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4 <title>rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter</title>
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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 <li><a href="#prepackaged_extensions">Prepackaged Extensions</a></li>
21 <li><a href="#general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></li>
22 <li><a href="#hooks">Hooks</a></li>
23 <li><a href="#variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
24 <li><a href="#functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
25 <li><a href="#rendition">RENDITION</a></li>
26 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></li>
27 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></li>
28 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></li>
29 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></li>
30 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></li>
31 </ul>
32
33 <li><a href="#environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></li>
34 <ul>
35
36 <li><a href="#urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></li>
37 </ul>
38
39 <li><a href="#author">AUTHOR</a></li>
40 </ul>
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42
43 <hr />
44 <p>
45 </p>
46 <hr />
47 <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
48 <p>rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter</p>
49 <p>
50 </p>
51 <hr />
52 <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
53 <pre>
54 # create a file grab_test in $HOME:</pre>
55 <pre>
56 sub on_sel_grab {
57 warn &quot;you selected &quot;, $_[0]-&gt;selection;
58 ()
59 }</pre>
60 <pre>
61 # start a rxvt using it:</pre>
62 <pre>
63 rxvt --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test</pre>
64 <p>
65 </p>
66 <hr />
67 <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
68 <p>Everytime a terminal object gets created, extension scripts specified via
69 the <code>perl</code> resource are loaded and associated with it.</p>
70 <p>Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
71 thus must be encoded as UTF-8.</p>
72 <p>Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where
73 scripts will be shared (but not enabled) for all terminals.</p>
74 <p>
75 </p>
76 <h2><a name="prepackaged_extensions">Prepackaged Extensions</a></h2>
77 <p>This section describes the extensiosn delivered with this version. You can
78 find them in <em>/opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl/</em>.</p>
79 <p>You can activate them like this:</p>
80 <pre>
81 rxvt -pe &lt;extensionname&gt;</pre>
82 <dl>
83 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection">selection (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
84 </dt>
85 <dd>
86 Intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more intelligent when
87 the user extends selections (double-click). Right now, it tries to select
88 urls and complete shell-quoted arguments, which is very convenient, too,
89 if your <em>ls</em> supports <code>--quoting-style=shell</code>.
90 </dd>
91 <dd>
92 <p>It also offers the following bindable event:</p>
93 </dd>
94 <dl>
95 <dt><strong><a name="item_rot13">rot13</a></strong><br />
96 </dt>
97 <dd>
98 Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:
99 </dd>
100 <dd>
101 <pre>
102 URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13</pre>
103 </dd>
104 <p></p></dl>
105 <dt><strong><a name="item_popup">option-popup (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
106 </dt>
107 <dd>
108 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some) options at
109 runtime.
110 </dd>
111 <p></p>
112 <dt><strong>selection-popup (enabled by default)</strong><br />
113 </dt>
114 <dd>
115 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the selection
116 text into various other formats/action.
117 </dd>
118 <p></p>
119 <dt><strong><a name="item_digital_2dclock">digital-clock</a></strong><br />
120 </dt>
121 <dd>
122 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
123 </dd>
124 <p></p>
125 <dt><strong><a name="item_mark_2durls">mark-urls</a></strong><br />
126 </dt>
127 <dd>
128 Uses per-line display filtering (<code>on_line_update</code>) to underline urls.
129 </dd>
130 <p></p>
131 <dt><strong><a name="item_block_2dgraphics_2dto_2dascii">block-graphics-to-ascii</a></strong><br />
132 </dt>
133 <dd>
134 A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the terminal,
135 by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 .. U+259F) by a
136 similar-looking ascii character.
137 </dd>
138 <p></p>
139 <dt><strong><a name="item_example_2drefresh_2dhooks">example-refresh-hooks</a></strong><br />
140 </dt>
141 <dd>
142 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of the
143 window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create your own
144 overlays or changes.
145 </dd>
146 <p></p></dl>
147 <p>
148 </p>
149 <h2><a name="general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></h2>
150 <p>All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
151 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
152 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as <code>_ptr</code> or
153 <code>_hook</code>) are reserved for internal uses and <strong>MUST NOT</strong> be accessed or
154 modified).</p>
155 <p>When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
156 emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
157 the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
158 terminal is destroyed.</p>
159 <p>Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are some
160 hints on what they mean:</p>
161 <dl>
162 <dt><strong><a name="item__24text">$text</a></strong><br />
163 </dt>
164 <dd>
165 Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one ``unicode'' character
166 always represents one screen cell. See <em>row_t</em> for a discussion of this format.
