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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>
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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 following bindable keyboard commands:</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 $word</code>:</p>
191 </dd>
192 <dd>
193 <pre>
194 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/vi +$2 \\Q$1\\E\\x0d/</pre>
195 </dd>
196 <dd>
197 <p>And this example matches the same,but replaces it with vi-commands you can
198 paste directly into your (vi :) editor:</p>
199 </dd>
200 <dd>
201 <pre>
202 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+(\\d+):?$/\\x1b:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/</pre>
203 </dd>
204 <dd>
205 <p>Of course, this can be modified to suit your needs and your editor :)</p>
206 </dd>
207 <dd>
208 <p>To expand the example above to typical perl error messages (``XXX at
209 FILENAME line YYY.''), you need a slightly more elaborate solution:</p>
210 </dd>
211 <dd>
212 <pre>
213 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+\\.)
214 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)\\.$/\x1b:e \\Q$1\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/</pre>
215 </dd>
216 <dd>
217 <p>The first line tells the selection code to treat the unchanging part of
218 every error message as a selection pattern, and the second line transforms
219 the message into vi commands to load the file.</p>
220 </dd>
221 <p></p>
222 <dt><strong><a name="item_mark_2durls">mark-urls</a></strong><br />
223 </dt>
224 <dd>
225 Uses per-line display filtering (<code>on_line_update</code>) to underline urls and
226 make them clickable. When middle-clicked, the program specified in the
227 resource <code>urlLauncher</code> (default <code>x-www-browser</code>) will be started with
228 the URL as first argument.
229 </dd>
230 <p></p>
231 <dt><strong><a name="item_block_2dgraphics_2dto_2dascii">block-graphics-to-ascii</a></strong><br />
232 </dt>
233 <dd>
234 A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the terminal,
235 by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 .. U+259F) by a
236 similar-looking ascii character.
237 </dd>
238 <p></p>
239 <dt><strong><a name="item_digital_2dclock">digital-clock</a></strong><br />
240 </dt>
241 <dd>
242 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
243 </dd>
244 <p></p>
245 <dt><strong><a name="item_example_2drefresh_2dhooks">example-refresh-hooks</a></strong><br />
246 </dt>
247 <dd>
248 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of the
249 window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create your own
250 overlays or changes.
251 </dd>
252 <p></p>
253 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_2dpastebin">selection-pastebin</a></strong><br />
254 </dt>
255 <dd>
256 This is a little rarely useful extension that Uploads the selection as
257 textfile to a remote site (or does other things). (The implementation is
258 not currently secure for use in a multiuser environment as it writes to
259 <em>/tmp</em> directly.).
260 </dd>
261 <dd>
262 <p>It listens to the <code>selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin</code> keyboard command,
263 i.e.</p>
264 </dd>
265 <dd>
266 <pre>
267 URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: perl:selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin</pre>
268 </dd>
269 <dd>
270 <p>Pressing this combination runs a command with <code>%</code> replaced by the name of
271 the textfile. This command can be set via a resource:</p>
272 </dd>
273 <dd>
274 <pre>
275 URxvt.selection-pastebin.cmd: rsync -apP % ruth:/var/www/www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/.</pre>
276 </dd>
277 <dd>
278 <p>And the default is likely not useful to anybody but the few people around
279 here :)</p>
280 </dd>
281 <dd>
282 <p>The name of the textfile is the hex encoded md5 sum of the selection, so
283 the same content should lead to the same filename.</p>
284 </dd>
285 <dd>
286 <p>After a successful upload the selection will be replaced by the text given
287 in the <code>selection-pastebin-url</code> resource (again, the % is the placeholder
288 for the filename):</p>
289 </dd>
290 <dd>
291 <pre>
292 URxvt.selection-pastebin.url: <a href="http://www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/%">http://www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/%</a></pre>
293 </dd>
294 <p></p></dl>
295 <p>
296 </p>
297 <hr />
298 <h1><a name="api_documentation">API DOCUMENTATION</a></h1>
299 <p>
300 </p>
301 <h2><a name="general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></h2>
302 <p>All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
303 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
304 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as <code>_ptr</code> or
305 <code>_hook</code>) are reserved for internal uses and <strong>MUST NOT</strong> be accessed or
306 modified).</p>
307 <p>When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
308 emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
309 the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
310 terminal is destroyed.</p>
311 <p>Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are some
312 hints on what they mean:</p>
313 <dl>
314 <dt><strong><a name="item__24text">$text</a></strong><br />
315 </dt>
316 <dd>
317 Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one ``unicode'' character
318 always represents one screen cell. See <a href="#item_row_t">ROW_t</a> for a discussion of this format.
319 </dd>
320 <p></p>
321 <dt><strong><a name="item__24string">$string</a></strong><br />
322 </dt>
323 <dd>
324 A perl text string, with an emphasis on <em>text</em>. It can store all unicode
325 characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a specific
326 encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
327 </dd>
328 <p></p>
329 <dt><strong><a name="item__24octets">$octets</a></strong><br />
330 </dt>
331 <dd>
332 Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
333 locale-specific way.
334 </dd>
335 <p></p></dl>
336 <p>
337 </p>
338 <h2><a name="extension_objects">Extension Objects</a></h2>
339 <p>Very perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
340 for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter to
341 hooks. So extensions can use their <code>$self</code> object without having to think
342 about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members that
343 begin with an underscore character <code>_</code>: these are reserved for internal
344 use.</p>
345 <p>Although it isn't a <code>urxvt::term</code> object, you can call all methods of the
346 <code>urxvt::term</code> class on this object.</p>
347 <p>It has the following methods and data members:</p>
348 <dl>
349 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_term__3d__24self_2d_3e_7bterm_7d">$urxvt_term = $self-&gt;{term}</a></strong><br />
350 </dt>
351 <dd>
352 Returns the <code>urxvt::term</code> object associated with this instance of the
353 extension. This member <em>must not</em> be changed in any way.
