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3     <head>
4     <title>rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter</title>
5     <link rev="made" href="mailto:perl-binary@plan9.de" />
6     </head>
7    
8     <body style="background-color: white">
9    
10     <p><a name="__index__"></a></p>
11     <!-- INDEX BEGIN -->
12    
13     <ul>
14    
15     <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li>
16     <li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
17     <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
18     <ul>
19    
20 root 1.7 <li><a href="#prepackaged_extensions">Prepackaged Extensions</a></li>
21 root 1.3 <li><a href="#general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></li>
22 root 1.19 <li><a href="#extension_objects">Extension Objects</a></li>
23 root 1.1 <li><a href="#hooks">Hooks</a></li>
24 root 1.9 <li><a href="#variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
25 root 1.1 <li><a href="#functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
26 root 1.8 <li><a href="#rendition">RENDITION</a></li>
27 root 1.16 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></li>
28 root 1.1 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></li>
29 root 1.15 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></li>
30 root 1.1 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></li>
31     <li><a href="#the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></li>
32     </ul>
33    
34 root 1.2 <li><a href="#environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></li>
35     <ul>
36    
37     <li><a href="#urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></li>
38     </ul>
39    
40 root 1.1 <li><a href="#author">AUTHOR</a></li>
41     </ul>
42     <!-- INDEX END -->
43    
44     <hr />
45     <p>
46     </p>
47 root 1.7 <hr />
48 root 1.1 <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
49     <p>rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter</p>
50     <p>
51     </p>
52     <hr />
53     <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
54 root 1.5 <pre>
55     # create a file grab_test in $HOME:</pre>
56 root 1.1 <pre>
57     sub on_sel_grab {
58     warn &quot;you selected &quot;, $_[0]-&gt;selection;
59     ()
60     }</pre>
61     <pre>
62 root 1.5 # start a rxvt using it:</pre>
63     <pre>
64     rxvt --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test</pre>
65 root 1.1 <p>
66     </p>
67     <hr />
68     <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
69 root 1.15 <p>Everytime a terminal object gets created, extension scripts specified via
70     the <code>perl</code> resource are loaded and associated with it.</p>
71 root 1.5 <p>Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
72     thus must be encoded as UTF-8.</p>
73 root 1.3 <p>Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where
74 root 1.7 scripts will be shared (but not enabled) for all terminals.</p>
75 root 1.3 <p>
76     </p>
77 root 1.7 <h2><a name="prepackaged_extensions">Prepackaged Extensions</a></h2>
78 root 1.6 <p>This section describes the extensiosn delivered with this version. You can
79     find them in <em>/opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl/</em>.</p>
80     <p>You can activate them like this:</p>
81     <pre>
82     rxvt -pe &lt;extensionname&gt;</pre>
83     <dl>
84 root 1.16 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection">selection (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
85 root 1.6 </dt>
86     <dd>
87 root 1.10 Intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more intelligent when
88     the user extends selections (double-click). Right now, it tries to select
89     urls and complete shell-quoted arguments, which is very convenient, too,
90     if your <em>ls</em> supports <code>--quoting-style=shell</code>.
91 root 1.9 </dd>
92     <dd>
93     <p>It also offers the following bindable event:</p>
94 root 1.6 </dd>
95     <dl>
96     <dt><strong><a name="item_rot13">rot13</a></strong><br />
97     </dt>
98     <dd>
99     Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:
100     </dd>
101     <dd>
102     <pre>
103     URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13</pre>
104     </dd>
105     <p></p></dl>
106 root 1.16 <dt><strong><a name="item_popup">option-popup (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
107     </dt>
108     <dd>
109 root 1.17 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some) options at
110 root 1.16 runtime.
111     </dd>
112     <p></p>
113 root 1.17 <dt><strong>selection-popup (enabled by default)</strong><br />
114     </dt>
115     <dd>
116     Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the selection
117     text into various other formats/action.
118     </dd>
119     <p></p>
120 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_searchable_2dscrollback_3chotkey_3e__28enabled_by_">searchable-scrollback&lt;hotkey&gt; (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
121     </dt>
122     <dd>
123     Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
124     by a hotkey (default: <code>M-s</code>). When in search mode, normal terminal
125     input/output is suspended.
126     </dd>
127     <dd>
128     <p><code>/</code> starts an incremental regex search, <code>n</code> searches further, <code>p</code> or
129     <code>N</code> jump to the previous match, <code>G</code> jumps to the bottom and clears the
130     history, <code>enter</code> leaves search mode at the current position and <code>escape</code>
131     returns to the original position.</p>
132     </dd>
133     <p></p>
134 root 1.6 <dt><strong><a name="item_digital_2dclock">digital-clock</a></strong><br />
135     </dt>
136     <dd>
137 root 1.8 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
138 root 1.6 </dd>
139     <p></p>
140 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_mark_2durls">mark-urls</a></strong><br />
141     </dt>
142     <dd>
143     Uses per-line display filtering (<code>on_line_update</code>) to underline urls.
144     </dd>
145     <p></p>
146     <dt><strong><a name="item_block_2dgraphics_2dto_2dascii">block-graphics-to-ascii</a></strong><br />
147     </dt>
148     <dd>
149     A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the terminal,
150     by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 .. U+259F) by a
151     similar-looking ascii character.
152     </dd>
153     <p></p>
154 root 1.8 <dt><strong><a name="item_example_2drefresh_2dhooks">example-refresh-hooks</a></strong><br />
155 root 1.6 </dt>
156     <dd>
157 root 1.8 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of the
158     window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create your own
159     overlays or changes.
