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2     <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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 1.3 <li><a href="#general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></li>
21 root 1.1 <li><a href="#hooks">Hooks</a></li>
22     <li><a href="#functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
23     <li><a href="#the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></li>
24     <li><a href="#the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></li>
25     <li><a href="#the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></li>
26     </ul>
27    
28 root 1.2 <li><a href="#environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></li>
29     <ul>
30    
31     <li><a href="#urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></li>
32     </ul>
33    
34 root 1.1 <li><a href="#author">AUTHOR</a></li>
35     </ul>
36     <!-- INDEX END -->
37    
38     <hr />
39     <p>
40     </p>
41     <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
42     <p>rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter</p>
43     <p>
44     </p>
45     <hr />
46     <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
47     <p>* Put your scripts into <em>/opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl-ext/</em>, they will be loaded automatically.</p>
48     <p>* Scripts are evaluated in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
49     thus must be encoded as UTF-8.</p>
50     <pre>
51     sub on_sel_grab {
52     warn &quot;you selected &quot;, $_[0]-&gt;selection;
53     ()
54     }</pre>
55     <pre>
56     1</pre>
57     <p>
58     </p>
59     <hr />
60     <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
61 root 1.4 <p>Everytime a terminal object gets created, scripts specified via the
62     <code>perl</code> resource are associated with it.</p>
63 root 1.3 <p>Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where
64 root 1.4 scripts will be shared (But not enabled) for all terminals.</p>
65 root 1.3 <p>
66     </p>
67     <h2><a name="general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></h2>
68     <p>All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
69     reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
70     like. All members starting with an underscore (such as <code>_ptr</code> or
71     <code>_hook</code>) are reserved for internal uses and must not be accessed or
72     modified).</p>
73     <p>When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
74     emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
75     the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
76     terminal is destroyed.</p>
77 root 1.1 <p>
78     </p>
79     <h2><a name="hooks">Hooks</a></h2>
80     <p>The following subroutines can be declared in loaded scripts, and will be called
81     whenever the relevant event happens.</p>
82     <p>All of them must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the event
83     counts as being <em>consumed</em>, and the invocation of other hooks is skipped,
84     and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.</p>
85     <p>When in doubt, return a false value (preferably <code>()</code>).</p>
86     <dl>
87     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_init__24term">on_init $term</a></strong><br />
88     </dt>
89     <dd>
90     Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
91     windows are created or the command gets run.
92     </dd>
93     <p></p>
94     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_reset__24term">on_reset $term</a></strong><br />
95     </dt>
96     <dd>
97     Called after the screen is ``reset'' for any reason, such as resizing or
98     control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to size-related
99     variables.
100     </dd>
101     <p></p>
102     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_start__24term">on_start $term</a></strong><br />
103     </dt>
104     <dd>
105     Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just before
106     returning to the mainloop.
107     </dd>
108     <p></p>
109     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_make__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_make $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
110     </dt>
111     <dd>
112     Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before the
113     selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or type of the
114     selection will be honored.
115     </dd>
116     <dd>
117     <p>Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which case you
118     have to make a selection yourself by calling <a href="#item_selection_grab"><code>$term-&gt;selection_grab</code></a>.</p>
119     </dd>
120     <p></p>
121     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_grab__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
122     </dt>
123     <dd>
124     Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the selection is
125     requested from the server. The selection text can be queried and changed
126     by calling <a href="#item_selection"><code>$term-&gt;selection</code></a>.
127     </dd>
128     <dd>
129     <p>Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be hilighted.</p>
130     </dd>
131     <p></p>
132     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_in__24term">on_focus_in $term</a></strong><br />
133     </dt>
134     <dd>
135     Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before urxvt does
136     focus in processing.
137     </dd>
138     <p></p>
139     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_out__24term">on_focus_out $term</a></strong><br />
140     </dt>
141     <dd>
142     Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before urxvt does focus
143     out processing.
144     </dd>
145     <p></p>
146     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_view_change__24term_2c__24offset">on_view_change $term, $offset</a></strong><br />
147     </dt>
148     <dd>
149     Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
150     scrolls. Offset <code>0</code> means display the normal terminal, positive values
151     show this many lines of scrollback.
152     </dd>
153     <p></p>
154     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_scroll_back__24term_2c__24lines_2c__24saved">on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved</a></strong><br />
155     </dt>
156     <dd>
157     Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the scrollback
158     buffer. <code>$lines</code> is the number of lines scrolled out and may be larger
159     than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
160     </dd>
161     <dd>
162     <p>It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines - 1,
163     $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). <code>$saved</code> is the total
164     number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.</p>
165     </dd>
166     <p></p>
167     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_tty_activity__24term__2anyi_2a">on_tty_activity $term *NYI*</a></strong><br />
168     </dt>
169     <dd>
170     Called whenever the <code>program(s)</code> running in the urxvt window send output.
171     </dd>
172     <p></p>
173     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_begin__24term">on_refresh_begin $term</a></strong><br />
174     </dt>
175     <dd>
176     Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
177     or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
178     restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection display
179     code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
180     </dd>
181     <p></p>
182     <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_end__24term">on_refresh_end $term</a></strong><br />
183     </dt>
184     <dd>
185     Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See <code>on_refresh_begin</code>.
