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15 <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li> 17<ul><li><a href="#NAME">NAME</a></li>
16 <li><a href="#synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></li> 18<li><a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></li>
17 <li><a href="#description">DESCRIPTION</a></li> 19<li><a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></li>
18 <ul> 20<li><a href="#PREPACKAGED_EXTENSIONS">PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</a></li>
19 21<li><a href="#API_DOCUMENTATION">API DOCUMENTATION</a>
20 <li><a href="#general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></li> 22<ul><li><a href="#General_API_Considerations">General API Considerations</a></li>
23<li><a href="#Extension_Objects">Extension Objects</a></li>
21 <li><a href="#hooks">Hooks</a></li> 24<li><a href="#Hooks">Hooks</a></li>
25<li><a href="#Variables_in_the_code_urxvt_code_Pac">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
22 <li><a href="#functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li> 26<li><a href="#Functions_in_the_code_urxvt_code_Pac">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></li>
27<li><a href="#RENDITION">RENDITION</a></li>
28<li><a href="#The_code_urxvt_anyevent_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</a></li>
23 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></li> 29<li><a href="#The_code_urxvt_term_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></li>
30<li><a href="#The_code_urxvt_popup_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</a></li>
24 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></li> 31<li><a href="#The_code_urxvt_timer_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></li>
25 <li><a href="#the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></li> 32<li><a href="#The_code_urxvt_iow_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></li>
26 </ul> 33<li><a href="#The_code_urxvt_iw_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::iw</code> Class</a></li>
27 34<li><a href="#The_code_urxvt_pw_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::pw</code> Class</a></li>
28 <li><a href="#environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></li>
29 <ul>
30
31 <li><a href="#urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></li>
32 </ul>
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34 <li><a href="#author">AUTHOR</a></li>
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41<h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1>
42<p>rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter</p> 48<p>rxvtperl - rxvt-unicode's embedded perl interpreter</p>
43<p> 49
44</p> 50</div>
45<hr /> 51<h1 id="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
46<h1><a name="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> 52<div id="SYNOPSIS_CONTENT">
47<pre>
48 # create a file grab_test in $HOME:</pre> 53<pre> # create a file grab_test in $HOME:
49<pre> 54
50 sub on_sel_grab { 55 sub on_sel_grab {
51 warn &quot;you selected &quot;, $_[0]-&gt;selection; 56 warn &quot;you selected &quot;, $_[0]-&gt;selection;
52 () 57 ()
53 }</pre> 58 }
54<pre> 59
55 # start a rxvt using it:</pre> 60 # start a rxvt using it:
56<pre> 61
57 rxvt --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test</pre> 62 rxvt --perl-lib $HOME -pe grab_test
58<p> 63
59</p> 64</pre>
60<hr /> 65
61<h1><a name="description">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> 66</div>
67<h1 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
68<div id="DESCRIPTION_CONTENT">
62<p>Everytime a terminal object gets created, scripts specified via the 69<p>Every time a terminal object gets created, extension scripts specified via
63<code>perl</code> resource are loaded and associated with it.</p> 70the <code>perl</code> resource are loaded and associated with it.</p>
64<p>Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and 71<p>Scripts are compiled in a 'use strict' and 'use utf8' environment, and
65thus must be encoded as UTF-8.</p> 72thus must be encoded as UTF-8.</p>
66<p>Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where 73<p>Each script will only ever be loaded once, even in rxvtd, where
67scripts will be shared (But not enabled) for all terminals.</p> 74scripts will be shared (but not enabled) for all terminals.</p>
68<p> 75<p>You can disable the embedded perl interpreter by setting both &quot;perl-ext&quot;
76and &quot;perl-ext-common&quot; resources to the empty string.</p>
77
78</div>
79<h1 id="PREPACKAGED_EXTENSIONS">PREPACKAGED EXTENSIONS</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
80<div id="PREPACKAGED_EXTENSIONS_CONTENT">
81<p>This section describes the extensions delivered with this release. You can
82find them in <cite>/opt/rxvt/lib/urxvt/perl/</cite>.</p>
83<p>You can activate them like this:</p>
84<pre> rxvt -pe &lt;extensionname&gt;
85
69</p> 86</pre>
87<p>Or by adding them to the resource for extensions loaded by default:</p>
88<pre> URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,automove-background,selection-autotransform
89
90</pre>
91<dl>
92 <dt>selection (enabled by default)</dt>
93 <dd>
94 <p>(More) intelligent selection. This extension tries to be more intelligent
95when the user extends selections (double-click and further clicks). Right
96now, it tries to select words, urls and complete shell-quoted
97arguments, which is very convenient, too, if your <cite>ls</cite> supports
98<code>--quoting-style=shell</code>.</p>
99 <p>A double-click usually selects the word under the cursor, further clicks
100will enlarge the selection.</p>
101 <p>The selection works by trying to match a number of regexes and displaying
102them in increasing order of length. You can add your own regexes by
103specifying resources of the form:</p>
104<pre> URxvt.selection.pattern-0: perl-regex
105 URxvt.selection.pattern-1: perl-regex
106 ...
107
108</pre>
109 <p>The index number (0, 1...) must not have any holes, and each regex must
110contain at least one pair of capturing parentheses, which will be used for
111the match. For example, the following adds a regex that matches everything
112between two vertical bars:</p>
113<pre> URxvt.selection.pattern-0: \\|([^|]+)\\|
114
115</pre>
116 <p>Another example: Programs I use often output &quot;absolute path: &quot; at the
117beginning of a line when they process multiple files. The following
118pattern matches the filename (note, there is a single space at the very
119end):</p>
120<pre> URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ^(/[^:]+):\
121
122</pre>
123 <p>You can look at the source of the selection extension to see more
124interesting uses, such as parsing a line from beginning to end.</p>
125 <p>This extension also offers following bindable keyboard commands:</p>
126 <p>
127 <dl>
128 <dt>rot13</dt>
129 <dd>
130 <p>Rot-13 the selection when activated. Used via keyboard trigger:</p>
131<pre> URxvt.keysym.C-M-r: perl:selection:rot13
132
133</pre>
134 </dd>
135 </dl>
136 </p>
137 </dd>
138 <dt>option-popup (enabled by default)</dt>
139 <dd>
140 <p>Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button2 that lets you toggle (some) options at
141runtime.</p>
142 <p>Other extensions can extend this popup menu by pushing a code reference
143onto <code>@{ $term-</code>{option_popup_hook} }&gt;, which gets called whenever the
144popup is being displayed.</p>
145 <p>It's sole argument is the popup menu, which can be modified. It should
146either return nothing or a string, the initial boolean value and a code
147reference. The string will be used as button text and the code reference
148will be called when the toggle changes, with the new boolean value as
149first argument.</p>
150 <p>The following will add an entry <code>myoption</code> that changes
151<code>$self-</code>{myoption}&gt;:</p>
152<pre> push @{ $self-&gt;{term}{option_popup_hook} }, sub {
153 (&quot;my option&quot; =&gt; $myoption, sub { $self-&gt;{myoption} = $_[0] })
154 };
155
156</pre>
157 </dd>
158 <dt>selection-popup (enabled by default)</dt>
159 <dd>
160 <p>Binds a popup menu to Ctrl-Button3 that lets you convert the selection
161text into various other formats/action (such as uri unescaping, perl
162evaluation, web-browser starting etc.), depending on content.</p>
163 <p>Other extensions can extend this popup menu by pushing a code reference
164onto <code>@{ $term-</code>{selection_popup_hook} }&gt;, which gets called whenever the
165popup is being displayed.</p>
166 <p>It's sole argument is the popup menu, which can be modified. The selection
167is in <code>$_</code>, which can be used to decide whether to add something or not.
168It should either return nothing or a string and a code reference. The
169string will be used as button text and the code reference will be called
170when the button gets activated and should transform <code>$_</code>.</p>
171 <p>The following will add an entry <code>a to b</code> that transforms all <code>a</code>s in
172the selection to <code>b</code>s, but only if the selection currently contains any
173<code>a</code>s:</p>
174<pre> push @{ $self-&gt;{term}{selection_popup_hook} }, sub {
175 /a/ ? (&quot;a to be&quot; =&gt; sub { s/a/b/g }
176 : ()
177 };
178
179</pre>
180 </dd>
181 <dt>searchable-scrollback&lt;hotkey&gt; (enabled by default)</dt>
182 <dd>
183 <p>Adds regex search functionality to the scrollback buffer, triggered
184by a hotkey (default: <code>M-s</code>). While in search mode, normal terminal
185input/output is suspended and a regex is displayed at the bottom of the
186screen.</p>
187 <p>Inputting characters appends them to the regex and continues incremental
188search. <code>BackSpace</code> removes a character from the regex, <code>Up</code> and <code>Down</code>
189search upwards/downwards in the scrollback buffer, <code>End</code> jumps to the
190bottom. <code>Escape</code> leaves search mode and returns to the point where search
191was started, while <code>Enter</code> or <code>Return</code> stay at the current position and
192additionally stores the first match in the current line into the primary
193selection.</p>
194 <p>The regex defaults to &quot;(?i)&quot;, resulting in a case-insensitive search. To
195get a case-sensitive search you can delete this prefix using <code>BackSpace</code>
196or simply use an uppercase character which removes the &quot;(?i)&quot; prefix.</p>
197 <p>See <cite>perlre</cite> for more info about perl regular expression syntax.</p>
198 </dd>
199 <dt>readline (enabled by default)</dt>
200 <dd>
201 <p>A support package that tries to make editing with readline easier. At
202the moment, it reacts to clicking shift-left mouse button by trying to
203move the text cursor to this position. It does so by generating as many
204cursor-left or cursor-right keypresses as required (the this only works
205for programs that correctly support wide characters).</p>
206 <p>To avoid too many false positives, this is only done when:</p>
207 <p>
208 <dl>
209 <dt>- the tty is in ICANON state.</dt>
210 <dt>- the text cursor is visible.</dt>
211 <dt>- the primary screen is currently being displayed.</dt>
212 <dt>- the mouse is on the same (multi-row-) line as the text cursor.</dt>
213 </dl>
214 </p>
215 <p>The normal selection mechanism isn't disabled, so quick successive clicks
216might interfere with selection creation in harmless ways.</p>
217 </dd>
218 <dt>selection-autotransform</dt>
219 <dd>
220 <p>This selection allows you to do automatic transforms on a selection
221whenever a selection is made.</p>
222 <p>It works by specifying perl snippets (most useful is a single <code>s///</code>
223operator) that modify <code>$_</code> as resources:</p>
224<pre> URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: transform
225 URxvt.selection-autotransform.1: transform
226 ...
227
228</pre>
229 <p>For example, the following will transform selections of the form
230<code>filename:number</code>, often seen in compiler messages, into <code>vi +$filename
231$word</code>:</p>
232<pre> URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+):(\\d+):?$/vi +$2 \\Q$1\\E\\x0d/
233
234</pre>
235 <p>And this example matches the same,but replaces it with vi-commands you can
236paste directly into your (vi :) editor:</p>
237<pre> URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^([^:[:space:]]+(\\d+):?$/:e \\Q$1\\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
238
239</pre>
240 <p>Of course, this can be modified to suit your needs and your editor :)</p>
241 <p>To expand the example above to typical perl error messages (&quot;XXX at
242FILENAME line YYY.&quot;), you need a slightly more elaborate solution:</p>
243<pre> URxvt.selection.pattern-0: ( at .*? line \\d+[,.])