354 </dd>
355 <p></p>
356 <dt><strong><a name="item_enable">$self-&gt;enable ($hook_name =&gt; $cb, [$hook_name =&gt; $cb..])</a></strong><br />
357 </dt>
358 <dd>
359 Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the <code>on_</code> prefix) for
360 this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when you want
361 to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
362 </dd>
363 <p></p>
364 <dt><strong><a name="item_disable">$self-&gt;disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])</a></strong><br />
365 </dt>
366 <dd>
367 Dynamically disable the given hooks.
368 </dd>
369 <p></p></dl>
370 <p>
371 </p>
372 <h2><a name="hooks">Hooks</a></h2>
373 <p>The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will be
374 called whenever the relevant event happens.</p>
375 <p>The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
376 the in the <code>Extension Objects</code> section.</p>
377 <p><strong>All</strong> of these hooks must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the
378 event counts as being <em>consumed</em>, and the invocation of other hooks is
379 skipped, and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.</p>
380 <p><em>When in doubt, return a false value (preferably <code>()</code>). </em>&gt;</p>
381 <dl>
382 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_init__24term">on_init $term</a></strong><br />
383 </dt>
384 <dd>
385 Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
386 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe to
387 call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other characteristics
388 have not yet been determined. You can safely query and change resources,
389 though.
390 </dd>
391 <p></p>
392 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_reset__24term">on_reset $term</a></strong><br />
393 </dt>
394 <dd>
395 Called after the screen is ``reset'' for any reason, such as resizing or
396 control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to size-related
397 variables.
398 </dd>
399 <p></p>
400 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_start__24term">on_start $term</a></strong><br />
401 </dt>
402 <dd>
403 Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just before
404 returning to the mainloop.
405 </dd>
406 <p></p>
407 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_make__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_make $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
408 </dt>
409 <dd>
410 Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before the
411 selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or type of the
412 selection will be honored.
413 </dd>
414 <dd>
415 <p>Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which case you
416 have to make a selection yourself by calling <a href="#item_selection_grab"><code>$term-&gt;selection_grab</code></a>.</p>
417 </dd>
418 <p></p>
419 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_grab__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
420 </dt>
421 <dd>
422 Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the selection is
423 requested from the server. The selection text can be queried and changed
424 by calling <a href="#item_selection"><code>$term-&gt;selection</code></a>.
425 </dd>
426 <dd>
427 <p>Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be hilighted.</p>
428 </dd>
429 <p></p>
430 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_extend__24term">on_sel_extend $term</a></strong><br />
431 </dt>
432 <dd>
433 Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a double
434 click) and is either supposed to return false (normal operation), or
435 should extend the selection itelf and return true to suppress the built-in
436 processing. This can happen multiple times, as long as the callback
437 returns true, it will be called on every further click by the user and is
438 supposed to enlarge the selection more and more, if possible.
439 </dd>
440 <dd>
441 <p>See the <em>selection</em> example extension.</p>
442 </dd>
443 <p></p>
444 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_view_change__24term_2c__24offset">on_view_change $term, $offset</a></strong><br />
445 </dt>
446 <dd>
447 Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
448 scrolls. Offset <code>0</code> means display the normal terminal, positive values
449 show this many lines of scrollback.
450 </dd>
451 <p></p>
452 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_scroll_back__24term_2c__24lines_2c__24saved">on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved</a></strong><br />
453 </dt>
454 <dd>
455 Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the scrollback
456 buffer. <code>$lines</code> is the number of lines scrolled out and may be larger
457 than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
458 </dd>
459 <dd>
460 <p>It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines - 1,
461 $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). <code>$saved</code> is the total
462 number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.</p>
463 </dd>
464 <p></p>
465 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_osc_seq__24term_2c__24string">on_osc_seq $term, $string</a></strong><br />
466 </dt>
467 <dd>
468 Called whenever the <strong>ESC ] 777 ; string ST</strong> command sequence (OSC =
469 operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other state
470 information is up-to-date when this happens. For interoperability, the
471 string should start with the extension name and a colon, to distinguish
472 it from commands for other extensions, and this might be enforced in the
473 future.
474 </dd>
475 <dd>
476 <p>Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you receive,
477 as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content, messages from
478 other users on the same system etc.).</p>
479 </dd>
480 <p></p>
481 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_add_lines__24term_2c__24string">on_add_lines $term, $string</a></strong><br />
482 </dt>
483 <dd>
484 Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as argument. You
485 can filter/change and output the text yourself by returning a true value
486 and calling <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>$term-&gt;scr_add_lines</code></a> yourself. Please note that this
487 might be very slow, however, as your hook is called for <strong>all</strong> text being
488 output.
489 </dd>
490 <p></p>
491 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_tt_write__24term_2c__24octets">on_tt_write $term, $octets</a></strong><br />
492 </dt>
493 <dd>
494 Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used to
495 suppress or filter tty input.
496 </dd>
497 <p></p>
498 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_line_update__24term_2c__24row">on_line_update $term, $row</a></strong><br />
499 </dt>
500 <dd>
501 Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
502 screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only lines
503 that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance reasons,
504 not always immediately.
505 </dd>
506 <dd>
507 <p>The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line spans
508 multiple rows.</p>
509 </dd>
510 <dd>
511 <p>Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get called
512 later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts change), so
513 you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set them.</p>
514 </dd>
515 <p></p>
516 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_begin__24term">on_refresh_begin $term</a></strong><br />
517 </dt>
518 <dd>
519 Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
520 or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
521 restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection display
522 code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
523 </dd>
524 <p></p>
525 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_end__24term">on_refresh_end $term</a></strong><br />
526 </dt>
527 <dd>
528 Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See <code>on_refresh_begin</code>.
529 </dd>
530 <p></p>
531 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_keyboard_command__24term_2c__24string">on_keyboard_command $term, $string</a></strong><br />
532 </dt>
533 <dd>
534 Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
535 <code>perl:string</code> action bound to it (see description of the <strong>keysym</strong>
536 resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage).
