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13 <ul>
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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 <li><a href="#prepackaged_extensions">PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</a></li>
19 <li><a href="#api_documentation">API DOCUMENTATION</a></li>
20 <ul>
21
22 <li><a href="#general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></li>
23 <li><a href="#extension_objects">Extension Objects</a></li>
24 <li><a href="#hooks">Hooks</a></li>
25 <li><a href="#variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
26 <li><a href="#functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
27 <li><a href="#rendition">RENDITION</a></li>
28 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></li>
29 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></li>
30 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></li>
31 <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 <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 <li><a href="#author">AUTHOR</a></li>
42 </ul>
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45 <hr />
46 <p>
47 </p>
48 <hr />
49 <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 <pre>
56 # create a file grab_test in $HOME:</pre>
57 <pre>
58 sub on_sel_grab {
59 warn &quot;you selected &quot;, $_[0]-&gt;selection;
60 ()
61 }</pre>
62 <pre>
63 # start a rxvt using it:</pre>
64 <pre>
65 rxvt --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test</pre>
66 <p>
67 </p>
68 <hr />
69 <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
70 <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 <p>Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
73 thus must be encoded as UTF-8.</p>
74 <p>Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where
75 scripts will be shared (but not enabled) for all terminals.</p>
76 <p>
77 </p>
78 <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 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 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection">selection (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
87 </dt>
88 <dd>
89 (More) intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more intelligent
90 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 </dd>
99 <dd>
100 <p>It also offers the following bindable keyboard command:</p>
101 </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 <dt><strong><a name="item_popup">option-popup (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
114 </dt>
115 <dd>
116 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some) options at
117 runtime.
118 </dd>
119 <p></p>
120 <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 text into various other formats/action (such as uri unescaping, perl
125 evalution, web-browser starting etc.), depending on content.
126 </dd>
127 <p></p>
128 <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 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 </dd>
136 <dd>
137 <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 </dd>
145 <p></p>
146 <dt><strong><a name="item_digital_2dclock">digital-clock</a></strong><br />
147 </dt>
148 <dd>
149 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
150 </dd>
151 <p></p>
152 <dt><strong><a name="item_mark_2durls">mark-urls</a></strong><br />
153 </dt>
154 <dd>
155 Uses per-line display filtering (<code>on_line_update</code>) to underline urls and
156 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 </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 <dt><strong><a name="item_example_2drefresh_2dhooks">example-refresh-hooks</a></strong><br />
170 </dt>
171 <dd>
172 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 </dd>
176 <p></p></dl>
177 <p>
178 </p>
179 <hr />
180 <h1><a name="api_documentation">API DOCUMENTATION</a></h1>
181 <p>
182 </p>
183 <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 <code>_hook</code>) are reserved for internal uses and <strong>MUST NOT</strong> be accessed or
188 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 <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 always represents one screen cell. See <a href="#item_row_t">ROW_t</a> for a discussion of this format.
201 </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 <p>
219 </p>
220 <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 <h2><a name="hooks">Hooks</a></h2>
255 <p>The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will be
256 called whenever the relevant event happens.</p>
257 <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 <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 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 </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 <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 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 </dd>
322 <dd>
323 <p>See the <em>selection</em> example extension.</p>
324 </dd>
325 <p></p>
326 <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 <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 <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 <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 <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 <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 <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 <p></p>
421 <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 <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 </dt>
437 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_release__24term_2c__24event_2c__24keysym">on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym</a></strong><br />
438 </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 <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, $event</a></strong><br />
448 </dt>
449 <dd>
450 Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the terminal If
451 the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by rxvt-unicode.
452 </dd>
453 <dd>
454 <p>The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the XEvent
455 manpage), with the additional members <code>row</code> and <code>col</code>, which are the row
456 and column under the mouse cursor.</p>
457 </dd>
458 <dd>
459 <p><code>on_key_press</code> additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
460 output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.</p>
461 </dd>
462 <dd>
463 <p>subwindow.</p>
464 </dd>
465 <p></p></dl>
466 <p>
467 </p>
468 <h2><a name="variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
469 <dl>
470 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3alibdir">$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 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3aterm">$urxvt::TERM</a></strong><br />
490 </dt>
491 <dd>
492 The current terminal. This variable stores the current <code>urxvt::term</code>
493 object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
494 </dd>
495 <p></p></dl>
496 <p>
497 </p>
498 <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 $string</a></strong><br />
509 </dt>
510 <dd>
511 Calls <code>rxvt_warn</code> with the given string which should not include a
512 newline. The module also overwrites the <code>warn</code> builtin with a function
513 that calls this function.
