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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 root 1.20 <li><a href="#prepackaged_extensions">PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</a></li>
19     <li><a href="#api_documentation">API DOCUMENTATION</a></li>
20 root 1.1 <ul>
21    
22 root 1.3 <li><a href="#general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></li>
23 root 1.19 <li><a href="#extension_objects">Extension Objects</a></li>
24 root 1.1 <li><a href="#hooks">Hooks</a></li>
25 root 1.9 <li><a href="#variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
26 root 1.1 <li><a href="#functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
27 root 1.8 <li><a href="#rendition">RENDITION</a></li>
28 root 1.16 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></li>
29 root 1.1 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></li>
30 root 1.15 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></li>
31 root 1.1 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></li>
32     <li><a href="#the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></li>
33     </ul>
34    
35 root 1.2 <li><a href="#environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></li>
36     <ul>
37    
38     <li><a href="#urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></li>
39     </ul>
40    
41 root 1.1 <li><a href="#author">AUTHOR</a></li>
42     </ul>
43     <!-- INDEX END -->
44    
45     <hr />
46     <p>
47     </p>
48 root 1.7 <hr />
49 root 1.1 <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
50     <p>rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter</p>
51     <p>
52     </p>
53     <hr />
54     <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
55 root 1.5 <pre>
56     # create a file grab_test in $HOME:</pre>
57 root 1.1 <pre>
58     sub on_sel_grab {
59     warn &quot;you selected &quot;, $_[0]-&gt;selection;
60     ()
61     }</pre>
62     <pre>
63 root 1.5 # start a rxvt using it:</pre>
64     <pre>
65     rxvt --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test</pre>
66 root 1.1 <p>
67     </p>
68     <hr />
69     <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
70 root 1.15 <p>Everytime a terminal object gets created, extension scripts specified via
71     the <code>perl</code> resource are loaded and associated with it.</p>
72 root 1.5 <p>Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
73     thus must be encoded as UTF-8.</p>
74 root 1.3 <p>Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where
75 root 1.7 scripts will be shared (but not enabled) for all terminals.</p>
76 root 1.3 <p>
77     </p>
78 root 1.20 <hr />
79     <h1><a name="prepackaged_extensions">PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</a></h1>
80     <p>This section describes the extensions delivered with this release. You can
81 root 1.6 find them in <em>/opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl/</em>.</p>
82     <p>You can activate them like this:</p>
83     <pre>
84     rxvt -pe &lt;extensionname&gt;</pre>
85     <dl>
86 root 1.16 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection">selection (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
87 root 1.6 </dt>
88     <dd>
89 root 1.20 (More) intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more intelligent
90 root 1.25 when the user extends selections (double-click and further clicks). Right
91     now, it tries to select words, urls and complete shell-quoted
92     arguments, which is very convenient, too, if your <em>ls</em> supports
93     <code>--quoting-style=shell</code>.
94     </dd>
95     <dd>
96     <p>A double-click usually selects the word under the cursor, further clicks
97     will enlarge the selection.</p>
98 root 1.9 </dd>
99     <dd>
100 root 1.20 <p>It also offers the following bindable keyboard command:</p>
101 root 1.6 </dd>
102     <dl>
103     <dt><strong><a name="item_rot13">rot13</a></strong><br />
104     </dt>
105     <dd>
106     Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:
107     </dd>
108     <dd>
109     <pre>
110     URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13</pre>
111     </dd>
112     <p></p></dl>
113 root 1.16 <dt><strong><a name="item_popup">option-popup (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
114     </dt>
115     <dd>
116 root 1.17 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some) options at
117 root 1.16 runtime.
118     </dd>
119     <p></p>
120 root 1.17 <dt><strong>selection-popup (enabled by default)</strong><br />
121     </dt>
122     <dd>
123     Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the selection
124 root 1.20 text into various other formats/action (such as uri unescaping, perl
125     evalution, web-browser starting etc.), depending on content.
126 root 1.17 </dd>
127     <p></p>
128 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 />
129     </dt>
130     <dd>
131     Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
132 root 1.25 by a hotkey (default: <code>M-s</code>). While in search mode, normal terminal
133     input/output is suspended and a regex is displayed at the bottom of the
134     screen.
135 root 1.19 </dd>
136     <dd>
137 root 1.25 <p>Inputting characters appends them to the regex and continues incremental
138     search. <code>BackSpace</code> removes a character from the regex, <code>Up</code> and <code>Down</code>
139     search upwards/downwards in the scrollback buffer, <code>End</code> jumps to the
140     bottom. <code>Escape</code> leaves search mode and returns to the point where search
141     was started, while <code>Enter</code> or <code>Return</code> stay at the current position and
142     additionally stores the first match in the current line into the primary
143     selection.</p>
144 root 1.19 </dd>
145     <p></p>
146 root 1.6 <dt><strong><a name="item_digital_2dclock">digital-clock</a></strong><br />
147     </dt>
148     <dd>
149 root 1.8 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
150 root 1.6 </dd>
151     <p></p>
152 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_mark_2durls">mark-urls</a></strong><br />
153     </dt>
154     <dd>
155 root 1.24 Uses per-line display filtering (<code>on_line_update</code>) to underline urls and
156 root 1.25 make them clickable. When middle-clicked, the program specified in the
157     resource <code>urlLauncher</code> (default <code>x-www-browser</code>) will be started with
158     the URL as first argument.
159 root 1.14 </dd>
160     <p></p>
161     <dt><strong><a name="item_block_2dgraphics_2dto_2dascii">block-graphics-to-ascii</a></strong><br />
162     </dt>
163     <dd>
164     A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the terminal,
165     by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 .. U+259F) by a
166     similar-looking ascii character.
167     </dd>
168     <p></p>
169 root 1.8 <dt><strong><a name="item_example_2drefresh_2dhooks">example-refresh-hooks</a></strong><br />
170 root 1.6 </dt>
171     <dd>
172 root 1.8 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of the
173     window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create your own
174     overlays or changes.
