&. |
494 |
.SH "COLORS AND GRAPHICS" |
495 |
.PP |
496 |
In addition to the default foreground and background colours, \fBrxvt\fP |
497 |
can display up to 16 colours (8 ANSI colours plus high-intensity bold/blink |
498 |
versions of the same)\&. |
499 |
Here is a list of the colours with their \fBrgb\&.txt\fP names\&. |
500 |
.PP |
501 |
.TS |
502 |
tab(`); |
503 |
l l l . |
504 |
\fBcolor0\fP `\ (black) `\ = Black |
505 |
\fBcolor1\fP `\ (red) `\ = Red3 |
506 |
\fBcolor2\fP `\ (green) `\ = Green3 |
507 |
\fBcolor3\fP `\ (yellow) `\ = Yellow3 |
508 |
\fBcolor4\fP `\ (blue) `\ = Blue3 |
509 |
\fBcolor5\fP `\ (magenta) `\ = Magenta3 |
510 |
\fBcolor6\fP `\ (cyan) `\ = Cyan3 |
511 |
\fBcolor7\fP `\ (white) `\ = AntiqueWhite |
512 |
\fBcolor8\fP `\ (bright black) `\ = Grey25 |
513 |
\fBcolor9\fP `\ (bright red) `\ = Red |
514 |
\fBcolor10\fP `\ (bright green) `\ = Green |
515 |
\fBcolor11\fP `\ (bright yellow) `\ = Yellow |
516 |
\fBcolor12\fP `\ (bright blue) `\ = Blue |
517 |
\fBcolor13\fP `\ (bright magenta) `\ = Magenta |
518 |
\fBcolor14\fP `\ (bright cyan) `\ = Cyan |
519 |
\fBcolor15\fP `\ (bright white) `\ = White |
520 |
\fBforeground\fP `\ `\ = Black |
521 |
\fBbackground\fP `\ `\ = White |
522 |
.TE |
523 |
.PP |
524 |
It is also possible to specify the colour values of \fBforeground\fP, |
525 |
\fBbackground\fP, \fBcursorColor\fP, \fBcursorColor2\fP, \fBcolorBD\fP, \fBcolorUL\fP |
526 |
as a number 0-15, as a convenient shorthand to reference the colour name of |
527 |
color0-color15\&. |
528 |
.PP |
529 |
Note that \fB-rv\fP (\fB"reverseVideo: True"\fP) simulates reverse video by |
530 |
always swapping the foreground/background colours\&. This is in contrast to |
531 |
\fIxterm\fP(1) where the colours are only swapped if they have not otherwise been |
532 |
specified\&. |
533 |
For example, |
534 |
.PP |
535 |
.IP "\fBrxvt -fg Black -bg White -rv\fP" |
536 |
would yield White on Black, while on \fIxterm\fP(1) it would yield |
537 |
Black on White\&. |
538 |
.SH "ENVIRONMENT" |
539 |
.PP |
540 |
\fBrxvt\fP sets the environment variables \fBTERM\fP, \fBCOLORTERM\fP and |
541 |
\fBCOLORFGBG\fP\&. The environment variable \fBWINDOWID\fP is set to the X window |
542 |
id number of the \fBrxvt\fP window and it also uses and sets the environment |
543 |
variable \fBDISPLAY\fP to specify which display terminal to use\&. \fBrxvt\fP uses |
544 |
the environment variables \fBRXVTPATH\fP and \fBPATH\fP to find XPM files\&. |
545 |
.SH "FILES" |
546 |
.PP |
547 |
.IP "\fB/etc/utmp\fP" |
548 |
System file for login records\&. |
549 |
.IP "\fB/usr/lib/X11/rgb\&.txt\fP" |
550 |
Color names\&. |
551 |
.PP |
552 |
.SH "SEE ALSO" |
553 |
.PP |
554 |
\fIxterm\fP(1), \fIsh\fP(1), \fIresize\fP(1), \fIX\fP(1), \fIpty\fP(4), \fItty\fP(4), |
555 |
\fIutmp\fP(5) |
556 |
.PP |
557 |
See rxvtRef\&.html rxvtRef\&.txt for detailed information on recognized escape |
558 |
sequences and menuBar syntax, etc\&. |
559 |
.PP |
560 |
.SH "BUGS" |
561 |
.PP |
562 |
Check the BUGS file for an up-to-date list\&. |
563 |
.PP |
564 |
Cursor change support is not yet implemented\&. |
565 |
.PP |
566 |
Click-and-drag doesn\&'t work with X11 mouse report overriding\&. |
567 |
.PP |
568 |
.SH "FTP LOCATION" |
569 |
.PP |
570 |
rxvt-+RXVTVERSION()\&.tar\&.gz can be found at the following ftp sites |
571 |
RXVTFTPSITE() |
572 |
.PP |
573 |
.SH "CURRENT PROJECT COORDINATOR" |
574 |
.PP |
575 |
.IP "Project Coordinator" |
576 |
RXVTMAINT() RXVTMAINTEMAIL() |
577 |
.br |
578 |
.IP "Web page maintainter" |
579 |
RXVTWEBMAINT() RXVTWEBMAINTEMAIL() |
580 |
.br |
581 |
RXVTWEBPAGE() |
582 |
.br |
583 |
.IP "Mailing list" |
584 |
The Rxvt Workers <rxvt-workers@rxvt\&.org> |
585 |
mailing list has also been established for rxvt development, to |
586 |
subscribe, email to |
587 |
<rxvt-workers-subscribe@rxvt\&.org>\&. |
588 |
There is also a mailing list for announcements of new releases of |
589 |
rxvt\&. To subscribe, email to |
590 |
<rxvt-announce-subscribe@rxvt\&.org>\&. |
591 |
.PP |
592 |
.SH "AUTHORS" |
593 |
.PP |
594 |
.IP "John Bovey" |
595 |
University of Kent, 1992, wrote the original Xvt\&. |
596 |
.IP "Rob Nation <nation@rocket\&.sanders\&.lockheed\&.com>" |
597 |
very heavily modified Xvt and came up with Rxvt |
598 |
.IP "Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc\&.ic\&.ac\&.uk>" |
599 |
wrote the Greek Keyboard Input (no longer in code) |
600 |
.IP "mj olesen <olesen@me\&.QueensU\&.CA>" |
601 |
Wrote the menu system\&. |
602 |
.br |
603 |
Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.11 to 2\&.21) |
604 |
.IP "Oezguer Kesim <kesim@math\&.fu-berlin\&.de>" |
605 |
Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.21a to 2\&.4\&.5) |
606 |
.IP "Geoff Wing <gcw@pobox\&.com>" |
607 |
Rewrote screen display and text selection routines\&. |
608 |
Project Coordinator (changes\&.txt 2\&.4\&.6 - rxvt-unicode) |
609 |
.IP "Marc Alexander Lehman <rxvt@schmorp\&.de>" |
610 |
Rewrote most of the display code and internal character handling |
611 |
to store text in unicode\&. Numerous other fixes and extensions\&. |
612 |
.br |
613 |
Project Coordinator (Changes 1\&.0 - ) |
614 |
.PP |