514 </dd>
515 <dd>
516 <p>Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
517 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.</p>
518 </dd>
519 <dd>
520 <p>Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.</p>
521 </dd>
522 <p></p>
523 <dt><strong><a name="item__24is_safe__3d_urxvt_3a_3asafe">$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 <dt><strong><a name="item__24time__3d_urxvt_3a_3anow">$time = urxvt::NOW</a></strong><br />
532 </dt>
533 <dd>
534 Returns the ``current time'' (as per the event loop).
535 </dd>
536 <p></p>
537 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3acurrenttime">urxvt::CurrentTime</a></strong><br />
538 </dt>
539 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3ashiftmask_2c_lockmask_2c_controlmask_2c">urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask,
540 Mod3Mask, Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask,
541 Button4Mask, Button5Mask, AnyModifier</a></strong><br />
542 </dt>
543 <dd>
544 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
545 </dd>
546 <p></p></dl>
547 <p>
548 </p>
549 <h2><a name="rendition">RENDITION</a></h2>
550 <p>Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles and
551 similar information for each screen cell.</p>
552 <p>The following ``macros'' deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
553 never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one,
554 as they contain important information required for correct operation of
555 rxvt-unicode.</p>
556 <dl>
557 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3adefault_rstyle">$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 $rend</a></strong><br />
581 </dt>
582 <dd>
583 Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
584 </dd>
585 <p></p>
586 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_fgcolor__24rend_2c__24n">$rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</a></strong><br />
587 </dt>
588 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_bgcolor__24rend_2c__24n">$rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</a></strong><br />
589 </dt>
590 <dd>
591 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with the
592 specified one.
593 </dd>
594 <p></p>
595 <dt><strong><a name="item__24value__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_custom__24rend">$value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend</a></strong><br />
596 </dt>
597 <dd>
598 Return the ``custom'' value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
599 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are initially
600 zero.
601 </dd>
602 <p></p>
603 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_custom__24rend_2c__24ne">$rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value</a></strong><br />
604 </dt>
605 <dd>
606 Change the custom value.
607 </dd>
608 <p></p></dl>
609 <p>
610 </p>
611 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></h2>
612 <p>The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
613 <code>AnyEvent</code> module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
614 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
615 condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
616 is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant should
617 work.</p>
618 <p>
619 </p>
620 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></h2>
621 <dl>
622 <dt><strong><a name="item__24term__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aterm__24envhashref_2c__">$term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]</a></strong><br />
623 </dt>
624 <dd>
625 Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with system
626 <code>$rxvtname, arg...</code>. <code>$envhashref</code> must be a reference to a <code>%ENV</code>-like
627 hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
628 </dd>
629 <dd>
630 <p>Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
631 couldn't be created. Returns <code>undef</code> if the new instance didn't
632 initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The <code>init</code> and
633 <a href="#item_start"><code>start</code></a> hooks will be called during this call.</p>
634 </dd>
635 <p></p>
636 <dt><strong><a name="item_destroy">$term-&gt;destroy</a></strong><br />
637 </dt>
638 <dd>
639 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 </dd>
643 <p></p>
644 <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 <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 are supported in every build, please see the source file <em>/src/rsinc.h</em>
689 to see the actual list:</p>
690 </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 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
698 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
699 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 </dd>
706 <p></p>
707 <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>$term-&gt;x_resource (&quot;boldFont&quot;)</code></a> should return the
712 same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns <code>undef</code> if no
713 resource with that pattern exists.
714 </dd>
715 <dd>
716 <p>This method should only be called during the <code>on_start</code> hook, as there is
717 only one resource database per display, and later invocations might return
718 the wrong resources.</p>
719 </dd>
720 <p></p>
721 <dt><strong><a name="item_parse_keysym">$success = $term-&gt;parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)</a></strong><br />
722 </dt>
723 <dd>
724 Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See the
725 <code>keysym</code> resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage.
726 </dd>
727 <p></p>
728 <dt><strong><a name="item_rstyle">$rend = $term-&gt;rstyle ([$new_rstyle])</a></strong><br />
729 </dt>
730 <dd>
731 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is output by
732 the terminal application will use this style.
733 </dd>
734 <p></p>
735 <dt><strong><a name="item_screen_cur">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;screen_cur ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
736 </dt>
737 <dd>
738 Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and optionally
739 set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect that).
740 </dd>
741 <p></p>
742 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_mark">($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, $col])</a></strong><br />
747 </dt>
748 <dd>
749 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions,
750 and optionally set them to new values.
