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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>The selection works by trying to match a number of regexes and displaying
101 them in increasing order of length. You can add your own regexes by
102 specifying resources of the form:</p>
103 </dd>
104 <dd>
105 <pre>
106 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: perl-regex
107 URxvt.selection.pattern-1: perl-regex
108 ...</pre>
109 </dd>
110 <dd>
111 <p>The index number (0, 1...) must not have any holes, and each regex must
112 contain at least one pair of capturing parentheses, which will be used for
113 the match. For example, the followign adds a regex that matches everything
114 between two vertical bars:</p>
115 </dd>
116 <dd>
117 <pre>
118 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: \\|([^|]+)\\|</pre>
119 </dd>
120 <dd>
121 <p>You can look at the source of the selection extension to see more
122 interesting uses, such as parsing a line from beginning to end.</p>
123 </dd>
124 <dd>
125 <p>This extension also offers the following bindable keyboard command:</p>
126 </dd>
127 <dl>
128 <dt><strong><a name="item_rot13">rot13</a></strong><br />
129 </dt>
130 <dd>
131 Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:
132 </dd>
133 <dd>
134 <pre>
135 URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13</pre>
136 </dd>
137 <p></p></dl>
138 <dt><strong><a name="item_popup">option-popup (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
139 </dt>
140 <dd>
141 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some) options at
142 runtime.
143 </dd>
144 <p></p>
145 <dt><strong>selection-popup (enabled by default)</strong><br />
146 </dt>
147 <dd>
148 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the selection
149 text into various other formats/action (such as uri unescaping, perl
150 evalution, web-browser starting etc.), depending on content.
151 </dd>
152 <p></p>
153 <dt><strong><a name="item_searchable_2dscrollback_3chotkey_3e__28enabled_by_">searchable-scrollback&lt;hotkey&gt; (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
154 </dt>
155 <dd>
156 Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
157 by a hotkey (default: <code>M-s</code>). While in search mode, normal terminal
158 input/output is suspended and a regex is displayed at the bottom of the
159 screen.
160 </dd>
161 <dd>
162 <p>Inputting characters appends them to the regex and continues incremental
163 search. <code>BackSpace</code> removes a character from the regex, <code>Up</code> and <code>Down</code>
164 search upwards/downwards in the scrollback buffer, <code>End</code> jumps to the
165 bottom. <code>Escape</code> leaves search mode and returns to the point where search
166 was started, while <code>Enter</code> or <code>Return</code> stay at the current position and
167 additionally stores the first match in the current line into the primary
168 selection.</p>
169 </dd>
170 <p></p>
171 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_2dautotransform">selection-autotransform</a></strong><br />
172 </dt>
173 <dd>
174 This selection allows you to do automatic transforms on a selection
175 whenever a selection is made.
176 </dd>
177 <dd>
178 <p>It works by specifying perl snippets (most useful is a single <code>s///</code>
179 operator) that modify <code>$_</code> as resources:</p>
180 </dd>
181 <dd>
182 <pre>
183 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: transform
184 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: transform
185 ...</pre>
186 </dd>
187 <dd>
188 <p>For example, the following will transform selections of the form
189 <code>filename:number</code>, often seen in compiler messages, into <code>vi +$filename
190 $word</code>:</p>
191 </dd>
192 <dd>
193 <pre>
194 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^(\\S+):(\\d+):?$/vi +$2 \\Q$1\\E\\x0d/</pre>
195 </dd>
196 <dd>
197 <p>And this example matches the same,but replaces it with vi-commands you can
198 paste directly into your (vi :) editor:</p>
199 </dd>
200 <dd>
201 <pre>
202 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^(S+):(d+):?$/\\x1b:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/</pre>
203 </dd>
204 <dd>
205 <p>Of course, this can be modified to suit your needs and your editor :)</p>
206 </dd>
207 <p></p>
208 <dt><strong><a name="item_mark_2durls">mark-urls</a></strong><br />
209 </dt>
210 <dd>
211 Uses per-line display filtering (<code>on_line_update</code>) to underline urls and
212 make them clickable. When middle-clicked, the program specified in the
213 resource <code>urlLauncher</code> (default <code>x-www-browser</code>) will be started with
214 the URL as first argument.
215 </dd>
216 <p></p>
217 <dt><strong><a name="item_block_2dgraphics_2dto_2dascii">block-graphics-to-ascii</a></strong><br />
218 </dt>
219 <dd>
220 A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the terminal,
221 by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 .. U+259F) by a
222 similar-looking ascii character.
223 </dd>
224 <p></p>
225 <dt><strong><a name="item_digital_2dclock">digital-clock</a></strong><br />
226 </dt>
227 <dd>
228 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
229 </dd>
230 <p></p>
231 <dt><strong><a name="item_example_2drefresh_2dhooks">example-refresh-hooks</a></strong><br />
232 </dt>
233 <dd>
234 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of the
235 window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create your own
236 overlays or changes.
237 </dd>
238 <p></p></dl>
239 <p>
240 </p>
241 <hr />
242 <h1><a name="api_documentation">API DOCUMENTATION</a></h1>
243 <p>
244 </p>
245 <h2><a name="general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></h2>
246 <p>All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
247 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
248 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as <code>_ptr</code> or
249 <code>_hook</code>) are reserved for internal uses and <strong>MUST NOT</strong> be accessed or
250 modified).</p>
251 <p>When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
252 emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
253 the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
254 terminal is destroyed.</p>
255 <p>Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are some
256 hints on what they mean:</p>
257 <dl>
258 <dt><strong><a name="item__24text">$text</a></strong><br />
259 </dt>
260 <dd>
261 Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one ``unicode'' character
262 always represents one screen cell. See <a href="#item_row_t">ROW_t</a> for a discussion of this format.