167 </dd>
168 <p></p>
169 <dt><strong><a name="item__24string">$string</a></strong><br />
170 </dt>
171 <dd>
172 A perl text string, with an emphasis on <em>text</em>. It can store all unicode
173 characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a specific
174 encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
175 </dd>
176 <p></p>
177 <dt><strong><a name="item__24octets">$octets</a></strong><br />
178 </dt>
179 <dd>
180 Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
181 locale-specific way.
182 </dd>
183 <p></p></dl>
184 <p>
185 </p>
186 <h2><a name="hooks">Hooks</a></h2>
187 <p>The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will be
188 called whenever the relevant event happens.</p>
189 <p>The first argument passed to them is an object private to each terminal
190 and extension package. You can call all <code>urxvt::term</code> methods on it, but
191 its not a real <code>urxvt::term</code> object. Instead, the real <code>urxvt::term</code>
192 object that is shared between all packages is stored in the <code>term</code>
193 member. It is, however, blessed intot he package of the extension script,
194 so for all practical purposes you can treat an extension script as a class.</p>
195 <p>All of them must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the event
196 counts as being <em>consumed</em>, and the invocation of other hooks is skipped,
197 and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.</p>
198 <p>When in doubt, return a false value (preferably <code>()</code>).</p>
199 <dl>
200 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_init__24term">on_init $term</a></strong><br />
201 </dt>
202 <dd>
203 Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
204 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe to
205 call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other characteristics
206 have not yet been determined. You can safely query and change resources,
207 though.
208 </dd>
209 <p></p>
210 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_reset__24term">on_reset $term</a></strong><br />
211 </dt>
212 <dd>
213 Called after the screen is ``reset'' for any reason, such as resizing or
214 control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to size-related
215 variables.
216 </dd>
217 <p></p>
218 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_start__24term">on_start $term</a></strong><br />
219 </dt>
220 <dd>
221 Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just before
222 returning to the mainloop.
223 </dd>
224 <p></p>
225 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_make__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_make $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
226 </dt>
227 <dd>
228 Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before the
229 selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or type of the
230 selection will be honored.
231 </dd>
232 <dd>
233 <p>Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which case you
234 have to make a selection yourself by calling <a href="#item_selection_grab"><code>$term-&gt;selection_grab</code></a>.</p>
235 </dd>
236 <p></p>
237 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_grab__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
238 </dt>
239 <dd>
240 Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the selection is
241 requested from the server. The selection text can be queried and changed
242 by calling <a href="#item_selection"><code>$term-&gt;selection</code></a>.
243 </dd>
244 <dd>
245 <p>Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be hilighted.</p>
246 </dd>
247 <p></p>
248 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_extend__24term">on_sel_extend $term</a></strong><br />
249 </dt>
250 <dd>
251 Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a double
252 click) and is either supposed to return false (normal operation), or
253 should extend the selection itelf and return true to suppress the built-in
254 processing.
255 </dd>
256 <dd>
257 <p>See the <em>selection</em> example extension.</p>
258 </dd>
259 <p></p>
260 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_view_change__24term_2c__24offset">on_view_change $term, $offset</a></strong><br />
261 </dt>
262 <dd>
263 Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
264 scrolls. Offset <code>0</code> means display the normal terminal, positive values
265 show this many lines of scrollback.
266 </dd>
267 <p></p>
268 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_scroll_back__24term_2c__24lines_2c__24saved">on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved</a></strong><br />
269 </dt>
270 <dd>
271 Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the scrollback
272 buffer. <code>$lines</code> is the number of lines scrolled out and may be larger
273 than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
274 </dd>
275 <dd>
276 <p>It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines - 1,
277 $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). <code>$saved</code> is the total
278 number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.</p>
279 </dd>
280 <p></p>
281 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_osc_seq__24term_2c__24string">on_osc_seq $term, $string</a></strong><br />
282 </dt>
283 <dd>
284 Called whenever the <strong>ESC ] 777 ; string ST</strong> command sequence (OSC =
285 operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other state
286 information is up-to-date when this happens. For interoperability, the
287 string should start with the extension name and a colon, to distinguish
288 it from commands for other extensions, and this might be enforced in the
289 future.
290 </dd>
291 <dd>
292 <p>Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you receive,
293 as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content, messages from
294 other users on the same system etc.).</p>
295 </dd>
296 <p></p>
297 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_add_lines__24term_2c__24string">on_add_lines $term, $string</a></strong><br />
298 </dt>
299 <dd>
300 Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as argument. You
301 can filter/change and output the text yourself by returning a true value
302 and calling <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>$term-&gt;scr_add_lines</code></a> yourself. Please note that this
303 might be very slow, however, as your hook is called for <strong>all</strong> text being
304 output.
305 </dd>
306 <p></p>
307 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_line_update__24term_2c__24row">on_line_update $term, $row</a></strong><br />
308 </dt>
309 <dd>
310 Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
311 screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only lines
312 that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance reasons,
313 not always immediately.