537 </dd>
538 <p></p>
539 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_x_event__24term_2c__24event">on_x_event $term, $event</a></strong><br />
540 </dt>
541 <dd>
542 Called on every X event received on the vt window (and possibly other
543 windows). Should only be used as a last resort. Most event structure
544 members are not passed.
545 </dd>
546 <p></p>
547 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_in__24term">on_focus_in $term</a></strong><br />
548 </dt>
549 <dd>
550 Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode
551 does focus in processing.
552 </dd>
553 <p></p>
554 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_out__24term">on_focus_out $term</a></strong><br />
555 </dt>
556 <dd>
557 Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode does
558 focus out processing.
559 </dd>
560 <p></p>
561 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_press__24term_2c__24event_2c__24keysym_2c__">on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets</a></strong><br />
562 </dt>
563 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_release__24term_2c__24event_2c__24keysym">on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym</a></strong><br />
564 </dt>
565 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_press__24term_2c__24event">on_button_press $term, $event</a></strong><br />
566 </dt>
567 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_release__24term_2c__24event">on_button_release $term, $event</a></strong><br />
568 </dt>
569 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_motion_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_motion_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
570 </dt>
571 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_map_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_map_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
572 </dt>
573 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_unmap_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_unmap_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
574 </dt>
575 <dd>
576 Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the terminal If
577 the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by rxvt-unicode.
578 </dd>
579 <dd>
580 <p>The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the XEvent
581 manpage), with the additional members <code>row</code> and <code>col</code>, which are the row
582 and column under the mouse cursor.</p>
583 </dd>
584 <dd>
585 <p><code>on_key_press</code> additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
586 output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.</p>
587 </dd>
588 <dd>
589 <p>subwindow.</p>
590 </dd>
591 <p></p></dl>
592 <p>
593 </p>
594 <h2><a name="variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
595 <dl>
596 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3alibdir">$urxvt::LIBDIR</a></strong><br />
597 </dt>
598 <dd>
599 The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the perl
600 modules and scripts are stored.
601 </dd>
602 <p></p>
603 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3aresclass_2c__24urxvt_3a_3aresclass">$urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS</a></strong><br />
604 </dt>
605 <dd>
606 The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X resources.
607 </dd>
608 <p></p>
609 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3arxvtname">$urxvt::RXVTNAME</a></strong><br />
610 </dt>
611 <dd>
612 The basename of the installed binaries, usually <code>urxvt</code>.
613 </dd>
614 <p></p>
615 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3aterm">$urxvt::TERM</a></strong><br />
616 </dt>
617 <dd>
618 The current terminal. This variable stores the current <code>urxvt::term</code>
619 object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
620 </dd>
621 <p></p></dl>
622 <p>
623 </p>
624 <h2><a name="functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
625 <dl>
626 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3afatal__24errormessage">urxvt::fatal $errormessage</a></strong><br />
627 </dt>
628 <dd>
629 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
630 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
631 starts up.
632 </dd>
633 <p></p>
634 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3awarn__24string">urxvt::warn $string</a></strong><br />
635 </dt>
636 <dd>
637 Calls <code>rxvt_warn</code> with the given string which should not include a
638 newline. The module also overwrites the <code>warn</code> builtin with a function
639 that calls this function.
640 </dd>
641 <dd>
642 <p>Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
643 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.</p>
644 </dd>
645 <dd>
646 <p>Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.</p>
647 </dd>
648 <p></p>
649 <dt><strong><a name="item__24time__3d_urxvt_3a_3anow">$time = urxvt::NOW</a></strong><br />
650 </dt>
651 <dd>
652 Returns the ``current time'' (as per the event loop).
653 </dd>
654 <p></p>
655 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3acurrenttime">urxvt::CurrentTime</a></strong><br />
656 </dt>
657 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3ashiftmask_2c_lockmask_2c_controlmask_2c">urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask,
658 Mod3Mask, Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask,
659 Button4Mask, Button5Mask, AnyModifier</a></strong><br />
660 </dt>
661 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3anoeventmask_2c_keypressmask_2c_keyrelea">urxvt::NoEventMask, KeyPressMask, KeyReleaseMask,
662 ButtonPressMask, ButtonReleaseMask, EnterWindowMask, LeaveWindowMask,
663 PointerMotionMask, PointerMotionHintMask, Button1MotionMask, Button2MotionMask,
664 Button3MotionMask, Button4MotionMask, Button5MotionMask, ButtonMotionMask,
665 KeymapStateMask, ExposureMask, VisibilityChangeMask, StructureNotifyMask,
666 ResizeRedirectMask, SubstructureNotifyMask, SubstructureRedirectMask,
667 FocusChangeMask, PropertyChangeMask, ColormapChangeMask, OwnerGrabButtonMask</a></strong><br />
668 </dt>
669 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3akeypress_2c_keyrelease_2c_buttonpress_2">urxvt::KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, MotionNotify,
670 EnterNotify, LeaveNotify, FocusIn, FocusOut, KeymapNotify, Expose,
671 GraphicsExpose, NoExpose, VisibilityNotify, CreateNotify, DestroyNotify,
672 UnmapNotify, MapNotify, MapRequest, ReparentNotify, ConfigureNotify,
673 ConfigureRequest, GravityNotify, ResizeRequest, CirculateNotify,
674 CirculateRequest, PropertyNotify, SelectionClear, SelectionRequest,
675 SelectionNotify, ColormapNotify, ClientMessage, MappingNotify</a></strong><br />
676 </dt>
677 <dd>
678 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
679 </dd>
680 <p></p></dl>
681 <p>
682 </p>
683 <h2><a name="rendition">RENDITION</a></h2>
684 <p>Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles and
685 similar information for each screen cell.</p>
686 <p>The following ``macros'' deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
687 never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one,
688 as they contain important information required for correct operation of
689 rxvt-unicode.</p>
690 <dl>
691 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3adefault_rstyle">$rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE</a></strong><br />
692 </dt>
693 <dd>
694 Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting up or
695 being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating renditions.