263 </dd>
264 <p></p>
265 <dt><strong><a name="item__24string">$string</a></strong><br />
266 </dt>
267 <dd>
268 A perl text string, with an emphasis on <em>text</em>. It can store all unicode
269 characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a specific
270 encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
271 </dd>
272 <p></p>
273 <dt><strong><a name="item__24octets">$octets</a></strong><br />
274 </dt>
275 <dd>
276 Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
277 locale-specific way.
278 </dd>
279 <p></p></dl>
280 <p>
281 </p>
282 <h2><a name="extension_objects">Extension Objects</a></h2>
283 <p>Very perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
284 for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter to
285 hooks. So extensions can use their <code>$self</code> object without having to think
286 about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members that
287 begin with an underscore character <code>_</code>: these are reserved for internal
288 use.</p>
289 <p>Although it isn't a <code>urxvt::term</code> object, you can call all methods of the
290 <code>urxvt::term</code> class on this object.</p>
291 <p>It has the following methods and data members:</p>
292 <dl>
293 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_term__3d__24self_2d_3e_7bterm_7d">$urxvt_term = $self-&gt;{term}</a></strong><br />
294 </dt>
295 <dd>
296 Returns the <code>urxvt::term</code> object associated with this instance of the
297 extension. This member <em>must not</em> be changed in any way.
298 </dd>
299 <p></p>
300 <dt><strong><a name="item_enable">$self-&gt;enable ($hook_name =&gt; $cb, [$hook_name =&gt; $cb..])</a></strong><br />
301 </dt>
302 <dd>
303 Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the <code>on_</code> prefix) for
304 this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when you want
305 to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
306 </dd>
307 <p></p>
308 <dt><strong><a name="item_disable">$self-&gt;disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])</a></strong><br />
309 </dt>
310 <dd>
311 Dynamically disable the given hooks.
312 </dd>
313 <p></p></dl>
314 <p>
315 </p>
316 <h2><a name="hooks">Hooks</a></h2>
317 <p>The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will be
318 called whenever the relevant event happens.</p>
319 <p>The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
320 the in the <code>Extension Objects</code> section.</p>
321 <p><strong>All</strong> of these hooks must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the
322 event counts as being <em>consumed</em>, and the invocation of other hooks is
323 skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.</p>
324 <p><em>When in doubt, return a false value (preferably <code>()</code>). </em>&gt;</p>
325 <dl>
326 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_init__24term">on_init $term</a></strong><br />
327 </dt>
328 <dd>
329 Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
330 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe to
331 call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other characteristics
332 have not yet been determined. You can safely query and change resources,
333 though.
334 </dd>
335 <p></p>
336 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_reset__24term">on_reset $term</a></strong><br />
337 </dt>
338 <dd>
339 Called after the screen is ``reset'' for any reason, such as resizing or
340 control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to size-related
341 variables.
342 </dd>
343 <p></p>
344 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_start__24term">on_start $term</a></strong><br />
345 </dt>
346 <dd>
347 Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just before
348 returning to the mainloop.
349 </dd>
350 <p></p>
351 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_make__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_make $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
352 </dt>
353 <dd>
354 Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before the
355 selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or type of the
356 selection will be honored.
357 </dd>
358 <dd>
359 <p>Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which case you
360 have to make a selection yourself by calling <a href="#item_selection_grab"><code>$term-&gt;selection_grab</code></a>.</p>
361 </dd>
362 <p></p>
363 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_grab__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
364 </dt>
365 <dd>
366 Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the selection is
367 requested from the server. The selection text can be queried and changed
368 by calling <a href="#item_selection"><code>$term-&gt;selection</code></a>.
369 </dd>
370 <dd>
371 <p>Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be hilighted.</p>
372 </dd>
373 <p></p>
374 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_extend__24term">on_sel_extend $term</a></strong><br />
375 </dt>
376 <dd>
377 Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a double
378 click) and is either supposed to return false (normal operation), or
379 should extend the selection itelf and return true to suppress the built-in
380 processing. This can happen multiple times, as long as the callback
381 returns true, it will be called on every further click by the user and is
382 supposed to enlarge the selection more and more, if possible.
383 </dd>
384 <dd>
385 <p>See the <em>selection</em> example extension.</p>
386 </dd>
387 <p></p>
388 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_view_change__24term_2c__24offset">on_view_change $term, $offset</a></strong><br />
389 </dt>
390 <dd>
391 Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
392 scrolls. Offset <code>0</code> means display the normal terminal, positive values
393 show this many lines of scrollback.
394 </dd>
395 <p></p>
396 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_scroll_back__24term_2c__24lines_2c__24saved">on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved</a></strong><br />
397 </dt>
398 <dd>
399 Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the scrollback
400 buffer. <code>$lines</code> is the number of lines scrolled out and may be larger
401 than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
402 </dd>
403 <dd>
404 <p>It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines - 1,
405 $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). <code>$saved</code> is the total
406 number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.</p>
407 </dd>
408 <p></p>
409 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_osc_seq__24term_2c__24string">on_osc_seq $term, $string</a></strong><br />
410 </dt>
411 <dd>
412 Called whenever the <strong>ESC ] 777 ; string ST</strong> command sequence (OSC =
413 operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other state
414 information is up-to-date when this happens. For interoperability, the
415 string should start with the extension name and a colon, to distinguish
416 it from commands for other extensions, and this might be enforced in the
417 future.
418 </dd>
419 <dd>
420 <p>Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you receive,
421 as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content, messages from
422 other users on the same system etc.).</p>
423 </dd>
424 <p></p>
425 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_add_lines__24term_2c__24string">on_add_lines $term, $string</a></strong><br />
426 </dt>
427 <dd>
428 Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as argument. You
429 can filter/change and output the text yourself by returning a true value
430 and calling <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>$term-&gt;scr_add_lines</code></a> yourself. Please note that this
431 might be very slow, however, as your hook is called for <strong>all</strong> text being
432 output.