186     </dd>
187     <p></p></dl>
188     <p>
189     </p>
190     <h2><a name="functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
191     <dl>
192     <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3afatal__24errormessage">urxvt::fatal $errormessage</a></strong><br />
193     </dt>
194     <dd>
195     Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
196     costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
197     starts up.
198     </dd>
199     <p></p>
200     <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3awarn__24string">urxvt::warn $string</a></strong><br />
201     </dt>
202     <dd>
203 root 1.3 Calls <code>rxvt_warn</code> with the given string which should not include a
204 root 1.1 newline. The module also overwrites the <code>warn</code> builtin with a function
205     that calls this function.
206     </dd>
207     <dd>
208     <p>Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
209     correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.</p>
210     </dd>
211     <p></p>
212     <dt><strong><a name="item__24time__3d_urxvt_3a_3anow">$time = urxvt::NOW</a></strong><br />
213     </dt>
214     <dd>
215     Returns the ``current time'' (as per the event loop).
216     </dd>
217     <p></p></dl>
218     <p>
219     </p>
220     <h2><a name="the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></h2>
221     <dl>
222 root 1.2 <dt><strong><a name="item_resource">$value = $term-&gt;resource ($name[, $newval])</a></strong><br />
223     </dt>
224     <dd>
225     Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
226     optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the <code>init</code>
227     hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as <code>undef</code>.
228     </dd>
229     <dd>
230     <p>The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character encoding
231     before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned value may need
232     to be converted from the used encoding to text.</p>
233     </dd>
234     <dd>
235     <p>Resource names are as defined in <em>src/rsinc.h</em>. Colours can be specified
236     as resource names of the form <code>color+&lt;index&gt;</code>, e.g. <code>color+5</code>. (will
237     likely change).</p>
238     </dd>
239     <dd>
240     <p>Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when the
241     terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat memory.</p>
242     </dd>
243     <dd>
244     <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of which
245     are supported in every build, please see the source to see the actual
246     list:</p>
247     </dd>
248     <dd>
249     <pre>
250     answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
251     borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
252     display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
253     imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
254 root 1.4 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
255     mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext
256 root 1.3 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
257     reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
258     scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
259     scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
260     shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
261     utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
262 root 1.2 </dd>
263     <p></p>
264 root 1.1 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_mark">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_mark ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
265     </dt>
266     <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_beg">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_beg ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
267     </dt>
268     <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_end">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_end ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
269     </dt>
270     <dd>
271     Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions,
272     and optionally set them to new values.
273     </dd>
274     <p></p>
275     <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_grab">$success = $term-&gt;selection_grab ($eventtime)</a></strong><br />
276     </dt>
277     <dd>
278     Try to request the primary selection from the server (for example, as set
279     by the next method).
280     </dd>
281     <p></p>
282     <dt><strong><a name="item_selection">$oldtext = $term-&gt;selection ([$newtext])</a></strong><br />
283     </dt>
284     <dd>
285     Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by <code>$newtext</code>.
286     </dd>
287     <p></p>
288     <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_overlay">$term-&gt;scr_overlay ($x, $y, $text)</a></strong><br />
289     </dt>
290     <dd>
291     Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details.
292     </dd>
293     <p></p>
294     <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_overlay_new">$term-&gt;scr_overlay_new ($x, $y, $width, $height)</a></strong><br />
295     </dt>
296     <dd>
297     Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
298     width/height. A border will be put around the box. If either <code>$x</code> or
299     <code>$y</code> is negative, then this is counted from the right/bottom side,
300     respectively.
301     </dd>
302     <p></p>
303     <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_overlay_off">$term-&gt;scr_overlay_off</a></strong><br />
304     </dt>
305     <dd>
306     Switch the overlay off again.
307     </dd>
308     <p></p>
309     <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_overlay_set_char">$term-&gt;scr_overlay_set_char ($x, $y, $char, $rend = OVERLAY_RSTYLE)</a></strong><br />
310     </dt>
311     <dd>
312     Put a single character (specified numerically) at the given overlay
313     position.
314     </dd>
315     <p></p>
316     <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_overlay_set">$term-&gt;scr_overlay_set ($x, $y, $text)</a></strong><br />
317     </dt>
318     <dd>
319     Write a string at the given position into the overlay.
320     </dd>
321 root 1.3 <p></p>
322     <dt><strong><a name="item_strwidth">$cellwidth = $term-&gt;strwidth $string</a></strong><br />
323     </dt>
324     <dd>
325     Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
326     accounts for wide and combining characters.
327     </dd>
328     <p></p>
329     <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_encode">$octets = $term-&gt;locale_encode $string</a></strong><br />
330     </dt>
331     <dd>
332     Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding.