244 URxvt.selection-autotransform.0: s/^ at (.*?) line (\\d+)[,.]$/:e \\Q$1\E\\x0d:$2\\x0d/
245
246</pre>
247 <p>The first line tells the selection code to treat the unchanging part of
248every error message as a selection pattern, and the second line transforms
249the message into vi commands to load the file.</p>
250 </dd>
251 <dt>tabbed</dt>
252 <dd>
253 <p>This transforms the terminal into a tabbar with additional terminals, that
254is, it implements what is commonly referred to as &quot;tabbed terminal&quot;. The topmost line
255displays a &quot;[NEW]&quot; button, which, when clicked, will add a new tab, followed by one
256button per tab.</p>
257 <p>Clicking a button will activate that tab. Pressing <strong>Shift-Left</strong> and
258<strong>Shift-Right</strong> will switch to the tab left or right of the current one,
259while <strong>Shift-Down</strong> creates a new tab.</p>
260 <p>The tabbar itself can be configured similarly to a normal terminal, but
261with a resource class of <code>URxvt.tabbed</code>. In addition, it supports the
262following four resources (shown with defaults):</p>
263<pre> URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-fg: &lt;colour-index, default 3&gt;
264 URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-bg: &lt;colour-index, default 0&gt;
265 URxvt.tabbed.tab-fg: &lt;colour-index, default 0&gt;
266 URxvt.tabbed.tab-bg: &lt;colour-index, default 1&gt;
267
268</pre>
269 <p>See <i>COLOR AND GRAPHICS</i> in the rxvt(1) manpage for valid
270indices.</p>
271 </dd>
272 <dt>matcher</dt>
273 <dd>
274 <p>Uses per-line display filtering (<code>on_line_update</code>) to underline text
275matching a certain pattern and make it clickable. When clicked with the
276mouse button specified in the <code>matcher.button</code> resource (default 2, or
277middle), the program specified in the <code>matcher.launcher</code> resource
278(default, the <code>urlLauncher</code> resource, <code>sensible-browser</code>) will be started
279with the matched text as first argument. The default configuration is
280suitable for matching URLs and launching a web browser, like the
281former &quot;mark-urls&quot; extension.</p>
282 <p>The default pattern to match URLs can be overridden with the
283<code>matcher.pattern.0</code> resource, and additional patterns can be specified
284with numbered patterns, in a manner similar to the &quot;selection&quot; extension.
285The launcher can also be overridden on a per-pattern basis.</p>
286 <p>It is possible to activate the most recently seen match from the keyboard.
287Simply bind a keysym to &quot;perl:matcher&quot; as seen in the example below.</p>
288 <p>Example configuration:</p>
289<pre> URxvt.perl-ext: default,matcher
290 URxvt.urlLauncher: sensible-browser
291 URxvt.keysym.C-Delete: perl:matcher
292 URxvt.matcher.button: 1
293 URxvt.matcher.pattern.1: \\bwww\\.[\\w-]+\\.[\\w./?&amp;@#-]*[\\w/-]
294 URxvt.matcher.pattern.2: \\B(/\\S+?):(\\d+)(?=:|$)
295 URxvt.matcher.launcher.2: gvim +$2 $1
296
297</pre>
298 </dd>
299 <dt>xim-onthespot</dt>
300 <dd>
301 <p>This (experimental) perl extension implements OnTheSpot editing. It does
302not work perfectly, and some input methods don't seem to work well with
303OnTheSpot editing in general, but it seems to work at leats for SCIM and
304kinput2.</p>
305 <p>You enable it by specifying this extension and a preedit style of
306<code>OnTheSpot</code>, i.e.:</p>
307<pre> rxvt -pt OnTheSpot -pe xim-onthespot
308
309</pre>
310 </dd>
311 <dt>kuake&lt;hotkey&gt;</dt>
312 <dd>
313 <p>A very primitive quake-console-like extension. It was inspired by a
314description of how the programs <code>kuake</code> and <code>yakuake</code> work: Whenever the
315user presses a global accelerator key (by default <code>F10</code>), the terminal
316will show or hide itself. Another press of the accelerator key will hide
317or show it again.</p>
318 <p>Initially, the window will not be shown when using this extension.</p>
319 <p>This is useful if you need a single terminal thats not using any desktop
320space most of the time but is quickly available at the press of a key.</p>
321 <p>The accelerator key is grabbed regardless of any modifiers, so this
322extension will actually grab a physical key just for this function.</p>
323 <p>If you want a quake-like animation, tell your window manager to do so
324(fvwm can do it).</p>
325 </dd>
326 <dt>automove-background</dt>
327 <dd>
328 <p>This is basically a very small extension that dynamically changes the
329background pixmap offset to the window position, in effect creating the
330same effect as pseudo transparency with a custom pixmap. No scaling is
331supported in this mode. Example:</p>
332<pre> rxvt -pixmap background.xpm -pe automove-background
333
334</pre>
335 <p><a href="http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Perl_Background_Rotation/Extensions">http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Perl_Background_Rotation/Extensions</a>
336shows how this extension can be used to implement an automatically blurred
337transparent background.</p>
338 </dd>
339 <dt>block-graphics-to-ascii</dt>
340 <dd>
341 <p>A not very useful example of filtering all text output to the terminal
342by replacing all line-drawing characters (U+2500 .. U+259F) by a
343similar-looking ascii character.</p>
344 </dd>
345 <dt>digital-clock</dt>
346 <dd>
347 <p>Displays a digital clock using the built-in overlay.</p>
348 </dd>
349 <dt>remote-clipboard</dt>
350 <dd>
351 <p>Somewhat of a misnomer, this extension adds two menu entries to the
352selection popup that allows one ti run external commands to store the
353selection somewhere and fetch it again.</p>
354 <p>We use it to implement a &quot;distributed selection mechanism&quot;, which just
355means that one command uploads the file to a remote server, and another
356reads it.</p>
357 <p>The commands can be set using the <code>URxvt.remote-selection.store</code> and
358<code>URxvt.remote-selection.fetch</code> resources. The first should read the
359selection to store from STDIN (always in UTF-8), the second should provide
360the selection data on STDOUT (also in UTF-8).</p>
361 <p>The defaults (which are likely useless to you) use rsh and cat:</p>
362<pre> URxvt.remote-selection.store: rsh ruth 'cat &gt;/tmp/distributed-selection'
363 URxvt.remote-selection.fetch: rsh ruth 'cat /tmp/distributed-selection'
364
365</pre>
366 </dd>
367 <dt>selection-pastebin</dt>
368 <dd>
369 <p>This is a little rarely useful extension that Uploads the selection as
370textfile to a remote site (or does other things). (The implementation is
371not currently secure for use in a multiuser environment as it writes to
372<cite>/tmp</cite> directly.).</p>
373 <p>It listens to the <code>selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin</code> keyboard command,
374i.e.</p>
375<pre> URxvt.keysym.C-M-e: perl:selection-pastebin:remote-pastebin
376
377</pre>
378 <p>Pressing this combination runs a command with <code>%</code> replaced by the name of
379the textfile. This command can be set via a resource:</p>
380<pre> URxvt.selection-pastebin.cmd: rsync -apP % ruth:/var/www/www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/.
381
382</pre>
383 <p>And the default is likely not useful to anybody but the few people around
384here :)</p>
385 <p>The name of the textfile is the hex encoded md5 sum of the selection, so
386the same content should lead to the same filename.</p>
387 <p>After a successful upload the selection will be replaced by the text given
388in the <code>selection-pastebin-url</code> resource (again, the % is the placeholder
389for the filename):</p>
390<pre> URxvt.selection-pastebin.url: http://www.ta-sa.org/files/txt/%
391
392</pre>
393 <p><i>Note to xrdb users:</i> xrdb uses the C preprocessor, which might interpret
394the double <code>/</code> characters as comment start. Use <code>\057\057</code> instead,
395which works regardless of wether xrdb is used to parse the resource file
396or not.</p>
397 </dd>
398 <dt>example-refresh-hooks</dt>
399 <dd>
400 <p>Displays a very simple digital clock in the upper right corner of the
401window. Illustrates overwriting the refresh callbacks to create your own
402overlays or changes.</p>
403 </dd>
404</dl>
405
406</div>
407<h1 id="API_DOCUMENTATION">API DOCUMENTATION</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
408<div id="API_DOCUMENTATION_CONTENT">
409
410</div>
70<h2><a name="general_api_considerations">General API Considerations</a></h2> 411<h2 id="General_API_Considerations">General API Considerations</h2>
412<div id="General_API_Considerations_CONTENT">
71<p>All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical 413<p>All objects (such as terminals, time watchers etc.) are typical
72reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you 414reference-to-hash objects. The hash can be used to store anything you
73like. All members starting with an underscore (such as <code>_ptr</code> or 415like. All members starting with an underscore (such as <code>_ptr</code> or
74<code>_hook</code>) are reserved for internal uses and must not be accessed or 416<code>_hook</code>) are reserved for internal uses and <strong>MUST NOT</strong> be accessed or
75modified).</p> 417modified).</p>
76<p>When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are 418<p>When objects are destroyed on the C++ side, the perl object hashes are
77emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and 419emptied, so its best to store related objects such as time watchers and
78the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the 420the like inside the terminal object so they get destroyed as soon as the
79terminal is destroyed.</p> 421terminal is destroyed.</p>
80<p> 422<p>Argument names also often indicate the type of a parameter. Here are some
81</p> 423hints on what they mean:</p>
82<h2><a name="hooks">Hooks</a></h2>
83<p>The following subroutines can be declared in loaded scripts, and will be called
84whenever the relevant event happens.</p>
85<p>All of them must return a boolean value. If it is true, then the event
86counts as being <em>consumed</em>, and the invocation of other hooks is skipped,
87and the relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.</p>
88<p>When in doubt, return a false value (preferably <code>()</code>).</p>
89<dl> 424<dl>
90<dt><strong><a name="item_on_init__24term">on_init $term</a></strong><br /> 425 <dt>$text</dt>
91</dt>
92<dd> 426 <dd>
427 <p>Rxvt-unicodes special way of encoding text, where one &quot;unicode&quot; character
428always represents one screen cell. See <cite>ROW_t</cite> for a discussion of this format.</p>
429 </dd>
430 <dt>$string</dt>
431 <dd>
432 <p>A perl text string, with an emphasis on <i>text</i>. It can store all unicode
433characters and is to be distinguished with text encoded in a specific
434encoding (often locale-specific) and binary data.</p>
435 </dd>
436 <dt>$octets</dt>
437 <dd>
438 <p>Either binary data or - more common - a text string encoded in a
439locale-specific way.</p>
440 </dd>
441</dl>
442
443</div>
444<h2 id="Extension_Objects">Extension Objects</h2>
445<div id="Extension_Objects_CONTENT">
446<p>Every perl extension is a perl class. A separate perl object is created
447for each terminal, and each terminal has its own set of extenion objects,
448which are passed as the first parameter to hooks. So extensions can use
449their <code>$self</code> object without having to think about clashes with other
450extensions or other terminals, with the exception of methods and members
451that begin with an underscore character <code>_</code>: these are reserved for
452internal use.</p>
453<p>Although it isn't a <code>urxvt::term</code> object, you can call all methods of the
454<code>urxvt::term</code> class on this object.</p>
455<p>It has the following methods and data members:</p>
456<dl>
457 <dt>$urxvt_term = $self-&gt;{term}</dt>