175 root 1.6 </dd>
176     <p></p></dl>
177     <p>
178     </p>
179 root 1.20 <hr />
180     <h1><a name="api_documentation">API DOCUMENTATION</a></h1>
181     <p>
182     </p>
183 root 1.3 <h2><a name="general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></h2>
184     <p>All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
185     reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
186     like. All members starting with an underscore (such as <code>_ptr</code> or
187 root 1.9 <code>_hook</code>) are reserved for internal uses and <strong>MUST NOT</strong> be accessed or
188 root 1.3 modified).</p>
189     <p>When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
190     emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
191     the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
192     terminal is destroyed.</p>
193 root 1.14 <p>Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are some
194     hints on what they mean:</p>
195     <dl>
196     <dt><strong><a name="item__24text">$text</a></strong><br />
197     </dt>
198     <dd>
199     Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one ``unicode'' character
200 root 1.23 always represents one screen cell. See <a href="#item_row_t">ROW_t</a> for a discussion of this format.
201 root 1.14 </dd>
202     <p></p>
203     <dt><strong><a name="item__24string">$string</a></strong><br />
204     </dt>
205     <dd>
206     A perl text string, with an emphasis on <em>text</em>. It can store all unicode
207     characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a specific
208     encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
209     </dd>
210     <p></p>
211     <dt><strong><a name="item__24octets">$octets</a></strong><br />
212     </dt>
213     <dd>
214     Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
215     locale-specific way.
216     </dd>
217     <p></p></dl>
218 root 1.1 <p>
219     </p>
220 root 1.19 <h2><a name="extension_objects">Extension Objects</a></h2>
221     <p>Very perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
222     for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter to
223     hooks. So extensions can use their <code>$self</code> object without having to think
224     about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members that
225     begin with an underscore character <code>_</code>: these are reserved for internal
226     use.</p>
227     <p>Although it isn't a <code>urxvt::term</code> object, you can call all methods of the
228     <code>urxvt::term</code> class on this object.</p>
229     <p>It has the following methods and data members:</p>
230     <dl>
231     <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_term__3d__24self_2d_3e_7bterm_7d">$urxvt_term = $self-&gt;{term}</a></strong><br />
232     </dt>
233     <dd>
234     Returns the <code>urxvt::term</code> object associated with this instance of the
235     extension. This member <em>must not</em> be changed in any way.
236     </dd>
237     <p></p>
238     <dt><strong><a name="item_enable">$self-&gt;enable ($hook_name =&gt; $cb, [$hook_name =&gt; $cb..])</a></strong><br />
239     </dt>
240     <dd>
241     Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the <code>on_</code> prefix) for
242     this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when you want
243     to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
244     </dd>
245     <p></p>
246     <dt><strong><a name="item_disable">$self-&gt;disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])</a></strong><br />
247     </dt>
248     <dd>
249     Dynamically disable the given hooks.
250     </dd>
251     <p></p></dl>
252     <p>
253     </p>
254 root 1.1 <h2><a name="hooks">Hooks</a></h2>
255 root 1.14 <p>The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will be
256 root 1.9 called whenever the relevant event happens.</p>
257 root 1.19 <p>The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
258     the in the <code>Extension Objects</code> section.</p>
259     <p><strong>All</strong> of these hooks must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the
260     event counts as being <em>consumed</em>, and the invocation of other hooks is
261     skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.</p>
262     <p><em>When in doubt, return a false value (preferably <code>()</code>). </em>&gt;</p>
263 root 1.1 <dl>
264     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_init__24term">on_init $term</a></strong><br />
265     </dt>
266     <dd>
267     Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
268 root 1.14 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe to
269     call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other characteristics
270     have not yet been determined. You can safely query and change resources,
271     though.
272 root 1.1 </dd>
273     <p></p>
274     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_reset__24term">on_reset $term</a></strong><br />
275     </dt>
276     <dd>
277     Called after the screen is ``reset'' for any reason, such as resizing or
278     control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to size-related
279     variables.
280     </dd>
281     <p></p>
282     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_start__24term">on_start $term</a></strong><br />
283     </dt>
284     <dd>
285     Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just before
286     returning to the mainloop.
287     </dd>
288     <p></p>
289     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_make__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_make $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
290     </dt>
291     <dd>
292     Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before the
293     selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or type of the
294     selection will be honored.
295     </dd>
296     <dd>
297     <p>Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which case you
298     have to make a selection yourself by calling <a href="#item_selection_grab"><code>$term-&gt;selection_grab</code></a>.</p>
299     </dd>
300     <p></p>
301     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_grab__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
302     </dt>
303     <dd>
304     Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the selection is
305     requested from the server. The selection text can be queried and changed
306     by calling <a href="#item_selection"><code>$term-&gt;selection</code></a>.
307     </dd>
308     <dd>
309     <p>Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be hilighted.</p>
310     </dd>
311     <p></p>
312 root 1.9 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_extend__24term">on_sel_extend $term</a></strong><br />
313     </dt>
314     <dd>
315     Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a double
316     click) and is either supposed to return false (normal operation), or
317     should extend the selection itelf and return true to suppress the built-in
318 root 1.25 processing. This can happen multiple times, as long as the callback
319     returns true, it will be called on every further click by the user and is
320     supposed to enlarge the selection more and more, if possible.
321 root 1.9 </dd>
322     <dd>
323     <p>See the <em>selection</em> example extension.</p>
324     </dd>
325     <p></p>
326 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_view_change__24term_2c__24offset">on_view_change $term, $offset</a></strong><br />
327     </dt>
328     <dd>
329     Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
330     scrolls. Offset <code>0</code> means display the normal terminal, positive values
331     show this many lines of scrollback.
332     </dd>
333     <p></p>
334     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_scroll_back__24term_2c__24lines_2c__24saved">on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved</a></strong><br />
335     </dt>
336     <dd>
337     Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the scrollback
338     buffer. <code>$lines</code> is the number of lines scrolled out and may be larger
339     than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
340     </dd>
341     <dd>
342     <p>It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines - 1,
343     $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). <code>$saved</code> is the total
344     number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.</p>
345     </dd>
346     <p></p>
347 root 1.11 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_osc_seq__24term_2c__24string">on_osc_seq $term, $string</a></strong><br />
348     </dt>
349     <dd>
350     Called whenever the <strong>ESC ] 777 ; string ST</strong> command sequence (OSC =
351     operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other state
352     information is up-to-date when this happens. For interoperability, the
353     string should start with the extension name and a colon, to distinguish
354     it from commands for other extensions, and this might be enforced in the
355     future.
