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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 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__iw_class">The <code>urxvt::iw</code> Class</a></li>
34 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__pw_class">The <code>urxvt::pw</code> Class</a></li>
35 </ul>
36
37 <li><a href="#environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></li>
38 <ul>
39
40 <li><a href="#urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></li>
41 </ul>
42
43 <li><a href="#author">AUTHOR</a></li>
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47 <hr />
48 <p>
49 </p>
50 <hr />
51 <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
52 <p>rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter</p>
53 <p>
54 </p>
55 <hr />
56 <h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
57 <pre>
58 # create a file grab_test in $HOME:</pre>
59 <pre>
60 sub on_sel_grab {
61 warn &quot;you selected &quot;, $_[0]-&gt;selection;
62 ()
63 }</pre>
64 <pre>
65 # start a rxvt using it:</pre>
66 <pre>
67 rxvt --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test</pre>
68 <p>
69 </p>
70 <hr />
71 <h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
72 <p>Everytime a terminal object gets created, extension scripts specified via
73 the <code>perl</code> resource are loaded and associated with it.</p>
74 <p>Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
75 thus must be encoded as UTF-8.</p>
76 <p>Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where
77 scripts will be shared (but not enabled) for all terminals.</p>
78 <p>
79 </p>
80 <hr />
81 <h1><a name="prepackaged_extensions">PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</a></h1>
82 <p>This section describes the extensions delivered with this release. You can
83 find them in <em>/opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl/</em>.</p>
84 <p>You can activate them like this:</p>
85 <pre>
86 rxvt -pe &lt;extensionname&gt;</pre>
87 <p>Or by adding them to the resource for extensions loaded by default:</p>
88 <pre>
89 URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,automove-background,selection-autotransform</pre>
90 <dl>
91 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection">selection (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
92 </dt>
93 <dd>
94 (More) intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more intelligent
95 when the user extends selections (double-click and further clicks). Right
96 now, it tries to select words, urls and complete shell-quoted
97 arguments, which is very convenient, too, if your <em>ls</em> supports
98 <code>--quoting-style=shell</code>.
99 </dd>
100 <dd>
101 <p>A double-click usually selects the word under the cursor, further clicks
102 will enlarge the selection.</p>
103 </dd>
104 <dd>
105 <p>The selection works by trying to match a number of regexes and displaying
106 them in increasing order of length. You can add your own regexes by
107 specifying resources of the form:</p>
108 </dd>
109 <dd>
110 <pre>
111 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: perl-regex
112 URxvt.selection.pattern-1: perl-regex
113 ...</pre>
114 </dd>
115 <dd>
116 <p>The index number (0, 1...) must not have any holes, and each regex must
117 contain at least one pair of capturing parentheses, which will be used for
118 the match. For example, the followign adds a regex that matches everything
119 between two vertical bars:</p>
120 </dd>
121 <dd>
122 <pre>
123 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: \\|([^|]+)\\|</pre>
124 </dd>
125 <dd>
126 <p>You can look at the source of the selection extension to see more
127 interesting uses, such as parsing a line from beginning to end.</p>
128 </dd>
129 <dd>
130 <p>This extension also offers following bindable keyboard commands:</p>
131 </dd>
132 <dl>
133 <dt><strong><a name="item_rot13">rot13</a></strong><br />
134 </dt>
135 <dd>
136 Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:
137 </dd>
138 <dd>
139 <pre>
140 URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13</pre>
141 </dd>
142 <p></p></dl>
143 <dt><strong><a name="item_popup">option-popup (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
144 </dt>
145 <dd>
146 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some) options at
147 runtime.
148 </dd>
149 <p></p>
150 <dt><strong>selection-popup (enabled by default)</strong><br />
151 </dt>
152 <dd>
153 Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the selection
154 text into various other formats/action (such as uri unescaping, perl
155 evaluation, web-browser starting etc.), depending on content.
156 </dd>
157 <dd>
158 <p>Other extensions can extend this popup menu by pushing a code reference
159 onto <code>@{ $term-</code>{selection_popup_hook} }&gt;, that is called whenever the
160 popup is displayed.</p>
161 </dd>
162 <dd>
163 <p>It's sole argument is the popup menu, which can be modified. The selection
164 is in <code>$_</code>, which can be used to decide wether to add something or not.
165 It should either return nothing or a string and a code reference. The
166 string will be used as button text and the code reference will be called
167 when the button gets activated and should transform <code>$_</code>.</p>
168 </dd>
169 <dd>
170 <p>The following will add an entry <code>a to b</code> that transforms all <code>a</code>s in
171 the selection to <code>b</code>s, but only if the selection currently contains any
172 <code>a</code>s:</p>
173 </dd>
174 <dd>
175 <pre>
176 push @{ $self-&gt;{term}{selection_popup_hook} }, sub {
177 /a/ ? (&quot;a to be&quot; =&gt; sub { s/a/b/g }
178 : ()
179 };</pre>
180 </dd>
181 <p></p>
182 <dt><strong><a name="item_searchable_2dscrollback_3chotkey_3e__28enabled_by_">searchable-scrollback&lt;hotkey&gt; (enabled by default)</a></strong><br />
183 </dt>
184 <dd>
185 Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
186 by a hotkey (default: <code>M-s</code>). While in search mode, normal terminal
187 input/output is suspended and a regex is displayed at the bottom of the
188 screen.
189 </dd>
190 <dd>
191 <p>Inputting characters appends them to the regex and continues incremental
192 search. <code>BackSpace</code> removes a character from the regex, <code>Up</code> and <code>Down</code>
193 search upwards/downwards in the scrollback buffer, <code>End</code> jumps to the
194 bottom. <code>Escape</code> leaves search mode and returns to the point where search
195 was started, while <code>Enter</code> or <code>Return</code> stay at the current position and
196 additionally stores the first match in the current line into the primary
197 selection.</p>
198 </dd>
199 <p></p>
200 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_2dautotransform">selection-autotransform</a></strong><br />
201 </dt>
202 <dd>
203 This selection allows you to do automatic transforms on a selection
204 whenever a selection is made.
205 </dd>
206 <dd>
207 <p>It works by specifying perl snippets (most useful is a single <code>s///</code>
208 operator) that modify <code>$_</code> as resources:</p>
209 </dd>
210 <dd>
211 <pre>
212 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: transform
213 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: transform
214 ...</pre>
215 </dd>
216 <dd>
217 <p>For example, the following will transform selections of the form
218 <code>filename:number</code>, often seen in compiler messages, into <code>vi +$filename
219 $word</code>:</p>
220 </dd>
221 <dd>
222 <pre>
223 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/vi +$2 \\Q$1\\E\\x0d/</pre>
224 </dd>
225 <dd>
226 <p>And this example matches the same,but replaces it with vi-commands you can
227 paste directly into your (vi :) editor:</p>
228 </dd>
229 <dd>
230 <pre>
231 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+(\\d+):?$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/</pre>
232 </dd>
233 <dd>
234 <p>Of course, this can be modified to suit your needs and your editor :)</p>
235 </dd>
236 <dd>
237 <p>To expand the example above to typical perl error messages (``XXX at
238 FILENAME line YYY.''), you need a slightly more elaborate solution:</p>
239 </dd>
240 <dd>
241 <pre>
242 URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+[,.])
243 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)[,.]$/:e \\Q$1\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/</pre>
244 </dd>
245 <dd>
246 <p>The first line tells the selection code to treat the unchanging part of
247 every error message as a selection pattern, and the second line transforms
248 the message into vi commands to load the file.</p>
249 </dd>
250 <p></p>
251 <dt><strong><a name="item_readline">readline</a></strong><br />
252 </dt>
253 <dd>
254 A support package that tries to make editing with readline easier. At the
255 moment, it reacts to clicking with the left mouse button by trying to
256 move the text cursor to this position. It does so by generating as many
257 cursor-left or cursor-right keypresses as required (the this only works
258 for programs that correctly support wide characters).