314 </dd>
315 <dd>
316 <p>The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line spans
317 multiple rows.</p>
318 </dd>
319 <dd>
320 <p>Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get called
321 later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts change), so
322 you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set them.</p>
323 </dd>
324 <p></p>
325 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_begin__24term">on_refresh_begin $term</a></strong><br />
326 </dt>
327 <dd>
328 Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
329 or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
330 restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection display
331 code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
332 </dd>
333 <p></p>
334 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_end__24term">on_refresh_end $term</a></strong><br />
335 </dt>
336 <dd>
337 Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See <code>on_refresh_begin</code>.
338 </dd>
339 <p></p>
340 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_keyboard_command__24term_2c__24string">on_keyboard_command $term, $string</a></strong><br />
341 </dt>
342 <dd>
343 Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
344 <code>perl:string</code> action bound to it (see description of the <strong>keysym</strong>
345 resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage).
346 </dd>
347 <p></p>
348 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_in__24term">on_focus_in $term</a></strong><br />
349 </dt>
350 <dd>
351 Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode
352 does focus in processing.
353 </dd>
354 <p></p>
355 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_out__24term">on_focus_out $term</a></strong><br />
356 </dt>
357 <dd>
358 Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode does
359 focus out processing.
360 </dd>
361 <p></p>
362 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_press__24term_2c__24event_2c__24octets">on_key_press $term, $event, $octets</a></strong><br />
363 </dt>
364 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_release__24term_2c__24event">on_key_release $term, $event</a></strong><br />
365 </dt>
366 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_press__24term_2c__24event">on_button_press $term, $event</a></strong><br />
367 </dt>
368 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_release__24term_2c__24event">on_button_release $term, $event</a></strong><br />
369 </dt>
370 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_motion_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_motion_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
371 </dt>
372 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_map_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_map_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
373 </dt>
374 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_unmap_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_unmap_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
375 </dt>
376 <dd>
377 Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the terminal If
378 the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by rxvt-unicode.
379 </dd>
380 <dd>
381 <p>The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the XEvent
382 manpage), with the additional members <code>row</code> and <code>col</code>, which are the row
383 and column under the mouse cursor.</p>
384 </dd>
385 <dd>
386 <p><code>on_key_press</code> additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
387 output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.</p>
388 </dd>
389 <dd>
390 <p>subwindow.</p>
391 </dd>
392 <p></p></dl>
393 <p>
394 </p>
395 <h2><a name="variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
396 <dl>
397 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3aterm">$urxvt::TERM</a></strong><br />
398 </dt>
399 <dd>
400 The current terminal. This variable stores the current <code>urxvt::term</code>
401 object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
402 </dd>
403 <p></p></dl>
404 <p>
405 </p>
406 <h2><a name="functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
407 <dl>
408 <dt><strong><a name="item__24term__3d_new_urxvt__5barg_2e_2e_2e_5d">$term = new urxvt [arg...]</a></strong><br />
409 </dt>
410 <dd>
411 Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with
412 <code>system $binfile, arg...</code>. Croaks (and probably outputs an error message)
413 if the new instance couldn't be created. Returns <code>undef</code> if the new
414 instance didn't initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The
415 <code>init</code> and <a href="#item_start"><code>start</code></a> hooks will be called during the call.
416 </dd>
417 <p></p>
418 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3afatal__24errormessage">urxvt::fatal $errormessage</a></strong><br />
419 </dt>
420 <dd>
421 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
422 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
423 starts up.
424 </dd>
425 <p></p>
426 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3awarn__24string">urxvt::warn $string</a></strong><br />
427 </dt>
428 <dd>
429 Calls <code>rxvt_warn</code> with the given string which should not include a
430 newline. The module also overwrites the <code>warn</code> builtin with a function
431 that calls this function.
432 </dd>
433 <dd>
434 <p>Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
435 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.</p>
436 </dd>
437 <p></p>
438 <dt><strong><a name="item__24is_safe__3d_urxvt_3a_3asafe">$is_safe = urxvt::safe</a></strong><br />
439 </dt>
440 <dd>
441 Returns true when it is safe to do potentially unsafe things, such as
442 evaluating perl code specified by the user. This is true when urxvt was
443 started setuid or setgid.