160 root 1.6 </dd>
161     <p></p></dl>
162     <p>
163     </p>
164 root 1.3 <h2><a name="general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></h2>
165     <p>All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
166     reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
167     like. All members starting with an underscore (such as <code>_ptr</code> or
168 root 1.9 <code>_hook</code>) are reserved for internal uses and <strong>MUST NOT</strong> be accessed or
169 root 1.3 modified).</p>
170     <p>When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
171     emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
172     the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
173     terminal is destroyed.</p>
174 root 1.14 <p>Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are some
175     hints on what they mean:</p>
176     <dl>
177     <dt><strong><a name="item__24text">$text</a></strong><br />
178     </dt>
179     <dd>
180     Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one ``unicode'' character
181     always represents one screen cell. See <em>row_t</em> for a discussion of this format.
182     </dd>
183     <p></p>
184     <dt><strong><a name="item__24string">$string</a></strong><br />
185     </dt>
186     <dd>
187     A perl text string, with an emphasis on <em>text</em>. It can store all unicode
188     characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a specific
189     encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
190     </dd>
191     <p></p>
192     <dt><strong><a name="item__24octets">$octets</a></strong><br />
193     </dt>
194     <dd>
195     Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
196     locale-specific way.
197     </dd>
198     <p></p></dl>
199 root 1.1 <p>
200     </p>
201 root 1.19 <h2><a name="extension_objects">Extension Objects</a></h2>
202     <p>Very perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
203     for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter to
204     hooks. So extensions can use their <code>$self</code> object without having to think
205     about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members that
206     begin with an underscore character <code>_</code>: these are reserved for internal
207     use.</p>
208     <p>Although it isn't a <code>urxvt::term</code> object, you can call all methods of the
209     <code>urxvt::term</code> class on this object.</p>
210     <p>It has the following methods and data members:</p>
211     <dl>
212     <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_term__3d__24self_2d_3e_7bterm_7d">$urxvt_term = $self-&gt;{term}</a></strong><br />
213     </dt>
214     <dd>
215     Returns the <code>urxvt::term</code> object associated with this instance of the
216     extension. This member <em>must not</em> be changed in any way.
217     </dd>
218     <p></p>
219     <dt><strong><a name="item_enable">$self-&gt;enable ($hook_name =&gt; $cb, [$hook_name =&gt; $cb..])</a></strong><br />
220     </dt>
221     <dd>
222     Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the <code>on_</code> prefix) for
223     this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when you want
224     to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
225     </dd>
226     <p></p>
227     <dt><strong><a name="item_disable">$self-&gt;disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])</a></strong><br />
228     </dt>
229     <dd>
230     Dynamically disable the given hooks.
231     </dd>
232     <p></p></dl>
233     <p>
234     </p>
235 root 1.1 <h2><a name="hooks">Hooks</a></h2>
236 root 1.14 <p>The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will be
237 root 1.9 called whenever the relevant event happens.</p>
238 root 1.19 <p>The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
239     the in the <code>Extension Objects</code> section.</p>
240     <p><strong>All</strong> of these hooks must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the
241     event counts as being <em>consumed</em>, and the invocation of other hooks is
242     skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.</p>
243     <p><em>When in doubt, return a false value (preferably <code>()</code>). </em>&gt;</p>
244 root 1.1 <dl>
245     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_init__24term">on_init $term</a></strong><br />
246     </dt>
247     <dd>
248     Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
249 root 1.14 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe to
250     call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other characteristics
251     have not yet been determined. You can safely query and change resources,
252     though.
253 root 1.1 </dd>
254     <p></p>
255     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_reset__24term">on_reset $term</a></strong><br />
256     </dt>
257     <dd>
258     Called after the screen is ``reset'' for any reason, such as resizing or
259     control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to size-related
260     variables.
261     </dd>
262     <p></p>
263     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_start__24term">on_start $term</a></strong><br />
264     </dt>
265     <dd>
266     Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just before
267     returning to the mainloop.
268     </dd>
269     <p></p>
270     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_make__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_make $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
271     </dt>
272     <dd>
273     Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before the
274     selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or type of the
275     selection will be honored.
276     </dd>
277     <dd>
278     <p>Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which case you
279     have to make a selection yourself by calling <a href="#item_selection_grab"><code>$term-&gt;selection_grab</code></a>.</p>
280     </dd>
281     <p></p>
282     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_grab__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
283     </dt>
284     <dd>
285     Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the selection is
286     requested from the server. The selection text can be queried and changed
287     by calling <a href="#item_selection"><code>$term-&gt;selection</code></a>.
288     </dd>
289     <dd>
290     <p>Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be hilighted.</p>
291     </dd>
292     <p></p>
293 root 1.9 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_extend__24term">on_sel_extend $term</a></strong><br />
294     </dt>
295     <dd>
296     Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a double
297     click) and is either supposed to return false (normal operation), or
298     should extend the selection itelf and return true to suppress the built-in
299     processing.
300     </dd>
301     <dd>
302     <p>See the <em>selection</em> example extension.</p>
303     </dd>
304     <p></p>
305 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_view_change__24term_2c__24offset">on_view_change $term, $offset</a></strong><br />
306     </dt>
307     <dd>
308     Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
309     scrolls. Offset <code>0</code> means display the normal terminal, positive values
310     show this many lines of scrollback.