751 </dd>
752 <p></p>
753 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_make">$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 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_grab">$success = $term-&gt;selection_grab ($eventtime)</a></strong><br />
763 </dt>
764 <dd>
765 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 </dd>
769 <p></p>
770 <dt><strong>$oldtext = $term-&gt;selection ([$newtext])</strong><br />
771 </dt>
772 <dd>
773 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by <code>$newtext</code>.
774 </dd>
775 <p></p>
776 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay_simple">$term-&gt;overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)</a></strong><br />
777 </dt>
778 <dd>
779 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details.
780 </dd>
781 <p></p>
782 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay">$term-&gt;overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])</a></strong><br />
783 </dt>
784 <dd>
785 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
786 width/height. <code>$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>$y</code> is negative, then this is counted from the
795 right/bottom side, respectively.</p>
796 </dd>
797 <dd>
798 <p>This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be visible
799 as long as the perl object is referenced.</p>
800 </dd>
801 <dd>
802 <p>The methods currently supported on <code>urxvt::overlay</code> objects are:</p>
803 </dd>
804 <dl>
805 <dt><strong><a name="item_set">$overlay-&gt;set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)</a></strong><br />
806 </dt>
807 <dd>
808 Similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> and <a href="#item_row_r"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_r</code></a> in that it puts
809 text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of rendition values
810 at a specific position inside the overlay.
811 </dd>
812 <p></p>
813 <dt><strong><a name="item_hide">$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">$overlay-&gt;show</a></strong><br />
820 </dt>
821 <dd>
822 If hidden, display the overlay again.
823 </dd>
824 <p></p></dl>
825 <dt><strong>$popup = $term-&gt;popup ($event)</strong><br />
826 </dt>
827 <dd>
828 Creates a new <code>urxvt::popup</code> object that implements a popup menu. The
829 <code>$event</code> <em>must</em> be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button event,
830 currently).
831 </dd>
832 <p></p>
833 <dt><strong><a name="item_strwidth">$cellwidth = $term-&gt;strwidth ($string)</a></strong><br />
834 </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 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_encode">$octets = $term-&gt;locale_encode ($string)</a></strong><br />
841 </dt>
842 <dd>
843 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding.
844 </dd>
845 <p></p>
846 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_decode">$string = $term-&gt;locale_decode ($octets)</a></strong><br />
847 </dt>
848 <dd>
849 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
850 </dd>
851 <p></p>
852 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_span">$term-&gt;scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])</a></strong><br />
853 </dt>
854 <dd>
855 XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
856 (default: <code>RS_RVid</code>), which <em>MUST NOT</em> contain font styles. Useful in
857 refresh hooks to provide effects similar to the selection.
858 </dd>
859 <p></p>
860 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_rect">$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 it instead. Both styles <em>MUST NOT</em> contain font styles.
867 </dd>
868 <p></p>
869 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_bell">$term-&gt;scr_bell</a></strong><br />
870 </dt>
871 <dd>
872 Ring the bell!
873 </dd>
874 <p></p>
875 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_add_lines">$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 ($octets)</a></strong><br />
890 </dt>
891 <dd>
892 Similar to <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>scr_add_lines</code></a>, but the argument must be in the
893 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command sequences
894 (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
895 </dd>
896 <p></p>
897 <dt><strong><a name="item_tt_write">$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 pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your strings first
902 to the locale-specific encoding using <a href="#item_locale_encode"><code>$term-&gt;locale_encode</code></a>.
903 </dd>
904 <p></p>
905 <dt><strong><a name="item_pty_ev_events">$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 <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 = $term-&gt;vt</a></strong><br />
921 </dt>
922 <dd>
923 Return the window id of the terminal window.
924 </dd>
925 <p></p>
926 <dt><strong><a name="item_width">$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 = $term-&gt;fwidth</a></strong><br />
931 </dt>
932 <dt><strong><a name="item_fheight">$font_height = $term-&gt;fheight</a></strong><br />
933 </dt>
934 <dt><strong><a name="item_fbase">$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 = $term-&gt;nsaved</a></strong><br />
949 </dt>
950 <dd>
951 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
952 </dd>
953 <p></p>
954 <dt><strong><a name="item_display_id">$x_display = $term-&gt;display_id</a></strong><br />
955 </dt>
956 <dd>
957 Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
958 </dd>
959 <p></p>
960 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale">$lc_ctype = $term-&gt;locale</a></strong><br />
961 </dt>
962 <dd>
963 Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
964 </dd>
965 <p></p>
966 <dt><strong><a name="item_env">$env = $term-&gt;env</a></strong><br />
967 </dt>
968 <dd>
969 Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a hashref
970 similar to <code>\%ENV</code>.