444 </dd>
445 <p></p>
446 <dt><strong><a name="item__24time__3d_urxvt_3a_3anow">$time = urxvt::NOW</a></strong><br />
447 </dt>
448 <dd>
449 Returns the ``current time'' (as per the event loop).
450 </dd>
451 <p></p>
452 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3acurrenttime">urxvt::CurrentTime</a></strong><br />
453 </dt>
454 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3ashiftmask_2c_lockmask_2c_controlmask_2c">urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask,
455 Mod3Mask, Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask,
456 Button4Mask, Button5Mask, AnyModifier</a></strong><br />
457 </dt>
458 <dd>
459 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
460 </dd>
461 <p></p></dl>
462 <p>
463 </p>
464 <h2><a name="rendition">RENDITION</a></h2>
465 <p>Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles and
466 similar information for each screen cell.</p>
467 <p>The following ``macros'' deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
468 never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one,
469 as they contain important information required for correct operation of
470 rxvt-unicode.</p>
471 <dl>
472 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3adefault_rstyle">$rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE</a></strong><br />
473 </dt>
474 <dd>
475 Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting up or
476 being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating renditions.
477 </dd>
478 <p></p>
479 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aoverlay_rstyle">$rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE</a></strong><br />
480 </dt>
481 <dd>
482 Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
483 </dd>
484 <p></p>
485 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rendbit__3d_urxvt_3a_3ars_bold_2c_rs_italic_2c_">$rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline</a></strong><br />
486 </dt>
487 <dd>
488 Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
489 underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR it into
490 the bitset.
491 </dd>
492 <p></p>
493 <dt><strong><a name="item__24foreground__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_basefg__24rend">$foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend</a></strong><br />
494 </dt>
495 <dt><strong><a name="item__24background__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_basebg__24rend">$background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend</a></strong><br />
496 </dt>
497 <dd>
498 Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
499 </dd>
500 <p></p>
501 <dt><strong><a name="item_set_fgcolor">$rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR ($rend, $new_colour)</a></strong><br />
502 </dt>
503 <dt><strong><a name="item_set_bgcolor">$rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR ($rend, $new_colour)</a></strong><br />
504 </dt>
505 <dd>
506 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with the
507 specified one.
508 </dd>
509 <p></p>
510 <dt><strong><a name="item_get_custom">$value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM ($rend)</a></strong><br />
511 </dt>
512 <dd>
513 Return the ``custom'' value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
514 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are initially
515 zero.
516 </dd>
517 <p></p>
518 <dt><strong><a name="item_set_custom">$rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM ($rend, $new_value)</a></strong><br />
519 </dt>
520 <dd>
521 Change the custom value.
522 </dd>
523 <p></p></dl>
524 <p>
525 </p>
526 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></h2>
527 <p>The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
528 <code>AnyEvent</code> module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
529 further work. The only exception is that you cannot wait on condition
530 variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means is that you
531 cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant should work.</p>
532 <p>
533 </p>
534 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></h2>
535 <dl>
536 <dt><strong><a name="item_destroy">$term-&gt;destroy</a></strong><br />
537 </dt>
538 <dd>
539 Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources etc.).
540 </dd>
541 <p></p>
542 <dt><strong><a name="item_option">$isset = $term-&gt;option ($optval[, $set])</a></strong><br />
543 </dt>
544 <dd>
545 Returns true if the option specified by <code>$optval</code> is enabled, and
546 optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the hash
547 <code>%urxvt::OPTION</code>. Options not enabled in this binary are not in the hash.
548 </dd>
549 <dd>
550 <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see the
551 source file <em>/src/optinc.h</em> to see the actual list:</p>
552 </dd>
553 <dd>
554 <pre>
555 borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
556 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
557 pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
558 scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
559 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
560 tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
561 </dd>
562 <p></p>
563 <dt><strong><a name="item_resource">$value = $term-&gt;resource ($name[, $newval])</a></strong><br />
564 </dt>
565 <dd>
566 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
567 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the <code>init</code>
568 hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as <code>undef</code>.
569 </dd>
570 <dd>
571 <p>The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character encoding
572 before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned value may need
573 to be converted from the used encoding to text.</p>
574 </dd>
575 <dd>
576 <p>Resource names are as defined in <em>src/rsinc.h</em>. Colours can be specified
577 as resource names of the form <code>color+&lt;index&gt;</code>, e.g. <code>color+5</code>. (will
578 likely change).</p>
579 </dd>
580 <dd>
581 <p>Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when the
582 terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat memory.</p>
583 </dd>
584 <dd>
585 <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of which
586 are supported in every build, please see the source file <em>/src/rsinc.h</em>
587 to see the actual list:</p>
588 </dd>
589 <dd>
590 <pre>
591 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
592 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
593 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
594 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
595 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
596 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
597 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
598 reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
599 scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
600 scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
601 shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
602 utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
603 </dd>
604 <p></p>
605 <dt><strong><a name="item_rstyle">$rend = $term-&gt;rstyle ([$new_rstyle])</a></strong><br />
606 </dt>
607 <dd>
608 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is output by
609 the terminal application will use this style.
610 </dd>
611 <p></p>
612 <dt><strong><a name="item_screen_cur">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;screen_cur ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
613 </dt>
614 <dd>
615 Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and optionally
616 set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect that).