333     </dd>
334     <p></p>
335     <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_decode">$string = $term-&gt;locale_decode $octets</a></strong><br />
336     </dt>
337     <dd>
338     Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
339     </dd>
340     <p></p>
341     <dt><strong><a name="item_tt_write">$term-&gt;tt_write ($octets)</a></strong><br />
342     </dt>
343     <dd>
344     Write the octets given in <code>$data</code> to the tty (i.e. as program input). To
345     pass characters instead of octets, you should convetr you strings first to
346     the locale-specific encoding using <a href="#item_locale_encode"><code>$term-&gt;locale_encode</code></a>.
347     </dd>
348 root 1.1 <p></p></dl>
349     <p>
350     </p>
351     <h2><a name="the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></h2>
352     <p>This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
353     fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:</p>
354     <pre>
355     # create a digital clock display in upper right corner
356     $term-&gt;{timer} = urxvt::timer
357     -&gt;new
358     -&gt;start (urxvt::NOW)
359     -&gt;cb (sub {
360     my ($timer) = @_;
361     my $time = $timer-&gt;at;
362     $timer-&gt;start ($time + 1);
363     $self-&gt;scr_overlay (-1, 0,
364     POSIX::strftime &quot;%H:%M:%S&quot;, localtime $time);
365     });</pre>
366     <dl>
367     <dt><strong><a name="item__24timer__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3atimer">$timer = new urxvt::timer</a></strong><br />
368     </dt>
369     <dd>
370     Create a new timer object in stopped state.
371     </dd>
372     <p></p>
373     <dt><strong><a name="item_cb">$timer = $timer-&gt;cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })</a></strong><br />
374     </dt>
375     <dd>
376     Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
377     </dd>
378     <p></p>
379     <dt><strong><a name="item_at">$tstamp = $timer-&gt;at</a></strong><br />
380     </dt>
381     <dd>
382     Return the time this watcher will fire next.
383     </dd>
384     <p></p>
385     <dt><strong><a name="item_set">$timer = $timer-&gt;set ($tstamp)</a></strong><br />
386     </dt>
387     <dd>
388     Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
389     </dd>
390     <p></p>
391     <dt><strong><a name="item_start">$timer = $timer-&gt;start</a></strong><br />
392     </dt>
393     <dd>
394     Start the timer.
395     </dd>
396     <p></p>
397     <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;start ($tstamp)</strong><br />
398     </dt>
399     <dd>
400     Set the event trigger time to <code>$tstamp</code> and start the timer.
401     </dd>
402     <p></p>
403     <dt><strong><a name="item_stop">$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</a></strong><br />
404     </dt>
405     <dd>
406     Stop the timer.
407     </dd>
408     <p></p></dl>
409     <p>
410     </p>
411     <h2><a name="the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></h2>
412     <p>This class implements io watchers/events. Example:</p>
413     <pre>
414     $term-&gt;{socket} = ...
415     $term-&gt;{iow} = urxvt::iow
416     -&gt;new
417     -&gt;fd (fileno $term-&gt;{socket})
418     -&gt;events (1) # wait for read data
419     -&gt;start
420     -&gt;cb (sub {
421     my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
422     # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
423     sysread $term-&gt;{socket}, my $buf, 8192
424     or end-of-file;
425     });</pre>
426     <dl>
427     <dt><strong><a name="item__24iow__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aiow">$iow = new urxvt::iow</a></strong><br />
428     </dt>
429     <dd>
430     Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
431     </dd>
432     <p></p>
433     <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })</strong><br />
434     </dt>
435     <dd>
436     Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. <code>$reventmask</code>
437     is a bitset as described in the <a href="#item_events"><code>events</code></a> method.
438     </dd>
439     <p></p>
440     <dt><strong><a name="item_fd">$iow = $iow-&gt;fd ($fd)</a></strong><br />
441     </dt>
442     <dd>
443     Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
444     </dd>
445     <p></p>
446     <dt><strong><a name="item_events">$iow = $iow-&gt;events ($eventmask)</a></strong><br />
447     </dt>
448     <dd>
449     Set the event mask to watch. Bit #0 (value <code>1</code>) enables watching for read
450     data, Bit #1 (value <code>2</code>) enables watching for write data.
451     </dd>
452     <p></p>
453     <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;start</strong><br />
454     </dt>
455     <dd>
456     Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
457     </dd>
458     <p></p>
459     <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;stop</strong><br />
460     </dt>
461     <dd>
462     Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
463     </dd>
464     <p></p></dl>
465     <p>
466     </p>
467     <hr />
468 root 1.2 <h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
469     <p>
470     </p>
471     <h2><a name="urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></h2>
472     <p>This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
473     numbers indicate more verbose output.</p>
474     <ol>
475     <li><strong><a name="item__2d_only_fatal_messages">- only fatal messages</a></strong><br />
476     </li>
477     <li><strong><a name="item__2d_script_loading_and_management">- script loading and management</a></strong><br />
478     </li>
479     <li><strong><a name="item__2d_all_events_received">- all events received</a></strong><br />
480     </li>
481     </ol>
482     <p>
483     </p>
484     <hr />
485 root 1.1 <h1><a name="author">AUTHOR</a></h1>
486     <pre>
487     Marc Lehmann &lt;pcg@goof.com&gt;
488     <a href="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode</a></pre>
489    
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