311     </dd>
312     <p></p>
313     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_scroll_back__24term_2c__24lines_2c__24saved">on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved</a></strong><br />
314     </dt>
315     <dd>
316     Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the scrollback
317     buffer. <code>$lines</code> is the number of lines scrolled out and may be larger
318     than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
319     </dd>
320     <dd>
321     <p>It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines - 1,
322     $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). <code>$saved</code> is the total
323     number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.</p>
324     </dd>
325     <p></p>
326 root 1.11 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_osc_seq__24term_2c__24string">on_osc_seq $term, $string</a></strong><br />
327     </dt>
328     <dd>
329     Called whenever the <strong>ESC ] 777 ; string ST</strong> command sequence (OSC =
330     operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other state
331     information is up-to-date when this happens. For interoperability, the
332     string should start with the extension name and a colon, to distinguish
333     it from commands for other extensions, and this might be enforced in the
334     future.
335     </dd>
336     <dd>
337     <p>Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you receive,
338     as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content, messages from
339     other users on the same system etc.).</p>
340     </dd>
341     <p></p>
342 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_add_lines__24term_2c__24string">on_add_lines $term, $string</a></strong><br />
343     </dt>
344     <dd>
345     Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as argument. You
346     can filter/change and output the text yourself by returning a true value
347     and calling <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>$term-&gt;scr_add_lines</code></a> yourself. Please note that this
348     might be very slow, however, as your hook is called for <strong>all</strong> text being
349     output.
350     </dd>
351     <p></p>
352 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_tt_write__24term_2c__24octets">on_tt_write $term, $octets</a></strong><br />
353     </dt>
354     <dd>
355     Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used to
356     suppress or filter tty input.
357     </dd>
358     <p></p>
359 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_line_update__24term_2c__24row">on_line_update $term, $row</a></strong><br />
360     </dt>
361     <dd>
362     Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
363     screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only lines
364     that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance reasons,
365     not always immediately.
366     </dd>
367     <dd>
368     <p>The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line spans
369     multiple rows.</p>
370     </dd>
371     <dd>
372     <p>Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get called
373     later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts change), so
374     you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set them.</p>
375     </dd>
376     <p></p>
377 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_begin__24term">on_refresh_begin $term</a></strong><br />
378     </dt>
379     <dd>
380     Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
381     or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
382     restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection display
383     code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
384     </dd>
385     <p></p>
386     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_end__24term">on_refresh_end $term</a></strong><br />
387     </dt>
388     <dd>
389     Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See <code>on_refresh_begin</code>.
390     </dd>
391 root 1.5 <p></p>
392     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_keyboard_command__24term_2c__24string">on_keyboard_command $term, $string</a></strong><br />
393     </dt>
394     <dd>
395     Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
396     <code>perl:string</code> action bound to it (see description of the <strong>keysym</strong>
397     resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage).
398     </dd>
399 root 1.14 <p></p>
400 root 1.15 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_in__24term">on_focus_in $term</a></strong><br />
401     </dt>
402     <dd>
403     Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode
404     does focus in processing.
405     </dd>
406     <p></p>
407     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_out__24term">on_focus_out $term</a></strong><br />
408     </dt>
409     <dd>
410     Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode does
411     focus out processing.
412     </dd>
413     <p></p>
414 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_press__24term_2c__24event_2c__24keysym_2c__">on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets</a></strong><br />
415 root 1.14 </dt>
416 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_release__24term_2c__24event_2c__24keysym">on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym</a></strong><br />
417 root 1.14 </dt>
418     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_press__24term_2c__24event">on_button_press $term, $event</a></strong><br />
419     </dt>
420     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_release__24term_2c__24event">on_button_release $term, $event</a></strong><br />
421     </dt>
422     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_motion_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_motion_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
423     </dt>
424 root 1.15 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_map_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_map_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
425     </dt>
426     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_unmap_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_unmap_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
427     </dt>
428 root 1.14 <dd>
429     Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the terminal If
430     the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by rxvt-unicode.
431     </dd>
432     <dd>
433     <p>The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the XEvent
434     manpage), with the additional members <code>row</code> and <code>col</code>, which are the row
435     and column under the mouse cursor.</p>
436     </dd>
437     <dd>
438     <p><code>on_key_press</code> additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
439     output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.</p>
440     </dd>
441     <dd>
442     <p>subwindow.</p>
443     </dd>
444 root 1.1 <p></p></dl>
445     <p>
446     </p>
447 root 1.9 <h2><a name="variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
448     <dl>
449     <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3aterm">$urxvt::TERM</a></strong><br />
450     </dt>
451     <dd>
452 root 1.14 The current terminal. This variable stores the current <code>urxvt::term</code>
453     object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
454 root 1.9 </dd>
455     <p></p></dl>
456     <p>
457     </p>
458 root 1.1 <h2><a name="functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
459     <dl>
460 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item__24term__3d_new_urxvt__5barg_2e_2e_2e_5d">$term = new urxvt [arg...]</a></strong><br />
461     </dt>
462     <dd>
463     Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with
464     <code>system $binfile, arg...</code>. Croaks (and probably outputs an error message)
465     if the new instance couldn't be created. Returns <code>undef</code> if the new
466     instance didn't initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The
467     <code>init</code> and <a href="#item_start"><code>start</code></a> hooks will be called during the call.
468     </dd>
469     <p></p>
470 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3afatal__24errormessage">urxvt::fatal $errormessage</a></strong><br />
471     </dt>
472     <dd>
473     Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
474     costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
475     starts up.
476     </dd>
477     <p></p>
478     <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3awarn__24string">urxvt::warn $string</a></strong><br />
479     </dt>
480     <dd>
481 root 1.3 Calls <code>rxvt_warn</code> with the given string which should not include a
482 root 1.1 newline. The module also overwrites the <code>warn</code> builtin with a function
483     that calls this function.