617 </dd>
618 <p></p>
619 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_mark">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_mark ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
620 </dt>
621 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_beg">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_beg ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
622 </dt>
623 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_end">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_end ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
624 </dt>
625 <dd>
626 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions,
627 and optionally set them to new values.
628 </dd>
629 <p></p>
630 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_grab">$success = $term-&gt;selection_grab ($eventtime)</a></strong><br />
631 </dt>
632 <dd>
633 Try to request the primary selection from the server (for example, as set
634 by the next method).
635 </dd>
636 <p></p>
637 <dt><strong>$oldtext = $term-&gt;selection ([$newtext])</strong><br />
638 </dt>
639 <dd>
640 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by <code>$newtext</code>.
641 </dd>
642 <dd>
643 <p>#=item $term-&gt;overlay ($x, $y, $text)
644 #
645 #Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details.
646 #
647 #=cut
648 #
649 #sub urxvt::term::scr_overlay {
650 # my ($self, $x, $y, $text) = @_;
651 #
652 # my @lines = split /\n/, $text;
653 #
654 # my $w = 0;
655 # for (map $self-&gt;strwidth ($_), @lines) {
656 # $w = $_ if $w &lt; $_;
657 # }
658 #
659 # $self-&gt;scr_overlay_new ($x, $y, $w, scalar @lines);
660 # $self-&gt;scr_overlay_set (0, $_, $lines[$_]) for 0.. $#lines;
661 #}</p>
662 </dd>
663 <p></p>
664 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay">$term-&gt;overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])</a></strong><br />
665 </dt>
666 <dd>
667 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
668 width/height. <code>$rstyle</code> defines the initial rendition style
669 (default: <code>OVERLAY_RSTYLE</code>).
670 </dd>
671 <dd>
672 <p>If <code>$border</code> is <code>2</code> (default), then a decorative border will be put
673 around the box.</p>
674 </dd>
675 <dd>
676 <p>If either <code>$x</code> or <code>$y</code> is negative, then this is counted from the
677 right/bottom side, respectively.</p>
678 </dd>
679 <dd>
680 <p>This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be visible
681 as long as the perl object is referenced.</p>
682 </dd>
683 <dd>
684 <p>The methods currently supported on <code>urxvt::overlay</code> objects are:</p>
685 </dd>
686 <dl>
687 <dt><strong><a name="item_set">$overlay-&gt;set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)</a></strong><br />
688 </dt>
689 <dd>
690 Similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> and <a href="#item_row_r"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_r</code></a> in that it puts
691 text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of rendition values
692 at a specific position inside the overlay.
693 </dd>
694 <p></p>
695 <dt><strong><a name="item_hide">$overlay-&gt;hide</a></strong><br />
696 </dt>
697 <dd>
698 If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
699 </dd>
700 <p></p>
701 <dt><strong><a name="item_show">$overlay-&gt;show</a></strong><br />
702 </dt>
703 <dd>
704 If hidden, display the overlay again.
705 </dd>
706 <p></p></dl>
707 <dt><strong>$popup = $term-&gt;popup ($event)</strong><br />
708 </dt>
709 <dd>
710 Creates a new <code>urxvt::popup</code> object that implements a popup menu. The
711 <code>$event</code> <em>must</em> be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button event,
712 currently).
713 </dd>
714 <p></p>
715 <dt><strong><a name="item_strwidth">$cellwidth = $term-&gt;strwidth ($string)</a></strong><br />
716 </dt>
717 <dd>
718 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
719 accounts for wide and combining characters.
720 </dd>
721 <p></p>
722 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_encode">$octets = $term-&gt;locale_encode ($string)</a></strong><br />
723 </dt>
724 <dd>
725 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding.
726 </dd>
727 <p></p>
728 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_decode">$string = $term-&gt;locale_decode ($octets)</a></strong><br />
729 </dt>
730 <dd>
731 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
732 </dd>
733 <p></p>
734 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_add_lines">$term-&gt;scr_add_lines ($string)</a></strong><br />
735 </dt>
736 <dd>
737 Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the application
738 running inside the terminal. It may not contain command sequences (escape
739 codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage returns and tabs. The
740 string is a normal text string, not in locale-dependent encoding.
741 </dd>
742 <dd>
743 <p>Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might be
744 confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful inside a
745 <code>on_add_lines</code> hook, though.</p>
746 </dd>
747 <p></p>
748 <dt><strong><a name="item_cmd_parse">$term-&gt;cmd_parse ($octets)</a></strong><br />
749 </dt>
750 <dd>
751 Similar to <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>scr_add_lines</code></a>, but the argument must be in the
752 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command sequences
753 (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
754 </dd>
755 <p></p>
756 <dt><strong><a name="item_tt_write">$term-&gt;tt_write ($octets)</a></strong><br />
757 </dt>
758 <dd>
759 Write the octets given in <code>$data</code> to the tty (i.e. as program input). To
760 pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your strings first
761 to the locale-specific encoding using <a href="#item_locale_encode"><code>$term-&gt;locale_encode</code></a>.