356     </dd>
357     <dd>
358     <p>Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you receive,
359     as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content, messages from
360     other users on the same system etc.).</p>
361     </dd>
362     <p></p>
363 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_add_lines__24term_2c__24string">on_add_lines $term, $string</a></strong><br />
364     </dt>
365     <dd>
366     Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as argument. You
367     can filter/change and output the text yourself by returning a true value
368     and calling <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>$term-&gt;scr_add_lines</code></a> yourself. Please note that this
369     might be very slow, however, as your hook is called for <strong>all</strong> text being
370     output.
371     </dd>
372     <p></p>
373 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_tt_write__24term_2c__24octets">on_tt_write $term, $octets</a></strong><br />
374     </dt>
375     <dd>
376     Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used to
377     suppress or filter tty input.
378     </dd>
379     <p></p>
380 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_line_update__24term_2c__24row">on_line_update $term, $row</a></strong><br />
381     </dt>
382     <dd>
383     Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
384     screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only lines
385     that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance reasons,
386     not always immediately.
387     </dd>
388     <dd>
389     <p>The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line spans
390     multiple rows.</p>
391     </dd>
392     <dd>
393     <p>Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get called
394     later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts change), so
395     you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set them.</p>
396     </dd>
397     <p></p>
398 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_begin__24term">on_refresh_begin $term</a></strong><br />
399     </dt>
400     <dd>
401     Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
402     or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
403     restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection display
404     code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
405     </dd>
406     <p></p>
407     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_end__24term">on_refresh_end $term</a></strong><br />
408     </dt>
409     <dd>
410     Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See <code>on_refresh_begin</code>.
411     </dd>
412 root 1.5 <p></p>
413     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_keyboard_command__24term_2c__24string">on_keyboard_command $term, $string</a></strong><br />
414     </dt>
415     <dd>
416     Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
417     <code>perl:string</code> action bound to it (see description of the <strong>keysym</strong>
418     resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage).
419     </dd>
420 root 1.14 <p></p>
421 root 1.15 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_in__24term">on_focus_in $term</a></strong><br />
422     </dt>
423     <dd>
424     Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode
425     does focus in processing.
426     </dd>
427     <p></p>
428     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_out__24term">on_focus_out $term</a></strong><br />
429     </dt>
430     <dd>
431     Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode does
432     focus out processing.
433     </dd>
434     <p></p>
435 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 />
436 root 1.14 </dt>
437 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 />
438 root 1.14 </dt>
439     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_press__24term_2c__24event">on_button_press $term, $event</a></strong><br />
440     </dt>
441     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_release__24term_2c__24event">on_button_release $term, $event</a></strong><br />
442     </dt>
443     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_motion_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_motion_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
444     </dt>
445 root 1.15 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_map_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_map_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
446     </dt>
447     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_unmap_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_unmap_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
448     </dt>
449 root 1.14 <dd>
450     Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the terminal If
451     the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by rxvt-unicode.
452     </dd>
453     <dd>
454     <p>The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the XEvent
455     manpage), with the additional members <code>row</code> and <code>col</code>, which are the row
456     and column under the mouse cursor.</p>
457     </dd>
458     <dd>
459     <p><code>on_key_press</code> additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
460     output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.</p>
461     </dd>
462     <dd>
463     <p>subwindow.</p>
464     </dd>
465 root 1.1 <p></p></dl>
466     <p>
467     </p>
468 root 1.9 <h2><a name="variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
469     <dl>
470 root 1.21 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3alibdir">$urxvt::LIBDIR</a></strong><br />
471     </dt>
472     <dd>
473     The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the perl
474     modules and scripts are stored.
475     </dd>
476     <p></p>
477     <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3aresclass_2c__24urxvt_3a_3aresclass">$urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS</a></strong><br />
478     </dt>
479     <dd>
480     The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X resources.
481     </dd>
482     <p></p>
483     <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3arxvtname">$urxvt::RXVTNAME</a></strong><br />
484     </dt>
485     <dd>
486     The basename of the installed binaries, usually <code>urxvt</code>.
487     </dd>
488     <p></p>
489 root 1.9 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3aterm">$urxvt::TERM</a></strong><br />
490     </dt>
491     <dd>
492 root 1.14 The current terminal. This variable stores the current <code>urxvt::term</code>
493     object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
494 root 1.9 </dd>
495 root 1.23 <p></p></dl>
496 root 1.9 <p>
497     </p>
498 root 1.1 <h2><a name="functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
499     <dl>
500     <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3afatal__24errormessage">urxvt::fatal $errormessage</a></strong><br />
501     </dt>
502     <dd>
503     Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
504     costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
505     starts up.
506     </dd>
507     <p></p>
508     <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3awarn__24string">urxvt::warn $string</a></strong><br />
509     </dt>
510     <dd>
511 root 1.3 Calls <code>rxvt_warn</code> with the given string which should not include a
512 root 1.1 newline. The module also overwrites the <code>warn</code> builtin with a function
513     that calls this function.
514     </dd>
515     <dd>
516     <p>Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
517     correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.</p>
518     </dd>
519 root 1.22 <dd>
520     <p>Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.</p>
521     </dd>
522 root 1.1 <p></p>
523 root 1.18 <dt><strong><a name="item__24is_safe__3d_urxvt_3a_3asafe">$is_safe = urxvt::safe</a></strong><br />
524     </dt>
525     <dd>
526     Returns true when it is safe to do potentially unsafe things, such as
527     evaluating perl code specified by the user. This is true when urxvt was
528     started setuid or setgid.