259 </dd>
260 <dd>
261 <p>It only works when clicking into the same line (possibly extended over
262 multiple rows) as the text cursor and on the primary screen, to reduce the
263 risk of misinterpreting. The normal selection isn't disabled, so quick
264 successive clicks might interfere with selection creation in harmless
265 ways.</p>
266 </dd>
267 <p></p>
268 <dt><strong><a name="item_tabbed">tabbed</a></strong><br />
269 </dt>
270 <dd>
271 This transforms the terminal into a tabbar with additional terminals, that
272 is, it implements what is commonly refered to as ``tabbed terminal''. The topmost line
273 displays a ``[NEW]'' button, which, when clicked, will add a new tab, followed by one
274 button per tab.
275 </dd>
276 <dd>
277 <p>Clicking a button will activate that tab. Pressing <strong>Shift-Left</strong> and
278 <strong>Shift-Right</strong> will switch to the tab left or right of the current one,
279 while <strong>Shift-Down</strong> creates a new tab.</p>
280 </dd>
281 <p></p>
282 <dt><strong><a name="item_mark_2durls">mark-urls</a></strong><br />
283 </dt>
284 <dd>
285 Uses per-line display filtering (<code>on_line_update</code>) to underline urls and
286 make them clickable. When middle-clicked, the program specified in the
287 resource <code>urlLauncher</code> (default <code>x-www-browser</code>) will be started with
288 the URL as first argument.
289 </dd>
290 <p></p>
291 <dt><strong><a name="item_automove_2dbackground">automove-background</a></strong><br />
292 </dt>
293 <dd>
294 This is basically a one-line extension that dynamically changes the background pixmap offset
295 to the window position, in effect creating the same effect as pseudo transparency with
296 a custom pixmap. No scaling is supported in this mode. Exmaple:
297 </dd>
298 <dd>
299 <pre>
300 rxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background</pre>
301 </dd>
302 <p></p>
303 <dt><strong><a name="item_block_2dgraphics_2dto_2dascii">block-graphics-to-ascii</a></strong><br />
304 </dt>
305 <dd>
306 A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the terminal,
307 by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 .. U+259F) by a
308 similar-looking ascii character.
309 </dd>
310 <p></p>
311 <dt><strong><a name="item_digital_2dclock">digital-clock</a></strong><br />
312 </dt>
313 <dd>
314 Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.
315 </dd>
316 <p></p>
317 <dt><strong><a name="item_example_2drefresh_2dhooks">example-refresh-hooks</a></strong><br />
318 </dt>
319 <dd>
320 Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of the
321 window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create your own
322 overlays or changes.
323 </dd>
324 <p></p>
325 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_2dpastebin">selection-pastebin</a></strong><br />
326 </dt>
327 <dd>
328 This is a little rarely useful extension that Uploads the selection as
329 textfile to a remote site (or does other things). (The implementation is
330 not currently secure for use in a multiuser environment as it writes to
331 <em>/tmp</em> directly.).
332 </dd>
333 <dd>
334 <p>It listens to the <code>selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin</code> keyboard command,
335 i.e.</p>
336 </dd>
337 <dd>
338 <pre>
339 URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: perl:selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin</pre>
340 </dd>
341 <dd>
342 <p>Pressing this combination runs a command with <code>%</code> replaced by the name of
343 the textfile. This command can be set via a resource:</p>
344 </dd>
345 <dd>
346 <pre>
347 URxvt.selection-pastebin.cmd: rsync -apP % ruth:/var/www/www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/.</pre>
348 </dd>
349 <dd>
350 <p>And the default is likely not useful to anybody but the few people around
351 here :)</p>
352 </dd>
353 <dd>
354 <p>The name of the textfile is the hex encoded md5 sum of the selection, so
355 the same content should lead to the same filename.</p>
356 </dd>
357 <dd>
358 <p>After a successful upload the selection will be replaced by the text given
359 in the <code>selection-pastebin-url</code> resource (again, the % is the placeholder
360 for the filename):</p>
361 </dd>
362 <dd>
363 <pre>
364 URxvt.selection-pastebin.url: <a href="http://www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/%">http://www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/%</a></pre>
365 </dd>
366 <p></p></dl>
367 <p>
368 </p>
369 <hr />
370 <h1><a name="api_documentation">API DOCUMENTATION</a></h1>
371 <p>
372 </p>
373 <h2><a name="general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></h2>
374 <p>All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
375 reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
376 like. All members starting with an underscore (such as <code>_ptr</code> or
377 <code>_hook</code>) are reserved for internal uses and <strong>MUST NOT</strong> be accessed or
378 modified).</p>
379 <p>When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
380 emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
381 the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
382 terminal is destroyed.</p>
383 <p>Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are some
384 hints on what they mean:</p>
385 <dl>
386 <dt><strong><a name="item__24text">$text</a></strong><br />
387 </dt>
388 <dd>
389 Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one ``unicode'' character
390 always represents one screen cell. See <a href="#item_row_t">ROW_t</a> for a discussion of this format.
391 </dd>
392 <p></p>
393 <dt><strong><a name="item__24string">$string</a></strong><br />
394 </dt>
395 <dd>
396 A perl text string, with an emphasis on <em>text</em>. It can store all unicode
397 characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a specific
398 encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.
399 </dd>
400 <p></p>
401 <dt><strong><a name="item__24octets">$octets</a></strong><br />
402 </dt>
403 <dd>
404 Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
405 locale-specific way.
406 </dd>
407 <p></p></dl>
408 <p>
409 </p>
410 <h2><a name="extension_objects">Extension Objects</a></h2>
411 <p>Very perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
412 for each terminal and each extension and passed as the first parameter to
413 hooks. So extensions can use their <code>$self</code> object without having to think
414 about other extensions, with the exception of methods and members that
415 begin with an underscore character <code>_</code>: these are reserved for internal
416 use.</p>
417 <p>Although it isn't a <code>urxvt::term</code> object, you can call all methods of the
418 <code>urxvt::term</code> class on this object.</p>
419 <p>It has the following methods and data members:</p>
420 <dl>
421 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_term__3d__24self_2d_3e_7bterm_7d">$urxvt_term = $self-&gt;{term}</a></strong><br />
422 </dt>
423 <dd>
424 Returns the <code>urxvt::term</code> object associated with this instance of the
425 extension. This member <em>must not</em> be changed in any way.
426 </dd>
427 <p></p>
428 <dt><strong><a name="item_enable">$self-&gt;enable ($hook_name =&gt; $cb, [$hook_name =&gt; $cb..])</a></strong><br />
429 </dt>
430 <dd>
431 Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the <code>on_</code> prefix) for
432 this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when you want
433 to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.
434 </dd>
435 <p></p>
436 <dt><strong><a name="item_disable">$self-&gt;disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])</a></strong><br />
437 </dt>
438 <dd>
439 Dynamically disable the given hooks.
440 </dd>
441 <p></p></dl>
442 <p>
443 </p>
444 <h2><a name="hooks">Hooks</a></h2>
445 <p>The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will be
446 called whenever the relevant event happens.</p>
447 <p>The first argument passed to them is an extension oject as described in
448 the in the <code>Extension Objects</code> section.</p>
449 <p><strong>All</strong> of these hooks must return a boolean value. If any of the called
450 hooks returns true, then the event counts as being <em>consumed</em>, and the
451 relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.</p>
452 <p><em>When in doubt, return a false value (preferably <code>()</code>). </em>&gt;</p>
453 <dl>
454 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_init__24term">on_init $term</a></strong><br />
455 </dt>
456 <dd>
457 Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
458 windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe to
459 call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other characteristics
460 have not yet been determined. You can safely query and change resources
461 and options, though. For many purposes the <code>on_start</code> hook is a better
462 place.
463 </dd>
464 <p></p>
465 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_start__24term">on_start $term</a></strong><br />
466 </dt>
467 <dd>
468 Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just before
469 trying to map (display) the toplevel and returning to the mainloop.
470 </dd>
471 <p></p>
472 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_destroy__24term">on_destroy $term</a></strong><br />
473 </dt>
474 <dd>
475 Called whenever something tries to destroy terminal, before doing anything
476 yet. If this hook returns true, then destruction is skipped, but this is
477 rarely a good idea.
478 </dd>
479 <p></p>
480 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_reset__24term">on_reset $term</a></strong><br />
481 </dt>
482 <dd>
483 Called after the screen is ``reset'' for any reason, such as resizing or
484 control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to size-related
485 variables.