484     </dd>
485     <dd>
486     <p>Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
487     correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.</p>
488     </dd>
489     <p></p>
490 root 1.18 <dt><strong><a name="item__24is_safe__3d_urxvt_3a_3asafe">$is_safe = urxvt::safe</a></strong><br />
491     </dt>
492     <dd>
493     Returns true when it is safe to do potentially unsafe things, such as
494     evaluating perl code specified by the user. This is true when urxvt was
495     started setuid or setgid.
496     </dd>
497     <p></p>
498 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item__24time__3d_urxvt_3a_3anow">$time = urxvt::NOW</a></strong><br />
499     </dt>
500     <dd>
501     Returns the ``current time'' (as per the event loop).
502     </dd>
503 root 1.15 <p></p>
504     <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3acurrenttime">urxvt::CurrentTime</a></strong><br />
505     </dt>
506     <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3ashiftmask_2c_lockmask_2c_controlmask_2c">urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask,
507     Mod3Mask, Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask,
508     Button4Mask, Button5Mask, AnyModifier</a></strong><br />
509     </dt>
510     <dd>
511 root 1.16 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
512 root 1.15 </dd>
513 root 1.1 <p></p></dl>
514     <p>
515     </p>
516 root 1.8 <h2><a name="rendition">RENDITION</a></h2>
517     <p>Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles and
518     similar information for each screen cell.</p>
519     <p>The following ``macros'' deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
520     never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one,
521     as they contain important information required for correct operation of
522     rxvt-unicode.</p>
523     <dl>
524     <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3adefault_rstyle">$rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE</a></strong><br />
525     </dt>
526     <dd>
527     Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting up or
528     being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating renditions.
529     </dd>
530     <p></p>
531     <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aoverlay_rstyle">$rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE</a></strong><br />
532     </dt>
533     <dd>
534     Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
535     </dd>
536     <p></p>
537     <dt><strong><a name="item__24rendbit__3d_urxvt_3a_3ars_bold_2c_rs_italic_2c_">$rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline</a></strong><br />
538     </dt>
539     <dd>
540     Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
541     underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR it into
542     the bitset.
543     </dd>
544     <p></p>
545     <dt><strong><a name="item__24foreground__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_basefg__24rend">$foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend</a></strong><br />
546     </dt>
547     <dt><strong><a name="item__24background__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_basebg__24rend">$background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend</a></strong><br />
548     </dt>
549     <dd>
550     Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
551     </dd>
552     <p></p>
553     <dt><strong><a name="item_set_fgcolor">$rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR ($rend, $new_colour)</a></strong><br />
554     </dt>
555     <dt><strong><a name="item_set_bgcolor">$rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR ($rend, $new_colour)</a></strong><br />
556     </dt>
557     <dd>
558     Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with the
559     specified one.
560     </dd>
561     <p></p>
562     <dt><strong><a name="item_get_custom">$value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM ($rend)</a></strong><br />
563     </dt>
564     <dd>
565     Return the ``custom'' value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
566     extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are initially
567     zero.
568     </dd>
569     <p></p>
570     <dt><strong><a name="item_set_custom">$rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM ($rend, $new_value)</a></strong><br />
571     </dt>
572     <dd>
573     Change the custom value.
574     </dd>
575     <p></p></dl>
576     <p>
577     </p>
578 root 1.16 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></h2>
579     <p>The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
580     <code>AnyEvent</code> module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
581     further work. The only exception is that you cannot wait on condition
582     variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means is that you
583     cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant should work.</p>
584     <p>
585     </p>
586 root 1.1 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></h2>
587     <dl>
588 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_destroy">$term-&gt;destroy</a></strong><br />
589     </dt>
590     <dd>
591     Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources etc.).
592     </dd>
593     <p></p>
594 root 1.15 <dt><strong><a name="item_option">$isset = $term-&gt;option ($optval[, $set])</a></strong><br />
595     </dt>
596     <dd>
597     Returns true if the option specified by <code>$optval</code> is enabled, and
598     optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the hash
599     <code>%urxvt::OPTION</code>. Options not enabled in this binary are not in the hash.
600     </dd>
601     <dd>
602     <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see the
603     source file <em>/src/optinc.h</em> to see the actual list:</p>
604     </dd>
605     <dd>
606     <pre>
607     borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
608     intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
609     pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
610     scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
611     secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
612     tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
613     </dd>
614     <p></p>
615 root 1.2 <dt><strong><a name="item_resource">$value = $term-&gt;resource ($name[, $newval])</a></strong><br />
616     </dt>
617     <dd>
618     Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
619     optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the <code>init</code>
620     hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as <code>undef</code>.
621     </dd>
622     <dd>
623     <p>The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character encoding
624     before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned value may need
625     to be converted from the used encoding to text.</p>
626     </dd>
627     <dd>
628     <p>Resource names are as defined in <em>src/rsinc.h</em>. Colours can be specified
629     as resource names of the form <code>color+&lt;index&gt;</code>, e.g. <code>color+5</code>. (will
630     likely change).</p>
631     </dd>
632     <dd>
633     <p>Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when the
634     terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat memory.</p>
635     </dd>
636     <dd>
637     <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of which
638 root 1.15 are supported in every build, please see the source file <em>/src/rsinc.h</em>
639     to see the actual list:</p>
640 root 1.2 </dd>
641     <dd>
642     <pre>
643     answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
644     borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
645     display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
646     imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
647 root 1.4 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
648 root 1.12 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
649 root 1.3 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
650     reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
651     scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
652     scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
653     shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
654     utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
655 root 1.2 </dd>
656     <p></p>
657 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_parse_keysym">$success = $term-&gt;parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)</a></strong><br />
658     </dt>
659     <dd>
660     Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See the
661     <code>keysym</code> resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage.