529     </dd>
530     <p></p>
531 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item__24time__3d_urxvt_3a_3anow">$time = urxvt::NOW</a></strong><br />
532     </dt>
533     <dd>
534     Returns the ``current time'' (as per the event loop).
535     </dd>
536 root 1.15 <p></p>
537     <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3acurrenttime">urxvt::CurrentTime</a></strong><br />
538     </dt>
539     <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3ashiftmask_2c_lockmask_2c_controlmask_2c">urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask,
540     Mod3Mask, Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask,
541     Button4Mask, Button5Mask, AnyModifier</a></strong><br />
542     </dt>
543     <dd>
544 root 1.16 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
545 root 1.15 </dd>
546 root 1.1 <p></p></dl>
547     <p>
548     </p>
549 root 1.8 <h2><a name="rendition">RENDITION</a></h2>
550     <p>Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles and
551     similar information for each screen cell.</p>
552     <p>The following ``macros'' deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
553     never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one,
554     as they contain important information required for correct operation of
555     rxvt-unicode.</p>
556     <dl>
557     <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3adefault_rstyle">$rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE</a></strong><br />
558     </dt>
559     <dd>
560     Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting up or
561     being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating renditions.
562     </dd>
563     <p></p>
564     <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aoverlay_rstyle">$rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE</a></strong><br />
565     </dt>
566     <dd>
567     Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
568     </dd>
569     <p></p>
570     <dt><strong><a name="item__24rendbit__3d_urxvt_3a_3ars_bold_2c_rs_italic_2c_">$rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline</a></strong><br />
571     </dt>
572     <dd>
573     Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
574     underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR it into
575     the bitset.
576     </dd>
577     <p></p>
578     <dt><strong><a name="item__24foreground__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_basefg__24rend">$foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend</a></strong><br />
579     </dt>
580     <dt><strong><a name="item__24background__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_basebg__24rend">$background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend</a></strong><br />
581     </dt>
582     <dd>
583     Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
584     </dd>
585     <p></p>
586 root 1.21 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_fgcolor__24rend_2c__24n">$rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</a></strong><br />
587 root 1.8 </dt>
588 root 1.21 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_bgcolor__24rend_2c__24n">$rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</a></strong><br />
589 root 1.8 </dt>
590     <dd>
591     Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with the
592     specified one.
593     </dd>
594     <p></p>
595 root 1.21 <dt><strong><a name="item__24value__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_custom__24rend">$value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend</a></strong><br />
596 root 1.8 </dt>
597     <dd>
598     Return the ``custom'' value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
599     extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are initially
600     zero.
601     </dd>
602     <p></p>
603 root 1.21 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_custom__24rend_2c__24ne">$rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value</a></strong><br />
604 root 1.8 </dt>
605     <dd>
606     Change the custom value.
607     </dd>
608     <p></p></dl>
609     <p>
610     </p>
611 root 1.16 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></h2>
612     <p>The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
613     <code>AnyEvent</code> module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
614 root 1.21 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
615     condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
616     is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant should
617     work.</p>
618 root 1.16 <p>
619     </p>
620 root 1.1 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></h2>
621     <dl>
622 root 1.22 <dt><strong><a name="item__24term__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aterm__24envhashref_2c__">$term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]</a></strong><br />
623     </dt>
624     <dd>
625     Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with system
626 root 1.23 <code>$rxvtname, arg...</code>. <code>$envhashref</code> must be a reference to a <code>%ENV</code>-like
627     hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
628 root 1.22 </dd>
629     <dd>
630 root 1.23 <p>Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
631 root 1.22 couldn't be created. Returns <code>undef</code> if the new instance didn't
632     initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The <code>init</code> and
633     <a href="#item_start"><code>start</code></a> hooks will be called during this call.</p>
634     </dd>
635     <p></p>
636 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_destroy">$term-&gt;destroy</a></strong><br />
637     </dt>
638     <dd>
639 root 1.21 Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources
640     etc.). Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event
641     watchers (timers, io watchers) are still active.
642 root 1.14 </dd>
643     <p></p>
644 root 1.15 <dt><strong><a name="item_option">$isset = $term-&gt;option ($optval[, $set])</a></strong><br />
645     </dt>
646     <dd>
647     Returns true if the option specified by <code>$optval</code> is enabled, and
648     optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the hash
649     <code>%urxvt::OPTION</code>. Options not enabled in this binary are not in the hash.
650     </dd>
651     <dd>
652     <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see the
653     source file <em>/src/optinc.h</em> to see the actual list:</p>
654     </dd>
655     <dd>
656     <pre>
657     borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
658     intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
659     pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
660     scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
661     secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
662     tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
663     </dd>
664     <p></p>
665 root 1.2 <dt><strong><a name="item_resource">$value = $term-&gt;resource ($name[, $newval])</a></strong><br />
666     </dt>
667     <dd>
668     Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
669     optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the <code>init</code>
670     hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as <code>undef</code>.
671     </dd>
672     <dd>
673     <p>The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character encoding
674     before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned value may need
675     to be converted from the used encoding to text.</p>
676     </dd>
677     <dd>
678     <p>Resource names are as defined in <em>src/rsinc.h</em>. Colours can be specified
679     as resource names of the form <code>color+&lt;index&gt;</code>, e.g. <code>color+5</code>. (will
680     likely change).</p>
681     </dd>
682     <dd>
683     <p>Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when the
684     terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat memory.</p>
685     </dd>
686     <dd>
687     <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of which
688 root 1.15 are supported in every build, please see the source file <em>/src/rsinc.h</em>
689     to see the actual list:</p>
690 root 1.2 </dd>
691     <dd>
692     <pre>
693     answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
694     borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
695     display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
696     imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
697 root 1.4 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
698 root 1.12 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
699 root 1.3 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
700     reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
701     scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
702     scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
703     shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
704     utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
705 root 1.2 </dd>
706     <p></p>
707 root 1.24 <dt><strong><a name="item_x_resource">$value = $term-&gt;x_resource ($pattern)</a></strong><br />
708     </dt>
709     <dd>
710     Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program or
711     class name, i.e. <a href="#item_x_resource"><code>$term-&gt;x_resource (&quot;boldFont&quot;)</code></a> should return the
712     same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns <code>undef</code> if no
713     resource with that pattern exists.
714     </dd>
715     <dd>
716     <p>This method should only be called during the <code>on_start</code> hook, as there is
717     only one resource database per display, and later invocations might return
718     the wrong resources.</p>
719     </dd>
720     <p></p>
721 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_parse_keysym">$success = $term-&gt;parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)</a></strong><br />
722     </dt>
723     <dd>
724     Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See the
725     <code>keysym</code> resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage.