486 </dd>
487 <p></p>
488 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_child_start__24term_2c__24pid">on_child_start $term, $pid</a></strong><br />
489 </dt>
490 <dd>
491 Called just after the child process has been <code>fork</code>ed.
492 </dd>
493 <p></p>
494 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_child_exit__24term_2c__24status">on_child_exit $term, $status</a></strong><br />
495 </dt>
496 <dd>
497 Called just after the child process has exited. <code>$status</code> is the status
498 from <code>waitpid</code>.
499 </dd>
500 <p></p>
501 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_make__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_make $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
502 </dt>
503 <dd>
504 Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before the
505 selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or type of the
506 selection will be honored.
507 </dd>
508 <dd>
509 <p>Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which case you
510 have to make a selection yourself by calling <a href="#item_selection_grab"><code>$term-&gt;selection_grab</code></a>.</p>
511 </dd>
512 <p></p>
513 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_grab__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
514 </dt>
515 <dd>
516 Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the selection is
517 requested from the server. The selection text can be queried and changed
518 by calling <a href="#item_selection"><code>$term-&gt;selection</code></a>.
519 </dd>
520 <dd>
521 <p>Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be hilighted.</p>
522 </dd>
523 <p></p>
524 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_extend__24term">on_sel_extend $term</a></strong><br />
525 </dt>
526 <dd>
527 Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a double
528 click) and is either supposed to return false (normal operation), or
529 should extend the selection itelf and return true to suppress the built-in
530 processing. This can happen multiple times, as long as the callback
531 returns true, it will be called on every further click by the user and is
532 supposed to enlarge the selection more and more, if possible.
533 </dd>
534 <dd>
535 <p>See the <em>selection</em> example extension.</p>
536 </dd>
537 <p></p>
538 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_view_change__24term_2c__24offset">on_view_change $term, $offset</a></strong><br />
539 </dt>
540 <dd>
541 Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program
542 scrolls. Offset <code>0</code> means display the normal terminal, positive values
543 show this many lines of scrollback.
544 </dd>
545 <p></p>
546 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_scroll_back__24term_2c__24lines_2c__24saved">on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved</a></strong><br />
547 </dt>
548 <dd>
549 Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the scrollback
550 buffer. <code>$lines</code> is the number of lines scrolled out and may be larger
551 than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.
552 </dd>
553 <dd>
554 <p>It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines - 1,
555 $nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). <code>$saved</code> is the total
556 number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.</p>
557 </dd>
558 <p></p>
559 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_osc_seq__24term_2c__24string">on_osc_seq $term, $string</a></strong><br />
560 </dt>
561 <dd>
562 Called whenever the <strong>ESC ] 777 ; string ST</strong> command sequence (OSC =
563 operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other state
564 information is up-to-date when this happens. For interoperability, the
565 string should start with the extension name and a colon, to distinguish
566 it from commands for other extensions, and this might be enforced in the
567 future.
568 </dd>
569 <dd>
570 <p>Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you receive,
571 as its source can not easily be controleld (e-mail content, messages from
572 other users on the same system etc.).</p>
573 </dd>
574 <p></p>
575 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_add_lines__24term_2c__24string">on_add_lines $term, $string</a></strong><br />
576 </dt>
577 <dd>
578 Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as argument. You
579 can filter/change and output the text yourself by returning a true value
580 and calling <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>$term-&gt;scr_add_lines</code></a> yourself. Please note that this
581 might be very slow, however, as your hook is called for <strong>all</strong> text being
582 output.
583 </dd>
584 <p></p>
585 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_tt_write__24term_2c__24octets">on_tt_write $term, $octets</a></strong><br />
586 </dt>
587 <dd>
588 Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used to
589 suppress or filter tty input.
590 </dd>
591 <p></p>
592 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_line_update__24term_2c__24row">on_line_update $term, $row</a></strong><br />
593 </dt>
594 <dd>
595 Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
596 screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only lines
597 that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance reasons,
598 not always immediately.
599 </dd>
600 <dd>
601 <p>The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line spans
602 multiple rows.</p>
603 </dd>
604 <dd>
605 <p>Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get called
606 later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts change), so
607 you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set them.</p>
608 </dd>
609 <p></p>
610 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_begin__24term">on_refresh_begin $term</a></strong><br />
611 </dt>
612 <dd>
613 Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
614 or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
615 restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection display
616 code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.
617 </dd>
618 <p></p>
619 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_end__24term">on_refresh_end $term</a></strong><br />
620 </dt>
621 <dd>
622 Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See <code>on_refresh_begin</code>.
623 </dd>
624 <p></p>
625 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_keyboard_command__24term_2c__24string">on_keyboard_command $term, $string</a></strong><br />
626 </dt>
627 <dd>
628 Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a
629 <code>perl:string</code> action bound to it (see description of the <strong>keysym</strong>
630 resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage).
631 </dd>
632 <p></p>
633 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_x_event__24term_2c__24event">on_x_event $term, $event</a></strong><br />
634 </dt>
635 <dd>
636 Called on every X event received on the vt window (and possibly other
637 windows). Should only be used as a last resort. Most event structure
638 members are not passed.
639 </dd>
640 <p></p>
641 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_in__24term">on_focus_in $term</a></strong><br />
642 </dt>
643 <dd>
644 Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode
645 does focus in processing.
646 </dd>
647 <p></p>
648 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_out__24term">on_focus_out $term</a></strong><br />
649 </dt>
650 <dd>
651 Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode does
652 focus out processing.
653 </dd>
654 <p></p>
655 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_configure_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_configure_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
656 </dt>
657 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_property_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_property_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
658 </dt>
659 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_press__24term_2c__24event_2c__24keysym_2c__">on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets</a></strong><br />
660 </dt>
661 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_key_release__24term_2c__24event_2c__24keysym">on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym</a></strong><br />
662 </dt>
663 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_press__24term_2c__24event">on_button_press $term, $event</a></strong><br />
664 </dt>
665 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_button_release__24term_2c__24event">on_button_release $term, $event</a></strong><br />
666 </dt>
667 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_motion_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_motion_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
668 </dt>
669 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_map_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_map_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
670 </dt>
671 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_unmap_notify__24term_2c__24event">on_unmap_notify $term, $event</a></strong><br />
672 </dt>
673 <dd>
674 Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the terminal If
675 the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by rxvt-unicode.
676 </dd>
677 <dd>
678 <p>The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the XEvent
679 manpage), with the additional members <code>row</code> and <code>col</code>, which are the
680 (real, not screen-based) row and column under the mouse cursor.</p>
681 </dd>
682 <dd>
683 <p><code>on_key_press</code> additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
684 output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.</p>
685 </dd>
686 <dd>
687 <p>subwindow.</p>
688 </dd>
689 <p></p>
690 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_client_message__24term_2c__24event">on_client_message $term, $event</a></strong><br />
691 </dt>
692 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_wm_protocols__24term_2c__24event">on_wm_protocols $term, $event</a></strong><br />
693 </dt>
694 <dt><strong><a name="item_on_wm_delete_window__24term_2c__24event">on_wm_delete_window $term, $event</a></strong><br />
695 </dt>
696 <dd>
697 Called when various types of ClientMessage events are received (all with
698 format=32, WM_PROTOCOLS or WM_PROTOCOLS:WM_DELETE_WINDOW).
699 </dd>
700 <p></p></dl>
701 <p>
702 </p>
703 <h2><a name="variables_in_the_urxvt_package">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
704 <dl>
705 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3alibdir">$urxvt::LIBDIR</a></strong><br />
706 </dt>
707 <dd>
708 The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the perl
709 modules and scripts are stored.
710 </dd>
711 <p></p>
712 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3aresclass_2c__24urxvt_3a_3aresclass">$urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS</a></strong><br />
713 </dt>
714 <dd>
715 The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X resources.
716 </dd>
717 <p></p>
718 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3arxvtname">$urxvt::RXVTNAME</a></strong><br />
719 </dt>
720 <dd>
721 The basename of the installed binaries, usually <code>urxvt</code>.
722 </dd>
723 <p></p>
724 <dt><strong><a name="item__24urxvt_3a_3aterm">$urxvt::TERM</a></strong><br />
725 </dt>
726 <dd>
727 The current terminal. This variable stores the current <code>urxvt::term</code>
728 object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.