662     </dd>
663     <p></p>
664 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_rstyle">$rend = $term-&gt;rstyle ([$new_rstyle])</a></strong><br />
665 root 1.13 </dt>
666     <dd>
667 root 1.14 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is output by
668     the terminal application will use this style.
669 root 1.13 </dd>
670     <p></p>
671     <dt><strong><a name="item_screen_cur">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;screen_cur ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
672     </dt>
673     <dd>
674     Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and optionally
675     set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect that).
676     </dd>
677     <p></p>
678 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_mark">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_mark ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
679     </dt>
680     <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_beg">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_beg ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
681     </dt>
682     <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_end">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_end ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
683     </dt>
684     <dd>
685     Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions,
686     and optionally set them to new values.
687     </dd>
688     <p></p>
689     <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_grab">$success = $term-&gt;selection_grab ($eventtime)</a></strong><br />
690     </dt>
691     <dd>
692     Try to request the primary selection from the server (for example, as set
693     by the next method).
694     </dd>
695     <p></p>
696 root 1.6 <dt><strong>$oldtext = $term-&gt;selection ([$newtext])</strong><br />
697 root 1.1 </dt>
698     <dd>
699     Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by <code>$newtext</code>.
700     </dd>
701 root 1.19 <p></p>
702     <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay_simple">$term-&gt;overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)</a></strong><br />
703     </dt>
704 root 1.1 <dd>
705 root 1.19 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details.
706 root 1.1 </dd>
707     <p></p>
708 root 1.8 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay">$term-&gt;overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])</a></strong><br />
709 root 1.1 </dt>
710     <dd>
711     Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
712 root 1.8 width/height. <code>$rstyle</code> defines the initial rendition style
713     (default: <code>OVERLAY_RSTYLE</code>).
714     </dd>
715     <dd>
716     <p>If <code>$border</code> is <code>2</code> (default), then a decorative border will be put
717     around the box.</p>
718     </dd>
719     <dd>
720     <p>If either <code>$x</code> or <code>$y</code> is negative, then this is counted from the
721     right/bottom side, respectively.</p>
722 root 1.1 </dd>
723     <dd>
724 root 1.8 <p>This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be visible
725     as long as the perl object is referenced.</p>
726 root 1.1 </dd>
727     <dd>
728 root 1.9 <p>The methods currently supported on <code>urxvt::overlay</code> objects are:</p>
729 root 1.1 </dd>
730 root 1.9 <dl>
731 root 1.8 <dt><strong><a name="item_set">$overlay-&gt;set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)</a></strong><br />
732 root 1.1 </dt>
733     <dd>
734 root 1.8 Similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> and <a href="#item_row_r"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_r</code></a> in that it puts
735     text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of rendition values
736     at a specific position inside the overlay.
737 root 1.1 </dd>
738 root 1.3 <p></p>
739 root 1.9 <dt><strong><a name="item_hide">$overlay-&gt;hide</a></strong><br />
740     </dt>
741     <dd>
742     If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
743     </dd>
744     <p></p>
745     <dt><strong><a name="item_show">$overlay-&gt;show</a></strong><br />
746     </dt>
747     <dd>
748     If hidden, display the overlay again.
749     </dd>
750     <p></p></dl>
751 root 1.16 <dt><strong>$popup = $term-&gt;popup ($event)</strong><br />
752 root 1.15 </dt>
753     <dd>
754     Creates a new <code>urxvt::popup</code> object that implements a popup menu. The
755     <code>$event</code> <em>must</em> be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button event,
756     currently).
757     </dd>
758     <p></p>
759 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_strwidth">$cellwidth = $term-&gt;strwidth ($string)</a></strong><br />
760 root 1.3 </dt>
761     <dd>
762     Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
763     accounts for wide and combining characters.
764     </dd>
765     <p></p>
766 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_encode">$octets = $term-&gt;locale_encode ($string)</a></strong><br />
767 root 1.3 </dt>
768     <dd>
769     Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding.
770     </dd>
771     <p></p>
772 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_decode">$string = $term-&gt;locale_decode ($octets)</a></strong><br />
773 root 1.3 </dt>
774     <dd>
775     Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
776     </dd>
777     <p></p>
778 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_span">$term-&gt;scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])</a></strong><br />
779     </dt>
780     <dd>
781     XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
782     (default: <code>RS_RVid</code>). Useful in refresh hooks to provide effects similar
783     to the selection.
784     </dd>
785     <p></p>
786     <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_rect">$term-&gt;scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[, $rstyle2]])</a></strong><br />
787     </dt>
788     <dd>
789     Similar to <a href="#item_scr_xor_span"><code>scr_xor_span</code></a>, but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
790     whitespace will additionally be xored with the <code>$rstyle2</code>, which defaults
791     to <code>RS_RVid | RS_Uline</code>, which removes reverse video again and underlines
792     it instead.
793     </dd>
794     <p></p>
795     <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_bell">$term-&gt;scr_bell</a></strong><br />
796     </dt>
797     <dd>
798     Ring the bell!
799     </dd>
800     <p></p>
801 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_add_lines">$term-&gt;scr_add_lines ($string)</a></strong><br />
802     </dt>
803     <dd>
804     Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the application
805     running inside the terminal. It may not contain command sequences (escape
806     codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage returns and tabs. The
807     string is a normal text string, not in locale-dependent encoding.