971 </dd>
972 <p></p>
973 <dt><strong><a name="item_modlevel3mask">$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 = $term-&gt;ModNumLockMask</a></strong><br />
978 </dt>
979 <dd>
980 Return the modifier masks corresponding to the ``ISO Level 3 Shift'' (often
981 AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if applicable.
982 </dd>
983 <p></p>
984 <dt><strong><a name="item_view_start">$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 line <a href="#item_nsaved"><code>-$term-&gt;nsaved</code></a>. Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent line
1010 is requested.
1011 </dd>
1012 <dd>
1013 <p>If <code>$new_text</code> is specified, it will replace characters in the current
1014 line, starting at column <code>$start_col</code> (default <code>0</code>), which is useful
1015 to replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
1016 automatically be updated.</p>
1017 </dd>
1018 <dd>
1019 <p><a href="#item__24text"><code>$text</code></a> is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use more
1020 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 <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 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>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>.
1041 </dd>
1042 <dd>
1043 <p>When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.</p>
1044 </dd>
1045 <dd>
1046 <p>See the section on RENDITION, above.</p>
1047 </dd>
1048 <p></p>
1049 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_l">$length = $term-&gt;ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])</a></strong><br />
1050 </dt>
1051 <dd>
1052 Returns the number of screen cells that are in use (``the line
1053 length''). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns <a href="#item_ncol"><code>$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 </dd>
1065 <p></p>
1066 <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>$row_number</code> is part of. It supports the
1071 following methods:
1072 </dd>
1073 <dl>
1074 <dt><strong><a name="item_t">$text = $line-&gt;t ([$new_text])</a></strong><br />
1075 </dt>
1076 <dd>
1077 Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>ROW_t</code></a>
1078 </dd>
1079 <p></p>
1080 <dt><strong><a name="item_r">$rend = $line-&gt;r ([$new_rend])</a></strong><br />
1081 </dt>
1082 <dd>
1083 Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_r"><code>ROW_r</code></a>
1084 </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, $col)</a></strong><br />
1101 </dt>
1102 <dd>
1103 Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within the logical
1104 line. Works for rows outside the line, too, and returns corresponding
1105 offsets outside the string.
1106 </dd>
1107 <p></p>
1108 <dt><strong><a name="item_coord_of">($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 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_encode">$text = $term-&gt;special_encode $string</a></strong><br />
1115 </dt>
1116 <dd>
1117 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by rxvt-unicode,
1118 where one character corresponds to one screen cell. See
1119 <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$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 <p></p>
1129 <dt><strong><a name="item_grab_button">$success = $term-&gt;grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)</a></strong><br />
1130 </dt>
1131 <dd>
1132 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
1133 </dd>
1134 <p></p>
1135 <dt><strong><a name="item_grab">$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 <p></p></dl>
1169 <p>
1170 </p>
1171 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></h2>
1172 <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 <p>
1207 </p>
1208 <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 $term-&gt;{overlay} = $term-&gt;overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
1213 $term-&gt;{timer} = urxvt::timer
1214 -&gt;new
1215 -&gt;interval (1)
1216 -&gt;cb (sub {
1217 $term-&gt;{overlay}-&gt;set (0, 0,
1218 sprintf &quot;%2d:%02d:%02d&quot;, (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
1219 });</pre>
1220 <dl>
1221 <dt><strong><a name="item__24timer__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3atimer">$timer = new urxvt::timer</a></strong><br />
1222 </dt>
1223 <dd>
1224 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
1225 immediately.
1226 </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 = $timer-&gt;at</a></strong><br />
1235 </dt>
1236 <dd>
1237 Return the time this watcher will fire next.
1238 </dd>
1239 <p></p>
1240 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;set ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1241 </dt>
1242 <dd>
1243 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
1244 </dd>
1245 <p></p>
1246 <dt><strong><a name="item_interval">$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 <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 $term-&gt;{socket})
1281 -&gt;events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
1282 -&gt;start
1283 -&gt;cb (sub {
1284 my ($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 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 </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 <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 <dl>
1339 <dt><strong><a name="item__3d_3d_0__2d_fatal_messages">== 0 - fatal messages</a></strong><br />
1340 </dt>
1341 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d_3__2d_script_loading_and_management">&gt;= 3 - script loading and management</a></strong><br />
1342 </dt>
1343 <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 </dt>
1347 </dl>
1348 <p>
1349 </p>
1350 <hr />
1351 <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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