458 <dd>
459 <p>Returns the <code>urxvt::term</code> object associated with this instance of the
460extension. This member <i>must not</i> be changed in any way.</p>
461 </dd>
462 <dt>$self-&gt;enable ($hook_name =&gt; $cb, [$hook_name =&gt; $cb..])</dt>
463 <dd>
464 <p>Dynamically enable the given hooks (named without the <code>on_</code> prefix) for
465this extension, replacing any previous hook. This is useful when you want
466to overwrite time-critical hooks only temporarily.</p>
467 </dd>
468 <dt>$self-&gt;disable ($hook_name[, $hook_name..])</dt>
469 <dd>
470 <p>Dynamically disable the given hooks.</p>
471 </dd>
472</dl>
473
474</div>
475<h2 id="Hooks">Hooks</h2>
476<div id="Hooks_CONTENT">
477<p>The following subroutines can be declared in extension files, and will be
478called whenever the relevant event happens.</p>
479<p>The first argument passed to them is an extension object as described in
480the in the <code>Extension Objects</code> section.</p>
481<p><strong>All</strong> of these hooks must return a boolean value. If any of the called
482hooks returns true, then the event counts as being <i>consumed</i>, and the
483relevant action might not be carried out by the C++ code.</p>
484<p><i>When in doubt, return a false value (preferably <code>()</code>).</i></p>
485<dl>
486 <dt>on_init $term</dt>
487 <dd>
93Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before 488 <p>Called after a new terminal object has been initialized, but before
94windows are created or the command gets run. 489windows are created or the command gets run. Most methods are unsafe to
490call or deliver senseless data, as terminal size and other characteristics
491have not yet been determined. You can safely query and change resources
492and options, though. For many purposes the <code>on_start</code> hook is a better
493place.</p>
95</dd> 494 </dd>
96<p></p> 495 <dt>on_start $term</dt>
97<dt><strong><a name="item_on_reset__24term">on_reset $term</a></strong><br />
98</dt>
99<dd> 496 <dd>
497 <p>Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just before
498trying to map (display) the toplevel and returning to the main loop.</p>
499 </dd>
500 <dt>on_destroy $term</dt>
501 <dd>
502 <p>Called whenever something tries to destroy terminal, when the terminal is
503still fully functional (not for long, though).</p>
504 </dd>
505 <dt>on_reset $term</dt>
506 <dd>
100Called after the screen is ``reset'' for any reason, such as resizing or 507 <p>Called after the screen is &quot;reset&quot; for any reason, such as resizing or
101control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to size-related 508control sequences. Here is where you can react on changes to size-related
102variables. 509variables.</p>
103</dd> 510 </dd>
104<p></p> 511 <dt>on_child_start $term, $pid</dt>
105<dt><strong><a name="item_on_start__24term">on_start $term</a></strong><br />
106</dt>
107<dd> 512 <dd>
108Called at the very end of initialisation of a new terminal, just before 513 <p>Called just after the child process has been <code>fork</code>ed.</p>
109returning to the mainloop.
110</dd> 514 </dd>
111<p></p> 515 <dt>on_child_exit $term, $status</dt>
112<dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_make__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_make $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
113</dt>
114<dd> 516 <dd>
517 <p>Called just after the child process has exited. <code>$status</code> is the status
518from <code>waitpid</code>.</p>
519 </dd>
520 <dt>on_sel_make $term, $eventtime</dt>
521 <dd>
115Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before the 522 <p>Called whenever a selection has been made by the user, but before the
116selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or type of the 523selection text is copied, so changes to the beginning, end or type of the
117selection will be honored. 524selection will be honored.</p>
118</dd>
119<dd>
120<p>Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which case you 525 <p>Returning a true value aborts selection making by urxvt, in which case you
121have to make a selection yourself by calling <a href="#item_selection_grab"><code>$term-&gt;selection_grab</code></a>.</p> 526have to make a selection yourself by calling <code>$term-&gt;selection_grab</code>.</p>
122</dd> 527 </dd>
123<p></p> 528 <dt>on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime</dt>
124<dt><strong><a name="item_on_sel_grab__24term_2c__24eventtime">on_sel_grab $term, $eventtime</a></strong><br />
125</dt>
126<dd> 529 <dd>
127Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the selection is 530 <p>Called whenever a selection has been copied, but before the selection is
128requested from the server. The selection text can be queried and changed 531requested from the server. The selection text can be queried and changed
129by calling <a href="#item_selection"><code>$term-&gt;selection</code></a>. 532by calling <code>$term-&gt;selection</code>.</p>
130</dd>
131<dd>
132<p>Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be hilighted.</p> 533 <p>Returning a true value aborts selection grabbing. It will still be highlighted.</p>
133</dd> 534 </dd>
134<p></p> 535 <dt>on_sel_extend $term</dt>
135<dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_in__24term">on_focus_in $term</a></strong><br />
136</dt>
137<dd> 536 <dd>
138Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before urxvt does 537 <p>Called whenever the user tries to extend the selection (e.g. with a double
139focus in processing. 538click) and is either supposed to return false (normal operation), or
539should extend the selection itself and return true to suppress the built-in
540processing. This can happen multiple times, as long as the callback
541returns true, it will be called on every further click by the user and is
542supposed to enlarge the selection more and more, if possible.</p>
543 <p>See the <cite>selection</cite> example extension.</p>
140</dd> 544 </dd>
141<p></p> 545 <dt>on_view_change $term, $offset</dt>
142<dt><strong><a name="item_on_focus_out__24term">on_focus_out $term</a></strong><br />
143</dt>
144<dd> 546 <dd>
145Called wheneever the window loses keyboard focus, before urxvt does focus
146out processing.
147</dd>
148<p></p>
149<dt><strong><a name="item_on_view_change__24term_2c__24offset">on_view_change $term, $offset</a></strong><br />
150</dt>
151<dd>
152Called whenever the view offset changes, i..e the user or program 547 <p>Called whenever the view offset changes, i.e. the user or program
153scrolls. Offset <code>0</code> means display the normal terminal, positive values 548scrolls. Offset <code>0</code> means display the normal terminal, positive values
154show this many lines of scrollback. 549show this many lines of scrollback.</p>
155</dd> 550 </dd>
156<p></p> 551 <dt>on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved</dt>
157<dt><strong><a name="item_on_scroll_back__24term_2c__24lines_2c__24saved">on_scroll_back $term, $lines, $saved</a></strong><br />
158</dt>
159<dd> 552 <dd>
160Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the scrollback 553 <p>Called whenever lines scroll out of the terminal area into the scrollback
161buffer. <code>$lines</code> is the number of lines scrolled out and may be larger 554buffer. <code>$lines</code> is the number of lines scrolled out and may be larger
162than the scroll back buffer or the terminal. 555than the scroll back buffer or the terminal.</p>
163</dd>
164<dd>
165<p>It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines - 1, 556 <p>It is called before lines are scrolled out (so rows 0 .. min ($lines - 1,
166$nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). <code>$saved</code> is the total 557$nrow - 1) represent the lines to be scrolled out). <code>$saved</code> is the total
167number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.</p> 558number of lines that will be in the scrollback buffer.</p>
168</dd> 559 </dd>
169<p></p> 560 <dt>on_osc_seq $term, $op, $args</dt>
170<dt><strong><a name="item_on_tty_activity__24term__2anyi_2a">on_tty_activity $term *NYI*</a></strong><br />
171</dt>
172<dd> 561 <dd>
173Called whenever the <code>program(s)</code> running in the urxvt window send output. 562 <p>Called on every OSC sequence and can be used to suppress it or modify its
563behaviour. The default should be to return an empty list. A true value
564suppresses execution of the request completely. Make sure you don't get
565confused by recursive invocations when you output an osc sequence within
566this callback.</p>
567 <p><code>on_osc_seq_perl</code> should be used for new behaviour.</p>
174</dd> 568 </dd>
175<p></p> 569 <dt>on_osc_seq_perl $term, $string</dt>
176<dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_begin__24term">on_refresh_begin $term</a></strong><br />
177</dt>
178<dd> 570 <dd>
571 <p>Called whenever the <strong>ESC ] 777 ; string ST</strong> command sequence (OSC =
572operating system command) is processed. Cursor position and other state
573information is up-to-date when this happens. For interoperability, the
574string should start with the extension name and a colon, to distinguish
575it from commands for other extensions, and this might be enforced in the
576future.</p>
577 <p>Be careful not ever to trust (in a security sense) the data you receive,
578as its source can not easily be controlled (e-mail content, messages from
579other users on the same system etc.).</p>
580 </dd>
581 <dt>on_add_lines $term, $string</dt>
582 <dd>
583 <p>Called whenever text is about to be output, with the text as argument. You
584can filter/change and output the text yourself by returning a true value
585and calling <code>$term-&gt;scr_add_lines</code> yourself. Please note that this
586might be very slow, however, as your hook is called for <strong>all</strong> text being
587output.</p>
588 </dd>
589 <dt>on_tt_write $term, $octets</dt>
590 <dd>
591 <p>Called whenever some data is written to the tty/pty and can be used to
592suppress or filter tty input.</p>
593 </dd>
594 <dt>on_line_update $term, $row</dt>
595 <dd>
596 <p>Called whenever a line was updated or changed. Can be used to filter
597screen output (e.g. underline urls or other useless stuff). Only lines
598that are being shown will be filtered, and, due to performance reasons,
599not always immediately.</p>
600 <p>The row number is always the topmost row of the line if the line spans
601multiple rows.</p>
602 <p>Please note that, if you change the line, then the hook might get called
603later with the already-modified line (e.g. if unrelated parts change), so
604you cannot just toggle rendition bits, but only set them.</p>
605 </dd>
606 <dt>on_refresh_begin $term</dt>
607 <dd>
179Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay 608 <p>Called just before the screen gets redrawn. Can be used for overlay
180or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and 609or similar effects by modify terminal contents in refresh_begin, and
181restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection display 610restoring them in refresh_end. The built-in overlay and selection display
182code is run after this hook, and takes precedence. 611code is run after this hook, and takes precedence.</p>
183</dd> 612 </dd>
184<p></p> 613 <dt>on_refresh_end $term</dt>
185<dt><strong><a name="item_on_refresh_end__24term">on_refresh_end $term</a></strong><br />
186</dt>
187<dd> 614 <dd>
188Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See <code>on_refresh_begin</code>. 615 <p>Called just after the screen gets redrawn. See <code>on_refresh_begin</code>.</p>
189</dd> 616 </dd>
190<p></p> 617 <dt>on_user_command $term, $string</dt>
191<dt><strong><a name="item_on_keyboard_command__24term_2c__24string">on_keyboard_command $term, $string</a></strong><br />
192</dt>
193<dd> 618 <dd>