433 </dd>
434 <p></p>
435 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_tt_write__24term_2c__24octets">on_tt_write $term, $octets</a></strong><br />
436 </dt>
437 <dd>
438 Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used to
439 suppress or filter tty input.
440 </dd>
441 <p></p>
442 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_line_update__24term_2c__24row">on_line_update $term, $row</a></strong><br />
443 </dt>
444 <dd>
445 Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
446 screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only lines
447 that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance reasons,
448 not always immediately.
449 </dd>
450 <dd>
451 <p>The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line spans
452 multiple rows.</p>
453 </dd>
454 <dd>
455 <p>Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get called
456 later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts change), so
457 you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set them.</p>
458 </dd>
459 <p></p>
460 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_begin__24term">on_refresh_begin $term</a></strong><br />
461 </dt>
462 <dd>
463 Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
464 or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
465 restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection display
466 code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
467 </dd>
468 <p></p>
469 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_end__24term">on_refresh_end $term</a></strong><br />
470 </dt>
471 <dd>
472 Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See <code>on_refresh_begin</code>.
473 </dd>
474 <p></p>
475 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_keyboard_command__24term_2c__24string">on_keyboard_command $term, $string</a></strong><br />
476 </dt>
477 <dd>
478 Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
479 <code>perl:string</code> action bound to it (see description of the <strong>keysym</strong>
480 resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage).
481 </dd>
482 <p></p>
483 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_in__24term">on_focus_in $term</a></strong><br />
484 </dt>
485 <dd>
486 Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode
487 does focus in processing.
488 </dd>
489 <p></p>
490 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_out__24term">on_focus_out $term</a></strong><br />
491 </dt>
492 <dd>
493 Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode does
494 focus out processing.
495 </dd>
496 <p></p>
497 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_press__24term_2c__24event_2c__24keysym_2c__">on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets</a></strong><br />
498 </dt>
499 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_release__24term_2c__24event_2c__24keysym">on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym</a></strong><br />
500 </dt>
501 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_press__24term_2c__24event">on_button_press $term, $event</a></strong><br />
502 </dt>
503 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_release__24term_2c__24event">on_button_release $term, $event</a></strong><br />
504 </dt>
505 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_motion_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_motion_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
506 </dt>
507 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_map_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_map_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
508 </dt>
509 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_unmap_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_unmap_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
510 </dt>
511 <dd>
512 Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the terminal If
513 the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by rxvt-unicode.
514 </dd>
515 <dd>
516 <p>The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the XEvent
517 manpage), with the additional members <code>row</code> and <code>col</code>, which are the row
518 and column under the mouse cursor.</p>
519 </dd>
520 <dd>
521 <p><code>on_key_press</code> additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
522 output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.</p>
523 </dd>
524 <dd>
525 <p>subwindow.</p>
526 </dd>
527 <p></p></dl>
528 <p>
529 </p>
530 <h2><a name="variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
531 <dl>
532 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3alibdir">$urxvt::LIBDIR</a></strong><br />
533 </dt>
534 <dd>
535 The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the perl
536 modules and scripts are stored.
537 </dd>
538 <p></p>
539 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3aresclass_2c__24urxvt_3a_3aresclass">$urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS</a></strong><br />
540 </dt>
541 <dd>
542 The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X resources.
543 </dd>
544 <p></p>
545 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3arxvtname">$urxvt::RXVTNAME</a></strong><br />
546 </dt>
547 <dd>
548 The basename of the installed binaries, usually <code>urxvt</code>.
549 </dd>
550 <p></p>
551 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3aterm">$urxvt::TERM</a></strong><br />
552 </dt>
553 <dd>
554 The current terminal. This variable stores the current <code>urxvt::term</code>
555 object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
556 </dd>
557 <p></p></dl>
558 <p>
559 </p>
560 <h2><a name="functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
561 <dl>
562 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3afatal__24errormessage">urxvt::fatal $errormessage</a></strong><br />
563 </dt>
564 <dd>
565 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
566 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
567 starts up.
568 </dd>
569 <p></p>
570 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3awarn__24string">urxvt::warn $string</a></strong><br />
571 </dt>
572 <dd>
573 Calls <code>rxvt_warn</code> with the given string which should not include a
574 newline. The module also overwrites the <code>warn</code> builtin with a function
575 that calls this function.
576 </dd>
577 <dd>
578 <p>Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
579 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.</p>
580 </dd>
581 <dd>
582 <p>Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.</p>
583 </dd>
584 <p></p>
585 <dt><strong><a name="item__24is_safe__3d_urxvt_3a_3asafe">$is_safe = urxvt::safe</a></strong><br />
586 </dt>
587 <dd>
588 Returns true when it is safe to do potentially unsafe things, such as
589 evaluating perl code specified by the user. This is true when urxvt was
590 started setuid or setgid.
591 </dd>
592 <p></p>
593 <dt><strong><a name="item__24time__3d_urxvt_3a_3anow">$time = urxvt::NOW</a></strong><br />
594 </dt>
595 <dd>
596 Returns the ``current time'' (as per the event loop).
597 </dd>
598 <p></p>
599 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3acurrenttime">urxvt::CurrentTime</a></strong><br />
600 </dt>
601 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3ashiftmask_2c_lockmask_2c_controlmask_2c">urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask,
602 Mod3Mask, Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask,
603 Button4Mask, Button5Mask, AnyModifier</a></strong><br />
604 </dt>
605 <dd>
606 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
607 </dd>
608 <p></p></dl>
609 <p>
610 </p>
611 <h2><a name="rendition">RENDITION</a></h2>
612 <p>Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles and
613 similar information for each screen cell.</p>
614 <p>The following ``macros'' deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
615 never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one,
616 as they contain important information required for correct operation of
617 rxvt-unicode.</p>
618 <dl>
619 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3adefault_rstyle">$rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE</a></strong><br />
620 </dt>
621 <dd>
622 Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting up or
623 being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating renditions.