726     </dd>
727     <p></p>
728 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_rstyle">$rend = $term-&gt;rstyle ([$new_rstyle])</a></strong><br />
729 root 1.13 </dt>
730     <dd>
731 root 1.14 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is output by
732     the terminal application will use this style.
733 root 1.13 </dd>
734     <p></p>
735     <dt><strong><a name="item_screen_cur">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;screen_cur ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
736     </dt>
737     <dd>
738     Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and optionally
739     set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect that).
740     </dd>
741     <p></p>
742 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_mark">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_mark ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
743     </dt>
744     <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_beg">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_beg ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
745     </dt>
746     <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_end">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_end ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
747     </dt>
748     <dd>
749     Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions,
750     and optionally set them to new values.
751     </dd>
752     <p></p>
753 root 1.25 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_make">$term-&gt;selection_make ($eventtime[, $rectangular])</a></strong><br />
754     </dt>
755     <dd>
756     Tries to make a selection as set by <a href="#item_selection_beg"><code>selection_beg</code></a> and
757     <a href="#item_selection_end"><code>selection_end</code></a>. If <code>$rectangular</code> is true (default: false), a
758     rectangular selection will be made. This is the prefered function to make
759     a selection.
760     </dd>
761     <p></p>
762 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_grab">$success = $term-&gt;selection_grab ($eventtime)</a></strong><br />
763     </dt>
764     <dd>
765 root 1.25 Try to request the primary selection text from the server (for example, as
766     set by the next method). No visual feedback will be given. This function
767     is mostly useful from within <code>on_sel_grab</code> hooks.
768 root 1.1 </dd>
769     <p></p>
770 root 1.6 <dt><strong>$oldtext = $term-&gt;selection ([$newtext])</strong><br />
771 root 1.1 </dt>
772     <dd>
773     Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by <code>$newtext</code>.
774     </dd>
775 root 1.19 <p></p>
776     <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay_simple">$term-&gt;overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)</a></strong><br />
777     </dt>
778 root 1.1 <dd>
779 root 1.19 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details.
780 root 1.1 </dd>
781     <p></p>
782 root 1.8 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay">$term-&gt;overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])</a></strong><br />
783 root 1.1 </dt>
784     <dd>
785     Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
786 root 1.8 width/height. <code>$rstyle</code> defines the initial rendition style
787     (default: <code>OVERLAY_RSTYLE</code>).
788     </dd>
789     <dd>
790     <p>If <code>$border</code> is <code>2</code> (default), then a decorative border will be put
791     around the box.</p>
792     </dd>
793     <dd>
794     <p>If either <code>$x</code> or <code>$y</code> is negative, then this is counted from the
795     right/bottom side, respectively.</p>
796 root 1.1 </dd>
797     <dd>
798 root 1.8 <p>This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be visible
799     as long as the perl object is referenced.</p>
800 root 1.1 </dd>
801     <dd>
802 root 1.9 <p>The methods currently supported on <code>urxvt::overlay</code> objects are:</p>
803 root 1.1 </dd>
804 root 1.9 <dl>
805 root 1.8 <dt><strong><a name="item_set">$overlay-&gt;set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)</a></strong><br />
806 root 1.1 </dt>
807     <dd>
808 root 1.8 Similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> and <a href="#item_row_r"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_r</code></a> in that it puts
809     text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of rendition values
810     at a specific position inside the overlay.
811 root 1.1 </dd>
812 root 1.3 <p></p>
813 root 1.9 <dt><strong><a name="item_hide">$overlay-&gt;hide</a></strong><br />
814     </dt>
815     <dd>
816     If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
817     </dd>
818     <p></p>
819     <dt><strong><a name="item_show">$overlay-&gt;show</a></strong><br />
820     </dt>
821     <dd>
822     If hidden, display the overlay again.
823     </dd>
824     <p></p></dl>
825 root 1.16 <dt><strong>$popup = $term-&gt;popup ($event)</strong><br />
826 root 1.15 </dt>
827     <dd>
828     Creates a new <code>urxvt::popup</code> object that implements a popup menu. The
829     <code>$event</code> <em>must</em> be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button event,
830     currently).
831     </dd>
832     <p></p>
833 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_strwidth">$cellwidth = $term-&gt;strwidth ($string)</a></strong><br />
834 root 1.3 </dt>
835     <dd>
836     Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
837     accounts for wide and combining characters.
838     </dd>
839     <p></p>
840 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_encode">$octets = $term-&gt;locale_encode ($string)</a></strong><br />
841 root 1.3 </dt>
842     <dd>
843     Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding.
844     </dd>
845     <p></p>
846 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_decode">$string = $term-&gt;locale_decode ($octets)</a></strong><br />
847 root 1.3 </dt>
848     <dd>
849     Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
850     </dd>
851     <p></p>
852 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_span">$term-&gt;scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])</a></strong><br />
853     </dt>
854     <dd>
855     XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
856 root 1.25 (default: <code>RS_RVid</code>), which <em>MUST NOT</em> contain font styles. Useful in
857     refresh hooks to provide effects similar to the selection.
858 root 1.19 </dd>
859     <p></p>
860     <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_rect">$term-&gt;scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[, $rstyle2]])</a></strong><br />
861     </dt>
862     <dd>
863     Similar to <a href="#item_scr_xor_span"><code>scr_xor_span</code></a>, but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
864     whitespace will additionally be xored with the <code>$rstyle2</code>, which defaults
865     to <code>RS_RVid | RS_Uline</code>, which removes reverse video again and underlines
866 root 1.25 it instead. Both styles <em>MUST NOT</em> contain font styles.
867 root 1.19 </dd>
868     <p></p>
869     <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_bell">$term-&gt;scr_bell</a></strong><br />
870     </dt>
871     <dd>
872     Ring the bell!
873     </dd>
874     <p></p>
875 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_add_lines">$term-&gt;scr_add_lines ($string)</a></strong><br />
876     </dt>
877     <dd>
878     Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the application
879     running inside the terminal. It may not contain command sequences (escape
880     codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage returns and tabs. The
881     string is a normal text string, not in locale-dependent encoding.