194Called whenever the user presses a key combination that has a 619 <p>Called whenever a user-configured event is being activated (e.g. via
195<code>perl:string</code> action bound to it (see description of the <strong>keysym</strong> 620a <code>perl:string</code> action bound to a key, see description of the <strong>keysym</strong>
196resource in the <code>rxvt(1)</code> manpage). 621resource in the rxvt(1) manpage).</p>
622 <p>The event is simply the action string. This interface is assumed to change
623slightly in the future.</p>
197</dd> 624 </dd>
198<p></p></dl> 625 <dt>on_resize_all_windows $tern, $new_width, $new_height</dt>
199<p> 626 <dd>
200</p> 627 <p>Called just after the new window size has been calculated, but before
201<h2><a name="functions_in_the_urxvt_package">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</a></h2> 628windows are actually being resized or hints are being set. If this hook
629returns TRUE, setting of the window hints is being skipped.</p>
630 </dd>
631 <dt>on_x_event $term, $event</dt>
632 <dd>
633 <p>Called on every X event received on the vt window (and possibly other
634windows). Should only be used as a last resort. Most event structure
635members are not passed.</p>
636 </dd>
637 <dt>on_root_event $term, $event</dt>
638 <dd>
639 <p>Like <code>on_x_event</code>, but is called for events on the root window.</p>
640 </dd>
641 <dt>on_focus_in $term</dt>
642 <dd>
643 <p>Called whenever the window gets the keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode
644does focus in processing.</p>
645 </dd>
646 <dt>on_focus_out $term</dt>
647 <dd>
648 <p>Called whenever the window loses keyboard focus, before rxvt-unicode does
649focus out processing.</p>
650 </dd>
651 <dt>on_configure_notify $term, $event</dt>
652 <dt>on_property_notify $term, $event</dt>
653 <dt>on_key_press $term, $event, $keysym, $octets</dt>
654 <dt>on_key_release $term, $event, $keysym</dt>
655 <dt>on_button_press $term, $event</dt>
656 <dt>on_button_release $term, $event</dt>
657 <dt>on_motion_notify $term, $event</dt>
658 <dt>on_map_notify $term, $event</dt>
659 <dt>on_unmap_notify $term, $event</dt>
660 <dd>
661 <p>Called whenever the corresponding X event is received for the terminal If
662the hook returns true, then the even will be ignored by rxvt-unicode.</p>
663 <p>The event is a hash with most values as named by Xlib (see the XEvent
664manpage), with the additional members <code>row</code> and <code>col</code>, which are the
665(real, not screen-based) row and column under the mouse cursor.</p>
666 <p><code>on_key_press</code> additionally receives the string rxvt-unicode would
667output, if any, in locale-specific encoding.</p>
668 <p>subwindow.</p>
669 </dd>
670 <dt>on_client_message $term, $event</dt>
671 <dt>on_wm_protocols $term, $event</dt>
672 <dt>on_wm_delete_window $term, $event</dt>
673 <dd>
674 <p>Called when various types of ClientMessage events are received (all with
675format=32, WM_PROTOCOLS or WM_PROTOCOLS:WM_DELETE_WINDOW).</p>
676 </dd>
677</dl>
678
679</div>
680<h2 id="Variables_in_the_code_urxvt_code_Pac">Variables in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</h2>
681<div id="Variables_in_the_code_urxvt_code_Pac-2">
202<dl> 682<dl>
203<dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3afatal__24errormessage">urxvt::fatal $errormessage</a></strong><br /> 683 <dt>$urxvt::LIBDIR</dt>
204</dt>
205<dd> 684 <dd>
685 <p>The rxvt-unicode library directory, where, among other things, the perl
686modules and scripts are stored.</p>
687 </dd>
688 <dt>$urxvt::RESCLASS, $urxvt::RESCLASS</dt>
689 <dd>
690 <p>The resource class and name rxvt-unicode uses to look up X resources.</p>
691 </dd>
692 <dt>$urxvt::RXVTNAME</dt>
693 <dd>
694 <p>The basename of the installed binaries, usually <code>urxvt</code>.</p>
695 </dd>
696 <dt>$urxvt::TERM</dt>
697 <dd>
698 <p>The current terminal. This variable stores the current <code>urxvt::term</code>
699object, whenever a callback/hook is executing.</p>
700 </dd>
701 <dt>@urxvt::TERM_INIT</dt>
702 <dd>
703 <p>All code references in this array will be called as methods of the next newly
704created <code>urxvt::term</code> object (during the <code>on_init</code> phase). The array
705gets cleared before the code references that were in it are being executed,
706so references can push themselves onto it again if they so desire.</p>
707 <p>This complements to the perl-eval command line option, but gets executed
708first.</p>
709 </dd>
710 <dt>@urxvt::TERM_EXT</dt>
711 <dd>
712 <p>Works similar to <code>@TERM_INIT</code>, but contains perl package/class names, which
713get registered as normal extensions after calling the hooks in <code>@TERM_INIT</code>
714but before other extensions. Gets cleared just like <code>@TERM_INIT</code>.</p>
715 </dd>
716</dl>
717
718</div>
719<h2 id="Functions_in_the_code_urxvt_code_Pac">Functions in the <code>urxvt</code> Package</h2>
720<div id="Functions_in_the_code_urxvt_code_Pac-2">
721<dl>
722 <dt>urxvt::fatal $errormessage</dt>
723 <dd>
206Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all 724 <p>Fatally aborts execution with the given error message. Avoid at all
207costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process 725costs! The only time this is acceptable is when the terminal process
208starts up. 726starts up.</p>
209</dd> 727 </dd>
210<p></p> 728 <dt>urxvt::warn $string</dt>
211<dt><strong><a name="item_urxvt_3a_3awarn__24string">urxvt::warn $string</a></strong><br />
212</dt>
213<dd> 729 <dd>
214Calls <code>rxvt_warn</code> with the given string which should not include a 730 <p>Calls <code>rxvt_warn</code> with the given string which should not include a
215newline. The module also overwrites the <code>warn</code> builtin with a function 731newline. The module also overwrites the <code>warn</code> builtin with a function
216that calls this function. 732that calls this function.</p>
217</dd>
218<dd>
219<p>Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the 733 <p>Using this function has the advantage that its output ends up in the
220correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.</p> 734correct place, e.g. on stderr of the connecting urxvtc client.</p>
735 <p>Messages have a size limit of 1023 bytes currently.</p>
221</dd> 736 </dd>
222<p></p> 737 <dt>@terms = urxvt::termlist</dt>
223<dt><strong><a name="item__24time__3d_urxvt_3a_3anow">$time = urxvt::NOW</a></strong><br />
224</dt>
225<dd> 738 <dd>
226Returns the ``current time'' (as per the event loop). 739 <p>Returns all urxvt::term objects that exist in this process, regardless of
740whether they are started, being destroyed etc., so be careful. Only term
741objects that have perl extensions attached will be returned (because there
742is no urxvt::term objet associated with others).</p>
227</dd> 743 </dd>
228<p></p></dl> 744 <dt>$time = urxvt::NOW</dt>
229<p> 745 <dd>
230</p> 746 <p>Returns the &quot;current time&quot; (as per the event loop).</p>
231<h2><a name="the_urxvt__term_class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</a></h2> 747 </dd>
748 <dt>urxvt::CurrentTime</dt>
749 <dt>urxvt::ShiftMask, LockMask, ControlMask, Mod1Mask, Mod2Mask,
750Mod3Mask, Mod4Mask, Mod5Mask, Button1Mask, Button2Mask, Button3Mask,
751Button4Mask, Button5Mask, AnyModifier</dt>
752 <dt>urxvt::NoEventMask, KeyPressMask, KeyReleaseMask,
753ButtonPressMask, ButtonReleaseMask, EnterWindowMask, LeaveWindowMask,
754PointerMotionMask, PointerMotionHintMask, Button1MotionMask, Button2MotionMask,
755Button3MotionMask, Button4MotionMask, Button5MotionMask, ButtonMotionMask,
756KeymapStateMask, ExposureMask, VisibilityChangeMask, StructureNotifyMask,
757ResizeRedirectMask, SubstructureNotifyMask, SubstructureRedirectMask,
758FocusChangeMask, PropertyChangeMask, ColormapChangeMask, OwnerGrabButtonMask</dt>
759 <dt>urxvt::KeyPress, KeyRelease, ButtonPress, ButtonRelease, MotionNotify,
760EnterNotify, LeaveNotify, FocusIn, FocusOut, KeymapNotify, Expose,
761GraphicsExpose, NoExpose, VisibilityNotify, CreateNotify, DestroyNotify,
762UnmapNotify, MapNotify, MapRequest, ReparentNotify, ConfigureNotify,
763ConfigureRequest, GravityNotify, ResizeRequest, CirculateNotify,
764CirculateRequest, PropertyNotify, SelectionClear, SelectionRequest,
765SelectionNotify, ColormapNotify, ClientMessage, MappingNotify</dt>
766 <dd>
767 <p>Various constants for use in X calls and event processing.</p>
768 </dd>
769</dl>
770
771</div>
772<h2 id="RENDITION">RENDITION</h2>
773<div id="RENDITION_CONTENT">
774<p>Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font styles and
775similar information for each screen cell.</p>
776<p>The following &quot;macros&quot; deal with changes in rendition sets. You should
777never just create a bitset, you should always modify an existing one,
778as they contain important information required for correct operation of
779rxvt-unicode.</p>
232<dl> 780<dl>
233<dt><strong><a name="item_resource">$value = $term-&gt;resource ($name[, $newval])</a></strong><br /> 781 <dt>$rend = urxvt::DEFAULT_RSTYLE</dt>
234</dt>
235<dd> 782 <dd>
783 <p>Returns the default rendition, as used when the terminal is starting up or
784being reset. Useful as a base to start when creating renditions.</p>
785 </dd>
786 <dt>$rend = urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE</dt>
787 <dd>
788 <p>Return the rendition mask used for overlays by default.</p>
789 </dd>
790 <dt>$rendbit = urxvt::RS_Bold, RS_Italic, RS_Blink, RS_RVid, RS_Uline</dt>
791 <dd>
792 <p>Return the bit that enabled bold, italic, blink, reverse-video and
793underline, respectively. To enable such a style, just logically OR it into
794the bitset.</p>
795 </dd>
796 <dt>$foreground = urxvt::GET_BASEFG $rend</dt>
797 <dt>$background = urxvt::GET_BASEBG $rend</dt>
798 <dd>
799 <p>Return the foreground/background colour index, respectively.</p>
800 </dd>
801 <dt>$rend = urxvt::SET_FGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</dt>
802 <dt>$rend = urxvt::SET_BGCOLOR $rend, $new_colour</dt>
803 <dt>$rend = urxvt::SET_COLOR $rend, $new_fg, $new_bg</dt>
804 <dd>
805 <p>Replace the foreground/background colour in the rendition mask with the
806specified one.</p>
807 </dd>
808 <dt>$value = urxvt::GET_CUSTOM $rend</dt>
809 <dd>
810 <p>Return the &quot;custom&quot; value: Every rendition has 5 bits for use by
811extensions. They can be set and changed as you like and are initially
812zero.</p>
813 </dd>
814 <dt>$rend = urxvt::SET_CUSTOM $rend, $new_value</dt>
815 <dd>
816 <p>Change the custom value.</p>
817 </dd>
818</dl>
819
820</div>
821<h2 id="The_code_urxvt_anyevent_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::anyevent</code> Class</h2>
822<div id="The_code_urxvt_anyevent_code_Class_C">
823<p>The sole purpose of this class is to deliver an interface to the
824<code>AnyEvent</code> module - any module using it will work inside urxvt without
825further programming. The only exception is that you cannot wait on
826condition variables, but non-blocking condvar use is ok. What this means
827is that you cannot use blocking APIs, but the non-blocking variant should
828work.</p>
829
830</div>
831<h2 id="The_code_urxvt_term_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::term</code> Class</h2>
832<div id="The_code_urxvt_term_code_Class_CONTE">
833<dl>
834 <dt>$term = new urxvt::term $envhashref, $rxvtname, [arg...]</dt>
835 <dd>
836 <p>Creates a new terminal, very similar as if you had started it with system
837<code>$rxvtname, arg...</code>. <code>$envhashref</code> must be a reference to a <code>%ENV</code>-like
838hash which defines the environment of the new terminal.</p>
839 <p>Croaks (and probably outputs an error message) if the new instance
840couldn't be created. Returns <code>undef</code> if the new instance didn't
841initialise perl, and the terminal object otherwise. The <code>init</code> and
842<code>start</code> hooks will be called before this call returns, and are free to
843refer to global data (which is race free).</p>