624 </dd>
625 <p></p>
626 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aoverlay_rstyle">$rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE</a></strong><br />
627 </dt>
628 <dd>
629 Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
630 </dd>
631 <p></p>
632 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rendbit__3d_urxvt_3a_3ars_bold_2c_rs_italic_2c_">$rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline</a></strong><br />
633 </dt>
634 <dd>
635 Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
636 underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR it into
637 the bitset.
638 </dd>
639 <p></p>
640 <dt><strong><a name="item__24foreground__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_basefg__24rend">$foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend</a></strong><br />
641 </dt>
642 <dt><strong><a name="item__24background__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_basebg__24rend">$background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend</a></strong><br />
643 </dt>
644 <dd>
645 Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
646 </dd>
647 <p></p>
648 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_fgcolor__24rend_2c__24n">$rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</a></strong><br />
649 </dt>
650 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_bgcolor__24rend_2c__24n">$rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</a></strong><br />
651 </dt>
652 <dd>
653 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with the
654 specified one.
655 </dd>
656 <p></p>
657 <dt><strong><a name="item__24value__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_custom__24rend">$value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend</a></strong><br />
658 </dt>
659 <dd>
660 Return the ``custom'' value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
661 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are initially
662 zero.
663 </dd>
664 <p></p>
665 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_custom__24rend_2c__24ne">$rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value</a></strong><br />
666 </dt>
667 <dd>
668 Change the custom value.
669 </dd>
670 <p></p></dl>
671 <p>
672 </p>
673 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></h2>
674 <p>The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
675 <code>AnyEvent</code> module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
676 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
677 condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
678 is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant should
679 work.</p>
680 <p>
681 </p>
682 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></h2>
683 <dl>
684 <dt><strong><a name="item__24term__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aterm__24envhashref_2c__">$term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]</a></strong><br />
685 </dt>
686 <dd>
687 Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with system
688 <code>$rxvtname, arg...</code>. <code>$envhashref</code> must be a reference to a <code>%ENV</code>-like
689 hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
690 </dd>
691 <dd>
692 <p>Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
693 couldn't be created. Returns <code>undef</code> if the new instance didn't
694 initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The <code>init</code> and
695 <a href="#item_start"><code>start</code></a> hooks will be called during this call.</p>
696 </dd>
697 <p></p>
698 <dt><strong><a name="item_destroy">$term-&gt;destroy</a></strong><br />
699 </dt>
700 <dd>
701 Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources
702 etc.). Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event
703 watchers (timers, io watchers) are still active.
704 </dd>
705 <p></p>
706 <dt><strong><a name="item_option">$isset = $term-&gt;option ($optval[, $set])</a></strong><br />
707 </dt>
708 <dd>
709 Returns true if the option specified by <code>$optval</code> is enabled, and
710 optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the hash
711 <code>%urxvt::OPTION</code>. Options not enabled in this binary are not in the hash.
712 </dd>
713 <dd>
714 <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see the
715 source file <em>/src/optinc.h</em> to see the actual list:</p>
716 </dd>
717 <dd>
718 <pre>
719 borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
720 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
721 pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
722 scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
723 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
724 tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
725 </dd>
726 <p></p>
727 <dt><strong><a name="item_resource">$value = $term-&gt;resource ($name[, $newval])</a></strong><br />
728 </dt>
729 <dd>
730 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
731 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the <code>init</code>
732 hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as <code>undef</code>.
733 </dd>
734 <dd>
735 <p>The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character encoding
736 before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned value may need
737 to be converted from the used encoding to text.</p>
738 </dd>
739 <dd>
740 <p>Resource names are as defined in <em>src/rsinc.h</em>. Colours can be specified
741 as resource names of the form <code>color+&lt;index&gt;</code>, e.g. <code>color+5</code>. (will
742 likely change).</p>
743 </dd>
744 <dd>
745 <p>Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when the
746 terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat memory.</p>
747 </dd>
748 <dd>
749 <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of which
750 are supported in every build, please see the source file <em>/src/rsinc.h</em>
751 to see the actual list:</p>
752 </dd>
753 <dd>
754 <pre>
755 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
756 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
757 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
758 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
759 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
760 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
761 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
762 reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
763 scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
764 scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
765 shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
766 utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
767 </dd>
768 <p></p>
769 <dt><strong><a name="item_x_resource">$value = $term-&gt;x_resource ($pattern)</a></strong><br />
770 </dt>
771 <dd>
772 Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program or
773 class name, i.e. <a href="#item_x_resource"><code>$term-&gt;x_resource (&quot;boldFont&quot;)</code></a> should return the
774 same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns <code>undef</code> if no
775 resource with that pattern exists.
776 </dd>
777 <dd>
778 <p>This method should only be called during the <code>on_start</code> hook, as there is
779 only one resource database per display, and later invocations might return
780 the wrong resources.</p>
781 </dd>
782 <p></p>
783 <dt><strong><a name="item_parse_keysym">$success = $term-&gt;parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)</a></strong><br />
784 </dt>
785 <dd>
786 Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See the
787 <code>keysym</code> resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage.
788 </dd>
789 <p></p>
790 <dt><strong><a name="item_rstyle">$rend = $term-&gt;rstyle ([$new_rstyle])</a></strong><br />
791 </dt>
792 <dd>
793 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is output by
794 the terminal application will use this style.