729 </dd>
730 <p></p>
731 <dt><strong><a name="item__40urxvt_3a_3aterm_init">@urxvt::TERM_INIT</a></strong><br />
732 </dt>
733 <dd>
734 All coderefs in this array will be called as methods of the next newly
735 created <code>urxvt::term</code> object (during the <code>on_init</code> phase). The array
736 gets cleared before the codereferences that were in it are being executed,
737 so coderefs can push themselves onto it again if they so desire.
738 </dd>
739 <dd>
740 <p>This complements to the perl-eval commandline option, but gets executed
741 first.</p>
742 </dd>
743 <p></p>
744 <dt><strong><a name="item__40urxvt_3a_3aterm_ext">@urxvt::TERM_EXT</a></strong><br />
745 </dt>
746 <dd>
747 Works similar to <code>@TERM_INIT</code>, but contains perl package/class names, which
748 get registered as normal extensions after calling the hooks in <code>@TERM_INIT</code>
749 but before other extensions. Gets cleared just like <code>@TERM_INIT</code>.
750 </dd>
751 <p></p></dl>
752 <p>
753 </p>
754 <h2><a name="functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2>
755 <dl>
756 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3afatal__24errormessage">urxvt::fatal $errormessage</a></strong><br />
757 </dt>
758 <dd>
759 Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
760 costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
761 starts up.
762 </dd>
763 <p></p>
764 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3awarn__24string">urxvt::warn $string</a></strong><br />
765 </dt>
766 <dd>
767 Calls <code>rxvt_warn</code> with the given string which should not include a
768 newline. The module also overwrites the <code>warn</code> builtin with a function
769 that calls this function.
770 </dd>
771 <dd>
772 <p>Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
773 correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.</p>
774 </dd>
775 <dd>
776 <p>Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.</p>
777 </dd>
778 <p></p>
779 <dt><strong><a name="item__24time__3d_urxvt_3a_3anow">$time = urxvt::NOW</a></strong><br />
780 </dt>
781 <dd>
782 Returns the ``current time'' (as per the event loop).
783 </dd>
784 <p></p>
785 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3acurrenttime">urxvt::CurrentTime</a></strong><br />
786 </dt>
787 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3ashiftmask_2c_lockmask_2c_controlmask_2c">urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask,
788 Mod3Mask, Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask,
789 Button4Mask, Button5Mask, AnyModifier</a></strong><br />
790 </dt>
791 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3anoeventmask_2c_keypressmask_2c_keyrelea">urxvt::NoEventMask, KeyPressMask, KeyReleaseMask,
792 ButtonPressMask, ButtonReleaseMask, EnterWindowMask, LeaveWindowMask,
793 PointerMotionMask, PointerMotionHintMask, Button1MotionMask, Button2MotionMask,
794 Button3MotionMask, Button4MotionMask, Button5MotionMask, ButtonMotionMask,
795 KeymapStateMask, ExposureMask, VisibilityChangeMask, StructureNotifyMask,
796 ResizeRedirectMask, SubstructureNotifyMask, SubstructureRedirectMask,
797 FocusChangeMask, PropertyChangeMask, ColormapChangeMask, OwnerGrabButtonMask</a></strong><br />
798 </dt>
799 <dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3akeypress_2c_keyrelease_2c_buttonpress_2">urxvt::KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, MotionNotify,
800 EnterNotify, LeaveNotify, FocusIn, FocusOut, KeymapNotify, Expose,
801 GraphicsExpose, NoExpose, VisibilityNotify, CreateNotify, DestroyNotify,
802 UnmapNotify, MapNotify, MapRequest, ReparentNotify, ConfigureNotify,
803 ConfigureRequest, GravityNotify, ResizeRequest, CirculateNotify,
804 CirculateRequest, PropertyNotify, SelectionClear, SelectionRequest,
805 SelectionNotify, ColormapNotify, ClientMessage, MappingNotify</a></strong><br />
806 </dt>
807 <dd>
808 Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.
809 </dd>
810 <p></p></dl>
811 <p>
812 </p>
813 <h2><a name="rendition">RENDITION</a></h2>
814 <p>Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles and
815 similar information for each screen cell.</p>
816 <p>The following ``macros'' deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
817 never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one,
818 as they contain important information required for correct operation of
819 rxvt-unicode.</p>
820 <dl>
821 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3adefault_rstyle">$rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE</a></strong><br />
822 </dt>
823 <dd>
824 Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting up or
825 being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating renditions.
826 </dd>
827 <p></p>
828 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aoverlay_rstyle">$rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE</a></strong><br />
829 </dt>
830 <dd>
831 Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.
832 </dd>
833 <p></p>
834 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rendbit__3d_urxvt_3a_3ars_bold_2c_rs_italic_2c_">$rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline</a></strong><br />
835 </dt>
836 <dd>
837 Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
838 underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR it into
839 the bitset.
840 </dd>
841 <p></p>
842 <dt><strong><a name="item__24foreground__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_basefg__24rend">$foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend</a></strong><br />
843 </dt>
844 <dt><strong><a name="item__24background__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_basebg__24rend">$background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend</a></strong><br />
845 </dt>
846 <dd>
847 Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.
848 </dd>
849 <p></p>
850 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_fgcolor__24rend_2c__24n">$rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</a></strong><br />
851 </dt>
852 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_bgcolor__24rend_2c__24n">$rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</a></strong><br />
853 </dt>
854 <dd>
855 Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with the
856 specified one.
857 </dd>
858 <p></p>
859 <dt><strong><a name="item__24value__3d_urxvt_3a_3aget_custom__24rend">$value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend</a></strong><br />
860 </dt>
861 <dd>
862 Return the ``custom'' value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
863 extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are initially
864 zero.
865 </dd>
866 <p></p>
867 <dt><strong><a name="item__24rend__3d_urxvt_3a_3aset_custom__24rend_2c__24ne">$rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value</a></strong><br />
868 </dt>
869 <dd>
870 Change the custom value.
871 </dd>
872 <p></p></dl>
873 <p>
874 </p>
875 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__anyevent_class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></h2>
876 <p>The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
877 <code>AnyEvent</code> module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
878 further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
879 condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
880 is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant should
881 work.</p>
882 <p>
883 </p>
884 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></h2>
885 <dl>
886 <dt><strong><a name="item__24term__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aterm__24envhashref_2c__">$term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]</a></strong><br />
887 </dt>
888 <dd>
889 Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with system
890 <code>$rxvtname, arg...</code>. <code>$envhashref</code> must be a reference to a <code>%ENV</code>-like
891 hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.
892 </dd>
893 <dd>
894 <p>Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
895 couldn't be created. Returns <code>undef</code> if the new instance didn't
896 initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The <code>init</code> and
897 <a href="#item_start"><code>start</code></a> hooks will be called during this call.</p>
898 </dd>
899 <p></p>
900 <dt><strong><a name="item_destroy">$term-&gt;destroy</a></strong><br />
901 </dt>
902 <dd>
903 Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources
904 etc.). Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event
905 watchers (timers, io watchers) are still active.
906 </dd>
907 <p></p>
908 <dt><strong><a name="item_exec_async">$term-&gt;exec_async ($cmd[, @args])</a></strong><br />
909 </dt>
910 <dd>
911 Works like the combination of the <code>fork</code>/<code>exec</code> builtins, which executes
912 (``starts'') programs in the background. This function takes care of setting
913 the user environment before exec'ing the command (e.g. <code>PATH</code>) and should
914 be preferred over explicit calls to <code>exec</code> or <code>system</code>.
915 </dd>
916 <dd>
917 <p>Returns the pid of the subprocess or <code>undef</code> on error.</p>
918 </dd>
919 <p></p>
920 <dt><strong><a name="item_option">$isset = $term-&gt;option ($optval[, $set])</a></strong><br />
921 </dt>
922 <dd>
923 Returns true if the option specified by <code>$optval</code> is enabled, and
924 optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the hash
925 <code>%urxvt::OPTION</code>. Options not enabled in this binary are not in the hash.
926 </dd>
927 <dd>
928 <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see the
929 source file <em>/src/optinc.h</em> to see the actual list:</p>
930 </dd>
931 <dd>
932 <pre>
933 borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
934 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
935 override-redirect pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar
936 scrollBar_floating scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
937 scrollWithBuffer secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs
938 transparent tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell</pre>
939 </dd>
940 <p></p>
941 <dt><strong><a name="item_resource">$value = $term-&gt;resource ($name[, $newval])</a></strong><br />
942 </dt>
943 <dd>
944 Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
945 optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the <code>init</code>
946 hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as <code>undef</code>.