844 </dd>
845 <dt>$term-&gt;destroy</dt>
846 <dd>
847 <p>Destroy the terminal object (close the window, free resources
848etc.). Please note that rxvt will not exit as long as any event
849watchers (timers, io watchers) are still active.</p>
850 </dd>
851 <dt>$term-&gt;exec_async ($cmd[, @args])</dt>
852 <dd>
853 <p>Works like the combination of the <code>fork</code>/<code>exec</code> builtins, which executes
854(&quot;starts&quot;) programs in the background. This function takes care of setting
855the user environment before exec'ing the command (e.g. <code>PATH</code>) and should
856be preferred over explicit calls to <code>exec</code> or <code>system</code>.</p>
857 <p>Returns the pid of the subprocess or <code>undef</code> on error.</p>
858 </dd>
859 <dt>$isset = $term-&gt;option ($optval[, $set])</dt>
860 <dd>
861 <p>Returns true if the option specified by <code>$optval</code> is enabled, and
862optionally change it. All option values are stored by name in the hash
863<code>%urxvt::OPTION</code>. Options not enabled in this binary are not in the hash.</p>
864 <p>Here is a likely non-exhaustive list of option names, please see the
865source file <cite>/src/optinc.h</cite> to see the actual list:</p>
866<pre> borderLess console cursorBlink cursorUnderline hold iconic insecure
867 intensityStyles jumpScroll loginShell mapAlert meta8 mouseWheelScrollPage
868 override-redirect pastableTabs pointerBlank reverseVideo scrollBar
869 scrollBar_floating scrollBar_right scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput
870 scrollWithBuffer secondaryScreen secondaryScroll skipBuiltinGlyphs
871 transparent tripleclickwords utmpInhibit visualBell
872
873</pre>
874 </dd>
875 <dt>$value = $term-&gt;resource ($name[, $newval])</dt>
876 <dd>
236Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and 877 <p>Returns the current resource value associated with a given name and
237optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the <code>init</code> 878optionally sets a new value. Setting values is most useful in the <code>init</code>
238hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as <code>undef</code>. 879hook. Unset resources are returned and accepted as <code>undef</code>.</p>
239</dd>
240<dd>
241<p>The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character encoding 880 <p>The new value must be properly encoded to a suitable character encoding
242before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned value may need 881before passing it to this method. Similarly, the returned value may need
243to be converted from the used encoding to text.</p> 882to be converted from the used encoding to text.</p>
244</dd>
245<dd>
246<p>Resource names are as defined in <em>src/rsinc.h</em>. Colours can be specified 883 <p>Resource names are as defined in <cite>src/rsinc.h</cite>. Colours can be specified
247as resource names of the form <code>color+&lt;index&gt;</code>, e.g. <code>color+5</code>. (will 884as resource names of the form <code>color+&lt;index&gt;</code>, e.g. <code>color+5</code>. (will
248likely change).</p> 885likely change).</p>
249</dd>
250<dd>
251<p>Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when the 886 <p>Please note that resource strings will currently only be freed when the
252terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat memory.</p> 887terminal is destroyed, so changing options frequently will eat memory.</p>
253</dd>
254<dd>
255<p>Here is a a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of which 888 <p>Here is a likely non-exhaustive list of resource names, not all of which
256are supported in every build, please see the source to see the actual 889are supported in every build, please see the source file <cite>/src/rsinc.h</cite>
257list:</p> 890to see the actual list:</p>
258</dd>
259<dd>
260<pre>
261 answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont 891<pre> answerbackstring backgroundPixmap backspace_key boldFont boldItalicFont
262 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key 892 borderLess color cursorBlink cursorUnderline cutchars delete_key
263 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName 893 display_name embed ext_bwidth fade font geometry hold iconName
264 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles 894 imFont imLocale inputMethod insecure int_bwidth intensityStyles
265 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert menu meta8 modifier 895 italicFont jumpScroll lineSpace loginShell mapAlert meta8 modifier
266 mouseWheelScrollPage name pastableTabs path perl_eval perl_ext 896 mouseWheelScrollPage name override_redirect pastableTabs path perl_eval
267 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay preeditType print_pipe pty_fd 897 perl_ext_1 perl_ext_2 perl_lib pointerBlank pointerBlankDelay
268 reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating 898 preeditType print_pipe pty_fd reverseVideo saveLines scrollBar
269 scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput 899 scrollBar_align scrollBar_floating scrollBar_right scrollBar_thickness
270 scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle 900 scrollTtyKeypress scrollTtyOutput scrollWithBuffer scrollstyle
271 shade term_name title transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords 901 secondaryScreen secondaryScroll selectstyle shade term_name title
272 utmpInhibit visualBell</pre> 902 transient_for transparent transparent_all tripleclickwords utmpInhibit
903 visualBell
904
905</pre>
273</dd> 906 </dd>
274<p></p> 907 <dt>$value = $term-&gt;x_resource ($pattern)</dt>
275<dt><strong><a name="item_selection_mark">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_mark ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
276</dt>
277<dt><strong><a name="item_selection_beg">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_beg ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
278</dt>
279<dt><strong><a name="item_selection_end">($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_end ([$row, $col])</a></strong><br />
280</dt>
281<dd> 908 <dd>
909 <p>Returns the X-Resource for the given pattern, excluding the program or
910class name, i.e. <code>$term-&gt;x_resource (&quot;boldFont&quot;)</code> should return the
911same value as used by this instance of rxvt-unicode. Returns <code>undef</code> if no
912resource with that pattern exists.</p>
913 <p>This method should only be called during the <code>on_start</code> hook, as there is
914only one resource database per display, and later invocations might return
915the wrong resources.</p>
916 </dd>
917 <dt>$success = $term-&gt;parse_keysym ($keysym_spec, $command_string)</dt>
918 <dd>
919 <p>Adds a keymap translation exactly as specified via a resource. See the
920<code>keysym</code> resource in the rxvt(1) manpage.</p>
921 </dd>
922 <dt>$rend = $term-&gt;rstyle ([$new_rstyle])</dt>
923 <dd>
924 <p>Return and optionally change the current rendition. Text that is output by
925the terminal application will use this style.</p>
926 </dd>
927 <dt>($row, $col) = $term-&gt;screen_cur ([$row, $col])</dt>
928 <dd>
929 <p>Return the current coordinates of the text cursor position and optionally
930set it (which is usually bad as applications don't expect that).</p>
931 </dd>
932 <dt>($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_mark ([$row, $col])</dt>
933 <dt>($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_beg ([$row, $col])</dt>
934 <dt>($row, $col) = $term-&gt;selection_end ([$row, $col])</dt>
935 <dd>
282Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions, 936 <p>Return the current values of the selection mark, begin or end positions,
283and optionally set them to new values. 937and optionally set them to new values.</p>
284</dd> 938 </dd>
285<p></p> 939 <dt>$term-&gt;selection_make ($eventtime[, $rectangular])</dt>
286<dt><strong><a name="item_selection_grab">$success = $term-&gt;selection_grab ($eventtime)</a></strong><br />
287</dt>
288<dd> 940 <dd>
289Try to request the primary selection from the server (for example, as set 941 <p>Tries to make a selection as set by <code>selection_beg</code> and
290by the next method). 942<code>selection_end</code>. If <code>$rectangular</code> is true (default: false), a
943rectangular selection will be made. This is the prefered function to make
944a selection.</p>
291</dd> 945 </dd>
292<p></p> 946 <dt>$success = $term-&gt;selection_grab ($eventtime)</dt>
293<dt><strong><a name="item_selection">$oldtext = $term-&gt;selection ([$newtext])</a></strong><br />
294</dt>
295<dd> 947 <dd>
948 <p>Try to request the primary selection text from the server (for example, as
949set by the next method). No visual feedback will be given. This function
950is mostly useful from within <code>on_sel_grab</code> hooks.</p>
951 </dd>
952 <dt>$oldtext = $term-&gt;selection ([$newtext])</dt>
953 <dd>
296Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by <code>$newtext</code>. 954 <p>Return the current selection text and optionally replace it by <code>$newtext</code>.</p>
297</dd> 955 </dd>
298<p></p> 956 <dt>$term-&gt;overlay_simple ($x, $y, $text)</dt>
299<dt><strong><a name="item_scr_overlay">$term-&gt;scr_overlay ($x, $y, $text)</a></strong><br />
300</dt>
301<dd> 957 <dd>
302Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details. 958 <p>Create a simple multi-line overlay box. See the next method for details.</p>
303</dd> 959 </dd>
304<p></p> 960 <dt>$term-&gt;overlay ($x, $y, $width, $height[, $rstyle[, $border]])</dt>
305<dt><strong><a name="item_scr_overlay_new">$term-&gt;scr_overlay_new ($x, $y, $width, $height)</a></strong><br />
306</dt>
307<dd> 961 <dd>
308Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given 962 <p>Create a new (empty) overlay at the given position with the given
309width/height. A border will be put around the box. If either <code>$x</code> or 963width/height. <code>$rstyle</code> defines the initial rendition style
310<code>$y</code> is negative, then this is counted from the right/bottom side, 964(default: <code>OVERLAY_RSTYLE</code>).</p>
311respectively. 965 <p>If <code>$border</code> is <code>2</code> (default), then a decorative border will be put
966around the box.</p>
967 <p>If either <code>$x</code> or <code>$y</code> is negative, then this is counted from the
968right/bottom side, respectively.</p>
969 <p>This method returns an urxvt::overlay object. The overlay will be visible
970as long as the perl object is referenced.</p>
971 <p>The methods currently supported on <code>urxvt::overlay</code> objects are:</p>
972 <p>
973 <dl>
974 <dt>$overlay-&gt;set ($x, $y, $text, $rend)</dt>
975 <dd>
976 <p>Similar to <code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code> and <code>$term-&gt;ROW_r</code> in that it puts
977text in rxvt-unicode's special encoding and an array of rendition values
978at a specific position inside the overlay.</p>
979 </dd>
980 <dt>$overlay-&gt;hide</dt>
981 <dd>
982 <p>If visible, hide the overlay, but do not destroy it.</p>
983 </dd>
984 <dt>$overlay-&gt;show</dt>
985 <dd>
986 <p>If hidden, display the overlay again.</p>
987 </dd>
988 </dl>
989 </p>
312</dd> 990 </dd>
313<p></p> 991 <dt>$popup = $term-&gt;popup ($event)</dt>
314<dt><strong><a name="item_scr_overlay_off">$term-&gt;scr_overlay_off</a></strong><br />
315</dt>
316<dd> 992 <dd>
317Switch the overlay off again. 993 <p>Creates a new <code>urxvt::popup</code> object that implements a popup menu. The
994<code>$event</code> <i>must</i> be the event causing the menu to pop up (a button event,
995currently).</p>
318</dd> 996 </dd>
319<p></p> 997 <dt>$cellwidth = $term-&gt;strwidth ($string)</dt>
320<dt><strong><a name="item_scr_overlay_set_char">$term-&gt;scr_overlay_set_char ($x, $y, $char, $rend = OVERLAY_RSTYLE)</a></strong><br />
321</dt>
322<dd> 998 <dd>
323Put a single character (specified numerically) at the given overlay
324position.