696 </dd>
697 <p></p>
698 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aoverlay_rstyle">$rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE</a></strong><br />
699 </dt>
700 <dd>
701 Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
702 </dd>
703 <p></p>
704 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rendbit__3d_urxvt_3a_3ars_bold_2c_rs_italic_2c_">$rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline</a></strong><br />
705 </dt>
706 <dd>
707 Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
708 underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR it into
709 the bitset.
710 </dd>
711 <p></p>
712 <dt><strong><a name="item__24foreground__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_basefg__24rend">$foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend</a></strong><br />
713 </dt>
714 <dt><strong><a name="item__24background__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_basebg__24rend">$background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend</a></strong><br />
715 </dt>
716 <dd>
717 Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
718 </dd>
719 <p></p>
720 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_fgcolor__24rend_2c__24n">$rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</a></strong><br />
721 </dt>
722 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_bgcolor__24rend_2c__24n">$rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</a></strong><br />
723 </dt>
724 <dd>
725 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with the
726 specified one.
727 </dd>
728 <p></p>
729 <dt><strong><a name="item__24value__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_custom__24rend">$value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend</a></strong><br />
730 </dt>
731 <dd>
732 Return the ``custom'' value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
733 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are initially
734 zero.
735 </dd>
736 <p></p>
737 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_custom__24rend_2c__24ne">$rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value</a></strong><br />
738 </dt>
739 <dd>
740 Change the custom value.
741 </dd>
742 <p></p></dl>
743 <p>
744 </p>
745 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></h2>
746 <p>The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
747 <code>AnyEvent</code> module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
748 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
749 condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
750 is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant should
751 work.</p>
752 <p>
753 </p>
754 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></h2>
755 <dl>
756 <dt><strong><a name="item__24term__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aterm__24envhashref_2c__">$term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]</a></strong><br />
757 </dt>
758 <dd>
759 Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with system
760 <code>$rxvtname, arg...</code>. <code>$envhashref</code> must be a reference to a <code>%ENV</code>-like
761 hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
762 </dd>
763 <dd>
764 <p>Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
765 couldn't be created. Returns <code>undef</code> if the new instance didn't
766 initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The <code>init</code> and
767 <a href="#item_start"><code>start</code></a> hooks will be called during this call.</p>
768 </dd>
769 <p></p>
770 <dt><strong><a name="item_destroy">$term-&gt;destroy</a></strong><br />
771 </dt>
772 <dd>
773 Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources
774 etc.). Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event
775 watchers (timers, io watchers) are still active.
776 </dd>
777 <p></p>
778 <dt><strong><a name="item_option">$isset = $term-&gt;option ($optval[, $set])</a></strong><br />
779 </dt>
780 <dd>
781 Returns true if the option specified by <code>$optval</code> is enabled, and
782 optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the hash
783 <code>%urxvt::OPTION</code>. Options not enabled in this binary are not in the hash.
784 </dd>
785 <dd>
786 <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see the
787 source file <em>/src/optinc.h</em> to see the actual list:</p>
788 </dd>
789 <dd>
790 <pre>
791 borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
792 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
793 pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar scrollBar_floating
794 scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer
795 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs transparent
796 tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
797 </dd>
798 <p></p>
799 <dt><strong><a name="item_resource">$value = $term-&gt;resource ($name[, $newval])</a></strong><br />
800 </dt>
801 <dd>
802 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
803 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the <code>init</code>
804 hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as <code>undef</code>.
805 </dd>
806 <dd>
807 <p>The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character encoding
808 before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned value may need
809 to be converted from the used encoding to text.</p>
810 </dd>
811 <dd>
812 <p>Resource names are as defined in <em>src/rsinc.h</em>. Colours can be specified
813 as resource names of the form <code>color+&lt;index&gt;</code>, e.g. <code>color+5</code>. (will
814 likely change).</p>
815 </dd>
816 <dd>
817 <p>Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when the
818 terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat memory.</p>
819 </dd>
820 <dd>
821 <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of which
822 are supported in every build, please see the source file <em>/src/rsinc.h</em>
823 to see the actual list:</p>
824 </dd>
825 <dd>
826 <pre>
827 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
828 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
829 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
830 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
831 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier
832 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2
833 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd
834 reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating
835 scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
836 scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle
837 shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords
838 utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
839 </dd>
840 <p></p>
841 <dt><strong><a name="item_x_resource">$value = $term-&gt;x_resource ($pattern)</a></strong><br />
842 </dt>
843 <dd>
844 Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program or
845 class name, i.e. <a href="#item_x_resource"><code>$term-&gt;x_resource (&quot;boldFont&quot;)</code></a> should return the
846 same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns <code>undef</code> if no
847 resource with that pattern exists.
848 </dd>
849 <dd>
850 <p>This method should only be called during the <code>on_start</code> hook, as there is
851 only one resource database per display, and later invocations might return
852 the wrong resources.</p>
853 </dd>
854 <p></p>
855 <dt><strong><a name="item_parse_keysym">$success = $term-&gt;parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)</a></strong><br />
856 </dt>
857 <dd>
858 Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See the
859 <code>keysym</code> resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage.
860 </dd>
861 <p></p>
862 <dt><strong><a name="item_rstyle">$rend = $term-&gt;rstyle ([$new_rstyle])</a></strong><br />
863 </dt>
864 <dd>
865 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is output by
866 the terminal application will use this style.
867 </dd>
868 <p></p>
869 <dt><strong><a name="item_screen_cur">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;screen_cur ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
870 </dt>
871 <dd>
872 Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and optionally
873 set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect that).