882     </dd>
883     <dd>
884     <p>Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might be
885     confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful inside a
886     <code>on_add_lines</code> hook, though.</p>
887     </dd>
888     <p></p>
889     <dt><strong><a name="item_cmd_parse">$term-&gt;cmd_parse ($octets)</a></strong><br />
890     </dt>
891     <dd>
892     Similar to <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>scr_add_lines</code></a>, but the argument must be in the
893     locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command sequences
894     (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
895     </dd>
896     <p></p>
897 root 1.3 <dt><strong><a name="item_tt_write">$term-&gt;tt_write ($octets)</a></strong><br />
898     </dt>
899     <dd>
900     Write the octets given in <code>$data</code> to the tty (i.e. as program input). To
901 root 1.6 pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your strings first
902     to the locale-specific encoding using <a href="#item_locale_encode"><code>$term-&gt;locale_encode</code></a>.
903     </dd>
904     <p></p>
905 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_pty_ev_events">$old_events = $term-&gt;pty_ev_events ([$new_events])</a></strong><br />
906     </dt>
907     <dd>
908     Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask. Can
909     be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty. See the
910     description of <a href="#item_events"><code>urxvt::timer-&gt;events</code></a>. Make sure to always restore
911     the previous value.
912     </dd>
913     <p></p>
914 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_parent">$windowid = $term-&gt;parent</a></strong><br />
915     </dt>
916     <dd>
917     Return the window id of the toplevel window.
918     </dd>
919     <p></p>
920     <dt><strong><a name="item_vt">$windowid = $term-&gt;vt</a></strong><br />
921     </dt>
922     <dd>
923     Return the window id of the terminal window.
924     </dd>
925     <p></p>
926 root 1.13 <dt><strong><a name="item_width">$window_width = $term-&gt;width</a></strong><br />
927     </dt>
928     <dt><strong><a name="item_height">$window_height = $term-&gt;height</a></strong><br />
929     </dt>
930     <dt><strong><a name="item_fwidth">$font_width = $term-&gt;fwidth</a></strong><br />
931 root 1.6 </dt>
932 root 1.13 <dt><strong><a name="item_fheight">$font_height = $term-&gt;fheight</a></strong><br />
933 root 1.6 </dt>
934 root 1.13 <dt><strong><a name="item_fbase">$font_ascent = $term-&gt;fbase</a></strong><br />
935     </dt>
936     <dt><strong><a name="item_nrow">$terminal_rows = $term-&gt;nrow</a></strong><br />
937     </dt>
938     <dt><strong><a name="item_ncol">$terminal_columns = $term-&gt;ncol</a></strong><br />
939     </dt>
940     <dt><strong><a name="item_focus">$has_focus = $term-&gt;focus</a></strong><br />
941     </dt>
942     <dt><strong><a name="item_mapped">$is_mapped = $term-&gt;mapped</a></strong><br />
943     </dt>
944     <dt><strong><a name="item_savelines">$max_scrollback = $term-&gt;saveLines</a></strong><br />
945     </dt>
946     <dt><strong><a name="item_total_rows">$nrow_plus_saveLines = $term-&gt;total_rows</a></strong><br />
947     </dt>
948     <dt><strong><a name="item_nsaved">$lines_in_scrollback = $term-&gt;nsaved</a></strong><br />
949 root 1.6 </dt>
950     <dd>
951 root 1.13 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
952 root 1.6 </dd>
953     <p></p>
954 root 1.22 <dt><strong><a name="item_display_id">$x_display = $term-&gt;display_id</a></strong><br />
955     </dt>
956     <dd>
957     Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
958     </dd>
959     <p></p>
960 root 1.19 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale">$lc_ctype = $term-&gt;locale</a></strong><br />
961     </dt>
962     <dd>
963     Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
964     </dd>
965     <p></p>
966 root 1.22 <dt><strong><a name="item_env">$env = $term-&gt;env</a></strong><br />
967 root 1.19 </dt>
968     <dd>
969 root 1.22 Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a hashref
970     similar to <code>\%ENV</code>.
971 root 1.19 </dd>
972     <p></p>
973 root 1.15 <dt><strong><a name="item_modlevel3mask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModLevel3Mask</a></strong><br />
974     </dt>
975     <dt><strong><a name="item_modmetamask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModMetaMask</a></strong><br />
976     </dt>
977     <dt><strong><a name="item_modnumlockmask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModNumLockMask</a></strong><br />
978     </dt>
979     <dd>
980     Return the modifier masks corresponding to the ``ISO Level 3 Shift'' (often
981     AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if applicable.
982     </dd>
983     <p></p>
984 root 1.6 <dt><strong><a name="item_view_start">$view_start = $term-&gt;view_start ([$newvalue])</a></strong><br />
985     </dt>
986     <dd>
987     Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value is
988     <code>0</code>, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values scroll
989     this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
990     </dd>
991     <p></p>
992     <dt><strong><a name="item_want_refresh">$term-&gt;want_refresh</a></strong><br />
993     </dt>
994     <dd>
995     Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode will
996     compare the on-screen display with its stored representation. If they
997     differ, it redraws the differences.
998     </dd>
999     <dd>
1000     <p>Used after changing terminal contents to display them.</p>
1001     </dd>
1002     <p></p>
1003     <dt><strong><a name="item_row_t">$text = $term-&gt;ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])</a></strong><br />
1004     </dt>
1005     <dd>
1006     Returns the text of the entire row with number <code>$row_number</code>. Row <code>0</code>
1007     is the topmost terminal line, row <code>$term-&gt;$ncol-1</code> is the bottommost
1008     terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line <code>-1</code> and extends to
1009 root 1.9 line <a href="#item_nsaved"><code>-$term-&gt;nsaved</code></a>. Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent line
1010     is requested.