325</dd>
326<p></p>
327<dt><strong><a name="item_scr_overlay_set">$term-&gt;scr_overlay_set ($x, $y, $text)</a></strong><br />
328</dt>
329<dd>
330Write a string at the given position into the overlay.
331</dd>
332<p></p>
333<dt><strong><a name="item_strwidth">$cellwidth = $term-&gt;strwidth $string</a></strong><br />
334</dt>
335<dd>
336Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly 999 <p>Returns the number of screen-cells this string would need. Correctly
337accounts for wide and combining characters. 1000accounts for wide and combining characters.</p>
338</dd> 1001 </dd>
339<p></p> 1002 <dt>$octets = $term-&gt;locale_encode ($string)</dt>
340<dt><strong><a name="item_locale_encode">$octets = $term-&gt;locale_encode $string</a></strong><br />
341</dt>
342<dd> 1003 <dd>
343Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding. 1004 <p>Convert the given text string into the corresponding locale encoding.</p>
344</dd> 1005 </dd>
345<p></p> 1006 <dt>$string = $term-&gt;locale_decode ($octets)</dt>
346<dt><strong><a name="item_locale_decode">$string = $term-&gt;locale_decode $octets</a></strong><br />
347</dt>
348<dd> 1007 <dd>
349Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string. 1008 <p>Convert the given locale-encoded octets into a perl string.</p>
350</dd> 1009 </dd>
351<p></p> 1010 <dt>$term-&gt;scr_xor_span ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle])</dt>
352<dt><strong><a name="item_tt_write">$term-&gt;tt_write ($octets)</a></strong><br />
353</dt>
354<dd> 1011 <dd>
1012 <p>XORs the rendition values in the given span with the provided value
1013(default: <code>RS_RVid</code>), which <i>MUST NOT</i> contain font styles. Useful in
1014refresh hooks to provide effects similar to the selection.</p>
1015 </dd>
1016 <dt>$term-&gt;scr_xor_rect ($beg_row, $beg_col, $end_row, $end_col[, $rstyle1[, $rstyle2]])</dt>
1017 <dd>
1018 <p>Similar to <code>scr_xor_span</code>, but xors a rectangle instead. Trailing
1019whitespace will additionally be xored with the <code>$rstyle2</code>, which defaults
1020to <code>RS_RVid | RS_Uline</code>, which removes reverse video again and underlines
1021it instead. Both styles <i>MUST NOT</i> contain font styles.</p>
1022 </dd>
1023 <dt>$term-&gt;scr_bell</dt>
1024 <dd>
1025 <p>Ring the bell!</p>
1026 </dd>
1027 <dt>$term-&gt;scr_add_lines ($string)</dt>
1028 <dd>
1029 <p>Write the given text string to the screen, as if output by the application
1030running inside the terminal. It may not contain command sequences (escape
1031codes), but is free to use line feeds, carriage returns and tabs. The
1032string is a normal text string, not in locale-dependent encoding.</p>
1033 <p>Normally its not a good idea to use this function, as programs might be
1034confused by changes in cursor position or scrolling. Its useful inside a
1035<code>on_add_lines</code> hook, though.</p>
1036 </dd>
1037 <dt>$term-&gt;scr_change_screen ($screen)</dt>
1038 <dd>
1039 <p>Switch to given screen - 0 primary, 1 secondary.</p>
1040 </dd>
1041 <dt>$term-&gt;cmd_parse ($octets)</dt>
1042 <dd>
1043 <p>Similar to <code>scr_add_lines</code>, but the argument must be in the
1044locale-specific encoding of the terminal and can contain command sequences
1045(escape codes) that will be interpreted.</p>
1046 </dd>
1047 <dt>$term-&gt;tt_write ($octets)</dt>
1048 <dd>
355Write the octets given in <code>$data</code> to the tty (i.e. as program input). To 1049 <p>Write the octets given in <code>$data</code> to the tty (i.e. as program input). To
356pass characters instead of octets, you should convetr you strings first to 1050pass characters instead of octets, you should convert your strings first
357the locale-specific encoding using <a href="#item_locale_encode"><code>$term-&gt;locale_encode</code></a>. 1051to the locale-specific encoding using <code>$term-&gt;locale_encode</code>.</p>
358</dd> 1052 </dd>
359<p></p></dl> 1053 <dt>$old_events = $term-&gt;pty_ev_events ([$new_events])</dt>
360<p> 1054 <dd>
1055 <p>Replaces the event mask of the pty watcher by the given event mask. Can
1056be used to suppress input and output handling to the pty/tty. See the
1057description of <code>urxvt::timer-&gt;events</code>. Make sure to always restore
1058the previous value.</p>
1059 </dd>
1060 <dt>$fd = $term-&gt;pty_fd</dt>
1061 <dd>
1062 <p>Returns the master file descriptor for the pty in use, or <code>-1</code> if no pty
1063is used.</p>
1064 </dd>
1065 <dt>$windowid = $term-&gt;parent</dt>
1066 <dd>
1067 <p>Return the window id of the toplevel window.</p>
1068 </dd>
1069 <dt>$windowid = $term-&gt;vt</dt>
1070 <dd>
1071 <p>Return the window id of the terminal window.</p>
1072 </dd>
1073 <dt>$term-&gt;vt_emask_add ($x_event_mask)</dt>
1074 <dd>
1075 <p>Adds the specified events to the vt event mask. Useful e.g. when you want
1076to receive pointer events all the times:</p>
1077<pre> $term-&gt;vt_emask_add (urxvt::PointerMotionMask);
1078
361</p> 1079</pre>
1080 </dd>
1081 <dt>$term-&gt;focus_in</dt>
1082 <dt>$term-&gt;focus_out</dt>
1083 <dt>$term-&gt;key_press ($state, $keycode[, $time])</dt>
1084 <dt>$term-&gt;key_release ($state, $keycode[, $time])</dt>
1085 <dd>
1086 <p>Deliver various fake events to to terminal.</p>
1087 </dd>
1088 <dt>$window_width = $term-&gt;width</dt>
1089 <dt>$window_height = $term-&gt;height</dt>
1090 <dt>$font_width = $term-&gt;fwidth</dt>
1091 <dt>$font_height = $term-&gt;fheight</dt>
1092 <dt>$font_ascent = $term-&gt;fbase</dt>
1093 <dt>$terminal_rows = $term-&gt;nrow</dt>
1094 <dt>$terminal_columns = $term-&gt;ncol</dt>
1095 <dt>$has_focus = $term-&gt;focus</dt>
1096 <dt>$is_mapped = $term-&gt;mapped</dt>
1097 <dt>$max_scrollback = $term-&gt;saveLines</dt>
1098 <dt>$nrow_plus_saveLines = $term-&gt;total_rows</dt>
1099 <dt>$topmost_scrollback_row = $term-&gt;top_row</dt>
1100 <dd>
1101 <p>Return various integers describing terminal characteristics.</p>
1102 </dd>
1103 <dt>$x_display = $term-&gt;display_id</dt>
1104 <dd>
1105 <p>Return the DISPLAY used by rxvt-unicode.</p>
1106 </dd>
1107 <dt>$lc_ctype = $term-&gt;locale</dt>
1108 <dd>
1109 <p>Returns the LC_CTYPE category string used by this rxvt-unicode.</p>
1110 </dd>
1111 <dt>$env = $term-&gt;env</dt>
1112 <dd>
1113 <p>Returns a copy of the environment in effect for the terminal as a hashref
1114similar to <code>\%ENV</code>.</p>
1115 </dd>
1116 <dt>@envv = $term-&gt;envv</dt>
1117 <dd>
1118 <p>Returns the environment as array of strings of the form <code>VAR=VALUE</code>.</p>
1119 </dd>
1120 <dt>@argv = $term-&gt;argv</dt>
1121 <dd>
1122 <p>Return the argument vector as this terminal, similar to @ARGV, but
1123includes the program name as first element.</p>
1124 </dd>
1125 <dt>$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModLevel3Mask</dt>
1126 <dt>$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModMetaMask</dt>
1127 <dt>$modifiermask = $term-&gt;ModNumLockMask</dt>
1128 <dd>
1129 <p>Return the modifier masks corresponding to the &quot;ISO Level 3 Shift&quot; (often
1130AltGr), the meta key (often Alt) and the num lock key, if applicable.</p>
1131 </dd>
1132 <dt>$screen = $term-&gt;current_screen</dt>
1133 <dd>
1134 <p>Returns the currently displayed screen (0 primary, 1 secondary).</p>
1135 </dd>
1136 <dt>$cursor_is_hidden = $term-&gt;hidden_cursor</dt>
1137 <dd>
1138 <p>Returns whether the cursor is currently hidden or not.</p>
1139 </dd>
1140 <dt>$view_start = $term-&gt;view_start ([$newvalue])</dt>
1141 <dd>
1142 <p>Returns the row number of the topmost displayed line. Maximum value is
1143<code>0</code>, which displays the normal terminal contents. Lower values scroll
1144this many lines into the scrollback buffer.</p>
1145 </dd>
1146 <dt>$term-&gt;want_refresh</dt>
1147 <dd>
1148 <p>Requests a screen refresh. At the next opportunity, rxvt-unicode will
1149compare the on-screen display with its stored representation. If they
1150differ, it redraws the differences.</p>
1151 <p>Used after changing terminal contents to display them.</p>
1152 </dd>
1153 <dt>$text = $term-&gt;ROW_t ($row_number[, $new_text[, $start_col]])</dt>
1154 <dd>
1155 <p>Returns the text of the entire row with number <code>$row_number</code>. Row <code>0</code>
1156is the topmost terminal line, row <code>$term-&gt;$ncol-1</code> is the bottommost
1157terminal line. The scrollback buffer starts at line <code>-1</code> and extends to
1158line <code>-$term-&gt;nsaved</code>. Nothing will be returned if a nonexistent line
1159is requested.</p>
1160 <p>If <code>$new_text</code> is specified, it will replace characters in the current
1161line, starting at column <code>$start_col</code> (default <code>0</code>), which is useful
1162to replace only parts of a line. The font index in the rendition will
1163automatically be updated.</p>
1164 <p><code>$text</code> is in a special encoding: tabs and wide characters that use more
1165than one cell when displayed are padded with <code>$urxvt::NOCHAR</code> (chr 65535)
1166characters. Characters with combining characters and other characters that
1167do not fit into the normal tetx encoding will be replaced with characters
1168in the private use area.</p>
1169 <p>You have to obey this encoding when changing text. The advantage is
1170that <code>substr</code> and similar functions work on screen cells and not on
1171characters.</p>
1172 <p>The methods <code>$term-&gt;special_encode</code> and <code>$term-&gt;special_decode</code>
1173can be used to convert normal strings into this encoding and vice versa.</p>
1174 </dd>
1175 <dt>$rend = $term-&gt;ROW_r ($row_number[, $new_rend[, $start_col]])</dt>
1176 <dd>
1177 <p>Like <code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code>, but returns an arrayref with rendition
1178bitsets. Rendition bitsets contain information about colour, font, font
1179styles and similar information. See also <code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code>.</p>
1180 <p>When setting rendition, the font mask will be ignored.</p>
1181 <p>See the section on RENDITION, above.</p>
1182 </dd>
1183 <dt>$length = $term-&gt;ROW_l ($row_number[, $new_length])</dt>
1184 <dd>
1185 <p>Returns the number of screen cells that are in use (&quot;the line
1186length&quot;). Unlike the urxvt core, this returns <code>$term-&gt;ncol</code> if the
1187line is joined with the following one.</p>
1188 </dd>
1189 <dt>$bool = $term-&gt;is_longer ($row_number)</dt>
1190 <dd>
1191 <p>Returns true if the row is part of a multiple-row logical &quot;line&quot; (i.e.