874 </dd>
875 <p></p>
876 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_mark">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_mark ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
877 </dt>
878 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_beg">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_beg ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
879 </dt>
880 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_end">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_end ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
881 </dt>
882 <dd>
883 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions,
884 and optionally set them to new values.
885 </dd>
886 <p></p>
887 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_make">$term-&gt;selection_make ($eventtime[, $rectangular])</a></strong><br />
888 </dt>
889 <dd>
890 Tries to make a selection as set by <a href="#item_selection_beg"><code>selection_beg</code></a> and
891 <a href="#item_selection_end"><code>selection_end</code></a>. If <code>$rectangular</code> is true (default: false), a
892 rectangular selection will be made. This is the prefered function to make
893 a selection.
894 </dd>
895 <p></p>
896 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_grab">$success = $term-&gt;selection_grab ($eventtime)</a></strong><br />
897 </dt>
898 <dd>
899 Try to request the primary selection text from the server (for example, as
900 set by the next method). No visual feedback will be given. This function
901 is mostly useful from within <code>on_sel_grab</code> hooks.
902 </dd>
903 <p></p>
904 <dt><strong>$oldtext = $term-&gt;selection ([$newtext])</strong><br />
905 </dt>
906 <dd>
907 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by <code>$newtext</code>.
908 </dd>
909 <p></p>
910 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay_simple">$term-&gt;overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)</a></strong><br />
911 </dt>
912 <dd>
913 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details.
914 </dd>
915 <p></p>
916 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay">$term-&gt;overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])</a></strong><br />
917 </dt>
918 <dd>
919 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
920 width/height. <code>$rstyle</code> defines the initial rendition style
921 (default: <code>OVERLAY_RSTYLE</code>).
922 </dd>
923 <dd>
924 <p>If <code>$border</code> is <code>2</code> (default), then a decorative border will be put
925 around the box.</p>
926 </dd>
927 <dd>
928 <p>If either <code>$x</code> or <code>$y</code> is negative, then this is counted from the
929 right/bottom side, respectively.</p>
930 </dd>
931 <dd>
932 <p>This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be visible
933 as long as the perl object is referenced.</p>
934 </dd>
935 <dd>
936 <p>The methods currently supported on <code>urxvt::overlay</code> objects are:</p>
937 </dd>
938 <dl>
939 <dt><strong><a name="item_set">$overlay-&gt;set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)</a></strong><br />
940 </dt>
941 <dd>
942 Similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> and <a href="#item_row_r"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_r</code></a> in that it puts
943 text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of rendition values
944 at a specific position inside the overlay.
945 </dd>
946 <p></p>
947 <dt><strong><a name="item_hide">$overlay-&gt;hide</a></strong><br />
948 </dt>
949 <dd>
950 If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
951 </dd>
952 <p></p>
953 <dt><strong><a name="item_show">$overlay-&gt;show</a></strong><br />
954 </dt>
955 <dd>
956 If hidden, display the overlay again.
957 </dd>
958 <p></p></dl>
959 <dt><strong>$popup = $term-&gt;popup ($event)</strong><br />
960 </dt>
961 <dd>
962 Creates a new <code>urxvt::popup</code> object that implements a popup menu. The
963 <code>$event</code> <em>must</em> be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button event,
964 currently).
965 </dd>
966 <p></p>
967 <dt><strong><a name="item_strwidth">$cellwidth = $term-&gt;strwidth ($string)</a></strong><br />
968 </dt>
969 <dd>
970 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
971 accounts for wide and combining characters.
972 </dd>
973 <p></p>
974 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_encode">$octets = $term-&gt;locale_encode ($string)</a></strong><br />
975 </dt>
976 <dd>
977 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding.
978 </dd>
979 <p></p>
980 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_decode">$string = $term-&gt;locale_decode ($octets)</a></strong><br />
981 </dt>
982 <dd>
983 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
984 </dd>
985 <p></p>
986 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_span">$term-&gt;scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])</a></strong><br />
987 </dt>
988 <dd>
989 XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
990 (default: <code>RS_RVid</code>), which <em>MUST NOT</em> contain font styles. Useful in
991 refresh hooks to provide effects similar to the selection.
992 </dd>
993 <p></p>
994 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_rect">$term-&gt;scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[, $rstyle2]])</a></strong><br />
995 </dt>
996 <dd>
997 Similar to <a href="#item_scr_xor_span"><code>scr_xor_span</code></a>, but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
998 whitespace will additionally be xored with the <code>$rstyle2</code>, which defaults
999 to <code>RS_RVid | RS_Uline</code>, which removes reverse video again and underlines
1000 it instead. Both styles <em>MUST NOT</em> contain font styles.
1001 </dd>
1002 <p></p>
1003 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_bell">$term-&gt;scr_bell</a></strong><br />
1004 </dt>
1005 <dd>
1006 Ring the bell!
1007 </dd>
1008 <p></p>
1009 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_add_lines">$term-&gt;scr_add_lines ($string)</a></strong><br />
1010 </dt>
1011 <dd>
1012 Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the application
1013 running inside the terminal. It may not contain command sequences (escape
1014 codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage returns and tabs. The
1015 string is a normal text string, not in locale-dependent encoding.
1016 </dd>
1017 <dd>
1018 <p>Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might be
1019 confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful inside a
1020 <code>on_add_lines</code> hook, though.</p>
1021 </dd>
1022 <p></p>
1023 <dt><strong><a name="item_cmd_parse">$term-&gt;cmd_parse ($octets)</a></strong><br />
1024 </dt>
1025 <dd>
1026 Similar to <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>scr_add_lines</code></a>, but the argument must be in the
1027 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command sequences
1028 (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
1029 </dd>
1030 <p></p>
1031 <dt><strong><a name="item_tt_write">$term-&gt;tt_write ($octets)</a></strong><br />
1032 </dt>
1033 <dd>
1034 Write the octets given in <code>$data</code> to the tty (i.e. as program input). To
1035 pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your strings first
1036 to the locale-specific encoding using <a href="#item_locale_encode"><code>$term-&gt;locale_encode</code></a>.