762 </dd>
763 <p></p>
764 <dt><strong><a name="item_parent">$windowid = $term-&gt;parent</a></strong><br />
765 </dt>
766 <dd>
767 Return the window id of the toplevel window.
768 </dd>
769 <p></p>
770 <dt><strong><a name="item_vt">$windowid = $term-&gt;vt</a></strong><br />
771 </dt>
772 <dd>
773 Return the window id of the terminal window.
774 </dd>
775 <p></p>
776 <dt><strong><a name="item_width">$window_width = $term-&gt;width</a></strong><br />
777 </dt>
778 <dt><strong><a name="item_height">$window_height = $term-&gt;height</a></strong><br />
779 </dt>
780 <dt><strong><a name="item_fwidth">$font_width = $term-&gt;fwidth</a></strong><br />
781 </dt>
782 <dt><strong><a name="item_fheight">$font_height = $term-&gt;fheight</a></strong><br />
783 </dt>
784 <dt><strong><a name="item_fbase">$font_ascent = $term-&gt;fbase</a></strong><br />
785 </dt>
786 <dt><strong><a name="item_nrow">$terminal_rows = $term-&gt;nrow</a></strong><br />
787 </dt>
788 <dt><strong><a name="item_ncol">$terminal_columns = $term-&gt;ncol</a></strong><br />
789 </dt>
790 <dt><strong><a name="item_focus">$has_focus = $term-&gt;focus</a></strong><br />
791 </dt>
792 <dt><strong><a name="item_mapped">$is_mapped = $term-&gt;mapped</a></strong><br />
793 </dt>
794 <dt><strong><a name="item_savelines">$max_scrollback = $term-&gt;saveLines</a></strong><br />
795 </dt>
796 <dt><strong><a name="item_total_rows">$nrow_plus_saveLines = $term-&gt;total_rows</a></strong><br />
797 </dt>
798 <dt><strong><a name="item_nsaved">$lines_in_scrollback = $term-&gt;nsaved</a></strong><br />
799 </dt>
800 <dd>
801 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
802 </dd>
803 <p></p>
804 <dt><strong><a name="item_modlevel3mask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModLevel3Mask</a></strong><br />
805 </dt>
806 <dt><strong><a name="item_modmetamask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModMetaMask</a></strong><br />
807 </dt>
808 <dt><strong><a name="item_modnumlockmask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModNumLockMask</a></strong><br />
809 </dt>
810 <dd>
811 Return the modifier masks corresponding to the ``ISO Level 3 Shift'' (often
812 AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if applicable.
813 </dd>
814 <p></p>
815 <dt><strong><a name="item_view_start">$view_start = $term-&gt;view_start ([$newvalue])</a></strong><br />
816 </dt>
817 <dd>
818 Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value is
819 <code>0</code>, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values scroll
820 this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
821 </dd>
822 <p></p>
823 <dt><strong><a name="item_want_refresh">$term-&gt;want_refresh</a></strong><br />
824 </dt>
825 <dd>
826 Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode will
827 compare the on-screen display with its stored representation. If they
828 differ, it redraws the differences.
829 </dd>
830 <dd>
831 <p>Used after changing terminal contents to display them.</p>
832 </dd>
833 <p></p>
834 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_t">$text = $term-&gt;ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])</a></strong><br />
835 </dt>
836 <dd>
837 Returns the text of the entire row with number <code>$row_number</code>. Row <code>0</code>
838 is the topmost terminal line, row <code>$term-&gt;$ncol-1</code> is the bottommost
839 terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line <code>-1</code> and extends to
840 line <a href="#item_nsaved"><code>-$term-&gt;nsaved</code></a>. Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent line
841 is requested.
842 </dd>
843 <dd>
844 <p>If <code>$new_text</code> is specified, it will replace characters in the current
845 line, starting at column <code>$start_col</code> (default <code>0</code>), which is useful
846 to replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
847 automatically be updated.</p>
848 </dd>
849 <dd>
850 <p><a href="#item__24text"><code>$text</code></a> is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use more
851 than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR characters
852 (<code>chr 65535</code>). Characters with combining characters and other characters
853 that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will be replaced with
854 characters in the private use area.</p>
855 </dd>
856 <dd>
857 <p>You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
858 that <code>substr</code> and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
859 characters.</p>
860 </dd>
861 <dd>
862 <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>
863 can be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.</p>
864 </dd>
865 <p></p>
866 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_r">$rend = $term-&gt;ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])</a></strong><br />
867 </dt>
868 <dd>
869 Like <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>, but returns an arrayref with rendition
870 bitsets. Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
871 styles and similar information. See also <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>.