795 </dd>
796 <p></p>
797 <dt><strong><a name="item_screen_cur">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;screen_cur ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
798 </dt>
799 <dd>
800 Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and optionally
801 set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect that).
802 </dd>
803 <p></p>
804 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_mark">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_mark ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
805 </dt>
806 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_beg">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_beg ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
807 </dt>
808 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_end">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_end ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
809 </dt>
810 <dd>
811 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions,
812 and optionally set them to new values.
813 </dd>
814 <p></p>
815 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_make">$term-&gt;selection_make ($eventtime[, $rectangular])</a></strong><br />
816 </dt>
817 <dd>
818 Tries to make a selection as set by <a href="#item_selection_beg"><code>selection_beg</code></a> and
819 <a href="#item_selection_end"><code>selection_end</code></a>. If <code>$rectangular</code> is true (default: false), a
820 rectangular selection will be made. This is the prefered function to make
821 a selection.
822 </dd>
823 <p></p>
824 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_grab">$success = $term-&gt;selection_grab ($eventtime)</a></strong><br />
825 </dt>
826 <dd>
827 Try to request the primary selection text from the server (for example, as
828 set by the next method). No visual feedback will be given. This function
829 is mostly useful from within <code>on_sel_grab</code> hooks.
830 </dd>
831 <p></p>
832 <dt><strong>$oldtext = $term-&gt;selection ([$newtext])</strong><br />
833 </dt>
834 <dd>
835 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by <code>$newtext</code>.
836 </dd>
837 <p></p>
838 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay_simple">$term-&gt;overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)</a></strong><br />
839 </dt>
840 <dd>
841 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details.
842 </dd>
843 <p></p>
844 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay">$term-&gt;overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])</a></strong><br />
845 </dt>
846 <dd>
847 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
848 width/height. <code>$rstyle</code> defines the initial rendition style
849 (default: <code>OVERLAY_RSTYLE</code>).
850 </dd>
851 <dd>
852 <p>If <code>$border</code> is <code>2</code> (default), then a decorative border will be put
853 around the box.</p>
854 </dd>
855 <dd>
856 <p>If either <code>$x</code> or <code>$y</code> is negative, then this is counted from the
857 right/bottom side, respectively.</p>
858 </dd>
859 <dd>
860 <p>This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be visible
861 as long as the perl object is referenced.</p>
862 </dd>
863 <dd>
864 <p>The methods currently supported on <code>urxvt::overlay</code> objects are:</p>
865 </dd>
866 <dl>
867 <dt><strong><a name="item_set">$overlay-&gt;set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)</a></strong><br />
868 </dt>
869 <dd>
870 Similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> and <a href="#item_row_r"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_r</code></a> in that it puts
871 text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of rendition values
872 at a specific position inside the overlay.
873 </dd>
874 <p></p>
875 <dt><strong><a name="item_hide">$overlay-&gt;hide</a></strong><br />
876 </dt>
877 <dd>
878 If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
879 </dd>
880 <p></p>
881 <dt><strong><a name="item_show">$overlay-&gt;show</a></strong><br />
882 </dt>
883 <dd>
884 If hidden, display the overlay again.
885 </dd>
886 <p></p></dl>
887 <dt><strong>$popup = $term-&gt;popup ($event)</strong><br />
888 </dt>
889 <dd>
890 Creates a new <code>urxvt::popup</code> object that implements a popup menu. The
891 <code>$event</code> <em>must</em> be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button event,
892 currently).
893 </dd>
894 <p></p>
895 <dt><strong><a name="item_strwidth">$cellwidth = $term-&gt;strwidth ($string)</a></strong><br />
896 </dt>
897 <dd>
898 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
899 accounts for wide and combining characters.
900 </dd>
901 <p></p>
902 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_encode">$octets = $term-&gt;locale_encode ($string)</a></strong><br />
903 </dt>
904 <dd>
905 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding.
906 </dd>
907 <p></p>
908 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_decode">$string = $term-&gt;locale_decode ($octets)</a></strong><br />
909 </dt>
910 <dd>
911 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
912 </dd>
913 <p></p>
914 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_span">$term-&gt;scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])</a></strong><br />
915 </dt>
916 <dd>
917 XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
918 (default: <code>RS_RVid</code>), which <em>MUST NOT</em> contain font styles. Useful in
919 refresh hooks to provide effects similar to the selection.
920 </dd>
921 <p></p>
922 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_rect">$term-&gt;scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[, $rstyle2]])</a></strong><br />
923 </dt>
924 <dd>
925 Similar to <a href="#item_scr_xor_span"><code>scr_xor_span</code></a>, but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
926 whitespace will additionally be xored with the <code>$rstyle2</code>, which defaults
927 to <code>RS_RVid | RS_Uline</code>, which removes reverse video again and underlines
928 it instead. Both styles <em>MUST NOT</em> contain font styles.
929 </dd>
930 <p></p>
931 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_bell">$term-&gt;scr_bell</a></strong><br />
932 </dt>
933 <dd>
934 Ring the bell!
935 </dd>
936 <p></p>
937 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_add_lines">$term-&gt;scr_add_lines ($string)</a></strong><br />
938 </dt>
939 <dd>
940 Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the application
941 running inside the terminal. It may not contain command sequences (escape
942 codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage returns and tabs. The
943 string is a normal text string, not in locale-dependent encoding.
944 </dd>
945 <dd>
946 <p>Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might be
947 confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful inside a
948 <code>on_add_lines</code> hook, though.</p>
949 </dd>
950 <p></p>
951 <dt><strong><a name="item_cmd_parse">$term-&gt;cmd_parse ($octets)</a></strong><br />
952 </dt>
953 <dd>
954 Similar to <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>scr_add_lines</code></a>, but the argument must be in the
955 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command sequences
956 (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
957 </dd>
958 <p></p>
959 <dt><strong><a name="item_tt_write">$term-&gt;tt_write ($octets)</a></strong><br />
960 </dt>
961 <dd>
962 Write the octets given in <code>$data</code> to the tty (i.e. as program input). To
963 pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your strings first
964 to the locale-specific encoding using <a href="#item_locale_encode"><code>$term-&gt;locale_encode</code></a>.