947 </dd>
948 <dd>
949 <p>The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character encoding
950 before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned value may need
951 to be converted from the used encoding to text.</p>
952 </dd>
953 <dd>
954 <p>Resource names are as defined in <em>src/rsinc.h</em>. Colours can be specified
955 as resource names of the form <code>color+&lt;index&gt;</code>, e.g. <code>color+5</code>. (will
956 likely change).</p>
957 </dd>
958 <dd>
959 <p>Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when the
960 terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat memory.</p>
961 </dd>
962 <dd>
963 <p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of which
964 are supported in every build, please see the source file <em>/src/rsinc.h</em>
965 to see the actual list:</p>
966 </dd>
967 <dd>
968 <pre>
969 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
970 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
971 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
972 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
973 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert meta8 modifier
974 mouseWheelScrollPage name override_redirect pastableTabs path perl_eval
975 perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay
976 preeditType print_pipe pty_fd reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar
977 scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness
978 scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle
979 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle shade term_name title
980 transient_for transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords utmpInhibit
981 visualBell</pre>
982 </dd>
983 <p></p>
984 <dt><strong><a name="item_x_resource">$value = $term-&gt;x_resource ($pattern)</a></strong><br />
985 </dt>
986 <dd>
987 Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program or
988 class name, i.e. <a href="#item_x_resource"><code>$term-&gt;x_resource (&quot;boldFont&quot;)</code></a> should return the
989 same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns <code>undef</code> if no
990 resource with that pattern exists.
991 </dd>
992 <dd>
993 <p>This method should only be called during the <code>on_start</code> hook, as there is
994 only one resource database per display, and later invocations might return
995 the wrong resources.</p>
996 </dd>
997 <p></p>
998 <dt><strong><a name="item_parse_keysym">$success = $term-&gt;parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)</a></strong><br />
999 </dt>
1000 <dd>
1001 Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See the
1002 <code>keysym</code> resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage.
1003 </dd>
1004 <p></p>
1005 <dt><strong><a name="item_rstyle">$rend = $term-&gt;rstyle ([$new_rstyle])</a></strong><br />
1006 </dt>
1007 <dd>
1008 Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is output by
1009 the terminal application will use this style.
1010 </dd>
1011 <p></p>
1012 <dt><strong><a name="item_screen_cur">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;screen_cur ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
1013 </dt>
1014 <dd>
1015 Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and optionally
1016 set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect that).
1017 </dd>
1018 <p></p>
1019 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_mark">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_mark ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
1020 </dt>
1021 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_beg">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_beg ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
1022 </dt>
1023 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_end">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_end ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
1024 </dt>
1025 <dd>
1026 Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions,
1027 and optionally set them to new values.
1028 </dd>
1029 <p></p>
1030 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_make">$term-&gt;selection_make ($eventtime[, $rectangular])</a></strong><br />
1031 </dt>
1032 <dd>
1033 Tries to make a selection as set by <a href="#item_selection_beg"><code>selection_beg</code></a> and
1034 <a href="#item_selection_end"><code>selection_end</code></a>. If <code>$rectangular</code> is true (default: false), a
1035 rectangular selection will be made. This is the prefered function to make
1036 a selection.
1037 </dd>
1038 <p></p>
1039 <dt><strong><a name="item_selection_grab">$success = $term-&gt;selection_grab ($eventtime)</a></strong><br />
1040 </dt>
1041 <dd>
1042 Try to request the primary selection text from the server (for example, as
1043 set by the next method). No visual feedback will be given. This function
1044 is mostly useful from within <code>on_sel_grab</code> hooks.
1045 </dd>
1046 <p></p>
1047 <dt><strong>$oldtext = $term-&gt;selection ([$newtext])</strong><br />
1048 </dt>
1049 <dd>
1050 Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by <code>$newtext</code>.
1051 </dd>
1052 <p></p>
1053 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay_simple">$term-&gt;overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)</a></strong><br />
1054 </dt>
1055 <dd>
1056 Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details.
1057 </dd>
1058 <p></p>
1059 <dt><strong><a name="item_overlay">$term-&gt;overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])</a></strong><br />
1060 </dt>
1061 <dd>
1062 Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
1063 width/height. <code>$rstyle</code> defines the initial rendition style
1064 (default: <code>OVERLAY_RSTYLE</code>).
1065 </dd>
1066 <dd>
1067 <p>If <code>$border</code> is <code>2</code> (default), then a decorative border will be put
1068 around the box.</p>
1069 </dd>
1070 <dd>
1071 <p>If either <code>$x</code> or <code>$y</code> is negative, then this is counted from the
1072 right/bottom side, respectively.</p>
1073 </dd>
1074 <dd>
1075 <p>This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be visible
1076 as long as the perl object is referenced.</p>
1077 </dd>
1078 <dd>
1079 <p>The methods currently supported on <code>urxvt::overlay</code> objects are:</p>
1080 </dd>
1081 <dl>
1082 <dt><strong><a name="item_set">$overlay-&gt;set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)</a></strong><br />
1083 </dt>
1084 <dd>
1085 Similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> and <a href="#item_row_r"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_r</code></a> in that it puts
1086 text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of rendition values
1087 at a specific position inside the overlay.
1088 </dd>
1089 <p></p>
1090 <dt><strong><a name="item_hide">$overlay-&gt;hide</a></strong><br />
1091 </dt>
1092 <dd>
1093 If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.
1094 </dd>
1095 <p></p>
1096 <dt><strong><a name="item_show">$overlay-&gt;show</a></strong><br />
1097 </dt>
1098 <dd>
1099 If hidden, display the overlay again.
1100 </dd>
1101 <p></p></dl>
1102 <dt><strong>$popup = $term-&gt;popup ($event)</strong><br />
1103 </dt>
1104 <dd>
1105 Creates a new <code>urxvt::popup</code> object that implements a popup menu. The
1106 <code>$event</code> <em>must</em> be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button event,
1107 currently).
1108 </dd>
1109 <p></p>
1110 <dt><strong><a name="item_strwidth">$cellwidth = $term-&gt;strwidth ($string)</a></strong><br />
1111 </dt>
1112 <dd>
1113 Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
1114 accounts for wide and combining characters.
1115 </dd>
1116 <p></p>
1117 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_encode">$octets = $term-&gt;locale_encode ($string)</a></strong><br />
1118 </dt>
1119 <dd>
1120 Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding.
1121 </dd>
1122 <p></p>
1123 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale_decode">$string = $term-&gt;locale_decode ($octets)</a></strong><br />
1124 </dt>
1125 <dd>
1126 Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.
1127 </dd>
1128 <p></p>
1129 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_span">$term-&gt;scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])</a></strong><br />
1130 </dt>
1131 <dd>
1132 XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
1133 (default: <code>RS_RVid</code>), which <em>MUST NOT</em> contain font styles. Useful in
1134 refresh hooks to provide effects similar to the selection.
1135 </dd>
1136 <p></p>
1137 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_xor_rect">$term-&gt;scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[, $rstyle2]])</a></strong><br />
1138 </dt>
1139 <dd>
1140 Similar to <a href="#item_scr_xor_span"><code>scr_xor_span</code></a>, but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
1141 whitespace will additionally be xored with the <code>$rstyle2</code>, which defaults
1142 to <code>RS_RVid | RS_Uline</code>, which removes reverse video again and underlines
1143 it instead. Both styles <em>MUST NOT</em> contain font styles.
1144 </dd>
1145 <p></p>
1146 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_bell">$term-&gt;scr_bell</a></strong><br />
1147 </dt>
1148 <dd>
1149 Ring the bell!
1150 </dd>
1151 <p></p>
1152 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_add_lines">$term-&gt;scr_add_lines ($string)</a></strong><br />
1153 </dt>
1154 <dd>
1155 Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the application
1156 running inside the terminal. It may not contain command sequences (escape
1157 codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage returns and tabs. The
1158 string is a normal text string, not in locale-dependent encoding.