872 </dd>
873 <dd>
874 <p>When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.</p>
875 </dd>
876 <dd>
877 <p>See the section on RENDITION, above.</p>
878 </dd>
879 <p></p>
880 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_l">$length = $term-&gt;ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])</a></strong><br />
881 </dt>
882 <dd>
883 Returns the number of screen cells that are in use (``the line
884 length''). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns <a href="#item_ncol"><code>$term-&gt;ncol</code></a> if the
885 line is joined with the following one.
886 </dd>
887 <p></p>
888 <dt><strong><a name="item_is_longer">$bool = $term-&gt;is_longer ($row_number)</a></strong><br />
889 </dt>
890 <dd>
891 Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical ``line'' (i.e.
892 joined with the following row), which means all characters are in use
893 and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a continuation of the
894 previous row(s)).
895 </dd>
896 <p></p>
897 <dt><strong><a name="item_line">$line = $term-&gt;line ($row_number)</a></strong><br />
898 </dt>
899 <dd>
900 Create and return a new <code>urxvt::line</code> object that stores information
901 about the logical line that row <code>$row_number</code> is part of. It supports the
902 following methods:
903 </dd>
904 <dl>
905 <dt><strong><a name="item_t">$text = $line-&gt;t ([$new_text])</a></strong><br />
906 </dt>
907 <dd>
908 Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>ROW_t</code></a>
909 </dd>
910 <p></p>
911 <dt><strong><a name="item_r">$rend = $line-&gt;r ([$new_rend])</a></strong><br />
912 </dt>
913 <dd>
914 Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_r"><code>ROW_r</code></a>
915 </dd>
916 <p></p>
917 <dt><strong><a name="item_l">$length = $line-&gt;l</a></strong><br />
918 </dt>
919 <dd>
920 Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to <a href="#item_row_l"><code>ROW_l</code></a>.
921 </dd>
922 <p></p>
923 <dt><strong><a name="item_beg">$rownum = $line-&gt;beg</a></strong><br />
924 </dt>
925 <dt><strong><a name="item_end">$rownum = $line-&gt;end</a></strong><br />
926 </dt>
927 <dd>
928 Return the row number of the first/last row of the line, respectively.
929 </dd>
930 <p></p>
931 <dt><strong><a name="item_offset_of">$offset = $line-&gt;offset_of ($row, $col)</a></strong><br />
932 </dt>
933 <dd>
934 Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within the logical
935 line.
936 </dd>
937 <p></p>
938 <dt><strong><a name="item_coord_of">($row, $col) = $line-&gt;coord_of ($offset)</a></strong><br />
939 </dt>
940 <dd>
941 Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
942 </dd>
943 <p></p></dl>
944 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_encode">$text = $term-&gt;special_encode $string</a></strong><br />
945 </dt>
946 <dd>
947 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by rxvt-unicode,
948 where one character corresponds to one screen cell. See
949 <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.
950 </dd>
951 <p></p>
952 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_decode">$string = $term-&gt;special_decode $text</a></strong><br />
953 </dt>
954 <dd>
955 Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
956 <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.
957 </dd>
958 <p></p>
959 <dt><strong><a name="item_grab_button">$success = $term-&gt;grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)</a></strong><br />
960 </dt>
961 <dd>
962 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
963 </dd>
964 <p></p>
965 <dt><strong><a name="item_grab">$success = $term-&gt;grab ($eventtime[, $sync])</a></strong><br />
966 </dt>
967 <dd>
968 Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
969 synchronous (<code>$sync</code> is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
970 </dd>
971 <p></p>
972 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_async">$term-&gt;allow_events_async</a></strong><br />
973 </dt>
974 <dd>
975 Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
976 </dd>
977 <p></p>
978 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_sync">$term-&gt;allow_events_sync</a></strong><br />
979 </dt>
980 <dd>
981 Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
982 </dd>
983 <p></p>
984 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_replay">$term-&gt;allow_events_replay</a></strong><br />
985 </dt>
986 <dd>
987 Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for the most
988 recent grab.
989 </dd>
990 <p></p>
991 <dt><strong><a name="item_ungrab">$term-&gt;ungrab</a></strong><br />
992 </dt>
993 <dd>
994 Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
995 evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error case as
996 the session.