1037 </dd>
1038 <p></p>
1039 <dt><strong><a name="item_pty_ev_events">$old_events = $term-&gt;pty_ev_events ([$new_events])</a></strong><br />
1040 </dt>
1041 <dd>
1042 Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask. Can
1043 be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty. See the
1044 description of <a href="#item_events"><code>urxvt::timer-&gt;events</code></a>. Make sure to always restore
1045 the previous value.
1046 </dd>
1047 <p></p>
1048 <dt><strong><a name="item_parent">$windowid = $term-&gt;parent</a></strong><br />
1049 </dt>
1050 <dd>
1051 Return the window id of the toplevel window.
1052 </dd>
1053 <p></p>
1054 <dt><strong><a name="item_vt">$windowid = $term-&gt;vt</a></strong><br />
1055 </dt>
1056 <dd>
1057 Return the window id of the terminal window.
1058 </dd>
1059 <p></p>
1060 <dt><strong><a name="item_vt_emask_add">$term-&gt;vt_emask_add ($x_event_mask)</a></strong><br />
1061 </dt>
1062 <dd>
1063 Adds the specified events to the vt event mask. Useful e.g. when you want
1064 to receive pointer events all the times:
1065 </dd>
1066 <dd>
1067 <pre>
1068 $term-&gt;vt_emask_add (urxvt::PointerMotionMask);</pre>
1069 </dd>
1070 <p></p>
1071 <dt><strong><a name="item_width">$window_width = $term-&gt;width</a></strong><br />
1072 </dt>
1073 <dt><strong><a name="item_height">$window_height = $term-&gt;height</a></strong><br />
1074 </dt>
1075 <dt><strong><a name="item_fwidth">$font_width = $term-&gt;fwidth</a></strong><br />
1076 </dt>
1077 <dt><strong><a name="item_fheight">$font_height = $term-&gt;fheight</a></strong><br />
1078 </dt>
1079 <dt><strong><a name="item_fbase">$font_ascent = $term-&gt;fbase</a></strong><br />
1080 </dt>
1081 <dt><strong><a name="item_nrow">$terminal_rows = $term-&gt;nrow</a></strong><br />
1082 </dt>
1083 <dt><strong><a name="item_ncol">$terminal_columns = $term-&gt;ncol</a></strong><br />
1084 </dt>
1085 <dt><strong><a name="item_focus">$has_focus = $term-&gt;focus</a></strong><br />
1086 </dt>
1087 <dt><strong><a name="item_mapped">$is_mapped = $term-&gt;mapped</a></strong><br />
1088 </dt>
1089 <dt><strong><a name="item_savelines">$max_scrollback = $term-&gt;saveLines</a></strong><br />
1090 </dt>
1091 <dt><strong><a name="item_total_rows">$nrow_plus_saveLines = $term-&gt;total_rows</a></strong><br />
1092 </dt>
1093 <dt><strong><a name="item_top_row">$topmost_scrollback_row = $term-&gt;top_row</a></strong><br />
1094 </dt>
1095 <dd>
1096 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
1097 </dd>
1098 <p></p>
1099 <dt><strong><a name="item_display_id">$x_display = $term-&gt;display_id</a></strong><br />
1100 </dt>
1101 <dd>
1102 Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
1103 </dd>
1104 <p></p>
1105 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale">$lc_ctype = $term-&gt;locale</a></strong><br />
1106 </dt>
1107 <dd>
1108 Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
1109 </dd>
1110 <p></p>
1111 <dt><strong><a name="item_env">$env = $term-&gt;env</a></strong><br />
1112 </dt>
1113 <dd>
1114 Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a hashref
1115 similar to <code>\%ENV</code>.
1116 </dd>
1117 <p></p>
1118 <dt><strong><a name="item_modlevel3mask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModLevel3Mask</a></strong><br />
1119 </dt>
1120 <dt><strong><a name="item_modmetamask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModMetaMask</a></strong><br />
1121 </dt>
1122 <dt><strong><a name="item_modnumlockmask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModNumLockMask</a></strong><br />
1123 </dt>
1124 <dd>
1125 Return the modifier masks corresponding to the ``ISO Level 3 Shift'' (often
1126 AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if applicable.
1127 </dd>
1128 <p></p>
1129 <dt><strong><a name="item_view_start">$view_start = $term-&gt;view_start ([$newvalue])</a></strong><br />
1130 </dt>
1131 <dd>
1132 Returns the row number of the topmost displayed line. Maximum value is
1133 <code>0</code>, which displays the normal terminal contents. Lower values scroll
1134 this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
1135 </dd>
1136 <p></p>
1137 <dt><strong><a name="item_want_refresh">$term-&gt;want_refresh</a></strong><br />
1138 </dt>
1139 <dd>
1140 Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode will
1141 compare the on-screen display with its stored representation. If they
1142 differ, it redraws the differences.
1143 </dd>
1144 <dd>
1145 <p>Used after changing terminal contents to display them.</p>
1146 </dd>
1147 <p></p>
1148 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_t">$text = $term-&gt;ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])</a></strong><br />
1149 </dt>
1150 <dd>
1151 Returns the text of the entire row with number <code>$row_number</code>. Row <code>0</code>
1152 is the topmost terminal line, row <code>$term-&gt;$ncol-1</code> is the bottommost
1153 terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line <code>-1</code> and extends to
1154 line <code>-$term-&gt;nsaved</code>. Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent line
1155 is requested.