808     </dd>
809     <dd>
810     <p>Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might be
811     confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful inside a
812     <code>on_add_lines</code> hook, though.</p>
813     </dd>
814     <p></p>
815     <dt><strong><a name="item_cmd_parse">$term-&gt;cmd_parse ($octets)</a></strong><br />
816     </dt>
817     <dd>
818     Similar to <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>scr_add_lines</code></a>, but the argument must be in the
819     locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command sequences
820     (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
821     </dd>
822     <p></p>
823 root 1.3 <dt><strong><a name="item_tt_write">$term-&gt;tt_write ($octets)</a></strong><br />
824     </dt>
825     <dd>
826     Write the octets given in <code>$data</code> to the tty (i.e. as program input). To
827 root 1.6 pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your strings first
828     to the locale-specific encoding using <a href="#item_locale_encode"><code>$term-&gt;locale_encode</code></a>.
829     </dd>
830     <p></p>
831 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_pty_ev_events">$old_events = $term-&gt;pty_ev_events ([$new_events])</a></strong><br />
832     </dt>
833     <dd>
834     Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask. Can
835     be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty. See the
836     description of <a href="#item_events"><code>urxvt::timer-&gt;events</code></a>. Make sure to always restore
837     the previous value.
838     </dd>
839     <p></p>
840 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_parent">$windowid = $term-&gt;parent</a></strong><br />
841     </dt>
842     <dd>
843     Return the window id of the toplevel window.
844     </dd>
845     <p></p>
846     <dt><strong><a name="item_vt">$windowid = $term-&gt;vt</a></strong><br />
847     </dt>
848     <dd>
849     Return the window id of the terminal window.
850     </dd>
851     <p></p>
852 root 1.13 <dt><strong><a name="item_width">$window_width = $term-&gt;width</a></strong><br />
853     </dt>
854     <dt><strong><a name="item_height">$window_height = $term-&gt;height</a></strong><br />
855     </dt>
856     <dt><strong><a name="item_fwidth">$font_width = $term-&gt;fwidth</a></strong><br />
857 root 1.6 </dt>
858 root 1.13 <dt><strong><a name="item_fheight">$font_height = $term-&gt;fheight</a></strong><br />
859 root 1.6 </dt>
860 root 1.13 <dt><strong><a name="item_fbase">$font_ascent = $term-&gt;fbase</a></strong><br />
861     </dt>
862     <dt><strong><a name="item_nrow">$terminal_rows = $term-&gt;nrow</a></strong><br />
863     </dt>
864     <dt><strong><a name="item_ncol">$terminal_columns = $term-&gt;ncol</a></strong><br />
865     </dt>
866     <dt><strong><a name="item_focus">$has_focus = $term-&gt;focus</a></strong><br />
867     </dt>
868     <dt><strong><a name="item_mapped">$is_mapped = $term-&gt;mapped</a></strong><br />
869     </dt>
870     <dt><strong><a name="item_savelines">$max_scrollback = $term-&gt;saveLines</a></strong><br />
871     </dt>
872     <dt><strong><a name="item_total_rows">$nrow_plus_saveLines = $term-&gt;total_rows</a></strong><br />
873     </dt>
874     <dt><strong><a name="item_nsaved">$lines_in_scrollback = $term-&gt;nsaved</a></strong><br />
875 root 1.6 </dt>
876     <dd>
877 root 1.13 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
878 root 1.6 </dd>
879     <p></p>
880 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale">$lc_ctype = $term-&gt;locale</a></strong><br />
881     </dt>
882     <dd>
883     Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
884     </dd>
885     <p></p>
886     <dt><strong><a name="item_display_id">$x_display = $term-&gt;display_id</a></strong><br />
887     </dt>
888     <dd>
889     Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
890     </dd>
891     <p></p>
892 root 1.15 <dt><strong><a name="item_modlevel3mask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModLevel3Mask</a></strong><br />
893     </dt>
894     <dt><strong><a name="item_modmetamask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModMetaMask</a></strong><br />
895     </dt>
896     <dt><strong><a name="item_modnumlockmask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModNumLockMask</a></strong><br />
897     </dt>
898     <dd>
899     Return the modifier masks corresponding to the ``ISO Level 3 Shift'' (often
900     AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if applicable.
901     </dd>
902     <p></p>
903 root 1.6 <dt><strong><a name="item_view_start">$view_start = $term-&gt;view_start ([$newvalue])</a></strong><br />
904     </dt>
905     <dd>
906     Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value is
907     <code>0</code>, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values scroll
908     this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
909     </dd>
910     <p></p>
911     <dt><strong><a name="item_want_refresh">$term-&gt;want_refresh</a></strong><br />
912     </dt>
913     <dd>
914     Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode will
915     compare the on-screen display with its stored representation. If they
916     differ, it redraws the differences.
917     </dd>
918     <dd>
919     <p>Used after changing terminal contents to display them.</p>
920     </dd>
921     <p></p>
922     <dt><strong><a name="item_row_t">$text = $term-&gt;ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])</a></strong><br />
923     </dt>
924     <dd>
925     Returns the text of the entire row with number <code>$row_number</code>. Row <code>0</code>
926     is the topmost terminal line, row <code>$term-&gt;$ncol-1</code> is the bottommost
927     terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line <code>-1</code> and extends to
928 root 1.9 line <a href="#item_nsaved"><code>-$term-&gt;nsaved</code></a>. Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent line
929     is requested.