965 </dd>
966 <p></p>
967 <dt><strong><a name="item_pty_ev_events">$old_events = $term-&gt;pty_ev_events ([$new_events])</a></strong><br />
968 </dt>
969 <dd>
970 Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask. Can
971 be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty. See the
972 description of <a href="#item_events"><code>urxvt::timer-&gt;events</code></a>. Make sure to always restore
973 the previous value.
974 </dd>
975 <p></p>
976 <dt><strong><a name="item_parent">$windowid = $term-&gt;parent</a></strong><br />
977 </dt>
978 <dd>
979 Return the window id of the toplevel window.
980 </dd>
981 <p></p>
982 <dt><strong><a name="item_vt">$windowid = $term-&gt;vt</a></strong><br />
983 </dt>
984 <dd>
985 Return the window id of the terminal window.
986 </dd>
987 <p></p>
988 <dt><strong><a name="item_width">$window_width = $term-&gt;width</a></strong><br />
989 </dt>
990 <dt><strong><a name="item_height">$window_height = $term-&gt;height</a></strong><br />
991 </dt>
992 <dt><strong><a name="item_fwidth">$font_width = $term-&gt;fwidth</a></strong><br />
993 </dt>
994 <dt><strong><a name="item_fheight">$font_height = $term-&gt;fheight</a></strong><br />
995 </dt>
996 <dt><strong><a name="item_fbase">$font_ascent = $term-&gt;fbase</a></strong><br />
997 </dt>
998 <dt><strong><a name="item_nrow">$terminal_rows = $term-&gt;nrow</a></strong><br />
999 </dt>
1000 <dt><strong><a name="item_ncol">$terminal_columns = $term-&gt;ncol</a></strong><br />
1001 </dt>
1002 <dt><strong><a name="item_focus">$has_focus = $term-&gt;focus</a></strong><br />
1003 </dt>
1004 <dt><strong><a name="item_mapped">$is_mapped = $term-&gt;mapped</a></strong><br />
1005 </dt>
1006 <dt><strong><a name="item_savelines">$max_scrollback = $term-&gt;saveLines</a></strong><br />
1007 </dt>
1008 <dt><strong><a name="item_total_rows">$nrow_plus_saveLines = $term-&gt;total_rows</a></strong><br />
1009 </dt>
1010 <dt><strong><a name="item_nsaved">$lines_in_scrollback = $term-&gt;nsaved</a></strong><br />
1011 </dt>
1012 <dd>
1013 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
1014 </dd>
1015 <p></p>
1016 <dt><strong><a name="item_display_id">$x_display = $term-&gt;display_id</a></strong><br />
1017 </dt>
1018 <dd>
1019 Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
1020 </dd>
1021 <p></p>
1022 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale">$lc_ctype = $term-&gt;locale</a></strong><br />
1023 </dt>
1024 <dd>
1025 Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
1026 </dd>
1027 <p></p>
1028 <dt><strong><a name="item_env">$env = $term-&gt;env</a></strong><br />
1029 </dt>
1030 <dd>
1031 Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a hashref
1032 similar to <code>\%ENV</code>.
1033 </dd>
1034 <p></p>
1035 <dt><strong><a name="item_modlevel3mask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModLevel3Mask</a></strong><br />
1036 </dt>
1037 <dt><strong><a name="item_modmetamask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModMetaMask</a></strong><br />
1038 </dt>
1039 <dt><strong><a name="item_modnumlockmask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModNumLockMask</a></strong><br />
1040 </dt>
1041 <dd>
1042 Return the modifier masks corresponding to the ``ISO Level 3 Shift'' (often
1043 AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if applicable.
1044 </dd>
1045 <p></p>
1046 <dt><strong><a name="item_view_start">$view_start = $term-&gt;view_start ([$newvalue])</a></strong><br />
1047 </dt>
1048 <dd>
1049 Returns the negative row number of the topmost line. Minimum value is
1050 <code>0</code>, which displays the normal terminal contents. Larger values scroll
1051 this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
1052 </dd>
1053 <p></p>
1054 <dt><strong><a name="item_want_refresh">$term-&gt;want_refresh</a></strong><br />
1055 </dt>
1056 <dd>
1057 Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode will
1058 compare the on-screen display with its stored representation. If they
1059 differ, it redraws the differences.
1060 </dd>
1061 <dd>
1062 <p>Used after changing terminal contents to display them.</p>
1063 </dd>
1064 <p></p>
1065 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_t">$text = $term-&gt;ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])</a></strong><br />
1066 </dt>
1067 <dd>
1068 Returns the text of the entire row with number <code>$row_number</code>. Row <code>0</code>
1069 is the topmost terminal line, row <code>$term-&gt;$ncol-1</code> is the bottommost
1070 terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line <code>-1</code> and extends to
1071 line <a href="#item_nsaved"><code>-$term-&gt;nsaved</code></a>. Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent line
1072 is requested.