1156 </dd>
1157 <dd>
1158 <p>If <code>$new_text</code> is specified, it will replace characters in the current
1159 line, starting at column <code>$start_col</code> (default <code>0</code>), which is useful
1160 to replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
1161 automatically be updated.</p>
1162 </dd>
1163 <dd>
1164 <p><a href="#item__24text"><code>$text</code></a> is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use more
1165 than one cell when displayed are padded with urxvt::NOCHAR characters
1166 (<code>chr 65535</code>). Characters with combining characters and other characters
1167 that do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will be replaced with
1168 characters in the private use area.</p>
1169 </dd>
1170 <dd>
1171 <p>You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
1172 that <code>substr</code> and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
1173 characters.</p>
1174 </dd>
1175 <dd>
1176 <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>
1177 can be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.</p>
1178 </dd>
1179 <p></p>
1180 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_r">$rend = $term-&gt;ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])</a></strong><br />
1181 </dt>
1182 <dd>
1183 Like <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>, but returns an arrayref with rendition
1184 bitsets. Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
1185 styles and similar information. See also <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>.
1186 </dd>
1187 <dd>
1188 <p>When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.</p>
1189 </dd>
1190 <dd>
1191 <p>See the section on RENDITION, above.</p>
1192 </dd>
1193 <p></p>
1194 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_l">$length = $term-&gt;ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])</a></strong><br />
1195 </dt>
1196 <dd>
1197 Returns the number of screen cells that are in use (``the line
1198 length''). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns <a href="#item_ncol"><code>$term-&gt;ncol</code></a> if the
1199 line is joined with the following one.
1200 </dd>
1201 <p></p>
1202 <dt><strong><a name="item_is_longer">$bool = $term-&gt;is_longer ($row_number)</a></strong><br />
1203 </dt>
1204 <dd>
1205 Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical ``line'' (i.e.
1206 joined with the following row), which means all characters are in use
1207 and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a continuation of the
1208 previous row(s)).
1209 </dd>
1210 <p></p>
1211 <dt><strong><a name="item_line">$line = $term-&gt;line ($row_number)</a></strong><br />
1212 </dt>
1213 <dd>
1214 Create and return a new <code>urxvt::line</code> object that stores information
1215 about the logical line that row <code>$row_number</code> is part of. It supports the
1216 following methods:
1217 </dd>
1218 <dl>
1219 <dt><strong><a name="item_t">$text = $line-&gt;t ([$new_text])</a></strong><br />
1220 </dt>
1221 <dd>
1222 Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>ROW_t</code></a>
1223 </dd>
1224 <p></p>
1225 <dt><strong><a name="item_r">$rend = $line-&gt;r ([$new_rend])</a></strong><br />
1226 </dt>
1227 <dd>
1228 Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_r"><code>ROW_r</code></a>
1229 </dd>
1230 <p></p>
1231 <dt><strong><a name="item_l">$length = $line-&gt;l</a></strong><br />
1232 </dt>
1233 <dd>
1234 Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to <a href="#item_row_l"><code>ROW_l</code></a>.
1235 </dd>
1236 <p></p>
1237 <dt><strong><a name="item_beg">$rownum = $line-&gt;beg</a></strong><br />
1238 </dt>
1239 <dt><strong><a name="item_end">$rownum = $line-&gt;end</a></strong><br />
1240 </dt>
1241 <dd>
1242 Return the row number of the first/last row of the line, respectively.
1243 </dd>
1244 <p></p>
1245 <dt><strong><a name="item_offset_of">$offset = $line-&gt;offset_of ($row, $col)</a></strong><br />
1246 </dt>
1247 <dd>
1248 Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within the logical
1249 line. Works for rows outside the line, too, and returns corresponding
1250 offsets outside the string.
1251 </dd>
1252 <p></p>
1253 <dt><strong><a name="item_coord_of">($row, $col) = $line-&gt;coord_of ($offset)</a></strong><br />
1254 </dt>
1255 <dd>
1256 Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
1257 </dd>
1258 <p></p></dl>
1259 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_encode">$text = $term-&gt;special_encode $string</a></strong><br />
1260 </dt>
1261 <dd>
1262 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by rxvt-unicode,
1263 where one character corresponds to one screen cell. See
1264 <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.
1265 </dd>
1266 <p></p>
1267 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_decode">$string = $term-&gt;special_decode $text</a></strong><br />
1268 </dt>
1269 <dd>
1270 Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
1271 <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.
1272 </dd>
1273 <p></p>
1274 <dt><strong><a name="item_grab_button">$success = $term-&gt;grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)</a></strong><br />
1275 </dt>
1276 <dd>
1277 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
1278 </dd>
1279 <p></p>
1280 <dt><strong><a name="item_grab">$success = $term-&gt;grab ($eventtime[, $sync])</a></strong><br />
1281 </dt>
1282 <dd>
1283 Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
1284 synchronous (<code>$sync</code> is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
1285 </dd>
1286 <p></p>
1287 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_async">$term-&gt;allow_events_async</a></strong><br />
1288 </dt>
1289 <dd>
1290 Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
1291 </dd>
1292 <p></p>
1293 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_sync">$term-&gt;allow_events_sync</a></strong><br />
1294 </dt>
1295 <dd>
1296 Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
1297 </dd>
1298 <p></p>
1299 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_replay">$term-&gt;allow_events_replay</a></strong><br />
1300 </dt>
1301 <dd>
1302 Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for the most
1303 recent grab.
1304 </dd>
1305 <p></p>
1306 <dt><strong><a name="item_ungrab">$term-&gt;ungrab</a></strong><br />
1307 </dt>
1308 <dd>
1309 Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
1310 evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error case as
1311 the session.
1312 </dd>
1313 <p></p></dl>
1314 <p>
1315 </p>
1316 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></h2>
1317 <dl>
1318 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_title">$popup-&gt;add_title ($title)</a></strong><br />
1319 </dt>
1320 <dd>
1321 Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
1322 </dd>
1323 <p></p>
1324 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_separator">$popup-&gt;add_separator ([$sepchr])</a></strong><br />
1325 </dt>
1326 <dd>
1327 Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as <code>$sepchr</code>.