1192joined with the following row), which means all characters are in use
1193and it is continued on the next row (and possibly a continuation of the
1194previous row(s)).</p>
1195 </dd>
1196 <dt>$line = $term-&gt;line ($row_number)</dt>
1197 <dd>
1198 <p>Create and return a new <code>urxvt::line</code> object that stores information
1199about the logical line that row <code>$row_number</code> is part of. It supports the
1200following methods:</p>
1201 <p>
1202 <dl>
1203 <dt>$text = $line-&gt;t ([$new_text])</dt>
1204 <dd>
1205 <p>Returns or replaces the full text of the line, similar to <code>ROW_t</code></p>
1206 </dd>
1207 <dt>$rend = $line-&gt;r ([$new_rend])</dt>
1208 <dd>
1209 <p>Returns or replaces the full rendition array of the line, similar to <code>ROW_r</code></p>
1210 </dd>
1211 <dt>$length = $line-&gt;l</dt>
1212 <dd>
1213 <p>Returns the length of the line in cells, similar to <code>ROW_l</code>.</p>
1214 </dd>
1215 <dt>$rownum = $line-&gt;beg</dt>
1216 <dt>$rownum = $line-&gt;end</dt>
1217 <dd>
1218 <p>Return the row number of the first/last row of the line, respectively.</p>
1219 </dd>
1220 <dt>$offset = $line-&gt;offset_of ($row, $col)</dt>
1221 <dd>
1222 <p>Returns the character offset of the given row|col pair within the logical
1223line. Works for rows outside the line, too, and returns corresponding
1224offsets outside the string.</p>
1225 </dd>
1226 <dt>($row, $col) = $line-&gt;coord_of ($offset)</dt>
1227 <dd>
1228 <p>Translates a string offset into terminal coordinates again.</p>
1229 </dd>
1230 </dl>
1231 </p>
1232 </dd>
1233 <dt>$text = $term-&gt;special_encode $string</dt>
1234 <dd>
1235 <p>Converts a perl string into the special encoding used by rxvt-unicode,
1236where one character corresponds to one screen cell. See
1237<code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code> for details.</p>
1238 </dd>
1239 <dt>$string = $term-&gt;special_decode $text</dt>
1240 <dd>
1241 <p>Converts rxvt-unicodes text representation into a perl string. See
1242<code>$term-&gt;ROW_t</code> for details.</p>
1243 </dd>
1244 <dt>$success = $term-&gt;grab_button ($button, $modifiermask[, $window = $term-&gt;vt])</dt>
1245 <dt>$term-&gt;ungrab_button ($button, $modifiermask[, $window = $term-&gt;vt])</dt>
1246 <dd>
1247 <p>Register/unregister a synchronous button grab. See the XGrabButton
1248manpage.</p>
1249 </dd>
1250 <dt>$success = $term-&gt;grab ($eventtime[, $sync])</dt>
1251 <dd>
1252 <p>Calls XGrabPointer and XGrabKeyboard in asynchronous (default) or
1253synchronous (<code>$sync</code> is true). Also remembers the grab timestamp.</p>
1254 </dd>
1255 <dt>$term-&gt;allow_events_async</dt>
1256 <dd>
1257 <p>Calls XAllowEvents with AsyncBoth for the most recent grab.</p>
1258 </dd>
1259 <dt>$term-&gt;allow_events_sync</dt>
1260 <dd>
1261 <p>Calls XAllowEvents with SyncBoth for the most recent grab.</p>
1262 </dd>
1263 <dt>$term-&gt;allow_events_replay</dt>
1264 <dd>
1265 <p>Calls XAllowEvents with both ReplayPointer and ReplayKeyboard for the most
1266recent grab.</p>
1267 </dd>
1268 <dt>$term-&gt;ungrab</dt>
1269 <dd>
1270 <p>Calls XUngrab for the most recent grab. Is called automatically on
1271evaluation errors, as it is better to lose the grab in the error case as
1272the session.</p>
1273 </dd>
1274 <dt>$atom = $term-&gt;XInternAtom ($atom_name[, $only_if_exists])</dt>
1275 <dt>$atom_name = $term-&gt;XGetAtomName ($atom)</dt>
1276 <dt>@atoms = $term-&gt;XListProperties ($window)</dt>
1277 <dt>($type,$format,$octets) = $term-&gt;XGetWindowProperty ($window, $property)</dt>
1278 <dt>$term-&gt;XChangeWindowProperty ($window, $property, $type, $format, $octets)</dt>
1279 <dt>$term-&gt;XDeleteProperty ($window, $property)</dt>
1280 <dt>$window = $term-&gt;DefaultRootWindow</dt>
1281 <dt>$term-&gt;XReparentWindow ($window, $parent, [$x, $y])</dt>
1282 <dt>$term-&gt;XMapWindow ($window)</dt>
1283 <dt>$term-&gt;XUnmapWindow ($window)</dt>
1284 <dt>$term-&gt;XMoveResizeWindow ($window, $x, $y, $width, $height)</dt>
1285 <dt>($x, $y, $child_window) = $term-&gt;XTranslateCoordinates ($src, $dst, $x, $y)</dt>
1286 <dt>$term-&gt;XChangeInput ($window, $add_events[, $del_events])</dt>
1287 <dd>
1288 <p>Various X or X-related functions. The <code>$term</code> object only serves as
1289the source of the display, otherwise those functions map more-or-less
1290directory onto the X functions of the same name.</p>
1291 </dd>
1292</dl>
1293
1294</div>
1295<h2 id="The_code_urxvt_popup_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::popup</code> Class</h2>
1296<div id="The_code_urxvt_popup_code_Class_CONT">
1297<dl>
1298 <dt>$popup-&gt;add_title ($title)</dt>
1299 <dd>
1300 <p>Adds a non-clickable title to the popup.</p>
1301 </dd>
1302 <dt>$popup-&gt;add_separator ([$sepchr])</dt>
1303 <dd>
1304 <p>Creates a separator, optionally using the character given as <code>$sepchr</code>.</p>
1305 </dd>
1306 <dt>$popup-&gt;add_button ($text, $cb)</dt>
1307 <dd>
1308 <p>Adds a clickable button to the popup. <code>$cb</code> is called whenever it is
1309selected.</p>
1310 </dd>
1311 <dt>$popup-&gt;add_toggle ($text, $initial_value, $cb)</dt>
1312 <dd>
1313 <p>Adds a toggle/checkbox item to the popup. The callback gets called
1314whenever it gets toggled, with a boolean indicating its new value as its
1315first argument.</p>
1316 </dd>
1317 <dt>$popup-&gt;show</dt>
1318 <dd>
1319 <p>Displays the popup (which is initially hidden).</p>
1320 </dd>
1321</dl>
1322
1323</div>
362<h2><a name="the_urxvt__timer_class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</a></h2> 1324<h2 id="The_code_urxvt_timer_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::timer</code> Class</h2>
1325<div id="The_code_urxvt_timer_code_Class_CONT">
363<p>This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a 1326<p>This class implements timer watchers/events. Time is represented as a
364fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:</p> 1327fractional number of seconds since the epoch. Example:</p>
365<pre> 1328<pre> $term-&gt;{overlay} = $term-&gt;overlay (-1, 0, 8, 1, urxvt::OVERLAY_RSTYLE, 0);
366 # create a digital clock display in upper right corner
367 $term-&gt;{timer} = urxvt::timer 1329 $term-&gt;{timer} = urxvt::timer
368 -&gt;new 1330 -&gt;new
369 -&gt;start (urxvt::NOW) 1331 -&gt;interval (1)
370 -&gt;cb (sub { 1332 -&gt;cb (sub {
371 my ($timer) = @_;
372 my $time = $timer-&gt;at;
373 $timer-&gt;start ($time + 1);
374 $self-&gt;scr_overlay (-1, 0, 1333 $term-&gt;{overlay}-&gt;set (0, 0,
375 POSIX::strftime &quot;%H:%M:%S&quot;, localtime $time); 1334 sprintf &quot;%2d:%02d:%02d&quot;, (localtime urxvt::NOW)[2,1,0]);
376 });</pre> 1335 });
1336
1337</pre>
377<dl> 1338<dl>
378<dt><strong><a name="item__24timer__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3atimer">$timer = new urxvt::timer</a></strong><br /> 1339 <dt>$timer = new urxvt::timer</dt>
379</dt>
380<dd> 1340 <dd>
381Create a new timer object in stopped state. 1341 <p>Create a new timer object in started state. It is scheduled to fire
1342immediately.</p>
382</dd> 1343 </dd>
383<p></p> 1344 <dt>$timer = $timer-&gt;cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })</dt>
384<dt><strong><a name="item_cb">$timer = $timer-&gt;cb (sub { my ($timer) = @_; ... })</a></strong><br />
385</dt>
386<dd> 1345 <dd>
387Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers. 1346 <p>Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.</p>
388</dd> 1347 </dd>
389<p></p> 1348 <dt>$tstamp = $timer-&gt;at</dt>
390<dt><strong><a name="item_at">$tstamp = $timer-&gt;at</a></strong><br />
391</dt>
392<dd> 1349 <dd>
393Return the time this watcher will fire next. 1350 <p>Return the time this watcher will fire next.</p>
394</dd> 1351 </dd>
395<p></p> 1352 <dt>$timer = $timer-&gt;set ($tstamp)</dt>
396<dt><strong><a name="item_set">$timer = $timer-&gt;set ($tstamp)</a></strong><br />
397</dt>
398<dd> 1353 <dd>
399Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp. 1354 <p>Set the time the event is generated to $tstamp.</p>
400</dd> 1355 </dd>
401<p></p> 1356 <dt>$timer = $timer-&gt;interval ($interval)</dt>
402<dt><strong><a name="item_start">$timer = $timer-&gt;start</a></strong><br />
403</dt>
404<dd> 1357 <dd>
405Start the timer. 1358 <p>Normally (and when <code>$interval</code> is <code>0</code>), the timer will automatically
1359stop after it has fired once. If <code>$interval</code> is non-zero, then the timer
1360is automatically rescheduled at the given intervals.</p>
406</dd> 1361 </dd>
407<p></p> 1362 <dt>$timer = $timer-&gt;start</dt>
408<dt><strong>$timer = $timer-&gt;start ($tstamp)</strong><br />
409</dt>
410<dd> 1363 <dd>
1364 <p>Start the timer.</p>
1365 </dd>
1366 <dt>$timer = $timer-&gt;start ($tstamp)</dt>
1367 <dd>
411Set the event trigger time to <code>$tstamp</code> and start the timer. 1368 <p>Set the event trigger time to <code>$tstamp</code> and start the timer.</p>
412</dd> 1369 </dd>
413<p></p> 1370 <dt>$timer = $timer-&gt;after ($delay)</dt>
414<dt><strong><a name="item_stop">$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</a></strong><br />
415</dt>
416<dd> 1371 <dd>
417Stop the timer. 1372 <p>Like <code>start</code>, but sets the expiry timer to c&lt;urxvt::NOW + $delay&gt;.</p>
418</dd> 1373 </dd>
419<p></p></dl> 1374 <dt>$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</dt>
420<p> 1375 <dd>
421</p> 1376 <p>Stop the timer.</p>
1377 </dd>
1378</dl>
1379
1380</div>
422<h2><a name="the_urxvt__iow_class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</a></h2> 1381<h2 id="The_code_urxvt_iow_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::iow</code> Class</h2>
1382<div id="The_code_urxvt_iow_code_Class_CONTEN">
423<p>This class implements io watchers/events. Example:</p> 1383<p>This class implements io watchers/events. Example:</p>
424<pre>
425 $term-&gt;{socket} = ... 1384<pre> $term-&gt;{socket} = ...