1073 </dd>
1074 <dd>
1075 <p>If <code>$new_text</code> is specified, it will replace characters in the current
1076 line, starting at column <code>$start_col</code> (default <code>0</code>), which is useful
1077 to replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
1078 automatically be updated.</p>
1079 </dd>
1080 <dd>
1081 <p><a href="#item__24text"><code>$text</code></a> is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use more
1082 than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR characters
1083 (<code>chr 65535</code>). Characters with combining characters and other characters
1084 that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will be replaced with
1085 characters in the private use area.</p>
1086 </dd>
1087 <dd>
1088 <p>You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
1089 that <code>substr</code> and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
1090 characters.</p>
1091 </dd>
1092 <dd>
1093 <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>
1094 can be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.</p>
1095 </dd>
1096 <p></p>
1097 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_r">$rend = $term-&gt;ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])</a></strong><br />
1098 </dt>
1099 <dd>
1100 Like <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>, but returns an arrayref with rendition
1101 bitsets. Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
1102 styles and similar information. See also <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>.
1103 </dd>
1104 <dd>
1105 <p>When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.</p>
1106 </dd>
1107 <dd>
1108 <p>See the section on RENDITION, above.</p>
1109 </dd>
1110 <p></p>
1111 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_l">$length = $term-&gt;ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])</a></strong><br />
1112 </dt>
1113 <dd>
1114 Returns the number of screen cells that are in use (``the line
1115 length''). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns <a href="#item_ncol"><code>$term-&gt;ncol</code></a> if the
1116 line is joined with the following one.
1117 </dd>
1118 <p></p>
1119 <dt><strong><a name="item_is_longer">$bool = $term-&gt;is_longer ($row_number)</a></strong><br />
1120 </dt>
1121 <dd>
1122 Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical ``line'' (i.e.
1123 joined with the following row), which means all characters are in use
1124 and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a continuation of the
1125 previous row(s)).
1126 </dd>
1127 <p></p>
1128 <dt><strong><a name="item_line">$line = $term-&gt;line ($row_number)</a></strong><br />
1129 </dt>
1130 <dd>
1131 Create and return a new <code>urxvt::line</code> object that stores information
1132 about the logical line that row <code>$row_number</code> is part of. It supports the
1133 following methods:
1134 </dd>
1135 <dl>
1136 <dt><strong><a name="item_t">$text = $line-&gt;t ([$new_text])</a></strong><br />
1137 </dt>
1138 <dd>
1139 Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>ROW_t</code></a>
1140 </dd>
1141 <p></p>
1142 <dt><strong><a name="item_r">$rend = $line-&gt;r ([$new_rend])</a></strong><br />
1143 </dt>
1144 <dd>
1145 Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_r"><code>ROW_r</code></a>
1146 </dd>
1147 <p></p>
1148 <dt><strong><a name="item_l">$length = $line-&gt;l</a></strong><br />
1149 </dt>
1150 <dd>
1151 Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to <a href="#item_row_l"><code>ROW_l</code></a>.
1152 </dd>
1153 <p></p>
1154 <dt><strong><a name="item_beg">$rownum = $line-&gt;beg</a></strong><br />
1155 </dt>
1156 <dt><strong><a name="item_end">$rownum = $line-&gt;end</a></strong><br />
1157 </dt>
1158 <dd>
1159 Return the row number of the first/last row of the line, respectively.
1160 </dd>
1161 <p></p>
1162 <dt><strong><a name="item_offset_of">$offset = $line-&gt;offset_of ($row, $col)</a></strong><br />
1163 </dt>
1164 <dd>
1165 Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within the logical
1166 line. Works for rows outside the line, too, and returns corresponding
1167 offsets outside the string.
1168 </dd>
1169 <p></p>
1170 <dt><strong><a name="item_coord_of">($row, $col) = $line-&gt;coord_of ($offset)</a></strong><br />
1171 </dt>
1172 <dd>
1173 Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
1174 </dd>
1175 <p></p></dl>
1176 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_encode">$text = $term-&gt;special_encode $string</a></strong><br />
1177 </dt>
1178 <dd>
1179 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by rxvt-unicode,
1180 where one character corresponds to one screen cell. See
1181 <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.
1182 </dd>
1183 <p></p>
1184 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_decode">$string = $term-&gt;special_decode $text</a></strong><br />
1185 </dt>
1186 <dd>
1187 Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
1188 <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.
1189 </dd>
1190 <p></p>
1191 <dt><strong><a name="item_grab_button">$success = $term-&gt;grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)</a></strong><br />
1192 </dt>
1193 <dd>
1194 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
1195 </dd>
1196 <p></p>
1197 <dt><strong><a name="item_grab">$success = $term-&gt;grab ($eventtime[, $sync])</a></strong><br />
1198 </dt>
1199 <dd>
1200 Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
1201 synchronous (<code>$sync</code> is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
1202 </dd>
1203 <p></p>
1204 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_async">$term-&gt;allow_events_async</a></strong><br />
1205 </dt>
1206 <dd>
1207 Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
1208 </dd>
1209 <p></p>
1210 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_sync">$term-&gt;allow_events_sync</a></strong><br />
1211 </dt>
1212 <dd>
1213 Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
1214 </dd>
1215 <p></p>
1216 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_replay">$term-&gt;allow_events_replay</a></strong><br />
1217 </dt>
1218 <dd>
1219 Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for the most
1220 recent grab.
1221 </dd>
1222 <p></p>
1223 <dt><strong><a name="item_ungrab">$term-&gt;ungrab</a></strong><br />
1224 </dt>
1225 <dd>
1226 Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
1227 evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error case as
1228 the session.
1229 </dd>
1230 <p></p></dl>
1231 <p>
1232 </p>
1233 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></h2>
1234 <dl>
1235 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_title">$popup-&gt;add_title ($title)</a></strong><br />
1236 </dt>
1237 <dd>
1238 Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
1239 </dd>
1240 <p></p>
1241 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_separator">$popup-&gt;add_separator ([$sepchr])</a></strong><br />
1242 </dt>
1243 <dd>
1244 Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as <code>$sepchr</code>.
1245 </dd>
1246 <p></p>
1247 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_button">$popup-&gt;add_button ($text, $cb)</a></strong><br />
1248 </dt>
1249 <dd>
1250 Adds a clickable button to the popup. <code>$cb</code> is called whenever it is
1251 selected.