997 </dd>
998 <p></p></dl>
999 <p>
1000 </p>
1001 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></h2>
1002 <p>
1003 </p>
1004 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></h2>
1005 <p>This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
1006 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:</p>
1007 <pre>
1008 $term-&gt;{overlay} = $term-&gt;overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
1009 $term-&gt;{timer} = urxvt::timer
1010 -&gt;new
1011 -&gt;interval (1)
1012 -&gt;cb (sub {
1013 $term-&gt;{overlay}-&gt;set (0, 0,
1014 sprintf &quot;%2d:%02d:%02d&quot;, (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
1015 });</pre>
1016 <dl>
1017 <dt><strong><a name="item__24timer__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3atimer">$timer = new urxvt::timer</a></strong><br />
1018 </dt>
1019 <dd>
1020 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
1021 immediately.
1022 </dd>
1023 <p></p>
1024 <dt><strong><a name="item_cb">$timer = $timer-&gt;cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })</a></strong><br />
1025 </dt>
1026 <dd>
1027 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
1028 </dd>
1029 <p></p>
1030 <dt><strong><a name="item_at">$tstamp = $timer-&gt;at</a></strong><br />
1031 </dt>
1032 <dd>
1033 Return the time this watcher will fire next.
1034 </dd>
1035 <p></p>
1036 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;set ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1037 </dt>
1038 <dd>
1039 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
1040 </dd>
1041 <p></p>
1042 <dt><strong><a name="item_interval">$timer = $timer-&gt;interval ($interval)</a></strong><br />
1043 </dt>
1044 <dd>
1045 Normally (and when <code>$interval</code> is <code>0</code>), the timer will automatically
1046 stop after it has fired once. If <code>$interval</code> is non-zero, then the timer
1047 is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
1048 </dd>
1049 <p></p>
1050 <dt><strong><a name="item_start">$timer = $timer-&gt;start</a></strong><br />
1051 </dt>
1052 <dd>
1053 Start the timer.
1054 </dd>
1055 <p></p>
1056 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;start ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1057 </dt>
1058 <dd>
1059 Set the event trigger time to <code>$tstamp</code> and start the timer.
1060 </dd>
1061 <p></p>
1062 <dt><strong><a name="item_stop">$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</a></strong><br />
1063 </dt>
1064 <dd>
1065 Stop the timer.
1066 </dd>
1067 <p></p></dl>
1068 <p>
1069 </p>
1070 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></h2>
1071 <p>This class implements io watchers/events. Example:</p>
1072 <pre>
1073 $term-&gt;{socket} = ...
1074 $term-&gt;{iow} = urxvt::iow
1075 -&gt;new
1076 -&gt;fd (fileno $term-&gt;{socket})
1077 -&gt;events (1) # wait for read data
1078 -&gt;start
1079 -&gt;cb (sub {
1080 my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
1081 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
1082 sysread $term-&gt;{socket}, my $buf, 8192
1083 or end-of-file;
1084 });</pre>
1085 <dl>
1086 <dt><strong><a name="item__24iow__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aiow">$iow = new urxvt::iow</a></strong><br />
1087 </dt>
1088 <dd>
1089 Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
1090 </dd>
1091 <p></p>
1092 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })</strong><br />
1093 </dt>
1094 <dd>
1095 Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. <code>$reventmask</code>
1096 is a bitset as described in the <a href="#item_events"><code>events</code></a> method.
1097 </dd>
1098 <p></p>
1099 <dt><strong><a name="item_fd">$iow = $iow-&gt;fd ($fd)</a></strong><br />
1100 </dt>
1101 <dd>
1102 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
1103 </dd>
1104 <p></p>
1105 <dt><strong><a name="item_events">$iow = $iow-&gt;events ($eventmask)</a></strong><br />
1106 </dt>
1107 <dd>
1108 Set the event mask to watch. Bit #0 (value <code>1</code>) enables watching for read
1109 data, Bit #1 (value <code>2</code>) enables watching for write data.
1110 </dd>
1111 <p></p>
1112 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;start</strong><br />
1113 </dt>
1114 <dd>
1115 Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
1116 </dd>
1117 <p></p>
1118 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;stop</strong><br />
1119 </dt>
1120 <dd>
1121 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
1122 </dd>
1123 <p></p></dl>
1124 <p>
1125 </p>
1126 <hr />
1127 <h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
1128 <p>
1129 </p>
1130 <h2><a name="urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></h2>
1131 <p>This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
1132 numbers indicate more verbose output.</p>
1133 <dl>
1134 <dt><strong><a name="item__3d_3d_0__2d_fatal_messages">== 0 - fatal messages</a></strong><br />
1135 </dt>
1136 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d_3__2d_script_loading_and_management">&gt;= 3 - script loading and management</a></strong><br />
1137 </dt>
1138 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d10__2d_all_events_received">&gt;=10 - all events received</a></strong><br />
1139 </dt>
1140 </dl>
1141 <p>
1142 </p>
1143 <hr />
1144 <h1><a name="author">AUTHOR</a></h1>
1145 <pre>
1146 Marc Lehmann &lt;pcg@goof.com&gt;
1147 <a href="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode</a></pre>
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