426 $term-&gt;{iow} = urxvt::iow 1385 $term-&gt;{iow} = urxvt::iow
427 -&gt;new 1386 -&gt;new
428 -&gt;fd (fileno $term-&gt;{socket}) 1387 -&gt;fd (fileno $term-&gt;{socket})
429 -&gt;events (1) # wait for read data 1388 -&gt;events (urxvt::EVENT_READ)
430 -&gt;start 1389 -&gt;start
431 -&gt;cb (sub { 1390 -&gt;cb (sub {
432 my ($iow, $revents) = @_; 1391 my ($iow, $revents) = @_;
433 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check 1392 # $revents must be 1 here, no need to check
434 sysread $term-&gt;{socket}, my $buf, 8192 1393 sysread $term-&gt;{socket}, my $buf, 8192
435 or end-of-file; 1394 or end-of-file;
436 });</pre> 1395 });
1396
1397
1398
1399
1400</pre>
437<dl> 1401<dl>
438<dt><strong><a name="item__24iow__3d_new_urxvt_3a_3aiow">$iow = new urxvt::iow</a></strong><br /> 1402 <dt>$iow = new urxvt::iow</dt>
439</dt>
440<dd> 1403 <dd>
441Create a new io watcher object in stopped state. 1404 <p>Create a new io watcher object in stopped state.</p>
442</dd> 1405 </dd>
443<p></p>
444<dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })</strong><br /> 1406 <dt>$iow = $iow-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iow, $reventmask) = @_; ... })</dt>
445</dt>
446<dd> 1407 <dd>
447Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. <code>$reventmask</code> 1408 <p>Set the callback to be called when io events are triggered. <code>$reventmask</code>
448is a bitset as described in the <a href="#item_events"><code>events</code></a> method. 1409is a bitset as described in the <code>events</code> method.</p>
449</dd> 1410 </dd>
450<p></p> 1411 <dt>$iow = $iow-&gt;fd ($fd)</dt>
451<dt><strong><a name="item_fd">$iow = $iow-&gt;fd ($fd)</a></strong><br />
452</dt>
453<dd> 1412 <dd>
454Set the filedescriptor (not handle) to watch. 1413 <p>Set the file descriptor (not handle) to watch.</p>
455</dd> 1414 </dd>
456<p></p> 1415 <dt>$iow = $iow-&gt;events ($eventmask)</dt>
457<dt><strong><a name="item_events">$iow = $iow-&gt;events ($eventmask)</a></strong><br />
458</dt>
459<dd> 1416 <dd>
460Set the event mask to watch. Bit #0 (value <code>1</code>) enables watching for read 1417 <p>Set the event mask to watch. The only allowed values are
461data, Bit #1 (value <code>2</code>) enables watching for write data. 1418<code>urxvt::EVENT_READ</code> and <code>urxvt::EVENT_WRITE</code>, which might be ORed
1419together, or <code>urxvt::EVENT_NONE</code>.</p>
462</dd> 1420 </dd>
463<p></p> 1421 <dt>$iow = $iow-&gt;start</dt>
464<dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;start</strong><br />
465</dt>
466<dd> 1422 <dd>
467Start watching for requested events on the given handle. 1423 <p>Start watching for requested events on the given handle.</p>
468</dd> 1424 </dd>
469<p></p> 1425 <dt>$iow = $iow-&gt;stop</dt>
470<dt><strong>$iow = $iow-&gt;stop</strong><br />
471</dt>
472<dd> 1426 <dd>
473Stop watching for events on the given filehandle. 1427 <p>Stop watching for events on the given file handle.</p>
474</dd> 1428 </dd>
475<p></p></dl> 1429</dl>
476<p> 1430
1431</div>
1432<h2 id="The_code_urxvt_iw_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::iw</code> Class</h2>
1433<div id="The_code_urxvt_iw_code_Class_CONTENT">
1434<p>This class implements idle watchers, that get called automatically when
1435the process is idle. They should return as fast as possible, after doing
1436some useful work.</p>
1437<dl>
1438 <dt>$iw = new urxvt::iw</dt>
1439 <dd>
1440 <p>Create a new idle watcher object in stopped state.</p>
1441 </dd>
1442 <dt>$iw = $iw-&gt;cb (sub { my ($iw) = @_; ... })</dt>
1443 <dd>
1444 <p>Set the callback to be called when the watcher triggers.</p>
1445 </dd>
1446 <dt>$timer = $timer-&gt;start</dt>
1447 <dd>
1448 <p>Start the watcher.</p>
1449 </dd>
1450 <dt>$timer = $timer-&gt;stop</dt>
1451 <dd>
1452 <p>Stop the watcher.</p>
1453 </dd>
1454</dl>
1455
1456</div>
1457<h2 id="The_code_urxvt_pw_code_Class">The <code>urxvt::pw</code> Class</h2>
1458<div id="The_code_urxvt_pw_code_Class_CONTENT">
1459<p>This class implements process watchers. They create an event whenever a
1460process exits, after which they stop automatically.</p>
1461<pre> my $pid = fork;
1462 ...
1463 $term-&gt;{pw} = urxvt::pw
1464 -&gt;new
1465 -&gt;start ($pid)
1466 -&gt;cb (sub {
1467 my ($pw, $exit_status) = @_;
1468 ...
1469 });
1470
477</p> 1471</pre>
478<hr /> 1472<dl>
479<h1><a name="environment">ENVIRONMENT</a></h1> 1473 <dt>$pw = new urxvt::pw</dt>
480<p> 1474 <dd>
481</p> 1475 <p>Create a new process watcher in stopped state.</p>
482<h2><a name="urxvt_perl_verbosity">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</a></h2> 1476 </dd>
1477 <dt>$pw = $pw-&gt;cb (sub { my ($pw, $exit_status) = @_; ... })</dt>
1478 <dd>
1479 <p>Set the callback to be called when the timer triggers.</p>
1480 </dd>
1481 <dt>$pw = $timer-&gt;start ($pid)</dt>
1482 <dd>
1483 <p>Tells the watcher to start watching for process <code>$pid</code>.</p>
1484 </dd>
1485 <dt>$pw = $pw-&gt;stop</dt>
1486 <dd>
1487 <p>Stop the watcher.</p>
1488 </dd>
1489</dl>
1490
1491</div>
1492<h1 id="ENVIRONMENT">ENVIRONMENT</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
1493<div id="ENVIRONMENT_CONTENT">
1494
1495</div>
1496<h2 id="URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY">URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY</h2>
1497<div id="URXVT_PERL_VERBOSITY_CONTENT">
483<p>This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher 1498<p>This variable controls the verbosity level of the perl extension. Higher
484numbers indicate more verbose output.</p> 1499numbers indicate more verbose output.</p>
485<ol> 1500<dl>
486<li><strong><a name="item__2d_only_fatal_messages">- only fatal messages</a></strong><br /> 1501 <dt>== 0 - fatal messages</dt>
1502 <dt>&gt;= 3 - script loading and management</dt>
1503 <dt>&gt;=10 - all called hooks</dt>
1504 <dt>&gt;=11 - hook return values</dt>
487</li> 1505</dl>
488<li><strong><a name="item__2d_script_loading_and_management">- script loading and management</a></strong><br /> 1506
489</li> 1507</div>
490<li><strong><a name="item__2d_all_events_received">- all events received</a></strong><br /> 1508<h1 id="AUTHOR">AUTHOR</h1><p><a href="#TOP" class="toplink">Top</a></p>
491</li> 1509<div id="AUTHOR_CONTENT">
492</ol>
493<p>
494</p>
495<hr />
496<h1><a name="author">AUTHOR</a></h1>
497<pre>
498 Marc Lehmann &lt;pcg@goof.com&gt; 1510<pre> Marc Lehmann &lt;pcg@goof.com&gt;
499 <a href="http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode">http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode</a></pre> 1511 http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/rxvt-unicode
500 1512
501</body> 1513</pre>
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