930 root 1.6 </dd>
931     <dd>
932     <p>If <code>$new_text</code> is specified, it will replace characters in the current
933     line, starting at column <code>$start_col</code> (default <code>0</code>), which is useful
934 root 1.8 to replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
935 root 1.6 automatically be updated.</p>
936     </dd>
937     <dd>
938 root 1.14 <p><a href="#item__24text"><code>$text</code></a> is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use more
939 root 1.6 than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR characters
940     (<code>chr 65535</code>). Characters with combining characters and other characters
941     that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will be replaced with
942     characters in the private use area.</p>
943     </dd>
944     <dd>
945     <p>You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
946     that <code>substr</code> and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
947     characters.</p>
948     </dd>
949     <dd>
950 root 1.17 <p>The methods <a href="#item_special_encode"><code>$term-&gt;special_encode</code></a> and <a href="#item_special_decode"><code>$term-&gt;special_decode</code></a>
951 root 1.6 can be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.</p>
952     </dd>
953     <p></p>
954     <dt><strong><a name="item_row_r">$rend = $term-&gt;ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])</a></strong><br />
955     </dt>
956     <dd>
957     Like <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>, but returns an arrayref with rendition
958     bitsets. Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
959     styles and similar information. See also <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>.
960     </dd>
961     <dd>
962     <p>When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.</p>
963     </dd>
964     <dd>
965 root 1.8 <p>See the section on RENDITION, above.</p>
966 root 1.6 </dd>
967     <p></p>
968     <dt><strong><a name="item_row_l">$length = $term-&gt;ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])</a></strong><br />
969     </dt>
970     <dd>
971 root 1.9 Returns the number of screen cells that are in use (``the line
972     length''). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns <a href="#item_ncol"><code>$term-&gt;ncol</code></a> if the
973     line is joined with the following one.
974     </dd>
975     <p></p>
976     <dt><strong><a name="item_is_longer">$bool = $term-&gt;is_longer ($row_number)</a></strong><br />
977     </dt>
978     <dd>
979     Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical ``line'' (i.e.
980     joined with the following row), which means all characters are in use
981     and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a continuation of the
982     previous row(s)).
983 root 1.6 </dd>
984     <p></p>
985 root 1.9 <dt><strong><a name="item_line">$line = $term-&gt;line ($row_number)</a></strong><br />
986     </dt>
987     <dd>
988     Create and return a new <code>urxvt::line</code> object that stores information
989     about the logical line that row <code>$row_number</code> is part of. It supports the
990     following methods:
991     </dd>
992     <dl>
993 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_t">$text = $line-&gt;t ([$new_text])</a></strong><br />
994 root 1.9 </dt>
995     <dd>
996 root 1.14 Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>ROW_t</code></a>
997 root 1.9 </dd>
998     <p></p>
999 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_r">$rend = $line-&gt;r ([$new_rend])</a></strong><br />
1000 root 1.9 </dt>
1001     <dd>
1002 root 1.14 Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_r"><code>ROW_r</code></a>
1003 root 1.9 </dd>
1004     <p></p>
1005     <dt><strong><a name="item_l">$length = $line-&gt;l</a></strong><br />
1006     </dt>
1007     <dd>
1008     Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to <a href="#item_row_l"><code>ROW_l</code></a>.
1009     </dd>
1010     <p></p>
1011     <dt><strong><a name="item_beg">$rownum = $line-&gt;beg</a></strong><br />
1012     </dt>
1013     <dt><strong><a name="item_end">$rownum = $line-&gt;end</a></strong><br />
1014     </dt>
1015     <dd>
1016     Return the row number of the first/last row of the line, respectively.
1017     </dd>
1018     <p></p>
1019     <dt><strong><a name="item_offset_of">$offset = $line-&gt;offset_of ($row, $col)</a></strong><br />
1020     </dt>
1021     <dd>
1022     Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within the logical
1023     line.
1024     </dd>
1025     <p></p>
1026     <dt><strong><a name="item_coord_of">($row, $col) = $line-&gt;coord_of ($offset)</a></strong><br />
1027     </dt>
1028     <dd>
1029     Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
1030     </dd>
1031     <p></p></dl>
1032 root 1.17 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_encode">$text = $term-&gt;special_encode $string</a></strong><br />
1033 root 1.6 </dt>
1034     <dd>
1035     Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by rxvt-unicode,
1036     where one character corresponds to one screen cell. See
1037     <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.
1038     </dd>
1039     <p></p>
1040     <dt><strong><a name="item_special_decode">$string = $term-&gt;special_decode $text</a></strong><br />
1041     </dt>
1042     <dd>
1043     Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
1044     <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.
1045     </dd>
1046 root 1.17 <p></p>
1047     <dt><strong><a name="item_grab_button">$success = $term-&gt;grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)</a></strong><br />
1048     </dt>
1049     <dd>
1050 root 1.18 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
1051 root 1.17 </dd>
1052     <p></p>
1053     <dt><strong><a name="item_grab">$success = $term-&gt;grab ($eventtime[, $sync])</a></strong><br />
1054     </dt>
1055     <dd>
1056     Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
1057     synchronous (<code>$sync</code> is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
1058     </dd>
1059     <p></p>
1060     <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_async">$term-&gt;allow_events_async</a></strong><br />
1061     </dt>
1062     <dd>
1063     Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
1064     </dd>
1065     <p></p>
1066     <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_sync">$term-&gt;allow_events_sync</a></strong><br />
1067     </dt>
1068     <dd>
1069     Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
1070     </dd>
1071     <p></p>
1072     <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_replay">$term-&gt;allow_events_replay</a></strong><br />
1073     </dt>
1074     <dd>
1075     Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for the most
1076     recent grab.
1077     </dd>
1078     <p></p>
1079     <dt><strong><a name="item_ungrab">$term-&gt;ungrab</a></strong><br />
1080     </dt>
1081     <dd>
1082     Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
1083     evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error case as
1084     the session.