1159 </dd>
1160 <dd>
1161 <p>Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might be
1162 confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful inside a
1163 <code>on_add_lines</code> hook, though.</p>
1164 </dd>
1165 <p></p>
1166 <dt><strong><a name="item_scr_change_screen">$term-&gt;scr_change_screen ($screen)</a></strong><br />
1167 </dt>
1168 <dd>
1169 Switch to given screen - 0 primary, 1 secondary.
1170 </dd>
1171 <p></p>
1172 <dt><strong><a name="item_cmd_parse">$term-&gt;cmd_parse ($octets)</a></strong><br />
1173 </dt>
1174 <dd>
1175 Similar to <a href="#item_scr_add_lines"><code>scr_add_lines</code></a>, but the argument must be in the
1176 locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command sequences
1177 (escape codes) that will be interpreted.
1178 </dd>
1179 <p></p>
1180 <dt><strong><a name="item_tt_write">$term-&gt;tt_write ($octets)</a></strong><br />
1181 </dt>
1182 <dd>
1183 Write the octets given in <code>$data</code> to the tty (i.e. as program input). To
1184 pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your strings first
1185 to the locale-specific encoding using <a href="#item_locale_encode"><code>$term-&gt;locale_encode</code></a>.
1186 </dd>
1187 <p></p>
1188 <dt><strong><a name="item_pty_ev_events">$old_events = $term-&gt;pty_ev_events ([$new_events])</a></strong><br />
1189 </dt>
1190 <dd>
1191 Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask. Can
1192 be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty. See the
1193 description of <a href="#item_events"><code>urxvt::timer-&gt;events</code></a>. Make sure to always restore
1194 the previous value.
1195 </dd>
1196 <p></p>
1197 <dt><strong><a name="item_parent">$windowid = $term-&gt;parent</a></strong><br />
1198 </dt>
1199 <dd>
1200 Return the window id of the toplevel window.
1201 </dd>
1202 <p></p>
1203 <dt><strong><a name="item_vt">$windowid = $term-&gt;vt</a></strong><br />
1204 </dt>
1205 <dd>
1206 Return the window id of the terminal window.
1207 </dd>
1208 <p></p>
1209 <dt><strong><a name="item_vt_emask_add">$term-&gt;vt_emask_add ($x_event_mask)</a></strong><br />
1210 </dt>
1211 <dd>
1212 Adds the specified events to the vt event mask. Useful e.g. when you want
1213 to receive pointer events all the times:
1214 </dd>
1215 <dd>
1216 <pre>
1217 $term-&gt;vt_emask_add (urxvt::PointerMotionMask);</pre>
1218 </dd>
1219 <p></p>
1220 <dt><strong><a name="item_width">$window_width = $term-&gt;width</a></strong><br />
1221 </dt>
1222 <dt><strong><a name="item_height">$window_height = $term-&gt;height</a></strong><br />
1223 </dt>
1224 <dt><strong><a name="item_fwidth">$font_width = $term-&gt;fwidth</a></strong><br />
1225 </dt>
1226 <dt><strong><a name="item_fheight">$font_height = $term-&gt;fheight</a></strong><br />
1227 </dt>
1228 <dt><strong><a name="item_fbase">$font_ascent = $term-&gt;fbase</a></strong><br />
1229 </dt>
1230 <dt><strong><a name="item_nrow">$terminal_rows = $term-&gt;nrow</a></strong><br />
1231 </dt>
1232 <dt><strong><a name="item_ncol">$terminal_columns = $term-&gt;ncol</a></strong><br />
1233 </dt>
1234 <dt><strong><a name="item_focus">$has_focus = $term-&gt;focus</a></strong><br />
1235 </dt>
1236 <dt><strong><a name="item_mapped">$is_mapped = $term-&gt;mapped</a></strong><br />
1237 </dt>
1238 <dt><strong><a name="item_savelines">$max_scrollback = $term-&gt;saveLines</a></strong><br />
1239 </dt>
1240 <dt><strong><a name="item_total_rows">$nrow_plus_saveLines = $term-&gt;total_rows</a></strong><br />
1241 </dt>
1242 <dt><strong><a name="item_top_row">$topmost_scrollback_row = $term-&gt;top_row</a></strong><br />
1243 </dt>
1244 <dd>
1245 Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.
1246 </dd>
1247 <p></p>
1248 <dt><strong><a name="item_display_id">$x_display = $term-&gt;display_id</a></strong><br />
1249 </dt>
1250 <dd>
1251 Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.
1252 </dd>
1253 <p></p>
1254 <dt><strong><a name="item_locale">$lc_ctype = $term-&gt;locale</a></strong><br />
1255 </dt>
1256 <dd>
1257 Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.
1258 </dd>
1259 <p></p>
1260 <dt><strong><a name="item_env">$env = $term-&gt;env</a></strong><br />
1261 </dt>
1262 <dd>
1263 Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a hashref
1264 similar to <code>\%ENV</code>.
1265 </dd>
1266 <p></p>
1267 <dt><strong><a name="item_modlevel3mask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModLevel3Mask</a></strong><br />
1268 </dt>
1269 <dt><strong><a name="item_modmetamask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModMetaMask</a></strong><br />
1270 </dt>
1271 <dt><strong><a name="item_modnumlockmask">$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModNumLockMask</a></strong><br />
1272 </dt>
1273 <dd>
1274 Return the modifier masks corresponding to the ``ISO Level 3 Shift'' (often
1275 AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if applicable.
1276 </dd>
1277 <p></p>
1278 <dt><strong><a name="item_current_screen">$screen = $term-&gt;current_screen</a></strong><br />
1279 </dt>
1280 <dd>
1281 Returns the currently displayed screen (0 primary, 1 secondary).
1282 </dd>
1283 <p></p>
1284 <dt><strong><a name="item_view_start">$view_start = $term-&gt;view_start ([$newvalue])</a></strong><br />
1285 </dt>
1286 <dd>
1287 Returns the row number of the topmost displayed line. Maximum value is
1288 <code>0</code>, which displays the normal terminal contents. Lower values scroll
1289 this many lines into the scrollback buffer.
1290 </dd>
1291 <p></p>
1292 <dt><strong><a name="item_want_refresh">$term-&gt;want_refresh</a></strong><br />
1293 </dt>
1294 <dd>
1295 Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode will
1296 compare the on-screen display with its stored representation. If they
1297 differ, it redraws the differences.
1298 </dd>
1299 <dd>
1300 <p>Used after changing terminal contents to display them.</p>
1301 </dd>
1302 <p></p>
1303 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_t">$text = $term-&gt;ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])</a></strong><br />
1304 </dt>
1305 <dd>
1306 Returns the text of the entire row with number <code>$row_number</code>. Row <code>0</code>
1307 is the topmost terminal line, row <code>$term-&gt;$ncol-1</code> is the bottommost
1308 terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line <code>-1</code> and extends to
1309 line <code>-$term-&gt;nsaved</code>. Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent line
1310 is requested.
1311 </dd>
1312 <dd>
1313 <p>If <code>$new_text</code> is specified, it will replace characters in the current
1314 line, starting at column <code>$start_col</code> (default <code>0</code>), which is useful
1315 to replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
1316 automatically be updated.</p>
1317 </dd>
1318 <dd>
1319 <p><a href="#item__24text"><code>$text</code></a> is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use
1320 more than one cell when displayed are padded with <code>$urxvt::NOCHAR</code>
1321 characters. Characters with combining characters and other characters that
1322 do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will be replaced with characters
1323 in the private use area.</p>
1324 </dd>
1325 <dd>
1326 <p>You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
1327 that <code>substr</code> and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
1328 characters.</p>
1329 </dd>
1330 <dd>
1331 <p>The methods <a href="#item_special_encode"><code>$term-&gt;special_encode</code></a> and <a href="#item_special_decode"><code>$term-&gt;special_decode</code></a>
1332 can be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.</p>
1333 </dd>
1334 <p></p>
1335 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_r">$rend = $term-&gt;ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])</a></strong><br />
1336 </dt>
1337 <dd>
1338 Like <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>, but returns an arrayref with rendition
1339 bitsets. Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
1340 styles and similar information. See also <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a>.