1328 </dd>
1329 <p></p>
1330 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_button">$popup-&gt;add_button ($text, $cb)</a></strong><br />
1331 </dt>
1332 <dd>
1333 Adds a clickable button to the popup. <code>$cb</code> is called whenever it is
1334 selected.
1335 </dd>
1336 <p></p>
1337 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_toggle">$popup-&gt;add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)</a></strong><br />
1338 </dt>
1339 <dd>
1340 Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
1341 whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its first
1342 argument.
1343 </dd>
1344 <p></p>
1345 <dt><strong>$popup-&gt;show</strong><br />
1346 </dt>
1347 <dd>
1348 Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
1349 </dd>
1350 <p></p></dl>
1351 <p>
1352 </p>
1353 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></h2>
1354 <p>This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
1355 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:</p>
1356 <pre>
1357 $term-&gt;{overlay} = $term-&gt;overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
1358 $term-&gt;{timer} = urxvt::timer
1359 -&gt;new
1360 -&gt;interval (1)
1361 -&gt;cb (sub {
1362 $term-&gt;{overlay}-&gt;set (0, 0,
1363 sprintf &quot;%2d:%02d:%02d&quot;, (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
1364 });</pre>
1365 <dl>
1366 <dt><strong><a name="item__24timer__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3atimer">$timer = new urxvt::timer</a></strong><br />
1367 </dt>
1368 <dd>
1369 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
1370 immediately.
1371 </dd>
1372 <p></p>
1373 <dt><strong><a name="item_cb">$timer = $timer-&gt;cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })</a></strong><br />
1374 </dt>
1375 <dd>
1376 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
1377 </dd>
1378 <p></p>
1379 <dt><strong><a name="item_at">$tstamp = $timer-&gt;at</a></strong><br />
1380 </dt>
1381 <dd>
1382 Return the time this watcher will fire next.
1383 </dd>
1384 <p></p>
1385 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;set ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1386 </dt>
1387 <dd>
1388 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
1389 </dd>
1390 <p></p>
1391 <dt><strong><a name="item_interval">$timer = $timer-&gt;interval ($interval)</a></strong><br />
1392 </dt>
1393 <dd>
1394 Normally (and when <code>$interval</code> is <code>0</code>), the timer will automatically
1395 stop after it has fired once. If <code>$interval</code> is non-zero, then the timer
1396 is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
1397 </dd>
1398 <p></p>
1399 <dt><strong><a name="item_start">$timer = $timer-&gt;start</a></strong><br />
1400 </dt>
1401 <dd>
1402 Start the timer.
1403 </dd>
1404 <p></p>
1405 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;start ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1406 </dt>
1407 <dd>
1408 Set the event trigger time to <code>$tstamp</code> and start the timer.
1409 </dd>
1410 <p></p>
1411 <dt><strong><a name="item_stop">$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</a></strong><br />
1412 </dt>
1413 <dd>
1414 Stop the timer.
1415 </dd>
1416 <p></p></dl>
1417 <p>
1418 </p>
1419 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></h2>
1420 <p>This class implements io watchers/events. Example:</p>
1421 <pre>
1422 $term-&gt;{socket} = ...
1423 $term-&gt;{iow} = urxvt::iow
1424 -&gt;new
1425 -&gt;fd (fileno $term-&gt;{socket})
1426 -&gt;events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
1427 -&gt;start
1428 -&gt;cb (sub {
1429 my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
1430 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
1431 sysread $term-&gt;{socket}, my $buf, 8192
1432 or end-of-file;
1433 });</pre>
1434 <dl>
1435 <dt><strong><a name="item__24iow__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aiow">$iow = new urxvt::iow</a></strong><br />
1436 </dt>
1437 <dd>
1438 Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
1439 </dd>
1440 <p></p>
1441 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })</strong><br />
1442 </dt>
1443 <dd>
1444 Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. <code>$reventmask</code>
1445 is a bitset as described in the <a href="#item_events"><code>events</code></a> method.
1446 </dd>
1447 <p></p>
1448 <dt><strong><a name="item_fd">$iow = $iow-&gt;fd ($fd)</a></strong><br />
1449 </dt>
1450 <dd>
1451 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
1452 </dd>
1453 <p></p>
1454 <dt><strong><a name="item_events">$iow = $iow-&gt;events ($eventmask)</a></strong><br />
1455 </dt>
1456 <dd>
1457 Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
1458 <code>urxvt::EVENT_READ</code> and <code>urxvt::EVENT_WRITE</code>, which might be ORed
1459 together, or <code>urxvt::EVENT_NONE</code>.
1460 </dd>
1461 <p></p>
1462 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;start</strong><br />
1463 </dt>
1464 <dd>
1465 Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
1466 </dd>
1467 <p></p>
1468 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;stop</strong><br />
1469 </dt>
1470 <dd>
1471 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
1472 </dd>
1473 <p></p></dl>
1474 <p>
1475 </p>
1476 <hr />
1477 <h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
1478 <p>
1479 </p>
1480 <h2><a name="urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></h2>
1481 <p>This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
1482 numbers indicate more verbose output.</p>
1483 <dl>
1484 <dt><strong><a name="item__3d_3d_0__2d_fatal_messages">== 0 - fatal messages</a></strong><br />
1485 </dt>
1486 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d_3__2d_script_loading_and_management">&gt;= 3 - script loading and management</a></strong><br />
1487 </dt>
1488 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d10__2d_all_called_hooks">&gt;=10 - all called hooks</a></strong><br />
1489 </dt>
1490 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d11__2d_hook_reutrn_values">&gt;=11 - hook reutrn values</a></strong><br />
1491 </dt>
1492 </dl>
1493 <p>
1494 </p>
1495 <hr />
1496 <h1><a name="author">AUTHOR</a></h1>
1497 <pre>
1498 Marc Lehmann &lt;pcg@goof.com&gt;
1499 <a href="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode</a></pre>
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