1085     </dd>
1086 root 1.6 <p></p></dl>
1087     <p>
1088     </p>
1089 root 1.15 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></h2>
1090     <p>
1091     </p>
1092 root 1.1 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></h2>
1093     <p>This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
1094     fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:</p>
1095     <pre>
1096 root 1.8 $term-&gt;{overlay} = $term-&gt;overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
1097 root 1.1 $term-&gt;{timer} = urxvt::timer
1098     -&gt;new
1099 root 1.8 -&gt;interval (1)
1100 root 1.1 -&gt;cb (sub {
1101 root 1.8 $term-&gt;{overlay}-&gt;set (0, 0,
1102     sprintf &quot;%2d:%02d:%02d&quot;, (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
1103 root 1.1 });</pre>
1104     <dl>
1105     <dt><strong><a name="item__24timer__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3atimer">$timer = new urxvt::timer</a></strong><br />
1106     </dt>
1107     <dd>
1108 root 1.8 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
1109     immediately.
1110 root 1.1 </dd>
1111     <p></p>
1112     <dt><strong><a name="item_cb">$timer = $timer-&gt;cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })</a></strong><br />
1113     </dt>
1114     <dd>
1115     Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
1116     </dd>
1117     <p></p>
1118     <dt><strong><a name="item_at">$tstamp = $timer-&gt;at</a></strong><br />
1119     </dt>
1120     <dd>
1121     Return the time this watcher will fire next.
1122     </dd>
1123     <p></p>
1124 root 1.8 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;set ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1125 root 1.1 </dt>
1126     <dd>
1127     Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
1128     </dd>
1129     <p></p>
1130 root 1.8 <dt><strong><a name="item_interval">$timer = $timer-&gt;interval ($interval)</a></strong><br />
1131     </dt>
1132     <dd>
1133     Normally (and when <code>$interval</code> is <code>0</code>), the timer will automatically
1134     stop after it has fired once. If <code>$interval</code> is non-zero, then the timer
1135     is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
1136     </dd>
1137     <p></p>
1138 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_start">$timer = $timer-&gt;start</a></strong><br />
1139     </dt>
1140     <dd>
1141     Start the timer.
1142     </dd>
1143     <p></p>
1144     <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;start ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1145     </dt>
1146     <dd>
1147     Set the event trigger time to <code>$tstamp</code> and start the timer.
1148     </dd>
1149     <p></p>
1150     <dt><strong><a name="item_stop">$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</a></strong><br />
1151     </dt>
1152     <dd>
1153     Stop the timer.
1154     </dd>
1155     <p></p></dl>
1156     <p>
1157     </p>
1158     <h2><a name="the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></h2>
1159     <p>This class implements io watchers/events. Example:</p>
1160     <pre>
1161     $term-&gt;{socket} = ...
1162     $term-&gt;{iow} = urxvt::iow
1163     -&gt;new
1164     -&gt;fd (fileno $term-&gt;{socket})
1165 root 1.19 -&gt;events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
1166 root 1.1 -&gt;start
1167     -&gt;cb (sub {
1168     my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
1169     # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
1170     sysread $term-&gt;{socket}, my $buf, 8192
1171     or end-of-file;
1172     });</pre>
1173     <dl>
1174     <dt><strong><a name="item__24iow__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aiow">$iow = new urxvt::iow</a></strong><br />
1175     </dt>
1176     <dd>
1177     Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
1178     </dd>
1179     <p></p>
1180     <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })</strong><br />
1181     </dt>
1182     <dd>
1183     Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. <code>$reventmask</code>
1184     is a bitset as described in the <a href="#item_events"><code>events</code></a> method.
1185     </dd>
1186     <p></p>
1187     <dt><strong><a name="item_fd">$iow = $iow-&gt;fd ($fd)</a></strong><br />
1188     </dt>
1189     <dd>
1190     Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
1191     </dd>
1192     <p></p>
1193     <dt><strong><a name="item_events">$iow = $iow-&gt;events ($eventmask)</a></strong><br />
1194     </dt>
1195     <dd>
1196 root 1.19 Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
1197     <code>urxvt::EVENT_READ</code> and <code>urxvt::EVENT_WRITE</code>, which might be ORed
1198     together, or <code>urxvt::EVENT_NONE</code>.
1199 root 1.1 </dd>
1200     <p></p>
1201     <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;start</strong><br />
1202     </dt>
1203     <dd>
1204     Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
1205     </dd>
1206     <p></p>
1207     <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;stop</strong><br />
1208     </dt>
1209     <dd>
1210     Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
1211     </dd>
1212     <p></p></dl>
1213     <p>
1214     </p>
1215     <hr />
1216 root 1.2 <h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
1217     <p>
1218     </p>
1219     <h2><a name="urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></h2>
1220     <p>This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
1221     numbers indicate more verbose output.</p>
1222 root 1.10 <dl>
1223 root 1.17 <dt><strong><a name="item__3d_3d_0__2d_fatal_messages">== 0 - fatal messages</a></strong><br />
1224 root 1.10 </dt>
1225 root 1.17 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d_3__2d_script_loading_and_management">&gt;= 3 - script loading and management</a></strong><br />
1226 root 1.10 </dt>
1227 root 1.17 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d10__2d_all_events_received">&gt;=10 - all events received</a></strong><br />
1228 root 1.10 </dt>
1229     </dl>
1230 root 1.2 <p>
1231     </p>
1232     <hr />
1233 root 1.1 <h1><a name="author">AUTHOR</a></h1>
1234     <pre>
1235     Marc Lehmann &lt;pcg@goof.com&gt;
1236     <a href="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode</a></pre>
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