1341 </dd>
1342 <dd>
1343 <p>When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.</p>
1344 </dd>
1345 <dd>
1346 <p>See the section on RENDITION, above.</p>
1347 </dd>
1348 <p></p>
1349 <dt><strong><a name="item_row_l">$length = $term-&gt;ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])</a></strong><br />
1350 </dt>
1351 <dd>
1352 Returns the number of screen cells that are in use (``the line
1353 length''). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns <a href="#item_ncol"><code>$term-&gt;ncol</code></a> if the
1354 line is joined with the following one.
1355 </dd>
1356 <p></p>
1357 <dt><strong><a name="item_is_longer">$bool = $term-&gt;is_longer ($row_number)</a></strong><br />
1358 </dt>
1359 <dd>
1360 Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical ``line'' (i.e.
1361 joined with the following row), which means all characters are in use
1362 and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a continuation of the
1363 previous row(s)).
1364 </dd>
1365 <p></p>
1366 <dt><strong><a name="item_line">$line = $term-&gt;line ($row_number)</a></strong><br />
1367 </dt>
1368 <dd>
1369 Create and return a new <code>urxvt::line</code> object that stores information
1370 about the logical line that row <code>$row_number</code> is part of. It supports the
1371 following methods:
1372 </dd>
1373 <dl>
1374 <dt><strong><a name="item_t">$text = $line-&gt;t ([$new_text])</a></strong><br />
1375 </dt>
1376 <dd>
1377 Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_t"><code>ROW_t</code></a>
1378 </dd>
1379 <p></p>
1380 <dt><strong><a name="item_r">$rend = $line-&gt;r ([$new_rend])</a></strong><br />
1381 </dt>
1382 <dd>
1383 Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line, similar to <a href="#item_row_r"><code>ROW_r</code></a>
1384 </dd>
1385 <p></p>
1386 <dt><strong><a name="item_l">$length = $line-&gt;l</a></strong><br />
1387 </dt>
1388 <dd>
1389 Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to <a href="#item_row_l"><code>ROW_l</code></a>.
1390 </dd>
1391 <p></p>
1392 <dt><strong><a name="item_beg">$rownum = $line-&gt;beg</a></strong><br />
1393 </dt>
1394 <dt><strong><a name="item_end">$rownum = $line-&gt;end</a></strong><br />
1395 </dt>
1396 <dd>
1397 Return the row number of the first/last row of the line, respectively.
1398 </dd>
1399 <p></p>
1400 <dt><strong><a name="item_offset_of">$offset = $line-&gt;offset_of ($row, $col)</a></strong><br />
1401 </dt>
1402 <dd>
1403 Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within the logical
1404 line. Works for rows outside the line, too, and returns corresponding
1405 offsets outside the string.
1406 </dd>
1407 <p></p>
1408 <dt><strong><a name="item_coord_of">($row, $col) = $line-&gt;coord_of ($offset)</a></strong><br />
1409 </dt>
1410 <dd>
1411 Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.
1412 </dd>
1413 <p></p></dl>
1414 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_encode">$text = $term-&gt;special_encode $string</a></strong><br />
1415 </dt>
1416 <dd>
1417 Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by rxvt-unicode,
1418 where one character corresponds to one screen cell. See
1419 <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.
1420 </dd>
1421 <p></p>
1422 <dt><strong><a name="item_special_decode">$string = $term-&gt;special_decode $text</a></strong><br />
1423 </dt>
1424 <dd>
1425 Converts rxvt-unicodes text reprsentation into a perl string. See
1426 <a href="#item_row_t"><code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code></a> for details.
1427 </dd>
1428 <p></p>
1429 <dt><strong><a name="item_grab_button">$success = $term-&gt;grab_button ($button, $modifiermask)</a></strong><br />
1430 </dt>
1431 <dd>
1432 Registers a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton manpage.
1433 </dd>
1434 <p></p>
1435 <dt><strong><a name="item_grab">$success = $term-&gt;grab ($eventtime[, $sync])</a></strong><br />
1436 </dt>
1437 <dd>
1438 Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
1439 synchronous (<code>$sync</code> is true). Also remembers the grab timestampe.
1440 </dd>
1441 <p></p>
1442 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_async">$term-&gt;allow_events_async</a></strong><br />
1443 </dt>
1444 <dd>
1445 Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.
1446 </dd>
1447 <p></p>
1448 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_sync">$term-&gt;allow_events_sync</a></strong><br />
1449 </dt>
1450 <dd>
1451 Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.
1452 </dd>
1453 <p></p>
1454 <dt><strong><a name="item_allow_events_replay">$term-&gt;allow_events_replay</a></strong><br />
1455 </dt>
1456 <dd>
1457 Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for the most
1458 recent grab.
1459 </dd>
1460 <p></p>
1461 <dt><strong><a name="item_ungrab">$term-&gt;ungrab</a></strong><br />
1462 </dt>
1463 <dd>
1464 Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
1465 evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error case as
1466 the session.
1467 </dd>
1468 <p></p>
1469 <dt><strong><a name="item_xinternatom">$atom = $term-&gt;XInternAtom ($atom_name[, $only_if_exists])</a></strong><br />
1470 </dt>
1471 <dt><strong><a name="item_xgetatomname">$atom_name = $term-&gt;XGetAtomName ($atom)</a></strong><br />
1472 </dt>
1473 <dt><strong><a name="item_xlistproperties">@atoms = $term-&gt;XListProperties ($window)</a></strong><br />
1474 </dt>
1475 <dt><strong><a name="item_xgetwindowproperty">($type,$format,$octets) = $term-&gt;XGetWindowProperty ($window, $property)</a></strong><br />
1476 </dt>
1477 <dt><strong><a name="item_xchangewindowproperty">$term-&gt;XChangeWindowProperty ($window, $property, $type, $format, $octets)</a></strong><br />
1478 </dt>
1479 <dt><strong><a name="item_xdeleteproperty">$term-&gt;XDeleteProperty ($window, $property)</a></strong><br />
1480 </dt>
1481 <dt><strong><a name="item_defaultrootwindow">$window = $term-&gt;DefaultRootWindow</a></strong><br />
1482 </dt>
1483 <dt><strong><a name="item_xreparentwindow">$term-&gt;XReparentWindow ($window, $parent, [$x, $y])</a></strong><br />
1484 </dt>
1485 <dt><strong><a name="item_xmapwindow">$term-&gt;XMapWindow ($window)</a></strong><br />
1486 </dt>
1487 <dt><strong><a name="item_xunmapwindow">$term-&gt;XUnmapWindow ($window)</a></strong><br />
1488 </dt>
1489 <dt><strong><a name="item_xmoveresizewindow">$term-&gt;XMoveResizeWindow ($window, $x, $y, $width, $height)</a></strong><br />
1490 </dt>
1491 <dt><strong><a name="item_xtranslatecoordinates">($x, $y, $child_window) = $term-&gt;XTranslateCoordinates ($src, $dst, $x, $y)</a></strong><br />
1492 </dt>
1493 <dt><strong><a name="item_xchangeinput">$term-&gt;XChangeInput ($window, $add_events[, $del_events])</a></strong><br />
1494 </dt>
1495 <dd>
1496 Various X or X-related functions. The <code>$term</code> object only serves as
1497 the source of the display, otherwise those functions map more-or-less
1498 directory onto the X functions of the same name.
1499 </dd>
1500 <p></p></dl>
1501 <p>
1502 </p>
1503 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__popup_class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></h2>
1504 <dl>
1505 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_title">$popup-&gt;add_title ($title)</a></strong><br />
1506 </dt>
1507 <dd>
1508 Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.
1509 </dd>
1510 <p></p>
1511 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_separator">$popup-&gt;add_separator ([$sepchr])</a></strong><br />
1512 </dt>
1513 <dd>
1514 Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as <code>$sepchr</code>.
1515 </dd>
1516 <p></p>
1517 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_button">$popup-&gt;add_button ($text, $cb)</a></strong><br />
1518 </dt>
1519 <dd>
1520 Adds a clickable button to the popup. <code>$cb</code> is called whenever it is
1521 selected.
1522 </dd>
1523 <p></p>
1524 <dt><strong><a name="item_add_toggle">$popup-&gt;add_toggle ($text, $cb, $initial_value)</a></strong><br />
1525 </dt>
1526 <dd>
1527 Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. Teh callback gets called
1528 whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its value as its first
1529 argument.
1530 </dd>
1531 <p></p>
1532 <dt><strong>$popup-&gt;show</strong><br />
1533 </dt>
1534 <dd>
1535 Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).