1011 root 1.6 </dd>
1012     <dd>
1013     <p>If <code>$new_text</code> is specified, it will replace characters in the current
1014     line, starting at column <code>$start_col</code> (default <code>0</code>), which is useful
1015 root 1.8 to replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
1016 root 1.6 automatically be updated.</p>
1017     </dd>
1018     <dd>
1019 root 1.14 <p><a href="#item__24text"><code>$text</code></a> is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use more
1020 root 1.6 than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR characters
1021     (<code>chr 65535</code>). Characters with combining characters and other characters
1022     that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will be replaced with
1023     characters in the private use area.</p>
1024     </dd>
1025     <dd>
1026     <p>You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
1027     that <code>substr</code> and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
1028     characters.</p>
1029     </dd>
1030     <dd>
1031 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>
1032 root 1.6 can be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.</p>
1033     </dd>
1034     <p></p>
1035     <dt><strong><a name="item_row_r">$rend = $term-&gt;ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])</a></strong><br />
1036     </dt>
1037     <dd>
1038     Like <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>, but returns an arrayref with rendition
1039     bitsets. Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
1040     styles and similar information. See also <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>.
1041     </dd>
1042     <dd>
1043     <p>When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.</p>
1044     </dd>
1045     <dd>
1046 root 1.8 <p>See the section on RENDITION, above.</p>
1047 root 1.6 </dd>
1048     <p></p>
1049     <dt><strong><a name="item_row_l">$length = $term-&gt;ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])</a></strong><br />
1050     </dt>
1051     <dd>
1052 root 1.9 Returns the number of screen cells that are in use (``the line
1053     length''). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns <a href="#item_ncol"><code>$term-&gt;ncol</code></a> if the
1054     line is joined with the following one.
1055     </dd>
1056     <p></p>
1057     <dt><strong><a name="item_is_longer">$bool = $term-&gt;is_longer ($row_number)</a></strong><br />
1058     </dt>
1059     <dd>
1060     Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical ``line'' (i.e.
1061     joined with the following row), which means all characters are in use
1062     and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a continuation of the
1063     previous row(s)).
1064 root 1.6 </dd>
1065     <p></p>
1066 root 1.9 <dt><strong><a name="item_line">$line = $term-&gt;line ($row_number)</a></strong><br />
1067     </dt>
1068     <dd>
1069     Create and return a new <code>urxvt::line</code> object that stores information
1070     about the logical line that row <code>$row_number</code> is part of. It supports the
1071     following methods:
1072     </dd>
1073     <dl>
1074 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_t">$text = $line-&gt;t ([$new_text])</a></strong><br />
1075 root 1.9 </dt>
1076     <dd>
1077 root 1.14 Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>ROW_t</code></a>
1078 root 1.9 </dd>
1079     <p></p>
1080 root 1.14 <dt><strong><a name="item_r">$rend = $line-&gt;r ([$new_rend])</a></strong><br />
1081 root 1.9 </dt>
1082     <dd>
1083 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>
1084 root 1.9 </dd>
1085     <p></p>
1086     <dt><strong><a name="item_l">$length = $line-&gt;l</a></strong><br />
1087     </dt>
1088     <dd>
1089     Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to <a href="#item_row_l"><code>ROW_l</code></a>.
1090     </dd>
1091     <p></p>
1092     <dt><strong><a name="item_beg">$rownum = $line-&gt;beg</a></strong><br />
1093     </dt>
1094     <dt><strong><a name="item_end">$rownum = $line-&gt;end</a></strong><br />
1095     </dt>
1096     <dd>
1097     Return the row number of the first/last row of the line, respectively.
1098     </dd>
1099     <p></p>
1100     <dt><strong><a name="item_offset_of">$offset = $line-&gt;offset_of ($row, $col)</a></strong><br />
1101     </dt>
1102     <dd>
1103     Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within the logical
1104 root 1.25 line. Works for rows outside the line, too, and returns corresponding
1105     offsets outside the string.
1106 root 1.9 </dd>
1107     <p></p>
1108     <dt><strong><a name="item_coord_of">($row, $col) = $line-&gt;coord_of ($offset)</a></strong><br />
1109     </dt>
1110     <dd>
1111     Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
1112     </dd>
1113     <p></p></dl>
1114 root 1.17 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_encode">$text = $term-&gt;special_encode $string</a></strong><br />
1115 root 1.6 </dt>
1116     <dd>
1117     Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by rxvt-unicode,
1118     where one character corresponds to one screen cell. See
1119     <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.
1120     </dd>
1121     <p></p>
1122     <dt><strong><a name="item_special_decode">$string = $term-&gt;special_decode $text</a></strong><br />
1123     </dt>
1124     <dd>
1125     Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
1126     <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.
1127     </dd>
1128 root 1.17 <p></p>
1129     <dt><strong><a name="item_grab_button">$success = $term-&gt;grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)</a></strong><br />
1130     </dt>
1131     <dd>
1132 root 1.18 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
1133 root 1.17 </dd>
1134     <p></p>
1135     <dt><strong><a name="item_grab">$success = $term-&gt;grab ($eventtime[, $sync])</a></strong><br />
1136     </dt>
1137     <dd>
1138     Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
1139     synchronous (<code>$sync</code> is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
1140     </dd>
1141     <p></p>
1142     <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_async">$term-&gt;allow_events_async</a></strong><br />
1143     </dt>
1144     <dd>
1145     Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
1146     </dd>
1147     <p></p>
1148     <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_sync">$term-&gt;allow_events_sync</a></strong><br />
1149     </dt>
1150     <dd>
1151     Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
1152     </dd>
1153     <p></p>
1154     <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_replay">$term-&gt;allow_events_replay</a></strong><br />
1155     </dt>
1156     <dd>
1157     Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for the most
1158     recent grab.
1159     </dd>
1160     <p></p>
1161     <dt><strong><a name="item_ungrab">$term-&gt;ungrab</a></strong><br />
1162     </dt>
1163     <dd>
1164     Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
1165     evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error case as
1166     the session.
1167     </dd>
1168 root 1.6 <p></p></dl>
1169     <p>
1170     </p>
1171 root 1.15 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></h2>
1172 root 1.21 <dl>
1173     <dt><strong><a name="item_add_title">$popup-&gt;add_title ($title)</a></strong><br />
1174     </dt>
1175     <dd>
1176     Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
1177     </dd>
1178     <p></p>
1179     <dt><strong><a name="item_add_separator">$popup-&gt;add_separator ([$sepchr])</a></strong><br />
1180     </dt>
1181     <dd>
1182     Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as <code>$sepchr</code>.