1252 </dd>
1253 <p></p>
1254 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_toggle">$popup-&gt;add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)</a></strong><br />
1255 </dt>
1256 <dd>
1257 Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
1258 whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its first
1259 argument.
1260 </dd>
1261 <p></p>
1262 <dt><strong>$popup-&gt;show</strong><br />
1263 </dt>
1264 <dd>
1265 Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
1266 </dd>
1267 <p></p></dl>
1268 <p>
1269 </p>
1270 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></h2>
1271 <p>This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
1272 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:</p>
1273 <pre>
1274 $term-&gt;{overlay} = $term-&gt;overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
1275 $term-&gt;{timer} = urxvt::timer
1276 -&gt;new
1277 -&gt;interval (1)
1278 -&gt;cb (sub {
1279 $term-&gt;{overlay}-&gt;set (0, 0,
1280 sprintf &quot;%2d:%02d:%02d&quot;, (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
1281 });</pre>
1282 <dl>
1283 <dt><strong><a name="item__24timer__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3atimer">$timer = new urxvt::timer</a></strong><br />
1284 </dt>
1285 <dd>
1286 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
1287 immediately.
1288 </dd>
1289 <p></p>
1290 <dt><strong><a name="item_cb">$timer = $timer-&gt;cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })</a></strong><br />
1291 </dt>
1292 <dd>
1293 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
1294 </dd>
1295 <p></p>
1296 <dt><strong><a name="item_at">$tstamp = $timer-&gt;at</a></strong><br />
1297 </dt>
1298 <dd>
1299 Return the time this watcher will fire next.
1300 </dd>
1301 <p></p>
1302 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;set ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1303 </dt>
1304 <dd>
1305 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
1306 </dd>
1307 <p></p>
1308 <dt><strong><a name="item_interval">$timer = $timer-&gt;interval ($interval)</a></strong><br />
1309 </dt>
1310 <dd>
1311 Normally (and when <code>$interval</code> is <code>0</code>), the timer will automatically
1312 stop after it has fired once. If <code>$interval</code> is non-zero, then the timer
1313 is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
1314 </dd>
1315 <p></p>
1316 <dt><strong><a name="item_start">$timer = $timer-&gt;start</a></strong><br />
1317 </dt>
1318 <dd>
1319 Start the timer.
1320 </dd>
1321 <p></p>
1322 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;start ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1323 </dt>
1324 <dd>
1325 Set the event trigger time to <code>$tstamp</code> and start the timer.
1326 </dd>
1327 <p></p>
1328 <dt><strong><a name="item_stop">$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</a></strong><br />
1329 </dt>
1330 <dd>
1331 Stop the timer.
1332 </dd>
1333 <p></p></dl>
1334 <p>
1335 </p>
1336 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></h2>
1337 <p>This class implements io watchers/events. Example:</p>
1338 <pre>
1339 $term-&gt;{socket} = ...
1340 $term-&gt;{iow} = urxvt::iow
1341 -&gt;new
1342 -&gt;fd (fileno $term-&gt;{socket})
1343 -&gt;events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
1344 -&gt;start
1345 -&gt;cb (sub {
1346 my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
1347 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
1348 sysread $term-&gt;{socket}, my $buf, 8192
1349 or end-of-file;
1350 });</pre>
1351 <dl>
1352 <dt><strong><a name="item__24iow__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aiow">$iow = new urxvt::iow</a></strong><br />
1353 </dt>
1354 <dd>
1355 Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
1356 </dd>
1357 <p></p>
1358 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })</strong><br />
1359 </dt>
1360 <dd>
1361 Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. <code>$reventmask</code>
1362 is a bitset as described in the <a href="#item_events"><code>events</code></a> method.
1363 </dd>
1364 <p></p>
1365 <dt><strong><a name="item_fd">$iow = $iow-&gt;fd ($fd)</a></strong><br />
1366 </dt>
1367 <dd>
1368 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
1369 </dd>
1370 <p></p>
1371 <dt><strong><a name="item_events">$iow = $iow-&gt;events ($eventmask)</a></strong><br />
1372 </dt>
1373 <dd>
1374 Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
1375 <code>urxvt::EVENT_READ</code> and <code>urxvt::EVENT_WRITE</code>, which might be ORed
1376 together, or <code>urxvt::EVENT_NONE</code>.
1377 </dd>
1378 <p></p>
1379 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;start</strong><br />
1380 </dt>
1381 <dd>
1382 Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
1383 </dd>
1384 <p></p>
1385 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;stop</strong><br />
1386 </dt>
1387 <dd>
1388 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
1389 </dd>
1390 <p></p></dl>
1391 <p>
1392 </p>
1393 <hr />
1394 <h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
1395 <p>
1396 </p>
1397 <h2><a name="urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></h2>
1398 <p>This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
1399 numbers indicate more verbose output.</p>
1400 <dl>
1401 <dt><strong><a name="item__3d_3d_0__2d_fatal_messages">== 0 - fatal messages</a></strong><br />
1402 </dt>
1403 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d_3__2d_script_loading_and_management">&gt;= 3 - script loading and management</a></strong><br />
1404 </dt>
1405 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d10__2d_all_called_hooks">&gt;=10 - all called hooks</a></strong><br />
1406 </dt>
1407 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d11__2d_hook_reutrn_values">&gt;=11 - hook reutrn values</a></strong><br />
1408 </dt>
1409 </dl>
1410 <p>
1411 </p>
1412 <hr />
1413 <h1><a name="author">AUTHOR</a></h1>
1414 <pre>
1415 Marc Lehmann &lt;pcg@goof.com&gt;
1416 <a href="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode</a></pre>
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