1536 </dd>
1537 <p></p></dl>
1538 <p>
1539 </p>
1540 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></h2>
1541 <p>This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
1542 fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:</p>
1543 <pre>
1544 $term-&gt;{overlay} = $term-&gt;overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
1545 $term-&gt;{timer} = urxvt::timer
1546 -&gt;new
1547 -&gt;interval (1)
1548 -&gt;cb (sub {
1549 $term-&gt;{overlay}-&gt;set (0, 0,
1550 sprintf &quot;%2d:%02d:%02d&quot;, (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
1551 });</pre>
1552 <dl>
1553 <dt><strong><a name="item__24timer__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3atimer">$timer = new urxvt::timer</a></strong><br />
1554 </dt>
1555 <dd>
1556 Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
1557 immediately.
1558 </dd>
1559 <p></p>
1560 <dt><strong><a name="item_cb">$timer = $timer-&gt;cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })</a></strong><br />
1561 </dt>
1562 <dd>
1563 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
1564 </dd>
1565 <p></p>
1566 <dt><strong><a name="item_at">$tstamp = $timer-&gt;at</a></strong><br />
1567 </dt>
1568 <dd>
1569 Return the time this watcher will fire next.
1570 </dd>
1571 <p></p>
1572 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;set ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1573 </dt>
1574 <dd>
1575 Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.
1576 </dd>
1577 <p></p>
1578 <dt><strong><a name="item_interval">$timer = $timer-&gt;interval ($interval)</a></strong><br />
1579 </dt>
1580 <dd>
1581 Normally (and when <code>$interval</code> is <code>0</code>), the timer will automatically
1582 stop after it has fired once. If <code>$interval</code> is non-zero, then the timer
1583 is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.
1584 </dd>
1585 <p></p>
1586 <dt><strong><a name="item_start">$timer = $timer-&gt;start</a></strong><br />
1587 </dt>
1588 <dd>
1589 Start the timer.
1590 </dd>
1591 <p></p>
1592 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;start ($tstamp)</strong><br />
1593 </dt>
1594 <dd>
1595 Set the event trigger time to <code>$tstamp</code> and start the timer.
1596 </dd>
1597 <p></p>
1598 <dt><strong><a name="item_after">$timer = $timer-&gt;after ($delay)</a></strong><br />
1599 </dt>
1600 <dd>
1601 Like <a href="#item_start"><code>start</code></a>, but sets the expiry timer to c&lt;urxvt::NOW + $delay&gt;.
1602 </dd>
1603 <p></p>
1604 <dt><strong><a name="item_stop">$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</a></strong><br />
1605 </dt>
1606 <dd>
1607 Stop the timer.
1608 </dd>
1609 <p></p></dl>
1610 <p>
1611 </p>
1612 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></h2>
1613 <p>This class implements io watchers/events. Example:</p>
1614 <pre>
1615 $term-&gt;{socket} = ...
1616 $term-&gt;{iow} = urxvt::iow
1617 -&gt;new
1618 -&gt;fd (fileno $term-&gt;{socket})
1619 -&gt;events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
1620 -&gt;start
1621 -&gt;cb (sub {
1622 my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
1623 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
1624 sysread $term-&gt;{socket}, my $buf, 8192
1625 or end-of-file;
1626 });</pre>
1627 <dl>
1628 <dt><strong><a name="item__24iow__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aiow">$iow = new urxvt::iow</a></strong><br />
1629 </dt>
1630 <dd>
1631 Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.
1632 </dd>
1633 <p></p>
1634 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })</strong><br />
1635 </dt>
1636 <dd>
1637 Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. <code>$reventmask</code>
1638 is a bitset as described in the <a href="#item_events"><code>events</code></a> method.
1639 </dd>
1640 <p></p>
1641 <dt><strong><a name="item_fd">$iow = $iow-&gt;fd ($fd)</a></strong><br />
1642 </dt>
1643 <dd>
1644 Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch.
1645 </dd>
1646 <p></p>
1647 <dt><strong><a name="item_events">$iow = $iow-&gt;events ($eventmask)</a></strong><br />
1648 </dt>
1649 <dd>
1650 Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
1651 <code>urxvt::EVENT_READ</code> and <code>urxvt::EVENT_WRITE</code>, which might be ORed
1652 together, or <code>urxvt::EVENT_NONE</code>.
1653 </dd>
1654 <p></p>
1655 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;start</strong><br />
1656 </dt>
1657 <dd>
1658 Start watching for requested events on the given handle.
1659 </dd>
1660 <p></p>
1661 <dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;stop</strong><br />
1662 </dt>
1663 <dd>
1664 Stop watching for events on the given filehandle.
1665 </dd>
1666 <p></p></dl>
1667 <p>
1668 </p>
1669 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__iw_class">The <code>urxvt::iw</code> Class</a></h2>
1670 <p>This class implements idle watchers, that get called automatically when
1671 the process is idle. They should return as fast as possible, after doing
1672 some useful work.</p>
1673 <dl>
1674 <dt><strong><a name="item__24iw__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aiw">$iw = new urxvt::iw</a></strong><br />
1675 </dt>
1676 <dd>
1677 Create a new idle watcher object in stopped state.
1678 </dd>
1679 <p></p>
1680 <dt><strong>$iw = $iw-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iw) = @_; ... })</strong><br />
1681 </dt>
1682 <dd>
1683 Set the callback to be called when the watcher triggers.
1684 </dd>
1685 <p></p>
1686 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;start</strong><br />
1687 </dt>
1688 <dd>
1689 Start the watcher.
1690 </dd>
1691 <p></p>
1692 <dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</strong><br />
1693 </dt>
1694 <dd>
1695 Stop the watcher.
1696 </dd>
1697 <p></p></dl>
1698 <p>
1699 </p>
1700 <h2><a name="the_urxvt__pw_class">The <code>urxvt::pw</code> Class</a></h2>
1701 <p>This class implements process watchers. They create an event whenever a
1702 process exits, after which they stop automatically.</p>
1703 <pre>
1704 my $pid = fork;
1705 ...
1706 $term-&gt;{pw} = urxvt::pw
1707 -&gt;new
1708 -&gt;start ($pid)
1709 -&gt;cb (sub {
1710 my ($pw, $exit_status) = @_;
1711 ...
1712 });</pre>
1713 <dl>
1714 <dt><strong><a name="item__24pw__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3apw">$pw = new urxvt::pw</a></strong><br />
1715 </dt>
1716 <dd>
1717 Create a new process watcher in stopped state.
1718 </dd>
1719 <p></p>
1720 <dt><strong>$pw = $pw-&gt;cb (sub { my ($pw, $exit_status) = @_; ... })</strong><br />
1721 </dt>
1722 <dd>
1723 Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.
1724 </dd>
1725 <p></p>
1726 <dt><strong>$pw = $timer-&gt;start ($pid)</strong><br />
1727 </dt>
1728 <dd>
1729 Tells the wqtcher to start watching for process <code>$pid</code>.
1730 </dd>
1731 <p></p>
1732 <dt><strong>$pw = $pw-&gt;stop</strong><br />
1733 </dt>
1734 <dd>
1735 Stop the watcher.
1736 </dd>
1737 <p></p></dl>
1738 <p>
1739 </p>
1740 <hr />
1741 <h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1>
1742 <p>
1743 </p>
1744 <h2><a name="urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></h2>
1745 <p>This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
1746 numbers indicate more verbose output.</p>
1747 <dl>
1748 <dt><strong><a name="item__3d_3d_0__2d_fatal_messages">== 0 - fatal messages</a></strong><br />
1749 </dt>
1750 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d_3__2d_script_loading_and_management">&gt;= 3 - script loading and management</a></strong><br />
1751 </dt>
1752 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d10__2d_all_called_hooks">&gt;=10 - all called hooks</a></strong><br />
1753 </dt>
1754 <dt><strong><a name="item__3e_3d11__2d_hook_reutrn_values">&gt;=11 - hook reutrn values</a></strong><br />
1755 </dt>
1756 </dl>
1757 <p>
1758 </p>
1759 <hr />
1760 <h1><a name="author">AUTHOR</a></h1>
1761 <pre>
1762 Marc Lehmann &lt;pcg@goof.com&gt;
1763 <a href="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode</a></pre>
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