1183     </dd>
1184     <p></p>
1185     <dt><strong><a name="item_add_button">$popup-&gt;add_button ($text, $cb)</a></strong><br />
1186     </dt>
1187     <dd>
1188     Adds a clickable button to the popup. <code>$cb</code> is called whenever it is
1189     selected.
1190     </dd>
1191     <p></p>
1192     <dt><strong><a name="item_add_toggle">$popup-&gt;add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)</a></strong><br />
1193     </dt>
1194     <dd>
1195     Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
1196     whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its first
1197     argument.
1198     </dd>
1199     <p></p>
1200     <dt><strong>$popup-&gt;show</strong><br />
1201     </dt>
1202     <dd>
1203     Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
1204     </dd>
1205     <p></p></dl>
1206 root 1.15 <p>
1207     </p>
1208 root 1.1 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></h2>
1209     <p>This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
1210     fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:</p>
1211     <pre>
1212 root 1.8 $term-&gt;{overlay} = $term-&gt;overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
1213 root 1.1 $term-&gt;{timer} = urxvt::timer
1214     -&gt;new
1215 root 1.8 -&gt;interval (1)
1216 root 1.1 -&gt;cb (sub {
1217 root 1.8 $term-&gt;{overlay}-&gt;set (0, 0,
1218     sprintf &quot;%2d:%02d:%02d&quot;, (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
1219 root 1.1 });</pre>
1220     <dl>
1221     <dt><strong><a name="item__24timer__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3atimer">$timer = new urxvt::timer</a></strong><br />
1222     </dt>
1223     <dd>
1224 root 1.8 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
1225     immediately.
1226 root 1.1 </dd>
1227     <p></p>
1228     <dt><strong><a name="item_cb">$timer = $timer-&gt;cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })</a></strong><br />
1229     </dt>
1230     <dd>
1231     Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
1232     </dd>
1233     <p></p>
1234     <dt><strong><a name="item_at">$tstamp = $timer-&gt;at</a></strong><br />
1235     </dt>
1236     <dd>
1237     Return the time this watcher will fire next.
1238     </dd>
1239     <p></p>
1240 root 1.8 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;set ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1241 root 1.1 </dt>
1242     <dd>
1243     Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
1244     </dd>
1245     <p></p>
1246 root 1.8 <dt><strong><a name="item_interval">$timer = $timer-&gt;interval ($interval)</a></strong><br />
1247     </dt>
1248     <dd>
1249     Normally (and when <code>$interval</code> is <code>0</code>), the timer will automatically
1250     stop after it has fired once. If <code>$interval</code> is non-zero, then the timer
1251     is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
1252     </dd>
1253     <p></p>
1254 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_start">$timer = $timer-&gt;start</a></strong><br />
1255     </dt>
1256     <dd>
1257     Start the timer.
1258     </dd>
1259     <p></p>
1260     <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;start ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1261     </dt>
1262     <dd>
1263     Set the event trigger time to <code>$tstamp</code> and start the timer.
1264     </dd>
1265     <p></p>
1266     <dt><strong><a name="item_stop">$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</a></strong><br />
1267     </dt>
1268     <dd>
1269     Stop the timer.
1270     </dd>
1271     <p></p></dl>
1272     <p>
1273     </p>
1274     <h2><a name="the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></h2>
1275     <p>This class implements io watchers/events. Example:</p>
1276     <pre>
1277     $term-&gt;{socket} = ...
1278     $term-&gt;{iow} = urxvt::iow
1279     -&gt;new
1280     -&gt;fd (fileno $term-&gt;{socket})
1281 root 1.19 -&gt;events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
1282 root 1.1 -&gt;start
1283     -&gt;cb (sub {
1284     my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
1285     # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
1286     sysread $term-&gt;{socket}, my $buf, 8192
1287     or end-of-file;
1288     });</pre>
1289     <dl>
1290     <dt><strong><a name="item__24iow__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aiow">$iow = new urxvt::iow</a></strong><br />
1291     </dt>
1292     <dd>
1293     Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
1294     </dd>
1295     <p></p>
1296     <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })</strong><br />
1297     </dt>
1298     <dd>
1299     Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. <code>$reventmask</code>
1300     is a bitset as described in the <a href="#item_events"><code>events</code></a> method.
1301     </dd>
1302     <p></p>
1303     <dt><strong><a name="item_fd">$iow = $iow-&gt;fd ($fd)</a></strong><br />
1304     </dt>
1305     <dd>
1306     Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
1307     </dd>
1308     <p></p>
1309     <dt><strong><a name="item_events">$iow = $iow-&gt;events ($eventmask)</a></strong><br />
1310     </dt>
1311     <dd>
1312 root 1.19 Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
1313     <code>urxvt::EVENT_READ</code> and <code>urxvt::EVENT_WRITE</code>, which might be ORed
1314     together, or <code>urxvt::EVENT_NONE</code>.
1315 root 1.1 </dd>
1316     <p></p>
1317     <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;start</strong><br />
1318     </dt>
1319     <dd>
1320     Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
1321     </dd>
1322     <p></p>
1323     <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;stop</strong><br />
1324     </dt>
1325     <dd>
1326     Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
1327     </dd>
1328     <p></p></dl>
1329     <p>
1330     </p>
1331     <hr />
1332 root 1.2 <h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
1333     <p>
1334     </p>
1335     <h2><a name="urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></h2>
1336     <p>This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
1337     numbers indicate more verbose output.</p>
1338 root 1.10 <dl>
1339 root 1.17 <dt><strong><a name="item__3d_3d_0__2d_fatal_messages">== 0 - fatal messages</a></strong><br />
1340 root 1.10 </dt>
1341 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 />
1342 root 1.10 </dt>
1343 root 1.25 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d10__2d_all_called_hooks">&gt;=10 - all called hooks</a></strong><br />
1344     </dt>
1345     <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d11__2d_hook_reutrn_values">&gt;=11 - hook reutrn values</a></strong><br />
1346 root 1.10 </dt>
1347     </dl>
1348 root 1.2 <p>
1349     </p>
1350     <hr />
1351 root 1.1 <h1><a name="author">AUTHOR</a></h1>
1352     <pre>
1353     Marc Lehmann &lt;pcg@goof.com&gt;
1354     <a href="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode</a></pre>
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